Emma Mieko Candon @emcandon - Tumblr Blog

Hey so I got a commission for THE ARCHIVE UNDYING and it has straight-up killed me. The unsettling fleshy hue of the coral that melds perfectly into the luminous flowers... The serrated teeth on the cogs... The hands, the grasping hands... Can't fucking wait for people to read the book and indulge in the details!!

But also, pease please please go check out the artist @drawingkit and her print store, where you can buy a print! Of this piece! (but also may i recommend LITERALLY ANY OF HER OTHER PIECES, they are BREATHTAKING)

And if you're game, consider a preorder of THE ARCHIVE UNDYING -- out in JUST ONE WEEK (6/27/23), it is good, queer, unwholesome fun in a world of feral mecha, divine cities, and totally solid plans to assassinated resurrected robot gods.

emcandon

tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow

emcandon

TODAY TODAY TODAY

tumblr-meaningful things to share about the book that is out Today:

protagonist Sunai (pictured above) is a byproduct of the morbs and feral twink energy; philosophical, introspective, and no longer acquainted with "hinged" as an experience because honestly who has the energy.

love interest Veyadi was tailor-made to target my wife's specific blorbo problems (high-strung little adhd-having motherfucker masquerading as competent professional; secretly devastatingly sad)

problematic princex Jin is the physical embodiment of "worst person you know keeps making perfectly decent points"; alluring in the way of a mildly sociopathic coatrack

truck lesbian Imaru is the most attractive person on this crew by a country goddamn mile and she is absolutely leveraging that to keep you calm and focused on killing god. don't worry about it. eat your veggies.

and MORE

CHARACTERS

WHO I CAN'T WAIT TO DUNK ON IN PUBLIC

COME GET IN THE ROBOT? IT IS MAYBE AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DO BUT THAT JUST MAKES IT MORE FUN FOR EVERYONE.

#the archive undying

its-the-blob

Is it normal for the quirky detective in a quirky detective show to say he's going to get too powerful one day and cause armageddon?

#dumpster wizard #thom gallow #did he stop the apocalypse? no!#did he cause it? only partly and not alone #did he make good use of vortex warp?#well he certainly did try #dnd #gaming

sliversoakley4

jami-c

has entered the vault thank you

#yup thank you #laugh rule

fellowshipofthenoodles

Tolkien is having his first ever egg. It’s. Not going well.

fellowshipofthenoodles

TOLKIEN IS A SNAKE. HES MY SNAKE. MY PET SNAKE. AUTHOR JOLKIEN ROLKIEN ROLKIEN TOLKIEN IS NOT BIRTHING AN EGG

#ah #i thought gandalf was having her moment

studentofetherium

so the ghost is there

bedabug

#laugh rule

kuttithevangu

A high quality “expensive” pair of shoes is one of the thriftiest ways to spend over $100 because if you have good shoes it reduces stress on literally every joint in your body. Please do not ever thrift-OCD yourself into wearing bad shoes

citizen-zero

I have to give the hardest possible plug for Orthofeet here. My fiancée introduced me to this company when I was lamenting the fact that it feels difficult to find orthopedic shoes that aren’t kinda fugly and unfashionable. These are some of the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn and for both pairs I own there was very minimal breaking-in needed, they were just comfortable right out of the box. I walked around a ren faire with hills and uneven terrain for several hours in these ankle boots and I felt about the same level of tired I’ve felt after walking around in sneakers all day.

They’re not cheap shoes, but almost all of them are under $150 and it’s 100% a worthwhile investment. They have a pretty generous wear testing policy—you can wear them up to 60 days and still get a full refund if you don’t like them. There’s also lots of different styles so there’s kinda something for everyone.

rarmaster

it's also worth looking into Morton's Foot! And if you have it, then I definitely recommend purchasing some of the ProKinetics insoles, which you can put into Literally Any Pair Of Shoes, and/or swap between multiple pairs of shoes depending on which pair you feel like wearing that day

bonus info

1) the ProKinetic insoles might not play well with those Orthofeet shoes, so be wary of that!

2) ProKinetics actually swears by shoes like Converse being the best shoes for their Insoles! just saying

3) if you don't want to pay 80$ for some insoles (that you can then put in shoes you already own, btw,) you can just get some moleskin (like a 5$ purchase) to put on your shoes' Already Present insole like so and see if that helps - if it does, then consider making the purchase

4) definitely poke around the Morton's Foot site (mortonsfoot.com) so they can explain some of the science to you on why the insoles help. I like this page.

1968bullittmustang

Perhaps one of the most popular quotes from the Discworld series is Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in M

berdie314

I like Aetrex shoes and insoles similarly, and I always get the green Superfeet insoles for hiking boots.

Also, once you've gone and spent money on good, supportive shoes, take good care of them! Shoe polish is cheap and a tin of it lasts forever and will keep your leather shoes looking nice longer when they inevitably acquire scuffs. And use a shoe horn!!! It's just a cheap piece of plastic, but it will save the heel ends of your shoes from getting smashed into uselessness. I've been wearing my favorite boots near daily for four years so far and they still look good and fit well.

#oh man orthofeet have saved my lupus-having life #health stuff

stickandthorn

Love Astrid and Eadwulf’s presence in almost every episode. Show up. Do something ethically heinous. Villain pose. Think longingly about Bren. And you just know Eadwulf’s gonna make a quip. And then they leave. They’re like Team Rocket if Team Rocket was actually evil and if Meowth was the long lost 3rd member of their throuple.

#laugh rule #critical role #the mighty nein

fyodior

a talking point i often see when defending the consumption of dark content is that it’s a coping mechanism for those with trauma which is very valid and true but i also want to make this abundantly clear: you can like dark content for no reason. you can enjoy fucked up shit in fiction because it’s enjoyable and entertaining. trauma is not required as a ticket for entry. enjoy your dark content bc it’s fun and sexy and don’t let anyone take that away from you

amorphousgenderlesscryptid

sometimes the reason is this

robot-roadtrip-rants

reblog if you love to see that shit that was fucking crazy

#writing #do it again do it again

patronsaintofweepingmothers

2009

#laugh rule

prokopetz

Carl Jung isn't exactly less full of shit than Freud, but he's admittedly full of shit in a much more entertaining way. "Guy who's basically a practising wizard but gets super annoyed if you point that out and loudly insists he's a Man of Science" is a type of guy you just don't see much of these days.

#an acceptable jung read