#and it starts getting messy

[mishapen-dear]

tbh i think that even unwinnable fights should be winnable. some of the BEST fights i've ever run as a dm were ones i built kill the players (in a fun way. I had some cutscenes prepped so even the loss would be a different flavour of win)- but then they were clever bastards and managed to either win the fights or pull themselves out of trouble. I think it's perfectly fine to plan for a fight that players aren't supposed to win, but you need to let them. if they can't win, they can't lose, and the meaning of that encounter is diminished. do that too many times, and they stop trusting you to give them roleplay prompts and start expecting to sit there waiting while you drive the story for them.

but if they can win... if there is always the chance to win, no matter how impossible the odds, then they ALWAYS have hope. they always get invested. they feel the big emotions of success or the big emotions of failure, and you fucking Win as a dm/roleplay prompter/lead bastard.

#qsmp neg #qsmp crit #discourse #<- for blacklists #im not grumping or anything im just musing on like. the mechanics of why everyone is so upset about the latest fight #and how it can be avoided while still keeping these fights genuinely difficult and intense #its hard because there's so many players and they all have wildly different strengths and weaknesses #so someone who could take on the code easy needs that enemy scaled differently than someone who isn't a big fighter #but it's hard to do that in a world where they interact w the same enemy #and you only have so much man-power to cater to a big server like this one #and then you bring in the big powerful items that the players can and can't access but which the admins have ultimate power over #and the fact that some of the admins themselves have lag issues or aren't super great at pvp so they accommodate that with better gear #and it starts getting messy #but for the fights themselves yeah regardless of what armour or gear or killing-methods they use there should Always be a win condition #and idk maybe there was one and we just didn't get to see it #but if that win condition is 'parents sit in the safe room with their babies while the others are overrun' #then i think there are ways to build better win conditions #anyway i love game design and player/dm interactions qsmp hire me now i want to know your behind the scenes #jk im too busy to apply #but man. i wanna nerd out so bad that sometimes i think about it

[somnimagus]

out of the frying pan and into the fire and into another frying pan that's also on fire

[id in alt text]

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #dunmeshi #this past year i decided to get into some of the manga i hear people really rave about #and dunmeshi was the first one i read and i adore it so much i don't have the words #gosh ryoko kui is such a huge inspiration.. i hope i can save up and get physical copies of the manga some day #ohh and daydream hour if it ever releases in english... #and sorry toshiro doesn't have his armor. i always remember him in his disheveled casual arc #fan art #my art #i think i've just completely stopped trying to do a clean flat style... i've just started painting over my sketches now #it looks a little messy but it's so much more fun #this was the first time in awhile i looked forward to continuing a drawing

[quirkle2]

a labor of love about milk. there are other things too i guess

#qkdraws #mob psycho 100 #mob psycho #mp100 #shigeo kageyama #mp100 mob #mp100 shigeo #ritsu kageyama #mp100 ritsu #fun fact this took 5 weeks to make #another fun fact this started bc of my girlfriend saying he thought it'd be funny if ritsu was lactose intolerant #i uhm. added some stuff tho VGEAYV #listen.i have to add trauma or bust #this was SUCH a blast to make.god i had sm fun #what a joy this was.im glad i made it #even if it's kinda messy and all over the place i had fun working on it #and i do think it's Vastly better than my other comic #watch this receive like 40 notes and then get dropped into the abyss.haha wouldn't that be funny hahahah hahhaa #i hope one person is like vaguely ill abt it at least.be ill with me

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Valentine's Day! (and this blog's first post anniversary!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #Woah...it's been a whole *year* since I took the leap and uploaded my 'first attempt' art. #It's outdated now but it holds a special place in my heart for the fact it started all of this off. #Calling this 'poorly-drawn' was always about accepting that my art was going to be imperfect and messy - and doing it anyways! #There has been a staggering number of times I have drawn something I almost didn't upload because I didn't think it was 'good enough' #only for someone to say they liked it - or that it made them laugh. And it has helped me realize - #-The worst critic for my work has always been myself. If I listened to it all the time...well we would not be here now B'*) #And now that I have dabbled in other fandoms I can truly see how lucky was to start out with the MXTX fans. #The supportive messages and tags have truly been a guiding force toward my artistic and self improvement. #I really can't describe how grateful I am. #Thank you for seeing something worth rooting for when I was just figuring things out. #Thank you for being sweeter than the candy I have strategically hidden in the nooks and crannies of this house. #But watch out! If you forget to find them we will get ants. #I remembered to not hide chocolate in the bed this year. Yes I know it melted last time. Yes it did stain. I'm still sorry. #Thank you for loving me regardless <3 Even if it looked like I shit the bed real bad.

