Pickin' up your date and meeting her family has to be the most awkward experience imaginable.
Sooo cue in the "tomboy shocks her date with super cute makeover" scene!!
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Pickin' up your date and meeting her family has to be the most awkward experience imaginable.
Sooo cue in the "tomboy shocks her date with super cute makeover" scene!!
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Ladybug: Sorry Marinette, I wonāt be able to give you the mouse miraculousĀ againĀ
Ā Me, knowing Marinette and Ladybug are the same person: No, donāt take her miraculous :(
super simple low-effort ao3 summary methods that are 1000% better and 1000% less annoying than just saying you suck at summaries:
copypaste the first few lines of the fic. u already wrote āem. let āem be their own damn hook
if ur feeling fancy & donāt mind showing ur hand a bit, copypaste the first few lines of the fic that u feel are esp. Important or Interesting - the ones where u first start getting into the real meat of things
state the main tropes! theyre probably already in ur tags - just say them again - maybe as a full sentence if ur feelin fancy. or with a joke if ur feelin Extra fancy
ask a question. pose a hypothetical. eg what happens if u take [character] and put them in [situation]?
make an equation. [character] + [thing] = [outcome]
just write like a one-sentence summary of what the fuck is going down. just one (1) sentence. doesnt matter if it doesnāt cover every important aspect. or if it sounds bland. any summary sentence is gonna be miles better than āidk i suck at summariesā
justā¦explain the fic like u would to a friend? it doesnt have to be a polished back of the book blurb. it can just be ā[pairing] coffee shop au, but like, still with murder, and also i made everyone trans. enjoyā
just stick a meme in there
honestly who cares
just put literally anything but a self deprecating comment in there & ur golden
"I'm not Ladybug. I'm Multimouse! Nice to meet you! š"
Multimouse making fun of Chat enjoying the fact that he doesn't know she's ladybug. (and in this case Marinette too).
Tales of a mouse girl and a cat boy.
Iāve been wanting to draw Multimouse for a long time, sheās so cute!
Chat BlancĀ āļø
quick sketch heheeh
My universal answer is āNothing you know. -then ingnore", what's yours?
yo they got my girl submerged in the aloe vera
Meet OĢ“ĢĶ vĢ·ĢæĶaĢ·ĢĶm̶ĢĢ”b̵ĢĢ«o̵Ķ̬iĢ·ĢĢt̵Ģ̲e̶Ģ̧!
(White Diamond/ Blue Diamond/ Steven/ Yellow Diamond/ Spinel/ Lapis Lazuli/ Peridot/ Bismuth/ Pearl/ Amethyst/ Ruby/ Sapphire)
Ovamboite is part of a collab done with lil.card_ on Instagram, he also made his version of this fusion so definitely go check it out!
If you've seen my Diamond fusion you'll know she's huge, well Ovamboite is as big as England. They would fit Earth but would probably kill millions of humans so they hang out in space. They have all the abilities of all their components times a hundred, they'd EASILY destroy our solar system and any life on Earth. They can also manipulate every aspect of a gem.
We watch a little girl about my daughterās age while her mom works. A real cute, sweet thing who only communicates by humming and smiling and waving. Precious beyond words and so, so gentle.
She has this odd quirk where if you tell herĀ āno,ā which has only happened about twice or three times in the month and a half weāve been watching her, she freezes and looks like youāve ripped her little heart out and stomped on it. We have since tried to avoid saying it because she looks so upset and scared.
Today we found out why and my heart is breaking.
When her mom dropped her off, the little girl saw our neighborās potted plant on the doorstep. She went over and ripped a leaf off, because sheās a child and doesnāt know better. Her mom told herĀ ānoā and hit her hands. The girl immediately lost her smile, became very reserved, and didnāt want to come in and play, where usually she bounds up the stairs to see her best friend (my daughter).
Later in the morning, I was watching as our little friend tried to take something out of my daughterās hands, so I told herĀ āno-noā in a gentle voice, just as I do to my daughter when sheās trying to take something. She jumped back and held her little hands, and looked absolutely terrified. I immediately knelt down to offer a hug and tell her sorry, but she flinched away from me and was scared to let me touch her. So I just talked to her soothingly and eventually put a hand on her arm and rubbed it softly, and she launched herself at my neck to hug me and demanded I hold her off-and-on throughout the rest of the time she was with us today.
