Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

if you spend too much time paying attention to fashion history, you too can start devoting far too much brainspace to characterization via dresses

i wish i wasn't incredibly exhausted today

especially because i have an urge to doodle Pearl and Marina in wedding dresses (while marrying each other, of course) because it's fun doing costume design tbh

incidentally the sort of dresses i'd put them in are L side for Pearl (surprisingly sleek and modern, sculptural, embroidery but no lace) and R for Marina (mermaid cut, long train, tons of lace, very romantic and gushy, illusion lace back)

cw for eye contact of the dress models

i've got no idea what has been going on in the distance, but i would just like to say again as a reminder:

if i forget to cw some shit, or should be cwing some shit, please bop me over the head and i'll get on it

i'm not being passive-aggressive, i've just got a bad brain full of chronic illness and fog and probably tadpoles or some shit, i dunno man, i just work here

homestar runner is trending on twitter, because people are going "i don't know why homestar runner is trending and was real scared for a moment but i guess we're all being nostalgic? anyway homestar runner's pretty great" and honestly

this is the most pure and good i think i've ever seen twitter

i really need to find/make some emoji so i can :thecheat: and :lilbrudder: at people on discord

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz the 8up was when it still had lithium in it, so it's the illegal 7up now*

*note: not as much of a joke as one would think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Up#History

@dee@kitty.town well how else would you get the coconuts places

via swallow?

(now the referential joke ouroboros is complete, my work is done here)

@halcy i do remember from my biology degree days there's been extensive study on this! largely looking at different types of birds as model animals. some songbirds seem to be able to learn, some have more of an innate knowledge of their song, etc.

there's a lot of fascinating research out there (if, i will warn you, you have the stomach to read about animal medical testing, which some may not)

@dee@kitty.town either that or it's a cowboy type ranger, riding on horseback, using lasso and prods to move the coconuts along in their great migration to be sold

GIT ALONG NOW LITTLE NUTTIES

@dee@kitty.town i'm going to go with yes, especially if at some point you make an excuse to stream/talk about Fallout New Vegas and make the icon for it be you as an NCR ranger followed by a nonplussed companion clacking together coconuts like it's Monty Python and the Holy Grail

because that's immediately where my mind went with Coconut Ranger for some reason

@SapphicGirafarig@donphan.social i'm going to be just agog over here at how QUICKLY and ACCURATELY a cosplay got put together

like damn, that's hella good for a closet cosplay! i wouldn't have known it was a closet cosplay at all if not for the caption LOL

just got done with trial roul and i swear one of the healers, a sch, went directly to 20% mana and didn't go above it for the entire rest of the susano fight. *with* me mana shifting them constantly

this is why you shouldn't learn to do all roles in mmorpgs, kids! because then you'll notice when people fuck up and the whole time you watch them

@InspectorCaracal the main goodies i've seen be extremely useful are annotations (scar x, marking y, always wears necklace with additional closeup of it, etc), and colors off to the side in blocks (easily eyedropperable). so a list like - eyes [block of color], fur [block of color], separate from the drawings. even putting a hex code of the specific colors if you REALLY wanna be fancypants and make life easy on artists later commissioned.

@InspectorCaracal i'd say maybe look at ref sheets used by animators - that kinda gives you a good baseline.

personally my starting point (if i had spoons to do it up proper) would be

1. full body facing forward
2. full body behind
3. head closeup, profile
4. head closeup, head-on (or 3/4 if you're feeling sassy)

@InspectorCaracal doctor please i got a bad case of rice crispy shoulder, i need some marshmallow fluff injections stat

i also had half an iced latte which is making me want to vibrate through the walls ever so slightly, so time to burn off some of this energy and-or rage fighting shit in ffxiv

quoth my shoulder, CRUNCH SNAP POP CRACK SNAP

:(

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online it means they have one tool available to them right now.

instead of saying "you're an asshole if you try to protect yourself", you should shift out of the victim-blaming mindset and on to "hey, we need to give people tools that actually do what they think it does, so they can draw reasonable boundaries and enforce them". because that's an actually good point! and it has nothing to do with how anyone using blocks right now is a dick.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online minorities online have to play this game with great frequency.

in the absence of a block, the other only common option for drawing a firm boundary of not wanting someone to see our content is to just leave.

i think forcing people to give up their accounts if they aren't okay with harassers accessing their content is a bit more of a dick move.

you bring up a good point about how blocks need to be strengthened. but it does not mean someone using blocks is a dick.

@DashEquals@linuxrocks.online i could just mute this hypothetical person - but i know he would still be fixating on me.

and at that point, if all i have is a mute, i have to weigh the harassment versus him knowing more information about me, and him feeding his fixation on me.

it's much less effective - he's still there not changing his habits any, and focused entirely on me.

my only real choice is to close down my account and start fresh and *hope* that *he doesn't find me again*.