#The Feels Whale

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

Renegade Typeset Exchange 2023: All Things Old Are New Again

(Me to my wife: "Does the rabbit in this piece of artwork from a century and a half ago say "I am an immortal cultivator who's been pining for thousands of years for my husband to be reincarnated, and also I like bunnies?" My wife: "Yes... yes it does.")

Because I sometimes don't know when to stop, I decided to do TWO fic for axandri in the @renegadepublishing typeset exchange. I know some people find the typesetting part, formatting the file to be printed, either tedious or stressful. I'm no expert, but honestly, I really do enjoy it and it's probably the part of the process I'm most confident with. (Typeset all the things!!)

All Things Old Are New Again by @thefeelswhale is a fic set in the modern world where immortal cultivator Lan Wangji has been waiting for his husband to be reincarnated. Meantime, struggling freelance necromancer Wei Wuxian has been doing camwork on the side to make ends meet... Yes, it is going exactly where you think it is. Delightfully cracktastic, and with a surprising amount of Feelings, this fic was on my to-bind list anyhow, so I was happy to include it as well.

On the summary page, I used two different contrasting fonts, one the same modern san-serif font I was using for text message in the fic for the part that's from WWX's point of view, and the other was a more historical brushstroke font for LWJ's point of view, to compare and contrast the two.

Bunnies play a part in the plot of this fic, so I leaned into the theme hard for chapter headings and scene breaks. Most of the art is from the public domain section of Rawpixel. Also, I found another piece of art from the same artist with TWO rabbits to use as a title for the epilogue chapters.

#fanbinding #ficbinding #typesetting #renegade publishing 2023 typeset exchange #mdzs fic #wangxian fic #all things old are new again #the feels whale #basically an elaborate fic rec

[quotablefanfiction]

They were still in the part of the novel where Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky still had delusions of a cohesive plot with occasional titillating sexy-times and had yet to let the novel devolve into an elaborate game of Waifu Pokemon.

Shen Yuan has his own categorization of story timeline (chp. 3)

A World of Water and Crystal by The Feels Whale (miscellea) (AO3) The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System – Mature – Original Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán #Alternate Universe #Shen Yuan is not Shen Qingqiu #POV Alternating #No graphic sex work #Incomplete

The long transition from Bing-ge to Bing-mei as observed by one very confused transmigrator turned reluctant courtesan.

#fanfiction #quote #The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System #Shen Yuan #A World of Water and Crystal #The Feels Whale #miscellea #Incomplete

[jupiter-suggestion]

consider the sperm whale and the squid. an ancient rivalry that dates back millions of years. we know the whales eat the squids. we know the squids do not make it easy for them. we know this because of the scars the whales carry, scars on the outside of their body, and on the inside as well. how badly must you want something to endure wounds inside your mouth? inside your gut?

consider the whale, who is harmed by what sustains her. consider the squid, whose flesh is soft and delicious but refuses to go down easy.

#mine #suggestion #this is not a direct allegory to anything i just think about whales with scars inside their stomachs and i Feel Things #oh i do know what its like to fight the thing you need. i do know the bittersweet taste of victory for a price. #y'all ever relate to a whale? #50 #100 #500 #1k #5k #10k #25k #35k

[the-golden-vanity]

I can't be the first person to make this observation, but it's just struck me that Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick and Thomas Blanky from The Terror represent the opposite ends of a spectrum—"How well do you cope with losing your leg to a huge white beast that destroys hubristic seafaring men?"

#“from hell's heart I stab at thee” vs. “I feel like we just got engaged” #moby dick #the terror #captain ahab #thomas blanky #boat media #age of sail #age of sail fiction #maritime #nautical #whale weekly

[mossypidder]

FINISHED MY LIST OF PROMPTS, GUYS

If anyone uses these, please feel free to @ me, I’d love to see how people interpret them. I guess you could also just use a tag. #piddermermay I guess? Idk. I’ve never done anything like this before.

