#my teeny tiny man...

[sweet-beezus]

Welp. I caught a sprite making bug so [hands you a Lugh hands you a Lugh ha-]

#sham's art #shamsbabs #lugh #i wanted to make him a khdr sprite FOREVER #i can't use this for creative works cuz i didn't utilize my shapes very well BUT #i still love him :) #my teeny tiny man... #kh oc #kingdom hearts oc #khdr oc #style emulation

[chalkrub]

art trade from toyhouse - love this funny evil guy

#my art #anthro #furry #illustration #found the coolest new band recently and then found out they broke up earlier this year - very cool #and i definitely did not feel genuine devastation over this #they reformed as a new thing and their first single is good but i'll never hear their old stuff live!!!!!! FUCK!!! #i hate and love teeny tiny bands man they're always jumping from project to project and mutating. which is great and all for keeping fresh #but now i gotta trawl through youtube for their handful of live recordings like a starving rat in a winter shortage #they're called cheap teeth....i'd be remiss if i didn't give a shoutout to a band that somehow has less followers than me #anyway. swag #weirdfur

[marclef]

kinda drew these guys for fun but ehhhh screw it i’m posting them. having too much fun toying with Don’t Starve Fakey’s design 😅

(also hey i finished dialogue before i left on Thursday so i get to start on spritework when i get home!!!)

#look at this teeny little man though. tiny little destructive force of nature. we love him. #you don’t even know how much unholy stuff i’m gonna code this man to be able to eat ingame. be prepared. #my art #pizza tower #pizza tower fake peppino #man i love Fake’s design so much though. such a fun little guy to draw……

[streamsofstardust]

feeling... not so chill about him

#teeny tiny itty bitty waist #BIIIIIG broad shoulders #that's a whole ass man #i need him baaaaaaad #danny wagner is my boyfriend!! and i love him!!! #gvf #greta van fleet #gretavanfleet #danny gvf #danny wagner #danny wagner gvf

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[funforahermit]

smooching against a wall time for @sherlockig (thanks for the idea!)

#ofmd s2 spoilers #(let's get that tag out of the way first before i forget) #sorry for making only teeny tiny versions of these gifs #i needed to cover up my complete lack of colouring skills #this parallel is fun! #but it also feels kinda wrong to put them next to each other because the context is soooooooo different #also the grabbing and smooching happens in opposite orders so i didn't really know how to place them 'xD #who cares though eh? look at that hot hot man... #rhys darby #our flag means death #wrecked

[yamswurzel]

Yearning.

Did another version with black hair cuz I couldn't decide but in the end I like the silver hair more!!

I love Fengqing I would die for them.

#mu qing #fanart #my art #mxtx tgcf #tgcf fanart #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #feng xin #fengqing #i love them sm #digital art #mxtx fanart #mxtx #mu qing is a pretty man #feng xin agrees #teeny tiny feng xin doll

[melveres]

MET THE BAT!! mister babygirl you are TALL

#chickenscratch #wizard101 #wizzy fandom #w101 #mellori w101 #bat w101 #the young wizard #Galathea (Eurydice) #the bat #mellori #cant believe our first conversation was him yelling at me for screwing over his plans #man he is like at least 2 Young Wizards tall.... maybe even 3.... #mellori is like... even Smaller than the YW too... teeny tiny #he has to drag his feet so he wouldn't outpace me as my companion lol #king just lift me into your arms and carry me. it would be faster #i would not mind. matter of fact my arms are already wide open

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

MRS. PIGGY HAS AN UGLY SWEATER! I REPEAT: MRS. PIGGY HAS AN UGLY SWEATER!

it's baggy in the wrong places and overall Not Very Good! but that's to be expected seeing as i've never crocheted a sweater before, let alone one for a stuffed animal (and i had to kinda bullshit the pattern, seeing as it was made for a more proportional/bigger aminal). i'm proud of it. she looks nice and cozy for the coming winter months

