#... this is good memery

[thedeadtravelfast]

this is the plot right?

[heart-shaped-noose]

Why the hell does Mephisto look like he would wear these

Lemme just:

There we go 💖

[smilysstuff]

South.......💕

[mommahoodie]

Shared with @sc-intothedarknightofthesoul 's permition The ConduitxGroh brainrot goes deep with this one and the memery gave me more ideas. Thanks to @sc-intothedarknightofthesoul again for sharing this moment.

[cityandking]

📝 👉 🙌 ✨ !!

thank you my dear!! // end of year art meme

📝 a line or paragraph i’m really happy with

I had a really good time with the bran/sabine star wars au ficlet, especially the moment where Bran tries to conceptualize what The Force is as Sabine heals her:

She didn’t know the word for it. It was the feeling of the jump to lightspeed, and also the shape of her mother’s smile, and also the everyday wonder of waking up to Sabine lying next to her. It was the first sip of Corellian brandy and the relief of seeing Enikö step out of the caves on Ilum with a crystal cupped in his palms and the adrenaline rush of a close escape. And it was the world entire, the whole of the galaxy, and also the simple, familiar feeling of Sabine’s hands against her face, one with the Force, buoying her.

Branwen stopped talking. There was nothing more she could have said.

👉 a WIP i’d like to try and finish next year

I started writing a magnificently indulgent post-veilguard rani thing earlier this week and tbh. would love to finish it and also maybe it's nsfw prequel

🙌 a set i’m really proud of and why

this god!daichi graphic. I'm pleased with the coloring and the content and I'm also really pleased with the PSD in general—I'd been futzing with it for a while and I like how clean and neat it turned out. I'll definitely be using it again

✨ a set where i tried something new

this dai set. to be honest I don't love how it turned out but I tried some new coloring/masking techniques (kind of cheating cause they're baked into the PSD) and that was cool and useful even if I wish I'd had a better handle on it

[rimouskis]

song of the night!!

[feeblefortuity-arch]

Tag drop

[vickyvicarious]

I have never read the beetle. However, I have read a little piece of the Wikipedia Page on The Beetle, and have read all the poll descriptions for competitors, and then I vote with my heart (against the main characters, of course...) Anyways, thanks for doing this, this is the most investment in The Beetle that I am ever going to have

As it should be. You're probably having the best possible Beetle experience to be honest, I applaud and salute you.

[gollancz]

Aside from number 9, this also applies to all good horror novels.

Top 10 things a good horror move can be:

1: Someones highly specific fetish but put in a different genre

2: An accurate depiction of fears someone has regarding an institution (medical, police, etc)

3-8: Wet

9: Predominantly practical effects

10: gay

[cityandking]

3, 19, 52, 71, 81, 89 + minah, narayani, and daichi

thanks!! / 93 fun oc asks

3. What is the meaning behind their name? Do they have any nicknames?

MINAH — according to my favorite naming site behindthename.com, minah is an alternate spelling of mina which means "fish" in sanskrit and "azure" or "enamel" in persian. I picked it cause I saw it in something I was reading and liked it. I don't think she has any nicknames (min? minnie? warden? hey you??). her surname, vo, is made up. NARAYANI — doylist explanation: it's an epithet for the Hindu goddesses Lakshmi and Durga; I chose it because it had the sound/cadence I was looking for and I liked that the associations were with things like beauty and the unattainable. watsonian explanation: it's her clan's pronunciation/spelling of na'alhani ("wild soul" roughly). her nicknames are rani and da'alhani (clan pron. darayani; means little wilderness). her patronymic is iravel after the elder who cared for her as a girl and her clan name is lavellan as per DA canon. DAICHI — daichi's name means "great earth" or "great wisdom" and was the perfect pick for my earth genasi cleric. his nickname is dai but tbh I'm not sure how many people actually use it; I think even the party may tend to full name him. his surname, amelkiir, comes from a name generator and is made up.

19. What is their occupation?

MINAH — grey warden! previously she was a traveling performer and part-time thief (honestly she's still a part-time thief. it's not like the wardens are paying her) NARAYANI — clan hunter/spy turned inquisition agent turned inquisitor turned spy again, only without the clan. rip. DAICHI — .....is demigod an occupation? I guess technically traveling adventurer. previously he was an acolyte and a garrison healer.

