#(sorry for late response i guess

[sycamorality]

can you show how you did the drawings with text in ms paint? i know you copied and dragged, but what letters n stuff did you use (and how did you get the dualtone around it?)

OH HI ARTIST I RECOGNISE UM.

the dualtone is natural! the text just kind of does that when you shift + drag it with transparent selection enabled [and color 2 set to your background color]

.... i tried to record a full gif of a dragon made with text, but its about... eight times over the size limit for a gif on tumblr, so.. but here's a link to the gif, and here's the resulting dragon :]

'twas a bit quick so it doesn't look that good...

as for all the text i used -

uppercase and lower case O (O/o), comma (,), period (.), ampersand(&). O/o for body, comma for limbs, period for tip of tail and claws

for this little guy though ^ i used < and > for the tail tuft and horns and / for the little body mane. i like to drag < left and > right, to match the way the arrow is pointing

... though i definently recommend experimenting! i have no idea what i'm doing, i did not expect that post to blow up as much as it did [5.5k last time i checked earlier today...], and all in all it was pretty simple to make ^^;

and the font is comic sans i suppose. i like how it looks

[capricioussun]

I was really thinking about if I would ever be comfortable merging my art accounts and I don't think I will. At least not unless I did a full rebrand which I'd really rather not since I'm very happy with how things are situated now.

But I think it boils down to acceptance seeking. I've been socially isolated for a very long time and it's difficult. Even back when I first started drawing au stuff years ago, I contemplated making a separate blog for it because I knew how many ut fans didn't really like the aus. I didn't want to alienate any of the "audience" I'd already built but I also knew there would be a turning point I would just wind up barely posting on one account or the other and it would feel like trying to limp half the time on one leg and then limp the rest on the other, which would be pointless.

But with mirrorshipping (selfcest) being a much more universally contentious topic, I got worried it would only deter people even more. I certainly didn't want to lie about it, especially bc I don't associate it with prshipping the way some others do, so it's not really that im "ashamed" of it, or want to hide it, just that I know it's the kind of thing that's very likely to make some who just walked in turn right back around.

To some degree, as someone who hopes to one day make a career out of being an independent artist, it makes sense to prioritize "growth" over personal satisfaction, but on the other, I've always struggled to care about that sort of thing. Any time I've cared about "alienating" a potential "audience", it's always been more about personal acceptance. I don't want people to see one little aspect of myself or interests and judge me entirely based off of that, even though that's all anyone really can do on the internet. I don't take blocking personally, despite how the prior sentiment seems to contradict that, I get it, I block all the time too, for a variety of reasons. But if there's a chance there're others who don't really mind that I mirrorship, they just don't want to see it or have to block the tag, I don't want them to feel turned away or annoyed, and so I kept it all to a separate account.

There are a few other reasons I won't really get into, too, like how people often do associate it with prship, and how I don't really want to draw that type of a crowd to my main blog, either, but I know in my heart it's the acceptance/approval seeking that was the biggest motivator.

I really honestly wish I knew how to connect with others beyond just trying to "do things right" and hoping that earns me positive attention. I really wish I didn't always feel like my only chance at affection is to improve what I can offer in return.

[catofoldstones]

Hi! :) I just discovered your tumblr and love it! What is the white hart theory? I'm interested!

Thank you!! I really like your blog too 💕💕 It’s always so much fun to meet wonderful people!!!!

So this wonderful anon came into my askbox and mentioned how they think that if Sansa is the girl in grey, then she might see a white hart while surviving her way to Jon as a call back to the first book where the Royal Hunt spots a white hart but is not able to hunt it because wolves got to it first.

White harts are supposed to be mystical beings that heroes do not kill, just touch. But Joffrey did, in Sansa’s dream (or maybe she was just cooking shit up to change the subject to convince people and herself that she’s still into Joffrey) in AGOT.

“Lord Beric would never look at someone so far beneath him, even if she hadn’t been half his age.

