#(image description in alt and dialogue in the post)

[vidra-comprehends]

That feeling when you are trying to fulfill a contract but the Last Dragonborn decided to break her solitary travel rule for the first time in decades.

Sero demanded they sleep in the Netch. Tally claims even the bedroll is softer than those hide-covered pieces of wood. Ithruen refuses to sleep in a bed that's not at home. One-bed room it is.

Little WIP for a story I'm working on. Dialogue transcript and cleaned-up sketch of the cat pile under the cut.

Page 1:

Geldis Sadri: Evenin'. What will it be, outlander? Vaba-daro: Is Ithruen here tonight? Geldis Sadri: 'That how you pronounce it? Yeah, why? Vaba-daro: She's an old friend. I was just wondering… Was anyone else with her? Geldis Sadri: I s'pose. Teldryn Sero practically lives 'ere and 'e's currently workin' for… her. As for the Altmer… Vaba-daro: Altmer? Geldis Sadri: Eh. Who are we to judge? Everyone needs comfort. Vaba-daro: Interesting. Geldis Sadri: Hey. Good for 'er, if you ask me. You see, friend… These three 'ave been real busy since they got 'ere. I told them not to show their faces until lunch. …Wait. Wait. I… …I gave them the room with a one-person bed. But then…

Page 2:

Ithruen: Turn. It. Off. Now, Taliesin. Taliesin: I am… kind of in the middle of something. Ithruen: You can have your breakdown without a magelight.

[doodleswithangie]

prime time

[Image Description: Comic of Ford and Stan Pines from "Gravity Falls" about Stan's tattoo. Alt text is provided and copied below the cut. End ID]

Copied Alt Text

Page one: Stan and Ford are sat in the living room watching TV. It blares, "We now return to 'Are You Smarter than a Post-Grad Barista?'"

Stan scratches at his shoulder and says, "Ah, Gravity Falls Public Access TV. Never change."

Page two: Ford glances at Stan's shoulder flashing back to a memory of younger Stan clutching his shoulder.

Stan's dialogue continues and fades out, "You really didn't miss anything. Y'know Rich is still hosting 'Cash Grab?' Met him once. Eh, didn't go so well. And don't get me started on Sassica! Qbza zvtl AC ahsr. Kvu'a ivaoly kljvkpun aopz. Ovwl fvb sprl aopz jvtpj!"

Page three: Ford is lost in the memory of their portal fight and Stan's injury, as Stan drones on, "Anyway I was- Hey! Pointdexter! Are you listing to me? Hey."

Ford snaps back to the present, where Stan's accidental brand mark has healed into his shoulder tattoo. Stan says, “Take a picture. It’ll last longer.”

Page four: After a beat, Ford looks away. They sink back into awkward silence. The TV drones on, "... So sorry! You are not smarter than a post-grad barista!"

End Copied Alt Text

[jackoftradesmakescontent]

"I should draw my OC's sprites before I do a dialogue maker where they talk," I said, proceeding to not draw them. Done a lot of brainstorming on their design, though! Here's what the party is doing during Siffrin's Loop call.

Under the cut again because, again, it's a big pile of gifs because I like it that way.

What I should have been doing tonight: Sleeping What I did instead: Using the ISAT dialogue maker to introduce my SI OC when I haven't even thought of anything else related to them.

Under the cut because it's a lot of gifs

[chucklingmaniacally]

POV: You're playing Hades 2 and spot an unfamiliar god boon symbol.

I'm so happy I got this done in time for Janmashtami lmao. My friend's (*cough* @randomfandomtraveller)headcanon is that Krishna would have a sweet spot for Melinoe because she almost has the same mission as teen Krishna.

I'm putting my hat in the ring to fight all the people that post AI generated images of the gods lmao. I'm not even religious but I think there's something so depressing that you want a plagiarism machine's version of your gods' iconography instead of an artist's version???

Bonus: Alt Version and WIP screenshot for all the freaks out there.

