The Land Of Silence and Neon

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Sun, 12 May 2013 02:14:19 -0400

lulz-time:

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Sat, 11 May 2013 21:03:17 -0400

10knotes:

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pipud: ut4ps: Race matters. Must reblog.

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:03:04 -0400

pipud:

ut4ps:

Race matters.

Must reblog.

lizzzardt: delusioninabox: Daily #207. Effort is not something...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:43:56 -0400

I could not draw the personal story with this because it was too difficult, as well as another memory I had wanted to share. The phrase "you didn't try hard enough" or similar still bothers me today.

lizzzardt:

delusioninabox:

Daily #207. Effort is not something that can be measured by outcome, but only by your own heart. That, at least, is what I believe.

This was actually the beginning and end to a longer piece I had written, but I cut out the entire middle - which was my personal experiences with school and competitions - because it was too difficult to draw, and also too long.

yep, pretty much.

simstuck: KARKAT: I DON’T KARKAT: … KARKAT: HOW DO I EVEN...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:41:57 -0400

simstuck:

KARKAT: I DON’T

KARKAT: …

KARKAT: HOW DO I EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS THIS SHIT.

KARKAT: OK, HOW ABOUT THIS.

KARKAT: SINCE I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER GENERAL PURPOSE QUESTION TO HELP BREAK THE ICE IN LITERALLY ANY IMAGINABLE SOCIAL SITUATION.

KARKAT: WHERE ARE YOUR FUCKING PANTS?

thatfunnyblog: Funny Stuff you like?

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:40:09 -0400

thatfunnyblog:

Funny Stuff you like?

tine-o: maplewren: laughingalonewithklingon: Ok, this kind of...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:37:20 -0400

tine-o:

maplewren:

laughingalonewithklingon:

Ok, this kind of breaks my heart, and I feel like it’s exemplary of something that I think is one of Hussie’s greatest strengths as a writer. Well, two things.

The first thing is that he has this incredibly strong grasp on the fact that for the people sad things are actually happening to, they are not dramatically resonant or bittersweet or poetic. They are just sad.

When Vriska and John meet in dream-bubbles, Vriska doesn’t consciously think about how heart-wrenching it is that, in death, she’s meeting the one person that she kind of tied her hopes of redemption to, only for him not to remember any of the stuff they shared that she remembers as meaningful. She’s just a little sad about it, and a little unsure, and trying to make the best of it all.

And just recently when Dave sees Dirk for the first time and we all went batshit trying to figure out what tender, tragic things might be going through his head, and then his reaction is basically “DO NOT WANT.” He’s not thinking about the godforsaken tragedy of it all, he’s thinking that he’s upset and wishes he wasn’t. Like real people do tend to react to stuff at first.

Which kind of brings me to the other thing I wanted to talk about. Which is that Hussie completely and totally gets that he doesn’t need to spell out what a character is feeling. He understands the power of audience empathy and he uses it to his advantage. When presented with an opportunity to make it crystal clear to us what a character is feeling, he will leave it vague almost every time.

And not only that, but when he does tell us how a character feels (as above) he keeps it general. He understands that he can tell us that WV feels sad, and we understand immediately that sad is a severe understatement of how WV must be feeling, without needing to be explicitly told. Hussie implies, rather than states, and he leaves it up to us to understand and imagine based on our comprehension of the characters involved and the situations they’re in.

What he expects of us is to fill in the blanks and flesh out the story with our own emotional reactions and with our empathy. He asks us to participate on an individual level in constructing the emotional resonance of the story, by embellishing it for ourselves as we go.

This is a good post because it lists the perfect examples that make Homestuck what it is: a story driven primarily on the reader’s emotions.

this is everything i have ever wanted to say about homestuck

chemicalcatastrophe: bahboh: one thing i love about college is that everyone is so exhausted that...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:35:52 -0400

chemicalcatastrophe:

bahboh:

one thing i love about college is that everyone is so exhausted that nobody judges anyone for sleeping anywhere like

just rest your eyes

get comfy

we’re all in this together

you are safe here

it will be ok

And, my favorite, the humble music major.

iheart-pictures: ♥♥♥iheartpictures♥♥♥

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:35:20 -0400

iheart-pictures:

♥♥♥iheartpictures♥♥♥

heismyfirstolive: timelordsandhunters: is nobody going to talk about this painting i mean those...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:33:52 -0400

heismyfirstolive:

timelordsandhunters:

is nobody going to talk about this painting

i mean those men are just casually rIDING THEIR BEARDS NBD

never mind them, i’m more concerned about the guy kidnapping a woman with his beard

lulz-time: quixon: “I fucking hate the beach, I swear to God I...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:30:07 -0400

lulz-time:

quixon:

“I fucking hate the beach, I swear to God I do.”

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alioopster27: rounding: loserslol: The BEST question i’ve...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:30:02 -0400

alioopster27:

rounding:

loserslol:

The BEST question i’ve ever got EVER

THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER

:’) this is so cute

romanticizing-death: sixcatsandtwodogs: gifcraft: Stop the...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:25:50 -0400

romanticizing-death:

sixcatsandtwodogs:

gifcraft:

Stop the bullets. Kill the gun.

I held my breath at the last one.

IT WAS COOL AND THEN IT GOT SCARY AS SHIT

sambriel: silencewhippersnapper: neueratemybaby: fyeahfaberrit...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:25:33 -0400

sambriel:

silencewhippersnapper:

neueratemybaby:

fyeahfaberrittana:

joy-joyous:

Badass motherfucker of the century.

A GOD AMONG MORTALS

all the brofists ever.

My little nerdy heart has grown three book-sizes today.

thefunniestpost: Hysterical!

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:16:31 -0400

thefunniestpost:

Hysterical!

me: steps into the tardis

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:03:20 -0400

me: *steps into the tardis*
doctor: go on, say it. people always do
me: ...
me: does this have wi-fi

thewayweride: If you’re lesbian and you fall for a guyFINEIf you’re gay and you fall for a...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:03:12 -0400

thewayweride:

If you’re lesbian and you fall for a guy
FINE
If you’re gay and you fall for a woman
FINE
If you’re bisexual and you have a preference for girls
FINE
If you’re bisexual and you have a preference for guys
FINE
If you’re pansexual and have a preference
FINE
What’s not fine is telling someone they can’t love another person because it doesn’t fit into the confinements of a label.

T H I S

hopelesslyhiddled: you have got to be fucking with me

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:02:47 -0400

hopelesslyhiddled:

you have got to be fucking with me

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:00:04 -0400

memecollection:

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martinekenblog: CLOUD is a large-scale interactive sculpture...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:59:58 -0400

martinekenblog:

CLOUD is a large-scale interactive sculpture created from 6,000 light bulbs, new and burnt-out. Constructed by Calgary-based artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, CLOUD was on public display for one-night-only during Calgary’s first Nuit Blanche Festival. As part of the process of creating the sculpture, the artists collected burnt out incandescent light bulbs from local households, businesses, museums, and eco stations. The idea was to create an informal collaboration between the community and the artists, reduce costs, and experiment with the potential of items post-use.