#I legit could have gone on for artist

[qettleqorn]

Ok my turn

6. And 26. Pls? c: ❤️

Artist Ask

6. tag your favorite artists/inspirations!

I'm not going to tag the artist on Tumblr because I don't want to clog up their notifs on here. But I do recc them!

Series: Cowboy Bebop I feel like as if I still get plenty of inspo from this series. I don't talk about it a lot but by god was it one of the first animes that I REALLY loved.

Series: Samurai Champloo It's just neat to me, I just like it.

Series: Sailor Moon While the story line is iffy here and there it's still probably one of the reasons I've been attracted to more feminine forces.

Series: Thunder Cats I just grew up on it.

Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci Basic- I just love the posing. I love the way he has notes on things, I love for me what feels like someone grasping to get humanity in his art. Idk, it's like watching a child make their first steps. Ironic because he's a founder to the art history bs.

Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi Basic- but when I saw Judith Slaying Holofernes I was in love.

Artist: Les Toil Does Plus Size Pinup Art! Been in love with them since forever!

Artist: Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot The colors, the sketchy painted style- I'm a simple person I think. But I admire it.

Tumblr: j0rrated I love their command of vibrant, loud colors! The eccentric poses! I think this is modern art? Sorry, I'm bad at telling different styles like that. But I do admire their talent and creativity.

Tumblr: pien-art I think they're one of those artist I've followed on all my blogs? Idk, I just love their style. Something with the brush strokes makes me smile. Maybe it's the expressive eyes?

Tumblr: japhers THE EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR FASHION!? Just so good! I love it and the way they paint their characters!

Tumblr: danifanatic Followed for the Shino content but stayed for the art style. I still want to commission them for a piece one of these days. They're just great- especially with their nature pieces. They also do super cute clay busts from time to time!

Tumblr: jovansjovans I love the way he handles the human body. I've had so much pleasure drawing with him before and he always amazes me! He's so good!

Tumblr: Foolishk Did you think you were getting out of this? HAHA! No. I just admire the way you can do such amazing realistic drawings, your control of grey scales! I just- dfjgdgdkjbkjd YOU'RE AMAZING!

Misc: Mother Nature

Misc: and so many more- I could go on. I don't even think this was mainly inspiration? I think this was just some of the artist I like!

26. draw urself! (it doesn’t have to be detailed)

I just sketched it and snipped it off CSP. So kinda lazy- though my hair isn't as short anymore- but I will be getting it cut soon!

#q.draws #answered #foolishk #thanks for asking! #I legit could have gone on for artist #Like-- i really could have but I wasn't going to put y'all through that hell #Wasn't even including musical artist or book artist #jfjkbaks anyways- enough blabbering from me!

[bogleech]

Extremely long post about how you’re now allowed to erase your neopets faces (NEOPETS IS GOOD AGAIN: YOU CAN ERASE THEIR FACES.)

I have just learned that neopets recently added some wearable (neocash only though) items called the “be-gone cans” that let you hide different body parts, so there’s like eyes-be-gone and wings-be-gone.

There’s a lot of caveats (the mouth one for some reason is locked behind a gacha capsule, the “body” one only removes minor extra details from the torsos of a few species, they don’t all work on all pets and they don’t even work on the same exact parts of the same species in different colors because of how they were coded) but at minimum ALL pets can at least have the eyes and mouths removed and this alone improves countless, countless designs. For instance if you didn’t like some of the invertebrate variants stuck with the pet’s usual face, now you can fix it:

Same for the fruit and vegetable chias, they're SO good without faces, for reference here’s the mushroom chia with the horrible face all chias normally have:

Awful. Just ghastly.

Now you can correct him and make him good:

Look how fucking cute some of the other chias are this way:

This is a fucking game changer, I actually care about neopets for the first time in a decade because I can take their faces off. They were born for this. They were waiting almost 30 years to be freed from their disgusting foul orifices. “Help me, mother” they say, “I am cursed with a mouth and can therefore all too easily scream!” as their famous catchphrase always went I think. At last their salvation is here. I mean, look at this sad lenny:

We all know exactly why he’s canonically always so miserable! If there’s one thing he hates more than having legs to touch the earth’s filth and corruption it’s being able to see it.

Now he’s happy! He wants this!

And now he’s even happier i’ll bet!!!!!!!!!!

If you take the muzzle piece off the scorchio it even liberates their whole head from their neck as their god intended:

Legit though some pets actually make better serious designs besides the nudibranch one, like if you take the eyes off any of the (already badass) transparent pets you get their deep abyssal cave version:

Now look at some of the transparent pets with everything taken away that can be taken away:

The uni is finally almost unrecognizable as an equine, its life long dream

This isn’t like any of the dog designs in any of the silent hill games but it could exactly have been a dog design in a silent hill game, you know??

God bless whatever artist refused to give the insectoid Ruki a normal vertebrate skeleton so you can make this gelatinous flying space angel

But god bless whoever DID give the insectoid Buzz a vertebrate skeleton so you can make this HR Giger parasite embryo. Actually cannot pick between the two bug pets here as my new favorite neopets that are still technically available. THESE WINGS HAVE BEEN RETIRED SINCE 2012 OR I WOULD MAKE THIS PET:

#neopets

[ask-serendipity-sky]

A Fan's Perspective

So now that things are calmer, I've been thinking a lot about those people that ship Tae and Jungkook and this whole ordeal.

Also Jimin.

Right now, we were watching Angel's mv and in my recommended videos I had some videos from those people. It's weird because the first and only times I watched those were back when I first got into BTS and they popped up. And they popped up again for no reason.

So we decided to watch some just to see.

At first, I found them comical but as I was explaining all the mistranslations, the editing, the use of only bits of a live or concert and whatever, I started to get upset. The videos stopped being funny.

Then, I got to a short where the narrative was that Jimin was testing Tae's patience because he butted into the "Jungkook marry me" convo from the Busan welive.

Anyone with eyes can see that Tae was unbothered and Jimin wanted to discuss the topic with Jungkook. It's exactly what happened. Jimin never provoked Tae because Tae didn't even care. Tae was laughing along.

At this point, I was legit angry.

And Tae "accidentally" revealing what people with a brain knew wasn't really anything to me anymore.

It was yesterday, but not today.

Because no one is going to undo the damage that has been done to Jimin. The brainless have dragged Jimin, called him vile things, threatened him and his family, changed the way Jimin interacts with the fans, changed Jimin.

Changed Jimin.

All because of a ship that was debunked by Tae but then promoted by Tae and promoted and promoted until everyone could predict his next move.

What is this, really?

We can trend hashtags and demand protection for our artists but the damage comes from the people inside.

The damage keeps getting bigger because nothing is ever confirmed completely so the offending party still gets the best of all the worlds and the brainless who really are like vermin will continue turning others into little vermin because every little nook of the fandom has those hateful vile people.

Even with a "get out of your imagination" and part of that ship sailing with a woman, they are still actively believing and are as alive as ever.

