#but!!! i'm glad its out here!!!

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Lackadaisy Enrichment

#in our enclosures!! #video linked as source; which i'm glad to see already has a million views and is trending. That's Right #lackadaisy #WHICH i have been reading since at least '07 when i was thirteen my god b/c this animation is based on the ongoing webcomic #like does its influence show up Directly in some Discrete way i can point to in my art? not very easily probably. And Yet. #the inspiration....i wasn't able to be Regularly Only for at least another year / art done Nonprofessionally Online was novel to me #like wow ppl can make & post fanart of w/e they love huh....didn't know webcomics were a thing & i never really read that many since but. #good god the quality of Lackadaisy at its onset is like this is superb?? this person putting in all their talent and effort??? #and Then you get years & years more art and i don't even know what superlatives to throw out abt its quality as it evolves. obsessed w/it.. #if i see a new lackadaisy comic page i Will be acting out. obviously this animation is a delight & also stunning. and fascinating to also #juxtapose as a Translation / Interpretation of the comic in a different medium & standalone snippet of Story #and that we're not even quite there in the comic timeline; Taking Notes abt character info we get distilledly here....genuinely love like #take it back to '07 i'm like oh boy can't wait for the dream team to assemble. then a decade later when it did? Oh Boy. that is payoff lol #namely hooray for stitches and mudbug at the field office for every passing gangster. killing one marigold associate but not the other #which seems like a promising start to shootouts w/the other dream team triumvirate. i adore that in canon so far mordecai freckle & rocky #have met but only over a nice brunch. re: all intentions anyways. anyways i'm like Gifs Must Be Made while i'm also so riled afresh abt the #comic that i've been sooo hype for for over fifteen yrs now babeyyy Deservedly. i've done a couple of rereads & ought to do another.... #For Interest it'd probably take a few sittings to catch up from the start but there is much to be engaged over....this ongoing story that's #historical fiction prohibition bootlegging cats with plenty of focus on characters & several Mysteries. which i'm better at parsing now lol #like one of the more recent rereads like Oh Of Course x (probably) accidentally killed his y & z took the fall & that's a binding secret... #Not [oh of course] abt the circumstances surrounding a's death & how b & c were involved. nor the ''what's marigold's damage'' mystery #which is great. love to not know things. love that we can readily follow all the emergent drama everyone's wading in nowadays. hell yeah #anyways admire my organized approach to gifs here. four shots each Expressions Atmosphere Action Groupshots #sure might've muddled through gifmaking for this anyways but fr being a huge lackadaisy comic enjoyer for now most of my life helps #and its very Overall Inspiration like. just really getting the [you can really just draw stuff out here] going. fr the art's detail & skill #and that enrichment like i'm gonna have a great time following this. And I Have #you don't expect a crowdfunded indie animation in the mix back then but hell yeah fellas #SIGH ok removing a 4th gif that's broken / not displayed despite reuploading then entirely remaking it. if it's a bug i'll try again later

[sollucets]

favorite characters x favorite color: yok

#not me #not me the series #first kanaphan #yok not me #fcfc #rowan gifs #tuserhidden #(<3? if its ok) #and now for the usual chatter: #i love yok as a character for many many reasons largely including The Audacity #but am i gonna pretend i picked anything other than 'i think yok looks hot here' for these no. no i'm not i'm a simple man #that smiling gif is 10 frames shorter than the others and i usually hate doing that but you think i could just leave that out? #you think that's possible for me? #these are a bit less vibrant/pink than the previous purples and that's mostly because of .... the way not me looks pfft #but!! i'm v happy with the first 2. esp the first one i think it looks so good #glad to get this out now so i can take a nap b4 ourskyy..... im gonna need it

[sketchy-tour]

Its funny that I could feel my WH hyperfixation slowly morph into just my genuine special interest. I worried at first, cause I thought my love for it had died. Because it was duller. But no no. Now it sits comfortably and idly in my mind. Unshaken. Comfortable. At home.

#text post #just rambling #I thought since I wasn't feeling that INTENSE LOVE AND NEED TO CREATE AND CONSUME ART then it meant I was phasing out #but no no. its very much still here. My brain is just now sharing its cake with other interests of mine #WH is currently mingling with and getting to know those other interests of mine in my brain. #I mean because of WH I've picked up OTHER interests! #I have a new found love for puppet media. a resparked appreciation for things whimsical and colorful! #CRAYONS! I BOUGHT CRAYONS! To experience the joy of just...coloring with crayons again! #the impact this project has had on me is hard to put into words. I'm so unbelievably glad I'm getting to watch the story unfold #and enjoy the characters and meet other people who like WH and talk endlessly about it and!!!!! AUGH!!!! I just love it so much! #OKAY IM DONE GUSHING!!!!

