#Donovan Alex Art

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IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEWERS! -- ENJOYS DOUBLE CHEESE-EXTRA PEPPERONI & RADICAL NUNCHAKU TRAINING EXERCISES!

PIC INFO: Resolution at 800×1131 -- Spotlight on a redraw of the "Amazing Ninja Dude," a parody and/or homage illustration of Todd McFarlane's now iconic "Spider-Man" #1 cover. Artwork by Donovan Alex, uploaded to DeviantArt on November 26, 2016.

PIC #2: 1500×2250 -- Cover art to "Spider-Man" Vol. 1 #1. August, 1990. Marvel Comics. Artwork by Todd McFarlane.

Source: www.deviantart.com/donovanalex/art/Amazing-Ninja-Dude-Covering-The-Covers-647727155 & Bottleneck Gallery.

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Osemanverse aspecs: Radio Silence/Heartstopper

Aled Last in Radio Silence (2016)/Heartstopper Year Book (2022)

Victoria "Tori" Spring in Heartstopper Year Book (2022) /Heartstopper 2x8 Perfect (2023)/ Heartstopper Volume 5 (2023)

Alex the artist in Heartstopper 2x7 Sorry (2023)

Isaac Henderson in Heartstopper 2x8 Perfect (2023)

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Milla Donovan by Alex Maleev, Matt Hollingsworth, and Dave Stewart

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Been thinking about be more chill recently

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Wip of smth big :)

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Netflix +aromantic

BoJack Horseman 5x1 The Lightbulb Scene (2018)

Yolanda Buenaventura: Well, not all asexuals are aromantic.

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Todd Chavez: One could be A) Romantic or B) Aromantic.

Heartstopper 2x7 Sorry (2023)

Alex: Basically about my experience being aromantic and asexual. Like, being in a world were romance and sex are prized above everything else when you don't feel those forms of attraction.

Big Mouth 7x3 The Ambition Gremlin (2023)

Snoo: Welcome to the asexuality subreddit. Asexuals, aromantics, and, of course, a smattering of hate speech.

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A family outing for Amakas birthday.

Eventually her and Rita get along very well. Rita is a proud step mom.

Donovan slays, and I changed Rita’s tattoo.

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Submissions so far!

Have a new mosaic header, with the women who were submitted so far, and a list, grouped by show/movie etc., under the readmore!

Don't worry; if your champion isn't in here, you can still submit them via this form, until April 30th!

I chose these pictures based on the following ranked criteria:

included/linked in the submission OR

actual still from the movie/show/whatever, rather than a promo shot or fan art etc. AND

showing them in a characteristic and/or competent situation

for the characters Deanna Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher and Seven of Nine, I decided to go with their most recent appearances in ST:PIC

If by any chance I chose NOT a still/screenshot, but your manip of the same, please let me know if you'd like me to take it down/replace it, or keep it and credit you!

Ally McBeal (TV show): Ally McBeal

Better Call Saul (TV show): Kim Wexler

CSI (TV show): Catherine Willows

DC (franchise): Alex Danvers DC (franchise): Sara Lance DC (franchise): Zari Tarazi

Doctor Who (TV show): River Song Doctor Who (TV show): Sarah Jane Smith

Drawtectives (Youtube show): Jancy True

The Expanse (TV show): Camina Drummer The Expanse (TV show): Chrisjen Avasarala

Greys Anatomy (TV show): Dr. Addison Montgomery

Harry Potter (franchise): Fleur Delacour

Holby City (TV show): Dr. Bernie Wolfe

House of the Dragon (TV show): Rhaenys Targaryen

Jane Doe books (book series): Jane Doe

Leverage (TV show): Parker Leverage (TV show): Sophie Devereaux Leverage: Redemption (TV show): Breanna Casey

The Librarians (TV show): Eve Baird

Little Witch Academia (TV show): Amanda O'Neill

Lupin III (TV show): Fujiko Mine

Marvel (franchise): Melinda May

Once Upon a Time (TV show): Regina Mills

The Owl House (TV show): Eda Clawthorne

Person of Interest (TV show): Sameen Shaw

Pokémon (franchise): Cynthia Pokémon (franchise): Iris Pokémon (franchise): Nemona