Writhing and growing because of the combination of delusion with hate. Some are gone but there are plenty left.

And why wouldn't they be if they will still be fed with crumbs. Just as they have been all this time.

Sure, Jimin can be set free. But who undoes the damage?

#jikook #kookmin #jimin #vermin

[genericpuff]

Did you hear about the "do not trace or use my work" update RS has on... I think her Twitter? @hestia-is-ace-pass-it-on knows more about this. I'm just wondering if this is going to affect Lore Rekindled at all since your series is an AU thing?? (I hope not cause I really like Lore Rekindled).

lmao yeah I heard about that, frankly I'm not worried, it's not going to affect Rekindled in the slightest as far as I'm concerned because even the panels that are sourced from S1 LO (like the Persephone looking up at Hades one, the Cerberus one, etc.) are still redrawn by my own hand from the bottom up, I don't directly trace them and I'm not copy + pasting them from LO and just calling it a day. Not to mention (and IDK if Rachel realizes this or not) those kinds of "please don't trace/use my art" warnings are more for people who trace/rip art and pass it off as their own, i.e. deliberate theft. Lore Rekindled is advertised as a fanfic/foe fic/AU project with proper credit given to Smythe and disclaimers that Lore Rekindled is not affiliated with Smythe beyond the original idea and art style that it's aiming to mimic - she can't copyright an art style, the Greek myth inspirations, or the brushes that are used, and there's nothing she can do about people making AU comics.

If she theoretically wanted to put her foot down on Rekindled, she'd have to go after the entirety of the fanfic/fanart community 😂 She has next to no ground to go after any derivative or fan projects inspired by her work, not unless they directly try to impersonate her and/or make a profit with the Lore Olympus name/branding/etc. (hence why there isn't a Patreon for Rekindled). Even the direct edit accounts themselves don't try to pass themselves off as LO or Smythe, they always show the original panel and make it clear in their bio descriptions that the accounts themselves are for LO which is easily sourced as not belonging to them.

One could argue that it's generally bad taste on the grounds of it being rude to edit other people's work, and yeah, that's valid. It casts the presumption that there's something "wrong" with how an artist wants to express themselves and that the edit makes it "better". But, for starters, we all know why these edits exist because LO has gone down in quality and people are having their own fun time trying to restore that original vibe in tribute to Rachel's original version of LO; second, it would be a lot more heinous IMO if LO were still some small series being made by a nobody, but ... it isn't, it's a massive commercial product within its industry and fanwork/foework is par for the course with commercial products; and third, there still isn't any sort of legal ground for Rachel to stand on because those accounts still aren't pretending to be her or her work, if anything they may as well be advertising it.

Plus, a lot of those edit accounts are more like redraw accounts, so many of them may as well be DTIYS prompts rather than direct edits (that's not a bad thing, just a statement of fact) save for a few accounts that deliberately try to mimic the old LO style as much as possible when editing new panels. Those kinds of stylized redraws are legit just fanart.

For many of these accounts, a lot of it's still work they're doing themselves and they're not trying to pass off their edits as legitimate LO products. No one's ripping these panels and re-posting them and going "look what I drew today!" (ex. Love's Divinity did this and a lot of people rightfully called the creator out on it, thankfully it seems like they've learned and moved on from copying directly from LO and other webtoons) they're going "hey, so this is what the webcomic looks like now, and here's what it looks like in my style" or "hey, this is what the webcomic looks like now, but here's what it would possibly look like if it still looked like S1 LO". None of it's meant to be maliciously stealing or impersonation, the pettiest it can get is just people saying "Rachel, your art sucks" which may as well be the only reason she edited that into her bio in the first place.

Like, if this IS aimed at the edit and redraw accounts, she's basically only upset about the panel edits that call out her obviously declining art IMO. Especially considering she's retweeted edit stuff before, many of them being from the anti/ULO community which I don't think she ever even realized ? 😂 But regardless, she shares edit panels a lot so it makes that bio notice come across less as "don't trace or use my work" and more as "don't do edits that make me look bad!!" when she's already doing plenty of work on her own end to make herself look bad 😂

In my personal opinion beyond the legalese... yeah, her work really does suck nowadays. I get how awful working for Webtoons is, I get that Rachel might not even be into drawing LO anymore, I can empathize with her maybe not being able to put in the same amount of emotional investment or time that she was able to put into it back in S1, but every single edit account is pretty sincere in doing it simply because they want to express how they wish it could look if it hadn't dropped in quality.

Phew, that was a lot of words for a very simple question, but rest assured, I'm not really worried it's going to affect Rekindled. 90% of the panels are completely original compositions save for the few panels that are referencing older moments in S1 LO that I brought back for Rekindled's plot, and even those panels are still redrawn from the ground up and given different outcomes (ex. Persephone punching Hades in the face lmao). Probably won't be doing much of that from here on out but more so just because the plot's going to be shifting even further from original S1 LO; but it's def better safe than sorry on my part to just make that 90% into a 100%, I suppose.

As a last point, I don't blame the edit accounts who ARE stepping away from editing panels out of respect. While it might not be a technically legal issue, I can still respect those who still want to respect Rachel's requests and do better as creatives and individuals. Just because something isn't against the law doesn't mean it isn't a cruddy thing to do, and I say that fully as someone who cut their teeth on edit content. We have tons of other ways of expressing ourselves creatively in this fandom than directly editing old panels.

The DTIYS stuff though, I don't think that should be off limits. It's fanart and that's completely fair game IMO especially for someone like Rachel who's creating a commercial piece of work. It comes with the territory. Welcome to being a pro.

#lore olympus critical #lo critical #antiloreolympus #anti lore olympus #ama #ask me anything #anon ama #anon ask me anything

[serosluv2]

hi love! idk how long ago you posted that you wanted sero requests but here i am.

tattoo artist!sero and it’s like your first time getting tattooed and he talks you through everything that’s going to happen and everything that he’s doing and just making sure that you feel safe. i acc love it so much honestly it could be his partner or a complete stranger but honestly OBSESSED with this idea rn it’s doing my head in i just NEED it on paper

thank u sum for the request & i love tattoo artist!sero !!

You've been thinking about this for quite some time. Ever since you saw your eldest cousin with their first tattoo when you were much younger, you’ve been dreaming about getting your own.

On an impromptu girls' trip into the bright city of Tokyo, your closest friends, Momo and Ochako, convince you this is the time! “but I need to do so much more research about what place I want to go to! what sized needle I should get, and… SO MUCH MORE!” you say in the dimly lit bar, tipsy enough to even be thinking about this idea but not so much that you’re stumbling. “Oh, com’on Y/n !! my girlfriend knows this guy who owns a tattoo place, I think it’s near here, and he’s like, so legit ! she only goes to him and his people.” Momo chimes in. This made you even more unsure. You love Momo’s girlfriend! She is cool and funny but the crowd she runs with is… a wilder than you’re used to. “Is this the same guy that almost got us arrested at that house party?” you say back, reminding her of that night year or two ago. “oh my lord no !!! That’s Denki. this guy is Sero, he is super chill, an amazing artist, and can do anything. even those super small, dainty ones you like.” After about 3 more drinks, the three of you guys are outside by the bar, and Momo is calling this Sero guy, asking if his place is still open. and it is.