#hopefully these are interesting #also I’m so proud of this painting #I really like how it turned out #might add a version without the words to this post later #idk #hopefully none of these are repeats from previous years #I feel like siren might be #but whatever #MerMay #mermay 2024 #mermay prompts #mer character design #mermaid art #humpback whale #humpback mermaid #digital art #young artist #artists on tumblr #small artist #my art #regular style #also there were only three nos on the poll (four counting me) out of forty so I figured I’d post the prompts and make art out of it #piddermermay

[mintjeru]

rough day?

open for better quality | no reposts

#kaveh #alhaitham #kavetham #genshin impact #genshin #fanart #myart #doodle #i'm fine!! probably. i just wanted to draw alhaitham being comforted #while it is funny that he became acting grand sage despite not liking leadership positions- #i do feel bad for him just bc those positions often entail much more stress and work #kaveh gives him hug hugs and patpats and chu chus to help him feel better! and they will talk about whatever's bothering him #while i would love to wish for alhaitham this coming update i think we all know my priorities lie with a certain adeptus #i will have him eventually though #for kvthm reasons and personal reasons #unrelated but i also got k.hadein b.yleth in feh this morning. if anyone plays #snagged two 4 stars early into pity and decided that was a sign to stop #it's good though i have feathers so he's a merged 5 star now #didn't even have to whale 😌 #'whale' meaning i spend the 2k orbs i've been saving since forever

[foldingfittedsheets]

My betrotheds mom is big in the SCA and does tons of hand sewing and period accurate clothes, she’s got several custom made outfits and enters competitions with her special projects.

One of them she meticulously researched and created a custom glove. I have no idea how much work goes into such a thing other than A Lot but whenever she tells us stories about these competitions she’s always slighted in favor of flashier offerings.

Her most recent endeavor was some kind of stiff collar. I’m not going to embarrass myself pretending to know the specifics but the original ones back in the day used layers of fabric and whale baleen to get a nice strong silhouette. She researched the crap out of it and wrote up a report to go along with the item.

At the judging one of the judges commented, “Well, it’s alright, but it’s so disappointing that it’s not fully authentic, why didn’t you use whale baleen?”

She sputtered out, “Well, if you’d read my report you’d know it’s because it’s illegal!”

#ramblies #sca #like imagine someone being like ‘why didn’t you use ivory to construct this?’ #it is a bit hard to tell with her sometimes cause she’s a very unreliable narrator and has a tendency to feel slighted #but in this case I’m 1000% sure the judge just cattily asked why she didn’t use illegally source whale parts for her crafting project #funny #story #ffs foibles

[ink-the-artist]

In concept I like anthro planes bc I look at an airplane and think yeah that’s an animal. So it should be occasionally drawn as such. But in practice the art style and general look of anthro plane art does not appeal to me, and I’m not sure of other ways to depict airplanes as beasts other than anthro plane art, transformers, or those planes from Cars. Sometimes airplanes go past my house especially loudly (I assume they’re flying lower?) and the way it sounds from inside my house with everything vibrating slightly it’s like there’s a fucking beast monster outside. That’s absolutely an animal.

But mostly I just really like this guy

#I am not an airplane person if you start naming specific planes I will not understand you #i just appreciate very big things #I love blimps/airships for this especially #they are like whales in the sky dude #something abt things being so big especially if they are vaguely animal shaped #triggers a specific emotion in me #like im in the presence of something very unnatural to me #like a lesser version of what it feels like to look at a tornado #it’s just so BIG

[stealingyourbones]

Submitted Prompts #144

*shakes a bag of bird skulls I found in the woodsI and places it on your desk like it's a bag of gold*

I had an idea:

What if the Fenton parents are, in fact very competent Hunters, but they love their children more than their work?

Say the first shot Maddie ever fired at Phanton actually lands, and the scream he makes sounds too much like Danny's voice, to a point even with any ghostly distortion, his own still recognizes the voice.

