#this would have been a good opportunity

[still-simping-over-sambucky]

#on the note of them not being mentioned anywhere #this would have been a good opportunity #sambucky #bucky barnes #sam wilson #tfatws #the falcon and the winter soldier #peter parker #spider man #nick fury #spider man: far from home #my memes

[warningsine]

GIRLS5EVA • Summer Dutkowsky

#girls5eva #girls5evaedit #summer dutkowsky #gloria mcmanus #busy philipps #wickie roy #dawn solano #sine's gifs #does Summer know that Bette Davis "tried being a lesbian” and that Crawford tried to seduce her multiple times? the audiobooks probably #didn't cover that <3 #also it would have been topical had she mentioned something about tatu--larry sounds as gross as ivan. #she could have commented on the hypocrisy. the girls pretended to be gay to sell their first album abroad. #meanwhile in local interviews they'd say 'we are normal and have boyfriends.' one of them is openly homophobic supports putin and has run #for office. #anyway i know the series has no such intentions and sum is supposed to be a good/supportive sister but #that doesn't mean I don't think she would benefit from dating a lady now that she is independent/her own person #(preferably gloria but honestly any lady would do) #it wouldn't be hard to buy given that she hasn't had the opportunity to explore her sexuality what with the purity rings and upbringing #// #i wanted to add more moments but eh

[vladdyissues]

Still not over the fact that Vlad Masters—the dastardly evil murderous #1 primo villain in Danny Phantom—started crying when Danny said he wanted him to be his new dad.

#danny phantom #vlad masters #vlad plasmius #meta #he was genuinely happy #for 3 seconds #all danny had to say was he wanted vlad to be a part of his life #that he was willing to give him a chance #it would have opened the doors to vlad healing #vlad was 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧 to believe #danny had the opportunity to be the better man and extend the olive branch of peace #but instead he was a little shit and just made an even bigger enemy of vlad #yeah yeah i know. kids show. black and white. nothing complex. vlad evil danny good and all that #but think of what could have been

[nevertheless-moving]

If moash had told kalidan about his beef with the king book 1 then none of the rest of that shit would have happened because kalidan wouldn't have sworn to protect elokhar

I mean it's probably for the best because wow genuinely it would have derailed the entire plot of the series like

Kalidan: my men and I vow to protect you and your sons with our lives

Dalinar: and my nephew, the king

Kaldan: and your niece when she arrives

Dalinar: any my nephew

Kalidan: and the kings mother

Dalinar: and you will protect The KING

Kalidan:

Dalinar:

Kalidan:

#Stormlight archive #Way of kings #words of radiance #My au #stormlight archive fanfic #Oof not a good way forward for dalinar at that point #Like he kindof put all his eggs in one basket with kalidan ngl #Dalinar: do you have a grudge against the king #Kaladin: ...yes #Dalinar: Why #Kalidan: #Kalidan: I'm holding it for a friend #I mean you KNOW He'd be unbelievably upfront about it. #Moash is pissed because kings guard would have been. A pretty good opportunity for revenge #Kalidan really can't win with that guy #Stormlight au no 31 #cosmere #nevertheless cosmere

[erineas]

Being in a relationship with more than one version of the same skeleton should be a bit clashing sometimes. Especially if their personalities go different ways.

Imagine your sleep schedule is a mess and you just go to bed awfully late one night. You know you're bound to wake up past noon the next day, but you're too tired to care. There's nothing important to worry about tomorrow, anyways.

Hopefully, the one that finds you first is someone like Classic Sans, probably sent by Papyrus to pick you up for breakfast since he would be sleeping too if given the opportunity. He would see you there, hiding behind a comfy cocoon of your sheets, and would climb next to you to resume his napping in your company.

You two would happily nap the hours away if it wasn't for your next skeleton to appear.

Someone like Swapfell Sans would burst the door open (careful enough to not be too loud to startle you or to snap it from it's hinges, for that matter), probably thinking you were already awake. It's a surprise he didn't check on you earlier since he's the type of guy to be up and about at the very same hour you went to sleep, but he still didn't wait until noon to give you your 'good morning' kiss before going on his day.

He would wake you right then and there, complaining about how you shouldn't waste a productive day. He actually doesn't care if you use it to be productive or not, that's just his way to help you fix your schedule. And after all this time dating him, you know he means well.

