Honestly? Shoutout to those of you who are completely fucking lost in life. Those who don’t know what they want to do with life. Those who are stuck in a certain part of life and can’t get out. Those who are reaching for dreams they feel are impossible to reach. Those who feel like they’re accomplishments are being overlooked. Those who feel like their enough just isn’t enough. It is. You can make it. You will make it. There is an opening at the end of the tunnel.

Our son Sam has told us that the D&D art file we use for a screensaver on various devices bothers him.

Because it makes him frustrated that he can’t look at some of them longer. He wants to know what is happening in some of them.

I told him that is one of the reasons we play Dungeons & Dragons, so we can go find out together, in our collective imagination.

Not really D&D related- but I feel compelled to add to this that not only are these GORGEOUS pixel arts- they are also in fact not animated. There are no frames used. There’s no extra pieces of art. Just one layer.

These pieces are so old that they stem from a time where animating cost way too much memory and/or only 256 colors could be used at one time, so the motion is achieved by ‘color cycling’. Half the available colors would be reserved for that very color cycling. It’s mchecking bonkers, please go watch this video if you feel like learning the technical details of how these artworks were made! They were screensavers that would match the actual time of day that you were in. Somehow. Just by cycling color palettes. Wild shit.

(Especially relevant time stamps for color cycling: 5:50, 9:55, 37:26, at 49:54 he gets into the technical side of HOW this even works)

Yup.

I’ve always enjoyed how they depicted some of the landscapes at different times of the day/weather/season.

Like these two areas. Daytime and nighttime at the village by the waterfalls.

And the high mountains hidden by rain in one and visible in the other.

yall r gonna post a man's entire portfolio of art and not give credit?

anyways these images are by mark ferrari, a color cycling pixel art master, you can check them out in their html color cycling forms, with sound effects and ability to change the time of day of the image, here and here

st. george and the dragon (1908-9) - briton rivière / the vigil (1884) - john pettie / vanitas still-life (1705) - evert collier / david garrick as richard iii (1745) - william hogarth / micro sff stories tweet

...There I was, veritably myself again.

This life is a F*CKING NIGHTMARE

I love everything about this. 

the world will end in ice

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35878825/ Title: the world will end in ice Recipient: @merlin-fic-server Rating: Teen And Up Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Merlin Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and they were partners!, Enemies to Lovers, Sexual Tension, Attempt at Humor, Sharing a Room, (for a little bit), Arthur Finds Out About Merlin's Magic (Merlin), Light Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Happy Ending Summary: Merlin Emrys was just fine in his little hometown. So what if he had failed to make his dream come true? So what if he couldn't skate? He had his mother, his friends, and did not have to hide who he was everyday. It was enough. But when Coach Kilgharrah sought him out, rekindling his dreams and promising a chance at redemption, Merlin realised it was not enough. It would never be enough. He wanted to skate again, even if the skating world shunned magic, even if he had to skate in pairs, even if his partner turned out to be an utter prat called Arthur Pendragon. So Merlin took the ice again, and everything went spiralling downwards. Author's Note: For the Merlin Fic Book Club because it's the best fandom space I've ever been in, and unofficially, for our beloved overlord isabella, because they deserve all the gifts and love and appreciation in the world.

BBC Merlin + fine literature (x)(x)

[insp.]

Felt this

Yes, we're back with the Out of Context YOLT memes (did I spend my Sunday evening making dozens of these instead of writing? yes, yes, I did.)

(Though robbed of context, I've tagged these as 'yolt spoilers' just in case.)

I'm SCREAMING 😱 😍

COLIN MORGAN  as  NATHAN APPLEBY THE LIVING AND THE DEAD | EPISODE TWO

Gorgeous man is gorgeous 🔥🔥

Saltillo - Giving In

i’m obsessed with this photo

Through the ages

Fanart: Druid!Merlin and Arthur Mini Comic

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35513356 Title: Fanart: Druid!Merlin and Arthur Mini Comic Recipient: @lawlessbard  Rating: Mature Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Fandom: Merlin (TV) Additional Tags: Druid!Merlin, wounded Character, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Era, Blood, Blood and Injury, Fanart, Comic Summary: Druid!Merlin fanart mini comic for the Round Table Gift Exchange 2021! Author’s Note: Lawless_bard, thank you so much for the wonderful prompt. I tried to implement as much of it as I could, and I hope you like it! Also, thank you everyone and all the mods on the Merlin Fic Book Club Server for hosting this exchange.

Look at this absolutely gorgeous thing!!!

#UGHHHH #THE DEVOTION #THE DEDICATION#ARTHUR WHY CAN’T YOU SEE THAT MERLIN IS THE TRUEST OF ALL FRIENDS

 #WHEN YOU’RE ANGRY AND UPSET #MERLIN WAITS FOR YOU IN THE RAIN #AND WHEN YOUR FATHER DIES AND YOU DON’T SLEEP #MERLIN STAYS AWAKE WITH YOU

AND WHEN YOU’RE DEAD, MERLIN WAITS FOREVER FOR YOUR RETURN.

But… Arthur sees it though. He’s pretty much always seen Merlin’s devotion and loyalty. Just because he doesn’t say it doesn’t mean he doesn’t see. Because he’s an emotionally stunted little shit that gets random conscience bursts of ‘i’m a prince and you’re a servant obviously we can’t be friends’ but then turns around and says: what would you do Merlin, and you’re a good friend Merlin, and thank you Merlin, and let me fetch this flower for you Merlin, I think we’d get on Merlin, It’s a new day Merlin, You’re the only one I can trust Merlin, I’ll search the woods for you because I refuse to believe you’re dead Merlin, you’re the only friend I have Merlin, let’s go hunting Merlin, I’m glad you’re here Merlin, let’s save your village Merlin, my father wants me to arrest you - you need to go Merlin, shut up Merlin, I’ve always thought you were the bravest man I’ve ever known, Merlin, where were you Merlin. Merlin. I know now, Merlin. I know.

When you line up Arthur’s actual dialogue to Merlin from the actual show like that one thing after another it’s really just-

it’s, I mean-

holy crap.

Just…

Holy.

Crap.

ow ow ow ow ow