#How have I never seen this before?

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Saw/ Love your New Year's Pumpkin

Needed to share with you an east coast cousin and one of my favorite things : Jane Greengold's The Toll of Time aka the Kane Street pumpkins. They go up on Halloween and unless they fall off their posts will stay up until the weekend before Easter

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Oh, I love this, and never saw it before! Thanks @candont :)

[some-pers0n]

Wof AU where instead of killing his dad, Darkstalker, Clearsight and Fathom do this instead and spend the rest of their days as private eyes.

Oh my God that's actually so cute. All three of them as detectives. I adore this so much,,

[akanemnon]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

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MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

None of our hands are clean

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[obsessedoverwater]

Sometimes the doomed old man toxic yoai gets so bad you just have to start writing about fucking revenge guac to get over the pain.

[sainz100]

2024 Brazilian GP | x

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

I cannot wait for this Stan to reconnect with his Ford.

I still haven't figured out HOW exactly they'll meet yet, but I do think that Ford would ATTACH himself to Stanley and talk his ears off forever when they eventually get comfortable :] and Stanley would listen because HOLY SHIT, THAT'S HIS BRO HE HASN'T SEEN FOR 40-ISH YEARS, HE MISSED HIS VOICE. Nonstop certified Yapper & Listener relationship <3

Stanley looks dead faced because of his ingrained poker face, but he's thouroughly enjoying it, even if sometimes he has no idea what the fuck Ford is saying. He never interrupts him though, since he knows people usually ignore or interrupt him mid-talk already. So sometimes Stan gets stuck in awkward situations where he has to leave or do stuff, but also doesn't have it in his heart to stop Ford and extract himself out of a (one-sided) conversation.

[cheesenchalk]

i never know how to phrase it but something about the way beatles biographers and people in general view paul's reflexive placating persona and determination to smooth things over as manipulative or duplicitous and john's reflexive barbed persona and habit of lashing out as brave and subversive despite both being equally defensive mechanisms to shield themselves from the world that resulted in them saying things that weren't true says more about how we culturally view kindness or friendliness as inherently untrustworthy or flimsy and anger and carelessness as more believable as someone's true nature than it says about either of them in actuality

[clumsiestgiantess]

Omg we LOVE speculative biology tinies in this household!!!

afsgdfsgd thinkign about doll people again…

They have a syrinx which lets them imitate noises like birds, and this includes human speech!! Or maybe a modified syrinx since those are exclusive to birds only? Idk.

Where most dolls live, there aren’t many human languages since it’s mostly abandoned places surrounded by nature, so some dolls either copy those noises (like chirping and buzzing) or use a code made of noises from the exoskeleton like how some bugs do. This is mainly how Medora communicates. Like. Morse code. Idk I’m still working on this detail.

But the ones who DO pick up on human language choose a voice to base theirs off of and then adjust it to whatever they want. It takes a bit for them to fully develop their own voice. At first it sounds like how a budgie does when trying to copy words, but then it slowly starts to sound more human. They may also accidentally merge words or sounds as shown in the video. When they have a better grasp on it they can start adjusting pitch and stuff. They sound similar to Utaus or Chipspeech when speaking, with the choppiness and stuff..

Archibald is a bit of a different case since he’s been around human language forever, so out of all the dolls he has the most natural sounding voice, though there’s still that sense of artificiality in it. The best way to describe it is probably like Vocaloid5.

I feel like if Medora WERE to speak she’d sound like Defoko or Adachi Rei… MAYBE. Like this.

Also doll people have funky looking mouths. They’re wider and the teeth are flat, the tongue is also a bit bigger. The lips are thin and the top part of the mouth doesn’t move much which adds a puppet look. There isn’t as much mouth movement when they speak. This video shows it best, but I should say it really leans into the uncanny valley so if you don’t like that then uh yeah.

Anyways look at this goober.

[padmerrie]

my contribution to society. you're welcome.

[bluerasbunny]

hi daycare attendants,,,,, can you draw me a picture

bit of an inflated ego you've got there, sun

...at least he's having fun? guess both of them like drawing the outdoors!

