#bee says things

[howldean]

gift of prophecy etc

#i know actors aren't real but this made me happy alright #bee says things #update: he's rancid #the boys #this isn't spoilers we were warned in articles and this was a prediction hours before it came out

[stardustbee]

🌟☀️ Man Boobs ☀️🌟

#they are important #so we keep sane #fictional men #bee says things

[state-of-beeing]

Oh Hey There!

I'm Bee (she/her), and welcome to my personal little corner of Tumblr! Here you'll find assorted reblogs pertaining to my interests, personal art, and the work of my friends and others!

Be prepared for lots of old fantasy and sci-fi, assorted creatures being romantic, and a whole lot of big ol' robots.

Links to my art-only tag along with other locations to find me are below!

Bee Draws Things - my art tag

Like Binary Stars - art and inspiration for my Lancer RPG character and our current campaign

Bluesky Social - general art and nattering about things

I talk in tags a lot.

#Bee Says Things #blog housekeeping

[jadedfantasies231]

One of my favorite things is when I have a "wait I know that actor from somewhere" moment so I go look them up on imdb and, of course, the only other thing I knew them from is Supernatural. The special interest strikes again

#bee says things #it's especially funny when they're a really minor unnamed character who was there for like a minute #i will never escape it lol

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

he is just. so shaped. so so so So shaped.

#im Attempting some new tactics #it doesnt really show! but i am! #starting to fuck around w/ watercolor brushes... #holding him up like a little bee and saying I Just Think He's Neat! #< i jest! i think much much more about him #that i cannot share without devolving into an incoherent mess! #so. i just think he's neat :]c #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #frank frankly #im also trying... to do... (dramatic thunderclap) BACKGROUNDS #i know i know. very scary. they're still very messy #but... i like objects? i like Things? i like to look at a page and see put together clutter! #maximalism babey! #which is deadly when you're an artist methinks. but. whats one more agony added onto the rest! #it will be a while until i figure out how to Accomplish that put-together clutter.... #im still bad at colors! im trying to swim before i can walk! Yikes!

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Gabriel and V1 from Ultrakill in super-saturated, pixellated colors. It seemingly takes place during phase two of his second fight, judging by Gabe's bright yellow-cyan wings and the consequent blush shining through his helmet. Gabriel is pictured on the left, facing the left side of the screen with his head turned to V1, preparing to strike them with the bloodied spear in his right hand. Small but frequent splatters of blood dot his armor and outstretched wings, fabrics torn through in places. V1 is on the right, aiming its piercer revolver at his face. Their arms are stacked in pairs on either side, idle Feedbacker and Knuckleblaster on the left and Whiplash tucked atop their default arm on the right. Both parties are stylized to resemble insects, Gabe with beetle wings and a halo in the shape of antennae, and V1 with the four wings, four arms, short antennae and bristles expected of a dragonfly. End ID]

woah.... happy 1 year anniversary to gay people

also a couple alts (background removed, just gabe, and just v1, respectively) in hopes it'll be a little easier to understand what's going on and all!

additionally once again: special thanks to @magnumopos and @muzzleroars , neither of which I have actually spoken to in my life but both of which are credited with partially inspiring this! (dedicated section under the readmore due to the fact I do not generally tag people at all ever and wasn't sure if I should, but thought it was worth mentioning!) The former for giving me the wonderful idea of dragonfly V1, the latter for drawing V1 like a strange little creature + for the feedbacker plate, I enjoy both your works :]

(retroactively, on march 27th of 2024, assigning them a full bingo with credit to deep-space-lines. ehehehehe)

#peridots-art #gabriel ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #ultrakill #bots #bugs #drawing them more buggish now... i have a whole chart listing uk characters as bugs and it's so fun #v1 is dragonflyish for many reasons and gabriel (+ council)'s heavily bee-coded but I like drawing him more beetlelike. anyway #eyestrain #blood #gabv1el #< yes gabe's wholeheartedly trying to kill v1 and v1's actively harming him. yes this is ship art. they're having fun #not a thing that I feel I really need to clarify when it comes to ultrakill i just thought it was funny #anyway. yes yes more ultrabright ecstasy-winged gabriel with blood all over him. as to be expected of my ultrakill fanart. however #this obviously isn't my usual style but it WAS pretty fun to draw. i wanted to draw something chaotic and abnormal anyway for this #i kind of wanted it to be a successor to the nov29 gabe post and to mess around with it so. task completed 👍 #there definitely was more i wanted to say here (besides clarifying it's been a year since the act 2 release + that means a lot to me) #but i can't think of anything else so woe! bugs be upon ye #actually aug22 addition: if this inspires your own uk art in any way shape or form. PLEASE tag me in it :]

