The Twilight Researcher

Greetings. I'm a friendly writer who enjoys a variety of different pursuits. My interests shift often, but I'm always up for new ideas and content.

[danidrawssquids]

This was quickly thrown together but dont fret because my thanks is genuine!

600+ followers Ohmygod!

Giveaway time!!

1st prize:

A painted headshot with simple background!

2nd prize:

Waist/bust lineart! ((Can be transparent

3rd prize:

One or two chibis!

Reblogs only!

Multiple reblogs multiple entries!

Not restricted to followers but please consider supporting me and my other art focused blog! @danijustdraws

This giveaway ends at december 14th!

See you next time!

[danidrawssquids]

7 more days!

( i cant count lol)

[danidrawssquids]

Last day to reblog :0!

[left-reminders]

[rui-cifer]

Read Debord.

[bluelivesaintshit]

Vox actually did a pretty nice article about it, and in case you were wondering what charities it is supposed to be benefiting

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/30/18043054/ben-jerrys-political-pecan-resist

[jupiter-math]

Ben and Jerry’s isn’t making an empty advertising gesture. They company has supported Bernie Sanders, and made an ice cream flavor to raise awareness of global warming. They run progressive news stories on their websites and social media. They pay their workers a living wage. Even their brownies are sourced from a company that specializes in hiring people out of jail to help them get their lives back on track. They’re open supporters of socialism. I understand the idea of “no ethical consumption” but Ben and Jerry’s isn’t just adopting a political message for nothing.

[offbrandginger]

They’re a registered benefit corporation, and they publish a third-party Social and Environmental Assessment Report every year to be completely transparent about how they’ve been doing business and impacting the world. Ben and Jerry’s has been speaking up about Global Warming, Civil Rights, Environmental Justice, and LGBTQ Issues for literally decades, far before other companies realized they could pretend to be progressive to rake in more customers.

It’s totally fine if you don’t want to buy their ice cream, but it’s important to me as someone who has spent the last three months researching and writing about Ben and Jerry’s to state that these sentiments aren’t hollow, and your money goes towards fair trade farmers, environmentally sustainable dairy farms, and, yes, legit charities that are trying to improve the world.

TL;DR: Ben and Jerry’s is really awesome, and one of the few companies genuine in their progressive sentiments

[nelnal]

[fiship-deactivated20220617]

When a living lamp gives you a kiss

Thanks to Amy for all the support 

[haniwahead]

The moment I heard Joker got into Smash I just had to do this

[1nsert-art-here-old-account]

OC Commission

[avi-why]

every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!

me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me

[quarter0master]

May I add something, because I will never shut up about this book (Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark):

[bendingsignpost]

Verbs are your volume (said, shouted, shrieked), but adverbs change the pitch (gruffly, hoarsely, delightedly). 

[twilightresearcher]

Sound advice

[shelgon]

[oogzie]

The Condom was ineffective in all three tests. frankly, we’re at a loss.

[snugundies]

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

Friendly reminder that the intro to Lion King….the non english bits leading up to the “circle of life” is not random yelling in *Africa voice* it is an actual language, Zulu, spoken by 10 million people, it is the most widely spoken language (out of 11) in the country of South Africa (1 out of the 54 countries in the continent of Africa, the continent home  to somewhere between 1500-2000 languages and around 3000 distinct ethnic groups)

this isn’t to say that you have to friggin learn the language to sing along with a disney film, it just means that you should be mindful, respectful, appreciative and respectful. don’t be yelling out whatever noise comes in to your head when you hear it

[melancholic-pie]

Ok but someone knows what does this say?

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

The lyrics before the english comes in…in “circle of life”

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Here comes a lion, Father] Sithi uhm ingonyama [Oh yes, it’s a lion] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [Here comes a lion, Father] Sithi uhm ingonyama [Oh yes, it’s a lion] Ingonyama [It’s a lion] Siyo Nqoba [We’re going to conquer] Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala [A lion and a leopard come to this open place] (repeats) [queue English lyrics]

I would like to further add that language has there own cultural nuances so something that can sound extremely meaningful in one languages may not sound as majestic when translated to another (I know this as someone who has an understanding of 5 languages and speaks 3 of them fluently) so if you are thinking “oh it ain’t that deep they are just yelling: the lion is coming!” dial it back

[haileyastraea]