I can see her pulling Jack to the side, making a ruckus about how the "darn ghost got away just as her blaster ran out of juice". Mostly as a way to get Danny her darling son to leave and go somewhere safe, while his parents have a whole breakdown in the GAV about their dead son.

And so begins the stealthy studies on how Phantom's "human disguise" works, the Revelation of Horrible Truth, keeping tabs on Danny's growth and revising their whole attitude on Ghosts to account for the fact that Danny himself is, at least in some part, a Ghost himself, but all he's done is live his life (and be the little hero Mom always said he'd grow up to be).

Jazz stumbles across his secret and is immediately pulled aside to join the secret "Protect the Baby Ghost" family group chat.

"And what about all the times they shot at him in canon" I hear you ask?

They're damn good shots, but while Maddie can train herself to aim just so that the shot misses just enough it looks like Phantom dodged it, Jack has the Fenton Bazooka outfitted with a tracking HUD that purposely fails to hit everyone's favorite Ghost Boy.

Danny picks up on that, but not on the fact that They Know.

And so begins the single most convoluted training arc ever.

Next time Skulker's in town, Phantom has become untouchable. Not a single shot or electrified net reaches it's target.

(The electrified weapons in particular send the Fentons into a rage when Sam and Tucker finally can't keep hiding it, and come clean about what happened, since the Fentons have proven themselves to be trustworthy)

When Red Huntress comes about, and Valerie Grey becomes barely a distant acquaintance after having only just now started becoming more than a friend, and with the GIW sniffing about, Maddie and Jack pull Danny to sit between them and finally tell him they know, and they want to prove that they'll love him just as much as before, whether Human or Ghost.

Danny breaks down in the safety of his family's love, and takes some time off as Phantom to help his parents establish a proper line of communication with the Ancients, considering they've kinda adopted themselves into the roles of Aunts and Uncles towards their little Ghostling.

Which is a good thing, because in Phantom's absence the GIW make a giant spectacle of destroying several houses while chasing some blob ghosts. They're chased out of town by brick, stone and metal bat.

Next time Red Huntress actually manages to hurt Danny, the Fentons pack up and leave. The Portal can be transported somewhere else. It can be rebuilt.

Their baby boy can't be rebuilt, no matter how much he likes to be a little shit and ignore Reality to quote Shakespeare at his own head (thank you Mr Lancer, for not giving up on him) or "give them a hand".

As Fenton takes the last tour of Amity, Phantom disappears. The Protal has been left seemingly unguarded.

The Ghosts decide to have one last hurrah in Anity Park before Danny closes the Portal, as per their deal. They won't hurt anyone, just cause chaos, but in return Phantom won't stop them. It's not like poor Red has the energy to chase them down, now that she's been "upgraded" into Amity's sole defender (the one time Lancer compares her new lack of sleep to Danny's, horrifying pieces start lining up too well in her mind)

The Fentons move out. Into a quiet farm neighbouring the land that belongs to the delightful couple that are the Kents, and their darling son, little Clark, who stares at Danny mildly horrified whenever he comes by to babysit, or help out with fixing the stubborn tractor. One day under Danny's clever hands, and Jonathan Kent's eagle-eyed gaze, and that damned tractor has never worked so well before. The boy's alright in the old man's eyes, and he makes sure they kid knows it.

After quiet rooftop admissions of one small boy's growing powers (I know Adult Clark is a brick house of a man, but what if he was a little twig while young) and the reveal of Something More Than Human from his honorary older brother, the course of Time sets into it's best version, and an Old Clock smiles, as Superman rises, only to be scolded by Spectre for recklessness.

(Dunno how well it came across, but I'm envisioning Valerie's feelings towards Danny to go from bitter resignation because she " had to" push him away, to horrified despair when the truth starts falling into place. He's her "the one that got away". And it's not like she gave him much of a reason to trust her with his secrets.

