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augustghosts · 3 months

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The way my first post of 2024 was THATTT lmfao

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dontfindmeimscared · 7 months

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I cant stoo thinking of how, whike Leo would've become more tech-y, he wouldn't know ANY of the technical terms. That gap would probably really hilarious because Leo seems like the kind of person to name everything in a super explanitory but funny way (since I doubt he had much else for comedy in the pd except for his thoughts)

Donnie will hammer the proper tech terms into him... eventually... maybe

#you're absolutely right tho #Donnie and Leo working together in the lab would be utter chaos #Leo: pass me the pin smacker #Donnie: the what.#Leo: y'know the nail hitter #Donnie (after a long pause): a... a hammer??#post ktech ig #rottmnt leo #doodle #rottmnt donnie #so sorry anon this has been in my inbox since august ;-;#anonymous

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stylesrecord · 1 year

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HARRY STYLES + duets

"You’re Still the One” / Kacey Musgraves “Landslide” / Stevie Nicks “Vossi Bop” / Stormzy “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” / Shania Twain “What Makes You Beautiful” / Lizzo “No Hard Feelings” / Ellie Rowsell “Boyfriends” / Ben Harper

#harry styles #gif #flashing /#long post /#scheduling this to post after five long winters in purgatory (not really i've had this drafted since august BUT! updated recently... obvi)#consider this my delayed 11k (:o !!!) and/or holiday season offering 🫶#although i wiiiiish there were more videos of no hard feelings so i didn't feel th eneed to switch my stevie gif to a hugging one to make it #feel a little more cohesive but also where are the barricade girlies with their 4k videos of boyfriends they've failed me

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marcmorrigan · 9 months

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Released to [REDACTED]. SPK 02-04-10 6:45 PM

also released:

3 - One (1) sealed bag s/c cigarettes & lighter which were found in right exterior vest pocket of unnamed male accomplice.

4 - One (1) sealed bag s/c polaroid photo which was found in left interior vest pocket of unnamed male accomplice.

Note: victim posthumously identified as one Mail Jeevas, DOB 02/01/1990 (aged 19yrs at time of death). Request that Gevanni update documentation accordingly. - N

always thinking about the polaroids matt and mello didnt get to take + the amount of clean up and paperwork near and the SPK probably had to do after they seized all the kira case files from 'L'... also like. do you think near had to identify matts body. who else was there that couldve done it. anyway whatever teehee <3

+ 'clean'(er) version without all the scratches and stuff:

#death note #mellodramattic #mellomatt #mihael keehl #mail jeevas #my art #full color #posts only show up in the first five tags right... whatevs thats plenty #literally based the caption off an evidence release related to the jfk assassination so if i wrote the documentation out wrong no i didnt!!#anyway. theyre trans + in love + deserved to take cute photos of themselves #and whenever i added the frame iwl ohhh. theres only one person who COULD have this picture. which is when i decided to add the blood stain #i PERSONALLY dont think matt and mello were in contact until after mells left lidners hotel but we can pretend. for the sake of the art #re: the date on the photo + mello not having his scars i mean #also mello is a type o negative fan you CANNOT change my mind its so real to me. i Know It. anesthesia is ON my mellodramattic playlist #obviously ref'ed from that one GQ shoot w jesse rutherford and devon carlson... idk them but i LOVE those photos theyre so fun #i need to look up more of taylor rainbolts photography bc i feel like theres a looot of potential insp to be had there for my work #ANYWAY! theres a plain-er version under the cut if u wanna see it w/out as many overlays and scratches and such #im so glad 2 be done w this piece i have been working on it on and off since. NOVEMBER OF 2022...#ITS AUGUST OF 2023 NOW. I DRAW AT A NORMAL SPEED DW ABOUT IT <3 #death note spoilers #<--- for my beloved nat

