Crafting and Creating

A simple blog to show off my crafts and creations

[thechekhov]

Can you indulge me please, given the recent pandemic why is it that artist or fanfic writers are slowing down their works? I ask because personally I believe this makes it a better opportunity to work faster, as something to distract from the gloomy reality occurring.

I'll indulge you, but I'm afraid you won't like my answer very much.

The reason authors and artists aren't working their asses off MORE is because this is a pandemic, not a vacation.

It's not 'extra free time' for everyone.

For many it's 'my grandfather just died of COVID' time.

For many, it's 'I got laid off and am desperately trying to look for a way not to get evicted' time.

For many, it's 'I'm isolated from my friends, family and other sources of inspiration, I'm at home alone trying to deal with the world at large collapsing' time.

It's time to go out and protest for their rights. It's time to fall into a depression because they can't pay for medicine, because they're worried about a loved one with an immunodeficiency, because they have to decide whether to pay full tuition for taking classes online, which isn't as easy to learn from and feels like a rip-off.

I feel like this needs to be reiterated - fanfiction and fanart USUALLY doesn't pay. It's a hobby. Most fanfic authors aren't armcandy to a wealthy millionaire, and they can't just ignore other important life necessities in order to keep updating their 50k coffeeshop AU. It's not a viable career, and it will not keep you afloat. And while yes, many use it as an escape, many also can't write when they aren't safe, secure and know where their next paycheck is coming from.

So I'm not very surprised many creators are taking time away. They have lives, loved ones, other responsibilities, and at least one of those three is very likely a clusterfuck right now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Be kind. Always assume everyone is doing their best. You never know what someone else might be going through.

[eros-heartache]

Yes. A million times yes. Please stay safe, healthy and secure!! I am so grateful for ALL fandom content creators and regardless the state of the world, you deserve the self care until you can find it the right time to create again. Thank you all.

[beowulf197644]

There's also the fact that some of them who are artists or creators in their "second day job" they had to take on more freelance work to pay the bills because they were released from their "first day job". So they don't remotely have time for their "fun stuff".

[belmontswhip]

springtime in Riverwood

[beowulf197644]

Some shmexy graphics indeed!

[beowulf197644]

I think you genuinely do believe that the "guidelines" Trump is giving to Women Only shelters is meant to help, but you have to understand that with the way they're worded and constructed there is a high chance they're going to be twisted and abused to deny trans women shelter, and that's likely by design. We can say "we'll surely they'll only be used to keep men who are pretending out, and won't be used against trans women," but that won't happen. Exceptions won't be made

I was trying to give a reason as to possibly why they were in place, I'm not claiming to believe he's doing something good, because I highly doubt he ever would do something good. I totally understand you, I possibly worded what I said wrong, if you think I'm defending him or believing he's just doing what I suggested.

[firstgrave]

did y’all see the guidelines for homeless shelters turning away trans people (specifically trans women)? every line of it is so awful. if you can, PLEASE donate towards homeless trans women today. these shelters are not safe for them.

[firstgrave]

[beowulf197644]

Whilst this sounds awful, it's not as cut and dried as you're making out. He's not discriminating against trans women. He's helping women only shelters when it comes to allowing men to stay because they claim they're trans.

Think how you'd feel if you were a very very vulnerable woman in a women's only shelter and they let a guy in because they claim to be trans, but they're actually not. (Well, who would dare question them in today's day and age?!)

You would go apeshit at the shelter for not protecting you!

I'm not remotely pro Trumpitler though. I think he'll be the death of the US. And Boris Johnson will allow him to kill the UK too.

[postingwhileblack]

That’s so annoying that no one wants to talk about Black pastor who dresses and feeds homeless people before Christmas…

[beowulf197644]

You actually ruined this feel good and warm story by insisting on telling everyone that the pastor is black. So what? He's amazing regardless of his skin colour. Why do you have to bring race into a feel good story?!

It's either one of three, so far that I have, you're saying

"look at this amazing generosity of a black person, that you all always think is scum and commit crimes"

"this black pastor is putting his race aside to help all walks of life"

Or finally

"this black pastor is doing good, see, all black lives matter"

He did good with the help of the community, they worked together and helped this happen.

Unless you're actually trying to say that he physically got all of those coats himself from various sources?

Regardless of the story. You REALLY don't have to say he's black!

