Catfish and the Diamonds

This is my main, if you've seen reblogs from unmeiokaemasu or dreamerdagn, those are also me; they are my Fire Emblem and general fandom blogs respectively, and I'm more active on them

[catfishcafe]

Catfish | they/them

bluesky is also catfishcafe

Welcome visitors! This is my main, but lately I haven't been doing much with it. I mostly use unmeiokaemasu, my Fire Emblem blog, and dreamerdagn, my general fandom blog,* but of course likes will still come from here. I occassionally do art.

*(I also have others that I'm embarrassed to list because of sheer quantity, so have fun figuring which reblogs are me.)

[xigrif]

Hey everyone - My cat Max needs dental surgery. He's an otherwise healthy cat who likely has a lot of years ahead of him - I want to get this fixed so they don't have to be painful ones. Everyone's hard up right now so I won't seek the full amount here, but I'd really appreciate any help at all. Thank you for reading and sharing ♥

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Kofi • Paypal • Cashapp (You can also commission me if you don't mind a wait - I work slowly yet surely)

[xigrif]

$500/800, thank you ♥

[catfishcafe]

A while ago I got a pair of jeans at a thrift store and didn't realize they had a rip in them, and I just finally got around to mending them! Process below.

I cut a patch out of an old pair of jeggings - I never looked up what the difference between the fabrics was, but the jeggings are stretchy so they'll probably be fine? anyway they're a close enough color and it's what I had. So I trimmed, ironed and initially pinned the patch.

then before going back to the video I was using for reference, I decided to loosely stitch the rip together just to hold it in place. Found out later that the person I was watching fully stitched it together, but only after fixing the outsides of the rip to the patch...but then they said it ended up not quite closed properly, so I'm glad I did mine ahead!

Didn't feel like the pins were secure, so I basted it in place - this also really helped show me where the edges of the patch were. and below is the final mend! (before I pulled out the basting. I'm wearing these right now and I don't feel like getting another photo). The thread I had was obviously darker than the jeans and the damage is still obvious, but I've been told that while wearing them you basically can't see the damaged area, so the patch is more for durability than modesty.

And here's the inside. Despite measuring multiple times ahead, the patch didn't quite cover the end of the rip, which you can kinda see where I stitched around the rip and went off the patch. But since most of it is over the patch and I further sewed the rip itself shut, I'm hoping it'll be okay. Worst comes to worst I add another patch. Also, you can kinda see some whip stitching on a small portion of the edge of the patch - the video I watched advised me to do it around the whole edge to secure loose part, but I'm wearing the jeans right now and I can't feel patch at all, including any loose edges. I stitched pretty close to the edge. HOWEREVER, when I was pulling the basting out I broke one of the stitches, so I just tried to secure the broken ends in place with a new thread. Fingers crossed.

(Behold my masterwork: every stitch is a different size.) I didn't plan to try this by hand, but I lost access to a sewing machine. This's the first time I've fixed something that wasn't socks, and these fit me really well, so I'm excited to see how it goes! And speaking of socks:

These've been through the wash a number of times now and are holding up great! They had the smallest holes though; some of the others are ripping at the edges of the darning because I didn't cover enough of the weakened area. I've been in kind of a spiral of mending new tears instead of moving on to new socks, so I've got, like, five functional ones at any given time. Again, it's not like I couldn't get new ones, but then I'd either have to throw the old ones out or figure out a different crafts project for them...so they might as well stay socks.

[xigrif]

Your fave would look soo cool transformed into a fairy or entombed in one of these screens… or just drawn regular style. Message me through tumblr or email [email protected] and I’ll make it happen. You can see more examples of GIF commissions [here] & my other drawings [here] - if you want something other than what's listed in this post, let me know and we can work it out.

If you’re not up for a commission but would still like to help me out, consider supporting my work through patreon or ko-fi so I can keep sharing my art and stories - it kind of means the world to me. Patreon - Ko-fi - PWYW Comic

Reblogs are greatly appreciated ♥

[xigrif]

Heed the call! It's [2 new pages of Phleszh D'Lux]...

[bemusedlybespectacled]

since I’m thinking about this instead of studying for bar prep:

people in general tend to assume that a person who’s been arrested is either innocent or guilty. and if they’re guilty, then they deserve fewer rights than the innocent person.

like, if the police break into an innocent person’s house and look for drugs, we recognize that it’s a bad thing and a gross violation of rights. but if the police break into someone’s house and do find drugs, well, that’s just what they deserved. we’d all be upset if the police started randomly murdering people on the street for no reason, but many wouldn’t mind if the police started randomly killing known child molesters. it’s not okay if the police plant evidence to frame an innocent man for murder, but if they know he’s the murderer and plant evidence to help the case along? well, that’s unfortunate but necessary.

there are three problems with this:

You cannot always know with certainty who’s innocent and who’s guilty;

A two-tiered “innocent” and “guilty” legal structure will always be used against innocent marginalized people;