Maybe older and wiser Red Huntress gets invited to the Justice League, and has to deal with not just Fenton, but also Phantom flirting with her, after a good long conversation on how dumb they both were as kids, and a mutual vow of "I think I can do better now, and I want to prove it to you")

#dpxdc #bones submissions #I started thinking 'what if the fentons were good parents' #and then the 'what if their skirmishes in canon were just playfighting and training' met 'Fenton-Bad-Aim' #and then when I thought where one might put a Ghost Portal where it won't be a bother #the thought 'put it in a fam shed' struck me #and so i had to bring Baby Clark and Ma and Pa Kent into it #Clark jumps off one roof and Danny thinks he knows a little better what he put Jazz through when it was his turn #later whenever Superman mentions his older brother and eveyone expects a Kryptonian #early-days Batman absolutely expects another spandex and cape hero #maybe some superman ripoff #until the Zeta activates for a Guest and in walks a man in black armor #and starlight cape #with a fur collar #and everyone thinks 'ooooh Supes is this one's ripoff' #and then the regal image is shattered because Danny coos at the heroes #many of them are babies when compared to his own experiences as as Hero and how long he's been at it #the Green Lanterns feel him pass by in the way a diver feels a whale swim by singing at them

[spocks-kaathyra]

Spock looking for whales at the Cetacean Institute!

#I've got a few more photos I'll put in a separate post I think #shoutout my mom for being an awesome photographer #four (4!) people recognized me. including an aquarium employee!! #this is at the monterey bay aquarium for anyone who doesn't know. it's where they actually filmed the scenes in the voyage home! #the guy was so excited he pointed out all the specific filming locations to me #anyways uhm. face reveal I guess. might regret it but that's for future me to worry abt 🤷🤷 feel free to rb #narcissus's echoes #narcissus plays dress up #star trek #star trek the voyage home #spock #s'chn t'gai spock #star trek tvh #star trek iv: the voyage home #star trek tos #star trek the original series #star trek cosplay #the one with the whales

[aquanutart]

#pokemon #pokemon sv #pokemon scarlet and violet #grusha #cetitan #aquanutart #i was like oh the new ice gym leader has such a great design i hope i have a chance to draw her one day #*reads the wiki page* excuse me what. oh i accidentally drew him immediately #he has an adorable round snow whale thing friend what am i supposed to do #anyway thanks pokemon i feel slightly less upset about it being WINTER #I DON'T LIKE WINTER #i prefer water in a liquid not solid state #if it's not at least 70F/21C and sunny it's winter to me #anyway grusha and i would unfortunately live in different worlds because i cant hack these arctic temperatures (= less than aforementioned #IT GETS BELOW FREEZING HERE HELP ME I'M A FROG #i am fine don't worry about me. i am being dramatic. i have survived many winters i am a strong frog #TWO MORE MONTHS #HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

Renegade 2023 Typeset Exchange: Achievement Unlocked by The Feels Whale

So for those of you following along with my @renegadepublishing typesetting exchange saga, I typeset a social media MDZS fic! Another MDZS fic! A pinch hit SVSS fic! Another shorter MDZS fic for the pinch hit (do it half-size, smaller is quicker, suuuure...) And then one more for @admiraltypress. Because I could.

I wasn't truly planning on doing this one. Not really. I'd sent off a request for permissions, hadn't heard back yet, and because it was a pinch hit, the timeline was pretty tight.

The typesets were due Monday. But Saturday night, I got a message back from @thefeelswhale! Sunday typeset speed run? Sunday typeset speed run!

Achievement Unlocked is a post-series SVSSS fic where Shen Yuan ends up back in his old body in our world, and Luo Binghe is pulled after him, and accosted by The System with a mission. Or, as the summary goes, "That one where Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe don’t realize they’re in a domestic fluff bonus chapter." This is fun. SO much fun, with some emotional depth that will sneak up on you, and a couple of plot twists that are delightfully bonkers as the source material.

This was a Big Bang fic, and I had a really lovely piece of fan art by Ataratah to include, and pulled the colour tones from there. Circuit board graphics are all public domain stock art, and the scene breaks are designed to mimic the typing dots in a text message. I am supremely happy with how this turned out, ESPECIALLY given the time crunch.

