I love that he apparently got the job because he looked so pathetic that children truly believed he would be unable to solve puzzles created by a cartoon dog without their assistance.
I used to watch blues clues so religiously as a kid and I can confirm that unlike Dora, Steve did seem to actually need help solving things (to kid me at least) and it did make me enjoy the show more because it didn’t make me feel like a little kid, like I didn’t know anything.
I’M SORRY I’M JUST SWEATING FROM MY EYES
i see trees of green
green trees there too
i see the trees
and they are green
and i think to myself
i am lost in these woods
We've been losing power due to winter storms lately so my partner 3D printed me a tealight "to fill in for tumblr when you're offline"
anyway this should be official merch imo
If you're wondering why I will not leave this site and why I love it so much: after this went around, I got a message from Tumblr asking if they could make it official merch and then they did. I said go for it, and donated the .stl file because I want to help the site stay afloat. It went live yesterday I think, and it's even prettier and better than this original design (they definitely put work into it which was very exciting).
But I want to say something else. They asked for suggestions on where to get these made, and I gave them the names of a few mass production companies, but I also gave them the name of my small local guys. I didn't expect them to go there, it's probably more expensive to use a smaller local shop, but I know it would mean more to them. And I was immediately told they'd check in with them, and then that's just what happened.
They went with my little guys.
So if you're wondering about the price, it's because Tumblr staff just... Listened and cared. They listened to the people who said they wanted one of these, and then they not only asked me but listened to the answer when I suggested supporting a business local to me. That's invaluable to me.
Also it's important to me that you know this comes apart so you can use just the dumpster to put things in. My prototypes are full of jellybeans.
This has to be my favorite collaboration so far. The response to these has been so great and every time I ship one out it makes me smile.
I want to be excited for the live action Little Mermaid so badly
The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with mermaids as a whole and will watch any media that has them. Hell, I own my own tails and monofins. But every time I see a gif or a video for the new Little Mermaid, I cringe
(btw, this is NOT because of the casting. If you're against this movie because Ariel is black, you're a racist piece of shit and this post isn't for you)
My issue lies with the CGI. It just looks so FAKE. We've seen through the course of movies and TV shows that use it that CGI does not age well, and that's because technology is constantly improving. What was impressive in 2005 is not impressive in 2023 (Just look at Aquamarine, another movie about mermaids). And the CGI on Ariel and her sisters already looks fake and the movie isn't even out yet!
Compare this image from the trailer
To this screenshot from H20: Just Add Water (a TV show that came out in 2006):
You can see the details of the scales in the second image
The first image is flat. Sure, it's colorful, but it's flat. It's fake. Halle herself is the most beautiful and alive part of the image, because everything else is fake
The difference?
H20 had costume designers, ones specifically trained in mermaid tail making, HAND CRAFT every tail on the show. All of the scales were hand laid, all the tails molded to fit the actors/actresses perfectly, painted by hand
Let's even look at someone with no affiliation to TV or movies:
This is Mermaid Linden, a very well known (in the mermaid community) professional mermaid. You can tell her tail is not as high quality as the ones made for H20 (though it's still a VERY expensive tail) - but it still looks like it's a part of her. You can still see the details. Because professional mermaid tails are also all handmade and molded to fit each person. Even if they don't lay every individual scale, good professional mermaid tail makers are very meticulous about what they do.
This is what happens when Disney refuses to pay practical effects artists. We could have had beautiful, handmade tails that would look real on screen for decades to come and could be reused for promotional purposes - instead, they're underpaying and overworking their non-unionized employees to make CGI tails that don't even look real now.
(to be clear, I'm not shitting on the artists. As I said, they're being underpaid and overworked. This is not their fault)
And before anyone comes and says "But swimming in those is difficult!" Absolutely it is. You should never swim in a professional level tail (or even just fabric tails) without practice and training. Which Disney could have given the cast if they were willing to PAY people (the cast of H20 [a TV SHOW] literally learned how to be mermaids on set. It's been done before)
Disney's "Live Action" needs to be rebranded as "CGI with some real people tossed in" because that's all any of these remakes have been, and it's exhausting when I look at what we could have had.
I just wanted to add some more pics of some silicone tails as another mermaid community member furious about the CGI
Mertailor Silicone tails
Finfolk silicone tails
Merbella Silicone tails
Compare these examples to the CGI tail and you can really notice the difference.