After about a 10 minute walk, you arrive at the place. “Tokyo’s Ink” looks cool enough. Rustic and dark enough to draw in the right crowd but oddly clean and tidy enough so no one thinks it’s some sketchy dump. you stumble in with the help of Momo and are greeted with a tall male at the front desk. “uh.. Momo, are you sure she’s ok to like do this?” aww sweet. you think. he clearly cares about his clients which makes you more open to trusting him like this. “yeah yeahh she’s fine. not as bad as ochako though.” momo replies, laughing before she notices- oh shit. where’s ochako? after mumbling you can’t understand between the two tall dark haired people, she dashed out, assuming to look for her. “so, y/n right? i think we met a couple times when you went out with momo and jirou.” oh yeah. You remember seeing him in the crowds with Jirou’s ragtag friends group. “oh yeahhh. you used to have a lip piercing, where’d that go?” you ask, peering up at his face. “oh i uh, got into a fight and it got ripped out.” he says so nonchalantly, leaving you stunned, wide eyed. “holy shit!” “yeah, so you’re thinking of getting a tattoo?” he says and sits back on the desk in the entry way. You can see him a little more clearly now and he’s gorgeous. His hair looks clean and soft, a little outgrown mullet but it looks good. His hands show the ends of some complex artwork going up his arms. even though his lip ring is gone, he still has a lot of other jewelry hanging from him. Earrings and bulky silver rings and a thin chain around his neck. “um yeah i’m definitely getting ones,” you say a little louder than you intended. “but i need to know you are like, legit.” you say and he laughs. It’s a nice, deep laugh that makes your heart do flips. He says he can take you to the chair where he’ll go over the procedure and you can ask any questions you want. “so hopefully you’ll come back when you’re in a better, state and we willl start by sketching out some designs of the tattoo you want. we’ll work on that untr it’s perfect for your pretty self,” your ears perk up and blush at his comment. He notices and smiles back at you, “then i’ll print it out as an outline and trace it with a marker on the spot you want, once that placent is where you want it to be then we will start inking.” he says.

Sero starts talking again. About needle sizes, ink color, if you wanted shading and color or just an outline, blah blah blah. As much as you wanted to, you couldn’t focus on his words when he looked like that. he sat directly in front of you, legs slightly spread, you could see the tension his muscular thighs were putting those tight black jeans through. Sero, with his pericings almost glistening in the overhead light, a light that contorted the muscles of his arms, was slouching and leaning forward ever so slightly so that you could see down his thin and baggy white t-shirt to his chest. He stopped talking but you couldn’t tear your eyes away from his torso. god he looks so good.

He said something. Your name maybe? Then he was standing. It only took half a step until he was towering over you. His hand reached up to caress your jawline and lift your chin up to him. You could smell him now. Not the sandalwood that aired in the shop but him. He didn’t smell like a cologne, more like fresh sheets, warm vanilla with a hint of that manly musk. “you got it, princess?” he said. you could feel his warm and calloused hand against your hot, soft skin. god he definitely works out. you don’t get calloused hands from tattooing. you thought. “um yes. i-i- i’m sorry what do i got?” you replied. Suddenly the buzz you felt in the bar was back but this wasn’t from alcohol, you were high off something else. He laughed softly before saying “i asked if you understood everything i just told you. we you want i can schedule you for an appointment tonight.” his hand dropped from you face and planted on the table behind you. He was leaning down, closer to you. You could practically feel his breath, his lips on you. Sero’s eyes darted down to your lips, then slowly back up to you. His eyes were determined. Searching for any discomfort in yours as he slowly, and i mean slowly, attempted to close the distance between you two until,

ba dingg !

the bell above the door jingled, causing the both of you to retreat quickly. “Found her !!” Momo exclaimed as she was dragging a very sad Ochako, face covered in ice cream, by her side. “O-Oh great !” you said standing up. Sero stood and backed up, giving you room to walk to your friends. He went behind the front counter and grabbed his scheduling book out from under it. Opening it he look at back at you, “so are you free next friday?” he asked clicking his pen, looking at you. “um, oh yes. yes i am after 4pm!” you replied. he scribbled something down and looked back up at you. “great then. i’ll see you at 5:00pm next friday.” he said with his million dollar smile. Momo then proceeded to tell you how late it was and how your group should probably turn in for the night. “I’ll walk you guys out!” Sero jumped into the conversation following Momo and Ochako already half way out the door. Then he put his hand on your lower back, guiding you out of his shop. You turn your head to thank him for letting you come in way past business hours. “don’t worry about it princess, it was my pleasure.” he whispered back to you. his lips softly kissing your neck for the first and last time that night before leading you out.

god you can’t wait until friday. now you just have less than two weeks to figure out what kind of tattoo you want.

#^ my work #i had sm fun w this #sorry it took foreva anon :( #i didnt have time and then i took forever to “edit it #i love sero #sero hanta #sero x reader #mha headcanons #hanta sero #hanta sero x reader #hanta sero fluff

[rinmiko]

Elaborate on your NaruMitsu manifesto

okay this will have some spoilers from like most games tbh, there is just so much moments with them together, especially early games

but the main thing for them is that they just trust each other fully and would do absolutely ANYTHING for each other (other than illegal shit ofc)

Like first of all, Phoenix became an attorney to meet Miles in the court. I don’t care if they later changed his reasons to “i wanna help more people who were in the same situation as me” or “Mia inspired me to become a lawyer” cause sure, valid reasons, BUT THE FIRST GAME IS THE BASE GAME. HE WANTED TO MEET HIS EDGEWORTH. A MAN HE HASN’T SEEN IN YEARS. HE WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST, BUT BECAME A LAWYER. Not to mention Phoenix defended Miles against Von Karma to the point where Von Karma fucking died.

Meanwhile in the third game, Miles ends up flying over the whole country just to see if Phoenix is actually on his death bed (Phoenix falls through a bridge into a river and ends up in a hospital for two days. Larry apparently told Miles he was dying.) Like Edgeworth hopped on the quickest flight, thinking that Phoenix was dying or already dead, only to see his man lying in a hospital room, chilling with a cold. (At least they were equal now, Ahem “Miles Edgeworth chooses death” Ahem). During the hospital visit though, the fact that Phoenix gave Edgeworth his badge and told him to be a defence attorney, THE TRUST, like i know Miles has years in being a prosecutor, but still. Even Miles was hesitant. The whole ass hospital scene in general is just the most wholesome shit ever.

