#the little details matter

[artist-issues]

I also would like people to give more appreciation to the great thematic unity in all of The Lord of the Rings. The idea is “do what good you can with what you are given.” Usually your abilities and your chances seem horribly small, even though your responsibility is so enormous. The minutes, the little decisions, the days, the small towns, the small characters, matter the most. The fate of the whole big world of good and evil and languages and races and heroes and villains all hangs on what’s done by a little scholar and his gardener.

#It’s every bit as complicated and uncomplicated as that #Tolkien might be obsessed with little details like history and languages for every region of his made-up world #but that’s because he knew that little details matter in life and in literature because they make up reality. #the lord of the rings #lotr #lord of the rings #the shire #Mordor #Aragorn #Frodo #middle-earth #Sam gamgee #Sméagol #one ring #Sauron #Gandalf

[mosspapi]

FUTCT is done! Ended up not doing the words at all because it would be very small and look weird, but I think it's still recognizable without em so I'm fine with it lmao (image description in alt text!)

#every time I post one of these I say I'm gonna do srar next. and every time I Don't do srar #it's scary there's so many little details in it😭 /lh #I've already started on mania tho so! #also just realized the brake lights on the bus r missing. oh well they're small enough I don't think it matters #fob #fall out boy #fall out boy fan art #cross stitch #embroidery #from under the cork tree #armchair creates

[thesedarkcafedays]

Requested by @silverskull.

Foreshadowing at its finest.

#The Rookie #Chenford #chenfordedit #the rookie: thesedarkcafedays #chenford in the rookie #I might have gotten a little carried away #but it's only because I like to look at the details #the rookie #chenford #Tim x Lucy #Lucy Chen #Tim Bradford #otp: some things matter more #otp: it just doesn't feel like pretend #otp: unless it is

[robotpussy]

sorry im still thinking about how everybody in barbie (2023) is called barbie or ken (apart from midge and allen) and while its disappointing that barbie and ken's friends like christie, teresa, brad and steven haven't appeared i understand why they didn't do that. While we don't actually know if they'll still show up in the movie (doesn't seem likely), i think they did this to appeal to everybody not just people who are really into barbie. like most people/people that don't really pay attention to barbie don't know the names of their friends, they just refer to them as "[defining feature] barbie"

also i think its funny that everybody in that world is called barbera and kenneth. but there could still be hope that barbie's friends do show up if they bothered to put a spotlight on midge and allan (but i still think its all just for comedic purposes, because allan is a forgotten character and midge had controversy surrounding one of her dolls. plus midge and allan will probably have something going on in the movie because canonically allan got midge pregnant and you know, midge is pregnant in the movie)

#barbie #like i knowwwww its disappointing but i think its kind of genius that everybody is called barbie #the movie is clearly supposed to reference ppls attitudes towards barbie. like that's why there's a chewed up played with barbie #in the movie #and i feel like thats why everyone is called barbie. cause most ppl just call any barbie doll.... barbie doesn't matter if they have a name #but we will have to wait and see because its a still a little vague. I'm loving the promo tho this is the first time in a long time #where the promo has actually made me want to watch a movie and has actually gotten me excited #i think its because of teh attention to details everywhere else #barbie 2023 #barbie movie

[androideqlstuff]

More Yakumo

#nu carnival #yakumo #nu: carnival #myart #im gonna use my side blog as op for a while #i wanted to add some detailed grotesque imagery but as it turns out #i need to plan out the composition in advance #cause that much detail is actually really distracting #since it wasn't working out you don't get to see it. BUT! #i got some much needed practice drawing nondescript flesh blobs and bone bits #and that's all that matters to me #that and yakumo's cute little face of course #im so stoked for the new event unit but i'd already started this drawing when it was revealed #so let's appreciate his SR instead #i'm sure he's carried us all at some point

[possamble]

do you have any particular thoughts regarding marcille being a half-elf? its interesting to me considering the fact that she seems self-conscious about being a half-elf, but denies it when its brought up

i remember marcille looking visibly uncomfortable over laios simply asking her how old she is, which i think the only reason she might feel nervous about this is because it might reveal her as a half-elf to him.

she's never corrected anybody whose called her an elf either.

never mind the circumstances of the reveal, in which thistle goes on about how half-elves are inferior and accusing her of wanting to become full blooded elf, she seemed particularly upset like he struck a nerve-

i wish the half-elf thing was built upon more. also, underrated marcille line:

okay so i revisited this sequence just to make sure I could back myself up and it's just... man. there's a lot going on.