From then on, your tired mind would have two options: leave the bed and fight the grogginess until you're functional again (and wait for him to sleep together at a decent hour) or fall right back into dreamland with the still sleeping skeleton in your arms.

Whatever you choose, if they're not to fight each other, you know someone will try to convince you to change your mind.

#That's just one thing #Not to mention they would do this all the time #With all choices at every opportunity in all scenarios #Brain will end up saturated having to choose between different things all the time #specially knowing both outcomes are good ones #It doesn't need to be Classic and Swapfell either they were just examples #It will get worse as you get more skeletons involved tho #Some would fight some would passively tempt you like in this specific combination #I kinda lost my train of thought here- I woke up after noon and have been writing this out since then #Felt like rambling in my own grogginess #I'm still sleepy #Anyways #5am random thoughts

[dolokhoded]

my one season 4 complaint is Where The Fuck Was Aneesa

#never have i ever #i really wish her and fabiola had stayed together them not working out didn't rlly serve any purpose to the plot for the new season #fabiola's new relationship was barely rlaborated upon. as expected. #and aneesa was basically written out she was barely even part of the group #plus that scene of them at the staircase talking about fab's robotics team. they still have so much chemistry and they were literally just #talking about robotics #i understand she's not a major character and she can't have a separate plotline to herself but she wasn't even involved in anyone else's #her and fabiola were cute together and she would've at least been part of the plot if they were still dating #allison was barely a character what was the point of writing some random new partner for fabiola when she already had a perfectly good #love interest #it just doesn't make sense to me. whi decided it would be a good idea for them to break up #was it just an opportunity to shove in a nonbinary character who had no personality and was just there as someone's s/o and call it #representation #cause there are Many better ways to have nonbinary rep than this #but ofc mindy kaling wouldn't give a shit about this. #n e ways for this support my nonbinary aneesa hc . it's real. #fabiola torres #aneesa qureshi #OR AT THE VERY LEAST SHE SHOULD'VE GOTTEN WITH PAXTON. SHE HAD THAT NICE HOT JOCK LINE AT THE END OF SEASON 3 #im fabneesa 4 life but i would honestly be haply with her dating paxton. they're both cool and they'd be fun together. and she deserves a #nice hot jock boyfriend.

[raayllum]

don't get me wrong callum is undeniably a prince and it plays into his family dynamics and his initial sense of unworthiness when the story starts a lot, but i'll never fully understand the hang up that it's a Big part of his ongoing story when his own brother, the king, says "remember who you are" and just refers and reiterates his mage identity (4x06), and that's the only one that callum seems to significantly care about either (5x07)

#tdp callum #like he's The Prince in arc 2 but only when it's Funny/Convenient for him to be at any given time #& y'know what good for him #tag ramble #like none of his arcs have ever been Informed by him being a prince since like. s1 #and i would not be surprised if by the end of the series he's not living in katolis #like Who Knows obviously. he totally could be #but like. he is very clearly a prince bc harrow & ezran Needed to be royal for Their Storylines #and callum being a 'step prince' was an easy allegory for 'you feel external pressures & like u don't fully belong in your family' #in a court dynamic #like i'd love a 'callum is acting king while ezran is off doing something else' i would eat that shit up #5x01 was a perfect opportunity. they Did Not do that and i think it's so funny #meanwhile ezran is The King and that's like. that's his arc y'know?

[electricmaimer]

"i dont care if people who havent read the books get spoiled for the show" <- words of a person i now want to bite and yell at