[Image Description:

Image 1: "The image is the artist's rendition of the Hindu God Krishna in the style of the videogame Hades 2. He is a dark skinned god with a slight build, and is wearing a red upper body cloth and a golden yellow _dhoti_. He is bedecked in gold ornaments on his shoulder, his upper arm, his hands and his feet.

He has long black curly hair, which leads into a cosmic gradient of dark blue and purple, dotted with stars. He is sitting casually, with his left hand on his knee and his right holding him up. In his hair, he wears a gold circlet which is dotted with a magical looking peacock feather. He's wearing a garland of red, white, and yellow flowers, and the garland seems to be flying in a breeze.

Encircling his head is a golden aura, which is lit up by divine looking light coming from the right side of the image.

The background of the image is that of the Hades 2 game, at the Erebus level. It is filled with greenery and leafless tree framinge the shot. Krishna's symbol is at the center of the image, which is a peacock feather that looks like an eye.

To the right of Krishna, there is a text box which states his name and his title, and a dialogue. The text box title says "KRISHNA, THE PROTECTOR INCARNATE"

The dialogue he says to the main character of Hades 2, Melinoë is "Something troubling you there on this fine night, Daughter of Persephone? Ah, perhaps a spot of trouble while fighting the Old Man? Well, the advice I have would take too long and I have little time, so here! Have a blessing, instead."

Image 2: The same picture as image 1 but this background is plain white with the artist signature.

Image 3: A desktop screenshot of the lineart of the artwork in Clip Studio Paint.

End Description]

[skykind]

A Clone Wars Episode Deep Dive

I didn't discover The Clone Wars fandom until 2021 and only started watching the show in mid-2023 (finished a few months ago), and I want to discuss and analyze all sorts of odds and ends—years after most people watched. This includes cool stuff in episodes I think some fans understandably skip when doing re-watches and therefore no longer remember well, but I’m digging into one of them anyway. So, have a long post about S2:E11, "Lightsaber Lost," and then come talk to me about it if you’d like!

This episode is saying three things at once, and the closer you get to the symbolic message meant for mostly adult audiences, the wilder things get.

The literal plot: Ahsoka’s lightsaber is stolen, and she recovers it with the help of a Jedi elder who teaches her life lessons along the way.

The morality tale for young viewers: gun control (a bold choice).

An eerie interlude for older viewers: A pair of brief scenes—only 45 seconds or so in length combined—communicate the future purge of the Jedi order via symbolic visual storytelling and a speech that’s being broadcast in the background. No dialogue required.

I'm going to focus on this third bullet point, but I also recommend a re-watch for the gun control angle. (Hint: if you think the writers are only arguing for handling guns responsibly, you haven’t taken the Jedi’s current context into account; also, the writers aren't referring to literal in-universe guns—Ahsoka’s lightsaber is the gun.)

Back to the episode’s message for older viewers: Split over two scenes, the audience watches Ahsoka chase a bounty hunter in possession of her lightsaber, then the bounty hunter partially damage and destabilize an enormous levitating billboard so she can get away from Ahsoka, and finally Ahsoka tumble down and precariously cling to the billboard’s screen. The billboard shows Palpatine delivering a—likely prerecorded—speech that is meant to sound supportive of the Jedi, but is instead priming Coruscant residents to believe anti-Jedi rhetoric; just before this two-scene sequence ends, Palpatine also begins to explain why he needs more executive power in order to support the Jedi.

It's great to pinpoint an example of Palatine's propaganda, but what does the visual storytelling communicate, with this speech for a backdrop?

Note: the text of Palpatine’s speech, shown in captions in the following screenshots, is not in alt text as that would chop the speech up between image descriptions, and is instead in a single paragraph after the final screenshot.

Palpatine's Speech

"I have no doubt that the Jedi are doing their very best to ensure the safety of every citizen in the Republic. The accusations that the Jedi created the Clone War to give themselves more power over the government is absurd and I will not stand for it."

Ahsoka as Symbolically at Palpatine's Mercy

After a scene break, Palatine's speech picks up mid-sentence and we see just how small and vulnerable Ahsoka is compared to Palpatine's soaring and vast projection. She appears entirely at his mercy, and somewhat at the mercy of Coruscant as well.

