My Favs

Fandoms include: LOTR, the Hobbit, Star Wars, Marvel, the Witcher, GOT & HOTD, TVD & TO, LO, HTTYD. Fellow Swiftie & 1D fan. Reader of Fantasy books such as ACOTAR & PJO. Doll fandoms: EAH, MH, & RH.

[periodicallypurple]

Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

[corrya]

I think about this like once a day

[vaspider]

I have heard a variant on it that I really like: "You cannot hate yourself into someone you can love."

[lamignonette]

[cheddar-baby]

i need to gush about how incredibly seamless her compositing is in these. Compositing is incredibly hard and time consuming work on a crisp clean digital image. But compositing into what seems to be a scanned photograph that was shot on film? Insane work. The film grain + photo paper texture is matched perfectly as well as the varying softness from being slightly out of focus in different amounts in each image. Each film stock has its own specific tone too some are warmer, others are more purply, or green and they all handle contrast with light and shadow completely differently. There was so much to take into account doing this and i really dont know how she did it other than maybe finding those locations again and shooting with the same film stock on a day with similar lighting. I cannot stress enough that for professional photographers doing complex compositing is mostly relegated to having a fully locked down camera set up in studio under controlled repeatable lighting. Super impressive and a really fantastic photo series truly.

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Your partner came back from the dead after being missing for decades. Every one of their friends who they went with ended up dying a horrible death.

Now, somehow, their entire mental health is based on the continued life and happiness of this fairground goldfish that they picked up.

Neither of you know the first thing about how to care for even a healthy fish. This fish has been poorly cared for, has multiple diseases and the person who handed it over explicitly didn't expect it to live nearly as long as it already has.

You're frantically googling how to set up a fish tank, where to buy fish food, can you even take a fish to the vet? Your partner wants you to know that they're happy they made it home and survived their horrific ordeal, but also that if anything happens to the fish then they're going to kill everyone on this planet and then themself.

You're honestly wondering if you're even helping the fish, or just prolonging its suffering, but your partner will only accept medical help for their many injuries or engage in basic self-care once they're confident that the fish is being looked after.

So you get a tank. You set up a filter and all that stuff. You learn way more than you ever wanted to know about water temperature and ph and nitrate levels. The fish is safe. You start to develop some affection for the little guy. Your partner begins to recover. The fish begins to recover.

Which is when you learn that in its 'healthy' state, the fish regularly refuses to sleep when tired, keeps begging for food that is obviously unhealthy for it (and struggling to eat the food that you do provide because “it tastes gross”), and continually tries to persuade your partner to take it out of its nice safe tank so it can go explore the wonderful world of Outside, where the slightest mishap will kill it instantly.

Your name is Adrian, and you kind of wants to strangle this fucking fish, statement.

[bovineblogger]

What if there was a cow that could fly?

um. uhh um. fat bumbalbee

[bovineblogger]

fat little bumbalabee

[i-havenothingelsetopost]

bumbalamoo

[bovineblogger]

HOLY SHIT???!!!!!!!

[emhidesart]

Rocky learns about spiders 👀

[alemanriq]

Project mail harry but gib them cat

[tanoraqui]

that theory that the Arkenstone is a Silmaril…it’s doubly implausible, but imagine if nobody knew. If the dwarves were guarded enough of their greatest treasure that…you wouldn’t even need to hide it from that many people, honestly. Mostly a few elves, and all wizards.

and then Bilbo sidles up to Gandalf like, “Thorin and all are holed up in the Mountain, but I think they’re being nuts, so I…kind of stole the Arkenstone, I think.” And (it’s been thousands of years since the light of the trees was doused save for the precious brilliance locked away in Feanor’s gems, since oaths and blood and war that raged until the skies cracked and the earth shattered, and the little people of the Shire have no memory of it at all) he pulls out a fucking Silmaril.

[tanoraqui]

Gandalf: *spittake*

Gandalf: *hurriedly glances at Thranduil. the king of Mirkwood’s eyes shine with curiosity and greed, but not recognition, nor the terrible lust that overtook Feanor and his sons. right, right, he was never in Thingol’s court while the jewel that Luthien and Beren took was there. we’re good. we’re good for now*

Gandalf: That’s, uh, nice, Bilbo. Put it away, would you?

