#which isn't hard

[koddlet]

personal rules for winter ❄

#this was fun bc i didn't intend for it to be kind of cryptic #i just wanted to make some reminders for myself about winter cuz i never learn #especially the back cover which i guess isn't really a rule but still stands. i'm in a rural place so when it gets dark it's Dark #and its hard to want to do anything #zine #mini zine #illustration #nonfandom #analogue art

[redwizardofgay]

Staying focused on a project has always been my big, creative weakness but I'm really struggling with this MTG game because I keep wanting to fuse it was an assault on 5e.

#by this i mean i want to make a better game than 5e #that does similar things #but better #which isn't hard #5e isn't all that hard to match or exceed with even a little effort

[rookflower]

drives me up the wall that sunbeam's feelings towards nightheart so far have been written like

"hey, why did this kid i only kind of know show up at my home unannounced and declare that we're in a relationship? i'm going to go along with this to protect him but it wasn't cool of him to disrespect my boundaries like that."

"wait now he's leaving after all that? how could he! we'd started to genuinely fall in love! it's like he just used me as an escape route for a bit! however, i can't stay here without him so i'm going to follow him."

"so i've been here for like two seconds and he's already left me alone here in a strange clan to go on a mystery quest to god knows where for god knows how long, without saying goodbye, and i only have the word of his grandma to back this up. i'm feeling abandoned, but i can't live in my old clan with my toxic mum anymore especially after she came here to confront me directly and thunderclan stuck up for me. so even without nightheart here, i'm going to make friends and make a place for myself. i can make this my home. i don't really need that guy."

"omg he's back!!! forget all of that i love him sososo much we are going to have so many babies."

girl idc DUMP HIM!!!

#lightleap may be too good for you but you're too good for nightheart. which isn't hard #idc how much sense nightheart's actions make from his perspective im sick of everyone forgiving that guy immediately for everything

[markantonys]

– Langston Hughes

#wotedit #wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time #ishamael #lews therin #rand al'thor #mine #wot show spoilers #I'M IN MY FEELINGS #when i was making yesterday's gifset this poem just popped right into my head and i was like. [closes my eyes] #also i can't believe i'm now feeling Genuine Sorrow over ishy stroking dream!rand's face djkfjg #he wishes it was lews! he spends all season trying so hard to pretend it is! but lews has been dead for 3000 years & rand isn't him #same goes for lanfear which is why i included that shot of them looking out at the seals together #man that shot invokes such a deep melancholy in me over the breakdown of lanfear/ishy/LTT

[front-facing-pokemon]

#spheal #i wish i could post circular images on tumblr. because this one is deserving of a fully circular PNG. i could technically just take a #regular square image and then make the edges transparent to make it *effectively* a circle‚ but like… would that appeal? #if that would appeal then i'll do it. i don't think it would be *too* prohibitively hard. i would be willing to make an addendum #with a circular transparent image of spheal staring at the screen if enough of you want it. either way #this guy rolls everywhere and i think tumblr is gonna like that. i feel like this is gonna end up being a well-liked pokémon amongst tumblr #as in. i feel like. it already is. because. of how it is. i just don't know bc spheal isn't like. one of my favorites #it's cute don't get me wrong but it's just not one i think about all the time. it's one that i'll like if prompted but not unprompted #i'm gonna stop before i dig myself into a hole. i beat totk finally. it was very good and i honestly had way way more fun with it than i did #with botw. i have my criticisms obviously. it's not perfect it's not pmd. but it was very good. and now i've moved onto the next game in my #backlog. which is very long but i'm steadily working through it. hopefully i can get it done before i graduate this december and stop having #any time for the rest of my life ever forever to play video games. dreading that day. but uh #until then i will game. and hang out with my friends. and go on tumblr. and do all these things i like to do. until i no longer can #wow this got depressing i'm gonna Stop here. enjoy spheal

[tranakin-skywalker]

Who needs a jungle gym when your dad works just fine

#myart #togrutakin #togruta anakin skywalker #togruta luke skywalker #togruta leia organa #togruta skywalkers #went with the canon tog design for this one #luke has shmi's coloration and leia has her markings #which certainly makes me feel some sort of way #also anakin's coloration is a lot more vibrant here because for once in his life he isn't stressed the fuck out #guy is moisturized and thriving #also can i just say #designing naboo casual wear? hard #anakin's outfit was loosely inspired by ruwee's in that one deleted scene

[bitchthefuck1]

It's kind of funny that Kendall and Shiv are both equally delusional about their ability to charm people for business and somehow think they can do it even though they choke almost every single time, whereas it's like the one thing Roman is consistently good at despite being the "least legitimate" option.

