#it's not really thematically related

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

only drawback of succession being in season is that i now constantly have stuck in my head the metric song "succexy"

#it's not really thematically related #except that it's about the war in iraq and arrested development is kind of about the war in iraq and arrested development is succession #'succexy' just sounds like a fun joke to make about succession but metric got their first and it's about war. sorry

[sysig]

Permission to headbutt: Granted (Patreon)

#My art #UT #Sans #Papyrus #Ft. something smol and I do on a regular basis ♪ #This could be Handplates or it could be classic Undertale I leave that up to you lol #I definitely picked up a lot of the style quirks lol - but there are some of the ones that I like myself! Like Papyrus' darkmode clothes lol #And Sans' shorts having the stripe in the front haha - little details ♫ #Realistically it probably is Handplates tho just based on where my head's at lol - I love the Handplates dynamic :D #Handplates #I talked myself into it! Pfft ♪ #I found myself relating a lot to Sans especially while rereading - I want nothing more in the world than for my siblings to be happy! <3 #So I gathered up a bunch of ideas of things especially me and smol do together and this was the most obviously cute one haha #Easiest to do! Tho I did still go a little extra on this lol #I'm trying to do more digital stuff ♪ It wasn't the best art day and I'm still a little nervous to jump right in :') #Not doing any sketches on paper beforehand feels weird but I guess it is thematic in a way lol #And I'm still pleased with how they turned out hehe #It really does feel nice to be drawing them again <3 #And doing silly sibling things! Hehe #I dunno how clear it is since it's so ingrained into how smol and I talk to each other lol family language! #One of us will literally just announce ''bonk'' and the other will prepare for/lean in for a headbutt haha #She is a tiny bit taller than me - it's not quite /this/ extreme but she does lean down for me! S'cute <3 #I like to think Papyrus would do the same hehe ♪ Let your lazy brother headbutt you! He can only reach so far! #On minimal effort anyhow hehe #It's just a fun way to be silly together ♫♪ #Also yes I did show this to her and she cosigned lol - ''Cute'' -smol

[unexpectedgeese]

thinkin abt trains in ORV.... something that’s both in perpetual motion (trains be zoomin’) and never actually going anywhere (stuck on the tracks)... trains being literally so barren of life on the inside that KDJ turns to stories to just have SOMETHING to do... train compartments be like *separates you from everyone else*...

Trains love to be intertwined with themes and stories also. Literally all the time. They spend the first how many chapters in the subway station. The bit where that old woman assassinates the leader of the Japanese faction w/ train stage transformation. Surya.

And when the um. When escaping from the subway system/ trains becomes a thing that is like literally happening constantly?? YJH starting in that car again and again. The scenarios taking place in the subway system for the beginning bit. SURYA AGAIN, wherein each member of the party is literally so important and each of them opens a different door-- something something ‘together we can escape the system’

and then. The Oldest Dream being in Subway land as this sudden and horrible realization that no, actually! Kimcom isn’t free of the damn system yet! A sacrifice is still necessary!!

It’s just, like. Trains as a metaphor for oppressive systems and cycles, man..

#orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #my posts #<-- i'm tagging my shit as that now bc I recently realized there's just.. straight up no way to just look at your own og posts? #in this vein of thought-- #I've found this movie (Snowpiercer) that was #a) a South Korean co-production #b) critically acclaimed and came out 5 years before ORV began publication #and C) deals really heavily in the same train-related themes and motifs as ORV #(the simultaneous motion and stillness #same train-car separation dynamic #same overturning of society's status quo #and that same back-to-front movement we see in the fight against Surya-- with similar thematic weight behind it!) #I think there's a good chance ORV is referencing Snowpiercer (consciously or not) with the Train usage #since the themes line up and there's a good chance Sing Shong would have seen it #but I haven't watched it.. so I'm not sure. #So there's gonna be another post abt this tagged both for Snowpiercer and ORV-- #in hopes of maybe getting the opinion of someone who's seen it?

[inamindfarfaraway]

Concept: Duke’s pupils glow white when he uses his powers. White rather than gold matches his bat symbol and fits that he’s about light itself, not just sunlight. The pupil glowing represents how his retina, the part which the pupil opens to and actually responds to and absorbs light, would probably be the part affected by his metahuman power to absorb light in superhuman ways; is a somewhat more subtle power indicator than glowing irises; avoids giving yet another black character/PoC unnaturally non-brown eyes, even temporarily; and tell me circles of bright white inside dark brown irises isn’t an immensely cool image. Light in the darkness. Like the classic solid white eyes in Batman’s cowl in some art styles.

