#this took a long time rip

[welcometogrouchland]

I've been binging Batman Beyond recently (Terry ily so much) and thought about how- bc of the JLU twist which I think isn't even canon to the comics BB verse but shhh bare with me- he'd technically be Damian's half brother??? Which is just so ridiculously soap opera to me. I need them to interact in a silly time travel adventure so bad you don't even understand (ID in alt)

#dc comics #damian wayne #terry mcginnis #batman beyond #batman and robin #mine #also feat the mild damian uniform redesign i like playing around with. it's fun i like her. i love u classic robin colours #the backstory for this image in my mind is that Terry knows of Damian/has maybe met him #in the future (whether we're going w the rebirth ''damian rejoins the league'' angle that i. don't love conceptually but can't judge- #-bc i haven't read. or if we go w/ some other potential future route for damian) and Terry is like. experiencing whiplash at meeting him- #-as robin. like you are 5 feet tall why r u so bossy. where is your dad good god. this is why i don't have a robin (?this is pre matt-robin) #but Terry's in an unfamiliar time trying not to cause a paradox so he puts aside his indignitude(?) at being bossed around by a kid #just long enough to make sure nothing goes horrifically wrong. hence this image takes place #<- i could've been a lot more eloquent explaining this but it's very late and i should've been asleep ages ago #anyway. absolutely crazy to me that Damian has had multiple flavours of secret brother plots and terry is a potential addition. rip damian #(also in my ideal future damian took up the nightwing mantle (EVERYONE READ NIGHTWING MUST DIE!!!) before retiring( #idk what his future career is. lowkey hes a webcomic artist in my brain but that's so horrendously self indulgent i can't condone it #also i decided to try my hands at lineart again. evil. how are you so stiff looking and difficult to do. waughh #anyway if things look weird. no they don't

[missingn000]

hey all! i wrote a what-if character study & action fic for if king fought sanji instead of zoro during the raid on onigashima. i'd really love if you gave it a read! thanks so much!

link

playlist

happy reading!

#ouughh oh my god. i poured every scrap of my heart and soul into this #sobbed hysterically multiple times while writing it as well as when i finished because i was so damn proud #AHHHH #i know it's long as shit but please give it a read...i promise the fight scene is just a backdrop to the amazing character study #and compelling interactions between them. it is gutting and beautiful and cathartic and absolutely fucking insane #I HOPE YOU LIKE IT #many things included.... #such as #zosan #king the wildfire #sanji #roronoa zoro #kaidou of the beasts #and more #so check it out please<3 #one piece #rflr #oh this manga coloring is actually 4 panels slapped together and splashed with color. it took fucking forever. so. that too. #also if you saw me delete this and immediately repost it no you didn't. ao3 is being fucky with me. sorry to all my user subcribers who wil #get 2 emails to fics one of which is deleted #RIP #OKAY ENJOY

[themanwhomadeamonster]

The 1999 combat theme and its foreshadowing because the autism got to me and I spent too long trying to figure out this soundtrack

Jumping off from @brokenjardaantech's WITW music analysis post here - go check it out, it's very insightful and lays the foundations for what I'm about to talk about! And thanks to @theterribletenno for the burst of inspiration by giving me a massive oh shit realisation in the most chilling way possible LOL

Spoilers under the read-more; TL;DR at the end :'^D

To preface, the soundtrack is structured in an ABC structure with bridges between A and B, as well as another between B and C that borrows from A. The key starts in Cm, briefly modulating to Gm in section B then back to Cm during the second bridge, and settling on Em for section C. In-game for WITW you most likely will only hear up to the first bridge since the Technocyte fight only goes for around a minute long

Sections A, the bridges and partially C feature genre similarities to grunge rock with fuzzy guitar chugging, whammy bar, and palm muting, while the drums are notably sharp snares (except for the first bridge, which are clean bass kicks that gradually distort transitioning into section B's style). Musically, it sounds like a typical fighting soundtrack meant to hype you up - the melody is confident and likes to push and pull its rhythm. But in section C it notably become emptier in its layering while keeping the distorted drums, placing emphasis on the lyrics (which I'll get to below lol). Heavier syncopation and polyrhythms are also introduced.

Section B however is the main outlier. This section is where it most strongly resembles industrial rock: rhythmic synth layers begin to accompany the melody (a pedal point line that plays every semiquaver/sixteenth note), synth drums replace acoustics and the guitars drop the fuzz that is characteristic of grunge and steadily strum every quaver/eighth note. Compared to the push and pull rhythm of section A, this section is steadier, less chaotic than the other sections, it wants you to focus on this section.

