“It’s literally impossible to be a woman.
You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?
You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.
You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.
You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.
You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.
You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.
You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.
You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!
You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!
You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.
I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.
And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie
this is it. this is exactly it oh my god.
While I was going through my followers to check for bots I saw this person (obviously on the younger side) complaining about what people are writing fics about
AO3 has a great filtering system. USE IT! Any tag you don’t like just filter out. If you read a fic without tags/warnings that is your fault for deciding to read without knowing the possible contents of the fic
my knight...
Hiya! So, um-
Figured i could actually- i dunno, post some writing here. Or, like, advertise it? Idk is that the right term?
Anyhow! Woo! This fic took me like- two-ish months of on and off work to finish cause uni is kicking my ass! But! It is done! RosaJeanLisa mediaeval fantasy au! I'll post the link and the summary below↓↓, because I prefer linking my ao3 account than just pasting it all here (my phone does not like when I do that on tumblr XD)
The world is filled with monsters. Or, the humans call them such. It's cruel though, right? To call something or someone different from you a monster, when often they mean no harm. Anyone without humanity is likened to a Hilichurl or some sort of rogue demon. But, it's not true. Those who lack their humanity, whether it had been taken from them or they'd been born without it, they are often just as human as those around them. Jean knows this, now, her wife is a witch, often seen as dangerous, and the familiar that is tied to her soul makes her a little less than human.
And Rosaria- she has not been anything near human in a very long time. And, she lacks humanity. She tells herself this, anyhow; she insists upon it, even though she won't reveal why. However, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot completely leave her humanity behind; cannot manage to shake emotions that she has long said she does not feel. Jean sees right through her facade, and that scares her. But the General and her Mage won't allow the woman to flee like she wants to. And maybe.... maybe that's a good thing.
Not a monster when I'm with you - RayRavens - 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
"yOu hAvE aLrEaDy lEfT kUdOs hErE" BITCH STFU NO I HAVNT YOU WHORE
16/? Of my Genshin redesigns - Jean Gunnhildr !!
MONDSTAT 5* time! sorry for the long break everyone who’s been following this series, exams and freelance has me very busy! Anyways, we’re starting off with Jean for the 5* redesigns, and I wanted to really play more into the dandelion knight theme with some more wind and lion iconography, while also giving her more proper armor which makes her seem a bit more like she’s the current acting grand master of the knights.
YOU CAN FIND THE REST OF THE SERIES (all of the 4* mondstat characters are done so far!!!) ON MY PROFILE!!! HAPPY LANTERN RITE BTW
Hey, if you're a fic writer and a character speaks in a different language, you don't just have to add the translation in the notes. Use the following HTML coding to add 'text on hover' to the word(s). If the reader is on a computer they can hover over the text to see the translation.
<div title="This is the text in the box!">This is the text that shows in your fic!</div>
Here are some examples from a fic on my AO3.
This coding here <div title="a fool, idiot (lit. emptyhead)">Eyn utreekov</div> will show this on hover.
This next example shows that you can add a lot of text. The formatting is the same as above.
PS: When doing this, there may be spacing issues, but you can edit the text through AO3's html or rich text editor. From there you can add italics (like I did), bold, etc, and fix any weird spacing issues. Just be careful not to delete the coding that you worked so hard on 😂
People are doom posting about Deyha and as a veteran Genshin player (AR 60, been playing since version 1.2, so I guess I qualify as that) I’d like to take this opportunity to remind this fandom of a couple things.
Y’all remember when Kokomi was released? People were throwing a fit over the crit rate thing and she was considered the worst character in the game. One update later, the Ocean Hued Clam artifact set was released and suddenly she became one of the best characters in the game. Shinobu was also considered one of the worst in the game when she was released. Her scaling was awkward and she was hard to place in any team comps. Then Dendro was released and what do you know- turns out her skills time out perfectly with dendro and elemental mastery gets a buff. Heck, dendro buffed electro in general and made pretty much all of them a lot more viable. The meta changes all the time, don’t worry about it.
Speaking of the meta, it’s made up. Any character is viable if you put the work in. Sure, it’s going to be a lot harder to build a dps Gorou and he’ll still probably do less damage than Itto, but if you’re having fun and still clearing the spiral abyss, who really gives a shit? A lot of it also has to do with dumb luck and how much money you’re spending. Like, my C0 Ganyu does a lot more damage than my C0 Ayaka even though Ayaka has higher base stats just because I got better artifacts for Ganyu. There’s also plenty of characters who’s damage is locked behind constellations and weapons, and that’s just straight up not going to be an option for a lot of players. Sure, you’re C6 Wanderer may do a ton of damage, but I don’t have him at C6. I do however have Heizou at C6 and he’s doing a lot more damage than my Scara. (Shout out to the mad lads soloing with Amber)
Lastly, mind you’re own damn business about what characters other people are playing. It’s not your game, you don’t get to dictate how other people play it (and you especially aren’t allowed to harass people over who they play)
Genshin redesign 4/? Amber! (and baron bunny)
I wanted her to appear a little more mature, Amelia Earhart/early pilots were my inspiration and mixed with fantasy scout style vibes. She’s always given me big sister/auntie vibes so this is me giving her that. Baron bunny is her copilot!
I don't think I ever posted them but I still have some of the very high-res character reference sheets from the huge pre-Fontaine leaks
I love Neuv's because of how goofy his outfit is without his upper layer lmao, plus you can tell these are older because of Furina's godawful concept rat tail... thing. I don't have Lyney Lynette or Charlotte, I think I deleted them at some point unfortunately. There are also some HIDEOUS Nahida concepts I'll shove in a reblog from my main blog.
Edit: Tumblr nuked the quality because some of them are literally 12000 by 5000, so I'll turn them into smaller images for separate side-reblogs as well
21 | she/they | Australian | Genshin obsessed (genshin women obsessed) | Jeanlisa for life | currently obsessed w hazbin hotel & stardew (and still genshin). oh and add Wicked to that pot of hyperfixation. linktr.ee/RayRavens
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