#BE FUCKING NICE #A LOT OF THEM ARE CHILDREN??? THEY EITHER HAVENT GOTTEN AROUND TO READING THE BOOKS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YET #OR #ADDITIONALLY IT IS 2023. THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT AND MEDIA IS BEING ADAPTED FOR NEW GENERATIONS #TRY HOLDING SOME WONDER AND JOY IN YOUR HEART AND THINK ABOUT HOWW FUN IT IS TO EXPERIENCE A STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME #STOP SPOILING SHIT ON PURPOSE IT MAKES ME WANT TO COMMIT CRIMES❤️ #literally dont be a spiteful dick and stop ruining things for fun or because you want to gatekeep and have a superiority complex #fuck uou i would personally give ANYTHING to get to experience this story for the first time again #and watching people ruin in in real time for people experiencing it for the firdt time. i hate you #ypure all extremely selfish and shortsighted for doing this whole 'yeah but the books have been out for forever.. :/' bs #absolutely giving yourself away as a fucking clown with no ability to gain anything positive from shared joy. get well soon #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo show #percy jackson show #pjo tv show #eeanpost #ALSO THE FUCKING AUDACITY FOR THE FANBASE OF A BOOK SERIES ABOUT KIDS STRUGGLING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO YELL AT PEOPLE FOR NOTREADING #DO YOU FUCKING HEAR YPURSELVES ???? WHAT THE FUCK??? THE STORY IS MORE ACCESSIBLE NOW. THAT IS A GOOD THING. HTJSJJTJFJG

[elisgeorge]

Ok but what if Regina had been shown the Swan pendant when Tinkerbell showed her her true love. And then when they get to Neverland, Tinkerbell is PISSED because she knows Regina spent years looking for Emma before she became the Evil Queen and now Emma is RIGHT THERE and she's, what, ogling a pirate?

#They missed such a good opportunity #i like robin hood as a character but MAN #would have been a great twist. #great way to explain all the RAGE that woman had #beyond #yknow #henry #ouat #once upon a time #swan queen #swanqueen #sq #swen #emma swan #regina mills #tinkerbell

[satans-knitwear]

My brother finally has some time to spare and has said he will take me to some petshop to sort the dogs out properly! We need to get them soft training treats to fill the tin, replacement squeaky toys for recall training, a distraction/brain-teasing toy for when i am working at home with just the puppers and some wet dog food for the resident fussy eater (not belle. She eats anything.)

Just incase you feel like it! ⬇️

Pypl Cshpp

#I have been saying all this to my parents for months but they have been so busy they haven't had time to consider it #Since it's mostly me dealing with the doggos at any given time I feel like I have a very good handle on where they are at and what they need #I'm so grateful that someone else in this family now has the time and energy to help me with this!! #These creatures deserve the best. And i am determined to give it to them. #Any coins you could toss our way would really help me immediately bc im working on the tail end of last months budget! #By that i mean I'm on my last fiver but I really don't want to let this opportunity pass me by #Theyll be looked after well (as usual) regardless anyway regardless of course But i have this nagging desire to do better for them. Always

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Gesture & Figure Studies

I mentioned in a previous post that a professor of mine gave me some resources that I find super helpful, and that once he fixed the links to those resources, I would share them here.

So, as promised, I'm making a post to compile the various online goodies I've been given/stumbled across on my own. All of these are super good resources to practice gesture drawing for free, and in a more comfortable environment than staring at a real person three feet away from you. Some of these are also good references to have for longer drawings, so feel free to use them in whatever way helps you! Links put below:

Before anything, I think it's important to explain what exactly gesture is. At its core, gesture is simply looking at some form of reference, and drawing what you see as quickly as possible. Gesture drawing isn't actually exclusive to drawing people; it's helpful with pretty much all subject matter, such as still-lifes or landscapes. This post focuses on figure studies, but the techniques found here can be used elsewhere too.

These exercises are typically done in increments of 30 seconds-5 minutes. That's not a lot of time, so it's very important to not get hung up on details while working. Instead, focus on whatever you're drawing in its entirety; the point is to capture the energy of whatever you're looking at, not each individual shape. These drawings tend to look a little goofy and that's perfectly fine! The important part is proportion and energy, not form.

Below are a couple of videos that I think best help introduce gesture drawing. Seeing it is action explains it better than words can, in my opinion:

A demo of figure gesture drawing (this is closest to how I was taught)

Short video that explains good things to watch out for while you work

And for the poses:

Playlist of timed poses (non-nude)

Playlist of timed poses (nude)

Pose image library (nude/non-nude/hands/more+)

Timed image library (nude/non-nude/hands/more+)

Another timed image library (nude/non-nude)

Pinterest board of hand/feet references (helpful even outside of gesture drawing)

HUGE pose reference library (very helpful even outside of gesture drawing)

DeviantArt page for the above (more poses I believe, but harder to navigate)