Rizzoli and Isles (TV show): Dr. Maura Isles

Sanctuary (TV show): Dr. Helen Magnus

The Sandman (TV & Comics): Death of the Endless

Sonic the Hedgehog (franchise): Amy Rose

Star Trek (franchise): B'Elanna Torres Star Trek (franchise): Deanna Troi Star Trek (franchise): Dr. Beverly Crusher Star Trek (franchise): Erica Ortegas Star Trek (franchise): Jadzia Dax Star Trek (franchise): Kathryn Janeway Star Trek (franchise): Seven of Nine

Star Wars (franchise): Ahsoka Tano

Stargate (franchise): Samantha "Sam" Carter

Tomb Raider (franchise): Lara Croft

Warehouse 13 (TV show): Claudia Donovan Warehouse 13 (TV show): Helena George Wells Warehouse 13 (TV show): Myka Bering

The X-Files (TV show): Dana Scully

Xena Warrior Princess (TV show): Xena

(please stay civil in the notes: no bashing anyone, no matter who, or where they're from!)

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For the STS ask thing:

In a role swap, what characters would swap roles and how would it change the story?

hi!! happy sts!

Alex and James would swap roles. Not much of their backstories would change, weirdly, but it doesn't need to change that much to get them to switch. It would massively change how the plot plays out, though, even if the bones and even some of the meat of the plot stays the same.

(this got a little longer than intended, so here have a cut)

James goes from being nephew of the previous editor (he's the current editor) of the herald who got brought onboard because he was curious about writing and then gradually promoted because he turned out to be competent -> still nephew of the previous editor, but now he's the one who dropped out of art school before picking up the writing thing and became an investigative journalist because he was curious, not because its what his dad did.

he still writes the article about nathaniel's mother getting murdered and the killer getting away with it, but now its because leo (who is already friends with nathaniel in the not-swapped version) suggested the idea and james got invested, not because the same thing happened to his father when he was a kid (<- why alex became an investigative journalist)

that would change the tone, i think, because then herald stops being a story about revenge and donovan stops haunting the narrative and starts being a story about justice/closure and being in love with your best friend (james is one of two (2) major characters in the entire story in a romantic relationship. the other is his leo, his boyfriend, who almost dies).

ronald isn't as relevant to the plot in the ways he is now (in how he's basically alex's uncle) but he's more relevant in the ways that his relationship with donovan sort of mirrors james' relationship with leo (except james and leo did something about it).

Alex is still motivated by her father's death, but it shifts to a 'doing justice to the newspaper and what he loved doing', not 'making sure murderers stop getting away with things because the government is shitty'. After Donovan dies, when she's like 15 ish, she expresses some sort of interest in the newspaper and Ronald convinces the then-editor to let her onboard in a minor role.

She gets promoted over time because she's actually competent (unlike many other people), and when the time comes for the then-editor to retire he picks her to be in charge. when James drops out and comes back to writing, she's the one to make the offer to hire him. Still for the same reasons, though.

Alex is still the product of her father drawing away from what he loved because of his obsession with the truth, but that doesn't play nearly as much of a role as it does now. I don't think she would've taken her father's penname if she isn't in the amount of danger that her being an investigative journalist puts her in, so she'd probably still be Alexandrina Gates, but she might've taken it anyway, just as a nod to him (which is part of the reason she picks mclelland in the first place, but not the reason she has a penname to begin with).

Leo's role wouldn't get affected at all. Still the guy who does the politics pages, still James' partner, still a little shit but in the best way possible.

Ronald's role would be different, but the bones of it would be exactly the same. He wouldn't swap with anyone (Donovan's personality is too different from his to make the plot work if Ronald is dead and Donovan is alive. Donovan has to be dead, or else the story doesn't work. The entire point of herald at present is that Donovan is dead, and Ronald & Alex aren't.), but he would get affected by James & Alex's swap.

