#I have no idea how to draw actual chibis but this art trend was too cute to pass up so-

[dailyperkele]

DAY 2 - Place lips here

Not the type for kisses it seems, unless losing your lips is part of the experience.

[bubbleecloud]

love your chibi-like art style and fic, it's too much I just love! Could you maybe do more lee!Mike and Ler!Will? Perferably a fic but a drawing is wonderful as well! I really don't care ^^

Yes, of course! I absolutely adore Lee! Mike, my guy needs to laugh more!

~A true work of art~

Ler! Will Lee!Mike

~Mike agrees to help will with a new method of art he's been wanting to try. What could go wrong? ~

Will was, by nature, a fantastic artist. It was like some uncanny superpower, the way he could bring the ideas in his head to life with just a few strokes of a pen or pencil.

As a kid, he never needed much. A pencil, some crayons, the bare minimum usually sufficed. But once he grew a bit older, he branched out a little, eager to build upon his talent. He tried paints, watercolor, you name it. He had quite the long range, so it was no surprise that when a new trend started to kick through the young people of Hawkins, Will latched onto the idea instantly.

Kids walking around with patterns drawn on their hands. Swirls of colors running up and arm or a flower or rainbow skribbled on an ankle or wrist. Will had never considered drawing on a person before, mainly because he had heard all his life that it was bad for you and what not. But it seemed fun. He figured it might be a bit of a cool challenge, and he liked trying new things. That was what lead him to his current set up, sitting criss-cross on the floor of the Wheeler basement.

"And your sure this will wash off? "

Will looked up from his bag of multi-color pens and smiled. "Of course, Mike. A girl in my class said it'll wash off in the shower after like, two days. Kinda like a temporary tattoo."

Mike hummed but didn't say anything, falling back into silence as will continued his search for the colors he wanted. He'd agreed to let Will practice a drawing on him, seeing how excited he'd been when he'd proposed the idea. He was... a little trepidatious, but he trusted Will to know what he was doing. He was actually a bit excited himself, although mainly he was just pleased that Will had decided to come to him instead of anyone else.. Ahem.

"Ok! I think I'm set! Are you sure you don't have any suggestions on what you want me to draw?"

Mike smiled and shook his head. "Nah, I trust your judgement. Dazzle me! "

Will laughed and rolled his eyes. "Pfft- ok, hold out your arm. "

Mike complied, and Will grabbed hold of his wrist. He picked up a pen and held it just above mikes arm, already building a mental image of what he wanted to create. "Ready?" Mike nodded, and Will set to work, pressing the pen to Mike's skin and lightly started the sketch Instantly, Mike tensed. Worried, Will looked up, concerned. "Are you ok? Am- am I pressing to hard?"

Mike averted his eyes, hoping Will wouldn't see his blush. "No-no it's fine. Just- feels a little weird, I guess. " He turned to look at him and forced a chill smile on his face. "You can keep going! " Will looked skeptical, but didn't say anything more, and he turned once again to Mike's arm. As soon as the pen hit his skin, Mike bit his lip, trying desperately to stay still. The truth of the situation was quite simple. It tickled. It tickled a lot, actually. But Mike was determined not to show it. He tried his best to stay still, and decided that he needed to distract himself from the situation before it got to be to much to handle.

"Sooo- uh- what, what are you drawing?" Without looking up, Will said, "Um! I can't tell you! You said you wanted me to surprise you, right? You'll see it when I'm done." Mike faked a pout. "What! That's not fair- MH!"

Startled, Mike clamped his mouth shut with a barely contained squeal. As he was talking, Will had ran the pen over a sensitive spot by his wrist, causing a tickly sensation to shoot through his whole arm. Will sighed and squeezed Mikes wrist in frustration. "Mike, what is wrong? Are you sure I'm not hurting you?! "

Mike squirmed out of embarrassment, scolding himself mentally for his strong reaction. "Will, ihits fine, I promise!" Oh, damnit. Curse you anticipatory giggles!

Will raised an eyebrow, smiling in a way that made mikes breath catch. "Ooh, I see. It tickles?" Mikes face went red.

"Oh- ah.. Well, no- I mean- ok, maybe a little... " Mike took a deep breath. "Its- oh, just keep going!" He finished lamely, and Will giggled. "If you say so~"

Will started once again, this time getting quite absorbed in the drawing. At this point though, the dam had been broken, and Mike bursted into giggles immediately. It took everything in his power not to yank his arm away from Will.

"Pfft- ahehehe- oho my god- Will! Hehe-! "

"Stop moving! It'll only take longer this way!" Will said, faking annoyance as his gripped Mike's wrist tighter. In truth, he found the whole situation quite adorable. He carried on in his drawing, finally getting something close to the basic shape done. As he moved higher up on Mike's arm though, the worse it seemed to tickle him.

"Wihihill- ihits so bahahahaaad!"

It really was like some kind of unique torture. The small, sharp tip of the pen glided against his skin with deadly precision, and the cold temperature of the ink only made it worse. He squealed in desperation as Will drew a particularly sharp line along the width of his arm, unable to stop his flow of giggles.