[tomaturtles]

I've beaten Frontiers twice and it's still not enough

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic #koco #sonic frontiers #sth #toma draws #that's saying a lot bc i don't usually replay a whole game so soon. im SO obsessed with this game im rotating it on my mind at all times #i love playing it i love its story+characterization i love its music i love its voice acting i love the foundation it lays for future games #i love the positive reception it's been getting i LOVE what it means for this franchise that means the world to me #thank you sonic team for this fun wonderful delightful experience 😭💖💖 this is THE goty in my heart #here's hoping it wins player's voice!!!! #anyway HI long time no post!! I haven't been drawing a whole lot the past few months between being busy and out of art juice #but it seems to be returning now that frontiers has been marinating in my brain so we'll see 👁 #i Did make a couple traditional oc stuff in the meantime tho. ill try to remember to post those sometime #also i'm glad i can still draw sonic it's been So long

[sysig]

Getting closer, getting really close now I swear (Patreon)

#Doodles #Just Desserts #Villainsona #True Villainy AU #Just ignore how many times I've said that up to this point lol - I'm serious this time! #I always feel so bad designing TVAU outfits because Charm is always so miserable as a model haha #Could this be a contributing factor as to why it's taken so long?? No I enjoy drawing her like that lol #Made some design notes about the important elements of what I want for her True Villain look - more than just ''Her but Kaiein influence'' #I'd still really like a nod to dragon scales of some kind but honestly her classic design is more that #Always going on about her spider theming how to make it dragony! It's the one thing I'm still hung up on lol #As for the rest I think it's Really getting close :) I got to actually turn her little ''shawl'' - I always knew it was Kaiein-related - #Into something that properly mimics his shape! It's all controlled by her tho it's not a part of his body - just magic-infused matter #Made to look like him so there's still that creep factor but it's more her body than his - she can control its shape :D #And I got to keep the jewels! Yesss - made it a motif! Now it's also on her hips and knees to break up her visual space yes very good #It's drips :) Y'know - like ink :) Finally figured that one out lol good job setting up my own symbolism me #And then some elegant drapey bits to match her ''shawl'' and continue to break up her space!! Yes! Good!! #I still haven't decided on a colour palette I think black and white is too obvious and too Kaiein but hmmm - she has a lot of colours #Lots of options to pick from but which is the Correct one - her hair would stay pink so maybe some of her pinks or purples #I'll play with some digital swatches later :) #I'm also so glad I could implement the hood design from one of the scrapped outfits ah <3 I love her in a hood she's so cute #I'm rather pleased with the way the spider web design breaks up her form as well - it's more subdued than the full bottom/shoes stripes but #It's also not very clear here lol the long ones that all the way down to her feet are the third from the center ignore that second one #The second lines out from the center host her wings! Very important! #Kinda reminds me of my holosona in a way actually :0 They /are/ both Evil-aligned hmmmm #All the more reason to colour palette! Differentiate the colours in my head #Really do feel like I'm approaching it now fdjsklafd getting close now!!

[jaarijani]

im so mad i need to sleep but i cannot stop thinking about this

#I'm never watching this shit again that's for sure #its been fun and im glad that käärijä and joker out were there LAST YEAR #this is my proper goodbye as a eurovision fan #i was blind to the hypocrisy before but i will not support a contest that claims to be apolitical while supporting genocide. #i will be here supporting the artists themselves. jere and joost and bojan and the rest of the guys. but never again the ebu.

[nilesmoon]

infinite wealth if sawashiro said "who gives a shit about ebina im going to hawaii with ichi" and then the rest of the game is a family vacation

