#but i'm getting off track

[moralesmilesanhour]

I still think about your art of Golden Flower where you refused to physically draw Pav and Miles kiss (I still wonder if it was a fever dream because of how much I enjoyed it) But now I really wanna know what's your opinion on the ship?

It was in fact real sdfghjk wow I totally forgot about that!

I drew that back when I thought Miles and Pav were the same age but now that I know that he's probably like. 13-ish compared to the art book I prefer to view them as like a brotherly bond almost. Or like that annoying freshman that you have to explain calculus to sdfghjk

Not saying the ship is problematic outright bc their ages are still up for interpretation and it'd still be a 9th and 10th grader but eh I'm just not feelin' it the way I used to

#in terms of romance i prefer pav and gayatri because their story has #the potential to be really interesting since she's allegedly a gwen variant and the implications of that #but i'm getting off track #asks

[bookwyrminspiration]

hello! i am a little bit obsessed completely normal about Shattered Upside Down and I had a question that i don't think was answered in the story itself. Sophie's mirror dreams, I thought they were just from the living facility trying to communicate with her but a reread made me realize that the living facility didn't really know who sophie and the others were until they entered the facility. So what were those dreams? Were they just sophie's mutating subconsciousness trying to come to grips with all the changes, or was something else trying to communicate with her? If it was something else communicating with her, personally i thought it would be neat if it were Echo, but idk if that was in the range of Echo's power.

i hope you're having a good day! ^.^

Hello! I love talking about the wings au and hope you're having a good day! I haven't been having the best afternoon, but this is quite the pick me up

I am open to various interpretations and meaning and connection found within the text from readers; I adore seeing what people find and can take away, so if anyone has their own purpose they'd like to impart on the mirrors, that's totally fine. It's not expressly shared, but rather for you to take what you want from it.

However, the authorial intent behind those mirror dreams were to catalogue and explore--albeit it vaguely and symbolically--her journey as she lost herself and rediscovered a new version of herself that she came to terms with. So yes, you could say they were her subconscious coming to grips with it, but I'd also go so far as to say it was representative of her conscious mind coming to terms with it too. It reflects (because mirror) how she feels about herself when she's conscious, how she understand herself and how strong her sense of self is and what's going on around that.

I do have to admit it's been a while since I read the au and I know there are details eluding me at the moment, but that was the general goal I had when writing it.

Though fun fact: I forgot what the original intention of the mirrors was. I started writing the mirror dreams with a specific meaning/vision in mind, but I didn't write it down, and since there were so many other things I was writing about I forgot what that intention was. Throughout the middle I was writing without a specific final intention, and then towards the end I figured out a new meaning for them (the one now about changing self perception and acceptance).

But! Even though that was my intention, I do think the idea of various other creatures/monster reaching out is a fascinating one! I wish I'd thought of that--human thoughts broadcast, why not some creatures? It definitely could be within both The Being and Echo's capabilities, and the concept in general does give me some short story ideas--Shannon's been working through various other character perspectives, perhaps I could do something similar...

In summary: the mirrors were about Sophie's mental journey of self-acceptance from an authorial perspective, but I am 100% open to other interpretations and possibilities! Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to talk about it, the wings au is very dear to me

#kotlc #shattered upside down #kotlc wings au #quil's queries #valentinerose529 #some things within the au are left rather vague #like echo #and the dreams #for various reasons #some of it is because I want the story to be collaborative in a way #I provide something. you take something. whether they're the same depends! #but through mutual effort the story comes together #both in the reading of it #and when it was actively being written I would take inspiration from comments that would alter the story #so. in that way it was literally collaborative #but i'm getting off track #i love talking about the wings au thanks for this :)

[duhragonball]