"Oh, don't be dramatic! I'm sure it isn't that bad, Mike. " Will smiled slyly, knowing full well that it was, indeed, that bad. "I need to add color now, so be. Still. " He put down his current pen and traded it for a red one, clicking it open and closed a couple times. Mike was greatful for the tiny break, but once Will continued things got much, much worse.

"AHAA-AhehehEH- Whoa- WIHIHIHIihill-! "

Instead of the light tracing method Will had been doing earlier, he was now fastly scribbling big patches of color on the necessary areas. Needless to say, Mike was lost.

"OHO MY- FUHUHUCK!"

Mike started flapping his other hand in the air aimlessly, trying to channel his restless energy. Will bursted into giggles, finding himself to be very giddy at the whole situation. "Oh, mihihke! I'm almost done, I prohomise! " He picked up another color, adding more color and detailed where it was needed. Mike whined.

"HUHUHURRYYY- IHIHIhihi tickLES-! "

Will smiled and stole a glance at Mike's face, his smiled widening as he saw Mike's hysterical expression. His eyes were closed tightly shut, his face scrunched up in an irrepressible smile. His cheeks were a flattering shade of red. Will looked down again, letting his mind be filled with the sound of Mike's laugh, adding the final touches.

This went on for only a few minutes more, and then the picture was completed. He put the pen down, wanting to do one last thing before he showed Mike. Grinning, he pulled Mike's arm close to him and suddenly started scribbling his nails over his wrist in a fast, fluttery manner.

"EEEE- HEHEY-! "

Will barked out a laugh and finally stopped, Patting Mike's hand reassuringly. "Ohokay, okay, I'm done. " He placed a tender kiss on the palm of Mike's hand. "Thank you for being so still and patient~"

Mike's smile became bashful and silly, his face going a deeper red than before. "Aha, ah- uh- hehe can I uh- can I look now?" He asked, desperate to change the subject. Will suddenly grew nervous, now that the time had come for Mike to see his drawing. What if he didn't like it? He breathed in, telling himself that he was being silly. "Yea, go for it!"

Mike pulled his arm close and looked down at the emblem adorning his arm. He gasped, his eyes going wide as he looked at what will had made. It was a shield, beautifully detailed and topped with a heart in the middle. Under that was what looked like a worn out banner, with the word "paladin" scrawled across it in flawless cursive. It was.... Stunning.

"Oh- oh wow. "

Mike traced his finger along the lines of the drawing, his smile softening. Will looked on, watching Mike with anticipation.

"So, what- whad'ya think-? "

Mike looked up at Will, the brightest look in his eyes. "I- I love it! It's amazing! You did- you did a fantastic job!

Will blushed. "You think so? It was worth it?" Mike laughed and threw his arms around will in a hug. "Hell yea! I'd endure all the tickling in the world if it meant getting to be your work of art!" He pulled away and instead let his head rest on Wills shoulder, locking his hands with Wills. "I love you."

Will smiled, never remembering feeling happier. "And I love you, my perfect masterpiece~" He pressed a kiss against Mike's forehead.

All in all, I think the experiment was a success.

WOOOO I DID IT! I hope you all enjoy, sorry if it's a bit long 🌟

[edorazzi]

Well, here we are again! Twitter said yes to a review post for a Miraculous magazine that suddenly showed up in my local area. ‘Tis the season after all, and by that I mean someone bought it for me as a joke birthday gift and I was way too happy about that.

I’ve done previous reviews of the Miraculous Christmas calendar, Easter egg set, superhero fashion dolls and action figures, so let’s dive into the unknown world of merchandising yet again!

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4 FREE GIFTS! PACKED WITH ACTIVITIES! MEET THE KWAMIS! PRANKS & LOLS! CUT-OUT MEMES! FANGIRL ALERT! NAIL ART! 100% OFFICIAL! I’m overwhelmed! It feels like I’m having a seizure just from the packaging!!! 

I should preface this by saying I haven’t bought a magazine like this in years. Possibly ever. I read things like the Beano, Animals & You and the odd Disney Princess zine when I was a kid but I have no idea what to expect from a free-gift-packed kiddie magazine in 2019. If the outside is anything to go by we’re in for a wild ride.

I’m noticing that it says “Miraculous #20″ on the back. Does this mean I’ve missed 19 previous issues? I’m genuinely a little upset by that. My local area is a complete dry zone for Miraculous so I haven’t had the chance to pick these up.

First step: let’s separate everything out and get a look at these freeeee giftssss. Except they aren’t free, because this magazine was like £3.99. This does seem to be the current trend - it’s kinda rare to see any kids’ zines without the excess packaging crammed with ‘free’ stuff. Is it really too expensive to just produce the magazine? Probably, in this economy.

Chat Noir is revealed on the cover! He was on the back of the plastic jacket, but it’s still nice to see the kids as a front-cover duo. Apparently we’re going to learn to draw Pollen, too, which sounds fun. I’m actually liking the look of the gifts as well, but we’ll get into those in a minute.

