Decisions

31 | Any Pronouns | Malaysian Chinese | Mostly reblogs. Sometimes art. Occasionally Not Safe For Work. There may be illustrated nudity and NSFW text posts. Tell me if you need anything tagged. Art tag: Kid-Scribbles

[thescribblekid]

Something I always love is when characters have to swap weapons for whatever reason and use the same skills/powers in different ways! I wanna see Donnie thinking with portals!

The turtles all seem to have decent training in a variety of weapon types, considering they were using the ‘classic’ TMNT weapons at the start of the series and switched to using the mystic ones pretty well (also Splinter’s veritable armoury of weapons we briefly see in ELOM). The weapons are so iconic to them at this point, but it would be fun to see em branch out occasionally!

this is a stealth disaster twins pic bc Leo’s the sword, but that’s for another post

[aidosaur]

It's been such a joy to do character design on Fields of Mistria!

A huge congratulations to the entire team at NPC Studio, and I hope everyone enjoys the full release! 🌸

[barbarous]

✨🌠 Fields of Mistria 1.0 is here! 🌠✨

Ananth and Yuko have been working on the game since 2019-- seven years!! -- as Senior Writer and Character and Environment Concept Artist respectively!

It's been a tremendous undertaking with an incredible team. We hope you enjoy your time in Mistria! 🌸

[depsidase]

[inkeatons]

Hello again! I've made this post to better summarize all cover art findings! We have been able to find cover art for volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14. Some of the images even have layers, and I'll put all of them after the cut, or in a reblog. Sources are listed after the cut

Alternative Volume 2 and 12.

Pieces for Volumes 1-2-7-8. Pieces are available also for volumes 10-1114, I'll put them in a reblog.

Sources: All J-POP Direct numbers available online [35-144] have been uploaded on the internet archive at this link. They were all originally hosted on the official website. Volume 1 parts come from JPOP Direct 41, found by @kyregcy on Tumblr. Volume 2 parts come from JPOP Direct 46 and 47, found by @kyregcy on Tumblr. Some pieces were stitched from the official cover. The alternative art was found on danbooru at this link. Volume 3 parts come from JPOP Direct 51. Volume 4 parts come from JPOP Direct 49. Volume 6 parts come from JPOP Direct 63. Volume 7 parts come from JPOP Direct 76. Volume 8 parts come from JPOP Direct 82. Some pieces were stitched from the official cover. Volume 10 parts come from JPOP Direct 106. Volume 11 parts come from JPOP Direct 111. Volume 12 parts come from JPOP Direct 115. The alternative art was posted by u/Emotional_Arm8682 on Reddit. Volume 14 parts come from JPOP Direct 115. Sadly i cannot post all images in one post, i'll put the pieces for volume 10-11-14 in a reblog

[inkeatons]

Pieces for volumes 10-11-14

[tmnt-pizza-party]

TMNT: Empire City VR (2026) has no business being as funny as it is.

[jame7t]

I’ve been showing my hamster your blog and it seems to really like it, biting at the screen. I also have a hamster(the small animal kind) too and he seems to like your blog as well

the fuck is the first hamster then

[rsingwriting]

I saw a post talking about how Terry Pratchett only wrote 400 words a day, how that goal helped him write literally dozens of books before he died. So I reduced my own daily word goal. I went down from 1,000 to 200. With that 800-word wall taken down, I’ve been writing more. “I won’t get on tumblr/watch TV/draw/read until I hit my word goal” used to be something I said as self-restraint. And when I inevitably couldn’t cough up four pages in one sitting, I felt like garbage, and the pleasurable hobbies I had planned on felt like I was cheating myself when I just gave up. Now it’s something I say because I just have to finish this scene, just have to round out this conversation, can’t stop now, because I’m enjoying myself, I’m having an amazing time writing. Something that hasn’t been true of my original works since middle school. 

And sometimes I think, “Well, two hundred is technically less than four hundred.” And I have to stop myself, because - I am writing half as much as Terry Pratchett. Terry fucking Pratchett, who not only published regularly up until his death, but published books that were consistently good. 

And this has also been an immense help as a writer with ADHD, because I don’t feel bad when I take a break from writing - two hundred words works up quick, after all. If I take a break at 150, I have a whole day to write 50 more words, and I’ve rarely written less than 200 words and not felt the need to keep writing because I need to tie up a loose end anyways. 

Yes, sometimes, I do not produce a single thing worth keeping in those two hundred words. But it’s much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all.

[theamyrlinsofa]

This is the second time this post passes on my dash and it’s the best advice I ever got. I can’t write consistently in one go, it’s always about 50 words and then I get distracted and just have to do something else for a while. Do the math quickly: trying to write 2000 words a day takes a looooong time that way. So there were many days where I just didn’t even start writing, cause I wouldn’t reach my goal anyways and feel like a failure. Then I stumbled upon this post and I thought: hey, let’s give this a try. And it works! I set my goal between 200-400 words a day and that’s perfectly doable. Some days I get into the flow and I write a whole lot more. On other days, I struggle to get those 200 out but hey, at least I wrote 200 words and reached my goal. Whatever the outcome, t makes me feel good and accomplished. 

Writing takes practice, so even if it’s only 100 words a day, it’s better than nothing. If it worked for Terry Pratchett and me, than it can work for you too!

[shadytail]

We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.

[krakenartificer]

I love this in every way possible. What is it from? Where can I read more?

[blackcatphysics]

The pitfalls of experimental archaeology and puppies.

