The Peculiarist

The truth is out there, and so is a lot of bullshit, but that just fertilises the truth. The more bullshit you say, the truthier you become.

[easyvirgin-deactivated20160413]

happy Thursday the 20th

[askjennaflorida]

I’d have to wait months or even years for another chance to reblog this, so why the fuck not?

[mx-mythical-deactivated20260319]

next days you can reblog this on a Thursday the 20th

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You know, just in case you wanted to set your queue for the next 6 years

[dormantcreator]

ADDING ON FOR THE NEXT 7 YEARS:

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[peculiarist]

This is such a reminder for how long we've all been on this site...

[why-i-love-comics]

DCU Holiday Bash #3 - “No, Bart, There is No Santa Claus” (1998)

written by Mark Waid & Devin K. Grayson art by Craig Rousseau, Mike Sellers, & Jason Scott Jones

[only-tiktoks]

[xmagnet-o]

Spread this video

[kick-a-long]

spread this video for awareness.

to me it's counter intuitive that little person and dwarf are more acceptable so it's really helpful to know.

also spread this video to appreciate the fucking killer mustache on that one guy in the suit. holy shit, it's like a work of art.

[charnel-grounds]

Adele Jergens, c. 1940s

[samplerman]

One of four pages published in the collective "autre chose" by swiss éditions Atrabile last year for their 25 years of existence. 168 pages , quadri A4, softcover.

En 2022 Atrabile a fêté ses vingt-cinq ans d’existence, ce que nous avons célébré à travers différents événements tout au long de l’année; n

With 44 other artists:

Adèle Maury, Amanda Baeza, Amandine Meyer, Awen Rivière, Barbara Meuli, Camille Potte, Chien-Fan Liu, Emilie Gleason, Fred Fivaz, Geoffroy Monde, Giacomo Nanni, Guillaume Fuchs, Helge Reumann, Jean-Michel Bertoyas, Juliette Mancini, Jung-Hyoun Lee, Laurie Agusti, Léa Murawiec, Lika Nüssli, Lisa Blumen, Louise Collet, Lucas Burtin, Marijpol, Martina Sarritzu, Mathilde Van Gheluwe, Melchior Best, Mia Oberländer, Michael DeForge, Noémie Chust, Rachel Deville, Simon Beuret, Valentine Gallardo, Violaine Leroy, Yannis La Macchia, Alex Baladi, Frederik Peeters, Ibn Al Rabin, Isabelle Pralong, Joseph Callioni, Nicolas Presl, Peggy Adam, Pierre Wazem, Thomas Gosselin, Tom Tirabosco

[weirdyearbook]

Source details and larger version.

Is it a nightmare or is it really happening? You be the judge of my collection of vintage nightmare imagery.

[kekwcomics]

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Blood Sisters | 1987

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[thistlearts]

Signed! (Belgium here)

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

In the EU? Please sign and share!

Not in the EU? Please share, for reach!

[cheaphalloweencostume]

not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like “i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!” girl... what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 👀

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i appreciate the amount of comments trying to educate me but i was there. don’t worry about me. i was there taking notes. worry about YOU. i know what I was doing at the devils sacrament

[septembercfawkes]

I hate to say this, and like, rain on everyone’s parade, but after scrolling past three posts about it on a writing tag …

If you are looking up synonyms to exchange words out in your story with the purpose of sounding smarter, more sophisticated, or complicated to your reader, you are probably abusing the thesaurus.

Now, if you *want* to do this, I mean, you can write whatever or however you want! But I just want you to know that this is frowned upon if you are trying to write at a professional level.

I have an old article on this somewhere …

If you want to look at the original article…

https://www.septembercfawkes.com/2018/08/how-to-use-thesaurus-properly.html

How to use the Thesaurus Properly

Some authors say to never use a thesaurus. But guess what? I use one all the time. Why do some authors say that? Because a lot of people in

[marcchurch]

[peculiarist]

If you're into RPGs and peculiar surrealism, check this out...

"You are stranded upon the ragged edge of the infinite worlds of dreaming. Prepare your soul to enter a lucid land of sorcerers and endless pastel colored sands.

The Painted Wastelands is a mind melting tabletop role-playing game adventure module designed for Old School Essentials and closely with other classic retro clones. Dive headfirst into the strangest Hexcrawl set in a dreamworld filled with desert weirdos, ravenous ghouls, and teeth-stealing nightmares. Inspired by the works of Moebius and Lovecraft, this campaign setting will transport your players to a world like no other."

[tamvmat]

I'm not sure what it is but here we go!

[peculiarist]

[men-iss-vess-ull-deactivated202]

when the ogre I hired to guard the castle complains that the longsword I gave him requires a level of control and finesse he isn't used to

[leebrontide]

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

[the-east-hunter]

One of my professors used to say ‘you can’t paint the girl next door, no one will believe it’