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

Andre is a complete and total coward! Even when he ‘turned over a new leaf’ is BS! He can blame Audrey all he wants, but in the end, he was still Chloe’s primary caregiver most of her life. He was the one who spoiled her rotten and saved her butt from any punishment she deserved, all the while not disciplining her himself. Oh, but then when the monster he created goes out of control, that’s when he cares. Oh, and then instead of actually doing something to help Chloe break these awful habits or attempt to be a better father, he ships her with her emotionally abusive mother who brings out the worst traits while adopting the 'good’ child who isn’t even his kid (BTW doesn’t she already have a dad). To me, that honestly looks like, he’s trying to save his own reputation and doesn’t actually want to any heavy-lifting when it comes to bringing up a child. 

Seriously what the heck was Astruc and his team thinking with this?!

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Remember, Astruc said that Chloe was at the age where she was supposed to “build her moral compass away from her parents”, which pretty much shows how little he understands personal growth.

But then again, the only time the show ever actually condemns a bad parent for their actions is when they’re already dead, as we’ll see in “Representation”.

#thing delivered to my ask box because tumblr won't let me say the s-word #immaturity of thomas astruc #iota #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug salt #thomas astruc #thomas astruc salt #chloe bourgeois #queen bee #queen b

[zoe-oneesama]

Saw your post about Andre

What do u think about Zoe, then?

As a character, she's not bringing anything worth getting excited about. Personality wise, she's just Marinette-Pre-Origins: sweet and eager for friends, but ultimately letting her fear of Chloe rule her behavior until someone else reaches out, and now she suddenly has a spine. And I'm all for the idea of Marinette taking the lessons she learned in Origins about standing up for herself and not sitting by and letting injustices happen, and then turning around and inspiring someone else to do the same, so on paper, Marinette being that person for Zoe would be sweet and make sense. Except we have a full class of kids that she could've and should've already been that inspiration for, so this feel very Too Little Too Late.

And the few things they did to try and make Zoe unique didn't have enough thought or effort put into them so they fall flat.

So she got bullied out of her old school because she "was playing a part; being someone else" and when she dropped the act, "everyone turned against me". Um, yeah, if I found out my friend who'd I'd been confiding in and getting close to lied and faked their entire personality, I wouldn't want to be friends with them anymore either. I wouldn't go so far as to put cockroaches in their locker, but I can't blame Zoe's old "friends" for feeling betrayed.

(And let's be real, the writers definitely HAD to throw in the cockroaches thing so that Zoe actually had examples of being bullied instead of "no one wanted to be my friend anymore when they found out I was a totally different person")

So she's an actress, putting on different faces to please the people around her (clearly, she learned nothing from her previous experience - it's reasonable that people didn't like you because you lied, not because they didn't like who you really are). But then they didn't even keep up this 'acting' thing for more than one episode! Sure, she dusts it off in "Gabriel Agreste", but that entire aspect of Zoe's story is resolved as soon as it's introduced.

(Though it's obvious that the show is trying to convince you that her old friends DID turn on her JUST because they didn't like her as a goody-two shoes nice girl).

With Zoe putting on a fake persona, there could've been intrigue over the episode, or even the season, about who Zoe really is. Like, Marinette is SURE that Zoe is faking being like Chloe, but she has no way to know Zoe wasn't faking being nice to her when they first met. Why not show Zoe putting on different personas than just those two? Have Zoe interact with Juleka by being low energy and stand offish, then swapping to bubbly and energetic around Rose? Have Marinette be confused and that becomes part of the Mystery of Zoe?

And how about that contrivance, that Marinette met "nice" Zoe first and so is SOOOOO sure that Zoe is faking being "mean"? And because Marinette declares this To Be So, all of her friends just believe Marinette and are willing to give Zoe a chance. (despite not believing her about other things *cough* Lila *cough*) This is the same Marinette who's canonically declared her hatred of "liars" more than once, so even if Zoe is only "pretending" to be mean, why is Marinette giving her a pass? I'll tell you why - because we need to seamlessly integrate Zoe into the main friend group so we can speed run her taking over as the new Bee.