I'll update this post if I add anything else to this list, but this is all I have for now. Hopefully a couple of people can find this useful :D

#even if nobody uses these I would like to have them here so I don't loose them #but sharing is caring and I love these resources so maybe someone else might want them too #i will say: #if you're an artist/wanting to learn to draw people #and you ever get an opportunity to join a live model drawing session #definitely don't pass it up; they're not all nakey people #i've only seen one of these events held outside of my classes and I very much regret not being able to go #regardless learning it virtually is still a massive help and has been how i've learned for most of the past year #it's helped me a ton with my anatomy over the past year #but it's still a good way to warm up even if you don't need help with anatomy #gesture drawing #figure studies #art resources #drawing resources #non-art post

[bonefall]

You may have answered this before, but how are you handling characters that don't believe in starclan, like mothwing and cloudtail? Personally I thought it was interesting when reading the books, considering cloudtail, but only to a point because it's very hard to write atheist characters in a setting where there's undeniable proof of the gods/spirits/etc. Like, how did they explain the literal forces of heaven and hell battling on earth??

As An Atheist Myself ™ I have a lot of feelings about the two of them. I think the short answer is just that in a setting where gods are literally undeniable facts of life, "Atheism" looks more like Dystheism, the belief that they exist, but are not worthy of worship.

That seemed to be the conclusion at the end of Mothwing's... i forgor the name of her novella 💀Mothflight's Blaspheme Boogie. It's actually why it's one of my favorite novellas, I really like the way it closes out with Mudfur trying to sales pitch StarClan's goodness to her, she doesn't buy a fucking penny of it, and ultimately concludes that the comfort it provides to her Clanmates is valuable to them but doesn't have to be for her.

So that's how I want to handle them. They have an outsider perspective to the fact that this is a theocracy, based on gods that can be vindictive and vengeful. Scourge/Iceheart is also joining these two, he actually is going to have a minor but important role in Squirrelflight's Horror as a ghost basically giving insight to what happens when you don't worship StarClan when you die.

With him and Mothwing I really know what I'm doing. Mothwing is insight to Leafpool, especially in TNP where she is now a POV, and observing how the though of StarClan influences the behavior of the cats around her. Scourge is killed in the Great Battle and serves as a ghost to witness their trial. Cloudtail...

Cloud's still evolving. He's going to be a supporting character with Ferncloud in her SE and exploring the feelings he has towards Ashfur, now his apprentice, becoming a villain. How he did his job perfectly, raised him with a deep respect towards the warrior code, and that lead to the person he is today. How he couldn't have done things "better" because this DID raise him the way his society expected him to.

But his dystheism is kind of secondary to that. I think the story I've got for him is fine so far, but it needs more of an 'ending' that I can't decide on until they finally kill him in the main books.

#Bone babble #honestly chief I hate that Cloudtail is still alive #I wish that ThunderClan lost an elder in that last outbreak #I profoundly dislike how the elder's den contains 4 cats the Erins found too marketable to kill #3 of them from the same litter #In my heart Brackenfur died in Po3 and Brambleclaw followed him as deputy #And Thornclaw is a villain #It's FRUSTRATING that they can't let go of these TPB cats and their dynamics as a group are boring #They're nothing like the elder's den in TPB because THAT elder's den actually had dynamics #One-eye was old and wise but hard to get information out of because of her age #Smallear was a frequent problem and extremely nasty #Half and Patch were more friendly and welcoming especially to Cloudpaw #That's good! #But THIS elder's den is generic nice old people now. If they even get screentime at all #Wasted opportunity to turn Thornclaw into the new Smallear #especially since we had a whole thing with Nightheart being a brat #You could have swapped the Bracken cameo with any other elder and it would have been the same #Cloudtail should have been dead by now #Dead actually doing something #In fact fuck like... ONE change to the warrior series without changing anything else? #Cloudtail should have gone into the DF to confront ashfur not fucking Graystripe #Squilf's cousin and ashfur's adopted brother #graystripe stop DOING this to me I LIKE you im one of the only people in my circle who DOES #You're ANNOYING with how much screentime you soaked up you dripping wet writer's pet #Cloudtail hasn't done anything in like 20 years #He's still completely coasting off being a TPB cat #Can't believe this turned into Yelling at Cloudtail hour

