#emphasis on.. trying.

[x-pair-o-dice-x]

ask game!!! i gotta catch up on ur stuff but for now ,,,

1, and 2 for risks and hugs

shouldn’t be too hard to catch up, haven’t written anything in a while,, dkdndkdnkd

answered one here!

2 — Which scene was your favorite to write in Risks and Hugs?

ooooooo….. so far, i think my favorite scene is in chapter three, when ranboo almost gets “found”. he thinks, by some dumb luck, that he managed to avoid getting seen by the human— little does he know, not only did techno see him, but he’s known about him for days.

that being said… i am very excited for chapter four….. i think you guys can guess what happens next ^v^.

#asks #that being said; i do actually have to. Write. chapter four; if i want you guys to be able to read it #i’ve been trying to focus on fics over on my main; for the past few weeks #emphasis on.. trying. #i started two new fics. #one is currently 5k long and is probably not even halfway done #(i have not touched this one in weeks) #the other i think i’ve made negative progress on #(had an intro. got trapped in a corner. deleted the intro. write no new words.) #on the plus side tho i have made a Ton of art for the latter one. #so i have that going for me

[avanii]

Typhlosion is one of my favourite Pokémon and I just love drawing/painting him <3 (painted with Ecoline inks, about 5 hours’ work)

#typhlosion #pokemon #bakuphoon #realistic pokemon #oh hey long time no art #gonna try to pick up this blog again and post more #emphasis on try #anyway I love drawing pokemon semi realistic #avanii's art

[kitamars]

oh no! more ginhiji

#hhhhhhhhhhhh theyyy areeee eatinggggg myyyy BRAIIIIIN #using them as a coping mechanism to avoid the horrors of silver soul #i reached the second half and i. i need a breather #i’m trying to figure out what my favourite dynamic of ginhiji is so i can make comics about it later but rn my brain is just like #haha they want to punt each other into the sun yet they are inexplicably drawn to each other so they may as well burn together #gin san being like oh well i guess this is happening now?? and toshi trying to gaslight himself out of this waking nightmare #it’s very funny to consider #they are very much a romantic comedy but more emphasis on the comedy aspect with tragedy bits coming out of nowhere to kill you dead #so like gintama yk #also hijikata’s hair is a nightmare to draw im trying so hard #girl help #sakata gintoki #hijikata toushirou #ginhiji #hijigin #gintoki x hijikata #hijikata x gintoki #there are so many tags for one pairing hhhh #gintama #ok bye

[tekikato]

Outfit Swap (kinda)

#linked universe #lu time #lu twilight #lu wild #kato draws #kudos to all lu time artists #<- like how do you draw his armor??? #what is wild applying to his face? #probably chuchu jelly #hes trying to look like twilight #emphasis on trying #dont mind what's happening outside #sky and four are probably somewhere safe

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

been wanting to scribble them as this meme for a while

#in my mind poppy and howdy are taking notes off-screen #tried to emulate like... old psa's and such #where the color is kinda burned and the lines are Off and the video quality is slightly weird #i think i mildly succeeded. emphasis on Mildly #littol guy.... #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home fanart #wally darling #barnaby b beagle #god i love these two.... the sillies.... #theyre so Character #barnaby though. have i mentioned that hes a bitch to draw (affectionate) #started this yesterday and spent way too long trying to get his proportions and such even somewhat presentable #not to mention drawing him on all fours. that is Not a perspective i scribble often #big guy. very Shaped. would kill to lay on him like a giant beanbag

[rassebers]

Not needing words

#mp100 #my rart #shigeo kageyama #reigen arataka #slowly relalizing how many times ive drawn them. Jesus #wont ever stop tho #i think one of my fav things to TRY (emphasis on try) to draw are subtle emotions #i will capture that warm fuzzy feeling if it KILLS ME!! there Is nothing like a hug from the side when you really need it

[mobius-m-mobius]

How are people gonna take that?

OWEN WILSON as MOBIUS M. MOBIUS in LOKI S2x01

#owen wilson #mobius #loki #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #loki spoilers #yeahhh go off babe #this line SLAYED and so did his look hey there side profile 👀 #the most beautiful man in existence... #like yes i absolutely need to hear every take he's got on the tva and what happens next for everyone there #and i need it with the superior s2 hair <33333 #also this was before he knew if he'd ever see loki again or not so... maybe some emphasis behind gods are dead idk... #(y'all have no idea how relieved i am to finally get a decent result trying to gif around the terrible filter on this scene lol) #marvel #loki s2 spoilers #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs

[direquail]

One of the many things I find funny and irritating is the slant of a lot of interpretations of Alecto's name (that it's about feminine rage)--on this here wlw internet in the year of our lord 2024, it's easily made to figure as rage against God, or rage against patriarchy, or religious oppression, and therefore an allusion to the idea that she's going to get her vengeance on John for betraying and oppressing her somehow, but like

John is the one who named her Alecto. He's the one who named her that. So, naming her "Alecto" is alluding to the embodiment of John's rage--their rage, since they are joined inseparably (John even explicitly says that when he first perceives her: "You wouldn't stop screaming. You were so scared. You were so goddamn mad").

