#I guess I'm trapped for now

[triple-pupil-but-nasty]

Humans practice mid-class.

#Human faces are so hard to draw #And idk how to cartoon them to make it easier so #I guess I'm trapped for now #cuphead #devildice #tw suggestive #cuphead devil #king dice #cuphead snake eyes #cuphead humanized #humanization #white background #tw partial nudity #I guess #my shit #They are dark skinned- But I didn't know if I could have balanced the greys and blacks well enough #Damn I wanted to draw Human Devildice fucking for the longest time #Eventually #swearing in tags

[4lph4kidz]

i was thinking about your dirk and hal poll and i want to mention that i think your concept for ink and iron where dirk creates hal from his reflection by enchanting a mirror is so cool 😌

thank you! hal's predicament and purpose within the canon narrative is so fascinating and i felt it was really important to find a way to explore what i find most interesting with him. i can't take full credit for the concept though i took inspiration from a few placees (one of my friends pitched the idea of the mirror accidentally dumping him onto jake's doorstop for example) but overall i think the idea is very fun and i'm really excited to write more hal stuff!!! also i'm going to take the opportunity to share this oldish doodle i found:

the mispelling of angel as angle was NOT intentional (<- dyslexia haver) but it probably explains a lot. he's pointy

#obviously an AU is going to be different from canon #but i like AUs specifically *because* i have a lot of fun trying to translate canon ideas into another setting or genre in general #in this case its a riff on the fairy tale magic mirror #hal is still an experiment gone wrong/artificial being created to serve a purpose trapped in a non-physical form and denied personhood #as well as being an extension of dirk's selfhood and very literal expression of his self image #this time with extra gender problems as per my original intentions for the fic. which now feel more than a bit heavy handed but whatever #point is hal gets to play up the trapped demon/spirit/almost genie-esque angle isntead of the artificial intelligence schtick in canon #which i am having a lot of fun writing! #he is also a very important plot device. multitalented 💕 #for anyone wondering i&i is NOT an abandoned project its just huge and whipping it into shape is slow going #i've taken breaks to work on other stuff too #ink and iron #i guess that's a tag i should start using #even though i'm not too happy with the title still. lmao

[imminent-danger-came]

The 1x00 AHiB -> 4x06 glowup

#this just reminded me I need to make a ''being there for your friends when they need you'' post #because that shit is EVERYWHERE #LIKE THAT'S ALL THEY FUCKING TALK ABOUT #''It's okay sandy! You're always there for us when we need you. The least we can do is be there for you when you need us.'' (4x06) #''No! Mei is my best friend. I'd never abandon her when she needs me—we're heroes! It's what we do!'' (3x10) #''You don't know! We'd risk it for sure! I won't abandon them when they need us'' (4x02) #''As long as I'm doing something to help out a friend- I don't mind what it is! I just want to be there for 'em when they need me.'' (2x08) #''Wukong only values people by how useful they are to him'' (3x08) #''No no honestly—this is exactly what I need right now. I'm trapped under a mountain- but the 6-earred macaque brought me a peach!'' #(4x11) #Literally just the shit off of the top of my head #and then. And then that in contrast with #''I get it. I'd do anything for my friends! But at the cost of the world?'' LIKE GOD DAMMIT LEGOS #You took the basic bitch ''Help you friends'' theme and went ''But what if helping your friend hurt others'' like come on man #Hello #Where am I #I'm dying. I'm dying #Okay imma go do hw......I guess....whatever.... #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk parallels #lmk Sandy #lmk Mei #lmk Pigsy #lmk Tang #OH GOD ALSO. ''I will become someone they can depend on...the way I can always depend on them!'' (3x08) #AND #''But you're always there when I need you- so it's time for me to return the favor!'' (2x04) #Which also just ties into ''we'll figure this out together'' as a whole right #what. ever.

[theindescribable1]

tell me the story on when you were a jerk

:)

ah. Tis but the truth...I have not always been this kind and lovable gremlin...

