#I'll be brave about it

[saturnsoda]

I've had artblock for months

#i literally don't know what to draw #I'll try #I'll be brave about it #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #digital art #art #digital drawing #sonic adventure 2 #shadow the ultimate lifeform

[ayakashibackstreet]

Mum went for a walk, guess I really have no excuse now and should start cleaning huh..........

#I don't feel like it but hey #I'll be brave about it

[yudol-skorbi]

gooooooooorls

#critical role #fanart #the mighty nein #cr2 #nott the brave #jester lavorre #beauregard lionett #yasha nydoorin #i decided to color them #i think it came out pretty neat #still not sure about patterns on beau's coat but euughrrhh #if i not finish now i'll newer finish #yasha's pallet is depressing btw #and i respect her for it #slay you depressed queen #nott is my favorite shade of green probably the easiest part of this whole piece #drawing her is a delight

[revvethasmythh]

Reminded again, as I periodically am, that there's a fair number of people in the fandom that think of Nott the Brave and Veth Brenatto as two different characters, and not fundamentally the same woman. In the absolute literal sense, this is false: Nott the Brave, returned to the body of her choice and using her real name once again, is absolutely precisely the same person she was before Caleb cast Transmogrification on her. This is, incidentally, one of her main sources of angst towards the end of the campaign! A part of Nott must have both feared (and, in some ways, hoped) that when she was changed back into a halfling, she would also be a different person. That the person she became traveling with the Nein would be an easy identity to shed, which she may have hoped for because it would be easier to fit herself back into her home life with Yeza and Luc--and because it would be easier to say goodbye to the Nein if that were the case. And she feared it because she liked this person she became, no matter how transgressive society would label her for it. And she loved the Nein and didn't want those feelings to be altered.

But she didn't change. Veth Brenatto is Nott the Brave and Nott the Brave is Veth Brenatto. This was always the point. That's why it's an anagram. It's just that when she's Veth Brenatto again, she is much more focused on the why of what she's doing. Why am I still with the Nein? Why am I still adventuring? Why do I have this reticence to return home to my family? Why don't I long for that quiet, domestic life the way I once did? Her emotional journey becomes intensely personal, sometimes subtly/quietly told, and wholly about what kind of future she wants for herself and how her choice could affect those around her. Her two families become anchor points pulling her in different directions and she has to deal with that. Which is a different story than what she was telling when she was still Nott the Brave. Nott's story was much simpler--I am a goblin and I hate it and I would like to be a halfling again. I would like to be able to be with my family again. It's straightforward and it's achieved! But that's not where it ends, because she still needs to figure out a real, functional future for herself once her goal has been achieved.

All this to say, I think when people say they prefer Nott over Veth, it's important to remember that you are reacting to a certain story arc for the character, not an entirely different character. It may also pay to ask yourselves why you think they're so different. Was "Nott" funnier than "Veth" to you? Does her ability to serve as comic relief fundamentally change whether you like her or not? Did you appreciate "Nott's" themes more than "Veth's"? Or did you even notice the themes being explored in Veth's later game at all?

#i'm approaching this in a two pronged way #1. gently trying to point out that they're literally the same person so you're reacting to a change in character arc not character itself #2. desperately trying not to be too much of a bitch about how reductive i think the idea of nott and veth being different fucking is #anyway veth's later game arc is so angsty and sexy it's literally a shame people don't appreciate that about it #veth brenatto #critical role #the mighty nein #nott the brave #yeah why not i'll tag them like they're two separate people. for shits and giggles i guess

[tastytoastz]

idk if you have a twitter but @/tobyvul made fanart for your merfolk au :D

I have twitter but i'm just a lurker there/ I don't use it much (i find twitter scary lmao) ! So thank you so much for telling me! :D

#This looks very nice! #toast fics #If there are any fanart of my fics on twitter please tell me about it! #fanart #if anyone seeing this is on twitter send them some love! #merfolk au #maybe one day i'll make a public twitter if i some day get brave enough lmao cuz there are some cool people over there as well

[rusty-courage]

Out of sheer curiosity, are you planning on making a design for yourself on Woven Life? Like a specific design for it- yknow

[and would it be ok if I make one for shits and giggles despite knowing nothing-]

My Woven Life design is just this character, but the flowers, scarf, and eyes change color depending on the life amounts, and on red the scarf will be tattered and torn.

