#phew its a lot

[elusivewildflower]

hiii, the clip you just posted it’s from the movie “ blue valentine “ and it’s a great movie i recommend, it shows how things don’t always work out. But ryan was a sweetheart in this movie 😏😏 i think if you haven’t watched the movie, that you should write about his character, because every ryan character deserves love !!🫣

Hey there, anon!! Thanks so much! I always love getting to see Ryan be a sweetheart, so I'll need to move this movie up a few pegs on my watchlist! And I agree, all of his characters deserve love. <3 But damn if I don't need to stop coming up with so many fic ideas for different characters, it's a lot to keep up with. But I hope you've been enjoying all of the stories I've been creating for his characters, and I have plenty more on the way!!

#elusive answers #ive got the sierra six series going #got a driver from drive series planned #still got my holland march series ive gotta update #and now ive got a luke glanton series planned #i also wanna write more for K but idk if I'll create a series for him or just do standalone fics #phew its a lot

[oikyskau]

seeing kenji muto, the director of trigun stampede, reading an article about the portrayal of women in media made me want to take a little bit of a closer look at the women in trigun and as i was rambling about this earlier to my partner, they told me to write it down LMAO

as most of us know, in a lot of fiction, women are mostly characterised through common tropes, leading to a lack of complexity and a one-dimensional portrayal: as the doting wife, the femme fatale, the mistress, or the virgin. Their role only amounts to an Other, an extension of the male hero. they’re either the whore or the madonna.

for female characters in anime that usually means they’re either the sexy femme fatale, big badonkers and all to be gazed at, the mother, the helpless damsel in distress, or the child (yet, still sexualised despite the fact that it is a literal child); they’re portrayed through the way they are being perceived by men and mostly sexualised beyond belief. 

tristamp doesn’t do any of that.

in fact, the female characters in stampede achieve something that you don’t often see in anime: they are people. and stampede makes that clear in its very first episode by decidedly not going the route that you would usually take with the female characters they introduce:

of course, the biggest example here would be meryl, who i’d argue is the biggest driver of the plot, despite the fact that the plot of stampede is technically determined by vash - vash is an entirely passive character, he doesn’t make things happen, things happen to him and they mostly happen to him because of meryl. she’s the one who unties him, she drags them to the city, she makes them stay with him after ep3, she drives over wolfwood (rip my man), she stops for them to find rollo, she makes them follow the steamer.. you get it. she does all of this, despite being introduced as the newbie, the innocent person who would usually be the damsel in distress, who is helpless and shy and easily manipulated and who will probs be sexualised in her role as the “virgin” (sexually naive young girl who just doesn’t get all this adult sexuality yet hehe) 

but she’s not – she wears a non-sexualised outfit, she only gets called out for being a newbie, or for being small height-wise by wolfwood, but not for being a “girl”, she determines the action despite the fact that she does have a mentor figure and is therefore still in a position of a student – she still isnt an extension of roberto, vash, or anyone

in fact, the other characters – Rosa, Elendira, Luida, Rem – all take up roles that would in other media be portrayed in very specific ways: Rosa could just be a pregnant mother, who is also a divorcee, Elendira could be an innocent child beholden to her caretaker, Luida could be the loving motherlike figure and rem the Madonna figure, symbolising all the virtues a woman should aspire to have. – Rosa is a leader, her pregnancy is mentioned one single time and never made a bigger part of her character, Elendira is young but powerful, making choices by herself that are not inherently based on any kind of innocence, Luida doesn’t coddle Vash or prioritise him over her own work and mission (which also serves to inspire another woman, meryl!!), and rem is also just a non-perfect person, with secrets and questionable morality

none of these women are judged on the basis of their gender, none of them experience gender-based violence, none of them are made into a joke, none of them are sexualised (or desexualised – if you compare them to the male characters, who also do not ever make jokes about sexual promiscuity or similar stuff), they have different body types (rem has a very pronounced chest, and yet stampede doesn’t ever focus on it or give her cleavage) – note also that when presented with the perfect opportunity to call a female character a “bitch”, they chose to go with a “witch” instead, in both original japanese and english dub

their femininity is not used as a weapon against them, nor are stereotypical hypermasculine elements used to define characters’ positive traits (vash not being our traditionally hypermasculine hero for example) - the only time we see a semblance of gender-based violence is, you guessed it, at the very end, when knives forcefully takes control and bodily autonomy away from vash and inseminates the plants against their will (also interesting to note that knives, as the character that does exhibit that kind of violence, is the only character to be shown incredibly buff and all muscle) 

the women in tristamp are written for women, with the goal to be women that we can recognise, that represent the women that we are and know

anyways, i love all women in tristamp and have not once felt uncomfortable or said “oh look, a panty shot” and honestly i just find that pretty neat

