Raving Mad and Somewhat Slightly Dazed

Fandom with interruptions by Real Life. Pretty things. 32 yrs old, nb, they/them

[splinteredstar]

Hello y'all

Everyone is struggling these days, I know. But fuck it, I'm gay and it's my birthday month.

Nothing on this list is a need, but they are all things that will make my life easier or brighter.

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If you want to give me money directly. That will... probably go to student loans, tbh. Or birthday dinner.

My friend Rosemary is still raising money to support her family and their cats:

Donate to Help this chosen family make ends meet!, organized by Rosemary Amico

The short story: Three humans (and our two cats) have had a string of bad l… Rosemary Amico needs your support for Help this chosen fami

Happy pride, support each other, and survive ❤️

[martyrloserking]

[70sscifiart]

Chris Moore

[the-punforgiven]

I'd love to make like, an animated nature documentary about fantasy monsters and their hunting tactics

Like it's 100% nature documentary, detailing diets, genealogy, nesting rituals, ect. but any time it's time to show a carnivorous monster actively hunting its picking off a member of a steadily dwindling adventuring party every time

[the-punforgiven]

concept sketches

[leatherbutchblues]

I created this banner as a love letter to leatherdykes 🖤⛓️🩸

Handcrafted from a solid piece of leather, metal O-rings and chain, the banner is designed to embody the leather armour worn by these fierce guardians who strengthen and protect our communities.

If you’re interested in seeing more of my work please check out my IG @leatherbutch

[leatherbutchblues]

2 years since I made this piece! 🖤

[thejewellerybox]

Gannet Diving necklace by Rie Taniguchi

[thejewellerybox]

Gannet Diving necklace by Rie Taniguchi

[ms-demeanor]

Hmm. Mad at some paint. Time for an experiment.

[ms-demeanor]

Okay so in fall 2024 i took an acrylic painting class that was a bit frustrating.

I've painted with acrylics before, and am familiar with liquitex and dahler-rawley student-grade paints.

But I knew that for this class I'd go through a lot of paint, so I bought a bunch of paint at walmart that i used alongside a tube of burnt umber from Michael's, a tube of cyan from a pop shop in texas, and like three partial tubes of titanium white liquitex from a local art store that closed about fifteen years ago and that I miss terribly.

This was a beginning painting class, and like a lot of beginner classes it had a bunch of basic exercises. One of the assignments was to translate an image to a grid and transfer it to a small canvas as a color study. Here's what I did:

It was a fun assignment and I liked how it looked so I pinned it to a cork board.

A couple months ago I glanced at it and noticed that maybe the cheap paints I'd gotten were somewhat less lightfast than I'd expected:

This does not match my prior experience with acrylic paint.

[ms-demeanor]

Experiment time.

I put notes about the paints inside the canvas, only the cyan and burnt sienna (which were not the Walmart paints) had pigment, opacity, and lightfast info. Didn't bother testing the liquitex white because I know it's solid.

It's hung up next to the super-faded painting and should get the same light (bright but indirect). So we'll see what happens!

[sobadbad]

FROZEN PLANET II 2.01 • Frozen Worlds

[creekfiend]

many women are excited to get old and weird, but i have great news that it's fully possible to become weird now, before you get old. just imagine the heights of weirdness you will be able to reach in fifty years if you get started now. that's what I think

[untitledcatgame]

my email finding you

[chemicalsplatter-crafts]

LONE STAR COMPLETE! This square block measures 60 inches (152 cm).

I was originally planning on making this a throw quilt, but now I want to build it out into a larger quilt. Time to think about borders!

[clonerightsagenda]

telling my parents' cat that she has shoujo legs

[clonerightsagenda]

The other one has disproportionately huge paws so Yaoi Hands and Shoujo Legs: the manga sisters

[mongeese]

The Murderbot Diaries are a power fantasy about being aromantic and still developing extremely important dedicated emotionally intimate partnerships where you are a top priority in a person's life, equal to their other family or romantic attachments despite your own emotional difficulties. And having guns in your arms

[nevver]

No way home, Erin Morris

[hellallamerican]

a ton of people have unexpectedly followed me over the last 2 days so here is my rent-lowering gunshot:

the american south is the most racially diverse and poorest region of the united states, and any political sentiment that treats the south is stupid or expendable is inherently racist and classist. a lot of y'all are racist and classist. the south is also the heart of american culture. argue with a wall. you cannot deny that everybody in the entire world does not emulate artists from atlanta. there is vested interest in keeping the south poor and uneducated BECAUSE this is the most racially diverse region in this country. if you actually give a fuck about progress, you would fight for the south, not mock us.

[caesarsaladinn]

if you're ever wondering what popular media is getting wrong about basically any premodern society, the answer is that there are never enough lawsuits

[caesarsaladinn]

there's a common idea that in the olden days all disputes were resolved through violence, but even in settings where that was true, people would still sue each other about it.

[systlin]

Like 80% of Icelandic sagas involve lawsuits. Sometimes against ghosts.

This worked to get rid of the ghosts, incidentally.

[shinyhappygoth]

This goes for Jewish folktales as well, particularly the ones involving ghosts and demons and the like; in a remarkable number of stories, the conflict between the humans and the spooks is resolved by taking it before the beit din (rabbinic court). The humans aren't guaranteed to win the case, either; sometimes the demons have a legitimate grievance!