Palpatine's Speech, Resumed

"…Count Dooku and his droid army. To support the Jedi's efforts in the war, I ask the Senate to pass these new laws, giving more jurisdiction…"

The Genocide to Come

As this speech is broadcast to Coruscant, the seemingly trustworthy and dependable Chancellor of the Republic symbolically collapses beneath Ahsoka and leaves her stranded over a chasm. All while Palpatine spreads propaganda that will eventually convince the public to support her people's genocide.

Perhaps the best way to describe this is:

An unarmed Ahsoka struggles to hang onto the edge of a high precipice, that precipice is a symbol for Palpatine—and in a few years, Palpatine will shove the entire Jedi order off the edge of a much higher cliff.

Given how the sheer visual scale of Palpatine in this second scene represents the power he can wield over the Jedi—as the staging emphasizes Ahsoka's relative smallness and her physical vulnerability—it's clear the Jedi will not be able to rescue themselves when this future betrayal comes; Palpatine has amassed too much power and put too many plans in place. And no one who's bought into Palpatine's propaganda will try to catch the Jedi when they go over the edge.

Ahsoka’s Survival

Ahsoka’s individual survival of Order 66 is signaled here by her ability to get off the levitating billboard, but nothing about the staging suggests this comes down to unique skill—any number of well-trained Jedi could have gotten out of her predicament when the right opportunity (a single speeder that veers out of its lane and passes unusually close to the screen) presented itself.

In both “Lightsaber Lost” and "Victory and Death" (S7:E12, see below), her survival involves flinging herself through open air (and into an out-of-place flying vehicle), a nice nod to Ahsoka’s association with flight and Morai, though I feel like that’s a coincidence (?) as of season 2. Or maybe not. I have no idea if Ahsoka’s symbolic associations—flight in the case of “Lightsaber Lost,” rather than Morai specifically—were planned out in advance.

What About the Propaganda?

Returning to season 2, we come to the final big-picture takeaway of the "Lightsaber Lost" scenes: I’ve referred to Palpatine’s speech as something that plays in the background because Ahsoka doesn’t pay attention to his propaganda, even though it’s literally in her face. What does this mean if we treat Ahsoka as a stand-in for the Jedi, and Palpatine’s speech as a stand-in for his growing threat to the Jedi?   In these scenes, Ahsoka first doesn’t pay attention because she’s trying to stay alive in precarious circumstances, just as Jedi across the galaxy are kept distracted from the big picture by trying to keep themselves, their Padawans, their troops, and civilians alive as war swallows up the galaxy. Then, Ahsoka is distracted by tracking the bounty hunter who has her lightsaber; in the context of this episode (which asks, ‘who should be allowed to use a lightsaber, and when?’), Ahsoka’s lightsaber also comes to represent Jedi’s efforts to fight the Clone Wars as ethically as possible. It presumably takes more time and effort to fight a war when you’re concerned with morals, at least when the opposition is perfectly happy to commit war crimes.   By tossing the Jedi into a war, Palpatine keeps them too busy to systemically search for the Master Sith (in addition to Sith stuff diminishing the Jedi’s ability to use the force), as their time is eaten up by upholding the equivalent of the Geneva and Hague Conventions (etc.) when almost no one else is, by protecting as many other lives as possible, and by staying alive.

And The Clone Wars communicates all of this in a minute! Though I’ll admit my final point about Ahsoka’s lightsaber representing ethical combat is a stretch. I love it when TV shows and movies make full use of visual storytelling, and The Clone Wars is fabulous at it.

Whew—and that’s that! I’m grateful if even a single person has read this far and would love to know what you think, but regardless, I had fun analyzing this episode and organizing my thoughts about it. Cheers to the Clone Wars fandom.

[icepoptroll]

@rtcpickyourpoison day 1: Ocean - Nightmare

So first, yes, this is an absolutely batshit premise and nothing makes sense. I can explain. It's based on this bit from Impractical Jokers (particularly the one starting around 1:15) and I thought this with Ricky plus having to face her misgivings and an F on top of it all would probably be her worst nightmare. Is this a bit mean-spirited and darkly humorous and totally out of character for Ricky? Yes, yes it is. Dream logic!!!

