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Save Him (Red Clover Case Files is Live on Kickstarter!)

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This.

Adding to this that I think/headcanon a huge part of Vegeta's anger and guilt and self-loathing when it comes to Future Trunks and the 7YG is that -- at the end of the day -- he failed to prevent his own son from having to live the same life he had.

After all of the shock fades and Goku's dead, Vegeta has seven years to consider the fact (among so many others in his first real stretch of downtime), there is an alternate world in which he is The Most Powerful Person on his planet, again, and everyone dies anyway. He was killed by someone he was not strong enough to defeat, and left his son to the will of his enemy, just like his father did him.

Little Trunks is someone Vegeta gets to actively decide doesn't have to live like he did. He doesn't have to be the first line of defense or the last one. Vegeta trains Trunks to be competitive with the intention that he will be stronger than Gohan one day, but actively tries to keep him (and Goten!) out of serious battle. He could've abandoned Trunks and Bulma after his goals went belly-up, but he stayed. Future Trunks gave him the chance to break the cycle and he did, and to quote Roz, that is an undeniable win.

Overanalyzing again but I'm such a fan of Bulma gradually gaining her faith in Vegeta back over his rounds at the tournament that revisited/tested the Two Big Things he fucked up real bad in Z when put into a competitive environment:

Performative Overconfidence (Frost/Cell Saga)

Relapsing into Old Habits/Establishing Dominance Over Another Saiyan (Cabbe/Buu Saga)

Their relationship seeming so much more casual/comfortable after this arc, too, makes me think/headcanon a lot about Bulma getting to see Geets being in complete, confident control over his intentions and his mentality in what in the past have been very tempting situations, and getting proof that those are things she doesn't need to worry about anymore. Gets to see actual, practical receipts of her boy's recovery in a high-pressure situation.

And of course I love Trunks always being Papa's #1 Hype Man.

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good update, son. solid intel.

a 7 year gap comic based on several interactions i had with my elmo-obsessed niece over the holiday

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I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of your training in the afterlife...

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I've been thinking I really want to do something to try and help folks over in Palestine, so while I can't donate I want to at least help link to some of the general charities for folks there:

Here's arab.org's daily clicks for Palestine!

Here's eSims for Gaza!

Here's the Gaza Soup Kitchen!

Here's the linktree for the Sameer project!

Here's Crips for eSims for Gaza!

Please donate and helps spread the word if you can! If you're like me and can't donate, there's at least the daily clicks site you can bookmark and do!!!

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Overanalyzing again but I'm such a fan of Bulma gradually gaining her faith in Vegeta back over his rounds at the tournament that revisited/tested the Two Big Things he fucked up real bad in Z when put into a competitive environment:

Performative Overconfidence (Frost/Cell Saga)

Relapsing into Old Habits/Establishing Dominance Over Another Saiyan (Cabbe/Buu Saga)

Their relationship seeming so much more casual/comfortable after this arc, too, makes me think/headcanon a lot about Bulma getting to see Geets being in complete, confident control over his intentions and his mentality in what in the past have been very tempting situations, and getting proof that those are things she doesn't need to worry about anymore. Gets to see actual, practical receipts of her boy's recovery in a high-pressure situation.

And of course I love Trunks always being Papa's #1 Hype Man.

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Honored Guests, the hotel claims to have proof of their hauntings! John's still skeptical. Help us develop this photo to see what they've found! Show your support for #RedCloverCaseFiles and unlock exclusive unreleased art!

I'm helping my pals with their social media vids! They've made an awesome horror visual novel game demo, and their kickstarter is up and live! CLICK HERE for their linktr.ee and play the demo, it's going to be such an awesome game.

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We've got to look our best to celebrate our kickstarter going live! Become a backer before 8/31 for a special reward! Have you checked out the #GameDemo yet? Click the link in our bio to play!

Welcome to the Red Clover Case Files: Séance Soirée, the first chapter of an episodic 2D visual novel series where you will be tasked with navigating a murder mystery, investigating crime scenes and haunted locales, interrogating a collection of bizarre but intriguing characters, and evaluating all you learn to name the real killer. 

Or killers...

The Kickstarter is now live! CLICK HERE to check it out, and CLICK HERE to play the game demo!

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13 days and only 41% left to go!!! Quick spotlight for tumblr fans: Our backgrounds are done by Tess Richards of Rooster Teeth’s RWBY and Camp Camp, and our sprite art is done by Dennessy of Dimension 20’s Fantasy High Webtoon!

If you’re a fan of their work, or indie games, or interactive/exploration visual novels, please consider backing red clover case files!!

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Repeat after me: I draw so good. Not everything needs to be a banger. I'm not a content machine I'm a person who makes art and art takes time. Inspiration comes in waves and when it recedes that's when I should let myself rest

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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I'm a fandom oldie and a strong proponent of "ship and let ship", and I defend everyone else's right to ship what they love... But I think that gives people the idea that I like, automatically love every single ship??? Or every single trope?

I don't though!

There are a lot of fandom tropes that are on my "absolutely fuck no" list. There are a lot of irk kinks that are also on my "nope absolutely not" list, too. Personally, this is healthy. I'm able to look at something and go "Yep, I hate it, but it's not harming anyone, so continue to do as you please."

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13 days and only 41% left to go!!! Quick spotlight for tumblr fans: Our backgrounds are done by Tess Richards of Rooster Teeth’s RWBY and Camp Camp, and our sprite art is done by Dennessy of Dimension 20’s Fantasy High Webtoon!

If you’re a fan of their work, or indie games, or interactive/exploration visual novels, please consider backing red clover case files!!

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hate 2 say it but british ppl had the right idea with saying whats all this then. like literally whats all this then

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my niece is officially at the age where she asks where I’m going when I have to leave and looks sad when I tell her I have to go home and man I’m not even a parent and Vegeta’s “please god let me get strong enough to kill my enemies so I can retire” energy is so goddamn valid

that toddler’s quietly resigned little ‘okay’ has me YamchaDeathPose.png