#lady retrospect

[sotoro-strarts]

I have been commissioned by @whirlwindwonderland to draw his character Retrospect!

Such a fun goddess to draw~

Also definitely check them out!! They are an amazing artist with very fun concepts!

#my art #str art #artists on tumblr #digital art #toonkind dnd #artist of tumblr #art commission #Lady Retrospect #Retrospect

[whirlwindwonderland]

Sometimes you think about old stories and think about how you could write them better and wind up adding new scenes which really just act as an excuse to put your favorite oc in a pretty, sparkly dress.

#my art #toonkind dnd #lady retrospect #retrospect #traditional art #alcohol markers #gold really is her color

[queen0fm0nsterz]

I was thinking about the old LN1 character bios and remembered the line about the Twins being "born to be chefs". Assuming their not native to Nowhere, this would mean they had some violent tendencies before becoming residents, like it was their destiny.

This then made think about the end of tson ep 3 where Otto says the something like "Our world isn't the only world, let alone the predominant one".

All this made me realize that the worlds other than Nowhere may have been created by it (The Nowhere is implied to be sentient in it's own right) specifically to create concepts and injustices that could be used to warp and traumatize children, turning them into visitors and then into residents.

Thoughts?

Alright so this is a great question that I think leads to a much larger discussion about how the Nowhere operates. I would like to hear what other peeps think as well.

So, starting from the Chefs. Personally I always assumed that they are part of that group of characters who are from the Nowhere because of the way their description is worded (and also their baby pictures... this one is so cute lowkey...)

--- But following your train of thought: considering what we know of the Nowhere, it seems to amplify certain characteristics of a person, usually the bad ones. Two kids who are a bit propense to get into fights in the waking world may very well become blood thirsty maniacs in the Nowhere.

Interestingly, the modification of traits does not only apply to personality but also the body -- and usually, the physical changes are in relation back to said traits. For example, the Teacher - someone who is known to be controlling - can extend her neck infinitely to look everywhere and have the ability to blink removed to make sure she's always watching. The Doctor, a perfectionist with tons of authority, is always looking down on people while also growing enormous to match his ego. So on and so forth, you can follow this reasoning for a large number of the Residents we meet.

I think other timelines derivating from the Nowhere is definitely a possibility, as we don't know much of how the universes work there.

The general theory of a multiverse irl is that no timeline has any specific weight or importance over others; they are all parallel no matter how different, with no timeline being "the real one". This is if we view the Nowhere under the lens of it being a separate dimension. In TSON, the Nowhere is kind of implied to be sucking the people most vulnerable to it right in, so perhaps the idea Otto has of it the predominant world stems from the fact that he can't explain his fascination with it... or from a real, genuine desire to somehow "return" to the original land, if that's where the other timelines originated from.

HOWEVER, I would like to offer an alternative perspective on this --- based on what I found out during my research on the Ladies. Yup we're going there again

Rather than the characters themselves, this time I'm going to refer to a symbolism that is very prominent in their lore: Buddhism. More specifically the references to the six planes of existance, and how those can be tied back to Little Nights in a loose way. As stated in this site:

" The six realms of rebirth are a schema in which beings are reborn according to the kind of life they lived. [...] The animal realm, in which inhabitants are driven by basic needs, is one of the three “lower” realms. The other two are the hell realm, a place of constant suffering and torment, and the realm of the hungry ghosts, grasping beings who are never satisfied. The three “higher” realms are the human realm [...] the demigod realm [...] and the god realm, where beings enjoy a life of pleasure. It’s important to note that some Buddhists view the realms as literally real, while others interpret them psychologically as metaphors for the emotional states of the human condition. "

(Click on the link to read the whole thing; I only highlighted the parts I think are relevant to this conversation :] )

What I believe specifically relates back to the Nowhere are the three lower realms, from which the place itself may be loosely inspired by because of how its inhabitants are described.

All of these are things we see in Little Nights from various Residents, depending on the social class and place. It is important to note that while these realms are placed in different hierarchies due to quality of life, they all cohexist together without necessarily being more important than each other as they all have the same purpose in the end.

