#I'll post them when they're done

[horizonclan]

*drops a Treeclan referance and critters back into the void*

[hivemindscape]

im a big fan of esper powers slipping loose in harmless ways when they're happy

[average-riot]

Piece I did for a fanfic I'm writing called Fire in Cairo <3 It's still not out but I'm jus so proud of this piece so I had to post it cuz gosh...

[seafoamsol]

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[pencilofawesomeness]

Guys I'm having such a bizarre moment. I didn't expect to win like this, or to have my personal headcanons be confirmed so directly, but I also feel simultaneously robbed because Akutami is reaching into my head /jk

We received so little about Sukuna, but those brief brief brieeef moments of existentialism really caught me and I've thought about him for so long because of it. He was a fantastically terrifying villain, but there was always that dissonance there, between some of his words and actions, that portrayed that aimless longing and hurt and what that meant as a characterization point, and I'm honestly so hyped we turn around and get this in 271:

(scanlation for this panel because I think it gets the sentiment across better)

Followed by

I'm—

Y'all I started my draft for my Sukuna Reincarnation AU months ago and I never expected canon to validate me. They leave it easier and more open-ended, of course, but I'm coming on the record to say I wasn't crazy for my stretch of a character exploration and also I called it.

I won't go into the specifics of my "study Sukuna like a cockroach" notes now I just wanted to come grab the mic and announce that I beat Akutami to it >:D /lh

I'm being a good noodle and not stretching myself thin by starting a new multichap now, but I've had With the Storm in the works since January, and in light of the end of JJK and this lovely little tidbit, I'm tossing a sneak-peak from Chapter 7 because why not:

But maybe it could be. Maybe, just maybe, Uraume could accept this proffered hand and continue to hope.

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Yet… things were different now. Things changed. Uraume changed, Sukuna changed, and even though they were still themselves, there was a myriad of shifts that piled on their shoulders until something gave way. Maybe a subconscious part of Uraume had braced for that to be a crash, but instead, Sukuna had been nothing but accepting and open. It only made them more nervous about losing him, just as they feared losing Pops. Uraume was not used to wanting, or hoping, but there was a powerful need in their chest that childishly demanded that they should get to keep both their kinder father and this happier Sukuna close, even if that may not be possible.

They nodded, not trusting their words at the moment, and Sukuna relaxed slightly.

“Good. Though that reminds me… You never really answered my first question. What do you want to do? With this life, I mean.”

There was that want again. Uraume felt the pull at their lungs until it was unbearable. They knew what he was asking; the question didn’t hinge on his involvement anymore, just them. Sukuna said he wanted to live peacefully, so what, then, was Uraume’s answer?

As much as they felt like a coward saying this, maybe that was okay. Sukuna felt the same way, after all. “I like this life too…” Uraume answered, and it was very different saying those words aloud. “Pops isn’t a shaman at all, and he’s good company and a good father. If I wasn’t able to find you, or you were not of this world, then… I would stay as his family.”

“That’s good,” Sukuna agreed, lifting yet another anxious weight from their chest. “I get that. Nobody else in my family are shamans either—at least, not really—and they’re all good people. It’s a good life, and even though I would have never expected it… I don’t want to lose it.”

It was amazing how similar they were, then and now. Uraume…really shouldn’t have worried about a lack of understanding. Sukuna didn’t have to say it, but it was clear that their thoughts had wandered down a similar road yet again. Their families, full of normal people living normal lives, were an unexpected treasure; to willingly become a monster, to become a scourge upon the world for whatever reason, would forfeit that. More than that, having people to care about made the desire to spread destruction lessen, rather significantly. Maybe that hurt and rage and bitterness was still there, in between their ribs, but in the ones that were dead and buried—a part of them, but also not quite there anymore, like when a scar ceases to constantly itch and ache and becomes only a mark on functioning skin.

They didn’t have to be monsters anymore. There were calmer, kinder things available to want—available to receive, even.

“This is so weird,” Uraume blurted, staring at their small hands and thinking of the strange miracle their lives turned into.

Sukuna barked a quick laugh before it was muffled into something like a snicker. “I know, right?” He leaned back in a stretch, his face catching the sun and lighting him in something that wasn’t a fire, but equally bright. “It’s not bad though.”