#nanwum vii #i have to write 50000 words in november #but tonight i've got a question: are you ready? #tumblr new jersey i said 'are you ready?'! #then for the thousands in attendance and the millions watching at home around the world... #and for joro because i'm about to make this damn weinerfic longer than her entire shithead ya series #you know folks back in the day people actually praised those stupid books just on the grounds that they were long as fuck #like 'oh that's good it's got kids reading an 800+ page novel' #that's how desperate people were to pretend it didn't suck #but you know they say quantity has a quality all its own #in which case... if you want something a little... girthier #ask your doctor if luffa the legendary super saiyan is right for you #he'll say yes... if he knows what's good for him #but i'm getting off track #hulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllet's get ready to suck iiiiiiiiiiiit! #and of course if some of you should happen to not be down with that i have two words for you #those words are in fact also the words 'suck it' #Youtube

[egophiliac]

so on the subject of the "Crowley is secretly Revaan/Laverne/Levin/please Twst give us his name" theory, I think my feelings are best summed up as "I don't really buy it, but it's funny". like, in all seriousness, I'm not opposed to it; I have enjoyed the writing in Twst so far and I'm willing to trust that whatever happens will, you know, make sense and not be terrible. but I'm just not really convinced by the current evidence! maybe that'll change once we learn more, we'll see!

with that said, may I propose a few alternate theories about the possible Crowley/Revaan connection:

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #on this installment of things nobody asked but i'm going to talk about anyway #disclaimer that this is mostly a joke please don't get mad at me #(legit no shade to anyone) (speculation is one of the fun things about an ongoing fandom and you never know what'll turn out to be true!) #more seriously i do think there may be some connection that just isn't clear yet #but the more little breadcrumbs we get about what revaan was like the more i think crowley just doesn't act like him #i adore crowley don't get me wrong #(yes he's a dipshit. this is a feature not a bug.) #but like. #not to harp on the scene about lilia's nrc invitation (i am absolutely going to harp on it) #i do not believe that crowley would go through the trash to fish out the pieces and put them back together and save them #just because it was lilia's. just because lilia might want it again someday. #crowley can ✨yasashii✨ all he wants but we know what he's like #and i REALLY do not believe that lilia wouldn't recognize him. i didn't believe it before and i extra don't believe it now. #then again i do tend to be incredibly off about speculation so! who knows! i will trust the writing for now! #i do 100% believe that meleanor would fall in love with the world's biggest dumbass and then double down super hard. that part tracks. #that said i have decided that ambrose being revaan is actually the funnier option just because it would make crowley SO mad #it wouldn't make sense for him to be mad about it and that would just make him madder

[sprucewoodmpreg]

still thinking abt the life series as a video game so here's a mockup of a chiptune battle theme for bdubs' ender dragon fight ^_^

#this whole track is kind of a followup to one of my favourite songs from the original block game album btw #this also isn't my best work LOL but i had fun with it so hopefully someone can get some enjoyment out of it #secret life smp #bdoubleo100 #anyways i get scared as hell when i post these things so i'm gonna log off for a few hours or else i'll probably delete this post 😭 #music tag

[bruhstation]

(redraw of last year's art!) happy new year 2024, everyone! hopefully things go well this year, too :]

#thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte lady #ttte diesel 10 #ttte thomas #ttte percy #casa tidmouth #senjart #this year has been quite tough! phew #started off the year studying my butt off for entrance exams #ended the year studying my butt off for med school's first semester finals #I'm so busy!!! so many organizations and meetings to attend!!! workloads and labworks too!!!! #ntm I got hit with a wave of mental health stuff so that depleted my motivation too..... #things are kind of tough for me now but hopefully I can get myself back on track #because I have lots of stuff to draw!!! many gazillion ideas!!!! #and I hope YOU too will have a good year!!!!! #also looking at the tags on last year's art and LOL'd.... my years living at the dorms was truly something (negative connotation)

[nostalgicfun]

This is probably Too Niche, but to the vivid dreamers out there: do you ever get nostalgic for a place from your dreams that isn't real? I have recurring locations in my dreams that just. don't exist. And I find myself thinking about them or having "memories" about them even though they don't exist and never have. But they're real in my heart even though I'll never go there.