But like ofc, it wouldn’t be a good couple without some drama and fucked up stuff. Like i mentioned, Miles chooses death, leaving everyone to believe he committed suicide, only to come back later. Of course Phoenix gives him a cold shoulder, dude was legit just sad and angry whenever Miles’ name was mentioned in the second game.

And also the fact Phoenix lost his badge due to accepting fake evidence into the court, which he had no clue they were fake. (When i saw him as a hobo in the Apollo Justice game, i legit closed the game and didn’t play it for a while cause i had hard time accepting it lmao i was like 13). But also we get to know that Miles actually helps him to get his badge back, doing a shitton of paperwork and court stuff just to get his man his badge back. After that, the gaves rarely mention Miles, but he appears in the games still, doing some sort of business or just meeting up with Phoenix just because.

Like sure you could say they are just very good friends, but the fact that the first game was actually suppose to make them into a yaoi content (since that was very very popular back then and would most likely do good on the market) is also saying a lot. Even though the company wanted the boy love to be p gone from the game, there are just teasing the audience at some points where it’s evident that these two are in love.

“You have saddled me with unnecessary…. feelings..”

#god this was so much more longer than i thought it would be #there are some many other details i would talk about but god my fingers hurt from typing #rinmiko ramble #ask #ace attorney #narumitsu #wrightworth #edgewright

[ausetkmt]

Kendrick Lamar Already Has the Best Verse of 2024 - XXL

Kendrick Lamar has arguably had the best verse of 2024 so far. When the rapper joined Future and Metro Boomin on their new song, "Like That," in March, it served as a defibrillator for the rap game. The lethal verse he unleashed into the world sent an electrical shock throughout the genre. A potential three-way feud between Kendrick, J. Cole and Drake as a result of K-Dot's bars has given the genre an explosion of energy not seen in 2023.

Cultural impact aside, Kendrick's lyrics effectively straddle the line between subliminal and targeted. The track, which appears on Metro and Future's We Don't Trust You album, finds Kendrick adding just enough details so fans knew, without naming names, exactly who Kung Fu Kenny was speaking about.

Breaking Down Kendrick Lamar's "Like That" Verse

Kendrick did this by continuously playing off Drake and J. Cole's joint song, "First Person Shooter," as well as Drizzy's latest album, For All the Dogs. 

"OK, let's get it up, it's time for him to prove that he's a problem/N***as cliquin' up, but cannot be legit, no 40 water, tell ’em," Kendrick raps in the opening bars.

This line alone perfectly exemplifies the multiple layers of meaning Kendrick brings to each bar. On one hand, Kendrick notes that Cole and Drake appear to be "cliquin' up" and teaming up against together. K-Dot says their partnership will never be on the same level as when E-40 joined forces with B-Legit and The Click back in 1991.

However, "cliquin' up" could also be about Cole and Drake's joint song "First Person Shooter," and referring to how their guns are clicking because they're out of ammo. Additionally, the "40 water" line could be interpreted as a dig at Drake's longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib, who is known for using what he calls an "underwater" effect on his beats.

While it's this layered eye for detail that makes Kendrick's "Like That" verse so effective, he abandons the double entendres shortly after to make sure his point is made loud and clear in the following bars.

"F**k the sneak dissin', first-person shooter, I hope they came with three switches," is the bar that caught rap fans' attention. This part of the song is when everyone realized Kendrick was taking aim at Cole and Drizzy. While the lyrics before this were littered with metaphors and clever wordplay, Kendrick decides to seize the moment in a direct callout of "First Person Shooter." He wants everyone to know who he's talking about, not just the rap scholars ready to dissect his every word.

Kendrick continues on this trend by rapping plainly, "Muthaf**k the big three, n***a, it's just big me/N***a, bum, what? I'm really like that."

Read More: Metro Boomin Insists New Album Would Have Gone No. 1 Regardless

Kendrick Doesn't Use Violent Threats to Get His Point Across

Kendrick's verse is also powerful because he doesn't rely on violent threats to get his message across. With violence perforating diss tracks within the drill scene, and in rap beefs of the past, it packed more of a punch to hear Kendrick rely on his lyrical talents as an MC to target his foes.

"And your best work is a light pack/N***a, Prince outlived Mike Jack'," Kendrick raps at one point, referring to Drake's current tie with The King of Pop for most No. 1s ever for a solo artist. Drake takes great pride in his ongoing contest with "Mike Jack." In the video for "First Person Shooter," Drizzy wears a sequined glove in reference to Jackson. Kendrick merely saying that Prince outlived Michael Jackson implies that these titles aren't everything when it comes to life and death.

Drake Seems to Have Heard Kendrick's Verse

While rap enthusiasts could dissect Kendrick's "Like That" clever verse for hours, it seems to have shaken Drake to his core. In the wake of hearing the diss, Drizzy has seemed to subliminally fire back at Kendrick via cryptic Instagram captions. While fans wait with bated breath to see if The Boy will hop in the studio for an official response, it takes a lot to catch Drake's attention these days, so it's safe to say the message was received.

However, the best part about "Like That" is the conversation it's provoked among rap fans. What will a Kendrck, Cole and Drizzy face-off even look like?

Is Future involved, too?

Is Future and Metro Boomin's We Don't Trust You an entire album dedicated to dissing Drake?

Who will emerge victorious when all is said and done? All of these questions have consumed rap fans' psyches and resulted in some very intense back-and-forth discussions. While only time will tell what happens next, no one in 2024 has gotten the rap world talking quite like Kendrick Lamar.

#Kendrick Lamar Already Has the Best Verse of 2024 - XXL #Kendrick Lamar #2024 Best verses #Kendrick #Metro Boomin #future #J Cole #drake

[thedawningofthehour]

doth!draxum is the type of villain you want to squeeze really tightly in your fist and scream at him in angry tears but at the same time acknowledge his absolute genius.

ngl i see a lot of fics with intentional holes in villains which the protagonists use to save the day and yada yada (which is still obviously important sometimes), or just blunt personality traits that do not add up to the character as a whole when you think about it; like "oh, i, draxum, will hate the very beings i have created and treat them like absolute shit just because i can, despite the fact that if i treated them properly then they'd thrive and be open to whatever plans i have for them because they actually understand what i am doing for yokai and be met with little to no resistance and, /bonus/, have (some) kickass son(s)"

there are still a lot of good fics with this but. idk. it really just doesn't strike me as something draxum would do.

doth draxum is the complete opposite and is just so downright realistic. i haven't angrily loved a villain like this in a good while. fact, i dont even think villain is the right term, since what he's doing could potentially save both yokai and humankind alike from an even worse fate. reality sucks and draxum already knows that, and he taught galois that too. donnie just viewed it as draxum killing off the human race(might be wrong on that part since i need to go re-read) and didn't quite take in the actual crisis approaching.

what i just spewed might be literal bullshit but. it's my bullshit.

anywayssss love the writing sm can't wait for next chapter even if it'll break this poor little heart even more.

