#for context yes im giving it

[princemick]

OSCAR -- SATURDAY, BEGLIAN GP 2023

#hes so asdbjaks pls #also I tried to translate what the interviewer said to give context but I couldnt understand half of it #f1 #formula 1 #oscar piastri #mcl.oscar #kyle.gif #f1edit #oscarpiastriedit #spa23 #belgian gp 2023 #also yes these gifs r bad but I acc imported the vid I posted n not the og recording so thi is like 45 fps or smth and im not gonna reimpor

[ryuucaro]

I saw this post and... them...

#ppkm #butterfly soup #noekarsha #my sketches #I like to imagine min gives akarsha ear piercings at some point during hs #probs not safely or well but they get the job done #also like to imagine akarsha lets her hair down senior year bc noelle says she looks pretty w it like that #yes #id add more context but im not sure many ppl read tags #just know that they were having a moment of softness

[evanescentsun]

inspired by @hakucho-art ‘s vampire enemies to lovers au heheh, and her art. (I can’t get over touka’s design it’s so cool. @/harleyquilt is so big brained for the design FR. )

#tokyo ghoul #touken #kanetou #hehehehhe this was SO fun to draw #it’s so nice seeing the end result after the painstakingly long (loving) procress behind the scenes #it went through so much! it improved so much from the first drafts! im such a proud mom! #and I have… learned so many things from drawing this. #as to draw the whole thing and compose FIRST before heading rn in and being so impatient #because it’s gonna bite me back in the ass #as in: the reason help Kaneki is drawn in a v diff style #but I guess it also adds tho. #im so in with the touka fr. vamp teeth. blood. angy. what MORE can u have #I peaked there #I have lil context for the scene but cba to go into it JFJJFKFK #also yes I did Give Up on this drawing JFJFJFJJFJDJDN #but it IS complete in its own way<3333 #I love it so much ahhhhhh #YOU KNOW WHAT. after looking at this days after rn. it does not as bad as I thought #heh<3 🥰

[presiding]

What is your favourite thing about Billie Lurk?

(Answers are obvious possibly but i love when people talk about her👍)

thanks for the ask!! YEAH ME TOO I love when people talk about Billie! I can't say I have a favourite thing specifically, but I can explain why she's my fav. apologies for not taking this qn literally, but -

short answer: she’s really cool

& you can stop reading there, or, for the maybe 2 mutuals who might have time to read this my thoughts on her as a character, her meta, and her character as raw potential...

long answer:

i considered making this entire thing a gush so you could read a gush about Billie. but, part of what draws me to her is that she’s not always well written, and in fandom she’s underrated for a literal protagonist.

since you ask...

billie is a cool character

when I played Dh2 (hadn't played Dh1), I was excited to see a black woman with disabilities who was captaining a massive ship by herself. wow.

then I discovered Billie’s backstory with Deirdre, the way she responded to that, then having to survive while living on the run, and her bisexuality. as well as her history with daud & delilah. fascinating!

she’s an outsider who has so much to lose, and knows what it's like to lose everything - having lost everything not once but three times - but nevertheless speaks truth to power. she's so brave! she went and helped Emily & Corvo and she must have known they might kill her! plus, she’s smart, she’s funny, she gets shit done, she’s gorgeous.

but... the meta

mild critique of fandom & arkane incoming.

skip this bit if you want - you've been warned twice now - jump to tired Hayao Miyazaki and read from there if you'd like my thoughts on writing her.

i thought Death of the Outsider was going to be amazing and then... well. *sad trombone* i've written about that before so i won't keep banging on. i figured others must be disappointed too, so I joined a few fandom spaces in hopes of finding camaraderie.

most people with complaints about DotO didn’t like how the Outsider and Daud were handled. which is valid & I agree. but it seemed like most paid no attention to Billie; when people talk about her it’s with respect to Daud, as opposed to in her own right. you could argue for fandom misogyny because people don’t talk about adult Emily Kaldwin that much either, but in Billie's case, it’s misogynoir (compare & contrast with the popularity of thomas, particularly the popularity of thomas portrayed as a white man for no particular reason that i've been able to discern - i keep asking around, is it in the books???).

