#I'm a genius tbh

[kreekx]

IT'S SO STUPID I'M SO SORRY I WAS CRYING WHILE MAKING THIS.

cr on 2nd art btw!: _Avenoire on X (or twitter idk)

[i-ate-the-rats]

hehehehe oh shit indefinite sad dark shadow (⊙ˍ⊙).

[nekrosmos]

i’m just here w/ more boxer nikolai thoughts. very specifically what his team looks like.

his promoter? price. lends to an interesting dynamic - price gives the orders but if nikolai dislikes them he simply *wont listen*. they’re a team, first and foremost, and a unit at the end of the day. they have a rehearsed set of statements for every interview, but they never quite need to *check* what the other is comfortable with them saying because they know what each other want.

his trainer? laswell. nikolai is a dedicated man, a strong man, a smart man, but he’s a man who needs some form of guidance. no trainers he’s had has ever really gotten it, which is how price pushed him in the direction of her. she keeps him in check, and she pushes him to be better than he thought possible.

cutman? gaz. technically it should be a laceration man i say as they drag me away. but alas. i imagine gaz and nikolai to have a very strong relationship built on a fundament of trust. nikolai trusts gaz, gaz trusts nik. after all they’ve gone through together, he can trust gaz to rub some vaseline on his face, after all.

other cornermen? it’s a little blurry as to the exact number he’d be allowed. there’s i think three allowed on the fringe (trainer, cutman, and one other) for non-title fights, four for title fights, and then i can’t find the number for how many can be on the ground. i imagine the three on the fringe are laswell, gaz, and yegor. yegors intel dossier says that he’s loyal to nik, but has a habit of challenging his command where he sees fit. i think he’d be a good fit here for somewhat similar reasons to laswell. i’d say price is there, but i imagine he’s busy watching it on a screen whilst he prepares a warm bath and somewhat poorly-made pelmeni, as well as organising interviews for nik.

also, while i’m on the topic, a little more on price:

most promoters have multiple fighters under their command, so it would be unusual that he just works with nik. but i imagine he likes to dedicate all his time to the man, checking the history of every person he’s interviewing with, finding perfect fights for him, ensuring proper medical care. he insists on taking nikolai to get brain scans; he cannot bear the thought of the other man getting hurt because of him. price is a strong man, but (i’m thinking of his whole “no, nik. stay” here) the people he cares about are a great exception to the rule.

the end send tweet or whatever. sorry i’m yapping. love the new art btw <3

Anon I am so sorry that I took this long to answer, I made a little sketch as an apology, hope you'll like it <3

I love your thoughts, it also made me realize that I don't know shit about boxing tbh LMAO. But I love all the reasoning behind his team, Laswell as his trainer would be the coolest thing. She truly would push him in the right direction, stern but truly knowledgeable, and always willing to go grab a drink with him after training.

And Gaz as his cutman is so good. How many times as he patched up cuts on Nik's body ? Too many, probably, but like you said, there's so much trust between them.

And of course I absolutely adore the idea that Price only works with Nikolai. He's attached to him and he knows how good he is, but man would he worry about him. Delicious thoughts <3

[vickyt-mv]

quick lon'qu for his birthday 🗡️🗡️

[lukazade]

I can't help it, when I spend time with him in the game, I just wanna sketch him down..

[maybe-boys-do-love]

Aof Noppharnach writes some my favorite openings I've seen across all genres. They open like musicals and fairytales. He writes these beautiful monologues that set everything up while romantic scores roll out and the camera floats across the settings. For real, watch the fluid camera work in any of his openings; it's one of the way he snags you. I just swoon.

Look at the opening lines of He's Coming to Me: "It was as simple as that. My heart stopped beating and I died. I have the same dream every time. You must be wondering how a ghost can dream." Call me Ishmael, who!?

