#and girl from the other side if i can..

[alicenpai]

emilico :) super rough + small 5 min style test

been thinking of changing my art style a bit more lately to have more texture + a bit simpler bc all of my previous illustrations were taking too long. the timeline for my most recent drawings was like, nov-jan: 4 zine drawings over the course of 3 months. which burnt me out so bad.. it was too smooth and too anime for my liking.. then nothing until i did that pandora hearts illust in may. which also was exhausting! it's now 2 months later and i gotta attempt at least 1 or 2 new drawings for otakuthon. and i do not wish to have burnout again, so i really need to change up my approach to art :'))))

#posts the most unaesthetic wips ever but this is really just for me to see my thoughts out loud #my art #wip #been a hot many years since i lasted posted wip on tumblr #i might change the brush. or at least lower the texture density or sth. this one is too stiff for me i think. #thinking of the one i used for my harvest moon doodles + zelda profile pic #i want the faces i draw to be a bit more. not weird but like.. unique to my own tastes and style? #i want to do better artistically and im gonna work hard #i also want to delve more into gothic victorian aesthetics i want my art to reflect on my tastes more. i want my art to show who i really a #am* #im ngl im obsessed with how tactile art made on procreate looks and i wanna take that textured look too. im gonna eat those textures #unfortunately i do not have an iPad. isad #but there are a ton of amazing brushes in csp too. and a large majority are free #shadows house #also want to make a black butler print next week.. #and girl from the other side if i can..

[ryllen]

together let's go to the mountain ⛰️

#twst #twisted wonderland #treyjade #trey clover #jade leech #fanart #i don't know why there are less people in english fandom that ships them together #i am going down for them so hard just by being fed by all the fanarts from the japanese fandom #i love how they can support each others on the things they like #trey like cooking jade like eating #jade like mountaining trey can absolutely go along with him & match his pace with his physical fitness #plants? terrariums? mushroom? strawberries? no problem they both like to hang around in the botanical garden #trey giving mean eyes and show his meaner side oh jade would go absolutely ballistic #i just love them both together so much 🎶 #they are my comfort ship #and how jade is the baby girl but he is taller than trey oh absolutely adorable

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

More MDZS and Hollow Knight! The cool bugs I found in my backyard have started to unionize.

Part 1 - Part 3

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #hollow knight #Once again not tagging all the characters due to sheer volume #Thanks for the warm and lovely reception on the first part of this crossover! #even people who haven't heard of hollow knight were very sweet and excited. #I redrew and redesigned some of the characters that people were asking to see #and while I still think I could play around with them a little more I'm pretty happy with the results B*) #JGY getting kicked down the stairs is part of his personality at this point. Of course I had to introduce him as such #Im pretty sure its not JZX who kicks him the first time but birthday boy on birthday boy violence is too funny to pass up #Madam yu being mosskin-like but distinctly not from the same clan was pretty important to me when designing her. But I was at such a loss! #By *chance* I saw The Hunter's design and thought 'YEAH THATS THE ONE'. Let milfs be terrifying. #Little apple originally was gonna be 'the girl who's backyard this all takes place in' but ....little bug steed.... #In case you are wondering whether the Lan juniors are suspicious of the fact LSZ has twice as many legs: No. He's 'just like that' to them. #Part three will be in less than a week! Time to see the other side of the crossover! #I am so happy that I can draw silly crossovers and have people cheering me on! Yippee!

[liquidstar]

it must have been so confusing tutoring subaru from a lugnican perspective, like, how the hell do you invent an entire syllabary all on your own and still be completely fucking illiterate

#re:zero #they dont know its japanese... #BUT in one of the side stories subaru does explain that its from ''his village'' to ram and teaches it to her #which is a fun reversal on their tutoring dynamic esp bc ofc ram is a better student. but also seeing their interactions is so fun #i love their bickering friendship. they trust each other more than anything but also cant not insult each other for 2 seconds #BUT THEYRE BOTH IN ON THE BIT! they both know its jokes #but whats actually the MOST interesting part of that story is how at the end ram says she RECOGNIZES those symbols from somewhere #and that still hasnt been addressed in the main story #maybe its dots we're supposed to connect on our own somehow but #WHERE AND WHEN would ram have encountered symbols from earth just in general?? how??? #shes literally just some girl. who is the reincarnation of a god. but is mostly just some girl #i have theories but none have been proven as far as i can tell #fucking mystery

[dirtytransmasc]

