~True Diva~

I like mainly Love Live (Muse), Symphogear, Nanoha, and a few other things! Everything I post/reblog will be SFW. I am Ace/sex repulsed so... you can bet on that.

[kazatsuba]

My mom’s cat, Hamish, is picked up very well by the Snapchat filters. Enjoy.

[mychronicthoughts]

I’m astounded by the privilege of people who disdainfully look at me at say, “I don’t like relying on pills.”

Yeah, well, me either but I don’t have the luxury of being able to survive without them.

[kazatsuba]

I missed my pills two days in a row, and on the second and third day I slept all day and most of the night because I couldn’t physically get my eyes to open or my body to move. Just cause I missed my pills.

[rynefromffxiv]

So I couldn’t sleep last night and decided to grab my mic and sum up Tsubasa under less than a minute in the stupidest way possible

This is why you shouldn’t give me any editing material after midnight

[mst3kkeith]

It’s funny how some people don’t realize like. When I was in elementary school every year we had “intruder” drills. They were always kinda spooky but I never thought anything of it when I was a kid. The teacher would turn the light off and lock the room doors and we’d all have to quietly hide under desks until the intercom announced it was over. Sometimes there’d be someone walking around and trying the doors to the classrooms to make sure they were locked. Never seemed strange to me as a kid, but talking with my canadian spouse they look mortified

[heronfem]

It’s wild how much of life in the US revolves around the unending threat of murder and violence. And by wild I mean a nightmare.

[kazatsuba]

I’m Canadian, we had drills like this all the way into Highschool. We would literally do this every few months or a few times a year at least.

I thought all Canadian schools did this too?? All my Canadian friends, even cross-country, have said they had these.

[kazatsuba]

So I wasn’t gonna post any work-in-progress’ pieces but this is my first time doing completely line-less, full shading and while 2 and a half hours in, I gotta stop to sleep, I really needed to share the progress I’ve made.

This is the same character I posted in the previous post, different outfit for effect! She STILL isn’t named...

.....That actually reminded me I forgot to put the scales in. Well this will be a reminder. haaaaaa

[aesopslover]

if youre lgbt and draw reblog and tag your biggest artist flaw

im bi and i cant fucking color to save my life

[kazatsuba]

So some info about this:

Still unnamed, this is the same character as I drew before (blonde with the blue top/purple eyes) but redesigned. I’ve been working quite a bit on her backstory and such, and since I had designed her before I worked out her story, the design no longer fit.

Yes, those are horns.

Yes, those are scales. (In patches)

The top picture is the outfit she is put in (by someone else), and remains in for most of the story. It’s not her homeland’s clothing and I will be designing an outfit that she was originally in before the story/when the story starts! I’ll post that one later though.

The second is to show off the horns and scales.

As usually, please click for full quality!

[saltrat88]

Forgot how to cat?

[wombat-annihilator-deactivated2]

Glitch in the matrix

[theslaybymic]

Eighth Generation is what modern Native American design looks like without cultural appropriation 

Louie Gong describes his company, Eighth Generation, as “a Native-owned, community-engaged small business that began when I started putting cultural art on shoes.” It’s true, in 2008, Gong began decorating sneakers and skateboarding apparel with indigenous Nooksack patterns — a move that, as a Nooksack himself, set him apart from the non-Native designers who’d been doing so for years. As demand grew, so did Gong’s ambition.

[breelandwalker]

Here you go, kids!

How to procure Native-American-and-First-Nation-themed items without entitlement or cultural appropriation in one easy step.

BUY THE THINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

Because if they’re selling these representations of their culture and being fairly compensated, you’re not appropriating, you’re appreciating. And helping good folks make a living while you’re at it.

Everybody wins.

[sinistershit]

^^^this is the difference. participate in the parts of culture that people CONSENT to sharing!! it’s that simple, if you buy directly from the source, they are creating with the idea that people outside the culture will be consuming, and can pick and choose what they are okay with you having. 

the same idea as wearing traditional dress that someone of that culture gave you as a present vs. buying a knockoff version for “fashion”

[notallfay]

I’ve used this argument for a long time as a difference between appropriation and appreciation. If you are buying directly from the people of that culture you are supporting them in keeping certain practices and talents alive. They are choosing what they share while making a living from their work. You are supporting them, while enjoying their culture. This is not only okay but it can really help people from these communities.

With appropriation, you are taking money away from the people. While mocking everything they stand for, and giving money to big companies who only care about profit, and have no understanding of the people they are stealing from.

[deelaundry]

Eighth Generation is awesome!  They ship fast in addition to having gorgeous merchandise.  Five stars.

