#I am asking for recommendations

[playing-with-wires]

I need some good exo media recommendations, I can only watch The Shape of Water, Venom 2 and Bumblebee so many times.

#ocean.txt #I am asking for recommendations #monster #robot #terato #exo #exophilia

[hypogryffin]

Erina and Sophie....

erina and sophie..... perhaps even sophie and erina....

#persona 5 #p5 #asks & requests #p5t #p5t erina #p5s #p5s sophia #sophia persona 5 #persona 5 sophia #persona 5 strikers #persona 5 scramble #persona 5 tactica #i will fill the p5s tag my fucking self if i have to #comics #chef recommended #good lord is that all the tags i need. am i done am i free. YEESH okay #anyways i think theyd be so silly together #no one utilises the comedic potential of erina living in the fantasy french revolution but i think deep learning ai sophia is a good match #either way theyre so good as parallels like hold on SPOILERS FOR BOTH GAMES PAST THIS POINT #both of them were created as last-ditch efforts. erina is the manifetation of toshiros suppressed hope and rebellion and sophia is ichinose #attempt at understanding the human heart and her own repressed emotions #theyre both constructs of the heart in one form or another even if they were created in v different ways

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I have greatly enjoyed your comics ever since i saw them and have been quietly Iurking as ya do- thought youd want to know that i played hollow knight based on how enthusiastic u were and how fuckin cool youre art of hk/mdzs is. OH and watched dungeon meshi. Your influence is vast and i have been enriched. Keep on keepin on 🫡

You have bestowed the highest honour upon me.

#ask #non mdzs #Thank you for letting me know you ended up checking these series out - it really is an honour. #Even more that you ended up enjoying these series! #The highest of honours you can bestow on anyone - especially to someone making art! I feel so powerful right now! #Hollow Knight is such a darling gem of design and worldbuilding. Good itch on the brain. I loved drawing the crossovers. #Dungeon Meshi has me in a death grip. I grow 10cm taller every time someone new starts reading. #Catch me slowly spreading seeds about other indie titles as I go about my art journey on this blog. #I am doing it for my own enrichment mostly but I always am thrilled to pass along a good recommendation B*) #I really do appreciate you coming out of the dark to interact - I used to be a chronic lurker so I very much understand how it is. #Keep on keeping on as well! May you have an excellent week!

[mechanismslorearchive]

hi i have a question because i'm uh stupid and ur my last hope for an answer since yk ur an lore archive for mecha, WHO IS DR CARMILLA? HOW DO I FIND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HER??

Hello! This is a fantastic question, actually, because it gives me a chance to infodump about my beloved Carmilla.

I don’t know how much information you have, so I’m going to start at the very beginning.

In-character: Dr. Carmilla was the scientist who invented the mechanization process and created (some of!) the Mechanisms. She traveled with them for a while before departing under mysterious circumstances, which the crew claims was a tragic accident involving her falling out of (read: one of the crew shoved her out of*) an airlock. She is loosely inspired by the titular character of the 1872 vampire novel Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu.

Since her time with the mechs, she’s been up to vague and mysterious shenanigans, and last I heard was working with a forthcoming band called Dr. Carmilla and the Void Quartet.

Out-of-character: she’s another musical artist named Maki Yamazaki who originally formed the band as Dr. Carmilla and the Mechanisms, before they decided to go their separate ways. She still makes music, both as Dr. Carmilla and as herself!

It’s worth noting that while the Mechanisms don’t discuss her in a flattering light, they do canonically lie to the audience (source with spoilers to Death to the Mechanisms), and that there are two sides to every story. Carmilla has been a… let’s say, a controversial figure to the fandom, in the past, but, if I can editorialize a bit, she is no more evil or violent than any of the Mechanisms (which is to say, she’s done many terrible things, but no worse than they have).

If you want more information about her, the two starting points I’d recommend are this fantastic and extremely thorough post by lucky-sevens, and checking out her music, which you can find on her Bandcamp here or on YouTube here! There’s also Lashings, which is the only live show we have a full recording of where she appears with the Mechs, and is well worth a watch!

(*The crew canonically shoved her out an airlock on at least three occasions, but according to word-of-god canon from Maki her final departure was not via the airlock! Still, I’m including these sources for informational purposes)

#mod miralines #asks #dr carmilla #dr carmilla and the mechanisms #the mechanisms #forgive me if this is a little rambly or the formatting or links are wonky #it’s like 2 am but I wanted to answer this one #Also anon if you want recommendations of her music I especially love alive I cried and eleven #though rocket girl is also v popular!

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

I always love a heel, but not like this....... not like thissssss!!