👀 (for another thing but added this as a reference to context of Sansa changing the topic)

It would have been unkind to say so, however, so Sansa took a sip of milk and changed the subject. “I had a dream that Joffrey would be the one to take the white hart,” she said. It had been more of a wish, actually, but it sounded better to call it a dream. Everyone knew that dreams were prophetic. White harts were supposed to be very rare and magical, and in her heart she knew her gallant prince was worthier than his drunken father. “A dream? Truly? Did Prince Joffrey just go up to it and touch it with his bare hand and do it no harm?” “No,” Sansa said. “He shot it with a golden arrow and brought it back for me.”

“In the songs, the knights never killed magical beasts, they just went up to them and touched them and did them no harm”

Sansa III, AGOT

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If Sansa does encounter a white hart and does not kill it, but does get to gently touch it, it could be a symbolic representation of her finally being the hero of her own story and gaining the agency that has been so scarce to her for so long now!

[acquiescest]

ok wait forgot some stuff

[just-a-drawing-bean]

We’re you the same person who made the whopper song with sun and moon? Your art style looks familiar

Haha I am in fact the whopper person <3

[lemonisntreal]

heyo! Just found your blog and I was scrolling through your stuff and noticed your AU tone deaf. And I haven't found anything about what it is or what your idea is behind it. So I wanted to ask if you could give me an introduction to your AU!

Oh! And I absolutely love your artstyle and how you draw Buster! Anyway, hope you drink enough water and have a good day/night! ;)

Dear god this has been in my drafts for a while-

Hiya! Sorry for that lack of info lol, I'd been inactive for a long time, and the time that I actually WAS posting consistently was back when things were still being sorta fleshed out. But I've got a pretty good idea of how every single part moves at this point, so sure :D I'll give a not-so-brief summary lol [under a cut because I couldn't not dump multiple paragraphs teehee ~_~]

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Tone Deaf is like a dystopian version of Sing, if I were to put it super duper simply. One where Buster's issues get more emotional focus, and we get actual bonds with the cast because the movie forgot to do that.

Buster is, also, a lot more unhinged, fair warning. This fic's gonna contain violence and tackle some darker subjects [adjacent to grief and denial more specifically] so if it feels like I jumped a lot of sharks, it's because I 100% did.

It kinda started with me noticing how, in the actual movies btw, smaller characters like Buster and Mike had more difficulty getting around places. This led me to ask myself about how species differences could lead to struggles for certain animals since the city just isn't built for everyone [this is NOT Zootopia]. Ash's quills, and Meena's towering size were things I noticed too that would be massive problems, realistically. So after a lot of pondering, now we're here.

The world of Tone Deaf in present day is in a post-war period that's lasted about 50 years now [Crawly is actually a veteran from this war- which was more like complete and total anarchy if I'm being real, since there weren't really any sides until near the end...]

Long story short, the wealthy capitalized off of the war and taking people prisoner- so they purposefully kept it going. A resistance ended up forming to stand against this [Miss Crawly being one of the generals, with that classic missing eye] and after their army stormed the unsuspecting stronghold, the war finally began to conclude. It still took around a year after that to release all of the prisoners of war, and by the end of it all, the damage that had been done to some races was permanent. Even extinction-level in some cases- some animals just straight up don't exist anymore because of it.

Back to Calatonia. Laws that are in place to protect animals from tearing eachother apart are still relatively new, and the criminal underbelly of Calatonia is kinda out of control. Animals get kidnapped/poached, smaller animals are at a huge disadvantage and have basically no power [politically or otherwise], endangered species are a very real thing, poverty is a huge issue for most of the population- and in the middle of all this is Buster Moon.

He's gonna be the main perspective. And the story will also serve as a slight character study on him, mixed with my own grittier and batshit insane changes/headcanons/alternate universe ideas on his backstory. He's a ray of sunshine with a lot of bottled-up feelings that will kinda really take control of the story.

