#I'm enjoying this run

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[gigizetz]

Hi Gigi :3

Are we gonna get a hold them down animation? Or no because the uncomforty topic?

that's up for the future to decide

I'll be busy with commissions up until february I think, so util then I won't be working on any Epic animatics

and then once I have time again I'll finish God Games

and after that I kinda want to do Legendary-

[asparkinhereyes]

one of my fav headcanons for damian is that he's one of those kids who graduates high school early, and i just think it'd be funny if he was going to college at around the same time tim is, for the sole reason that it would drive tim batshit insane.

[yellowvixen]

return of my girlthing :3

bonus little thang

[chalkrub]

my thingy for @bowelfly's ambitious and groundbreaking HYDRAPHONE.......honoured and delighted to close out for team cayden

[linkcharacter]

Oh I have so many thoughts on aroace Curly, I think it brings so much on the table when analyzing the game's story.

Amanormativity ties in with the reoccurring mentions of the nuclear family, from Wrong Organ making 1950s mock advert posters, to Swansea talking about how getting a wife and kids didn't bring him any fulfillment in life.

In the cake cutting nightmare sequence, where Jimmy talks with Dream Curly about the mediocre cake, Dream Curly begins to talk about how sometimes you can only get the subpar stuff in live. Sometimes he'll get promoted, buy a house, fall in love. But other times he'll just have some awful fucking cake with his friend.

I think there is that subtle implication that Jimmy does buy into Amanormativity, with him projecting his beliefs on Dream Curly that a platonic relationship is lesser then a romantic one. But we never see Curly suggesting that he wants such a thing in the pre-crash.

With Jimmy thinking that Curly has everything in life, except for the desire (although I think Jimmy would view it as Curly not having the skills for it) to get a romantic partner, he would heavily lean into getting the one thing that Curly couldn't get in life to one up him.

THATS EXACTLY WHAT IM THINKING!!! AMATONORMATIVITY BE DAMNED!!!!

Looking at Mouthwashing through an aroace lens is interesting

"Jimmy thinking that Curly has everything in life, except for the desire", well said, well said! And references to the nuclear family fit in very cleanly thematically for Mouthwashing.

Jimmy leaning into amatonormativity is a smart observation. Jim internalizes all the social norms and standards on what you have to do to have a normal and desirable life, who sees everything Curly has and what Jimmy wishes he had, and is offended that Curly isn't satisfied, that he has the "audacity" to be unhappy. Curly meanwhile only wishes for his life to be something he doesn't have to run from, because by all means, he has already reached a point where he should feel accomplished, but isn't. Curly doesn't want to be a freighter captain his whole life, he doesn't want to settle with his sustainable position, he just wants to be happy. Like Swansea who has reached the "ideal" outcome of his life, having a wife, kids and a good career, it will never feel as good as embracing all what society deems undesirable yet right for you.

Jimmy does imply to seeing himself as lesser as a friend, "fall in love" being a goal and a "cake with a friend" being something he "has to settle for", it's all in the subtleties with underlying themes of "what you're "supposed to want" by society's expectations" against "what feels right for you". Jimmy is frustrated that Curly is going to "leave the dirt behind him", when in actuality, letting the crew and him go is the last thing Curly wants. Curly wants to be with his friends, he deeply cares about his crew, and about his close friend.

Mouthwashing as a whole reads to me as platonic through and through. Swansea and Daisuke having such a meaningful familial bond, Curly and Anya being sweet, playful and caring without romance, Anya and Daisuke having something of a siblings dynamic are dear to me. Also it's really rare to get to see representations of "toxic friendship" in media. Its always toxic romance this, toxic yaoi that, toxic family there, however in reality, friendships aren't excluded from being as rotten and abusive as the others, yet they're often overlooked. Jim and Curly are especially unique in this way. It's very impressive how they managed to showcase Jimmy's mistreatment of Curly in such a platonic way (at least that how I read it). Jim too, like Curly, in general avoids hints at romance and attraction explicitly related to him during his gameplay, not with Curly, nor with Anya (dear god thanks for that at least). It's all spite, annoyance and parasitizing off of these two. (That man's dry and lowkey hates everyone and everything) No attraction attached, no desires except hoping it hurts.

Curly to me is very much aroace, or at least on the spectrum. Like, the trivia fact that one of Curly's fondest memories is that of his friends putting in effort to make a shitty awful cake, tells us all we need to know on how dear his friends are to him. Platonic relationships mean so much to Curly, even when it's Jimmy fucking Mouthwashing, the worst friend ever imaginable.

[burningcheese-merchant]

Oh my. What is this. Who are these people. What is going on. Oh cheeses oh crumbs oh my

(first chapter of the time travel AU is officially done, with all the illustrations included :) just waiting for my buddy to finish the cover/title. Then we'll get the ball rolling for real. Until then, enjoy this preview)

(this was drawn by my friend @pythoticusbingle btw. Not me. Obviously not me haha I can't do a fraction of this. Gotta give proper credit)

[johnnyshrine]

★ 101 // “Steel Ball Run Anime Summoning Circle” This was a collaborative effort from my community. You can view a gallery of all the offerings and credits here. Massive thanks to everyone who contributed! ♡

[notdysfunk]

Hello uhm... cookie- enjoyers??? I don't go here, but I really like that one guy so here's my contributions to the Shadow Milk Cookie lovers :D With a little sprinkle of angst </3 First one is this lil headcanon that he may need glasses, or possibly even be blind in his left eye :O Magma doodle And then a frame from a lil angsty animation I made of him.. ouhh it's over </3

[wardingshout]

ok extremely rare traditional art from me bc it turns out maybe Links and Zeldas can be besties even if they're also the same person ???? featuring @kokirizeldas' kids whose outfits make me lose my mind 5 times a day !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[taffywabbit]

portrait for a character i'm playing in lil D&D campaign with some friends! her name is Irene. i think she's pretty neat, and also a VERY shocking and original choice of player species that nobody would ever expect from me

[aquanutart]

desert flygon

[lightgamble]

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | 1.09

Karen arrives.

[violent138]

Superman, calling Bruce: "Hey, I think I've got one of yours."

Bruce: "How bad is it? I'm kind of busy."

Clark, holding out his phone: "Well-- sorry, excuse me, could you repeat all that?"

Harley, jumping into the air to hit him with her mallet: "I'm here to kill you, Superman! Get Batman focused on Mister J again!"

Clark grinned a little, despite the mallet breaking after Harley finally threw it at him: "Okay then--" glances at Ivy, "And you ma'am?"

Ivy, narrows her eyes: "If you hurt her, I'll kill you."

Clark: "You got all that? It's not a big deal, but Harley's been telling people for the past hour where your attention's been."

Bruce, groaning: "Shut up. I'm on my way."

[geticus]

Mark Antony & Lucius Vorenus in Rome (S02E09)

[bastardcatthings]

one of the reasons gax compels me is that while all the other ships are stressing over whether their guys are on good terms or not, gax girlies are like: "based on the tearful accounts of one of them, the other one has threatened to kill him. we think they should kiss about it."