This hairbrush............. is adorable. Oh my god. It’s pretty cheap and flimsy but it functions the way it’s supposed to, and the Ladybug design has been taken into account in a better way than “it’s red/black, that counts” (lest we forget the UTTER BULLSHIT of the Christmas calendar, and YES I’m still mad about that). I don’t know how well I expect the outer sticker to last, but if it can take a bit of wear and tear this would be an adorable little travel brush. Nicely done, lads!

These nail stickers? Also adorable. They remind me of the kiddie makeup sets I had when I was little, back in the early 00s when plastic stick-on nails and decals were all the rage. Are they still a thing? That’s nice to know.

There are 13 designs (that I can count) - a Queen Bee mask, Chat Noir pawprint cake, macaron, cupcake, heart-print cookie, Ladybug stud, flower, lightning bolt, love heart, Marinette heart, bee, fox tail and star. The majority are directly related to the show and that makes them feel special. No Carapace though? :(

I’ve put a little Marinette heart on my furthest finger. At the time of typing this up (about a day later) it’s still firmly in place. I haven’t really knocked it around, granted, but it’s not flimsy enough to fall off after five minutes either. It’s also really cute to look at. Guess I’m still a decal-loving 2004 girl at heart......

These stickers though!!! Wow! They’re those holographic and slightly-puffy kind and they feel like pretty good quality, and the designs are so cute! I can’t fault these, they’re absolutely adorable. I immediately want to stick them everywhere.

So I’ve stuck them everywhere. I’m especially proud of the light switch pun. My room looks GREAT.

I saved these “mystery stickers” for last because I’m weak for the thrill of mystery bags, and there wasn’t anything on the packaging to indicate what kind of designs to expect. And OH!!!! OH, IT’S MY BOY!!!! Look at him!!!! 

I made jokes with the Christmas calendar about all the Chat Noir items being stolen ahead of time, but that’s definitely NOT the case with this magazine. I have been SPOILED with the presence of my cat son.

These stickers are similar to the sticker sheet (and the Chillin’ Out design is reprinted), but they’re puffier and non-holographic. I’m deeply allured by the “decorate your phone or tablet” suggestion on the packet, but I’m going to see how the previous stickers withstand the wear-and-tear of my laptop lid before adding any more. If I damage these beautiful Adrien stickers I’ll be devastated.

Those are our free gifts! They’re actually very fun and cute, I’m really happy with them! I guess now it’s time to get into the magazine itself...........

I genuinely almost forgot the magazine was the main part of this package. I figured I was done, but we’ve barely even started! Here’s a splash page of the kwami. Kwami with a capital K? Kwamis? I still feel like it should be singular-lower-case-k-kwami. I’ve never been happy about this “miraculouses” business either.

But is that--

It IS!!!! It’s Nino!!! 

I guess this is the new flavour of Miraculous tie-ins. Now they’ve broadened out to a full team we’re seeing a lot more of Adrien alongside the girls, and Nino is the elusive hero who shows up once in a blue moon. At least this time his name isn’t in the title of the gotdam show.......

Anyway, I can see I’m supposed to draw my “fave Kwami”. Better get to it.

Felix just wants a break. Just one break. But not in this magazine.

Speaking of seeing more of Adrien (and, tragically, less of Nino), this is the kind of splash page I want to see! Both kids are here! The banner themed with Marinette’s signature flowers is a nice touch too; that’s associated with her arts ‘n’ crafts in the show already and it makes sense to apply it to the creative portion of this magazine too.

I LOVE the promotion of Chat Noir nails as something the little girls buying this magazine will definitely want to try. I’d expect them to do Marinette vs Ladybug nails, but instead we get a boyish option! Hell yeah!

I’m a little confused by the Queen Bee masks apparently going on the Chat Noir nails though. I guess they’re friends? Is this secret AdriChlo confirmation? Watch out, Marinette, Kagami’s not the one to be worried about.

SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME TURTLE STICKERS FOR AN ALL-BOYS THEME BUT I GUESS NOT HUH

Next up is a short merch catalogue (why would you put the big bold arrow pointing right to the underoos.....). Would those Chat Noir socks come in my size? Asking for me.

Then there’s......... this page. FANGIRL ALERT. God. It’s like the Ladyblog, if only the Ladyblog ever gave a heck about reporting what Chat Noir’s up to.

THE SPELL WAS BROKEN AND THE FANDOM IMPLODED WITH JOY.

I really have to wonder what age range this is meant for. Do kids know what a “fandom” is? Do little girls consider themselves “fangirls”? I guess most kids have enough internet access to figure it out these days (all the hashtags and LOLs and memes speak volumes), but I can’t imagine being young enough to fit the target range of this magazine while also knowing these terms. I dunno.

(Also, the definition of ‘implosion’ is ‘an instance of something collapsing violently inwards’, so I’m not sure that’s the word they’re looking for. Unless the return to the status quo in Dark Cupid and the continuing stagnation of the love square was enough to make people quit in frustration? Probably.)

I’m filling it in, of course. Because I must.

I gave up on the pre-approved ratings system pretty much right away, but I think this is an accurate rating of my LadyNoir opinions. 

