#AMV Spotlight

[hoodstar-en]

@escherbug will be rapping as the writing liar Gentaro Yumeno in our English cover of “Hoodstar+” from Hypnosis Mic!

Escher is a multi-skilled guy-- an entomologist, comic artist, and musician! While he's new to rapping, he'll mystify you with his performance as Fling Posse's MC Phantom~📚🖋

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[tumblasha]

superstore spoilers but kelly can just go kill herself actually

[amvs4palestine]

amvs for palestine 🇵🇸

@spnamvs

how it works

look at the list of participating amv makers and be sure to read what their fandoms are/what theyre willing and not willing to do! it is your responsibility as a donor to make sure your chosen amv maker is willing to fulfill your request!

check to see if your chosen amv maker is spotlighting a specific fundraiser and donate the minimum amount there otherwise donate to any fundraiser from el shab hussein and nabulsi’s vetted list or to gaza esims or crips for esims

dm date and proof of donation with a short prompt (movie/show/fandom, type of music, vibe of the amv) to chosen amv maker, be sure to mention if you are light sensitive/motion sick etc. so they can accommodate you if needed

if the amv maker’s slots are full you can either be put on a waitlist until a slot opens or choose someone else with an open slot

participating amv makers

@amvguy > more info

@butch--dean > more info / amvs

@clairewolf > more info

@cowboycostume > more info

@deanwinchesterwebsite > more info

@dreamgirledward > more info

@idontwikeit > more info / amvs

@iwtv2022 > more info

@jennaflare > more info / amvs

@jimmynovac > more info

@kellyscabin > more info

@loust4t > more info / amvs

@maningning > more info / amvs

@roublardise > more info / amvs

@televisionenjoyer > more info / amvs

@terastallized > more info / amvs

[naruhina-2024]

🎑 Hello all! It is that time! This December 2024 we are officially bringing you NaruHina 2024. We hope you enjoy the prompts, special events and more! This year we will even have a, 'Naruto: The Last' movie night on discord!

Each week I will release the prompts listing for that week.

🎑 Special Events: Event Icon Ribbon 🪔 Creator Spotlight 🪔 Secret Santa 🪔 Live Q&A 🪔 TBA

🎑 Details and Guidelines:

🪔 Open to all kinds of content and genre! Artwork, Graphics, Fanfics, AMVs, essays, angst, NSFW, fluff, anything under the sun!

🪔 However, incest, adult/minor, NTR and under-age (below 18 characters) NSFW contents are prohibited. Please make sure to specify if your content is Rated M/E in consideration to the younger audiences. For NSFW artwork, please be mindful to use the content warning on Twitter and Tumblr.

🪔 Kindly include #nhmonth2024 and/ or #nhmonth in your first five tags to help us monitor and reblog/retweet your submissions.

🪔 Just a gentle reminder that any form of ship/character bashing are not allowed. Harassment towards anyone is not tolerated. Please be respectful and observed peace around everyone.

🪔 Commissioned work are allowed as long as the artist/ writer permitted use, properly acknowledged, and credited. Reposts and content theft will be ignored; please bear in mind to avoid doing so.

🎑 Additional information for Non-Tumblr users (Including anons):

🪔 Twitter users may tag our twitter mod @Opal or may use visit @NaruHina2024 (These are twitter tags)

🪔 You may also leave out your preferred pen-name or other online accounts including but not limited to: Ao3, Fanfiction.net, Wattpad, Twitter, IG, etc.

🎑 In case I missed out on your post, feel free to hit up the event moderator: @opal-chan

🎑 For questions and clarifications, please feel free to drop an ASK, PM or check the FAQs.

🎑 Enjoy the event everyone! I hope you have a good time!

[terastallized]

AMVs for Palestine 🇵🇸 fundraiser

donate at least $6 (63 swedish krona) to dr. ahmed hamad's fundraiser verified here by apollos olives

or @brutaliakhoa's spotlighted fundraisers like for wafaa's family (line 260 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi's verified list)

or any fundraiser from el shab hussein and nabulsi’s verified list to get an amv!

examples of amvs I’ve made are here (basically expect similar quality to my past amvs) @spnamvs

send proof of donation to dms with a short prompt! I primarily made spn/destiel amvs, i may be able to do other fandoms dm me and i'll see what i can do

3 slots open!

please consider donating a higher amount!

you can find other participating amv makers here

tagging some mutuals who may be interested @bladeweave @sirfetchd @aperture-of-bullshit @bicurioustomhardy @nonbinary-nicolo @scarecrowmax @rhamnous @lesbianbucky @guessfeatbillieeilish

[naruhinamain]

🌙 This December 2023, we officially bring you NaruHina Month 2023 made even bigger through our second NaruHina Fair! Enjoy the prompts, special games and other exciting events! 