the first reaction we get from Marcille is this huge panel that takes up half of the page

she is viscerally affected. flushing to the tips of her ears with the intensity of it. and we see it again, a few pages later

so it might seem like she's embarrassed about it and lying to herself, but... I really think it's just that Thistle is accidentally hitting sore spots. If you really look at what he says to get these reactions

"you'll live out your entire life [...] and die that way too"

"a hundred years from now, nobody will be there"

Hear me out. I think, if he stuck to harping on about her inferiority without bringing up how terrifyingly long-lived she is, she wouldn't have been as bothered. But right now, Thistle is accidentally hitting all the marks on Marcille's deepest fears-- and this is after the Winged Lion promised her that her dreams could come true in an extremely vulnerable moment, so it also hits her slightly guilty conscience as well.

I do truly believe that Marcille isn't bothered about being a half-elf the way that people assume she'd be bothered by it. To her, the biggest problem with being a half-elf is that it's isolating.

On one hand, it's not hard to imagine why she'd distance herself from elves in the west. A lot of them can clock her as a half-elf on sight, unlike other races, and therefore she's always branded with this weird stigma of being Othered -- I would even say that she considers herself lucky for being born outside of elven culture instead of having to grow up in it. I mean, just... look at the way elves talk about her.

Skipping past the uncomfortable implication of what 'not tolerating the existence' of half-elves would actually entail, this is incredibly fucking annoying. You can see why she wouldn't want to be around elves much. You see a lot of Marcille reacting badly here, but honestly, almost all of it can be attributed to her freaking out that her bluff completely failed. She's honestly more paying attention to Izutsumi's footsteps and trying to coordinate an opportunity to escape.

And in the end, you see her built-up frustration at being asked if she wants to be a full-blooded elf like 2-3 times in a row.

Yeah, yeah, "the lady doth protest too much," and all. But we know Marcille. We know that she's a lot more embarrassed and horrendously unconvincing when she's being prodded about something she's actually self-conscious about.

Moving onto the flipside of things, it might seem weird that she "pretends" to be a full elf around other races, but it's not really that strange if you think about it. Again, people are weird about her being infertile or whatever, and a lots of them don't even know much about what sets half-elves apart from everyone else. I mean, look at how uncomfortable Laios is just asking her about it

and look at how exasperated and resigned she looks

And like... she's right. Where would that come up in normal conversation? Why would she go out of her way to tell them? She's functionally a normal elf to other races anyway -- got the ears, the abnormally long "childhood", and the huge mana capacity. Unless it's directly relevant or important for people to know, I don't think it's all that strange or indicative of insecurity that she prefers not to bother with it.

(This combined with her sense of being an "outsider" to elf culture also explains why she thinks elf superiority is embarrassing. She sees the way elves treat short-lived races from the "outsider" perspective nonetheless, and thinks it's obnoxious; especially more so because she usually has to play the elf around short-lived races and deal with the reputation of arrogance that elves have built up.)

The sad thing is, this all means that... she doesn't actually fit in anywhere. She doesn't like going out West much because of how elves treat her. But she's also an outsider in the continents she was born in, treated like this exotic long-lived alien choosing to live among short-lived races for some reason. She is always an outsider, the Other, no matter where she goes. Add in the fact that she'll live longer than literally anyone she knows, and it's honestly kind of heartbreaking.

And I think that's the crux of it. Marcille really doesn't act like she's at all self-conscious about being a half-elf because of any feelings of inferiority or being half-made or whatever. She considers herself a perfectly legitimate being and might even, in some ways, consider herself superior to normal elves because she's not blind with elf supremacy or whatever. (And whatever "elven biases" she displays, all of them are born more out of the fact that she's kind of bad at conceptualizing how other races age and mature compared to herself, not that she actually considers herself better or more mature simply for being an elf.)

I think that whatever self-consciousness Marcille has about being a half-elf is, instead, related to terror and loneliness. The reminder that it ensures she'll never truly belong anywhere for the rest of her very long life. The reminder that, in truth, even she's not actually sure how old she is by other races' standards (hence the discomfort when asked how old she is). She doesn't want to not be a half elf, or be a full elf or full tall-man-- in her ideal world, she's still a half-elf. She just gets to live out her life at the same pace with the people she loves and doesn't have to say goodbye again and again and again until she dies.

and one last very important panel, right after Mithrun tells her that all her desires would be devoured

In her ideal world, she's still a half-elf and reality magically starts marching at her pace. But failing that, the second best thing is that she's still a half-elf-- but one who is able to accept reality and let go of her fear.

