#like some sort of magic

[okie-studies]

Losing my mind over this

#i mean look at it #like some sort of magic #idk #maths #mathematics #mathblr #algebra #logarithms #nerding out hours #studyblr #okie studies #gap year #math studyblr #dark academia #chaotic academia #chaotic aesthetic #notes #equations #desi #numbers #owkie studies #light academia #it's sooo prettyy

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

thinkin' about Bardaby and his illusion smoke...

#went on yet another bardaby bender. these are only part of it lmao #i am often seized by the fatal need to Draw Barnaby In Some Shape Or Form #but yes. thinking very hard about the illusion smoke #i feel like sometimes he uses it recreationally... mixed with other stuff to dilute it ofc #but it keeps the color! #im imagining that it can act sort of like a Mood Ring! #the core color that he exhales yk yk! #but using it full strength for proper illusions and such #he's gotta be careful about it! it'll fuck him up! #he's built up Quite The Resistance to illusions and illusion magic over his life #but everyone has their limits... #scribble salad #wh fantasy au #IM NOT USED TO DRAWING SMOKE. IT LOOKS BAD LMAO #i'll have to work on that! look up tutorials! Practice! #anyhow i think the other scribbles need their own post #its mainly bardaby and our little warlock... #there are three ways i love drawing barnaby #i love scribbling him angry. i love scribbling him with howdy. and i love scribbling him being soft w/ wally #side note i realized earlier that part of the reason why i love characters who are just so much bigger than everyone else #ex: poppy & barnaby #is bc then its like. they're the smaller guys' personal jungle gym lmao #free bed! free climbing wall! free bean bag! free Getting Tossed Around!!!! #all wrapped up with the wonderful bow of Friend!!!! #...my touch starvedness is showing isnt it. away with ye demons!!!

[egophiliac]

I love the idea of teenage Malleus hating his new baby brother Silver but slowly falling for him

words cannot express how much I adore that Mal's reaction to seeing a human baby for the first time was "the fuck is this. why does it look like that. gross." (then he immediately got stuck on babysitting duty and the rest is history)

I am SUCH a sucker for that trope of "non-humans being fascinated by normal human behavior", so between that and all the delicious angst going on I was eating VERY well. >:) Malleus being so impressed that two-year-old Silver can walk, because it took him twenty years to stand on two legs! Lilia barging in on the Zigvolts at 2 AM being like "he won't stop crying what do I do"! Lilia trying to feed Silver rats and Malleus being like "...please just stick with what the books say to feed it"! it is all so. chef's kiss.

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #(this is based on a very dumb in-joke and i apologize) #i promise i will (eventually) stop spamposting i am just still floating in a river of sheer delight from this update #god. the spoon scene is going to live in my brain forever #malleus having to be the one to teach sebek and silver basic magic because lilia was SO bad at explaining it 😭 #also like...i had assumed mal didn't know who silver really is so it wasn't a surprise when lilia straight-up lied to his face about it #but now i can just SEE it hovering there on the horizon as a thing they're probably going to have to deal with at some point #like 'malleus doesn't know' is no longer a sort of general observation/theory and is instead now a very relevant Problem #ohohoho. splendid. things are going to get SO bad and i am going to be here clapping my stupid little hands at it all

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 211

The figure looked down at Billy. Billy looked up at the figure awkwardly from where he was digging through a trash can. 

“Um… I can explain!” 

Okay he honestly couldn’t, and instead threw a bag at them and booked it like his life depended on it. Which it might! Living in Fawcett meant that there were magical entities everywhere, even if they looked human, and he wasn’t going to get stolen by some fae! 

…

And they caught him. Great. He’s going to die now or get thrown back into foster care- huh? Food? They’re offering- no no, this is some fae bullshit, isn’t it! … But he’s also hungry, so maybe it’ll be worth it…

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Dan whose on parole seeing gremlin child: Huh why does he smell like magic #Dan: I’m going to get the weird child food #Dan listening to Billy complain over a sandwich: Oh no I can’t get attached #Dan: So I’ve gotten attached like finding a feral cat #Dan finding out Billy is Marvel: Oh no this kid is like 9- I was at least a teen-adult when I started doing hero-villian things! #Dan: Kid I’m getting you back into school even if it’s homeschool #Billy who thinks he just got adopted by some sort of fae thing: Sure why not Mr Fae-Dude #Time travelling hero who sees World Ending Threat getting dragged around by Smol Child several weeks later:

[beefcake-penguin]

Kara: *bridal carrying Lena* "I'll take care of you"

Lena: *nuzzling into Kara's beefy neck/shoulder area* "It's rotten work... and I'll bite you"

Kara: "Not to me. Not if it's y- wait, what?"

