Here's A Silly Little Comic I Did In Whiteboard >:) Enjoy!

I desperately wanna be serious about this and write up a whole analysis on the nature of toxic relationships and love since, yknow, this is such a beautiful work of art. Everything from the angle of the shots to the color of the text and the poems chosen - it's brilliant. Not to mention the whole amazing digital exhibit online of poetic code. I'd say give it a shot, snoop around the site if you have the time. biennale.py is another interesting piece!

But... Okay, I'm ngl, my first thought was: "oh god, they gave the robots std's". Like can you imagine trying to explain this to an AI? Just. Oh yeah, we used to make art of you guys destroying each other. All I can think about now is that! I feel like if there's ever a robot/AI takeover, whoever gave an old brick computer STDS (Sneha Solanki) is going to be the first to go. Beautiful art, but oh my god. 💀

Sneha Solanki  ‘The Lovers’

Two networked machines, one infected with a virus, slowly infects the other through the interface of classic romantic poetry.

A breakdown in the relationship was inevitable once the virus had seeped into the memory of one machine and then into the other through a singular network cable affecting the poetic text files. Communication between the two deteriorated, leading to irrational & at times odd behaviour. Each machine reacted with equal confusion and conflict. The interface text became an illegible poetic mutation of itself.

My full piece for @luminaryzine :D

I got to draw little baby Kaito discovering his love of the stars <3

Simon: A Relic of Time

I'm pretty sure I'm just becoming an AT/FC account, and y'know what? I'm just gonna roll with it. I was going to do a more thematic analysis today, but since it's my birthday and I only have so much time, I'm just doing a short one. I think it's interesting how Simon was once an archeologist/antiquities collector; and his character arc began in FC with him on display like the very same artifacts that he once collected. As an anthropology major, the whole idea of taking artifacts of long-gone civilizations to study is seen as normal, but it's also a hot button issue in the field. What right does one human have for the sake of science, yknow? Specifically, though, I find it interesting because it seems that the scene was meant to be taken less literally? Maybe I'm over thinking it, but I think the very idea of being put on display for the whole world to see, like a caged-up animal in a zoo, goes to show just how disconnected Simon felt with Ooo at the start of the series. He didn't feel like he belonged in anything other than a museum. Perhaps he tells himself that it's purely for the sake of authenticity and preserving the history of humanity as much as possible; but really, it's just another way that his past has left him chained and trapped in despair. The crown was never Simon's biggest threat, he was.

Simon Petrocov has two hearts, and the very existence of this fact implies that Golb possesses an infinite glitch, specifically when it comes to organs. Let me explain my horrific thought process.

During a spell, Ice King, trying to "steal Princess Bubblegum's heart," accidentally brought his own heart to life. If you watched the early seasons of Adventure Time, you probably remember him. Ricardio, the smooth talking heart.

But the one thing I didn't realize was that Ricardio actually never fused back with Simon, meaning that up until Come Along With Me, Ice King literally didn't have a heart. But once he was broken down by Golb, presumably, he was reset back to a time where he did have a heart. Because yknow, humans need those.

So basically, my thoughts are that it'd be insanely easy to harvest organs in Ooo if you ever came across Golb, and yknow, could survive that encounter without being zapped into puzzle pieces.

Maybe it only worked for Simon because Betty wished to have the power to be able to keep him safe at any cost, and maybe that means Simon literally doesn't have a heart anymore, and my whole theory is debunkable... But if that IS how it works: infinite organ farming.

Ultimately it's a beautiful thing~

Husbands with hats <3

I watched the epilogue episode and it was beautiful I felt the doomed yaoi from the very beginning of the series so glad it's canon

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Classical Pieces You've Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name

William Tell Overture- Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?) I’m adding hints, at least to the ones I recognized culturally. This one is “go, horsey, go!”

Also Sprach Zarathustra- Strauss Slow, dramatic entry scene, IN SPAAACE.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- Mozart People running out of a fancy wedding or something. Also known as DUN, dun DUN, dun DUN dun DUN dun DUUUUN.

Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”- Haydn ?

Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach Halloween organ!

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2- Chopin Picture a tiny old woman playing piano in a sunlit room with lots of flower vases, about the spill the tragic secrets of her past to some timid young visitor.

Rondo alla Turca- Mozart the babysitter from The Incredibles: “Time for some COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT!”

Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau- Jean-Joseph Mouret Royalty is coming. Or someone is getting married. Or royalty is getting married. Also the PBS Masterpieces theme.

The Four Seasons: Spring- Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great) Again, someone is getting married, but this one is strings instead and a lot less frumpy.

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach That one that amateur guitarists love where the notes are all up and down but all the same length. Also used in movie weddings.