[archduke-enver-gortash]

mmm essay about sally and kid gort in the tags (cw for child abuse, mentions of suicide, animal cruelty and a murder attempt. i always hope i don’t have to say this but just in case: i don’t excuse or condone any of her or gort’s behaviour at all.) this is literally not even touching upon everything i have to say because i hit the fucking tag limit lmao. NOBODY READ IT’S BAD BRAINSTORMING I JUST NEEDED TO GET IT OUT SOMEHOW

#thinkin too much about gortie side characters again. #sally this time and why she specifically talks about him the way she does #like dravo is obviously still shitty but to me he was. ‘just ‘neglectful #while sally actively hated and even felt terrorised by her own child #like. it’s not like i don’t understand her at all. #imagine you and your love don’t have much besides each other and your shop and you get pregnant and ready to raise a child #only for it to not be a child he didn’t and doesn’t cry ever and he learns everything so much sooner than most but then he never calls you #his parents and it’s not just a petty thing kids do sometimes you feel that he doesn’t see you as family and the worst part is that you #agree deep down #and as he gets older he doesn’t have any friends and actively rejects the notion of the entire concept #but then as time passes you hear about how he has entire groups of children following him and then several of them commit suicide #and that thing coming to sit with you and dravo at the dinner table says that he did what you did last week when the axe to chop wood broke #and you discarded it and got a new one #and he has these habits of ripping out flowers and making sure that they don’t regrow #and then you hear rumours about a friend’s daughter’s cat disappearing and think nothing of it #until you visit his tree house a month later and find a declawed cat and birds with clipped wings and crushed bugs that he keeps fondly #and then you see him with other children and they don’t know and his face is different and body language is entirely different #and were it not for the fact that you know better you would never see anything but a normal child #and you know that you are one who painstakingly brought this thing that should not be into the world and so you decide to end it all one da #and go to him as he’s asleep with the knife shaking in your hand #but he cries when you’re above him! screams at the top of his lungs! #so you beg for forgiveness even though you don’t deserve it through tears but as soon as the knife is put away you see the act drop and fee #his clever fingers having twisted your brain inside and out and you know that you can do nothing #and so the opportunity arises to at least remove him out of your life if not everyone’s lives and you take it immediately. #but you heard him talk. how he will close his fist around the world one day. and you know that it is not a matter of if but when. #like. imagine that. jesus dude. #like i hc her as someone that is messy and does not know a lot about life and she certainly wouldn’t have been a good mother but the love #or at least desire to love is there somewhere. and believing that having a child is really the only somewhat meaningful thing she can do #with her life. she’s not some hero or rich or anything of note. so there’s a lot obligation and not genuine desire for family here. #but she never really got the chance to be an actual mother in the first place so. who knows what that might have looked like

[tanituo]

spoilers for bg3 dark urge playthrough

i have a hc in my second durge run that my durge was initially orin's mentor. because she's sarevok's granddaughter, she's technically the dark urge's grand-niece, right? and knowing that the dark urge was a prolific serial killer in baldur's gate, i imagine my durge as having passed their skills on to orin. he taught her to carve flesh from bone with a delicate yet cruel hand. and when the time came for orin to betray him, to make a mess of his brain and to subject him to his own evil plot, i imagine my durge as maybe even being a little proud. the sting of being usurped was made sweeter by the knowledge that he trained the hand that twisted the knife and puppeted his sinews. to be so viscously torn apart was in and of itself holy, a beautiful, bloody, miserable act of devotion. because that's how both he and orin were raised--they were born to become vessels of suffering, living to die.

which makes it all the more confusing for orin when he returns and is different. when he's less fun to toy with, less delighted by the agony she puts him through. when she steals his friends or leaves nauseating carrion in her wake for him to uncover, he shows no masochistic joy. instead only fear. and normally she likes fear, but it's wrong on his face. she used to be seen as his inferior, and yet it took only the rearranging of a little grey matter to make him a pathetic, sentimental, weepy mess than clings to idealism and fragile new friends? what evil could bhaal have mistakenly seen in him to make him his chosen?

but his great evil never negated his simultaneous capacity for great good. she doesn't know that in undoing him, she allowed him to be reborn. that he has known love and has been changed for it. and she will never understand why, as he steps foot into the temple of bhaal and drives his blade through her heart upon their foul god's altar, there is no joy taken in the act of ending her life. the expression on his face is not one of malevolence, but one of pity.

