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My family are farmers from my mothers side and when I was a kid my gradmother said something along the lines of “If you can grow anything you have a pure heart, plants feed off your soul as much as they feed off the earth. Be kind of them , they pray to god” she told me this while taking off the spikes of cactus pears. Now I buy dying plants from the hardware store on Clarence and easily bring them back to life, everytime I doubt my heart I bring home hoards of plants to bring back to life as if it’s a test of the purity of my soul.

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Every plant I have dies…

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According to an old lady in a old ass village in Palestine you a bitch then

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Captive children found each other

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Can we all agree this is just the sweetest and most healing, heart-felt thing ever?

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Listen. Harry James Potter was an accident.

You cannot convince me otherwise. Lily and James were 19 when they got pregnant. There’s no way that was on purpose.

Please picture it.

Lily tells James they’re pregnant. James panics, leaves, finds the other Marauders and demands a lads night, you know, no reason, just some drunken shenanigans for no reason at all with friends! Remus notices something seems a bit off and keeps an eye on his friend, but no one says anything. It’s only several hours later, when James is drunkenly crying and wailing on the floor, “He’s going to be so small! How can I protect him? SO SMALL!” that they realize what’s going on. They ask him if he is going to be alright. He sobs, tears and snot running down his face, and nods furiously. “This is the happiest I have ever been!” The others look at each other, shake their heads, and pull him to his feet. Sirius marches him back home to Lily, who has been waiting, scared, alone, and more than a little pissed off at her boyfriend for the better part of the night. She softens when she sees James drunkenly leaning on Sirius, Sirius shrugging in apology, because James is a mess but at least he’s home now. James falls to his knees in front of her and says, “I’m so sorry I ran off. I got scared. I’m still scared. But I’m happy too.” Lily can’t help but smile. “It’s alright, James, we’ll figure–” But James loudly shushes her and points at her stomach. “Wait. I’m talking to my son.” Lily glares at him and reminds him that it could be a daughter. Sirius adds, “Could be twins! Or quintuplets!” Lily glares more and tries not to laugh while James murmurs into her belly, “’M gonna ask your mum to marry me, but keep it secret ‘cause I have to buy a ring first. And a broom. Not for the wedding. For you. Do you like quidditch? You probably don’t know what that is yet. Don’t worry. I’ll teach you. I’ll teach you everything.”

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MY HEART CANNOT TAKE THIS

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Has this ever been you?

As artists, we can often feel like we’ve plateaued on our progress because of lack of time, or resources. Not every artist has the time to go to art classes, and not every artist has the money to attend art-school and receive a proper critique.

That’s why I’ve created this blog! Introducing the…

The Redline Station is a blog that is dedicated to helping artists. If an artist is struggling with anatomy, or would like a critique on their art, they can submit the art using the SUBMIT YOUR ART button. Then, one of our moderator artists will pick up their piece and do a redline of it to help them better see the places that need fixing.

What’s a redline?

Good question! A redline is when an artist will draw directly over a piece of art in order to show what the mistakes in anatomy are. By seeing the comparison of the art itself (at a lower opacity) and of the more accurate anatomical example, the artist can more quickly improve their drawing.

Our artists will take your submitted drawing and give you a redline. They will then post it to the blog alongside the original to help you compare the two and easily see what needs to be done. It’ll look somewhat like this!

Q: Can I submit anything?

A: Yes! Any type of art, human or animal is okay! The only thing that’s not okay is gore and pornography. The posts will need to be PG-13. (Kissing and suggestive scenes are okay, however.)

Q: Will you redline if the drawing is in my style?

A: Yes! Anime style, cartoony style drawings are also okay. The idea isn’t to fix the drawing to look more like ‘realism’, but to fix it to make it look more believable within the frame of style it’s already in.

Q: How many drawings can I submit for redlining?

A: For the time being, I’m the only one running the blog… In order to keep my sanity, I will accept only one submission per person and only keep submissions open for a limited time until I get more help. Which brings us to our next point…

Do you want to help me?! GOOD! Then please read the next post.

Mod applications are now open!

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Korrasami sketch drop [ part three ]

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It’s totally okay to say “you know what, this isn’t making me happy” and to walk away from whatever or whoever is keeping you from the happiness you deserve

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me walking away from my wedding to the boy who worked on my parents’ farm after my bridesmaids and maid of honor refused to give me $1500 cash each to fund our destination wedding and so I go backpacking for 2 months in South America instead

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I’ve never seen a thing that needed to be transparent more than this.

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I feel like Daddy was always meant to be a red herring.

She’s too much like a cheap version of Nicky. She’s a beta and a henchman. She uses drugs to get her floozies to be around her. She cares for the girls, but never actually protects them. She grooms Daya into being reliant on her and her drugs which is something that is obviously meant to be confronting to viewers.

Plus, she’s a pimp who manipulates women. Sure, Carol is a psychopath who murdered her own sister… But she didn’t knowingly sell her girlfriend to a sleazy, murderous man. A story uncomfortably close to the Weinstein scandal, still fresh in the public psyche.

A minor heartthrob, maybe. But I don’t think Daddy was intended to be well loved.

It mirrors the Badison situation. Badison isn’t meant to be the Big Bad of the season. She’s there to be a bit irritating. She’s a distraction from the real powerhouses. Even Carol doesn’t like her which is a major tip-off that we’re meant to empathise with Carol.

Really, the entire season is written for Carol and Barb. The writers know no one is invested in Piper and Alex anymore. Taystee’s storyline is powerful, but let’s be real, no one cares that much about Caputo’s love triangle. It’s the Denning sisters that are captivating.

We haven’t seen anything like them on the show before. They’re legends. They’re old school. They’re petulant teenagers who never grew up. They’re powerful, gang-lord, murderers. Their complete lack of empathy or conscience is fascinating. A trait particularly strong in Carol. They don’t have a secret heart of gold. They aren’t afraid of hurting anyone. It’s dark and magnetic and humorous and raw.

I think the writers knew exactly who was going to draw people in.

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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”

— James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time