seeing through a mirror dimly

burr, she/her, artist, i like cats and disheveled men

[burr-ell]

he doesn't miss him. please don't put it in the newspaper that he misses him

[shanehollandered]

ok poll time because i am genuinely curious about something (and this is not a call out for anyone, that's just me being in my head)

do you answer comments on your fics or do you not (for the specific reason that it "distorts" the actual amount of comments)?

yes i answer comments

no i don't answer comments because of the above

secret third option (put it in the tags)

Remaining time: 5 days 19 hours

[neenarchive]

really hilarious and unsexy when hetero romantasy authors refer to love interests as males and females. you sound like david attenborough narrating a special documentary on two turtles humping in the mud

[neenarchive]

i don't care if he's the king of the fae. if that man called me a desirable female i'd have him gelded

[barreyva]

I decided to bring to life an AU I had in mind: the adults from FMA as children. It was a lot of fun drawing them this way, so who knows, maybe I'll bring more characters like this.

Roy and Hughes (all stripe and star patterns are in accordance with the respective characters' military uniforms)

Bradley and Greed (Bradley uses a baseball bat because children can't use sharp swords)

Lust and Envy

Scar and Kimblee

Riza and Havoc

Miles and Olivier (I already had in mind that she would use a tennis player uniform, simply for aesthetic reasons. Miles wears a hockey player's uniform because it's a sport played on ice, and Briggs is surrounded by snow)

[wuntrum]

i am nooooot locked the fuck in. im locked the fuck out. call the locksmith

[mysharona1987]

[mysharona1987]

But this is genuinely a shitty act against humanity.

[hiveswap]

you guys would actually date your favourite characters? ngl i always gag a little thinking about that as a concept

[hiveswap]

would you date your favourite character? let's say they're down.

yes

we'd have sex but not much else

i might say yes but i know it wouldn't work out long term

absolutely the fuck not lmao

Remaining time: 4 days 21 hours

[your-turn-to-role]

another point to add to the discussion we've been having about tertia, whether or not she was okay with her own sacrifice, and therefore whether or not occtis would have been okay with it if his family had accepted him from the start and told him this was his way to serve the family

i was rewatching that conversation between thaisha and occtis near the end of episode 16, and the awful thing is, i don't think that's an if

because this is how that conversation ends

and there's no amount of sarcasm or anything on that last line, it's genuine. even occtis who has been estranged from his family, and who's had the ability to grow outside them at least partially, finds a lot of comfort in knowing that this wasn't an act of emotion, it's not just because they hated him, there was a purpose to it and he had a purpose within their plan

and no, he didn't want them to kill him even if they had a reason, he's gonna be dealing with the weight of that one for a while, and he's had the time and space to find a life outside of duty to the family, so it's no longer his main priority

but it's still much easier, to think of this as the use they could never find for you, than to try and come to terms with how a family you still on some level care for could just rob you of everything and not even feel bad about it

and if occtis hadn't had the life outside of his duty, hadn't made friends with people who don't think like his father does, i think he'd rationalise it exactly the same way

[utilitycaster]

ok I know a lot of people talk about the fandom "lurk more" advice as a matter of picking up on the etiquette, but actually? I know this might be a little controversial, but it is also of value to get a sense of the pre-existing drama and sore spots. This is true in real life institutions as well, but having at least a vague sense of the history and past discourse and disputes will serve you well even and, I would argue, especially if you want to avoid the drama. In an ideal world, sure, we'd all give people benefit of the doubt every time, and even trying to get a sense of the vibe or even being an active participant will not guarantee you know everything (especially when we talk about cross-platform discussions). But a lot of the worst drama I've seen has been people blithely treading on raw nerves out of ignorance, and when they received pushback, doubling down because "I didn't know, and it's unfair for you to have this inconvenient sore spot" instead of saying "sorry, I didn't realize and I didn't mean it in that way."

[utilitycaster]

this also would help with one of my personal major pet peeves, "I don't get why people don't like this thing." Like, if the issue is you haven't looked at their posts and arguments, lurking and reading those posts would fix this! The other option of course is that you're really stupid, and I think most people would not like to claim that quality.

[sebsketchs]

sticker design for pride this year! 💞🏳️‍⚧️

[aviantastic]

Tree Swallows by Linda H. Dulak - Audubon Photography Awards

[fluentisonus]

barn swallows depicted in the “spring fresco”, akrotiri, thera, greece. c. 16th century BC

[cryptidofthecove]

[demi-pixellated]

A Night on the Town

[demi-pixellated]

"You call that Riding, Pretty Boy?" 🏇🧡🏇💜

[roxyryokoart]

Leolorenz Hand kisses

[roxyryokoart]

Leolorenz Commission for @snowboundranger

[aurora-boring-alis]

🧡💜

[thejusticethatissocial]

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