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last batch for a hot minute

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hey so

i know we’re all excited for crystal kingdom to come out (i am too!!) but when it does, please keep in mind:

- the artists for the fanart gallery were originally offered $100 which, from a bestselling publishing company, is unacceptable. we would never have been paid more if people hadn’t spoken up about it.

- we submitted our work in mid october and were told we would be sent our contracts within two weeks. i was finally paid less than a month ago.

- some people still haven’t been paid.

- personally, this was hands down the worst freelance i have ever done. the level of stress and anticipation and not-knowing was awful and i know i’ll question working for any major company in the future.

- this is not the mcelroys’ fault, however first second has a history of not treating their artists with the respect and professionalism we deserve and it clearly hasn’t gotten any better.

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do you think kravitz is required by his job to have all those skull themed accessories or does he just personally like them 

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*sweeps all of my AU ideas under the rug* why must I be called out this way?

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Chapters: 1/? Fandom: The Adventure Zone (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Kravitz/Taako (The Adventure Zone), Kravitz & The Raven Queen Characters: Kravitz (The Adventure Zone), Taako (The Adventure Zone), The Raven Queen (The Adventure Zone), Istus (The Adventure Zone), The Director | Lucretia, Davenport (The Adventure Zone), Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Marvel Cinematic Universe Fusion, Alternate Universe, Action/Adventure, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Angst with a Happy Ending, Assassins & Hitmen, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Implied/Referenced Torture, Brainwashing, Recovery, au of the au: romance novel edition Series: Part 6 of The Avenger Zone Summary:

Kravitz, newly minted SHIELD agent, is on a mission to tie up loose ends. When he runs into a familiar face, everything changes.

An AU of All the Things You Prayed For where Kravitz found the Soldier during his murder tour.

as promised, here is the first chapter of another au of attypf! this isn’t one i’ve posted anything from before so i hope y’all enjoy this content! parts of the first chapter were written by @anonymousalchemist. i hope you enjoy!! :0

#BABE WAKE UP NEW ATTYPF JUST DROPPED #just when I thought I was falling out of love 😂 #taz balance #taakitz #attypf #all the things you prayed for

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voidfished blupjeans is good because Lup takes one look at wifeless Barry and immediately goes

[ID: screenshot of the “It’s free real estate” meme. End ID]

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the taz nashville liveshow is near perfection. it’s got heists. it’s got luxury. it’s got lup. it’s got insect plague. it’s got turkey boy. it’s got flame swords. it’s got griffin knowing his family too well and knowing exactly where and when they’re going to fuck up. it’s got lup

#to think that i was living in nashville at the time #and hadn't heard of taz yet #so i DIDN'T GO

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microdosing on 7 hour critrole2 finale by reading random spoilers without context on the blogs of my treasured mutuals like

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#>:)

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It’s time the TAZ fandom talked about Kardala fanart

In light of Sarah Z’s new McElroy video, I’d really like to highlight a certain section regarding Kardala that I believe could be expanded on. Due to her focus on McElroys in the video and Justin’s racism regarding Kardala, I think it’s very important to mention that it was not just him who contributed to her stereotyping. Fans had also played a significant role in spreading Justin’s racist stereotypes.

I’m specifically talking about traditional Inuit tattoos drawn by artists who are not Inuit, and how I ask these artists to stay away from giving Kardala/Irene and other Inuit characters these tattoos in the future. I speak as an Inuk who lived in Nunavut and around my culture for a good portion of my earlier life, but I am also just one person. Other Inuit, Yup’ik and Aleut fans may hold different opinions, so please respect that.

I highly recommend that you watch Sarah Z’s new video first. If not the whole video, then at least the section 1:21:16 – 1:22:45 for an explanation on how racist Kardala was in canon. She spoke on it pretty well and I’m glad she decided to include it. I will add the link to the video in a reblog.

Quick disclaimer: please do not seek out any artists who may have made art depicting Kardala in an unfavourable way. I will be using art shown in Sarah Z’s video to illustrate my point, but I do not condone any harassment. The artist has since learned and I appreciate him taking the time to edit his original post, and I extend this to any artist who may have drawn in ignorance in the past. I hold no ill will to these artists, and I hope no one else does either.

TL;DR: Drawing traditional tattoos on Kardala when you’re not a part of the culture is racist and holds an immense amount of baggage to it. Ignorant art, even when old, can still have an impact on the present and can bring issues if not addressed.

For a little bit of background: traditional Inuit tattoos, referred to as tunniit for the rest of this post, are a cultural practice in many Inuit cultures that had almost been wiped out by Christian missionaries. They are an immensely personal form of documentation of one’s life, heritage and/or achievements, with meanings varying from region to region, family to family, person to person

The current revival of tunniit is still incredibly new. It is a reclamation of a practice that Inuit can never truly get back, for so many designs and meanings have been purposely wiped out, that not even many Inuit can get due to stigma in Christianity and the workforce. It’s because of this that the specific practice of tunniit is closed to outsiders of the cultures.