[studentsocialworker]

I appreciate everything in this post

[kawuli]

Because it took like 4 steps to find the damn thing, here is a link to the place:

https://eighthgeneration.com 

(yes ok that was obvious but c’mon, we’re all lazy here)

[kazatsuba]

I had a very close friend who was Native American and would tell me stories and all different things about the culture she learned from her mother. She passed away from sickness a few years back and it’s been tough few years.

I’m so happy to see this and would really love to get maybe a pin or something as a way to remember her forever and support this. Thanks for sharing this guys!

(Also if anyone has any suggestions for something that would be good to get please message me!!)

[jxsminewrites]

reasons to not quit writing:

your writing is a skill, not an inborn talent (unless, yeah, maybe it is). not everyone can do what you do and love

everyone says they want to write a book. everyone has what it takes to write a book. not everyone does it anyway. you be the small percentage of success you read about

your writing will always seem brickshit horrible because you wrote and read it a million times

you love this writing thingy. quitting it will be like cutting off your fingers one by one.

someone out there will want to read what you wrote.

someone out there wants to know what is on your mind. 

someone out there appreciates your art. they will share it with their friends. they will share it with their loved ones. they will share it with their future self because maybe what you wrote saved them.

if you give up now, you know you will just come back to it again, whether it’s years from now, months, or next week. you love writing, that’s why you planted the seed of thought that you are going to write this book, and whether you come back to it or not, your unwritten stories will come back to you.

[kazatsuba]

I have actually had that third point taped to my wall for over a year now to remind myself over and over, since that’s what kept making me feel down about my writing.

It’s a great thing to remember.

[lunarmawsarchived]

this is going to kill my hand jfc why did i decide this was how I wanted to do the hair wh y 

[dizmama-deactivated20250402]

here is a MUCH HAIR tip that will probably make your life %10 easier! pick any brush u want and freely sketch yo hair

ctrl + click the hair layer to select it

increment by 1 or 2 depending how thick you like your lines

make a new layer under your hair layer

fill with desired color

[kazatsuba]

Is there a Krita version of this??

[kittehkats]

     “Cats are cold, detached & unloving.”

     “Cats are not loyal.”

     “A cat will not greet you at the door.”

     “You can not train a cat”

     “Cats aren’t that smart.”

     “Cats aren’t that good with children.”

     “Cats don’t miss you when you’re gone.”

     “Cats don’t comfort you when you’re feeling down.”

What a load of crap !!!  One thing for certain… cats don’t give a rat’s ass what B.S. you tell about them. They refuse to care less, either about what you think of them, or about the people they love.

[mystisnykoto]

“Cats don’t miss you when you’re gone” is a ton of bs. Whenever I leave to go anywhere, I can hear my cats meowing at the door within moments trying to find me. They sit in the window watching for me to come home and they are at the door to greet me almost every single time.

[keelime-art]

Cats also grieve. This cat watches a video of their owner who had passed away and he tries to cuddle up with the phone. The look on his face when they zoom in on him brings me to tears every time.

[kazatsuba]

Cats are as loving, caring, emotional, smart, loyal, etc. as any dog.

People just don’t care to learn the language of an animal that is not a dog.

[babyanimalgifs]

I want one

[kazatsuba]

People have already mentioned this but to be clear, this is what a baby alpaca actually looks like:

Still just as cute though imo.

[spooniestrong]

<strong>Invisible Disabilities are REAL.

Enlighten yourselves, educate others.

[kazatsuba]

I left my cane at my bf’s mother’s place when we visited the other day and haven’t been able to go back to pick it up.

Today I went on the bus and sat in priority seating, because (especially without my cane) if I’m upright while the bus is moving at -all- I will fall over. Which means I need closer access to the door for both getting on and off in the short time the bus is stopped. Literally the day before today I got on the bus and it started halfway through me getting to my seat and I fell.

Without my cane, I was getting all sorts of glares and sneers from other passengers.

Disability isn’t always visible, it’s better to assume the person is disabled than to be wrongfully accusing. If seats need to be made available for another disabled person, ask if the ‘seemingly’ abled person needs to sit there or not. Nicely. If they don’t they can move.

[kazatsuba]

Ok look. I don’t actually know the characters all too well but from what I’ve seen in the game so far, I both ADORE and ship these two big time. Such soft mom friends!

[valtsv]

forget overwatch mains, the REAL personality test is who you main on mario kart

[valtsv]

rb with your star sign and who you main on mario kart in the tags

[in--sidious]

this is double dash erasure

[kazatsuba]

Drawing all 6 of my BtB girls (the one the previous post’s characters are from). 

Decided that I would have Vanessa lying on her back with her head hanging over the couch seat.

I knew I’d regret it but I did it anyway.

My hands are screaming. I definitely regret it...

But hey I think it turned out alright at least.