^^ screenshot. blends in on mobile/dark mode ^^

that wasn't why she was mad though, well it was and wasn't. it wasn't that she had sex necessarily, but more the weight and nuance of it all, of Rhaenyra being the princess, who Alicent had been trying her best to serve the best interest of and protect in terms of betrothals and Viserys, having sex in a very public place. she was clearly upset and holding back tears when she confronts Rhaenyra that first time, but she isn't especially angry. she's angry when Rhaenyra lied to her face on her dead mother's name, going so far as to act upset and offended Alicent could ever insinuate anything about her, played the victim, had sex with two separate people in one night and said she was still a maiden (from Alicent's perspective she couldn't have known Rhaenyra only tried to have sex with Daemon and was unsuccessful, she could only believe that she had sex with both Daemon and Criston), and then used her power to have her father (the only person Alicent had) banished from kings landing, all the while she had put her ass on the line for her in front of Viserys, who never believed Rhaenyra to begin with. it wasn't simply the fact that Rhaenyra had sex, she's mad because Rhaenyra used her, hurt her, did harm to her name and the work both she and Viserys had put towards giving her a choice no royal girl, especially a princess, could ever imagine, and she spit in their faces.

there's also the fact that Cole admitted IMMEDIATELY what had transpired, asked not for forgiveness but for death, and admitted that it was dubcon. it's a very different situation. she also sympathized with the fact he felt great remorse for both the act of sleeping with the princess but also his breakdown that lead to the murder of Joffery. all we see is her stopping him and then a near decade has passed and they are close friends, we know nothing of how this friendship evolved, when she fully forgave him for his acts, what it took for him to earn her trust and forgiveness.

not saying either of them are saintly and perfectly correct in that situation, but you boil it down to the point that the situation is unrecognizable. you ignored all of the nuance on both sides. Alicent was never mad about the sex, upset yes, mad no, she was mad at how Rhaenyra could hurt her so horribly (amongst many other things. I don't think she, someone who shared her grief with Rhaenyra over their dead mother's, could ever get over how Rhaenyra lied on her name. me personally? I'd be sick to my stomach every time I looked at her for the rest of my days). Cole was coerced into sex, which he was honest and seeked death for repentance, had a breakdown and murdered someone (I won't defend this, you can't, he did murder an innocent person, that is a fact) but felt so guilty he tried to kill himself and seemingly spent the last 10ish years making up for it (where as I can name multiple people Rhaenyra outright in level head and mind maimed/murdered/otherwise allowed or dismissed the deaths/injury of, for her own goals and didn't give a second thought to so.... girly walks atop barely cooled corpse's time and time again).

#again #Alicent and Cole are not angels #as much as I love them I could never say that #I will say their situation is very different from Rhaenyra's #especially in how they handled it going forward #one side felt great remorse the other... not so much #one side had many justifications for their anger (even if it doesnt excuse all of their behavior) the other dug most of her own grave and #then did harm to others around her to cover it up (some blame can go to Daemon and Viserys. I can and will say that) #stop boiling down the situation to make Rhaenyra a saint and alicent the devil its tiring #alicent hightower #criston cole #rhaenyra targaryen #pro team green #anti team black #anti rhaenyra targaryen #anti team black fans #not gonna comment on the choice words they used for alicent. I don't think I can be that kind nor patient today #pro alicent hightower #my girl wasnt wrong for being angry #I would have been fucking feral #hotd #house of the dragon

[rithmeres]

quick & messy biblically accurate johanna and finnick sketch just to nail down exactly how i imagined them

#referenced from the iconic screenshot from catching fire of course #the hunger games #catching fire #johanna mason #finnick odair #your honor they are besties. #do not look at the anatomy it is wack this was mostly an attempt at their faces. my wife (finnick) 🥰 and my husband (johanna) 🫶 #i loooove the red fringe that johanna has in the movies so i kept it #me remember which side of his face i’m supposed to put finnick’s beauty marks and piercings challenge (impossible) #this one i think is consistent with my original sketch of him but i think it’s flipped on the victory tour poster OOPS #the reason i gave him 2 piercings on one ear is because #historically the um. ‘professions’. that were associated with pierced ears were sailors (obviously) and slaves 🙃 #thg reread #wherefore art thou #the other day i spent hours trying to draw katniss and i hated every sketch #which is BIZARRE because i can picture her so clearly in my mind #i think i’m having a hard time making her look young and weathered at the same time #one of these days i will figure it out and then i will finally be able to post my girl

[shannonallaround]

After pondering on it for several days, I have officially decided I did not like the direction of KFP4 and have banished it from my brain. It is no longer canon. KFP4? What's that? Don't know what you're talking about.