#we did session 2 recently and i didn't say much about it bc it was mostly just a chill building session for me #but some people have uploaded episodes of session 1 on youtube if you're interested! #i am in none of them bc i am socially awkward and spent most of my time either on my own or with marbles #(except one snippet in warren's video around 23:24 when i tried to test if i was soulmates with chrisrin) #maybe some day i'll get brave enough to venture out and talk to more people

[renstrapp]

I have 102 more pages to ink, and 15 days to do it in (12, realistically, considering the holiday). It takes me 2 full days to ink a chapter (roughly 20 pages). So it'll take me around 11 days to finish inking my book.

I can do it, I can hit the deadline.

I'm doing very, very little besides inking my book this month. Sorry for the lack of fun updates lol I'm having a Bella Swan November.

#me in my desk chair for 12 hours a day #do NOT say 'oh no' or 'oh how awful' on this post ONLY say 'wow you can do it! you're so brave and your meat is huge!' #this was not crunch of my own making btw... maybe one day in the future i'll write about it but for now #all i'll say is support your fave self/indie pub comics

[princemonarchempress]

Drew @wonder-of-the-stars loop looping au loop....

I love them....

#isat loop #isat act 6 spoilers #i was so brave about cleaning my room i drew myself loop as a treat #it just so happens that the loop i wanted to draw was wonders so I guess I'll share :\

[korrasamibottles]

Yeah Venom of the Red Lotus showed us how crazy powerful Korra is but The Last Stand had Korra transform the destructive power of a massive bomb blast into something regenerative in the culmination of one of the best character arcs I've ever seen. In my OPINION!!

#SORRY ok i'll stop. #lies. i have more to say. she is so brave and so selfless!!! #and mako sacrificing himself to destroy the weapon's energy source was really powerful too #AND of course. the korrasami of it all. #ok one more thing. it seems like the most common interpretation of korra's conversation w/tenzin in the last stand #is 'suffering makes you a better person' and people rightfully get pissed off about that #but i just....fundamentally disagree with that reading. i saw it as korra choosing to find meaning in her pain #and choosing to find wisdom in it. and i think that's really fucking powerful and why korra's arc resonates so deeply with so many people. #like. the suffering happened. she can't go back in time and undo it. and she didn't deserve it!! #but the only way to move forward was to accept that it happened and let it empower her rather than drown her. #i mean there are things i've been through that i wish hadn't happened #but the idea that those things don't necessarily have to mean i've changed for the worse #that i can choose to find A Point to it all and grow from it and use the pain rather than the pain using me #is actually really empowering. #tlok

[martianbugsbunny]

Maybe Disney needs to try taking on a fairytale they haven't done yet. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy more original stories like Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto that as far as I'm aware don't originate from any particular legend (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong tho). Those are fun. Exploring different magical concepts like dragons and the miracle is awesome.

But that being said, I think Disney needs to go back to its roots and do a fairytale. Something with a princess and a big bad that comes from an existing legend. That's (generally) where Disney excels. That's why people love Disney. Little Mermaid? Classic. Beauty and the Beast? Classic. Princess and the Frog? Classic. Cinderella? Classic. Snow White? Classic. Really, I just think Disney does what Disney does best when they're taking a story that already exists and turning it into a beautiful piece of animation with a gentle, kind soul at the center of it, maybe with a different little spin like setting the Frog Prince story in 1920s New Orleans or having Beauty's father be an inventor. Little touches like that to make the story uniquely Disney, but with a solid basis in a folk narrative that touches something deep and instinctual inside most people.

Give me a girl who's cursed. A girl who either falls prey to evil or makes a deal with it, and whose sweetheart fights for her like Aurora or who does the brave thing and sacrifices to fix it like Ariel.

Give me a girl who's trapped. A girl whose family keeps her down or who just hasn't found where she fits yet, who stays kind despite her troubles like Cinderella or who finds her own alternative way out like Belle.

Heck, even a weird-ass thing like Shakespeare But Lions would be welcome. That's such a Disney thing to do, taking a story like Hamlet and filling it with whimsy and giving it a happy ending. Plus, Simba is one of the strongest protagonists and learns one of the best lessons in all of Disney fight me.

(I'm not going to count Frozen in the folk story group because the departure from the original was so wild I don't think it deserves to count. I love Elsa with my entire soul but I would also die to see Disney do a proper version of the Snow Queen fairytale.)

Look, my point is that I'd like to see something that really makes Disney dig a little deeper and recapture the spark of its classics. Because as much as I enjoy stuff like Tangled and Frozen and Moana (I've watched all of them loads of times and I cry about them consistently) they don't come to mind as Disney classics for me. Maybe that's just me. Maybe it simply hasn't been enough time. Maybe it's the difference in the animation. Speaking of that, however, I would actually love to see a Disney movie done in a 2D style again; I don't think 3D has any inherent superiority and I'd love to see what Disney could do with a 2D movie now. And there are so many folk stories in the world, surely there must be one that Disney can bring to life the way it used to. They haven't retold every story that's been told already.

Am I being a little picky? Probably. But I'd love to see something that reminds me of the Disney classics where a gentle person with a courageous core has their life touched by magic, faces an obstacle, and has a happy ending. Something that's not a variation on "X needs to be saved" but a specific character longing for a specific thing and either doing what they think is necessary to get it (like Tiana and Ariel) or giving it up for the sake of someone else, but getting a happy ending nonetheless (like Belle and Simba). Also a clear-cut badguy who gets to be absolutely cunty and evil about it with no peculiar twist.

I'd like to see something Classic Disney again.

#whew that was long am winded #I was just having some thoughts #might talk about Disney movies more on here I love Disney so much #comparative analysis of brave frozen 2 and lion king anyone? #I'll do it I swear I will #anyway! #🎶let's get down the business🎶 #🎶to tag. the post🎶 #disney #disney movies #disney animation #disney classics #cinderella #beauty and the beast #the little mermaid #the princess and the frog #sleeping beauty #snow white and the seven dwarves #the lion king #ariel #aurora #tiana #simba #belle #(wanting to slap the princesses whose names are the same as their stories rn lol) #snow white #disney princesses #2d animation #(my beloved) #seriously I really want that it serves

[joeled]

more dungeon

#fear & hunger #enki ankarian #ive only gotten ending E so far this was the party i had at the time smiles #this is soo messy but just a doodle so its ok. i'll be brave about it #i used to have arms

[yana125]

I did a thing! :D

Place your bets, make your predictions! We entered the 'Last Episode of Bang Brave Bang Bravern' week.

#bang brave bang bravern #bravern #yuuki bakuhatsu bang bravern #bravern spoilers #(we are using so many different tags for one anime guys...) #my filled out version will be in the reblog #I'll just need to think about two more :'D #have fun! #make unhinged predictions because literally ANYTHING could happen at this point

[irvingcoded]

God sees you, Mr. Hickey. Here more than anywhere. Reform your behavior and you’ll have His forgiveness, as well as mine. Continue on this path and you will find more than eternal happiness closed to you.

#🍓 #john irving #lieutenant john irving #cornelius hickey #the terror #the terror amc #the terror edit #MY EDITS #hickving #my gifs #gif set #jirv posting #secret forbidden jirving bonus lore #again i will delete if this is not ok!! i'll respect that... but until we know #in for a penny in for a pound etc i HAD to do this scene ok! #irving had to assert an ounce of authority to scold hickey into thinking fewer gay thoughts and he's being sooooo brave about it 💖

[sleepinglionhearts]

Work things, OCs, and... yeah

#doodles #non-fandom stuff #oc art tag #don't worry about it beaumont sam usagiman is a kind creature #the demons in the last image... ah someday i will talk about the demons #they're designs for a thing that could either go the dating sim route or weird workplace comedy route #anyway. creatures. #if ur brave enough to ask about them i may actually respond #likely with my usual slow pace but i will respond eventually #the girl with the red hair up there named Dea #she's part of that strange fantasy idea i had a whiiiiiile back #maybe i'll post more about that too; i already made one post about them #I have some drawings and pages done in that world but... idk they need work and all #i just don't know if theyre interesting enough to worry over #ah the troubles of creating things

[dylanconrique]

okay, but i need the girls to try and cheer lucy up by getting her drunk, only to have their plan backfire when lucy starts sobbing over and over about how much she misses and still loves tim.

#*carly catalogs #i'll start writing this after i walk my dogs #the rookie #the rookie s6 #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well #made myself cry imagining lucy lying strung out across both nyla and angela's laps while slurring her words about wanting tim back #and angela strokes her hair as her and nyla shush and soothe her to sleep like one of their own babies #you show your truest colors when you're drunk.... #and ik lucy's gonna put on a brave face and act like she's not as emotionally destroyed as she is #like 'i still love him. i'm always gonna love him.' 🥺🥺

[natasha-in-space]

Can I request you RFA and Saeran ( minus Jaehee) with a male MC. The boys are just shocked they are attracted to someone same gender as them. Does Jumin Han is gay? Jumin would confirm that this is true. Male MC is literally so adorable and cute, kind and compassionate, also has some feminine trait