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yrdnzz · 9 months

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more bllk blacktober posting! have some isagi edits

find me on twitter & instagram

#yrdnzz art #black edit #blue lock #isagi yoichi #isagi #bllk #blue lock fanart #quality looks a bit funny but i hope it looks okay when i post ;;#ermmm guys ? is that freddy fazbear ? heur heur hu huer huer hueerhurhur heur hur #august as a month has been killing me like i havent touched my tablet since july i think #so u guys just get reposts #i have one request in my inbox that ive been meaning to get to tho (after i finish my comms that is)

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neversetyoufree · 1 year

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I have not stopped thinking about The Vampyre since I read it, so here's some extra trivia for y'all about Lord Ruthven's name:

VnC's Lord August Ruthven is, of course, named after the Lord Ruthven from the short story "The Vampyre." Written by John William Polidori and published in 1819, "The Vampyre" is often cited as the first piece of true modern vampire fiction. It makes sense for Mochijun to want to reference something so genre-founding.

However! The circumstances surrounding this short story (and thus the Ruthven character) are both deeply weird and deeply fascinating.

For starters, do y'all know the famous story about how Frankenstein was written? It started as a challenge between friends stuck inside due to bad weather—write a frightening story for everyone's entertainment. Mary Godwin (soon to be Mary Shelley) and her future husband Percy Shelley were there, of course, but so were the poet Lord Byron and his personal doctor: a man named John Polidori.

While Mary penned the beginning of one of the most famous books in history, Byron's own attempt at horror was abandoned partway through. He wrote a fragment of a novel about an aristocratic vampire and a foolish young man that traveled with him to Turkey, but he never inteded to finish it. However, after learning how Byron thought the tale would end, Polidori eventually came to write his own (complete) version of a similar plot.

The Vampire in Byron's fragment went by the name of Augustus Darvell, but for the majority of "The Vampyre," Polidori's titular monster calls himself Lord Ruthven. This name comes from the novel Glenarvon by Lady Caroline Lamb, a book that openly parodied and mocked Lord Byron (Lamb's ex lover) with its main character.

Now, why did Polidori name the monstrous, cruel, almost parasitic monster in his story after a parody of his patient and boss? That's because their relationship was deeply fraught. I am not the person to speak accurately on this history, so let it suffice to say that Polidori did not have a rose-colored image of Lord Byron.

Byron was famously promiscuous and often in terrible debt. He doesn't seem to have been particularly nice to his doctor. If you read about their time together in any detail, it becomes obvious why Polidori might feel the urge to mock him as a monster.

Polidori wrote a vampire that seduced, tore through, and ruined innocent young maidens. He wrote this after traveling Europe with a man who was forced to flee England with a rake's reputation and a charge of sodomy. He named his vampire Ruthven, after a caricature of Byron, because his own Ruthven was also based on the man.

In other words, the first finished story to create the modern trope of the aristocratic vampire was in large part a parody of Lord Byron. It is a monster inspired by him and named after a character that existed to sleight him. It is also based on a story that Byron wrote.

And in addition to this being generally fascinating, there's something so fun about this in the context of VnC.

The Case Study of Vanitas is its own story, but it's also so chock full of allusions and references that you could almost call it a pastiche. Half its characters are half-crafted out of pre-existing characters and historical figures, but they're only ever halfway stolen. There's always something new built from the base of the reference.

And in a big way, that's what Polidori did back when he penned the first piece of modern vampire literature. His first vampire was partly a reference to a real man, partly borrowed from a pre-existing story (Byron's fragment), and partly conjured from Polidori's own imagination. It's history and literature and new content all bundled together, just like VnC is.

Lord August Ruthven is a reference to Polidori's Lord Ruthven, who was in turn a reference to Lord Byron. He's named after both Byron's Augustus Darvell and Polidori's Ruthven, and Polidori's Ruthven is named after Lamb's Ruthven (who was also based on Lord Byron). He's yet another layer on this tower of self-referential Ruthven-ness, now totally abstracted from any real Byron traits.