#spoilers ahead #it wasn't all bad #I really truly loved the scenes with Li and Mr Ping they were wonderfully hilarious #and the music was great #BUT #I just did not like the direction they took Po's story at all. #and I'm kinda furious they subtly undermined Shifu's character #by making him “fine”/“not fine” with Oogway picking Po as his successor instead of him. #it was only a thing for 2 seconds for the sake of humor but it completely undermines his inner peace character development #first off why can there only be one successor #and second off why can't Po take primarily the fighting side and Shifu take the spiritual side #It FITS HIM #don't know if most people would notice that shifu's character was undermined but because he's one of my favorites I sure did and it HURT #also um the furious five WHY didn't we have them be the main characters with Po instead of the fox chick no one cares about #literally their interactions with Po that's WHY WE'RE HERE DREAMWORKS #also it's become really obvious to me that the fox girl was literally written just so they could cast a specific voice actress in a big rol #nothing against that actress I love her in other stuff but that was a bad move Dreamworks #and another thing #the movie's message about change not always being bad is perfectly fine and good in theory #but such character change is only satisfying from a storytelling perspective if the audience actually WANTS the character to change!!! #I don't WANT Po to stop being the dragon warrior! I don't WANT him to pick a successor! That wasn't satisfying!! like whyyyyyyyyy #Plus he's like way too young?? to be worrying about this??? Oogway didn't worry about it until he was literally 900 years old #Shifu is what in his 60s? 80s? and he hasn't picked one #why would they make shifu worry about po doing that any time soon literally at all #so there dreamworks #I banish this movie #I banish it for one thousand years #kfp4 #kung fu panda 4 #po kung fu panda

[xenosagaepisodeone]

#totsukuni no shoujo #the girl from the other side #manga #this photoset was going to be about all the times nagabe draws shiva with the dot eye face but then i got to the chapter where they can #Finally Hug For Real

[smol-stardust]

There’s something about how the lightness and darkness was framed in The Girl From the Other Side.

First how the colours feel muted but Shiva, the little girl is portrayed in all white and the Teacher, who’s a curse of sorts is black, making them stand out. But it seems to go deeper than the visuals of the protagonists.

There’s the cursed creatures of the outside who are “dark” But then there’s the teacher who’s supposedly one of the monsters who curse. But he finds Shiva and decides to help and protect her. He supposedly lost his humanity but stil has it in him to help the girl he found.

Then there’s Shiva and how she’s not scared of the teacher and trusts him to teach her things even though they’re supposed to be from separate worlds. But there’s her dreams ans how she seems to be stuck in a darkness, a fear of being alone…

Just watching Shiva and the teacher’s interactions of seemingly mundane things and how they’re bonding as the journey and learn together is so sweet. But there’s something a little harrowing in how the story is told/shown…

Something about how the two are shown visually to be light/dark, but their internal goals and struggles seem to convey differently. How they’re interlocked and connected to both light and dark in their own ways.

And the soldiers in the beginning, seeming to have killed anyone who they think has become cursed.

Then “mother”… who is mother? Who are the cursed creatures, what are they after? But if they’re cursed, why does she sing a melody that seemingly guides(?) teacher to stay by Shiva?

It’s so shrouded in mystery but the way the story shows light being in the teacher, and there’s darkness in the people. The way they’re interconnected feels so raw and has this gentle allure. Maybe about how light and dark can’t exist without each other… maybe also something about embracing both for connections?

I’m not really sure, but it was so raw and something about the allure of the mystery and the underlying tone of the story made it really captivating while leaving an ache behind.

#just watched the anime and needed to ramble #haven’t read the manga so I’m sure I’m missing a lot #but from what I’ve seen it’s such a raw story #absolutely love it #gonna read it when I can #ahhh #so many feels from it #the girl from the other side #spoilers #<- maybe? #ramblings about stuff

[homicidal-slvt]

I want to stick googly eyes on König's mask.