PROMPTS (PER WEEK) one -  two -  three - four - five

🌙 SPECIAL EVENTS: Event Icon Ribbon ⦾ Creator Spotlight ⦾ Exchange Gift ⦾ Live Q&A ⦾ TBA

🌙 Details and Guidelines:

⦾ Open to all kinds of content and genre! Artwork, Graphics, Fanfics, AMVs, essays, angst, N!SFW, fluff, anything under the sun!

→ However, incest, adult/minor, NTR and under-age (below 18 characters) N!SFW contents are prohibited.

⦾ Please make sure to specify if your content is Rated M/E in consideration to the younger audiences.

⦾ Kindly include #nhmonth2023 and/or #nhmonth in your first five tags to help us monitor and reblog/retweet your submissions.

⦾ Just a gentle reminder that any form of ship/character bashing are not allowed. Harassment towards anyone is not tolerated. Please be respectful and observed peace around everyone.

⦾ Commissioned work are allowed as long as the artist/writer permitted use, properly acknowledged, and credited.

⦾ Reposts and content theft will be ignored; please bear in mind to avoid doing so.

⦾ Please follow naruhinamain.tumblr.com (Tumblr) / @NaruhinaMain (Twitter) for updates and content.

🌙  Additional for NON-TUMBLR USERS (including anons): 

⦾ Twitter users may tag our Twitter mod @iamdslr or may visit @naruhinamain (Twitter)

⦾  You may also leave out your preferred penname or other online accounts including but not limited to AO3, Fanfiction.net, Wattpad, Twitter, IG, etc.

🌙 In case we missed out on your post, you may hit up event moderators: @saradesuchiha​ @chloelapomme @bornonthebreakofdawn

🌙 For questions and clarifications, please feel free to drop an ASK, PM or check out the FAQs.

🌙 Lastly, enjoy and have fun!

special thanks to @narutoevents @narutoborutoeventscalendar

[aviancrystal]

Which of the Shirogorov triplets was your favorite, be it to play or from a narrative perspective? (I have a suspicion, but I'd love to hear your thoughts!)

i thought i had an immediate answer to this because jake was the first concept and the one i think about the most, but as i thought about it more i'm less sure. i'll post through it under read more

jack is a bonus character that i came up with very very late after i heard about what maurice did, and i only solidified his concept about 30 minutes before recording ska 49. but i like that he is a strange and somewhat sinister person, because even someone like that was once just a baby for adults to project their dreams onto. and i like his initial role as the promise of found family made troublesomely real, a test of kc and haley's relationship and of kc's apparent motherly concern for naomi. i never really settled into jack's voice and he had no time for development, but in the end he fit well into the theme of intergenerational disappointment.

i think i wasn't assertive enough in book 1 to really make naomi work as an ace detective driving the investigation forward, but their character became clearer to me during burger on the orient express. they feel suffocated by the structure they were born into, but they do need a structure to thrive. i liked naomi more in book 2 as someone reacting to the styles of each new authority figure: overwhelmed by jordan, overreliant on haley, frustrated by kc. and i really liked playing naomi as a shattered husk in the finale. i think naomi is the one i have the clearest voice for.

jake's role as the asshole needed to change fast with the appearance of jordan and balor, so i'm glad that was also a convenient spot for him to take the spotlight (something planned from the beginning, but with no details about when or how) and develop one-on-one relationships with charlie and solo. that is when it became clear to me that jake would be way happier if he just let go of his desire to have any relationship with naomi, and that guided me to the end of ska.

as i said, jake is the one i think about the most. i will listen to shadow the hedgehog songs and make amvs in my head about jake. he has the biggest emotional outbursts and emotionally-motivated stupid behavior, and that is always the most fun to play. so i guess i have wrapped around to my initial gut answer. jake is my favorite shirogorov triplet.