As much as Mochijun is playing with the tropes and ideas of this era of vampire literature, it's really fun to see how her tendency toward allusion and reference is itself a nod back to vampire literature's beginnings. It's another way in which VnC slots in as another link in this 200 year old literary conversation.

Anyway, if you want to learn more about the bonkers story behind the Vampyre, here's a link to a not super scholarly but very entertaining essay about it.

#this is without a doubt the nerdiest post I've made on this blog lmao #I did a bunch of reading on polidori right after I finished the vampyre and I have not stopped thinking about it since #and the way that the story fits so well with mochijun's own referential tendencies in vnc genuinely brings me so much delight #it's fun having a manga that's engaging with a literary/cultural canon I've studied and am generally so familiar with #really helps with talking about the allusions lol #vnc #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #august ruthven my beloved #august ruthven #lord august ruthven #comparison #noé arqueueviste

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outeremissary · 5 months

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From a while ago. @mountainashfae's Chloe :) I love his colors so much...

#chloe sialia #emi art #hey fun fact this has been in my drafts since August as well (I say knowing I scheduled the other thing to post after this)#playing a game tonight called let's rescue some stuff from draft purgatory

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weirdfishy · 2 months

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rule: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as you feel like.

tagged by the queen herself: @alllthequeenshorses thank you for your tag i love getting them- and i’ve actually written something lately to post!

Hira kisses Kiyoi’s forehead before pulling the blankets higher, following his man to sleep.

i recently started two fics, this one abt Hira/Kiyoi from Utsukushii Kare and what happens when Kiyoi starts getting hate during his acting career, and another, a scene change for Old Fashion Cupcake’s ep4 ending where Nozue stays after Togawa’s confession

gently gesturing you over to also tell us your wonderful last written line but no pressure:

@shire-baird @jennsterjay @oliveofvanders @kavekki and anyone else who would like to share, consider yourself tagged by me :)

#fishy’s fics #fishy’s fic #tagg@me #queenie 💕#utsukushii kare #old fashion cupcake #it’s been a hot min since i’ve written anything #like i haven’t posted anything anywhere since august last year & usually i’ll have some bits n pieces i haven’t posted i like.#just havent written fic since i last posted #a couple emotional poems sure but no fic :/#it felt good to write again after a bit :))

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wigglepiggle · 1 year

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oh look a cool show hmm I don't think this will have a huge effect on m- ajnanananaanajnwsjwnwnwjhswjwjwu category 17 autism event occurs

#this post is about what happened when i watched ppt2 #i was like 'this is interesting but i dont know if ill think about this much after this' until like i think it was episode 7 #and then. the autism started #i haven't had this objects out of my brain its been been months since i saw it #i finshed it on august 29 th

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thewizardingtoad · 5 months

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Time, Chess, and the Tower of Magic

(novel: 29-35)

(manhwa: 44-45)

I just reread the scene in the novel, and I'm kind of obsessed with it, but also am in awe of how well it established the dynamic between Desir and Zod, something that I feel like the manhwa didn't really do, so, I'm doing a bit of comparing under the cut.

Also, if you like these characters in the manhwa, then you should 100% read at least these few chapters, because, as I said before, they are amazing.

So the manhwa starts us off with how Zod is an "odd fellow", he's always been that, and how he lead civilization into a new era of magic, he's achievements are endless, and is Desir's irreplaceable friend.

Now, in the novel, Desir says that Zod accepted his request because he was intrigued by it. (True) He says that Zod single-handedly renewed interest in magic.

(Also, fun-fact: someone wrote a book about all of his accomplishments, and it's thicker than most encyclopedias.)

(Also also, in the manhwa he looks like 40, in the novel that's 30)

The next scene plays out almost the same, except that we learn, in the novel, that Zod has an 'archaic feeling to his words'.

While in the manhwa he's all nice, and smiley etc. novel!Desir points out that until the North Sea's rules are mentioned, Zod's so impatient to get on with the match that it can almost be heard in his tone, which for this old man is VERY impatient.

