What do you mean? Barbie has always been my entire personality!
I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.
dude.
$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.
re-reblogging and thinking about when i have another collection agency calling that i can just do this
Woah! I do love trans people!
"Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they're 15" this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
some important and underrated lines in the books, related to wylan van eck (aka gold that i found again while writing the character study fic):
Wylan took a deep breath as if sucking in courage and sputtered, “You won’t throw me overboard. You need me.”
--- Six of Crows, Chapter 13. when i say wylan is unhinged, i mean he had the audacity to lie to kaz brekker (who doesn't know yet that wylan isn't the best hostage) AND use that lie to go against kaz AND actually win. jesper only notices wylan lying to kaz in the second book, but despite being wide-eyed as matthias describes, wylan's been lying to kaz from the very beginning. throughout the books, wylan gets better and better at using people's assumptions of him as a weapon/tool, and he admits as much when jesper says: "i'm going to stop underestimating you", and wylan replies: "then you're going to be a lot harder to surprise."
While Kaz explained and Jesper used the laundry shears to portion out pieces of rope, Wylan helped Inej and Nina prepare. To pass as members of the Menagerie, they would need tattoos.
--- Six of Crows, Chapter 28. wylan is CANONICALLY a tattoo artist. demolitionist. poisons expert. musician. and tattoo artist. do with that what you will
“I don’t like the idea of killing people, either. I don’t even like chemistry.”
--- Six of Crows, Chapter 32. HE LIKES NUMBERS. and music. and jesper. there's just something about wylan being forced into chemistry when he doesn't truly enjoy it, vs. everything his father's forced him to do when he doesn't truly enjoy it. he says this right after the we could wake him up line, and him mentioning that he doesn't even like what he's been doing all along underscores how much wylan's ruthlessness comes from a place where he doesn't want to be cruel. he's just. had to do a lot of things to survive. and he does want to survive
Gunfire sounded from above. Apparently, Wylan had found the controls. ... Wylan had scratches from the glass all over his cheeks and neck. He was beaming.
--- Six of Crows, Chapter 39. wylan is unhinged. truly. and i love him, really. he was really the first to figure out how to fire the tank. him, not jesper, which was a choice i very much approve of
He should be making a plan, maybe even plotting revenge, trying to gather his wits and his resources. And what was he doing? Wishing he could ring for tea... Whatever it took to survive the Barrel, Wylan knew he didn’t have it.
--- Crooked Kingdom, Chapter 23. first, wylan wishing he could ring for tea, vs. the parallel in the show where he offers the crows tea. second, wylan being painfully honest with himself. but third, he ends the chapter being able to navigate the streets of the barrel himself without knowing how to read the signs, which really reflects his amazingly good memory and skill for thinking along three axes, like the lockpick kaz compared him to
“Yes,” Wylan said, that one word imbued with a whole world of hope. “But I don’t have anything to bargain with.”
--- Crooked Kingdom, Chapter 28. wylan's spent so long bargaining for his life that by the time he meets genya, he doesn't believe he has anything left to bargain with. but wylan still tries, AND when he succeeds, he still has the audacity to get genya to make him look better
in conclusion, wylan might be shy but that doesn't mean he isn't scheming something, but that doesn't mean he wants to scheme, but that doesn't mean he isn't good at scheming. he's excellent at it, he's just an unhinged ball of contradictions, and wylan would, could, and should beat kaz in a chess match
the context is the final line Martial 5.34 if anyone’s wondering:
To you, father Fronto and mother Flacilla, this girl
I commend: she was my sweet and my delight.
Little Erotion must not be frightened by the dark shades
and the monstrous mouths of Tartarus’ hound.
She was due to complete the chills of a sixth midwinter, no more,
Had she not lived that many days too few.
Now let her frisk and play among old friends
Now let her chatter, and so lisp my name.
And let the soft turf cover her brittle bones:
Earth, lie lightly on her: she lay lightly on you.
The scene in the Barbie trailer when Barbie is skating around with Ken and asks "Why is everyone staring at me?"
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE AN ADOLESCENT GIRL.
Living in Barbieland (childhood girlhood) but then suddenly you're all grown up in the real world subject to scrutiny and sexualisation (the guy slapping Barbie's ass) and feeling like existing is a crime?
Being forced by adult men into a box (which leads to the not like other girls syndrome) and exploring the 'real world' (being forced to grow up too quickly) while fighting the realisation that maybe the world sucks and being a woman is so difficult while hoping with all your heart that it's not always going to be this way.
Losing touch with the very things that made you happy because they're considered immature and girly? (The group of teens that said they hadn't played with Barbies since they were five.)
Older women telling you that you have to learn the truth about the world and that you can never have your old life back (Kate Mckinnon's Barbie) despite it being the only thing you yearn for, but also older women being a bright spot and support (the old woman on the bench) in the endless slough of life.
And this is just the trailer!!! I'm so excited for this movie I can't breathe, Greta Gerwig the woman that you are 😭
barbie trailer: humans only have one ending. ideas live forever. *cut to shot of Barbie with a single tear running down her face*
me: CINEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol
Man.
Imagine being Eda here.
You did everything in your power to keep your daughter (who just cracked open your walls) safe and away from the fight. Argued with her about her safety and even helped carve her palisman.
