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pearl ✦ on some new shit

@pearlborne.bsky.social

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my ffxiv gallery ✦ they/she ✦ 25+ ✦ asian-american ✦ lesbian 🏳️‍⚧️ ✦ SFW images + NSFW topics ✦ NSFW: @opalsent 🔞 25+ ONLY ✦ mostly OCs, some WOLship, occasional OC/NPC ships ✦ became a yapper ✦ WCIF friendly! i persist and resist

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 14d

every day i yearn for 2012 tumblr...

[ #pb:WOL ✦ #pb:c'stajha ]

3-by-3 Grid in sequence. An Oaxacan man wearing a red collared top with a large cascade neck-piece (source: Luvia Lazo). An abstract swirl of golden celestial light. A close-up of a single eye edited to be warm pink with a cat-like pupil. A red Mexican sunflower. A Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te with orange hair and pink eyes. An ocelot stalking the camera. A short wavy hairstyle from behind, edited to be similar to the hair color of the Miqo'te. A sandy path lined with shrubbery, arid mountains in the background. Text reading "it's you, it's you, it's all for you" on a red background that has intentional digital artifacting.

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B'alith Tia | 7.3 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 19h

I love you clothed sex, I love you torn stocking and missing buttons, I love you lipstick marks on rumpled collars, I love you "someone will hear us", I love you gloves that stay on, I love you frantic desire that absolutely cannot wait another moment 💕

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 25m

IT IS ALWAYS MORALLY CORRECT !! BUT NOW IT'S AN ACT OF CHARITY TO TAKE FROM THE RICH !!!!

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 28m

in the funny timing of mhy exodus + one of my recent thinkpieces, this is the only time i will say this with the smugness of a redditor: MHY STOLE MY IDEAS STRAIGHT FROM THE PRIVATE MESSAGES OF MY DISCORD ACCOUNT I DID IT FIRST I DID IT FIRST THEY WILL SILENCE ME BUT IM RIGHT

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 31m

genshin story & world were SOOOO good it hit all the themes & aesthetics that i LOVE LOVE LOVE in fiction. but much like ffxiv i had no desire to pull it out of its source, to me it was perfect as it was. mass ai from mhy is the nail in the coffin... goodbye billionaire company... clown pensive...

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 31m

natlan main story quickly became one of the spoilers i was listening for and really could not slop-love my way around just how fucking bad it seemed like they dropped the ball. not to mention the VA strikes and mhy just. releasing an entire region with whole main characters unvoiced... lol..........

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 31m

genshin was up there with pokemon where its a game world i loved so much i was fully willing to enjoy all the slop it produced, esp with genshin being F2P. but i stopped playing right before natlan and alas... even if i wouldnt have agreed with the criticisms, it's a silver lining that i dropped off

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 31m

mhy ai disappointed but not surprised, and the worst news is that im emboldened by everyone else saying its morally correct to steal from mhy (because it is!) and i feel like ive been given cursory permission to release hounds straight the gates of hell

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

maybe so much of it applies to so many ocs, and also each individual oc has such a specific context around the general Thought Itself that i feel too limited if i dont lay the foundation first............. but then i end up forgetting to come back around to the oc

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

crazy the takes i'll write from my own brain but then i'm too shy to talk about some of my ocs directly... so many of my thoughts originate from some oc thought i had but just straight up saying it About Them Directly is
idk
it's not EMBARRASSING nor is it awkward... im not sure WHAT it is...

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

what happens at 12:30am that makes me tired. my bed time is 6am. what happens to me. why am i SO TIRED. i know if i go lay down i'll roll around in bed until 6am !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO WONDER I GET NOTHING DONE !!!!!

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (or maybe current birthday... it's really late when im seeing this.......)

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

obligatory "it's become dogshit in the last 10 years" as someone who used it SUPER autistically 8~10 years ago... i've been awoken like a sleeper agent... it's that dogshit site/app that lately i only go to when im SUPER insecure about my creative outputs bc my old boards give me dopamine HAHAHAH

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

that's the BIGGEST turn off of pinterest and wont be worth it because 99% of non-lifestyle content on there is reposted art with MAYBE a source. if youre wanting to use it for making aesthetic oc boards, it's great!!! if youre wanting creative inspo, it's also great but doesnt feel very ethical.