Because that's the main problem with Zoe - it's so blatantly obvious what the writers are trying to get out of her, because they don't even TRY to hide it. Don't get it twisted, I don't care that Zoe is brought in to replace Queen Bee, Queen Bee deserves to be replaced. I care how Zoe was brought in to replace Queen Bee. If the writers had taken enough time and care to ACTUALLY seamlessly integrate Zoe, instead of just shoving her in and bending the characters to accept her with no hesitation, then Zoe wouldn't come across as such a Mary Sue-Diet Marinette.

We already have a pretty full cast, so making the audience care about this new character that they've neither hinted at or bothered to build up to in Season 4 was already a big ask. Which is why I believe they should've stretched her "faking personas" story over several episodes. Have Marinette be as wary about Zoe as she was about Lila, esPECIALLY since she's Chloe's sister, but then have Zoe showcase her range of "personas" to throw Marinette off guard. Then you can have scenes of Zoe's mask slipping, like small acts of heroism where there's no time to think: pulling someone out of the way of an akuma attack, distracting the akuma if it gets too close to Ladybug, or even using her acting to help someone else get out of trouble despite Zoe getting nothing in return. Show the REAL Zoe through her actions DESPITE her acting, which then justifies Marinette being sure that "mean" Zoe isn't the real one.

Could've even had Chloe notice that Zoe's slipping and isn't acting very much "like a Bourgeois" and make it CHLOE who digs up that Zoe was bullied, make it CHLOE who airs out all the things that were done to Zoe. I mean, who better to call out a poser than Chloe? Especially since the rest of the class would more willing to take Zoe's side against Chloe (you would think) and it helps with the whole Zoe vs Chloe thing with the Bee Miraculous. Plus, having that information aired out when Zoe didn't want it to could've been a better reason to be akumatized than just "I'm giving in to playing the role I was already determined to play and putting my shoes in this hole with my dreams." Just saying.

But they didn't want to take the time. They didn't want to try. They didn't want to put in the effort to make Zoe someone to care about, both for the audience and for the characters. They shoved her in, gave her an exposition dump, and suddenly everyone was totally cool with her, No Questions Asked. In fairness, they didn't actually have Zoe be mean to anyone other than Marinette One Time in front of Chloe, so there wasn't much to overcome. But that's just another check in the "wow, you didn't even try" column.

I can't bring myself to care about Zoe because she's just a tool. She was brought in with the sole purpose of putting in nearly no effort to become friends with everyone and use the Bee Miraculous, as quickly as possible and as effortlessly as possible. Never mind that such a thing probably should have been earned. I just hate it when I can see the writer's intentions so blatantly.

But I get it, the Bee Miraculous is seriously OP and it'd be a shame not to use it just because Queen Bee was benched. Too bad Ladybug can't just merge Miraculouses and use it hersel- ohhhh, wait.

#it doesn't escape my notice that Vesperia seems to have more screen time than Zoe just saying #she's a tool she's a vessel so they can just use 'Venom' without having to bring in Queen Bee #WHO SHOULDN'T BE BROUGHT IN SO I'M NOT MAD ABOUT THAT PART #it's just like...try? Could they have tried? #Also it could've been a good way to confront Marinette's hatred of 'liars' to have Zoe pull off the 'Lila' thing #but doing so in order to protect herself instead of to gain favors and praise #zoe salt #writing salt #ml salt #my opinion #an essay by zoe

[pato-roldnart]

Hello!  I had the pleasure to do more art for @softlystarstruck lovely, sweet, beautiful fic “Luminous”  for  @harrydracobang

I’m so happy I could work with Bee and create some drarry art with nonbinary Draco wearing beautiful dresses and trans Harry with fancy cool clothes 🥺🥺🥺 😭✨❤️ . I wanted to draw them in every single outfit Bee described. 

You can see the art on AO3 as well 

#Once again I want to say thank you so much #Bee!! #I'm in love with your fic and with Baby 😭✨❤️ #it's the softest thing I've ever read #THANK YOUUUUUUU #anyway #give Bee's fic some love #please #harrydracoreversebang #harry x draco #draco x harry #drarry art #drarry fic #pato's art #trans harry potter #nonbinary draco malfoy

[suguwu]

accidental matchmaker kita shinsuke—he's observant and blunt and will just say "they like ya" and proceed to list out all the things that he noticed that led him to this conclusion.

yet he's completely oblivious to how much you like him.

