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tiamat-zx · 9 months

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So I’ve been rewatching the Beauyasha supercut compiled by Astro Edits on YouTube, and… I’ve realized something.

When Yasha is recounting the day that she lost Zuala, she remembered it as her running away from the execution, and that she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes.

However, that’s not what really happened.

She did, in fact, witness it. She witnessed the Skyspear stabbing Zuala with her blade when the latter had tried to convince the former to allow their union. She had also slain the Skyspear in retribution.

To be fair, it’s not out of the question to declare that Yasha was an unreliable narrator when by her own admission she had been missing some time in her memory, and thus may not have fully recalled everything at the time due to her rage and sorrow rendering it all a blur.

I bring this up because, from what I understand, the fog had faded the moment that Obann had shackled her once more. She had suddenly remembered what she had done.

And nowhere was that made ever clearer than the moment that she had been forced to stab Beau in the Chantry of the Dawn.

As I stated before in a post a while back, the “imagery she had seen once before” was not that of Molly’s death, but that of Zuala. At that point, she had regained a significant portion of her memories, including what had occurred on that day. She had even expressed confusion during her epilogue when she saw Jadek in the armor of the Skyspear, and then Yasha quietly realized that the previous Skyspear had been felled by her own hand.

So when you think about it, this explains the supposed contradictions between what was mentioned in the campaign and what was depicted in her origin comic. Because there weren’t any contradictions at all.

Regardless, there is still one fact that remained constant: her belief that she was a coward for the longest time whether it was her long-held belief that she had run away from the execution, or the sad truth that she didn’t have the courage to confront the Skyspear herself, the latter of which had led directly to Zuala sealing her own fate.

It wasn’t until she had found the second love of her life that she began to realize that she wasn’t a coward, but a survivor. And it wasn’t until she had found Zuala’s grave that she finally made peace with her loss, and had been able to forgive herself.

To this day, Yasha Nydoorin still remains my favorite PC to come from the creative and talented mind of Ashley Johnson. And this is but one of many reasons as to why.

#critical role #yasha nydoorin #the mighty nein origins #Zuala #Skyspear #Beauyasha #Cracklepop #Ashley Johnson appreciation

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dandelion-jester · 9 months

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Writblr Intro:

Hello All!!!

I've been meaning to do a proper intro so better late then never!

Who Am I?

You can call me Dandelion. I'm 22 years old, I use they/them pronouns, I'm English and I am a queer, trans, neurodivergent fantasy writer. I've not had anything published yet but it's my aim.

I have a background in theatre and circus so performing arts tend to turn up in my work. I also love making maps and studying conlangs! I do a lot of art and reading as hobbies, but my favourite pass time is playing dnd!

What Do I Write?

I write mainly fantasy, but also scifi and historical fiction. I also dabble in poetry and I would like to learn how to write for games and screen at some point. For now though, it's all novel writing as far as the eye can see.

My favourite trope to write is found family (I blame all the dungeons and dragons I play). I also write a lot of queer characters and try to diversify my casts as much as possible. My work tends to be very character driven although I do love world building a lot, especially building different cultures and places. I'm best st dialogue and really struggle with building plots. I also have a deep love for history, specifically the 1700s and Anglo saxon - medieval Britain, so that's usually finds its way into my work as well.

You can find my work on Patreon here

What Do I Read?

Unsurprisingly, it's mostly fantasy. I used to read over 100 books a year, but university has made me hit a massive reading slump. So the main thing keeping me going right now is Robin Hobb. I also listen to a lot of audiobooks.

My WIPs:

Information on my current work is under the break!!

Feypocalypse

Feypocalypse is a queer, fantasy horror comic set in medieval England following the events of a Fey Apocalypse in the 1300s. It follows a group of knights trying to survive in a world that has been turned into a Fey hunting ground, whilst protecting the Changeling child they accidentally adopted. The current plan is eight issues, to be published on Patreon and then printed as a complete novel at the end! It will be written by myself and illustrated by my amazing co-creator @withlovefromthecrowss.

The Legend of The Rat Bastards (vols. 1 & 2)

I recently finished playing in a Curse of Strahd campaign that lasted about 2 years and was one of the best dnd experiences of my life. So of course, I decided to write it up in novel form so that I and the other players could always return to it. Our paladin was an extremely detailed note taker so I've been borrowing their notes. It's currently the longest piece of writing I’ve ever done and I add to it every day. It's from the pov of my character, a human necromancer called Sepulcrave who has a pretty crazy character arc and it's my current main WIP, even though its a personal project.

