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Hal | they/them he/him | genderfluid | my art blog is bodilluc

[valtsv]

me when the thing i'm creating doesn't turn out looking exactly like how i imagined it in my head

[gatekid3]

I started this a whiiiile back, but never knew how to go about finishing it. The garnet bit as a bit weird in some spots but overall i like it. especially with the ice and fire bits.

[stigmatic]

terfs do not belong in lgbt safe spaces bc they are a danger to trans ppl

[nonbinaries-on-ice]

terfs also don’t belong in women’s spaces because they are a danger to trans women

[constantlyonfirerpgideas]

Terfs don’t belong

[butter-and-too-much-bread]

Not to be all “cis women matter”, but TERFs will also be a danger to cis women who are GNC or look “off” to them. This isn’t to downplay their threat to trans women, but just saying they’re a threat to women in general.

[gerard-ways-left-nut-deactivate]

TERFS are a threat to women

[sushinfood]

Terfs block me you’re all fucking disgusting

[bassiter]

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Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos except you and your friends are on an epic, high-fantasy quest to slay a dragon, passing by a travelling musical troupe that’s performing it as you all leave town and enter the forest.

requested by @heartless-not-hopeless

[hhideout]

GOFODKSKA

[vrezra]

Some Asshole: You can’t be! Truly yourself! If you’re on medication! It’s changing the Real You™!

Me: if the real me is going to lie on the floor for 3 weeks and try to drown herself in the river I don’t want to know her, Barbara

[sheppardmckay]

For every anti-meds, anti-psychiatrist/therapist fool I’ve ever met, and there’ve been a LOT. Suck it, Barabara.

[cosed]

absolutely love in school where theyre like “this child is obviously mentally ill but they get good grades so who cares”

[chamomile-bpd]

[ccliffjumperr]

why did you hide this in the tags it’s correct

[ratatoier]

i spent too long on this

[fandomshatewomen]

Major warning to EVERYONE:

Adam(2019) is now on Hulu.

For those not in the know, or who need a refresher, Adam is the film about the cis man who pretends to be a trans man in order to date a lesbian

On top of the plot, there were lots of actual trans actors who got roles on the set, not knowing what project they were working on and they reported being treated poorly by the production crew including being misgendered.

Please don't support this film and take care of yourselves, everyone. It's being sorted under the Comedy and LGBTQ+ categories. -Mod C

[aurosoulart]

a commission……. with an interesting subject matter

[theemotionmachine]

[sketchy-saram]

I’ve never ONCE seen one of these and not being just like…absolutely riddled with tension, so. Keep passing them around, I guess!

[zippy-64]

Needed that, thanks. 👍🏻

[eliasericson]

The Cat has its Heart on the Outside

Available as a fanzine in Swedish with a translation note  here.

[mimunya]

[doodlestab]

clyde is the one taking this picture

[wootwona]

reblog if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

[emelkae]

Y'know, I’m really loving the return to a “tropes are good” mindset. Embrace the cliché. Use the overused. If it makes you feel good to read and write, don’t stress if it’s not completely original. It’s so much more fun to not agonize over having to make every aspect of a piece revolutionary

[mywoesaregranular]

Just because a story is predictable, it doesn’t mean it’s not a good story.

[storyknitter]

Just because a story is predictable, it doesn’t mean it’s not a good story.

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

Archaeologists: “Uhhhh, there’s still a lot of debate about how effective leather armor really could have been on a battlefield. Alas, we shall never know.”

Punks: “Hey, fresh cut, the boneheads carry knives sometimes so make sure and lift a good leather jacket. It’ll save your life.”

[equality-is-anarchy]

Layers layers layers! Slashes won’t do shit even to most t shirts but a stab will ignore the shit outa your leathers. Layers will keep the blade from getting as deep as it otherwise would and gives more for it to snag on if it serrated.

Armour has always been about layers.

Example 1200s minor noble: linen shirt, gambeson (layered and quilted linen with wool insulation), chain mail, surcoat, arming cap, helmet, coif, bigger helmet.

Another example Alexander era Macedonian hoplite: linen tunic, greaves, 1" of tightly pressed and laminated linen, helmet (probably with some sort of arming cap/padding inside), big ass shield.

Layers save lives.

