#thank you if you take the time to read

[titanofthedepths]

I hate to have to do this but I’m not being scheduled at work at all as the winter hits, I am looking for a new job but I’m going to be surviving off of Doordash in the meantime - income I’ll mostly lose when the snow inevitably gets bad. I won’t be able to make my expenses and I’m really scared, on top of that I have three pets I need to feed, please help if you can. If you can’t help please share

p.aypal: @ bluestar3445

v.enmo: @ spiderwebbed

#thank you if you take the time to read #if i get stable ill disable rbs but until then. i have no choice but to e beg. i cant even do comms rn i am worn very thin

[inkskinned]

at some point it's just like. do they even fucking like the thing they're asking AI to make? "oh we'll just use AI for all the scripts" "we'll just use AI for art" "no worries AI can write this book" "oh, AI could easily design this"

like... it's so clear they've never stood in the middle of an art museum and felt like crying, looking at a piece that somehow cuts into your marrow even though the artist and you are separated by space and time. they've never looked at a poem - once, twice, three times - just because the words feel like a fired gun, something too-close, clanging behind your eyes. they've never gotten to the end of the movie and had to arrive, blinking, back into their body, laughing a little because they were holding their breath without realizing.

"oh AI can mimic style" "AI can mimic emotion" "AI can mimic you and your job is almost gone, kid."

... how do i explain to you - you can make AI that does a perfect job of imitating me. you could disseminate it through the entire world and make so much money, using my works and my ideas and my everything.

and i'd still keep writing.

i don't know there's a word for it. in high school, we become aware that the way we feel about our artform is a cliche - it's like breathing. over and over, artists all feel the same thing. "i write because i need to" and "my music is how i speak" and "i make art because it's either that or i stop existing." it is such a common experience, the violence and immediacy we mean behind it is like breathing to me - comes out like a useless understatement. it's a cliche because we all feel it, not because the experience isn't actually persistent. so many of us have this ... fluttering urgency behind our ribs.

i'm not doing it for the money. for a star on the ground in some city i've never visited. i am doing it because when i was seven i started taking notebooks with me on walks. i am doing it because in second grade i wrote a poem and stood up in front of my whole class to read it out while i shook with nerves. i am doing it because i spent high school scribbling all my feelings down. i am doing it for the 16 year old me and the 18 year old me and the today-me, how we can never put the pen down. you can take me down to a subatomic layer, eviscerate me - and never find the source of it; it is of me. when i was 19 i named this blog inkskinned because i was dramatic and lonely and it felt like the only thing that was actually permanently-true about me was that this is what is inside of me, that the words come up over everything, coat everything, bloom their little twilight arias into every nook and corner and alley

"we're gonna replace you". that is okay. you think that i am writing to fill a space. that someone said JOB OPENING: Writer Needed, and i wrote to answer. you think one raindrop replaces another, and i think they're both just falling. you think art has a place, that is simply arrives on walls when it is needed, that is only ever on demand, perfect, easily requested. you see "audience spending" and "marketability" and "multi-line merch opportunity"

and i see a kid drowning. i am writing to make her a boat. i am writing because what used to be a river raft has long become a fully-rigged ship. i am writing because you can fucking rip this out of my cold dead clammy hands and i will still come back as a ghost and i will still be penning poems about it.

it isn't even love. the word we use the most i think is "passion". devotion, obsession, necessity. my favorite little fact about the magic of artists - "abracadabra" means i create as i speak. we make because it sluices out of us. because we look down and our hands are somehow already busy. because it was the first thing we knew and it is our backbone and heartbreak and everything. because we have given up well-paying jobs and a "real life" and the approval of our parents. we create because - the cliche again. it's like breathing. we create because we must.

you create because you're greedy.