Once I was a jerk! And it was some weird phase? Idk..

So basically, in my 5th grade elementary school I had a group of great friends! We'd always hang out! But I think I started talking to the mean kids and well.. Its like they converted my smooth brain to become an absolute nightmare! I was really rude to my friends and they were always just left confused. I made one 4th grade student cry because I decided to push them over and step on their hand, I made one other 5th grade student shed a tear after I yeeted him off the jungle gym.. (( I'm sorry :,] )) And once, I was talking some trash to the quiet kid, calling her some names... You know, 5th grade stuff... And she was Pissed. Ok I'm telling you DON'T MESS WITH THE QUIET KID... She dropped all of her things, cracked her knuckles, then punched me so hard in the stomach that I forgot how to breath for a solid 5 seconds. THAT WAS A STRONG PUNCH!!! I was just sitting on the floor looking at her. I was just like... trying to process what happened. She then pjcked up her stuff and walked past... well no she walked on and then past me. She stepped on my hand... Shocker.

...Don't be a jerk guys! You'll get punched so hard that you'll be knocked back to 1st grade! I was converted back to good boi after that. My friends forgave me! 🥲👍

((Shoutout to Nancy from 5th grade. You have strong punches and I'm scared of you))

#2 stories I guess.... #owchie #There isn't many people that I'm scared of. You all know I'm an asskicker #a badass even... now imagine me being terrified of Nancy... #Yeeeeah... #At least #WAIT WTH #WHEN I TYPED “AT LEAST” IT SAID... #at least 13 dead in horror nightclub fire in spain as inferno rips through packed birthday party #at least 35 scottish schools confirmed to have dangerous concrete – full list of council areas affected #at least 26 dead and many trapped after railway bridge collapses while under construction in india #WHAT THE FU-

[martilyongabo]

EO3 (partial) lineup - November-December 2022

Peak MAbo is collaborating with your best friend for a(n admittedly unfair) final project (for web development!!!! an elective!!!), saying you would post it, forgetting about it for a year, posting it on Artstation and forgetting about it again.

As always, AC drew the lineart, and I colored. Designs were more of a collaborative effort between the two of us!

Probably should have shared this when the HD collection came out... anyway it's here now!

Some design ramblings under the cut :0! There's a lot i wanna share especially given that we recently did a soft rewrite that departed from the guild system entirely ^^" and EO3's cast was actually one of the first that we had, surprisingly!

Micah is quite clearly alt gladiator 3, but in an entirely different profession. instead of going into the labyrinth, he works in what i imagine would be an analogue to the forge in Tharsis (aka helping people make things busted af). It probably works best for his character, since he was always a gizmo freak even in his first iteration! geomagnetic (or submagnetic, ugh) gizmo is AC's idea!

Micah's brother, Eva, is a very loose spin on zodiac 3, but with a wayyyy lighter colour palette. Admittedly, i did steal a little bit of the spiritmaster's coat from bravely default, but AC managed to spin it back to resembling the original coat that the class had. Eva works as an astronomer, hence the little telescope he always has on him.

Next up we have Eva's protégé, Miri (who was imported from AC's stories)! Theoretically, Miri would be a second zodiac, and, after watching some EO3 speedruns, would probably be really strong in the earlygame when working with Eva in an actual playthrough. AC's design heavily borrows from Patho II's Grace, hence the coat + dress combo.

Following Miri in this lineup would be Noa, her admittedly very lazy but clingy sibling. I think it's apparently here that we didn't have much time to filter what a believable design would be in an EO setting, given that Noa's clothes were translated directly from our designs of them in school attire. It's actually funny how for we diverged from their original portrait (buccaneer 3) to the point that she is literally unrecognizable. Truly a pipeline from good sea boy to j-horror twist character.