And that's how I ended up making five typesets for an event where I was only obligated to make one.

.... okay, technically, it's seven. Because I did the bound book exchange too, and made two books for that one. But I'll have actual physical book photos to share for that one soon, plus the saga of the Great Textblock Disaster of Late 2023. (It was all okay in the end!)

#fanbinding #ficbinding #scum villain #svsss fanfic #bingqui #the feels whale #achievement unlocked #another really elaborate fic rec #renegade publishing 2023 typeset exchange

[quotablefanfiction]

“Shizun must promise not to be angry.” Oh no. Nothing good ever came of THAT statement. Shen Yuan pushed away to look his husband right in his guilty little face. “What did you do!?” he demanded.

Binghe should really know better than to think that would work (chp. 1)

Achievement Unlocked by The Feels Whale (miscellea) (AO3) The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System – Teen – Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán, Mòběi-jūn/Shàng Qīnghuá #Reverse Transmigration #Shen Yuan Reveal #Luo Binghe vs The System #Meet the Family #Eating Disorder – ARFID #Non-Graphic Discussion of Emesis #Discussion of Past Child Abuse #OG SQQ’s Canonical Levels of Androphobia #LBH has PTSD and is Offended about it

One day, after five years of reasonably peaceful marriage with only a few kidnappings and sex pollen incidents, Shen Yuan is sent back to his old body without warning. Luo Binghe makes a deal with an alien entity calling itself the System to perform a mission in exchange for the ability to bring his husband home.

The mission is simple; [Uncover secret transmigrator plotline and flesh out the character wiki!]

At least it will be once he figures out what the words ‘transmigrator’ and ‘wiki’ mean.

Or: That one where Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe don’t realize they’re in a domestic fluff bonus chapter.

Written for the 2021 MXTX Big Bang with art created by Ataratah

#fanfiction #quote #The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System #Luo Binghe #Shen Yuan #Achievement Unlocked #The Feels Whale #miscellea

[arbitersart]

He is lifted out of the rubble and into someone’s arms, as if he’s a weightless child, and held to the chest of a space marine’s bulky armor. Tommy doesn’t have the capacity to think or to vocalize with the pain screaming in his body. He does barely make out the sound of a rumbling, nearly familiar voice as he slips back into the deep. “....’s alright…. I’ve got you, kiddo….’ve got you…”

got inspired to draw the opening scene from my pride and joy bedrock bros fic, enterprising young men

#bedrock bros #technoblade #tommyinnit #sbi #sleepy bois inc #bedrock bros fanart #technoblade fanart #tommyinnit fanart #bedrock bros fanfic #my art #mcyt #feels kind of weird to tag sbi these days but. sigh. oh whale.

[hingabee]

after a terrible day at the hospital today i came home and my pc reminded me that i have garak caramelldansen image and now i feel better ngl

#elim garak #now im gonna lie down i feel like a beached whale

[kenneduck]

I love the HC that Yona is Aro/Ace and she is 100% for Sidon being with Link cause she is very happy that if she is to be arranged in a marriage, it's one that's perfectly platonic, where Sidon too is happy.

And just Dorephan like... pestering about grandpups... and Yona like "Oh no... I am not pregnant... again... shucks. Damn. This is crazy. Shits crazy. Wow. Did not see that outcome. Insane."

Once the old man kicks the bucket Sidon is totally making it clear he's wed to Link and changing the dumb betrothal laws so Yona doesn't get screwed over either.

#down with dorephan #in not the fun way #kick the bucket old man #jk ily #we know it's muzu being homophobic #muzu probably gaslit the shit outta dorephan that sidon was platonic with link #though dorephan probably never left his damn throne to see the sidlink statue anyways #wtf though was that whale thinking #yona is aro/ace just like me #she just wants to not feel the pressures of society when it comes to marriage #and sidon was like #damn? for real? omg this works out then. #and sidon was like “hold my hand platonically”