#and this might be a stretch but gnomon’s face on his helmet has a big white circle in the middle #so it might kinda reference that ‘cause gnonom is where his powers come from #but with gnonom that power and superhuman state of being has completely overridden his human face #i’m a duke power purist #no ‘touch of ishmael’ in my version of canon thanks #super light PERCEPTION is a really cool and versatile take on light powers #i’ve never seen in any other character at least not as a main/only power #it’s the kind of ability you need to be clever and thoughtful to use well #and being non-physical means it can’t detract from his own physical strength and skill #adding the more common and generic manipulation of external light cheapened it for me #and why add darkness powers?! duke is thematically ALL ABOUT light! #darkness makes no sense and corrupts that thematic cohesiveness! #we have enough dark-related batfamily members #let me have my SUNSHINE BOY #i think seeing every wavelength of light; the ‘ghosts’ of past and future light; x-ray vision; and microscopic and telescopic vision #are enough powers for a vigilante with loads of other skills and talents that deserve weight and recognition too #duke thomas #the signal #dc signal #batfamily #batfam #dc comics #dc

[ruffgem]

Random ass post about adhd and art making

adhd is like yeah I’m struggling most of the time to do basic tasks and assignments that aren’t fun and don’t feel rewarding which is a highly embarrassing problem that I would probably benefit from taking medication to solve but at the SAME TIME when I wanted to make an 100 page comic I did it without even knowing that time was passing, and when i was suddenly stricken with the urge to make a doll out of clay with fabric and doll hair despite never doing it before I spent 10 hours doing so, also without knowing that time was passing; AND when I am drawing just for fun I will do it for hours… also without knowing that time is passing… idek if I can describe how fun it actually is to be in like, a state of hyperfocus…. It is actually like the best feeling in the world not to be dramatic. I hadn’t experienced it for so long after starting college. It only happened with one school assignment (comic) but it happens again now with my senior thesis now that I’m doing paintings. It’s almost an essential thing because when I’m so focused like that I HAVE to power through any frustrations, because I’m so obsessed with doing the task. I mean it’s not good to be so focused that u don’t notice being hungry or thirsty or tired, but as long as u make sure u have some snax and water nearby….

The only thing is I really need like, a curtain for my studio. Bc not to be corny but my painting process in particular is really physical, like painting time is also listening to music time which involves singing and dancing. I will spare my studio neighbors the singing. but the dancing cannot be helped, frankly, so I need a privacy curtain. IT MAKES THE ART BETTER!!! I kinda feel like making art in public spaces has messed me up a little, cuz I didn’t realize how much of a private process it really is for me (prob just cuz I’ve been in art classes since i was a kid). But truthfully I HAVE to be annoying while making my art or it won’t be the same. And I know that doing shit like dancing in ur studio is annoying as fuck and probably comes off as like fake or performative like ooouh I’m such an artist in my own world so much teehee…. Looool but that’s also why I have an easier time doing work at night. No one’s there!!! one exception. I can make art at home tho with family because we are all the same. amen.

#I actually think the thing that got me out of a depressive slump where I could hardly do anything for like 2 weeks was that #I finally allowed myself to draw for hours WITHOUT setting timers. #I rely on timers to tell me how much time is passing #but I found out that they make me feel really guilty #even when I’m doing shit that’s actually productive #so I guess I need a new system. LOL #OH AND ABOUT MUSIC #It’s so awesom #sometimes it becomes part of the art #a lot of my paintings especially have a song that I associate with them that’s like imbued into it #it isn’t always thematically or lyrically related but #it always makes sense somehow to my brain #it’s awesome….. #I love you Music you are brothers with Art

[punch-love]

ok this is not a question on the 'Fanfic asks' thing you reblogged - but it's still on theme.

What's your process for coming up with titles for fics?

And also how did you land on Spirit Box as a title?

I've been thinking about the naming process of fics/books a lot lately

spirit box was based on the idea that a house is essentially a box trapping a ghost inside it (air holes not included) and also a fun reference to a literal spirit box which is a radio that rapidly scans multiple frequencies used to communicate with ghosts.

as for my process, for coming up with titles they either come to me instantly/instinctively without a lot of thought required (spirit box was an instant title, though it was going to be a temporary one, but I got attached) or I workshop them based around the thesis of the piece mid-way through writing the project. I like my titles to act as 1-5 word summaries of the work, either in a metaphorical, or occasionally literal sense. sometimes I'll use in-text dialogue that fulfills this, but usually I try to come up with something that isn't actually in the text but sums up the work concepts in a snappy way.

