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happy pride month !

I still don't think I can draw (sue me), but I am sharing them before I decide (again) that something is wrong lmao

Behold, Godric and Gideon, The Jousting Shark Knights (also known as baby's first venture into digital art)

Dropping them here as a test run before I share them on Insta lol

Also massive thanks to @sam-art21321 for 1) cursing me with the idea, 2) listening to me bitch and moan as I figure out Krita, and most importantly 3) invaluable (/gen) art advice

#z does art #jousting sharks #medieval fantasy #or more like #medieval fantasea #digital art #i tried okay #giving myself an A for effort #doesn't change the fact that they made me start going bald a little faster #also #the hammerhead is Godric #the nurse shark is Gideon #if you even care #yolo i guess

natnormalatall

roald dahl was antisemitic and misogynistic. george orwell was openly homophobic. edgar allan poe married his 13 year old cousin. dr seuss cheated on his wife (and was racist as well as antisemitic!). hp lovecraft was racist as fuck. anyways they’re fucking dead it’s not like you’re enabling their behaviors in the afterlife or something. then again I think they bleed into the books so uh keep an eye out for that

the difference between these old white guys and jk rowling is that the former group is all dead. jk rowling is alive and using your money to oppress trans people

crabussy

I would love to make one post about aotearoa without people bringing up hobbits on it to be so honest with you guys

crabussy

listen I understand. they're amazing movies and I do think it's awesome that they were filmed here!!!!! but holy shit! it's the only thing anyone seems to be able to talk about when there is ANY discussion of these islands!! I would super love to be able to discuss our ecology, politics, culture, landscapes, and people without needing to hear about hobbiton every single time

crabussy

I don't knowwww. it shouldn't be a huge deal but at the same time, the image an overwhelming amount of people have of aotearoa comes from those movies. our struggling ecosystems get overshadowed by fields and grassy hills and other non-native biomes that were explicitly chosen to depict the england-inspired fantasy land of middle earth. these same biomes only exist here because english settlers historically slashed and burned massive swaths of forest to create them, and now they're framed as famous and beautiful. mass deforestation of precious native forests. I don't know man. it annoys me juuuuust a little when every other post I make about this place gets a lotr joke plastered on it.

noah-luck-easterly

hey, do you have any cool facts about aotearoa i can pivot to when people bring it up in conversation

crabussy

there are 53 volcanoes in the most populated city in the country

the largest eagle to ever exist (pouākai) was endemic to aotearoa

same with the tallest bird to ever exist (moa)

tuatara is only remaining species in the order sphenodontia and only exists here (for context- the other three extant reptile orders are snakes+lizards, turtles+tortoises, and crocodiles+alligators+caimans)

only two native land mammals and they're both tiny bats

kea is the only alpine parrot on earth

wētāpunga is the heaviest insect on earth

hard to condense into a quick "fun fact" but matariki is an incredibly celebration that has a lot of fascinating history and tradition behind it, totally worth researching!!

less of a fact more of a "check this out" but showing people photos of rotorua's geothermal areas is a favourite of mine

we were the first nation to give women the right to vote in 1893, almost a decade before any other country on earth!

we have the most colourful fungi out of anywhere on the planet!! this is due to our massive abundance of native birds. the fungi mimics the bright colours of fruit, causing birds to eat them!!

beaswellgirl

yep, pretty much

People talkig like ADHD folks jumping from hobby to hobby is a bad thing

My siblings in Christ, I have at least 4 different craft-based hobbies between which I jump like a deranged bunny on crack, successfully preventing burning myself out of one of them

Diversity is key 💅

#z yapps #adhd #actually adhd #for anyone curious the hobbies are:#sewing #drawing (amateurish)#jewellery making #and soon to be added woodcarving

zmorak

Not my circus, not even close to my monkeys

Then why the fuck am I the ring-leader?

zmorak

My company's decisions do not reflect my opinions My company's decisions do not reflect my opinions My company's decisions do not reflect my opinions My company's decisions do not reflect my opinions BUT IF I SEE ANOTHER AI DESIGN MOCK-UP I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD

#Mondays eh?#z yapps #why did i even agree to handle this in the first place

Not my circus, not even close to my monkeys

Then why the fuck am I the ring-leader?

#z yapps #office is fun as usual #nie mój cyrk nie moje małpy

asksloyxp

Maybe if I just work harder, this empty cup will pour again

shinyrock6498

Maybe the cup needs a bit of time to rest and refill?

asksloyxp

Maybe the cup needs to lock the fuck in???

dianaprallon

How bad is it that every time I hear/see/remember Merlin's big finale speech, as he goes "Some men are born to plow fields" I ALWAYS expect there to be someone who continue it with "I was born to plow you, Arthur. And I wouldn't change a thing."

... BC you know that's exactly what Arthur was HOPING to hear but alas.

Alas.

And yes this has been my reaction since Christmas Eve 2012, I've got problems, I know, thanks.

bakerharrystyles

@limbel MILA IM FUCKING SCREAMING AT THESE TAGS 😭😭😭😭

thehummingbirdsmatter

I love when a meme gets so many steps away from its source material that it would be completely incomprehensible if I didn't know what today's date was