Eye of the Falcon King (working title)

A secondary-world medieval fantasy novel about identity, rebellion, and manipulation. In a world where some few people have the ability to shape-shift into birds, the king seeks out these people to be his personal servants, messengers and spies. Turik is a young boy able to turn into a falcon and becomes a member of the King's circle. But after a tragedy befalls his best friend it begins to become apparent that the king is not as benevolent as he seems and Turik must come to terms with the knowledge that his reality is a lie. This book is about breaking free from manipulative forces, the ways invisible disabilities are ignored and pushed aside, and mostly about how the monarchy is terrible. Also queer people because all my stories have queer characters.

Otherlings (working title)

It's 1875 and Eliza Farthing's twin brother Alexander has just reappeared in her life after seven years. Except he's not her twin, he's her changeling. And Eliza isn't always Eliza, sometimes he's Francis. The world's of the two twins - one fey, one queer - are about to become very intertwined against their wishes. The two have to fight against their family, the police, a morally corrupt scientist, inter-community distrust, and their own dislike for each other, or both of them will never regain the lives they so desperately need and desire. Also there's a circus. The book deals with identity, secrecy, hatred, and community. It's a book about found family, about accepting yourself and others, about not needing to be seen to exist and be worth something. Mostly it's about sticking together despite your differences.

So that's my current WIPs! I'll add more as I get them, but that's all for now! Thank you for taking an interest in my work and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an ask :)

Tags I use

#legend of the rat bastards, #eye of the falcon king, #ask dandelion-jester #feypocalypse #otherlings novel

#writblr #writeblr #writeblr intro #intro #wips #my wips #writer #author #writing #legend of the rat bastards #eye of the falcon king #feypocalypse #otherlings novel

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kusaka6e · 2 years

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PRIDE

boxer!natsu x gn!reader

modern au

sfw

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“and down goes dragneel! the dragon king is really giving the salamander a run for his money, i’m surprised he’s still conscious!”

bastards

you wish the announcers could hear you from your position in natsu’s corner of the ring, choice words brewing in the back of your mind for them.

please just stay down

this is the longest ten seconds of my life

the referee gets to seven before natsu signals that he’s okay to continue, making your stomach lurch. it wasn’t that you didn’t believe in him or his skills. you knew he’d sooner die than lose the fight. it was how his physical state would hold up after that you were worried about.

you rub your palms on your pants as the round ends, your custom jacket with “dragneel” plastered across the back suddenly feeling entirely too warm.

natsu’s left eye was swollen almost completely shut, and if you looked hard enough you were sure his jaw was out of place.

“are you okay to keep going?” makarov scowled, holding natsu’s water up to his face and trying to grease his ever-swelling eye.

“i’m good!” he nods, taking a swig.

“i can call it, you’ve done more than en-” natsu gives makarov a fiery glare, making the older man cut his sentence short. in any other setting, the size difference between them would be absolutely comical.

he spits the water into a bucket held up to his face by another member of his team, staring makarov down.

“i’m fine!” you let out a sigh, a sick feeling sinking in about how the next few rounds would go.

and somehow, miraculously, the announcers are holding up natsu’s fists and adorning him with a ridiculous sized championship belt, the arena roaring with praise for him. you had your camera-ready smile down to a science, but natsu knew you were upset.

you stayed in natsu’s locker room when a trainer came to see him, fighting the urge to scoff upon hearing he had another concussion, possible broken ribs, and probably needed a trip to the eye doctor to make sure he’d keep his sight in his left eye.

natsu had tenacity, nobody could deny that. that’s part of what made his name so popular in the boxing community so quickly. you’d been able to bear witness to him going from small matches in you two’s neighborhood boxing gym to selling out matches as the headlining fighter. you couldn’t be prouder. but you also couldn't be more worried. because for every ounce of tenacity natsu carried, he had just as much (if not more) recklessness to bring to the ring. his tunnel vision and hyperfocus on victory was his strength and very well could be his demise.

natsu��s father had been the one to teach him to fight. for unknown reasons, igneel never got into the big leagues, but he raised one hell of a prodigy.

so, you can see why natsu took igneel's sudden absence to heart. he wasn’t dead, or injured, or missing in action. just simply flew halfway across the world to start a new life with a woman half his age, completely abandoning his then-teenage son and training him. and no matter how well natsu did, how much he excelled or how many wins he had under his name, nothing ever made his father break his silence towards him.

makarov bringing natsu into his gym to continue his training was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. he saw natsu as one of his own, which is part of why he was so hard on him.

“you can’t keep doing this, natsu.”

“winning?”

“can you stop being a smartass for two minutes? you need to care for your body, not just train to swing hard. if you lose your sight in your left, then what?”

you suck in a breath, watching natsu’s non-injured eye narrow in annoyance.

“both of my fists will still work. i’ve fought plenty of times with a fucked up eye before.”

“you are insufferable.” makarov sighs, giving you a look that suggested you might have more luck than he did, closing the door behind him.