So for all my prompts I'm posting 4 page comics. I usually include alt text with all my drawings, but seeing as the length of each page for these and all the dialogue might make it hard to stay within the character limit, I'll be writing out image descriptions under a cut on each post instead.

Image Description:

Page 1:

Panel 1: Closeup of Karnak. He is saying "I have decided the final decision shall come down to the one with the most cats. Richard Potts, you are the winner."

Panel 2: Ocean with a fearful expression saying "Oh no. . ."

Page 2: Only one large panel. They're still in the warehouse. Ricky is wearing the costume from Space Age Bachelor Man as well as a crown. He is sitting on a sort of cat-themed throne with his crutches leaned against it. All the kids but Ocean are wearing cat ears and tails, dancing at his side, Mischa directly to his right wearing shades and "making it rain" with a stack of Canadian 100 dollar bills. Noel is wearing his Monique costume. Karnak is saying, "So how about it, Richard? Will Ocean be joining the rest of you in coming back to life?"

Page 3:

Panel 1: Ricky with an unpleased expression holding up a sheet of lined paper with a big red F on it.

Panel 2: Ricky dropping the paper and holding up a thumbs down.

Panel 3: Ocean screaming "NOOOOOO!!!!" and falling through a trap door.

Page 4:

Panel 1: Ocean waking up with a gasp. She is in a hospital room. Her hair is in a braid, she's covered in bruises, has bandages all over her arms, an IV in her right hand, and oxygen tubing in her nose.

Panel 2: Ocean sighs, a relieved but sad expression on her face, rubbing her forehead with two fingers. She is saying "I really have to make things right with Ricky one of these days. . ."

End image description

[nartothelar]

would you Ever consider adding Alt text to your comics?

Not trying to diss your Handwritting!! I find All text on images very hard to read. Your handwriting itself is very nice

Enough people have mentioned that my handwriting is difficult to read that I’ve considered it! But I’m wondering if I should just add the dialogue of the picture or the dialogue and a full description of the piece

I’m also not sure if alt text or having the whole conversation under the read more would be better? Perhaps people can leave a comment under this post to gauge the public option

[ask-crossing-timelines-au]

==> Feferi: Ask about the future! What year is this karcrab from? does he have any quadrants? what's the empire up to? do you get really pretty when you grow up? oh, oh, and what about-

--> Karkat: wrestle with the ethics of lying to a child

Lying to a child is totally fine if your doing it to protect them, right? Right??

(aaanddd where back on schedule! just three weeks later than i anticipated :c but now im done and im pretty sure i passed all my classes :D, so things should be back to normal, maybe i'll be able to post more because im on vacation)

Oh! I almost forget, I added descriptions to the alt-text thing so if you need to check some dialogue or description of the images, I will add it to the last comics i posted too!

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[rjalker]

Hey Flatland fandom.

this is a tiny fandom.

how about we make a deal.

If you all start including image descriptions in your art, or at least copy and paste the image descriptions that other people make into your original post, (and make it clear when you post the art in the first place that you're happy to add any ID someone can make), and go back to your older art to add IDs to those, I'll draw your OCs.

I can't guarentee they'll be good drawings, but I'll draw them.

How about we say like, by the end of November 2023, if most of your Flatland posts have image descriptions, you win a drawing of your OC by me.

It doesn't matter if you write the ID or someone else does, as long as the original post has an ID in it!

Image descriptions being in plain text in the post itself is more accessible than ALT text, which many people can't use, and the image description should go directly below the image being described, before all other commentary.

AKA it should look like this.

[image title if you want]

[Image]

[Image description]

[image caption / song lyric / character intro / ect]

IK tumblr desktop's annoying, but get into the habit of just putting an X at the start of a post, and then adding the image. Then you can put the title of the image at the top if you want.