If the worlds of Little Nights operate in a similar way, then what we're looking at is not really a case of dimension hopping, but rather a passage from a plane of existance to the next. A forced one at that, at least in the case of Noone.

Now, considering Otto's assumption, the idea of the Nowhere being a predominant realm only popped up because he was trying to wrap his head around it and how Noone felt, but to tell you the truth, it is a rather baseless assumption considering he's never been there and is only experiencing it in a very limited way. However... considering how many children from different places in time and space have experienced the Nowhere, sometimes even simultaneously, I wouldn't say that it's completely wrong to assume that the place might be the "original plane of existance".

Now. Reflecting on what you said at the very end, I would like to ask a question back: do you think the Nowhere is, hypothetically, only capable of bringing out the worst in people inherently? Or is it only acting this way because humanity itself is more easily conditioned to fall victim to their bad traits?

I've been recently thinking about it because of the Maw. The writer of Little Nightmares, Mr. Mervik, has stated multiple times over the years that the place has not always been the way that it is; at the same time, he also said that it was not man made, but rather created by collective hunger/desire to be fed. These two things don't make sense together unless you assume the Maw was not originally born for the Guests and the whole cannibal business, but rather from a desire of shelter. A need to be fed. Which is not inherently a bad thing -- and it would explain why the structure itself is so largely built to house so many people, and why children still feel relatively safe in it to this day.

So I find myself thinking that perhaps, the Maw degenerated overtime because the people inside of it (cough its leaders cough) did. And if this is the case for the Maw, who's to say it's not the same for other places? The Nest, for example? The School, the Hospital... etc. But. It is also true that the creatures who inhabit the Nowhere (the Ferryman, the North Wind, the Flesh...) all seem to have their own interests and destructive amusement more at heart than anything. If these creatures are what move the large of the Nowhere (which I guess they are considering the eye symbol is all over the goddman place), then the human will can't really do much.

That being said, I am wondering currently if it could be possible for the Nowhere to bring out something good from a person in the right situation. At the same time, the hopes are incredibly slim. Nonexistent, actually, but it's nice to think about hypothetics.

#little nightmares #little nightmares 2 #little nightmares 3 #little nightmares theory #ln theory #ln meta #little nightmares 2 theory #tson #the sounds of nightmares #tson meta #the chefs #little nightmares the chefs #six #six little nightmares #the lady #the lady little nightmares #(relates back to the maw ig) #{damn viewing the nowhere under these lens makes fox a lot more tragic now that i think abt it #because im assuming the maw has primarely spawned from *her* desire to find a place for her & her children to live in safely... oh #its such a childish thing in retrospect... wishing on a star and then your wish GETS GRANTED in the most FUCKED UP WAY IMAGINABLE #my girl did not get 《bite of 83》ed for this #plus according to context clues (aka my insanity) i dont think fox has ever been on the maw... like. alive #so its even twice as tragic because she never really got to try. like she could have done something good but the chance was ripped from her #im emo in the club again}

[michyeosseo]

tenderness; handless

Better (CN duet ver.) by BoA & Xin

#kdramaladies #kdramaedit #kdrama #lady durian #durian’s affair #yoon hae young #choi myung gil #아씨 두리안 #like! they! have! had! infinite! sexytimes!!!!!!! #little did i know semi has had a fantasy of piano-ing her way through doyi (if she consents obv) #inserting an unplanned (but pictured for some days now) midseason fancam #this must be my personal best at capcut-ing?? it usually takes me more than 48h #tofu immediately asking if the series ended when she saw this is so Funny in retrospect

[disembowel-me]

lady strade splitting your arm open with a knife & grinding her fat wet cunt against your tear stained face

#bf fucked me to the point of drooling on the counter and crying last night #he of course immediately stopped to check on me & we went to cuddle so I could calm down #but its super hot in retrospect. being fucked while you're crying? hhhrhrbvrbgghghghrh #also fat pussy hot #mean sadistic ladies hot

[pridepages]

Some favorite books read for PridePages in 2022

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Learn more about them under the cut.