I might be kinda cynical about it here, but I am actually pretty fond of how this magazine sells Ladybug and Chat Noir as a couple. The show’s portraying it as very onesided lately, with Chat pining over Ladybug who has absolutely no interest in him (Glaciator was a TERRIBLE episode and I’m still hurting from it), but reading this zine I’d guess they were already dating. It’s cheesy, but in a nice way.

I have to laugh at “the most amazing thing about this super duo is that they always look out for and protect each other” though. Chat’s usually pretty focused on LB, sure, but there are endless instances of LB using Chat as cannon fodder and just generally abandoning him to get mauled by akuma while she carries out her personal private plan to save the day. Maybe we’re just focusing on the better-written episodes, huh?

Moving ahead. I’ve been dreading this page since reading “Plaggs Pranks & LOLs” on the back of the packaging. I feel hatred in my very bones just looking at it.

I like that there’s ONE instance of the term “ladybird” in the joke column. This is a UK-based magazine and that IS the word we tend to use over here - “ladybug” is an Americanism - but it’s like they’re worried kids could have got to the middle of this magazine about a superhero named Ladybug and then not understand the bug jokes. Maybe whoever was writing this page slipped up?

OH NOOOOO. MARINETTE, NOOOOOOOOOO.

THIS IS WHY FELIX GOT RID OF YOU, PLAGG. THESE ARE ADRIEN’S PROBLEMS NOW.

(mmm whatcha saaaaay)

I mean........... YEAH, I guess, but we absolutely did see Plagg destroy Felix with an entire shelf of heavy books. I guess he’s nicer with Adrien. It’s all fun and games until someone has a nervous breakdown in the library.

I do love the concept of Tikki getting glitter-bombed by Plagg through the mail. She just curiously opens up the little letter which got slipped into Marinette’s purse, and-- WOOSH. One entire wall of Mari’s room is glittery except for a little Tikki-shaped silhouette. 

Next up is a two-page comic which is absolutely adorable! Look at those little chibis! The warm and soft colour palette! This is nicer than most of the official Miraculous comic book art I’ve seen, I hope they keep giving this artist work.

Nino’s here too (and he looks great!), and I like the touch of Marinette and Adrien playing as each other’s superhero characters. Adrien even wins the match, though I guess there’s something to be said about Ladybug beating Chat Noir (again)...... 

It does raise the question yet again of where this tie-in merchandise is coming from! They’ve had action figures, a movie, music video features, now an arcade game... Who’s getting the royalties here? Who’s profiting? Is this how Fu can afford to buy all those rare ingredients for the magic potions?

Over the page we have an activity to Design your Secret Lair! Right away I love the Marinette theme of the page, the soft pink and flowers, and the drawing space looking like a page in a binder with marker tabs and everything.

I have to design my secret lair, of course: 

What do you think? I’m very creative. I’ll need an adult to send in the drawing of my hideout but I think I’ve really got a shot at those unicorn headphones.

Now we’re on to puzzles and character pages. I don’t know what ol’ Gabe is doing trying to meet a 13 year old girl in the dead of night without telling anyone, you’d think if he’s got that much free time on his hands he could be spending it with his son.

I don’t know how those points in Ladybug’s power profile are awarded or what they mean, but you can tell this is a fan magazine. Official sources would have put her at a 10.

Standard House of Villains page! Most of these were good episodes but I’m deeply offended Riposte isn’t on here. Maybe her motives weren’t dramatic and cartoonish enough to be up in the ranks with Glaciator and Gorizilla?

“Cat Noir’s dad is also the evil Hawk Moth”, huh? I mean that’s not WRONG, but is it really something to put in his power profile when Adrien doesn’t even know yet??? Feels like we’re kinda jumping the gun on the poor boy. What if he picks up this magazine?

Apparently he’s one point weaker than Ladybug (seriously???), two points faster, equally as agile, one point less skilled and two points less cool. Despite all those lesses he still comes out at an equal 9, which is a relief! These kids are a team, putting either of them below the other would have been a big no.

I did the colouring page too, naturally. Je suis un artiste.

Now we’ve got a page fresh from the Ladyblog, a Miraculous quiz! Not a lot of excitement, but it’s nice to see Alya getting her own section.

I like that the qualifications of “you could be Ladybug herself!” are knowing what city Marinette lives in and what school she goes to. Well done, Mari! You’re doing your best!!!

TEACHER I AM SO HUNGRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I gotta say, I’m not so sure about decorating donuts with fondant. I’ve never tried it so I could be wrong, but it feels like rolled icing instead of frosting(?) would be too heavy for an entire donut. The texture is totally different.

I mean I guess if you’re going to load your kids up on sugar you might as well go all the way. They’re going to look like they’ve eaten something horrible with all that black fondant, but they’ll have fun. Adrien would love these.

WHERE’S NINO. THIS IS JUST UNFAIR. You’ll have four out of five heroes, then a double of Marinette and Tikki? Maybe this just goes to show how little memorable dialogue Carapace has.

Though if “Spots On!” is Marinette’s dialogue and not Ladybug’s, why are the other transformation phrases attributed to Rena Rouge and Queen Bee instead of Alya and Chloé? Surely they could have picked something better for Marinette to justify having her on this list twice instead of Nino.