This tiny child is afraid of getting her hands hit when she hears the wordĀ āno.ā It doesnāt leave bruises when her mom does it, it doesnāt even leave visible redness or marks, but it has absolutely left a mark on this tiny babyās mind.
How is a child supposed to know why theyāre not allowed to hit when you hit them? How is a child supposed to know why the person they go to for comfort is suddenly trying to make them uncomfortable and scared? How is fear and pain a teaching tool? And if itās not about hurting or scaring them, why do you have to hit them at all? Because they donāt like itā and why donāt they like it? Because their trust in you is being undermined, because theyāre afraid, because it hurts in their heart.
This little girl canāt even talk, but she hears one word and instantly freezes up and feels terror because the hands that are supposed to help and comfort and hold her suddenly turn into something scary, and she doesnāt understand why.
My husband and I had a good cry about it, but Iām still just sad, and mad. That sweet little thing who beams and hums and giggles when she sees us in the mornings, who runs up to my daughter and gives her little bunny kisses, who takes my finger and leads me around the house just because she wants me to hang out with herā¦
Donāt hit kids. Spanking, swatting, whatever you want to call itā a) itās been shown to actually increase problem behaviors, and b) itās wrong. Why do you have to put a hand on a child to teach them? If it hurts, thatās wrong- we donāt hurt people to get what we want. If it doesnāt hurt, then what are you doing it for?
And I guarantee you it does hurt, even if itās not physical. The look on that little girlās face is going to haunt me for a long, long time.
Discipline is the goal- teaching, not punishing. And hitting, no matter how soft, doesnāt teach. Rather, if it does, it teaches the wrong things.
Meet DĢ“ĶĢĢĢ„Ģ Ģ¹iĢ“ĢĢĢ̤̲̩a̶ĶĶĶĢĢĢ©mĢ·ĢĢĢĶĶoĢ“ĶĶĢ̻̄n̶ĶĢĢ̱ĢĢ£d̵ĢĶĶĶ. Sheās the fusion of Blue/Yellow/White/Pink Diamonds. Sheās so tall she doesnāt fit in Earthās atmosphere, part of her hair sticks out in space. She also doesnāt have her own voice, since she doesnāt have a mouth all of the Diamondsā voices just soothingly comes out of her. She can also shatter or corrupt a gem by looking.
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(via Turkish woman allegedly kills abusive husband, becomes social media icon)
āWill women always die? Let some men die too,ā Dogan told police. āI killed him for my honor.ā
Since it was not included in the article, I thought I would provide a rough translation of her historical defense on court;
āWhen men wear suits and look down they get their sentences lowered; I dont have a suit, my mom barely managed to find this shirt for me. I wonāt lie, there is also the joy of being able to survive that i canāt conceal. Iāve walked the corridors of these courthouses countless times, my face covered in bruises, for a restraining order. I didnāt have any other choice. If he hadnāt died, I was going to. He wasnāt going to tell you he had decided to pimp me out, he wasnāt going to talk about his plans of putting me in the arms of other men, he wasnāt going to tell you about the beatings I endured just because the eggplants were slightly overcooked, because the curtains were dirty, because there were leftover crumbs on the table. He wasnāt going to mention how many times I was hospitalized. There is a picture of me taken in the teahouse. Iāve smiled a bit lopsidedly. Maybe he was going to show you that picture and tell you I looked like a dishonorable woman. He was going to tell you he ācleansed my honorā as if he wasnāt planning to pimp me out. You were going to sentence him to 3-5 years and pardon him because i had dishonored him and see my lopsided smile as provocation and feel sad for him. However, honor is mine Mr. Judge, I wonāt leave it to anyone else just because I signed a paper.ā
her name isĀ Ćilem DoÄan and she was sentenced to 15 years for this. the court initially wanted to give her life imprisonment. she was released on bail in june 2016 and has since become a symbol for the movement against femicide and violence against women in Turkey.Ā
Commenting fanfiction is the easiest thing in the world once you start doing it.Ā
I leave a comment on every single fic I read. Sometimes when I read published books I go and leave a comment somewhere the author can find it. Granted, I literally majored inĀ āleaving comments on ficsā (English Education), but once you start doing it it just becomes second nature. Now youāre gonna go to the Ozymandias school of leaving comments:Ā
Problem: I canāt leave kudos again.