I judge works pretty harshly by the title, and if the title doesn't grab me or tell me something interesting, I'm less likely to look at it. I almost always know a title before I post something - it's not something I like to come up with on upload day, though until I give it a title my documents are always like '(theme) fic' taunting me with their simplicity. it's always so satisfying finding a title, like having a piece lock into place. great question!

#mailbox #really really great question #also I am so open to writing questions not related or thematic to my ask games. I love talking about it #spirit box #been wondering if someone would ask me where spirit box comes from #loki is like a ghost trapped inside a box and mobius is shaking it trying to figure out what's happening inside #literally. and figuratively.

[welcometogrouchland]

I also want to make it very clear that the spider-verse franchise has made miles one of the dearest characters ever to me. All of the spidermen in the movie are great. But despite all our differences in bg and identity Miles' story speaks to me like very little else does (w/ some rare exceptions I keep very close to my heart). I'm not really coherent enough to provide sophisticated analysis rn but just know that he is my everything and I adore him so so much

#ramblings of a lunatic #like. the first spider-verse movie spoke to me as a 13 yr old when it came out #he was a kid with high expectations set for him and all these artistic ambitions but he dismissed himself. he doubted himself #he didn't realize that just being himself was valuable bc he is valuable. his journey to becoming spiderman #-hit so goddamn hard. it's about the fuckin. don't do it like me miles. do it like you (cut line spoken by peter b) #bc the way miles does it is good enough. he's good enough #and this second movie is still on that train but even harder as everyone tries to shut him out and make him feel not good enough #Miguel's projecting his bullshit onto miles his friends aren't sticking up for him his parents are disappointed in him. and he's hiding #but the movie affirms even harder that no. miles is something different and that is what makes him so special. he has so much worth #he has cosmic significance bc he is defiantly himself #and like. all of the subtext i mentioned above is clearly based around/related to his afrolatino identity #and I'm not gonna pretend for a minute that i get that part the way i get the more. surface level ig? aspects of his arc #these arcs exist bc of his background and how they thematically tie his identity into the story #but like. that context doesn't make him any less relatable. it just makes him mean different things for different ppl yknow? #and that's the beauty behind the while ''anyone can be behind the mask'' motif from the first movie #anyway. these movies are really good. i love miles #spiderverse spoilers

[oncillaphoenix]

we could go on for days about whether reshiram or zekrom should be N's dragon but To Me i'ts reshiram for the completely non-canon-based reason of "ghetsis somehow ended up inescapably associated with cold and ice imagery in my mind and escaping your manipulative ice-coded dad with the aid of a creature of fire and warmth and truth is THE symbolism of all time"

#like i know ghetsis uses kyurem in bw2 but like objectively other than that all the ice-related stuff goes to zinzolin. #however. nobody cares about zinzolin #and my subconscious really really likes having a go-to thematic motif for ghetsis #so #nposting #oncilla speaks

[flanneryculp]

hello! i just wanted to say that i read the basic eight because of you and thank you so much for that because i finished it and it was SO good and now is pingponging around my brain nonstop. i don't think i'll ever stop thinking about it.

ahhh i'm so glad to hear that!! i can definitely relate, it really is such A Feeling to finish it. i never thought the word "who" would be such a gutpunch haha. i would love to hear your thoughts on it :)

#in my opinion everything from november first onwards is one of the best sections of fiction ever. at least it's one of my favorites :) #i keep thinking about how tb8 is a really deep book thematically but it's framed as a somewhat generic high school drama #in the same way that flan's book in-universe would be framed as a glitzy true crime #and how that relates to the theme of not being taken seriously #but lyndeth this ask made my day! thank you so much!!

[bittershins]

andor is the root for my star wars interest since like. February. But also fault cannot be denied re: mark Hamill gender envy

#iiiiiiiiiiiiiii wish #cannot find the gif I had saved where he ruffles his hair #sw #GOD #Also I find it incredibly interesting how many different genres star wars explores and alllllllll of the different thematic facets #it can explore #like andor is incredibly neat with its anti fascist and anti-authoritarian stances and it pacts absolute punches visually #vs. the like. ~weird~ political state of the prequels #vs. the novelization of ROTS which FULLY leans into the tragedy element #or the first two seasons of the mandalorian wherein that post empire timeline/guy who knows FUCK ALL aspect #is played well #I wish I liked videogames so I could play KOTOR or Jedi fallen order #and the thing is #I knowwwww it is making Disney fuck loads of money #but at the same time it leaves so much room to explore different thematic stories #like rogue one and the prequels are both tragedies!!! but they handle themselves completely differently #the force related storylines feel so epic #whereas the storylines of something like andor explore elements of tension/weight that the previous stuff hasn't really had space to handle #with more grounded and socially critical elements