#i added a nice lil scalloped edge for added Flair #might make a teeny tube sweater for her worm wife! #i have tiny yarn around here somewhere.... #this yarn is lowkey shit tho lmao #i saw nonbinary themed yarn and blacked out but Man. shouldve gotten a different one #the dye job is Terrible. i mean absolutely Abysmal. the blacks have bled so much into the yellows and whites #i love crochet. its so frustrating and so fun and i get to Make Things! #and its easier than i could have ever expected! #absolutely unprompted #photos from the bog #ohhhhh i should make her an autumn themed granny square sweater #im sure i could finagle my way into making it work #make two squares. stitch em together. leave room for arm holes. yeah! #i might be more of a poncho than a sweater but that'd fit her lovely body type better anyway!

[bitchofthewest]

"i'll just sketch Seven a couple of times here to get the hang of it yk simplify the shapes a bit yeah yea-" SLAPS far too detailed borg implant on the first fucking sketch les gooooooooooo

(in my defense, here's the first sketch of the lil comic i'm making with her and b'elanna. good stuff)

#seven of nine #star trek #star trek voyager #st voyager #st voy #etc #might as well post it yk. cant stop drawing pretty seven with stars around her head and dont even think i want to tbh it is what it is #also i just love teeny weeny tiny b'elanna losing it in there man. yess that's exactly how you react seeing a pretty woman. god bless you #my art

[jangmi-latte]

what is this. it's been two cards and we'll never know what THIS is. yzma has a pink potion, the evil queen has a green potion, unless this potion represents vil i am at lost.

and what does it do.

i refuse to believe he's doing skincare products for vil let me remind you this man has exploded the lab at some point in his 3-year old student life

#twisted wonderland #twst #pomefiore #rook hunt #i'm trying to marinate this man to whatever's on his body #he got herbs and anti-uv bottle strapped on his body #SHAKES HIM WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE TEENY TINY BRAIN OF YOURS MY LOVE

[phdmama]

Challenged myself to write a 100 words drabble. Drarry, explicit, first time (implied, it's only 100 words obviously!)

“Are you going to do something or what?” Draco asks, his voice cracking embarrassingly on the do.

Potter is sprawled out on the carpet as if he’s been taken out at the knees, which to be fair, Draco thinks smugly, he sort of was. Potter's shirt is rucked up under his armpits, his jeans are tangled around his knees, his spent cock resting on his thigh. His hair’s a disaster, his chest is heaving. He looks as if he’s been ransacked.

He looks ridiculous, Draco thinks. Come-dumb and stupid. Draco can’t even look at him. 

He may never look away.

#my writing #teeny tiny drabble challenge #man it's hard to stick to the brevity!!!! #not my strongest talent to be honest #drarry microfic

[bookwyrminspiration]

buttons bracelet :)

(i did the green and black because whenever i think of that quote i think of u and those are your pfp colors)

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!! HOLD ON!!!

WE CAN MATCH :D!!!!

i have a limited bead color palette (no purple :( ) but!! it’s based on yours !!!

#kotlc #quil's queries #dizzeners #i am SO honored to be the color inspo <3 #so so cool #also MAN I have spilled SO many teeny tiny beads in my bed #in my haste #and nearly spilled so many more #wish I’d had purple #but alas. just pinks

[tahthetrickster]

baby beans…

#voxel is so fucking teeny tiny i get debilitating cute aggression urges to put the whole kitten in my mouth #THE WORST PART IS THAT I COULD IN FACT PROBABLY FIT THE WHOLE BABY IN MY MOUTH. VOXEL IS SO FUCKING SMALL. #cats man #tah's feline #holding the baby in one hand while trembling with barely restrained adoration

[chibishortdeath]

I redrew something from 2022 :3! Yippie, now you guys get to see the old one and the new one next to each other heck yeah.

I’m gonna rant like absolutely bonkers length about Simon’s Quest and the endings and story under a cut for anyone interested:

The original version (the last image) had this like long rant about how I see the endings of the game, but it wasn’t as comprehensive cause I was still kinda new to things and well instagram character limit lol.