#Ok so here's my dream scenario. It starts w kicking kiryu out of the narrative bc girl. I love the guy but he does not need to be here!! #kicking him out of the narrative also banishes the ebina stuff. I'm still keeping him around but #he'll be basically built up to be the main antagonist of 9. We're ONLY focusing on the cult stuff for 8 #the way 8 closes him off is already sequel bait so give him a proper focus game w 9 #Anyways now that that's out of the way. My worstie sawashiro does indeed become a party member. #His moveset is mostly blade damage w some blunt damage mixed in. YES I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT GAME MECHANICS #His singular elemental move is him flicking a cigarette at the enemy. Yes this is based off of that one scene w ichi in 7 #ANYWAYS I HAVE MANY IDEAS I CANT TYPE THEM ALL OUT RN BUT. FAMILY VACATION ARC. PLEASE #ITS INSANE TO ME HOW KASUGA 'I LOVE MY FAMILY' ICHIBAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PROPERLY INTERACT W HIS FAMILY??? #AND THE MAJORITY OF SAWASHIROS CONFLICT INCLUDED CAST MEMBERS WHO DIDNT GIVE A SINGLE SHIT ABOUT HIM???? #I keep thinking back on that scene where ebina shows him passed out on that chair and THE INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR #THAT SCENE WAS AN OCEAN AWAY LIKE GIRL. WHAT WAS THE POINT??? #well another perspective of that scene would be that sawashiro would be glad that ichi wasn't the one that came to rescue. which is. Misery #me when characters are defined by their guilt 💥💥💥💥😵💥💥💥😵‍💫💥💥💥😱💥💥💥💥😫💥💥💥 #Well. If y'all read all these tags. thanks. If anyone is curious about this self indulgent au that I've created feel free to hit me up #(Please hit me up I'm desperate to talk abt the arakawa family misery and I deeply wish this game was even more miserable) #rgg #nile talks

[enthusiastic-nimrod]

#fanart #lupin iii #lupin the third #fujiko mine #fiat #ive got mixed feeliing on her body #BUT im actually pretty dang proud of the fiat #I never draw it for a reason #so I'm glad it came out this nice #it's not mega accurate #its a wee bit wonky #but it works and that's what matters #here's to hoping i dont get in trouble for drawing some underbood and ass cheek

[the-tired-commander]

Man I really do think gw2 had a hand in helping me figure things the fuck out Star trek also had a hand in it but that's another story I was definitely experiencing things when I started playing 10ish years ago (longer if you count having characters on my sisters account) I'd met other trans people for the first time and thought "wait....we can do that??" And it was really then that I started making a bit of a slide Damai is still my oldest character but damn I wish I had kept Trilin Running around as him just felt...right, I guess? Looking back, he did look sorta like me as a sylvari

I deleted him before HoT even released I do wish I still had him, a plant that I don't think younger me even realised was going to be the tipping point of figuring out i'm trans It's really fucking funny to think that it was a plant person that helped me work it out, considering that I have been obsessed with plants since i was a little kid

Anyway, happy trans day of visibility To everyone who worked it out through a character they didn't realise would have such an impact at the time And to everyone starting to work it out too

Keep going, i'm proud of you

#not to get sappy but man this game means a lot to me #i'm glad i didn't let my ex chase me away from the game #i worked out so much about myself through it #made such incredible friends because of it #it has its issues i know #but man i would not be the man i am today without it #hell i might not even be here at all without it

[slowlyvaliantmoon]

eegggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

#apparently those alex hirsch interviews came out #i'm not watching them because if i do i will go insane (negative) #so ofc my perspective here is flawed but #i saw a couple posts of some of alex's quotes from the interviews and #ohhhhh boy i am not having a good time right now !!! #yay more stuff about how ford is icarus #yayy more stuff about how ford is trapped too far in his head to have any meaningful relationships #yayyy more stuff about how ford ''result[ed] in Stan being this hurt and needy and mad'' #sooo glad to hear how meaningful it is when people say something resonated with them and they feel a connection to it #ohh but btw the character *you* resonate with his Too Far Gone for his own good and ruins the lives of everyone he comes into contact with! #that's right! the character who made *you* feel *seen* in a way you never had before!!! #ah... such a nice and impactful thing to hear 😌 #i feel so touched by these words 🥰 #can't wait to hear this in so much more emotional and provoking detail when the book of bill is released #(for the record the previous 9 tags are sarcasm.) #k ive said enough #good night #svm yells #svm yells about the fandom #<- or rather its creator #but i already know the fandom is going to eat this up if not already #fandom wank #filthy ford apologist squad

[onewingedangels]

i really would never understand my uncle's side of family who are more privileged than my family will ever be and yet that they, especially his wife and her spoiled grown ass kids, will always get jealous and mad that we get better or could pay off something expensive for once in our lives, like why are you like this when you can always afford everything in your life? wtf have we ever done to you that we deserve to be treated with no respect???