(tell me about these places in the tags, I'm so curious)

#the house along the highway with all the junk around it that I walk up to but never get to go in #the lake with the houses around it where I walk out onto the little fishing pier and watch the swans every time #the alternate version of the trails at my mom's house where a stream green with algae runs along the railroad tracks #the big mall where most of the lights are off and many of the stores haven't been restock in a long time and there's a creepy thrift store #and I know malls (esp abandoned malls) are common in dreams but this is the same one every time and I'm aware of that in the dream #a yellow victorian house with lots of trees and a fence out front. there's a park nearby. I've always been older in this dream #and it's always MY house. and I'm always so surprised I live there in a self-aware kind of way. I long for that house so bad.

[ennaih]

Not Every Film I Watch In 2024

43. Megamind (2010) -- defs more than my eighth watch

#megamind #megamind (2010) #2024filmgifs #my gifs #i love this movie so much #and i dunno if you can tell who my fave character in it is #i love his giant blue head so much #he's so incredibly pretty #my fave animated sad boi #that moment when she says “Did you really think i would EVER be with you?” #and he says “no” #breaks me every time #“i'm the bad guy i don't save the day” #“i don't fly off into the sunset” #“and i DON'T get the girl” #also the soundtrack is just brilliant #the closing track best ever

[rocketbirdie]

destiny intersects with the ruined reactor...

little details!

#here i go establishing new questionable habits... #'oh yeah lemme just uhhh create an entire soundtrack to accompany my art! lmao no biggie' #but DUDE masashi hamauzu is a legend and his music sounds SO good in the ffvii soundfont ok #it's irresistable. i don't have a say in the matter. my brain says 'ok music time' and i am at its mercy like cloud giving in to jenova. #ALSO i learned so much about the soundfont while recreating the reactor section!! #you know that subtle triplet beat 'train chugging' sorta sound in the mako reactor theme? #it's actually acoustic bass plucks getting cut off SUPER short in rapid succession! #the same track uses a very deep pitched reverse cymbal sample as a spooky atmospheric 'breathing' noise. #idk man i just admire how creative og ffvii is in general with its limited tools. #ok the nerd urge has passed i'm good now #just kidding. gongaga has me in a chokehold. i'm obsessed with this place. do not talk to me about it because i will not shut up. #ffvii #ff7 #ffvii rebirth #cloud strife #my art <3 #my music <3

[shima-draws]

Anyway speaking of poly trios. Have any of you considered Lawlusan because MANNNN.

#Shima speaks #Not even going to get into the absolute fucking shitshow (affectionate) that Lawsan is #(Okay maybe a little bit listen Sanji is SO MUCH like Cora I'm sure it would give Law some kind of complex) #(And Law's fanboying over the Sora comics would make Sanji uncomfortable probably. Lol) #Anyway anyway anyway #Luffy having to be the babysitter which is NOT RIGHT bc it's LUFFY. #But Law and Sanji don't take care of themselves sometimes!! And Law is the fucking DOCTOR in the relationship!!! #Sanji making Law eat tho and keeping track of his diet as well as Luffy's #Law keeping an eye on Sanji's body and his mutations... #Law and Luffy finding Sanji UTTERLY CHARMING even tho Sanji's SUCH a fucking loser #Luffy & Sanji @ Law: Man he's so fucking cool. What #Meanwhile Law is ALSO a loser #Law and Sanji about Luffy are like. I'm dating the sun. The sun incarnate. Literal sunshine personified #Law being the one to keep a level head when everything's gone to shit. Bc even Sanji can lose his cool sometimes #Luffy loving his grumpy boyfriends so so so SO much it's unreal #Law and Sanji having a Limit on how much they can be cuddled in one day - #But it's perfect bc they can trade Luffy off with each other bc we all know he's clingy af #Law: Need space. Can you go cuddle Sanji-ya #Luffy: Okay Torao <333333 #Sanji: Law get sick of you? #.Luffy: He needed space!!! Anyway I'm going to cuddle you now #Sanji: C'mere then <3 #I'm ill. Tee hee. #Lawlusan #Lawlu #Sanlu #Lawsan #One Piece

