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Still blown away by the epic ending of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom 💧🐉

#tearsofthekingdom #zelda #totk #fanart

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Reblog for bigger sample size pls

#I don't think it's legal where I live #but I'd love to be composted #turn me into dirt for the earth pls #but honestly if my family members need a plot to feel at peace that's ok #won't matter to me either way at that point

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#me lately #going through it

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I’ve been meaning to paint a gray, cloudy botw/totk piece for so long!

#madsraa #breath of the wild #tears of the kingdom #the legend of zelda #fan art #love this

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Lmao you’re an adult, you shouldn’t be using the word squick. Use trigger. Use your grown up adult words to explain how you feel instead of leaning on a cutesy uwu term that no one outside of tumblr uses. It’s embarrassing.

Idek if this is serious or ironic honestly

#I like the term “squick”! #very useful

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A brief moment of rationality from the bird place.

#i love the sentiment here so much #life is short #enjoy the things thay bring you joy without reservation

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so back when i was teaching, one of the things i learned to look for were the "mood makers", as i liked to call them, of the classes. there were always 2 or 3 per class, and it was easy to find them in the first few days. you got those kids on your side, and it was a ripple effect with the rest of the students - they would all follow. so winning those kids over was huge when it came to how the year would play out. and from time to time, whenever the class was sort of faltering - middle of winter, of a big project, burn-out high - i would lean back in on those mood makers again to turn things around.

one particular class, when we had a big multi-month group project happening, were just... really struggling with getting their shit together lol. they were supposed to be practicing their presentations (english speaking class) and they were doing pretty much anything but, and their presentations were supposed to start the next class day. they were also PANICKING as i started giving out some feedback - which was NOT GREAT - as they were running through the lines they were supposed to be remembering. after realizing all of them needed so much extra work, i decided we needed to have a turn-around, so i invited one of the mood makers up to the front. i held out a cup to him, with two papers inside.

"one of them," i said, "says tuesday, and if you draw that, presentations go as planned. but one of them says thursday, and if you choose that one, everyone gets extra time to practice."

everyone was like OH SHIT. OKAY. THIS IS IT. and this mood maker, he was a big personality (they usually are) so i knew he'd really ham this up, and he did. we made a huge deal, with drum-rolls and everything, of him picking one out of the cup. he opened it up the paper and announced THURSDAY to a round of huge cheers. he was the class hero. everyone had TONS of motivation to work super hard on this gifted extra day, and really put the time in. their presentations were great. morale SOARED.

the plot twist was that both papers said thursday, because they all needed the extra time. my forever teacher advice: find creative ways to make things happen so that you get the buy-in from the class.

#reminds me of my husband XD

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#titsay #illustration #I like the sentiment here

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This machine kills AI

#as an artist #i fucking hate ai #so I'll admit to some vindication here

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Kurt Solmssen, Lauren Sleeping in Winter Sunlight

#look at that lighting! #so beautiful #art #illustration #Kurt Solmssen

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Been feeling really nostalgic for FF7 lately. Wish I could have fit every single important event, but there was just a lot to this game that I never realized. Will be a print at a later date!

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#love the style of this #ff7 #byronb

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Source

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do you ever just

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Art by SC4V3NG3R

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#beatiful #simzart #art #illustration

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#art #simzart

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full offense but none of you would have ever survived fanfiction.net in 2009

#fanfic #what a time to be alive #does anyone else remember when lime and lemon were used to refer how steamy the sex was? #I do 😅