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall A chaotic son of rockstars and a stuffy-yet-charming lawyer find themselves fake dating...and falling in love along the way. (Contemporary RomCom, Gay, MLM)

Loveless by Alice Oseman A girl embarks on her first year of university ready to find grand romance...and instead finds out that romance may not be for her.  (Contemporary YA, Asexual/Aromantic)

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian An ex-highwayman finds himself coming out of retirement to help a young aristocrat pull off a heist, forcing each of them to stand up for what they value. (Historical Fiction, Bisexual, MLM)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir  Necromancing lesbians in space.  (Science Fiction/Fantasy, Lesbian, WLW)

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall  A woman allows her aristocratic alter ego to disappear on the battlefield of Waterloo, but she finds she cannot leave all her past there and that great love may yet lie ahead. (Historical Romance, Transwoman, M/F)

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer Two men from warring nations wake alone on ship drifting through space. They believe they know their mission...but dark secrets are hidden aboard. (Science Fiction, Bisexual, MLM)

#retrospective 2022 #lgbtqia #lgbt reads #queer lit #a lady for a duke #the darkness outside us #gideon the ninth #the queer principles of kit webb #loveless #boyfriend material #alice oseman #eliot schrefer #tamsyn muir #alexis hall #cat sebastian

[aj-agreste]

Wukong was wrecking LBD's ass in that fight, which is why I ask the question: Why the fuck did Wukong need the Samadhi Fire at all? If it wasn't for LBD's surprise move at the end, he would have absolutely destroyed her. It honestly makes me question the whole season, which is unfortunate. The fight was awesome, but after processing everything, I'm left scratching my head.

Why didn't he just do this in the first place? You know, the second he saw her? Why not search for her in the city and kill her while she was weak? Why go on "vacation" to find a weapon when your fists were enough. And not just any weapon. One capable of destroying the universe. The weapon he didn't have a solid plan for. And now, the weapon LBD is gonna use to destroy the world. Even with this much power, LBD still didn't stand a chance against Wukong. So like...why?

Lol people are not gonna like me criticizing LMK, but I gotta call it out as I see it.

#monkie kid season 3 #sun wukong #monkey king #Monkie Kid Season 3 Special #Monkie Kid EYD #honestly it makes the whole quest to find the Samadhi Fire seem like a waste of time in retrospect #like why did Wukong think he needed it? #monkie kid #Lady Bone Demon #AJ Speaks

[minasweep]

I'm gonna start throwing rocks 🧍🏽‍♀️

#mina mumbles #idk where im gonna get rocks but im gonna find em #oh em GEE ppl irl r so inconsiderate rn like girl get out the way ‼️‼️‼️ what in the world r u doing in the middle of the aisle #in retrospect actual the lady was ok she was fine just the final straw on the camels back of the day #did not throw rocks tossed around a bag of ice to break it apart im healed #i wanna say gn but literally not going to sleep but gn in essence until maybe 45 mins from now

[ladycharles]

My first EP is honestly not what I would recommend to people interested in my music but I kind of feel like making a post explaining the songs because as rough and weird as it is I do hold a fondness for them.

You have to understand that at the time Lady Charles was a way of blowing off steam and it wasn't till I crossed paths with Kevin Barnes at the exact right moment (story for later) that I started taking the project more serious. So this record is just a collection of emotions I felt I had to get out done in a really simple, demo-y way.

First off is Free Speech

This was the era of the alt right and I was getting sick of the obvious double standards. You can get beat up for burning a flag but the same people will defend their right to rag on minorities.

So originally I was going to sing "Canada sucks x3/it's a nation of cucks/USA sucks x3, it's a nation of cucks" etc. Because it was really stupid but might offend people and them I could explain that free speech was the point. But in the end my better senses won out and I made it a sort of manifesto for breaking down societal boundaries.

Musically it's got a cold, computerised sound that I don't think is really that appealing now (I liked the DIY ethos) but the actual music cycles through punk to video gamey to rock to soul which I am proud of.

This is maybe my fave of the album.