Buster has been arrested multiple times. He's been put in unsuccessful therapy. He's still grieving his dad. He's committing crime and compulsively lying about those illegal actions too. He has emotional difficulties that he hasn't dared try touching on in years, and he has issues with letting go- which, is kinda how all of his new problems come to be.

The threat of his theater being repossessed if his show isn't a success gets a LOT more emphasis too.

But on top of that is the added threat of Buster getting sent out of the city if he can't get his business up and running. Remember how I mentioned endangered animals?? Well Koalas are one of them. One of the big ones, actually. He's the only Koala in a city of almost five hundred thousand, and it's been that way for almost half a decade now. It's been causing issues for the people in charge for half a decade now. Koalas have government-protected settlements far away from here due to their numbers being so few, so if Buster loses the theater? That's the next step for him.

But, to help this poor dude through all the stress of life is the found-family he develops with the cast he hired. He helps them for a lot of the first act, and then they give back his kindness in the second. They connect through their similar experiences, as well as their shared passion for music and performance. And by the end, maybe Buster's okay. Or maybe he's had a complete downward spiral [not gonna speak of act three 🥰]

Other characters have also had a shift in their dynamics. Things in the story have changed. Like for instance- Gunter already knew Buster and was a close friend of him and Eddie before the show, Judith is now the mayor and a main character, Pete has been put in place of the banker in charge of Buster's accounts, Buster unfortunately gets involved in politics, Mike actually gets to bond with the cast- actually the cast gets to bond with the cast point blank period [idc what you say, this just straight up doesn't happen in the canon movies], and to top it all of is a generous helping of angst with a few acts of violence sprinkled in 🤭

The actual Act I summary is this right now:

Buster had been in tight situations before-- suffocating situations, even. He’d been in every kind of trouble imaginable, he thought. With family, friends, local businesses, the law. But he'd always wormed his way out, either through loopholes or by charm. Or usually just by stacking another lie on top of his already crumbling facade. But this time it's gonna take more than a cover-up to fix this. ‏‏‎ Buster’s dishonesty takes him too far once again, a simple typo causing him to unintentionally land himself in a wager that could cost his very life. He has two months to fix this- to ACTUALLY fix this. And the worst part is that he hadn't even meant to lie this time. ‏‏‎ The First Act of Tone Deaf.

TLDR; Buster learns to love again after experiencing the horrors of animalkind firsthand and being healed by theater kids LMFAO

[can-of-slorgs]

Im dying at your tags on that last anon 😭😂 youre now the dr.sloth pinup artist that neopets needed

Not the title i wanted to craft for myself when i started this blog but hey, it brought us such good memories like

[bi-fiend]

Trick or treat!! <3

Have this spinning magolor plush! Look at him go! He's so fast! I'm kindakdgedtcinssdizzymsxk.,jd

[ratwithhands]

what typing is Pokémon emmet?

I’m not quite sure which Pokémon you’re referring to but I believe all humans in Pokémon are normal type (minus some exceptions).

If you’re talking about the monster concept where he turns into a Pokémon (i.e. six armed eye creature), the typing is Ghost/Normal, like Hisuian Zoroark.

Lowkey he had like 12 different possible type combinations before we settled on Ghost/Normal. Honestly the only functional reason for him to be normal type is to hit other humans for damage with Synchronoise 😳 though I suppose the lore reason would be that it’s what he still retains of his humanity after transforming.

[hamsamwich23]

Undertale could also technically exist within the Unreality universe/dimension but it would be moreso disturbing to see the above world considering how much things have changed due to the world literally being cursed by an ameatur demigod all because he dropped the overpowered spellbook he wrote(Ennioch)

[tricksteroftheheart]

approaches you cautiously hi I'm miku mesmeriser hiiiiiiiiiii

Hello!! Hi!! I'm Mesmerizer Teto (plus some but that isn't important here) hello! I hope you're doing well! I am not very good at making messages like this I never know what to say LOL

Make sure to take care of yourself! Drink/eat/sleep/take medicine, whatever you need to do! Um. It's nice seeing you!!