52. What is their body type? Are they muscular, chubby, skinny, etc?

MINAH — compact, highly flexible, on the curvy side. excellent shoulders, but not much by way of muscle mass beyond that NARAYANI — small, wiry, all lean muscle. runner's body. exceedingly fast and flexible DAICHI — stout, dense, sort of rectangular. soft tummy, thick thighs, high muscle mass. should be playing rugby

71. How are they with children? Do they have any? Do they want any?

MINAH — minah's fine with kids—she can entertain them for a bit; young audiences are always easily impressed—but she doesn't know what to do with them long-term (teenagers are a little better; she prefers when they can look out for themselves). at one point she was looking forward to having her own, but nowadays she has absolutely no interest in being a mom. NARAYANI — rani has experience caring for (and teaching) the clan's kids, and she's good with them—far more patient and gentle than she is with almost anyone else. she's never had any particular desire for kids of her own. (but if there were a solavellan baby— [I am forcibly removed from the blogging platform]) DAICHI — dai's never had much opportunity to be around kids unless you count the god baby the party helped create. he'd honestly never thought about kids before that but oh boy did the godling awaken something in him. not right now obviously but long term? yeah that man super wants to be a dad. (unfortunately I am not sure his boyfriend wants to be a dad but they've got literally eternity to figure it out so it's fine)

81. Are they bothered by the sight of blood?

MINAH — yes, but only in large or gruesome quantities. a flesh wound doesn't bother her; someone's intestines spilling out bothers her quite a bit. NARAYANI — no, she's an assassin DAICHI — no. he's a healer

89. What is their D&D alignment?

MINAH — true neutral but she trends a little chaotic NARYANI — true neutral DAICHI — neutral good

[machiavelliancrypt]

i.......dunno about this album yall. I'm ngl. I'm just ....yeah I'll come back when it's over

[animentality]

Dude I'm so confused

Why are the redditors refugees here-

Whats up with the tag 196

AND WHY IS EVERYONE BEING SO NICE WITH THE TWITTER REFUGEES CAME WE GAVE THEM HELL (almost)

The Reddit refugees are here because several subreddits have gone private in protest of reddit's new policy of charging third party developers for access to its API.

Hence the term reddit blackout.

196 specifically was a very queer friendly subreddit that had one rule: that you post before you leave. 196 is trending because those Redditors have come here and they're basically sharing their memery here instead as they protest reddit's greed.

As for why we're welcoming them when Twitter refugees were seen with a little more irritation, well.

Think of the culture similarities.

Tumblr and reddit have far more in common than Tumblr and Twitter.

Twitter is about clout and manipulating algorithms and discourse in 280 characters or less. It's about bad takes that reach the right people and it forces you to see things you don't want to see and it's crawling with the worst people imaginable and you're forced to see them, all the time. They also brought bad tagging and 2016 Tumblr discourse with them, because Twitter culture really involves starting fights for clout and braindead opinions that no one really wants to come back to Tumblr culture.

There was a time when Tumblr did the same thing, but worse, with more words...but nowadays, it's really calmed down.

The worst people...went to Twitter after the porn ban. Ironically, it made the site less toxic and hostile.

But then they came back.

And it was like...hm. no thanks. Stay back where you came from.

But Tumblr and Reddit have much more in common.

Both have a more streamlined way of customizing your online feed. You can choose what subreddits you see on your home screen, just like Tumblr only shows you the content of your followers, on your dashboard, and in chronological order rather than what's trending. You can join a very specific weird niche group of freaks with a shared obsession, and not care about the rest of the site at all. You also don't have a character limit on either site, which lets you ramble more and share weird detailed stories.

Reddit might have karma, but like Tumblr, the majority of people are lurkers and not posters. It also allows you to downvote bad opinions, and moderators who have to adhere to certain guidelines of behavior, which means a lot of banning disruptive people.

Granted, sometimes their mods are power hungry, but. You know.

It does more to control its users than Tumblr do, and that's a good thing in terms of keeping toxicity and illegal shit off its subs.

Reddit also has a way more leftwing attitude than you would think.

It has a reputation for being full of incels but I honestly think that's outdated.

It's cleaned up its act quite a bit since the old days.

I see way more vile shit from Twitter and TikTok. Like seriously.

Twitter is crawling with conservative bots and propaganda machines and just outright inflammatory lies. TikTok literally has the worst comment sections I've ever seen, like edgy teenagers cracking racist and misogynistic humor and acting like it makes them different and special. Its algorithm also spoon feeds you garbage and is designed to be as addicting as possible.

At least reddit's culture, while chauvinistic and regressive in certain subcultures, is mostly on the tech positive, atheist libertarian side.

It can be a little pretentious and caustic about certain subjects, and a little full of itself. Some reddits are also very male leaning and disregard female concerns in favor of moaning about how men have it worse than anyone else on earth.

But for the most part?

...well.

I welcome them here, because if they left reddit in protest, then we always support protests. But 196 specifically is also a queer subreddit, and we support that even more.

Plus they're funny as fuck.

What's not to like, really?

You should welcome them with open arms too.

[indilaras]

2024 Recap! Template from here (twt).

Looking back on the year and realizing I did some cool stuff is fun! Even on the busier months, I still managed to do at least one relatively "finished" thing, so I'll need to remember that next time I'm beating myself up for never finishing what I started.

