[fiery-lune]

I saw this tiktok on twitter and I just had to 😂

[broadwaytheanimatedseries]

this is so much more well animated than is called for

[millie-san]

RP #1

It had been five years since he left home. Mikel was now 23 years old.

After being homeless for one-year & spending two years saving his scraps after rent and expenses, he was able to get his Associate’s for a real job!

It almost brought tears to his eyes every time he thought about it. Those years of working himself to the bone at minimum wage restaurants paid off.

The crooked stuff too, but he didn’t want to think about those. He just needed an ounce of ordinary to feel more normal about his dysfunctional upbringing.

It was now the third month, and he adjusted well. He made friends and stayed on top of his work. He was a better student than he thought!

But, as usual, he was never satisfied. Studying in the empty apartment was quite lonely, and he couldn’t help yawning himself to sleep most nights. Maybe it was time to move on from his past now.

He sat on the couch with his small, black folding desk reading the thick textbook, hoping to cram a bit. There were no tests, but it kept his mind active. It felt strange to go from regular shagging to being independent overnight. Was he lonely already?

He was disappointed at himself, half for sabotaging his brain before testing day, and another half for being so conditioned on having a partner with him to be happy.

Without a second thought and a new interest, he found his phone and chose to make the first step by downloading a dating app. It was best to submit to the emotion because it got out of hand like usual.

It wasn’t harmful to date one or two people while in college, you never know.

He used his mini-break to put together a profile and uploaded some innocent pictures. 

He was looking for a date, not a fling, so an ugly sweater Christmas party picture and a selfie were enough for now.

After doing the minimum effort to not look too desperate, he decided it was time to go to bed because his needy behavior kept him up.

@mshellraiser

[mshellraiser-deactivated2024032]

It was over heard in a conversation, to bad Billy didn’t really care enough to listen to the rest of it. The group of ‘friends’ chattered about in the halls of the dormitory about dating, partying, grades and such.

They were speaking to a wall–a glass wall–of course, not getting any information out of him no matter what the conversation was. But boy did he look genuinely interested.

Billy is the very definition an extrovert which got him into all this mess. Oh how easy people can be to trust a pretty smile and a bubbly exterior…

Well it’s not a bad thing.

People can willingly tell every detail about themselves around this type of person, learning from it, his deep brown eyes could read almost anyone like a flyer stuck on a window. Annoyingly clear.

“You guys talk more than me, I’m heading home!”

He announced in a cheery but passive aggressive tone and whipped out his phone.

Billy lived nowhere near the campus, but enjoyed the life that it brought to him. So he was willing to take that drive if it meant escaping formalities he’d have to deal with going home.

Scrolling through his apps on his phone he redownloaded an application he once hoped he wouldn’t have to go back to.

His account was never deleted but merely on hold. His profile was a complete mess, he had photos of him in clout goggles being a complete fool but every photo he had on a different pair doing more stupid things than the last… like jumping in a pool with neon winter clothes.

Guess it’s that time again, shielding most possiblites to meet a good gu! The app was a joke to him, even the slightly normal profiles where swiped left.

They were all still the same; big fish? Compensating and probably has mommy issue. Left. Beach or shirtless photos? Really just looking for validation and complements. Left. Hockey jock? Yeah they’re super cute but never want just a date…

“I mean it seems fun…”

Left.

There’s nothing more ugly than the lack of personality. Billy couldn’t deal with the plain. Do people even date anymore or is it all dick appointments?

As Billy began to lose interest he came across an atrocious profile. What was this guy wearing?

“I hope he doesn’t think that’s actually cute…”

He began laughing, but couldn’t bring himself to swipe left. The profile wasn’t that bad… So he swiped right, and sent the first message.

‘Your sweater is horrendous i thought it was eating you for a sec there btw hey’

[millie-san]

Mikel didn't expect an answer so fast! He didn't see how desperate he looked as he swiftly sat up and hastily swiped through the app notifications to find his first unnamed suitor.

