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@joasakura / joasakura.tumblr.com

Fandom old and grown-ass adult. Vanguard. Sunbreaker. 76 Main. I write and draw things that amuse me 👍😬👍
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So what is the point to living if the world continues to be a frequently frightening, unforgiving place?

There is always tomorrow. And the next day.

And in between the stuff that seems too big and too loud, are small things. Warm things. The way your favorite blanket feels when the rain is pouring outside. The way your cat purrs next to you. The smell of toast done just right or lilacs just blooming. A friend’s voice on a chat, sharing a show, and even though they’re a thousand miles away, they’re right there with you all the same.

A little kid smiles at you in line at the grocery and you make a funny face in response and they laugh. The towels are warm from the dryer. A glass of lemonade, tart and sweet and cold, cuts the heat just right on a muggy summer day.

If we measure life only by the aspects we sure as hell didn’t wish were happening, it would be too much to bear.

It’s good to remember to mark and cherish all the wonders that persist. Because that’s what gives us the fuel to get through the rest.

What small, good thing will you find tomorrow?

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Reblogged mylordshesacactus
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So, tattoo shop AUs are really popping off lately and personally I love it. What’s more romantic than bleeding for art? Nothing!

But as someone married to a tattoo artist, I have been experiencing some mild She Wouldn’t Say That regarding tattoo culture. So here’s a few quick tips that may help inform your AU. With a grain of salt for my mostly-second-hand knowledge:

  • NO ONE REPUTABLE SHOP WILL TATTOO A DRUNK PERSON. EVER. or even a person they suspect of any kind of inebriation. This is not just for Regret reasons, but also because alcohol is a blood thinner. If someone is on an acute dose of blood thinners, you generally do not want to stab them dozens of times per second.
  • Maybe this is regional, but in my experience most tattoo places don’t call themselves parlors anymore. It has a kind of seedy vibe. I see shop or studio a lot but rarely parlor.
  • Most tattoo artists are hot, yes, but none are as hot at my wife
  • Tattooing janks up your hands. Sometimes in a RSI way but definitely in a changing-gloves-every-five-minutes-fucks-up-your-skin way.
  • Artists themselves are rarely if ever employees of the shop. They will be independent contractors who pay the shop either a cut of their sales or rent on their station like a hair dresser. They are also (usually) responsible for taking care of their own supplies, tools, etc. except for the stencil printer. What kind of dweeb would have their own stencil printer?
  • There is always a line for the stencil printer. Always.
  • Artists generally spend orders of magnitude more time working on art, replying to emails, doing consults, etc compared to time with their needles in skin.
  • A typical schedule for an artist might be: wake up at noon and guzzle half her body weight in coffee, one appointment from 1-4, and another from 6-9. Home to eat one (1) real meal at 10 pm. Drawing until 5 am. This is good for her actually and good for our marriage and she’s so healthy all the time.
  • An ideal shop receptionist needs to be friendly, knowledgeable, and encouraging. They also need to be willing to get out the baseball bat that is kept behind the counter.
  • If a shop has to choose between “good people skills” and “will promptly rebuff Nazis and the obviously inebriated” the later is often a more important consideration.
  • At any given moment in any given shop there’s going to be at least one apprentice or someone bumming around hoping to be taken on as an apprentice. They spawn on tic and this feature cannot be disabled.
  • Again I can not overstate how hot my wife is
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Reblogged lynati
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Listen to me

LISTEN TO ME

A game called South of Midnight comes out on April 8th. Y’all keep complaining about media having the same storyline over and over again with the same white people at the forefront. I need you to blow this game the fuck up.

Black female main character. With American South mythology woven in. Completely different

I NEED THIS GAME TO SUCCEED I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS GAME YOU HAVE NO IDEA

I’m looking you in your eyes right now. Play this game. Play this fucking game.

#gonna look for this
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Reblogged gallusrostromegalus
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since mrs, ms, and mr are all descended from the latin word magister, i propose the gender neutral version should be mg, short for "mage"

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some people think this is a shitpost so i want to clarify that i am dead fucking serious. make mage the official gender neutral honorific NOW. i want it on my passport. i want it on my bank account. i want doctors and judges to use it for me. i don't care if it sounds a little silly. people thought "missus" sounded crass at first. call me mg.

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benefits of mg:

  • easy to pronounce, even for children (though kids 4 & younger may pronounce it more like "mayd" or "maygh")
  • ONE SYLLABLE!!! ("individual" is too goddamn LONG.) you have to be able to say it quickly and casually
  • ends in a soft vowel sound, so it'll flow right into the next word ("ind" halts the whole sentence)
  • fits neatly into the existing structure as a relative of master/mistress that can be abbreviated down to an m and one other letter
  • distinct enough that it can't be mistaken for either gendered term (if you call me mix I'll kill you. it sounds like miss with extra steps)
  • wizard.

drawbacks:

  • there aren't any
  • yes, i know about milligrams and magnesium. i don't give a shit. ms can also mean microsoft. who cares.
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Reblogged pyromaniac-fairy-of-water
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I love tumblr because I can just post random stuff whenever and like so many people are just used to it at this point that I feel like an animal at a zoo doing little tricks in my enclosure except instead of jumping through a hoop im talking about my oc bouncing on that thing

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that has nothing to do with this. shut up.