And like, the way after the title sequence of Dark Blue Kiss, though, that the music and camera instill a magical fondness on the main characters as it establishes them in their natural habitats--swimming at pool, tutoring at Sun's cafe, etc.--with partial shots that reveal their confident faces in quick and steady succession!? Like, oh yes, all my old Kiss Me Again friends are glowing and tryna make the best of it all.

1000 Stars monologue about second lives in video games might be cheesy except we're cutting between a slick moneyed boy at a roulette table, an earnest girl on a bus, and a group of rangers scouting the forest in pitch black, and wondering who's about to die as mentioned in the voice-over and why are these randos living worlds apart being braided together like this!?!?

And then Moonlight Chicken is just *chef's kiss* using a post-Covid news segment to invite us into a struggling Pattaya neighborhood. And we hear about the economic hardships, the intentions of joy, the Chinese lanterns hanging outside, and see shots of the staff and late-night customers in bright warm light. Then we cut away to people watching the clip at a much dimmer version of the diner as business gets underway. Complaints and arguments and interruptions all occurring within A SINGLE SHOT until Jim walks out onto the street as the music just fully swells, and I'm passed out from the CINEMA of it all!!!!

The comparison I jump to quickest is the opening of Disney's Beauty and the Beast as we are told through stained-glass images the tale of the castle's enchantment and then toured about the small-minded town and its inhabitants as they gossip about Belle. By the end of the two sequences we have learned about every main character and their motivations with a smooth, inviting flow across the physical space and conversations. I honestly wonder if Aof studied the Disney Renaissance openings (majorly influence by another gay visionary, Howard Ashman)?

When it's an Aof script, you just know the viewer within the first fifteen minutes has everything they need to be prepared and excited for the ride they're about to take. Tone and Rhythm: established. Setting: explored, Characters: I already love them more than life itself.

[splitathon]

a fearsome calamity has befallen my kingdom

[chimkennuggies]

Ok but HEAR ME OUT (delusional)

Again with the rarepair bs (it also started as a joke)

But like-

They actually match each other's freak‼️‼️

This one doesn't have any context though, they just look good together ig

ANYWAY

ORIN WITH A TOOTH GAP💥💥💥

[transfem-jakob-ingold]

Whoever was responsible for that transfer fucked around and (probably never) found out lmao

[kreekx]

I lowkey need to spread my Ben/Abe propaganda cuz I'm lonely and literally no one cares for them besides me (irl, at least)(y'all shall receive edits from me. after some time. maybe.)

[the-anime-man]

If there's at least something special to say about the season finale of vip it's that vic michaelis has a very lovely voice

[taruruchi]

Making plans for valentine's drawings as if christmas has already passed

[deathsconsort]

if i end up using a FOURTH fc for nesta....mind your business

[duckapus]

Andrew's Omnitrix Playlist

First off, yes his aliens have names like Ben's. I don't know why he's decided to give his forms goofy pun nicknames considering what he's like, but then he and Tulip are unfortunately pretty similar in a lot of ways.

Starting Playlist

Boulder-Dash (Goron)

Gorenado (Looney Toons-style Tasmanian Devil)

Web Surfer (Code-level Program)

Bird Brain (Chozo)

Mayhem (Rabbid)

Shortfuse (Bob-omb)

Enerjaws (Harmonian Shark)

Webstinger (Ariados)

Honeytrap (Disgaea-style Succubus) (no I am not kidding. the instincts are strong enough to mess with his personality similar to Rath, and between the name and the species you can probably guess what those changes are, though even like this his heart (such as it is) still belongs only to his wife) (it's the designated flier too so it gets a lot more use than he'd like)

Cry Spy (Minecraft Warden)

Unlocked

(to be updated as story progresses)

[daydreamerwonderkid]

It's fucking wild how they managed to make the reveal of Homura becoming a witch not only shocking and devastating, but then made it immediately irrelevant only a few minutes later by having her transform into a LITERAL GOD.

Fuck, I wish I had that kind of writing talent O_O

[hauntingyourbookshelves]

Favourite of the original rats?

No you can't do that that is a terrible evil question