caliborn is queer

WHEN DIRKBORN GOES CANON, I CALLED IT I'm on dreamwidth • yo • 30s - U.S. • if you are a minor, do not follow me and do not talk to me, you will be blocked • please ask before tagging me in a post, my anxiety's real bad lately • if you want me to unfollow you for any reason just let me know PRINCE OF DOOM

[elendraug]

if anyone needs to mute my blog because it's stressing you out for any reason I don't mind, I'd like to be able to say I'd consistently tag for politics and other "what even is this world" bullshit but it overlaps so much with memes/general conversation on here that I can't promise I'll reliably remember to do it

I DO try to consistently tag keywords for more specifically triggering content though

take care of yourselves first and foremost, I understand

[oneheadtoanother]

[bophtelophti]

(In case it's not obvious to everybody, this is an edit; "they pay me in woims" is the punchline from a different Nancy comic. The original punchline to this one is also funny:)

[the-real-seebs]

that makes a lot more sense

but the edit is a solid comic

[zombies-sold-cheap]

edit I made for the real ones

[wordswithimages]

[charlesoberonn]

What is the most inappropriate show to add a beach episode to?

[charlesoberonn]

Yeah okay this one's the winner

[halcyonlauren]

[sheikonfleek]

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

[captainlordauditor]

it’s seasonal lads

[captainlordauditor]

IT’S SEASONAL AGAIN LADS

[terrible-tentacle-theatre]

‘Tis the season so I’ll reblog my absolute favorite Terry Pratchett quote ever

Happy holidays folks

[otatma]

welp

[variablejabberwocky]

#The wisdom#The kind that sits on your chest heavily#And you don’t so much get over it as you learn to keep existing with its weight

[sobcat]

the pressure to have a fulfilling weekend hangs heavy in the friday evening air

[vixvigil]

it’s never a normal temperature anymore it’s always some fucking bullshit

[hateusandseeifwemind]

[pinene]

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

[tadeadshihamurder]

someone on reddit explained 😭

[no-one-offical]

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[desmolbean404]

That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

[miamaimania]

“What will remain of us” (2020) ⧗ Mansour Aoun ◆ 32GB suspended in amber

[marithlizard]

(via bsky)

In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.

We need a fully funded and staffed FDA, and regulations with teeth - and that's exactly what we don't have under Trump. To make things worse, the CDC is no longer tracking these outbreaks. We're on our own.

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Next up with Artists of Tumblr, we have... 🎤

our Top 100 Artists countdown continues! here is the second group of 20 performers that tumblr users listen to, draw inspiration from, and follow for exciting updates. 

based on user data from this past year, coming in at spots 80-61...

80. Paramore | 79. Wonyoung | 78. Beomgyu | 77. Yeonjun | 76. Ozzy Osbourne | 75. Halsey | 74. Kendrick Lamar | 73. Mark Lee | 72. EXO | 71. Doechii | 70. Rihanna | 69. Hoshi | 68. Bruce Springsteen | 67. ITZY | 66. Karina | 65. David Bowie | 64. LE SSERAFIM | 63. Mitski | 62. Dua Lipa | 61. Red Velvet

[linnaealyn]

🌹 Wedding art is so fun because you have permission to go all-out fancy 😊

Timelapse and info on the details below for those who're interested~

Definitely wanted to incorporate their Chinese & German influences into it. So much wedding fanart goes with flat boring modern western styles with little personality.

Now for anyone interested, I'll proceed to explain ALL of the details (bc I love it all a lot), but I'm curious how many details you initially caught!

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So fun fact, traditional German wedding dresses were mainly black before Queen Victoria popularized white. And of course, the main German wedding dress color palette is black/white/red (with perhaps a green sash for luck), so yknow, exactly Elly's color palette, it's perfect. Rather than a sash I incorporated green through the Wave Existence inspired earrings instead 😄

I was going for a German dress from the start, but realized later that the German colors really remind me of Aruru's wedding dress (white/red/green/blue), the only in-universe idea of what one of their cultures' wedding dresses looks like. Really colorful, a classic wedding dress.

Was looking up traditional German bridal attire after I'd already started sketching and it was like, "there's 4 main things: black, floral crown, accessorized w/family heirlooms, and a lace-edged veil (that they can do the Schleiertanz [wedding veil dance] under)", and I was like nice, I already checked all the boxes, if only the Nisan rosary was visible at all here 😅 And yeah the schleiertanz was what inspired the veil as it is. Sounds like a lovely wedding tradition.

