A Fairly Fluffy Quill

A test of self-indulgent happiness. She/her, 30+ yo, 🇺🇸🇹🇭 art Tumblr @GildedOak art Twitter @theGildedOak Instagram @gildedoakart

[fluffyquill]

My new art Tumblr!

So this account was mainly supposed to be for writing - but to be honest, I didn't do a bunch of writing during the pandemic, and it's become my catch-all account for stuff.

Starting today, all my new art posts will be posted at my art Tumblr, @gildedoak

(Link will also be posted in my bio)

I'll very likely have notifications on this side too, but follow me over there for continued art shenanigans! Given the announcement for the new Dimension 20 season, I will be marathoning Crown of Candy in the coming days.

Regardless, I will still be over here, screeching about Dungeons and Dragons, video games, cats, and other things.

[aslinghofferson]

Love is in the Air!Happy Valentine's Day!!

[fluffyquill]

THIS IS SO FRIKKING CUTE OMG - GDI HOW DARE THIS BE SO PRECIOUS BE STILL MY HEART UGHHHHH I WANT THIS FOR THEM SO MUCH *starts frothing at the mouth*

[wataksampingan]

In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all)

I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon).

Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need.

So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people.

I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers.

I hope we will be dragons.

[rivers-for-me]

reblog to give warm bread to your mutuals

[proudspoonie]

[puppygirl-hornyposting2]

[lost-my-soup]

@amtrak-official

[queer-as-city-folk]

This is so me, I really really want good cities and high speed frequent transit

[linipik]

Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Reblog to give the person you reblogged this from motivation to work on their WIPs.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Since it's the end of the year: Reblog to give the person you reblogged this from motivation to finish their WIPs in the new year!

[beardedmrbean]

[theman]

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

[tattooedzombigirl]

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

[secondlina]

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

[justgaming365]

[kim-hu]

Since I only play Fortnite for a year or so,…

Cons, I’ll probably be getting shot in the ass a lot. Pros, there’s a chance I finally get to bang Taskmaster. 💀

Also I’d want the map with RaveCave, that looked fun.

[elefluff]

Some RueHob babies bc I saw this post by @fluffyquill and lost my mind!! Y’know I’m here for a good baby AU (I drew the left pic first and realized I drew the babies way too big, decided that if they have small goblets they’d probably be a full litter instead and so drew the two of them with a whole bunch more babies LMAO)

[fluffyquill]

You have no idea how hard this made me smile while I was in the hospital recovering from a stomach hernia surgery - like OMG I WAS OVER THE MOON BECAUSE OF THIS ART. The mix of painkillers helped, but this brought me SUCH JOY. Though I didn’t trust myself to form words in a coherent sentence at the time.

Just - the LOVE and the HAPPINESS in their faces ❤️❤️ Makes me wanna rewatch ACOFAF all over again!! I wanna tickle the little baby toe beans. THEY ARE ALL SO CUTE

Reblogging so I can look at this forever and it won’t get lost in the sea of favorites!!

[weavemama]

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY 

[jackharknessday]

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

[gayfeatherfiend]

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

[rab-it-deactivated20231030]

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

[knight-of-vengeance-deactivated]

The Salvation Army is also ass to the workers. A good number of people join it, naively thinking that it’s doing good, and end up leaving cynical and beaten down. The management is hostile, if not outright abusive, and demand some ridiculous hours of it lower to mid-level staff. Don’t support these people.

[fisharescary802]

Unsettling update

[oldearthaccretionist]

Find better local charities and shelters and give to them instead!

[moonybyte]

Also just for even more horrific context on the original twitter thread?

Salvation Army reached out to Milknmuffins and asked what shelter she’s at with the promise to address the abuse in it. She…ended up saying where she was. She was thrown out onto the street. It’s also all on Twitter.

They invited her to a personal talk so she could explain the situation in person.

And then they threatened her with a screenshot of a rape-threat made supposedly by her:

And then threw her out into the street while claiming she broke house rules that

So yeah, the Salvation Army is a bunch of entitled assholes that will treat the most vulnerable like shit if they dare try to do anything that makes them look bad

[supernovafirefly]

The “Fuck Salvation Army” posts are making the rounds again, so conisder this your reminder: Do. Not. Give. These. Assholes. A. Single. Fucking. Penny.

Do not support them in any way, shape, or form.

[eagletrekkie]

‘Tis the season to say FUCK the Salvation Army.

[thefirsthogokage]

Oh hey, this is interesting (but a year old, idk if anything has changed):

Macy’s cuts ties with Salvation Army this holiday season citing social mission

“We reevaluated our cause and community work and made a significant commitment to driving societal change by empowering underrepresented you

[fluffyquill]

New Widofjord fic! Multi-chaptered too!

Took extra long to post because of crazy outside circumstances, mostly involving a car wreck. BUT I am back, and I’m determined to finish this one!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[dotstronaut]

♪～ Happy Birthday, Curiosity! Happy Birthday to me!～♪

Today is the 8 year anniversary of Curiosity beeping Happy Birthday on Mars! I could not ask for a better birthday buddy. I started this illustration three whole years ago so I'm happy to finally finish it.

Curiosity brings me a lot of joy and inspiration. She's 9 years into a two year mission and beloved by everyone on earth. A crew of NASA engineers built her and take care of her, and helped her sing Happy Birthday. She's literally too good for this world.

[dotstronaut]

Happy birthday to me and Curiosity!!

[loekvugs]

I had this idea for a looping animation in which a single dot has a pretty long loop, but the animation as a whole is much shorter. Because of the repetition this animation is only 1 second long!

[teaboot]

THIS GIF IS ONE SECOND LONG

[fluffyquill]

Oddly soothing as you watch it!

[friendofthefellowshipsnerdblog]

Reblog if reading someone else’s fanfiction has helped you get through a hard day

[fluffyquill]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA OMG

[krossan]

Nimona was so GREAT!!! I'm so glad they were able to finish this film. IT'S SO GOOD!!!

[liberaljane]

Ban Bigotry, not Books.

digital illustration of a pile of books that read, ‘ban bigotry not books’ There’s a cat sitting on top.