I don't want to start ragging on other writers/artists here. They had their own visions for how their creative works would look and Evil Draxum fit that. That's fine. It's just a different vibe than what I wanted, that's all.

I think the point a lot of Grimdark Draxum people get hung up on is the scene where he throws Leo off the roof, with the whole "I will not hesitate to destroy you" thing. (sidenote, I do not have Leo be salty about that NEARLY enough) From there, yeah, he does look like a ruthless villain who would do classically evil things just because he can.

But Draxum is one of those characters whose words say one thing and his actions say another. He does hesitate to destroy them. Not Leo, he legit thought Leo was going to die and didn't give a fuck, (in my canon he did this because Leo is his least favorite-he wouldn't have done it to the other three) but he deals with them all several times before coming to the conclusion that they have to die. And even after he assembles Evil Justice League and does a whole music number about killing them-he stands there and asks them to join him again. He has a group of pissed-off mutants at his back who all really hate the turtles and got all excited for murder. He's 100% willing to burn those bridges and piss those guys off if it means he doesn't have to kill his turtles. And even then, after giving them what he explicitly states is their final, point-of-no-return offer...he's out there trying to convince them again, using Lou Jitsu as an in with them. Draxum does not want them dead. He's willing to kill them, but it's established that Draxum is willing to sacrifice just about anything for his cause, so that's not saying much.

And then another thing is his behavior at the end of s1 when he gets close to the dark armor, with the whole kidnapping the boys and threatening to torture them to death in front of their father kind of thing. Yeah. That was fucked. I feel like the dark armor and the taunting of power really, really fucked with Draxum's head. In my canon Cass kind of snapped him out of that when she told him that the armor would all but kill him, and he realized how far gone he was. Cass and Gale kind of serve as good grounding points for him now.

Also, I just want to point out, this was the face Draxum made when he first laid eyes on his creations:

That is not the face of a man who is ambivalent about them dying.

So yeah, while Draxum's original plan for Donnie was not as fluffy and affectionate as what he ended up going with, it wasn't cruel. He would have still fed him well and made sure he was getting enough sleep because those things would have affected the quality of his work, he would have provided medical care because what use did he have for a sick or injured engineer? Taking care of Donnie was worth the extra time and expense because a healthy Donnie would be more productive and would do better work. Just in terms of numbers, it made more sense to be decent to him. There probably would have been some mental and physical abuse, but mostly just to make Donnie reliant on him and keep him from rebelling.

Also he still absolutely thinks of the change of plans as purely a numbers thing. It would simply produce better results of he did it like this. Feelings never came into play here. Baron Draxum does not get attached, especially not to turtles who cuss him out while strapped to his lab table.

Oh no, Draxum is 100% genociding the human race. He's willing to mutate some of them-mostly kids, because they aren't shitheads yet and he thinks they might be redeemable. This isn't exactly mercy-this is something real-life colonizers do to ethnic groups they're trying to destroy. Take their kids and make them 'their own'. That was the whole deal with residential schools and there are definitely people who utilize international adoption to 'save' and Christianize non-white babies. Draxum genuinely believes that humans are evil by virtue of being human. Most human adults are too corrupted, but he might be able to save some of them by mutating them, and the children deserve a chance to be saved.

It just kind of goes to show what a shit situation we're in that That is actually something that could halt the impending mass extinction event caused by climate change.

#i cannot stress this enough this fic was supposed to be really low effort #now we're integrating commentary on climate change and marxism #doth #doth asks #baron draxum

[billyboyblue]

I'm quite obviously part of the fandoms that stayed relatively sane and bearable for the most part, and I'll happily partake in fanon, head canons, and whatnot. But there's never been and will never be anything in any fandom that comes close to looking like complete agreement. There is no Fandom Consensus anywhere. No such thing as universal takes, or interpretations because how in the hell could there ever be.

But that doesn't stop people from, still to this day, posting things like "I think we can all agree..." "it's good that everyone in the fandom..." "Um, I thought we all agreed a while back that..." No. You agreed. You agreed on these head canons and felt comfortable in your interpretations and extrapolations enough to create art for you interests and that's great, I'm sure a ton of people think the same thing, but not everyone. You don't decide the rules for fandom.

No one does, we can come to understandings, and we can create spaces that cater to our own tastes and interests. But baby, what are you doing trying to make the case for consensus?

You do not pay for my Internet. You do not pay my rent, phone, or bills. People out here are grown. Actually grown, and actually deal with big people shit. I'm sick of seeing people, old and young, in the fandoms acting like they got something to say. Bitch we're all playing in the dirt, what just cuz you only just got here you want everyone to think like you? No.

One of the oldest fandom friends from like the J2 SPN Kripke days just scrubbed their AO3. Over 200 works gone. This person has been writing this since 2006. Think about that. Nearly 20 years of work and fun and beautiful, unbelievable, intricate writing pieces gone. I reached out and they legit gave me a 2 word response. New Fans.

I don't even know what to think. Devastation isn't a powerful enough word for the mourning and fury I'm feeling right now. There is something fundamentally wrong with the way new people are being introduced to this complex network of art and creation so grandiose and expansive it's worldwide, self funded, and self sustaining. Fandom has created billionaires and you stupid fuckers still think this is just ff.net haha funny cringe writing and we get to bully this person, this full adult person because we didn't have to claw and fight and work to create this space.

They got to Tumblr and said all these slightly differential things that they don't like are gone, and because everyone is running towards that perfect person award, we lose artists. Gifmakers like K-Wame that we just lost recently, j2 recs back in 2015, and Writers like this now. It's just I don't know. I'm just pissed man. Shout out to that real one, I'll miss your works, I understand your decision but know you'll always be a void in the history of this fandom and fandoms as a whole.

#they dont want to be named not that they even had a tumblr but yeah i hope y'all are happy #y'all got what your pearl clutching bitch ass selves wanted

[thealmightyemprex]

Disney Month:The Love Bug 1997

For the 17th installment in Disney month we shall look at the TV movie reboot/sequel to the classic Herbie franchise ,The Love Bug

In this 1997 TV movie Herbie,a living Volkswagon Beetle finds himself with Hank Cooper(Bruce Campbell ) a mechanic and former race driver with his own insecrurities and a bit of jealously over all the attention the car gets,ignoring is oddball artist friend Roddy Martel(Kevin J O Connor) telling him the car is alive ,meanwhile a former owner of Herbie,the pompus race car driver Simon Moore III (John Hannah ) makes contact with Herbies creator  Dr. Gustav Stumpfel (Harold Gould ) to make his own living car ,the feral Horace

The Herbie series,which follows the adventures of this living car ,was iconic back in the day,one of Disneys few big franchises (Which I know sounds insane now ,considering the MCU...Which this has a connection to.....I'll get to that ),though now is seen as a curiosity ,a forgotten relic of a bygone time,or just dismissed as stupid.I will confess I am not a Herbie expert ,I have only seen three films (This one,the original Love Bug ,and Herbie Fully Loaded ) but I am a Herbie defender,I actually think the premise is cute despite having a disdain for cars . I think the original Love Bug is a classic and while my memories are hazy ,I enjoyed Fully Loaded as a kid .But What are my thoughts on this film.....Honestly I really enjoyed it

