#anyways - thank you for coming to my ted talk

[voidshrubsquared]

Listen. Listen to me

Do you know how much I LOVE that comic? IT'S SO GOOD SO SO SO GOOD

We get to see a glimpse of Click's inner workings! How his mind operates!! His complicated relationship with himself and the other pinks and what it is to BE a pink!!!! Is he just like them? Are they all the same?? Is HE the horrible one??? Is he not horrible ENOUGH???? WHO KNOWS!!! And the 'I miss my department' like MANS DOESN'T WANNA BE THERE!!! HE DOESN'T WANNA THINK ABOUT IT!!!! HE HATES IT HERE CAUSE INTERACTING WITH THESE GUYS MAKES HIM THINK TOO MUCH💕💖💕💖

Like, what if they're all the same? Then Click isn't special and he's just another darkner abiding by the rules of his code.

What if the others laced the candy platter and he didn't? Then Click is too soft, they'll eat him alive out there! How is he going to survive!!

What if he's projecting and nobody else even thought of lacing the candy? Does that mean he's just a horrible person in general? Is it not just a pink thing and more a HIM thing?

And then the visuals, the zooming in into the one piece of candy among all the others in the candy platter as he does Thoughts™

O U G H OVJJSBBCKROLNXNFODOF

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I LOVE HIM DO YOU GET WHY I WANT TO INJECT HIM DIRECTLY INTO MY BLOODSTREAM THIS IS WHY HE'S MY FAVORITE ADDISON HIS WRITING IS IMMACULATE

#thank you for coming to my ted talk or something #pink addison #deltarune #bush RAMBLES #I might be missing something or be completely wrong on this cause honestly media literacy isnt my strong suit #I am like on a lower brain sauce flavor sometimes yanno #anyways brightgoat give me a piece of your god tier braincells #I aspire to write this good one day #if bright every finds this ummm no you didnt #sometimes I wonder if click ever thought/wanted to be a different colored addisom #cause being a pink (and a popular/well known one at that) must be so hard #you'd have a reputation to uphold!! around the public AND other pinks #too many slipups and you might ACTUALLY DIE #uhm wow I said a lot anyways #MINOR TYPO IN TAGS GONNA KILL SOMEONE #clickon k addison belongs to brightgoat btw #ok now I go

[cats-artbag]

SwapOut/Webcomic PSA!

Hi everyone 👋🏻 Zk here >< or Cats, for older followers

So I've been getting back into doing SwapOut again, but I would like to appeal to everyone who reads and loves the comic. Much love to all of you who's still sticking around 🙏🏻💙 But something has also always been bothering me throughout this journey.

As many of us know, we artists do these comics for free (especially fan comics), starting them out of love and taking a LOT of time and energy out of our lives to continue making them.

And it's amazing how many of you come from translations or comic dubs on Youtube, which are also very well-done and take a lot of effort to make, much love to them too. There is a difference, however.

Monetization.

And I'm not asking for pity! I'm appealing for understanding.

Because some comic dubbers on Youtube are able to earn ad revenue from the videos they upload. From the beginning, we artists have given them the permission to dub our works. But we don't receive anything from it, nor do we usually charge them for using our art (against our better judgement).

We let them use our comic pages in their monetized videos for free. And occasionally these videos receive thousands and millions of views, which I imagine gives a decent amount of ad revenue, while the artists themselves don't usually earn anything from their own artwork, nor do we ever want to put it behind a paywall of any kind. (we like reading free comics too so don't worry x|)

... But doing full-colored comic pages for free eventually gets hard to sustain without any income from it, even more so when we need to give our time and energy to other jobs to earn money for a living instead. We legitimately keep going on our comics purely out of love. Truly, we would LOVE to do our own art for a living. There's things like Patreon but it's only feasible if we're also able to produce bonus content or show BTS, and only people willing to spend money for them can help us, and not readers who aren't able to.

And we understand that not everyone can afford to support us monetarily. And that's okay!