Image descriptions should be in 100% Plain text, so that means no colors, italics, bold, or all caps, even if the text in the image is in all caps. You can just say, "The character is yelling, in all caps, '[insert dialogue here]'".

They should also start and end with some variation of "ID: or "image description" or "image description start" and end with "End ID." "End image description" or "Image description end". Some very clear cue that tells you where the description starts and ends.

It is also necessary for image descriptions to end and begin with brackets to help them stand out from the rest of the text, otherwise they can be impossible to find sometimes. Indenting the image description also helps with this, and doesn't (as far as I can tell) cause any problems for screen readers.

Image descriptions should have paragraph breaks and punctuation just like any other thing you'd write. If the image description is just one long giant block of text, that's not accessible.

It's okay to be nervous about writing your first image description -- we all have to start somewhere, and once you get the hang of it, and make it a habit, it's easier to write it than you think.

If you aren't able to write your own descriptions for your art for whatever reason, please include the character's names and pronouns somewhere in the post and I'll try to write an ID for you. But with so many OCs and characters from Gravity Falls I can't half the time because I have no idea who anyone is or what to call them.

Think of your image description as an extension of your art, another opportunity to show off. No one knows your art better than you do, so you'll be the best at describing it.

If someone else makes an ID for you, and get something wrong, you can 100% fix that when you add it to the original post.

Here's an example of an image description:

[Image description start: The narrator from the book Flatland, drawn as white square on a pale blue background, with a small black circle on the upper right corner, with a small questionmark next to him to show he is confused. Below him is black text that reads, "He is distressingly susceptible to propaganda". The word "distressingly" written in a messy font like spray painted graffiti for emphasis. Image description end.]

All you have to do is describe what you're looking at.

This fandom is so small, there's no reason not to at least try. So let's make this fandom welcoming to Irregulars of all kind, shall we?

[doodleswithangie]

@reddieweek day 1: mythical creatures

I started this on actual Day 1, and as usual it spiraled into something much bigger than the simple doodle I started with, but I definitely enjoyed thinking it through and finding my take on the concept!

[Image description: A Werewolf/Vampire AU featuring Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak from the "IT" movies. The AU is detailed with handwritten notes and captioned vignettes. Alt text is provided, and copied and reformatted for easier reading under the cut.]

Copied Alt Text, reformatted for easier reading

Image one:

Young half-shifted werewolf Richie and vampire Eddie pose for the camera. Bulleted notes read:

Derry 1.0

The Losers are all some sort of mythological creature (which isn't that weird in this Derry).

Richie is a werewolf who stays half-shifted around his friends (but hides on the full moon).

Eddie is a vampire who carries blood bags from the pharmacy in his fanny pack (less messy that way).

Richie mimes Eddie's fangs and taunts him with puns as Eddie pulls out a medical blood bag. The dialogue reads:

"Stopping for a quick bite?" "You know I- hey wait-" "Kinda sucks to be you." "You suck! And you already have fangs! Quit that!" "Fangs for noticing!" "HISS!"

Image two:

Portraits of Richie and Eddie as unhappy adults in their human and creature forms. Bulleted notes read:

Derry 2.0

Richie

Intensely guards/hides werewolf side

Very hairy even as a human

High stress situations or the full moon will involuntarily shift him

Eddie

High neck suit collar to hide the bite

Strict diet for basic nutrients

Ironically more vampiric the more he suppresses the urge to feed.

Black ink seeps up the page, with the caption, "Pennywise forces them to reckon with the parts of themselves they've hidden away…"

Image three:

Set against an inky background are scenes of a bloodstained full vampire Eddie, full wolf Richie in the Deadlights, and wolf Richie hunching protectively over Eddie. They are captioned, "Eddie kills and drains the Leper. Richie fully shifts in the deadlights. Eddie saves Richie, and in turn Richie saves Eddie."

Set against a bright background are scenes of after the fight: wolf Richie sleeps as Eddie waits with Richie's folded clothes, and of them recreating their pose from the first image, touching foreheads. They are captioned, "Post-battle nap and swim in the quarry before hightailing it out of Derry."