He says of Alecto to Harrow, "In a very real way, you are [Alecto's] children". At a very surface level, Alecto is (depending on the text or tradition), one of the Furies--famously, in several surviving Greek tragedies, who punish Orestes for the crime of killing his mother. In fact, in Aeschylus' Oresteia, they declare that they are specifically bound to avenge matricide.

So the name "Alecto" alludes to the nature of John's mission and how he sees it.

It also implies that his divine rage, the rage that gives him power, the power that makes him divine, that he either represents or wants to represent, is feminine rage. He was chosen by Earth (which, Furies are sometimes the daughters of Gaia); he is her champion, however he's managed to fuck that up. Once the truth of that comes out, it becomes clear that all of his power comes from her.

And that's why you get statements from Tamsyn Muir like:

“[T]he God of the Locked Tomb IS a man; he IS the Father and the Teacher; it’s an inherently masc role played by someone who has an uneasy relationship himself to playing a Biblical patriarch. John falls back on hierarchies and roles because they’re familiar even when he’s struggling not to. Even he identifies himself as the God who became man and the man who became God. But the divine in the Locked Tomb is essentially feminine on multiple axes – I think Nona will illuminate that a little bit more."

So yes, he plays the role of Emperor and God and Teacher, with all of the things that implies. And I don't think it should be discounted. But he also is (and partly sees himself as) the chosen champion of a goddess, or what is for all intents & purposes for a human like him a goddess. He is her avenger, and while she sleeps, her avatar.

And I don't think we're meant to read him purely as a parasite who's taking advantage of her to gain power for himself, either. Or an oppressive, Kronos-like figure. Especially if you consider Palamedes' theory of the Grand Lysis, even if he was purely motivated by desire for power before (which I really doubt), there are parts of each in the other, now. What was clear and separate before is uncertain and interpenetrated. Is his rage his own, or hers? Is his mission of revenge his, or hers? If he wants power, is that his own selfishness, or her desire to survive?

And does it matter?

#the locked tomb #tlt meta #john gaius #i really wish there wasn't such an intense desire to find the worst possible interpretations of johns' actions #because like. they're plenty hurtful on their own! they're plenty shitty! #there IS however something tamsyn muir is trying to express through the series and it's fairly complicated-otherwise it wouldn't be a serie #and i don't think it actually helps us to turn john into a cardboard cutout labeled 'evil' #or apply tropes we've marinated in from radfem-informed segments of online wlw culture about how men are parasites on the Divine Feminine #or apply the messages of other shows with a big emphasis on queer and wlw themes--like spop--to something that just fundamentally isn't the #there is more than one way to talk about lesbian religious trauma and there is more than one narrative around it #and more than one perspective on it #i wish that people would try harder to experience the story on its own terms

[ourfavoritetorturedwriter]

#hey guess what i'm currently trying to watch #(emphasis on trying) #my god how do people manage to even FIND anything ilkka is in #and in an acceptable quality #i am going insane #please tell me your secrets #ilkka villi #erik mann #nymfit #my gifs

[plisuu]

when it’s someone you care about, you give them what they need

#dragon age #dragon age fanart #dragon age inquisition #iron bull #iron bull x inquisitor #iron bull x trevelyan #connor trevelyan #my art #this is significantly spicier than my usual flavor of posts #but this has been eating away at my brain for too long #friends with benefits emphasis on friends #trying to #force myself to post more art #it is HARD #it took me 30 minutes to convince myself to post this #also bull is the only person large enough to make connor look normal-sized #i love that for them tbh

[paper-starz]

JULIE!

Been working on a new rendering technique! And who better to test it out on than Julie Joyful herself?

(Read more for a close-up!)

#welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home julie #wh julie #julie joyful #my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #I’ve been also trying out different platforms too! #like Bluesky and Instagram #emphasis on trying tho #idk why but the cropping SUCKS in instagram #it keeps chopping Julie’s head off! #and Bluesky… #eh #idk how to feel about Bluesky

[naffeclipse]

Soft Underbelly

An Apex Polarity AU

Orca!Eclipse x Leopard Seal!Y/N (SFW)

You must provide for your child but leaving for even a moment holds danger. You are a predator, nearly at the top of the food chain. Nothing can threaten you and your offspring, except, of course, an orca siren. How do you safeguard against your one weakness?