But if you love these comics and want to really help us to keep going, there ARE ways you can easily support us for free!

For example, affiliates on Twitch (like myself) are able to earn ad revenue very early on (they must have at least 50 followers, quite a requirement, but still easier to obtain than Youtube's 1000 subscribers).

(my Youtube, btw. not much rn but drop a subscribe?)

But simply put, if the vast majority of readers from the yt numbers visit and stay for ads on the artists' Twitch streams (remember to have adblocker disabled for the site, if any), they'll be making an actual, physical contribution to the artist themselves, at no cost whatsoever. We earn up to 55% from any ads that run on our stream, so the more viewers, the better!

(this is my twitch on average 8 viewers, with a 3 hour stream. again, the more the better!)

(ofc you can also buy subs to watch ad-free and supports me directly, but i'm typing all this to share the free ways people can support their fave creators ✨)

And even if that doesn't work out, I'd be happy enough to see most of you there 🙏🏻💙 I've been treating my streams as work, so I'm striving not to break the streak.

So drop a follow on my Twitch, and catch the streams when you can! They're great if you need company or background noise, and also great for co-working~

Currently streaming WEEKLY, Mondays, Wednesdays (SwapOut) and Saturdays, 10.30AM EST

(art by @cupcakepaints)

>> twitch.tv/zkcats <<

Anyway thanks for listening to my Ted talk, please share this around for others as well >< 🙏🏻 Artists, make this a reblog chain or something! Promo your stuff!

And apologies for the essay, I wasn't expecting to type this much sdghsgh this itself is not an ad for Twitch or whatev, I'm just a little frustrated with needing to juggle all this.

I was also considering hosting SwapOut somewhere that could get ad revenue, but I wasn't sure where until I realized I can probably earn that from my Tapas now (i think?? sdfhgh up to 70% ad revenue there but i haven't seen any yet) So maybe I'll post there a day earlier than here or something? We'll see. Go subscribe there! Check it out! Reread it! Help ME help YOU!

... Much appreciated ><

#catschats #undertale #webcomic #swapoutcomicupdate #typed this out mostly for people who aren't aware that ads support streamers etc. #im super tired now wheezee but im living

[buck-up-buck]

Canon Events that have happened over the three episodes that have me going INSANE (like, these actually happened and are not Fanon.)

Buck asked Tommy for a tour of Harbour, not because he wanted to consider learning to fly, or leave the 118, but soley because he wanted to hang out with Tommy.

Buck used Christopher for information on Tommy.

Buck pretended to suddenly be into Basketball so that he could go to the game, just because he knew Eddie and Tommy would be there.

MADDIE MOCKED BUCK ABOUT OPENLY HAVING A CRUSH ON EDDIE.

Buck body slammed Eddie while playing Basketball (honestly, I still cannot get over the fact that he YEETED THIS BOII).

Tommy got Buck's address from Eddie and chose to come around to apologise to Buck even though, TECHNICALLY, Buck was the one acting like a spoilt brat all episode.

BUCK WAS KISSED BY A MAN. SPECIFICALLY, BUCK WAS KISSED BY TOMMY. And then proceeded to be swept off his feet by this man and was left starstruck in his apartment, after Tommy openly communicated that he had to go to work and wasn't just kissing and bailing.

"I'm an Ally."... Need I say no more.

Buck acted like a totally fucking idiot on his first date with Tommy, and proceeded to have Tommy cut the date short because of how unready he seemed. WHICH BY THE WAY, TOMMY AGAIN COMMUNICATED SO BEAUTIFULLY WITH BUCK AND PROCEEDED TO STILL CALL THIS MAN ADORABLE. HE CALLED HIM ADORABLE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

Buck accidently outed himself to Maddie because he was doing a ramble ramble about his lil buck'ed up date.

Buck told Eddie he was on a date with Tommy, and Eddie proceeded to be the bestie of besties to Buck and told him, they all loved him anyways. HE USED THE WORDS. Bucks face in that scene will forever make my lil gay heart WEEP.