It was weird, to be a child, to be without some far-off goal, to be loved and happy, in the sense that it was absurd and foreign and absolutely unexpected. It was a breath of fresh air after years and years of having frozen lungs. Weird, surprising, but unmistakably good after so long of believing that no such term, deceptively simple, could have ever been applicable.

“Not bad at all,” Uraume agreed, a bright and blooming thing in their chest as their life began to slot into a new place. Still open-ended and perhaps a little terrifying for it, but Pops accepted them, and Sukuna accepted them, so maybe they could truly accept themself now, and whatever that will look like.

[kakusu-shipping]

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[meteorea]

something about me comparing my muses and their stories to the dawn/sunrise but cloud specifically the silver lining that shows through the parting clouds after a storm like THESE PICS ARE JUUST... MAN!! that's the boy

like going through the storm, mind lost in the darkness, floating in the atmosphere far from reality, and then they start to open up but it's still dark outside and your reality is shifting, your ground literally coming apart and crumbling beneath you, and then you go through your past and you piece together who you were through this intense night of confusion and reliving heartbreak and trauma but you make it through with the strength of your closest friend (shoutout to tifa fr) and you wake up and you're a shell of a person you've been living a lie but there's this light that shines at dawn and you're awake now and you get to live your life anew and that light continues to light and show you the way and you can't touch it but you can see it and you can feel its warmth and its guiding you and (looks at zack and aerith in ac) im not crying youre crying

[nompunhere]

Howdy! I've been following for a while and I thought I should show my appreciation.

I found your blog at a time when I was really insecure about the possibility that certain parts of my identity were "too unconventional", and what I read was super affirming for me.

Seeing someone else take something that comes with a lot of preconcieved notions and confidently saying "No, this means whatever I want it to mean" really helped me take my own sexuality (and very much not-normal methods of expressing affection) in stride.

So, thank you for that.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

(and, I couldn't find a more natural way to bring this up, but my favorite of yours is Frozen Honey. I still reread that from time to time)

hey do you want to make me cry??? /pos

genuinely I've really needed this lately, thank YOU so much. my faith in this community has never been lower but it makes me really happy to know that my work can still help people, speak to people, mean something.

I'm glad you're here, and I'm glad my silly little fics could actually help you in some way. I appreciate you, anon, and good luck in your own life as well

(and I'm glad that fic still holds up, it's gotta be my own favorite too eheh. a lot of my WIPs lately have directly referenced it because I got attached to Zephyr as an OC and I like having O/ro and H/ive K/night as kind-of friends eheh)

[shiawasekai]

Done cleaning up one of the slugcats (there will be more)

[kaiowut99]

Finalized!GX 122-123 Update:

Our food's important, so no stealin' allowed! 🍞♥

[chipistrate]

People really need to give Steel Wool a break sometimes, man- They messed up with Security Breach and now people act like EVERYTHING wrong with modern fnaf is all exclusively their fault when it's really not.

[lucalicatteart]

Finally finished my weird hanging painting thing (originally a secondhand partially-done 'paint by numbers' kit that I found at a thrift store and kept to repurpose lol)! Imagery somewhat based in my own worldbuilding projects, and text written in my constructed language for one of my fantasy species, but also vaguely inspired by old tapestries and illuminated manuscripts and etc. I've never been great at neat clean patterning or text, but it looks cool from afar, and I always enjoy making "props" or things that are somewhat like real objects that might could exist in my world. :0

(additional pictures/info under the readmore)

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Here's what it was originally! I probably didn't have to actually have a river running down the middle because it further makes the composition of the whole thing weird (various connected yet separate locations and things happening, instead of one unified event being portrayed), but I wasn't sure if I'd be able to fully cover up the already existing paint that was there.. and I can also kind of justify it by going with a more "all the imagery is just symbolic so it doesn't have to make exact sense" approach lol.. How is one half of the grass green and the other is suddenly snowy? shhhh.. it's not literal.. shhh...

Made a vague sketch, then painted over it, and then added more distinct lines in black pen. Center image first and border second.