Last in the OC section would be Masaru, who recently found work for the Senatus. Admittedly he does have another example of "incongruent time period" clothing (the jacket), though it's a lot more reworkable than Noa. We also made his design a lot less poofy and rugged compared to the original, and I mixed the base and alt color palettes as well to make him less, well, glaringly red. Probably one of the funnier things is that his clothing palette made him blend in more with the likes of Kujura, but given that they work for the same place, it'll probably work out fine.

Now we go onto NPCs, and who better to start than with Flowdia! Admittedly, her art was one of the last ones that we did, hence why her design looks relatively plain (sorry lola). Probably one of the things I would like to add would be more ornate patterns, perhaps of butterflies to tie her closer to Gutrune!

Before we get to the Princess, we gotta get through her bodyguard first! >:0 I honestly don't like Kujura because I answered honestly in his first question, and he said that I was prideful, but AC likes him so he looks really good here. He isn't as rendered here as he is in his portrait, since he was also one of the last characters we made, and I didn't really get to notice that he doesn't have as much value contrast in his clothing as Masaru does. Probably something to think about next time I color him >:0

Next up we have Gutrune!! We decided to make her look more jellyfish-like, while still keeping it a bit uncanny and unsettling. We tried to give her a more traditionally Filipiniana look (mostly on the Maria Clara gown), but we haven't yet made a poncho design that mixes well with butterfly sleeves without looking cluttered. As such, she has a more nightdress-y look here. AC drew in a few tentacles, and I couldn't help but make them look squishy.

Last but not least is Olympia! We wanted to align her appearance more with her background, hence her altered design :0 Having rips of the artbook easily accesible online also helped us flesh out her hair in particular, since we didn't want to just transplant Gutrune's hairstyle onto her.

And that's all of them!!! I'm honestly hoping to draw more EO characters, though Seyfried's design scares me (honestly the reason why I couldn't make a Reversed Emperor comic).

Currently, I've made a lot of progress on the EO4 game, and I'm excited to draw up the three N-turned-PCs + Xiuan >:'0!!! I don't think I can ever get as cool as Morika tho. If you've come this far and aren't into EO, please check out their blog!! Their art is stunning and has come a really long way :")

#etrian odyssey #etrian odyssey 3 #etrian odyssey iii #idylls of the abyssal forest #gawang abo #colorist #noa minjin #miranda minjin #gutrune #olympia #kujura #flowdia #micah abdelghani #eva abdelghani #I'LL GIVE THEM SURNAMES WHEN I NEED TO #honestly why i never got to finalize work on the CR x RGU series is not just because I wanted to animate it #but also because i had to give the students surnames #like ye they're ~10 characters but surnames don't come easy to me >:'000 #and i'm super particular with names so :AAA: #issa trap i'd rather sidestep entirely #also if you follow me for CR... hi i'm sorry but i reverted back to my oldest brainrot to cope with thesis + the new game updates #NOT TO SAY THE NEW UPDATES ARE BAD #but i realized i cared more about crafting a story than following along the trail of another :") #i still want to work on the CR stories and animate them and put them up! #it's just that i need time to recoup i guess #community is also really buck wild. I don't think i ever got over the whiplash of them saying “we will not play *ends up excited anyway*” #it's ok if u enjoy it naman but the speed in which they get stoked for updates was like “:”D? i thought we were protesting. what y'all doin #i'm sorry if u read thru all these tags and saw me processing my trauma with the cr fandom #i'm doing a lot better now!!! please have a good day as well and take care of yourself! #EDIT 04.27.2024 THEY ALL HAVE SURNAMES. HURRAH!