As background I had long been friends with this bedroom pop artist who I collabed with and who played in one of my bands. He started dating someone kinda toxic tbh and they went deep down a certain online rabbit hole that basically separated them from everyone they knew.

I really thought this guy had an amazing musical talent but he vanished from all our lives in a flash of untreated mental illness and flailing abuse. Even though I was upset at unfair treatment I received I missed the version of him that seemed long dead and so I wrote about the experience.

As I do sometimes when writing about other musicians, I wrote the song in his style, hence the twisty chords and cobbled together aesthetic. Sadly he never made more music and I don't know what happened since.

This is the moment I really came into my own vocally. I had been seeing a new teacher and she figured out immediately that my hearing issues were affecting my singing and taught me to compensate. It was the first time I was able to sing softly and accurately and it became the blueprint for my singing style.

MGMT's "When You're Small" was definitely an influence here.

Continuing the theme of exorcising demons, this one is a veiled song about misogyny in the music scene.

I had been a dancer (yes) for a band with a guy who really mistreated a female bandmate after kicking me out. I wrote some really savage satirical lyrics about him and hid them in plain sight in this short and silly interlude. This one got a weird amount of regular plays in Russia so spasibo bolshoi to the one Russian person who reps this one.

My least streamed song - I get it tbh!

It's very ugly. Cold computerised rhythm in a lilting 13/8 with my "old" manic, pitchy singing voice and sarcastic stabs of free jazz.

The lyrics are a self-deprecating rant about a shitty house venue I lived in where ableism, probably mercury fumes from the factory downstairs, and late nights combined in the worst way. I wouldn't have put this much cynicism in one EP if I knew that people would actually listen to Lady Charles 😂. I just needed the emotional release.

Honestly though I kind of think this is underrated. If I did it with a full band and better singing it could be a really abrasive but impressive bit of prog-punk. In a way it's the Apocalypse Girls beta release - that one is also chaotic and in an extreme time signature but it's a lot more developed.

And "All the girls in black boots/Talk about/knifeplay" is a very good representation of Montreal in 2017.

Breaking up the misery comes this dark instrumental.

Basically I envision it as some lost movie soundtrack from the 80s, drifting from an old VHS. There are shades of Nino Rota and Ryuichi Sakamoto in the pentatonic melody.

Then it breaks suddenly into 2000's electro jazz inspired by the Polish group Contemporary Noise Quintet.

My sax playing isn't very good technically in particular my intonation, but my instincts from guitar allow me to improvise in a fairly structured way which kind of makes it sound cool IMO. I always liked players who weren't amazing but soloed with a lot of emotion - like David Bowie or Kurt Cobain on guitar. I take a sax solo on my new album so maybe this is becoming a tradition.

The other highlight IMO.

This is a fairly abstract song about addiction and other copes and how they really tie into mental health which really ties into an unhealthy society.

"You can escape your demons/but you can't escape the world that breeds them"

It's musically a mix of Pinkerton era Weezer, 808s and Heartbreaks Kanye West, Across the Multiverse Dent May and 70s Eno with maybe a bit of Heat by DB and Cherry Peel of Montreal.

Like Bedroom Dynasty, I do a thing I like where the acoustic guitar acts as the percussive rhythm and I layer synths and electric guitars over - it feels very personal because it is just the instruments I play with no programming or outside help. I had purchased an arch top guitar from 1957 that had quite a dark tone and it inspired me to play a lot of acoustic around this time. Those old American archtop guitars aren't actually fancy or high end for the time but they sure are beautiful IMO.

Thanks, hope this type of content isn't too boring, it's just really fun coming here from Insta and being able to actually chronicle the stories behind my music and share the songs a bit instead of just making reels into the void.

I did everything on this EP myself by the way which is a blessing and a curse - my upcoming new album is still largely me multitracking myself but I took more care and there's key outside collaboration and I think you'll find the sound a lot more developed and complex.