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #dark urge #durge #durge spoilers #dark urge spoilers #orin the red #bg3 orin #bg3 is absolutely FULL of different discussions on the inherency of evil and good and i adore it #you are given multiple opportunities in the game to discuss nurture vs nature #and a good durge playthrough makes the theme so much more poignant #which made me think about orin and how that if she were in durge's shoes and could start over and be shown love and compassion and kindness #i feel as though she would have been equally capable of choosing good #even with the other origin companions #every character arc consists of some major choice #in which they have to decide for themselves the kind of person they will be and the kind of life they will lead #and if you've built strong enough relationship with them and shown them kindness then they'll often choose the high road for themselves #ugh i love this game

[mantisgodsdomain]

All these fics about Kabbu and Leif sharing a bed for "shipping reasons" or whatever are a fool's move. Give us the bee! Acknowledge Team Snakemouth's canonical inn arrangements of "all three of them sleep in the same bed" you coward! We aren't here for "romance" or "pairing the boys together because they're the stock standard Shippable Men", we're here for bed sharing!

Team Snakemouth consists of three bugs, and they absolutely should get fic with inconvenient and uncomfortable sleeping arrangements where Vi somehow monopolizes 90% of the bed despite being physically smaller than everyone else, Leif is banished to the very edge of the bed for being Cold, and Kabbu dumps both of his teammates on the floor on accident when he wakes up from a nightmare. The bed sharing fic that we deserve as a fandom should be rooted in deep inconvenience and it should contain at least one instance of someone getting kicked in the ribs, and that's our firm opinion.

#bug fables #we speak #legal disclaimer this post is a joke and all kabbuleif hate is exclusively to set up the joke #we DO feel that using “and there was only one bed” for romance is just a missed opportunity #especially since it means shoving vi to the side and especially because like. theres already so much fic that treats her as The Spare #it would be nice to get more fic where she isnt treated as baggage and shoved off to the side for the sake of developing her teammates #but we've been making our own food for long enough that we know if we want something good we'll have to make it ourself #so really its just an aimless complaint #we'll get around to writing our own things eventually we just have to bitch abt the state of things a bit first

[skitskatdacat63]

I have to write a relatively long German paper, and man its just so difficult for me. The pro side is that I can pick any topic I want, so of course I picked Charles VI. But I've literally not written any German in months, and I'm almost 100% sure our prof doesn't actually read them. I should just write and submit boy king fic....

#i wish it was in English #bcs i would be very happy about it #but i have lost so much capacity for any German writing #bcs he sucks so much as a prof and has dropped the ball on actual language learning imo #how am i supposed to suddenly write a 7-8 pg paper after youve spent all our class time just lecturing at us #and giving us no real opportunity to really learn or test our skills #i shall.. probably just cheat. #LIKE i want to learn german so badly #but what the fuck is the point of even trying when i know im not going to get actual feedback on my writing #why should i even try at that point. put that much effort in and know that he doesnt really care at all #it just sucks so much bcs i genuinely love and am so fascinated w the topic #but the idea that id put so much work into translating it only for him not to read it really kills me #again. just submit boy king fic and see if he notices sjfkgllblb #but do you know what i mean? like im sure ill write a good version in english that i think is actual good content #but translating it is such a lost cause bcs all the effort is reallt for nothing #like atp im jusy interested in the history more than making an effort w the language #ugh i wish i wasnt this way but yknow lack of stimulation anf feedback really kills my enjoyment and interest #like see i can convince myself that thr eng version of teh paper is my typical personal research #<- i mean im making a fucking family tree for funsies so this isnt that far off #but the translation part is so difficult bcs my german has been eroding a bit SOB SOB #lol anyways i say this bcs i was plotting a boy king fic in my head as i was goong to bed #and was like oh i shoulf write it out tmr! and then remembered I HAVE AN ESSAY UGH #well yeah. suffering. we'll see how i feel abt i write the original copy and if i have the capacity to germanify it #i just feel so guilty about it. cheating. I dont want to and it feels so low effort and terrible #but why would i force myself thru all that for a guy who barely reads it #catie.rambling.txt