Notably, the lead guitar introduces a familiar leitmotif: This is What You Are (which @brokenjardaantech goes more in depth regarding its use in WITW). Here, though, its second chord becomes flattened (Dm -> D♭m) and introduces a diminished, dissonant sound. To me this was the first hint that the song may actually be about Arthur's downfall. This is What You Are is a musical leitmotif that recurs in moments of vulnerability, especially when someone is at risk of losing their sense of self, their identity and what they are. It plays during The Second Dream when we discover the Operator, during the New War when Eidolon!Lotus just lost herself to Ballas and can't recognise the Tenno, and in WITW during the Vessel "fight" when the Tenno is forced out of their Warframe.

I was prompted to actually dig more into the lyrics because I saw @theterribletenno bring up something really interesting

In this specific song, the leitmotif is diminished, it's corrupted. "Surrender to the corruption" - this is what Arthur is afraid of. I brought up earlier that section B had a genre shift. The contrast of the music is important, it's highlighting something, and together with the musicality of the leitmotif, it's making a sense of urgency and danger. The leitmotif is a warning to Arthur.

Section B sings these lyrics:

Break it, break it, Break it open!

Compared to the desperation in the other lines, these two lines are sung mockingly. The Infested are trying to break Arthur, and are succeeding. Their voice is becoming his. But there are actually two vocal lines in this section - you can also hear muted backing vocals in a much less aggressive and lethargic tone warning that "Disillusion". Arthur is trying so hard to keep his own voice and stay clear-minded but it's being drowned out and he's nearing his breaking point, and Albrecht, based on the Codex Fragments you find, is well aware of this.

In section C, while the layering is less intense it's noticeably more heavily syncopated and polyrhythmic, and introduces new (accompanying) echoing and dissonant synth layers reflecting the confusion and disorientation that Arthur begins to feel (these synth layers are actually introduced in the second bridge, but are more easily heard in section C). Section B and C also keep the synth/distorted drums that section A and both bridges lack (at most it's a reverb in those sections); the industrial sound of the song becoming associated with the increasing influence of the Infested over his humanity.

So I tried deciphering more lyrics for each section; I haven't figured all of it out and most of it could very well be wrong because of how heavily clipped the vocal line intentionally is so I don't want to make anymore assumptions than I need to, but I can understand enough of it to realise that the song is foreshadowing Arthur's corruption to the Infested. In green are the lyrics I'm confident are correct:

A:

Sting it, sting it, sting it! Sting it, sting it, sting it in the flesh!

Bridge:

I don't understand! It brings more disease!

B:

Break it, break it, Break it open! (Disillusion)

Bridge:

Sting it, sting it! Sting it in the flesh!

C:

Who's dreaming? Who's the [???] It's a vision[?]!

TL;DR: the grunge/industrial genre hybrid represents Arthur's humanity/Infested respectively, and the song becomes increasingly industrial as the song progresses, most noticeably through the increasing distortion of the drum sound. Section A sets the stage, section B serves as a warning to Arthur that he's losing his sense of identity as the Infestation drowns out his "voice" while a dissonant version of This is What You Are plays, and section C is him experiencing confusion and disorientation as the Infestation continues to corrupt him.

#i'm assuming the last section might be about the tenno transferring to arthur since the singer brings up dreaming specifically? #please correct me if i misheard any lyrics the auditory processing do be processing badly #wf said we took the themes of grief compassion and identity and are throwing it back at you tenfold #warframe #warframe spoilers #warframe 1999 #wf arthur #audio #music #i haven't done musical analysis in a long time so i've forgotten some terminology especially with audio mixing rip... #but yeah idk i enjoyed this soundtrack it's musically simple compared to wf's other stuff but a lot of thought went into it thematically #i love when music tells a story in itself through its sound rather than lyrics #bc even without the lyrics the intention behind this song's composition is still very clear

[raillue]

Some more drawings of my young wolf

bungie please let me pet the starcats pleasepleasepleaseplease-

#destiny 2 #destiny #destiny the game #destiny fanart #destiny 2 fanart #destiny hunter #destiny oc #destiny guardian #destiny young wolf #mara sov #destiny mara sov #don’t ask me how long the wishkeeper and armour took to draw #those are hours i’ll never get back #raillue’s sketchbook #some artists have same face syndrome #i have ‘i can never draw the same face twice’ syndrome #also a fact about my young wolf #she ripped her cloak way too many times #to the point where she just learnt how to sew #and then eventually embroider

[synthshenanigans]

Who the fuck has 69,830 plays of Special on Spotify

#i mean like nice but like #my guy #also it literally happened in less than a week #like the top listeners for CJ were basically the same for so long #an then in literally less than a week someone got first place #JUST FROM PLAYING THE SONG SPECIAL #i guarantee they just never turned their Spotify off that entire time & just had the one song playing #og number one had like 30000 plays & suddenly lost to someone with double #rip that one person #nah but like i JUST got fuckin 3rd place bro #i was so proud of myself #an then Special guy over here took up a dang spot #an now im 4th >:0 #also this is with last.fm btw #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #moss post

[alicepao13]

The disrespect this show gets on a daily basis, from the production to the network(s) to even the pirates who prefer to rip shows like *checks notes* Big Brother Canada (same group)...

