...um, hi.

hello, I am jess (she/her or they/them). this is my personal blog that will mostly contain some fandom stuff, cute animals, and other miscellaneous posts, as well as some of my own art (hence the url). thank you for visiting!

[moonfloat]

quick warmup, studying the fom art style. might work on this more? my fav siblings <3 they should always lowkey match

[ba-sing-saying]

I just finished reading The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold yesterday and I can honestly say I’ve never read a book that felt like that.

It’s like a combination of the morbid fascination of watching a car crash in slow motion layered with the upbeat thrill of a heist movie plus politics intrigue and spy-movie style paranoia, all in a gigantic blizzard swirling around this one little guy. I didn’t know how I would be able to become attached to a character in this series after reading Shards of Honor and Barrayar, because I loved Cordelia so much as a protagonist, but Miles Vorkosigan did the job. Truly the character of all time.

He’s a strategic genius. He can figure out a solution to almost any problem. He’s in love with his childhood best friend and gets shut down repeatedly. He serves as the officiant at her impromptu wedding to a guy he saved through another random act of kindness, and plays out the roles of three different people in it like some kind of vaudeville comedy act. He makes people laugh. He inspires everyone around him to genuine loyalty and trust. He was playmates with the current emperor of his home planet when they were kids and is the heir of an aristocratic family. He refuses to get anything by nepotism and uses his mother’s maiden name when he meets people so they won’t know who he is. On a whim, he decides to help a random stranger and has to lie to do it. He commits to the bit so hard that he ends up faking his way into running a mercenary fleet whose existence was initially a complete lie and stopping a war he had nothing to do with. He has stomach ulcers from how stressed out he is. He refuses to break a promise, even when doing so would allow him to escape the web of lies he’s woven. His house of cards is always one gust of wind from toppling and he’s somehow able to keep it standing by sheer force of character. He will not stop because if he does he’ll have a nervous breakdown.

Genuinely the most fascinating and lovable combination of wet rat energy, goodest boy ever, and rogue with a heart of gold. No one is doing it like him. I’m going to read all seventeen books in this series or however many there are, and then everything else Lois McMaster Bujold has written.

[agwitow]

Do it! The Vorkosigan Saga is absolutely amazing! And seeing how Miles grows and changes, and how the people around him grow and change is so so so fascinating. And also how he just plows his way through depression and anxiety until he literally can't anymore is very relatable.

I need to reread this series. It's so good.

(Also Bujold's other work is pretty great too. My favourite is Paladin of Souls, which is the sequel to Curse of Chalion but has a very different feel and only requires a minor understanding of the first book to make sense...)

[fieldsofmistria]

Fields of Mistria 1.0 is here!✨

Thank you to everyone who's joined us on this journey, shared feedback, showed us your farms, created fan art, and loved Mistria as much as we do. 1.0 is just the beginning. 🌱 Download on Steam: bit.ly/Mistria

[unpretty]

i turned on the light in the dining room but Tubby had been sleeping in a chair and it woke her up and she was Not Pleased

[unpretty]

[unpretty]

yes

however we recently got her a new ceramic fountain that better suits her aesthetic

and her own fainting couch

but she still prefers a good lap whenever possible

[flawlessglamazon]

[burning-mind]

@unpretty what is Ms. Tubby’s full name if it is not Tubby?

[unpretty]

Tubbitha

[royallyanxious]

reblog for  Tubbitha

[maxheimer-feral]

a princess.

[solitarelee]

It’s so fucking weird to see Tubby on my dash from just like a random unrelated blog I follow. That’s just my best friends’ cat. I commissioned a plate painted with her likeness.

[boybeetles]

You know technology literacy is dying because I saw this meme with 76k likes

F11 the full screen button? You’re scared of the full screen button? F10?? It opens the menu bar???

[boybeetles]

Computers are so scary what if I accidentally hit F12 in a steam game and it takes a screenshot. What if I press shift + F12 while in word and accidentally save my document 😖

[yetanothergreyjedi]

[shower-thoughts-last-responder]

If you had to learn what the F keys on your computer do through me reblogging this post, then I'm glad you did. Computer literacy is not a skill that gets taught anymore, and it is absolutely one that needs to be taught in order to be learned. Don't ever feel bad for not knowing something, but ☝️ don't ever stop learning learning about your environment, the tools you use, and especially the people around you

[headspace-hotel]

Never stop learning+ Never stop sharing what you learned

[lesspopped]

please wear sunscreen!!! I've seen "fuck the beauty industrial complex" posts about complicated skincare regimens and am 100% with them except sometimes they mention sunscreen and no. no. absolutely not. sunscreen is a wonderful supportive friend who wants to keep you safe, and you should let her do it. throw out all your other cosmetics and skincare products if you want, but keep your sunscreen. and if you're not wearing sunscreen, start wearing it!!!! this is not about terror of aging, this is not about every tiny imperfection our fucked-up culture has made you feel insecure about, this is about protecting yourself from skin cancer. wear the damn sunscreen.