“love you too!” natsu shouts, grinning as he pulls a hoodie on his sweaty torso.

you two’s drive home is uncharacteristically quiet, natsu staring at you in anticipation. you’d snatched the keys out of his duffel before he could even think about insisting he could drive, knowing how casually he treated his concussions.

“why do you keep hurting yourself in your fights?” your voice is quiet and even-toned, staring at the brake lights ahead of you. traffic leaving the arena was nearly standstill, masses of cars surrounding you in every direction.

“it’s not like im punching myself in the face babe.”

you kiss your teeth in annoyance, refusing to look at him.

“you know that’s not what i mean.”

“why does everyone keep asking me that? this entire sport is based around beating the shit out of the other guy in the ring with you, i don’t see the problem.”

“the problem is you don’t know when to stop, natsu.”

“i stop when i win, that’s all that matters.” your grip on the steering wheel tightens, knuckles beginning to go white.

“what about you?”

he sighs heavily, cracking his knuckles.

“i’m fine, (y/n).”

“your fifth concussion in a year is fine, natsu? your broken ribs that are gonna make it hurt to breathe are fine? the possibility of you only being able to see out of one of your eyes, that’s fine to you?!” guilt washes over you when you watch him wince at your increase in volume, remembering that his concussion would make him sensitive to sound.

he opens his mouth, then closes it. he knows you’re right, and fighting with you is the last thing he wanted to do. soon enough, you pull into your driveway, thankful to get out of the car.

you park the car, yanking the keys from the ignition as he hastily follows you into you two’s home. you set the keys on a table by the front door, taking a breath.

“you can go to the eye doctor by yourself tomorrow.” his eyes widen, double taking to make sure he heard you right.

“what?!” it was an unspoken rule that you always came to his appointments with him. press conferences, interviews, photoshoots, his only request was that you were always right there.

“i’ll order the uber in the morning so you don’t have to dri-”

“why aren't you coming?”

“i’m not gonna listen to you try to fight the advice of another person who only wants the best for your health. justifying it with winning isn’t enough.”

“my eye is fine, i’m really not hurt that bad.”

“yes you are! i’m listening to you wheeze every time you inhale, don’t try to give me that bullshit. you’re either going to start taking care of yourself or i’m done. i’m not gonna sit around and watch you destroy yourself over a title.”

his eyes darken with anger, staring you down.

“yea? what happened to you being proud of me for fighting through all that shit? for being an underdog, for making a name for myself?”

“none of that is worth your well being, natsu! if you never winning a match again means you’re not going to get permanent brain damage from all these concussions, on top of partial blindness, so fucking be it! i care more about you than i do some stupid shiny belt.” you spit.

“that belt is worth everything to me, why don’t you get that?”

“why do you always act like you have something to prove?!”

“because i do!” him raising his voice rattles the entire house, regret rising in his chest at the sharp pain that shows up behind his temples and watching you jump in surprise.

“i do have something to prove.” his voice cracks when he repeats himself, much weaker than the first time.

you finally look at him, raising an eyebrow for him to continue.

“i have to prove that him leaving wasn’t my fault. eventually, he has to see how good i’m doing and say something about it.”

your chest pangs as you watch him wipe away a tear before it can fall, his usual massive stature suddenly looking so small and fragile in you two’s foyer, light from the moon illuminating behind him.

there’s tense silence for a few moments, but you know you can’t keep it up.

“baby…” you cautiously reach an arm around him, gasping when he throws himself into you, failing at trying to hide his crying.

“i-i’m sorry, i’ll be more careful. i just wanted to make everyone proud, to prove that i deserve to be here. i’ll go get my eye looked at, and i won’t fight when i get hurt like this anymore, just please don’t leave me too, i can’t-” the rest of his sentence is cut off with a choked sob, making you gently shush him as you move one hand to play with his hair.

“i’m right here, it’s okay.” you give him a few minutes to let everything out, cradling his tear-stained face in your hands and giving him a reassuring smile.

“i’m so proud of you. and so is anyone else who’s in your corner. anyone who’s not doesn’t deserve the honor in the first place.” he nods, sniffling quietly.

“i’m sorry.” he whispers, unable to meet your eyes.

it was easy to forget that natsu was sensitive under his goofy and nonchalant exterior, especially seeing him in action. you press a quick kiss to his lips, finally getting a small smile out of him.

“we should probably go shower and go to bed, yea? we’ve gotta be on time for that appointment tomorrow.”

his face lights up like a kid on christmas, taking your hand in his and tugging you upstairs to you two’s room.

“i’m sorry i’m a pain in the ass-” he kisses your nose, interrupting his statement “-i love you-” another on both your cheeks, “-so much.” he finishes with kissing your lips, lingering there for a few moments. you playfully roll your eyes, snuggling up to him so you can fall asleep.