Beginner: This is a second/third/fourth Kudos
Advanced: This is my second/third/fortieth time reading this, I still love it so much. Here are a few new things I noticed. I like the way you personally do x, y, z compared to other authors Iāve read (in this ship/genre/fandom).
Problem: I donāt know what to say :(
Beginner: Just list what you did to read this fic.Ā āI stayed up late reading thisā,Ā āI read this on a crowded trainā,Ā āthis kept me company while sickā.Ā
Advanced: X,Y,Z parts made me get butterflies, and I had a physical reaction to this part of the story, I squealed outloud when characters did x,y,z. I blushed at this part. I laughed out loud here. Whatever.Ā
Problem: Iām embarrassed to leave a comment (what if I annoy the author?)
Beginner: Short answer: you wonāt EVER annoy the author (unless youāre needlessly mean) But to start, be generic, you donāt have to spill your soul in the comments section.Ā āI liked thisāĀ āI enjoyed reading thisāĀ ānice ficā.
Advanced: This really meant a lot to me that you wrote this. This is something I feel like Iāve always wanted to read. This fic hit me in all the right places. Etc.Ā
Problem: I donāt know how to express myself/my experienceĀ
Beginner: My beginners go to is to highlight a line, put that in your comment and sayĀ āi liked thisā or to identify basic emotions you had while reading and comment thoseĀ āthis made me happyāĀ āthis part made me sadāĀ āi almost criedāĀ āyou made me laughāĀ Advanced: āHighlighted lineā This line made me smile because it has to do with character development/itās really romantic/itās so unique/itās moving. Sometimes I donāt highlight a line at all, I just talk about the stuff Iāve noticed were unique to the fic.Ā āI love the way you did this particular thing with this characterā.Ā
This? This is an amazing post. This is the Captain Awkward of commenting postsāit addresses all your fears directly and gives you actionable scripts for each one.
everytime I remember that lesbian couple that have a marble statue of the two of them embracing and sleeping on a bed together over where their graves will be because the artists didnāt believe they would be able to be married before they died, so what they couldnāt have in life they could have in death, I fucking breakdown
memorial to a marriage; patricia cronin
āon july 24th, 2011- the first day that same sex marriage was legal in new york state, particia cronin and deborah kass got married. that same year the marble āmemorial to a marriageā was replaced with a bronze version. rainwater pools in the space between their two sculpted bodies, and falling leaves catch on the metal in the autumn. the two women sleep peacefully through snow and ice, and the scorching days of summer. over time the hands of cemetery visitors will wear down the bronze, burnishing it into a smooth shine. one day this will mark the final resting place of the two women. and someday people will have to remember that there was a time, long ago, when this was a memorial to a marriage that two women never thought theyād have.āĀ
-Ā Caitlin Doughty, on the Death in the Afternoon podcast
For those curious:
Hereās the real-life couple in 2019 š
connie has always had the only brain cell in this show
Chaplin metĀ Lita MacMurray when she was 12yrs old. He got her pregnant during the filming of The Gold RushĀ when she was 15. He fired her from the set and tried forcing her to have an abortion.Ā Years after covering that disgusting situation up, at the age of 54 he married Oona OāNeil, who had just turned 18.Ā
Itās absolutely disgusting how these men use their money, fame, and influence to silence their victims. & we can only guess at the number of young girls we will never know about who have been targeted by these demons.Ā Ā
This whole āseperate the art from the artistā bs has kept such criminals protected from the scrutiny of law. We need to accept that art cannot cover up crimes and that in want of better art, we cannot let criminals do better crimes.
Roman Polanski is still out there winning awards for his work