[tanoraqui]

Gandalf, telepathically(?): EMERGENCY RINGBEARERS ONLY CONFAB NOW

Gandalf: [mental image of a goddam Silmaril in hobbit hands, labelled “thisfuckingrockagain.jpg”]

Galadriel, who watched 95% of her family slaughter everyone within 100 miles for several thousand years over these things, including each other and themselves: no.

Elrond, who was very nearly one of those people slaughtered, and did watch most of his town be killed before he and his twin were kidnapped for a while: Absolutely Fucking Not.

Gandalf: Apparently fucking yes. The legendary Arkenstone-

Galadriel: You’ve got to be kidding me.

Elrond: Thorin Oakenshield has a Silmaril right now?

Gandalf: No, no.

Gandalf: Bilbo stole it.

Elrond: *wordless sputtering*

Gandalf: @Galadriel [information packet: BilboBagginsoftheShire.pdf]

Galadriel: Oh yes, Belladonna’s boy, you were telling me about him last winter. 

Galadriel: Btw, orc+warg army probably coming your way. Spotted it in the mirror last night. Thank goodness we dealt with Dol Goldur at least, huh?

Elrond: No fucking shit.

[tanoraqui]

Gandalf @Gwaihir Windlord: hey, sorry to bother you again, I know it’s nearly mating season. but we have a situation again

Gandalf: [thisfuckingrockagain.jpg]

Gandalf: [oncomingorcwargarmy.jpg]

Gandalf: [flashbacktobadasseaglesinwarofwrathhinthint.mov]

[avelera]

I mean, given that Tolkien retconned “The Hobbit” so Bilbo’s little invisibility ring became an ancient piece of jewelry that controls minds and drives the mighty mad, one can at least understand why it seems plausible that the other shiny white gem that destroys empires and makes the mighty go mad with greed could be linked from his kid’s book to his gigantic early mythology in retrospect??

[crazy-pages]

You know this actually explains a lot about why Gandalf didn’t immediately raise the alarm about Bilbo’s ring out of an abundance of caution. I mean, what are the odds, what are the fucking odds, that this one little hobbit stole both a Silmaril and the Ring of Power? Like, you are Gandalf the Grey and you have already dealt with the heart attack to end all heart attacks because this little innocent fool stole a world war inspiring artifact once. You still get flashbacks every time Bilbo offers to show you something and have to employ all of your angel’s serenity and thousands of years of learned composure not start giBbERinG “ pleaseletitnotbeanotherartifactpleaseletitnotbeanotherartifact”. And then. AND THEN! One day he’s like, “hey Gandalf let me show you this neat ring I found back on our journey”. And on the inside a tiny part of you is screaming “nottheoneringnottheoneringnottheonering” while a more rational part of your brain assures you it could not possibly be the one- “It’s this plain gold ring that’s very precious to me and turns me invisible!”

AND THEN YOU FUCK OFF AND SEARCH THROUGH EVERY POSSIBLE TOME YOU CAN TO PROVE IT CAN’T REALLY BE THE RING OF POWER, SAURON’S RING OF POWER, THAT RING, THE ONE RING, LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE TOME, BEFORE FINALLY FUCKING ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS SHIT IS REALLY HAPPENING AGAIN

[countesskittymeow]

@shewhodoesnotexist what says you? :P

[shewhodoesnotexist]

I’ve never been a proponent of this theory, but I gotta admit the idea of Bilbo finding two world war inspiring artifacts is alluring ;D

Next you’ll be telling me Sting is Gurthang

[abrownpanther]

Sting may or may not be Angrist, the knife that Beren used to get the Silmarill off of Morgoth’s crown

[queenofthequillandink]

“Average Hobbit finds at least one world war inspiring artifact when on a journey” statistic inaccurate. The Spiders Took Family, who find a world war inspiring artifact every five feet they step outside the Shire, were outliers and should not have been counted.

[sunderwight]

Bilbo: I’m not a burglar I wouldn’t even know how to be!