i think this is a LOT better now than it used to be, which is fantastic. or perhaps i have found the correct echo-chamber? ha.

ultimately, The Fandom is a fraction of the entire picture, and not even the important bit since The Fandom is not who these games are made for. you can't make money relying on only your hardcore fans even if all of them spent a fortune on merch, this is true for any AAA game.

while it's true that Billie is underrated from a fandom perspective - but Billie as an underwritten protagonist is squarely Arkane’s fault.

it was reasonable when she was a side character - the lack of info in Dh2 makes perfect sense (if anything there was more lore in Dh2 which is kind of wild)-

- but as a protagonist in Death of the Outsider?

.... there’s lousy writing, and there’s whatever is going on with Billie Lurk, a black woman who mostly exists as a foil or saviour for light-skinned characters. In her own game there’s barely any of her own lore except where it's relevant to saving two dudes.

lore hints at, but barely touches on what race means in the Dh universe (xenophobia is stronger in Dh1; separate essay i guess), but Arkane has patted themselves on the back for portraying non-white characters, which feels like the same thing as the aesthetic of diversity we're seeing in advertising currently because it’s in marketing trend guides. it's self-congratulatory and it's a missed opportunity for deeper storytelling.

you can see an example of diversity at its most shallow in the way that Billie’s written: there’s little engagement with her as an entire person with history & wants & preferences, and the world she walks through in that game feels like it has nothing to do with her. you could make a case for alienation as a theme, but then, how do you handle the titular premise of 'Dishonored' without ever letting Billie make changes in an environment without a chaos system? it's disappointing from that angle too.

in my opinion, whatever it's worth, it was an accident Arkane created such an awesome character - they needed someone to betray daud. congrats billie.

all this said, it makes her an underdog as far as characters to enjoy & create art & stories for. it's nice to find so many like-minded, switched on people! <3

billie's character potential

she’s got a wealth of unexplored lore, being deeply intertwined with both Karnaca & Dunwall’s fates & criminal underbellies, as well as her connections to the witches & whalers, and three Empresses.

she’s lived a few distinct lifetimes and in the games we get to meet her at two peaks (KoD & DotO) & a low (Dh2 as Meagan).

her voice is very distinct, her dry & often dark humour is entertaining & fun to write. her perspective is really interesting - she’s had the widest variety of void-powers of anyone canonically, and she’s also lived through the highest highs and lowest lows.

she's got everything going for her :) i couldn't really pick a fav thing!

#i assume my followers are cool enough to let me give a brief measured critique on fandom trends and DotO #thanks for the anon question!! what fun! #i love billie lurk <333 #jumped on the opportunity to rant n rave #what part of billie isn't my fav! (im a guy who likes the bad stuff too. mmm interesting meta) #trying to be not unfair or mean- i'm not targeting anyone but rather trends. and it's ok to be disappointed with something you love #fuck it. make it part of the appeal! her writing sucks! plenty of room for me & other creators! #its easier for me to indulge my billie brainworms when it sorta feels like she's not getting as much love as she deserves #you know? i want stories where her history is explored and her agency is important so i guess i'll roll up my sleeves #tumblr is a terrible place for this sort of critique IMO- lots of nuanceless empathy-free guilt-trip-ish rhetoric #so i hope i avoided that. but not so much that i seem forgiving. #that said i'm not tagging this one with fandom tags! no thank you. #i am blaming arkane yes. but that is also not without games industry context #i could complain about amateurish writing but that also never happens in a vacuum. industry problem(s) for sure. #people love to blame writers for things #and yeah a couple really fucking good writers can push a boulder uphill #but its usually a company problem #hire lots of diverse people in your company. give them authority and respect and reasonable workloads. and no crunch. #ah fuck this is a separate essay in tags. again #THIS WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION #*clutches head in hands* #uh if you're still reading at this point im SO sorry and thank you and i love you

[noelle-tea]

uh. this wasnt even supposed to be an april fools joke but it fits. michael distortion as princess from stp <3

#YES this is an actual au im making #ill give more details later #i will ALSO give context on why it looks so. normal here (aka no weird hands) #slay the princess #tma #tma au #michael distortion #winter doodles

[fleurfay]

I really miss you

I really do

It's being very hard

Even though i never met you

#fleurfay speaks #personal vent #i wont give context #lyrics? #yes i can write songs #yes im sad #vent post

[squarebracketsmileyface]

Again by ARAKI is so so so Jaylex and Timlex core in the context of ur fic

Oooooooo yes.

