#I might be lacking motivation

[xx-sketchy-xx]

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*STEALS AND EATS YOUR ART/J*

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[ghoulish-art-tendencies]

@danielhowell and @amazingphil as Jesse and James from Pokémon

[theallianceofcelestials]

*looks at one specific W.I.P. AU in notes app*

*looks back at MASM*

*squints*

[fluffykitty149]

Trolls lore headcanon time! (Featuring Branch, Clay, and Viva)

Branch had already been dealing with predators wanting to attack Pop Village for a while now.

Post Trolls (2016) he’s added alarms so that if there is something attacking he can be there and post TWT he’s gotten Poppy to agree with getting a more official defense system going and other trolls have volunteered to help. He unfortunately doesn’t have much experience training other trolls and more often than not continues to handle most physical conflicts on his own with occasional help.

Post TBT the putt putt trolls were originally gonna be their own thing per Viva’s request and while Poppy was sad she respected the fact Viva made herself home there. Unfortunately they didn’t know that the Bergens had seriously branched out outside of Bergen Town and the putt putt course was on country territory.

This would have been very bad considering the alliance that Poppy had worked for with the other tribes and although Delta was more accepting now a days this would definitely be an insult to the country trolls who predominantly held a grudge and a fight could break out.

Poppy had to explain this to Viva and then again to the Putt Putt trolls who on one hand, understood the situation, but on the other did not feel 100% comfortable living in a village that had erased them from history.

This lead to both Peppy making an official apology to both the putt putt trolls and the village trolls and Poppy admitting to the fact that her predecessor were far from perfect and how she’s working towards a better and honest future.

The Pop Trolls definitely had concerns concerning the mount rageons. Branch decided to share his power of head of defense with Clay and Viva so they could all work together to upgrade security. Branch’s strength in understanding the forest and it’s patterns, Clay in adding safety measures in the village, and Viva in creating an official training regiment for lookouts and guards.

Branch technically still holds the title with Clay being head of safety and Viva head of training/commander but when they need to push for a new idea they rely on Viva throwing in her weight of still being a royal pop troll.

[k-yujin]

read the tags !! // officially quit

[kristiliqua]

OH SURELY SOMEONE HAS DONE THE “go for it , [name] !” ANIME THING WITH MISSA AND PHIL . SURELY

LIKE CMON . ITS LITERALLY PERFECT ?? PUH LEASE ?

[deathshallbenomore]

the magic mountain meets greek tragedy meets bluebeard & other folktales meets the secret history meets grand budapest hotel meets radetzky march & emperor’s tomb meets the haunting of hill house meets black mirror meets midsommar meets the yellow wallpaper meets primeval and other times -> olga tokarczuk’s the empusium

[jupitercl0uds]

disgusting how this year i have like. no motivation for halloween

[suddencolds]

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[oculusxcaro]

Still lacking the energy to write due to extra overtime but what a time for motivation to start rearing it's head. Sudden urge to write... something, maybe Khare finally revealing her injuries (and mutation) to somebody close.

[thebananaiscold]

Here’s some funny unhinged interaction dialogue I came up with. Featuring my oc (Ashley) and @xxsweetoothxxs ‘s ocs (literally every other character) I would have drawn this, (probably will in the future) but I’m way too fucking tired and mentally drained to draw as of recently, so this was my compromise.

Ashley: *wakes up in toyland* Where the fuck am I?

Rolan: oh hello! :D

Ashley: Bitch….. Are you a fucking phone!?

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Ashley: *walking to her house and sees a lil toy Leslie on the ground*

Ashley: *picks Leslie up* Who the fuck left this dumbass doll in my yard?

Leslie: *spins head 360 degrees around and death glares her* BITCH. WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME!!??

Ashley: OH FUCK. ITS ALIVE!!??

Ashley: *yeets Leslie into a bush*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashley: Why are you crying?

Ragz: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHY AM I CRYING!? MY BAKERY IS RUINED!!!! YOU SET IT ON FIRE!!!!

Ashley: oh yeah…..

Ashley: that is rather unfortunate…… *dabs*

Ragz: ;_;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashley: What the fuck!? Were you about to fucking BITE ME bro!!??

Domi: No… I was just-

Ashley: You have to prepare someone for that….

Ashley: *bares teeth and gets into fightin position*

Ashley: Alright. I’m ready. Let’s do this!

