#And I'm not even exaggerating

[hoffmansgirl]

I'm not normal about this I don't think y'all understand

@niteskysx @motherismotheringggg @iamsebastiansstan @blackynsupremacy @nicholaslut you NEED to see those

[monaetheworldsdestroyer]

"i've been a lab rat, i know when i see one" hey so this is actually insane??? he just casually admitted to that?? hello???? Erik?????? Erik this is something you should talk to a therapist about i'm not qualified to deal with it-

[ejistryingtowrite]

the feeling when you come up with a plotline that requires a lot of strategic thinking and technical knowledge from a field you only have cursory knowledge of, and the whole resolution bit of the story hinges on it.

yay, writing this last segment of the first draft is going to be fun.

though not as much fun as the developmental round of edits.

[shisogelee]

i know my job situation has finally got to the completely unmanageable stage because i'm going to apply to a position that would have me commuting to edinburgh every morning for 1 hr and a half.....and that's from being totally remote for the past 2.5 years....and even then i would probably sob with relief if i got it

[kitsune528]

-sees objectively really nice art for an obscure show I love

-Its for a ship I *really* dont ship and especially so wildly out of character

[rythyme]

a lot of the popular "queerbait" ships are just "these two characters are friends / they stood close together once" but every once in a while i'll stumble into an unfamiliar ship tag and see shit like "in episode 169 Scrungko gives Blorbis multiple prostate orgasms with an anal vibrator while pretending to date him" and like. idk what the hell is going on there. but if it's not queerbait then they just invented something even more insane. maybe y'all are right sometimes.

[lazylittledragon]

cringe culture needs to die because when i was 17 i printed out the entire player's handbook and monster manual with my unlimited school printing credit and also wore a black velvet cape the first time i ever DMed and somehow still thought i was too cool for dnd novels. who tf did i think i was fooling

[dkettchen]

she would've told them unlike her canon! version who decided not to be an ally smh

[yangjeongin]

getting adopted by anne hathaway ✅

[beif0ngs]

C'mon heart, beat loudly again! 💓

[sasunarualways]

"People only ship Sasuke and Naruto because they kissed once and it was just a comedy gag."

Meanwhile the entire series:

[bixels]

The Ryoko Kui interview's reception is such a disaster over a pretty normal (yet still flawed) interview between a non-Japanese fan and Japanese artistic. This is discourse for discourse's sake, and it's no surprise that almost every Twitter user I've looked at who's using this interview to parade Kui around as a goated mangaka standing strong against Western ideology is anti-trans.

Like, I do think the interview was kinda wonky with its focus on fandom culture, which Kui clearly didn't have much interest in. But sometimes that happens. Sometimes interactions between two people, especially a fan and a creator, two people who view and interact with a piece of media in completely opposite perspectives, don't click. Does this really need to get blown up into a "West vs. East culture war" issue.

Anyways, Kui saying "I don't consider my audience's interpretations when writing. I leave it to their imaginations, but I have my own read on things too" is the healthiest, most normal thing an artist/writer who wants a non-parasocial audience could say. Artists and writers use this line all the time. If Kui didn't enjoy autistic Laius or Farcille headcanons, she would have probably voiced/signalled her discomfort, like she did on the topic of Senshi fanservice. Overall, Kui handled the interview really well. Props to her to sticking to her guns and keeping a healthy disconnect from the fandom. While I think the interviewer could've/should've been more tactful and restrained, the flaws in their questions is not a symptom of the woke mind virus trying to wriggle its way into the pure Japanese psyche. It's the sign of an over-eager fan who sees a piece of fiction differently than its creator.

[sixteenthtry]

Beautiful princess with golden eyes and a pimp coat I love you <3

[wardensantoineandevka]

y'know, in reference to Antoine's reply to that one Lords of Fortune dialogue at Lavendel ("The Wardens throw parties. Sometimes. Sometimes they're even fun."), entirely possible that the last time the Wardens threw a party and it was even fun was Evka and Antoine's wedding

[mistydragonflyart]

I wonder who he's waiting for...

I am obssessed with @neytui's fairy au that's been living rent free in my head and for this year I wanted to do something different. So I drew Jack as a winter fairy on the bridge that connects the seasons, like the one in secret of the wings.

[canisalbus]

So i remember an ask mentioning your mortal enemy, Felis Atra and their cats, and i thought it'd be fun to draw what Felis Atra's version of your italian dogs would be.

I think they would be called Butter Knife and Flamengo! Butter Knife is not his real name, it's an nickname given by his peers because of how harmless he is. I choose Flamengo because that's the name of Vasco's rival football team here in Brazil, so i thought that was the perfect name :)

Cat Machete was slightly inspired by the Oriental Shorthair cat because of their long noses and thin head shape.

Cat Vasco was inspired by the Scottish Fold cat, because FLOPPY EARS. I gave Flamengo longer ears and orange fur to make him more like his look-alike.

The last doodle is a reference to this ask (https://canisalbus.tumblr.com/post/728923918314946560/me-i-am-machete-ear-fan-number-1-those-ears) and contains the tumblr ask stand-in dog, whose cat version was inspired by the American Curl cat! They have round ears that are slightly floppy outwards.

Final notes: I know cardinal clothes don't come in vibrant blue, but i was ADAMANT on switching Machete's and Vasco's clothing color patterns. I would draw the rest of Butter Knife's and Flamengo's clothes, but i suck at designing cool outfits.

Speaking of outfits, for Machete's iconic void outfit, i figured it would be fun to make it more baggy for Butter Knife, in contrast to Machete's, that looks very tight-fitted. I think it's cute, it kinda looks like a sweater. Also i can't imagine a Machete doppelganger without high heels boots, so those HAD to stay.

Oh, and just to be clear, i'm not like, claiming ownership of these guys or anything. I just thought it would be a fun exercise. Hope you like them!! I love your art and your characters.

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