[coconuts-are-mammals]

Okay, BUT

I need to rant about something because I can't get it out of my head

QUI-GON JINN AND DOOKU

THESE TWO >>>>>>

THE GRIEF THAT DOOKU FELT OVER THE LOSS OF THE PERSON WHO WAS ESSENTIALLY HIS SON OU OFSAIUFH WAIUHF

I CRIED SO HARD DURING THAT ONE SCENE IN TALES OF THE JEDI

THE SADNESS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP

And also, I think it serves as a nice foil to the relationship of Ahsoka and Anakin. Perhaps not intentionally, or not thematically, but in terms of where it ended up as opposed to the younger members of their lineage. Because Ahsoka's grief over loosing the person she once looked up to vs. Dooku grieving over the loss of the person he cared so deeply for.

The fact that Ahsoka, despite all her hardships and tragedies, kept going after the loss of Anakin and developed into such a prominent figure in her later life.

But the fact that Dooku, after being beaten down after so much and being at such a low point in his life, traumatized, and manipulated by Palpacreep, fell completely after the death of the person in his life he cherished most.

Just...

The EVERYTHING.

The differences in what it's like experiencing loss, either death or corruption of a loved one into someone you don't recognize, shining through in this story when comparing the two characters to each other.

And I hate to get controversial, but I feel as if a lot of people judge Ahsoka and Dooku's story on stuff that primarily isn't canon, which leads to the characters being misshapen into something that differs so much from their original form (like Obi-Wan is.)

Ahsoka and Dooku both lost what was a very similar amount to them, but they handled it so differently and came out on complete opposite ends of the spectrum. And yes, I'm aware that Dooku 'fell' or was at least working with Sidious before Qui-Gon was dead, but he would have had quite a good chance to return to the Jedi, had his Padawan not been killed and he himself not driven to the edge.

And I haven't seen Rebels, so I don't really know much about Ahsoka's character development past the finale of the Clone Wars, and I know that there's a lot more development in Rebels then most would like to admit, but I think that a lot of her hardships are shown through her behavior or personality in the later seasons, after the Wrong Jedi arc. Not all are positive, but there's certainly some perks of her experiences.

But, I will say that I'm not impartial to bias towards Dooku and against Ahsoka (i mean, if you got this far in my rant, you probably know this already) due to the fact that I can't relate to Ahsoka as much, BUT I do think that, taking a break from character analysis and moving towards writing analysis, Dooku is a better character in terms of the pace of his development. He was given what is, excluding Tales of the Jedi, likely an hour of ACTUAL development, but Tales of the Jedi, while being a bit rushed and controversial, managed to do SO MUCH with a character given so little, but SO LITTLE with a character given so much.

#Am I concerned that I relate heavily to a ruthless dictator who murdered many of his own friends and companions and committed some- #-old fashioned genocide? yes. I am concerned. #Anyways #Have to go #Gonna go WEAP over 'I used to bring Qui-Gon here as a boy...' #have fun #Feel free to contradict some of the points I made with Ahsoka #Also Dooku #But good luck finding points to contradict #Because there really isn't a lot on him (which is one reason he's such a great character and Ahsoka sort of falls flat for me_ #i mean #its hard to do anything nuanced or interesting with a character given seven seasons #multiple cameos #an important role in a different multiseasoned and lengthy show #and an upcoming live action spin #but I do quite like her thematically #ANYWAYS #Ahsoka Critical #Star Wars #Star Wars: The Clone Wars #Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy #iaminaminoramountofpain rants #Jedi Master Dooku #Brief mentions of Qui-Gon Jinn in relation to his living successors #Rebels #Sorta #convoluted opinions #Tales of the Jedi (is underrated)

[girderednerve]

saw a summary of an article about how the author hates those sentences that start with an appositive phrase, like "having set the mail aside, ey moved to the table" or whatever, & was instantly filled with peevishness. that's the ablative absolute! i love the ablative absolute almost as much as i love the passive periphrastic! in some broader sense it's probably not great that so much of written english rhetoric was intended to follow the patterns of classical latin, but i still like many of those features, especially when they're tools rather than restrictions (e.g., split infinitives). so much of the texture of latin is difficult or impossible to translate, but the constructions that we can use are fun, their historical echoes are interesting

#latinblogging #not really hahaha but it's thematically related #probably if i'd actually read the article the author would've talked about the effect of this device & where it's appropriate/effective #i agree that a sentence frontloaded with an appositive easily becomes clunky or meandering but surely every sentence requires consideration #why go after this one thing when you could join me in despising the use of 'creative' as a noun???? #i am the most crotchety old man. you know how they told giles on buffy he's got tweed in his soul? same! #if i said this at work my coworkers would call me a nerd which is NOT so i am just unbearable not particularly knowledgeable about anything

[sysig]

You're still standing off to the side. Somehow, center stage has shifted from under your feet without you realizing, and you're standing in the wings, performing to no one.