#vee's random thoughts go brr #just absolutely cover the snipers hood in them #“Look babe you're always watching. you can see from so many sides now. nobody can sneak up on you.” #JIGGLE JIGGLE JIGGLE JIGGLE- #the others stare at him but dare not to mention how silly he looks #he'd wear them proudly like “Yes. i can definitely see so many things now. thank you little gremlin girl.” #könig #konig

[seth-burroughs]

I will not stay silenced any longer. I really cannot relate to the badass girlboss Yomi truthers crowd. I'm sorry but constantly being so obsessed with proving your prowess and supposed superiority via [gestures at every single time he appeared in the game only to act like an insecure manchild who has to continuously reassert his authority he feels entitled to with continuos self-praise, lashing out with petty insults, violence or even pettier wackier violence] are not the acts of someone who is at all secure and confident in their abilities and themself,

#''ok but what if [x character] was truly THAT confident and cool and not overcompensating for anything'' you are so boring. begone. #Yomi to me reads like a very miserable man (which tends to be a side effect of being a deeply unpleasant person) #control is a comfort. power is security. make people do anything and punish everyone who makes you feel bad #powerful people can take anything they want from you. he KNOWS that #now he has that power. he's the director of the peacekeepers the quite literal top dog of kanai ward. the one whom the world revolves aroun #now he's the one who bargains and makes others grovel. people flock to him and he can make them do anything he wants them to do #now no one can make him scared or powerless ever again. And that is STILL not enough and will probably never be. #god. i want to wring him like a wet dishrag and smack him on the counter so he makes that PLAP sound. #anyway...... like and subcribe #mine #rain code #yomi hellsmile #oh wait one more thing - not vaguing anybody here actually nobody here. not talking about anybody in particular #i feel like im gonna need to say this. you know. gut feelings and the like. #girl god damn it the tags are longer than the post itself again. #The ''I DID proofread this but like only once and not that patiently'' tag

[evansbby]

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#can i just say something #idk if it’s controversial or not it’s just my thoughts #so years and years ago when chris said in an interview #something along the lines of #‘Sandra bullock is the type of girl you take home to meet your mom’ #and ‘Salma Hayek is the type where you yell action and go to town’ #(on who he’d rather film a sex scene with) #and it’s so funny bc it just clicks with me how… #men boys whatever they’re all the same #I’m not Mexican like salma but #I’m south Asian and I’m brown and this is literalllyyyt how all boys think #like white boys #they date white girls #but on the down low they fuck with us but don’t want to be seen with us or take us home to their parents or make us their girlfriend #treated like a ‘dirty little secret’ fr 😂😭 #I remember back in secondary school #my friend who is Indian #was hooking up with a white body and at one point he made her walk on the other side of the street from him bc he saw his friends 🙃🙃🙃 #white boy* not body lmao #and YES dumb of us to be even giving these white boys attention but like… #we were 16/17/18 year old KIDS who just wanted validation #but anyways it’s crazy…. obviously not ALL white boys and ofc they grow out of it (some of them) #but like it’s so sad #also with Chris like… he’s always only ever dated white women which is FINE like that’s his preference that’s his vibe good for him #but then all this chris ‘Jamal’ evans stuff is like…. kinda sad imo bc #like most white men he might hook up with poc women but of course his girlfriend (now or in the past or in the future) will most likely be #white #which is why I find the jamal stuff kinda iffy lmao #please don’t come at me if you think I said something wrong just tell me nicely or whatever like I’ll understand #I’m just speaking my mind

[filmnoirsbian]

Why do you like Jason Todd so much? (I like him too! Just wondering your reasons)

My favorite fictional character of all time is Sophocles' Electra. Being a Jason Todd girlie is simply in my blood.

#there's just something about dying for/being haunted by the family curse (curse of the house of wayne/house of atreus) and then #embracing it to try to end the cycle. the words i could write about electra embracing the kinkilling/jason embracing the #urge that has haunted bruce his whole life both with the intent to put an end to things #bruce WANTS to kill which is why he won't let himself but jason's been on the other side (death) and knows it's not that simple #then there's the whole being raised by a parent whose love is conditional. and what inevitably comes from that. i relate <3 #perhaps not to the point of murder but who can say #anyways. also he's just fun and i love zombies #yes SOPHOCLES' electra i love aeschylus despite his hard on for athens but sophocles really gave my girl the spotlight she deserved

[sunshades]

One thing about canto VI is like. I see so many people predicting it'll be about Fighting Evil Wife or Breaking Codependent Toxic Relationship and I just kinda think that would suck? If the major theme isn't grief AND love and the way both are seen as like Kinda Weird/inappropriate in the setting of the city. Then I'll be very sad.

