backwards and in heels

"I don't see any god up here. But from here the Earth is beautiful, without borders or divisions."

The first words of a human in space.

Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961.

first day as a minor tang dynasty bureaucrat, and you've been tasked with doordashing some delicious lychees for the emperor's favourite concubine, which would be bad enough, seeing as lychees only grow in the southernmost reaches of the empire, resulting in a treacherous, arduous, 2,500 km round-trip--except upon accepting the commission, you realise your boss stuck a post-it note over the word "fresh" to make it "preserved," and you've been sabotaged from the very begining, so you've got no choice but to struggle against fate, corruption, and human fallacy in a poignant and bittersweet story that highlights the lives of the little people who live in behind the scenes of historical epics, oiling the cogs of Empire with their blood, sweat and tears.

for this piece, I went with flat shoujo style background, with the bright, over-saturated colours, and liberal application of screentones and sparkle-sparkle-effects. Li Shande is juxtaposed against it in dramatic, film noir lighting.

big thanks to @vineyardelf for the commission! it gave me some art to look forward to after handing in The Horrors, and for turning me on to another great work of historical fiction. I highly recommend everyone go watch the tv show litchi road , or read the novel it's based off lychees of chang'an.

*puts a dandelion in your hair*

Stuff like this makes me question if I’m actually passionate about anything

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

Write it badly or it'll never be written

look at how he almost reaches out to her but stops himself!!!!!

and then he starts reaching for her again as she walks away!!!!

I feel like I see it more on facebook these days, but it is on every social media website that you're getting posts meant to inspire outrage thrown into your feed or dash or whatever. And so many people really are addicted to scrolling and looking at videos and posts that inspire outrage in them and getting more dopamine from expressing their outrage in the comments.