Heven and Hell

Jack: Hi there, me again. So, turns out I have a sister. Maybe other siblings too? No idea. Say "Hi." Sam. Sam: Hi. Jack: I've started remembering things, little by little. I'll keep you all posted, so sit tight and have fun.

[skypillar-deactivated20231125]

how the Kingdom Hearts series was made

(with full apologies to Tetsuya Nomura who I’m sure is a lovely person)

KINGDOM HEARTS 1

Nomura: thank you so much for meeting me, I know how valuable your time is

Disney lawyers: the pleasure’s all ours, sir. you said you had a business proposal about how to profitably combine some of our intellectual properties with your Final Fantasy series?

Nomura: yes [pulls out laptop] ok so I wrote this crossover fic

CHAIN OF MEMORIES

Nomura: okay team that first game was pretty good but we’re gonna have to step it up. how about we make like, a card-based battle system in this one?

Staff: sir is that a yugioh card falling out of your sleeve

Nomura: also for the storyline I want to introduce a bunch of new characters who are all plotting amongst each other for mysterious reasons and then have them all die violent deaths

Staff: sir have you been reading Game of Thrones

Staff: sir

KINGDOM HEARTS 2

Nomura: ok let’s do everything we did in the first game but EVEN MORE BETTER

Staff: sir are you sure you sent this through QC? the plot is kind of…I mean the tutorial mode stars a different character and is 3 hours long?

Nomura: also use the triangle button a lot, that one’s my fave

Staff: this doesn’t really wrap up the story very well?

Nomura: triangle button

358/2 DAYS

Nomura: look it’s really not THAT weird

Staff: sir we’re just not sure you can make a game about existential angst that ends with a child goading her best friend into assisting with her suicide? we’re working with disney here

Nomura: legal said it was ok as long as I never do it again

BIRTH BY SLEEP

Staff: sir I thought you said we couldn’t make any more games about dead children

Nomura: none of them die. one becomes a comatose vegetable, one is damned to wander hell for eternity, and one is possessed by a sociopath and loses his mind

Staff: how did you—

Nomura: none of them die, legal couldn’t touch it

RE:CODED

Nomura: remake the cell phone thing as a game

Staff: what? why? I thought we were supposed to—

Nomura: [scribbling furiously] make the phone game. stall for time. I am Planning

DREAM DROP DISTANCE

Nomura: [sets posterboard down] and THAT’S the whole plot so far

Staff: but that doesn’t even…make any…oh god. Oh god. there are hints about these things in the past FOUR games. how many drugs are you on??

Nomura: yes

[joshscorcher]

That… is glorious.

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

this pops into my head every so often and I’m so glad I found it again!

[cursedxmuses]

Reblog if you are also a shy Mun who has trouble expressing their desire to start with a new RP partner :)

[awakeby-awindow]

[queericonmarshall]

Perhaps all of them

[katwylder]

Hey, y'all– Facebook recently announced they’re launching a “Patreon killer” service.

And it. is. awful.

https://boingboing.net/2019/02/26/facebook-patreon.html

Regardless of your thoughts on Patreon, FB’s alternative is terrible for creators! Here are some of the highlights of this “““service”““

A 30% gross revenue fee (compare patreon’s 5%)

Automatic LIFETIME IP rights to ANYTHING you put on the service–even if you quit!

FB wants to give discounts and freebies whenever they like, without creator approval, and then deduct it from creator revenue

Please love yourselves and stay faaaaaar away from this bullshit.

[kingdomakrillic]

Visit Original Link

[brbgensokyo]

[deibuchan-oldblog-deactivated20]

[britishpike]

I’VE WAITED 8734 YEARS FOR THIS GIFSET

[moonkiip]

IT TOOK ME 11 YEARS TO REALIZE HE WAS SAYING “TABLE FOR HOW MANY”

[kate-waydrug]

WAIT WHAT

[spurdo-spaerde]

OMG ITS BEEN DISCOVERED

[weissqueen]

Sun Jing the protective girlfriend being relevant as hell

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

&

Jack felt a soft sensation on his arm. He looked over to see Devin tracing a scar.

“Ummm, whacha doin’ there?” He asked, pulling his arm away.

[devin-killings]

“Care for a ride?”*She repeated, for a moment looking at him, before starting to laugh. She could probably have helped it, but honestly at this point and after that scare. Nah, she isn’t tryna not laugh.*

“Uh, sure? But like maybe word that a bit better next time, eh?”*She added, when she finally stopped laughing.*

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“How else would I word it?” He asked, tilting his head. “It seems like the right thing to say.”

He shifted from foot to foot.

“You don't have a fear of heights, right?”