Lena: *wicked little grin on her face and pupils dilate like a cat's*

Lena: *CHOMP!!!*

Kara: "YeeOUCH!!!"

#supercorp #incorrect supergirl quotes #kara danvers #lena luthor #inspired by the earlier post about which of them bites (it's definitely Lena) #also for the punchline to work just pretend that lena did some sort of gay magic so she can give ol' beef-o a nice nibble #and kara can feel it (not like “bad” pain but more like when your cat gets too playful and gives you a chomp or two) #my posts! 💪🏼🐧

[kays-artstuff]

My take on a revived clover AU

I like to think that monsters preserved the human children as a sort of remembrance using similar magic to their food since it doesn’t expire, but since humans have more physical matter it only delays rotting rather than completely stopping it, and since clover had died being much less harmed because they gave up their soul rather than getting murdered they get to be the first to come back with minor changes since they didn’t rot that much and their internal organs stayed in tact.

Also in this au flowey kinda goes MIA on frisk and doesn’t wanna be friends/isn't ready to talk to them juuuuust yet, clover’s kind of an exception though :D which also means frisk doesn't reaaallly know about clover til weeks later cause clover isn't ready to face martlet starlo or anyone else until they feel ready, dying and choosing to be alone as a 12 year old can be not great for the brain

Flowey is technically clovers guide through the underground but is still trying to get the other humans to wake up so he’s kinda busy but will know if clover is near a save like in game.

I might give this clover figerless gloves to hide the more human-lookin' skin

Clover is actually essentially sneaking around places like waterfall and snowdin town, staying places that have small shops and less people that would be able to recognize them

The tumblr user howlonomy gave me so much brainrot in their au so look at it!!! Their clover is such a creaturr!!!! /pos

#art #sorry for the tags #drawing #uty fanart #clover uty #uty clover #ut yellow #undertale yellow #undertale yellow au #I might make more stuff when my laptop is fixed #howlonomy seems very cool but also I'm not @-ing them because jesus christ social interactions are terrifying and the concept of being #percieved also scared the heck outta me #Ap bio makes me want to explain magic in a microscopic sense y'know? like explain how magic turns into chemical energy which when you eat #goes through your bloodstream or by electrical signals and makes you heal fast #also like #debating whether the stasis they were in would be either because it stopped the cells from majorly decaying and deviding or whether it #continues the cell cycle but prevents dna from being damaged in this statis preventing things like illness or cancer while in a sort of #living stasis? #I'll think abt it some more #if you can't tell I really like science and art. #“Lucky” Clover Au

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

An aspect of Hilda the series that I feel isn’t talked about enough is the colonizer’s guilt and how it affects the main character.

What made me write this was watching the third episode of the new season, but honestly, it’s something we see throughout the whole series. Starting out with the elves in the northern counties, and moving on to trolls and now giants. Every season that came out gave us a chance to see Hilda deal with the feelings that arise from living in a society she knows is built on the occupation of another people’s native land and the oppression of those inhabitants.

She knows it’s not her fault, she knows she’s not the colonizer, but she’s well aware that she’s in the privileged side of her society. Seeing her grapple with the fact that her very existence in these spaces is only possible because someone else is getting the short end of the stick, to me at least, makes her that much more interesting of a character.

Because it’s not a matter of fixing what she’s done, but the privilege is still there and not even well hidden when she sees the day to day life of the people whose land has been occupied by humans/trolbergians. So whenever we see her rush to aid them, her borderline desperation to fix what’s been broken, it’s even more captivating because it’s not just the usual “I love helping people and having adventures” gist, there’s always this undertone of guilt for something she hasn’t personally done but still knows has to be held accountable for.

Hilda knows the type of oppression that people like her get away with. And she wants no part in it.

#OP HAS ONLY WATCHED UP UNTIL EPISODE THREE YET!!!!!!!!!! #DONT TELL ME IF SHE TURNS OUT TO BE SOME SORT OF ALSO COLONIZED CODED MAGICAL CREATURE!!!! #but even if it’s the case. she still *grows up* thinking she’s in the ‘part of the problem’ side of things #and very much gets treated like so. so. you know. privilege either way #as a white Brazilian person this makes the character that much more relatable to me #there’s always this sense of guilt even if you know you’re trying your best to not be part of the problem #we’re already part of the problem. living where I live is only possible because of many years of violence against another culture #and we need to learn to live with it and fix what’s salvageable #and that’s what’s so juicy about Hilda. because she GETS the chance to fix it #and she DOES. and watching her cope with *why* those people need to be saved in the first place #is what makes her so interesting to watch to me #Hilda spoilers #Hilda s3 #Hilda s3 spoilers #Hilda season 3 #Hilda the series #Hilda netflix #Hilda (Hilda)

[moonlit-tulip]

A gimmick which I think would be interesting in a visual novel: small variation in the visual designs of the sprites and backgrounds based on who's narrating a given scene. Not large variations, mostly—buildings are going to have generally the same architecture, people are going to have generally the same outfits, et cetera—but lots of details shifting around on the margins, showing the texture of the characters' thought-processes through the visual design of the world as they see it, rather than only through the text of their narration.