[meatswitch-deactivated20231107]

I can’t fucking tolerate Australian “slang”

[meatswitch-deactivated20231107]

You fuckers do this with everything. You just cut words into thirds and add a random vowel. Slang is supposed to make language more economical, not make you sound like a British toddler. Do you call plumbers “plummos” and dock workers “dockies” christ now I’m giving you ideas.

[avvocarlo]

you’re a shit cunt

[atwotonedbird]

Get fucked we invented the word “selfie”! You’re welcome~

[beowulf197644]

That's REALLY not something I would boast about. Lol

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

next time someone talks about welfare fraud, remember that if you’re homeless you’re not supposed to have food stamps and if you lose your home and don’t report it to DSHS so they can take away your food stamps that’s welfare fraud

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

when i was on ABD (aged, blind, and disabled benefits – the only cash aid available to disabled people while we’re applying for SSI, a monthly $197) literally all money you get can be deducted from these benefits. this means that if someone sees you digging through the trash for food and gives you $20 the government will only pay you $177 that month. if you don’t report that $20 it’s welfare fraud

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

astute readers might realise that there’s no way anyone in the country can be expected to live off of $197 a month, and that that would have to be supplemented by another source of income. and if that money is going to disappear as soon as that other source of income hits $197, it might as well not exist. you’re right!

when i was on ABD i had a patreon running that brought in a steady $13 a month. the person in charge of my case rounded up the amount of money i was getting to $15. i was penalised by $15 for making $13.

[ghostprincen]

This is how the government keeps disabled people homeless. We aren’t seen as productive and profitable to society, so we’re slowly weeded our and killed this way. Our country is and has been enacting nothing short of a genocide on disabled people.

[beowulf197644]

In this country it is called universal credit.

[beowulf197644]

The only reason this country keeps increasing the age at which one officially retires, is because they're working out how many of the retirees would be actually dead by the new age of retirement, therefore never even applying to claim it.

So if their statistics state this year that most people would not reach 80 years old, they'd increase it to 79...

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

next time someone talks about welfare fraud, remember that if you’re homeless you’re not supposed to have food stamps and if you lose your home and don’t report it to DSHS so they can take away your food stamps that’s welfare fraud

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

when i was on ABD (aged, blind, and disabled benefits – the only cash aid available to disabled people while we’re applying for SSI, a monthly $197) literally all money you get can be deducted from these benefits. this means that if someone sees you digging through the trash for food and gives you $20 the government will only pay you $177 that month. if you don’t report that $20 it’s welfare fraud

[prrkxentrrkrrr-deactivated20240]

astute readers might realise that there’s no way anyone in the country can be expected to live off of $197 a month, and that that would have to be supplemented by another source of income. and if that money is going to disappear as soon as that other source of income hits $197, it might as well not exist. you’re right!

when i was on ABD i had a patreon running that brought in a steady $13 a month. the person in charge of my case rounded up the amount of money i was getting to $15. i was penalised by $15 for making $13.

[ghostprincen]

This is how the government keeps disabled people homeless. We aren’t seen as productive and profitable to society, so we’re slowly weeded our and killed this way. Our country is and has been enacting nothing short of a genocide on disabled people.

[beowulf197644]

In this country it is called universal credit.

[mysharona1987]

From The Washington Post. Damn

[leafwhirlwind]

Do not let them make you numb.

[pizzaback-deactivated20201011]

pewdiepie is still an alt-right crypto-fash freak and making fun of me for being “overdramatic” bc i pointed it out doesn’t change that. rub your brain cells together for once

[pizzaback-deactivated20201011]

if following alt-righters, collaborating with alt-righters, making antisemitic and racist jokes, & saying the n word multiple times doesn’t make someone a racist and a right winger, what the fuck does. who is a right winger at that point. what criteria exists if all the criteria are false flags

[pizzaback-deactivated20201011]

i know the strategy behind this denial btw. it’s just more obfuscation. the goalposts for being alt-right are constantly moved so nobody can be an alt-righter and they can avoid the consequences of being a fascist bullshitter

[justnoodlefishthings]

I wish there was less of a push for organic animal products and more of a push for humanely raised

[justnoodlefishthings]

like I could care less if the animal had to have antibiotics at some point

I care more if chickens had access to pasture and if a cow had access to enrichment

[justnoodlefishthings]

[beowulf197644]

Couldn't care less 😝

[newtonpermetersquare]

Chemistry guy it is

[catchymemes]

Credit: @pet_foolery

[salted-delights-deactivated2021]

I think I already reblogged this but im gonna do it again because this is a good reminder on how toxic gatekeeping it.