“i love you and your stubborn ass more.”

#fairy tail x reader #fairy tail #fairy tail headcanons #natsu dragneel #natsu dragon slayer #natsu fluff #natsu headcannons #natsu headcanons #boxer!natsu #natsu x reader #natsu x gn reader

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bedtimestoriesforbrokengirls · 2 months

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The Daily Dad — Feb 23, 2024

Things you might want to know:

Alan Cumming plays a character on Traitors, but season 2’s surprises snapped him back to reality ❝ "Do you mean you want it to be sort of like a James Bond villain?"

Here are the full dimensions of the 2024 iPad Air and iPad Pro 💭 A 12.9” iPad Air will be a very compelling device. I’d miss FaceID, and the iPad Pro’s Mini LED screen is frequently gorgeous, but other than that… a big-ass M3 Air with TouchID would be the sweet spot for a lot of people.

Vice Media to halt publishing to namesake site, cut 'several hundred' jobs in restructuring | CBC News ❝ The head of Vice Media Group has informed employees that the company will stop publishing content on Vice.com and will be cutting several hundred positions.

'Community' Movie Script Is 'Almost Done,' Says Dan Harmon (EXCLUSIVE) ❝ Show creator and the film's writer Dan Harmon confirmed to Variety that work on the "Community" film is "almost done."

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Scheana Shay Granted Sole Ownership of New Home With Husband Brock Davies ❝ Scheana Shay's husband Brock Davies has agreed to grant Scheana with sole ownership of their new $2.5 million home.

90 Day Fiance's Mary Clarifies Colon Cancer Claim: 'I Made a Mistake' 💭 Even accounting for the language barrier, this is a bizarre “mistake”. But given Mary’s history of panic attacks, I can actually see her hearing “your colon” and immediately jumping to a cancerous conclusion. And her idiot husband would buy whatever she said without asking for details. So I can believe the whole thing was the work of two nervous nitwits, not a couple grifters.

A little US company makes history by landing on the Moon ❝ “We’re not dead yet."

'Drive-Away Dolls' Review: Ethan Coen's Queer Crime Joyride ❝ It's the first solo Coen film suffused with personality, thanks mostly to Margaret Qualley's free-spirited queer horndog.

Katy Perry's 'American Idol' Exit: Son of 84-Year-Old Vet Says Pop Star Should Be 'Run Out' of Showbiz as Vicious Court Battle Rages on 💭 It’s hard for me to give a shit when the 84-year old vet in question is a rich fucker whose kid is pissed that his drug-addled daddy sold a piece of his inheritance.

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty Reportedly Getting a New Title - IGN 💭 I have never understood why anyone liked Kang. The prize of my teenaged comic collection was Avengers #11 —I paid $10 for a tattered copy in 1981– which featured Kang as the villain, and I thought he was boring and pointless even at the height of my enthusiasm for such things. I get why Feige didn’t want to do Doom, Galactus, or Dark Phoenix at this point, especially when this whole phase has been devoted to establishing the norms of the multiverse. But still… Kang is a bad visual with zero gravitas.

Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Post-Quantum Encryption ❝ Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage.

Can I Tell You a Secret? review – this superb documentary perfectly evokes the horror of cyberstalking ❝ Detailed, personal, terrifying … this excellent two-parter follows a Guardian investigation into the recipient of the longest ever sentence for online stalking – by focusing on the victims

Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court 💭 What I’ve learned from this: we’re all six to nine months older than we thought. And we’re going to have twenty-six year olds with baby teeth starting grade school. And Alabama is ruled by morons. (That last one isn’t a new observation.)

Signal will soon let you share a username instead of your phone number ❝ Signal is rolling out a new feature that will let you create and share a username to connect with other users in the app instead of revealing your phone number.

Another wall crumbles in the console exclusivity war: Sony is bringing official PSVR2 support to PC 💭 This is very interesting. Meta needs competition, and Sony needs a reason to manufacture more headsets.

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Babs Reunites Crossed Creators Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows - IGN ❝ Crossed creators Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows are reuniting for Babs, a new series that puts an irreverent spin on sword and sorcery comics like Conan and Red Sonja.

Micheal Keaton Refused to Let 'Beetlejuice 2' Use Green Screens ❝ Michael Keaton said the only way to make 'Beetlejuice 2' was for it to be handmade and not rely on too much technology.

#news

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saiscribbles · 2 years

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Hey everyone! I’m going to start art streaming again! I’ve got a fancy new set up for OBS and we’ll have some fun. I love interacting with the chat, but I’ll also be playing some of my more esoteric, Twitch-safe music from my collection if you just want to hang. I of course can’t help singing along to songs sometimes so you’ll probably hear that too.