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)- Carl Orff SONG OF DOOM. Also song of “baby on fire!” in The Incredibles.

Funeral March- Chopin ?

Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)- Offenbach Well, “aka can-can” says it all.

Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)- Elgar Oh yes, Baaaa dun dun dun duun duuuuun… Also if you were a bandie you had to play it for 3 years before graduating to it.

Gayane: Sabre Dance- Aram Khachaturian Comically hectic productivity, a circus clown juggling while standing on a ball, or perhaps a rapidly-approaching termite infestation. Could go any way, really.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March- Mendelssohn The song movies play right AFTER they both say “I do.”

Carmen: Les Toreadors- Bizet I can’t be the only one who remembers when ‘Hey Arnold’ did this. “Bullfights and swordfights, rolling in manuuure!”

The Ride of the Valkyries- Wagner Good song for a naval battle I guess? I can only think of the mini golf course I went to as a kid with the creepy castle on Hole 18 that played this.

Für Elise- Beethoven That one every amateur piano player loves to play because the beginning is just E and E-flat over and over. Also ballet and piano recital scenes in movies.

Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli Hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at, Camp Granada…

Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile- Verdi More than a few sophisticated movie villains (or snobby good guys) have this playing on a Victrola. Also, tell me you don’t picture Pavaroti no matter who’s actually singing.

Night on Bald Mountain- Mussorgsky ?

Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme- Tchaikovsky More movie-love, usually building up to admitting they live each other.

Entry of the Gladiators- Julius Fucik I have one word for you: CIRCUS.

Lakmé: Flower Duet- Delibes OMG ALIAS. Nadia’s spy  backstory in Film Noir!

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King- Greig Mischievous Tiptoeing in Movies song. Also something growing out of control, slowly at first and then quickly, and (comically) exploding.

Rodeo: Hoedown- Copland The title says it all tbh.

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood- Greig Sunrise/waking up Movie Song du jour.

New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak Well now I’m thinking of “An American Tail” and I’m crying…

Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?) Nothing to add. I’m not a music snob, really, but if you didn’t know this, YOU SHOULD.

Canon in D- Pachelbel This is the one that the pretty Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas song comes from. :-)

Add others if you want! Have fun!

SENSHI would want you to get enough sleep and have nice nutritious meals

CHILCHUCK would want you to know your worker rights and what your labor is worth

LAIOS would want you to embrace your passions and try new things

FALIN would want you to take care of your health and treat others with kindness

MARCILLE would want you to practice necromancy and have gay sex

I think I just had the most beautiful interaction of my life.

I had a little bit of a breakdown outside of a pizza place earlier today. I cried harder than I have in years, tears pelting the concrete like rain and cloudy glasses. In the moment, I felt as small and powerless as an infant, one that had been dumped into a vat of quicksand. All I could do was sink farther and farther into that fear and sob. I can't remember a time that I've ever felt so defeated. So useless. So broken.

But then...

One small act. That's all it really took to remind me of the good in the world.

Two parents, around my mom's age had passed by just a little earlier. They had seen me sitting on the ground, calling my mom, and trying everything I could to slow my breathing through choked out breaths. I apologized for being in their way just moments earlier.

But... They didn't look at me with hatred or disgust or even pity. All of the emotions I felt towards myself in that moment, and I was SO sure anyone else would feel towards me if they saw me... Just wasn't there.

They asked if I was okay and gave me a pat on the shoulder. A stranger. A sobbing, absolutely pathetic looking, sniffling stranger. A soft act of kindness. Connection.

"You'll get through this, I promise. I know it's really hard right now, but I swear it won't last forever."

The two of them just kept going on. Telling me that I was loved and cared about and that I was going to get through this. These two absolute strangers. I thanked them so much, still sobbing, telling them that they made my day. And again.

"Do you know who else's days you make? Your parents. We have two kids of our own, and I know... I know every single day they make ours better. And I know for sure you do that too. College is rough, but you're going to get through this."

"And if anyone treats you bad, fuck them!"

"Yeah! You got this. It's all going to be okay, I promise. You're so strong."

I don't know who those two people were, but I swear they made me believe in the goodness of the world when I needed it the most. I wish them nothing but the best in their lives. I hope that if the time ever comes that either one of them, or their children, are alone and as terrified as I was... That they're given the same treatment. To look at that broken, petrified teenager and simply treat them with kindness. Reminding them that they deserve kindness.

The world is a dark, scary place, but it's never as bad as your mind makes it out to be... Because we're all on this little blue ball together. So please, the next time that you see someone a little down... Do me a favor. Give them a smile.

It makes all the difference.