The endings of the game are a really really cool topic to me because of how ominous and vague they all are. They’re all left pretty open! But I’ve always gotten some sinking dread even when getting the fastest “red sky” ending. The game really sets up the ending with a lot of empty areas and suspense beforehand, especially with the still present but now more pressing clock still ticking ya know, and the final battle is kinda just there, but it ends off all this tense build up with

A eulogy. One definitely written for Simon too. In every ending.

The first ending (grey sky) is really vague, just a general statement that “Simon you will always be remembered for your bravery and courage” and that “Peace and serenity have been restored to Transylvania and the people are free of Dracula’s curse”. Which is really odd for what would be assumed to be a “bad ending”. This generally sounds like a pretty good outcome and it’s primarily the same in the Japanese version just slightly worded differently. Heck, it’s not even stated in the text outright if he died. But the visuals, oh man. Dreary greyscale and Simon doesn’t even appear on screen in front of Dracula’s grave. Did Dracula even get reburried? It’s some really bleak imagery compared to the otherwise pretty unsuspecting text.

And second ending (blue sky) is very interesting. Simon appears on screen with some nice bright generally cheery colors, but the text deliberately mentions his death in both versions. The English version however says something the Japanese version doesn’t: it says the curse wasn’t broken. The original text says “until a young man to fight against evils like him comes again to this world, Transylvanians will keep praying forever.” Which I guess you could assume means that something went wrong and the curse still exists, but it could also be taken as a general “there’s no cool badass vampire hunter guy to kill any other general threats, so we hope another one comes along”. So, again, it’s so extremely vague.

So far the first and the second don’t really have all that much different as far as implications go: Simon beat Dracula but he died.

So what about the third ending (red sky)? Would it shock you if I said there’s not much difference from the text of the first ending? It’s essentially just another eulogy text with nice things to say about him. It says “Simmon Belmont put an eternal period to the legend of Dracula” (yes the Japanese version says Simmon lol it happens), which is something we know isn’t true because well more games got made later. Also because Dracula’s hand pops out of the ground afterwards! Which is hard to say the meaning of, is it just a teaser like “to be continued” or is it actually meaning that Dracula wasn’t put down properly and will be back really soon? Because that still is in line with things since yeah Drac did kinda sorta come back early in Harmony of Dissonance. Anyway— But it’s just another way of saying “he killed Dracula” and probably “he ended the curse”. The last section is just “his blood and sweat have penetrated into the ground of Transylvania and will bring us full-blown flowers with happiness in next spring”. Which is, again, just a really pretty, poetic way of saying “we’re never gonna forget this guy”. And again, this ending never outright says if he lives or dies!

Which is so!!!!! Weird!!!!!!!!!!! Why have multiple endings in a game if they’re all so vague that they’re almost completely interchangeable and can all be argued to be the ending of the game? You could genuinely make an argument for each of the endings being the canon ending and it would affect essentially nothing. They’re so vague to the point that a lot of people assume that they were mixed up at some point in development, which I find unlikely coming from the dev team of the guy said to want his games to be a cinematic experience. But it’s so strange! Why!?!?!

But I think that this vagueness and sense of idk how to put it— um ya know when something builds something up to get you all excited and convinced it’ll go one way and then it pulls the rug out from under you? Like when it’s set up to where it feels like the protagonist is finally going to get something and then it just doesn’t happen completely unceremoniously? Like a hope crushing twist?

Idk what I mean is, to me, it feels completely intentional. It feels to me like the game is just ramping up the tension and the suspense and the dread just to cut it off with vague, bittersweet endings that just seem to imply sad things and don’t sit right. It’s like as if the game wants you to get the first ending, see that it’s really gloomy, try to figure out the game more and get the second ending, see that that one outright says he’s dead, then try to get something better only to run into another awkward seemingly negative ending and a realization that you can’t do anything about it.

