Mermaid in the Spring

This is called Tahitian Moon by David Miller. I saw it in person in one of those expensive art galleries almost 20 years ago. I had forgotten the artist, the title, and didn't take a picture. But it burnt itself into my brain all this time, and I always wanted this painting. Fortunately for me, David Miller is still one of the darlings of that gallery, and I went back and was able to rediscover Tahitian Moon on his website. ...Just yesterday, actually.

So now, my amateur ass is gonna do what I can to get my hands on this painting.

I've read fanfiction with bad grammar that peeved me because the dialogue and characterization was fire. I've read fanfictions with sex scenes I didn't want for the same reasons.

Sometimes the thing I don't like is holding hands with the thing I do like so imma read anyway.

Also didn’t ivy ship older men and younger men (boys) before?

I made that post in response to the anime sub blog being used to blacklist and mistreat somebody. I'm not going to go further into it than I already have. And for the record, I don't especially care what people ship. I care when pro/anti-ship discussions are used to punch down at others, especially by people who did the same exact shit when they were younger. But beyond that, there are FAR bigger issues going on right now for me to expend energy on pro/anti ship discourse.

Now, nobody cares. Sometimes bootlegs are higher quality than official merch. (My bootleg Mewtwo figures vs like... an official nendroid for example. The bootlegs blow them out of the water.) I'm actually on the hunt for a bootleg Kirby plush that used to be prevalent on ebay back then that I regret not buying.

One of my old anime DVD box sets is a bootleg and I don't really care because it works and looks nice on my shelf. See the official (left) vs the one I have (right).