[stellewriites]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. (If you feel like it, no pressure.) Spread the self-love ❤️

i love this,, thanks jd!! but it’s taken me FARRRR too long to actually answer it :/

in no particular order i give you my five fave fics ive written 🤠 god this was tricky i’ve written more than i’d realised,,,

1. choices made in anger - starting off with my fave cod fic that i’ve done so far and my first go at x reader fic

2. can i steal a kiss or two? - not my first toe-dip into dubcon/noncon and like the 100th time ive done a/b/o lmao BUT according to the comments it’s my most controversial 🥴 but one im proud of all the same. was my first long fic in a while so it felt like a real achievement for a few reasons to me

3. the way your makeup stains my pillowcase - my fave wlw ive written (by a short margin but it just beat out ill be so sweet you’ll be dizzy from it bc of my headcanon of eliza dushku as eddie)

4. tossed around by fate - written in a fever dream after watching justified thrice over,, i actually got mistaken for being from kentucky bc i quoted so many details (thank u autism) which made me smile, only thing i’d change is meshing the alt pov sequel into the main fic for better flow

5. playing for keeps - i don’t write for witcher anymore but god i remember this being so fun while i was working on it and i still love the idea of it (fuck yeah, jumanji!)

[vaguehotels]

i’m going to say something that makes me sound like a cunt but it has to be said. if you are depressed, struggling with dangerous thoughts, or beginning to lose interest in living, DO NOT DUMP THAT ON A SINGLE PERSON EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO THEM. not every single conversation can be “lola i’m not okay” “jon i need you to call me right now im about to do something” “beck i want to die” I AM NOT GOD. I AM NOT A THERAPIST. I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX YOU. thanks .

[arminsbf]

6, 9 & 28 🩵

MIAAA THX 🩵🩵

6 - what are you excited for?

i think i’m just excited to live my life… there have been some hard times but i’m doing really good now and i’m excited to be able to live my life to the fullest and enjoy myself!!! i’m just glad to be alive yk :3

9 - is confidence cute?

yes absolutely!!! in dating men, i don’t mind if he’s a little bit shy but… confidence is really important 😓 if it’s not obvious enough… i’m always gonna be the more submissive or like… docile (??) one if i’m dating a guy so like… i don’t want him to be super shy 😭 with women it’s different because it’s not like i’m looking for some type of dominatrix to take care of me,,, but confidence is always great to see as long as it’s not too much!!!!!

28 - what was the last thing that made you laugh?

so i’m staying in a hotel with some friends right now, and we were all very tired after flying. last night, i woke up at like 1 am half-asleep. i really needed to pee, but, for some reason, i felt like i couldn’t use the bathroom in the hotel room. i guess in my dream world it wasn’t there or something. so i get up and try to leave the room… and the door is locked. so i get back in bed super angry. my friend wakes up thinking that i let someone in the room or something, then he sees me all angry in my bed and he’s like “dude what,” and he laughs, and then i’m mad at him because he’s not taking me seriously. i’m like “i have to piss and i can’t get out!!” all annoyed. he tells me the bathroom is literally right there next to my bed, so then i finally go and get back to sleep.

we just laughed about in the morning because i was so mad over nothing, and tried to leave the room for no reason… we were talking about what would’ve happened if the door was unlocked because i would’ve just been wandering the halls looking for a bathroom 😭 i think i was just delirious from the jet lag and all the flying… but i was definitely embarrassed after all that 😓😓😓

[clownboymcchucklefuck]

omg did you get jumped??😫

Nope, went up to the office and while I was telling them about the situation in the office she literally came up there as well. So, I probably would have because she was clearly looking for me but 🤷

[the-squiptionary]

Squi fi, noun - A genre of speculative futurism of any kind involving SQUiP technology.

Squi-fi - noun. A genre of speculative futurism of any kind involving squip technology.