Word Count: ~3,900 Warnings: Manhandling, nonconsensual touching, anxiety, fear, and dead animal

A/N: I'm on such a baby kick, it's embarrassing. I can't get over the family fluff and thinking of Eclipse being a doting father is turning me feral. I do love the dynamics with Leopard Seal Y/N as she is a fierce mama. It's good to have someone finally going toe to toe with Eclipse, even if the outcome is still clear. And of course, there's a fluffball baby!

Little note again: the reader is female and will be referred to by female terms/titles such as mother. Also, please make sure to read all the tags/warnings as this is a mature fic and will contain an unhealthy dynamic and toxic traits.

Not beta read, I'm torn apart by leopard seals.

Please enjoy the fluffball and her fierce mama and her new dad!

#eclipse x reader #dca x reader #eclipse x y/n #dca x y/n #soft underbelly #apex polarity #orca!eclipse #leopard seal!reader #fluffball #ao3 link #guys help #i'm so obsessed with eclipse being a dad #also finally a y/n that actually tries to fight eclipse ugh the bastard fish #emphasis on try

[rogueddie]

Follow Forever but I've curated it so it's my absolute favourite peeps, the most amazing blogs, the best of the best, and if you aren't already following them then you are missing out 💕

@ahhrenata

@a-little-unsteddie

@babydollbaron

@bpillustrated

@buckwheeler

@corrodedbisexual

@feralsteddie

@florallylly

@flowercrowngods

@frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe

@frostfairysteve

@givehimthemedicine

@henderdads

@hotluncheddie

@homosexual-having-tea

@kingofscoops

@lucassinclaer

@matchingbatbites

@milf-harrington

@puppy-steve

@sailing-through-hawkins

@sidekickjoey

@shares-a-vest

@someforeignband

@spectrum-spectre

@starryeyedjanai

@steddielations

@stevesbipanic

@stevethehairington

@strangersteddierthings

@tearsofsaudade

@thefreakandthehair

@will80sbyers

#emphasis on curated #I follow a lot of great blogs #I could probably make a part 2 #also I should note that I might be thinking of something else in trying to do this follow forever but fuck it yknow? #it's not like I'm unfollowing any of these blogs ever anyway like I love them so much <3

[plutos134340]

To everyone

Remember the strike

Be sure to remember the daily clicks (very simple way to help) and to reblog posts or make your own posts if you can about palestine

#its ok to still post your things #i just wanted to remind everyone to do some clicks bc i had just seen the amount of posts on this tag increase recently #im no saint #ive posted my own stuff too #just please try to do both #and put an emphasis on promoting palestinian content #chonny jash #🗣️ #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #gaza strip #all eyes on rafah

[ubepan]

I have very normal feelings about a situation where Toshiro visits Melini after a long while. Laios has established himself as king, although he still has much to improve on. Toshiro carries on the family mantle, but that isn't relevant now; he's on a break, seeing friends he hasn't seen since their last chaotic adventure. Laios waits to greet him at the docks when he arrives. Toshiro feels his heart quicken, though this is very quickly brushed off. Who wouldn't feel excited when meeting a companion after so long? He runs down to the docks—he forgets himself—He runs down the docks, ecstatic.

Laios greets him with a handshake. It's... much too formal. Diplomatic. The attitude befitting a king, not a friend. Toshiro forgets himself. He greets Laios with the handshake he's extended, yes, but he feels weird about it.

As Laios walks ahead of him, he is aided by his trusted advisor, who is bickering with him while telling him what to do. Laios is comfortable, with him. Toshiro is an outsider; he forgets himself.

#laishuro #thats all i got #i wanted to draw this but MIDTERMS.... UGH #ill try to draw it after #emphasis on try #shurolai #dunmeshi #sorry im using that other ship as an angstpoint lol #i just think abt how toshiro would feel abt being replaced is all #meanwhile on laios side he has no idea how to treat shuro because a) its been a while b) they keep correspondence but #mail is different from irl yfm #so hes awks #shuro's having a whump moment while he figures this out though

[zorosroronoas]

Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, Episode 3: Tell No Tales (2023).

#oplaedit #opedit #onepieceedit #onepiecesource #opla #one piece live action #one piece netflix #one piece #roronoa zoro #mackenyu #mine #m: one piece #m: tv #m: gif #trying to colour this was a nightmare #emphasis on trying