[birdybirdnerd]

👀 bifrost incident stage play????

youve opened pandoras box my friend. get ready

okay so i had this idea back in 2019 when i first got into the mechs and specifically first heard tbi. im a theater kid and have chronic amv/animatic brain where i visualize things real easy, so when i first listened to this album i was SLAMMED with the realization that, actually, tbi is PERFECT for a stage adaptation

imagine, if you will:

inspector lyf, at his desk side-stage and in front of the curtains. stalking across the stage, talking direct to the audience as he waves the black box, setting the stage and the story ahead and theorizing as to whats going on

the first chords of odins launch speech are heard, and the curtains open wide on the exterior of the train, odin at a podium, and a crowd listening intently

during each of lyfs speaking parts (cold case/person of interest/etc), he walks across the stage and explains things, as the set changes behind him. new characters arrive, spotlights shining as lyf wonders what theyre doing there, if they were the one that sabotaged the train

in the style of kabuki theater, the stagehands are dressed all in black, silently moving the set around the actors, changing things and completely invisible, the audience accustomed to ignoring them at this point

lokis song comes, and the whole time she sings, she is beset by these stagehands, dragging her around like another set piece, harassing her, interacting with her but still invisible to everyone else. sigyn tries to get her attention during her song, tries to pull her into their wedding dance- but the stagehands keep pulling loki into dances of their own, all while sigyn has no idea why her wife wont so much as look at her

losing track, lyf is losing track and the suspects are lined up onstage, singing, taunting as lyf stalks among them, grabbing their arms and faces and demanding answers. as he loses his mind, falling into despair, they turn to him and grab him back, pull him down, yell the only words they have left at him as he despairs.

the live band is dressed in theme, all steampunk-ed up, on a mini stage off opposite lyf with minimal lighting on them, until- expert testimony comes by, lyf bemoans having to go to the imprisoned bandits that annoy him so, as he crosses the stage, only for the lights to rise on the band and guess who theyve been the whole time!

red signal. lyf stands center stage, frozen in place as he chants, summoning that squamous something from beyond the veil, as those stagehands, all-black, all-invisible, shift and change before the audiences eyes, pulling out rainbow scarves, makeup once hidden shining bright and vivid in sudden black light. they dash off the stage as the rip between worlds widens, run amok the audience, slamming through doors and screeching as lyf voice raises higher, higher, until-

intermission

and when the audience comes back, the stage is... wrong

more black light, the set has warped and twisted. rainbow lights shimmer brighter on the backdrop, splashing in pools on the stage and the actors faces. the stagehands run free now, the monsters from behind the veil, the unholy things now attacking the actors directly, tearing them apart as the train falls into chaos

thor confronts the all-mother, transformed; she stands at the top of a podium now, the top of a platform while her costume has expanded around her, grandiose robes melting into a massive, writhing puppet manned by the stagehands, a bright and staring eye projected behind her head, staring at the audience, watching. thor fights off the hands, loses, and finally throws his hammer at the eye- replaced with a bright, white crack as the stars claim them both

loki and sigyn share a final tender moment in the engine room, they get their dance in before sigyn slips the line into her wifes arm. they share a final kiss as the curtains close on them, leaving...

lyf, standing center-stage. bottle in hand, exhausted, terrified. he bids the audience good luck, laughs wryly about the bandits disappearing - at some point, the live band quietly disappeared from their side-stage - and slips behind the curtain

terminus

the radio static fizzes, and as we hear the panic spread across the galaxy, the curtains part for bows. the bell tolls, flashing that bright, staring eye back as all other lights go off, plummeting everyone into dark and stark relief

-

so yeah, ive thought of this a normal amount

[hellcatinnc]

"Konnichiwa! Hajimemashite, watashi wa Danyale de desu yoroshiku"

Hi welcome to my Tumblr, my name is Danyale and this is a little about me and my blog. I have been into anime mostly shoujo for the last year as well as into otome games. I will share my reviews of love interests and games that are otome, shoujo, dating sim, and more. I also post some NSFW, Smut, Adult Fanfic, & Spoilers because I make fandom videos so be warned now but all things are tagged. Anyways hope you enjoy your stay and feel free to say hello I have many interests below if you see we have something in common say hi!