Kinda hard to see at this angle, but Elly's specifically wearing a German dirndle style wedding dress laced in the front and roses at the bust. Would've given her a red skirt too if it were at all visible. And ofc I always love balloon-style-into-form-fitting lace sleeves; they kinda remind me of Elly's uniform as well, big shoulders down to long gloves.

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Then looking up Chinese wedding hanfu I realized it had some of those (german dress) colors as well. Red male hanfu were for the highest ranking in society, blue & green were the next two down in social rank, hence why you don't see green often, but with a sashed hanfu all colors can be represented.

Then paired with the fenghuang guan… So male fenghuang (known in the west as ""Chinese phoenixes"". double quotation for the incorrect name)—specifically more modern fenghuang with the tail of a peacock—have an odd number (yang) of tail feathers and female fenghuang have an even number (yin) of tail feathers.

So 5 was perfect for inlaying the 5 Chinese sacred colors, white/black/red/blue-green/yellow, in its tail feathers. Then the 3 jewels on top would be red for joy/celebration & yellow for huang/virtue. (huang means yellow, wong is an alternate romanization, the color yellow is a color symbolizing nobility, the surname Huang/Wong/etc has heavy ties to [and originates from] emperors & nobility)

As for the fenghuang patterning on his hanfu and the fenghuang guan, as to why he's fenghuang themed... Feng is an alternate romanization of (part of his given name) Fong. …and huang is an alternate romanization of wong… fenghuang, Fong Wong

(Even tho when saying his name the Wong should come first, as it was deliberately that way in the JP version of the game [compared to other chars, even Shitan's, Japanese inspired as he is, didn't start with Uzuki, it was only Fei and Khan, but NOT Karen]. It was only reversed for Western players in the localization, for who don't know Chinese family names come first.) Not to mention the symbolism of the phoenix is Fei 100%

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Did a lot of research about Chinese male hairstyles as well, but I already went all out on ko-fi about that so I'll just screenshot it. Very interesting info, even if I didn't actually end up using much of that knowledge here, considering this was only Chinese-inspired, as the Wongs are.

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As for the handfastening rope, this is where I wanted to pull in Xenogears' celtic influences. It's got an eternity knot specifically, white & red, & with gold accents. Gold symbolizing prosperity/success, mainly there to tie it further into their whole color palette; Red symbolizing passion, courage, & strength; and of course, White symbolizing purity, new beginnings, & fresh starts, which I felt was the most relevant to them. 🤍

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Attacka

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

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Oh good glad to hear

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in honor of this becoming a world heritage post or whatever

a long awaited squeakquel i meant to make months and months ago

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to everyone in the tags with the “homophonic bowser” “so long gay bowser” and  “love DOESNt win”

your all wrong, bowser is just already in a committed relationship

[goatpaste]

to everyone saying mario is a homewrecker, heres the truth

they just have the same taste

[goatpaste]

for some reason yall have stuck around this long so now your gonna get the MOST self indulgent sammi posting with the awnser to this

we go back to 2014 when i first watch that shitty live action mario movie, it was so bad i loved it so much. i knew it sucked but i was SO into it i loved it so much

and i specifically had a small crush on the lady who played the character big bertha, who was based on a one off comic character who was a giant cheep cheep who had a crush on mario. and in the movie was was also into mario. and let me tell you 14-15 year old cringe ass sammi drew SO much fanart of her as a mermaid who was in love with mario

so this one goes out to little crange ass baby nae nae sammi 

mario and his giant spikey mermaid gf

[datkooby]

[gayelectro]

Hey OP, I hope you know that this went from an amazing post to literally the best post on this site

[worldheritageposts-official]

World Heritage Post

[goatpaste]

Two time award winning post

[bisexualheritageposts]

Bisexual heritage post

[goatpaste]

Wait hold on everyone, this is more important than the other awards

[linnaealyn]

July's monthly ko-fi sketches for Neogears, @luxqaer, @elendraug, and Kazen101 respectively! Thank you!~ This month's were a lot of fun! 😊

Anon is tasking me with working more on one of my Xenogears comic shorts this month 😌💙

[hunter-rodrigez]

So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

[chekhovs-raygun]

@bonyfish