[devin-killings]

“I mean, yes? I do. But like, i trust you so? S'long as we don’t go like, too high. I think I’ll be alright.”*Devil replied shrugging.*“It’s kinda the same with portal use? It’s easier to do with someone else. Does that like….make sense?”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“Perfect sense,” He nodded. “I’m thinking just above the tree line.”

He held out his hand.

“Shall we?”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

&

Jack felt a soft sensation on his arm. He looked over to see Devin tracing a scar.

“Ummm, whacha doin’ there?” He asked, pulling his arm away.

[devin-killings]

“Care for a ride?”*She repeated, for a moment looking at him, before starting to laugh. She could probably have helped it, but honestly at this point and after that scare. Nah, she isn’t tryna not laugh.*

“Uh, sure? But like maybe word that a bit better next time, eh?”*She added, when she finally stopped laughing.*

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“How else would I word it?” He asked, tilting his head. “It seems like the right thing to say.”

He shifted from foot to foot.

“You don't have a fear of heights, right?”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

&

Jack felt a soft sensation on his arm. He looked over to see Devin tracing a scar.

“Ummm, whacha doin’ there?” He asked, pulling his arm away.

[devin-killings]

“I uh know. I uh, it’s stupid, but uh i lost my phone dude.“She replied, looking over to him.” Well, that and honestly know that i think about it i don’t know if i lost it here, or if i lost it on my way here, or if I even had it on me at all today?“

Shrugging, she picked up her bag, starting to dig threw it.” Honestly though at this point? I’d probably lose my head if it wasn’t attached to me. But hey! Less about me losing things. It’s great you’re getting your memory back!“

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“Thanks, but do you want help looking for your phone? He asked. “I mean, it is kinda important.”

He started to walk over.

[devin-killings]

“Eh. Honestly at this point it doesn’t really matter? It’s a flip phone. So like? There’s not much of value if it does go missing.” She replied shrugging, then set down her bag. At this point might as well just give up the search, the dang thing’ll probably turn up sooner or later.

“You sure you’re okay though? I don’t know what I’d do if you’d pass out again, or if anything else weirdish happened.”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“Fair enough” Jack shrugged.

He maid a look of mock offense.

“Weird? Around us? No, never.” He remarked sarcastically, then smiled. “Nah, I’m good for right now. Thanks.”

[devin-killings]

She smiled, and rolled her eyes. “Honestly man, you should really become a comedian.”

“So, uh, you have a sister huh?” She asked, tilting her head to the side. Did she know how to bring up this topic, no. Was she gonna let her curiosity get the better of her, yes. Would she retreat it? Probably. “We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to man! It’s just, I don’t know? I’m sorry.”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

“Eh, I'm really only funny to a select group of people.” He smiled a little.

He looked at Devin with mixed emotions.

“S’ok. Honestly, I’m both excited and nervous about it. Ya know?” Jack said. “Like…I remember her, and everything about her, but not anything we did together or anything else.”

He looked at the ground.

“It’s been roughly five years since I saw her, Dev.” He said wistfully. “And the one time I do, it’s cuz I’m an idiot.”

He took a deep breath, sighed, and looked at Devin with a smile.

“But I did get to see her again, so that's a plus.”

[devin-killings]

“Well, that’s a good thing! At least, one good thing comes from you passing out! But like, if you ever do that again, and I have a heart attack and possibly die eailer, you are SO not invited to my funeral.”*Devil replied, hoping to keep the mood light.*

“Are you okay though, like? Do I need to worry about you getting home safe because you got a concussion or somethin’, man?”

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

He flapped his wings indignantly.

“Well, I never.” He said, failing to keep a straight face. “But to answer your question, I should be alright.”

He flapped his wings a couple more times.

“I think I got the hang of these, now that they’re back,” He glanced at Devin and grinned impishly. “Care to go for a ride?”

[depetal-deactivated20210529]

Reblog the strawberry kitty for good luck!🍓🐱

[miron-kablam-ram]

Dawww

[snowflake-collections-deactivat]

Have some lucky power plant strawberry kitten :3

[frejann]

I had to draw it :’3

[queen-of-the-crows]

Not chancing it by not reblogging

[a-rainbowdragon-deactivated2022]

@yesiamplease

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 A very good and wonderful energy radiates from this post <3

[skoggybear]

i present the formula for creating excellent/strange insults:

adjective + curse word + noun

no one asked for your opinion, you abominable shit goblin

i fail to understand how you’ve become such a reprehensible fuck waffle

get out of my way, you sorry excuse for an intolerable ass pastry

i cannot believe that such an illiterate twat truck could ever be remotely polite

maybe if you weren’t such a troublesome goddamn elbow, we could get some things done around here

[skoggybear]

i see no one has reblogged my post. is it because you undeserving fuck llamas are afraid of the truth

[probablywriterrpgideas]

Use this guide to help you with vicious mockery and cutting words

[ashenagrey]

Shorthand Google Reference Guide

I’m gonna type this up while it’s fresh on my mind because some of y’all don’t know how to use Google

SO YOU WANT TO DRAW A woman sitting in the grass.

