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Strange racists and homophobes on the internet seem to have access to an alternate way cooler version of TV than me. "every white character on TV is in an interracial relationship" "every show has a gay couple in it" "main characters keep having to secretly be bisexual and nonbinary" "every show has gratuitous full frontal nudity" like damn promise?? What channel???
as a black gay person real like where y'all be finding this stuff pass the name
for real though, those DO NOT WATCH OR YOU'LL CORRUPT YOUR CHILDREN lists put out by conservative christian family groups is where I find all the stellar tv shows. Like, shit I didn't know half of those existed, thanks for finding them for me, gonna go watch 30 hours of gay tv now!
I think I know how this works.
For personal context, before I went to the '98 Burning Man festival, one of the things I'd read from a couple different journalists was that "everybody" runs around naked. Which, fine by me, I'd already spent a lot of time in clothing-optional spaces, I'm not fanatic about it but it's nice.
So I got there early and set up a public shade structure on one of Black Rock City's main roads and spent most of each afternoon just watching the crowds go by. I don't remember seeing more than one actually naked person the whole week. I think a topless woman passed by my intersection maybe every half an hour, sometimes once an hour. So why in the hell were people, normally pretty smart and observant writers, coming away with the impression that everybody was naked?
Then I remembered an unrelated passage from Joel Garreau's great book about the history of the outer-ring suburbs, Edge City. Mall developers told him flat-out that they tried to keep the crowds in their malls less than 5% black. Not because they themselves were racist, but because they had determined, experimentally, that if more than 5% of the people in the mall are black, the median white shopper will wrongly describe the mall as at least half black, as mostly black. And not a few of them would describe it, at 6% black, as a mall where "only black people go." Why?
Because, emotionally, they were still upset over the last one when the next one came into view.
Same as the journalists describing Black Rock City as all naked. Same as the right-wing religious culture warriors describing television as entirely mixed-race and gender non-conforming. Not because it's even vaguely true, we know that, but because they haven't gotten over their discomfort over the last one by the time the next one comes along. The anger, not the stimulus, is the part that's continuous, so their mind lies to them that it's "all" the thing they can't get over.
Similar effect for the presence/proportion of women in things, by the way: https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/how-17-equals-496-the-amazing-multiplying-women.htm
What will you do? --> Remain silent. --> Call him by his name.
today instead of working on my thesis film I chose to be happy
Some very silly doodles of the eikons from FFXVI
I'll hold your hand while I say this, but... characters in a book aren't real people, and they aren't bound by the moral codes of real people.
Finally finished this oil painting of Cid.
the girl & the witch
so wildly obnoxious when you agree with the starting point of someone's stance only for them to hard turn into things you DON'T agree with and now you have to defend the thing that was originally annoying you
"too many authors in the current market are focusing on selling 'spice' instead of telling interesting stories"
"oh yeah, i agree. i started reading one that i heard a lot about and it just wasn't-"
"and it's all of these women reading their fucking mommy porn out in public like FREAKS"
*through gritted teeth* "people should be allowed to read whatever they want, and actually these books should be left alone and you should shut up about it"
“it sounds like you’re justifying their actions-“ i am. they’re a fictional character. i’m okay with anything they do all the time. hope this helps.
this shit from the comments is unironically so fucking sad to me. this is where we’re at now? “aren’t books supposed to have morals?” genuinely let’s all just pack it in and go home, we tried the whole “experiencing life and art at a greater complexity level than an eight year old can handle” thing and it didn’t work out, somebody break the news to oscar wilde, we’re done here. “books are meant to teach you something.” christ.
@astromachinations I actually need this on the post
After reading in LOGOS that Cid fell asleep after his first prime, a particular headcanon formed about life at the Hideaway.
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LOST BLADES - ferrum monoceros
Born into this life unlike other beasts of this world, the Lost Blades are a union of flesh, steel, and spirit. When a sword is lost deep in the woods, given enough time, it begins to grow. At the base of the blade, the sword will begin to swell. Slowly, a gnarl of meat will curl, pushing the blade from the hilt as the fetal ferrum monoceros develops. Eventually, the fetus’ tail will ensnare the tang of the blade - the metal core running through the weapons handle - separating it from the blade itself. At that central point, where the hilt meets the blade, the body of the animal forms. Cloven hooves, skin marbled and engraved, a wiry and unkempt mane. In time, the hilt of the weapon will split apart as the creature's tail grows in size, but younger blades tend to still have their hilts intact at the base of their tails. Throughout their lifetime, more of the original weapon is shed, but even mature specimens still show remnants of leather handle wraps and pommel ornamentation clinging to their whip-like tails. The magic that births these beasts dwells deep in the place of forgotten things, of lost socks and misplaced keys. There are many things that could produce a lost blade. A pebble underneath the wheel of a wagon, jostling a blacksmith’s produce onto the road. A brave hero’s last stand, outnumbered in unfamiliar territory. A mother and her child, frightened, armed, chased by all the things that might lurk in the shadows. Perhaps they were left behind by those who felt safe enough to lay their weapons down, finally at rest. Nothing more that might harm them, nothing left to fear. Who knows whether the lost ones remember the hands that once held them, the lives they might have protected, and the lives they might have cut short.
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Other creatures of The Continent: HOOKJAW HERMIT (PAGUROIDEA NERKA)
SPECULAR SAILFIN (MAKAIRA TINCTUS)
SLATE NAUTILUS (RASA TESTA)
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i need to come up with a way to say “i mean like, movies for grownups” that doesn’t make me feel like a villain
*peeks in the replies* *gets really nervous and locks my house up and leaves*
well, i mean more like La Piscine or Mulholland Drive,
i think i am going insane
Apparently it is impossible for Tumblr users to think of a not ageist way to describe their tastes, because everything must always be compared to how inferior children are -- despite the fact that it is pretty much never the choice of any child or children when media aimed at them is dumbed down etc.
Things when bad: kids and children are involved!
Things when good: this is very Adult this is specifically Adult only Adults can understand or want this
i literally just don’t want to watch Kung Fu Panda
okay we’ve come all the way back around. let’s pack this up. this post is done. “who asked” you just walked into my post that i made on my blog..? who asked YOU?? am i losing my fucking mind?????
"I want to watch movies where the writers assume the audience can handle complex themes and sensitive material."
"Do you mean porn? Or are you being ageist? You're ageist if you don't like Kung Fu Panda."
I swear to GOD I’m not vagueing my situation, but I made a post recently about books I was planning to read this year, and I find it very….. interesting that multiple people came into my inbox afterward to tell me that all the queer authors in the bunch had sinned. like maybe they had, I dunno. it wouldn’t stop me reading (I love Interview with the Vampire, I have Thoughts about Anne Rice, etc). but it is interesting that none of the non-queer authors merited this whisper campaign, despite some of them honestly deserving it. not saying anything outright here, just making an observation. listening and learning. you know