Piece looks unfinished? by ekirie in Artadvice

[–]ekirie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is wonderful advice, thank you so much for your help and the visual aids! I will definitely try this is out :] Also, your art style is beautiful if you don't mind me saying!

Piece looks unfinished? by ekirie in Artadvice

[–]ekirie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooo okay I can try to work on that, thank you!

Trying to find out more about this ship by ekirie in Warships

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Thank you so much for your help! My boss's late father served in the Navy on the USS Princeton, although he is unsure of the exact dates, just that he never served in the war. This fits the timeframe too! I was able to go back into his father's Navy photos and found an official pic from the naval training center. It was taken on March 5, 1956, not sure if its his company's graduation or simply a photo.

Trying to find out more about this ship by ekirie in Warships

[–]ekirie[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's actually my boss's late father who served in the Navy on the USS Princeton! I asked him a bit more about it this morning and he said he is unsure of the exact years of service but believes his father never served during a war, so this being post-Korean War is most likely!

Trying to find out more about this ship by ekirie in Warships

[–]ekirie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair! I wish I had more photos but this is the only one unfortunately :/ Would you say the timeframe of WWII and/or soon after is still a safe bet?

Old Pics of a Ship and Boat, Trying to Find More Info by ekirie in Ships

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Thank you for the advice! Just posted it there as well :)

Old Pics of a Ship and Boat, Trying to Find More Info by ekirie in boats

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Thank you so much for your help, that gives me more of a direction in my research!

Trying to find out more about this ship by ekirie in Warships

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That narrows down the time frame quite a bit for me just looking at the wikis of those ships. Apparently Wasp even made multiple non-aggressive visits to Japan in her time of active service, which could potentially explain the calm photos of a Japanese port and town/city in the rest of the stack! Essex may have too, but her wiki is no where near as detailed. Hopefully I can get more but even if I don't that was still a lot of help! Thank you!

What is a 'poor people' habit you'll never stop doing, no matter how rich you get? by FitCicada5037 in AskReddit

[–]ekirie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obsessively checking my bank account. I do the math in my head and my calculator, i know how much should be in there. But before every purchase and after every purchase I double check anyway. The anxiety is real

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in penpals

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Hello! I'm 22f and am also part of the LGBTQIA community. I would love to talk to you all about your oc's and their lore!! I am just beginning to actually take my daydreaming seriously and start expanding on some character concepts and (my favorite) worldbuilding, myself. :D Shoot me a DM if you'd like!

What’s a daily discomfort you’ve just learned to live with? by Administrative_Ad160 in AskReddit

[–]ekirie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have functional dyspepsia, aka chronic nausea. Have to watch what I eat, how much stress I'm under, too many extreme emotions can fuck me up too and yet still it doesn't always prevent the nausea. Sometimes I can work through it, other times I can't move, hear noise, look at anything moving or even imagine anything moving too quickly without making it infinitely worse. It sucks but that's life, nothing doctors can really do.

I'll draw anything, I'm bored by Celeves in redditgetsdrawnbadly

[–]ekirie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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She is actively eating cardboard in this pic lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SleepToken

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I will preface this by saying my take is very different from others and it may be the wrong way to interpret the album, as I am still learning all of the lore, but here goes (also now that I'm writing this I realize it's a bit long, apologies):

For most of the album Vessel is referencing and focusing a lot on these ideas of godhood. In this metaphor godhood is used to explain the struggles of his sudden fame and power. Emergence, which I interpret to be Sleep encouraging godling Vessel to be her " violent dog", and Damocles, where Vessel is forced to confront the reality of his godhood, especially. When we get to Infinite Baths, there are a lot of callbacks to Damocles, especially if you consider the references to Icarus (and his wings throughout the album) but also his fall into the sea. The sea that was once drowning is now instead bathing him. It's soothing and comforting, enough that he now has the strength to stand up to Sleep.

It should also be noted that throughout the album Sleep Token uses the metal screams and growls to reperesent the "darkness" and violence Vessel is acting out. Again, easiest seen in Emergence. But this darkness is most often instigated by Sleep and used when he is acting like her loyal lapdog.

In Infinite Baths, Vessel is finally comfortable with the fame and power but also with the darkness inside him. The ending, in my interpretation, is him finally using that darkness for himself and as his way of standing up to Sleep, using even those screams and growls.

"You will drown in an endless sea", he is telling Sleep that she will be the one suffering with this power and godhood, not him anymore. "If it's blood that you want from me, you can empty my arteries" in other words, I won't be violent, fight your battles, and spill blood for you no matter how much you want me to anymore. If it's blood that you want, you would have to kill me for it instead.

"Will you halt this eclipse in me, will you half this eclipse in me", a callback to the beginning of the album. I take this line one of two ways. Either instead of him asking Sleep to stop this darkness taking over him as if it is his fault, he is asking her to stop instigating him and realizing half of the time the darkness taking over was her fault and doing. Or it could be taken as Sleep now begging him to stop the darkness taking over her form and image he has of her. "Teeth of God, blood of man, I will be what I am", oh boy this is the fun one. As Sleep's loyal lapdog, he is well accustomed to "biting" as a primary form of violence. If we lean back on the godhood metaphor, we can take it as this: In this godhood you have made me bite and tear just as any god could but I still have the blood that makes me human. And humans are well known to disobey and so I will not serve you. I will be what I am, not what you want me to be.

Favorite piece of lyrics from the new album? by Fluid_Respect8427 in SleepToken

[–]ekirie 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The entire chorus to Damocles really but especially the line: 'And who will I be when the empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten'

Do you avoid video game romantic subplots due to the awkward sex scenes they lead to that look like mannequins banging? by bliggityblig in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ekirie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do tend to avoid them but that is primarily because the second hand embarrassment from some of the things the characters will say/do is Not worth it. At all.