#bell.txt #not putting it in the tag i dont wanna spam but yes limbus posting yes girls will be thinking about mortal regret #LIKE. LIKE. remember the discourse on twt about how like it was bad writing that yi sang didnt mourn dongbaek etc #and like that was the thing right. thsts not a thing you do in the city. that was part of why roland (who takes lots after wh's themes) #was so exceptional. that is the whole thing about the sickness of the city #to say it in comedia literary criticism terms: sins are split between wrongly-directed love and excess of love with sloth (lack of love) #being an outlier. i think heatho and generally og wh is about excess of love and not wrongly-directed love. it is the thing that lasts #all the way to the other side. it is the shared coffin and meeting again in the next life #i think itd be AWFULLY disappointing to get some boring boring 'they make each other worse' take. being APART due to societal pressures #makes them worse and horribly lonely. death makes them worse baby. so in my mind thats it #we get to see cathy die or still be unreachable in some way and then in very roland style we get furioso mode #and then the ending is about recognizing the love that has in fact been there all along and carrying it with u. and hoping to reunite some #where some other time. NO more slander of that awful girl. YES to the comfort of the memories. #me typing over my foscolo notes like i can surely post about heathcliff really fast and not write a novel in the tags (unaware) #i have more thoughts about this in regards to ruina with xiao and some stuff from leviathan but in the meantime. listen to my ramblings boy #ALSO. considering that implication. he feels for her what queequeg feels for ishy. ARGHH. RIPPING MY HAIR OFF #ok actually its been enough hours to not spam ppl I'll tag it now for blog org. i should maybe have a tag for posting specifically #limbus company

[leafy-m]

I got Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen volume 3 a little early and guys.... GUYS!! THIS is what Kitchen in English should be like! 💥💝💖

If you like Orufrey, you have got to get volume 3!

#I don't know if the homophobic supervisor or whoever got moved to another project or what... BUT THANK YOU! 💝💝💝 #FINALLY! SOME GOOD FOOD! #I mean I am still side-eyeing the end of chapter 30 because Olruggio's line Should be about how they're finally living under the same roof. #BUT OH MY GOD what a difference everything else makes #They mention alcohol! They admit the loop chalices are usually for wine!! #The word choices for how delicious the food is is so great! #I'm gonna have to look up wtf the bananas are named after but aside from that!!! #Qifrey and Olruggio can actually say each others names and they're so friggin adorable!!! 😤💝 Mr I can go all day!! #I'm so happy ya'll I can't believe it 😭💝 #I feel so hopeful for volume 4 now #Also I'm half-way wondering if maybe they could revisit the translations for volumes 1 and 2 and maybe release an updated version maybe? #because I would absolutely buy those again if it were less censored and had better word choices. Just putting it out there! ❤ #Like maybe after volume 5 do a box-set with a little bonus item maybe and secretly slide-in the more accurate and better translated version #I'd buy it! I'd be first in line!! #Just sayin! #Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen #Witch Hat Kitchen #Orufrey #Witch Hat Atelier #Also there's some REALLY cute moments with the girls #(I say; as a total afterthought; sorry I'm so transparent lmao) #Jade talks WHA

[dickheadcanons]

This is just a little thing, but I just can't get behind characterizations of Jason that talk about him thinking that "Robin makes me magic" was proof that he was like, this sweet little kid.

For one thing, the Jason Todd who says that is pre-crisis. The Jason Todd who says that was being written as Dick, just a little more reckless and inexperienced. For another, Jason said that for exactly the same reason all Robins say shit; to justify disobeying Bruce lol.

The line isn't the cute wish-fulfillment of a poor kid from the Narrows. It's evidence of a circus acrobat's belief in his own invincibility, offered as proof that he is tougher than Bruce thinks he is.

The pages in question, from Batman #385:

#jason todd #like idk i just really have to side eye anyone who uses precrisis stuff to talk about who Jason was #even though a lot of this was retconned to be part of his backstory #it wasn't written *for jason* as we know him #tbh that is often Jason's problem in general #they retcon his story and yet try to pretend that the decisions made for an alternate him still stand #like jason saying Dick sent him to prison in N52 #(which Dick didn't do but I don't think Lobdell was exactly doing his homework and i can see where the statement comes from) #the one time Dick is present while Jason gets hauled off the jail #Jason had just stripped Dick of his clothes #had killed a bunch of random criminals #recruited a random teenager girl who was grieving her father as a sidekick and almost gotten her killed #and got Damian shot seven times by being reckless!!!! #like maybe people feel that wasn't in character for Jason #but it's ridiculous to get mad that other characters reacted to that jason by saying he needed to be arrested #like he absolutely needed to be arrested