He took a look at his profile first.

How old was this kid? He had to have been a freshman still.

Fresh out of high school.

To top it off, he was insulting him in the first message. He wouldn't usually spend his time cussing this guy out, but he would give him a chance to recover himself if this was just a slip.

"Uh, That's pretty harsh. I made that sweater with my little sister."

[sorelatabledottumblerdotcom]

slap that pussy to pieces

[argonraptor]

this is my last resort

[mysieee]

Someone has been watching those disney animated movies y'all 👀

[millie-san]

RP #1

It had been five years since he left home. Mikel was now 23 years old.

After being homeless for one-year & spending two years saving his scraps after rent and expenses, he was able to get his Associate's for a real job!

It almost brought tears to his eyes every time he thought about it. Those years of working himself to the bone at minimum wage restaurants paid off.

The crooked stuff too, but he didn't want to think about those. He just needed an ounce of ordinary to feel more normal about his dysfunctional upbringing.

It was now the third month, and he adjusted well. He made friends and stayed on top of his work. He was a better student than he thought!

But, as usual, he was never satisfied. Studying in the empty apartment was quite lonely, and he couldn't help yawning himself to sleep most nights. Maybe it was time to move on from his past now.

He sat on the couch with his small, black folding desk reading the thick textbook, hoping to cram a bit. There were no tests, but it kept his mind active. It felt strange to go from regular shagging to being independent overnight. Was he lonely already?

He was disappointed at himself, half for sabotaging his brain before testing day, and another half for being so conditioned on having a partner with him to be happy.

Without a second thought and a new interest, he found his phone and chose to make the first step by downloading a dating app. It was best to submit to the emotion because it got out of hand like usual.

It wasn't harmful to date one or two people while in college, you never know.

He used his mini-break to put together a profile and uploaded some innocent pictures. 

He was looking for a date, not a fling, so an ugly sweater Christmas party picture and a selfie were enough for now.

After doing the minimum effort to not look too desperate, he decided it was time to go to bed because his needy behavior kept him up.

@mshellraiser

[melsameme-deactivated20221123]

this is the funniest fucking thing to me

[shutyourmoustache]

The goose

is running loose

to the sound

of lizzo’s “juice.”

[kianamaiart]

animating tiktok dances (wip)

[retquits]

feeling nostalgic for the pbs days 📺

[rebelwhodoesntknow]

You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, now in quarantine

[cigaledebois-deactivated2023091]

You can dance, you can jive, but you can’t go outside

[areusittingcomfortably]

See that girl, watch that scene, through the window screen.

[insinirate]

youre killing him. youre killing our boy

[oursaviorkellinquinn-deactivate]

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

[fuwaprince]

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[uie-deactivated20230402]

ALWAYS REBLOG WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS PLEASE; ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO SOMEBODY AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT, SOMEONE MIGHT. INFACT YOU REBLOGGING THIS COULD STOP SOMEONE TAKING THEIR LIFE TONIGHT.

[kitten--aesthetics-blog]

I noticed there isn’t one here for Ireland, so

Irish free suicide helpline: 01-116 123

[yufei]

Do you have any tips for an aspiring artist?

If you don’t like studying and learning stuff, well, you better develop the love for it, because the ability to learn is what will determine the speed of your improving as artist.

Start from the basic. The anatomy, the perspective. Use references, that’s not cheating. Don’t get discouraged if you can’t memorize things as quickly as you hoped so. Even a little bit of new knowledge is making you better than you were before learning it. Use you brain along with your eyes to learn things. Try to understand how things works. If you know how something works you can draw it from different angles. It’s hard to not compare yourself to others but for your own mental health you should try to stop it. Each person is different and has a different speed of absorbing the new information. Some artists would improve faster just because they have the ability to learn faster. Some would be a better storyteller because that’s what their passion is about. It’s very rarely a person knows exactly what they want to be. So being an artist is all about the journey and you should learn to love and enjoy the feeling of the on-going adventure, because I don’t think there’s the ultimate end goal there.

