a deadly struggle 4 my soul

about blog // ao3 characters who are ~too intense~ are my enduring favorites.

[argetlam007]

Izzy Hands Gifs (11/?)

I’m sorry life’s been busy lately, so instead of a gifset here’s a quick gif with a bloody Izzy <3

[happilyhadesbound]

underrated ship dynamic is 'they deserve each other /derogatory'

[lautakwah]

[iamnmbr3]

Not to start discourse but I will be forever mad that every time I go into the Goncharov tag I see people complaining that they watched the movie expecting a soft queer romcom about pure cinnamon rolls and instead they got a complex and violent film about deeply flawed people where everyone dies.

By all means, engage in fandom however you choose. But don’t blame the source material for not being consistent with some random fanon on tumblr. Kinda wild to get mad that the movie about violent, morally dark grey criminals has violence, crime and moral greyness in it. You know? Also, imho given the time this movie was made, the queer coding was daring; this is NOT an example of queerbaiting.

[napneeders]

me, a self-proclaimed nature lover, when I find the third tick on my body in 24 hours

[umulata]

Royal based on a very inspiring Jinkx Monsoon photo

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[sherlockig]

[schmirius]

the fact that Ed and Stede actually kissed at the end of season 1 was the thing that made me want to watch the show, but the kiss continues to be the most boring and tepid thing (1) about their relationship and (2) compared to every other kiss on the show.

[slimetony]

Alpine Ibexes climb nearly 90 degree angles to lick salt deposits of of mountainsides. They crave that mineral.

[sailor--spoon]

Why is this back on my dash in 2018

[conqueringthenoodle]

Thank god this is back on my dash in 2018

[unavidas]

Jim and Olu <3

[gatoconfundido]

Source - x

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

was your pet expensive to get?

yes

no

not the most expensive but not the cheapest either

for free

it was a gift

found it outside

traded for something

results

Voting ended onJul 22

[snootyfoxfashion]

Our Flag Means Death Blackbeard Print by laurelipsum

[ourflagmeansparty]

Prompt 1: Mascot - Jim By: @do-you-have-a-flag (team orange)

Content Warning: Show typical violence

POV:  you find a vhs tape with “♡♡♡Jim♡♡♡” on the sticker, this is what you see when you put it in a dusty vcr.

[teh-nos]

i think my problem with "just write a bad first draft" is that it doesn't feel like i've actually written anything? some people's first draft examples are what i'd think of as notes, and if i have a bunch of notes then... i haven't written anything, i've just made notes about something i could write. i know the events, the hard part is the exact words to use and if i write it in the wrong words then the whole thing is wrong and it feels like i've really written nothing because it'll all need replaced later.

i'm used to editing as i go so when it's done it's done, there's basically just proofreading to go. as opposed to "i have written this thing. now i have to write all over again, possibly more than once." i'm not used to that. i don't know if i can get used to that.

[vulcanette-deactivated20260506]

the new dj crazytimes song … now that’s what I call music!

[vedajuno]

[allthestarscantfillalifetime]

The over-pronunciation of every word is so spot on lol

[melinnnfey-deactivated20231013]

us in this storm

[pawthorn]

Really hate that most people don’t understand the difference between “self-expression” and “artistic-expression.”

I say this as someone who sells pottery, and many people who see my art assume I am using art as an outlet to “express myself.”

I am not.

I use art to challenge myself. A lot of what I do is the equivalent of doing a hard sudoko or a half marathon, answering the question of “can I do this?”

I use art to question things and explore ideas. Finding physical synthesis between concepts and working out a design to its end state.

I use art to make money. I make some things just because I suspect they’ll sell well, and I keep making them when they do.

This idea that an artist is “putting themselves out there” every time they create is not only stupid, but harmful, and it kills critique and analysis.

Yes every creative work is influenced by its creator, but the most preliminary step of analysis is to define the purpose of a work of art (functional, narrative, entertainment, persuasive, decorative, ceremonial, etc.) and a vanishingly small percentage of that is self-expression. Even then, it’s generally tied to the self’s relationship with something else—perception, society, etc.

It’s very tiresome to have people assume they know you because they like (or dislike) your art, to make assumptions about who you are and how you approach the world. It’s nothing new— people called the Impressionists insane and the Fauvists degenerate. And now people are expected to hand out their identities and traumas to prove they have the right to explore certain subjects.

But to actually understand art, you have to contextualize it beyond assuming it’s just what the artist felt like making at the moment and it’s somehow coming from their deepest soul, or you’ll badly misinterpret most art you come across.