Starring Role (Patreon)

#My art #ISaT #ISaT Spoilers #Siffrin #Loop #Technically - you know how it goes #Me when I relate to Siffrin: Oh no haha that's probably not great whoops haha #Me when I relate to Loop: Oh. Oh No. #Lenti has such a deathgrip on my ISaT opinions wtf how is she so powerful I thought my fave was Sif?? But I mean well- #Lol #Does this count as vent idk lol #It was fun to write tho :) Very easy! Done all at once! #As was drawing this! Also done all at once! And black and white is still really fun to work with hehe #I got to use some pretty cool outline/lineart tricks for this one yay :D #The original draft of the fic had a different title but ''Starring Role'' is kinda?? too perfect??? #To the point where I looked around and I was like #Kinda shocked that there doesn't Seem? to be another fic with the same title? #Which is.........oddly relevantly thematic to this fic actually hahaha #Not to get too exacting about it but the whole thing of Loop feeling replaceable well #It would imply that other someones could do what they do better than them #What an odd refutation. Huh. Weird #Anyway - behind the scenes fun fact! #I actually really love the song Starring Role but I didn't think of it until after writing this #And now that I sing it to myself it's actually kinda perfect what the heck #So that's something to think about as well #Anyway if you're going to listen to it pls listen to the Axiom remix it is The version in my heart <3 #The glitches and stutters are perfect..... #And the clock ticking?? Why is this song so ISaT I'm gonna think about this for a while now heck #Animatic in my head shower thought -core lol

[antique-symbolism]

Most of Robin and Barney HowIMetYourMother’s relationship problems could probably be solved with being polyamorous

#I think that HIMYM missed out on a really good thematic element by not exploring the possibility of polyamory #the whole show is all about people discovering what they want in relationships and who they are in relation to other people #so exploring different relationship styles would make so much sense for a lot of the characters #and I feel like poly would definitely not end up working for ted #but I think he'd give it a go #and I don't think lily and marshall would be interested in trying it #but poly makes SO much sense for barney and robin

[orchres]

It feels like all I do is fucking apply for shit!!!!!! I hate it!!! Anyways I've found 3 interesting things today while trawling various websites (2 residencies, 1 job) that are very interestingly, all thematically related + align with some of the creative work I'm doing rn as well as some long-term goals for putting my degree to use. Maybe this means something? Anyway I'm applying bc the applications are very straightforward and I have done this so many times I'm now just copy pasting paragraphs from old applications and making small tweaks. Y'all wish me luck!

#I could do both residencies successfully. it'll be just one month btwn them but they're thematically related so it'll not b hard #and if any of the 3 jobs incl the one I'm about to apply to come through I can probably still manage that #bc nobody is really expecting output from anyone in the first few months of work at a nonprofit (tho correct me if I'm wrong #i have never been formally employed in the sense that my weekday time belongs to someone else)

[vaugarde]

ive seen get out the movie now... goddamn

#spoilers for the movie in the tags bc u should watch it urself #it was very different from the screenplay like more than i thought and i like the changes that were made #like fun fact rose and jeremy swap places in the climax and i love the movie version wayyyyy more #like originally it starts w rose trying to wheel him into the surgery and chris kills her first #and jeremy literally shows up to kill him 3 times. yeah i like that hes not that in the actual movie #bc in the screenplay i was like ''wtf why wont he go down why is he the main threat'' #and in the movie jeremy goes to get him and hes attacked. comes back and THEN gets blugeoned #which i like better bc we get the scene where rose is trying to find her next victim andshes like cold and calm throughout the climax #which is infinitely scarier and more thematically fitting bc SHE did this to him SHE sethim up SHE is the main antagonist #idk its very different but a REALLY good change that i really really like #the one rose related change i didnt care for is that they took out the bit where she manipulates him with a fake pregnancy #tho ig i get why it was taken out. ig ppl wouldve gone ''omg he killed a pregnant woman'' and that wouldve been annoying #idk if youve seen the movie i recommend reading the screenplay the changes are really fascinating #also the gore didnt scare me as much as i thought it would. i think i psyched myself out too much #+ its more descriptive in the screenplay. huh. maybe i CAN handle breaking bad. just if i read all the scripts beforehand #if anything like that is possible tho idk #echoed voice