My social media:

Youtube

Tumblr

Reddit

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MASTERLIST

Writings/Fan Fics/Reviews/Walkthroughs

#2 Writings/Fan Fics/Reviews/Walkthroughs

AMV/GMV Videos

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Current Obsessions:

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Current Anime's Watching:

Uta no Prince Sama (season 4)

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! S2

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club

The Ancient Magus' Bride S2

The Rising of the Shield Hero

The Case Studies Of Vanitas

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Now Playing:

Piofiore Fated Memories

Charade Maniacs

My Next Life As A Villainess: all Routes Lead To Doom! - Pirates Of The Disturbance -

Love And Deepspace

Tears Of Themis

Tengoku Struggle -Strayside-

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Otome Games:

Forever Favorites:

Sympathy Kiss

Code Realize - All Of Them

Amnesia (All Of Them)

Cupid Parasite

My Forged Wedding

Love Spell Written In The Stars

Glass Heart

EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK

Variable Barricade

Kamigami No Asobi

Piofiore Fated Memories

Lover Pretend

Collar x Malice

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Anime

Forever Favorites:

Bungo Stray Dogs

Amnesia

Code Realize Guardians Of Rebirth

Wolf Girl & Black Prince

Libra of Nil Admirari

Phantom in the Twilight

Magic-Kyun! Renaissance

Dance With Devils

Mr Love Queens Choice

Brothers Conflict

Diabolik Lovers 1 & 2

Kamigami no Asobi

My Happy Marriage

Uta Prince Sama

Snow White with the Red Hair

The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion

Tomo-chan Is A Girl

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

My Apothecary Diaries

7th Time Loop

Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

A Condition Called Love

Vampire Dormitory

I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

The Do-Over Damsel Conquers The Dragon Emperor

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Favorite Fandom Love Interests

Bungo Stray Dogs

Chūya

Akutagawa

Atsushi

Sigma

Dazai

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Sympathy Kiss

Rokuro Yoshioka

Yoji Kobase

Nori

Esaka

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Code Realize

Saint Germain

Impey

Herlock Sholmes

Fran

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Amnesia

Ikki

Kent

Shin

Ukyo

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Love And Deepspace

Rafayel

Xavier

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Cupid Parasite

Allan

Ryuki

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EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK

Ray

Natsume

Shiba

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Lover Pretend

Asagi

Riku

Sena

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Radiant Tale

Liyan

Paschalia

Zafora

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Piofiore Fated Memories/1926

Dante Falzone

Nicola Francesca

Gilbert Redford

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Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

Baldur

Endo

Sieg

Liese

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Misyr - Cafe Enchante

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Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir

Cat Noir

Luka

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My Forged Wedding

Haruka

Tamaki

Yomato

Saeki

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Irresistible Mistakes

Minoru Tsujimoto

Go Okuba

Toma Kiriya

Rei Kamiki

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Scandal In The Spotlight

Nagito

Iori

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Our Private Home Room

Shuya

Ryota

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Brothers Conflict

Tsubaki

Natsume

Fuuto

Kaname

Azusa

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Kamigami no Asobi

Loki

Hades

Balder

Apollon

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Variable Barricade

Ichiya Mitsumori

Shion Mayuzumi

Taiga Isurugi

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Dance With Devils

Rem

Urie

Lindo

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Diabolik Lovers

Azusa

Ruki

Yuma

Subaru

Laito

Ayato

Kou

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Libra of Nil Admirari

Hayato

Shizuru

Akira

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Snow White with the Red Hair

Obi

Zen

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Yukar From The Abyss

Imeru

Kiryl

Pewrep

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Star Crossed Myth

Partheno

Ichthys

Scorpio

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Collar X Malice

Kei

Aiji

Saike

Yoshinari

Mineo

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Tears Of Themis

Marius

Luke

Artem

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Vampire Dormitory

Ren Nikaido

Ruka Saotome

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Luke - Phantom In The Twilight

Teika - Magic Kyun!

Victor - Mr. Love Queens Choice

Kyouya - Wolf Girl & Black Prince

Lord Kudo - My Happy Marriage

Keiya - A Girl & Her Guard Dog

Arnold Hein - 7th Time Loop

Noah Wynknight - Raeliana in Dukes Mansion

Claude Jean Ellmeyer - I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss

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Non Otome Games:

Detroit Become Human

Life Is Strange True Colors

Sims 4

Houseflipper

My Time At Sandrock

Tomb Raider

All Mario Games

Heavy Rain

Dreamfall Chapters

Greedfall

Lake

Last Stop

State Of Mind

Last Day Of June

Road 96

Second Life

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Favorite Blogs

@misschimotosuwa-blog

@dialovers-lover-xoxo

@afra-blueraz

@dialovers-translations

@most-datable-datable-bracket

@reverse-harem-protag

@protags-fic-blog

@xxsycamore

@kissmetwicekissmedeadly

[mrcowboydeanwinchester]

howdy, partners! very excitingly, i just reached a big ol' milestone, so i thought it would be fun to have a cheeky creator's celebration weekend to say a massive thank you. as i mainly post sapphicnatural and disablednatural stuff, i think it's huge to reach 1k, and i honestly don't know where i'd be without all the fun i've had with y'all on this silly little blog. i'm endlessly grateful <3

so, february 18th and 19th - go wild with posting any kind of content you fancy!! fics, art, amvs, edits, gifs, poetry, you name it. just make sure to tag it #mrcowboy1k and @ me so i can see :)

i've gathered a few (very me) prompts to get the creative juices flowing, but there's no need to stick to them or the days they're on!! and of course, mix and match and interpret them however you wish

🤠 PROMPTS

Saturday 18th:

blonde girlies of spn (jo, donna, mary, claire, to name a few - go feral!)

hohnatural (hard of hearing natural!!!)

purple

Sunday 19th:

sapphicnatural rarepairs

chestervelle (dean x jo - platonic, besties with benefits, romantic, anything!!)

cowboynatural

💜 SOME ROADHOUSE KEEPING

nsfw content is more than welcome but please tag accordingly!

and that goes for everything - please make sure all content/trigger warnings are clear <3

hatred towards sapphic and disabled characters will not be tolerated.

you don't have to be following me to take part !!!!!!!!!!!!!

i don't know why there would be but no w*ncest i beg

and another something funky: ✨BLOG SPOTLIGHTS!✨

drop me asks (anon or not) celebrating and supporting your favourite spn creators and blogs 'cos i'll be posting them all throughout the day to give the community some love!! we're smaller than we have been so let the appreciation shine louder than ever <3

and that's it!!!!! once again, thank you so so much for 1k, i adore you all. and i cannot wait to hear about the blogs you love and see all the epic creations you make. stay slay, ola x

[brofightiscancelled]

re: request. I know someone made a fan mv revamp w osomatsu as the leading lady for real the end of hastune miku amv, which I think had the same strange eng translation for that one line ("Why the crazy guys can't watch "now" straight?"). the song suits him in karas brand new world and I keep thinking about the line "It's a foolish task to show love to consumer goods" in regards to that tv scene. sorry obsessed with that comic, it covers themes and metanarrative that I really enjoy

im sorry for my earlier ask! i was off brand and thats on me

YESSSSSS YOU'RE SO RIGHT THIS SONG IS EXTREMELY OSO omg was it this one because i love this one to DEATH i love it soooo much -> https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm32979754 (if it wasn't i want to see the one youre talking about)

disclaimer that i'm using the existing translation as a base but here is my osomatsu-minded take just for you :-) everyone watch this AMV also

The "fun" of the past is overwritten by the "fun" of the present Such is the REGULATION of our world The idiocy of seeking drama on even the final page We grieve the end of this overplayed phenomenon

The adults simply won't leave you alone to do your business in the shadows They'd rather drag you out and shine that spotlight onto you! Then they consume you

A hedonistic commotion As soon as one thing ends, another begins

"You don't even remember that cool cartoon from before, do you?"

Well that's fine, that's just fine It's not like anyone can find any fault in that Why not just savor the moment and enjoy living in the modern age?

Hey, why don't you let us see you?

Um, well… The connection today isn't that good, so it's, uh… y'know….

Ahahahaha! What the heck? Ahahahahaha!

U-Um, on another note…. Could you please stop that deafening metronome? It's so, so loud, and it just won't stop….

No can do.

The "fun" of the past is overwritten by the "fun" of the present Such is the REGULATION of our world Were you to disappear, this world, without batting an eye, would replace you with someone new

From here on out, this place has become the soapbox of the esteemed public All to raise up, to admire, to exalt you! Only to leave you in the end

Oh rotten nostalgia, They jeer and boo that things were better back then

"Why can't those morons face the present?

Well that's no good, that's just no good That's not love, but dependence To show compassion towards consumed goods is nothing but a fool's errand

There's nothing out there that can fill an empty heart So, here and now, "I'll forget everything about you."

A hedonistic commotion As soon as one thing ends, another begins

"You don't even remember that cool cartoon from before, do you?"

Well that's fine, that's just fine It's not like anyone can find any fault in that Why not just savor the moment and enjoy living in the modern age?