[greykolla-art]

Herbert does not have a single problem he can’t solve with his needles.👏💚

[socks10858]

John and Yoko looking like lesbians

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Your beats make me sick

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[moeitsu]

goodnight I cannot cope with these two right now

They have my whole heart XXXX

[kizzer55555]

Welcome to the Restraint! (Restaurant)

Imagine Danny runs to Gotham and starts squatting in an abandoned old building in Crime Alley. Slowly putting some ecto into the place to claim it as his haunt (while recovering from the sudden loss of his old one). And he does the normal stuff to survive. Finds some odd jobs, often as a messenger, and is just surviving. Another thing he does is make his own food. It’s cheaper than takeout and he’s gotten pretty good at cooking (out of necessity instead of eating sentient hotdogs). Then he ends up accidentally taking in some street kids. Or more like they follow him home. He can’t just turn them away so he makes a meal for them and lets them stay the night then sends them on their way. And then it happens again. And again. And ok, so maybe he saved a girl from getting molested. And that older guy from getting his only good blanket stolen. And sure, maybe letting that poor pizza delivery guy rant was unnecessary but he looked like he was having a bad day ok? Pretty sure that kid with the scar is a meta too but…he needed a place to stay a few nights alright? It’s not like any of them stay permanently. Danny’s started picking up a few more odd jobs to pay for all the extra food he’s had to buy. Always keeping his place stocked. At least he doesn’t have to pay for water and a fridge, he just makes some ice (or melts it). Sure the water is cold, but it’s probbaly the cleanest water in Gotham. And then some of the people start paying. Like…actually paying in exchange for food. Not sure if it’s because of guilt or pity but Danny won’t look a gift horse in the mouth. And with all the money, he hasn’t had to take as many dangerous jobs. Soon, his little abandoned apartment became what’s essentially the closest thing to a legitimate restaurant in Crime Alley.

It didn’t look normal. The chairs and tables were more like old couches and stools pulled up to coffee tables and cabinets turned on their side. Although with the bulling becoming more like Danny’s haunt, the walls naturally started repairing themselves so at least it didn’t look like it was gonna collapse anymore. And ok…so Danny might have rescued a few feral kids who…weirdly have gold eyes. And possibly stopped a meta trafficking ring on accident. And look, these people didn’t have anywhere to go! And the apartment did have empty rooms. It was already known as a place someone could crash for the night (last winter the entire place was cramped with people. Danny had to break up multiple fights but they usually calmed down when he got there.)

One benefit from controlling a haunt is controlling the temperature inside so it was one of the only buildings with ‘heat’. But back to his…strays. So yeah…most didn’t seem like they could rejoin society…so he let them stay. And…they kind of became employees? Impromptu bodyguards? (Some of the golden eyed people almost felt like he was rangling feral ghosts again.) they came in all ages. A few kids, lots of teens, and a few adults. Same with the metas he rescued. They mostly helped deliver food to costumers. They even got a phone line working and could take orders. (Although the new…employees…also got more protective whenever a fight broke out.) With all the extra money he’s been getting he was even able to afford some medical supplies. A lot of his customers(?) came in injured and he tried his best to patch them up but now he could do more than tie some ripped clothing around the wound and use ice to numb it. He’s got bandages. And pain killers. Plus other medical stuff. He can even give someone stickers now! All that experience as an injured vigilante was paying off. Even Villains and goons start attending this place. The place was unofficially designated as one of the Alley’s ‘safe zones’ where no fighting takes place inside (the body guards make sure of it.) the metas and Talons are getting an identity for themselves, the street kids even get a job and a hideout, random people can go there for help or to pass messages, this place provides food, shelter, and medical care. No one wants it going down.

So yeah, welcome to the restaurant!

(I’m debating whether I want this to be the weirdest restaurant/safe place/truce area in the alley, or whether I want Danny to accidentally become a crime lord. Possibly both.)

Also, this place is called the Restraint because I keep misspelling Restaurant and I think Danny would do the same so the name stuck. (Or one of the kids spelled it when making a sign or passing around messages to spread the word of this safe place.)

So anyways, to add some angst, after Danny adopts a bunch of crime alley kids/villains they find out about Danny’s powers and that he’s a ghost, only they don’t know about Halfas so they think Danny is fully dead and this super kind guy who has been the only person to ever treat them like people…died. He died likely a long time ago and there’s nothing any of them can do to change that.

(And if the GIW dare to come into the alley, they better be prepared for the entire place to turn on them.)