Currently, his role in the plot is firstly as Alex's father's best friend, and secondly as 1/2 of the parallel to James & Leo's relationship. If James becomes the protagonist and occupies the space Alex does now, those roles switch. Him being a parallel is wildly more important, and it doesn't matter that he was Alex's father's best friend. All that matters is that he was Donovan's best friend, and Donovan = Leo, in a somewhat roundabout way.

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Valentine's Day 2024 Masterlist

Blades of Light and Shadow

Hades Nightbloom Valentine's Day Edits - m!elf!MC (Hades Nightbloom) - @peonyblossom

Iris of Riverbend Valentine's Day Edits - f!human!MC (Iris of Riverbend) - @peonyblossom

Bloodbound

By Any Other Name - Kamilah Sayeed x f!MC (Lucy West) - @thosehallowedhalls

High School Story

Jamie Baxter Valentine's Day Edits - nb!MC (Jamie Baxter) - @peonyblossom

Hollywood U

Cafe Whispers and Scone Kisses - Addison Sinclair x f!MC (Alex Spencer), Thomas Hunt x f!MC (Alex Spencer) (mentioned) - @theartoflovingthomashunt

Jackie Winters Valentine's Day Edits - nb!MC (Jackie Winters) - @peonyblossom

Thomas x Jackie Date Night - Thomas Hunt x nb!MC (Jackie Winters) - art by @lilyoffandoms, requested by @peonyblossom

It Lives Anthology

Harry Spear Valentine's Day Edits - ILITW m!MC (Harry Spear) - @peonyblossom

Ollie Bridgers Valentine's Day Edits - ILW nb!MC (Ollie Bridgers) - @peonyblossom

Laws of Attraction

Date Night - Gabe Ricci x m!MC (Fiona Lightwood) - @choicesmc

Murder At Homecoming

Let Me Be Your Valentine, Saint Valentine - Donovan Navarro x/& nb!MC (Edelmina Stone) - @aallotarenunelma

Open Heart

Dr. Sydney Valentine Valentine's Day Edits - m!MC (Sydney Valentine) - @peonyblossom

Two Types of People - Bryce Lahela x m!MC (Jensen Valentine) - art by @lilyoffandoms, requested by @mydemonsdrivealimo

when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love - Bryce Lahela x m!MC (Jensen Valentine) - @mydemonsdrivealimo

Perfect Match

Beach Love: "Glasses and Missy" at Komodo Island - Sloane Washington x Alana Kusuma - @lizzybeth1986

Wishful Thinking

Art Request - Anna Koishi x f!MC (Nyx) - art by @lilyoffandoms, requested by @noesapphic

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Isaac Henderson in Heartstopper season 1 to 3 (2022-2024)

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Julie Byrne Album Review: The Greater Wings

(Ghostly International)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Albums billed as being shaped by grief often don't follow linear rules, or at least a perfect pipeline of death to grief to songwriting. Famously, when Jeff Tweedy sang, "Tall buildings shake / Voices escape singing sad sad songs," on "Jesus Etc.", released in 2002, many listeners thought the line to be about 9/11, even though Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was finished before the attacks. More recently, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Skeleton Tree hit shelves after his son Arthur tragically died from a fall; during its recording sessions, Cave amended many of the album's lyrics, which had been initially written by the time his son passed away, but to this day we don't know exactly what changed. On the title track to singer-songwriter Julie Byrne's new album The Greater Wings, she declares she will "name my grief to let it sing," rendering that grief a living, breathing entity, almost a character in the album. Halfway through the making of the record, Byrne's creative partner Eric Littmann suddenly passed away. After shelving it for six months, Byrne completed the album with producer Alex Somers, her first time in a conventional recording studio. The result is a stunning canvas of reflection on things that are no longer for this world, from people to relationships, filtered through Byrne's blue-colored glasses.