#personal #i'm so glad me and my sis stopped visiting them #and if we do i'm so sick of all that fake nice and smiles and damn well we know its all fake and thats bc ur nasty mommy told u #to act like that #also i really hate the fucking place we live in and want to move out sooooo far away from here #its like everyone knows that family and every time they find out and say ''oh u're redacted's cousin'' #sorry about the long rant about irls #i hate my uncle's wife and my cousins #and the way they treat me and my sister and parents for fucking years #and i hate how our mom let's them run us over like that and never stand up for herself #and she been like this for her whole life which makes me so sick #and if i and/or my sis does it's always ''we're a family u cant do that'' guilt trapping bullshit #I NEED TO LAY DOWN BRB

[kaus-quietis]

A Circus Library - quick recommendations of short stories, poems, comics and novels I've recently read #1

Hello there! I'm the circus resident poltergeist, Eliott, managing this blog until Lav comes back. Today I offer you a slightly different formula of my super awesome super rare super bookclub post, as Lav would say!

Hello hello hello! Is this a bookclub?! Is this chaotic ramble?! Ding ding! You got it wrong!

Writing full on reviews is tiedous and long, and while I appreciate doing it, I'm myself not always in the mood to read a long post explaining why a book is genius. Do I love that from time to time? Yes! Do I have the attention span to write one now? Nope! However, I still wanted to share some titles I recently (re)discovered, and that I think are marvellous reads for anyone wanting to dive into something new.

Here you'll find a few recommendations with the shortest of words to tell you why they are great, or just scream about it.

short disclaimer before I begin because this is tumblr and while I forgot a lot about this website, I remember how the TW thing works lol, it's at your own discretion to search for the works beforehand if you have any trigger you don't want to encounter.

Jack Spicer - Billy the kid

The master of my fate, captain of my soul as Timothée Chalamet would say idk I barely know the guy. Classic and gold, Spicer is an amazing writer and this poem is phenomenal. It's quite short and perfect if you want to know more about the wonder that was US American poetry during the 20th century. Of course I'd encourage you to read all of his works, but Billy the Kid is perfect to start somewhere.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Hell Screen

Classic and iconic, I've recently pushed further than Rashomon and boy oh boy am I never turning back. Hell Screen is a phenomenal short story displaying all the elegance and cruelty Akutagawa can incorporate in his works. It's mesmerizing, it aches, it's everything I love. I read this story in Jay Rubin's translation (Penguin Classics), and even though I do not speak Japanese so I cannot compare, I dare say it's a very good one.

Lucie Bryon, Thieves

I never recommended comic books before but I wanted to for a change! I am a huge comic book lover, but most of the ones I usually read are not available in english language. This one is, though. Thieves is a beautiful comic about growth, falling in love and finding acceptance in others and in yourself. It's light and heartwarming, like eating candy.

Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

Now, this book exploits one of my biggest plot weaknesses ever, and that is fucked up people in medieval settings. Lapvona tells the story of Marek, a sheperd's son, who'll be caught in a series of unfortunate events, political struggles, and secrets, all inside the town of Lapvona. It's dark and unsettling, the characters are scandalous and horrible, yet sickeningly human. Now, I said to check the TW yourselves, but be very careful with this one, if you can think of a TW, then it's certainly in this book.

Osamu Dazai, Early Light

In the Storybook ND series, this book contains three short stories : Early Light, Three Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, and Villon’s Wife. I'd recommend the three of them, as it's a fantastic dive into Dazai's shorter works. I think that reading his short stories is very important to understand his work and the width of the subjects and stories he wrote about. It helps that once again, in my opinion, the translation chosen by this publishing house is so good.

This is it for today! Here you have five of the works I read (or re-read) this summer, and that I'd warmly recommend. There are two short stories (Dazai, Akutagawa), a comic book (Bryon), a novel (Moshfegh) and a poem (Spicer). 'Till next time!

#circusghost #here we go again #this is a shorter formula but i'm glad it allows me to talk about several books #really #i cannot stress it enough #please read Jack Spicer at least once in your life #i am not a fan of contemporary US american literature and media whatsoever #however there was a wave of poetry that's really interesting during the last century and Spicer was part of it #lololol anyway #i have a newfound love for Akutagawa these days and he makes me want to read Gogol again #these authors are the same dudes in different fonts #this summer i read mostly japanese and american lit and it shows lol #lapvona is a great book but it's also the darkest out of this list so beware! #its ending is phenomenal tho #let me know if you read any of these or if you have some book recs yourselves! #or if you want specific ones #my book year started again and we're currently sitting at 33 since july #hurray! #eliott

[hephaestuscrew]

According to a conversation which @pixeldinostorytelling recounted on this post, David K Barnes said that he scrapped an episode idea in which Rudyard bumped into a childhood sweetheart, because it didn't feel true to the character.