[watery-melon-baller]

me when my self sabatoging sabatoges me:

#i accidentally slept through my class and apparently our new project was a partner project and guess who's my partner (it's the fucking Guy) #so now I'm gonna have to work with him for a month and meet outside of class #this is going to go badly for a variety of reasons :) #trapped myself in a fucking romcom I'm so pissed I didn't even want to sleep through my class #tbh there's a good chance we would have been partners anyways cause I don't really have any friends in this class but #yay (suffering) #worst comes to worst if he does something weird I'm gonna go to the teacher #I have no clue if parnter selections were random or not and tbh idk what option would be better in this scenario #lilac post #anyways. im very frustrated

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Quirky representations of dementia should go die actually

#pardon me my friends i know I'm in a Good Mood today and will probably continue to be once I've taken some time to be mad/sad #but god the other night our ex-neighbour was obvs trying to comfort me #by talking bout a lady with dementia she knew who was onviously sick but in her mind she went out and did things and danced #and i was at the dinner table with my own sick lady #and therefore could not say honey. good for her i guess. #but my mum is almost aggressively trapped in her here and now #she doesn't know how to exist without us #her safe person is the husband her marriage was failing with #if we go out for five minute she panics and scratches at the door #she is sad and confused 95% of the time #content and confused the other 5% #and i can barely even visualise her as my mum anymore #because the mum who raised me would've killed herself if she knew this was coming #(like she used to tell me that. frequently tell her small child she'd rather kill herself than be unable to look after herself) #(which had a very normal impact on me I'm sure) #anyway. I'm a huge hypocrite and will still go and listen to marbles by the amazing devil and think it's the loveliest most romantic thing #and maybe some people do get lucky and find some joy in their minds when they have nothing else #but i have to just watch her brain fester and decay every day and there's just nothing quirky or beautiful about it #and all i can think is about how there's those mums who don't like raising small kids but enjoy parenthood when the kids are grown #and how that was supposed to be her #for a little while it was her #for a brief window of a couple of years she and i were each others best friend #and now she's this sad scared anxious thing shaped like my mum #who doesn't trust me as much as the man she was maybe a year or two out from leaving #and she's trapped in her brain and swiftly rotting #and it's just not cute and it's not funny #anyway #it is what it is #mr. bees speaks

[meownotgood]

hear me out,, there’s only one bed trope with aki. with the whole group being trapped in that hotel because of the eternity devil. nothing to do but wait it out, every one else already called dibs on each of the remaining hotel rooms that weren’t completely trashed. leaving only one room left, but you and aki still remaining room-less. with the exhaustion kicking in, both of you just say “fuck it” and decide to share the room but lo and behold, it ends up being a one queen-sized bed suite. aki is internally panicking because he’s harbored a little crush on you ever since you first joined his division, and now he has no other option but to share a bed with you?! little does he know, you are internally panicking just as much as he is—. whew the only one bed trope rly has me in a chokehold, and so does aki scjnsbssj reader and aki deserve to share a bed and get handsy under the sheets! (and most definitely fuck)

ah..... only one bed with aki... I think it's such a good trope to pair with him because he's always so kind and respectful, if he had to share a bed with you, he'd feel so embarrassed...

he's swearing it's fine if he sleeps on the floor, but you're insisting that no, it's fine if he sleeps in the bed, which eventually progresses to him reluctantly caving and climbing to bed with you. he's clearly getting nervous, babbling as he undresses, "I'm gonna take my shoes off, should I take my jacket off too? I don't wanna take off too much, I mean it's like- I- I don't know, you're not uncomfortable, are you? you'd tell me if you were, right?"

the bed has plenty of room for the two of you, but somehow you end up getting closer and closer. aki tries his hardest to fall asleep with his back facing you, but it somehow evolves to his arms slung around you, your body pressed close to his. his heart is hammering in his chest, he's willing himself to just go to sleep already, but when your hands start wandering, when you're brushing your palms over his thighs and toying with his belt — your belt's still on? isn't that uncomfortable? here, let me help you with it — aki would know there's no sleep in sight, not for either of you

#and then you two have to go at it as quietly as possible so you don't wake anyone in the rooms over.... #aaaaabaababababa #aki wouldn't believe he's even doing this #you both are really trapped by a devil #you could never get out of here... and all he can think about is fucking you? #it helps to take the edge off.... I guess.... #he's wanted this with you for so long anyways #if you both aren't gonna get out of this #might as well do it #I'm sorry anon if I'm speaking total nonsense right now #I really wanted to answer you before I went to bed #but I am fighting of sleepy demons right now #so my brain is MUSH #I hope this answer was still satisfactory #ask mags

[diamondsheep]

🪤

OHH !!! what's this !?!?!?

some free cheese just for me ? :O !!!

don't mind if i-

OH NOOOO !!!!!!!

