which costume would you rather wear? (1867)
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the name "Brook Lamprey" really sells this. like if you were some sort of aquatic creature trying to convince people you were human and they asked you your name, you too might panic and name a body of water and a fish
it was awesome being a kid worried about the environment. like oh they are cutting down too many trees, we have to work together and plant more :~) but these days its like its in the air its in the water its in my blood its in my blood its in my blood its in my blood
did you have an unconventional schooling experience
homeschooled (co-ops count)
unschooled
attended multiple schools simultaneously
some kind of alternative or just strange school (explain)
didnt finish school (no diploma/GED)
took longer than standard to graduate
im normal (public school/normalish private school)
something really fucked up (also please tell me)
I want to listen to The Ocean. but in like a figurative cello sort of way with buoy bells and whipping sail sounds and just feel like i'm drifting on the waves
I really think we should start giving human au Lake a skin condition. like. I think them standing out because of the way their skin looks is really important to their character, plus it would add some good rep!
I've played with the idea a lot and there's 2 ways I like to approach it:
1. the simpler way, where it's not really a huge focus. lake just has moderate to severe psoriasis or eczema. their skin is very dry and flaky, and some patches are a bit shiny
2. they have some unknown skin condition that has literally never been documented before and their skin is constantly being tested by doctors. it looks much more metallic like in canon. lake's hair is a similar color to their skin, and their skin looks like it's been stained by silver body paint. catches a lot more eyes, but most people are able to pass it off as either a weird kid being weird, or some medical condition they're not familiar with (which is what it actually is). I think it'd be interesting if megan (assuming she's the one taking care of lake in whatever au) kept trying to treat it, but lake kept insisting it didn't bother them and they didn't want treatment, it was just a part of who they are.
I think the first idea would look cooler and works better for AUs that have some other major focus, but the second one is much more interesting on a narrative level
Another option to consider: Vitiligo
This is one I haven't seen a ton of representation for with paler people bc it's not always super noticeable but my sister has it in like splotches that get really prominent when she gets tan in the summer and it basically just yoinks the pigment right out of the skin and hair (she complains about how easy it is to burn bc the skin there is just like bright white basically.) The patches don't feel any different and don't cause her any pain or anything they're just like really pale (probably like 2 or three shades lighter than the rest of her skin which is pretty much how im imagining lake would be with this skin condition.) I don't know a ton about the causes of it but its something that people do take note of especially when it's on the face or places with hair bc the hair will go white. That particularly could be especially fun bc in a human au Lake would presumably have red hair like Tulip but they could have like hair splotches that start growing as the two get older and Lake, sick of being "Tulip's Sister" gets really excited bc it's a very distinct natural physical thing that sets them apart from each other.
Today I found out that yarners think crocheting socks is subversive and controversial and I just…on one hand, why the fuck not, I guess yarners are allowed to have their controversies, but on the other, how much time do you have in your FUCKIN DAY??
My main concern is how they would feel but Maggie u know yarn fandom gotta think about something while knitting five miles of stockingnette for a sweater
Look, you can’t just leave it at that, why is it subversive and controversial? *gets popcorn*
I mean, I’m taking this on good faith, and I’m not saying this is my own personal belief. I believe in all crafts.
But…the structure of the stitches and the resulting fabric is pretty different between crochet and knitting. You get different effects between them, which lends themselves to different crafts. And none of the effects of (most) crochet stitches lend themselves naturally to socks. You’re (usually) going to end up with something either stiff and bulky, or full of holes that will Not Feel Good to walk on. Whereas knitted socks will just…BE elastic and comfortable.
Sure you CAN do it. And there are people and patterns that do it well!!
But MOST crochet socks are a bit like calling this a bicycle
I mean… Okay? But people are going to Talk.
But this is BABY controversy, this is nothing. You haven’t even touched on the good shit like RHSS or that time the Olympic Committee dissed us.
Iiiinteresting. So one of those “just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD” things.