I am of course a committed believer in Rudyard being an oblivious sex- and romance-repulsed aroace, and it occurred to me that the only way I could imagine Rudyard having a childhood sweetheart (or honestly any kind of romantic relationship) is by accident - i.e. if he ended up in a situation where the other person assumed they were dating and he was none the wiser.

So now I'm imagining this theoretical storyline where someone turns up on Piffling and introduces themselves as Rudyard's ex, astounding anyone within earshot. On hearing this, Rudyard asks "X what?" and completely denies the accusation that he is anyone's ex-boyfriend. The ex starts listing increasingly romance-coded things they did together while Rudyard responds with increasingly farfetched reasons why he interpreted those actions as indicating mutual platonic tolerance of each other. For example:

"You gave me your jacket." / "If you caught a cold it would have ruined our class presentation."

"We went for dinner on Valentines Day." / "I wanted to get away from Antigone moping and I was hungry."

"You gave me flowers!" / "I didn't mean to. I was trying to take them to a funeral I was meant to be helping out with, but I bumped into you and dropped them."

"What about that romantic candlelit evening?" / "The power had gone out."

"We kissed!" / "I thought you were trying to practise mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. You were bad at it."

#Wooden Overcoats #Rudyard Funn #I'm still glad Rudyard having a childhood sweetheart wasn't actually canon #but I have talked myself into this concept #I haven't specified the ex's gender because I feel like this could work with them being any gender #Tho probs more likely with a girl cos of ✨heteronormativity✨ #Yes aroaces can have all sorts of both present and current relationships #but to me this is the only way Rudyard Funn would have an ex #Its so wild to me that there are some people out there who don't see Rudyard as aroace #No shade but it's just so true to me that he is #long post #Aspec podcast thoughts #Honestly I'd be on Rudyard's side here. Nothing is inherently romantic unless the people involved understand it as such #but that's a separate ramble

[boxwinebaddie]

nina do you ever plan on posting the remainder of pep?

this is nonsensical but this is how i feel ig

#i'll edit this later idk i just wanted to get this out #but idk pep like triggers the shit out of me if im real #i loved peppermint but i got very sick writing it #i was not treated kindly all the time it was v stressful #the formatting is hideous #i want to private it but i wont #im also an adult lady i dont want to write about my high school style anymore like i just really dont #like its not totally finished its mostly just dialogue and id have to fill in the gaps and think a lot idk #thinking about peppermint gives me hives #im sorry i know we loved that fanfic #and ill think about just spoiling it in one go at some point MAYBE but i just want to move on #like i seriously just want to be free of peppermint like thank you for getting me here but i have so much more i wanna do #theres so much au style i wanna flesh out ( which tbh my tfbw s+k are the most similar to pep style just Super and Villian ) #new stuff i want to explore i just...i can talk about pep every once and a while but i dont really like doing it all the time #its just very overwhelming for me and i really have just moved past it so idk its ok if u dont want to stay for #my rm stuff or my other ncu stuff like if u are only here for peppermint i will not be hurt if u dont wanna stay #but im not really in the headspace to talk about it and dont really want to rip that wound open anymore im trying to heal #im glad that that fanfic brought me all of you #you were the best part of writing peppermint #thank you and i'm sorry #edit: oof u can tell where i started to have a panic attack #but feel free to ask me about tkak or the tfbw style #i can link you the references and the pinterest boards are fire i promise i am cooking a lot i feel a lot abt those

[dontforgetoctober3rd]

#Ghost band #the band ghost #Ghost absolution #Tobias forge #rite here rite now #poll #its my favorite live song of theirs #I love it #i'm so glad I got to see them before they got crazy expensive but just on the cusp of it so I could see the crazy new stage and stuff #yayyy #imagine missing out on this band

[fenzs-strikes-again]

#its 2009 and you are logging in the Warrior Cats text RP forum #last night you stayed up late watching supernatural and now you discussing homosexual tension of destiel and planning to attack River clan #with your bro who you'll see at school Monday morning and will be trying to figure out how to cheat on a Math test together again #i dont know if you are following me here but i'm so glad that we still keep in touch. kissing you my old friend #❤️ (felt very nostalgic drawing these idiots)