Folks announcing they're leaving Tumblr because they're unhappy with the Twitter clone dashboard on desktop. (I don't blame you, it's broken af.) Meanwhile, the day this hellsite finally does close, staff are going to have to pry me out of the air vents like a rabid raccoon that's adapted to survive on drinking air conditioning coolant and whatever trash is left lying around in the breakroom.
Here's some notes on some of the upper body muscles so you, artist, don't need to look them up
They are not medically accurate, just enough for artists to know the necessary muscles and how they work together
I 100% recommend doing the last exercise I did to be able to actually place the muscles
nimona THE tumblrina story of all time… she’s important for so many reasons but she started here. shes one of us. we were here for her at her first beginnings and we’re here for her now, in droves. of course we love nimona. shes family
me: i don’t want to see jellyfish so i will blacklist the tag #jellyfish
people with no common sense: je11yf1sh, je11¥fi5h, j*llyf*sh, je//ÿf!sh, j3ï||yf¡sh, gel lee fisk
result: cannot account for the sheer amount of possible ways to alter the word jellyfish
conclusion: i have to see jellyfish now.
Once again, tumblr is not tiktok, tag properly.
even just from the trailers, you can tell how much love and thought and effort was put into the barbie movie by everyone involved. it reminds me of when i realized the lego movie’s character models had fingerprints and smudges and wear and tear on the “plastic,” or when i learned all the tricks and practical effects the crew of the wizard of oz used to have dorothy step out of sepia kansas and into full-color munchkinland in the same take, or when spider-verse came out and we saw how closely the animation style mimicked a comic book. like….yes please. more of this please.
WHILE ALSO PAYING EVERYONE WHO WORKS ON IT A FAIR AND HEALTHY AMMOUNT OF MONEY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO, IDK, LIVE!!
Thinking about ND Stevenson having to squish his way into having catra and adora being in love but only in a subtle way until the last season, having to weave their romance so thickly in the plot so that the higher ups wouldn't get to cut it out, only being allowed to have catra and adora kiss in the very last episode. And now.
Now he got to show us a couple of men who say they love each other right from the start of the movie, who act affectionate and were clearly a couple from the start, who yes only kissed in the last minutes of the movie but not because they "weren't allowed" to do so before, but because it fit the story and their reconciliation and it was the right moment for them to kiss
"Gloreth didn't think Nimona was a monster until her mom said so"
No. No, it's worse than that.
She decided Nimona was a monster when she tried to protect herself.
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." "If you kill a Nazi, you're just as bad as them." "So much for the tolerant Left!" "We have to be accepted by the cishets in power, so let's turn on trans people." "My community won't hurt ME, so YOU must be the problem."
Nimona was attacked, and couldn't escape, so she fought back. And Gloreth didn't understand that her neighbors, who were always so nice and kind and rational to her, were dangerous and deadly to her friend who was Other.
She was a small child. But she is a stand in for everyone who sided with oppression and murder because they didn't recognize their privilege. And, like many fascist governments do, she was used, her story warped, to persuade people to build the wall "to protect our children and future".
Gloreth didn't turn against Nimona because her mom said to. She turned against Nimona because she refused to accept that her community was cruel.
listen it’s all obviously a trans allegory and all obviously beautiful and gutting because of it, but can we talk about the moment when they get back from the quispy dragon fight and Nimona says, they’ve taught little children to hate me, and “I don’t know what’s scarier…”
and Ballister’s immediate reaction upon seeing the depths of her anguish, of the way she’s been cast aside and made to feel like worse than nothing, made to want to just DIE, is not to doubt or pity her but to say, Nimona, we are getting you out of here. This situation is bad for you. I don’t care what it costs us, we’re getting you away from this, we’re leaving, together.
Never mind that Bal’s entire world is within these walls, never mind that he was literally JUST saying he thinks leaving the walls of the city is incredibly dangerous. He’s getting her the fuck out of here.
no literally sobbing because the reason crowley and aziraphale love each other is because they're the only two celestial beings who honestly, really know how to love. all the other angels and demons just follow orders but crowley fell for asking questions and questioning god like he still does because he honestly, wholeheartedly loves humanity ("you shouldn't test them to destruction") and aziraphale is the only angel with a real mind of his own who gets more and more exasperated the more he realizes that the other angels aren't doing good for the sake of love but for the sake of following orders ("but we're supposed to be the good guys"). they both carry so much love in themselves that when they met the only thing they could do was immediately place all of their love in that one other being who just finally understands.
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The show should really address at some point how Jaskier is the only one who choose to be with Geralt, everyone else has been linked to him through destiny but not Jaskier and how this can be both terrifying for Geralt because Jaskier can leave anytime he wishes to, but also how reconforting it can be, because he is choosing to stay.
Imagine Ketterdam centuries in the future, where all six crows have become saints, and their shenanigans have too many references sin history books to be written off as fairytales.
Kaz Brekker, the Saint of thieves who takes pity on the lost souls and evokes power into the hearts of crooks.
Inej Ghafa the Saint of the abused, holding a protective hand over those who share her story and causing slavers great misfortune.
Jesper Fahey, the Saint of treasure whose name those whisper at gambling tables for good luck and is said to guard all zowa.
Wylan Hendriks, a Saint of runaways who watches over the shaken souls and bruised children who slip out of their bedroom windows to start new lives.
Nina Zenik, the Saint of lovers who couples leave offerings to in hopes that their love will be eternal, no matter what.
Matthias Helvar, the Saint of soldiers who younglings going to war pray to for mercy, and known to protect Grisha when called upon.