IF YOU SEARCH: female sitting

Very vogue. Very male gaze. Good for fashion or model pictures, not very good if you’re wanting to draw a natural looking pose on a woman who isn’t a model and whose camera certainly didn’t fucking turn on by itself.

IF YOU SEARCH: female sitting pose

Arguably worse, depending on the use. My experience with “female + pose” searches is that you get a lot of IMVU and The Sims pose sets, and artists making sketch compiliations that… don’t always have great anatomy and are frequently just more stiff model poses. I do use similar searches for pinup sketches, ie, “female sassy pinup pose,” though “posing for pinup photography” and “how to pose for” will give different results if you aren’t finding what you need.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman student relaxing sitting on grass crossed legs

Closer. Still kind of staged looking. Maybe we don’t want her studying. Maybe we just want her relaxing. Still, you start to see how specific keyword searches will really get you results.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer

Nice. This is only a small handful of the results, but most of them more or less fit my mental image. Mostly stock images, but good for gesture sketches or figuring out a pose. Still… we could go further, and I think I will.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer senior photography

Jackpot. Senior pictures aren’t always awkward kids in braces. Look at how much more natural a few of these look? Compare that to the “Female sitting” search. Google Search tip #1 is basically “use more and specific keywords.” But just… one more thing I just… can’t get off my mind… what if I… just…

IF YOU SEARCH: black  woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer senior photography

Uh oh. So let me level with you, if you just google “dreadlocks,” expect a lot of white people. I spent over 30 minutes adding keywords to this search, and every page was still white people. Breaking it back down to “black woman sitting on grass” helped but gave me all the boring pose issues of the female sitting search. So basically, Google Search tip #2 is: Google image search is as White as the rest of the damn world. How do we find what we’re looking for now, then?

IF YOU SEARCH: black woman sitting in grass nature tumblr blackout

Beautiful, natural poses. Adding “photography” whitewashed it. Adding “summer” gave me bikini pinups. Searching for POC models using Google image search is infinitely more frustrating than finding a million thin white women, and you’re usually going to be better off supporting POC modeling blogs themselves than fighting with Google all day. Using “tumblr” and “instagram” as keywords may also get you a lot more natural, less Vogue Was Here hits. Pinterest too, on occasion. 

But keep in mind that these are real people–especially using tags like “tumblr” or “blackout.” There’s a difference between referencing a pose or drawing different face shapes, and outright copying someone’s exact likeness without their permission. Maybe also consider liking/reblogging/following them if they’re a model or photographer. Use some common sense. You don’t own images found on google yadda yadda don’t be a dick.

Have fun being better at search engines and learning how to draw stuff!

[cosmic-flora]

Some people in tags were mentioning it wasn’t an issue for them (but that could have a lot of different factors), but this is a general issue across google/search engines/algorithms. Science Friday did an episode on it: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/why-machines-discriminate-and-how-to-fix-them/

[mtndewbajablast]

do kids these days know abt numa numa

[mtndewbajablast]

do kids these days know about aqua’s “barbie girl”

[cryptidclub]

do kids there days know about CRAZY FROG

[constable-connor-deactivated201]

do kids these days know about “Blue” by Eiffel 65

[fangirltothefullest]

DO THEY KNOW ABOUT CASCADA’S “EVERY TIME WE TOUCH”?

[laulink]

Reblog if you also got at least one of these stuck in your head just from reading the title

[paganinpurple]

Every freaking one and hate it

[angstmemes]

My muse has been having the same nightmare for weeks now and it’s taking it’s toll. Send me “You look exhausted.” for my muse’s response.

[ask-nik-nok-lee-deactivated2023]

PLEASE

[er-cryptid]

Limits of the Human Body

Body Heat = 107.6 F

Cold Water = 40 F

Hot Air = 300 F

High Altitude = 15,000 ft

Starvation = 45 days

Diving Depth = 282 ft

Lack of Oxygen = 11 minutes

Blood Loss = 40%

Dehydration = 7 days

[pomegranatepistols]

I don’t know what to do with this information

[i-am-full-of-beauty]

… don’t die

[jack-the-angelic-demon]

Write death and survival things properly?

[dynatoxinc]

reblog if you’re not afraid to have a picture of god in your blog