It got long again so hiding it for neatness

"i haven't been the same lately, I don't blame you for not wanting to stay" so Jaylex, that one's obvious, Alex was changing so much all through uni, no wonder Jay hated him so much by the end, no wonder Jay started changing too, becoming crueler and doing things that hurt Alex as much as Alex was hurting him. Alex thought he deserved it, Amy told him he didn't and tried to show him what a healthy relationship should look like. Jay ALSO thought he deserved the pain he was in from Alex not liking him back, but just in a more nebulous way rather than for any real reason. It just felt like that was how it was meant to be, for both of them.

But but but... Jam. (I assume you meant jay and Tim, rather than Tim and Alex, as Tim and Alex haven't actually technically interacted in sorry it's locked yet? Either way imma yell about jam) JAM, obviously there's the whole thing with Tim and Jay falling out of trust with each other towards the end of the series. Jay sneaking into Tim's house with a knife, Tim overpowering him and tying him up with zipties, leaving him in his house to try and keep him safe.

There's always that.

But there's also kinda a thing for if Jay hadn't died at the end of the series too. Like, if he and Tim had both survived and gone on to live together and further their relationship. Jay would have changed, he's unfortunately very very fucked in the head, and as we see in the series, pretty resistant to actually getting any therapy or anything, and that'd easily be his downfall. (One of the things he does in chapter 5 is also something he did to Alex back in uni, and like, yeah, yikes, not good. Alex wasn't the only one making that relationship toxic. They both were. Jay pushed boundaries that shouldn't have been pushed, etc)

ANYWAY, the only thing kinda holding Tim and Jay together in the fic itself right now is the whole operator thing. If that was over, it'd be a lot harder for them to ignore all the things wrong with their relationship (unfortunately, all the things wrong with Jay that he refuses to fix). Now that he's in a relationship with Tim, Jay is the problem component. Before, he and Alex were the problem (and in Jay's head, it was just Alex) but now all Jay's damage from being with Alex back in uni will be on very clear display, and eventually it'd start getting in the way of his and tims ability to have a healthy relationship. For Jay it'd just feel like a normal relationship, like this is how it's meant to be, and hed just assume something with Tim changed, like tim got tired of pretending to be a nice person and started being horrible. But in reality Tim would have been struggling so much with how Jay was treating him, and he'd stop just putting up with it once it became clear that jay didn't think there was an issue, or think they needed to go to therapy about it, because "well this is just how relationships are, sorry you can't see that tim"

Their relationship would so easily fall apart, because the only one tying real knots in the strings that attach them to each other is Tim, and jay's just haphazardly tangling threads together hoping they'll hold, and refusing how to tie real knots, because "well in all my other relationships we just tangled the strings together and it worked"

I love jay. But he needs therapy. And he'd definitely keep refusing to get it, probably because he's scared it'll somehow make him lose Tim, rather than letting him keep Tim (his brain stupid, jay thinks dumb things that make no sense, but same so it's okay) anyway, sorry. Yeah, jay's now the fucked up one in the relationship and he doesn't know what to do with that, so he assumes it's actually TIM who's the bad guy or who has changed for the worst, when really Jays the one starting most of the fights and blowing up over tiny things. And if Jay doesn't wanna do therapy about it, Tim doesn't have to put up with that, especially when they have a kid in the house. He's not having her traumatised like he was by the people who are supposed to care for her.

#asks #sorry. im rambling #yes im still giving tim jays kid #i fucking love the angst of it and i cant see sorry its locked without her anymore. shes just become part of it #sorry yhis was meant to be a lil song analysis and then just turned into rambling about one line #oh well 💀 #anyway WHOOOO SONG #(just pretend i analysed all the lyrics in the context of SIL) #marble hornets #jay merrick #tim wright #alex kralie #marble hornets fanfic #mh jam #jaylex #mh sorry its locked

[beesandfigs-abandoned]

Who doesn’t love a cooking challenge? Except maybe Alex.