[bowling-with-skulls]

I’m reblogging this for the amount of thought that was put into figuring out the necessary configuration for a mertaur wheelchair.

[shoelace-and-friends]

MMMMM, the LAYERS to this. 

She’s technically a monster too. She might not look it at first glance and seems mostly human, but it isn’t deniable even despite her looks compared to the other monsters. 

But she realizes that she is still not like the rest of the monsters either and may not have entirely the same experiences as them, which is why she feels that she might not belong to or deserve to go to the support group. By sometimes passing as human, she feels she isn’t worthy of the space. 

The sad reality though is even though she’s mostly human in appearance, that tail she has undeniably would still cause her some struggle. Humans are still gonna look at that tail and think she’s a freak. There are probably still accommodations she needs because of the tail that she may still struggle to have access to. Even if it is just the tail, that tail is still enough to other her from humans and cause her problems and discrimination. 

She should get to belong in that support group even if she gets told she’s not monster “enough”. She still shares some of the same struggles as them that are caused by being a monster, and needs support. 

This is an excellent demonstration of the flaws in the concept of passing privilege. Bravo to the artist. 

[skwerlly-squirrel]

NOW I will reblog this.

[excessivelysesquipedalian]

my asshole cat once again comes to me and does his usual indications for “hey, there’s a problem I need you to fix, please help.”

because I love him and he is weirdly smart and actually really good at figuring out problems and getting help (like when he lets me know the bird feeder is empty because he wants to watch the birds) I trustingly get up and follow him.

he reaches the window, outside of which is a thunderstorm. he is very afraid of thunderstorms, and normally does not go anywhere near the windows when they happen. upon reaching the window he indicates in his usual fashion, “here is the problem, please fix it.”

no idea whether to be flattered and endeared that my cat thinks I control the weather, or frustrated because my cat is now mad at me for refusing to control the weather on his behalf. this is the second time this has happened.

[beowulf197644]

Our dog talks to us using his eyes. Like I'm busy crafting and he wants a cuddle he'll look at me, look at each individual item on my lap and look at me for each item, this will continue until I remove each item, then he'll lie down on the sofa next to my chair and demand fuss there instead.

In the morning if he wants to play he'll put the toy on my lap and repeatedly look at me, then the toy, until I give in and throw it for him.

With Simon, he'll sit in front of Simon, between Simon and the TV, obviously thinking he's big enough to block out the TV (or he's even more clever than I give him credit for, sand he knows he only needs to block out a small portion of the TV and Simon will pause because his Asperger's makes him unable to concentrate on the rest of the TV and try compensate for the literal black out. (he's a black Labrador, I'm not being racist)

Once he's achieved Simon's attention, he'll look towards the back window, then back at Simon, repeatedly. Thus telling Simon he wants to go out.

Every communication between us is done with him knowing what to do with his eyes, none of us has trained him to do this, he just does it. It works every time!

[mysharona1987]

From The Washington Post. Damn

[leafwhirlwind]

Do not let them make you numb.

[beowulf197644]

That sounds like this country. Regardless of the scientists and health bods saying there WILL be a second spike and that it'll be worse than the first, they're opening reverting back up, removing quarantine rules for when people come into the country, and not tracking them when they get here, it's just fucking nuts!

[mijomii]

July is disability awareness month but a lot of people tend to forget it :/ :/ :/

[mijomii]

It’s all OK if you didn’t know, don’t feel bad about it, it’s a great occasion to listen to disabled people! We might not have pretty flags who will catch your attentions like during pride months, but we’re still here!

[beowulf197644]

I didn't even know that and I'm disabled! I want a pretty flag! 😂🤣 Not really. 🙂 Just a virtual hug would suffice. Also joking! 😝😂🤣

[whitepeopletwitter]

[beowulf197644]

Exactly this! I've managed to pinch the mask with the glasses, thus reducing the amount of hot breath venting up the side of the nose, and subsequently preventing steaming up. Until winter comes...