The next page brings us one of those flowchart quizzes! And ouch, yet again the absence of the other heroes is obvious. I can understand not including Chloé here since she’s technically not a “friendly” character yet, but no Nino? Alya and Marinette are close friends, but Adrien doesn’t really hang out with them without Nino around. Having the three of them together just seems strange.

I do like the little fashion page! They’re all cute and affordable and easy to find on the high street here. I’d love to see how other issues of this magazine are structured; is there a different fashion spot every time? Styles to channel each individual hero would be adorable.

Moving on to a tutorial for a Ladybug notebook! I would have made this, but I didn’t have the time nor a notebook to stick it to.

Between this and the donuts, it seems weird that these designs are based on, like... an actual beetle, eyes and antennae and all. Shouldn’t it be Ladybug’s symbol? These come across more like “fun animals” arts ‘n’ crafts instead of themed after Miraculous specifically. I think if I made this (or decorated the donuts) I’d miss out the head and match the spot pattern to Ladybug’s symbol. 

The hidden message design is adorable though. I can see this being a craft kids are super proud of.

Another activity page! I didn’t have a go at these but they’re pretty standard. It’s cute that the coded message designs are the same as the stickers and nail decals!

Also, apparently Ladybug’s ‘secret’ is “LB mask + heart + CN mask”, which was (somehow) stolen by Volpina. Is that the secret Hawk Moth was talking about earlier in the magazine? Is he blackmailing Ladybug with revealing she has a crush on Chat Noir? How did Volpina ‘steal’ this secret? Is LadyNoir finally reciprocated???? THIS IS A WHOLE EPISODE IN ITSELF, I NEED ANSWERS--

Next page we have an ad for another girly magazine (Quizzes! LOLs! Celebs! Cringes! Puzzles!). I think I’ll pass, no matter how appealing that giant microphone pen is. 

And a “Miraculous Identity” quiz! Tikki’s apparently super fickle with her wielders, three seasons of relentlessly praising Marinette and now she’s telling us we’re the Chosen Ones. You can’t fool me with those big ol’ eyes.

My inner superhero is Marvellous Fox, by the way. Though yet again I’m noticing we don’t have turtle options...................

And on the back cover... the memes. Oh, sweet lord, the memes. They’re hashtag-SoRelatable! And I can cut them out to keep! Oh boy!!!

Is this what kids do when they have limited internet access? Cut fresh memes out of magazines and carry them around? I need to know.

That’s a very sinister Ladybug at the bottom of the page though. What’s-- What’s she going to do to me if I don’t cut out and keep these memes. Ladybug what are you going to do if I d--

Well that brings us to the end of the magazine! And yet again I’m surprised by how much time it takes to just put a bunch of photos together and write about them.

This is a neat little magazine all in all! The ‘free gifts’ are pretty nice, there’s a fair amount of content and the whole thing is pretty cute for young fans of the show. I could see myself buying this again - if it ever shows up on shelves, Miraculous is so scarce around here that I fully expect it to disappear again after this one issue - just for the free junk, but it would be interesting to see how they’d structure different issues too!

I notice we never did get that promised tutorial on how to draw Pollen; the one advertised on the cover. Was the “draw your favourite Kwami” activity supposed to cover that? I’m not sure that really counts.

If you got this far, thanks for joining me on this Miraculous journey! We’ll meet again whenever I get another piece of weird ML merch to cover. Bien joué!

[steve0discusses]

Yugioh S3 Ep4: Pharaoh Kitsch

Ah, I just found out what happens when you put a quesadilla in an air fryer (it was still delicious but looked a lot like modern art) So now that nothing else can possibly surprise me today lets go over to Yugioh. Bear in mind, I am still sick as a dog and my brain only recently came out of a pretty intense fog so I think this recap makes sense but it might not. Which is on brand for this show so wtv.

Tea went to hell recently. She’s still kicking. But, unfortunately in hell.

Yugi’s still getting harassed by a swamp person who can’t stop talking about how good he is at Business.

I’ll be honest I’ve been on dates with guys professing to be Business experts (they’re not) where I basically wanted to lie on the ground exactly like this mid conversation in the middle of the damn restaurant.

So anyways, it’s this episode where Pharaoh decides to try something new. Mostly it’s because he had only a limited number of cards to choose from but also because it’s everyone’s favorite kitschy thing that I guess is back in fashion again that’s right it’s a rainbow.

This sounded like a joke on the show but I was just me talking to myself in this last blurb. *long, exasperated sigh*

(read more under the cut)

Anyways I just deleted about 4 or 5 different art rants (I’m pretty sure it was like 11 rants actually, I get pissssssed when I’m on Dayquil) where I pretty much snapped about trends, and it went way off topic. Apparently Dayquil me is just like up in arms about the neon 80′s pink rainbow unicorn trend that was super fun for a little while, but it’s been like 6 years and it’s *still here* and it’s like guys, while I was super down 6 years ago, now I am 30. Do any marketers out there even know how old millennials are supposed to be?