#CONEJOS WHYYYY !?!?! </3 !!!! #it was a trap !!!! I'VE BEEN CAPTURED #asdfjgdkls i guess that now i'm part of the PVP 🤣 #ram talks #ram doodles #tumblr pvp #my drawings #sheepsona

[sherlock-is-ace]

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#not having a great time today after my mom commented on my interests #i'm a person that is interested in shit i don't know this is why i'm very likely to follow disabled youtubers #in my time i have watched molly burke. multiplicityandme and a collection of autistic youtubers (guess why lol) #and my mom made a quite patronizing comment about how i ''take on causes'' by learning about stuff #and/or supporting fun and interesting youtube channels #but anyways it sucks even more because on her comment she made it clear (once again) that she doesn't believe me when i say #i might be autistic. and it fucking sucks! #because when i first talked to her about it even I didn't know much about it. i was just starting to do my research #and i was trying to make sense of things still but she dismissed it #but now that i do know more and things do make more sense #i can't even bring it up because the fact that i have been watching a lot of youtubers talk about autism will make her think #i'm just trying to be like them... which is stupid #but it's also the reason i didn't tell her that my best friend in my teens was trans. because i was trying to figure shit out myself #and telling her he was trans and then a bit later that i am as well was going to make her go ''everyone's trans now blah blah'' #and dismiss that as well... but now i'm trapped in the same thing about autism lol #and her stupid loophole of a dismissal isn't just by saying ''no you're not autistic'' it's saying this like ''well MAAAAYBE you COULD be #but that doesn't mean anything and it doesn't matter and why would you want a diagnosis if it's not gonna change anything'' #same thing as her whole ''sure you're a man but why do you have to look and act differently? YOU know who YOU are #who cares what others think?'' in a don't transition way #like that's so stupid! #dkfjhkdfhkdfg #i'm angry and i feel trapped #i have figured out a little bit ago that i don't stim near as enough as i need to BECAUSE i live in the same house as her #and the idea of ear defenders and other stuff like that is very appealing but i can't do that while she's around to judge #and IN PUBLIC?! that's unthinkable!! #i still remember the time she threatened with not going out with me (to the supermarket) because I commited the huge crime of #buttoning the top button of my button up shirt.... #that's it. that was the whole reason.. she thought i looked ridiculous and she didn't want to be seen with me... #imagine if i wear ear defenders out... #not gonna risk it lol

[mouthfulofdeadleaves]

REZE?

#I'm not crazy right #I mean she has a choker and everything #I guess now we know why we haven't seen Reze in part 2 #she's trapped in a shitty mobile game ad #Chainsaw Man

[scorndotexe]

If you’re not romancing astarion as the dark urge please. please do this. for yourself

okay i AM romancing him as tav and i was gonna go for someone different in a potential next playthrough (where i'd probably play as the dark urge) but. maybe i'll romance astarion again

#i guess i'm committed to him now! my darling husband who sucks my blood and picks my locks and disarms my traps #i do so badly wish you could be poly i don't have TIME for all these playthroughs #asks

[amandabe11man]

so me and my friend are onto season 4 of X-files now and we got to the csm-centric episode, right. and when he put the sniper rifle up from the window at the start I was like "whoa there. jfk assassination much?"-- and then the flashback starts and wouldn't you fucking know it, csm was the one who killed jfk??

this made me joke about how "what is he, the dark version of forrest gump or something? lmao" (ie. being present at a bunch of historical happenings), and then it seems like I was right because after that, he killed martin luther king too... aND TH E N towards the end, they make a fuckin forrest gump reference???

