[trainwreckgenerator]

big words from a man who hasnt stood up in 1500 years

[alwaysuncanny]

Gotta make room for new mistakes in 2021!

[devinellekurtz]

Loosely implying a cat 2

[blackcherryblood]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

[yehudah]

this is completely undoing me

[sovietnam]

[lgbt-tiktoks]

[mimiadraws]

ok ma’am

[groteskerie]

happy valentine’s day lol

I had a date with photoshop

[mugges]

[rivendellrose]

Anthropology major answer: “There absolutely was such a time! Modern humans and our ancestors shared territory numerous times over prehistory with cousin species like homo neanderthalensis, homo floresiensis, and many, many others!” 

Folklore student answer: “Also, almost all cultures have something like djinn, faeries, hulder, fox spirits, and other similar creatures who can appear at least human and are very, very dangerous to humans!” 

Both of these things are true, and may be connected both to the above and to each other. :D

[faireladypenumbra]

Mortuary science answer: the “uncanny valley” markers resemble the appearance of corpses and decay, therefore we are naturally repulsed by anything that resembles the dead to avoid exposure to decomposition and/or whatever created that appearance.

This leads neatly into the folklore answer too, since many folk creatures are of the undead.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Antique doll nerd answer: but the Uncanny Valley can shift culturally over time! the first “creepy doll” movie only came out in the 1930s, and before that, most evidence I can find of people in Europe and America being frightened by dolls was for a specific reason- if a doll had an exaggerated facial expression or a mechanism that broke easily and made a scary noise once damaged, for example

Also it’s important to remember that the Uncanny Valley is a fairly recent theory, and only a theory. Might it be possible that, if you hadn’t ever been exposed to the idea that certain types of inanimate humanoid figures are “creepy,” you wouldn’t find them so? that you AREN’T actually predisposed from birth to be spooked by dolls, mannequins, statues, etc?

it’s another example of the nature vs. nurture debate, which I find fascinating

[jumpingjacktrash]

history nerd answer: a lot of the reflexive “oh shit that’s not human” traits are traits of severe infectious disease. tuberculosis and leprosy can both cause facial distortions, for instance. many of the ‘walking dead’ type legends are associated with tuberculosis in particular; a late stage patient has the pale skin, prominent cheekbones, and seemingly huge eyes we associate with vampires and the more dangerous kind of fairies.

before the germ theory of disease, people with those traits could apparently just… curse you… and your family… by merely interacting with you. one shared meal with the weird looking stranger and a few months later your whole village starts mysteriously dropping dead.

[roach-works]

history channel answer:

[rivendellrose]

Dear everyone above who took on my random thoughts and ran with them: I love you all, and your brains are amazing.

[mageyalook]

a little something to remember me by 

[kuuhaiyu]

stupid.

[calstone-light-o]

a series

[calstone-light-o]

DAMN

[calstone-light-o]

i love everyone in the comments either saying "that's really sad" or "she should ban him" unaware this is just someone expensively roleplaying as fucking carl from aqua teen hunger force

[chokopoppo]

wtf was with boys in 90s/00s movies with that one specific hairstyle in that one shade of brown

explain movie industries

[alexasharpe-art]

I get asked often about textures and brush settings- As per request, here are some of my regular faves. These are four I made by scanning in all kinds of pencil and pen marks, then just doing a lot of fussing with settings and numbers until I got something good ahaha. There’s really no secret to making brushes, it’s just a lot of experimentation; but it ends up really worth it, and you learn a lot about what you want 🙌  

You can download them from -> this google drive folder of mine!

(These are .tpl files fyi; photoshop only. You’ll also find they’re rather large brushes, simply because I work in large 300+ dpi files)

[mens-rights-activia]

[closet-keys]

[teddy-stonehill]

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

Ya'll be like "Shang was having a bi freak out, realizing he was into Ping". NO HE WASN'T. He already knew he was into men. His bisexual freak out was when he realized Ping was Mulan and hey maybe he's into girls too whatdoya know?

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

Legit you think a bi man who has always been in such a male-dominated space like the army hadn't already figured out that he liked men? Come oooonnnn... It's women he has rarely had contact with and has no idea how to talk to or flirt with (you fight good) I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

In "A Girl Worth Fighting For" Shang has zero lines I REST MY FUCKING CASE.

[gottalovecatss]

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]