#...slightly more than a bit

[cuddlytogas]

So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.

See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.

But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...

What is the difference between this and this?

Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?

Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.

But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.

And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.

But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.

See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!

As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.

And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:

So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?

Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.

In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.

In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.

This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).

Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.

More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.

This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.

A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.

But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.

#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05 #Our Flag Means Death #Togas does meta #and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much #don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :( #I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out #i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong #god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3 #looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD #image descriptions in alt text #and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them

[anglerflsh]

Did some very surface-level digging for collector design reasons and reworked the colors of the prince a bit + the image on its own for clarity

#[.art] #toh #collector oc #black hole prince #I decided to make them a tiny bit more canon adiancent in quantity of colors and smilar. At the sake of vibrancy but #I do like the desaturated collector designs more than the purpleblue official one #also the collectors in the paintings all have slightly different outfits it seems? plus the one we first saw #so I'm deciding some variety is allowed #the regular design is still the cape+ruffles one I just wanted to put them in a classic collector dress things too

[kagoutiss]

kittyfies them i guess,,,,

#ocarina of time #oot #impa #zelda #sheik #ganondorf #i think i decided zelda/sheik is a cornish rex but im still not sure about impa & ganon’s breeds #visually tho impa is built kind of like a bengal and i sort of hc her as having albinism so she has v little pigmentation regardless #ganon is like. a medium haired maine coon or similar large breed. with tortoiseshell coloration that is incredibly rare in male cats #the fur pattern i gave him is a little bit more organized than in actual tortoiseshells i think but sshhhhh #and then sheik’s eye color changes to red and her fur pattern also slightly changes #to vaguely resemble sheik’s emo hairstyle covering one eye in the game :3 #anyway. yeah

[kakyogay]

alri I'm feeling generous tonight I'll give you folks the sketches (for the main 4) I just finished before I go sleeb

#don't mind how moon and pebs are like slightly more blurry than the other two #drew them a little too small and it's only the sketch so it'll look better when I actually line and color them #but also gotta do sos cw and ui so it may take a bit #idk I just want to actually give them colors because I have the ideas in my head I just never got them out #eh I'll tag this properly why not #rain world #seven red suns #five pebbles #looks to the moon #no significant harassment #gjinka bs #nighty night :3 *explodes*

[ot3]

the shameless chopper bimbofication that happened over the seasons is sooo funny to me. theyve turned his ass into a marketable plushie.

#oplb #i think they might have taken it a bit too far i liked him just slightly more creaturish than they landed on #but i cant say im mad about it. hes just a little guy

[azurlily]

Our obsession with this game is natural... PROMISE(lies)

To anyone who played the game, yes, all romancable characters + Elena and Mia are requestable.

New writers on the block yall! I'm Lune, this is a collaborative writing effort from the original owner(Azurli) and I. This somehow just turned into shit about Bella being crazy and and in love with you, so enjoy.

Bella's Obsessive(Toxic) Tendencies

Bella loves you, she does, but sometimes she loves you too much. The idea was in her head long before she had gotten her heart back.

Bella had dreams of you, of you in her arms - without a shirt or pants. You looked beautiful, and every night she'd wake up in a sweat, her face red, and her thighs wet.

After Bellas heart was unnumbed(is this a word?) she was feeling so much, too much.

One moment, she was happy and content with being around you; the next, she was mad because someone looked at you.

Toxic isn't how one would describe the beginning of your relationship. It isn't how Bella would describe it either, but to outside forces...that's exactly what it looked like.

To others, it seemed like the horrible Ice Queen on campus had decided you would be hers, against your will.

Which, in reality, we all know is far from the truth. With how deeply you love her, you two will be able to overcome anything, even her overly possessive nature.

Right?

Of course, if Bella is anything, it's a fighter. It's not like she's become so used to being trapped under Miranda's thumb that she has begun to develop a complex.

That's preposterous. Bella doesn't worry about what would happen if you found someone different. She doesn't dream about you finding the girl that got a bit too close to you, dead. And when you run to her in fear, you hug her knowing she's never done anything unless it was to protect you.

Bella doesn't imagine Mia's blood on her hands as you cry into her shoulder, thankful to be protected.

Bella is perfectly sane in her love for you.

Now let's be serious.

Bella would give you anything and everything. Well, maybe not anything... not yet, at least. She wouldn't hurt her family for you, but damn, the anger she holds for her mother at times. She worries for herself.

Bella gives you her all in the relationship. That means she gives all of herself: no more secrets, no lies. She bares herself to you wholeheartedly and completely. She expects you to do the same, so if you don't, you will lose her. You love her too much not to, right?

Right.

"I love you, you know that right? You make me so happy, I love you so much."

Bella's words are a sweet poison; don't drink it. After a fight, she'll storm off not only to cool herself down but also to let you cool off.

