Y‘know, I Liked How It Turned Out—I Just Think I Need To Redesign His Character. I Need To Do A Lotta

“But… do you?”

I introduce to you

The heirs to the soul jams

Strawberry Cookie:

Becoming the heir to Hollyberry’s soul jam was something Strawberry Cookie could’ve never seen coming. Yet, here she was. Listening to the ancient hero talk about things she could expect to happen when she becomes the new holder. Strawberry spends her days constantly training and building up her strength. Often needing her to be pulled away by Hollyberry or Wildberry just to take a break. Her last known encounter with Gingerbrave forever changed her. She’s not as shy anymore, she starts to become more stoic and closed-off. Hesitant to meet new cookies.

Wizard Cookie:

Similarly to Strawberry, Wizard Cookie spends most of his time training and practicing on his spells. He hasn’t gotten used to the harsh weather in the Dark Cacao Kingdom yet, making it harder for him to focus when doing magic. He enjoys a good challenge though and has shown significant progress with his work. On particularly harsh days, Dark Cacao will stay by Wizard’s side. Offering guidance where he can and reminding him to clear his mind and keep himself grounded.

Custard Cookie iii:

The young cookie still wears a bright and innocent smile, unaware of the troubling truth being kept from him. Custard is left unaware of the truth of both the witches and Gingerbrave. Being told that his friend was put under a spell and this is why he’s as hateful as he is. This leaves the young healer worried for what could come, now that Gingerbrave is being kept with the Cookies of Darkness. So he listens carefully to Pure Vanilla and he gives it his all during training. He is the beacon of light and hope keeping the group from falling into complete despair.

Chili Pepper Cookie:

Easily the most outspoken and is the first to suggest ways to get Gingerbrave back when the ancients and their soul jam heirs meet up. Chili Pepper has made an attempt to get him back before (with the help of Espresso Cookie) but things did not go as planned. So she’s now become restless and is desperate to have things return to the way they used to be. Causing Chili Pepper to become more protective over Strawberry, Wizard, and Custard. Learning the best ways she could possibly keep them safe with helpful teachings from Golden Cheese. Leaving the two to strike up a close bond because of this.

I’m hoping that the next reference post will be Gingerbrave and Dark Enchantress. I think I need some extra time to figure out the Ancients’ designs

While I sit, taking a break from being frustrated at genshin impact, I want to talk about something that you probably won't find in other areas. This post is for my hypersexual people out there, so if that triggers you, please move onto another post.

I recently had someone ask me, how to deal with hypersexuality if you do not want to masturbate, or look at sexual material or anything. And this goes for the younger people out here that might not be old enough to involve themselves in safe sexual communities. But you can be an adult and still find this advice useful, it's for everyone to keep in mind.

Hypersexuality is a coping mechanism, usually coming from a traumatic experience or something similar. It's also incredibly similar to OCD and the obsessive/compulsive part, with intrusive sexual fantasies/thoughts and compulsions like oversharing and sexual acts. And with it, you will feel shame, regret and self hatred, hypersexuality is not pretty and is very damaging to live with, especially if you've been dealing with it since you were a child.

When hypersexuality is triggered, you may be feeling...

small and like you need to be protected or else, like a kid, like condescended or put down

pain, you may be dealing with some sort of pain when it is triggered, you may have a hard time sleeping, and it's triggered, or you had a bad day

self hatred, you may feel like you cannot escape your shame and guilt, you may be spiraling and need some sort of reprieve to take you away from reality

or literally any sort of stress, it can be anything, and its usually something painful. You could be feeling lonely, you could be struggling with intrusive thoughts that make you feel aroused, anything.

So you will experience urges and intrusive thoughts. And a lot of it, a lot of what I've experienced, and I know others have, is self harming behaviors with the hypersexuality. It's not necessarily physical, it can be emotional self harm. Regardless, it's self punishing for "taboo" or "disgusting" acts. And its a very intense headspace that is hard to escape from.

There are things called endorphins, hormones/neurotransmitters that reduce pain and discomfort, that come from sexual acts. And they make you feel better and help you sleep. But that does not mean you do not experience emotional pain from engaging in sexual situations. It's self harming, and hypersexuality is known as an addiction, just like codependency.

So how does one deal with hypersexuality in a more healthy manner? How to not hate yourself so much when you get compulsions and intrusive thoughts? Well, there is therapy, but that's just an easy answer that doesn't work for everyone. And a lot of therapy is just this. It's self work and self care.

I'm not going to act like that is easy, nor is it pleasurable a lot of times. But it's healing and progress, it's something that is worth it in the long run. It's teaching yourself that sexual things are not taboo, and that you're not evil for doing it. It's learning to accept yourself and break down dissociative barriers if you have them.

In combatting this, here are some things to focus on:

Affirmations and self appreciating. No more telling yourself that you're gross or disgusting, no more viewing yourself in a negative light. There are positivity blogs and posts, surround yourself with that love and kindness, and no more falling back on "I'm gross for feeling this way".

Unlearning the lies that your inner child has been told. And this is specifically the lie that "sex is bad" or that it's taboo. Its just a normal part about having bodily needs. Even if you don't like sex, it's not inherently bad. Within this, educate yourself about the things you may have not learned in school. Let's stop feeling ashamed of ourselves when we experience arousal. Become more sex positive.