Even guilty people have rights.

this happens a lot on tumblr. not exclusively on tumblr (it’s also a major aspect of most “gritty” police dramas and almost all comics), but it’s definitely there. like, calls to summarily execute rapists sound great in theory, because we all agree that rape is evil. except for when it’s used to kill innocent black men who looked the wrong way at a white woman. 

and there are people who will say that no, of course, the problem isn’t summarily killing rapists, the problem is summarily killing the wrong people (that is, innocent people). which, again, you can’t know who’s innocent and who’s guilty - lots of innocent people aren’t sweet old ladies who’ve never done anything wrong, or have perfect alibis and never contradict themselves. hell, being guilty of a crime in the past doesn’t mean that they committed this specific crime that they’ve been accused of.

and even if they are guilty - even if they are stone-cold, unrepentantly guilty - they still have rights. that’s what “innocent until proven guilty” means. it means that stripping someone of their legal rights is a big fucking deal, so no matter how guilty Obvious McCriminal looks, you still have to follow the rules we’ve set in place to prevent abuses. 

like, it’s not that every person who’s ever been treated shittily by police and the court system is actually innocent, so therefore the system is bad. it’s that we have a system that treats people like shit once we’ve decided they’re guilty, regardless of when the decision is made, and we’re okay with that. after conviction? definitely. after arrest? yup. before arrest, because we just have a feeling about them? sure.

and I get why people make posts or write stories about guilty people being treated badly. wanting vengeance is a powerful emotion. grief and anger are powerful emotions. it is not unnatural to want to hurt people who have hurt others. people like the idea of karma, of cosmic scales balancing out the hurt and suffering inflicted by a person by making them suffer back. I’m not saying that no one is allowed to have those feelings. 

I’m just saying that there are implications behind them that are deeply disturbing (“if I decide you’re guilty, you’re less of a person to me”) and that it’s the primary driving force behind most of the issues in our criminal justice system.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

actually, since this post has become relevant (again), I’d like everyone to join me in a little thought experiment: why do the police bring up a murdered person’s criminal record when they are extrajudicially killed?

like, we can all agree that the sentence for drug possession, drunk driving, trespassing, etc. is not execution, and even if it was, that’s after they’ve been arrested and convicted. cops are not judges, so it’s not their call to decide if someone is guilty or to punish them for it. so why does it matter if someone is “a known criminal,” or if they have drugs in their system, or if they have a gun on their person?

“well, obviously it’s to bias the public against the person who was killed,” you might say. okay, but why is that?

it’s because they know that we think of guilty people as less than human, and innocent people as blameless. therefore the murdered person deserved to die (because guilty people deserve what they get), and the cop is innocent (he was just trying to protect people!). if it didn’t work as a tactic, then they wouldn’t do it!

it is this mindset that permits the police to murder. we cannot stop police violence unless we dismantle the idea that being guilty of a crime negates your humanity and your civil rights.

[catfishcafe]

6 faceless photos, tagged by @xigrif :)

I did not realize how many pictures of spiders I take, I had several to choose from

tagging @pyritefes2, @echobows, & anyone else

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You can only drink the drink you get from this wheel for a month!

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[ruafaoladh]

before i forget

HAPPY APRIL,

FOOLS

[catfishcafe]

anyway in honor of iron lung I did finally get my act together to donate blood 👍👍

[swampjawn]

Is Frieren boring? Mmmmmmmaybe, but that's what's great about it! I love boring media and I just spent 40 minutes explaining why. Make👏 Frieren👏 More👏 Boring👏

[catfishcafe]

just in case, I am on bluesky

I don't do anything there but. y'know

[xigrif]

Hey there - it's become increasingly difficult to maintain my household's living situation, which is something my wellbeing & ability to work hinges upon. If you enjoy my art & stories, please consider contributing to my Ko-fi, subscribing to my Patreon, or commissioning me so I can continue to share my work - it means the world to me ♥ Ko-fi | Patreon | Commission me | PWYW Comic

[xigrif]

A poster commemorating that time when Phleszh D'Lux was playing at your house. A free copy was given to everyone who reblogged it, saved it to their electronic devices, or printed it out and eated it

[dmc-112]

NEW ENA CONTENT!!!!

[theatsthetic]

RIDDLE SANDWICH! OUT NOW!

[theatsthetic]

Hey, for the handful of people that'd be interested- a bunch of months ago I churned this video out within 25 days. I was surprised when I finished it and I'm surprised in retrospect how fast it took. I'm really proud of it. If you like it, I'd appreciate it if you were to share it with others.

I'm currently working on the sequel and have been for a bit more than 6 months. I don't know when I'll finish it other than saying it'll be out soon. The sequel will probably be around 10-12 minutes long (not including credits)

I hope you like this film. I hope you like the sequel. Thank you.

[theatsthetic]

KNUCKLE SANDWICH OUT NOW!!