#kingohger #ohsama sentai kingohger #jeramie brasieri #spider kumonos #gerojim #super sentai #GOD DAMNIT TOEI I KNOW I ASKED FOR IT BUT I WAS WRONG GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK WAAAAAHHHHHH #i'm simultaneously over the moon skipping and jumping and also in emotional crisis and can't stop screaming and crying aaahah #I CALLED THIS WEEKS AGO BUT THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE CLEAR!! I THOUGHT IT WASNT GONNA HAPPEN BUT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #AAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH #AFKL;JEW;LKJ;LJFL;FJAEW #JERAMIEEEEEEEEE!!! GEROJIIIIIIIIIMMMMMM!!!! #MY SPECIAL BOOOYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS #DON'T WALK OVER THAT HORIZON GOD DAMNIT!! #STAY WHERE I CAN SEE YOU WAAHAH! #ANYONE ELSE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE DEATH FLAGS ON THE BOTH OF THEM!??? I AM FEARING AGAIN #i recommend kingohger it a fun time

[cute-girls-from-vns-anime-manga]

do you have any manga recs with trans characters

Sadly no, I haven't had the time to get to that end of my manga reading backlog. I've only JUST got to all the Yuri manga's I've been needing to read.

#Ask #Anon #I also am not trans so i dont know if id have a good mind to give a decent recommendation.

[cows1012]

some doodles for this daemon au fic which has had a legitimately concerning grip on my mind!! 

#pathologic #daniil dankovsky #artemy burakh #i see pathologic the original video game and am saddened daniil and artemy do not have fun animal friends. #did you know that rat snakes move at 274 meters per second squared! #they are quick little guys!! #id like to make better fanart for this fic someday because its just so good. just everything about it really i recommend reading it #ask to tag

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

The spectrum of sports anime runs from Near Realism to Firmly Removed From Reality.

On one end of this spectrum we have Haikyuu!! which wins over every other sports anime in terms of actually being about the sport. Every part of Haikyuu!! is either playing a match or preparing for a match and almost all of their abilities and plays are firmly rooted in reality. Is it perhaps slightly unrealistic that this one short guy can jump That High??? Maybe, but he IS a shounen battle protagonist (haikyuu follows the shounen battle format perfectly Do Not At Me about this I am Right. The battles are matches. Obviously.) and therefore Hinata being Just That Good and Kageyama being Just That Good is necessary for genre reasons.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is something like Birdie Wing, the lesbian golf mafia anime, which I have not seen yet (yet!!! It is on the docket!) but I did watch this video essay about it and I think Geoff Mother’s Basement Thew would agree with my assessment. Which is to say that it’s absolutely batshit off the wall wild and has very little in common with the actual sport of golf. Which is great for me personally, because fuck golf.

Somewhere in between these two extremes lies Sk8 the Infinity which at first seems to maybe have some solid grounding in actual skateboarding and snowboarding technique and jumps even if it is unrealistic that they manage to be mostly fine after high speed crashes with no protective gear, and then fucking Adam shows up and drags the genre towards absurdity until it culminates in a psychic skateboarding battle to the death.

In our universe entering a flow state is something that anyone who is really comfortable with an activity can do, where you are basically embodying the mindfulness principle of One Mind, perfectly aware of everything related to your task and able to act without thinking about it first, in what’s basically a moving meditative state.

In the sk8 universe entering a flow state means getting mentally sucked through a prismatic vortex into a hypnotic paralysis which can be induced by one crazed matador roleplayer pulling you into basically a vampire thrall and can only be broken with the power of love friendship.

#sk8 #sk8 the infinity #haikyuu!! #birdie wing #animanga #sports anime #caitie speaks #I am once again asking people to watch mothers basement videos #have I mentioned how he’s the only way I get anime recommendations #every good show I have watched except for maybe Given??? resulted from a mothers basement recommendation #the thing about haikyuu following battle shounen formula is from his haikyuu video which is the video that convinced me to watch haikyuu!!

[alucardsathomewife]

Yalls moms ever just...ya know

GO TO ROSS AND FIND A HELLSING JACKET?!