#trigun stampede #trigun #meryl stryfe #rem saverem #trigun meta #ramblings #dont take this too seriously its just me being very nerdy for female characters LMAO #a lot of anime that i like fall into the trap of writing female characters for men and in relation to other male characters and i honestly #expect it at this point but PHEW was i going help WOMEN??? during tristamp #also do i need to add a citation bc im technically just citing my own thesis..... LMAOO

[aroaceleovaldez]

Revisited my old vld au (i blame @jankwritten) and remade my old character sheets about it. tweaked some things, struggled to remember what the hell all my notes were about from like 5 years ago, etc etc. Much happier with the set-up now honestly.

Stars vs circles indicate designated paladin/main pilot of that lion. Or castle in the castle's case.

feel free to ask about it cause I have a lot of random notes jotted down.

#pjo #riordanverse #percy jackson #jason grace #nico di angelo #annabeth chase #piper mclean #leo valdez #hazel levesque #frank zhang #reyna ramírez-arellano #my art #vld pjo au #au #PHEW character tags are a lot #my apologies to anyone im jumpscaring with this post re: vld in 2023 #the ''i blame jankwritten'' is in jest i admittedly cannot pass up an opportunity to draw galra nico #its been so long #also if you're wondering ''is that the roosterbeth design'' yes it is #again she has consumed my every waking thought and also she's fun to draw #didnt redraw my ref for Luke in this au and i never made a Thalia ref but Luke is essentially Sendak #and Thalia is essentially Matt

[icantalk710]

This semi-mild cold has been an annoying start to this week 🤧😪

#ore no kao #feels mostly gone now after being in its clutches since sunday night #but on the bright side i got to skip the Tues/Wed office days and work from home all week #lots of sneezing and congestion with a very brief fever yday--likely thanks to my roomie's four day/nyquil pills #but phew #also finally almost caught up on work emails 📧 #and just put out a vid for a ygo project i've been working on over on my sideblog for the interested #so feeling better 😌 #(now to finally sleep 💤) #[should not tag-vent-rb before bed] #let's see if i feel up to a jog tmrw finally #[also jeez my nostrils need some r&r 😩] #(clarification: day/nyquil pills *keeping it from being worse probably lol) #if you read this far into my tags you are now imagining a smiling corgi doggo :)

[upsidedowngrass]

a bunch of art from the last few months!!

#hfjone #hfjone liam #hfjone amelia #liam plecak #amelia euler #hfjone backpack #hfjone scenty #not tagging the others these two are just the main characters in this #my art #eye strain #none of these are the piece ive been rly excited abt but i figure i should post them!!! #some r from today some are from months ago #srry for the inactivity!! ive had a lot on my plate :) #but i never stopped thinking about them. rest assured #and that other piecell be done soon but PHEW. its a lot #anyway!!! im happy w some of these and neutral on some but i wanna start posting art again :) #for a multitude of reasons hehe #anyway. waves at my followers. hiiii. im now off to class #sorry liam is so sad in all of these im only jsut now realizing that theres a disproportionate ratio #of sad and happy liams in this post

[yellowjackets-1996]

I WANNA SEE THE DIRT UNDER YOUR SKIN; I NEED YOUR BROKEN PROMISES.

#lottieshauna #yellowjackets #yellowjacketsedit #yjedit #yellowjacketscentral #ok hiiiiiiiiiiii #idk if i like this<3 but i luv them #and for my tags #lottie matthews #shauna shipman #PHEW ok anyway its a lot to me that tai runs and grabs shauna after she finds jackies body #but none of the girls reach out to lottie after laura lee FULLY BLOWS UP. even as they hold onto each other #the god lottie already was; the god lottie always had been. she'd never been anyonelottie the way shauna had been (still is) jackieshauna #laura lee came close though. at least in the woods. closer to her than the other ones who followed her. like a self sacrificing judas #everyone follows lottie but lottie follows shauna. always watching closely but never judgmentally #lotties got a lot to let out that shes always had to keep in and she needs to even more right now because they need her #but shauna is too human and keeping it in will only rot her from the inside out #and what can you offer a ticking time bomb except for a place to explode #one day lottie will find hers too #she didnt even get to eat her dead bestie!!!!!! SICK.

