a collection of shiny things

Sometimes I write things on A03. Star Wars (mostly Rebels), TWAU, Trigun Stampede and whatever else catches my interest.

[animepopheart]

Despite how epic it is, Princess Mononoke is not a story about saving the world. It’s about living in a world you can’t save.

[ziyuanyuan1113]

If Gojo, Shoko and Geto had adopted Tsumiki and Megumi

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[avidreaderffn]

@sandstonesunspear

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

[makereadgrow]

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

[synthaphone]

yoooo i ended up trying needle sculpting for the first time on this mcdonalds aisha instead of the baby scorchio (that one has more sentimental value to me so i'd feel sadder if i messed up), but it looks so NICE, i'm thrilled

i forgot to take before pictures but like, googling green aisha mcdonalds plush gives a good idea of what it looked like before

(image source)

i don't have the materials for it right now, but someday i think i'd like to make my little guy a custom collar+ replacement A, since the A is printed lopsided on mine and half of it gets lost in a seam

[synthaphone]

bought some letter charms and found where i’d put my fabric, so l finally made this guy a new collar :)

[sodiumvaporss]

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

[aukkenopsia]

My favorite neopet, I had the macdonnal stuffed toy as a kid

[ot3]

The video game history foundation has just finished scanning every copy of the neopets magazine and added it to their archive. Super cool!

Why we scanned every issue of Neopets The Official Magazine | Video Game History Foundation

It might be a little silly, but Neopets Magazine is an important slice of a different part of gaming culture.

During its four-year run, Neopets Magazine covered the latest news and strategies for the influential 2000s-era web game. It also had a lot of articles about Neopets merchandise and trading cards. In fact, it’s mostly ads for Neopets products. Or long articles about Neopets lore. At best, it is mostly an off-topic magazine. So why did we focus on this magazine of our archive? Simple: it’s about the game’s audience. Neopets was, arguably, the defining girl game of the 2000s. An entire microgeneration of girls got their start in the world of digital entertainment by raising virtual pets and playing Flash games to get Neopoints. [...] Notably, many of the magazine’s articles are about creativity and customization. There’s shades in here of the gameplay styles that have become more popular in the last decade with the rise of cozy games and farming sims. My favorite quirk of Neopets Magazine is in the audience survey that came with some issues. In one survey question, they asked whether readers bought this magazine at a clothing store! That would have reached a completely different audience than we usually associate with game magazines. Can you imagine PC Gamer being sold at a Charlotte Russe? The point is that Neopets The Official Magazine represents a different slice of gaming culture, one that we know matters to researchers and to our extended community.

[theprofessional-amateur]

Every day I get a little closer to saying fuck it and becoming an apprentice in some at risk heritage craft or profession.

[theprofessional-amateur]

"let's have AI-"

I'm gonna go learn the art of hand engraving or thatched roofing. Maybe hand make clogs.

[trickstertime]

As a professional hand engraver, when it comes to old crafts like these, its way more accessible to get started with the basics than you'd expect. Back in the day good steel was expensive so trying something like hand engraving was expensive and difficult to justify. But now you can can just buy a good quality handpush graver online for less than a fancy coffee. Just think, for under a hundred quid you could get all the kit you need to get started with fucking up coins and stabbing yourself repeatedly!!!

Don't threaten to do it, go research it, and actually give it a go!!! Most of the books for old crafts are out of copyright. Even if you don't get a job at whatever you try, or hell, even of you don't become in any way good at it, just learning and trying something new is good for you, and it gives you a greater understanding and appreciation for things.

Fuck AI? Good. I agree. Now fucking do something about it. Return to doing human hand crafted things as an act of rebellion! Start knitting, start wood carving, start engraving, whatever the fuck. But most importantly, remember you don't need to be making money doing it to make it worth doing.

[lemontongues]

shoutout to slow growers, late bloomers, people whose plans got derailed by circumstances beyond their control or their own choices, people who never had a plan to begin with, people who have had to start over when theyre too old to feel like theyre supposed to be where they are, people who cant pretend theyre built for the environment theyre in, and everyone who's not living the life they thought they would. im proud of you for making it this far and i hope you keep going until youre happy ♡

[theladyofbloodshed]

Imagine saying this to the Robin Hobb who published her first book while financially struggling as a waitress and post lady with 4 children to take care of alone because her husband was an offshore fisherman in Alaska

[kosmogrl]

[the-one-and-only-piper-offical]

has this been done before

[cryptonature]

It’s really that simple.

Withhold time/resources from organizations building an anti-human future

[53rdcenturyhero]

You didn't write it so why should I read or click ?

[askshivanulegacy]

And why should I give you money for something free to make, cobbled from the stolen works of real artists? That's called a scam.

If you have the gall to make anything with AI, it will be free because it already belongs to me. If you use everyone else's work, it inherently belongs to everyone else from square one. But I won't waste my time on it anyway. I want my stories to be made up and told by real people, because those have worth.

[dailynarnia]

is jake gyllenhaal gay??

why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this

[emryses]

listen to me. this is my final message to you. when you are at your lowest a fictional guy will come to you and when that happens you must start putting them in situations. this is the meaning of life.

[justryingtovibe69]

[funny-tik-toks]