Have Courage, And Be Kind.

I write, fangirl, and make terrible jokes. You can call me Nicky.

[princesskrib]

Help a Poor Teacher!

Hi friends! I really hate to do this but I’m in a bind. I’ve recently moved out and the expenses of that have made things tight for me and on top of that my car tire is falling apart and I can’t afford to get it fixed and I need to do that before it pops. So now I find myself struggling to get by to my next paycheck (to the point where I’m in the negatives) and I need some help. I’m a preschool teacher and I live in SoCal so any little bit helps a lot and goes a long way.

So, if you can help in anyway possible that would be amazing!

I have commission info here

I have a ko-fi here

And I have a redbubble shop here (doesn’t give me as much as a donation or commission does tho but again, anything helps!)

If you can’t help out financially I understand but I would be so grateful if you could share this post! Thank you so much!!

[trisscar368]

Rule one of fandom: there are some things that only exist for us.

Don’t send actors fics

Don’t give them explicit art ever

Don’t tag them in rpf questions or theories

Don’t try to bring them into fandom drama of any kind

Don’t hold them responsible for what the producers and writers decide

They’re still people.  They have private lives, which do not include fandom.

[thekristen999]

louder for the people in the back!

[sexydexynurse]

For fandoms that don’t have actors? Don’t do this to the content creators either.

Don’t bring them your discourse about characters.

Don’t bring them into your shipping wars.

No matter how much interaction they have with fans, they aren’t your friend. They are the content creator and you are the fan.

Yes, hold the people responsible for writing and creating content responsible for things that are racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, classist, etc. And encourage them to do better.

Do not expect them to cater to your desires regarding character arcs and canon ships.

[elfwreck]

There are actors and some content creators, especially in film, who adore fandom and think it’s all wonderful.

THEY WILL FIND US.

You don’t have to send things to them. The fact that fanfic and fanart exist are no longer fringe-group secrets. Everyone in the entertainment industries know that fanworks exist. You don’t have to tell them. You don’t have to tell them that some of it is explicit; you don’t have to tell them that a lot is not. You don’t have to show them that some is adorably cute.

If they’re interested, they’ll seek it out. Don’t inflict fanworks and fandom drama on them; you don’t know what squicks them, what reminds them of some personal trauma - and what they are contractually, legally required not to acknowledge. (Or what they are legally required to report to someone else, which is worse.)

If they like fandom, they can find it. You don’t have to let them know it’s here, and you don’t know enough about their tastes to recommend “the good stuff.” 

[mrsashketchum]

Mak’s Updated Commissions Post! (09.26.18)

please reblog if you cannot pay~

NEED TO KNOW - PAYPAL, USD only - Payment: UPFRONT - Artworks will be done from 1-5 days, depending on how difficult the artwork is or how much free time I have. The longest you will have to wait is 1 week, but I believe it won’t reach that point unless there is an emergency or I have not received your first payment, among other possible reasons.

I am more comfortable drawing- - ships - anime/cartoon characters - kpop artists - your ocs

I cannot/not comfortable in drawing- - NSFW (porn, gore, etc) - furries - characters with extremely complex designs

DO NOT USE THE COMMISSIONS FOR MASS PRODUCTION / COMMERCIAL USE. You have the freedom to use the artwork for your social media icons/cover photos, or desktop/phone backgrounds, and you may repost to any site ONLY WITH CREDITS.

If you have more questions please send me an ask or a message here on Tumblr or send a DM to my Twitter acc! I will give you my Paypal once you have messaged me and we have discussed all the details.

Again, please reblog or spread the word if you don’t have enough funds to commission. Or consider buying me a coffee at Ko-fi~

Thank you for reading!

[scumfuckus]

interrogation scene in a movey where the guy refuses to cooperate and he’s like “fuck you” and spits blood and the people interrogating him are like “what the fuck. nobody’s even hit you yet. where did you get all that blood from”

i think that’d be funny

[aelita15]

“Dude are you ok”

[prokopetz]

Team “not actually oblivious to flirting, just terrified of appearing presumptuous” represent.

[prokopetz]

“Yes, in the balance of consideration this person’s behaviour could certainly be interpreted as flirtatious, but it would be purest arrogance for me to just assume they actually meant what they said. I should gather more evidence. Forever.”

