making fucking mac n cheese and NOBODY CAN STOP ME

+ Sam + They/Them + 22 + white + + art tag is #raining art + talk tag is #rain patters + + Ask me about my ocs! +

[its-raining-cats]

Time for ArtFight 2025!!

I mostly attack humanoid characters, but I'll do my best when it comes to antro/mech/animal/etc!

My profile: https://artfight.net/~itsrainingcats

Some of my favorite attacks from previous years:

oooo you wanna attack me sooooooo bad ooooo

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[flufflecat]

almost time

[dogpuppy]

[dustedbooksandreadingnooks]

Practice your Eorzean!

Saw this post and thought hey! Now that's a great idea! So I did it. On the left is the in game font, and on the right is what I'm calling "Simplified Eorzean", where I took the same theory as when you're teaching a kid how to write. My goal was to simplify the shapes and strokes as much as possible, while still making it the same letter. This way it (should) be easier to practice disregarding the rules and making it in your own handwriting! Under the cut I've placed a stroke/letter guide, and also a blank sheet(With some optional prompts) for practice. Happy writing!

EDIT: Was brought to my attention this is difficult for some people to read- Thank you! So I've added some (hopefully) more accessible versions of every image under the cut as well. Please let me know if you have trouble/what ways I can make it more readable!

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[dragonfire3859]

hapy birfday splatoon

[lumamintz]

happy anniversary splatoon! thank you for changing my life forever🧡🦑💙

[tainbocuailnge]

i like when they wheel estinien out to talk to dragons because the game will be like, estinien really has a way of talking with dragons! and the way he talks with dragons is like "are you a pussy or something" and then the dragon will be like "god you're such a bitch just like nidhogg" and, crucially, this works every time

[tainbocuailnge]

estinien peptalking dragons

[tainbocuailnge]

estinien's character arc is letting go of his anger so he can stop being an empty suit of armor propelled by vengeance and go back to being a real person and he's by far the most chill of the recurring characters now that he's done that but one of his core tenets remains "there are things worth getting mad about and you should be getting mad about them" and it's funny every time when he comes across a dragon wallowing in defeatist self pity and has to go "god shut the fuck up and just get mad about it like a normal person"

[ardentmystacina]

#final fantasy xiv#estinien wyrmblood#nidhogg#he has taken his role as an older brother & uses it on 1) Alphinaud & 2) the First Brood & 3) other dragons as needed#<-prev tag from lyn#which is ten thousand percent accurate#dt's carbunc(queue)le

[its-raining-cats]

Five years ago, peak came to the Nintendo Switch.

Happy 5th anniversary to Miitopia on the Switch!

[sinewywarp]

I really love it when a character's past self and their present self are considered entirely different characters

[snail-fever]

a story about grief

song: world spins madly on by the weepies

[ladyorlandodream]

[its-raining-cats]

Two of my miis broke up. Anguish and suffering.

[its-raining-cats]

[lifefromtherot]

I'm not a hermitcraft fan but my housemate is so the charity stream is on the TV and I'm watching too.

What is wrong with these people? Like in general?

[eznii]

these crazy kids are 30 now!!!!!!

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you have the life you've always wished for, BUT

https://wheelofnames.com/bff-wrs

Is it still the life you wished for?

yup! I can live with this

I'll learn how to deal with it eventually

this sucks, now I can't [do a certain thing]

NOPE. NOT AT ALL

Voting ended onApr 17

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