Only for it to be in vain, because she ended up being killed by Belos anyway. And you got a front row seat.
You don’t even know what to do as you watch the light orbs that used to be your kid float away.
At this point, Eda doesn’t give two shits and let’s the owl beast take the reigns.
You can practically hear her grief and agony in “I don’t think I can control myself right now.”
Imagine being King as well.
You're a Titan, and yet you still couldn't keep her safe. Even after sending her to another dimension. Even after all your anxiety about losing her.
She was the first friend you ever had. Your sister. Your hero. She saved you and your mother's lives multiple times. She listened to your stories and always tried so hard not to hurt your feelings even though she didn't believe you, and she talked you through your identity crisis when the world had shattered under your feet, and she knew all your toys' names, and she gave you her phone to watch stuff on but made sure you used it safely, and she chose to do a dangerous heist to rescue Francois for you, and she set time aside to make stupid puns with you because you were both just kids -
She was fourteen. She's dead. You're eight. You really don't feel like it, but somehow at the same time you feel younger and smaller than ever.
She begged you not to leave her once. Despite her family in the human realm, despite the danger and uncertainty all around, she wanted exactly what you did: to stick together. Maybe if you had, the two of you could have sorted things out with the Collector sooner. Or if you'd actually done something with all your godlike power, maybe Belos would already be defeated by now. You could have protected her. She always had your back, and when it mattered most you failed her.
Tears burn in your eyes and magic follows them. It rises in your throat like bile too, as blue as your blood. Belos wants a Titan's power? Fine. He can have everything you've got.
this one goes out to any and all bi women who have a preference for, desire to be with and/or are in a relationship with a man
- liking men or being with a man as a bi woman doesnt make you less part of the community
- it doesn't make your attraction to women lesser or weaker or fake or non-existent
- it doesn't make you bad or a traitor or any other biphobic bullshit that biphobic hets and biphobic members of the lgbtq community accuse you off being
- it doesnt make you deserving of any mistreatment or abuse that might happen in your relationship with a man or due to your attraction to men (gods forbid you ever experience anything so heinous and inexcusable)
it makes you bisexual and that is perfect. you are perfect. your bisexual attraction to and love for men is perfect.
you are a member of the lgbtq community no matter what biphobes within it or outside it say.
you are good and whole and enough. your bisexuality is good and whole and enough. it's true. i love you. mwah 💋💋
Anonymous asked:
Hey! i like how you draw hands, can you do a guide on how you do it???????
I looove drawing hands, but they're as fun to draw as they are difficult 👌👏
Usually when I draw, I don't go for perfect realism/anatomically correct, I mostly follow whatever makes the drawing look good, with exaggerated shapes, sharp angles, etc.
Drawing with references is the best advice I can give you!
When I struggle to draw hands I usually just look at my own hand and try to copy it (I have a small mirror next to my computer to make it easier), it works, but it's not always the best option. If you want to improve quickly, find some pictures and practice by drawing them!
A lot of websites have a built-in timer for studies, here is the one I used for this one for example:
So yeah, practice practice practice! The more you draw, the better you'll get!
A short comic I made about my experiences as a seasonal worker, and the way places change you.
KATNISS HAVING KIDS WAS A GOOD ENDING
i would have been pleased if she didn't have kids at the end too. women don't need to have kids to be find value(obvi).
HOWEVER THIS was ending was important for her characterization and the new panem post-snow. katniss felt safe bringing children, innocents, into a world safe from the hunger games. she was safe from poverty and tyranny and war. she could live gently and having kids was important because she was healing, and the country was healing. they would be protected. for 74 years children were exploited and abused and katniss knew this firsthand, but she knew there was not threat of that for her kids. they were safe. she was safe.
#katniss not wanting to have kids throughout the books was an example of the control the capitol has over her#the control the capitol has over everyone#that they can dictate a decision that should be completely personal#katniss having kids in the epilogue is proof that the capitol does not run her life anymore#she is no one’s puppet#she is free to love and be loved#catching fire#hunger games#the hunger games#katniss everdeen
KATNISS HAVING KIDS WAS A GOOD ENDING
i would have been pleased if she didn't have kids at the end too. women don't need to have kids to be find value(obvi).
HOWEVER THIS was ending was important for her characterization and the new panem post-snow. katniss felt safe bringing children, innocents, into a world safe from the hunger games. she was safe from poverty and tyranny and war. she could live gently and having kids was important because she was healing, and the country was healing. they would be protected. for 74 years children were exploited and abused and katniss knew this firsthand, but she knew there was not threat of that for her kids. they were safe. she was safe.
#she didn’t want to have kids because of the world she lived in#i’m sure that if katniss didn’t have to fear the games she would’ve had a very different opinion#family is everything to her#yes the wording is a bit weird in the epilogue#but i don’t think peeta forced her#but she mentioned how much she loves them#and i think loving them has helped heal something in her#katniss having kids was absolutely meant to be a healing thing#catching fire#hunger games
I’m so interested in how people view the Hunger Games as a love triangle because while rereading gale and katniss’s relationship feels much less like “omg are they gonna get together” and much more like “this is a story about how a close relationship can completely fall apart”