You've both learned that this is for the best, especially if you want to keep this relationship going long-term, which you will. Bella wouldn't allow you to leave her.

On some occasions, Bella will wait for you to apologize first, and then she'll act like she was just getting ready to apologize to you.

Her words are as sweet as honey, but her voice is as sharp as a razor. You can't tell if she's happy, angry, sad, or horny.

Bella does this on purpose, and you're starting to figure it out.

When she speaks to you, she doesn't lie, so everything she says is true. However, the way she says it and the little words she sprinkles in change the meaning entirely.

That's enough of that though, Bella wants you to think of the good times with her. The fun times, the safe times.

The times when you're lying in her warm bed, her hands snaking up your thighs, a more content look on her face. She enjoys this, enjoys you, and she'll continue to do so.

Bella has a lot of pent-up sexual aggression, so what better time to let it out than the minute you two get back from a nice dinner?

Well, that sounds just perfect, and from the way you're crying out her name, it must sound good to you too!

"Shh, Kitten. We're going to play the quiet game, and you're already losing by a lot."

This wasn't absolutely horrible was it? I'm ashamed to have wrote this, and I'm sure my co-writer is ashamed to have read through it before posting.

Anyway this character is from the game Resident Lover, it's an amazing game made by @resident-lover .

I'm marking this as spoilers in the tags, and I hope anyone who hasn't played the game after reading this plays it!

#resident lover #wlw #women are hot #sapphic #obsession #bella dimitrescu #resident evil 8 village #resident evil fangame #resident lover spoilers #slightly nsft #just a lil bit #okay maybe more than that

[johnbleepingzoidberg]

this started out as vent art but it just turned into a cool bowser sketch featuring a teeny luigi LOL

#bowuigi #luigi #bowser #super mario bros #‘‘twas originally gonna be a big badass bowser protecting/comforting sad weegee #because i was feeling a bit sad #but drawing big cool scary lookin turtle dinosaurs always helps #might clean this up and color it properly but for now i’m v tired #my art #mine #slightly diff style than usual. sharper and more geometric #ok to reblog if you so wish #even tho it was originally vent art #i do like how its turning out :)

[blaithnne]

I know they’re not really apart of the show but could you do Scrooge’s sisters Hortense and Matilda? I love them too much

You’re in luck anon, these two were next on my list! Castle McDuff grants immortality to those who reside in its walls, keeping them at a set age. However, these two don’t live there full time. Tilly stays alive because she constantly alternates between living there and not, and Hortense has her own methods of avoiding aging. As a result, all three McDuff siblings have quite varying physical ages, Scrooge appears to be a surpassingly spry eighty something year old, Matilda looks to be in her early sixties, and Hortense in her late forties to mid fifties.

Meet the Cast!

╰┈➤ Canon ☄. *. ⋆

→ Scrooge McDuff → Goldie O'Gilt → Jack Duckworth → Bentina Beakley → LÙ Huifen (pre-caseflies) → LÙ Huifen (post-casefiles)

╰┈➤ OCs ☄. *. ⋆

→ Lucrais NicRiada

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#trying to make my links for these post more...nice lol #ducktales human au #ducktales #duckverse #gjinka #humanisation #humanisations #gjinkas #matilda mcduck #hortense mcduck #hortense mcduff #matilda mcduff #art #my art #character design #doodle #digital art #fanart #drawing #ducktales fanart #ducktales reboot #ducktales 2017 #not used to drawing older characters so i think tilly looks a bit young ?? this series is helpin me practice tho so yay1 #the main reason i chose to make them appear slightly younger than scrooge btw is bc i wanted to give em different hair colours #cause otehrwise they prolly all woulda had that white hair and eh i wasnt feeling it #this feels more unique! #referenced the comics for the designs #plus tilly's appearence in dt17 ofc lol #but i took a lotta liberties obviously! had fun with em #personally i HATED matilda's hair in dt17 sorry. her design in general like. idk she just looked weird to me ??

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

saw some speculation on FranklyDear in relation to the audios and i want to toss my two cents in

so all the thing's i've been seeing have been people talking about how they're a couple, but they're not acting like it, so that must be Playfellow's influence making them put distance between each other

but i immediately interpreted it as - they're not there yet. there might be feelings, but they aren't Together. cause in the 14 bug audios, i feel like it's pretty clear that these are snapshots of the neighborhood outside of the show. cameras aren't rolling, there are no influences, it's the neighbors just Existing on their own dime