[kiisaes]

two idiots talk about their siblings (catholic school au)

#it's the fabled comic i said i'd make time and time again .. how sunkel find out their siblings know each other in this au #it's a little messy bc my hand started cramping halfway through AUFGHGF sorry about that #trying to get back into comic art ....... #omori #sunny omori #kel omori #basil omori #aubrey omori #mari omori #heromari omori #fan art #comic #omori au #becki draws stuff n stuff

[toasteaa]

Can't talk, thinking about accidentally triggering claiming and mating behaviors in Zhongli -

There's just something about it, you know? Seeing Zhongli, a god - a former Archon- who has placed himself above his base desires and draconic instincts, struggle to hold those very same instincts back when it comes to you.

Perhaps you stayed out just a bit too long for his liking. A surprise rainstorm swept through the harbor, and once you returned to your shared home, you were absolutely soaked. Ah, but you were offered a spare coat from a coworker of yours to keep even just a bit dry - and Zhongli is quietly simmering with displeasure as that scent drowns out yours. Drowns out what should be his scent on you. That which marks you as his. It shouldn't bother him like this; he knows it wasn't intentional. He knows that you merely misjudged the forecasted rain (as you often do, despite him being overly familiar with the weather patterns of the region and reminding you of this constantly) and then accepted help from a man - a coworker, he tries to remind himself . Yet he's barely listening to you as he tugs you out of the offending article and -

Oh...it isn't enough.

There's a cloying, wretched stench stuck to your clothes, and Zhongli's patience is running even thinner as he strips you of these as well. But even after he's kicked those soiled clothes to the side and secured his own coat around you, it still isn't enough. It's as if that offending scent has permeated your skin, sunken in with the rain - and there's a deep seated, rarely seen possessiveness that takes root in his mind. One he hasnt felt since...Archons, since he last took up his former name. It's as though a white hot brand has pierced him and coiled around his senses.

Everything that is logical about this no longer matters; the only thing that makes sense to him is the sudden way he gathers you into his arms and makes haste to the bedroom. Your scent is there, as is his. And this will be a well needed reminder that he doesn't appreciate other claiming his treasure as their own.

#toast talks #genshin impacted #heehoo clearing out old drafts and saw this one and :9 #Throwback to when I first started genshin and saw Zhongli and was reminded that I have a type #I just like when they get possessive okay? I like when they feel that they need to claim and scent and breed - #ANYWAYYYY #genshin x reader #genshin x you #zhongli x reader #zhongli x you #uhhhh I haven't written for Zhongli in awhile idk what other tags to use for him BYE #this is also probably really messy and not really all that great but its cause I'm editing the draft on my phone and not a pc RIP

[kutakunagasblog]

“ I’m sorry if I’m trying to look like you, but maybe when I catch my reflection in the mirror I’ll think it’s you “

Also some gill x chip x queen , gill aftermath of the pink hair , and silly kian design

#messy art and doodles because I don’t have much time since the start of school #I really hope to do a more detail painting once I get time #jrwi fanart #jrwi riptide #jrwi #jrwi riptide fanart #gillion tidestrider #kutakunagaart #chip jrwi #queen jrwi #edyn tidestrider #kian stone #sea sharp #sea sharp jrwi

[pure-oddity]

Soap who's main goal is to get his partner as wet as possible. Just loves the mess - he needs it to live.

It's a lot of fingering a lot of kissing and caressing, and his hands are just everywhere and you don't know how many times he's made you cum but you do know that each time he fucks you with his tip he has to hold you down from sinking further on his cock

"Ya not wet enough bonnie, need to make a mess of you before you can have my cock"

And he acts like you're bone dry but you aren't! He has you puffy and swollen and slick and the clicking noise his tip makes as it plays with your hole screams about how ready you are.