Using silicone tails, or even some of the fabric tails available (finfolks fabric tails are absolutely gorgeous) would have been a major step up.
Thank you
Ren: Yo best friends forever baby!!
Martyn: Excuse me? I know Ren didn't just say that. I think it was--I think there-the voice mod glitched. It was weird. It's AI. It's AI chat, it's AI! Like how the presidents argue about One Piece and Minecraft whilst you're watching Subway Surfer. Its--its just like that.
ao3 comments will be like “i like this line of your fic” and my reply will be like “fantastic thank you here’s my entire thought process about how i ended up with that particular line and also an outline for another fic i have and fifteen resources i used to research 1980s politics” and nobody asked for that chill
i asked for that
No we 100% asked for that.
Definitely asked for that, and also here’s the other three dozen lines from your fic that I liked and the outline for the fic they inspired me to write plus some extra character meta that at this point is only tangentially related to your fic but was definitely inspired by those 1980s politics resources and -
Yep.
This is literally how I made most of my fandom besties.
Listen…
Fic Commenters: If you ever want to make a comment going on depth about a part of a fic that stood out to you, but think “does the author really want to read all this?” The answer is YES! YES WE DO WANT TO READ ALL THAT!!!!
Fic authors: If you ever see a comment that makes you want to explain your thought process behind your writing, and you think “does the commenter really want to read all this?” The answer is YES! YES WE DO WANT TO READ ALL THAT!!!
In my last year of school, we went to Berlin, and a friend & I decided to go shopping.
So in a random shop somewhere in Berlin, I took a random Hat from the man's section, put it on, and jokingly said: "Look, it's the perfect hat for me."
She looked at me: "You can't buy that; it's a Man's hat."
So I looked her in the eyes and bought it.
I work on spite alone, and she should've known better.
buzzword cheat sheet to get attention of mutuals:
- music
- blood
- eroticism of the machine
- grief
- ouroboros
- labyrinth
- lycanthropy/transformations
- meat
- cannibalism
- devotion
- god
- rot and decay
- abyss/hole/cavity
results are encouraging so far
This fucking guy.
The funniest response:
the traffic life series are so funny to me bc i see all of this indepth analysis and its really cool but whenever i watch a life series im just like 'ohohoho what funny little creatures!! oh they are killing now!! aww there is an animal!!' and thats it
"summer is the worst" "no winter is!!!" actually both are. down with Big Temperature. spring and autumn for the win
mutuals stop putting this on my dash challenge
Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault
Thank Gnome it’s Friday! Lol
These dudes are fucking legit. They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back. And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”
The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.
In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.
Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”
The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”
Actual tears.. hnngh
Show me more of people like this, world. I give up on humans too easily.
where do i sign up for this,i want to be in this gang
This is fucking amazing. It may be out of character for me to say this but rock on
Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.
Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.” ( Article)
More about BACA, from their site
My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af
They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.
What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.
it’s back! I will always reblog BACA
Damn good people.
I know they wouldn’t consider themselves such, but these people are freaking heroes and the world is a better place because of them.
Hey folks, it talks about this in the article but its not mentioned in this post, BACA is a 501 © (3) charity that depends in part on donations to help pay for stuff like gas for their bikes. If you want to help, consider donating.
@copperbadge You like posting about heroes, Sam. Seems like this would be up your alley.
I love these folks! I’ve reblogged them before but it’s wonderful to see the donation information has been added.
Always reblog. Keep doing what you’re doing y'all.
Guys? This post changed my life. I saw this post. Forever ago. And thought it was only in america… and wished desperately that they could help me. But then I saw it again, during a bad episode, and checked their site. They aren’t just in the USA
They’re in Canada as well and probably other countries. I met and talked with a native guy who runs the place near me. His name is Shaman. I got in, and I’m considered a BACA child now. Despite being 17, turning 18 when I talked to them. They spent time with me when my abuser was over, they gave me therapy resources. They give you something called a ‘level 1′ where they go to your house with as many bikers as they can, i shit you not a solid 20-40 bikers came from even out of province, and met me. I got to choose my biker name and I got a vest with patches on it and my name on it. They all hugged a Teddybear before giving it to me, and told me if I ever felt the BACA bear was running out of love, to give them a call and they’d refill it for me, and then I got a ride on one of their bikes. Just a day or so ago I went to an annual party with them and they we ate food one of them cooked and had a lot of laughs.
