monrayne

Last Mermay shot. I never thought I'd participate but I had so much fun with it.

From the moment her eyes first landed on Bane’s Chosen, it was a sin.

He saw, with sudden and terrible clarity, the foundations of his decay.

you know my opinion on blocking folks has changed so much in the last year? like, it felt so personal and unnecessarily aggressive when i first came back to tumblr—someone actually blocked me within the first few days i was back, i think, lol. i remember being stunned, but in hindsight i can't say i blame them (i still think they were wrong but it was their right to end that and any future conversation with me, a total stranger).

your experience on the internet is largely what you make it, for better or worse.

but these days blocking largely feels like the "live and let live" of the internet; to me it's like someone saying, "you go your way and i'll go mine" and our paths will ideally not cross again. i've had people block me for seemingly no reason and i've blocked people i don't follow for just being kind of annoying when other people reblogged their posts on my dash. sometimes i all i know about a person is their opinions i genuinely think are stupid, or i do agree with them, but the way they choose to communicate grates on my nerves.

if a close friend suddenly blocked me, i'd feel terrible (but if that's where we were at, perhaps it was a long time coming)... but if we have no real connection it's kind of whatever? you made a decision and that's okay. i'm certain not everyone feels this way, but that's often where i'm coming from when i employ that block button. unless you're openly a bigot i'm not blocking you with any real venom.

I don’t believe in the gods, but I believe that you’re my saviour

Happy accident when playing with underpainting colors! I tend to fall into simple warm and cool tones because I’m not practiced at realistic color butttt… trying to stop when I like how something looks instead of overworking 🧡💜