[goldensunset]

haven't okamiposted in a while. everyone should go play okami (2006) it's a great game very beautiful and with great music and SO much fun and it's very cheap on like every system ever

#okami #i've played it so many times and near 100%ed it #also making this post to say i finally managed to get over my distaste for a particular track #which was literally never a bad track it was great but it was the thing where it was associated with something bad #bad memory. it was covered in the Ooze. #after almost four years i'm proud to report the ooze is off #i love you wep'keer theme i can finally appreciate you again

[gay-jesus-probably]

I just realized the opening cutscene of TOTK is absolutely hilarious once you know the whole story of the Imprisoning War. Like, they had this big, epic battle, ending with Rauru sacrificing his life to seal Ganondorf away, locking him in place for ten thousand years, all based on the hope that Link would be able to strike him down with the Master Sword in the future. Ganondorf waited there for ten thousand years, expecting an absolutely epic final battle against an incredibly skilled warrior wielding a blade more powerful than Rauru and the other sages combined.

...And when Link shows up, it takes Ganondorf about five seconds to fatally wound him and snap the Master Sword like a fucking toothpick. If Rauru hadn't somehow intervened, that would've been it, Link would have been dead right then and there, battle over, the end.

Can you imagine how fucking disappointed Ganon must've been after that? He was looking forwards to an epic battle, not a five second curbstomp. No wonder his reaction to that whole thing was basically just him going "Wait are you serious, was that it? That was the whole fight? I WAITED TEN THOUSAND YEARS FOR THAT!?"

Ganondorf might've kicked our ass without even trying in the opening, but at least he didn't get to enjoy it.

#tears of the kingdom #tears of the kingdom spoilers #now i'm just picturing ganon being like “NO GET UP WE'RE DOING THIS PROPERLY” #while link's just laying on the floor dying of gloom poisoning #so ganon switches tracks and tries to do a whole 'old enemies battling again' thing with zelda #but shes just like wtf man who even are you. whats this weird glowing rock. why is there a severed arm here #ganon cannot win here. i mean he can easily win this battle. but it sure as hell won't be a satisfying win #ganon had to set off the upheval just to make sure there was still a sufficient level of Drama

[teddybeartoji]

so obsessed with any concept that makes sugu into a sporty sporty boy. him playing tennis? yes. him playing american football? yes. him in a tracksuit? YES. him in the gym? DOUBLE YES. him sweating? EVEN BIGGER YES. him wearing a headband? yesssssssssssss. i just saw some fanart on pinterest and ahhhhh he's so lovely i love him sm wait more thoughts arrived... him and his waist? MMMMMMMMM. him and his biceps? yes and i am now also thinking about ari's knight!sugu. him in a tank top? FUUUUUCK. him in a crop top and sweats? yeah. but now him in a crop top and short shorts? YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH him smelling all sweaty and musty after his workout? hehehehe yesyes. okay anyway good morning lovers i hope you all slept well!!

#i love how he doesn't necessarily look like he'd be a super sporty guy #like yeah okay gym #but him playing smth like american football or just football??? #brotherrrrrrrrr #him doing track??? #is he a runner? #fuck yes. #oh my god this is getting out of hand. #him all sweaty and red getting off the treadmill #just GULPINGGG down water #some of it running down his neck #OOOOOOOOOOKAY #OOOKAY #OKAY #I'M GOOD #I'M SO FUCKING GOOD #i'm gonna eat him #sugu #mickey can't stop thinking

[marc--chilton]

you just know they had to make up a reason for wilson to be away for house's infarction because if he was there things would have been different

#house md #better? maybe. but not necessarily #because even the best outcome here isn't exactly wonderful #because either way house was coming out of that ordeal disabled and that even without pain #would change him from whatever he was like before #i want to be very clear i do not believe in sunshine and roses here it's just not in the cards for house md #i do not know what sort of change wilson's presence would bring but i know it would be SOMETHING #like would he have backed house up for the bypass thing?? would he have argued with stacy?? #ough. isn't there one thing in house's records that lists wilson as both his doctor and next of kin #or something. i saw that once i'm sure #i'm getting off track i was trying to google that for so long i don't even remember the point i was trying to make