Anyway, before obsessive bad marketing happened and rainbows became a meme to comfort us in these hard times, rainbows used to be out of fashion when this episode aired in 2001. Just bear that in mind if you are a baby in the room and you think unicorn stuff everywhere is normal, it didn’t used to be. It used to be wearing multiple belts was normal and dying your bangs blonde and then parting them aloft and to the side, only allowing your freshly dyed hair to touch water maybe once a week. The cover “Mad World” just came out on the radio and we listened to it unironically. So Pharaoh using a rainbow was supposed to be a joke. Not like...a mundane thing we wouldn’t blink twice at in 2019 because rainbows are freakin everywhere.

And I should clarify that I’m referring to the the hyper cute Lisa Frank Revival. Not about how rainbows are a political symbol since the 90′s--that’s fine--that’s always been a thing, and I’m not docking the actual use of a rainbow both as a pride flag and as a Hawaiian license plate. I’m docking the market saturation of rainbows aimed at the five adults who can wear this stuff and still go to work somehow.

Anyway, a lot of Yugi’s duel is centered around Gansly making fun of his cute ass Kuriboh and saying it was too adorable to ever be effective so now I guess Pharaoh has decided to destroy the hell out of Gansly with a rainbow to get his revenge and to get his point across. Which is very Pharaoh of him despite the fact that this card is the opposite of Pharaoh’s entire emo/alt-rock aesthetic. Pharaoh just really needs to get in the last word always.

We get some more vignettes of what everyone else is up to and I gotta say they made a great use of Joey.

Photoreal penguin sure asked a lot out of me. My brother on the other hand who freakin loves penguins was like “THIS IS THE BEST.” and I was like “but how did the penguin pick up a ROPE?” and he was like “shshshshshhh don’t ruin penguin for me!”

I guess using it’s beak? Or maybe there’s little human fingers on one of it’s little flipper wings?

Anyways, the Kaibas have recovered from their orphanage/falling off of a cliff episode and are back to arguing in the way where Mokuba kind of lectures/begs his older brother and Kaiba goes “hhhrhhghghhhhh”

Mokuba is also just going off about whether or not Seto was a good parent. He’s not. Seto is a terrible parent, and I am shocked that Mokuba is still surprised by this. Seto is a freakin child, but hey I guess Seto is better than a war criminal?

Mokuba just expects a lot out of Seto Kaiba. Over the course of this show, it’s becoming apparent that Mokuba is slowly starting to see the cracks in his older brother, I’m just surprised at how long it’s taking Mokuba to figure out that his brother has not just cracks but is spilling out basically everywhere and getting everyone they know possibly killed in the process. Most likely Duke Devlin. Still shocked Duke Devlin is still alive.

Mokuba’s not quite there yet, he’s still holding out. He’s still trying to reason with this kid who is flying a blimp onto an island he once blew up like a James Bond villain so he can play a bunch of cards on it. Mokuba’s...pretty delusional, but I guess so are all Kaibas.

On the other side of town, Yugi decided he was kind of feeling bad about Pharaoh falling repeatedly on his own face. Which is also Yugi’s face. But also neither of their actual face since this is entirely in VR.

Nothing was even fired at Yugi’s direction. He didn’t even get a chance to like...reach for his cards. He was just like “Oh damn never mind oh damn.”

Like all the rest of these characters seem like they still function pretty good at like 400 HP but Yugi is just out at like 1200 it feels like. Shouldn’t it be you can play until you hit 0? Not like it matters since Yami would just take over anyway.

On the other side of town Tea is rewriting memories with characters who were absolutely not here for this moment in S1.

Could be that Tea has finally decided to recognize Duke and Serenity into the fold as much as Tristan, Joey and Yugi, or it could be that her memories are so freakin borked from S1 Pharaoh’s mind wipes, that she actually legitimately thinks both were there.

Funnily enough, she did not add Bakura to this memory. Whenever any other friend has had a vision where their buddies rallied them on, Bakura has always been included, but not this time. Nice. Maybe Tea is the only person who has figured out Bakura ≠ friend. Or maybe Bakura was just straight up written out of everyone’s memories when he died? Hell knows, the show still hasn’t talked about it. Bakura hella died, and no one has even talked about it. Of course no one is really next to each other at the moment so fine, I’ll let it pass.

Anyway, she decides to use this opportunity to prep for the upcoming Ironman challenge that I’m pretty sure she does once a year.

There she goes, on her way to probably save Mokuba’s ass with her own ass, yet again. Tea and her weird strength. I have no idea where she stores it. I have no idea where it comes from. But Tea is like some sort of primal force of nature and she rarely ever uses it.

And then..........this happened.

And then a purple horse with a scantily clad knight on it crosses this bridge to stab the fishman in the heart-it was a lot of unexpected stuff, guys. Again, completely normal for 2019. I could probably get a shirt with a rainbow and a unicorn with a knight on it from like...Target.

Oh My Oh My I just typed “unicorn on rainbow shirt target” into google and one of the first thing that popped up was a shirt with a chibi rainbow unicorn dabbing. My eyes. There were so many search results. Freakin dabbing. This particular shirt is clearly for children and not for 30′s but man I know like 6 people my age who probably already own this shirt.