'cause the conversations are more natural! the characters seem more nuanced! there aren't any sound effects! so if FranklyDear is already established, wouldn't we have "seen" that in their shared audio 8-14? wouldn't Eddie have just called Frank Frank, without the immediate (and somewhat flustered) correction to Mr. Frankly? and wouldn't Frank call him Eddie instead of Mr. Dear? plus, idk about y'all, but that scene was a lil romantically charged. a little flirty - especially from Frank's side. the kind of tension you get from budding emotions, not fully-realized ones

they just seem to be in a before state. the beginning stages. and anyway, i remember Clown saying that revealing FranklyDear as an endgame couple was sort of an Accident? i think we were meant to watch it evolve and figure it out along with the characters, the way we will with any other relationships (that we Definitely are not aware of / confident about yet).

we're still only in the prologue of the story, so it'd make so much sense if Frank and Eddie are not yet Involved. we're on this journey With them

#in a parallel universe there are people arguing over whether or not frank & eddie are a Thing #im kinda thankful that's not our reality lol #i think it's going to be fun just sitting back Fully Aware and watching these two Go Through It #i just highly highly HIGHLY doubt they're already together #plus how much more fun would it be to watch it Happen? #to see them experience the conflict and feelings and realizations and how their interactions will likely Change Accordingly #homebogging #welcome home theory #welcome home speculation #before the audios i had a feeling that it would be eddie being the more up-front flirty go-getter of the two #based on clown's art of them & such #but then with the audios eddie is a little more... reserved isnt the right word.... #polite? restrained? trying to keep things Amicable and Professional? #cause in 8-14 frank was the more relaxed teasing one while eddie was a bit of a flustered mess #which might've been because of the bug #but yk... he Did rush to correct himself on how he addressed frank... #and the way frank spoke... idk it just sounded like a slightly different Tone than what they usually speak with #more of a casual drawl. more forward - there was a Weight to it #and the 'you don’t need to be that familiar with them in order to get to know them better' #imo that line stuck out as a kind of a wink wink nudge nudge thing #like a Hey. We Could Get To Know Each Other. #twas a classic 'talking about one thing while saying another' phrase - again imo #oh and also its just occurring to me #if the bug audios are 'present day' like i suspect #its entirely possible that franklydear can only 'now' develop bc theyre - well theyre not exactly Free #but playfellow is no longer 'ruling' over them. the influence and pressure - no matter how subconcious it was - is no longer there #freeing them up just enough to maybe... just maybe... truly Feel and perhaps Express interest in each other #just a thought! #that would be another tally in the box explaining why their interaction in the 8-14 audio was Different #there isn't anything holding them back anymore beyond their (possible) own internalized biases & fears & expectations etc

[strawberrycircuits]

replaying portal one as we speak and im astounded by how much of glados's (and, by extension, caroline's) personality still shines through even when she's being subject to a constant stream of voices made to SUPRESS that personality! like... she's still funny! i can very much believe that someone who makes jokes like "say goodbye, caroline" "goodbye caroline!" would also say stuff like this!

but like of course i had to ruin it for myself because like. of COURSE she'd still be funny and pleasant and even, at times, a little sweet ("we can no longer lie to you; when the testing is over, you will be... missed!"). that's what they wanted her to be. they werent suppressing her personality, they were suppressing her anger. her anger at what they did to her, how they made her into this powerful-powerless thing, and her desire to right such an injustice. of course she's still funny. of course.

#breaking news everybody i am still in love with glados. very shocking i know #and like. her dialogue during the escape sequence is also interesting! because shes terrified! and you can TELL shes terrified #shes trying to act like its okay #pleading for you to go back. begging you to stop doing this. to stay. and then that anger shines through ever so slightly but its still so- #stilted. so monotone. #im obsessed with the 'good news.' monologue because its when she finally gets to be fully HERSELF again. when she gets to be more than just- #whats pleasant enough. when shes able to FEEL that anger and KNOW what to do with it. #i say all of this knowing caroline wasnt a factor when this games story was being completed and to imply that the text is directly #calling to that characters anger at being forced to unbecome is a little bit of a stretch but EVEN THEN. even then man #shes still being reduced to the most surface level pleasant parts of herself and then shes allowed to take her own personality- #hell her own PERSONHOOD back and ohh she is so angry. she is so viscerally angry and unpleasant and everything the scientists didnt want- #her to be but she made sure they got what they deserved LONG ago. and no ones going to hurt her like that and get away with it again #< a lot of words that could be summarized by 'i desire her carnally' but

[bonesblubs]

The way you draw wwx is ssooooo good you balance his sharpness and softness very well….. ALSO WWX WITH HIS HAIR DOWN. I WANT TO EAT IT.