[shrewreadings]

link to source:

“Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery, or how Linen Armor Came to Dominate our Lives.”

https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/unraveling-the-linothorax-mystery-or-how-linen-armor-came-to-dominate-our-lives/

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

holy shit read the article. it’s short but wild

[mounmantaka]

We found that even more of a threat than rain was one’s own sweat on a hot day. So, yes, it does need waterproofing, both inside and out. We did a number of experiments along those lines, and found that rubbing a block of beeswax over all sides of the armor provided nice waterproofing. It also makes the armor smell nice! When you wear it for a couple hours, your own body heat softens the glue a bit and makes it conform to your body shape, so it is much more comfortable to wear than rigid types of armor. Our reconstructions weighed about 10 pounds–about one third the weight of bronze armor that would provide the same degree of protection.

Honey i gotta go to war… not to smell my bee armor or hang with the boys or anything no.. uhh we need to uh do war things?

[thefibrarchaeologist]

#i've definitely read this before and i've probably reblogged it before but like.#no one in this thread is mentioning that they actually shot someone with an actual arrow in this armor.#they were like 'we've got to test this in practice' and instead of getting a mannequin or something they had an actual person wear it.

They what?

[classicslesbianopinions]

from the article:

While all of this mayhem (both scientifically controlled and free-form) convinced us that our linothorax was ancient-battlefield-ready, we still felt compelled to try a real-life scenario, so Scott donned the armor and Greg shot him. And while we had confidence in our armor, our relief was still considerable when the arrowhead stuck and lodged in the armor’s outer layers, a safe distance away from flesh.

a good life-size mannequin is expensive but i guarantee it would've cost way less than they were spending on all that linen.

[dr-dendritic-trees]

Academics are just like that.

[captainhelion]

They wrote a book about it btw

Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unravelling the Linothorax Mystery - Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, Alicia Aldrete, 2013. and here's the "they shot a guy" pic, with one of my favourite captions ever

[ineptshieldmaid]

WOW YAY thank you @captainhelion , one for this important update and addition to my tbr and two, because I remembered you didn’t have the username On Here that I met you under but had forgotten what you changed it to!

[bloodraven55]

sitara and toregene as two sides of the same coin, both seeing someone they've lost and finally finding the inspiration to act in each other, united by their shared anger and pain. absolutely iconic duo already god this story really is something special

[everydaylouie]

Nintenhogs DS Original Soundtrack

an imagined OST of music for a pig sim game made with GBA/DS soundfonts 🐷

(bandcamp) (youtube)

[kinbari14]

Head animator Kihyunryu Zuko's reference poses and custome design done by team lead cteec (IG)

[nelnal]

[gympunknuzlocke]

Thank you card for 300+ Subs on Comicfury! You can read GYMPUNK here

[void-inked-pen]

I have exciting news! My original comic, “guardians of gio” will be live later in august on a new comic website called Popjoy! Ive been helping with testing and making comics and ads non-stop for several months now and I would love for you all to check it out!

The beta goes live mid august, and you can apply for the waitlist at popjoy.app!

[galileosballs]

"Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college"

Because if you demonstrate to me that you're willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don't get into medical school.

[galileosballs]

"oh, but this course is just a distribution requirement, it's not for my major"

Does saying things that are true and that you know are true only matter when someone is giving you a little prize for it?

[galileosballs]

Tumblr doesn't like to do this kind of ethics, so I have to phrase this carefully, but it's a question of character. And a person's character is clearest when they're being asked to do the right thing even when it doesn't matter to them.

I don't want to live in a world in which doctors and lawyers and politicians just ignore the responsibility to research and verify when it's inconvenient for them. When they're busy. When they have something they'd rather be doing. The world I live in is already too full of those people in positions of power. I'll be damned if I let there be more of them.

[galileosballs]

Some of the responses to this have been, in essence, "well, it's not our fault for being raised in a bad educational system that prioritizes grades over comprehension". And you're right, it's not your fault.

But you freely admit the system is bad. That it values the wrong things.

So why do you limit yourself to only achieving what it values? Do you not aspire to be better than a system you know is wrong? Don't you want to change the world?

[momento-more]

@elodieunderglass - This made me think of you.

[elodieunderglass]

Thank you so much for this

[romanyeva]

Just had to talk a friend down from a two cakes crisis. Her cakes - meaning her fic - are absolutely fine, but she felt a little down and checked out the rest of the dessert table. She got caught up in the whole comparison thing. "Oh man, this fic is way better than mine 😞."

And hoo boy, have I ever been there. When I was writing prolifically, I just wouldn't read. I couldn't because I knew I'd go into that fic measuring mindset and declare myself the loser, have to step away from the keyboard and stare out the window a while. And if I had an exchange deadline? Absolute worst timing.

Not everyone goes through that of course, but it's more common than you think, even with so-called established writers. I've seen people delete wips or even their whole account over that burden of doubt. So here are some possible tips to crawl out from under that burden:

Table it. You're done for the day. You've been staring at that cursor for too long. You have no perspective on your work anymore. Go do something else: play with your dog/cat/fish, go for a walk, eat something, go to bed if it's late.

Re-engage with the source material. Watch an episode, read a chapter, listen to that podcast, whatever it is. Find that voice in your head that sings in harmony with the source.

Read positive comments left on your previous work. Trust what they've told you. Because the liar here is your doubt, not your readers.

Hit up that friend you trust and ask them to tell you your strengths. Even if you don't believe it right now, you have strengths as a writer. Maybe it's worldbuilding, maybe it's dialogue; your friend will give you concrete examples. You don't need a beta right now, that will come later.

You're not alone. This is a community. Even if it's a rarepair or gen fic in a niche fandom - and especially then! - someone will be so happy that you brought that cake to the table.