She’s learned that she and Bruno make a good team and he’s a beast in the kitchen, too. With his culinary skills and her competitive spirit, they’re sure to win a night in the hideaway. She’s more determined now than ever, especially after that unexpected kiss at the market.

They’ve always gotten along as friends and kept each other in the villa. Bruno took a huge risk bringing her back from Casa Amor after she’d been pied off by Will. Alex felt like she owed him at least that, but little did she know that she’d feel something more than just friendship towards Bruno.

After that steamy public kiss, Alex will never see pineapples or Bruno the same again.

#litg fanart #litg #litg season 4 #litg s4 #litg mc: alexandra #litg alex #litg bruno #bruno kaminski #litg mc #self insert #im not a writer but I wanted to give this piece some context #i have a whole story for Bruno and Alex in my head that I can’t put into words so drawings will do #yes the writing is bad lol but y’all know what I mean

[airbenderedacted]

So who’s your favorite character in Wander Over Yonder? And what’s your fav ship(s)?

Oh, I love playing this guessing game!! ♡ ～('▽^人) ✨

Favorite character? Well...

[🎨📺]

As for ships, I wouldn't exactlyy say I ship anything in this show tbch, but I'd say I'm especially fond of Sylava, in a strictly fanon kinda way.

#Wander Over Yonder #Lord Dominator #woy is funny bc the core four are all so shippable but nothing rlly does it for me. i think nearly all possible pairs there have some charm #when considering *all five* of the mains not a whole lot changes bc dominator's a lesbian and sylvia is the only other main who isn't a dud #(i'm not a pr.o.shi.pper so bigoted type stuff grosses me out when it comes to shipping. we don't go there eugyhgfghhs) #tbcch i'm of the firm belief that lord dominator shouldnt be shipped with anyone in a srs sense. like as far as staying true to canon goes #she's made it extremely clear that she's not into that kinda stuff *and* that she's wAy too horrible for any kinda relationships anyway #but when it comes to lighthearted silly fanon stuff (or any degree of au stuff where *GASP* D isn't a demon & they Work) sylava makea me :) #(in whatever way ppl wanna imagine them. i'm partial to ''yes homo no romo'' qpr type goodness w/ them but i love seeing Everyone's takes!! #partially bc it's nice to see people actually. care. about what dom is and is not about (sexuality-wise). which is THE BARE MINIMUM but wel #a lot of people Do Not do that! sadly sexism and homophobia exist and it seeps into a lotta things in a lotta small ways and *sobs* #SO YEAH IT'S NICE TO SEE. NOT THAT. it's nice to see as a light shining through the darkness that is the internet & 2010s show fandoms sks #ah & partially bc sylava is like. literally the only ship ever kinda-sorta-teased in the show in a way that wasn't just played for jokes #which i think gives us neat things to work with when it comes to the whole ''what if'' kinda stuff- so!!! yea i just think it's neat :] #in both an ''in another life...'' not-so-hypothetical chemistry kinda way AND in an 'im a real stickler for Canon Goodness' kinda way too #haha #as for other ships i'm especially partial to... mmmmm.. 🤔 #deathglare in the context of hater learning to cherish & appreciate peepers and treat him RIGHT makes me happy. i like that :) #and skeleton dance is always fun!!!! a real delight both on and off the screen hehah #most everything else makes me go ''oh cool. yea that's cute.'' 👍 #ships involving minor characters are pretty take it or leave it. i dont think there's any i have any strong feelings about #except ig that it was pretty sweet when people were shipping lord hater & ripov. tbh i like how many ships people came up with w/ her #that was really swag. she was a fun character!!

