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My brother and I hatched a Sphinx Moth!

On May 27th of this year, my brother came home with a chubby green caterpillar in a paper tissue and told me he’d plucked it off of a sewer grate. I decided to use a little critter catcher I had and made an enclosure just to see what would happen. On the same day, it buried itself and we never saw it again😭 Until like 5:00 AM today when I woke up to what I thought was a little motor running. I thought my fish tank was going crazy, but NO it was the little guy! He finally came to the surface, so I rushed outside to release him. Shortly after this video, he took off into the night (???) and I dropped my phone lol (please ignore the mess, I have a dog)

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 7 hours ago

AITJ for getting upset at my gf for questioning my actions?

I (32M) recently had a huge fight with my girlfriend (35F) after I agreed to let her interview me about my work. I do a lot of independent humanitarian aid, and I don’t exactly wait around for people to tell me where I can and can’t help people that need it. During this interview, my girlfriend accused me of increasing tensions in a war between a large country and ally of the United States and a smaller, oppressed country by ‘representing’ the US. However, I made it abundantly clear that I’m not representing anyone but myself. The interview got pretty heated as she kept piling on question after question, and I eventually couldn’t take it anymore and told her outright that lives were on the line. I did yell, I’ll admit to that. I don’t know where our relationship is going from here because of something she said afterwards.

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u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 9 days ago
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Making my own Zane Plush (Day Three)

Hiatus is over! The main Zane construction is near completed. I broke three sewing needles, burned and poked all fingers I own, and had to give Lloyd a skin graft using flesh from under his mask to fix the scar on his forehead. But I’m quite satisfied with how the plush is turning out!

Materials used: Pretty much everything this time around😭

Now the true question…do I draw on the fabric folds? Because that’s all that I’m left with as far as I am concerned. Side note, should I glue the tag onto his side?

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 15 days ago
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Making my own Zane plush (Day Two)

(The days aren’t consecutive)

Today was all about Lloyd modeling the outfit components. I’m going to sew them all together either tomorrow or the next day once I’m done with work. Hopefully then it’ll be a lot neater than now😭 Poor baby’s wearing a straight jacket at the moment! For now, I think I’ll make the hood in a way to cover the lobotomy scar, but if I have time, I’ll use some of the grey felt and see how that looks.

Materials used: White minky, grey minky, pins, hopes and dreams

I added on the faux suede and felt emblem on the last one so you can see what I’m trying to do. Side note, this Lloyd looks so bald without his headband! Debating if I wanna give Zane one…

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 21 days ago
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Making my own Zane plush (Day One)

OKAY! So I managed to make a few of the small accessories, removed the crease in between Lloyd’s eyes, and changed the color of one of his eyes from green to blue. Made one of the eyebrows thicker and black. I’ve run into my first issue where removing the crease caused a noticeable tear, so my brother suggested I use some of the grey minky to make half of Zane’s face titanium (like his face plate is broken).

Materials used so far:

Emblem: Cardboard, yellow felt, hot glue, acrylic markers
The brown strap thing: Faux suede, hot glue (somehow worked), acrylic markers

I had to do the embroidery for the left eye and left eyebrow by hand, as I don’t have a machine. That’s why it looks a little wonky. I had to take a break since I’ve got some mild arthritis lol. What do you think? Half titanium or nah?

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 23 days ago

[Loved designs] Yami Yugi and Yugi Muto (Yugioh)

I had to include these figures because look at them😭. I love everything about these guys. Even though they’re just wearing some extra accessories with the school uniform, it works. Yami gets a lot of praise specifically, I’ve noticed, but Yugi deserves some love too.

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 26 days ago
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Zane’s plushies so expensive that I’m gonna try to make my own

Bought this Lloyd plushie for like $10 and I’m planning on deconstructing and rearranging it into Zane. What should I try? I’m still in the planning phase, but I figured this Zane would be the easiest to do. I’m familiar with sewing fabric/patterns, but only by hand.

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 28 days ago

I’m genuinely getting my life ruined over this app

If anyone knows a way to spoof my location on an iPhone while still having Life360 active (location turned on to the fake place), it would be much appreciated, because my mom has been tracking my location with this app since middle school, and it’s starting to make some real tension in my life. Went to see my older sister today while at grandma’s house (they live close by). Haven’t seen her in months, and I miss her. However, in the middle of the visit, mom texts me to ask why I’m there, and why I’ve been there for so long. The mood is immediately ruined after grandma finds out that mom is spying on me again, as she hates it when mom messages me like this in the middle of visits to interrogate me; and she hates it even more when I’m forced to tell her why we’re at a certain place. Grandma doesn’t seem to understand when I say I’m not spying, she just asks me over and over again why I’m at a place, and if I don’t answer, there will be hell to pay. It’s not like I’m a troublemaking teenager, I’m 20 years old! I’m not doing anything wrong by seeing my sister, regardless of how mom feels about my sister ever since she moved out and can no longer do childcare like I do! I’m genuinely starting to spiral. Grandma wants me to leave my phone at her house so we can continue the visit tomorrow, but if I do that, I’ll be evicted from my parent’s house. I pay rent there, but she’s threatened to kick me out before. Ran away one time to stay with a friend and ended up having to go back, and she said it would be different but it’s not! I’m scared! I know it sounds so stupid, and there’s a lot of context I’m leaving out, but I’m scared! What do I do?! Grandma said if I can’t leave the phone at her house, then I should just stop coming altogether. This is the one place I get privacy though aside from the phone stuff.

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u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 30 days ago

AIO because the entire world hates me because of my dad?

I (16m) am ridiculed by the whole continent because I happen to be the son of the guy who regularly terrorizes the city. It was foretold by a prophecy that I would face him in a final showdown between good and evil, but it’s kinda hard to keep myself in good spirits when the number one song on the radio is about hating me. It’s really starting to get to me, even with my friends trying to have my back. The only time I feel some semblance of relief is whenever I put on my mask and climb into my giant mech to clean up my father’s mess of villainy.

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u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 1 month ago

Any ideas?

Hey all! I’m reorganizing my room. These plushies are either too big for the hammocks I have set up, or there is no room on said hammocks. They’ve been living on the foot of my bed this whole time. Where should I put them?

u/Realistic_Emotion_50 — 2 months ago