The very last thing was the text, which actually took forever to translate because my conlang is still only like.. partially done, and some of the grammar is not worked out exactly how I would like it to be, so a few sentences I had to think about for a long time before just going "eh, this is probably not how I would do it if I considered it more, but I'll go with it for now" lol . I also am not entirely satisfied with all of the characters for the writing system, but again, it's good enough for a quick project, it doesn't have to be 100% accurate and perfect because it's a fake language that nobody knows anyway lol.

I thought about breaking down the text and translation here like I have for some of the tidbits of Avirrekava (the language) in things I've posted in the past, but I think it would take too long and is not interesting to anyone but me ghghj, so for the sake of getting the post out quickly, I shall not spend an hour typing All That lol.

The general jist of the writing though is that it's just about the Avirre'thel being cast out from the other elves, after abandoning their magic for immortality as a means to truly attain perfection (an important concept in elven culture), the usual, blah blah blah, but how it's Actually A Good Thing, because the gods are wrong and immortality is Cool actually and they like the shitty frozen lands they were sent to, so it's fine that everyone else is being a Hater about it lol

Lastly, here's a few photos outside in the sun to TRY and show the gold detailing actually shimmering or showing up! It really doesn't come through in photos, but there's plenty of little golden spots to highlight light or Importance.

Mostly the fire, the pink sparkle that represents magic, the red drop that represents blood, the light behind Inaashi's hands and head (common symbol for the elven religion/one of their main gods, shout out to anyone who read the ancient elven religion post and recognized that lol), the sun, and the symbol for the Avirre'thel/country of Navyete at the very top. I did a few other gold bits, but they're not highlighted because they're Significant, more just that it looked more symmetrical to have some gold on the border too lol.

Other things of note: The animals are not actually significant to Avirre'thel culture really, I just wanted to put a cat and a bird because I like them lol. (I also wanted to have a few funny looking creatures, as I was slightly trying to go with the 'in some old medieval painting the anatomy and perspective is very weird' vibe, though I think some of the other parts of it look too Normal to pull it off entirely). Same with the four leaf clover, which means nothing in their culture - but these are the only areas where stuff was just added self-indulgently .

Bligabata (giant cabbage that grows along rivers in Navyete) making an appearance! The architecture of the building IS based on actual concepts for ancient elven/older Avirre'thel architecture and metalwork. The Avirre'thel who's turning away from Inaashi/elves/magic and collecting blood, is doing so in a Special Bowl, as is part of their culture (collecting it in the hands, or just in a normal vessel would be disrespectful, they have Specific Bowls which is the only thing blood can be kept in, etc.).

The figure that represents Jhevona (and thus, a closer connection to magic, celestial imagery, etc.) is in weird ugly teal, which is not necessarily a color or design associated with them, as I don't have much common culture (like clothing) worked out for Northern Jhevona (who the avirre'thel would have come into contact with) yet, BUT everyone else is in more Typical colors (a northern elf in green, Inaashi in lavender + white + blue, an Avirre'thel in darker purples and reds).

Some things, like the four figures in the corners, and the two people + fish in the stream, do not currently have a meaning, but in-world they would.. Like, I could make up lore for how they're culturally significant and it would be true because I am god of the world, but I don't have anything currently. But just know.. they DO mean something, I just haven't decided it yet, maybe kind of fill in as I go, come up with a meaning later lol. Probably along the lines of an old myth from the ancient elven religion, a story, etc.

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I don't know, probably other stuff, but that's my Trying To Keep It Short rambling for now lol. I'm just glad I finally finished this! For how vaguely sloppy it is up close (everything being completely freehanded, only used rulers once when doing the initial sketch and lining where the border should be + my hands are shaky + the canvas is bumpy + my handwriting is scratchy and terrible + etc. etc.) it still took a REALLY long time, even when not trying to make it all perfect. Especially if including the text translation + writing, which took like 3+ hours itself.

Maybe all the asymmetry/lack of things being centered is NOT because I was too lazy to measure anything, but is actually because in-universe, it's a practice illustration made by some young apprentice who has to work on little canvases for years before he can be trusted will a full sized mural or tapestry. It's his first week on the job! of course he's uncoordinated! don't laugh at him!!! lol

[fabdante]

WIP Game!

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Tagged by: @robinainthood (thank you so much I've been wanting to do another one of these since the first one I did and I just got my laptop back so perfect timing! Check out their WIPS here!!)