[miumiins]

they have been living inside my brain rent free for several months now

#miu draws #oc stuff #miya tag #i had a comic idea several months ago im still hoping to draw some time and miya is the result of me giving more context to the comic idea #tho they don't actually show up in the comic LOL #they are also my attempt at making a villain oc but also idk how to write villains #and yes this is just me making yet another oc that is completely my type appearance-wise but we don't talk about th

[dogmouthhorse]

#.txt #context: im not lactose intolerant its specifically cheese with nothing else gives me a headache. if i eat it with a cracker its fine BUT #if its too much cheese per cracker it can happen sometimes. #im normal. #the 1 yes vote is me -_- btw -_- #poll

[jayisabluebird]

im not explaining this, just take it

#photo #peter pan #jay yells into the void #yes the person in the middle is me no im not giving context

[walnutcookie]

another photo taken by latte

(sorru i cant draw people facing sideways for the life of me)

#almond cookie #roguefort cookie #almondfort #almond x roguefort #cookie run #also yes almond is short #i dont know if im allowed to give context to this pic but um #rogue isnt playing phantom bleu rn theyre just being silly and gay #as themself #my art

[the-onions-art]

"You must have guessed, but I was looking through your things."

(Sketch + Lineart by me! The coloring was done by @galacticgoats <3)

#EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR MY FRIEND CLAP AND CHEER RIGHT NOW!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!! #Context: Keys wants to be a good person. Really--she truly does #but she's never once actually thought she was a good person. And pushed somewhere dark now she knows she'll never be #So yes #she did just break into Frank's house. Actually fucked up and not cool #thats all for now! Anyway Im gonna take a short break but Ill be back to finish my project and DO IT BETTER Im gonna restart all over #keira #keys #my art #welcome home oc

[monsterhugger]

between finding a copy of dragon maid at the library and watching super lovers for my BL research i'm starting to think some anime fans have a really low bar for what they find to be objectionable content

#yes im aware of the history of the dragon maid mangaka so i get w that context it's probably more disturbing #but like... there's a little girl w big boobs. okay. #super lovers is crazy also. all the comments on crunchyroll are like 'EWWW OMG MY EYES' and the episode has like. a kiss #like guys this is tame. this is not shocking. #idk where im going w this i just find it kinda funny after reading abt these series that are so horrible and disturbing #and they're just... not #this isn't universal i've watched and read some stuff recently that deserves its reputation (even if i did enjoy it) #just funny that ppl give super lovers and smthn like... junjou romantica which has on-screen rape in the first episode the same reaction

[vegaseatsass]

I have been painfully busy this week but this is a driveby post to update you on my status as a late stage Singto girlie. (Or Singto old womanie..) I am watching SOTUS and Shadow concurrently. 6 episodes into each. Here are my most important feelings: - Shadow is excellent and thought-provoking and filling the DFF hole in my life, but the most exciting FOR ME development was when Dan got stoned and fucked that shadow. Like good for him. His evil Catholic school trying to indoctrinate him into treating it like a figment of his imagination and repressing it into nothingness and instead, with the help of a little mary jane, he just went ahead and fucked that shadow. I was so proud of him. - I don't want to say anything too controversial about SOTUS because I'm watching it for the History and I'm highkey aware that eight years of discourse about the series that launched Thai BL into a phenomenon is not something to wade into ill-prepared. NONETHELESS I will recklessly share that, at least in these early episodes, Kong seems like he's unconsciously searching for a dom, and just really really excited to meet someone who gives him orders and publicly humiliates him and makes him feel small and striving. As a freak sub who used to read hazing stories in teen magazines as wank fodder I feel him, but I do hope Art actually has it in him to fill that need. It already feels a bit like Art is the one who is gonna get dommed in the end, and I mean good for him but ALSO I hope Kong can get his needs met and not just take care of everyone else all the time. Thank you for coming to my uninformed Ted Talk I should have kept to myself til I finished the series.

#tmi in THIS post right here #more tmi: i have already converted the initial homophobic bullying scene into my own lesbian bullying fantasy #YES kong looks like he's going to cry every time art gives him a mean order #but he also keeps chasing him and asking for more #or doing things like eating all the chilies on his plate even though he has no reason to be obeying in that context #SO #YOU SEE #there's science behind my interpretation #but science that's only 6 episodes in and prob should have waited for more episodes to speak #sotus the series #shadow the series #sorry to tag #sorry to be here with you all #IM happy to be here though and enjoying singto very much #he has a great smile!! #compelling to me on many axes! #so is fluke natouch!!! #dear diary