I wouldn't be calling them out if I hadn't done this myself, by the way. People who have never ripped a damn thing can stay in their lane. I have earned my stripes, I'm not someone who wants to talk shit about those who do this, and I understand the process involved. The webrips are a different story, as they are uploaded by Amazon whenever. The HDTV rips should be uploaded on time, shortly after the network airs the show, and it's the same process as it always has been to rip them. Uploading HDTV rips after the webrips has no value whatsoever, unless someone cares that much about the promo, which of course CityTV doesn't care enough to upload themselves, proving once again what a shitty network they are.

Hudson and Rex has an international fanbase, it shouldn't be so difficult to be able to watch it as an international fan in 2024.

#hudson and rex #this is now a whining blog #but what else can it be when nothing about this show is working as intended #I've been torrenting since 2005 #I've never had the misfortune of having to wait as long as I wait for this show through all these years #last season it took them three days to upload the season five premiere hdtv rip #the rip times are unbelievably inconsistent and they have been that way since this saw first caught my eye (season two) #the fact that there is a single group that does the hdtv rips means that if for whatever reason they can't upload it then we don't have it #the webrips are actually being ripped by one of the best groups out there so I can't complain #it's just that the streaming upload by amazon happens whenever they feel like it #once again I'm drawing similarities between canadian and greek programming which is so not in their favor #(I actually thought that by the time I'd finished writing this we'd have something but nope) #(ps I just saw a rip announce of family feud canada and I just... does someone actually hate hudson and rex?) #(pps do not respond to this if you live in a country where your government is actively combating piracy)

[marshmallowgoop]

We're both so alone A warmth that we'd never known

[Song link] [YouTube link]

#detective conan #case closed #ai haibara #conan edogawa #coai #song is #corridors of time #by yasunori mitsuda with vocals and lyrics by laura shigihara #it's from chrono trigger but i've never actually played the game ^^; #amv #my amvs #eye strain #video #this took an embarrassingly long time to put together but i've learned a *lot*! #i hope my hard work paid off! #sources used are episodes 128 129 130 136 138 176-177 189 231 234 270 280 340 509 542 568 #movies 5 6 13 20 24 and 26 (trailer) #(and no i still haven't seen 20 or 24 lol i actually opened and ripped my m20 blu-ray for this ^^;) #and tv special 6 (episode one: the great detective turned small) and ed 60

[ctommy-chileno]

It would be funny if instead of calling mcyts like Tommy, Tubbo, Wilbur, Nikki, Jack, Philza "Dsmp members" they were called "Osmp members" to completely discombobulate weird violent fandom outsiders

#these are guys that got really popular from the dsmp but dont want to base their entire careers from it #osmp has most of the fun gang of the dsmp #even quackity was invited he just didnt show up lmao #rip to the egg banquet guys I guess #it didnt last very long but the few times it was active it was good times #if the team that made rats and pirates took over osmp it would be a banger #this is also my plea for more osmp members in POW creations

[whchwitch]

"Can you imagine their dinners?"

stares

stares interrogatively

stares back in agreement

stare at each other affirmatively

#moiraine damodred #lan mandragoran #wheel of time #the wheel of time #moiraine sedai #wot #wot show #translation: the moon is beautiful tonight #you who else is beautiful? #Suian Sanche? #suian sanche! #i mean took me a long time to draw my favorite murder twins #ladys and gentle people: them #i am ready for them to rip my heart out in s2

[number-one-hog-hater]

Inspired by @nailgunstigmata 's recent Denbell posting.

He's just a lil fairy 2 strawberries tall, and im going to step on him on accident like God intended 🙏 amen

#someone take pixlr away from me #i meant to work on the discord but took about an hour to wrok on this instead #half the time was making den half was making the background #idk why but i went hard on the lighting #it doesnt even look good #nvm i just looked at it too long this rips ass

[dailyedgeworth]

today, edgeworth and a butterfly, as suggested by @htsparrowheart <3

#sorry it took me a long while to draw this #went for a more simple approach i think? #hes not particularly surprised after all #rip #next time maybe #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #traditional art #traditional

[wardingshout]

I've been fighting with my laptop for at least the past half year and I finally turned it in for repairs only to be told it's beyond hope at this point and can't be saved for a cost that would be worth it 😭😭😭 rip getting to draw frfr

#text #I miss drawing I wanna draw !!!!!!! #it took me so long to accept my laptop struggles were probably a part of why I couldnt get anything done and the moment I did #it all got worse rip... #I only Think I managed to back up my art files so wish me luck the computer place can save everything #the tragedy here is even more time without being able to draw but also. all the cute stickers that's on it.... #Im home sick today suffering with no 'puter... no drawing no watching toku only reading books my head is too heavy to focus on #sad wet cat vibes are strong #I like traditional sketching and I like painting with water colours... but it's Different it's fun but it's not the same activity to me...