#EP #Lady Charles #David Bowie #Weezer #Of Montreal #Retrospective #Behind the Music #Glam rock #Art rock #Acoustic #synthesizers #nonbinary #Nonbinary musicians #Musician #Original music #Indie folk #Indie rock #Mgmt #Spotify

[angstmongertina]

7KPP Week 2022: Day 3

Because, at least in Jiyel, cut fruit is a love language and making food is a family bonding activity. Also known as: The moment all of Grenwold knew that Lyon was definitively a member of the family.

Yes, I am also confused by all of the fluff. WHO AM I?

Day Three - Food

Regardless of how long she has spent away, regardless of how long she has been moved into her new home, the rooms and passages of her parents’ manor at Grenwold will always be as familiar as the back of her hand. She smiles, weaving her way past servants, both recognized and new, with a nod, but does not stop, cannot stop, because she knows where she is needed. She knows in her very bones that every time she visits home without fail, the kitchens will be full of bustle and she will not—dare not—miss it.

Even before she enters the room, she can hear the chatter, the warm, rich tones of her mother, the quiet, deep baritone of her father, and she can picture them in her mind’s eye before she turns the corner, animated eyes and bright faces and light-fingered hands in constant motion, dusty with flour, creating rows and rows of neatly folded dumplings.

They look up when she enters but without a pause in their discussion, something about the moderate success of their tenants’ newest crop rotation, but she sees the open seat to Lady Hyacinth’s left, the pair of chopsticks and row of covered balls of dough, and for a moment, she finds that she cannot interject into the conversation, even if she wants to.

Instead, she settles into her seat, dodging floury smudges as she kisses her mother’s cheek, and picks up the rolling pin. The motion is half-remembered at first, the wrapper uneven and misshapen, formed by fingers now more used to holding a quill than culinary tools, but the rhythm is still there, comforting in its constance, in its timeless familiarity.

“A little lopsided there,” her father interrupts his discussion to comment, amusement dancing in the crinkles of his eyes, and she makes a face in response to his light laughter. “Looks like you need more practice.”

“Should we switch then?” she counters, and this too is familiar, the faux disappointment as he shakes his head, the fond exasperation as he passes over his own rolled out wrappers, each one a neat circle, without protest, and she relaxes as she settles into the folding process and the customary banter on the virtues of knowing how to roll out one’s own dough compared to the expediency of focusing on the part of the process that she is much more competent at, thank you very much.

For several long moments, it feels almost as though nothing has changed, until…

“Lia?”

“In here,” she calls, and it is only when Lyon enters the room and stops, sharp eyes examining her from head to foot, that she remembers the flour which always somehow, inevitably, covers her like powdered snow, and finds herself fighting a truly illogical urge to blush.

In contrast, her mother does not falter, wiping her hands on a towel before rising to her feet in a fluid motion. “Ah, Duke Lyon, I see you’ve found us. We’re making dumplings. Come and join us.”

Almost before she is even aware, another position has been set up to her left, her father passing over another set of chopsticks and dough in quick succession while her mother pulls over another chair, and it isn’t until he has folded himself into the seat beside her that she notices the hesitation in his movements, the way his gaze lingers on her hands as she tightly pleats the edges of another dumpling.

“Do you always make your own dumplings?”

She hums, reaching for another wrapper. “Typically, yes. Between making the filling and all of the folding, it is far more efficient for everyone to work together than for only a select few to make them for everyone.”

“And it has always been an excuse for everyone to sit down together.” Her father leans forward, though she rather suspects that it is less about reaching for the filling than it is to look around her toward her husband. “The experience itself provides an opportunity to come together as a family and spend time together.”

“Or, at least, a uniquely bonding experience that is different from sharing a meal or something else of that nature. It was something that I enjoyed doing with my parents, and something that we have passed down to Lia.” Her mother reaches for her own wrapper, holding it out, flat on her palm, as she meets Lyon’s gaze, warm and encouraging. “And to you, if you would like.”

It is an invitation, and even more than that, it is an acceptance, and if her smile is a little shaky as she watches him imitate her, the rest of her family are thankfully all much too distracted to notice.