[shkika]

you cant see my mouse but hes being held up.

also moon has iggy if u even care

#I HAVENT FORGOTTEN THEM #im just drawing a lot of things!! #PHEW #rainworld #rain world #shimeji #rw shimeji #i did a few more frames today and my friend fixed some coding with their hugging interaction <3 #before a moon shimeji could hug another moon shimeji oops #now thats not possible its exclusive to a moon and pebbles shime

[pagesofkenna]

there's a post in the tag about someone wishing to see more Omar in D20 and I agree, but it also reminded me about how a year ago a few RPG streamers I like started Power Play, and I never ended up watching it, and I just recently learned that Omar was in that and I could have seen what an awesome player he was long ago if I just had watched it

and then I got to thinking about how many cool actual plays are out there that don't have the budget that Dimension 20 or Critical Role have, but tell really cool stories with really good players regardless! And a lot of these players deserve recognition, but there's so little space to showcase new players for audiences who only watch D20 or CR

so anyway I compiled a list of every single actual play Omar has been in (at least, those I could find VODs for)

Power Play: actual play of Icons, a silver-age inspired superheroes rpg, hosted by QueueTimes! It's played remotely, about 59 episodes long, and includes several one-shots where (I think?) they play some other game systems as well

The Borros Saga: Banesbreak: actual play of Dungeons and Dragons, hosted by PixelCircus! Played in person, about 12 episodes long, with some one-shot vignettes. Aabria is also a player here!

Monsters and Fables: actual play of Dungeons and Dragons, hosted by the official D&D channel! Played in person, 6 episodes long

Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG: actual play of Dungeons and Dragons, hosted by Hyper RPG! Played in person, about 9 episodes long, and half the time Omar is DMing!

Balboa Cantrip Academy: actual play of Kids on Brooms, a rules-lite magical school rpg, hosted by Hyper RPG! Played remotely, and only 3 episodes long (Episode 2, Episode 3, on Twitch)

Pugmire: Homeword Bound: actual play of Pugmire, a simplified D20 with dogs, hosted by Saving Throw! Played in-person, only 3 episodes long

The Last VHS Store: a 3-episode series hosted by Saving Throw, where Omar GMs a lite D20 system he designed himself! All in-person

Carrier Penguins: a series of 4 one-shots hosted by Saving Throw, playing Lasers and Feelings, an easily hackable lite system. Ep1, Ep2, Ep3, Ep4, all in-person

Oneshots specifically:

Aces in Space charity stream with QueueTimes, playing Blue Shift - remote

The Golden Girls charity stream with PixelCircus, playing Lewd Grannies - remote

The Gauntlet s2e2 with Hyper RPG, playing Pathfinder (Omar later GMs the 8-episode s4) - in-person

Spy Island ep1 with Hyper RPG, playing ?? (an ad-hoc mafia/werewolf rpg) - remote

(And here's just a truncated list of his Saving Throw oneshots, bc there's a lot: Scooby-Doo rpg playing Wildlings, Lasers and Feelings with the Doubleclicks, House of 100 Nightmares GMing Dread, John Wick charity stream playing Lasers and Feelings)

Game the Game (board games instead of tabletops RPGs) with Geek and Sundry, playing Pitchstorm, Aftermath, and Scott Pilgrim - in-person

He was also a campaign guest player in Failed Save c2e3 (D&D, PixelCircus), Damsels, Dice, & Everything Nice s3e2 (D&D, PixelCircus), and Ironkeep Chronicles ep21 (D&D, Saving Throw)

#omar najam #dimension 20 #acofaf #phew this took........ a lot of work... #i wish there was a system already in place to see which players have been in which games #but unless the actors list their actual play work all on their portfolio website there really isnt a system #i compiled this partially to be like 'hey you want more omar?? you DONT need to rely on D20 for that!' #even tho I agree the production quality of D20 is so high that those actual plays can be more fun to watch than the smaller groups #and partially to be like 'hey look at these other game streaming groups that have good work they're putting out you should watch!' #and partially literally also to be like '...YO look at all these other games that exist???' #im still loling at acofaf using the D&D system at all. it does NOTHING for this setting except be familiar to their audience #Saving Throw uses Lasers and Feelings a LOT because its such a light bulk-less system you can do ANYTHING on top of #with virtually zero prep #acofaf needed an oracle system more than a combat system - which is what D&D is #and the oracle system in D&D is helpful but theres SO much bulk with the combat mechanics for a production that doesnt need it! #anyway if you like horror Omar GMs a game of Dread and I don't like horror but I still Need to see that

[gobbie-boom]

HI HELLO! I WANT TO KNOW:

do your wols/ocs have voice claims? who is it? if not, what do their voices sound like?