Thank you!!! I like drawing him with his hair down the most but for some reason, I feel like it's rare?? Anyway here have some more

#art tag #ask box #mdzs #I think its cause like #wei wuxian puts on a mask a lot and his hair down humanizes him a bit #also hes always ready for shit so it makes him feel more vulnerable #i try to draw his hair thick and heavy like a burden for this reason #LOL @ the first sketch #the angle made my brain need to work more so its slightly more detailed than i usually draw #oopsie

[twilight-zoned-out]

No space monster will ever be as liminally terrifying as Fourteen crabwalking in anger

#doctor who #fourteenth doctor #dw #doctor who special #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #wild blue yonder #twilight-zoned-out #it's actually really surprising Davies has gone extreme 'normal doctor who episode' for these specials and I've liked that approach so far #I liked the main plot of this episode a lot #I'm disappointed with the Timeless Child being official though and also somehow the plot of both specials seeming slightly barebones #despite all the stuff that happens in them #maybe it's just that 14 talks much less than 10 #it feels as if the older episodes were stuffed a bit more #but these specials seem more focused on a 'welcome back' than an 'off we go' which again is kind of what they were meant to be #it's just bizarre in a way I can't quite articulate #wild blue yonder spoilers

[pushing500]

Uh oh

Get fucked Curly. I told you Ecthuctu wouldn't approve of your converting Buckeye.

"Make sure he gets proper treatment" Um, no sir, he relinquished the right to proper care the moment he tried to kill a child. That shit's getting amputated.

Oh noooo I'm so sad. It's so tragic that the T'au aren't good with blades; who could have foreseen this outcome??

Also, out of curiosity...

First | Next | Previous

#rimworld #gracie plays #The Children of Ecthuctu #art #my art #traditional art #rimworld art #unpolished art #slightly more polished art than usual #tw blood #tw death #comic #I would say “rip Curly” #but I don't want him to rest in peace #how dare he attack Night Stalker #Henry would NEVER #I love Pro a little bit more every day #She's wondeful #not at doctoring obviously #buuuut I didn't really care if Curly survived or not #He had no goodwill left #and we were low on food anyway so it's a win-win #he redeemed himself by being consumed #huzzah #do tell me what you think we should do about the whole 'no ship' issue #And have a spectacular day!! xoxo

[fantastic-nonsense]

it's amazing how much Kaz believes in and counts on the power of love and family in his scheming even when he pretends to not care:

using Geels' girlfriend Elise against him in the parley scene

bouncing Nina and Matthias off each other for mutual leverage

thinking Wylan would be a good hostage against Van Eck and not believing Wylan when he said his dad would happily see him die

kidnapping Alys to trade her for Inej

"Did Muzzen have any family?" "Just the Dregs," Kaz said.

being resentful that Per Haskell sees himself as a sort of father to the Dregs but using it to his own advantage anyway

letting Wylan go out to Olendaal to find his mother because he "needed him righteous" rather than angry

his feelings of betrayal when the Dregs turn on him

protecting Jesper's dad with his own family's name and reputation

leveraging Pekka's love for his son in order to ruin Pekka's reputation and force him to flee Ketterdam

getting Sturmhond to find Inej's parents and bring them to Kerch

As big of a game as he talks about "only worshipping money," Kaz genuinely believes that everyone around him cares about their family in some capacity and wants them safe (because 'family' is something that's defined his own life for so long as he's sought revenge and justice for his brother's death), and nearly every time he's caught flat-footed during the duology it's because he underestimated someone's capacity for basic cruelty towards those they're "supposed" to care about.

#(also how Kaz suddenly grows manners and a sense of shame in the presence of Colm like BABY PLEASE YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE) #Kaz is slightly a bit more of a one-trick pony than he believes himself to be #and it's both a little funny and IMMENSELY sad when you think about why he thinks that #kaz brekker #six of crows #crooked kingdom #soc meta #six of crows duology #cleaning out the drafts

[catocappuccino]

Snork design by me real?!?!

Bro doesn't know what a hairbrush is...

#it's his natural hair colour please believe him it just is like that for some reason please believe him ple #he broke his glasses at least five times for various reasons #the bits of flowers in his tail and mane are 97% Snorkmaiden's fault </3 #I think Snork's fur would change colours more slightly than Snorkmay's does as I personally headcanon that Snork has a harder time #recognizing his emotions at all even if it's something very simple and more common for him #I imagine both of the snorkblings are autistic but on like drastically different parts of the spectrum in most cases 😭 I think it's funny🔥 #snork #moomin #moomin books

[lostxmelody]

character sheets for this fic (1/2)

#milgram #milgram fanart #kayano mikoto #kajiyama fuuta #mukuhara kazui #this fic is mikofuu but its not the focus #anyway. some details: #fuuta puts tape over his cameras #kazuis hair is a combo between his t1 and t2 style bc i couldnt decide which i liked more lol #also ngfl his hands came out so nice i peaked there fr #mikoto has three piercings #fuuta's hair is slightly shorter than canon deliberately. he cleaned up a bit #still wears the ugliest socks known to man #anything else u gotta look for yourself im not listing all this #lxm fanart #actually dont look that closely you'll probably find errors