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I CAN >:/ I JUST DONT WANT TO RIGHT NOW.

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Reblogged too-easily-obsessed
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had a dream that someone suggested the best gender neutral form of address would be Mþ (pronounced Myth) and i immediately said "mith me with that gay shit HEYOOO" and woke up at 4:30am hanging sideways off of my bed

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Normally I draw Bev in goofy situations bc let’s be real, he’s kinda dumb.

But there was a period where, after he thought Orin had killed Dem* and he started to ally with Gortash and Thorm (planning on sacrificing them all long) that he was kinda hot shit.

Yknow before Orin stabbed him in the face and consigned him to the tadpoles.

#when I say dumb this is a man who never stopped to think his indestructible cockroach paladin husband may have survived#that is Dem’s sword broken and reversed on his chest tho yes#Bevan Thrace#bg3#bg3 durge
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Reblogged vorchagirl
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They say taste and smell awaken our strongest memories. For so long, memories were all I had. But whatever the circumstances, the here and now is a much finer place to be.
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Reblogged baronmpontmercy
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spots to kiss.   since y’all like kissing prompts—and who wouldn’t, honestly–so have a collection of places to press your lips to. many of these work perfectly fine for platonic or familiar affection while some are a bit steamier, though what counts as what is of course naturally dependent on the muses and the context. send ‘ SPOTS TO KISS + [number] ’ to kiss my muse there, or with # for dealer’s choice. context and description allowed and encouraged. feel free to use the last option  ( 57 )  to give the kiss on any fantasy or scifi body parts not listed here.
  1. a kiss on the top of the head.
  2. a kiss to hair.
  3. a kiss on the forehead.
  4. a kiss on the space between eyebrows.
  5. a kiss on the temple.
  6. a kiss on the cheek.
  7. a kiss on the eyelid or the undereye.
  8. a kiss on the nose
  9. a kiss on the ear.
  10. a kiss on that space where jaw connects.
  11. a kiss on the corner of the mouth.
  12. a kiss on the cupid’s bow.
  13. a kiss on the lips.
  14. a kiss on the chin.
  15. a kiss on the jawline.
  16. a kiss on the back of the neck.
  17. a kiss on the underside of the jaw.
  18. a kiss on the throat.
  19. a kiss on the side of the neck.
  20. a kiss on where the back of the neck turns to shoulder.
  21. a kiss above the collarbone.
  22. a kiss along the collarbone.
  23. a kiss on the space between collarbones.
  24. a kiss on the shoulder.
  25. a kiss on the bicep.
  26. a kiss on the forearm.
  27. a kiss on the elbow.
  28. a kiss on the outside of the wrist.
  29. a kiss on the inside of the wrist.
  30. a kiss on the back of the hand.
  31. a kiss on the palm.
  32. a kiss on a finger.  ( which one? )
  33. a kiss on the side of the ribs.
  34. a kiss on the shoulder blade.
  35. a kiss on the space between shoulder blades.
  36. a kiss along the curve of the spine.
  37. a kiss on the upper back.
  38. a kiss on the lower back.
  39. a kiss on the sternum.
  40. a kiss on a pec / breast.
  41. a kiss under the breast.
  42. a kiss on where the sternum ends.
  43. a kiss on the stomach.
  44. a kiss on the navel.
  45. a kiss on the hipbone.
  46. a kiss on the ‘v’.
  47. a kiss on the front of the thigh.
  48. a kiss on the back of the thigh.
  49. a kiss on the inner thigh.
  50. a kiss on the knee.
  51. a kiss on the calf.
  52. a kiss on the ankle.
  53. a kiss on the heel.
  54. a kiss on the foot.
  55. a kiss on a toe.
  56. a kiss on an nsfw body part not listed here.  ( where? )
  57. a kiss on a sfw body part not listed here.  ( where? )
#ooh ooh yes send me these with a pairing plz
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Reblogged gallusrostromegalus
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They need to invent more fake celebrities like Hatsune Miku and Gorillaz and the Muppets because it's genuinely the most sustainable way to maintain a parasocial relationship with the entertainer class.

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Kermit the Frog can never get canceled because Kermit the Frog has no agency or personhood beyond what he is imbued with by the collective labor of puppeteers, voice actors, singers, and writers. He is, along with these other examples, effectively a celebrity by gestalt. He has transcended the inherit instability of the celebrity class through diffusion of responsibility for his personhood. He is a god.

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Reblogged labelleizzy
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Glinda really had an entire musical number expounding on the theme of "success in life is not about being highly qualified or even competent, but manipulating people's superficial perception of you." and then she went into POLITICS. truly the #girlboss representation the world has earned

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Glinda said "cronyism is the philosophy upon which our world order is built "but she was pink and bubbly about it so the audience thought it was cute. also in the novel she's all but explicitly stated to be repressing her attraction to women in favor of compulsive heterosexuality--a duty she then fulfills by marrying a wealthy older nobleman who doesn't bother her while she spends her time amassing social influence. bitch is positively Machiavellian but it's fine because she wears pink. anyway I have this theory that if she and Elle Woods ever met irl they would immediately death battle

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now LISTEN. yes Glinda could have gotten into harvard law, but my girl Elle Woods Legally Blonde would have joined Elphaba on that broomstick. they are NOT the same

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