And I was thinking about this again a bit ago and realized that it really fits with the rest of Simon’s story. Simon kinda has this general “hero goes to save the day” plot in the first one with some slight mention of Christopher before him and the fact that this is a clan and a repeating 100 year Dracula cycle right? But things go wrong and he gets cursed and presumably either struggles to figure out what to do or just puts it off for like 6 ish years. Add the general vibes of “will I ever be as good as my ancestors?” and repeating themes of being alone and then compare that with Dracula’s Curse that comes out not long later and this game is suddenly the most “power of friendship” “seeing the good in people” “together we can overcome this” kind of story in the whole series and it hit me: Simon feels like a subversion of the lone hero trope. Like this super uplifting, unlikely band of heroes story coming out right after the solitude if it were personified as a 1600s vampire hunter story feels so so so so important to me. And then The Adventure and Belmont’s Revenge come out and what are they about? Christopher goes into the castle alone and something goes wrong! And I’ve noticed how other Belmonts and protagonists in later games get companions or friends or helpers or somebody else, and oh boy does that make how alone Simon is that much more noticeable.

It just all comes together in a messed up way. I really feel like Simon dies in all of these endings. And I didn’t even get into weird symbolism discussion lol—

And maybe this is just me looking too hard into an old game from a modern used to stories in games being detailed perspective, but idk man, I love the Simon’s Quest because it never fails to baffle me. Honestly so much of Simon’s Quest genuinely haunts me (affectionate), like I’ll just be sitting around and think of another possible answer to something and it’ll end up just as vague and full of holes as any other speculation, it’s wild. This game will have you sitting around looking for answers only to consistently run into dead ends with sad or nonexistent implications. I hope any of this makes sense, this game drives me insane I love it debating replaying and overthinking it again hmmmmmmm—

#castlevania #castlevania games #Castlevania Simon’s quest #simon’s quest #castlevania ii #castlevania ii: simon's quest #akumajou dracula #simon belmont #castlevania fanart #art post #my art #art #fanart #redraw #ahfkshakfjsga i love u Simon’s Quest never change #Simon’s story is such a tragedy man somebody get this guy a friend #shout out to that midnight energy that suddenly compelled me to write multiple pages about an NES game again 💀💀💀💀💀💀 #also hehehehe flower symbolism in this one >:3c #have fun piecing the meanings of things together hehe it was fun researching for it #the flowers included are roses marigolds anemones and some teeny tiny forgetmenots hidden in there #also the symbolism surrounding Simon I’ve noticed seems to generally lead back to martyrdom and sacrifice which is hmmmm interesting #the thorns and colors Ayami uses for him in her art of him #the hanging skeletons in the hanged man positions being a reference to him #there’s more I’m just getting sleepy and can’t think of them rn #I made a post about it a loooong time ago tho #anyway that’s just adding on to the other ominous implications of what might have happened to him aaaaa #anyway Simon is one of the characters ever #hopefully this gives somber but ethereal vibes beautiful but tragic ya know #bro puts the slay in vampire slayer like it’s giving dead but he killed it anyway— #incoherent rambling

[daphnalia]

tori was fucking awesome but giving hermie/anthony/the literal joker a 4 is factually incorrect

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #I EAS GIGGLING #ANTHONT BURCH YOU ARE SO FUNNY AND I HOPE YOU KNOW IT #A 4?? yeha maybe the pacing was a bit quick BUT IT WAS FUCKING FUNNY #and the joker makeup #this man deserves every award ever created idc #urgh he was so funny and added so much to hermies character while still not going off plot or whatever it was so great anthony burch ur coo #...ur cool but yk what would make u cooler?? MENTIONING YEET BIGLY IR KILLA DEMALL #I DONT EVEN NEED PROPER CONTENT ANTHONT PLEASE I JUST NEED ONE TEENY TINY COMMENT THAT HALF THE FANDOM WILL IGNORE AND NEVER TALK ABOUT #i hate it when my brain does that thing and focuses on shit that will never be brought up again #because it has been literal months since this fixation thing started #MONTHS. and its STILL GOING. #btw yeah if ur new here hi welcome to my silly tumblr blig #50% of it is yeet bigly #40% is me begging anthony to add yeet bigly or killa demall content as if he will ever read this #and the rest is me shitting on willy stampler! #i love tagging