[australiansquid]

Drow

Minthara's "at ease" outfit ported from BG3

Notes: -6 chest options, 4 pant options -Pants are boot compatible -The strings are kinda jank, you can hide them with Penumbra meta manipulations

General Permissions: ✅-Personal edits ✅-Port/Upscale to different body types with credit

❌-Claim as your own ❌-Reupload

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#FFXIV #FFXIV Mods #FF14 #My Mods #BG3 #Baldur's Gate 3 #Minthara #This is my favorite camp clothes to wear :) #Dunno why it took so long to think to port it over to XIV #(I know why it took so long. It's my first time doing a full convert to XIV from a raw .mdl rip. And I was intimidated for some reason.)

[hella1975]

im so easy when it comes to immoral characters like okay do you bear your pain terribly? get behind me

#fandom is looking at a traumatised guy and going 'they deserved better' #but let me fucking TELL you if that guy goes on to let their trauma absolutely mutilate them then im gonna be there #bad victims etc etc #bear it terribly. bear it ugly and mean. bear it with your teeth stained by innocents that had nothing to do with the slaughter #let it make you worse. lash out. kick down. become the terrible thing #im defending that guy until the end of time #touya todoroki #andrew minyard #touya is the closest anyone has come to andrew in a very long time for me when it comes to this #like andrew is THEE baseline of this ive never seen anything like the way he does it #he was treated terribly and it made him terrible. shamelessly. he took the bad thing and decided to be worse for it #and while it's unsustainable in a person it's so fucking cathartic for a reader to just see that happening despite the tragedy of it #it's touya stood over his abuser and ripping his world apart with his bare hands while laughing #because he spent 10 years in hell for this moment. this single moment. and the audience and the characters call him a monster #it's andrew threatening his own cousin at knifepoint to defend a stranger's integrity simply because that is one of andrew's lines #and you do not cross them. no one ever will again. and the audience and the characters call him a monster #it's watching people who were treated awfully refuse to swallow that pain. refuse to forgive. refuse to move on #it's watching them embrace the wreckage of it and self-destruct either in one glorious explosion or gradually over years #because they are willingly choosing to live this way instead of getting over it. they are rejecting healing with their eyes open #because they were hurt so badly that healing now seems like a denial of that pain #and then u get to read fanfiction where they heal and are acknowledged for what they suffered and u cry and cry and cry <3

[rivilu]

Haven't had the chance to play actual dnd in real life, but In this run I get the sense that bg3 perfectly captures the "party progresses in a weird sideways way that bypasses tons of the dm's prepared lore, so the dm takes revenge by dropping a near impossible encounter on them" vibe I hear so much about

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #fun fact i killed minthara by dropping her down a hole #somehow didn't get the achievement for it though #smh smh jdjsjd #but yeah. ill talk spoilers in the next few tags so be warned #first it was the goblin camp where instead of even trying to talk to anyone i just went up to the hobgoblin at the very back and attacked #took a LOT of tries to beat that encounter #slowly cleared the camp from the inside out without even seeing a cutscene with minthara or anything nxnd rip queen or whatever #then you had the duergar camp or whatever that area was called #where i didn't even realise what the deal with the drow was im just like. oh im freeing those fucking gnomes. wait we're on time limit? #can't long rest? run out of short rests? damn guess it's a challenge run #so emptied that room of all of them before blowing up the rubble. then killed the guy inside without talking to him for more than two lines #lmao #THEN THAT GODDAMN FUCKIN ENCOUNTER IN THE CURSED AREA #which was glitched 4 me until i equipped torches and deactivated turn based mode for the curse before it started #now im over the area where that gold encrusted toll collector (?) is #which apparently has more health than Grym so uhhhhhhh #maybe need to level up before tackling that #long story short im making bad decisions <3 gods bless easy mode

[alliluyevas]

only murders in the building putting up the bat signal to attract me—

#sorry for horrible quality Hulu won’t let you screenshot so I took pics of my tv screen #the pedant in me is like well actually she was long dead by the time he— #but the whole point is that Charles def does not know that #the mispronouncing is so real. the professor who introduced my thesis talk mispronounced her name even tho I coached him beforehand. rip