Buck told Eddie he couldn't stop thinking about the hot pilot that kissed him. CRYING.

Buck proceeded to grow the fuck up and apologised to Tommy, face to face, out in a public space, knowing full well that Tommy could have dropped his ass there and then, but still wanted to show him how sorry he was, and that he was, in fact, ready.

BUCK INVITED TOMMY TO BE HIS DATE TO THE MADNEY WEDDING DESPITE ONLY technically GOING ON TWO DATES. AND THEN TOMMY. SAID. YES. HE SAID YES. YES.

Buck also then invited Tommy to Chim's bachelor party, HELD HIS ARMS OPEN ACROSS THE ROOM READY FOR A HUG, told Tommy off for his outfit, showing off true Clipboard Buck form, AND THEN TOUCHED HIS PECK.

Eddie, the bestie of besties, got all sappya and jokey when he saw Tommy and Buck together.

Buck got all pouty when Tommy had to go to work, BUT TOLD HIM TO BE SAFE. HE SAID BE SAFE DAMNIT.

Buck got all goofy and smiley when he saw that Tommy had arrived at the hospital, MEANING, that he was most likely texting Tommy all day updating him on everything that was going on, even if Tommy couldn't respond while attending to the fire.

BUCK. CALLED. TOMMY. A. BEAST. HE SAID THIS CANONICALLY. ARE YOU JOKING. HE FULLY ATTACKED MY MAN, WHILE HE WAS COVERED IN SOOT AND SHIT, SNOGGED HIS FACE OFF IN A HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM, AND CALLED HIM A BEAST. I AM DECEASED.

Buck, the idiot that he is, proceeded to out himself, to his entire family, by coming back into the room, most likely 15 to 20 minutes after leaving, covered in soot because he had been uncontrollably making out with his hot pilot boyfriend.

Eddie, the bestie of besties, GOT SO FUCKING SMUG WHEN HE SAW BUCK AND TOMMY WALK BACK IN THAT ROOM. HE PULLED THE SAME FACE I PULL WHEN MY FRIENDS HAVE COME BACK FROM MAKING OUT WITH PEOPLE AND I AM HERE FOR IT. EDDIE YOU BESTIE SLAY SLAY SLAY.

Hen, the queen that she is, has most likely spoken to Karen about her suspicons of Buck's sexuality, and procceed to say ABOUT DAMN TIME. SHE KNEW THIS WHOLE TIME. HER GAYDAR IS ON FIRE. I LOVE HER.

Again, all of these events happened IN ACTUAL EPISODES, not in a fanfiction. I am FERAL over this. Bi!Buck is the best thing to ever happen to me.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk and if you don't ship BuckTommy, leave.

#911 abc #911 spoilers #this is me talking about all the cannon events that have me currently going insane #none of these were from a fanficiton #all of these things actually happened in episodes #like this is all real life #isnt that CRAZY #i am so feral over this are you kidding #still not over that kiss from last night i cannot lie #buck called tommy a beast are you JOKING me right now #bi buck saved me #I am so hyped about this #listen i love buddie #i do #but #BUT #eddie as the bestie of besties is my favourite thing and i love how supportive he is of buck right now #as someone who is queer and did not have a single supportive friend when i first came out #this representation is everything to me #this is healing my childhood trauma #so how about we let tommy and buck be for a bit huh #and leave eddie to deal with his catholic guilt before he even considers having a gay awakening #thank you for coming to my ted talk #only good vibes in this house #any negativity will face my wrath #all the love for my firefighters #evan buckley #eddie diaz #tommy kinard #henrietta wilson

[sirbarnb]

A week late but I watched Dead Boy Detectives show with my mate. First time binging a show it was fun (SPOILERS COMING UP)

I surprisingly loved it. I was expecting to be let down a lil' by the actors (ye, I judged them a lil' too quickly. I thought they were just gonna be spending more time Lookmaxxing the camera). They did great. An amazingly talented cast that clearly had fun and it was good to watch. The show itself was fun, goofy and a perfect mixture of comic humour and TV humour (I preferred the comic humour)

However: I have one small problem...(**SPOILER**) WHY DID THEY KILL NIKO? I am never reading a Dbd comic ever again. Until the day I die, she was so cool, and awesome and cute (mainly cute, but I digress). I don't care if she's not in the comics or not. I am going to hold my breath until she's alive again..............................

