I'm so glad I'm not a teenager in this day and age. As bad as the early 2000s were on our collective body image, social media has made it worse. Now they are circling back to "2000 skinny" but they've added the pressure to self-optimize and videos that tell you water kills you.

When you hear someone say "In the original version of this German fairytale..." you can almost certainly disregard the rest of that sentance. Those are stories that had been orally passed down for a while before the brothers Grimm wrote them down and edited them. 1/2

In better news, I've replayed Fire Emblem Three Houses for the 6th time after I've seen the trailer for the new game.

I love the rearraning and decluttering that comes with moving. My lesbian heart even ejoys putting the furniature together. I do not, however, love the feeling of surrending control by having to ask others to do so much for me because I can't drive. I'm eternally grateful, but I also feel like shit

@theunexpectables.bsky.social please enjoy this dumbass meme

How do you recognize a book set in England was actually written by American author? Is it the overreliance on "bloody" and "arse" on nearly every page? Or is it the fact that two characters, born and raised in parts of the UK, talk about money and use "dollars" as a currency?

Project I "finished"? I got though it faster than I had expected. I was trying a few new things and I'm not really sure how I feel about this one, but at least he looks cool. #fanart #TheUnexpectables

grandmother: "So do you have an... acquaintance yet?" Me: "You know you can say girlfriend, right? Cause that's what it is." grandmother: "Well..." I know she is struggling with accepting the reality of my sexuality bit "acquaintance" in that context is wild.

little world 🐸🦗🌷🦋

"The PS3 had no good games" The PS3 had a port of "Lost Dimension" and that alone endears it to me. The gameplay loop of that game is so much fun that I willfully will ignore every other flaw the game AND the console had. (it also had my favorite "Tales of" Games in the series)

Before I log off, here are the character icons I painted for the overlay we used for the one-shot tonight! Featuring the lovely characters played by @amusingthalia.bsky.social @bluekazenate.bsky.social @mstweetums.bsky.social and @burnoutvaughan.bsky.social

I don't want to jinx it by saying what it is, but things might be looking up for me. Wish me luck!

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

I lost half of my notes for the next campaign that starts next month and I'm now scrambling to see what I remember off the top of my head.

This sketch is years old, but I get to play this character again in August so I'm busting it out again. Ganford plays a character with Elven origins. Fork found in kitchen. Water still wet. She's not traumatized, though so... progress?

Clair Obscure is a rewarding game to get good at. I find myself landing more parries and perfect dodges the more I fight. It also looks beautiful and the characters and dynamics are compelling! That being said, it's mini games and parcour elements are the bane of my existance.

#TheUnexpectables #fanart I don't typically do fanart. BUT I also know people are drawn to what they know. So, I guess I'll be working on some between commissions (if I get any). I've been listening to The Unexpectables for a while, and figured it would be fun to try? this stuff gives me anxiety.

MORE #Fanart #Unexpectables. We're a 2/5. and we're just going to move right along.

#TheUnexpectables #Fanart I almost forgot to post this one here. So here it is, 5/5 members of The Reclaimers.

@theunexpectables.bsky.social #theunexpectables

#Fanart #TheUnexpectables This one gave me a LOT of trouble all the way through for some reason. Either way 3/5 of the characters are done. On a side note, If anyone is interested I thought about posting both poses of the characters here separately (Without the color filter.) Idk, lemme know.

#TheUnexpectables #Fanart This big boi makes 4/5. One good boi to go!

I could try to be different and claim that Clair Obscure isn't great, but nah. I suck at parrying and that is biting me in the butt a lot, but I can't stop playing.

Slowly making progress on this piece for @aranciu.bsky.social. I'm coming for at least one eye in this campaign, too, mark my words ;)

Went to a 6 person rendition of Much Ado About Nothing in the castle gardens today and it was utterly delightful. I needed the laughs today. Hot take (?): Shakespear comedies >>>> Shakespear tragedies

Guess whose landlady is selling the flat and now she has to move asap and is also still wrap up this years long inheritance process, juggling lawyers from three countries?

I want to watch Takopi's Original Sin but I'm not sure I'm memtally strong enough to go through this.

I'm playing a warlock for the first time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 😁

New initiative tracker because I prefer tactile options to digital ones.

The bubbles are still too big but I'm getting better at preparing matcha.

Not me having had kind of a nervous breakdown at work today and now it's 3am and I can't sleep because I cannot shake this heavy feeling in my chest. Even breathing is kind of hard.

Watched Karate Kid Legends on a whim today without ever having seen any of the previous films. It STILL filled me with so many fluffy feelings, I cannot stop smiling. A classic underdog sport movie story. It wasn't reinventing the wheel but it didn't need to.

ナイトレイン、守護者さん。

Silly Otho doodle @theunexpectables.bsky.social #theUnexpectables

If you like comedic manga and magical girls, do yourself a favor and read "Magical Girl Incident". It only has 3 volumes total, so it's a quick read. It's hilarious if you know the genre (superheroes also works btw) but also has a surprising amount of heart. It's honestly a new favorite of mine.

As a woman who has never, doesn't and will never want a child and is fed up with how motherhood is depicted as the be all end all of happiness in media, DW's recent finale made me sick to my stomach. It also was a ludicrous and unfitting ending to the characters involved. Fucking hell.

I do not, for the life of me, see the appeal S*l* L*v*ling has. Beyond how it looks. "Man with black hair gets progressively stronger and basically becomes a god" is so tired it works better putting me to sleep than my pills.

I've been back home for two days and my first day back to work is a 7 hour strategy session with our whole team. Which has me get up at four in the morning. Great. Now I'm glad I didn't get any jetlag.

I'll be on my first flight in 15 years on Thursday. And my first overnight flight as well. The longest I've flown was 2-3 hours and now it's 12. I'm excited but also super nervous.

After three and a half years, our second campaign has run it's 30th and last session. A month of rest, followed by three months of one-offs DMed by my players and then campaign 3 is a go.

Bosco described Ky's hair as "Goku-esque" during a recent Unexpectables episode, so here's an attempt at a Toriyama style Ky. @theunexpectables.bsky.social #TheUnexpectables

Nothing hits quite like eating shredded cheese straight out of the bag at 1 am.

I'm done. I'm free. Every last character that actually appears for longer than a scene is drawn. Now my brain will let me move on. Fun fact, this design is based on a 20 year IC, but updated to my modern style sensibilities.

Went to a public karaoke party by myself today. I even gathered the courage to sing a song on stage. It was surreal and I can still feel my heart in my throat, but the vibe was amazing and the crowd cheered and whistled for everybody no matter the skill level. It was a good time!

DDBA vastly overestimates how interesting Fisk is. I'm only on episode 5 and I'm already ~done~ with him having almost as much screentime as Matt. I can do without the 1000st time of him flirting with his wofe, eating or mumblingly threatenkng someone.

At this point, the only new shows I'll watch are limited series I KNOW have a definitive ending. I want to see a full creative vision and not either a first chapter or a long, drawn out shell of what once was a good show. It'll hurt me less.

I had no way of getting to the US so close to another big vacation I have planned for years, but it warms my heart to see my friends and mutuals having so much fun sharing their love for a D&D stream IRL. Hopefully, I can join you all at a Con in the future!

Oh got it was so crazy I forgot to post this. My part of the art collab

Was forced to work from home for the last three days and I can honestly say I hate the feeling. I need to take a long walk after I log off so I can have the feeling of arriving at home and mentally checking out. Sure, it's convinient, but it makes it harder to relax in my own home.