[what-even-is-thiss]

“Your pets only love you because you feed them”

Yeah well that’s also how your relationship with your parents starts out but more stuff happens after that doesn’t it

[what-even-is-thiss]

I don’t think Crusty and Bread would try to give me a tongue bath and run to be in the same room as me to hang out if our relationship only boiled down to me providing food for them. Yeah maybe that’s how it started but we’ve also earned each others trust in other ways since then.

[lafey]

One of my cats (she died, will forever be missed) used to make my mom open EVERY SINGLE DOOR in the house so she could check if I was in one of them whenever I went on a trip.

[what-even-is-thiss]

One of my grandmothers friends has a cat that will knock over one potted plant for every day that they’re gone on a trip even when they have a cat sitter lol. Kitties miss you when you’re gone.

[sketchesanddoodlesandthings]

My eldest cat will be in a noticeably bad mood for the first three days that I’m gone after dropping the cats off with my parents. It is routine. My parents expect it. It is not a problem he has with my parents’ house, he used to live there and he’s fine if I’m around. Only comes up if I’m not there.

[apollos-boyfriend]

i’m gonna cry it’s raining right now and i just passed by a family where both parents were without an umbrella but their kid who couldn’t have been older than like 3-4 was proudly holding this GIANT umbrella whose diameter was as tall (if not taller) as the kid. both the parents were getting absolutely drenched but u could tell the kid was just so happy to have an “adult” task and carry the umbrella themselves and i think that sacrifice is what love is all about

[apollos-boyfriend]

hastily-made artist’s recreation in the five minutes it took to get to my stop

[smol-fangirl-bean]

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, hand mobility! 🙌

X

[ruffboi-mags]

1) do this even if you're under 40. seriously. I definitely should have been doing something like this for years and I only turned 40 a month and a half ago

2) if you're like me just now trying this going "oh god i've only done 15 and i think my hands are cramping" start lower than 30 and increase by 5 once whatever number you're doing no longer makes your hand cramp up. I can manage about 15 per exercise at the moment.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

If you're hypermobile, be especially gentle.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Yes, nonblack people can reblog. I'd appreciate it, in fact, if y'all took the time to vocally support your Black friends/fans in fandom.

[hussyknee]

The most basic, intractable fact about mental illnesses is that you simply cannot willpower your way out of them. The only exceptions to this rule are the ones I have, which continue to disable me due to lack of determination and other grave personal flaws

[mithsd]

Maomao garden party!

[darlingofdots]

been stewing on an analytical approach to fiction which I call "is this book afraid of me?" and in order to answer this question you determine how hard the book is trying to make sure you don't come after the writer on twitter

[playwrongs]

Tags via @deadpanwalking, editor and ass-kicker extraordinaire

[gingisnap]

Please keep making art. Please make it for yourself. Please don’t let everything become even more of the same flat general appeal nonsense that doesn’t seem to have anything to say

[2xlee]

Somebody save him (pls)

[what-even-is-thiss]

Our cats never attempt to escape or go outside. We yoinked them from out there. They know the struggle.

Out there they would be dodging cars and coyotes. In here they get free food and belly rubs. Fair trade for not being allowed to eat bees anymore.

[what-even-is-thiss]

One terrifying day I accidentally left a door open and when I remembered and ran back to close it they were both just staring at the door and they looked back at me like why is the portal to the badlands open? Close this immediately.

[t00thpasteface]

"well, the laser vision IS a plus, because it's cool watching her set stuff on fire from 50 yards away. and i like that she can fly and get things off of high shelves for me. but those aren't the ONLY reasons why i like her!"

(also i hope you enjoy retro batdad, because that's where my brain's at right now. i'm delighted that starfire's design is already so incredibly 60s; she fits right in 🌠)

[mewy101]

I could never find the right way to tell you, have you noticed I've been gone?