you're my dark star

she/her So this blog is mostly kitties and writing stuff and assorted fandoms. Currently obsessed with the Batfam, specifically Jason Todd. A mostly negativity-free and entirely politics-free blog. And just a note for everyone wondering, Allegiance is on indefinite hiatus. Please stop asking about updates.

[kaelinaloveslomaris]

I have a FFXV sideblog! @prince-noctisluciscaelum

Find me on AO3 and YouTube.

I also have a Ko-fi, if you want to donate.

Also, Allegiance is on indefinite hiatus, please stop asking about updates.

[littlepawz]

aww, sweetie. Try bum first <3

[i-lavabean]

I’m opening commissions up for a while! Life has a way of kicking us when we’re down and we’ve come up against some needs we weren’t prepared for. As always I don’t draw gore, NSFW, or (most) mecha; I do draw fantasy, sci-fi, pets, fluff, and OCs.

[gatoaburrido-blog-blog]

[bytdwd-deactivated20160724]

The innovation. Shoutout to engineering oh and flower pots and shit.

[mermaiden-musings-blog]

I need to do this, itty bitty fairy gardens 💜🔮💜

[lavenderwaterwitch]

such pretty gardens 🌿💜😻

[tearstaineddangel]

i love when someone confirms we're friends

[2242706]

if you had to choose one pokemon to be your absolute favorite out of every pokemon which one would you choose. its okay to choose a "basic" one

[catasters]

[kindredinspirit]

@fred-erick-frankenstein I seem to be developing a habit of sending cat content your way

[fred-erick-frankenstein]

and I love it 😭😭

@fanfic-she-wrote

[thememedaddy]

[strawberrydykke]

opened up ravelry to look at patterns and the very first thing i saw was

The Garment by Robert Cole

[bixbythemartian]

went to read the Ravelry and that was such a treat:

Let the Garment envelop you; experience its heft and splendor. The original Garment pattern was knit in the round, from the bottom up, and designed for someone six feet in height. A simple adjustment of the number of stitches you cast on will allow you to customize the length. Follow The Garment on Instagram: @HeftAndSplendor Update, Aug 9, 2026: Many thanks for all the Garment enthusiasm in recent days! In response to sensible feedback, I’m developing and testing two alternate versions of the pattern: one for children, and the other a top-down version. I’m not entirely sure why I chose to make the first The Garment bottom-up—it almost certainly makes more sense for sizing, etc., to make it top-down—although I will say that casting on 300 stitches for the bottom of a The Garment feels like quite a leap of faith into the great unknown. In any case, both new versions of the pattern will be included in the update and sent to everyone who’s already bought the original pattern.

The pattern for the Garment costs only five usd so if you are a knitter and you want to make something beautiful and baffling, there you go. I do almost want to learn to knit so I can make the Garment.

(Also there's more pictures of people wearing the Garment at the Ravelry page and they're all FANTASTIC.)

[kujakumai]

rereading my own fanfic for flow like damn this is fire why tf isn't there more of it. but of course i am the one who has to make the more of it

[inovantyyyy]

swim

idk jason's kind of been rotting in my brain recently. specifically lazarus jay....

[stillfuckingtired]

Brain fog is not an adequate descriptor, actually. Fog can be kinda nice and beautiful and ethereal and refreshing. The thing we’re describing is more like a brain BOG; everything moves slow like you’re wading through water, it’s clunky and heavy and you keep getting stuck in the mud. It’s uncomfortable and inconvenient and everything takes so much effort. You lost a shoe, probably.

[kiaras]

the brain molasses

[depsidase]

[do-not-u-dare]

Stole this from somewhere but i think it’s appropriate

[sino-666]

A crossover between Devil May Cry and the game Hollow Knight. Drawing the "bugs" was an absolute pleasure!

[okayyoureacab]

Hexagon Quilt

[rumade]

This is the second time I've seen a video of this technique and this explanation is so clear! It does use more fabric than English paper piecing (EPP) but you end up with a double sided hexagon so don't have to source fabric for the backing.

I'm doing EPP at the moment but I have a hole punch to make the papers and just use leaflets and junk mail, so it doesn't feel wasteful. I don't think it's difficult either- in the video she mentions it's not for beginners, but I don't have that much experience with hand sewing or EPP and I've been finding it pretty easy so YMMV

[lindstromm]

I saw this video yesterday and was seized with the need to try it out immediately. Lookit my cute lil' hexagon baby!!

Here is what the backside looks like. OP notes this takes more fabric than paper piecing, but that excess fabric makes it already triple-layered. Besides not needing backing fabric, I don't think you'd need batting for this quilt at all. It's already thick and soft just from folding all that fabric into a hexagon.

[lannamichaels]

Hexagon quilt tutorial video by tiktok user camelscrafts. Method:

Each hexagon begins as a 6" circle. camelscrafts does this by creating a paper template using a compass. According to the video, a 6" circle will create a hexagon that is 2.5 inches tall.

These hexagons are hand-sewn. Thread the needle.

With the fabric right side facing, find the center of the circle by folding it in half right sides together, then folding it in half again (wrong sides are facing). The top of the triangle shape is the center of the fabric circle.

Make a small stitch into the center of the fabric. The wrong side is still facing.

Unfold the circle. There will be a small stitch in the center.

Now the hexagon is created by folding the circle into itself: Take the needle to one of the edges of the fabric (it doesn't matter which one). Pull the needle through and pull the thread tight. This will fold down the fabric and create an edge of the hexagon. Crease the fold with your finger.

This fold has two corners, one at the top and one at the bottom. Put the needle into one of the corners and pull the thread taut. This will create another fold.

Continue this going around the circle until all of it is folded down, creating the hexagon. camelscrafts notes that the last corner pulled in may be a little bit "wonky" (no precise point in the corner) if the corners were not done precisely. However, that corner is pulled into the back, so is not visible from the front.

The hexagon is now formed. Sew around the folds in the middle of the circle to hold the folds in place. Tie off and cut the thread.

Attach hexagons to each other along the sides. With right sides together, whip stitch the sides together.

[astrariums-archived]

Verso Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025) dev. Sandfall Interactive

[maggotsandcream]

Something I do find lovely about the first 4 Murderbot Diaries books (can’t yet speak on all of them) is:

Murderbot chronically finding new scientists/travellers to claim as “clients” (whether paid or not) like one of those sheepless herding dogs that goes around finding sheep (or anything else they can herd like a flock of sheep). Like it clearly has a protect humans instinct and a desperate need for enrichment.

Given its general lack of self awareness and unreliable narrator status, there’s no way in hell Murderbot is aware it’s doing this.

[silas-lehnsherr]

Murderbot: I just want to be left alone to watch my shows. I care nothing for these humans. I hate having clients.

Also Murderbot: *noticing unaccompanied humans that have nothing to do with it at all* Oh look, clients.

[refurbishedconstruct]

a rogue SecUnit will see a group of scientists and be like “is anyone going to protect them?” and not wait for an answer