knitsandcats

Gay, disabled artist│23│they/them│Affiliate twitch streamer│ previously anotherfuckedupteen│Commissions open! https://linktr.ee/knitsandcats

[knitsandcats]

When you take up a new hobby and it overlaps with an existing one

[dearpercocet]

Gender affirming surgery of give me elf ears

[dearpercocet]

Gender affirming surgery of give me vampire fangs

[dearpercocet]

Gender affirming surgery of give me teifling horns

[sistertaxon]

you can tell star trek was made by white americans because they're like "to boldly go where no one has gone before!!!!" and like 99% of the planets they go to are inhabited

[icantwritegood]

the best thing in the entire goddamn world is the fact that human beings have hands perfectly capable of giving amazing scritches and there are hundreds of animals out there who just love being scritched

[icantwritegood]

like this is it . this is what it’s all about

[rainywashday]

My pets keep me for because of my opposable thumbs.

[just-a-fangirl-in-fandom-world]

[annadeef]

Pray for my cat. Nothing wrong with her she's just dumb.

[crowfanity]

I can't believe Raymond is canceled

[existxntixl]

Finally

[skwivr]

Finally finished with this little spot I'd been waffling with for weeks. A tiny forest library type area! A canopied nook to drink tea and read poetry. 🌿

[totallyfubar]

get okay with being some level of burden on others, seriously

[totallyfubar]

you know what’s a real burden? a person that is so scared of leaning on other people that they try to be completely self sufficient and you end up either having to help them indirectly to save their ego or they have to break down in order to receive help, both of which are so much more heavy to the person that loves them than just being leaned on casually

[autasticanna]

Hi hello I didn't tell anyone I was having a mental breakdown until I ended up in the ER at 1am, which cost me 2000$

Please lean on people if you won't do it for your ego do it for your bank account

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

“So-and-so identity I’m prejudiced against is gonna use up all the LGBT resources!” like this is fuckin Age of Empires II or some shit

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

Reblog if you can’t build any more castles or upgrade your longbowmen because some sneaky asexuals are camping on all the wood and stone

[whitepeopletwitter]

[pitofghosts]

worldbuilding tips

populations and peoples don’t just suddenly change at a border marker. cultures interact and blend.

there are usually a multitude of cultures in one place, and religions often have different factions within them

what are the differences between the upper and lower classes? is there a lower class? what system is used? fuedalism? capitalism? communism?

how does your society view and deal with poverty?

think about the diaspora. invent a large population of immigrants. why are they there? how long have they lived there? how does their culture now differentiate from their homeland?

languages. is there a global lingua franca (a language that people use to speak internationally. historically this has been latin and french, and right now, english)? if so, why That One? are there smaller lingua francas within different nations?

a large country will almost always have smaller languages within it. put some in. you don’t even have to name them, just have someone mention that they often have to translate for their parents

the lingua franca will usually be the language of the majority, but not always. if a particular ethnic group has control of the government, and therefor education, then that language will probably become more widespread. although sometimes there are “official languages” and “daily languages”

i could write a whole other post about languages honestly

what things do different cultures see as beautiful? is it eyes? hair? what parts of the body are considered scandalous. are the bodies of men and women seen differently? how do people feel about breasts?

how is makeup used? is it daily? is it ceremonial? do different colours and patterns have meanings or is purely for aesthetic? is it seen as gendered?

basically just don’t take everything in your culture as the “norm.” there is no norm. the world is weird.

learn about other cultures in our own world. please.

[heywriters]

Last one is probably most important!

[ohsalome]

Me, aged 14, reading Tolkien: Hobbits are considered chuldren until they are 30? How funky! Fantasy worldbuilding! This is so different from us humans!

Me, aged 25: Oh i get it now

[cyelatm]

[chronicandiconic05]

This is so true

[retrogamingblog2]

[spiribia]

i know catra is evil but do you ever stop and consider that maybe she is adorable? that maybe she is so cute sometimes? think about it.

[lesbx]