Image four:

Richie's clawed hand scratches out "R + E." It is captioned, "With one final stop on the way."

End Copied Alt Text.

[cipher-fresh]

hi! i hope it’s okay to ask this, but i’m trying to write alt text for pictures i include in my own posts and i’m not super sure how to. i’m just kinda worried i’ll fuck it up lol. i see u write image IDs often, so do u have any advice? thank u!!

Hi! I’m delighted you’re asking, I’m always glad to see more people regularly describe images on tumblr.

You don’t need to know every single detail about a post to give a good image ID, just the gist so people understand is fine. I describe a lot of images from TV shows where I don’t know the locations or characters, but usually the dialogue is the most important thing so I focus on what the point of the image is when transcribing.

Phrasing posts can usually feel awkward, I’ve started a lot of IDs like “A screenshot of people standing by a table talking, dialogue reading [something]” but it gets easier to phrase it over time.

One image ID is better than none, even if you’re not describing posts super often, looking through a post’s comments for an ID and reblogging that is really nice. If you want to reblog from a mutual who is reblogging a thread of a post without an ID or want to preserve another comment, you’re welcome to copy and paste other people’s ID’s.

If you’re putting a description in alt text, it doesn’t need an ID introduction, but if you’re putting it in the body of the post (generally preferred), having an ID introduction like ‘image description:’ is suggested, or the ID may look like a comment on the post instead of what the original image says.

I’ve made occasional mistakes when doing IDs, but my other image describing friends usually help me out and tell me when I make typos.

Since I’ve started writing image IDs I’ve tried to be on top of making sure I don’t post undescribed images on my original posts. I usually hold off on posting images to my own posts if I haven’t described them. I didn’t start describing posts until a year and a half ago so I have a lot of old original posts with undescribed images that I’ll find and add descriptions to if I feel they’re worth a reblog.

Asking the OP of a post for details about how to describe an image is also advised if you’re not sure. And it’s alright if you’re not able to get to every post, I know I haven’t.

There is a Google doc of image descriptions for popular meme templates floating somewhere around here, if I find it I’ll link it in a reblog.

Thank you for asking!

[fazafras-pizza]

Semi Long (but not super serious) Update Post

((OP: Hi! Sorry for the sporadic posting. I know May was kind of light on content -- I think I've mentioned it before, but I have a comic outside of this that I work on and was trying to dedicate myself to it for the entirety of May and it's got a bit to it (I only got a page and a half done lol, but that's still some! So I'll take it.) Plus I've obviously got other life stuff, but that's my main art focus that would eat up my time.

I would've probably had another post today since I was feeling artsy (it's all I did this afternoon tbh), but I kind of ran out of asks again and couldn't think of anymore mini comics besides the one that's going to transition us to the next Night Shift that I haven't scripted out. (It's so annoying having so much motivation but no creativity 😅)

But the good news from that I guess is that, if you were ever worried about if your ask would get buried if you sent it in, don't be! I've answered nearly every single one that's come in since we came back last August (btw: oh my gosh it's nearly been a year since we've been back that's wild), so I will definitely get to it, like, immediately lol. Y'all send in such good and fun asks and I love making responses for them, you guys genuinely make this such a good time and I appreciate you so much, I can't express that enough. I wouldn't still be doing this if it wasn't for you guys and it makes me so excited to show you what else I've got planned for the blog because ohhhh buddy :))))))

(Like, there is no joke a completed story start to finish planned for this blog and all it's characters. That's how much I love it and everything for it.)

BUT! On another totally different topic -- I wanna talk about accessibility stuff! This pops up in my mind every once in a while and I wanted to posit it here:

Obviously this blog operates with a lot of images containing text and I know a lot of people find it helpful to have image descriptions as part of their experience here on Tumblr. I think the way I would do it is probably going back through and updating all the alt image description things where I can, but I know some posts are so old (since I started this blog in 2017) that that might not be possible. With how there's often continuing text dialogue under those images, do you think that written out image descriptions would interrupt that? And if so, should I post the image descriptions under the text dialogue?

