#I know it sounds silly

[i-am-trans-gwender]

I remember when I was a kid all the Bill Cipher fan art used the human twink design rather than the canon triangle design.

This led me to think I missed an episode of Gravity Falls that revealed that Bill Cipher was once human and in the episode he was able to return permanently to his human form.

I know it sounds stupid but at the time he had only had a major role in two episodes at that point. There wasn't really anything proving me wrong.

[joanna-lannister]

i swear, when people don't reblog stuff, it makes the gifmaker wonder if their gifset is good enough and worthy to be reblogged

[nemo-in-wonderland]

I will need to come up with a simplified "Hellish Garment" for Aranea because OH MY GODS, I cannot spend AGES drawing every single detail.

And I cannot always draw her with her more "casual" gauzy outfit because I would like to keep that for when she is in private with Mephistopheles (I already used it in my "Summoning" comic with Raphael, and I basically gaslit myself that she was wearing that because she was feeling frisky and wanted to summon her Infernal Husband for some private session of the "Devil's tango" and not because I was too lazy to create another garment).

So, I need to actually come up with a simple, everyday, Lady of Hell kinda garment that I can use for the comics.

fml, me and my necessity to see everyone dressed to the nine. Sometimes I feel like freaking Rarity from MLP, because everyone needs to be FABULOUS.

FABULOUS I SAY.

[romulusthegreat]

For pt. 2 of ✨Nightmares✨

I dreamed about the apocalypse, but viewed from a window, just a dude chilling and then the sun and the moon decide to start fucking world destruction by going out and off faster and faster.

This time I simply accepted that I would've died, but the end of the world never really came, I waited and waited, my family was trying to run away, and I was just resigned.

But it never came.

I woke up and I'm genuinely still curious about what would happen once I die.

[barkyboybeloved]

Hey yall someone brought to my attention that I should be linking where I get images from when I make my moodboards and they're totally right! Over the next couple of days I'll be trying to find the og images again and link them below the posts. If you see old versions still circulating just know I'm tagging things going forward!

[genderdog]

i actually went to a club meeting without my girlfriend OR my friend at it at least for the first about 2 hours, my friend showed up then and i just hung out with him after that but ignore that like 2 hours i was just there and i talked to two people i played mario kart and sucked at it but i went to the meeting!!!!!!

[time-woods]

this goesout to theperson who wanted me todraw him with an even bigger lollypop here it is

[catmask]

sometimes while i think about that while a lot of adults did not treat me very well as a kid i also get a lot of 'in hindsight this person was so good to me and i didnt even realize it until now' as an adult. today i was thinking about how the first anime convention i ever went to was when i was 10 and i asked the man working the manga cafe what manga was/what a good place to start was (because the con was very overstimulating for me and i had gotten lost) and he asked how old i was before recommending yotsuba and asking if i wanted any water or something to eat. its really simple but theres a lot of bad things that couldve happened or he could've been careless in his recommendation, but instead yotsuba has remained one of my favorite manga for years, and probably a large portion of why i continue to read manga as an adult... i think adults who try to involve kids in the world safely/kindly even in little ways make so much more of a difference than they ever really know.

[sirenetica]

It's a mystery, a real mystery Maybe look into the mirror to find some answers.

(miscellaneous sketches below v)

dont redraw repost or color my art /srs

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hi!! Your Cherik is so good and gorgeous 🤩🤩 If you don't mind wanna try to draw some Fall of X Cherik please?

thank you so much !!

i have a couple of ideas relating to the fall of x period specifically since theres. A Lot i wanna play with, so i hope this lil thing may be a satisfactory start :]]

and the obligatory bonus:

[egophiliac]

swipes everything else off of the table to yell about diasomnia flower bookmarks

(I gave Silver one too :D)

[amagicdoctor]

'k so on the "she hulk is doing labor work she's not paid for": since that "secret" talk she had with kurt, she hulk has never appeared again on anything that relates to mutants, let alone their trials except post axe where she's helping rebuild krakoa... her hero ethics aside, this is the island that has the highest number of superpowered individuals per square mile: why would they need her to rebuild the place? this is the krakoa mutants who see humans as beneath them that we're talking about

😭 The vibe that I keep getting from comics is that they'll just throw a bunch of big names and semi-familiar characters together for the hell of it. Like she just got her new solo so they kinda need to have Jen show up in everything so people can regain interest in her. Putting her next to some Krakoans is one way to market that. And since y'all said writers don't talk to one another the people working on the Axe series probably just threw her in there without regards to her previous arrangement with Kurt 🤷🏾‍♂️

[milkyplier]

Good! Make sure you have a good time, yeah?