[glowpop]

oh my god….there are people alive in this day and age who don’t know how to torrent movies

[glowpop]

a friend the other day was like….”oh i really want to watch this movie but i cant find it anywhere on netflix or online” and i said “oh you can just torrent it” and she gave me the blankest look…and then i said “you know…piratebay? kickasstorrents?” and she just frowned at me…what’s happening to this generation

[lierdumoa]

Guys it’s so much worse than that.

A couple years ago an instructor at my college who taught basic programming courses for game design majors posted on his facebook that a bunch of his incoming freshmen didn’t know how to create a zip file. 

A lot of public schools dropped their computer literacy courses in the early 2000s because they just assumed kids would “learn it at home.” There’s a whole generation of kids who only know how to navigate a touchscreen phone/tablet. They’ve never used a laptop or desktop.

I saved the facebook post and discussion thread – you can read it here: http://lierdumoa.tumblr.com/post/162986545597/image-is-a-screen-capture-of-a-facebook-post

[flange5]

I teach a college English class and not a semester goes by where I don’t have to teach a student how to use the Tab key to indent a new paragraph, because some of them literally have no pragmatic computer experience.

[brodiebutt]

pirate bay and kickass torrents are long gone….. like ofc kids dont know about them…

[glowpop]

they’re….they’re still there. kickasstorrents and pirate bay are still there and still kickin like crazy….in 2019….i think people not knowing about them has to do more with the rise of streaming services like netflix n hulu n shit

[germanova-deactivated20220729]

But its illegal?????????

[glowpop]

this is actually the funniest objection i’ve seen so far. what are you? a cop? you love the law? you love paying 15 dollars for albums made by artists who eat lamborghinis and diamonds and will make more money in a year than you ever will in your life? it’s okay. fuck the law.

[marthawells-deactivated20181223]

What Really Happens After the Apocalypse

Right now, the largest and most deadly wildfire in California history is burning. Last year, Hurricane Harvey drowned southeast Texas under punishing, endless rain; a month ago, Hurricane Florence …

The myth that panic, looting, and antisocial behavior increases during the apocalypse (or apocalyptic-like scenarios) is in fact a myth—and has been solidly disproved by multiple scientific studies. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, a research group within the United States Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), has produced research that shows over and over again that “disaster victims are assisted first by others in the immediate vicinity and surrounding area and only later by official public safety personnel […] The spontaneous provision of assistance is facilitated by the fact that when crises occur, they take place in the context of ongoing community life and daily routines—that is, they affect not isolated individuals but rather people who are embedded in networks of social relationships.” (Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions, National Academy of Sciences, 2006). Humans do not, under the pressure of an emergency, socially collapse. Rather, they seem to display higher levels of social cohesion, despite what media or government agents might expect…or portray on TV. Humans, after the apocalypse, band together in collectives to help one another—and they do this spontaneously. Disaster response workers call it ‘spontaneous prosocial helping behavior’, and it saves lives.

[elodieunderglass]

I’ve been sharing this article a lot recently! I think it’s important

[steddiely]

#stop believing capitalism’s myths about human nature#and start remembering that we are the descendants of the first animals to bury their dead with flowers#we are all alive because of kindness. because of cooperation. because of companionship. because of mutual aid.#we did not become the dominant species based on rugged individualism: we survived together. and that’s the only way forward. (via @robotmango)

[elfwreck]

The real reason the right-wingers like to push “individualism” - they’re terrified that, if people start helping each other and status is based on who is the most supportive and useful in their community, they’ll be known as abject failures. They like supporting a system where empathy is considered a disadvantage.

[mysharona1987]

[swarnpert]

Oh to be an older brother in a disney channel original movie and have caution tape on my bedroom door and call my younger sibling a dweeb

[fckin-deactivated20171107]

i love dominant men but at the same time if a man tells me what to do i’ll bodyslam him

[slowheart]

men will literally be like “God do you have to be such a stick in the mud, it was just a few degrading and misogynistic comments and they weren’t even about you this time”

[waltpixar-blog]

[stopthatimp]

nani was NINETEEN and such a fucking badass who was so protective of lilo and just ROLLED with aliens being a thing towards the end of the movie. #1 Disney relative of all time.