(But the rest of the story pans out the way it does because, to Marcille, taking reality apart and reshaping it was less scary than simply and fully reconciling with it.)

#asks #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #marcille donato #manga panel analysis #this is probably riddled with typos sorry #readmore cut bc it got long lmao #i ended up babbling about it bc it's such an important character detail to me #bc like... wow. she's so normal about it. she's literally just chilling. #the only thing that really bothers her is the material reality of it and how people treat her #the stereotypes the stigma etc. etc. #otherwise it just.. #literally doesn't factor into her criteria for self-worth at all #the basic truth is that marcille likes herself on a fundamental level #she's not plagued by a deep and festering self-loathing the way a lot of characters in her archetype are #she likes herself and is proud of her successes and accomplishments #its just that shes terrified of failure and can have *episodes* of self-loathing when she fucks up #but who doesn't yknow #i know its a very slight nuance that makes very little difference in how her 'overachiever' problems manifest but its there #the sword of abandonment issues that hangs over her head has nothing to do with her self-worth or self-esteem or meeting her own standards #it has to do with the fear of not living up to *other* people's expectations and not being useful enough to be worth keeping around #she's good enough for herself but she's always so so so scared that she's not good enough for other people #i wont say much about what ryoko kui is saying using this as an allegory for real world racial biases but #dungeon meshi's treatment of marcille's relationship with her being half-elf is so incredibly important to me because it gets it so right. #a trauma about inferiority or being a half-being isn't inherent to the experience of being 'of two worlds' at all #that's something that's unfairly drilled into people by their environment #the *inherent* anguish is the loneliness. the constant longing. the fact that you are always homesick no matter where you are #always just a little bit of an outsider and never fully at home #and dungeon meshi gets that. #edit: cleaned it up a little

[fern-the-snail]

They are father and daughter, your honor

actually so fucking proud of the base shading and stuff I did drawing niffty, so I'm putting a close up of just her here

I wanted to show alastors shadow as not actually obeying the laws of light and physics so i did intentionally put it in the light rather than where shadows actually are in the piece

originally i was going to put a fond look on the shadows face to reflect that al cares for niffty like his kid but couldnt get it right so i abandoned that idea

#hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #hazbin #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel niffty #hazbin niffty #niffty #they are family #fern's doodles #fanart #digital art #i fell victem to the zooming to work on details that dont even matter so much in this #this too k the better part of an entire day and then a little more T-T #Tried some soft shading #not sure how i feel about it #the shadow looks omonous but its not supposed to #ive been looking at this too long i need it out of my vision #hazbin hotel #radio demon #hazbin hotel fanart #i dont think this is my final design interpretation for al expect him to change in every drawing i do

[junebugtwin]

even while it was happening, you knew it wasn't going to last

#parahumans #worm #lisa wilbourn #tattletale #feeling BAD about my girl lisa in the club tonite #i am convinced she is the most tragic main character in worm #which is a bold statement i know #but i just cant handle even thinking about her shit FOR REAL #she knew the cops and robbers shit was bullshit! from the very beginning! #of course she did! Coil fucking forced her to work for him at gunpoint and she totally understands that #if she doesn't do what he wants shes going to end up in a torturebasement!! #she knew aall of taylors funny little problems n Issues from the start! she tried SO hard to keep her alive and at least a little happy #struggling and clinging and digging in her claws as she watches this girl somehow get Worse(?) #and every time taylor takes a step towards the void guess who sees it in excruciating detail even when taylor can't/wont!!!! #and in the end it doesn't matter!! all her schemes and plans don't amount for shit!! she doesn't save the girl! #she doesn't save the girl. #my art

[birddcandle]

poor little canary.