#every time someones like ''AI will replace u" im like. u will have to fucking KILL ME #there is no replacement here bc i am not filling a position. i am just writing #and the writing is what i need to be doing #writeblr #this probably doesn't make sense bc its sooo frustrating i rarely speak it the way i want to #edited for the typo wrote it and then was late to a meeting lol #i love u people who mention my typos genuinely bc i don't always catch them!!!! :) it is doing me a genuine favor!!! #my friend says i should tell you ''thank you beta editors'' but i don't know what that means #i made her promise it isn't a wolf fanfiction thing. so if it IS a wolf thing she is DEAD to me (just kidding i love her) #hey PS PS PS ??? if ur reading this thinking what it's saying is ''i am financially capable of losing this'' ur reading it wrong #i write for free. i always have. i have worked 5-7 jobs at once to make ends meet. #i did not grow up with access or money. i did not grow up with connections or like some kind of excuse #i grew up and worked my fucking ASS OFF. and i STILL!!! wrote!!! on the side!!! because i didn't know how not to!!! #i do not write for money!!!! i write because i fuckken NEED TO #i could be in the fucking desert i could be in the fuckken tundra i could be in total darkness #and i would still be writing pretentious angsty poetry about it #im not in any way saying it's a good thing. i'm not in any way implying that they're NOT tryna kill us #i'm saying. you could take away our jobs and we could go hungry and we could suffer #and from that suffering (if i know us) we'd still fuckin make art. #i would LOVE to be able to make money doing this! i never have been able to. but i don't NEED to. i will find a way to make my life work #even if it means being miserable #but i will not give up this thing. for the whole world.

[yasmeensh]

Zelda 2 Link my beloved

#zelda 2 #zelda ii #aol #classic link #loz #i love this link a lot #he's COOL!!!! #you just don't know him #The time when I was developing that zelda 2 comic I dove so deep into his character ACK #i was like. looking at all the character dialogues and enemies and reading and rereading the manual #trying to flesh out his character #it's all thanks to dark link honestly #also taking from zelda 1 since it's his character history #also from other links. hero's spirit stuff #that zelda 1 triforce comic was born out of my zelda 2 comic brainstorming

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #94

Danny falls through a portal to the DC world from a natural portal that opened up while he was in mid fight with Skulker a fight that began at Vlads where the creep put a collar on Danny that kept him in ghost form, Vlad thought he’d force Danny to reveal his secret to his parents by taking away his human form. Looking around he’s in a dark city with dark smog colored skies. Unfortunately he’s stuck here as the portal closed leaving him trapped. He tried to find help but no one can see him in his ghost form. He starts tailing the vigilantes of this world and eventually follows one onto this space station through this tube (possessing inanimate objects sure comes in handy). He wasn’t expecting for the random British guy in a trench coat to see him.

#dp x dc prompt #dp x dc #dc x dp #danny fenton #danny phantom #writing prompt #poor danny #What if no one could see Danny like deadman #Danny is stuck in ghost form #Constantine has a headache especially from the ghost king that has apparently been tailing Batman for a week #ghost king danny #Batman had a feeling he was being tailed but it’s hard to prove when nothing is amiss #my asks are open #More Minty lore? Sure! #Honestly no one in my family knows I love Danny Phantom so I only own a glitch in time #It’s still my favorite show from the 2000s but at this point that probably has more to do with the phandom #I’d also like to reveal my DP inspired world soon but I have no clue how to go about it #Should I start a new blog? Or should I just post it here? This blog is meant for everything but I don’t want to bog it down #So that’s my rant take it or leave it but you can’t unread it!! Thanks for reading have a great day!

[dismas-n-dismay]

Suki - Chimera Falin amv

I present before you: The Chimera Falin Edit.

#This took me like prolly 6 or so hours to do so feast well y'all and take ur meds and drink water #had to get in that “WOAH HEY” somehow #tiddies out for falin (and marcille she would love to see them) #anime watchers not finna get the uardlle joke but manga readers y'all BETTER LAUGH OR ITS BACK TO NO CONTENT. #if the manga readers dont laugh im never finna acknowledge them again and this will be their only acknowledgement from me good day /jjjj #if you caught the lesbian flag being in front of marcille at the end you are entitled to a kiss on the forehead and a membership to the + #farcille fanclub below #fun fact: I had to MAKE THAT FUCKING MARCILLE REACTION IMAGE MYSELF WHY WAS IT NOT ALREADY A THING #TOOK UP SO MUCH TIME. #also thank whoever reads the tags y'all are my favorite pookies #farcille #falin thorden #falin dungeon meshi #falin dunmeshi #falin touden #dungeon meshi #marcille donato #marcille dunmeshi #marcille dungeon meshi #marcille x falin #falin x marcille #chimera falin #falin chimera #faligon #dragon falin #delicious in dungeon amv #falin delicious in dungeon #marcille delicious in dungeon #oh also ig toshiro is here but i dont care about that man good night. #if you saw this last tag im literally giving you a kiss.