And then of course Desir drops the bomb, that yeah, he wants to play the Rule set that originates from Zod's homeland and n!Desir immediately points out how much more relaxed Zod gets from hearing that.

The chess match starts, and in both mediums Zod's like, this kid is pretty good, but he's still just a kid, and "[He's] too hasty with [his] moves"

Desir, when he's on the verge of losing, makes the bet. It goes in the novel as it goes in the manhwa, except that a) Zod's like, 'I know that everything you did so far was to make this wager, and I hope you see how suspicious you are.' and b) At this Desir's just like, 'Wow, you're very interested, huh? Then I won't tell you until I win.'

And then the whole 'you play like a whole different person' thing happens in the manhwa, 'oh, well, I played against him in the future so of course I know how he plays', 'I've been the same person this entire time' etc. etc.

So. That does not happen in the novel.

What happens instead is we get the explanation as to why is Desir losing:

He's been playing with Zod for 6 years, yes,

However, this Zod plays differently than other Zod

In the future, his play style is more aggressive

Now he focuses on counter-play and he's more reserved

And Desir deduced this in the first few steps in their game, and been sacrificing pieces since then to analyze Zod's play style.

And also, yes, Desir did figure the greatest mage of all time out in what? 20 minutes?

And Desir might be losing, but because of the time limit Zod's going to make some stupid moves, which Desir deducted will happen, then he makes even worse moves, and the next thing Zod knows is that he got ripped to shreds in 3 minutes.

In the novel, Desir mentions that in the last minutes of the match, Zod's straight up panicking over how bad the situation has gotten for him.

Then, when Desir mentions the trade, Zod tries to calmly explain to him why that's not possible "You're asking to exchange a bar of gold for a peanut"

Desir of course doesn't budge and after a bit of "bartering" it's clear just how fed up with this "boy"'s bs Zod is and reading this scene after the manhwa is kind of shocking

Zod expressed disdain at the boy's choice. "I expected you to choose more wisely. You've rejected my offer, and I can't accept your deal. With that, the negotiations are over." The man rose to get up from his seat.

(...)

"So you think this is a fair deal." The Tower Master was audibly upset by Desir's words.

And I'm very sad that this scene in this form didn't make it to the manhwa, because while we see Zod being dismissive and uninterested in Desir's idea before he sees it to himself, we don't see him being, well, like this.

Prideful, kind of cocky, and straight up offended that a mere student would even dare to suggest that his idea worth as much as support from the Tower of Magic, upset to the point that Desir has to actively put out 'fires' during the conversation so that it can progress.

Which is a beautiful way of showing us how, yes, Desir does know this guy, he knows why he's upset he knows what to say to get him to calm down enough to listen and also how to say it.

What in the manhwa is essentially just 'Well if I show you that my idea is worth it then it will be fine, right? Let me show you then.' in the novel is Desir going on first about how of course what he's saying is outrageous, and Zod is right to be upset, but shouldn't Zod know that impossible things are sometimes real? And then he starts explaining how 20 years old Zod Exarion becoming the Tower Master was an impossible feat, or maybe, perhaps, even more impossible, a student defeating him in chess! Which happened just now, and That is when Zod tells him to show him his idea.

This scene alone reaffirms to the reader, that Desir doesn't just know Zod as a tactician, but as a person, he knows how to talk to him, he knows how to talk sense into him, and that Desir did this enough in the past that this comes like second nature to him.

Zod being stone headed and stuck to his ways until Desir reminds him that he's been just like this boy in the past is also one of the most Old Person Thing TM Zod does in the entire novel, showing and not just telling us that the G is not just for show in that GILF he is actually old.

After that the "reveal" scene plays out pretty similarly except that Zod gets a bit more info out of Desir, one of them is that he didn't necessarily discover the technic but he "knows of it", and Desir lets the reader know that the person who discovered it was in fact Zod, just 3 years into the labyrinth, and as he starts explaining the theory Zod catches up extremely quickly, actually taking over Desir's explanation of how resonance is better than the enchant method.