I’ve never felt as loved as I did being a part of the BACA family. They also gave me dog tags with the names, and phone numbers of my 2 workers. So I can call them whenever I feel scared.
BACA is an absolutely wonderful group that will do everything in it’s power to help any child whos been abused.
And it doesn’t end when you’re 18 either. As long as you get in contact/get your level 1 before you’re 18? you’re ALWAYS a BACA kid. I’m 18 now and they still invite me to parties, ask me if I’m okay, and are there for me. They’re still trying to find me resources for therapy.
BACA has changed my fucking life.
I hope you all can read this, and reblog it knowing from someone who fucking been with them, that they are absolutely amazing.
If I ever don’t reblog this, it’s because I am physically being restrained against my will.
Supporting your local hero’s.
💞🖤💞 Carpe Diem 💞🖤💞
Links the International BACA Chapters:
B.A.C.A’s Byline: “Keepers of the Children.” B.A.C.A.’s Motto: “No child deserves to live in fear.”
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear biker vests.
Had seen this before, but never realised that this is on an international level - there’s even a contact address close to where I live (in Germany), very cool (though hoping the only use I’ll ever have to make of it is for donations) ❤
I spent a good chunk of my weekend scrambling to finish this comic. I hope you like it. I was really trying to push myself with the colours.
You know what’s wild? This comic still gets reblogged every single day. I made it so long ago it doesn’t even feel like my own work haha. Anyways, I guess I’m glad people still like it but it’s very weird to have One Piece of Art that Doesn’t Fade.
soooo i made geoguessr out of the hermitcraft season 8 download
While I do have some odd hobbies this recommendation is a bit much.
54.309469, -1.992410
think i found it
Bro doxxed a bathtub
greeble neeble gomble womp?? e mfucking worgle smeet huga dorble!!!!
what if i made all the limlife permadeaths rhyme
i call it “”end poem”” (the quotation marks are all mandatory 😌)
One cursed canary jump-started the end
Two severed ties for the sake of a friend
Number three never accepted his fate
Four didn’t look up 'til it was too late
Five’s final hunting trip cost him his life
Six turned his back to a man with a knife
Seven regained what she lost for a price
Eight won a death match he couldn’t win twice
Nine simply slipped and fell out of the game
Ten was a deadbeat and true to the name
Number eleven escaped to the sea
She didn’t swim fast enough—then there were three
One was the unguided hand of a king
One was a man who had lost everything
One beat the game by refusing to play
And the last player standing lived less than a day
oh lmao and for anyone who doesn’t just happen to have this all memorized, the deaths referenced are, in order:
- jimmy—now 4x victim of what fans have dubbed the Canary Curse, out first bc he accidentally jumped off a sky bridge
- skizzleman—the ‘S’ in team TIES, donated the last of his time to etho
- joel— cut off mid-sentence trying to get a kill with 3mins left on the clock
- bdubs—tnt minecarted by impulse from skynet, unexpectedly enough that most of the people nearby thought he got shot by grian
- tango—lost most of his health chasing scar and died to half a heart of fall damage
- scar—surprise attack by grian, despite having been tentative allies at the time
- cleo—went after grian for killing scar and died to pearl, then went to hang out with her ‘sons’ in spectator mode
- bigb—got a kill on scott when a glitch made him temporarily invisible, and then scott got him back
- grian—literally just fell
- etho—designated absent father of the clocker family, fell off the ruins of bread bridge fighting scott
- pearl—another scott pvp kill, but this time underwater
- scott*—sudden betrayal!!!
- impulse*—also sudden betrayal!!!
- martyn*—/kill after winning, you’ll never guess how
*the last part is organized differently so these are reverse order, line by line it’s referencing:
- unguided hand—martyn (the ‘king’ being ren, who couldn’t participate this time for irl reasons)
- lost everything—impulse, only member of his team to make it to the final 3
- beat the game—scott won at least 1, arguably 2 of the previous life series while pointedly refusing to prioritize game mechanics over his allies (this line is meant to also refer to martyn winning by doing the opposite, turning on scott and breaking the truce with impulse)
- p self explanatory, whole series took place over less than 24hrs, you get it
