#seven kingdoms: the princess problem #7KPP #Jiyel Scholar #Duke Lyon/Jiyel Scholar #Duke Lyon #7KPP Week 2022 #awkward duke of my heart #otp: not intolerable #Lady Camellia of Jiyel #In retrospect this could also have worked for yesterday's prompt. #Wow look at all of this soft fluff I don't even know what is going on. #Tina writes stuff.

[cammie]

thinking about the guy who shouted down the aisle to me while i was folding tshirts “hey lady, wanna eat my cookies?” and then held up a box of pink sugar cookies. my job = nightmare but the pay is so good.....

#in retrospect next time someone yells HEY LADY at me i am not looking up. that’s so fucking rude #cammie.txt

[mauxanhduong]

when u get catcalled and experience a microaggression within literally 10 minutes of getting to the beach

#I ?? #this lady who looked zooted came up to us and was like omg what coutnry are u guys from. north korea? and we were just like ??? #like. she came up to us unprompted. and then the crossing light turned green so we crossed the street and she followed us so we went faster. #but idk. it was kind of funny in retrospect because it was so random. and we genuinely didn't know what to say so we just stared at her LOL #and then we got catcalled which. wasn't funny.

[beneaththegildedmoon]

The thing about being a teen girl in community musical theatre is that if you're a strong singer but there happens to be another girl more conventionally pretty than you to play the lead, you will instead be consistently cast as the mother or the old lady or the evil witch, because they have a crazy difficult solo that the director needs you to do, and it absolutely will give you a massive complex about how completely unattractive you must be to always get cast as the ugly old lady characters that will eat away at your body image and relationships for years afterwards

nobody will ever address it or apologise to you for any of it either btw

#i was in 7 community musicals before i got too insecure to go onstage anymore #i consistently played the kindly old lady or the main characters mother or the evil witch #and i became genuinely convinced i must be just incredibly ugly to never even be considered for the lead parts #like all my frieds were playing princesses and shit while i was consistently put in hag makeup or even a fatsuit at one point #and for years i thought that was because of how i looked to the point that i developed an ED #in retrospect it was because i was the only mezzo soprano in the group who could hold a tune at both ends of my range #but nobody told me that #rant #tw body image

[domoz]

3. What ideas come from when you were little :3c

The love of monsters started as a child when i was obsessed with like, monster manuals and encyclopedias of mythical creatures, and monster collecting games. I'm pretty sure my first ever OC was technically a dragon ball Z fan character, and she still exists to this day in her own new context. I read a lot as a kid which I'm sure cemented the basis for the tropes that I like now. I dont think any of the Stuff I Want to Make is directly from back then, but the DNA is there; does everything not build off of everything else, forever, after all?

#like in retrospect that conan the barbarian book where hes fucking this lady and she turns into a snake in the middle of it? #that probably did something to my brain #the gaia online rps? Absolutely did #ask meme

[mizoox]

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#like thinking about it makes me kinda tear up tho fr #like in a age before the mass digital proliferation of information how rare it might be to see artistic beauty #or even like. the colour purple #the idea that people living incredibly hard lives in 1934 might open a newspaper and see a dorthea lange photo printed on the page #shivers #Ill have to ask my great grandma what it was like to see art before you could just google it #or even drive to a library or museum to see it #she grew up on a farm in 20s north dakota #I wonder what the first painting she ever saw was #I remember the first time I ever went to an art museum when I was a kid it blew my gourd #6 years old staring up at canvases that felt stories tall. #cant tell you what the first painting I saw was but I remember the murals on the side of the strip mall back in my old neighborhood #it was a deigo reviera knock off style mexican mural of a lady in profile holding a bundle of blankets #I assume it was a baby in retrospect #I remember her green eyes and all the colors in the petterned cloths #hmmm anyway #oh to be a pesant in constantinople walking past the hagia sofia in 540 ce #to bask in the glory of man made beauty in a world that I assume #is filled with the awe inspiring beauty of all that is not man. that which is often quite indifrent to human needs #nature in awesome like god is awesome in that you fear it to an extent #art made carefully by the hands of mortal men. that inspires something else. #Watch the full video from here: #https://bit.ly/3k8wStE