This might be something I have to contemplate for a while, but I think moving forward I'll just start including it in the images because I don't think it'd be too difficult, it's just something I know I'm overlooking.

Likewise, should I make a tab on the blog that has a summary of the "plot" of the blog? That way new followers can catch up without it seeming daunting and old followers can get a refresher if they need to.

Let me know your thoughts and if there's anything else I could do to make it more accessible that I might have not considered! Again, thank you all for following this silly little blog and making it such a joy to run, it's been wonderful, and I'm looking forward to running it for so much longer! 🥰))

[crowwfed]

Harvesters Comic

Part 1 - Pgs. 17 & 18

Ryder's finally getting his time to shine for a minute

First here!

Previous here!

Next here!

ALT TEXT PROGRESS/DIALOGUE TRANSCRIPTION: WIP

You will find both of these underneath the "ALT TEXT" option on the image uploads above! :) OR a google doc available here!

If there's anything I can do to improve accessibility with my descriptions, please let me know!

Author’s note below…

Been a tough couple weeks, so sorry for my lack of comic work! I've been doing some personal practice/general artworks just because it can be easier sometimes hahaha

Anyway! Hope you guys are liking what I've been posting :)

I'm happy with a lot of the poses and expressions with this batch!

[smallearthboundfindings]

Our Posts Masterpost!

A masterlist for all important posts made so far! This document will change regularly, which is why I locked reblogs, but this will be attached to our pinned post from now on! Enjoy!

Blog Related:

How We File What's 'Canon'

Fun Facts:

Game Over/Flying Man Leitmotif

Paula's She/He Typo

Canon Eye Colors Masterpost (includes Ness, Lucas, Ninten, Lloyd, Jeff, Tony, Ana, and Paula so far)

Ninten's and Ness’s Moms’ Names

Teddy's Knife Model

Poo's Name Changes Mid-Production

Discussion: Onett's Pronunciation

Mother 3's Wackiest Time Signature Ever and Its Implication

Ana's Canon Birthday + Minor Ana Lore

Discussion: Ninten's Personality

Mother 1 Cast Canon Heights Comparison

Discussion: Does Poo Like Rice or Not?!

Ninten, Ness, and Lucas Spoken Dialogue Compilation

Smiles and Tears' Lyrics

EarthBound Rerelease Censorship Change: Saying "Crap" is okay but only as a noun!

Mother 3 Leder Rare Smiling Dialogue

Changes in Paula's Model Over the Years

Lucas's Voice Acting - In-Game!

Ninten, Ana, and Lloyd's Canon Last Names + Ninten's Name Changes

Mother 3 Cast's Ages

Toby Fox Named Mt. Ebott after Mount Itoi + Other Undertale Stuff

When Exactly EarthBound Took Place in Real Time + Rock Candy Glitch Mention in the Manual

Ness's PK Fire vs Lucas's PK Fire vs In-Game Description

Toby Fox Trolling About EarthBound's Lost Underworld and Undertale

Dungeon Man's Face in Smash + He Floats Above the Stage

Ohio is Canon Apparently

Discussion: Is Claus Left-Handed? (Spoilers)

Unused Dummy Sprite in Kumatora's Game Over Screen

Ness has a Pin on his Backpack

EarthBound Hotel Names + Previously Unknown Town Lore

George and Maria Extended Backstory

Threed was Haunted Before Giygas

Discussion: Ness and Poo's Skin Tones

Unused Threed Cutscene

Prince Poo is at least Bilingual

Jeff's Nationality + Where is Winters

Duster and Lloyd's Bad Sleep Habits

Does Is Tony Gay?

Official Media:

Smash Melee to Ultimate Victory Screens + Tidbit about Jeff's Ultimate Model

Mother: Invasion from the Unknown Official Art

Sakurai's Twitter Smash Ultimate Renders

Mother 3 Website Promo Images

Mother 1 Guidebook Ninten and Ana Official Art

Shogakukan/Famitsu Mother Strategy Guides Official Art

Map of EarthBound's World

Pollyanna Group Picture Official Art

Mother 3 Stamps 1

Mother 3 Stamps 2

Unused Kumatora Sprites

Mother 1 Commercial (aka. so that's why he has a bandanna)

Map of EarthBound Beginnings's World (apparently it's the west coast!)