I think part of this comes down to the fact that Shiv and Kendall both have very clear ideas of the versions of themselves they're trying to be and the images they're trying to project, and they're trying so hard to be seen that way that they end up coming off as a little desperate and off-putting. Meanwhile Roman "knows" that there's something wrong with him and he's worthless, so he doesn't get sucked into the trap of trying to force people to see his idea of himself and instead molds himself into whatever he thinks the other person wants from him because that's the only way he can compensate for "being him," which works very well in the short term but also means he's the least capable of maintaining any relationship for very long because he has no sense of self.

#this was going to be a joke about kendall consistently failing to charm anyone that isn't stewy (and still for some reason thinking he's #good at it) but then i thought about it too hard and started connecting dots #but it is really interesting on a character level to analyze the different ways the siblings act when they're trying to win someone over #kendall and shiv will try to find common ground but they always end up pushing too hard and overplaying their hands because they're #focussing too much on wanting to get the person to take them seriously or see them the way they want to be seen #and roman will test the waters a bit but not say anything definitive until he get the person talking and can see what it is they want #and then just says whatever it is he thinks they want to hear #which also makes a lot of sense with the abuse dynamics since he was the one most likely to actually get hit so the goal is to just make #sure dad never gets angry at you and tell him whatever you need to to avoid that because the consequences will be worse #anyways its 2 am here you go #succession #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy

[citroncynique]

bad dreams in the night

#limbus company #canto 6 #lcb catherine #lcb heathcliff #lcb heathcathy #heathcathy #I'll be 100 with you guys I'm still kombuchagirl.gif about a LOT of the uh. narrative choices PM took. #especially cathy. oh we were robbed. it's not like PM isn't capable of writing perfectly horrible women. it's an art they're good at #which is why lcb cathy was so... surprising to me #UUUUH LITERATURE DWEEB WHINING ASIDE EVERY CATHY/ERLKÖNIG HEATHCLIFF ABSOLUTELY HAVE MY SOUL #be doomed and forlorn together....... #also tee hee i swapped out cathy's dress for the dress kate bush wears in the wuthering heights mv #iconic kate bush remains iconic #OH AND AND AND this goes without saying but this is referencing la belle dame sans merci by sir franck dicksee #and since this art piece isn't exactly an uncommon redraw i have used multiple fanart redraws as reference #but the one that helped me the most was a redraw by kalisami whose work is absolutely stellar #horses are..... hard to draw. even without their heads.

[thelaurenshippen]

I think the thing that, like, has me fully frothing at the mouth about the way the last of us transformed bill's story is how it flipped on its head what bill does in the narrative. in the game (at least in my interpretation), he is the epitome of the living vs. surviving dichotomy, an example on how you can do everything you can to survive as long as you can and be absofuckinglutely miserable and alone if you continue to shove down parts of yourself and keep everyone at arm's length. he's what joel could become if he's not careful.

and in the show, he's the opposite - he's the example of how you can change your ways in the worst circumstances, how letting someone in is actually the most powerful thing you can do, how surviving isn't enough, isn't worthwhile, if you don't have love, if you don't have something to live for. and where in the game he was a portent of joel's future if he continued down the path he was on, in the show he's a contrast of what joel already is. joel, who couldn't tell tess he loved her, joel who can be detached enough to dispose of the corpse of a child, joel who doesn't allow himself to mourn the death of his friends for more than a few seconds. bill of the game was that way, except he still helped joel and ellie out. joel of the tv show is where bill was, but he still gives ellie his jacket when its cold, his food when she's hungry.

and in doing all of that, and with knowing what's coming, the last of us has said "love will save you. it doesn't matter if its romantic love or familial love, no matter the people involved, love is the most natural thing we do, and if you try to push it away, it will be that that kills you."

#the last of us #tlou #the last of us spoilers #tlou spoilers #idk if this makes ANY sense #I'm having a hard time articulating my thoughts exactly #but just like #joel has SO much further to go to love ellie in the show than he does in the game #which is WILD bc he has so far to go in the game #and I looveeeeeeee that #I love that he is going to have to work so hard because THAT'S THE POINT #letting yourself love isn't easy but it IS worthwhile

[willowser]

okay but imagine one day the little one goes up to his daddy and tells him you introduced a guy to him and how much he doesn’t like this man. It doesn’t even have to be a romantic partner it could just be an old friend but lil one and ex!husband bakugou instantly assume you have a new man in your life

omg. the heart attack bakugou is having.

your son is standing on his little step-stool in front of katsuki's bathroom mirror. meant to be brushing his little teeth, but he's mostly chewing on his toothbrush, poking around in his dad's cologne and aftershave and deodorant. at least he's put his pj's on by himself.

katsuki is finishing up his own shower, glancing at him every now and then as he washes the shampoo from his own hair, and when he's finally done, the little boy hasn't gotten any closer to having clean teeth; now he's drawing mindless little shapes through the steam that's built up on the glass.

