very wholesome content.
THIS!
Reblogging this too for folks with anxiety like myself who feel bad when they say they’re too busy but they don’t have every second accounted for doing something so they feel almost like they’re lying. Self-care goes on your schedule too, lovelies.
https://www.undercovercolors.com/ - buy tests
The fact that women need this in order to feel safe sucks.
This is genius engineering but also reblog to save a life.
EGOTOBER 2020
For your consideration, may I present the Egotober 2020 list.
Every year a list is created to take us through October, using ALL egos both canon and non canon across all fandoms. Taking us from the 1st, right the way through to the spoopy day itself, these one word prompts can be used in any way: art, edits, gifs, fics, anything that you can think of!
As always, there is NO OBLIGATION to do a prompt every day, dip in and out whenever you like. This list is to add a bit of creativity to the month and for people to have fun with!
If you create anything from the list, please use #Egotober2020 so we can find your work and marvel at the wide range of minds that make up these awesome communities!
Ten Major Artists:
Wong Wong & Lulu
Pepper examining himself before commencing a self-portrait
Pepper’s self-portrait
Tiger the spontaneous reductionist
Misty goes off the wall
Minnie, the abstract expressionist
Minnie’s Reindeer in Provence, 1992.
Smokey painting after an hour in the catnip patch
Smokey at work
Ginger’s Stripped Bare Birds, 1992.
Princess, the elemental fragmentist
Charlie, the peripheral realist
this literally makes me so happy
some of these are absolutely beautiful
More Beautiful After Being Broken
What this trite imagery misses out on is the fact that kintsukuroi requires a lot of work to repair a piece like that. It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort, a great deal of investment. Sometimes parts of the original are damaged beyond repair, and you have to instead painstakingly create entirely new ones.
It’s still not the same. Maybe it’s something more beautiful. But it’s not the fact that it broke that makes it beautiful. It’s the work put into it. It’s the fact that people made the effort to salvage it, because it was worth salvaging, because it was important enough to salvage. It’s the care that makes the beauty.
An apology can’t always fix what has been broken. That doesn’t mean it’s not irreparable, sometimes you can go on to rebuild and repair. But it won’t ever be the same as it was again.
I really appreciate this addition because I’ve always hated the “more beautiful for having been broken” thing. Being broken sucks and I hate all those tragic romantic sensitivities that try to make it what it’s not. These pieces are beautiful because they’re repaired with effort put in to making them shine.
Help!
My mom thinks I’m spending too much time using my phone and reading, and not studying. How she expects me to study when my school is a joke and the world is crumbling, I don’t know, but that is a whole other post.
She also found out that I use Tumblr, and she’s furious. I’m literally not allowed to be on any social media platform, so she wants me to delete my Tumblr now.
Anyway, after many hours of lectures and yelling and tears, and explaining what exactly Tumblr is, she’s decided that if this post gets
10,000 notes I get to keep my phone
20,000 notes I get to keep my phone AND my Tumblr
30,000 notes I get to keep my phone and Tumblr, and I also get as many books as I want
She’s doing this cause she thinks Tumblr is useless and that I’ll never get enough notes, so help please! I know this is near impossible.
I have until September 28th, 2020.
Dunno if this is true. My mom wouldn’t agree to it but.
Anonymous asked:
Been reading ur blog. U need to stop calling urself a dom. All this lovey crap makes real doms sick. A sub is not for respecting and loving. A sub is for using and thats what they like. Its fine that u love ur girl, just dont call urself a dom. Real doms show dominance, use there sub and leave her laying like the cunt slut she is. Bein all sweet, and all that does is give her power over u, which makes u not a dom.
lovemysub answered:
Hi there, Anon. I almost didn’t even dignify this with a response, but I think you’ve actually given me a good opportunity to say something that new doms need to know, so kudos to you.
First and foremost, let’s establish something right here and now: You don’t get to tell me what I am, and you are damn sure not the leading authority on what does and does not constitute a dominant. For the record, I didn’t wake up one day and decide to be a dom. I never even thought of myself that way until I met belovedsangi 10 years ago. I always had the characteristics of a dom, sure, but I didn’t ever put that title on myself. That title was given to me by my submissive. SHE is the one who wanted to call me Master, and Sir, and sometimes Daddy. I never told her to do these things. But of course, you probably think I am making your point for you and that if I were a REAL domly dom, I would’ve demanded those things.
And that’s where you have a fundamental issue understanding the meaning of the title. So let me help you with that.
A dom does not demand respect. He conducts himself in such a way as to be worthy of respect.
A dom does not bark commands. His presence is such that he can seduce and command with nothing more than a glance.
A dom does not raise his voice. He is the kind of man who gets what he wants without needing to.
A dom is not a braggart. He is possessed of a calm, quiet confidence that is evident in his demeanor, the way he walks, the tone of his voice, and all other aspects of him.
A dom understands balance. He knows that while a firm hand and discipline are critical in this type of relationship, knowing when to be gentle and understanding is every bit as important.
A dom is a gentleman first and foremost. That doesn’t necessarily mean that he is a fancy man who values the finer things in life, but he does understand manners and protocol. He opens the car door for her. He orders for her if she is having trouble deciding. He treats strangers with courtesy and respect.
A dom is a protector. He makes sure that his submissive feels safe and protected at all times. This means so much more than just telling her you will protect her. A dom shows her. He keeps a hand on her shoulder or on her waist in crowds so she doesn’t get nervous. He sleeps on the side of the bed closest to the door so that he is always between his submissive and an intruder. He walks on the side of the sidewalk closest to the street so that an errant vehicle will hit him before his submissive. If anything or anyone should threaten his submissive, he must be prepared to fight for her with the ferocity of an alpha wolf.