So, for example, one could have one viewpoint character be unusually faceblind, and portray this by having all the sprites have Same-Face Syndrome when viewed from their perspective, even as they hold onto more variation face-wise in everyone else's perspectives. One could have one viewpoint character who's unusually conscious of the fine details of their physical environment, and portray this by drawing the environment-art with much more fiddly detail when in their perspective, showing wood-grain and electrical wiring and other such things which are abstracted away in others' perspectives of the same areas. Et cetera.

#Archive #Visual Novels #Premises #there's also some room once the pattern has been established on the small scale to go more intense about it #one character just sort of never seeing the building that's the big landmark for everyone else or something #but making that too prominent will end up leaving you with something less like this-idea-in-its-basic-form and more like saya no uta #and for all that i in fact liked says no uta itself it's definitely not particularly about the-thing-this-idea-in-its-basic-form-is-about #so there's a bit of a balancing act there #(the thing this idea is about being largely 'people vary widely in which bits of the world they tend to notice / pay attention to') #(in a mundane way as opposed to just a magical-perception-filtering way)

[puppyeared]

just realized i forgot to make a page for sleight on my artfight, so i decided to update his ref while im at it

#for legal reasons clawronto canyada isnt actually mentioned anywhere in laikas comet and might not even be canon #im just having fun with the furth naming schemes.. and i lived in the GTA myself and i can see him being at home in the elgin #it has like a very fancy vibe but in an aged way yknow...??the kind of thing u imagine when u think of old magic tricks on stage heh #i also wanna get around to finalizing the design for his van bc i have some concepts down for a folding down stage. like a barbie camper #theres a forum called the skoolie where ppl post abt school bus modding to make em into travel campers and im using it for reference #i.. love this guys design so much i want more reasons to draw him for fun lol #my art #myart #oc #my oc #myoc #fur #furry #furry art #laikas comet oc #laikas comet #sleight #reference sheet #oc ref sheet #fan character #? sort of?? atp hes more like a guy who happens to exist on furth than a fan character to me. idk

[lucalicatteart]

 sculpted a strange shimmery two headed snail, speckled with wild flowers on it's shell~

#sculpture #snail #fantasy art #I have never sculpted or even drawn a snail before #so hopefully the anatomy is not incredibly off #(though if so.. I guess it could also just pass as further Strange Magical Mutations lol) #It doesn't show up as well in the photo but the shell has some irridescent eyeshadow on it so it kind of alternates a little warm #red and teal as you move it. #Made for an art contest on a game that I play lol (I wouldnt normally think to sculpt a snail on my own if it werent part of a #prompt) but I do kind of like the way it came out.. sort of.. #Perhaps a real creature that exists in Nanyevimi (my worldbuilding setting) in some capacity then.. hrmm #also in relevance to this blog i DO STILL WANT TO finish the story with the little adventurer... goursh I have just had so much going on.. #all of my little side projects like that have fallen away for so long. I really want his advneture to reach a tiny conclusion though #And shout out to that one person that always reblogged them and left nice comments in the tags also.. :'3 #Poll Adventures.... not over... simply was on temporary evil hiatus due to Me Feeling Sick Constantly All Summer and so on and so forth #aughhh.. woe and agonyyy *dramatically drops to my knees in the middle of a rain storm like some tragic movie scene #kneeling into the cold earth as i cradle the half-living bodies of all of my half-finished creative projects in my arms* #ANYWAY... lol..... erm.. snail time

[zvaigzdelasas]

*liberal voice* are you saying that "the working group to consider creating a working group which would consider writing a formal report considering the efficacies of X, Y & Z ways of addressing the problem" isn't actually a way of addressing the problem?

*dramatic self-important huff*

well at least one of us is doing something about it

#gradual change only works in the absence of gradual change in the opposite direction! #at least of comparable magnitude if not more #gradual change really means trying to sneak things in that the bourgeoisie are too stupid to notice #like thats literally the way gradualism moves forward. #by hoping you know a procedural loophole that gives you magical abilities to counteract their procedural loopholes #some harry potter ass 'who knows the better latin' kinda duel #hey moderate progressive fhange ass libs you know what kind of actual gradual change has actually tricked the bourgeoisie? #china's! #wonder what sort of mechanism that form of gradual change was enacted through #probably something roughly like 'defending joe biden online to incentivize him to be nice' #thats probably how the communist party of China operated i think

[bombusbombus]

Bruce definitely knows how to cook, but he's one of those guys who goes to the grocery store to get ingredients for a meal. For every meal. His fridge is normally completely empty except for protein shake ingredients.