Mother 1+2 Art Book Jeff-Related Official Art

Hobonichi Promotional Live-Action Jeff and Tony Images

Ape Inc. New Year's Card Official Art

Chosen Four Plushies Promotional Image (Picnic Basket)

Funny Victory Screen: Ness gets Eaten by Ultimate Chimera

Smash 64 Victory Screen (feat. original art and alt. clay models)

Mother 2 Manga - Ness’s Adventure Memoirs Cover (EDIT: and the rest of the manga)

Mother 3 17th Anniversary Art

Remastered Mother 2/EarthBound Enix Strategy Guide Art

Official Merch:

Chosen Four, Boney, and Clayman Plushies

EarthBound/Mother 2 Figure Straps

EarthBound Beginnings/Mother Figure Straps

Extra Voice Clips:

Lani Minella Lucas "Hewwo" Recording

Lani Minella Lucas "You Have to Grind in EarthBound" Recording

Lani Minella Lucas "Banana"/"Freddy Freaker" Recording

Lani Minella Lucas and Claus "About the Future" Recording

Sprite Edits & Remasters:

Driving Save Frog Tower Sprite Edit

Clown Ness Sprite Edit

Among Us Starman Sprite Edit

Skateboarding Claus Sprite Remaster

Reggie Redesign Sprite Edit

Last Edited: 6/22/2023 (Incomplete list so far. Left off at Tony post.)

[moe-broey]

Hi Milo! Could I ask a favor?

If it's not too much trouble, could you please include the text/dialogue of your comics as alt text?

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it but I kinda struggle with reading your calligraphy 😅

Oh!! Of course!!! I edited the og post to have a readmore and added a transcript under cut!!

This is really good information to know though, since I've been practicing letting my handwriting be messier/what feels more natural to me (as to be less perfectionistic about the art process lmfao). I never really have a good measurement of how readable it is, even when I drag my letters and write in shorthand (often writing "w" instead of "with" to save space or write quicker). In my head my handwriting is like, some combo of messy-tidy LMAO but generally legible (but also. That probably comes from Me knowing What I Wrote LMFAOO)

Main point though espp if I keep writing messy/not cleaning it up for posting, I'll be sure to transcribe the text too! I've been thinking of doing that for a while actually, maybe even doing image descriptions, as good practice! Only thing that stops me is, being unsure of which method is ideal (alt text or readmores) and describing images in the first place (I have seen a handful of posts talking about it/giving tips! I guess I'm just stuck on alt text vs readmores and how much you're meant to describe. Like if it's fanart of pre-established characters, do I describe their appearance anyway or are we all on the same page?)

Thank you for bringing this up though!!! 🎉🎉 It's very helpful to know!!! OH and don't be embarrassed about it at all haha!! 😊😊 It's all good!!!

[lazyleafeon]

this is something i've been thinking about for a while, but if anyone has critiques or suggestions for how i write image descriptions please let me know! i'm open to change the way i currently write them.

something in specific i was wondering about was how i write IDs for comics. for comic dialogue, i've alternated from writing in prose like "he said, "example sentence"" and script formatting like "character: example sentence", and mostly stick with script format for longer comics. If one's preferred over the other, or people would like having both script and prose as an option, I can work that into how i describe stuff.

i also write image descriptions in the post itself instead of alt text because i heard that not all screen readers can read alt text, but if using alt text would be better, or doing something like writing short alt text and going into detail in an image description in the post itself, i can change that for future descriptions.

for reference about how I try to go about writing IDs:

the general format i try to keep with them is: format (like if it's an illustration or comic), character names, series they're from, and then a concise summary that gets across what they're doing. or a brief physical description if they're an OC.

the exceptions to being concise are if there's text in the image, like comic dialogue or notes about what's going on. or if there's something that needs to be described for context, like a visual leadup to a joke's punchline or a detail about a drawing that i reference in the caption.