And as the first project for the stream I’ll be working on the next big Switcheroo AU entry! Which is an extended, self-indulgent fight scene between Jasper and Spinel set at the end of the episode Gem Hunt. It’s going to be the longest comic I’ve ever done for the AU.

I’ll be streaming on Twitch and Picarto at the same time, so pick your platform!

Here’s a preview of the planning thumbnails ;P

#Switcheroo AU #Crystal Gem Spinel #Art Stream

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cozymochi · 7 months

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🌻 >:)

IM FOUND ONE OF THESE MEMES IN MY DRAFts! Im gonna rank my experiences in the major fandoms i’ve engaged with.

🩵 YUGIOH! - Second longest running fascination. Upside!! Made life long friends. DOWNSIDE!! Was my first go at online engagement and in those 10 years so much happened that I still can’t help but feel a little sour. …Though ygo back in the day wasn’t good at tag comments, so I didn’t even know those were a thing for years until I branched out. 5/10. But grows to a 7/10 because i’ve settled into a niche area with so few people that it’s now a silly little club. 💕

🧡 Dragon Ball/Z - GENUINE CHAOS. Started off slow but intensified hard cuz get who got involved while Super was airing??? (I didn’t watch it lol), so the discourse and fighting was at an all time high. I have no idea how I even survived this in retrospect. My slight association with people netted me troll asks and my liking of Yamcha also set me up for those. …and frequent art reposting, and quite a few bizarre interactions. Pretty sure my art and edits have circulated more in latin america than I even know. This was also pre-tumblr purge so the amount of nsfw that got thrown my way is… something. That said!! Made also really good friends 💕 and DB/Z probably desensitized me to longer form discussions. 5/10 for insanity, but 8/10 for good reception and VERY PEAK and generous humans.

I think dbz hardened me.

💚 Invader Zim- started off fun (mostly irl with my friendo from days of YGO), but quickly devolved into territory that tested my patience. WHY ON EARTH THIS SERIES’ CONSUMERS had such a huge morality high ground base is beyond me. It’s this fandoms fault I learned about certain modern day online discourse terms and what instilled an irrational posting fear for a year lol. Fun at first and there’s super creative and receptive folk (then those people got kicked out) and left the most insufferable beings imaginable. There’s no in between. Shoutout to all 3 friends made who are still peak. 3/10, if I ever finish any remaining projects or decide to bite the bullet and show completed work, i’m not engaging again. The base just skews somewhere I can’t handle. Which is crazy given the ABOVE contenders have, on paper, done so much more.

dbz hardened me but iz weakened me. Which is probably why i need the formers bootcamp back. Don’t think I’m as fearful now, but i’ll still be salty.

💜 Twisted Wonderland - this is a work in progress experience. Will require further evaluation if all of the above experiences haven’t set my standards. Will stay in my corner. So far it’s 6/10 in vibes (they’re much calmer than the last one), tho I question how much of the interest is from what i do vs. what I did for others. Haven’t shared a ton of opinions yet and god knows lol we don’t want that /s. Still recovering from the former making me wanna just not do much. Baby steps I suppose.

💙 - Sonic The Hedgehog: This is a cheat, I have never interacted with the fandom directly (purely by happenstance, so thankfully no traces exist), but I have been into this since I was a child with no issues. So by default this is the best one. 10/10, didn’t engage, but I do lurk. Though all the stuff I see on tweeter isn’t exactly anything out of the norm for fandoms in general to do, so it weirds me out that people rag on this one for just kinda talking amongst themselves about innocuous things.

“omg this fandom is arguing over QUILL length ughhh can they never be pleased [30 yt videos about this drop]” ngl, this just feels like par for the course junk fandoms do. It really feels no different from DBZ where people go ham about the art style changes and which one is better. Or stupid shit in IZ where they fight about comics vs movie vs show. Like??? The only major difference here is that StH has more people in it (by the millions).

So literally nothing these folk do or say strikes me as anything more serious than what other fandoms already do??? Its just more outsiders see it then churn out content and perpetuate something worse from what’s honestly….pretty tame stuff. Maybe it’s just twitter’s setup given that’s all folk talk about.

#cozy texts #weirdly enough twst kinda involves things i always liked and went nuts for-#snuggles right in.#Side note: ever think about how the only visibility folk have is when u actively post #so when u dont people will just assume any other feelings dont exist?#no??? okay. but just keep that in mind lol #probably 70% of my experiences are behind closed doors

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rainbowchewynuggets · 2 years

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Okay, change of plans.

Despite my best laid plans, my intentions to produce that Hellboy comic through October are turning out to be more unrealistic than they were before I moved. Unforeseen circumstances are going to reduce the amount of free time I have in the near future (thanks, Ian), and I straight up overestimated how quickly I’d be able to draw each page. Which happens a lot.