I do want to preface this by pointing out that this is very headcanon-territory overall! I don't think I talked much on this blog about my personal headcanons for MM gang's sexualities so far. Not directly, anyway. That is to say, they will love you regardless of your gender! All MC's are loved and cherished by the RFA, don't forget that <3

Yoosung

Now, Yoosung definitely had crushes before, but they never really went anywhere. By the time he meets you, he probably has little or no real-life experience with romantic relationships. I don't think he is very well versed in his own sexual or romantic preference... at all. He was simply too focused on studying for the majority of his school years, and once Rika has passed, the yearnings for a romantic relationships were just another form of his deep longing for human connection. So, it goes without saying that a male MC wouldn't have much impact. These feelings are still new and undiscovered for him, whether you are male, female, trans, nonbinary, etc. By the time he realizes that he is falling for you, your gender is the last thing on his mind. The thing that will come up is coming out to his family. This post focuses solely on exploring that aspect for Yoosung!

Zen

So, Zen canonically has quite a bit of relationship experience under his belt. He is aware of his likings and dislikes. I do headcanon him as questioning his sexuality, but still presenting himself as straight. A part of him just never really felt that inner push to try and pursue anything with a man. Not fully. But he definitely considers it sometimes, and he finds himself feeling attracted to non-female presenting individuals. He's kind of confused in that sense, often writing it off on him finding someone aesthetically attractive is all. I have a feeling that there were some men approaching him romantically or sexually, though. He works in a creative field, and creative spaces are often, if not always, full of queer people. So, for him, it'll be more of a confirmation than anything else. He finds you attractive, both inside and out, and that's a feeling he recognizes well enough. He'll be way more awkward with flirting, though. He knows how to charm a lady, but he's clueless if he should do anything specific for a man. You'll have to give him a push there.

Jumin

Jumin is not that interested in learning about his romantic or sexual preferences. Although he appears somewhat clueless, he really just... doesn't care much. In a way, he always knew that he is capable of attraction to more than one gender, he just never had a word for it, nor did he care enough to learn. I personally headcanon him on the ace spectrum, so that plays into his indifference towards his love life. Of course, that's not to overlook the role his unfortunate upbringing played in shaping his views on romantic relationships. He would definitely be way more involved if his family didn't raise him the way they did. (But we're not touching that huge can of worms right now) I don't think he will care much about labels, not until you or someone else brings it up to him. He just knows that he loves you, and that's that. He doesn't understand nor appreciate anyone questioning him or meddling into his personal affairs. His family included. So, I don't think he will be all that shocked, nor will he struggle. Most of his intimacy issues stem from his upbringing, not much else.

Saeyoung

It's pretty much a common knowledge that Saeyoung is very blatantly not straight. He doesn't try very hard to conceal it, nor does he care to. I actually view him as the most flirty one of the group, so he has his fair share of fleeting flirty connections with many people of all gender identities. None of it was anything meaningful nor serious, though. He's the sort of guy who flirts with everyone in the room, but will quickly fumble and leave if someone reciprocates his advances. Saeyoung's issue is not so much about his sexuality as it is about his unique situation regarding his job and identity.

Saeran

Saeran... doesn't know much, if anything, about sexuality. His knowledge is very limited to what little he reads in books and Rika's words. In other words, I don't believe Rika would instruct him that feeling something for another man is wrong or incorrect. I think it's pretty clear that she is not the type of person to do that or believe in that. (That's not mentioning that she is very not straight herself but I digress) I do think Ray would talk about it with her, though. Although she trusted him to select a tester on his own, I'm certain that she still overlooked some aspects of the process. And we do know that Rika doesn't really mind his attraction towards you. It's only when that attraction grows into something more substantial that challenges his loyalty to her does it become an issue in her eyes. That is to say, Ray wouldn't care if you are a man. He finds you as lovely as can be. Just be prepared to be called a prince. And Ray will probably want to be your knight. He can't think of a role more fitting than one that will make him serve you and protect you like you deserve.

#mystic messenger #mysmes #mysme #mm #yoosung kim #kim yoosung #mystic messenger yoosung #mystic messenger zen #hyun ryu #ryu hyun #jumin han #han jumin #mystic messenger jumin #saeyoung choi #choi saeyoung #mystic messenger saeyoung #707 #luciel choi #saeran choi #choi saeran #mystic messenger saeran #ray choi #maybe i'll be brave and write a post on my headcanons for them all for this year's pride month #i'm always a bit skittish to talk about it tbh #bigger fandoms gave me real anxiety concerning queer headcanons jffbfhgfg