Fiction

The One Were Kat Gets To Yell At Vergil (DmC)

Catharsis for Someone (TF2)

Retrospect (Samurai Champloo)

Swan Song (DmC)

Tales of Ba Sing Se redux (ATLA/Zutara)

The Mai/Jet dream captivated me (Atla/Mai and Jet)

The Jet Bit (ATLA/Zutara)

The really long Zelda Fic (LoZ/Zelgan)

Playlist for a Three-way with Eve, Lilith, and the Serpent (this is an original poem?)

A bug flew into my ear (this is also an original poem??)

ATLA Champloo (ATLA fic inspired by Samurai Champloo my beloved)

Gweoff Fic 2 Lmao: The Hair Dying One (Total Drama)

The One You Thought of in the Shower Where Snow gets Stuck in a Time Loop (Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes??)

The One where Kat needs to tell Vergil's Parents that he may or may not be dead and may or may not be king of hell also that their sons been a super natural being this whole time an-it's awkward (DmC)

Zutara Playlist Fic (ATLA/Zutara)

A Zelgan Fic I Started Editing About Bath Houses That I May Never Post (LoZ)

the one where Dante wakes up to his hook up cleaning his trailer for no reason and it's weird but she's cute so its fine probably (DmC)

Meta

Eva, Sparda, and the boys

Verat and The Divine

V is Kat theory and some thoughts on Downfall

My Long Running Desire For A Good Samurai Champloo Essay (this is actually 4 separate WIPs so if you want to get real spicy you can specify between: Take 3, An attempt at a conclusion, some points on Journey as Growth, Another misc unit of paragraphs)

Essay no one asked for on spiderverse and grief mostly because I'm obsessed with the black out kingpin causes

Essay no one asked for about why Channel Zero upset me

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Meta Post Roulette (i have like 3 of these on the same subject you're just going to get a random part of one of them)

Fics I Answered For Last Time But Am Still Writing

the lost boy fic im still writing because i got angry (Lost Boys) (the bit of WIP i posted last time)

Tagging: Not a person for every WIP I apologize sdfghjk but if you want to do it please tag me I want to see your wips!! Also tagging @thevampireauthoress @ro-blaze @mocosa-media

[neocaridina]

somewhat related to mosaic fishy... what's one of your favorite pieces of art? not aesthetically, but for the context/history behind it :) whether it be a doodle on a wall or the sistine chapel itself.

i admit to not being particularly knowledgeable about art history, but i've always thought that the response to michelangelo's "david" is very funny.

HI :D sorry that it took me so long to reply to this I had to think about my answer for 50 years. And I have two because I can't choose.

the first is the art in this post especially the second one, which I think about all the damn time. Votive figures (the type of statue/figure that is) are very cool to me because we have no idea what they were really used for (as with most artifacts, I guess, but these are often found intentionally buried under floors and such, which makes you wonder why?)

Here is a bunch of votive figures, including the one they've drawn, near the middle. They're so varied! One theory is that they are meant to represent a specific person, and that person would leave it behind in a place of worship to "worship" for them while they were away.

I love their giant peepers ;D

And my second answer of course has gotta be Anglo-Saxon garnet cloisonné

the first two are artifacts from the Staffordshire Hoard (a bunch of gold scraps and sword bits found in the ground) and the third is from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (a burial believed to be that of a king) both of which date from the 6th-7th centuries in England.

These would've been decoration on swords or other weapons, and the third is a shoulder clasp which would have held together armor.

They are very very beautiful and their intricacy and symmetry is really mesmerizing, BUT the coolest part to me is the garnets themselves. Although they were all found in England, the garnets in some artifacts were sourced from much further East, in Sri Lanka or Afghanistan, in the time of the Roman Empire. Then somehow they made their way to being recycled into Anglo-Saxon artifacts!

To emphasize how normal I am about garnet cloisonné here is a tier list I made earlier this year ranking the artifacts in the Staffordshire Hoard based on their garnets

EDIT: wanted to also include this website which makes me SO insane because it has the most CRISP and DELECTABLE images of some of the Staffordshire Hoard artifacts okay thats all . GOD THEY'RE SO PRETTY ok I'm normal

[amtrak12]

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