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 10h

it's genuinely a really fun site imo esp after they added an option to turn off a lot of ai results. you'll have to accept seeing reposted/stolen art and unlabeled ai not getting turned off. i exclusively search with the word "aesthetic". if you're super turned off by the idea of reposted artwork ->

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

i do make a lot of posts that ARE just idle thoughts about Literally What Ever, but this one is in fact specific to ocs and im writhing on the floor i love chronological rp i love starting at day 1 and going through the days in order i love written back story

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

not that this would happen; in the most neutral way i can say this, no one cares enough abt what i'm saying at any given moment to hit me with even an earnest & polite disagreement to start a discussion, let alone a bad faith come for my throat over (scrolls my page) he/him lesbian g'raha tia

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

i think it also negates the bad faith aspect of ""arguments on the internet"", i make a lot of posts that are just me thinking out loud about whatever the fuck & the concept of someone openly starting an argument is exhausting simply bc it's almost a guarantee to be done in bad faith..............

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

wayyyy healthier than being a teenager arguing on tumblr about the same topics (climate change, voting rights, etc) where you're actually in a real life argument with a person who actually does really believe whatever stupid thing they're saying, but theyre also not as educated on it as you are.

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

but they get heated anyway. it's hard Not to believe that they actually do truly believe the points they're arguing. and it makes sense why they do it for fun, knowing that confrontation/arguments can produce dopamine with the adrenaline... but it's like a "safe" environment to do it in.

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

i asked my wife (ex debate kid) to give me a video so i could research how this works for our rp, and it's just. it's relatively serious topics, so i hear those arguing against it and i go "oh! why are you arguing against this!!" and remember they dont have a choice which side they argue.........

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

watching high school debate and strongly believe that the ppl on the internet who just want to argue for the sake of arguing need to do this instead. this is my worst nightmare but i'm getting through it by remembering they're, like, sometimes playing pretend. they're arguing on purpose.

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

wol sexuality question after the mini rant i had last night, i am once again asking why the galvus family only pops out trans fems

pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 11h

(scrambling to the tiny microphone like a rat climbing onto a kitchen counter) c'stajha is a lesbian, perhaps she helped me realize i too am a lesbian, who knows, the timeline doesnt line up but i'll give credit anyway, she's my favorite lesbian, have i talked about her being a lesbian? she's gay

🔞Daily NSFW OC Questions🔞 @nsfwocdaily.bsky.social · 21h

What is your OC's sexual orientation?
#nsfwocdaily #ocnsfw #oc #ocsky

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emil (evil) ⚧️🦈🎩 @threshrshark.bsky.social · 13h

i offered to help someone with a small tutorial on cross gender sculpt porting and figured i would post it! i did this for rael's face and thought more people should know how much easier they can make their lives. this works fr tails and stuff too

i'm not a pro or anything but i hope this helps!

"you will need to import the sculpt first (done under Mods > Import Modpacks)
Then get the pathway for the sculpt and the face you want to put it on"
there is an arrow pointed at the bottom bar in textools that displays the pathway for the model

Navigate to Tools > Models > Copy Models

A pop-up appears. You place the model (sculpt) you want to copy in the first box, and it's destination face that you want it on in the second box

O.P. highlights that seeing the green text saying "Models will be adjusted from X race/gender to Y race/gender" is good to see. He also gives a tip to do direct gender ports between races whenever possible, with the exception of Aura (due to them being a bit more difficult to port between races)

O.P. highlights that it worked successfully and the model is copied and adjusted. He then recommends testing the sculpt in game, and making any small adjustments in blender. The sculpt tool will do you well, but Do Not Touch The Neck Seam. split it from the model until your adjustments are done.

yay tutorial over

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pearl ✦ on some new shit @pearlborne.bsky.social · 1d

i haven’t made any progress on the rat modding simply because i am addicted to content. i want deep dungeon i want crafting i want retainer specing i want hard queue qarn for leveling i want gathering timed nodes. ohhh my steak is too juicy. i love it but then i lay down and HAVE NO DOLLS !!!!!!