She said " it looked familiar " 😭

I love it

Didn't know funimation was chill like that

Yall the fandom makes me nervous to wear it in public, PLEASE CHILL on the Millennium

#I've seen way too many people justify those characters like at a point a few months ago i still dont recommend the anime #ive nearly left a few times but am still here bc i enjoy the actual good characters #i was attempting to make mac & cheese when my mom whipped the best thing i could ever ask for out #plz thank my mom for revealing Ross got hellsing merch 🙏 #hellsing #hellsing ultimate #hellsing fandom #hellsing collection #gonzo hellsing

[winryrockbellwannabe]

this guy is honestly making me question too much shit

bc there's no way in hell is just that nice, right?

at this point either: 1. he's being this nice and kind bc he has a crush on me, 2. he's honestly that nice, which will make me have a crush on him, bc omg. he's just the nicest person ever

#aj rambles #sorry but this guy is making me so confused #especially since i was having an “am i even attracted to guys” phase - which is not helping this situation at all...... #but like ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh #context if you're nosy: i sent an email to all students on my department with a forms to see if anyone could help in the data acquisition #but like this procedure takes an hour - i said so in the email - so i thought no one would be interested #and he just volunteered?? in the forms?? didn't even tell M - who introduced us - to ask me about it. no he volunteered as if he is actuall #interested in this #which i know he isn't bc i talk to him LOL #and like he does stuff like this all the time. like talk to me if he sees me alone - not just hi - he actually asks about stuff #he's watching an anime bc i recommended it to him. stuff like that #but maybe he's just that nice. #he also talks to my other girl friends like this ig #but we have more *moments* like once we seated together gossiping about his bff's love life LOL #idk #again maybe he's that nice. but then bad new's for my heart bc that is just the sweetest thing #ALSO HE'S SHY!!!!! LIKE BLACK CAT ENERGY!! IM A SUCKER FOR THAT #Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #anyways omg im so sorry for this rant. this makes me think im overreacting #but idc

[rexlottie]

hi how....Do you do anatomy....

Hiii . Ok to be honest i don't know what im ever doing like at all times. I would obviously say, use references! But tbh i don't use as much as i should LOL. I think overtime drawing different poses it just engrained itself into my brain how certain things move around, but I've never fully sat down and actually studied anatomy(bad. i should do that. one day.)

besides looking up reference images i actually look at myself to see what goes where . like i'm trying to see what this persons doing and ill twist my whole body around to face the same way as the character to see which way the hand faces. stuff like that

theres so much to explain with each individual muscle and limb, so heres a few brief notes

and some other small things... like a ball-jointed doll... things click together!

hope this makes even the slightest bit of sense

#i am still figuring out anatomy myself so i recommend looking elsewhere on the internet for better explanations #these are just a few things i do #ask #art help

[agentnatesewell]

Hi Mar! 🥳 I was wondering if you have any favourite WIPs at the moment? Any pairing is good!

Hello, hello!! Thank you for the ask. I’ve been thinking about the WIPs I have seen lately and which I have really been enjoying. I’m going to mainly link fic series

Each of these do have an AO3 link. And please mind the ratings and warnings as applicable! You’ll likely need to be logged into ao3 to read, and I highly recommend making sure you have an account

For many of these writers, I’m going to share one current WIP, but you really should read other WIPs and completed works of theirs!

@fauville sweet dreams (inception au)

ava x mc/detective, nate x mc/detective, rook!

@nat-seal-well stay with me (selkie au)

nat x mc/detective

@evilbunnyking breaking the yearlings (reincarnation au) / ember days (the polymance we deserve!)

adam x mc/detective / ava x nate x mc/detective

@delucadarling in search of

mason x mc/detective (with some nate)

@wayhavenots can’t see me loving nobody but you (rook lives au)

unit bravo x mc/detectives, rook is here!

@serially-wayhaven routine body maintenance

mason x mc/detective

@ellstersmash the beach house

mason x mc/detective

@thelionheartedo3 for one brief shining moment (camelot au)

nate x mc/detective (love triangle w/ adam)

@thee-morrigan à la recherche du temps perdu

adam x nate

@deepinifhell infiltrated

farah x mc/detective

@dottiechan tempest

ava x mc/detective

@codename-mango home and danger

adam x mc/detective

As well, @nsewell has a very cool concept for a story written as a screenplay/script! (ava x nat)

Linking @serenpedac ‘s ao3 as there so many incredible stories! Tales of Tea and Fortune, I believe, is a completed work and absolutely one of my favorites - think about it all the time! And please check out When Words Fall Silent (stories mentioned nate x mc/detective)

#okay have been thinking about this all day and i hope i got the links and the pairings right #kept the summaries out in case i got something incorrect #but really really really recommend these #and please keep in mind there are a lot of other stories by these authors - i am just linking wips #twc #twc fanfic #the wayhaven chronicles #ask #anon ask

[theriverbeyond]

salut!!! do you have any fave griddlehark au fics?? your taste is immaculate so i would appreciate the recs

omg thank u!! and YES i have tons of recs. I have started a couple of bookmark collections on ao3 for my personal favorite fics, THREE of which are about griddlehark!! As a heads up I only made them somewhat recently, and am therefore trying to catch up on my bookmarks backlog, so they aren't complete but I recommend everything in them :D

