I'm watching Project Runway, and I'm having visions of Kara being one of the top designers, who keeps winning challenges for the sole purpose of being able to choose her model for the next challenge. She repeatedly chooses the same model, over and over. That model being Lena.
It's no secret-- in the interstitial interviews Kara blatantly declares that there's no way she's going to let anyone else choose Lena.
Lena is a competition staple, appearing across multiple seasons, and having the highest ratio of top looks across designers. Like, it becomes a running joke that whoever gets Lena as a model is practically guaranteed a top look, and if you end up on the bottom with Lena as your model you fucking DESERVE to be there, because you already had a leg up and you freaking blew it.
So the first time Kara gets Lena as her model, she knows she has to bring her best work. And she does. Again and again, for the express purpose of being able to choose her model for the next challenge. And the one time she slips and ends up as a top look but not the winner, Lena is selected by someone else. During that challenge apart, the b-roll footage catches Kara being distracted by and staring at Lena as she works with a different designer. But Kara still manages to pull it out and when she wins the challenge she leans forward and catches Lena eye with a wink. "I'll see you next time."
They lowkey become a hot topic of fan reaction, like are they or aren't they??? No one even knows if either of them are queer, but after Kara wins the competition she gets super big in the industry and her pieces are seen everywhere, but she and Lena are still seen out and about totether, making people wonder if they're friends or something more. Kara goes to all of Lena's shows to see her walk, and they often collaborate, so a lot of times Lena walks for Kara's collections. But everyone keeps wondering, until the day Kara wins some prestigious fashion honor and thanks her wife Lena in her speech.
Then the entire fashion world explodes in excitement.
long train rides with the one you love (for @supercorpzine)
I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.
But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck.
I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.
You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.
You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should. But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.
I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.
And I love it.
couldn’t stop working on my kissy rizzles sketches :> pls ignore how not accurate jane’s hair is in the last one
even 100 rewatches later I’m STILL waiting for them to kiss goodbye whenever Jane says “alright, I’ll see you later” or “ok. see you at home, Maura”
Florence Pugh asYelena Belovain Black Widow (2021) Director Cate Shortland
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You’ve probably heard of Akita Inus:
And Shiba Inus:
Which are really cool and cute Japanese dog breeds. Let me introduce you to these other cool and cute Japanese dogs, which I think deserve equal attention.
The Kishu Inu:
The Hokkaido Ken:
The Kai Ken:
The Shikoku Inu:
I just really love dogs, and look how cool they are! Dogs!!!
We need to talk about Vlatko…
i get players taking personal responsibility for the loss and being expected to be good enough to adapt to a coach and bring their a game…but i really feel like a lot of this tournament was a huge failure on vlatko’s part to adapt to the team and bring out the best in them and what they were capable of at the time. it’s the coach’s JOB to understand their team and understand how to bring out the best in them and adapt. to understand what their weakness are and to play to their strengths instead. asking an entire team to adapt to your vision and ideas is WAY harder than choosing to step back as a coach and being willing to put your own ego and ideas aside in order to adapt to the team and how the players are actually capable of playing. and i do believe him being so data driven and not allowing players to build chemistry with more consistent line ups again was on HIM and a big reason why players didn’t feel joy.
you don’t create magic and joy out of data and ignoring your team’s capabilities and strengths, or their weaknesses.
ok listen, so i had an idea, and idk if it’s clear what’s happening in this shitty sketches, but im not going to spend two days animating this shit, so shitty sketches is all you gonna get, they’re basically just dancing and slapping Lex around ok?
+ the big finish: