#THE GNOME BUTTONS.

[stbot]

Lydia + Walk Walk Fashion Baby (featuring an increasingly unhinged number of pins)

#grease rise of the pink ladies #grease rotpl #rise of the pink ladies #rotpl #lydia rotpl #i think i need a gif tag #lydia costume appreciation #known thespian 'i've studied your gait' lydia #me @ the wardrobe department: so how many old lady estate sales did you have to raid? #the ship and attached anchor<333?? #the baby face pin?? #what is definitely a lil portrait brooch of somebody's dead ancestor???? #some in that last one just look like fishing tackle?????? #i need some bts pics of just that last one and each pin bc i'm losing my mind #oh gosh and how could i forget #THE GNOME BUTTONS. #i will never ever ever get over the sweater with embroidered flowers and GARDEN GNOME BUTTONS #if EVER there was a piece of clothing specifically tailored to my tastes!!! #and i know the beloved gnome buttons don't count as pins but that sweater looks So Busy i had to include it #i need to see nancy reacting to some of lydia's fits bc omg #she's the fashionista but lydia really be making some choices #like we're not even touching on the classic beret + scarf combo okay #i just #i love when lydia is on screen idk idk! #like baby made some Choices but always! commits! to the Look!!!

[aibouart]

key players in button's lil community

the elf uses he/him btw

#i wanna do the rest eventually also #but i got a lotta shifts in a row so we'll see #my art #art q #button taurea #button #oc #chibi #coloured sketch #ref #dnd #goblin #elf #gnome #changeling #youll have to guess who it is and im not telling you right away either #human #humanoid

[blujaydoodles]

master of good choices

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #character art #illustration #gnome #wizard #meme #two buttons #I did this last year in response to a comment from her DM on facebook but I don't think I ever posted it anywhere lol #'[NPC she promised her firstborn to in exchange for information] has lots more lost ancient texts if she wants to double down' #not that I've used it yet but you know I saved a version of this with unlabeled buttons for future use lmao #my OCs #melliwyk #vale walkers #dungeons and doodles

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

Let's Rank the Animaniacs segments!

The order won't surprise you too much if you've followed me for a while or have seen a few of my Animaniacs-related posts (although my opinions on some segments have changed), but I figured it would be fun to rank them anyway (plus it relates to something I wanted to say regarding the characters, but I'll save that for the end). Sub series like Wheel of Morality and Dot's Poetry Corner don't count.

Segments I actively dislike

Worst - Katie Ka-Boom

"lol teenage girls amiright?" No. Shut up. This isn't funny. Her catchphrase is dumb (“I’m not overreacting, I’m a teenager!”) and honestly her parents suck too (“Teenagers should be locked away until they’re 30.”) This is easily the most mean-spirited segment on the show, it reeks of bitterness.

The Hip Hippos

The fat jokes suck and both hippos are boring characters with no real goal or motivation; but they are a genuinely wholesome couple and the idea of out of touch high class people being the stars of a segment is at the very least a good idea, they just botched the execution.

Chicken Boo

The Chicken Boo segments are an okay joke told too many times in the exact same way.

Buttons and Mindy

This segment is too mean spirited and is basically the same segment every time but I'm ranking them higher than Boo because Buttons and Mindy, as characters, are adorable and actually have personalities, unlike Boo (I'm aware Boo being like that is the point, but still).

Segments that are...OK

Mime Time

I think The Mime being such a bland character actually improves these bumpers. I don't feel too bad when he gets hurt because we barely know him and his bumpers are brief, so we don't see him suffer for too long. Although I do think the slapstick is kinda just...fine.

The Flame

These are little boring. I feel like the Warners do a better job with educational segments. These segments pretty much just exist to teach US history, but in a more tame yet in your face about how great they want kids to think America is way than when Warner segments would.

Randy Beaman Kid/Colin

It sure is...a bumper.

The Incredible Gnome in People's Mouths

This might be the weirdest premise of any Animaniacs segment, and that's saying a lot. It's alright.

Good Idea Bad Idea

Easily the best non-sub series bumper for sure...but it's still just a bumper.

Starbox and Cindy

This segment is kind of like Buttons and Mindy but since the protagonist is a bad person, his pain can actually be funny. It's also kind of like Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain if they didn't turn an iconic double act into an unremarkable trio. Hearing Cindy ramble about random stuff in the background is both cute and funny (I'll admit the Gnome probably should be higher because it's more of an original idea...but Cindy's adorable so I'm putting this higher lol).

Goodfeathers

I didn't like their first segment, but a lot of their later ones are OK, even though many over-rely on the whole "and then the Goodfeathers get hurt" bit. They're not much more than a (now dated) reference, and I think the writers realised this eventually because they clearly gave up on them at one point. They get no segments in season 3, only one in season 4, in season 5 they just get cameos and bumpers, and they show up really late compared to everyone else in Wakko's Wish. Pesto's the only standout character here to me, I don't really care for Squit or Bobby.

Minerva Mink

I like how she loves to wallow in self pity about how hard her life is yet is incredibly vain, manipulative and loves to be ruder than she needs to be. She's not a saint, but that's funny! I would've put her segments in the next tier if not for 1-the fact that she only has two segments so she never got to reach her full potential as a character and 2-the sheer amount of perv-pandering...which happens to be the reason why she only has two segments.

Segments I like!

Rita and Runt

Their segments can be hit or miss, but I think the bad ones aren't bad enough and the good ones are good enough to warrant them being this high. Rita and Runt are both likeable characters, their segments aren't the funniest but they have a lot of heart. Not gonna lie Rita's probably the best singer on the show.

Slappy Squirrel

She's basically what would happen if a Looney Tunes character ever actually grew to be old. She solves modern day problems with old school cartoon solutions, she's great!

Pinky and the Brain

In truth, if it weren't for their spin off series and the Animaniacs reboot these guys would probably be under Slappy. I've dedicated at least four long posts to these two I'm not going into further detail lol.

Best - Yakko, Wakko, and Dot

Chaotic good puppy children live out every kid's fantasy of fighting back against adults who mistreat them or others, what's not to like? I like that out of all the characters (aside from Slappy) they're the best homage to classic cartoons, between their designs and the fact that they often have entire segments that are homages to classic cartoons, like "The Girl with the Googily Goop", "The Warner's Vault" or "Yakko Amakko". Plus the Warners have one of the least formulaic segments on the show so that helps-great songs, cute sibling/family shenanigans, fun parodies, and just a whole bunch of zany chaos!

In all seriousness, the main reason I made this post is because a couple times I've seen people post/tweet something along the lines of "real Animaniacs fans like all/most segments" or "a true Animaniacs fan should like *blah blah blah* segments" and I just wanted to say...no.

If you only watch the show for the Warners, or just Slappy, or both Pinky and the Brain and Starbox and Cindy, or just Rita and Runt, Hip Hippos and Mime Time, or even literally only for Katie Kaboom, that's valid.

There's no quota for which segments you have to like. If you're a fan, you're a fan, no one else gets to decide that.

#animaniacs #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs 2020 #yakko wakko and dot #the warners #pinky and the brain #patb #slappy squirrel #slappy and skippy #goodfeathers #rita and runt #buttons and mindy #starbox and cindy #chicken boo #the incredible gnome in people's mouths #the hip hippos #good idea bad idea #katie kaboom #mime time #colin #randy beaman kid #the flame #I mean it's not like being an Animaniacs fan is some sort of badge of honour or something #but seeing people act judgemental towards those who only like one or two segments is annoying

[heedra]

its unbelievable how much my recurring caves of qud build character is my (says the next word resignedly and with weariness) blorbo bar none, lately, but i can't even fucking draw her because she has no consistent design by default and keeps exploding before i can get to lategame

#theres a gnome in my head and occasionally and at random he slams a button #that makes me incapable of thinking about anything but caves of qud for several hours straight #i haven't even played that much of it recently and im still like this

[normaltothemax]

he does not do the domestic stuff well. he's so so bad at it. but getting a picnic together, with dead people music on a handheld stereo and a couple books for sal to check out with and game for phee and lucy, and rallying the troops for a park day terrorizing ducks and generally basking in the sun, he can do that. or attempt that anyway. anything for the kids.

The kids don’t think he does half bad. Lucy bobs his head and sings along to the music while they play. Despite sitting a little further away, Sal’s got a genuine little smile on his face as he reads. Even Phee is clearly and openly enjoying herself. The ducks are a huge hit (Lucy laughs as he chases them; Phee yells at Lucy for terrorizing them; Sal quite literally has them eating out of the palms of his hands), and by the time Arthur picks them up again, Phee and Lucy are both passed out on the couch. Sal carries a sleeping Lucy out to the car, Phee conked out in Arthur’s arms, and both children would have only good things to say, were they awake. Phee might even admit that she had fun—something that would be a small miracle. But she’s not, so she doesn’t. However, John’s planned outing still results in one miracle.

Sal manages to look him in the eye when he thanks him and bids him goodnight.

@talentforlying (x)

#talentforlying #listen. sal actually meeting his eyes? incredible. amazing. truly a marvel #pretty soon john's going to be watching the others too #talia (a female garden gnome (complete with beard) who will probably threaten to bury him in her garden) #theodore (a wyvern who will want all of john's spare buttons for his hoard under the couch) #and chauncey (a blob that no one really knows what he is but they think he's maybe part jellyfish? he wants to be a bellhop so so so badly #and will probably beg john to let him do his laundry (and then expect a tip in return)) #✦ ic: lucy parnassus #✦ verse: main (lucy parnassus) #✦ ic: phee parnassus #✦ verse: main (phee parnassus) #✦ ic: sal parnassus #✦ verse: main (sal parnassus)

[demonmary]

it’s important to me that you all know i’m kinda hot and also i can sorta sing and i have cool collections of cool things

#i inherited my moms button / pin collection and have built onto it and i have a fuck ton of records and cds and cassettes my love cassettes #and i have cool vintage clothes and silly little knickknacks and so many of those stupid gnomes they sell for every holiday at the store now #and pigeon toys and birds everywhere. vintage photos! sooo many vintage photos! i want to scan and post em all. #it’s sooooo weird that people know me and don’t know these things i want to share my hobbies n interests hehe #•

[lizzy-frizzle]

Smart enough to use a terminal to bring back my minimize and maximize buttons, but too dumb to remember keyboard shortcuts for minimize and maximize

#😔 #i might switch off gnome anyway but still #until i make that decision id like my buttons back

[showyoumyfavoriteobsession]

I AM GNOME MAN

#i was closer to the end than i thought lol #there was a nasty glitch right in the last section where the gnome kept clipping through an elevator and i had to reload like 5 times #but i made it! #the picture of me and gnome at the vault is terrible bc i don't have an oculus button bound to screenshot #so i had to take off my headset and point it and also hold up gnome while i pressed f12 on the keyboard lmao #j rambles #video games #half life alyx

[stbot]

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies ↳Cynthia & Lydia

#grease rise of the pink ladies #grease rotpl #rise of the pink ladies #rotpl #cynthia rotpl #lydia rotpl #i was going to make a gifset from these two scenes #but then realized they're wearing the same clothes #which means they happened on the same day mr. v was like 'run lines every day' and they immediately were like 'makeout sesh after school?' #like those two scenes happened in two separate episodes #and we were deprived of having that immediate transition #so i did it myself! #and not to toot my own horn but beep beep #three separate song clips to replace 10 seconds of original audio and i think it's pretty seamless #anywhosie #lydia costume appreciation #i am being So Normal about lydia's sweater having embroidered flowers and literal garden gnomes for buttons #short king ‘wait does this mean i’m a thespian?’ cynthia #known thespian 'i've studied your gait' lydia #music