A dom earns her submission. It is not a thing to be demanded, expected, or assumed. And he continues to earn it, each and every day.
A dom values her submission. Fully submitting your will and trusting your body and well-being to someone takes a kind of strength most can’t imagine, and a dom never loses sight of that.
A dom understands that being a dominant is 10% privilege and 90% responsibility. He is literally taking her life into his hands. He is accepting the most sacred and important thing she has to give. He is taking her burdens and bearing them as his own, always, every day.
A dom is consistent. He understands that he can’t just be her protector, lover, confidant, master, etc. when he feels like it. There will be days when a dom is tired. There will be days when he is stressed. There will be days when he is broken. On those days, it is more important than ever for a dom to show his submissive that he is still everything she needs him to be.
So what does it mean, then, to be a dom? I get the feeling that you, anon, would say that it’s all about making her kneel, having your way with her, shouting orders and using her. Helpful hint: Any jackass can buy himself a whip and bark commands. That’s not a dom. Don’t get me wrong, I do absolutely have my way with belovedsangi. I love it when she kneels. I love the kinky, rough, mind-blowing sex we have. I love to dominate her in the bedroom. But for every moment of that, there are a hundred moments of holding her, of talking to her, laughing with her, gaming with her. There are a hundred moments of making her feel safe when she is afraid, giving her confidence when she is unsure, comforting her when she feels troubled. Those are all things that a dominant does too.
I love my submissive more than I love oxygen. I love my submissive with a fire that can never be extinguished. I value her and respect her in every way. I treat her like a queen and fuck her like a slave. These things don’t make me weak. They don’t make me less of a dominant. These things make me stronger than you can possibly imagine. There is nothing quite so formidable as a dominant who has found the perfect submissive to fuel his fire. Never will you see anyone love so strongly or fight so fiercely.
Bottom line, Anon, is this: you sound like a boy playing at being a man. You decided one day that you were sick of women having willpower and a voice of their own, so you decided to call yourself a dominant and seek out some weak-willed submissive who wouldn’t talk back to you or stick up for herself. You are not a dom. You are a jackass with a whip. Classic case of toodomforyou.
Reposting this for the anon whose question I just answered. This was written before I was a TDFY mod and I feel like it discusses some of the things you were asking us about. I hope it helps!
-LMS
I can’t even express how much I 💜 this!!!!
A lesson well taught. Being a Dom is something you earn, not something you take.
I need a man like this in my life o.o
Blue’s Feathers and Wings Compendium: Atypical Wing Shapes
Part 1 [Standard ]| Part 2 [Atypical] | Feather Markings | Tail Feathers
These wings are a small array of Atypical wing shapes, complete with flippered wings, flightless wings, and fancy plumes. Again, creating my own names for some of these wing types since there isn’t any official naming of the different shapes, and I want to make it easily understandable for others rather than complicating these things with academic names.
What to do if you find yourself homless- written by someone who has actually been homeless
Most important: Spend the money you have on a motel. Churches probably will not actually help and shelters can be dangerous or turn you away. At a motel you have free breakfast, access to running water, and a lockable place to sleep. Do not waste money on a gym membership like the popular version of this post says to do, YMCA memberships are like $40.
2. Contact family and friends. Now is not the time to worry about being a burden. Your survival and safety comes first and that is all that matters, anyone worth having in your life will agree.
3. Start a gofundme. Even if someone can’t offer you a place to stay, they might be willing to toss out $5 so you can eat today.
4. Libraries have free wifi. Apply to any and all jobs you can think of if you aren’t already working.
5. Any home is a good home. Even if it’s a dingy apartment in a bad neighborhood. If its cheap and you can afford it, snatch it up.
6. Pancake mix and peanut butter are filling, cheap, and last a long time.
PLEASE SHARE THE FUCK OUT OF THIS
A breakdown of medieval armor, since a lot of pieces are required to create a full suit.
Ref
A long, but very important and on-target read!
Reblogging because Christmas is upon us and if people threw shit-fits about stuff closing down back in the spring, they’re going to lose their minds if we need another lockdown in the next month or so.
Case counts are rising and schools haven’t even started everywhere yet.
I get that people need cashflow, and businesses need, well, business. But the Christmas shopping season is probably the worst time of the year for spreading viruses. Everywhere is packed, it’s flu season, it’s cold so no one wants to wait outside, and the pressure to secure gifts for the Best Christmas Ever™ makes people even more cranky and entitled than usual.
Respect you customer service workers! Wear a mask, follow store instructions for distancing, and be patient. We might not need another lockdown if people follow the rules that are in place right now, but we’ll only get through this if we all do our part.
Reblogging because I literally am living in this situation. Living paycheck to paycheck, having to get state assistance, no medical insurance, can’t afford doctor visits, can’t afford to miss a day, no paid time off, all of it. I’m barely able to pay for my house right now and I worry all the time about losing it. Hell, I willingly wait to go get groceries and only eat at work in order to save money just to pay bills. I’m starving myself at home in order to feed customers at work..
Anti: Hey, you want a tarot reading?
Marvin: Those are pokemon cards.
Anti: You got a magikarp.
Marvin: .......
Anti: It means fuck you.
He'd do this XD
Especially in our Gray Scales rp XD
Yes! XD especially in that