Now I have seen some lukewarm thoughts on this film dismissing it as only noteworthy cause the lead is Bruce Campbell and if you know me well you might be scoffing and saying "Oh they only like it cause they like Bruce Campbell"....I cant lie and say thats NOT a factor,because it is.I am a Bruce Campbell fanatic ,I adore Evil Dead, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr ,Bubba Ho Tep ,Man With The Screaming Brain ,My Name is Bruce ,his performances in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ,Maniac Cop ,Black Friday ,Lois and Clark ,his cameos in Sam Raimis Spiderman franchise ,I could keep going .Point is he is one of my favorite actors,having old school movie star charisma /good looks, a character actors sensibilities and expert comedic slapstick timing on par with the old masters like Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd .I am a fan and as a fan it is fun to see him get to be in a goofy Disney comedy as opposed to usual horror fare he is well known ,but not just in a "Tee hee aint it wacky to see Ash talk to Herbie " way,I think he is a legit good choice for the lead,cause he is charmy,got his trademark snark ,but can do the vulnerability and make you believe that he cares for this car ,cause of course he can , this guy fought his HAND in a movie ,he can definately make me belive he has a friendship with a living car .So yeah it is a factor ,but its because he is such a good actor I think he is an asset......But I dont think he is the only asset

So I kind of find it baffeling people looked at this and dismissed it because it has so many THINGS that make it stand out....Including the fact the director is Peyton Reed,who has gone on to direct THE ANT MAN trilogy ,and he kind of brings the same sensibility he brought to Ant Man to this ,which I can only describe as lovingly silly. Like the movie knows its audience will find it silly ,and while it acknowledges it ,it loves it and embraces it .It pokes fun at some cliches but it also embraces some,and because some things are played sincere,they also are really funny

The cast is great ,not just Campbell ,as the film is full of character actors .We get some fun small parts from Burton Gilliam and Jeff Garlin ,and highly enjoyable supporting performances by Clerance Williams III ,Harolg Gould ,Dana Gould , and Micky Dolenz .Alexandra Wentworth is a good love tinterest,playing with some tropes ,and John Hannah is a very entertaining weasily pompous villain .My favorite character is Roddy played by Kevin J O Connor who is this artist who is able to communicate with Herbie ,being very lovable as wel as very funny .Also Dean Jones,star of the original film reprises his role of Jim Douglas ,and even though he isnt in the film alot its fun to see him here

I adore Horace the evil car ,I like that he is an extention of Simons evil and is a feral monster ,but has a connection with Simon .I think the production team did a really good job giving menace to this car

My only complaint is it feels like Herbie himself gets sidelined ,but the film still works.

Overall,this is such a fun underrated gem and not a bad intro to Herbie,though personally I think ones should watch the original film first

@ariel-seagull-wings @goodanswerfoxmonster @the-blue-fairie @angelixgutz @princesssarisa @themousefromfantasyland @amalthea9 @filmcityworld1 @marquisedemasque

[laf-outloud]

WIndy back with a bang! This show never misses or makes us endure dull moments and I love them for that.

I have to remember to keep good faith when it comes to Gus, he’s smarter and more in the know than he lets on and seems to have his own motives that he’s not quite willing to let people in on yet. He’s also the character that knows Tom best since he knew that unless Tom found the body himself he’d never believe it was Mary Collins, and was instantly suspicious of Tom letting the suspect go. The team needs someone who isn’t going to let their distrust of Tom blind them. His dynamic with Hoyt was so good– I’m a sucker for when the lawman and the outlaw team up. I’m also wondering if we’re going to see a new arc for Hoyt with him going legit, I could see Gus and Hoyt running Independence together. Hoyt’s days as a ranch hand didn’t last long and with it his relationship with Lucia is also over, or at least that’s the way it seems. I’m hoping that Lucia now enters her girl boss rancher era.

I’m happy that Kai didn’t run away, I’d miss him. Plus we’ve all seen that Independence is a boring town, it could use his drama 😉

I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about Abby’s sister or her joining the show so soon (I thought Boston wouldn’t come into play until season 2) but I love her and need her back ASAP. Kate probably feels the same way lol. Those two kissing while Angel Olsen played did more for the gay community than Chaos Machine/Jenneel ever could. I loved the scene where Kate was filling Charlie in on all of the gossip. Didn’t think I’d get my shipping wish fulfilled in the same episode as her introduction! Their spark was there from the moment they met! Kate really is the most charming woman. I’m glad Abby seems to understand her sister a little better now, and hopefully realizes that they’re more alike than Abby thinks (side note, get off your high horse Abby). I’m also curious because it seems that Charlie knew more about Liam than his own wife did.

Calian’s storyline has taken quite the turn! I’m guessing that Calian is going to turn to the town, specifically Abby and co, for an alliance to protect his tribe. The Native gossip mill must be wild, how does this chick know so much about Calian? I know it’s probably just because it’s convenient for the narrative, but I like imagining people gossiping about the handsome Calian.

Did anyone else think that Tom Davidson was going to kiss Abby when they were searching the scene of Liam’s death? It’s funny because I’m always happy that the show doesn’t force romance and I’m a slow burn type of gal, but every episode I also want Tom and Abby to kiss. He’s clearly so into Abby. “You saved me, you’re so smart and determined, you ran the town with Gus while I was gone and I’m totally not jealous, you care and my family doesn’t😍🙈🙊” And this episode he reminded us that he was previously in a mental institute by hanging the guy that stabbed him from the ceiling. My skin crawled when he stabbed that guy in the hand. I was wondering why he let him go, but apparently Davidson sheriff work needs to be done off the books. Abby is growing on me as time goes on. I love the parallel of both her and Tom being artists, and being so conflicted when it comes to him and her morals.

And speaking of conflict, a Tom Davidson doppelgänger! Props to the casting department, they really do look like brothers. I’m surprised Abby is able to admit that she might be wrong about Tom, and I’m excited to see where this takes the case.

All in all, the perfect episode to bring things back. Humor, romance, more mystery and good, old fashion western drama. I missed these characters so much! Can’t believe we only have a few more episodes in the season.

Swoon! I love your reviews! Thank you for continuing to send them in!

Gus has so many layers I feel we've barely scratched the surface! And him and Hoyt? Comedy gold! (Matt was wearing a pretty smart suit in one of the bts photos... maybe he's looking to be on the town council?)

I miss Kai when he's not in the episodes, I can't imagine him being out of town. But I find it interesting that he was so willing to open up to Hoyt when he's been so tight-lipped prior to now. I wonder if Lucia's put in a good word for Hoyt, or if it's just easier thinking he may be talking one criminal to another.