#ffxiv #only runa has a vc and its shohreh aghdashloo #i keep meaning to make one of those vc vids for her but. i forget lmao. #gilly's voice is very Generic Shounen Anime Protagonist. leyn's voice is deep and he drawls/lengthens words a lot #dorji.......... actually not sure about dorji yet lmfao #WAIT I WAS WRONG JIJI HAS A VC TOO!!!! its kari wahlgren specifically her haruko haruhara voice :) #ok phew #ffxiv liveblog

[tumatawa]

Oh my god In going to my first con. Nobody move

#I'm going as Shinji Ikari since its easy but also because my friends and family make jokes about it sometimes #A while ago there was a lookalike contest? Father and little brother went and said I would have won just wearing my normal clothes 👎 #Im all nerves... Phew #Little brother is a lot more familiar with the scene and layout. Im going with him. Theyre Miku. I'll argue that his wig is the best

[1kari]

just organized my room and vacuumed and did the dishes and dusted the inside of my pc… #winning

#theres a lot more i gotta clean but its Organized now #organized my desks and my tv stand and my table by the door and my bathroom sink and drawers.. phew #now i just gotta hook my computer back up #tomorrow is court though. not looking forward to that but hoping shes getting hellllaaa prison time

[theindescribable1]

Bro. How the fuck are you so amazing.

Like, literally, your so kind and amazing. You deserve more love.

Aww! Well its probably because I just like to make people happy, I mean what's tha point of being mean? It doesn't get you anything, all you do is make someone's day worse! So, be positive, be kind, and love! That's just how I am! :D

And before others can start loving me, I have to love myself! And I'm getting there, I feel happier now. I do love myself, I am very proud of myself, and I don't want to die. Not anymore. I never want to leave, I want to wake up everyday, I want to live. I want to live everyday. I no longer wish to hurt myself, I don't want to spend each of my days alone anymore, I want to have fun and be with those who love me! I do love myself, and my reward is the love of 700+ followers!

I said it guys. I am happy. And I want to live, and I want to continue on everyday.

#phew that was a lot #I always get so deep when I answer some asks like this #its therapeutic #SEND MORE >:D #or don't #DO WHAT YOU WANT! :D

[marchsage]

misc date family art... they are all so family :)

+ bonus aiba!

#aitsf spoilers #ai the somnium files spoilers #mizuki okiura #mizuki date #kaname date #hayato yagyu #aiba #aitsf #ai the somnium files #ok PHEW i think the tagging is done... anyways i love aitsf so much #JUSTTTT REALIZED I DIDNT TAG AINI but thats fine u konw what. its ok #the only aini stuff is just. mizuki's design #im a firm 'mizuki could be taller than hayato' believer #aiba is such a squishy specimen... love her #i like date's ai1 design a lot but u know....... his spoilers body is also Such A Look. good shit #my art #<- forgets the one tag i need for my tagging system. nice

[gunsatthaphan]

“I’m here for you.”

#oh my sunshine night #love at nine #love at 9 #ohmfluke #kimsun #love at 9 ep10 #ohm thitiwat #fluke natouch #thai bl #bl drama #🥺 #this was so cute #plot is still moving slow as all hell #but its still gotten a lot better compared to the first few eps #phew

[idkaguyorsomething]

now that december has begun, it’s time to rewatch the holiday movies with such shitty writing they helped radicalize me: the christmas prince trilogy

#i sure as fuck hope this doesn’t have its own preexisting tag #christmas #netflix #phew #compared to a lot of other stuff they’re not even particularly terrible movies #but boy oh boy do the scripts not do a good job of making you not want to see the titular prince’s head served on a platter by the end #the real spirit of the season was the sense of community we found with the proletariat overthrowing the monarchy all along

[shkika]

aightbronormalyimakeajokebutifuckingcantcauseyourjustactualyreallygood You are very talented and creativeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thethings you draw is coollll uhmm!!!

stay gold Dogboy

Ahhh!! Wow thank you so much The dogboy will do his best o7

#its so hard not to be a parrot #but these make me melt everytime!! #im working on it #also #sidenote but #i dont want to upload any of my portfolio art #before yknow i submit it and i get either kicked or accepted #but i might eventually post it! which is fun thats .. a lot of art.. #realistically ive been making a finished piece every few days to everyday its why ive been so quiet #phew #ask #maybeiwasntthere2