Also I know very little about the yarn fandom except for that bit where a woman had to fake her death and had a nervous breakdown over selling homespun/dyed yarn so like, I already have big expectations.
Was that the one that “died” of leukemia or the one that “died” of lupus, or the one that overdosed?
From what I know of the narrative as it was described to me, I want to say the one that overdosed, but I am intrigued and vaguely concerned that there are multiple distinct individuals the above situation could apply to.
hey umm, what the fuck
the fake deaths thing: indie yarn dyer gets popular, gets overwhelmed by orders, can’t refund money because of shitty bookkeeping, decides faking online death is the only way out.
i’m sure some of them are unintentional rather than premeditated scammers but they’re all still thieving assholes who shouldn’t be running businesses and need to give all the money back.
the olympics commitee: ravelry, well-known knitting (fiber arts in general) site, held a contest they called the ‘ravelympics’ to drum up olympic support then get a cease-and-desist letter for copyright infringement, and the letter said that calling it that ‘denigrates the true nature of the Olympic Games’ and was ‘disrespectful to our country’s finest athletes’
except, you know, ravelry had like 2 million users who all, by nature of ravelry being a website, have basic tech literacy. the social media backlash was so bad that the olympics board had to make 2 official apologies because the first wasn’t good enough.
RHSS: Red Heart Super Saver is cheap Walmart-level yarn. some people hate it because it used to be just really fucking awful and they haven’t bothered updating their opinions. some people hate it because they hate non-natural yarns. some people hate it because they’re yarn snobs(which, btw, comes in two flavors: the disdainful assholes and the people who just don’t see the point if you have the money and don’t indulge yourself). a lot of people defend it because it’s cheap and widely locally available and honestly not that bad after a wash and some fabric softener.
crocheted socks: exactly what kaitoukitty said. people who crochet socks tend to either be new crocheters who are not aware crochet is not the best medium for socks or experienced crocheters who are pushing the boundaries of the medium.
babies on fire: i can’t believe we’re talking about yarncraft controversies and no one mentioned babies on fire. that’s my favorite controversy.
so when deciding what material to make baby blankets out of, in addition to considerations like softness, ease of washing, and allergy concerns quite a lot of people like to consider what would happen to the baby if the blanket was set on fire. yes, really.
wool has the problem of hand-wash only blankets for a new mother (superwash wool exists but that’s a whole ‘nother paragraph), allergy concerns, and also real fucking expensive if you want quality not-itchy-on-baby-skin wool. but pro-wool-blanket people insist that because wool actually resists being set on fire pretty well and also can self-extinguish, it’s the only sensible choice.
acrylic on the other hand is cheap and you can throw it in the washing machine, and while bad quality acrylics might be stiff and plastic-y they’re not itchy, but if it gets set on fire it will melt onto the baby’s skin. pro-acrylic people insist that if your blanket is on fire, you probably have bigger problems than what the blanket is made of.
wow I didn’t expect such a detailed response. thank you!
Fiber Arts Just Be Fucking Like That.
what hte FUCK
A couple more from Ravelry:
It became the first website to ban pro-Trump content. This occurred after a user reported a pro-Trump pattern maker for I believe hate speech? For some reason Ravelry didn’t have an anonymous reporting feature at the time, so the pattern maker found out and sent followers to harass the user. This caused Ravelry to 1) make the report feature anonymous 2) say “fuck it, you guys are all assholes, Trump supporters are banned now.”
Disney went after a pattern maker on the site and issued a DCMA takedown for a crochet Grogu amigurumi pattern (known as Baby Yoda at the time). This prompted a huge backlash from the users who posted their own modified Baby Yoda patterns en-masse for no other reason than to spite Disney and their lawyers. The entire front page of Ravelry was nothing but Baby Yoda at one point.
If I ask my mother she could probably give me more. These are just what I remember off the top of my head. I don’t knit or crochet (I do cross-stitch and don’t really interact with the wider community) but my mother runs a small yarn dyeing business and has been part of the community on the Internet for a LONG time before that so I get all the juicy details on the drama.
