S E I Z U R E 7

I ♥ Dark Dystopias Heads up! I primarily ship McHanzo & R76 & Loki/Tony ______________________ art tag // writing tag art & sketch blog // seizure7 @ Ao3 ✧ CYMKromatic-Future ✧ stark-aesthetics // the artful deceiver _________________________________________

[girlandgeese]

Note to self

Stop thinking: “I’m not talented enough to execute this concept.” Start thinking: “I’m going to be a stronger artist when I’ve finished this piece.”

[404youbroketheinternet]

This is a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset.

Your abilities are not static, and any challenges you have, anything that turns out different from how you imagined, is not evidence of failure, just a struggle towards improvement.

[perfectandpoisonous]

Primrose Archer, Xie Chaoyu, Lily Nova, Ayobami Okekunle, Ameleah Thomas and Duckie Thot by Tim Walker for Vogue UK May 2018

[koch43-deactivated20191213]

Reaper needs love, and hugs.

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(I’m not gonna tag them all…)

[mypoorfaves]

If you're a creator and you needed to hear this today:

You have no idea how many people lurk on your work. No idea how many times people go back to revisit your work. How big they smile when they simply think about your work. How fast their heart beats, how excited they get when they see that you posted something.

People are shy with their feedback. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply shy. Other times it’s because they assume you already know how great and talented you are. Could be both.

My point is, even if you barely have any likes or reblogs, don’t get discouraged. You have a lot of silent fans, but they are still your fans. Keep on creating. Because there is always someone out there who will love what you have made.

[designerspen]

[halfarsedhermit]

Spent the last two days working on this little archery guide in art and writing. Considering the rise in popularity of archers in pop culture this hopefully  comes in handy for a bunch of fandoms.

[hawkeyekingofclueless]

I mean, yeah

[narcym-noesis]

Jagamac266 / 2018 - Instagram

[sinewandsteel]

Close Combat

[filmnoirsbian]

Thanos, a philosophy and economics double major who thinks once you eat a plant it will never grow back: i have to slaughter half the universe’s population with the infinity stones, so that no one ever runs out of resources and starves

Thor, a phys ed and linguistics major with a minor in women’s studies, taking a sip of his strawberry protein shake: can’t you just use the infinity stones to create more resources tho?

Thanos: blocked

[sunny-dayze]

Thor: Unblock me I need to tell you something

Thanos: What?

Thor: Bitch

[dustrial-inc]

CMD & CTRL Ultra Leggings

dustrial

[narcym-noesis]

Vova Flame / 2018 - 500px

[clarasalizart]

“Travelling to Hanamura”

Created with MagicaVoxel

[cowfool-deactivated20220425]

Some mchanzo stuff that I posted on my twitter! My friend gave me the idea for the comic and I decided to make it bittersweet >:3c. Also due to having my fanart stolen several times in the past I’d appreciate it if you ask before using! I’m totally down if you want to use it as your phone wallpaper or whatever, just credit me and let me know. :-D! <3 

⛔️ Please do not use w/o my permission! Thanks! ⛔️

🌿✨ [ commission info | ko-fi ] 🌿✨

Edit: tumblr is butchering the quality - anyone know how to fix that? they look better in full view!

[seizure7]

If Hanzo practiced Buddhism with Winston would that be ok

You do you. I don’t care because you’re a faceless anon. :)

It’s a great evening, go be passive aggressive somwhere else. In fact: make content for whatever ship you want but remember people are still free to judge you.

Have fun.

PS: If you’re still salty just unfollow/block/mute me. Cleanse yourself of my presence if it bothers you so much. Be a responsible self-caring person and Marie Kondo my ass off your dashboard. k thx

[seizure7]

*drags hand down face* okay. I deliberately left some stuff out because I was too tired to address it and I was also hoping people would do research instead of coming to me to reply to that post when I really do not have the energy/time/authority to discuss this further and educate people who are starting from ground zero. 

Yes I am very aware of the Shinto-Buddhist beliefs of Japan, but not which sect is most realistic for Hanzo, check out Sadako’s reply! She knows more than me. 

No. I did not imply that Hanzo MUST be a Buddhist. You do not have to be Buddhist to practice different forms of meditation. It’s not like praying where you have to be a praticioner in order for it to be legit and sincere. With that said there is such a thing as Secular Buddhism.

