A couple of hundred years in the future Dipper carves Mables face into mountain. Partly because his worried about forgetting her face, partly because he thinks she’d approve and partly because his really high. the carving itself becomes kind of legendary as no one but Dipper knows where it came from as far as the wider world in concerned it just appear one day out of nowhere not impossible Post-Transcendence admittedly but still an mystery.

transcendence-au:

Another mystery: how is it that rock- you know, rock– became imbued to the molecular level with glitter

chacw: Plot twist: all of the near by mountains when they get destroyed they go up in massive clouds of rainbow glitter. It becomes a tradition to take a small stone from a near by mountain and smash it on your 18th birthday.

oddhour:

The Dummies’ Guide to Illustrator

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This is a tutorial I wrote back in high school intended for total Illustrator newbies coming into our newspaper staff. It tells you everything practical a newbie should know, with none of the fluff and fancy-schmancy tricks you don’t really want anyway. Download a pdf version here.

– Links from the tutorial and more –

Pen Tool Guides:

VectorTuts’ Beginner Tutorials:

Simple designs to practice:

What is Dark Within Me, Illumine – Chapter 8 – aba_daba_do – Gravity Falls [Archive of Our Own]

timetravelbootycall:

516 days post-Transcendence

Dipper needs some questions answered, and seeks the help of some new characters in order to come to some life-changing conclusions. 

I’m writing a lot of fic right now and I should stop but NO! I’m just having a lot of fun trying to problem solve this story. @transcendence-au

What is Dark Within Me, Illumine – Chapter 8 – aba_daba_do – Gravity Falls [Archive of Our Own]

Mob Bosses are rarely convicted of being Mob Bosses it’s just too hard to prove in court. Most get caught for other things like Tax Evasion. They tried this on Hank but everything checked out all his’ taxes were filed correctly not only that but so where crews. Hank really apricates his sister-in-law. (did you know it’s perfectly legal to file taxes for money you earned illegally?)

transcendence-au:

So while Reina absolutely does Hank’s taxes (and the Crew’s for a dirt cheap fee: there’s kindness, and then there’s ‘my wife is an artist and we have three kids’), she never has to mess with illegal money. 

Hank doesn’t ask for money, and gets extremely uncomfortable if the topic is brought up. What money that does get pushed off onto him immediately goes back into supporting the Crew in the form of food, medical expenses, and/or dank party supplies

pixyrevenge: I just laughed because I have this image of Hank starting a swear jar that people keep sneaking money into or “mistaking” for a donation jar until it just becomes this slush fund for supernatural emergencies/entertainment.

excellent

freedom-of-fanfic:

‘why don’t antis just make their own archive if they hate AO3 so much?’

because fandom policers won’t feel safe enough if they just establish a safe space they control. they will only feel safe once every space is a ‘safe space’ they control. 

(wherein ‘safe space’ is ‘space that follows my social rules/makes me & my own feel safe’, not ‘a place where everyone present feels safe’.)

at heart, I think most fandom policers are afraid: afraid of being ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’.

afraid of exposure to new ideas.

afraid of facing the trauma of past experiences, and afraid of being hurt by new experiences. afraid to tolerate the worldviews of others; afraid to admit that more than one healthy way of reacting to the horrible things in this world exists. and fandom/fanworks are full of these things, because they come from such a diverse group of people.

the existence of anything outside their control means they could, at any moment, encounter something that makes them afraid – and being reminded that they are afraid makes them angry. but anger is a ‘bad’ emotion – unless it’s righteous anger, or justified anger. so: everything that makes them angry is a dangerous influence that must be destroyed. justification established. now it is their duty to make the world a space that’s ‘safe’ for them.

tl;dr policing fandom is an authoritarian social model, and authoritarianism is about assuaging fear by assuming absolute control.

unfortunately for them, it’s an impossible task. (unfortunately for us, it won’t stop them from trying.)

don’t donate to AO3 out of fear of antis; donate to AO3 because it’s proven a trustworthy archive that’s worth keeping running. and hey: did you know the number one way that authoritarians become less authoritarian is by experiencing the things they’re scared of? maybe keeping AO3 up will even help turn some of these folks around.