#I found a lot of joy in that

[bonefall]

How many times does Thriftear come up in Ivypool's Heart? I'm honestly suprised she wasn't part of the traveling party. It was my personal conspiracy theory that they picked Ivy's background daughter to be Moonpaw's mom so that they could sell more super edition copies by locking her potential character development behind a paywall. This would have been the best place to do it too so who knows what they were thinking here.

She comes up exactly 9 times, and only one of those times is any actual information. It's Ivypool thinking about how Thriftear only tidies up her den when it gets messy. Flipclaw is in Ivypool's thoughts a lot more, especially when the Sisters come up and she starts seething about how they would treat her boy-kit.

So, sorry anon. I think your personal conspiracy theory's sadly incorrect; they just kinda don't care enough about Thriftear to actually give her a distinct personality. The only tidbit we got about her is essentially that she's the most normal of her siblings.

(absolutely unlike BB, I've gotta blabber, because BB!Thriftear is a LOT like BB!Bristlefrost. They were two ambitious, up-and-rising cats in ThunderClan, but Thriftear was actually the more intense between the two of them.)

We also don't get any word on how Thriftear got her name; Ivypool actually confirms that she knows very little about the ocean, and thrift is a flower found on maritime cliffs. This is a tiny detail but one I find very strange.

[almondcroissantsandink]

for the anon who asked if i'd ever considered the parallels between Jayce and Odysseus. i descended into a feral fugue state

[coalballbaby]

sixshot nation are you hearing me

[seaglassdinosaur]

The guitar! The guitar belonging to the Twins’ abusive father and passing it onto Sammie! The one that to Smoke represents a generational curse and something they should shun and bury. He and Stack couldn’t cut the pain out of themselves, nor the struggles they’ve experienced as Black men in America, but Smoke thinks he can prevent it from being spread, if only Sammie will give up the Blues, become a respectable musician, and bury that fucking guitar.

Passing on the guitar is indicative of the older generation passing down trauma and history, but it’s also providing tools of transformation. Smoke and Stack couldn’t make anything of the guitar, nor spin their pain into art, but Sammie could.

In Sammie’s hands, that curse, the pain they carry becomes music and connection. Sammie has a way to process their suffering and struggle, and sings about love, sings about his own strained relationship with his father, and sings about the pull he feels between propriety and passion. He sings about culture. The guitar is more than just their family history, it’s their people’s history, and while Sammy cannot erase history, neither can he ignore it; he refuses to bury the guitar.

The idea Smoke pushes Sammie toward is that if it’s possible, it’s a blessing to cast off our painful, ugly history. To escape that history is to find freedom in the world.

But Sammie disagrees. He inherits the same history as them, the same connection to the evil of his uncle, the same ancestry and the guitar. Instead of running from it, trying to assimilate and be a ‘proper’ Black man as Smoke insists, he leans into his heritage, leans into all that impropriety, that history, and rebuilds that fucking guitar. The haunting instrument that’s brought them so much trauma and trouble, that Sammie set aside for so long—it’s been tucked away in a case as he aged, but was never let go of. It’s always ready to be played, always within arms reach. His pain, his past, his people, Sammie carries them with for the rest of his life.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the same way that this blog has given you something to hold on to and look forward to, seeing these comics has given me something to hold on to and look forward to in some bleak times too. Thank you for sharing your art and your journey and your commentary and your jokes. They mean a lot to me and I’m certainly not the only one. Keep “”””””poorly”””””” drawing <3

Thank you so much for joining me on this journey of trying to get by, and learning to stay silly and hopeful.

[sen-ya]

Same pose // Jan 24 vs July 9

[bsptourist]

ttt_snowed_in

created by lennrrrd

[itspileofgoodthings]

I love GK Chesterton.

[ryllen]

[spampai]

Inside Out Concept Art

Read from right - - - > left :)

Time taken: Saturday, 7 Sept 2024- Friday, 13 Sept 2024 (I am astonished).

Okey y’all REALLY asking for more hehe funny lil’ movie, so I deliver more hehe funny lil’ movie + more effort + more content :)

Lots of changes from the previous post (well not really) but I got to see their anatomy more and familiarize myself with it so have it at that ;)

[mariocki]

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

"Lola, dear, you know, there are really only two things I dislike about you."

"Really? What are they?"

"Your face."

[shanicetjn]

King Oslak Doodle Dump

My first ever TTRPG character and I love them so much. 🦌💚🤍🩶🖤

Compiled - 20 March 2025

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

Who I originally thought I was going to learn digital painting for

Who I actually bought the graphics tablet for

Who I really use it for most of the time

[ajastu]

"These people should get a hobby"

Well, yeah, because our previous hobby has been butchered. I'm glad you moved on from a game you liked within half a year. That says a lot about the quality of the game.

But don't shit on people who are devastated by it ("learn how to read"). I was a fan for 15 years, and this story dragged me through the darkest moments of my life. I don't need to be shamed for being disappointed. I can be disappointed as much as I want.

Block the "veilguard critical" tag, and you have peace. Or at least tag your own post appropriately with the game tag so filters can do their thing, and it would have never shown up on my dash. Learn to coexist, man.

first of all. are YOU, random citizen, foaming at the mouth about how much you hate datv, to the point of other people being concerned for your mental well-being? to the point of harassing and doxxing people who dare to enjoy the game or, god forbid, harassing THE DEVS? or endorsing said harassment? No? Then you need not feel offended by my post. I have said, numerous times, that I understand why some people would be disappointed by this long-awaited game from a beloved franchise not meeting their expectations. I’ve been there, too. Everyone has their feelings and opinions, and far be it from me to tell other people how to feel. There is, however, a huge difference between being disappointed and going on a crusade. And it is important to spot when that line is crossed, especially with your own actions. That is what the sentiment behind my post was. ‘getting a hobby’ in this case means focusing on something you enjoy, and maybe developing the emotional maturity to realize that people have different opinions, and sometimes it is not because they are dumb or evil or wrong, but just because…they are not you. Yeah, it sucks to not get what you expected. But such is life. Shit happens!

I am not more right or wrong for liking datv than you are for being disappointed by it. It is not about your feelings on the game. It is about the actions people choose to take when they chew this bone too much.

Second of all. The thing that put a slight pause in my latest period of dragon age fixation was my replay of DAI. So yea, it does say a lot about the quality of the game. It’s just not the game you think. (not saying DAI is bad and irredeemable. I can acknowledge when a game is solid, even if I personally do not enjoy it.)

Third of all. I have had several variations of that tag AND several people blocked for months now. And yet. Did not expect my post to get more than like, 5 likes or something, and i did not want to clutter the tag unnecessarily. But sure, i can tag it properly. Thanks for the heads up!

[dangaer]

don't ship with me my reply time can be anything from 1 week to 4 years and when I write asks you'll have to deal with novellas 💔

[amelikos]

Thinking about how in the midst of the hostility currently directed at Amethio in-universe, Friede still remains the only one so far who expressed joy at his presence..