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@kon-centration / kon-centration.tumblr.com

hi, i'm akaparalian, and you would not believe all the incredibly boring shit i get up to.
apologies for the fact that this blog is multifandom as fuck.
my art'n'fic blog is at akaparalian. oh, and you can find me on ao3, twitter, 8tracks, and picarto, too.
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math isn’t particularly hard it’s just taught terribly for the most part

and it’s a shame because a lot of the thought processes behind it can be useful in every day life, but we’ve gotten so obsessed with this excuse of hyper specificity, that well, you just get through it, instead of learning it, even though you’re paying for it most of the time

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i think one of the things i want to start learning in 2018 is how to make clothes. how do you start doing that?

YouTube tutorials! YouTube tutorials are honestly a gift from the heavens, if you’re like me and find in-person sewing classes really stressful. My personal favourite (and by “personal favourite” I mean “she basically singlehandedly taught me to sew) is Annika Victoria, who makes videos showing how to make common/popular clothing items like crop tops and circle skirts and how to replicate overpriced high fashion items. She also has a website with text-based tutorials and other resources. 

!!! thank you so much!

you’re very welcome! I went to exactly one (1) in-person sewing class, which was full of cliquish wine moms who scared me, so I was very relieved to find that I could learn from the comfort and privacy of my own home, where only my cats would judge me.

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sonialiao

Guardian angel AU, Batfam style! This was my submission for the Batfamily Reverse Big Bang 2017. The lovely woctab wrote this fic about Damijon’s relationship as guardian angel and guardee ;)~

Basically, Damian’s brothers step in when his assignment goes awry because WTF WHY CAN JON SEE HIM??

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My doggo, Ezri, who rarely barks and mostly borks.

When I got her, she’d been abused and would cower and pee at almost everything, and had been mistreated when she’d barked, so she never would. One day months after I had her she got excited on a walk and borked at a bird, and then immediately cower-peed. I had to re-teach her to bark by gathering her whole human pack and having everyone bark and howl and feed her treats and pet her till she got excited enough to join in, and then got more treats. Took a while but I was able to teach her to bork on command (and she’s gotta be excited or she just stares at me like “Sorry, the bork system needs charging”) and she’ll do it happily when she’s excited to go for a walk or upon seeing a friend, and at birds. I love her croaky borking, especially when she started off terrified of making a joyful noise.

What kind of dog is Ezri? I love her!!

I… did not expect this post to blow up this much but I am delighted at all the tags and replies and Ezri has been told the internet thinks she’s a Very Good Dog. :D

She’s a German spitz - in the same family as keeshonds and pomeranians. She might be crossed with something else as her freckled coat, non-pointy nose, and personality are not standard for her breed (they’re usually a lot more high energy and excitable - she’s super laid back and chill). She’s a bit less fluffy than breed-standard too, mostly because she’s grown out from her spring/summer trim (not usually necessary/good for her type of coat but she gets terribly itchy otherwise). It also makes her look like a puppy of a large breed:

Ezri’s best friend is Murder Cat, who is a gentle friend to humans and Ezri, but does things to mice that would make Hannibal Lecter go “Isn’t that a bit much?”

I got Murder Cat as a kitten, and she used to try to nurse on everything when she was small. Eventually, she settled on her favourite thing to nurse on, Ezri, who has never had puppies and a little confused at first but eventually went with it. She grew out of it, but they have stayed snuggly buddies ever since.

New Years here is full of fireworks outside and Ezri gets Vry Scared. I usually set her up somewhere with a snuggly spot right by me, and Murder Cat comes and does this all night: 

She goes everywhere with me in my bakfiets (cargo bike) and lets me warm my hands in her fur on cold days.

And her ears disappear if I say her name to get her attention.

ok so great thanks for coming to my TED talk about my dog, good night, drive safe

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bettedavisgf

me when a girl refers to her “partner”: 👀 me when i find out she was talking about her boyfriend with a beard: 😴

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hacash

bi women when the lesbian you were talking to suddenly devalues you for dating a guy: 

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woman finding out the lesbian shes talking to assumes her nb partner is a man:

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sinbadism

yall are really so annoying the op is clearly talking about straight women who do that, of which there are many, and she said *boyfriend* with a beard

My nb partner often has facial hair, which doesn’t make them a man. And yet all the time we’re treated like we don’t belong in queer spaces, because people make assumptions. I don’t hate lesbians; I hate biphobic people. Next

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reasons why Shuri was the best character in black panther

  • sees her brother after a v dangerous mission and immediately roasts him
  • continues to roast him throughout the movie despite a) him being king and b) them being in a political crisis
  • a small selection of things she roasts him on
  • his ex
  • his shoes
  • his old outdated technology
  • his ass getting kicked by her inventions
  • “WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSSEEEE?” a true memelord
  • “don’t frighten me like that coloniser!”
  • pretends to challenge t’challa for the throne for the drama of it all 
  • somehow finds the time to completely redo her hair and outfit in a political crisis? iconic
  • sees things in science fiction and invents them
  • names said inventions after bad puns
  • always striving for improvement & understands that just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved
  • “great, another broken white boy for us to fix” she Knows
  • wants to go to california for disneyland and coachella
  • checks which side of the road to drive on in the middle of a car chase bc she’s responsible
  • she’s literally the smartest person on earth??? at 16?? in a world where tony stark and bruce banner exist?????? how can you not love her
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liz-squids

ALSO ALSO ALSO

  • Is sixteen years old but refers to Ross (mid-forties) and Bucky (a million years old, I assume) as “boys” because she recognises two giant failbots when she sees them
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