See, there’s kind of a bigger problem here. I routinely find myself getting excited about making a comic project, writing it all out, and then burning out repeatedly as I draw it. For the longest time, I thought that was just what it took to draw that many cool pictures on one page. It wasn’t until I started living with a friend from college that I realized there was a problem. Or, he realized it first. He’s astonishingly good at clocking me through my stubborn bullshit lol. He said that maybe I constantly burn out because I’m using 100% of my artistic capacity 100% of the time. Which sounds ideal on paper. I’m making the very best art that I can. But it’s completely unsustainable because, uh… I’m a human with limits, as I constantly forget. And comics take a lot of stamina.

Because I don’t understand comics. I read comics all the time growing up, but I didn’t draw like them. I learned to draw from making fine art pieces in school. I drew with realism and life drawing as the core of my practice because that’s what my dad had been taught back when he aspired to be an animator at Disney, and that’s what he taught me. The only thing that ever impressed art teachers and classmates was how accurately I could draw a face or a vase or a landscape. So I did that as well as I could.

Now, I should be clear here. Realism absolutely has a place in comics. Some of the most beautiful and intelligent pieces of work I’ve ever read had clear roots in realism. Life drawing is a sensible basis for any kind of representational art, in my opinion. Sequential art that’s just a series of fully-rendered paintings astound and enchant me.

It’s just that I think that level of detail and accuracy just isn’t right for me. Partly because my writing style is also super extra. I have big spiraling ideas that take a lot of time and pages to execute. My writing is actually just now reaching a point where I can whittle it down to reasonable finished scripts that I can draw with (which might be why I never realized this art problem before). And sooner or later, my brain wanders off onto something else. So being stuck with these big projects that are so exhausting to execute leads to a kaleidoscopic labyrinth of “break” projects that are supposed to be easier. They never are. Because my brain doesn’t know how to do “easier”. Like anything, I think “easier” will take practice. Study.

My plan, therefore, is to study an easier style to keep in my toolbox. Something fun and shape-based that lets me lean on the forms of abstraction and simplification that I already use in my current dominant style. Mostly, I’m looking at Scott Campbell (lead art director of Psychonauts 1) right now. And I’m gonna try working with some brushes that won’t leave me agonizing over line weight. If this works, it might give me more time to think about color dynamics, lighting, staging, and expression (since you guys seem to love that so much in TMA Encore; I love it too).

What does this mean for Hellboy and Encore, then? I think the best thing to do for Hellboy is post the pages I finished before I moved and release the remaining script in text form through October. It’s not as good as having the whole thing drawn, but I think having initial pages will at least help readers visualize the rest. (And I’d really like people to be able to experience the whole thing because I feel like it’s some of the best writing I’ve ever done.) Then, starting in November, I want to get Encore wrapped up. This will take the form of a kind of… hybrid media presentation. Encore has no complete script, but I can write a dramatic summary of what happens chapter by chapter, accompanied by drawn panels and sequences of important moments. Like a picture book. That kinda fits the dark academia vibe.

Following that, I’m going to use that Psychonauts fanfic I mentioned months ago as a study tool. I have a whole side blog for that (link), but I might crosspost them here when the time comes. And from there, hopefully, I’ll have a sustainable work ethic and can start on my own original projects. With videos. And patreon!

It’s a big weird shift all of a sudden, I know. This may just be another art blog on tumblr, but it’s important for me to try to be consistent and accountable when I make projects. And if I can’t do that, I at least want to be transparent. (Who knows–talking about this might help someone else who’s struggling, too.) I have kind of a rare opportunity in my life to sit and focus on art right now, and I don’t know when another will come again, if ever. So I want to use the limited time I have to improve and position myself for success (and wellness) going forward.

I hope you understand. But I have a feeling you will. You guys are real nice. :)

Thanks for reading.

#update #tma encore #hellboy and the gatekeeper #attack of the flayer #<3

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braisedhoney · 2 years

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I say, would you like to be a hero?

look. @modmad’s webcomic The Property of Hate is… ridiculously good. so good. that is some top tier content and i love it to death. and right now there’s a crowdfunding campaign to get volume three in print, and it is so goddamn close to meeting the goal. volume three contains my favorite chapters, and i’m a collector at heart so i can’t help but want to snag it, so ig this counts as a promo piece? a self-serving promo/signal boost? …is that just fanart? idk.

anyway if you like comics (hi crew) give it a read on the website <-there. i swear the whole concept changed the way i look at art. even if you can’t contribute to the campaign, it’s a super fun series that you can binge for free! gotta love webcomics.

also i’m like 90% sure RGB qualifies as a tumblr sexyman, which is hilarious. so if TV-head guy sparks your fancy, he’s in it a lot. go wild.

this is the longest description i’ve ever done for my art, and it’s legit to promote an inspiration of mine. probably shows how passionate i am about it.

