There’s fanfiction…. And then there’s FANFICTION. The kind of shit you happen upon at like 3am or some other ungodly time because you were trying to find a fix for ur fixation at the time and you are just SUCKED IN and every sentence feels like a line of cocaine and it has quotes and imagery that permeate your brain and it’s the shit that sticks around in your consciousness forever and it never goes away and it’s always going to be one of Those Fics.
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Gonna add on to this, if that's ok, because I think a lot of people don't know how to categorize their work:
You don't have to be a professional (ie get paid) to be any of these things. You can claim the title without making any claims to the quality of your work. It's ok.
This is a great post, but I think it's important to highlight why it's a good idea to move away from "content creator" as a self-identifier. Be specific. Defining your niche and line of work not only helps you find resources and communities, it helps you find ways to further your career or studies if you need to figure out what you want to do.
Some of the streamers I watch call themselves content creators when they are genuinely entertainers, performers, hosts, etc. They are professional personalities, which requires know-how and skill when it comes to managing and catering to an audience. Even commentators are skilled. "Do it for content" is a silly thing to say. "Do it for the bit" is way more fun and accurate.
Furisode (long-sleeved kimono) "Hyangoku no legasy" by Yuuzo Miyano
The main theme is gorgeous cherry blossoms, with the backdrop of the Daimyo's wedding furnishings and Hina dolls in the collection of Natsutsumikaku, which is associated with the Maeda family of the Kaga domain. The background is decorated with Kaga maki-e rose arabesques in an oblique pattern. The delicacy of the design is emphasized by the pine trees of Kenrokuen Garden, the hanging snow and the running stream.
The villain laughs. “The Chosen One cannot spill blood on holy ground. I have won!” You draw your blade. “The Chosen One died the first day of our journey,” you say. “A Valet may spill blood where he pleases.”
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鋼の錬金術師 BROTHERHOOD Ep. 34: Ice Queen
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saw this and thought of them
FWIW, "mauve" was one of the coal-tar dyes developed in the mid-19th century that made eye-wateringly bright clothing fashionable for a few decades.
It was an eye-popping magenta purple
HOWEVER, like most aniline dyes, it faded badly, to a washed-out blue-grey ...
...which was the color ignorant youngsters in the 1920s associated with “mauve”.
(This dress is labeled "mauve" as it is the color the above becomes after fading).
They colored their vision of the past with washed-out pastels that were NOTHING like the eye-popping electric shades the mid-Victorians loved. This 1926 fashion history book by Paul di Giafferi paints a hugely distorted, I would say dishonest picture of the past.
Ever since then this faded bluish lavender and not the original electric eye-watering hot pink-purple is the color associated with the word “mauve”.
Oh! Just like the Victorians did to the Gothic, where actual Gothic cathedrals which had been built to be bright and full of light were portrayed as dark and gloomy places, because that's what happens after a cathedral is filled with candles for several hundred years.
personal work | oil and wax, powdered lead glass, 24k gold, rough opal, cut and polished opal, crushed fire opal, gilded porcelain
The Pale Horse is done! \0/
i am REALLY happy with how this turned out. and the original has a shimmer i wasn't able to get in the photo.
enjoy!
Honestly the fact that Major Miles isn’t recognized for the hottie he is is a gd crime if you ask me
Plants what now
There needs to be more research done into this, and as of now we can't say why the sounds happen but. WHAT.
I knew they could hear noises but apparently they MAKE noises too
Cats knocking over houseplants just got a lot more vindictive
SHUT UPPPP
also some plants can see. as it turns out. Shouldn't be surprising because they are literally covered in light sensitive cells that direct them toward sunlight, but, yeah, some of them have versions of those cells that can see in some fashion or another.
we found this out fairly recently (last 3 or 4 years) because the plant boquila trifoliolata can grow its leaves different shapes to mimmic the plants around it and we thought maybe they did it by touch or something so we did an experiment with no touching and ruled that out, and then we thought maybe it was some kind of pheromone thing or something but in another experiment it copied the leaf shape of a plastic plant, so
anyway plants can see. some only enough to tell where the sunlight is strongest, others... more than that.
Yeah Boquila trifoliolata is the mimic octopus of the plant world.
Examples of Boquila trifoliolata mimicking the leaves of other plants. Yellow arrows point to leaves of Boquila trifoliolata that are mimicking other species in A-G. Image H shows what Boquila trifoliolata leaves look like when they’re not mimicking other plants. Ernesto Gianoli/Trends in Plant Science
Also it's not just reacting to plant pheremones or something like that... it will mimic plastic plants.
Good job, you beat me! Goodbye, Edward Elric!
Pocchiri/Obidome worn by Tokyo Hangyoku Technically, Hangyoku in every of Tokyo's Geisha districts can wear Pocchiri, but not everywhere good pictures or any pictures at all are available. Those you can see here are worn by the Hangyoku of Mukojima, Asakusa, Kagurazaka, Akasaka and Hachioji. Some of them look like those we're used to from Kyoto Maiko, some look completely different! As for the Maiko working in the other Kagai: Yoshi-cho and Oi/Omori Hangyoku can wear Pocchiri too (but no good pictures are available). Opposed to that, I've never seen a Shinbashi Hangyoku wear Pocchiri. Picture sources 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10 (?)|11|12|13 (?)|14|15 (?)|16|17 (?)|18 (no longer online)|19|20|21|22|23|24|25|26 (?)|27|28|29 (no longer online)|30|31|32|33|34|35|36+37|38 (no longer online)|39