It’s worth noting that the founders of Ravelry, Cassidy and Jessica Forbes (both women) are married to each other; and Cassidy is trans.
I had no idea this was the drama I needed on my dash today
It’s nearly Cozy Things Knitted By My Mother season!!!!
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1) Yeah I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of the change but the timing and number of TERFs make it either the TERFs co-opted an existing complaint made by people who liked ravelry but had physical issues with the new site, or it was entirely FABRICATED by TERFs to try to make the founders problematic bc one of them is trans.
2) oooo now I want to try making a slipper in Tunisian crochet because you’re right, it makes a much flatter, knit-like fabric that might be actually quite pleasant!
3) I assume it’s a collective word for both knitters and crotcheters, since both work with yarn but their crafts are quite different. It’s the easiest most intuitive word to refer to both groups at once.
I don’t understand… I grew up in crocheted socks… I mean, they were more like house slippers because we didn’t really wear them inside shoes, but still. What’s wrong with 덧 버선?
I love that this looped back after all that to absolve the crocheted socks.
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I have not watched rott yet because when i opened tumblr hell today i was Accosted by mpreg steve and immediately realized i would not be able to handle watching it sober or on my own so im dragging my best friend into toa from the very beginning so we can get drunk and watch the movie together. We just hit the midseason finale of season 1.
Updates and thoughts to come as we venture onwards
Never not thinking about Jim and Claire's dance on that little cliff to Eres Tu just giggling and singing along with the song fully immersed in each other's presence. That shit was romantic as fuck.
I want to know what steve and eli actually did to get saturday detention. Like the trouble trio were caught with uhl's truck, Mary claims to have been caught making out under the bleachers but honestly it seems more likely she was caught texting in class one too many times, and shannon said she was embezzling from stuco so we've got a range of reasons but somehow steve and eli avoid being singled out in the "what are you in for" conversation and i Want To Know
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Alternative reasons for why the reckless club could have been in detention based on actual kids ive been in detention with
Jim: Truancy. Jim Lake disease aside, this boy's missed at least 30 days of school in a year and truancy laws for the American public school system are a bitch. At my school the rule was one make up hour for every period missed so kiddo's got a lot of ground to cover and this will not be his only Saturday detention
Eli: Released a thousand ladybugs in the school cafeteria. (This kid didn't actually get detention as far as i know bc he did this on his last day of school before moving states and i don't believe he actually got caught, however i feel like eli would do something like this for the purpose of Creepslayerz shit)
Steve: Plagiarism. I love steve like 10/10 on the character development arc, but this boy is a bit of an idiot and we all know he had to have it explained to him that "using your resources with citations" and copy/ pasting from random websites are two different things.
Claire: Missing Assignments. Claire's mom has a lot of expectations for her and based on my observations sees her as more of an achievement than a person so i can 100% see Claire as the kind of person who would just flat out not do her homework sometimes as a way to take back control.
Mary: Being on her phone(s) in class. I think this fits her character better like canonically anyways because Mary is addicted to social media and while in the show they tell us she's boy crazy and was caught making out under the bleachers, she's never actually shown with any romantic partners.
Shannon: Finding and reselling football tickets. What can I say? The girl knows how to make money.
Toby: Rickrolling the class in a gallery walk style presentation. It was right at the end of the assignment too so every 5 minutes it would start up again. Only gets caught because Strickler or Uhl overheard him bragging about it to Eli in the hallway.
I was thinking about if they go through all of both series what the Inej v. Dunyasha fight would look like
*Dunyasha follows inej onto the tightrope *
Inej: whomst?
Dunyasha: i am dunyasha i was trained by the darkling himself
Inej, thinking about how she successfully threw a knife in his chest and didn't immediately get nerfed: honey you've got a big storm coming lol
Shadow and Bone: can i copy your homework?
Once Upon a Time: sure just change it up a bit so it doesn't look like you just copied it
Shadow and Bone: ok