Thinking While Walking

Swag I got at Animazement and some business cards from artists (by the last day they were running out so CharminglyEclectic and I decided to just tell each other which ones we had so we can FOLLOW ALL THE ARTISTS on dA/tumblr)

(Alright, take two with smaller photos!) 

All the photos I took at Animazement, yes I know it’s not a lot (especially since I was only in one photoshoot this year, a super short Tiger and Bunny one). xD But honestly after spending nearly six years staring at the best of the best cosplayers online I feel like I’ve seen almost everything before and know that someone else will get the photos.

And then you have that moment when you see someone from YOUR fandom, one that never gets cosplayed, and you run over, make a fool of yourself, get a quick photo or two, and spend the next half-hour squeeing over it. Not sure who any of the cosplayers are here, the Haru is TsuritamaThursdays but don’t know who anyone else is.

EDIT: And the Hotaru and Gin are GlassBallerina and their friend!

mistressandcoffee:

spoiled-kitten:

marlowe-tops:

looz-y:

this-bao-is-ours:

cumfordaddy:

kittydeagle:

mytapas:

The Rape Of Persephone by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

how the hell do you do that with marble

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fucking the level of skill and talent needed astounds me. 

WITCHCRAFT!

THAT IS FUCKING ART DAMMIT

My absolute favorite sculptor, and one of my favorite sculptures. This is why.

ah the way the fingers dig into the “flesh” is just awesome <3

WITCHCRAFT

My mom and I were looking this up and it turns out the artist was only 23 when he made this. TWENTY. THREE.

In her words “Let’s all feel incompetent together”

(via hercastleisundersiege)

atla-annotated:

What she said:

cadesama:

Let’s talk about Mako’s Equalist sympathies. Up to now, the Equalists have been portrayed as exclusively anti-bender — NOT as a class based movement, despite the otherwise obvious parallels to the Communist Party. They’re also been portrayed as terrorists. If you don’t completely hate benders, why would you join? That’s equally a question for non-benders off the street as it is for a bender like Mako.

The answer is likely in the recruitment. I think we are very soon going to see the hard sell from the Equalist recruiters. It’s not about lobotomizing benders, it’s about taking back a city that excludes you from the best job opportunities, makes you homeless, and disenfranchises your vote. These are all things that happened to Mako too. And it’s just about time for Mr Perfect over there to actually have a fall from grace.

• The non-romantic points of tension between Korra and Mako always related back to class and privilege. He has some resentment there.
• The job he takes at the power plant requires a high level of skill and control, yet it pays very little according to the game. The workers are being exploited.
• The game also pointedly mentions the loyalty between the brothers. And while that may just be de rigueur for a description of brothers, the storyline is already about divided loyalties. If Mako can be convinced that Bolin was taken by Amon by accident, they could easily come into conflict over the Equalists.
• Conservation of characters. Every character in a show like this needs to make a unique contribution to the plot. In ATLA, our scrappy band of heroes each had a skill, but more than that, they operated as an independent troop of fighters and were never folded into a larger army. In LoK, you don’t need this formulation. This isn’t a physical fight. It’s an ideological one. You don’t have unique roles for a firebender and an earthbender. You have the same role for the two boys who grew up as homeless orphans. So why have two benders around who suffered class based discrimination but aren’t bitter about it around? You only need one.
• And finally, we come to the romance arc. I firmly think that Asami is the leader of the chi-blockers, soon likely to be Amon’s second in command. It gives her something worthwhile to contribute to the plot – the “good guys” are the government, so they have no need for her money – and an in to sell the audience on why people join the Equalists. But beyond her access to Mako to convince him, I just don’t think it makes any sense to have a romantic arc where Mako dates Asami and breaks up with her and then falls in love with Korra. This is an action adventure show, not a teen drama. It makes more sense for him to feel conflicted, choose Asami, get in too deep with the Equalists, and earn Korra’s trust (possibly love) back after he screws up royally.

I was actually thinking of something along similar lines last night, I could see Asami/Sato being for the “equalization” of benders since if Sato was able to pull himself up by his bootstraps why then can’t everyone else? Then again, the idea that two people in the same situation can have vastly different results (I bet for every Sato there were five who didn’t get that lucky) is something that a lot of people can’t seem to understand in real life so I doubt it’ll be touched upon in a Saturday morning cartoon….

murisaboy:

dicksprite:

littleelk:

kamenridercaoimhe:

I less-than-three this. :3

This is super cute.

I secretly wish that there was someone that would stand up for me in these situations.  I fantasize about it sometimes.

just that last panel. 

So, so many people deserve better. 

Also Mikaela look omg they spelled your name right except you’re not genderqueer wops oh whale

Anyways

This just makes me really happy so yeah. 

I always wished something like this would happen for me. Haha, I’m really lame. 

D’awwww.