The songs, the poems, every tale you've spun They don't belong to you, so give them back.

"I'm here to end it- every instance you lied that this would be the last time☆"

We've always been watching this ever-changing world from the distant sidelines "May the world you see at the end be a kind one."

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the word they use for hedonistic (享楽的) here is the exact same word they use to describe oso in official material btw. fun

"The songs, the poems, every tale you've spun" -> poems here almost certainly means "lyrics" in the context of this song but this is my osomatsu translation so i've translated it as poetry. lol

as payment you must now reblog my fanart

[hoodstar-en]

AKKISlayer(@the-insanity-of-mojiru) will be rapping as the hardcore leader of Mad Trigger Crew, Samatoki Aohitsugi, in the English cover of “Hoodstar+” from Hypnosis Mic!

AKKISlayer is an artist and vocalist who has covered multiple HypMic songs. They're no stranger to BlackLight Sugar projects either-- they were an artist in RewindRemix: the HypMic Homage Anthology, and voiced Dice in our EN version of "Battle Battle Battle". Samatoki is AKKISlayer's favorite HypMic character, so we're glad to have them back on the mic!

Follow BlackLight Sugar Press online for more project updates!

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[edgelord-battle-bracket]

@ scourge voters YOU ALL ARE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE BIAS OF WARRIOR CATS HAVING A HUGE FANDOM. SO WHAT SCOURGE HAD A MILLION EDGY AMVS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY EDGY ASS RAVEN!FAKIRS IVE SEEN WITHIN THE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE OF TUTU ART WE HAVE?? SCOURGE IS A MASS PRODUCED COMMODIFIED EDGELORD WHILE FAKIR IS EVERY BIT AS EDGY BUT LOCALLY GROWN AND OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT. A VOTE FOR FAKIR IS A VOTE FOR WEIRD EMO LITTLE KIDS WHO DO THEIR OWN BAD MAKEUP AT HOME EVERYWHERE

this is valid but mass produced commodified edgelord might be the funniest phrase i've ever heard. fakir's 100% organic non-gmo certified edge fr

[the-clownery]

quick doodle of my lil Firefly kwami since the last image i have decided that their name is Rave as well as came up with some info on the powers they bring all of the abilities are Musical Based because I was imagining Amvs while coming up with the ideas. There are 3 difference actions that you could do Sing Dance or summon/play a musical instrument The user has the ability to summon Weapons that resemble musical instruments and each and every instrument has a different effect when played. Sofar this is what I have planned Electric guitar:

The Electric guitar can summon a different aray of effects dependent on the tune. Tune 1. a dome that will surround the user and opponent within once the dome snaps in place the sky will go dark for them. Tune 2. thin rays of light will begin to zip around until it forms a tile grid. In tern created a magical dance floor beneath them. Within ever step on a tile flooring the corresponding tile on the opposing side will light up, causing damage to betaken. Tune 3. will summon a giant lightning bug shaped spotlight to shine down an aray of different colors upon the desired person to cause confusion Ukulele: This instrument has a calming effect on the user and opponent when played

Dancing: Dependent on the foot work- it can summon magical tap dancing shoes which may or may not set your feet on fire when used Singing and dance: When singing, magical music notes will begin to line up around the opponent From then on with every movement you make the Music note will his the opponent in a way that makes them mimic the user's actions You must dance in order to defeat them. Headbanging: Dependent on weather or not the singing ability in enabled or not, headbanging can cause a very different effect Headbanging can cause the user's hair to be set ablaze when done exaggerated or can create magical symbols/drums that will play loudly around the opponent to cause their senses to become overwhelmed from the noise.

[thieveszine]

✨THIEVES Artist Spotlight 💙💜

Never underestimate the power of an AMV 💪🏻 Give it up for our next contributor, @ctrl-alt-cel​ 🎀

[ectoodle]

I want to ask, are you an animation major? How to make the bingqiu animation so amazing！！

Yep, I did major in animation in art school!

As for your second question, it’s a little too broad to explain so I’ll try to show my process.

Quick disclaimer -- This is not really a tutorial, I’m still learning how to animate and I struggle a ton with it. This is just how I personally work through my animations. It’s not ideal nor efficient, it’s just how I’m able to get the most work out of the time I have.

Putting this under the cut because I tend to ramble.