Practice. Practice a lot. The first drawing of something you haven’t draw before probably would suck. And that’s okay. Draw it again and again. From different angles. Compare the first drawing to the last one and you’ll see the progress.

Be patient. It takes a lot of time to be good at something.

Be curious. There are so many styles and medium to try. Digital 2D and 3D art, traditional art, mixed, etc. Learn new programs or new traditional techniques. The more your knowledge base the more information you have to play with, to mix something to create something new.

Be kind to yourself. We can be our harshest critics sometimes. You try your best to learn something new and it’s good. You’re doing good. It may be slower than you wish but you’re moving forward and that’s what important. And being good or bad at drawing doesn’t make you better or worse person. And if you’ve decided that drawing is not something that brings you joy or worth your time, that’s okay too. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone.

[santas-clauze]

every western movie ever made: The wild west is dying. theres no more room left for cowboys anymore…

me everytime: :(

[nem0c]

every samurai movie ever made (both edo and bakamatsu periods): The bushido code is dying. there no more room left for samurai anymore…

me everytime: :(

[rickfuckingdalton]

A lot of westerns are remakes of samurai movies

[bonesawcagematch]

those samurai movies were very often heavily inspired by 50′s and 40′s westerns

[simon-newman]

Cowboys and samurai are brothers separated by time and space.

[eric-coldfire]

Best duo.

[seriousfic]

[injuries-in-dust]

The classic cowboy age was 1865 - 1880

The samurai age was 1185-1868

Meaning it’s entirely historically accurate for a story where a cowboy and a samurai are together if the story takes place between 1865-1868.

Even more if you want the cowboy teamed up with a former samurai who came to america after the end of the samurai age in Japan.

[feniczoroark]

…romcom

[injuries-in-dust]

I’d watch that.

[theymerb]

Since they’re talking about poly relationships on twitter, I thought I’d add my 2 cents.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

I have exactly one (1) lifehack for every adult thing and that is “admit your ignorance to customer service people”

no, seriously! I know how nothing in adult life works, but I have learned it by calling up the customer service division of whatever agency I am having a problem with and then just asking about whatever the problem is, emphasizing my complete lack of knowledge about the thing.

my actual literal script for these interactions: “Hi, my name is [name]. This is my problem: [problem]. I don’t know how [adult thing] works. could you explain how [adult thing] works?” it fucking works every time.

me: I keep getting conflicting information as to whether my therapist is covered by my health insurance. I don’t know anything about health insurance, so this is very confusing to me. could you explain why this might be happening? health insurance customer service: it’s because your normal health insurance is X company but your mental healthcare is subcontracted out to Y company, and Y covers your therapist but X doesn’t. just always bill Y when you go to your therapist and you’ll be fine.

me: I accidentally put the wrong date to pay my credit card off and I’m afraid it will post before I get paid. this is my first credit card so I don’t know what I’m doing. could you tell me when it will post? customer service person: it will send a message to your bank today, but your bank won’t respond to it until tomorrow when you get paid, so you’re fine. and even if it does bounce, the fee is only $25 and you qualify for a waiver.

me: I went to an urgent care place that said they’d take my health insurance, but now i have a big bill. I don’t know how billing works: can you explain why the amount is so much for such a routine trip? customer service person: it’s because you were out of network at the time. however, since your insurance hasn’t covered the cost of care, the urgent care people should refund you for the cost of the services you paid for. me: [gets actual check in mail for the $200 I spent on testing my pee]

I would not recommend this method for retail (for the love of god, do not tell a sleazy car dealer that you don’t know how cars work), and sure, sometimes you have to speak to the manager or threaten a credit card chargeback or whatever you need to do. but 99% of the time, speaking nicely and admitting to needing help has worked wonders for me, and means I don’t have to stew in terror over doing some adult thing Wrong.