"oi," he only has to say it once and then your son is letting out a little sigh before brushing the way he's meant to — even if katsuki knows the there's not a lick of toothpaste on that thing.

"dad," he says suddenly, distracted as he turns around to face him. "mommy doesn't let me take a shower."

katsuki moved on from bath time rather quick. in the very beginning, it was fine, because he washed his squirmy son and then wrapped him up in a towel and that was it, but in the last year or so it's turned into "how many toys can i bring with me this time, dad?" and then sitting in the water until it's run cold. it's much easier to get him in the shower at the same time, to shampoo his head and scrub his little butt and then kick him out.

"oh, yeah?" he murmurs, adjusting the towel on his waist. "s'cause mom's better at baths than me."

the little boy only shrugs, before continuing. he's in a small phase right now of 'dad? hey dad? um, dad?' every time he's got something to say, and katsuki finds it both cute and a little exhausting.

"hey dad?"

katsuki hums.

"mommy had a man in her shower."

the first image that comes to mind is of himself, in your shower; the many times you'd taken one together and hugged him beneath the warm water; how it clung to your eyelashes and sat in your cupid's bow. warm, made soft and tender in the steam, like he could mold you against his body forever.

— and then his stomach is swooping so hard, he thinks he might be sick.

"what?" katsuki asks, voice loud and affronted, snatching all his son's attention. "sorry, 'm sorry," and then because his son is still looking at him with wide eyes, he pulls him up close, rubbing his back once before setting him to stand on the counter — which he never gets to do.

guilt twists in his stomach for yelling, though his son seems unbothered now, at new heights. katsuki grabs him by his little tiny shoulders and tries to keep his face smooth and calm, his pending heartbreak hidden.

"who was in mom's shower?"

but your son is smarter than that, can read katsuki like an open book, somehow. as if you passed all your understanding down through the womb; he came out of there knowing exactly what dad was thinking with a single look.

your son only shrugs, averting his eyes to katsuki's shoulder as he lightly pinches his wet skin.

"'m sorry," he says again, shaking his little body around until the boy is laughing. "i'm not mad. i just..." katsuki sighs and tries not to pout. "wasn't expecting that."

"are you mad at mommy?"

the divorce isn't new, and katsuki's not stupid.

you've been on a handful of dates, been open about it, encouraged him to do the same. not that he's bothered, but anyone with eyes and half a brain would try to swoop in on someone like you, so — as much as it makes him want to knock some fucking teeth in — can't say he should be surprised.

he shouldn't be, at all.

still feels like shit, though.

"no," he finally says, tugging the little toothbrush from his tiny fist to put some actual toothpaste on it. "'m not mad at anybody."

"are you sad?"

maybe it's another purposeful distraction, to get out of doing what he's told, or maybe he's probing at nerves because he's too young and too curious, or maybe he just knows his dad too well.

katsuki frowns at his big eyes, staring back at him, before lightly patting his little hip. "brush your teeth, i ain't tellin' you again."

he tries not to think about it, but that just makes it worse. can't stop imagining you in the arms of some other asshole, what stupid shit they must be doing to flirt with you, how they're making you laugh; just the image of it alone — you, besides some fucking bozo, head thrown back the way you do, laughing louder than you ever did with him — makes his stomach hurt.

it makes him dread the hand-off, too. his house is gonna feel too quiet now, after a week with the little brat, and that's a big enough wound to leave him with nothing to say — but you always try to insist on katsuki finding someone every time you get back out there.

it makes him physically ill, just watching the side of your face as you buckle your son into his car seat, all grins because your house gets to be lively with him.

and when you close the door and turn to him and mutter out your little, "hey, by the way....", he has half a mind to just walk away, right then.

"your son," you start off, lightly punching him in the shoulder. "got into the dryer sheets last week and flushed a whole bunch of them down the toilet."

oh.

"oh," katsuki says, and then he narrows his eyes at his son through the window, even though he's not paying any attention.

(on the nights when the little boy can't sleep, is more emotional than usual, katsuki calls you because that's what your son really wants.)

(very relatable feeling, katsuki thinks.)

"yeah," you smile, "and my coworker's husband is a plumber, so i was able to get it all taken care of. just...thought i would let you know."

katsuki shrugs like he could care less, but you see right through it all, of course. the both of you, mother and son, too understanding for his own good.

almost like you were made for him, like you're supposed to still be his.

"yeah, good," he nods once, glancing over your shoulder to see your son finally sitting up a little bit, peering through the window with his big, sad eyes.

just watching the two of you. just knowing.