Clark grew up with a rural family, he's definitely used to scrounging around in the cupboards and throwing together ingredients into something cohesive. My guy can take half an onion, an alien mushroom he found, some ancient lentils, and a container of leftover soup, and make a full hearty meal.

#I'd like to think he lets people give him foods sometimes #he saves someone from a flood and they insist on giving him half a pound of produce #and he's done chores on other people's farms #you never get away from that sort of thing without some fresh eggs or baked goods or something #so he's used to receiving food as gratitude! #he'd never accept money but he will accept an entire traditionally-smoked salmon because his mom raised him that way #His friends love coming over just to inspect the contents of his fridge and see what he can make with it all #dc #superbat #superman #batman #my mom had some food insecurity growing up and learning to cook from her gave me a magic touch with leftovers

[jaqdawks]

This is Barry my Madoka Magica OC

#was watching madoka magica with my roommate and our friend #haven’t watched mm since I was like #11??? maybe #my roommate and our friend have never WATCHED it #so I know the spoilers but I forgot enough for this to be a new and enjoyable experience again almost #and they didn’t know squat #and I said ‘’yk what would help these magical girls a lot would be to go at it with the view some ppl who defuse bombs have’’ #which is if they fuck up it’s not their problem anymore (cuz they’re dead) #ofc this isn’t to fault the characters of the show. they’re 14 they’re not gonna handle this sort of shit well OBVIOUSLY #but we started joking abt a magical girl who’s just a grown man who can diffuse bombs #and here he is #everyone say hi to Barry cuz you’ll never see him again #art #doodles #madoka magica #magical girl OC #madoka magica oc #fanart #puella magi madoka magica #digital art #illustration #oc #digital doodle #digital drawing #digital aritst

[puppetmaster13u]

Once more I am rotating both @phoenixcatch7's Possessed Doll Au, and our Meat Marionette Au.

And I am specifically pondering things like the JL magic users' first encounter with the dolls/meat marionettes. Especially those that can see magic or souls.

Because Gotham? Universally acknowledged it's already fucked up. Like there's literal death pits, gravity doesn't work in some places on certain days, whole streets disappear for weeks, hell portals have been opened up (this is literally all canon, no joke) and that's just the tip of the iceberg for a normal month there.

So look, they were honestly expecting some funkiness with a Gotham vigilante. But this? What the fuck is this? They- genuinely, that's horrific-

Huh? No they're not talking appearance wise, that's pretty par for the course actually, no they're talking about whatever the fuck... How is it moving? How is it alive when it's like an amalgamation of all.... that?!

What the Fuck created that thing?!

#batman au #dc #dcu #cryptid batman #cryptid batfam #possessed doll au #meat marionette au #justice league #random thoughts #Honestly for magic users the dolls probably clock as some sort of parasite sort of amalgamation soul golem thing #But the meat marionettes? #What the fuck would they be thinking because like those bodies were made by Gotham's Caves Itself #So hypothetically the bodies could literally Count as part of Gotham itself #would put more tags but I have a migraine

[tswwwit]

Dipper has at least ONE super-extra-long reincarnation with Bill after being bitten by a vampire.

Bill's absolutely thrilled about this development! Dipper, though - he's way more grumpy about this lifetime, what with needing the special sunscreens and not getting to eat garlic bread.

#answers #Or eat anything beyond a Very Special Diet for that matter #In the end Bill decides it's not worth the bitching to have him get bitten every time #Besides it comes with some extra weird 'family' ties. The vamp who bit Dipper thinks he has a claim on him!! What?? The Audacity #And Dipper hates it. Like a lot. One of his least favorite ways to end up despite the inhuman abilities #His mouth always tastes like pennies and he's cold most of the time. The sun itches and burns. There's so many *annoyances* #The one upside is he probably doesn't have to go around eating people #There's a convenient magical being right there who has 'blood' of a sort #Like an extra-rich protein shake that giggles when you sip it

[worstloki]

Loki who can hold the Tesseract not because it has no effect on him but because the pain receptors in his fingers/hands have long since fizzled out

#Thor goes to grab the Tesseract from his bro and drops it like a Tom and Jerry goon cat hot potato like YEOWCH!!! #fumbles it fr #might’ve dropped it on the floor #Loki stands there looking at Thor like he’s angry but also like he’s going to cry #Thor cannot be intimidated into grabbing the death cube again #let him get some gloves or a grabby pincer or something first #Loki who does magic through his hands and that has sort of damaged them a little #maybe he’s got some motor issues with them sometimes bc of the damage too #Loki running drained of magic and his fingers don’t move when he wants and spasm when he’s not trying to move