Also Bilbo: *trips and grabs seven legendary artifacts on the way down*

[spicyvampire]

The way all the 2020s have done so far have been making me categorically against every new generation of tech that comes out is insane. Like I'm from a technological boom generation, saw the first portable phones, nokias & blackberries & flipphones etc, and the first smartphones, and the first ipods & ipads & tablets in general while still having cassettes & DVD & MP3 players around so I know how all of it work, I had computer classes in high school, I did the transition between home desktop computers to laptops and back to gaming computers. But then they started to put internet in your printer & microwave, everything has ads & AI now and every update is worst than the last. I literally loved technology and they ruined it

[vibrantlyspring]

Made my own fanmade line called Wapurgis Night for Moonspell Magic

Inspired by both the european holiday and kpop group Gfriend's album.

I made my own fanmade prom line similar to the concept of Monster Ball.

All of will have the shiny material in parts of their outfits (similar to Gore-geous Oasis' tops) to tie them all together.

Claire: she's wearing a one piece dress with a cropped jacket (both seperate pieces). She keeps her witchhat but it has a different design compared to her core. Her hair is put in a big side bun (similar to dance theme buried secrets Cleo) Her object heels are crystal balls. I also changed the shape of her glasses to stars. She's the only one with her witch hat since the others will wear other head accessories. Her shiny fabric piece is the cape attached to her jacket.

Willow: since she's the tallest, she's wearing a long dress to emphasize her height, while her hair is tied in a high ponytail (same style as SSB Frankie without the side shave) her special headpiece is the flower pin with a purple gemstone in the middle (same material as g3 core venus' plant clip). Her shoes and color scheme gives off grape vines and it reflects on her shoes. Her shiny fabric piece is the off the shoulder sleeves and the top part of her skirt.

Rae: gave her a more orange color palette but kept her bubble gum pink hair. They now also in low pigtails (with added orange streaks). Her special head piece is a spinked headband to give her a sun silhouette (similar piece to Fearidecent Frankie). Her outfit is a two piece, the top having an asymmetrical look with the long sleeve on one side and a sheer fore arm glove on the other. Her heels are has a clear gas center so sunlight passes through it. Her shiny fabric piece is the shash around her skirt, which is fastened by a sun clip with her initial.

Carina: she wears a pink dress with bows. I decided to spice things up and give her bangs. Her special head piece is a heart tiara. Her off shoulder dress gives her a potion bottle silhouette, sinched at the end to make it look like a bottle base. Her hands are black and also comes with cuffs to make it look like she's wearing gloves (similar to SSB Draculaura). Her object heel is a heart struck by cupid's bow. Her shiny fabric piece is the off the shoulder sleeves and the top part of her skirt. (similar to Willow)

Layla: her dress is more poofy. Her special head piece us a big fabric bow with gemstones attached to the ends. I decided to give her more jewelry, like the top piece of her outfit (same as SSB draculaura). Her puff up sleeves are seperate to her outfit (same as SSB Frankie). Unlike the others, her tights are more glittery, giving her more of a shine (same as the Monster Mysteries tights). The heels on her shoes are the same as the crystal terrarium she has in her core. The glass shoes (not the most accurate) she wears is semi inspired by Cinderella, but more colorful/pearlescent. Her shiny fabric piece is the top part of her skirt.

[vibrantlyspring]

It's genuinely a surprise that they have not made a g3 Draculaura Collector, considering that not only is she a popular character, but will also bring in a lot of profit.

So i made my own concept for a Draculaura collector doll.

I thought it was a bit of a shame that the "Monster of The Century" concept introduced in Scary Sweet Birthday will only exist within those few webisodes, so I decided to center the theme for her collector with that in mind.

With that in mind, I wanted to design something within the limitations of g3, as g3 is first and foremost, a toyline for kids and tweens, so i tried to realistically design her to look a bit more deluxe than the average play line but a little bit below alumni skullector standard. (Delux meaning no cheap fabrics as well like the pleather Mattel uses)

For her hair, I thought giving her the same pattern as the Nickelodeon version of her Monster Ball look. For her face, she has 3 pink hearts under her eye, and a pink and black lip. She has skull and bow earings, both being light pink.

Her dress shares the same silhouette as the dress Lizzie Hearts from Ever After High.