#WAAAAHHHH he tries so hard with him 🥺 #and it makes your little cutie patootie a little more emotionally intelligent !!!! #which katsuki thinks is a good thing !!! bc he's bad at it LMAOO #i'm sorry i know this isn't exactly what you were probably thinking but akfhkahfakh this is so cute PLEASE HE'S SO UPSET #thinks about it ALL DAY LONG #just to be like....oh hmm ? yeah good. cool. nice. #PFFFFTT LOSER YOU WERE SO AHFHHIAUHUG #cw children #✿ willow writes #✿ thoughts: bakugou #✿ theme: dad bakugou #✿ theme: ex husband bakugou

[justsalpals]

people being actually confused, or somehow disappointed?? by the random npcs in the first episode? couldn't be me. absolute highlight of the entire thing. these are my people.

justice for balthazar, the bad kids deserved to taste that chilli one last time

#plus battle episodes are usually pretty hard for me. so the breaks in the monotony were needed. #(which isn't a complaint! dnd is the medium and I realize that's more of a taste thing than any sort of problem lol) #anyway I'm just shocked that I've seen multiple folks who had trouble catching on #felt like it was projected pretty clear we were coming in at the end of the Night Yorb journey. and that these guys were from that. #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #d20 fhjy #fantasy high

[mishapen-dear]

tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.

but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.

#qsmp neg #qsmp crit #discourse #<- for blacklists #im not grumping or anything im just musing on like. the mechanics of why everyone is so upset about the latest fight #and how it can be avoided while still keeping these fights genuinely difficult and intense #its hard because there's so many players and they all have wildly different strengths and weaknesses #so someone who could take on the code easy needs that enemy scaled differently than someone who isn't a big fighter #but it's hard to do that in a world where they interact w the same enemy #and you only have so much man-power to cater to a big server like this one #and then you bring in the big powerful items that the players can and can't access but which the admins have ultimate power over #and the fact that some of the admins themselves have lag issues or aren't super great at pvp so they accommodate that with better gear #and it starts getting messy #but for the fights themselves yeah regardless of what armour or gear or killing-methods they use there should Always be a win condition #and idk maybe there was one and we just didn't get to see it #but if that win condition is 'parents sit in the safe room with their babies while the others are overrun' #then i think there are ways to build better win conditions #anyway i love game design and player/dm interactions qsmp hire me now i want to know your behind the scenes #jk im too busy to apply #but man. i wanna nerd out so bad that sometimes i think about it

[strobilo]

lkj doodles hehe

#ratboy genius #little king john #sneezy #caveman #i think he isn't really a rat but some other creature that poorly resembles one #therefore the weird forward facing #which rbg wouldnt do #and his joints are bendy while rbg has normal ones #sneezy is hard to draw.....

[livelivefastfree]

Alda posted some art and got me thinking about this blog again so here are some cool burners and increasingly unhinged Marginalia Mikes

#Motorcity #Mike Chilton #Julie Kane #Dutch Gordy #Texas (motorcity) #Chuck (motorcity) #Art Is Hard #Life Ruiner #He Scream At Own Car #The Queen #TEXAS!!! #Robot Aesthetic #hey guys??? he's mimk chiltom U_U #does Texas understand what's being explained to him??? no absolutely not lol. is he about to start chopping at the hologram. yes. #but in his defense chuck just said ''the shape isn't a shape it's a concept think about it like a physics problem and work backwards' #which makes sense to him and like four other people in Detroit but is otherwise essentially useless magical nonsense gobbledygook

[gideonisms]

I become 300% more of both a lover and a hater when I'm on my period. just a time of the month when I have strong opinions I would say

#i want to kiss a butch for 3 hours. also i'm the only one in the world with correct opinions about everything #me the main character of life #anyway i saw this post complaining about sanitized mass marketable queer art #where the person described themselves based on the interests i guess they thought were most stereotypical and then were like #isn't there something rawer or more real than this #to which i would say there is! but you went to the queer market day #idk it is a frustration of mine too i do get it #but i think some people could stand to just get weirder and like the things they like #idk i buy cute little queer stickers all the time but i regularly stand out as a strange person in both queer and straight communities #get a friend who worked the same shit job who will sell you abstract alien art they made while they were high it's not hard #go to goodwill more. you'll find some raw expressions of humanity. #if you just want your interests to be more genuine to you it's simple #you just have to accept that maybe 2 other people will be able to rec you music or foods you enjoy #being more specific isn't everything it's cracked up to be sometimes #i think the problem here is mainly capitalism

[canisalbus]

I remember Machete has tiny feet, but exactly what size shoes does he wear?

.

#hard to say #his shoe size might be just one of those things he doesn't particularly like revealing to people #very likely small enough that he has trouble finding anything to wear in most men's sections #I'd like to think that once he can afford it he starts to have some of his shoes custom made #and eventually goes off the deep end and developes a brand loyalty for Louboutins in particular #which isn't great for your finances but let him have his bougie red soled heels if he wants he's worked hard for them #modern au #in canon setting proper standardized shoe sizes don't exist yet so everything is made to measure #answered #chrlxx #those are his hooves