*sighs* Fine, Fierce, can have some too, but only because I’d feel guilty for not sharing and because I know he could knock me flat and I don’t feel like talking bigger than I am.

Hey, lofty, how’re things going? And could I have a cold drink? Milk would be nice :3

Hi sweetie! I’m pretty good, had a long day and am quite tired but I have coffee and munchies and am probably gonna wind down playing some Zelda :)

You’re in luck, I just restocked milk and you have multiple options! You’ll have to share with Fierce, though, he’s definitely trying to snatch some ;)

[cubbihue]

Timmy would love to listen to girly pop songs, he would have loved chapel roan

Sometimes items slip out the human's conscious. Objects that, if pointed out, a person immediately remembers existing. But until that moment? Up until they remember, the object is lost. Sometimes these objects wash up on the shores of Pixies' Corp. The Pixies call these foreign objects: Found Things.

Most of the time its massive socks, or a giant clear lid for some tupperware. Other times, they find rarities such as human phones! Pixies enjoy scrapping Found Things, and ditching work to play with Found Things.

Although Jorgen usually ends up sending the items back down to Earth.

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

[royalarchivist]

Mine: Refer to me however you want!

Mike: Yeah, for me too. I think I use all pronouns too.

[They high-five and fist-bump each other]

Mine:

[via @barbmine]

[coldzonkprofessorturtle]

An Affair to Remember

Alright, let's get into Affair the Series, which has been giving me brainrot the past few weeks so feels like a good time to get into an analysis of why I find it so fascinating. Eventually I'd love to do a deeper dive into Thai GLs and that industry (that's a whole other thing though) but after having seen my share of them (Gap, Show Me Love, TSOU, The Loyal Pin) I've really found myself falling into the rabbit hole with Affair the Series and the way it depicts friendship, love, and acceptance.

Deep dive below and also thank you gif makers for your work 🙏🏽

(also will go over events from episodes 1-5, so spoilers ahead if not up-to-date)

So first off, I have read the novel, which is the first time I've finished one of those for a GL and quite frankly, the translation wasn't that great but the story still came through. I won't refer to it much and will base this on the show as I think they've done a fantastic job with the adaptation and fingers crossed continue to do so.

Where in most GLs the core conflict is external. The main couple can't be in love typically due to familial/cultural pressure or a man interfering (that still exists to an extent here) the main conflict in Affair is simply that Wan and Pleng love each other too much but they do so in different ways.

When we meet Wan and Pleng they're 17 years old and have spent their entire lives together. They're sisters but not and while Wan seems to have a social circle, Pleng really has no other friends outside of Wan. The spoiled rich girl and the maid's daughter. Couldn't be more different if they tried and yet by circumstance their lives are as intertwined as it gets.

At 17, they have different ideas for their futures. Pleng is musically talented, wins every contest and is financially set. She can live the life she wants. If she wants to be a musician then so be it. Her parents love and support her and there's no pressure. Wan on the other hand has an overbearing mother (and a resentful father), no prospects for her future but at least she has Pleng.

Despite her parents, Wan loves wholly and openly. She knows she loves Pleng and while she doesn't yet know it she does know that Pleng loves her too. I would argue that Wan truly knows herself, which is why she comes across as so self-assured in their younger years. She's slowly trying to guide Pleng to understand herself too.

Pleng, however, has never had to sit with her emotions in the same way. Take this as differences of personality, class and upbringing. Now that they're 17 and entering adulthood, Pleng has to start engaging with the world (and her emotions) rather than hiding behind the rich, insular lifestyle she's had up to this point.