Her dress is made out of two parts, the dress itself, and the half skirt (which can be detached via velcro at the back). The flowers on her dress are white roses, like the ones in Alice in Wonderland, signifying how she's different from other vampires, it also signifies that she's still a growing ghoul and has a lot more opportunities to grow.

Her sleeves are somewhat similar to her core refresh doll but more extravagant, with ribbons at the cuffs before it transitions to white frill cuffs. Her hands are also white, to mimic gloves.

She had 2 white lace socks with light pink bows. She also has a pair of proper/formal black shoes (conceptually Mary Janes) with ribbons as the heels.

Her hat is the same as her core refresh hat but a bit bigger, it also has a lot more details, such as the hearts and swirls painted into it (similiar to the hats of the Moonspell witches)

Lastly she has a frilly coffin clutch with a pearl handle.

She has a lot of rose decals and patterns as Mattel is slowly transitioning to add that to her aesthetic. 🌹🩷

[beanyysoup]

Desi Robecca ⚙️

[nekoning]

the use of AI lately has made me feel so hopeless, i translated pages of an unfinished fanzine of mine so i can remember why i love art...i hope it can resonate with anyone feeling the same way

[the-supernatural-atheist]

if theres one thing that really pissed me off from my 3 years of architecture i took in high school it's learning about how we used to have all these little techniques to maximize or minimize heat or warmth and now we just merrily abandoned all those to have the same copypaste style buildings everywhere that are often INCREDIBLY unoptimized to the local weather and climate so we can just throw more money at our heating and cooling bills

[the-supernatural-atheist]

where i live it is hot as balls approximately 80% of the year. i do not want a massive butt-ugly grey mcmansion with a huge echoey open-concept kitchen-livingroom-foyer-diningroom-staircase that has huge windows so i can have an hvac unit the size of a barge heaving and straining to keep it at a constant 72 the grees. i want a north indian traditional style home with small windows to force the airflow to cool, decorative grates to limit the amount of sunlight, and a COURTYARD with a POND *smashes unspecified large object*

[makaeru]

I hate learning about instances of "oh yeah we know how to do that, we just don't".

[marzipanandminutiae]

this is exactly why I love talking about historical passive heating and cooling techniques

oh wow the glass-tower office buildings we constructed when we thought air conditioning and central heating would never have downsides...have downsides?

and we're still building them?

while the Victorian house museum where I work, with thick walls and small windows and big wooden shutters stays ~10 degrees above (winter) or below (summer) the outside temperature for days on end with no help at all?

uh. okay then

(also public transit. the history of public transit in the US is infuriating, because we had it! and then we destroyed it!)

[headspace-hotel]

THIS IS SO TRUE

[teaboot]

Yeah Mr. Darcy’s proposal was a complete turd and a half but you gotta understand. You got your life together. A good career, stable income, retirement plan, all that shit together. And you meet this girl. And she’s everything. Clever, outspoken, funny, calls you on your bullshit. Grade A cutie, right? And she doesn’t go out of her way to spend time with you but she’s nice, and sometimes you catch her looking your way in a way that makes you think you might have a shot.

But her family. Holy shit.

First off, it’s p much ALL women, and mostly UNMARRIED women, which at this time means of something happens to her dad then you’re financially responsible for like. Four grown ass adults, potentially forever

Because mom in law is DEFINITELY gonna need someone to take care of her when dad in law kicks it, and they have like. NO money. So already you’re accepting that if all goes well, you’re gonna be one random old bag’s retirement home. That’s expensive and exhausting, yeah? Imagine asking someone on a first date knowing that if they say yes and things go good her high-strung chihuahua mother is gonna move in with you. IMAGINE.

And girly’s other sisters. Well, one is a sweetheart, yeah, so she probably won’t be an issue, but that still leaves three more, and two of those ones are INSUFFERABLE. Never went to school, dumb as rocks, spend cash like it’s toilet paper

And while one of the two is young still and might grow out of it the OTHER one is actively torpedo’ing her entire family’s reputation by wandering off with random dudes and chasing ass. She’s never gonna work, she can’t build connections, she’s a fucking sinkhole, and she’s being led on by the same goddamn con man ass leeching tit who’s been bleeding you dry while telling anyone who’ll listen that your family is full of ratty thieving bastards.