#jimmy solidarity #jimmy solidarity fanart #the canary curse #limited life smp #limited life jimmy #smallishbeans #joel smallishbeans #limited life joel #smallishbeans fanart #limited life spoilers #trafficlife smp #traffic life fanart #trafficblr #I have little details added that no one is going to notice but I will and that is what matters #the bad boys #my art

[thunderpot]

Wake up, Briar! Time to shine for the next couple days for huevember! hhehehe

Art Sponsored by Arena Net! <3 

#gw2 #briar rose #oc #huevember #ahshjajnr 10yrs playing this game and sylvari are still the hardest race for me to draw no matter what askjajklrajkns #whatch as I continuously exchange Briar’s outfit n little details until I find something more comfortable for me to do lmao- /smacked #I love her tho she is my lil baby.

[bisexualbard-writes]

can you IMAGINE the political discourse around reproductive rights in a universe where soulmates exist.

anti-choicer: you're killing someone's soulmate with an abortion! pro-choicer: you can't kill a soulmate with an abortion, because fate knows that fetus isn't going to be born in the first place! The abortion is destined to happen!

#tw: abortion #soulmate au #this is why i can't do these big worldbuilding aus #I get so distracted by all the little details that don't matter to the story

[yanguazalie]

Mint-choco macarons for the mint-choco haired boy! 🍃🍫

I actually called him Kiwi-Boy before learning his name but that's just me :9

#uglydolls #uglydolls nolan #he's wearing a ladies' top from 1913! #so chic. i think nolan would make a cute girl tho! #now to thumbnail those pages for my mini-comic!! i'm rusty #let's shoot for posting in 4 weeks! while it is a mini comic i'll be drawing quite a number of dolls #doesn't matter if the detail is little this time around

[captain-lovelace]

#my poetry #Horuspoetry #This one’s never gonna get professionally published so here it is #I usually hate writing lowercase poetry but I thought the unfinished look it gives #poems worked with the subject matter #I also wanted to work in a space detailing the experience of growing up neurodivergent #where you are functionally gendered as a failure #A lot of the details (the burying or the hands-to-eyes) are based on my own life. As is like. The general feeling. Which was basically my #standard from ages 3-9. the description of things outside is based on the memories I have of my old backyard when I was really little #And of the park I used to go to #I have a lot of memories of thinking of myself as basically already dead but also not really *understanding* the difference between being #dead and alive? #Idk. I think the perspective I am writing from is that of the child #but also in some ways I’ve noticed the way I behave towards my memories of my past self resembles the ableist way adults treated me when I #was a kid #As if somehow #There was something just… wrong with me and me only and so I deserved it #So this was also an attempt to show compassion to that child and break from that belief. To say ‘this was fucked up’ #And that I don’t believe that there was something wrong with me after all and even if there HAD been I wouldn’t have deserved that treatmen #No one does

[13eyond13]

Actually torn between closeted lesbian fem!Light getting more butch or more femme after fem!L dies... I feel like in canon Light actually leans more into outward gender conformity instead of nonconformity in the successor arc??? OK the turtleneck IS super gay, but then he just wears a suit 24/7 and shacks up with Misa permanently as well. So maybe fem!Light would always be wearing femme fatale dresses and skirts after the time-skip and living with a guy instead... but god fem!Light would look good in a suit, it'd be a shame to miss out on that. And she still needs to pay some sort of visual homage to her gayass genderless time with L secretly with her look as well... hmmm...

#this is what we mean when we say it IS that deep #every little detail and vibe and implication actually matters so much #fem!light #fem!lawlight #genderbend #p

[ell-arts]

Nothing like helping your little sister with her robotics homework, only for said homework to slap you in the face.

This is actually for a tag game (rules here). @yugopossum tagged me for a random drawing of an oc, while @ninjastar107 tagged me to draw Cevian, so I combined both into one post :)

Now I know that a tag game is supposed to be sent on into a chain...but it's late over here and I can't think of people to tag who haven't already done this xD So anyone is welcome to join in!

So many ideas to draw, so little sleep.

#pmatga #pacman and the ghostly adventures #cylindria #cyli #young cyli #cevian #pmatga fanart #I went a bit loose in style here #This piece was actually originally planned to be drawn differently #One alternative idea was that Cyli and Cev are both teens and just going for a walk and talking #but Cyli keeps correcting little details in Cev's words #and one-upping him on miniscule matters #especially when it comes to math #she does this purely because she knows it annoys the hell outta him lol #until he's had enough and gets her in a headlock and ruffles and messes up her hair #calling her a smartass while she calls him a swine #just run-of-the-mill sibling stuff :) #but yeah eventually I settled on this cuz I'm tired and only have enough energy for loose little sketches #my art