.................. Okay this is stupid. I haven't even been holding my breath, you get the point

The plot worked really well. Death wasn't really as big of a part of the plot as I expected. Monty, and this will be controversial, sucked. The witch was played really well. Edwin and Charles' arcs were so sad and Edwin falling in love with Charles and being shot down 😭. Why couldn't Charles be gay. But also Charles' relationship with Crystal was so cute I loved it. Speaking of Crystal. Her Arc was my favourite of all of em. It was a very realistic dilemma of being constantly haunted by your past, then turned up to about 6 million because it's Dead Boy Detectives

Niko was just a sweetheart. I have the biggest crush on her of all time

Anyway thanks for being a part of my ted talk 👍😁

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detective agency #Dead boy detectives series #charles rowland #Crystal Palace #Dead Boy Detectives Niko

[antlereed]

i think its because laudna is such a physical character, she exaggerates and emotes with her hands and face and hair so much, that i think she just. contains all of this emotion until she physically cant anymore. laudna cant sit still or else she explodes. she plays with her hair or makes cats cradles out of ichor, she grooms pates gross ass fur and tries to braid the long ichor-hair of her hound until they fade into nothing. laudna sways on her feet like she still hangs from a tree

#im having laudna thoughts and no where to put them #so here you go #this bitch cant stop moving she is always doing something #which is why i think the kiss parkour is real. because it was such a sudden flood of THING that her body just had to put into motion #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk

[devils-yui]

FNAF MOVIE RANT

TW: Scopophobia

So, as much as I do enjoy that we got a trailer and posters to boot that’s gotten both new and old community absolutely hyped through the roof, I’m just still caught up on one little design? Which probably doesn’t mean much.

I still enjoy the production of the FNAF movie and for what it is. It’s just a minor thing that I’m just going to mention. Nothing big.

But, to head directly into it. The eyes

I know people are gonna look at me quizzically for this but, hear me out.

When I saw the posters and everything I kind of— wondered, “why did they give them red eyes? They just look— a lil’ high”

I can’t tell if the design choice was based on the idea that “ooh! Hey! Red eyes mean bad. We gotta show that to our audience! (Especially newer individuals who haven’t been around to see the fnaf franchise in its hype-high)” Or if it’s because of some sort of reference to show that they have that sort of… Security protocol programming jammed in their brain for them to have those sort of red eyes as a show that they’re monitoring the pizzeria at this time now for… Any trespassing individuals (while being possessed but y’know, we’ll just brush that under the rug here)

It looks dope as hell, but I kinda wish they stuck a little closely with the original designs? Take Bonnie from the original game for example.

His eyes have a sort of oddly “human” look to them, and they do appear normal in the movie trailer. I think like how it was intended—somewhat without the red glow and everything but, it just feels off a little. Kinda boots the horror aspect a small fraction bit in comparison BUT I’m not saying Blumhouse can’t somehow prove this wrong and still make them scary with the red eyes and everything. This is just my own personal piece I’m taking away from what they’re showing us.

I mean, everything has flaws and with time I think I’ll still enjoy it like many others will without falter

#anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #fnaf #fnaf movie #bonnie the bunny #bonnie #five nights at freddys #five nights at freddy’s #fnaf spoilers #fnaf movie spoilers #tw scopophobia

[headache-haven]

aventurine is so i dont know how but they found me coded

#sage speaks #had to put this on the internet before taking an algebra test because otherwise i would not be able to focus #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #honkai star rail #aventurine #hsr aventurine #aventurine hsr #penacony

[pigeonpalacade]

