Warning Of The Day:

Ok but have we addressed Apollo's need for perfectionism and how that relates to being the former golden child and how that never really goes away?

How he desperately needs to do everything perfectly and if it's not perfect then he thinks he has failed, no—he believes he IS the failure. That he's not worth anything.

How that was already reflected even before his trials when he went to Percy and Grover to fetch his lyre while he kept practicing for his performance? How he felt the performance could not go on with just three out of four of his golden singers.

When given that new instrument by Leo, how he felt the need to try and master it right away? How he wanted to keep practicing, to get it right.

Sure, he complains about needing to practice but that's not what he was truly upset about. He is used to practicing, he is used to learning. What he was so upset about that he swore an oath on the Styx was the fact that he had already been perfect, he had mastered archery, and music, and then he suddenly lost it all. Apollo was a perfect archer. Apollo was a perfect musician. These were skills that supported his self esteem, his sense of self, these had always been truths, being perfect at these things mattered to Apollo. No matter how he failed at other things, these had always remained constant, he could always reassure himself of his worth.

This is why losing it is like a punch to the gut.

hello ! so, i have noticed a problem with certain fanartists in the watcher community right now. basically, i have seen a shocking amount of people drawing ryan bergara's skin colour far too light.

here are some examples of skin colours i have colourpicked from various pieces of fanart (left) compared to swatches i have colourpicked from photos of ryan in various lighting (right).

as you can see, the ones picked from fanart are a lot lighter than the ones picked from photos. i personally think its pretty obvious why this is a problem.

here are the photos i used and the tones next to them, i also included the darkest shadown and lightest highlight.

how can we fix this problem ?

1. use a reference

2. colourpick

3. watch + read tutorials on colouring skin

4. watch + read tutorials on colour theory

5. watch + read tutorials on drawing people of colour in general

now unfortunately i do not have any good tutorials to link at the minute, but if you are aware of any, please feel free to link them. i will also be looking for some and linking them of course.

oh, this applies to the problem of people colouring ryan way too dark as well.

a general rule of thumb however, is if you are colouring a drawing and ryans skin is/would be the same colour as shanes ? then there is a problem.

please think before you post guys.

sorry i can’t today i have ghost files

not to vagueblog but some of you are clearly experiencing dragon madness

guys. he wanted to be a vet guys. hey guys. the part of the script where he says hi to the kitty. he likes animals guys. guys he's so kind. he wanted to be a vet.

Emily Palermo, What I Could Never Confess Without Some Bravado //  Word of Honor/山河令 , 天涯客/ Faraway Wanderers // Geoffrey Hill, Odi Barbare // Natalie Wee, from “Our Bodies and Other Fine Machines”  // Neil Hilborn, A Place Where Someone Loves You // L.M. Dorsey, She is Made of Chalk // Leila Chatti, Faulty // Katie Ward, Girl Reading // Trista Mateer

Rody: [slaps papers on desk]

Rody: Divorce. Sign it.

Izuku, eating his cereal dry: We were married??

Rody: Stop deflecting, you vile bastard.

“this character is dead” to you maybe. I don't know where y'all live but I live in denial