(now i’m off to work on more iswm stuff, because i can’t help myself lol o7)

#TPoH #tpoh #the property of hate #tpoh fanart #tpoh rgb #tpoh hero #ney’s art #wow i actually rambled about that for so long that i don’t have much to add in tags #ain’t that something special #your regularly scheduled iswm will be returning shortly #don’t you worry #but for now imma play shameless shill because i would KILL for a copy of volume three #or pay for it #probably that one #universe is already littered with the corpses of our failures #… is that incentive or an inside joke?#also wow this is colorful huh #probably the most vibrant thing i’ve posted!#picked a good month for that ig :D

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jake-richmond · 1 year

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“Whatever happened to T-shirt Medusa?” by Jake Richmon Whew. 60 panels in 3 days. This is the longest "24 Hour comic" I've ever done (And of course it doesn't count as a 24 Hour Comic at all because it took 3 days). As a point of reference, I usually do 8 Modest Medusa strips each month. So this is 15 comics worth of panels, or about 2 whole months of Modest Medusa strips.

This one is a deep dive. 6 or 7 years ago I launched a "t-shirt of the month" project with a Modest Medusa reader and created the character "T-shirt Medusa" to promote it. T-shirt Medusa starred in a few promotional strips that appeared in 2016 and 2017, where she would mysteriously show up to taunt Modest into buying a shirt (I incorporated two of those strips into this comic). I had kind of sort of thought I'd maybe offer a canonical explanation for this someday, and that thought eventually turned into this comic. Obviously not canon.

This comic is more about me and my uncertainties, fears and anxiety over the last few years than anything else, but I think maybe a lot of you can find something relatable here. I came up with the idea for this comic during the Modest Medusa Kickstarter last Fall when I thought that project wasn't going to fund and I suddenly realized I had no idea what I was going to do with myself if I couldn't make a living doing Modest Medusa anymore after 12 years. The project did fund, but that feeling of dread has lingered. I've decided to try to learn from it.

This comic takes its name from the classic Superman story "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" It was created for the upcoming 48 Hour Modest Medusa book. Should be available in a few months.

No plans for new t-shirts. Well... maybe.

#modest Medusa #webcomi #anxiety

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thehappiestgolucky · 2 years

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(hiding behind anon mask cuz i'm being struck by shy---)

Oh yeah, I can definitely see that!!!! Vigilante Tisequirrel has alot of emotions to navigate through after such a long time being away from one another. And the difficulty of reconciling their pasts and their presents selves doesn't exactly help.

After all, how much can one change before you can say they're a different person? How long does it take until a former friend of yours becomes a complete stranger?

Not completely knowing if the other loves the past image of him or the current, real him can really cause uncertainty in their relationship.

I mean, Vigilante Tiso was quite literally slapped in the face when Quirrel came back and was suddenly good at fighting. It was such a sudden change after so long (of buried pining) after all. How are they suppose to take all of these major changes? To the other and to himself? (We know Tiso actually kind of enjoys some of these changes but how can he be certain Quirrel feels the same? Especially with the added layer of amnesia?)

Honestly, they both deserve a long heartwarming hug, but the both of them need to discuss how they're going to handle their relationship and feelings later on to clear things up between them and how they'll move forward together.

Wonder how long it'll take them when there's so much on their plates and minds.....

*mwah* hitting all the nails on the head

(also putting under read more it’s not the longest but i did ramble a bit sksksks)

I think the biggest reasons why these questions might plague them, especially during the time when Tiso and Quirrel were travelling around the kingdom as Ghost stumbles their way through what to do, and encountering each other but in that weird sense - is because the amount of time apart has blown these new changes to a bigger proportion than they might’ve been.

Yes they’ve gone through major changes, but their core character, the character each other have grown close too - are still very much the same. Quirrel is still the analytical, kind-hearted guy that admires the ever shifting world around him - as he’s always been and Tiso is still a stubborn, goal-driven warrior that sticks to his ideals to the bitter end as he has always been. It’s just shifted. But the time apart has made these changes, like Quirrel taking up arms in self defense, and Tiso fighting for the safety of the misfortunate - seem like they’re a much different person than they perhaps are.

As you said, Tiso does like some of these changes (like the fighting bit) and I’ve always interpreted that Quirrel might not enjoy fighting in the same manner as others might - he doesn’t mind it even with his memory back. There’s also aspects to Tiso that have changed that I feel Quirrel likes a little more - like him seeming to take more appreciation of the world around him. I think if anything, it shows that whilst these valid concerns float around their head - it’s more than they’re thinking because the actual truth is they can take the past memories with the current circumstances and move forward all the same. I say this as an avid overthinker - overthinking can really put a sudden strain to something that maybe wasn’t there to begin with.