Worth noting that “lion” and especially the word Ingonyama is a very respectful word to talk about a Zulu king, especially in praise. It’s so heavily associated with royalty in isiZulu that a different word is used for an animal lion - Ibhubesi. This isn’t just announcing the arrival of an animal, it’s celebrating the arrival (or coronation?) of the king

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

/\ Whoop, I didn’t know this

[toastbutteregg]

This is so informative thank you so much

[trackalaka]

Not-dinovember continues! Day 11-20 Whoaaaa

Inostrancevia - Tanystropheus - Shastasaurus - Ornithocheirus - Dunkleosteus - Prestosuchus - Drepanosaurus - Geosternbergia - Teleocrater - Atopodentatus

[demi-shoggoth]

I couldn’t help myself and made a meme.

[trackalaka]

oh my god

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

Life is a journey, don’t be afraid to see where it takes you.

[lonelystarship]

silverspatuler

[robotnikholmes]

I was just captivated by this comic

[gabzgirl]

THIS NEEDS TO BE A MIYAZAKI FILM 

[avianawareness]

Yes to bird frands

[laranthrod]

My 2018 Tumblr Top 10

1). 1,272 notes - 09 February 2018

2). 1,073 notes - 04 June 2018

3). 960 notes - 24 June 2018

4). 923 notes - 26 May 2018

5). 914 notes - 02 August 2018

6). 867 notes - 25 July 2018

7). 855 notes - 31 October 2018

8). 820 notes - 03 October 2018

9). 797 notes - 08 October 2018

10). 744 notes - 26 May 2018

Created by TumblrTop10

Apparently the Montly one doesn’t exist anymore so here’s a top 10 dfghjkl

[theexplodingcelebi-deactivated2]

you bet your ass gali’s a top 10 contender

[hallownest-archive-deactivated2]

all the bioware fans on that post complaining about how obsidian isn’t doing romance in otw are just persuading me more and more that it was the right call

“We really wanted to focus on you role-playing your character,” Boyarsky said, “developing the unique personalities of your companions as fully fleshed out people.”

Romance, he said, has a tendency to funnel gameplay and temper the decisions players make in the game in unusual ways. For that reason, they opted to leave it out.

“We had to pick what we were going to put our time into,” Boyarsky said. “Other people have explored the romance angle in different ways. We felt like sometimes it kind of waters down your roleplaying for your character because it turns into this mini game of how do I seduce this companion or that companion. So it was just one of the things we felt wasn’t really what we wanted to focus our time on. […] We’re really trying to be focused on a specific experience so that we can polish that experience and give players the best version of that experience that we can.”

[yo-daddys-my-bitch]

May the 10 of Pentacles bless your account with more money than you can spend. 💵✨

[hermes-is-my-homeboy]

10 of Pentz came thruuu

[violaslayvis]

Omg this actually works!!! Thank you 10 of Pentacles!!!

[borkdork]

I could seriously use this money right now….

[ashashi-corner]

Please give me my refund of 400$ soon…

[hermes-is-my-homeboy]

I feel obligated to reblog this every time it shows up in my dash

[hermes-is-my-homeboy]

No bragging, just 100% floored and grateful. Work hard, maintain a positive attitude, and believe that anything can happen.

[virgocity]

So I reblogged this exactly a week ago because I thought it was funny and uh lo and behold, a family friend wrote me a big ol’ check just to help me out of a tough financial spot AND my bank refunded me $32 for fees they’d originally taken out. SO UH YEAH. Reblogging this again in hopes that it brings equally good fortune to my followers.

[penprp]

Sure why not? Jobs bring in money and prosperity…

[leradny]

I NEED TO FIX MY CAR DOOR

[getlostpeeves]

It fucking WORKED.

[kezia-kawaii]

give me money

i can’t afford to breathe

[tinysaurus-rex-deactivated20240]

I just need a few more money to get the things I need for a project!!! Come through pentacles dude!!!!

[fenland-witch-deactivated202005]

Still waiting for that first universal credit payment.

[kevansevans]

I could go for some Christmas money before this website tanks.

[twilightresearcher]

A little bit of extra money would be nice.

[cheese24k]

[clambistro-deactivated20161211]

Ahh, it’s back

[julierthanyou]

i have disproportionately strong feelings about this.

[party-wok]

every time i say “nah i’m not gonna watch it again.” BUT I STILL DO EVERY TIME.

[bestrooftalkever]

YEAUGH

[real-faker]

I uh… have some headcanons…