Really, a more apt timeline for comparison to The Greater Wings is Bell Witch's Mirror Reaper, an album that acts as a tribute to a former member while including documents of their physical presence, more living artifact than ghost. On Mirror Reaper, it was the late Adrian Guerra's voice; here, Littmann's synthesizers shine throughout the record, like his arpeggios harmonizing with Marilu Donovan's harp on "Summer Glass" and his wobbly instrumentation on "Conversation Is A Flowstate". To see how Byrne and Somers owned the material from there is breathtaking. It's hard to remember that before her previous record, Not Even Happiness, Byrne was a DIY folk singer. That album's glassy closing track "I Live Now As A Singer" not only informed The Greater Wings' expanded aesthetic, but it's proven to be a total turning point in Byrne's career. The production flourishes and additional instrumentation on The Greater Wings are sometimes subtle, but they move mountains. Synthesizers shimmer alongside acoustic guitar on the title track. Somers' backing vocals on "Portrait Of A Clear Day" nestle among Byrne's lead vocal turn, Donovan's harp, and Jake Falby's strings. "I get so nostalgic for you sometimes," Byrne sings, her hazy memories perfectly contrasting the crispness of the music.

In fact, contrast is a defining feature of The Greater Wings. On emotional centerpiece "Summer Glass", Byrne's words consist of recollections of specific moments in time ("You lit my joint with the end of your cigarette," "The tattoo you gave me lying in bed"), all-encompassing devotionals ("You are the family that I chose"), and broad therapeutic goals ("I want to be whole enough to risk again"). Even the instrumental "Summer's End" showcases the tactility of Donovan's harp against the atmospheric wash of the synthesizers and echoing bells. And Somers added textures to Littman's initial work on "Conversation Is A Flowstate", making it a harmonic, yet percussive and conversational push-pull as Byrne recites affirmations: "Permission to feel it, it's alright / Permission to grieve, it is alright / Healing can be heartbreaking, it's alright."

Making yourself "whole," or as close to it as possible, is not an easy or definite process, in life or in music. Even on a song like "Flare", Byrne goes through multiple so-called "stages of grief," including bargaining and acceptance, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's modular synth buoying her words. The Greater Wings, then, is as close to universal art as it gets, a treatise on the human penchant for imperfection, for being naturally unable to fully appreciate something while it's there. "I tell you now what for so long I did not say / That if I have no right to want you / I want you anyway," Byrne sings with smoky heartbreak on "Lightning Comes Up From The Ground", a title that makes literal what happens when an event in your life shakes you to your core: It turns your world upside-down.

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book ask!! 3, 4, 17, aaaand hmm 20?

3. Top 5 books!!

5. The Stand by Stephen King

I went to Boulder on my honeymoon and totally geeked out like omg Arapahoe Way? just like in the Stand??

But yeah Frannies character got done dirty…. also i love the Trashcan Man

4. The Queer Principles of Kitt Web by Cat Sebastian

This book genuinely gave me chest pains with the romance of it all…. a highwayman! An aristocrat! A scandal! Robin Hood is there???

3. The Ghost Light Killer by Dahlia Donovan

This is one of a series about two boyfriends who have a true crime podcast and end up solving murders. It’s really cute and the author always has her protags be gay and one of them autistic. It’s very good. Haven’t read the last in the series yet tho!

2. You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez

I mentioned this one before but it’s really sweet and the art is lovely. I found it in a comic shop while we were stuck in Georgia and read it while we waited for the car to get fixed.

1. The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation vol. 1 by MXTX

I love this book soo much and I’m so glad there’s an official translation now 😭😭😭 read it read it read it!!!

4. Did you discover any new authors you love this year?

Not this year but I recommend Cat Sebastian if you love period romance! She’s got gay, straight, and lesbian books and they all have pretty good underlying plots and characters.

17. Already answered but I will give honorable mention to Different Seasons by Stephen King. The Body 😭😭😭 also I think about The Breathing Method all the time

20. Definitely the official MXTX translations! I need to get my hands on all 4 volumes of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation but they’re just so spendy!! i just picked up the second one tho!!