Only when you're essentially boneless and you've made a wet spot on the sheets does he fill you with the rest of his cock.

Both yours and his own thighs are covered in your slick, he's gasping above you about how he "can feel you dripping down my balls love - fuck!"

The glide in and out of you is seamless and he slips out on a few occasions, groans like he's in heaven when he reintroduces himself into your wet heat.

Afters hes filled you with his cum he sits back on his heels, thumbs holding you open , just to watch your hole twitch his cum out - fingers it back in and plays with the mess until you're kicking at him for making you cum again .

Very pleased as he handles cleanup duty, sheets (and you) taken care of and washed. Your mattress protector worth every penny at this point.

#odd blurbs #He just seems like a messy fuckin guy #dont get me started on his pussy eatin habits #john mactavish x reader #soap x reader #soap x reader smut

[codgod]

a post-revival ctommy for old times sake

#.png #dsmp #tommyinnit #ctommy #fanart #eyestrain #the purple scars/tear tracks are from dying around crying obsidian btw #based on some headcanons that i only half remember #ghosts taking on traits of the place they died in and keeping them when they’re alive or w/e #anyways i need to go back to my messy rendering i’ve started getting way too meticulous with it jgvshd #clean is fun sometimes but this is good too

[kelocitta]

i saw your post on how you were thinking about handling the Whole Artificer Thing and i say, let em be a villain! i think it would be fun

I don't have any qualms about Artificer being cruel or whatever; I just don't think that when working them into an anthro doing a 1-to-1 transfer of their behaviors and/or making them just flat out racist/genocidal is an interesting or accurate way to characterize them. (and I just have. Negative interest in working with that type of character) People can do whatever they want but ultimately I just find the idea that anything other making them aggressively genocidal is like, woobifying them, tiring.

Artificer is obviously not good in the context of the game. But the problem and focus of their actions is the scale and spiritual aspect of it, not the actions themselves. Other slugcats are perfectly capable of killing scavengers, most players likely will and many who don't are only held back by the consequences. Scavengers are also warriors, and Artificer's whole campaign is basically set up on the fact that scavengers are defensive and very much follow a 'shoot first' method of self preservation.

So why does Artificer have always be the one thats uniquely villainous in behavior (now with significantly more moral weight behind it than they had as an animal) when the other slugcats, and even the scavengers, get properly 'civilized' when people make them anthros? I just don't think its an interesting way to utilize them, and I won't fault people who do- but like- I feel like if Artificer is going to be Like That when they can walk and talk and do taxes or whatever than at bare minimum the other slugcats and scavengers' relationship with violence/murder/hunting should be touched on.

I'm not making Artificer a good person. I don't want them to be a good person, because I think the fact they are so bad that they have problems on a spiritual level to be the interesting part. Technically, the Artificer I do for anthro stuff has already done their 'Scav King' and found their 'closure'. They set out to do something awful and did it, they got their ending. So now theyre just old and tired and mean and miserable because getting what you want isnt a solution.

#long post #ask #rw anthro #i want her to get worse but not in a 'i kill scavengers because im fucked up and evil' kinda way #i want her to get worse because theres something wrong with her shes not gonna address until it rots her from the inside out #even in this sense her early relationship with hunter is more #founded in her views of life being just generally bad and connecting w/ hunters illness in that way #as for hunter their connection starts out as mostly being in a rocky place due to their developing symptoms and liking that #artificer lets them ignore the feelings being suddenly ill causes #its not the best relationship lol #but its also messy and rough since i cant write for shit

[cainternn]

happy birthday tarik! my favorite jett one trick to watch

#tarik #valorant #valorant art #artists on tumblr #digital art #my art #im sorry this is messy i found out it was his bday the day before so i rushed to get it done :') #my fav val stream to watch while i draw #also yeah ive kinda been wanting to draw a bunch of streamers i watch so here's a start ig #a little diff than what i usually post but #back to regularly scheduled content soon i swear

[minalots]

MORE WOLFWOODS?!!!!?!?!!?????

#wolfwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #tristamp #trimax #here’s some of my personal design notes for them #tristamp ww is more softer/rounder than trimax #his hair is very messy n i just think adding splashes of color and graphics like outlines n halftones to my tristamp doodles makes it seem— #more modern in a way ig??? ya get me??? #anyways trimax ww is just. SUPER SHAPED. lots of sharp edges!!! so fun!!!!! #i like to think his hair is usually yknow spiky n compact into its shapes until he gets unhinged to which it slowly becomes disheveled— #and messy and softer. Like if his hair lost its gel that was keeping it together or something. anyways his eyes are normally black until— #he starts feeling extreme emotions so they turn white auaghwwg i just admire nightow’s way of drawing ww he is just !!!!! so cool!!!!!! #ww is just very fun to draw in general im so glad i got into trigun bc of him ehehehejgeeh #i forgot to mention i draw each of them with different brushes to get different textures n stuff idk if it was noticable #da gallery

[seagull-scribbles]

Taxidermy fingerprints, taxonomies our differences

[Part 2 here]

#TMNT #tmnt 2012 #casey jones 2012 #raphael hamato #raph 2012 #this is all platonic but #rasey #because I do ship them and I want the shippers to precieve me #played around with pens and colours and brushes and stuff #I have a lot going on in my head and in life and I just needed to get something out #messy and quick but effective #and I need to learn to not be such a perfectionist on here #also hands are the only part of the turtles I feel I don’t struggle with an ungodly amount #I cba painting Casey’s nails apologies #or making Raphs kind of yellow but they’re my headcanons #oh also pride month is tomorrow so #again this is platonic #but idm ralh and Casey being on the top of my blog for the ocassion until I can fix it UwU #oh also I did start the Leo the other week I’ll do that one properly #AND HELLO IF YOUVE GKT TO HERE AND YOU LIKE RASEY I THINK YOU SHOULD HMU #also of there is one of these you guys like and want me to use in a propper piece let me know cause i will

[volaenii]

miscellaneous Trigun doodles I’ve drawn recently as a way for me to cope with finishing Trimax

#trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vashwood #don’t mind that the third drawing is super messy #hospital yuri again because I need to cope #still trying to get better at drawing them oof #we stay silly through the horrors (lies) #also recently started rewatching tristamp again so that’s fun #volaeart

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Izutsumi character study

#dungeon meshi #izutsumi #One of my goals for this year was to spend more time doing art studies. #What better way to start than with my favourite danmeshi character (not seen: a whole page of figuring out her features) #I feel like she is by far one of the most poorly understood characters in the series. Partially due to her 'late party member' status. #'She's abrasive and mean' - 'she's a picky eater' - 'she's a catgirl who acts like an asshole cat ' YES and that is the point! #Everyone in dungeon meshi is traumatized and messy about it but izutsumi is just less polite in how she tries to cope. #Izutsumi is a extremely traumatized teenager who has utterly lacked autonomy her entire life. #She is the epitome of a “If I can just have X thing then all my problems will be solved!” character. And the X is 'Freedom'. #Her epilogue was one of the best and wrapped up her character so wonderfully (WARNING: I WILL NOW SPOIL PART OF THE ENDING) #Because she finally gets her freedom! She can go where she wants to and she doesn't need anybody! Yet...it doesn't fix her. #She is so focused on doing only what she wants that she forgets her own needs. Sometimes you have to eat the things you don't want. #And sometimes you have to face the hard truths that you need more than just one thing to make you happy. #Life is not all about only seeking pleasures and avoiding pain. You need to be balanced in order to grow. #Eat your vegetables (including the metaphorical ones: I am eating more art veggies this year by doing art studies!!!)

[kirnet]

some of nocturna inferno's album and ep covers (all done by rowan of course)

#dog psychiatrist was the first ep and the split happened after i bite when cornered #they continued the dog motif for a little bit when writing abt the breakup but then they really started doing their own thing #also when botb happens and stoja gets messy again there will be a 'im not a dog psychiatrist but i can tell youre still a bitch' and the #7 stans will start war. i love drama #this was just an excuse to take a break and do something different with all of the textures i made. back to comics now #minadraws #infamous if #stoja wiseman #nocturna inferno