[peaceshire]

Dear Mx Peaceshire, thank you for putting out so much quality content of an OT3 that not only made me go from “I don’t know how this could work in a way that I like” to “Oh so THIS is how this could work in a way that I like” but also for inspiring me to write Buggy just about 25 percent more whiny and pathetic than I already did before. I only post my stuff in a very small circle for me and some of my designated weirdo friends (affectionate), but I still was kind of debating with myself wether or not to push my characterization in that direction, but honestly making him even more of a bastardly sniffling coward just helped me find a characterization of him I really like to write and for that , sincerely, thank you,

…. Also thank you for consistently writing and drawin the hottest fucking smut for this OT3 that has me down so bad that upon seeing the newest episode I actually had some sort of perverted Pavlovian response like “Oh yes and after that they are gonna fuck him up nasty style.” Even though logically I am aware that Toei will not show us Buggy getting fucked up by Mihawk and Crocodile nasty style in any capacity on screen.

keep on rocking, you're awesome

- sincerely, an admiring, if sexually confused, fan of your work

This ask made me so happy ... !!! I drew this for you !!! Thank you !!!!

#um i would love to read your work ... if you want another weirdo friend ... to share it with ... (ok if not!!) #thank you for taking the time to write this it really picked me up on a tough day thank you thank you #hngggg yes yes lets make buggy 25 no 50 no 100% more terrible LOL #shireart #buggy the clown #sir crocodile #dracule mihawk #cross guild #also i had the sAME REACTION TO THE EPISODE HAHAHAHA

[harmonictechnicality]

Eddie's One Rule

prompt: cake | wc: 311 | rating: T (for language) | for @steddiemicrofic's August prompt :)

Eddie had been perfectly clear on the “No Strippers” rule for his bachelor party. Tacky Las Vegas casino? Sure. Concerning amounts of tequila served in glow-in-the-dark shot glasses? Whatever. Karaoke at a space-themed diner?

… Okay. He’ll admit - that last one sounds fucking awesome. He’s been rehearsing a thrashy rendition of Mr. Roboto for weeks now. In all honesty, strippers were his only veto. 

But here they are, standing in a dimly-lit club that’s not even remotely close to the Vegas strip. 

“Low blow, man. Really.” Eddie gestures to the pole in the center of the room, then back towards Gareth. Should’ve revoked his Best Man privileges while he had the chance. 

Gareth ignores him and yells, “Bring it in, fellas!”

“Bring what in-”

The low strums of ‘I Touch Myself’ by the Divinyls flows through the speakers as the backdoor opens. The rest of Eddie’s wedding party begin rolling out a wooden cart with goddamn cake on it.

And it’s not an ordinary cake - not even an edible one. This one is clearly fake and almost six feet tall.

The cardboard lid pops off, revealing Eddie’s fiancé emerging from the top, fucking shirtless (which is the least surprising part of the evening).

His anger dissolves behind the sound of Steve belting the song, head swaying offbeat. Looking so damn happy. Eddie hasn’t made many good decisions in his life, but Steve is by far his best.

“Still wanna marry me after this little stunt?” Steve asks, pointing at the cake structure around him.

Eddie saunters over, rolling his eyes despite that swirling pulse of love in his chest. Steve automatically bends over from the center. Kisses him, still humming the song as their lips meet. 

“Why wait?” Eddie smiles. He brushes a few strands of Steve’s hair behind his ear and whispers, “We’re in Vegas right now, baby.”

#steddie #steddie fic #steddiemicroficaugust #hi hello I haven't written in a while #or shared my writing in a while so pls be gentle #thank you to anyone taking the time to still read my silly little brain worms! #makes my heart so so happy 💖 #and yes - they get married by an Elvis impersonator at 3am

[minas-linkverse]

Why is Mina's Linkverse?