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When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she’s forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Kylie Bucknell: Morgana O’Reilly Miriam Bucknell: Rima Te Wiata Amos: Glen-Paul Waru Graeme: Ross Harper Dennis: Cameron Rhodes Officer Grayson: Millen Baird Officer Carson: Bruce Hopkins Eugene: Ryan Lampp Judge: Ian Mune Hollis: Wallace Chapman Kraglund: Mick Innes Justin: David Van Horn Leslie: Nikki Si’ulepa Elizabeth Chalmers: Kitty Riddell Young Kylie (Voice): Lila Sharp Fitness Host: Louise Mills Film Crew: Editor: Gerard Johnstone Director of Photography: Simon Riera Production Design: Anya Whitlock Original Music Composer: Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper Second Unit Director: Luke Sharpe Production Design: Jane Bucknell Executive Producer: Chris Lambert Executive Producer: Ant Timpson Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Westbrooke Set Decoration: Simon Vine Steadicam Operator: Joe Lawry Set Decoration: Stephen Jaimeson Art Direction: Lyn Bergquist Art Direction: Laura Smith Art Direction: Haley Williams Costume Design: Lissy Mayer Steadicam Operator: Alex McDonald Set Decoration: Graham Collins Gaffer: Nicholas Riini Gaffer: Tane Kingan Continuity: Rose Damon Steadicam Operator: Simon Tutty Executive Producer: Michael Kumerich Line Producer: Garett Mayow Executive Producer: Daniel Story Makeup Effects Designer: Jacinta Driver Assistant Makeup Artist: Kendall Feruson Makeup Artist: Vanessa Hurley Assistant Makeup Artist: Rachel Johanson Assistant Makeup Artist: Katie Jones Makeup Artist: Carly Marr Assistant Makeup Artist: Nikki Milina Assistant Makeup Artist: Miranda Raman Makeup Artist: Lauren Steward Production Manager: Ainsley Allen Third Assistant Director: Rachael Bristow Third Assistant Director: Esther Clewlow Third Assistant Director: Sarah Hough Third Assistant Director: Laurelle May First Assistant Director: Natasha Romaniuk First Assistant Director: Fraser Ross First Assistant Director: Katie Tate First Assistant Director: Craig Wilson Props: Shamus Butt Art Department Assistant: Meling Cooper Art Department Assistant: Hilary Crombie Assistant Set Dresser: Louise George Assistant Set Dresser: James Goldenthal Runner Art Department: Kathryn Lees Art Department Assistant: Brian Maru Assistant Set Dresser: Aimee Russell Art Department Assistant: Jaime Sharpe Concept Artist: Andrejs Skuja Art Department Assistant: Luke Thornborough Art Department Assistant: Wesley Twiss Dialogue Editor: Nich Cunningham Boom Operator: Matthew Dickins Sound Recordist: Phil Donovan Sound Recordist: Gabriel Muller Boom Operator: Stephen Saldanha Sound Recordist: Ande Schurr Sound Recordist: Mark Storey Sound Designer: Shane Taipari Sound Recordist: Ben Vanderpoel Digital Compositor: Stuart Bedford Digital Imaging Technician: James Brookes Digital Compositor: Johnny Lyon 3D Modeller: Rich Nosworthy Digital Compositor: Jesse Parkhill Stunt Coordinator: Aaron Lupton Stunt Coordinator: Steve McQuillan Stunts: Stefan Talaic Stunts: Shane Blakey Stunts: Joanna Baker Stunts: Daniel Andrews Lighting Technician: Sam Behrend First Assistant Camera: Nick Burridge First Assistant Camera: Alexander Campbell First Assistant Camera: Kelly Chen Lighting Technician: Tommy Davis Camera Intern: Woody Dean Lighting Technician: Hayden Dudley Lighting Technician: James Dudley Lighting Technician: Leigh Elford Camera Intern: Kalym Gilbert Camera Intern: Andrew Farrent First Assistant Camera: Julia Green Cinematography: Adrian Greshoff Lighting Technician: Mathew Harte Lighting Technician: Stacey Hui First Assistant Camera: Matt Hunt First Assistant Camera: Blair Ihaka Gaffer: Tony Lumsden First Assistant Camera: Tom Neunzerling Cinematography: Eoin O’Liddy Key Grip: Jeremy Osbourne Key Grip: Jim Rowe Lighting Technician: Richard Schofield First Assistant Camera: Richard Simkins First Assistant Camera: Cameron Stoltz Cinematography: Drew Sturge Camera Intern: Matt Thomas Lighting Technician: Jason Tidsw...