[welcometogrouchland]

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR BATMAN AND ROBIN (2023) FANS!!!...he eat a burger [ID in alt]

(taken from Nicola Cizmesija's insta, who's on art for B&R issues #5 and #6)

#ramblings of a lunatic #batman and robin #damian wayne #dc comics #''ladel are you gonna get obsessive about the character again and hunt down any and all official art of them-'' no what makes u say that #nikola cizmesija was the artist on the recent red hood gotham wars tie-ins btw! same colourist as those issues too #...idk how much dc tumblr is actually in to the production side of comics. i know i am but i have a feeling that's not universal #anyway i actually really like to know the individual artists colourists and inkers on stuff if i can it's fun! #anyway i quite liked the art in those red hood issues so i am :] excited for issues 5 and 6! #there was also a cover(?) defs done by cizmesija that has damian and bruce in like underwater batsuits? like they're wet suits #and they're fighting orca on it! and cizmesija mentioned getting to design new suits so! it seems like we're getting an underwater adventure #for that arc at least! the writer joshua williamson said that he's trying to focus the structure more around shorter arcs this time #so it seems like in the shorter breather arcs we might get little artist changes to break it up?? neat imo #i like a book w consistent art if I'm really vibing w the art but i get that a lot of ppl have mixed feelings on di meos art for b&r #so I'm interested to see what the reception will be to cizmesijas when it comes out in...i think January? same month as the annual #i saw a solicit that said the art for the annual was by Howard Porter but i could be wrong #god this got way off track. ANYWAY! he eat a burger #(also williamson has said before that damians a vegetarian so I'm assuming it's a veggie burger)

[canisalbus]

just a quick ask to tell u it makes me super happy seeing the detail u go into when pointing out stuff u like about other people's art of ur ocs :3 it's so rare to see but it's so so motivating!! <3

Thank you! I don't take any interest for my art for granted, and if someone goes through the trouble of drawing my characters for me, I feel like trying to write a proper response is the least I can do. For a visually oriented person, receiving gift/fan art is a huge deal, it means someone considered my goobers worth their time and effort, they've probably been thinking about them more than a little and found them inspiring in a way or another, and I find that terribly flattering. It's extremely fun and interesting to see other people's takes on them. And I've drawn stuff for people as well, I know how nice and rewarding it feels to receive a response that is longer than a word or two. Positive comments like that can linger in people's minds for a long time, at least for me they do.

#this comes with a big serious disadvantage though #it often takes me a long time to write that response #my social batteries are extremely small and a lot of the time by the time I go online I feel too worn out to engage with people properly #I'm autistic anxious and severely depressed my spoons are in short supply at the best of times #I've always had really hard time putting my thoughts into words in a way that I find satisfactory #so I keep putting off reblogging gift art #because most of the time my brain is too smushed to formulate that meaningful comment I want to give #maybe that sounds dumb and fake #but this is something I've struggled with for years and I feel extremely guilty for keeping people waiting like that #often weeks sometimes months even #and potentially making them feel underappreciated and unnoticed #I'm also genuinely very scatterbrained and unorganized and I miss and forget things I'm supposed to do all the time #not to mention that I tend to have trouble keeping track of my mentions and dms and asks I'm only one person #so if you've ever drawn something for me and I didn't/haven't responded yet #please know it's not personal it's entirely my fault I'm kind of a mess #and chances are I'm still very much attempting to get back to you #feel free to remind me if you feel like I might have not noticed your post I really don't mind at all it often helps me a lot #and please if you can don't delete the post even if it seems like I didn't see it #because again sometimes it takes me a long time to respond #thank you to everyone who has stayed endlessly patient with me though I appreciate it #sorry this spiraled into a list of apologies and excuses this is actually something that bothers me a lot #because it's largely a mental health thing but easily comes off as ungratefulness #I'm trying to work on that #answered #anonymous