Which is why they absolutely talk about it at length for a while. A heart to heart. If I had the energy I’d make it a full comic but alas.

After everything is done, after Ghost ascends and the infection is finally destroyed, after Tiso gets a chance to be reunited with his dads again and let Ghost have a well deserved rest amongst his family - Tiso and Quirrel just have a long talk at the oh so symbolic Blue Lake.

Tiso gets to mention how his friend leaving in the first place hurt, whilst he understands why, it was another person leaving his life. Quirrel gets to lament over having some memories still blocked, wondering if the two lives can co-exist with one another and if Tiso wants the friend that left him - rather than the one here. It ends with I feel a mutual agreement and understanding, empathy with what both have been through and a promise that they’ll see if the foundations of the past can allow them to continue with a relationship in the present. An agreement that they’ll view the past as memories and the present as the current relationship.

The friendship itself I feel mends pretty fast, and I think it helps when they aren’t dealing with an infected land. The period of rest before going to a semblance of a normal life does well to help them build up their relationship again. And as for the transition to friends to partners?

A bit of a slow burn! Whilst they talked to each other about the confused feelings, they both didn’t really admit to pining for one another before - simply because they view their friendship as important. It’s after a while of Hallownest being free, of helping those left build their own life without fear, that they recognise these feelings still aren’t going to go.

and I’ll be honest I’ve also always viewed tisoquirrel as a whole as a sort of slow burn pairing sksksksksk

#happy screms #vigilante tiso #tisoquirrel #yknow this whole ramble came from the fact i wanted to doodle them again and then my brain said ‘hey remember how this is :)’#it just - hecc #*holds them* th…them #i told myself i’d answer this quickly in the morning to be more coherent then i woke up early and rambled whoops

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bugbyte · 1 year

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Personal, terrible body updates, general venting (it’s a CW and a blog title!)

Had another round of PT today, oof. We are into working on my arms and shoulders finally. My hands have improved significantly since starting all this, which is great, but the rest of my body is having a rougher go with it. It’s interesting to be able to pinpoint the really bad parts of my joints, and also observe how the rest of my body has been compensating to make up for the deficit. Also watching while the physio pokes part of my shoulder and the complete opposite side of my body reacts to try and carry it is pretty wild. Biology and physiology are amazing and frustrating all at once! But boy did I ever need the world’s longest nap after that today.

At the moment we’re going with “it’s probably some flavor of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, with something else like POTS mixed in for extra spice,” so that’s. Ehh. But at least it’s a direction. Still, a heap of tests in my future as we find out how far the rabbit hole goes down. I get to talk to someone about the potential POTS aspect tomorrow, which has me anxious and also hopeful because at least information gives me the power to do something about any of this. It’s worrying because it’s heart related stuff, but also it seems like the kind of thing that can be managed so at least there’s that. I’ve been using my aging Apple Watch to keep tabs with the Heartwatch app for a few weeks and the data is pretty stunning. Highly recommend that if you’re in a situation like mine where you’re just looking for patterns, it’s about $5, or Tachymon which is free but a little more limited.

On the plus side, to help out with my lower body, I’m getting some sweet knee braces, which I am super excited about. Practically robot legs! Being able to walk places with confidence my legs won’t fall apart under me! Wow! It’s gonna be great. I’ve had a really bad time over the past year with mobility, so I’m really hoping this helps a bit. I’ve got plans to start going on short Pokémon Go walks when the weather warms up as a physical therapy supplement. It’s wild to me that like 10 years ago I was able to just push through this kind of pain and run a marathon, because I just assumed this is how everyone always felt doing physical activity and that was why marathons are considered hard. (It isn’t and, it isn’t.) I doubt I’ll ever be able to do that again, but maybe I can handle like a 5k or something someday.

Since my hands have been better, I’ve been getting in some comic work lately and it feels really good. I’m pretty excited about the pages I’m currently on and just. Really happy about making art, and liking the art I’m making. I’m close to having a second page totally done and I’ve got a good start on a third. I’m going to try and get at least 5 pages done before I commit to uploading, so I’ve got some buffer room, but the more I can get done, the better. I’ve spent hours on the current one and I can no longer tell if it’s due to my process or just being out of practice while my hands were improving. Either way, progress.

Anyway, just blabbing about health stuff because I’m anxious and it makes me feel better, and also I can look at this later when I’m not feeling great and recognize that it isn’t like that all the time. And comic updates stuff, because I want to draw so bad, and maybe people are interested in why I’ve been so slow. I feel kind of weird talking about it, but also nobody talks about this stuff plainly and we probably should. Oh well.

#blog #cw medical #personal #bug thoughts #healthposting

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