Anyway, my apologies to all the fans of this fad, this is your time to shine, make the most of it, you are all valid and it is fine to love what you love. We all like different things. I’ll be here in my corner eagerly waiting for this fad to mercifully end so I can finally go back to the Tim Burton wannabe illustrator I used to be before I had to adapt to the hyper cute phase we’re in right now. I mean you have to humbly deal with the cards you’re given, and sometimes that means you have to draw some rainbows both in cards and also in actual drawings.

Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

So, when Noah realizes he can’t exactly beat Yugi with cards he reaches for this instead:

And guys, Yugi doesn’t even hesitate.

Like remember how Pharaoh walked straight into a creepy clown tent and shoved himself into a little tiny box in a dark room and got hellllla abducted in less than 2 minutes? It is SO EASY to abduct Yugi Muto. In fact, on seeing this magic door appear, Yugi even told Pharaoh “that’s a trap” and Pharaoh was like “that is a trap” and they both were like “I see no other options.”

When it’s like, Yugi, you are OUTSIDE. There’s no walls here--you could go literally anywhere else but the door.

But WTV, it’s Yugi logic.

[slyth4rin]

dear diary,

a rather long entry because im upset

it's funny how i used to believe i was someone special— someone who was above the rest in terms of looks, wisdom and manners. mind you, i was more or less ten hears old when my parents put this idea into my fat little brain. however, as i got older, i realized just how useless i actually am. when i started to meet new people, i was suddenly hit with an unfamiliar scent— the stench of reality. one where the world doesn't revolve around my petty little ass, where i wasn't the star of my own show, and where i was just a normal girl going through puberty while trying her best to stay afloat and sane.

i knew deep in my heart that with what little talent i have, i could never keep up with my peers at all and, consequently, end up doing the bare minimum. my attitude towards everything took a massive dip and i didn't think i could ever suck more. i don't excel in anything. with music, i can read notes. i'm even confident enough to say i'm good at it. but when it comes to the things that matter in this shallow world we live in, i'm a nobody. i somewhat have a sense of rhythm and beat, but my coordination is shit so i can't play the guitar and drums. the piano bore me at one point in my childhood because all my relatives forced me into it. also, being compared to my sister in terms of musical prowess landed a huge blow to my ego (i wasn't good enough for them, i guess). i was scared to pick up on the piano ever since. singing is a big no as well since my vocal chords seem to be all over the place and the violin hurts my ears.

with dance and theater, i've never really got the chance to explore. i was sure i sucked judging by the endless class plays and mass demos in school so i just opted to cross it out of my list. i'm a lazy person by nature and subconsciously very proud; if i wasn't good at something from the get-go, then it's not worth it. it sounds more like an excuse than anything else but that's it. like i said before, my coordination is shit so i'm not good at dancing. i honestly think, however, i could improve my dancing if only i had a big room all to myself and full body mirrors just so i can see myself move and know what to fix. sadly, my parents and i don't meet eye to eye on that topic. my acting is shit too and i think it's because im way too insecure about myself. i care too deeply for what others think of me and don't want others judging me by how i look when i act (like facial expressions and body movements which actually look awkward). i hesitate more often than not and give a half-assed performance 99% of the time. i realized this long before everything else because i used to want to be the lead in old school plays but i couldn't do much. i was so self-conscious that my thoughts keep on eating me up. "what if they see my tummy looking extra fat today?" "did i stutter again?" "i need to look pretty no matter what".

when it comes to art, i think i'm ok. below average, but just a little bit past the point of actually sucking. i can't draw for shit, because i don't know how others find their art style. i can't do realisitc art like portraits, buildings and animals. i tried doing anime but i always mess up the placements of which part goes where. i can do chibis at best. i sometimes go off on shading which makes things less attractive and idk how to fix that. it's like i can imagine things but i can't put it on paper. my brain is somehow disconnected to my hand, and they say lefties are the artistic ones. with color, however, im good at that. i know the color wheel by heart and can mix and match colors better than most. i also tried doing digital art and somehow im better at that maybe because i can trace photos easily lmao. calligraphy is meh since my handwriting is ugly. i can pretend to have fancy writing but can't maintain it for a long time and just revert back to ugly letters.

when talking about literature, i think i'm pretty good though. i'd like to believe im decent at writing; my grammar and technical knowledge is something i could take pride in. however, when it comes to the imagination, like i said before, i find it hard to make ideas a reality. i can write my own ideas but have a hard trouble thinking of what comes next. poetry? i need to widen my vocabulary more. i keep on using repetitive words and my writing style has been the same for years—i want to change that. i want to go beyond conventional poetry and prose writing and discover new ways to make flowers out of garbage. precisely the reason why i'm watching old movies and reading classical books.

i suck at communicating and expression. i can't talk in public because, like i said, i'm too insecure and self-conscious to think properly. public speaking is probably the worst thing i could ever do because when i stand in front of a crowd, my brain suddenly forgets it has a filter. it's like nothing is there while my mouth just speaks whatever it wants to. i oftentimes feel numb and feel like a possessed person when talking to a crowd because of this. i'm doing my absolute best in trying to fix this since i have a passion for public speaking though i suck at it. i'm still too scared to talk in public but i'm taking one step at a time—big crowds won't be seeing me in the near future.