[unity-within]

Button ref and stats

#dungeons and dragons #button #dnd blog #ref sheet #blood hunter #anthro #fennec fox #gnome #dnd

[angelicguy]

getting banned from the midjourney discord channel for endlessly requesting "Perfect gnome, red conical hat, rosy cheeks, button nose, extremely high res, beautiful brown shoes, snowy field, 4k" over and over because I'm not getting the results I want

[six-of-ravens]

nespresso's idea of a large coffee is...very different from everyone else's.

#have to hit the button 4 times to fill a regular size mug #what do you take me for nespresso?? a gnome? a pixie??? a child that shouldn't be allowed to drink coffee yet????

[saturdaysky]

painted over an old pencil sketch of my gnome tav, Mayhew! he's recently grown a beard. he already had the smoking habit, Volobotomy eye, and Varric-level aversion to buttoning his shirt, though

here, he's probably watching merriment at camp, like Karlach teaching Wyll her dance moves or Scratch and the owlbear cub gamboling about. a little levity amidst the horrors

#and man have the horrors hit for him recently #guess who JUST failed his astral tadpole save! ruh roh #he'd been hoping to escape the consequences of eating a dozen tadpoles but alas consequences had no mercy #i wanna draw him with the veins and dark eye next :D #suffer my darling boy suffer #bg3 #mayhew #my art #sky does bg3 #bg3 tav #gnomeposting #gnome tav

[the-french-belphegor]

"I'm playing a young character named Scanlan Shorthalt, who is a gnome bard. Let's say that he's wearing purple. He's wearing tight purple pants and a white shirt, but the shirt is buttoned all... let's say it's buttoned all the way up. He's got long hair down to his shoulders, but he's a little bit uncomfortable in his skin. He doesn't have the swagger of some other performers or folks that we might meet later in the world."

Yeah, I have a feeling that big little dude there is going places ^^

Young (late teens human equivalent) Scanlan was adorable in the 2023 Red Nose Day one-shot and gave me so many feels, so naturally I had to draw about it 💜

(also, fun fact: the pattern down his trouser legs are supposed to evoke juniper leaves and cones, which look like this:)

#critical role #vox machina #scanlan shorthalt #fanart #GIMP

[a-little-revolution]

Do you have any tips for drawing little people? Or maybe things you've specifically liked or disliked about art of little people?

Hello! The mistake most artists make when drawing little people is that they'll use the same proportions as an average height character, but make them short statured. That or they'll exaggerate certain features for an almost goblin-like affect.

There are many types of dwarfism (whether your character has Achondroplasia like Peter Dinklage or Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia like Warwick Davis) and each type requires proper research and references to protrey in your art. It is not enough to simply make a character small - you must learn their dwarfism. Such information will also give you insight into your character's physical limitations and how they experience your world, whether it is ours or one you've created.

Note that dwarfism is often disproportionate. Someone with Achondroplasia (like myself) for instance, will have an average length torso but short arms and legs, and a larger head but a small button nose.

Consider their clothes - are they oversized and flowy or do they adjust/tailor their attire? It is common for little people to have short but wide feet, they may choose a boot over a shoe - and with short legs, even a short boot will land half way to their knee.

Learn that dwarfisms come with a variety of related conditions - they may need hearing or mobility aids.

Know that little people ARE NOT mystical beings! Dwarfism is a real disability and must be treated as such. DO NOT make your LP characters look like gnomes, goblins, elves, etc. That is not to say that dwarfism can't exsist within fantasy, but you must not mystify the disability.

Hope this helps!!

- Elliot (they/them)

#dwarfism #asks #dwarfism in media #writing dwarf characters #disability #dwarfism in writing