guys I think I'm finally becoming psychic

#x-files #anyway good season so far #'the field where I died' was another good one #this ep was fun too ngl cause I'm afraid I love to hate this guy #I love how it shows how /weak/ csm actually is #seems like he just gets swept up in shit all 'okay I guess I'm doing this now (hashtag powertrip)' #dude has all the agency over a bunch of others but he has no agency over himself #he couldn't even resist the peer pressure to start smoking. bruh #and he couldn't even follow through with it when he tried to /stop/ smoking either #and then when he thought he was gonna get a big break as an author and was like 'fuck yeah I'll resign from the evil job now' #..but then the editors changed the ending when publishing it so he was like 'nvm. fuck everything. violent path it is then' #that whole thing reminded me so much of john in Saw X too when he thought he'd been cured- #-so he threw away the trap-sketches he was making. guy was gonna straight up quit being jigsaw bc he thought he would get to live after all #wait a sec.... john has cancer and is a villain... csm is called 'cancerman' and is also a villain........ [connecting dots in my mind rn] #but yeah um-- back to what I was saying- this ep somehow made csm a bit less infuriating for me? #cause now we got to see that actually he doesn't have everything under control. in fact it's like he barely has a will of his own #bro has zero conviction. barely any willpower. no life. if he fails at something once- that's it. he'll quit trying forever #he's literally a loser. we love to see it #(also wtf I didn't think deep throat would be the one who argued FOR killing that alien while csm was the one who questioned it?) #(but deep throat SAID to mulder later that he regretted the things he'd done an d he helped the good guys in the end so....) #(deep throat had his redemption arc. love that guy....except for when he killed the alien. that wasn't cool)

[localvoidcat]

so... how does catalyst play out in mark lives au if it does at all. is adam's reaction any different? how do others deal With That?

OH MY GOD I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF CATALYST.

#okay. now that i. have remembered that exists #that. definitely does play out. thats how mark finds out that adams an alternate im guessing #instead of thatcher being the one to help - although i'm sure he does try despite mark's attempts to get him to leave - #mark is the one that's there. but he responds...much differently than canon thatcher does. #he JUST had to deal with alternates. and he JUST escaped a basement full of them that he was trapped in for days. #his hatred of alternates runs a lot deeper than thatcher's. and so when this happens to adam #he...does not take it very well. it takes him a while. in the end though? #that's someone he's grown to see as a son figure in some ways. he makes himself get over it. #mark lives au

[esleep]

this is your regularly scheduled recommendation to stop using blackout/'darkening' curtains in your bedroom if you do not work a night shift. your body senses the sunrise even while you are asleep and uses that to regulate your internal clock. if you are having trouble with sleep and you use blackout curtains, step 1 to fixing your sleep cycle is to try getting rid of them for a few weeks and see what happens.

#or don't i guess i'm not your boss but i promise it helps. #this message brought to you by 'im trying to buy curtains again and most of options on the market are blackout curtains and it makes me mad' #those should not be used by most people i am so serious #my sleep schedule was a DISASTER for YEARS and then i stopped closing my curtains at night and it is now so so so much better. #i finally stopped using 'darkening' curtains entirely because i realized they were actively making my life worse. #blackout curtains are a TRAP and a MENACE

[hope-ur-ok]

I have spent the past 5 hours reading about famines in eastern Europe, not even for a paper or anything just because I can. Someone should take the internet from me so I stop spending hours in the middle of the night falling down history rabbit holes

#the turtle speaks #i have circumvented the ban on reading about coal mine disasters at night by reading about other terrible depressing things #which might be worse cause at least before I was focused on one topic at all times #and now i am switching from mining during the day and any other topic at night #which often leads me to falling down rabbit holes where i am unprepared for the content i could find #like i guess it's good that i'm learning more #but it might be better to go back to crying over letters miners wrote to family while trapped for days before they died or were rescued