hey folks; i know we’re all going thru it right now, so I made a carrd masterpost of some stuff to comfort us all. there’s some games, some mental health stuff, and all the crisis lines i could find. i hope it helps; please spread this if you think your followers might find it useful
I feel like if humans swallowed rocks like birds do to help grind up food we'd have so much fun with it.
Can just imagine all the girlies on tiktok going "I know this is a bit controversial but I honestly love using limestone as a gastrolith. Not only can you readily forage it but they are just so pretty when smoothed out after regurgitating them"
and then all the comments would be like " girl 😭 😭 calcite dissolves in stomach acid!! Just use quartz if you want a pretty gastrolith like 💀"
is there such a thing as a beta but instead of reading for line edits or plot notes, they just read my work and recommend what tags to put on ao3 outside of like. warnings.
Lulu's Totally Unofficial Guide to the Top 10 Freeform Tags to Add to Your Fanfic
Genre - Fluff, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slice of Life, Case Fic, etc.
AU - If it's an AU, what kind? What role do each of the characters play? How is it different to their canon role?
Parts of canon - If it's not an AU, what part of canon is it about? Is it set before, during or after a particular episode?
Themes - Are there any topics or ideas which you are trying to explore, or which come up repeatedly?
Minor Warnings - Is there anything you think you should warn for that isn't included in the archive warnings?
Format & Length - Is your work art, video, podfic, etc? Does it use a particular format like a Drabble or 5+1?
Characters - What is going on with each of your major characters? If you had to describe them with one or two adjectives, what would you pick? (Format as [Adjective] [Character Name].)
Relationships - What is going on with each of your major relationships? Are there any relationship tropes like Slow Burn or Enemies to Lovers in your story?
Tropes - Are there any tropes or common story elements in your story that haven't been tagged yet? If your work was on TV tropes, what are the first things you would add?
Sex - If your work includes sex, what kink(s) and specific act(s) does it involve?
Remember: you can always look at the drop-down menu for suggestions. But! If you want to tag something that doesn't appear on the drop-down menu, you can & should write in a new tag!
This is one of the things r/ao3 is actually pretty helpful for, in fact I think centrumlumina's guide is almost word-for-word match for advice that i see posted regularly on there. Its also great for "here's a thing that happens in my story/i want to warn readers about, is there a tag for that?" (Or even "this tag i already know about doesn't suit my purposes for xyz reasons. What can i do instead?")
made dipper & mabel's bags in this picrew by @rainbun !! i added a bunch of references to specific episodes too so shoutout if you catch those :3 this was fun
I need to talk about this Splatoon animation and why its so good
Big betrayal is one of my favorites splatfest song in the franchise so I wanted to animate it, I love deep cutThis animation took me a month
Buckle in because I am going all out on this one.
OK so this video is an animated segment from the Deep Cut song "Big betrayal from Splatoon 3. Something splatoon does really well is create character moments and narrative for it's NPCs (mainly the idols) through the music. Splatoon 3 does this the best with the Deep Cut tracks that they added over time.
For example, in 'Suffer No Fools', Deep cut aond Off The Hook duke it out in a rap battle. Their personalities really shine here (especially Pearl continuing her verse even after she was supposed to pass her mic to the next fighter)
Link to song here V
SO around the same time as this song was added, a Squid Sisters song titled 'Liquid Sunshine' dropped, featuring a familiar looking manta ray under the name "Ian BGM"
Additional artwork was released on social media alongside the song of the squid sisters and this 'mysterious' Ian BMG
So the story is that Big Man (the manta ray from Deep Cut) went under cover and did a colab with the legacy pop idol group, Probably around the same time that Shiver and Frye were rap battling Off The Hook.
Shiver and Frye did NOT take this well, Soon releasing the title "BIG BETRAYAL"
They then proceed to rip Big Man a new one for the entirety of this BANGER.
Anyway back to the animation
Shout outs to this creator, if they are making absolute perfection like this then they are WILDLY underrated.
I'm just gonna share some of my favorite parts of the animation in no particular order. but first, IDK what version of the song they used, but it sounds so much fuller than the one released on Nintendo's youtube channel. I love it.
so we cut straight to the melody and already these facial expressions are INCREDIBLE. Shiver is so menacing I love her.
Fucking perfect no notes
Frye Using her eels from her boos fight in the campaign mode
Additionally, they spinning into a tornado that catches big man is very reminiscent of how the eels are used in the climax of the campaign. very good attention to detail there.
Hey look, its the photo. The one from The Social Media. and The Original Video!
Shiver uses Master Mega to devastating effect (also I love their cheering in the corner look at um goooooooo!) Also I love how violent this video is, but the good goofy kind. its got such a good style.
I LOVE the use of the glowy floating particles in the tentacle hair to show their anger rising! in the game, your hair glowing is a sign that you ultimate attack is ready and you are probably seconds away from doing VERY violent, so using it hold dramatic tension for a shot is a stroke of GENIUS! also I love Big Mans face here. all the faces are great. no notes.
THE IMPACT FRAMES HERE ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?!?
Tettsui PISHA GERUDO!! (The Japanese name of the song) fun touch there, thanks for making me spend 30 minutes looking for something I should have already known T-T
These two can beat me senseless in an alley any day
Also Framing the record scratching sound in the song as Big Man's scream in terror was so fun! Great use of creativity
I even love these cute little run cycles! I tried my best to get it to loop in Gif form, but honestly just go watch the video if you wanna see it more.
God, God this video is so good. Just went I thought I was kinda burnt out on splatoon stuff too. Holy shit. fucking excellent. No further words, go watch that video and do all the stuff that supports the artist. holy shit. Hell yea.
it’s a shame more vampire media doesn’t pull from vampire bat behavior because they’re such sweeties. they can only survive their incredibly specialized diet because bats will share blood with colony members that didn’t find a meal! there’s evidence that suggests the donors sometimes initiate this behavior themselves by approaching hungry bats! the colonies are mostly harems of females with a few males but they’ve been observed letting unrelated males in when it gets cold so they can all stay warm! cute little social critters!
i loooove little moments of human connection. i love it when a stranger has something good happen to them and you get to be a part of the celebration for a moment. i love it when it starts raining and you and a stranger get to say wow its really coming down out there! i love it when something happens and you and a stranger get to share a look. i will never see you again but we did experience something together and for just a moment we were a pair! i genuinely live for that shit