As the idea of boyfriends comes up, Pleng starts to lash out. She's jealous, she's pushy but really she's just in love with her best friend and doesn't know it. Everything starts happening too fast. Wan meets a boy at an art gallery, Aunt Wi pushes Pleng to help Wan get with Ek, Pleng's dad is extremely stressed and she doesn't know to what extent and throughout that Pleng is dealing with her feelings that for some reason just won't go away. Feelings that Wan keeps bringing up in her over and over.

Pleng is a mess. She doesn't know how to connect with her peers, she knows something is wrong with her dad, she sees that Wan is seemingly moving forward in a way that she's not (dating a boy) and whether she realizes it she continues to isolate herself.

From Wan's perspective she couldn't care less about dating Ek. She's already completely devoted to Pleng (in ways that Pleng doesn't even know).

They're 17, hormonal, gay, and incapable of seeing each other's perspective. Wan wants Pleng to let her in. Pleng can't help but push everyone away.

As soon as Pleng starts to really come to terms with her feelings about Wan. That's when everything falls apart. Her dad kills himself, her mom goes into cardiac arrest, all of her family's assets are seized and she's now orphaned and staying with Wan's parents who clearly and vocally have no space for her. Pleng who was already struggling to find her footing before that fateful night now has absolutely nothing to stand on.

The break point is when Pleng finds out about Wan's academic achievements and that Wan had been hiding that truth about herself their entire lives. Wan has always been intelligent and capable but hidden herself behind a veil of ineptitude. Wan in loving Pleng puts her on a pedestal to her own detriment. She has no issue blighting her own light so that Pleng can shine but from the moment we meet 17 year old Pleng in the show we see her pushing Wan to better herself. Wan thinks loving Pleng means her own success doesn't matter whereas Pleng loves Wan and all of her potential.

They both love each selflessly but while Wan would burn the whole world to keep Pleng warm, Pleng loves Wan despite her own existence. So when Pleng leaves she writes,

"Your parents will feel at ease. And you'll finally get to live your life as your true self... I know you love me but I also want you to love yourself. And be proud of who you are."

For Pleng, her leaving is the ultimate way to show her love to Wan. A clean break. She runs away so Wan can thrive but here's the thing Wan needs Pleng to keep her grounded. Pleng does too but she can't see it at this point. Too much has happened and so, in her desperation she removes herself. She is her father's daughter after all.

So when 13 years pass and Wan has spent that entire time holding on to whatever she can to keep herself close to Pleng (becoming a doctor, riding a bike to work, marrying Ek, separating herself from her parents); Pleng has become a ghost of herself. Wan has imbued herself with all the things she thinks/knows Pleng would like while Pleng is stuck in a cycle that she can't get out of: play music, make a bit of money, pay rent, rest, repeat.

Pleng never reaches out to Wan because why would she? Her loving Wan means staying away and on top of that there's a sense of shame of what her life has become.

So when they finally meet again it's too much. Wan is successful but she's still clearly in love with Pleng and while it was all Wan's doing, in a way her success is a direct result of Pleng's influence. In removing herself, Pleng slowly begins to realize not just that she took Wan's smile with her but the why and how. Wan's changed and devoid of the joy and innocence that Pleng loved most.

They slowly fall back into their natural rhythms but Pleng still can't accept her own presence in Wan's life. Wan is back to pushing (albeit more aggressively then before - time was wasted) and in pushing Pleng, Pleng pushes back. If they take their relationship that one step further, what then? What if it falls apart? Why not just stay in a cycle where nothing shifts? What if there's another ringing shot in the distance and everything changes in a moment?

If there's one core trauma to Pleng as a character it's her desperation to not feel like a burden to anyone. Especially Wan. And then she finds out that Wan (though separated) is still married to Ek and she can't accept that she could have ruined Wan's potential happiness. Not understanding that Pleng herself is Wan's happiness. Pleng feels like a disruption because at the root of it the thing she wanted above all for Wan, "I also want you to love yourself. And be proud of who you are" is not something that Pleng accepts for herself.

I'll leave it there and hope the show navigates the situations that are about to come as well as they have so far but kudos as Affair manages to oh so gracefully skirt what could otherwise be an incredibly toxic relationship. Somehow they manage to give these two characters so much grace despite their flaws. And truly that's also a huge credit to Sonya and Lookmhee's abilities.

It's chaotic and messy but in coming back together these two might just realize that's how they both best shine.