And if he dumps her after a week- WHICH YOU KNOW HIS BITCH ASS IS GONNA- you’ve got a SECOND UNMARRIABLE GROWN ASS ADULT TO PROVIDE FOR. And you KNOW she’s gonna be a tantrum-throwing little shit about it, and it’s not like you can lock her in the basement or something, you’re gonna have to bring her fucking. Everywhere. And give her an allowance and shit while she contributes zero, because again, she NEVER GOT EDUCATED AND HAS NO MARKETABLE SKILLS. She’s not even good to TALK to. FUCK

And you’re looking at this girl’s father like “please for the love of fuck get your spawn under control, marry them off, get them working on their résumé, learning to sew or be nursemaids or manage staff or SOMETHING, yall got no money and one foot in the grave” and that old man just laughs like “haha yeah, what can you do. lol”

So you’re looking to the mom and finally it’s making sense how she got that twitch in her eye and as MUCH as she is you’re starting to realize she’s the SMART one, desperately throwing her armloads of girls at random men like they’re a bunch of fucking lifeboats bobbing around a sinking ship, like yes Jesus Christ sweetly that life boat IS old and ugly and kind of boring but for FUCKS SAKE PICK ONE

And you look back at this girl who is ALSO REFUSING THE LIFE BOATS BY THE WAY and god damn it she’s still the most radiant thing you’ve ever seen so fine, fuck it, Christ alive, you’ll do it. You’ll shoot your shot. She’s everything you’ve ever wanted in anybody abut it’s not even just about that anymore, it’s about being her best fucking shot at a future, and even if she doesn’t like you all that much she’s still gonna say yes and that might break your heart a bit knowing it’s about the money but who knows, maybe it will at least be civil, or companionable, and even if she doesn’t LOVE you at least you’ll know she’s well and cared for

And so you’ll do it. You’ll take on the neurotic stress mess mother in law, the absent father, the broke ass wingnut no brain no money no future airhead sisters, the bad mannered relatives and the embarrassing behaviour and the impending future of sharing your entire shit with a clown parade of freeloaders, you’ll risk it all and accept the absolute certainty of financial ruin and emotional exhaustion for the rest of your whole ass life and you’ll make your own family deal with it too, you’ll do it, you’ll fucking DO IT, you stupid lovesick motherfucker

And so you go to this chick like “look. Your whole family’s a shitshow. You’ve got fucking nothing and you’re gonna die on the street. But for some reason- and I don’t get it either- I’ve fallen in love with you, and I wish I didn’t, but I did, so I’m telling you that whether you like me or not, I’ll give you everything. I’ll give you everything even if it’s the dumbest shit I ever done. Fuck my stupid Baka ass, I’ll marry you.”

And she looks at you- having heard or considered absolutely none of your months-long internal debate and monologue- and goes “The fuck did you just say about my family, you son of a bitch?”

And the shock of that is enough to jolt you back into a reality where you are able to actually hear and process what just came out of your damn mouth And yeah

Yeah, I think I kinda get it

[pontipines]

Monster High's "Scary Tales" series if it had actually been Peak: (note -This is a post about the actual doll line up,not the fairy tale characters they be in the world of EAH. That's another story.)

Cleo as Cinderella, since "Cinderella" originated as an Egyptian fairy tale "Rhodopis". Cupid is the fairy godmother, Deuce is the prince who ultimately turns Nefera and Ramses to stone (who are perfect as evil stepsisters/stepmothers).

Frankie is Belle from Beauty and the Beast, with Jackson/Holt playing the beast. The twist is that since they're monsters, Jackson is the "enchanted" part and Holt is the real one.

Clawdeen can still be Little Red Riding Hood, BUT Torelai is the wolf. Draculaura can still be Snow White, but Valentine is the Evil Queen!

Lagoona is obviously the little mermaid. Ghoulia is the sleeping beauty since she's technically a dead person returned to life.

Robecca is Pinocchio, since in addition to being a creation, her father is descended from a fairy, probably the Blue Fairy.

Howleen and the Grants are like Aladdin, for obvious reasons.

[currysideplate]

Just making use of my free will

Inspo🖼:The Meeting on the Turret Stairs