Griddlehark Modern AU bookmark collection (what it says on the tin, all fics >10k words) Griddlehark Canon Divergence AU bookmark collection (Basically any AU ft. griddlehark with canon divergence from any period in the timeline, including regular canon divergence & more drastic alternate paths such as Nova AU, BOE!Gideon, Her Divine Highness AU, etc) Griddlehark Misc AU bookmark collection (Any non-canon, non-mundane AU)

for specific fic recs, just off the top of my head:

Waiting and Better Days by badgerjaw (Griddlehark modern AU sickfic & hurt/comfort, made me cry (positive), really beautifully written)

I am one of the young women who was rescued from the Locked Tomb cult, AMA. by mintpearlvoice (formatted like a reddit AMA, funny but also angsty in the best way. what can i say but them <3)

literally anything written by @valancietrinit/valancytrinit, especially if you like your alternative universes with an angsty modern flavor they have some utterly FANTASTIC oneshots here, literally no words u just have to read them and experience it for yourself

hold you like a weapon by @gideonisms/GingerAlchemy (ballet fake dating AU with pitch perfect griddlehark dialogue and banter. holding them in my arms)

The Heart Is Hard To Translate by JustBeCos (BOE!Gideon AU, Harrow is captured by BOE and Gideon ends up guarding her. One of the most scrunchable Harrows ever, with SUCH a well written Gideon as well, tears my heart out with each update!!!)

Mors Vicit Omnia by @four-for-fidelity/WalkingDisaster (forensic anthropology AU that has me by the THROAT!!! in suspense, truly one of the Fics Of All Time, to me)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by @neornithes/pipistrelle (MOBY DICK AU where the scions of the Houses are called by God to go on a Ressurection Beast hunt. Once again, truly one of the fics of ALL time, the way this fic re-interprets Resurrection Beasts, Lyctorhood, the River, and necromancy in general is just beyond fantastic)

#HOPE THIS HELPS anon and have fun reading!! #fic rec #ask #anon #griddlehark #as usual i have probably forgotten many. also wish i could add some currewnt WIPs i am reading to this rec list but alas that will have to #wait a bit. but know i am recommending them IN MY HEART!!!!

[legobenkenobi]

people downplaying how much Obi-Wan meant to Ahsoka always really irks me because he was, like, one of the people she was closest to. they were family. not just because of their lineage, they were genuinely family. her thinking about Obi-Wan throughout the Ahsoka novel is always so bittersweet because of that.

#sw #disaster lineage #disaster family #sw novels #ahsoka tano #obi-wan kenobi #ahsoka novel #also to the person who sent an ask for sw novel recommendations I AM WORKING ON IT i just want to give a good summary for all of my- #favorites without being Too biased :’]

[nyctolovian]

Like, I'm not saying that Seteth gave me a priest kink.

But before Seteth, I never understood the appeal of a man, who has vowed to devote himself wholeheartedly to religion, being brought to his knees before someone in a way that thoroughly destroys the very foundations of his being and living, thus pushing him past the point of no return the moment he submits himself to his desires. The idea of giving up your pure connection to the immortal, all-knowing, and all-encompassing. All for something as mortal, ephemeral and fragile as another person.

Of course, as a Seteth x Byleth shipper, I have to admit it's far more complicated than that because Byleth is the vessel of the Goddess Sothis, making her both God and Not. To fall for Byleth in the case of Seteth, is to fall for his creator, thus sullying and worshipping God at the same time. Placing them on the pedestal for worship, and tainting both the temple of his body and God's divine vessel with corporeal and carnal desire.

#seteth #fire emblem #fe3h #setleth #byleth #priest kink #dont ask me why i still am so obsessed with this ship after so long #and god dont get me started on this ship. a part of me feels this aspect of their relationship is not explored enough by fans #if anyone has any recommendations of fics PLEASE let me know #i would love to go insane #'its not that deep' oh yeah? it is that deep TO ME #thats what matters <3 #nycto talks

[xenosagaepisodeone]

I don't see this as much as when I was a teenager but when you see someone online talk about being an irl yandere or Cute but Crazy it's like "girl. girl you're just upset and self-flagellating because your boyfriend isn't paying attention to you or perhaps his attention just isn't the kind that you need right now. girl you need to dump him and pick up some otome games. girl they are so good now."

#do not ask me for otome game recommendations. I am not a yumejoshi I am simply a yumejoshi ally. it comes free with being a feminist