I've been into the legend of Zelda since age 10, when Skyward Sword came out. Of course I was excited when I saw the fandom here on tumblr suddenly awaken larger than before. The release of botw was quite an event.

What I came to find however, was that I was struggling to connect with the fandom and its works. Dont get me wrong, the creators here are incredible and deserving of great praise. The problem wasn't them, but something in me I wasn't able to shake off.

After a lot of introspection the conclusion I came to was that the largest "issue" was how trauma was being explored.

I've been through absolute garbage, and know so much of that rage and pain. For a long time I thought I'd always feel it. I felt like a fire had been set in me and to extinguish it would only let those who hurt me win.

And I do think that past me was right, I think there are parts of me that will carry those burns forever. However with time I found myself less bothered. I infact was getting bored that my mind wouldn't just let me move on from that already.

I'm not a therapist, I don't truly know if what I say is accurate to more than myself— But in recent years I've started to see a world beyond what happened to me. I'm never going to be the woman I thought I'd be but I'm someone capable of finding happiness and security. There's still huge set backs and things that I've barely made progress on... Thing I've given up recovering... But I've seen it. I've seen that things can turn around and get better.

A lot of the fandom writes trauma as something larger than life. It's the main anatoginist, it gives the characters depth. In most cases, I think that's totally fine. In fact when I was still in pain I read works like that almost exclusivly. It was comforting to see myself in art.

But now that I've seen things can improve, I found myself desiring works about that. I wanted to see the cast of games I loved with all my heart to find that bright future too.

...So that's why Linkverse is here. I'm humbly offering the idea that these boys can heal and find bright futures. Maybe I could even reach a real person who feels like I used to. A girl can dream.

I also think its worth making the point that trauma doesn't make someone interesting. Healing doesn't make someone lose what made them worth reading about. Happiness can be as complex, deep and valuable as sorrow. Both is good.

So uhm. Yea! Yea. Yup.

This might be a webcomic about gnomes but I'm pouring my entire heart into it. I hope it shows and reaches others.

#Stuff like this is scary to write #But it also feels important #Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this

[t00thpasteface]

my arcade/king blackout wedding fic is DONE and since it takes place the morning after, i wanted to treat everyone to this flattering snapshot of what i left out. read the fic here:

"someone dishonoring their marriage vows? NOT IN VEGAS!"

#yeah i did it again. i did the costello thing with the title. i'm in a committed relationship with The Bit ok yall know this #AND I'M TRYING SOOOO HARDDD TO DRAW THE KING'S STUPID FACE CORRECTLY I'M EATING FIBERGLASS INSULATION AND CRYINGGGG #btw i'm pleased to see Las Vegas Wedding is a preexisting tag. spoiler alert for everyone who finds the fic through ao3 #simpsons quote #art #writing #fic #comic #fallout new vegas #arcade gannon #the king fnv #thank you for taking the time to read this tag. this tag loves you #kingcade

[zu-is-here]

T̷̪̊h̷͙̀ẹ̸̈́y̶̢͛'̴̥̔r̶̪̎e̸̼̐ ̸̡́ṇ̶͑o̸͔͝t̴̡͝ ̴̼̇e̶̲͐v̵̩̌e̸͙͘n̷̠͝ ̷̩̈́ṙ̴̰ē̷͈a̸̡͆l̷̠͐.̶̗̽

[3/13] Happy birthday, Fatal!Error ★

@fatal-error-blog by xedramon

Fell by underfell

Swap by popcornpr1nce

Cross from xtaleunderverse by jakei95

Lavender by naturetale-official

#zu art #fatal!error #birthday #a fatal error has occured #uf!sans #underfell!sans #fell!sans #us!sans #swap!sans #underswap!sans #cross!sans #lavender!sans #undertale #undertale au #utmv #a bit late but that's aight heh #Chapter 4 brings me so many emotions every time up to tears #this story is a gem and if you haven't delved into it yet I highly recommend taking your time to read/watch it #also ​thank you guys so much for 13 900+! \(//∇//)\

[canisalbus]

My absolute favorite thing about your blog, even more favorite that Vachete, is the care and interest you put into each response. Be it an ask or an art piece, you always eloquently break down each individual aspect and comment on them. It always makes me smile.