I implore people to do more research before interracting with that post. I’m not a voluntary spokesperson for all of Buddhism. That’s not MY burden. I only made that post for people who were in the dark. My intention was to simply highlight inaccuracies and to point them in a starting direction.

Thank you.

[seizure7]

Alright I’m gonna say this only once and contain it into this one post because I feel it’s no longer responsible of me to stay silent and exasperated. I’m seeing too much of this show up in fanfics.

Dear McHanzo Fanfiction Authors. My father’s side of the family is Buddhist. I am not an actively practicing Buddhist but even I can clearly see how little research some of you put into your fics. So here’s a brief outline of things I’d like to highlight:

The type of meditation Hanzo practices is highly likely to be different than what Zenyatta practices.

He might be doing a shallow form that is simply about focus/breathing/emptying thoughts. Shikantaza (aka. Just Sitting) is a possibility. Due to the lack of self reflection he’s shown in Dragons and the fact that he’s so burdened by his ego and past, I highly doubt he does any form of mindful meditation properly. Zazen is not likely.

Did you know that Buddhism isn’t just some happy slappy hippy, be-at-total-peace-with-yourself bullshit that the west just loooves to market it as? There are many different sects, it can be practiced as a reIgion, or as a philosophy or a hybrid of both. It can be incredibly demanding. To the point that some beginners confuse it for nihilism.

If you want to write Zenyatta and haven’t bothered to read up on Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Then stop right there because you’re erasing a 2,500 year old practice that inspired the Shambali and Zenyatta’s core character. You’re assuming that you… (a likely western author) know better than all the monks, all the scholars who have devoted years of thought to this philosophy. You’re being incredibly arrogant and disrespectful.

Which brings me to the point that NO: Hanzo and Zenyatta cannot just SIT DOWN and meditate together without any discussion on the form. That’s seriously lumping all Asians together and blatantly shows zero respect towards our differences. The Buddhism the Shambali practice is different from Zen Buddhism and likely different from current Tibetan Buddhism due the fact that it was created by omnics. Zenyatta would have to do guided meditation.

And that’s all I’m going do to publically address this. Google is everyone’s best friend.

[sadakotetsuwan]

Yeah, the number of forms of Buddhism in Japan alone is staggering, and many of those forms are only practiced in Japan. Buddhism has many coexisting interpretations/local traditions/branches focusing on particular fields, which makes the Buddhist landscape very rich, but also admittedly difficult for outsiders with no background in the actual praxis of Buddhism to get a firm grasp of. 

(As an aside, if it’s necessary to the story I usually write Hanzo as nominally Tendai but agnostic for all practical daily purposes; most Japanese folks do not actively claim adherence to a religion, even though most visit Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples several times a year or make offerings at family altars. Most Japanese are also somewhat suspicious of the very devout of any religion–Buddhist monks included!–due to a lot of events in the 20th Century, both inside and outside of Japan.)

I know that most Westerners only know about Tibetan Buddhism because it’s so visible, but Japanese Buddhists largely DON’T practice any forms of Tibetan Buddhism. Anything that you know about Buddhism as a result of the Dalai Lama is useless in the context of Japanese Buddhism, the same way that knowledge of Christianity because of the Pope doesn’t apply at all to Southern Baptists in the US…or any other Protestant group for that matter.

TL;DR: Actually search for ‘Buddhism in [CHARACTER’S PLACE OF ORIGIN]’ if you are going to research Buddhism for fanfic, because the differences can be dramatic. Buddhism is a living, breathing, growing tradition in the world, so please respect it enough to pursue knowledge about it before writing.

(Note: I’m not a practicing Buddhist, but I have studied Japanese forms of Buddhism pretty intensively in Japan and would be happy to help with basic questions to get you moving in the right direction and happy to tell you when to instead ask folks who actually practice/have greater expertise than me–and help you craft the right questions to ask!)

[seizure7]

Thank you Sadako for the additional info and letting people know they can come to you if they have questions. o/

[dailyvideogames]

Gabriel Reyes was the leader of the original Overwatch strike team during the Omnic Crisis, and later commanded Blackwatch, the organization’s covert ops division.