Rambles, Tangents and Sundry Thoughts

Blog for posting anything and everything that catches my interest. May be NSFW on occasion. 23, transfemme, she/her, Minors DNI

[venustapolis]

Le Royaume des fleurs, Olympe fantastique (Hugues Martin, c. 1854)

[loopy-lupe]

THIN CITIES NO. 3 - Brittle Beginnings, Cerulean Ends

('Ash Returned to Ash, Dust Returned to Dust, but the Water…')

[istillwishforyouateleveneleven]

web weave finds that made me want to claw my eyes out

[woundedsoul12]

Forget the character. This reached into my chest and carved a hollow in my soul

[leloupdebout]

[miscellaneoussaves]

Peaceful afternoon

[toplesstopics]

now livestreaming at https://www.joystick.tv/u/toplesstopics and in the Stream room on discord (join at https://www.toplesstopics.org/chat )! Let's draw and chill!

[theegrandhorizontal]

[toplesstopics]

Now streaming at https://www.joystick.tv/u/toplesstopics and on discord (join at https://www.toptopicstv.org/chat ) while I draw some artistic nude women using references from the "draw me NSFW" subreddit!

[fatartappreciation]

Nova (2021) by phenomenal Canadian artist Nicole Sleeth … nicolesleeth.com/

[thevaultoftheatomicspaceage]

[faolrougelunedrawings]

Well, I like mermaids. Especially gay ones. (in french, we use the same word "sirène" for mermaids and sirens, that's why they're some winged grils around too)

[jeniferprince]

pearl lovers

patreon // buy prints here

[screampotato]

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

[glitched-out-mess]

[theramblingvoid]

Hit "view post" and lost it

[kaori1484]

blue and white

Kagurazaka, Tokyo

[fatartappreciation]

Artist Taylor Goldenberg from her Big Is Beautiful series!

[fatartappreciation]

Standing Nude by artist Carol Adelman

[pangur-and-grim]

I think some of the loneliness of autism is that you feel like you hurt people just by Interacting Wrong, but you don’t know how to Interact Right, and the more effort you put into it, the more exhausted you are and the more artificial it comes across (with the end result of people still being upset with you). and it’s not anyone’s fault for not liking Being Interacted With Wrong, and it’s not your fault for doing it so wrong, but it is very, very lonely.

[fatartappreciation]

The Girls II (2016) by Australian artist Eva Hannah