im probably proudest of my fashion sense though. i got over my "mom picks what i wear" phase and because of my knack for doing whatever i can with both colors and fashion, my style has improved drastically. i do my research on the latest trends, do my best to incorporate old trend to new ones and also make my own style while im at it. make up? not too much. it is a different topic after all and i'm just learning. i'm trying my best in learning and will probably spend more than i earn on this hobby.

in conclusion, i'm bad at everything. it's because i lack motivation to explore and try new things. i find it hard to escape the confines of my own little bubble but i promise i'm trying especially now what i'm about to fly out of the nest (hopefully). my insecurities are probably the only things i can't fix and i don't think i will even bother to. it just takes too much energy and i've grown attached to melancholia and the isolation.

[novarainart]

Never Done This on Tumblr...Here Goes

Tagged by @mr-starkasm

Rules: Answer 30 questions and then tag 20 blogs whoever you would like to know better.

Tagging: There are many others I’d like to know more of, but can’t dwindle it down to a few.  

1. Nicknames: Nova

2. Gender: Female

3. Star sign: Aquarius 

4. Height: 5′5″

5. Time: 8:04PM

6. Birthday: January. Too paranoid to say the actual date.  

7. Favourite bands: Too many and too random to list them all. I go by rotations where I’ll be really into a band for a while, then switch to another favorite. Lately it’s been Panic! At the Disco and Fallout Boy.  

8. Favourite solo artists: Same issue as the bands, but currently Barns Courtney and Rupaul (lol, some catchy songs, though!).

9. Song stuck in my head: "You’re Welcome” sung by Dwayne Johnson in the movie, Moana.

10. Last movie watched: Spider-man: Homecoming. 

11. Last show watched: Family Guy is my everyday staple, I have it running almost constantly on Netflix.  Outside of that, I recently watched American Crime Story about the OJ Simpson case. 

12. When did I create my blog: Sometime in June of this year.  I created it after noticing a trend of my favorite fanfic writers on AO3 talking about having a tumblr in their notes. Out of curiosity, I explored it, found the Imagine Tony and Bucky blog, then this happened.  

13. What do I post:  Various fanart I’ve doodled which are Tony-centric (basically, I like everyone paired with Tony because Tony deserves a fucking harem of hot guys/gals, who are devoted to him). Doodles are either inspired by other writers were from random imagination. I don’t reblog as much, but am working on it.  I like sharing things related to Tony Stark/Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel movies.

14. Last thing googled: Eddie Gluskin.  Apparently a character from a game called “Outlast,” which has a lot of gore/disturbing content, so be careful folks! I googled the character because I saw drawings of him called “The Groom” and I realized I’ve read about the characterization in a fanfic called “He was my Man and I was his Woman” by TonyStark_SteveRogersDiary (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3383909/chapters/7402922). Not my usual cup of tea, but interesting! 

15. Do you have other blogs: Not really.  I have an AO3, deviantart, and a facebook account. 

16. Do you get asks: Not really. I’m relatively new and not too active on tumblr, so I’ve had a total of 2, both request/ideas for chibi Marvel characters. I am welcomed to more as I greatly enjoy mentally stimulating conversations, both serious and silly, but hasn’t happened here yet. 

17. Why did you choose your url: A pseudonym I’ve used for years now, mostly for the NSFW doodles I’ve drawn.  It’s based off an old RP character I created back when AOL was a big deal and chatrooms were popular. Nova was a mentally unstable shapeshifter, created, not born.  

18. Following: 63. Majority are lovers of Tony Stark/Robert Downey Jr. Then there’s the random cute animal ones. 

19. Followers: 52. I anticipated none, so...so far exceeding my expectations lol XD

20. Favourite colours: Rainbow, I have it tattooed on me for crying out loud. But if I had to choose, aquamarine blue. 

21. Average hours of sleep: Varies. Can range between 5-8, but mostly on the lower end. Partly due to insomnia, partly from poor discipline. 

22. Lucky number: Don’t have one, unless a fortune cookie tells me. 

23. Instruments: As a child, I was made to learn piano. As a teenager/adult, I rebelliously forgot everything about it.  My forte is visual, not the auditory arts. 

24. What am I wearing: A pusheen shirt and old high school PE shorts. 

25. How many blankets I sleep with: 2. I usually favor 1, but over time I bought a bunch of designed fleece/throw blankets that I need to use to justify their purchase.  Currently, I’ve been using my Iron Man and Spider-man blankets in honor of the recent movie. 

26. Dream job: Something that isn’t as mentally involved and as traumatic as my current career choice.  Vague, but if someone is curious enough (doubt it), I’ll explain privately but not on a open post like this. 

27. Dream trip: Ireland, UK, Japan (again).

28. Favourite Food: Kimchi jiget (spelling? Basically, it’s like a stew) with rice and a fried egg. It’s Korean comfort food, usually eaten in the wintertime for me. 

29. Nationality: American.

30. Favourite song now: Nicotine by Panic! At the Disco