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[vickyvicarious]

Yknow, despite acknowledging the racism and xenophobia of a lot of the authorial intent of these bits of Dracula, it's surprising how easily we can turn it on its head and make these "dracula helpers" be also people in a Shitty situation, hating the fact they have no real way to help Jonathan. Making the contempt for these people be something dracula intentionally plants in Jonathan's mind to make him distrustful of the people that *could* help him. Specially considering the depictions of the crucifix lady and all the kind souls in the coach... it enriches the story to make it so these folks are not actually racist caricatures but real flesh and blood (ha) humans in an extremely complex position

It does take deliberate effort to come up with justifications/alternate interpretations. But at the same time, yeah, you don't technically have to change canon to get a much better view of them - the lack of communication between them and our main characters makes their canon motivations cloudier and opens up options to pick a different one. And it really does add to the story if you do so.

Throughout the entire book, the minor characters aren't evil people. Even when they're working for Dracula, they're just doing a job and either don't know what he is (in England, the Captain of the Demeter) or are too afraid to act because they do know what he is (the locals near the Castle, the sailors). Admittedly the situation on the Demeter is a bit more complex with the first mate's likely knowledge of what Dracula is warring with his denial of it, but being in denial and being a harsh or even abusive boss isn't the same thing as wanting to help Dracula. Everyone seems to basically mean well, even if the results are often in service of evil. This actually becomes an interpersonal theme amongst the main characters, with loving and well-meant lack of communication making them vulnerable to Dracula.

Dracula has a bunch of people working for him, and they all help him out to various degrees - in addition to the ones like the people on the coach and inn who are just too scared to openly oppose him. In fact, Jonathan himself provides him a lot of help in planning and getting his legal necessities squared away, and if anything he is the ultimate proof that you don't have to want to support Dracula in any way in order to feel like you have to keep him happy. Having just a couple of "Bad People" is really out of place to the rest of the book. It would make more sense if there was a kind of 'everyone is shades of gray' complex morality on display amongst various people, but the book doesn't go there (despite all the 'heroes were the true villains all along' sequels/adaptations). It has a pretty firm stance that people are basically good and want to help one another, but that a combination of not communicating, not believing in others' capabilities, and fear leaves cracks that Dracula takes advantage of to wedge them apart. Once he's isolated them from each other he is better able to hunt them.

The lack of communication is evident among the main characters. The prejudicial ideas/lack of belief in capabilities is largely shown through benevolent sexism and ableism, but there is also some racist dismissal of foolish local superstitions at various points. And of course fear takes various forms, for oneself, for others. But if we go with a different interpretation of these people, rather than just being racist Evil Goons who are exceptions to the rest of humanity, they immediately fall prey to all three of those themes. The language barrier doesn't allow for communication. The racist ideas of them Jonathan has been told are reinforced by this lack of ability to communicate and by Dracula himself. Their fear for their own lives leaves them unable to answer Jonathan's pleas for help. His isolation leaves him more vulnerable to Dracula. It even goes the other way around too kind of, because if they have difficulty communicating (not necessarily always straight up language barrier) and people are operating on those racist assumptions that they're fine or even eager to be working for Dracula, then no one is going to try and help them either (which just as Dracula would like, potentially leaves them thinking they don't have much recourse but to serve him). The entire chase and fight at the end of the story could play into that, potentially.

So yeah, it is still a deliberate effort, because there was clearly racist assumptions/intent in the way they were written. But making the effort to have a kinder interpretations of them... It gives them a chance to be people in a bad situation, rather than racist caricatures, as you said. And that's preferable on both a personal level and for the themes of the book.

[emometalhead]

I just reread some of my old fiction writing, and it was actually like not bad. I've been saying for a few days that I really need a hobby. Maybe it's time to give it another go

[the-pantry-of-art]

New style study, I'm thinking about changing my exiting one to something like this… I'm quite bored with my previous one.

[kiealer]

i'm so sad because i want / need to draw for presents (which is why i've essentially been on hiatus here for a hot minute) but i'm now on forced drawing hiatus to give my wrist some rest since it's been feeling very strained lately and i don't want to push it aaaaaaaaa

[cellophobia]

for fucking real like i think a xanax prescription would fix me. i KNOW its highly addictive and has many bad side effects. i KNOW its withdrawal is hell. however i really think my life would be improved if i didnt feel like i was being hunted for sport at literally any social gathering.