Just finished my first fic ever... weird feeling. Its never leaving my notes app though sadly even though its 6.5k words long, I'm too embarrassed lmao :P

#im not going to tag this with the fandom so that it doesnt show up when scrolling through the tag #but surprise surprise its fc #it may seem pointless to bring it up if im not going to post it but... idk im proud of myself lol #doesnt change the fact that im drowing in animation that i need to do for Thursday though... guh. #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #jake speaks into the void #txt

[somesmartsmarties]

So anyways I think “Fire on Fire” by Sam Smith is a Kanej song

#LIKE THIS MIGHT JUST BE ME #BUT IT FITS THEM SO WELL??? #I can just image the lyrics #‘then I saw you and I knew’ #where Kaz sees her for the first time and his eyes light up ever so slightly but inside him fireworks are going off #AND ALSO #‘they say we’re out of control and some say we’re sinners / but don’t let them ruin our beautiful rhythms’ #I MIGHT BE INSANE TBH #BUT I SHALL NOW FOREVER ASSOCIATE THIS SONG WITH THEM #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #these books have been driving me insane /pos #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #kaz brekker x inej ghafa #*cries in kanej* #kanej headcanon #kanej my beloved #they make me insane #six of crows #smartie speaks

[a-tortured-poet]

“ well clase may lead the league in saves but he also leads the league in blown saves— ”

shut upppp SHUT UPPPPPPPPP

#no bc just say you understand nothing about our team and move on bro #like half of those blown saves weren’t on him - they were our shaky offense #and also…he’s trying!! #he struggled with the pitch clock #but he is making adjustments #and he’s going to be fine!! #it just wasn’t his best season #imagine how he’s going to do next season #SO good #so yeah don’t hate on our baby like that #you can’t even be that mad at him #like do you see how upset he is after a blown save? #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #mlb baseball #baseball #cleveland guardians

[deimos-the-wolf]

I have the feeling that Kim Dokja would kin Wei Wuxian so hard.

#orv #mdzs #kim dokja #wei wuxian #my two beloveds #selfish selfless sacrificial idiots #genius but dense af in terms of realizing that there are people who DO care about them #also little shits (affectionate) #The System fucked them over #and more #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk

[strangebossyuri]

ocelot is built like a revolutionary girl utena character

#this is meant to be derogatory #but i love the revolutionary girl utena style #but not on a gay catboy war crinimal #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #mgs #el rambles

[vitaxore]

Pls tell me there are other traveler mains out there like pls, pls tell me there's f2p players that have absolute shit luck with the pity system and don't have many good characters even tho their kinda high AR. Like one of yall gotta main traveler right??? Right??? Like she's cool!!!

#genshin #ok but in all honesty i love lumine #but i literally have 2 five stars #and im AR 46 #im begging for a raiden and ayaka rerun ong #i only have one good time like im being fr #im not a gamer so #idk how yall have other well built characters #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk

[naramdil]

in the mood to start a fight today so let me just say that im still mad that emma watson played belle, not only bc she is a bad actress who cannot sing but also bc emmy rossum was clearly made for that role

#like emmy rossum deserves an apology i feel like she deserves more from hollywood in general #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #pp

[unusedcactus]

All of the bloom in old games looks ass. 9/10 times the game would have been improved indescribably if the 2000's bloom was removed. yes this is about oblivion

#if you're playing oblivion turn the bloom off. please. it looks leagues better without it #or just any game from the 2000's with an option to turn off bloom #anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk

[ferretman420]

perhaps it’s old news since mitski’s new spotify singles has been out for a bit, but it introduced me to “Coyote My Little Brother” and i haven’t seen anyone talking about how strikingly similar the vocals are to literal coyote howls

for comparison, pete seeger’s song (that mitski covered) vs. a coyote howl:

like???

it makes me fucking feral the lyrics literally talk about the coyotes “song” and he’s mimicking it in how he’s singing??? what the fuck pete you absolute madman im gnawing at the bars of my enclosure

#anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk #i’m so normal about music i promise #mitski #folk music #ferretman talks