Individual works + some thoughts and feelings:

January: 100 Hua Day 4

Fu Hua | Honkai Impact 3rd

the fact that i did four of these in the first month of the year and then my progress going down hill from there is pretty funny ngl

February: akademiya days

Cyno/Alhaitham | Genshin Impact

done for cyhaino week 2024. I continued using the akademiya designs i made up for them in 2023. retroactively headcanoning that cyno wore his hair like that as a student to mimic cyrus <3

March: flowering

Tess/Alinua | Aurora

i just wanted something somft. some early sketches had tess with a flower crown instead and i kinda wanna toy with that idea again someday

April: The General Mahamatra & the Dendro Archon Swapped Bodies?!?

Cyno, Nahida, Alhaitham | Genshin Impact

silly lil April Fools comic. I just think these three should be allowed to prank the entire akademiya, staff and students alike. as a treat.

May: girls' night!

Alhaitham, Cyno, Dehya, Candace | Genshin Impact

genderbent cy and hthm warning. entirely inspired by a meme that my friend made with deep sea girls' night and their glowing eyes from their demos

June: Form Change!

Cure Lovely, Cure Princess, Cure Honey, Cure Fortune | Happiness Charge Precure

happy hachapre anniversary year everyone <3 i still really like the colors and lighting here

July: don't threaten her with a good time

Kira/Misteln | Honkai Impact 3rd

the only other two kirastelners here are too big brained with their analysis of them so i have to provide the balance (memery)

August: 100 Hua Day 12

Fu Hua | Honkai Impact 3rd

i had a period of my life where all i drew were knight girls so this felt nostalgic to work on

September: sun and her world

Dehya/Dunyarzad | Genshin Impact

another just wanted something somft drawing but also i tested out different ways of coloring and really enjoyed it

October: onwards, to the next future

Cure Supreme & Cure Puka | Precure All Stars F

was stuck in WIP hell for a long time. anything for the destruction bnnuys tho.

November: it's mira loving hours <3

Mirabelle Chevalier | In Stars and Time

mira my dear friend mira.. i wanted to get more used to her design before i draw all the cooler stuff in my head so i did this simpler thing as practice

December: desert gang more like dessert gang am i ri--

Candace, Dehya, Cyno, Alhaitham | Genshin Impact

mostly done for chibi practice but also there is a great shortage of butler candehya and maidtham (cyno maid is a little less uncommon in certain circles but. he's still cute in a dress <3) and i will be the one to. serve. get it. like serving a dish you see. bring me to pun jail so i can serve a sentence too--

[90percentstudios]

THE FINAL EPISODE OF COOL KID CODY IS OUT!!!

(((sorry no update illustration this time because i spent all my time working on the episode, maybe i'll draw one later for fun tho)))

hey yall, it's me, past denny, writing at 12:44 am because in proper 90% fashion we're pulling an all nighter to make sure this episode's as good as possible before it goes out, and in the looks at watch many years of game devving i've had, i now have enough foresight to know i'll be unable to write a single word come morning, and there's a lot i want to say, mainly THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING!!

okay that's all.

hahah jk, i seriously don't know how to show my appreciation for all that you guys have contributed to this lil fandom, all your theorizing, memery, fanart and simping for cody's dad is the lifeblood of 90%, and i'm forever grateful for it. this is the most time and effort we've EVER put into a project, so thanks for making it all worthwhile! we had a lot of fun working on it, getting to know the characters, man, i like don't want to let go................. anyway have a great friday, i hope the finale wrapped things up as nicely as possible and if it didn't, welllll maybe i'll do something about that next year.

[taryn40k]

If I may ask, how did you get introduced to 40k?

I came upon it through the ashes of a good thing ;u; I was looking for something to get into, and I remembered Harken's player telling me that TTS was great, and with zero context aside from "yeah the emperor of humanity is half dead on a throne", I jumped into that wild ride. Knowing ZERO THING about the universe. And it was such an enjoyable if confusing ride! Looking for context and some podcasts to listen to, I then stumbled onto Bricky and the Adeptus Ridiculous Podcast (so, more memery but already a little more structured), and eventually his factions videos (and then the usual rabbit hole from there) And when I finally emerged, going "Yeah so I've discovered this thing-" Most of my friends went "YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WARHAMMER???" and I was devastated that nobody had told me, to which Meliota's player pulled out the recites and roasted my ass. XD (To her credit, I DID remember those images VIVIDLY still, and with new context they were even better/worse. XD) From there, Darktide and Rogue trader games nights were also happening so I would hear bits and pieces about that. :) Then I decided fuck it, might as well make an OC and then things got out of hand from there! :D

[unbonmot]

Astarion Shellstrop

I was watching The Good Place and I instantly thought of Astarion when this scene came up