Kate and Charlie!!! Chate? Karlie? "Those two kissing while Angel Olsen played did more for the gay community than Chaos Machine/Jenneel ever could." You're not wrong!

I'm right there with them gossiping about Calian!

I didn't really see a kiss coming, but the chemistry he and Abby have is fantastic. And I did not see Tom's descent into torture coming. Now I'm really curious as to what he was in the asylum for.

Called it when I saw those photos of Tom and Shane for next week. I knew there'd be a way for Tom to be exonerated of killing Liam. (Even if he still might be guilty.)

I'm lucky that I get to rewatch WIndy as I'm typing! Along with everything else being fabulous, Hoyt looks fantastic in blue! (I think that's a Walkerverse constant!)

#ask box #walker: independence #WIndy review #abigail walker #hoyt rawlins #calian #augustus #kate carver #tom davidson #kai #lucia reyes #charlotte mackenzie #shane davidson #WIndy spoilers #WIndy 1.08

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

About that last post (the 'why men no longer try harder after we criminalized sexual advances'). Tbh this makes me sad that apparently majority of society DOES play this game because I legit, honestly don't want relationship any time soon, I don't play hard to get :s So I feel like feminists that antagonized men "trying harder" kept women like me in mind (or were like me themselves). Those who LEGIT want to be left alone, whatever is the reason. It could be somethig impossible to change with persuasion too, like being asexual/lesbian but not trusting this man enough to say, or having life-changing bad experience. In retrospective I feel like what happened was emotional reaction of protecting the minority (and projecting *individual* experiences on humanity in general cough cough) at the cost of messing up majority. Like majority liked that "game" but now men are scared and women who don't know of feminist stuff feel unwanted and unattractive. And say that 'real' men went extinct xD I notice the 'saviors' make this same mistake not even first time - start with good intentions and descent into vigilantes. And it is ALWAYS trade of 'minority for majority' even though majority MAKES the society truly function. I wonder what could have gone differently in this situation if at all? Like... how *to* cover people who do NOT play hard to get? Like, was there a way to go less destructive? Or it is one of those things you just let people solve themselves via properly communicating?

The pickup artists call it the "shit test": women being evolutionarily hardwired to want to make potential mates jump through hoops to see how committed they are to sticking around, so that when they choose to go make the beast with two backs and a baby pops out, they're hopefully less likely to be either stuck raising it alone or eaten by a tiger while 8 months pregnant and unable to run away very fast.

So on that level it's understandable. The problem is, with the arrival of feminism and women's ever-increasing political influence the past hundred years (along with other things, such as the introduction of cinema and TV and celebrity culture and social media as something to continually compare one's own life to), the hoops that women are putting up for the men to jump through have been getting more and more dangerous and impossible to achieve.

Women in their tens of millions hungrily guzzle up the fantasy of a Rhett Butler or a Christian Grey, all while at the same time marching and voting for harsher and harsher penalties for any man who actually behaves like the man of their dreams: It's the ultimate shit test, in which any man who attempts to live up to the female fantasy will in all likelihood have his life utterly destroyed on the whims of the same women who request it.

An ever-increasing number of men have decided that price is just too insanely high to risk everything on - especially since the quality of what women are offering in return has been continually worsening - and are just dropping out and walking away, choosing the quiet life of VR goggles and endless porn.

So, through this mix of politics and shit tests (and hypergamy), we've essentially reached the point in which women as a group, for the first time ever, have collectively priced themselves out of the sexual marketplace.

[ratabethchase]

ten songs i love by different artists

omg thank you @existentialvoidofexistence for tagging me!! i was very close to reblogging your post just to be an asshole but you're lucky <3

Stand Tall from Julie and the Phantoms

I could listen to this song a million times and i would literally never stop going absolutely bonkers at it. I love it so so much dude i need to rewatch jatp

2. Hate Myself by dodie

just. such a good song. i struggled to pick a dodie song because i love all of them so much but this was the first to come to mind

3. Bad Reputation by Joan Jett

This is such a headbanger and i have been listening to it recently bc my band might do a cover of it which will be fun. i dont know if i can sing like joan jett though

4. That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings

i have no idea how i even found out about this song but it goes so hard .

5. Madison by Orla Gartland

madison is my proof to my irls that i listened to orla gartland before heartstopper because when i was writing my english creative piece i had it stuck in my head so i named the two characters madison and orla.

6. Waiting in the Wings from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

legit have not even seen this show. i just watched this animatic on youtube and i have been hooked on it ever since. it just makes me Feel Things.

7. Real Gone by Sheryl Crow

the song from cars. my brother has watched cars so much out loud that i have grown to love this song. my teacher also saw me listening to it once and got excited that i also liked sheryl crow

8. My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton

omg showing off that broad music taste. country music gets so much slander and for what. i love this song so much.

9. 1985 by Bo Burnham

slaps.

10. Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic from Pitch Perfect

i am obsessed with pitch perfect. it is so misogynistic and so feminist at the same time.

honestly though. these are just the most recent songs ive listened to lol!

no pressure tags for some mutuals and some people i see in my notes quite often:

@yaznomarbles @woweejoeyrichter @wands-n-lillies @ironghostie @guyhusbands @franken-pigeon @hillerska-official @fluencca @an-odd-idea @wouldthehill @whyare-youlooking

@insanitysmiles @comradebacterium @auaddict @bluedragonbaby @coffeeflavoredtears525600 @cowboy-lesbian @darkarfs @murkat @brorphine @repetitive-tautology

jeez that was a lot more tags than i thought i would do but. yeah. do it or dont do it

#thank you for tagging me!!! #slay #mine

[thesilent-o]

"Last one, yeah last one my ass. You know, if he's so determined to steal shit from people, he should do it himself. Except oh wait, he can't because he's a drunken piece of shit." Blitzo cursed to himself while he worked on wedging a roof hatch open to a well known club and restaurant. 

Known to attract large crowds for the shows it put on and the scandalous being that owned it. It had become one of the places of interest for Blitzo’s father, Cash. A con man from the start, his only real interest being in earning money or finding ways to do so. Ever since Blitzo was young his father looked for ways to earn money off of him. Going as far as to make him and his twin sister spectacles in his circus. Something that at the time had been incredible for the young imp. Even going as far to develop a love for performing and a dream to one day become famous doing just that. Dreams that Cash had been quick to shoot down in Blitzo. Crushing any hopes he might have had at succeeding whenever the circus had fallen apart. If there couldn't be any benefit in it for his son's success anymore then there was no need for Blitzo to have those sort of dreams. He'd be more useful as an errand boy, as he often was when he was a child. A pawn in his cons or something he could use as a bargaining chip if it meant earning more money for himself. 