#bee chats #it drives aran insane #idk i can just see him not even realizing that he's like. revealing things. #he's just saying what he sees #and it's KITA so of course people believe it #and he's rarely wrong so

[howldean]

in my time of dying, i want nobody to mourn all i want for you to do, is take my body home

[dean winchester in 2x01, matthew 27:46, spike milligan, in my time of dying, what to do when you feel abandoned by god, josefa de óbidos: the sacrificial lamb, ayn rand]

#my stuff #web.weave #bee says things #deanposting #dean winchester #in my time of dying #2x01 #spn 2x01 #rambleoncas #userdeanshoneybee #tusermaura #cowboykait #deanncastiel #userjdw #escapingpurgatory #crossroadsdirt #deanlovescasblog #user4x01 #meltingtracks #userstarry #greatcometcas #userjactingjoices #emeraldcas #userpiss #timgate #tw catholicism #tw religious mention #tw christianity

[beebeetheclown]

#jeremy strong #kendall roy #succession #this is how I say good morning #bee’s things

[state-of-beeing]

Apologizing to everyone following me who’s currently getting bombarded by my queue of reblogs and art that I’ve neglected to post!!

Pinned post coming in a few days once the queue catches up and as I (slowly) work on remodeling this space.

#Bee Says Things #Blog Housekeeping #I’ve been dealing with paralysis in regards to how I wanted to curate my Tumblr #Ultimately landed on not keeping art on a separate blog anymore so it all gets to live here!!! #With the nonsense #But there are tags so I’ll clean things up!!!

[cordycepsbian]

team snakemouth gijinka but more of a Fantasy™️ au than just regular humans. featuring our spin on the concepts of halflings and dwarves where they are creature animal. and leif is uh ??? the horrors

bonus doodle

#bug fables #bug fables spoilers #bf vi #bf kabbu #bf leif #gijinka #stuff i made tag #we have never showed the face of our kabbu gijinka before now #we just don't think he's meant to be de-helmeted but it was necessary to show off his funky mole nose and whiskers #most of leif's octopus features are still covered by their clothes though. nobody needs to see that #the bee (halfling) kingdom still lives in a tree like usual #vi here is based on tasmanian devils but they're mostly inspired by possums and the like #the parts about their ages were only included because we think it's funny #vi says she's 13 and means 'im almost an adult' but kabbu hears 'that is a TODDLER' #we have even more thoughts about the setting in general but we should. read more of the thing that inspired this first #about 40 chapters to go... hooray (this is fun to read we are not actually complaining)

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

botanists hate me! im sexualising plants again

#funny that i used to think this is too weird a thing to say on tumblr #who the fuck cares #nobody knows what the fuck im talking abt #well im talking abt the flowers and the bees obvs

[miraculousdeservesbetter2024]

A lot More Derision Salt because no, I’m not done:

Like a friend of mine brought up, if Chloe traumatized Marinette so much (and keep in mind that I’m NOT downplaying trauma, I’m VERY anti-bullying), then WHY did she ever give her a miraculous in the first place then!? I can at least understand in the Queens trilogy why, but any other episode after that!? Why would you entrust the one who’s caused you (and supposedly so many others) so much pain with such a huge responsibility such as a miraculous??? In fact, WHY don’t you show similar trauma with Kim and even Sabrina!?

“Marinette was just trying to be nice/felt sorry for her!”

I don’t think that’s how trauma works if I'm being honest. I feel if anyone ever did that to me personally, I wouldn’t trust them. I could understand if this was low key/simple school bullying we were talking about here, but this is something that supposedly caused Marinette trauma? That’s also really irresponsible on Marinette's part, given someone who appears to be so conceited, egotistical, immature and selfish to her, a very powerful item just because they’re trying to be “nice”.

And before anyone tries that “Omg, It’s a kids show, it’s not meant to be taken seriously!” excuse, then fine. However, if that’s really the case, then WHY even include such a complex and serious topic in the first place? Just to make a middle school bully look worse/unrealistically more evil? Derision is poked with so many holes that it’s literally useless and wouldn’t have impacted the story at all if it was removed.

As for the whole “not to be taken seriously” argument, The writers (especially Thomas) only CHOOSE when they want this show to be serious. One minute it’s not meant to be over-analyzed or “be simple”, but the next minute they’re throwing out terrible morals all over the place just to justify its contradictory. They just want to do what they want to do without any criticism, that’s all there is to it 🙄

And that's their right to do the show the way they want. That doesn't mean it's correct though...

#that’s not how it works #if there are things in a show that I feel that could’ve been handled better #then I’m going to say it #being a creator of a show means that you’re always going to face possible chance of criticism #whether you like it or not #chloe bourgeois #marinette dupain cheng #derision salt #miraculous ladybug #ml #mlb #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous #miraculous tales of ladybug and cat noir #miraculousbeezcentral #bee miraculous #mlb salt #ml salt