Learning self care and aftercare. Aftercare is mostly talked about in kink communities but it should be discussed more in general. It's about coming down from emotional highs after sexual encounters. And that means being gentle and kind with yourself. Take care of yourself, use the bathroom, etc. You don't even have to have had a sexual encounter to preform self care.

Along with the point above, self care is important in general. Create a safe space for yourself, have relax days, take time for yourself and treat yourself well. Hypersexuality is often the "replacement" for the need of unconditional love. This is why you need to be more gentle with yourself and to forgive yourself. Even if you cannot be with others, or trust others, at least you can do is be gentle and kinder with yourself.

Give your inner child a safe space. Watch kids shows, watch your favourite movies you loved as a child. Let yourself eat snacks or drinks. Let yourself play and have fun. Sit in comfy pajamas and make pillow forts, or take a nature walk. Surround yourself in things you enjoyed or wanted as a child. (I recommend The Little Prince if you want a good movie to enjoy.) Let your inner child be themselves, because more often than not, they're the one that feels unloved and unsafe here. No more shame, let yourself have fun.

And this is not a cure, this will not help you with everything. Sometimes you need actual therapy, actual medication, you need an answer. It's hard, the healing journey is tough because of the stigma and struggle with finding a therapist that is right for you.

I really recommend researching about OCD as well, you may not have OCD, but it's really similar to a lot of what hypersexuality is. And getting a diagnosis for that or getting medication for that, may help you deal with some issues you cannot contend with on your own. Especially with the lack of boundaries you may have. Especially if you have been in a toxic or codependent relationship/friendship or situation due to hypersexuality. You may learn better coping mechanisms through that as well. You are not a lost cause.

You will lessen the intense headspace with care and work, you are not a monster and you are not disgusting. Please treat yourself with more respect and kindness. Sex is not a sin, and nor does hypersexuality make you a bad person. Educate and treat yourself better. You are an equal and you deserve to be respected. You are not lower than anyone else, nor are you less intelligent or stupid. You are not an inferior being.

Here's to healing, the journey begins. May you grow and build a sanctuary for yourself. I hope you flourish. No more self hatred and no more shame. You are deserving of respect and you deserve the unconditional love that was not given to you. Only you can take the first step of this. It's not as scary or uncomfortable as you think it is.

TDLR: Please read the bullet points if nothing else. Hypersexuality is very similar to OCD, so OCD coping mechanisms may help you as well. Practicing self care, as well as unlearning shame and self punishing attitudes will help. It's not protective if you don't learn to respect yourself. Stop shaming yourself for sexual feelings. It's not your fault you deal with this. So it's time you build yourself a safe space/sanctuary in order to be more authentic and loving with yourself.

Sad SoG Lloyd doodle from lunch

Minifigs cheer him up

there is something horrifically grim to it, but illustrations for gaza and palestinians tend to catch more mass attention that actual photos of people. this made me feel incredibly helpless for a long while, seeing both how people would rather look at a neat drawing of red black green and white than look a human in the eyes, and how online platforms would rather push a viral drawing while suppressing those begging for help at the same time.

a way to cope with this feeling has been taking advantage of it to directly guide people to helping palestinians.

if art gets better traction, then there’s an incredible amount of good that can be done by creating art that immediately links to fundraisers. creating art of the many images of those who are asking for help.

within hours of posting my drawing, there has been jumps in the thousands for bashar from gaza’s fundraiser. it’s a small effort in the grand scheme of things. it’s not a fix it. but it’s something good. please take care of each other and do what you can. i think this could help a lot of people if a lot of people did it.

here is bashar. i’ve drawn him, spoken to him, and known him now for a few months. any shares help, any art helps. draw who you see, draw what you see. thanks all

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Jokes on you all. I’m actually a Martin fan.

FRIEND ART!!!

LOOK AT MY BABIES AND MY FRIENDS AMAZING ART JUST AAAAAAAA

i´m back!

and with @kiobeeoooo siblings Ashton and Dani! hope you like it!

i don't know the story yet but i love them already 🥰 💗💘

Hello,I hope you and your family are well.Can you help me Share Or Replog the post my Family on account? 🙏

I Relly Need Your Help To Evacuate Them To A Safe Plece As Soon As Possible Outside Gaza 💔💔.

Donate even if it is 10 euros or 15 euros، The smallest donation makes a difference in my family's life!!🙏🙏

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For those of you seeing this, please help me help Ahmed and his family evacuate!!!

If you can’t donate, please please reblog his posts or share onto other platforms for others to see and share!!! For those who can donate the link to the GoFundMe will be listed below:

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Donate to Help Ahmed, Abedelrahman, and family Escape war, organized by Ziad Okasha

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Deeply fucked up that this game (real life) forces you to play a crafting mini-game (cooking) every time you want to replenish your stamina bar.

You can skip the crafting game by using a pre-made consumable if you have them on hand, but high level players will constantly nag you about it and tell you that it damages your character's stats in the long run.

Ash and their baby sister, Dani!

I'm working out ages and timelines, but here's the siblings 🙏