Blitzo had just about had enough of his schemes though. Especially since he was only met with criticism from his father, even if he got the job done for him. He believed that he would never achieve his dreams now. The ideals of a starstruck imp dead with the family circus. No, now, Blitzo felt he needed to find a higher purpose. Some other way to get his name out there. A way for people to recognize who he was and maybe earn some real respect instead of being regarded as washed up trash. Blitzo had his own agenda and it didn't involve Cash or his shady schemes. It meant doing something legit and something that would make him easy money. Sinners all came here for a reason, some without a choice. So what if he could do something about that? Somehow make them feel at peace for the shitty hand that they might have been dealt? It was something that Blitzo wished someone would have offered him years ago. And yet here he was, breaking in through a skylight. Sent on yet another job which he would get no help for, despite the promise and likely little credit if he pulled it off. Greedy bastard. 

"I swear if I ever–" Blitzo uttered to himself while he heaved the hatch open. The thought was never finished though because just shortly after forcing it open, the imp lost his balance and fell into the open hatch. 

The fall to the stage far below likely would have done some damage to his body. It was quite the drop and not at all how he had planned to enter the building. Luckily, he managed to catch a hold of the curtains that hid the back part of the stage. Gliding down them, his claws tore into them until finally he came to a stop, clinging to the fabric. It was fortunate that the building and stage were empty otherwise, he was certain he would have drawn some attention to himself. Blitzo was also relieved that he had managed to catch ahold of something to soften his fall otherwise things could have ended very badly for him. And the worst part of it was the fact that he knew there wasn't a single person that would have given a damn. Not with his sister estranged and on drugs, his father a drunken con artist and his friends, gone. Everyone he knew was gone. That of course, included his mother. Who might have been the only one who would have still cared about him, if she were still around to care. 

"Great job, Blitz. Too bad that didn't kill me," He muttered to himself while he struggled to slowly make his way down the torn curtain. He was in now, he might as well snoop around. 

@fzrticv -Fizzarolli

#helluva boss rp #hazbin hotel rp #fzrticv

[ifidiedinadream]

story time:

I have an inside joke with my concert buddy and it's about counting how many gigs it takes Ale to stop ignoring me and wave back. So I was at like five gigs and all the interactions I had with him was me waving hello and him just blankly staring and then walking away, not seeing me at all or talking to a person literally next to me, which more often than not happened to be said concert buddy. I've never gone VIP, just a fansign at a festival, where i had gone up to their booth with a copy of LOTSAD and I was kinda tipsy and scared so all i said was 'hi'. AND THIS LITTLE SHIT HAD THE AUDACITY TO LOOK ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES AND THEN ASK ME HOW I'M FEELING.

I fucking died. The only thing i remember saying was like "bitch i came here from abroad just to see you". I remember him like nudging Olli about that and then they both were like "Oh, this is so sweet of you! Did you like the other artists? Is it your first festival? Do you like it here? How's the beer? How's the weather, does it rain a lot like today? Was it you that brought the CD? Where are you from?"

(i love how they were like "ok lemme kill them")

After that i had to chainsmoke like six cigs to calm down lmao I will remember this forever and he can now ignore me for the rest of my life. I know it's nothing special and most likely was just because (they're sweethearts) they literally have to talk to fans, but I kinda headcannon it as them being legit curious about me. I will not elaborate.

Conclusion: my silly little attention curse has been lifted i guess.

i'm sorry but i'll never stop adoring every single fan experience with ale you guys tell me about he's just the sweetest person ever and i love him immensely okay (olli too olli is super sweet too) 😭😭😭😭😭

this is wonderful and i'm glad you had this experience, im sure you'll treasure it in your heart forever 🖤

and btw i absolutely understand the tipsiness and chainsmoking, i literally had to take one whole gram of xanax before the m&g because i felt like i could collapse from the nerves. but they really put you at ease once you're there

#answered

[woomycritiques543]

FYI: Alastor was created by Viv when she was in high school. He's not an attempt to appeal to the Onceler crowd

Bruh thats not even an excuse.

She legit could have redesigned him to not do that, since Lucifer and Charlie and Angel and Husk are a thing. He definitely was after.

She could have choosen to be more creative with it.

But NOOOoooooo crowd appeal is more important apparently. 

Especially nowadays, seeing how the series has become for the past... three or more years. It also makes me miss the 2019 Hazbin days (besides... the toxic as all hell fandom 😬). It just felt like Vivziepop used to be more bright and passionate. Now- she just overworks herself a ton for crowd appeal, and seems a quite miserable if I were to be 100% honest. If she wasnt so rude and weaponizing her trauma like she did a week ago against people who were also traumatized (from generations of discrimination) by the very representation she promised to "improve", (and yet barely does so unless it benefits mostly herself.) I would genuinely feel bad for her. But Hazbin wise- she did this to herself.

Pitching Hazbin and causing herself to no longer 100% own her own ocs- by herself. When she could have made Hazbin indiependent, post poned Helluva Boss, and none of this would happened. Instead, she bit off more than she can chew, and now herself and her freinds are having to suffer for it. Helluva Boss being created while she was in the middle of pitching an entire cartoon? Also, her own fault. She keeps complaining about her workload with HB/H and such, but how can I actuallt feel bad for her if again- she did that to herself. This was supposed to be a passion project, and now its just a overworked stressed out mess that's more about profit and validation above all else. To the point where it's production is filled with artist mistreatment (of multiple people! stop with the "erin frost!" bullshit!), stress venting every few months, constantly trying to appeal to what's "hip" in adult animation (Brandon Rodgers modern family guy "adult comedy" and all) and Vivziepop just stressing the hell out of herself and effecting her own health while all anyone can do is watch as she piles herself with more and more stress.

(more on this down below...)

The series is becoming the very thing Vivziepop herself said that she was against a year or so back- a mainstream, overproduced, fame focused franchise from a big name studio (Spindlehorse) that mistreats the people it promises to help. Does this franchise even need the "indie" title anymore? It has big name actors, thousands of pieces of merchandising, hundreds of artists, and millions of dollars behind it. It might as well just be another big name studio's sellout cartoon. Studio mistreatment, overproduction, constant merchandising, and all. Its gone from " a little passion project that was made to get away from the harsh conditions of large studio production"- to a "bigger is better" capitalistic, sell out of it's former self. Sure, there's passion left, but not enough to where there's actual care for those who produce it. It's come to a point where both Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss are now as close to a "capitalism embracing, big name cartoon" that a "indie" franchise can get. A big name, capitalism embracing, money hoarding, big name cartoon. The very thing indie creators go freelance to stay away from, in the first place! Now, it takes advantage of it's "indie" label to trick freelance artists into going back into the very conditions they were trying to avoid. Truly, a depressing case of a indie creator letting both fame, fortune, and validation take control of their intentions, with their treatment of others along with it.

AKA: The Butch Hartman story. Except its being speedrun by a scene girl with a show full of suit wearing sparkledog furries.

(Not that theres anything wrong with the other details (sparkledogs are nice away from animation.) but you get the idea 😞)

#hazbin hotel #helluva boss #helluva critical #animation standards #this is becoming the spongebob of indie animation- and not in a good way...