First, I roughed out the general main points I wanted to highlight, such SQQ’s fond smiles when LBH wasn’t looking, LBH’s spotlight scenes, the abyss, SQQ mourning, etc. Then I cobbled my storyboard into a quick animatic, but each scenes lasted too long so I had to break it up into smaller scenes, resulting in more animation to be done u__u;;;

Ideally, I wanted to have a solid storyboard before diving into animating, but it actually took more time if I had done that (and I was losing patience from thinking so hard lmao) so what ended up happening was I was making up the storyboard as I animated. It helps that I had a general idea of what was going on in each phrase of the song.

It did end up deviating from my original outline, which was more of an abstract amv to highlight bingqiu’s relationship, rather than a linear summary of the novel. Which is why some scenes were not 100% accurate to the novel and some were also my own artistic interpretations, for example: SQQ crying at the abyss, the sword sticking up directly from the grave, the red sky during the reunion chase, the cloudy sky during the self-destruction...it didn’t occur to me it was the entire novel until people pointed it out. But bingqiu’s entire relationship was the plot so it makes sense!

I played around with colors to see what I liked/what suits the mood of each scene.

They’re small thumbnails and quite crappy but it gets the point across! They were also just for myself to understand, so it didn’t matter how scribbly they are as long as the artist themself understands. I also didn’t stick it either, for example on the bottom left of the abyss, the final scene did not include flames but instead fire sparks. Because I couldn’t bring myself to learn how to animate fire 😂 but also, it made the scene too busy and distracted away from LBH’s fall, which is already pretty small, so sparks felt non-intrusive and atmospheric. I also didn’t want to just mimic the donghua either, so I tried to put my own spin to it.

When making art and animation there a lot of problems that can pop up that you didn’t even realize until it’s blocking your path...so it’s a lot of problem-solving and working your way around it. Although it might not have been what you imagined at first, it can bring you another completely new vision to consider. I scrapped a ton of ideas and thumbnails that I really wanted to include but it simply couldn’t work out, either due to my own limitations or just the way I have the flow of the amv set up. It’s hard to let go but I tell myself I can recycle it for another artwork, or I can just completely let go of it and that’s ok too.

Speaking of scrapping, here are some thumbnail ideas of the self-destruction scene.

This was definitely the scene I struggled with the most, since it was the most emotional scene! But it was a pretty difficult scene to animate that would have taken too much time, so I had to re-board it.

Next is the animation! I’ll try my best to explain my process:

Rough 1st pass: super quick scribbles to try and get the main idea down -- I start off with key poses, breakdowns, and then drawings in between them to smooth it out. I don’t worry too much about getting the forms correctly since I’m focusing more on the acting of the characters.

Rough 2nd pass: add secondary action like hair, clothing, etc and more drawings to smooth it out. It’s too messy for me to consider it a tie-down, if I had time I would go through a third and fourth pass to so it’s more solid. But I was impatient/had no time so I dove straight into lineart.

Lineart: I did both pose-to-pose and straight ahead animation, and added some small inbetweens to smooth it out again. I try to be careful not to fall into the trance of just “tracing” over my roughs since it can flatten the characters, but it still happened anyways. Flipping a ton of times between your drawings is super duper helpful.

Flat Color: Paint bucketed everything. I think I forgot the designs on SQQ’s robes and his cinnabar mole so I did that at this stage too.

Shadow/Light: Animating shadows and light on separate layers, done straight ahead + pose-to-pose combo.

Final Effects: finally the stage I can relax and see animation come to life. Comped everything together and add in special effects like gaussian blurs and mild color correction.

And now one scene is done! Now to repeat this for another 60+ scenes.

Finally when everything is done I drop everything into a video editor, tweak it to the music and it’s finished!

So that’s pretty much how this mv was created -- if it wasn’t for being possessed by the love of bingqiu I don’t know if it was possible for me to have finished at all 😂 I took a lot of breaks in between, but I’ve learned from past mistakes and injuries to balance my health and creating art so I had a lot of fun making it. I definitely was cutting a lot of corners for this project, but I’m still proud of what I made! Definitely satisfied my love for bingqiu 😆 and seeing people are still watching it makes me happy! 🥰 I cried when people told me they could see my love for bingqiu shine through because I really did pour my whole heart and soul into it, even when I thought I was just struggling through it all 😭💖

I ended up talking too much again but I hope that answered your question anon! And if you’ve read this far down, thanks for reading and I hope you continue to keep bingqiu in your heart 💖