When Desir mentions that he has more ideas like this, Zod tells his secretary to cancel every plan he has until he says otherwise, which is a very entertaining turn of events in my opinion.

So to wrap it up, while I love how the manhwa did this scene, (this is probably my favorite two chapters from it) I'm kind of sad that most of the little tidbits of building up the relationship between Zod and Desir, that would be important later got lost in adaptation.

#this has been in my drafts since August jfc #i haven't analyzed chapter 45 yet because i couldn't decide whether i should start comparing the chapters to the novel but nah #If it's important (like here) i will just make a separate post lol #plus there is a whole ass separate post about it already soo #which i will post part 2 of after the manhwa graces me with the explanation for Helena because i don't want to make an ass out of myself #for getting angry at things in the manhwa that i just made up #a returner's magic should be special #returner's magic #zod exarion #desir arman #joad exarion #rmss #xeilon's zod sightings

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intergalacticfloralexplorers · 10 months

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Intergalactic Floral Explorers AU: The Full Story

-The rest of Event 1 and first intermission-

Event 1(cont.):

-After Brittany gathers some pikmin from the onion (which only contained blues, rocks ,and winged pikmin) she would encounter a bomb wall. The bomb wall blocks the section to where the ‘courage reactor’ was originally found, which is also where Olimar is. Olimar and Brit realize this, and at this point the ship contacts them. Olimar attempts to contact Louie and Brittany contacts Alph.

- Cut to Alph waking up on top of the snowman, having no memory of how the ship crashed. He finds the yellow onion and some yellow pikmin digging up bomb rocks. After calling them over, he walks in the direction where the Fiery Bulblax is and lo and behold, Charlie is being attacked by it. A yellow pikmin (Rigol) saves him by throwing a bomb rock at the Bulblax. Charlie was over there because he was retrieving Alph’s koppad (C’s broke during the crash) and after getting it back, A and C retrieve the call from Brittany.

- A and C are on their way to their location, Brit tells Oli and the ship the good news (Oli was unable to contact Louie) and so they opt to wait. The ship is making minor repairs to the Drake at this same time too. But then the Smoky Progg appears behind a distracted Olimar, killing 2 red pikmin. Olimar flees holding the last remaining red pikmin, Brit comms Alph and Charlie to hurry!

- The Progg corners Olimar, and Oli braces himself for a fight, but then Louie comes seemingly out of nowhere and strikes one of its eyes with his butcher knife.

-The Progg flees, O and L stare at each other awkwardly for a moment before Olimar begins to express his relief, for Louie is ok, and also concern, for Louie’s nose is bleeding. Lou tells him he’s fine, and the nosebleed was from the crash and that it's nothing.

- Distant explosions are heard, A B and C have destroyed the wall. O and L reunite with the koppaites just before dusk, and they head back into the Drake, ending the day.

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An “Intermission” period would occur to answer asks, explore characters and areas, introduce the leading piks, Blue returns to our universe, etc. y'know, a little break before the story continues :]

#floral au #…hi #been a bit huh?#Pikmin 4 releases soon…so I’ve decided this askblog will discontinue #and will instead become a side log for the Floral AU!#I will be writing out to the best of my ability what I had planned with the askblog #The next event will be published around august #and character profiles will be published shortly after this post!#My sincere apologies for being unable to continue the askblog #If you have any questions comments or concerns please don’t be afraid to ask me!#To those who supported this blog ever since the beginning…thank you. thank you for everything<3 #I hope you look forward to reading the rest of the story🌼#story2

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boomstab-papa · 6 months

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from the website owner who bans you if you link to his blog

"We have a contractual obligation to try to make Live as successful as possible through the end of the year"???!!!!???!? (emphasis mine)

contractual with who???!!!?!?!