When artists who aren’t Inuit would put tunniit on Kardala, they did not comprehend what those lines mean. They simply can’t. They’d google these tattoos and copy them off of whatever black-and-white image of real Inuk women they saw, oblivious to the incredibly personal meanings they have meant to each individual, and slapped them onto a meat-crazed eskimo caricature. Or, and I can’t tell if this is worse, they make up their own fun designs, lines and squiggles that are their own caricature, a mockery of a practice we can’t properly reclaim, devoid of any meaning beyond faux “accuracy” or “aesthetic.” It is a terrible move to put such a sacred, newly-revived practice onto a character who was made with such awful stereotypes planted into her from the start.

[ID: A digital drawing of Irene and Kardala from TAZ: Commitment. Irene is a chubby Inuk woman with light brown skin and shoulder length, dark brown hair, and wears a grey blazer and a pencil skirt. She stands idly and glances to the side with a neutral expression. Kardala is a taller, muscular Inuk woman with light brown skin and shoulder length white hair that flows around her. She’s wearing a sleeveless black shirt and has her back facing the viewer with her head turned to the right. Her eyes glow white and her is mouth opened in an enraged expression. White lightning comes out of Kardala’s outstretched arms. Both women have triangular tattoos on their foreheads, cheeks, and chins, along with tattooed lines on their fingers. Kardala’s tattoos glow a bright white. End ID.] credit to a now informed artist, @galway-bae (note: the issues i will bring up in the next paragraph dont all apply to the art above, but are close enough i grouped them together.)

There was also a problem of using the tunniit as a sign of otherworldly power or the feeling of ancientness. Artists would place these tattoos on Kardala, along with putting her in our traditional parkas and regalia, while usually giving Irene “modern” clothing and completely disregarding putting tunniit on her unless it connected to her powers/Kardala. This action mystifies our culture and sets them as “magical” and “primitive” compared to the “normal” and “civilized” European culture. It also disconnects Irene from her own practices and culture, while simultaneously allowing people to access our most personal practice. This mirrors exactly what Justin did when canonically disconnecting Irene from her culture while also using a real life deity as inspiration for Kardala.

I know it feels strange to be mentioning all of this nearly four years after the fact. It was four years of “no bummers,” four years of holding in a grudge that I felt I could never bring up due to how long it has been since Commitment aired. But even when Sarah Z discussed Justin’s racism in her video, she placed the above art without criticism or any mention of tunniit, and I had to be reminded that people did not know that the fandom also heavily contributed to this racist caricature. That it wasn’t just Justin McElroy who made the Commitment era one of the worst times to be an Inuk TAZ fan. Old art can still be brought up in the present, and can still hurt, and that’s why I wanted to address it now. Better late than never.

Small detail I couldn’t fit elsewhere: there is an exception to those who aren’t Inuit drawing tunniit. If you are drawing Inuit with tunniit in real life or are drawing Inuit characters who canonically have tunniit, please do not remove them. They are a vital part of our identity, and if an Inuk made that character have tunniit, those meanings probably hold significance to both the character and the creator. Removing them takes away all of that.

I don’t expect artists to go back and delete any artwork depicting Kardala with tunniit. Nor do I expect artists to stop drawing her with tunniit, since I haven’t seen many artists drawing her this year to begin with lol. But I sincerely hope this post allows people to think about their decisions in drawing Inuit characters in the future, and to remember that the racism in TAZ wasn’t just spread by the McElroys alone.

Thank you for reading, and please take this as a teaching moment to bring with you in the future.

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hot take: kravitz's "work accent" is just what people on faerun used to talk like

#bad cockney was the dialect 2000 years ago #he's living history #i mean dead history #i mean-

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weird asks that say a lot

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1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

7. earbuds or headphones?

8. movies or tv shows?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

12. name of your favorite playlist?

13. lanyard or key ring?

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

18. ideal weather?

19. sleeping position?

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

21. obsession from childhood?

22. role model?

23. strange habits?

24. favorite crystal?

25. first song you remember hearing?

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

28. five songs to describe you?

29. best way to bond with you?

30. places that you find sacred?

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

32. top five favorite vines?

33. most used phrase in your phone?

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

35. average time you fall asleep?

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

38. lemonade or tea?

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

41. last person you texted?

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

44. favorite scent for soap?

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

47. favorite type of cheese?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

51. current stresses?

52. favorite font?

53. what is the current state of your hands?

54. what did you learn from your first job?

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition?

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

62. seven characters you relate to?

63. five songs that would play in your club?

64. favorite website from your childhood?

65. any permanent scars?

66. favorite flower(s)?

67. good luck charms?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

70. left or right handed?

71. least favorite pattern?

72. worst subject?

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

82. pc or console?

83. writing or drawing?

84. podcasts or talk radio?

84. barbie or polly pocket?

85. fairy tales or mythology?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

87. your greatest fear?

88. your greatest wish?

89. who would you put before everyone else?

90. luckiest mistake?

91. boxes or bags?

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

93. nicknames?

94. favorite season?

95. favorite app on your phone?

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

98. favorite historical era?

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death pays taako a visit

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Comic transcript is under the cut because it is very, very long. I just wanted to draw a conversation between these boys.

Keep reading

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i coloured this one to make it Special

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