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#aw geez #thank you! that's such a sweet thing to say! #these are things I like to talk about so it's not like people have to try very hard to get me to ramble about stuff I hold dear #tumblr as a whole seems to have an atmosphere that encourages being open about passions special interests and one's creative projects #it's terribly flattering that folks are interested in engaging with what I make to begin with I don't take that for granted #and having your original characters depicted by other artists is a huge deal #it takes time and effort and thought to create anything especially if it's for someone else #I try my best to let them know that I've stopped to look at and think about their work in a way it deserves #and I like art and I like talking about and analyzing it and if someone made it for me and it features my brain goobers I like it even more #plus I know receiving comments is rewarding so I try to write ones that take longer than a few seconds to read #every time I get thoughtful feedback the good feeling lingers for ages and I'd imagine most people feel the same way #answered #hylorien

[cloud-somersault]

I hate that tumblr made me have to send this with my main acc but anyways-

OUGH HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR CHAPTER 4 CLOUD SUMMERSAULTING MK I ATE THAT SHIT UP ‼️‼️🙏🙏

OHHHH MY GOSH?????? OH YMSAIOJ OGHGMWALGMAWIOA OMH HJGIOGEAOIDWAMKL????

OGIOIASKLMD OHSOAL HOLY SHIT THANK YOU SO MUCH??? THIS IS BEAUTIFULSA OMGGGGG I'M SO?? TOUCHED YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DRAW ME ANYHINGKGLGKG GGJG THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL A BEAUTIFUL SMILING CLOUD-SOMERSAULTING BOY!!!!! OHH HE'S SO PRECIOUS THIS IS SO PRETTY THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TAGS YOU ALWAYS LEAVE, I EAT THEM UP, TOO!!! I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED CHAPTER 4. WHEN I WAS WRITING IT, I HAD A FEELING YOU'D LIKE THAT PART!!!!!

AND OMG YOU DREW HIM IN HIS CONSTELLATIONS OUTFIT??? HOLY SHIT OADMKWLASDWADAOJISLKMA IM SOBBIGN THANK YOU SOS MUCH FOR THIS GIFT I'LL TREASURE IT FOREVER OMGGMGM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#ask #THANK YOU SO MUCH GGLKGF FOR TAKING THE TIME #AND THANK YOU FOR READING MY FIC!!! ENOUGH TO DRAW SOMGHTMGKMGKG #cloud's bday gifts

[ledzeppelinmixtape]

wish house was a real doctor so i could be his mystery insomniac patient and after giving me horse tranquilizers and still not falling asleep he just hits me in the head with his cane and im out like a light

#house md #i was supposed yo be asleep 2 hrs ago cause i planned to get up very early to study but LMAO NO #as soon as i shut my eyes my chest felt like it was being ripped to shreds from anxiety. i love i love it i love it (←says guy who hates it #anyways. i got mad i cried i googled some things frantically and now im in an acceptance phase of 'it is what it is' ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ #i think the thing that makes me the most frustrated is that. i slept like shit last night. like 4hrs maybe!!!! total!!! and so by the time #i started studying today around 6:30 i was eepy. and then by 7:15 my eyes were sooo heavy so i decided to take a 15 min power nap #and i was DREAMING within minutes. i fell asleep that quick. such a deep sleep that my alarm scared me awake #but ofc when im like oh teehee ill go to bet hella early and wake up hella early my brain is like ? no. #if youre still reading. idk im kissing you on the mouth or something. thanks for being here 🫶 #gonna start tagging these posts as #insomnia chronicles

[bisexualchaosdemon]

Wait! WAIT!! Is this a fucking metaphor?!

(The Sunshine Court, ch.12)

Hear me out! I've seen a load of theories about Jeremy's back story, and one of them is that he may have struggled with anger issues in the past, which I think this could be eluding to, if you squint... So let's squint!

So, Neil says heavies are all about force and speed in trk, right? He descripes them as potentially unwieldy but devastating. Time and time again, heavies are associated with unchecked aggression. (If I'm right about this, Jeremy's surprised whistle here could also be foreshadowing for his reaction to all of the dirty ways the Raven's were forced to play).