[jackironsides]

Yes! Cloth is hard work to cut with a knife. When they were trying to ban (sword) duelling in Europe, they banned people from carrying around shields/bucklers, so your defensive tool was a cloak wrapped around your non-sword fist, with plenty of loose fabric to catch your opponent’s blade. You might get your cloak torn, but you’re less likely to get your skin sliced up, and that’s the important thing.

[jenniferrpovey]

You know what is a surprisingly amazing material for armor?

Silk.

Silk.

The Mongolians used silk vests because silk isn’t broken by an arrow, and you can use the silk to gently pull the arrow back out, even if it’s barbed. They also often used silk as the backing for leather armor.

The first bulletproof vests were made in Japan and Korea. Out of, yup, silk. Silk could stop black powder bullets, but was rendered obsolete by higher powered modern firearms. A combination of silk and metal was experimented with, but dropped because of the expense of silk.

Franz Ferdinand was wearing one such vest when he was assassinated, but it didn’t help because of where he was hit.

The US military is now looking into something called Dragon Silk, which is spider silk made by GMO silkworms, to make body armor that might be more comfortable than the current kevlar vests.

Silk, people.

[deliriumcrow]

You want proof about silk being able to stop an arrow? Try sewing it with the wrong machine needle in place. I have shattered – literally shattered – needles that were too thick. They just will not pass between the tightly woven fibers, even when in a machine that can go through your actual fingers. And that was just a lightweight taffeta, not something woven to be intentionally impenatrable.

It is horrible at stopping slashes, though. Whether by the blade of scissors, roller cutter, or well honed dagger or sword, it just falls to pieces like it never meant to be whole in the first place. This is, again, where your layers come in – a nice heavy leather for slash damage, a dense silk for piercing. You probably want to put something under it though, silk against sweaty skin is unpleasantly sticky. It *clings*. Eww.

[drpathetique]

Useful things elementary school neglected to teach me, exhibit #5839

[rougey]

I’d also like to point out that this is also reason 1920’s gangsters wore silk suits with silk vest and shirts

[waltzshouldbewriting]

Revolting this for my fellow writers

[rychillacases]

Reblogging for future reference.

[prismatic-bell]

Cotton beneath all. Wicks away sweat.

[marzipanandminutiae]

*SOME 1920s gangsters wore silk vests SPECIALLY MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE. They were massively expensive, and not just any old silk waistcoat would do. Also most suits back then were wool; a silk suit would have been massively impractical and, as I said, useless unless it was entirely made of that special semi-bulletproof silk. Which then would have cost a fortune

Also, cotton does wick sweat, but linen is even better for that. Hence why European and Euro-American women wore linen shifts/chemises (a loose, shapeless dress that hit between the knees and the ankles depending on the era) under their clothes for like 500 years

If a book ever says something like “sure, expensive Victorian dresses LOOK pretty, but they couldn’t be washed so they must have smelled bad!” they are stupid, lying, or both. I’ve worn a linen chemise under my dress to an Edwardian tea party in Manhattan in August. By the end of the day, my chemise was disgusting- but my dress (and therefore I in general) smelled of nothing but my weak perfume

Bring back linen underwear 2k20

[regularlyfe]

Cotton does not wick sweat wtf are you talking about. I don’t know where you heard that, but it is entirely, dangerously untrue. Hikers literally have a saying: “Cotton kills.”

It is possibly the worst clothing material to have on your skin in extreme temperature conditions. In cold weather, it soaks in sweat and stays damp, holding all of that water on your body, immediately pulling your body heat. You will get hypothermia. Hot weather isn’t as much of a health risk, but it will be sweaty and damp and gross the whole time. Cotton will hold sweat and then never let it go.

If you want something to wick sweat you should look at synthetics, merino wool, or ceramic wool. Synthetics like spandex and nylon obviously make sense as artificial sports materials are clearly made with such things in mind. For a more eco-friendly approach, merino or ceramic wool is a good choice.

Wool is not nearly as itchy and gross as these days. Merino is an ultra-fine, incredibly soft fiber that does an excellent job wicking sweat. There are also wool composites with tiny ceramic pieces embedded in them. The ceramic attracts body heat and quickly dissipates it, a must have for hot weather hiking.

Please don’t base layer with cotton.

[impdidnothingwrong]

Hehe silk

[donoftime]

I never knew i needed this

I do now

[dyrpip]

@henridda-refs

[blueskittlesart]

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