[mamasam]

I have honestly been waiting AGES for the right gifset to express the wonderful perfection that is Nani. She is not only protective of Lilo, she respects the way Lilo’s imagination and quirkiness works.

Pudge the fish got a peanut butter sandwich every Thursday. Nani does not argue the logic of feeding him, only suggests an alternative sandwich when they are out of peanut butter. Lilo was allowed to take as many photos of whatever mundane or odd subjects as she wanted and Nani would get them developed. Nani recognized what were important habits for Lilo.

When Lilo asks for a pet lobster, Nani does not tell her that lobsters are not pets. She tells her, “We don’t have a lobster door, we have a dog door.” She makes sure the woman at the pound does not tell Lilo that “Stitch is not a real name”.

NANI SPENDS THE ENTIRE MOVIE MAKING SURE THAT LILO NEVER FEELS LIKE HER IDEAS ARE WRONG.

The only time we truly see Nani get angry with Lilo is when she is scared of Lilo being taken away. Nani spends the entire movie stressed out over taking care of her sister, trying to find a job, trying to make sure her sister has a friend, and yet she is always willing to put that extra effort, over and over again, to make sure that Lilo always believes that anything is possible.

[friendlyfrankenstein]

This is a great moment because she probably *remembered* that Lilo said this once. And you know what? Shes not ending this day by letting her little sister think this is her fault. She’s not having an easy time trying to be a parent, but she knows none of this is her sisters fault, and shes not going to let her think it is. 

And half of her terror of losing Lilo isnt even just losing her family; its knowing that wherever Lilo goes, they won’t know how to do these things. They won’t understand her. 

What a good movie. 

[prinxe-deactivated20160619]

Casual reminder that the reason Lilo obsessively feeds the fish is because her parents died in a rainstorm and she firmly believes Pudge controls the weather. If you pay attention to the feeding sequence you will notice that storm clouds recede and dissipate, a visual narrative that confirms this.

It’s not just a habit. It’s a very real part of Lilo’s healing process and Nani understands that.

Also if you pay attention to Nani’s room you’ll notice she had surfing posters and trophies. She was very much on her way to being a pro surfer but had to give it up to become the adult Lilo needed her to be.

And not ONCE does Nani show her sister any resentment. It’s worth it to keep her family together. This is a young woman who is willing to sacrifice all of her dreams and make incredibly grown up decisions.

What I am saying is Nani is the best disney princess of all time. Disney Queen even.

[daynapapaya-deactivated20181023]

#the real movie about sisters

[temporalityinane]

My fucking queen

[incorrecttdaquotes]

shadowhunter culture is honestly so ridiculous once u think about it like in the 1870s it was perfectly acceptable for a woman to put on gear and slaughter some demons but the thought of them running an institute was outrageous and while they spend all their time studying latin and greek they don’t know about autism and like 1% of them even knows how to work a computer smh

[incorrecttdaquotes]

shadowhunters b like durr hurr our children keep dying because we send them out to fight monsters that crawled out of the literal pits of hell but being gay and marrying a downworlder is an abomination and also I don’t know what star wars is 😩😩😩😩

[incorrecttdaquotes]

Look at me!!! I’m a shadowhunter!!! I don’t put locks on my doors and everyone is my cousin!!!

[bisoueffleurer]

That make it sound like they inbreed

[incorrecttdaquotes]

I don’t know how to break this to you,

[michaelholdens]

Shadowhunters:

[unnaturalbabe-deactivated-deact]

tumblr i am BEGGING you to let me reblog ads, this is the funniest thing i’ve ever seen

[lemonskittlesofficial]

me at 1 pm: borderline comatose, eyes need to be propped open, behaviorally indistinguishable from lichen

me at 1 am: planning an expedition to neptune, listening to three songs at once, blood has become liquid copper

[teaboot]

One of my favourite parts of working with kids is like… Very Gently subverting their idea of gendered topics… Like if a girl goes ‘no, sharks are a boy thing’ and you go “UM ACTUALLY THATS STUPID AND INCORRECT” they get freaked out, but if instead u go “Are you sure? Cause I think sharks are awesome, here’s a scale picture of a Megalodon” it’ll blow their tiny mind and they’ll be shitting themselves over it for days. 100% effective, 10/10 recommend

[ruinsofxerxes]

hello????? what’s going on???????

[humming-fly]

[soupcowboy]