Jeremy said that his high school team was full of nastiness. He doesn't say outright that he participated, but we could infer that from Cat's follow-up story about shooter games affecting her attitude in and outside the games. With that in mind, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that Jeremy's use of a heavy racquet is representative of his participation in the unnecessary aggression of his high school team. He said it was exhausting. He hated it and chose to leave it behind by joining the Trojans. And he stopped using a heavy racquet as soon as he was able.

There is also that bit in the previous chapter about the right therapist being life changing. Now, we don't get much there; all Cat says is, "Just look at Jeremy for proof" without any further context. Now, to me, that would imply that Jeremy's entire demeanour is the proof she's referring to. I defo think there's more going on there (like the mystery brother and his reaction to suicide, but I digress) but my point is that this could support the theory that Jeremy got too into all the negativity and aggression in high school.

I think Jeremy changing back to a light racquet could definitely be symbolic of Jeremy choosing to leave that nasiness out of his playing style and life. He knows he is putting himself at a disadvantage by choosing to play with a light racquet against heavies—by choosing not to return his marks' aggression with more aggression—but he's okay with that. He is choosing control.

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #take a shot every time i say aggression #am i reading too much into this? probably. am i going to stop? probably not. #i just lost my mind over the tiniest detail #is my autism showing? #tsc spoilers #jeremy knox #tsc #the sunshine court #all for the game #aftg

[sacchiri]

Hellsing 2002 calendar illustration.

Ein wunderliche und erschröckliche Hystori von einem großen Wüttrich genant Dracole wayda Der do so ganz unkristenliche marrter hat angelegt die mensche, als mit spissen als auch die leut zu Tod geslyffen

A wondrous and frightening story about a great berserk called Dracula the voivode who inflicted such unchristian tortures such as with stakes and also dragged people to death

#hellsing #alucard #kouta hirano #translation was found in a comment by u/lazyfoxheart on r/Kurrent #fun fact this is the highest quality version of this image that exists online #i know because i've been looking forever for a version that's clear enough to actually read what hirano wrote under '1443' #but there weren't any so i had to take matters into my own hands #the real image on the back of the guidebook is only 2 inches tall so i had to take this with my smartphone and will my hands not to shake #anyway i'm pretty sure it's supposed to say Eğrigöz (the location vlad was imprisoned) so yeah. thank you hirano very cool #if i might rant for a sec it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out because i didn't have the guidebook at first #and in the images i could find online that part was just a blur that looked suspiciously like a person's signature and i was like. who tf #i was thinking matthias corvinus since he issued some political propaganda against vlad iirc but it didn't match his signature on wikipedia #then i thought it might be vlad II dracul's since he probably had to sign an agreement to send his sons over as hostages at some point #but that didnt seem right either so i kept skimming vlad's wiki page #and then i was like goddammit...hirano.....you just misspelled Eğrigöz didn't you.. .... #i maybe should've made a separate post dedicated to this instead of writing a novel in the tags but eh #the hellsing brainrot runs deep #also- i put it in the source link at the bottom of the post but the german inscription is copied off a real woodcut of vlad from 1491 #except instead of depicting him as an adult hirano drew him as a child which gives the inscription a very different feel imo #the one final thing that interests me about this is the fact that hirano published this calendar in 2002 #which is REALLY early in the series. like this was before volume 5 came out?? #i have no idea why he decided to do a massive spoiler drop in a random piece of japan-only merch #sandwiched between a drawing of alucard as john travolta from saturday night fever and integra as a fish no less #it makes me really curious to know what the fan response to this was back then. like did people even know who this was #maybe im just an idiot and everyone back then was like 'ah yes its alucard as a 12 year old. how very informative'

[vvmorningstar]

Hello beautiful Obey Me community, I need a Solomon expert to tell me if I dreamt reading in an official interview that Solomon wrote fanfiction for TSL??? I am pretty sure I read it. Now, whether it was a headcanon or an official statement I'm not sure akdbsifb

#obey me #obey me solomon #if it was a hc I want to kiss who wrote it because they broke my psyche with it. it is canon for me. nothing can change it #if whoever is reading this cannot confirm it's ok thank you for taking the time of the day #🥲🥲