Z's Corner

I'm known mostly as Zpan Sven or Z in some circles. I was inspired to draw by comic books growing up and later grew to love anime when I first caught sight of a show called 'Sailor Moon' on TV while waiting for the school bus in the mornings.

[zpansven]

PSA

If you’re an RP blog and I follow you, its because my RP Blogs are sideblogs. You don’t have to follow back my main unless you like random stuff like cute animals, scenery, fandom stuff, art tutorials, and writing references :)

My rule 63!Barry Allen/The Flash - https://fastestpersonalive.tumblr.com/

My rule 63!Peter Parker/Spiderman - https://justalittlespider.tumblr.com/

My rule 63!Will Graham (from Hannibal) - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/hiddenshewolfwill/

Novice Maj (WoW) - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ask-the-novice

Quin Sunweaver (WoW) - https://www.tumblr.com/blog/thelittleapprentice

(I have others but I’m not very active on them. Ask me if interested!)

[partywithponies]

Being obsessed with your own OCs but literally never creating any art or content for them is such a curse. You'll be like "this reminds me of blorbo from my head :)", and everyone else will just be like "? who thef uck"

[everythingfox]

The week schedule of a doge

(via)

[whatsupbeanie]

Cats are mysterious cuddly creatures. I babysat a friend’s cat not long ago and she was very insistent on cuddles but also very particular about the exact number of strokes I was allowed to do. She is also very cute.

[monfufu]

that feel

[word-wytch]

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

[whatsupbeanie]

Love it when dogs get the zoomies. I live too far away to visit the family dog these days but having any dog greet you with enthusiasm is the best feeling.

[mollyjames]

The point shouldn't be to identify for sure 100% what is ai art and what isn't. I keep seeing posts advising one to look out for wonky perspective (as if perspective doesn't routinely trip up even the most experienced artists) or to pay attention to fudged detailing (as if impressionism wasn't one of the most influential artistic movements in history), and I think that's coming from a good place but frankly it's a losing battle. Remember when everyone was on about counting the fingers or counting the teeth, and a week later they had that shit ironed out completely? All you're really doing is giving these people more data points to work with to refine their algorithm. It's just going to be constantly shifting goalposts, and at a certain point real artists are going to get exhausted trying to make their art look as not algorithmically generated as possible. It'll be impossible to keep up.

So what should we do? Honestly, I think old practices are still best practices. Find real artists and follow them. Don't repost art, and dont spread reposted art. If something doesn't have a source, skip it. Support artists you like, either by sharing their work directly or donating. And if someone's work looks suspicious? Maybe give them a second look. See some of their other art before jumping to conclusions.

And yes, that means sometimes, you're gonna be tricked. Some people are going to fly under the radar and pass off ai art as their own. And that sucks, and they're liars, but you can't let the obsession with bad actors police real artists out of their communities, or discourage new artists from entering the scene.

[prokopetz]

Tiers of "it's basically canon":

They have a textually explicit relationship arc that doesn't get any on-screen resolution because the media they appear in ended too soon and/or they're not main characters

Their textual interactions are emotionally charged in way that isn't exactly sexual or romantic, but you can make a case for it if you squint just right

Their textual interactions are marked by a lack of indifference

They have textually interacted

You can't prove it didn't happen

[whatsupbeanie]

Cute things: cats edition! You can see the dog version if you go back in time on my comic blog! What are your favourite cute things that cats do? 

🌸 Follow @whatsupbeanie​ for more comics! Here or on instagram :>

[dykegoro]

Working w my jiujitsu instructor tonight and he's like "An important concept when practicing jiujitsu is tori-uke. The uke is the person on the receiving end of the technique" and I had to clamp my mouth shut so hard

[dykegoro]

Normal person: (uses standard Japanese athletic term)

Me (graduated summa cum laude from Yaoi University class of 2011):

[myothertardisisonthemun]

I sent a letter today - something I haven’t done for years

It’s full of plastic bread clips

It’s for Science

[myothertardisisonthemun]

At the risk of loosing some mystery, I think I should add some context:

There’s this website-I mean, scientific organization called the Holotypic Occlupanid Reasurch Group.

They are a group of abiologists who study and classify Bread clips.

I found a species that has not yet been described:

Yay for citizen science 👍

[numberlover1729]

wtf?

[myothertardisisonthemun]

Update:

[meckamecha]

Apparently HORG is widely appreciated by pediatricians since knowing exactly what kind of Occlupanid a child may have swallowed makes removing it safely much easier

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

IIRC this is actually part of the reason HORG was started. A man swallowed a breadclip and the clip closed around part of his tissue linings (in his intestines I think?). The specific shape and flexibility of the clip were significant determining factors in the removal process, as some bread clips have spikes and prongs that would have made extraction more complicated. They started the taxonomy so they could work out extraction techniques for each type.

[wyndryga]

are you fucking kidding me occlu like oculus or close and panid like bread. its a fancy word for breadcloser

[glupbleepo]

happy very specific archive thursday, everyone

[whatsupbeanie]

Accidentally hurting a dog breaks my heart. Even worse when the dog thinks it’s because it did something wrong and acts guilty. Aaa.

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[knifefightscene]

[shithowdy]

made kitty french toast! the bread is from a local japanese cafe called jiro cafe.

[somanyjacks]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if the phrase "self care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks.

[wormsslime]

[somanyjacks]

Reblogging to add amazing tags from @meta-theory

#this both makes things more fun and also is a really good analogy#because there are four types of system maintenance and that makes the term much more exact than the nebulous ''self-care''#and therefore much more helpful to those of us who uhhh struggle with nebulosity#for anyone curious the four types are:#1. corrective (to fix current problems)#2. preventative (to avoid future problems)#3. adaptative (to re-adjust to any changes)#4. perfective (to work towards a better system)#I really like this idea I'm gonna make a checklist

[whatsupbeanie]

Back when we stayed with some family for a bit - I got to hang with a sweet dog called Bonnie. She kept me company while I worked and would lean on my leg and demand pets 😭❤. I miss her. .