#It reminds me of some artist but i cant remember who

[janahere]

Lloyd art i made in class

[oofmybad]

Inked

synopsis: billie keeps you company while you get a back tattoo

warnings: fluff, discussions of pain from tattoo needles, not proofread AT ALL

a/n: purely wrote this for my own enjoyment. i cant wait for my tattoo next week, eeeek! last time i got my back tattooed the needle kept hitting my reflexes and my legs would jolt out of nowhere - i felt like a ragdoll lol. that’s what made me think of this story

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the rattling of the tatto gun presses in and out of your skin. like a cat scratching at the same spot for hours. not painful, but not comfortable either. just the right kind of pain, the kind that luls you into sleep from the exhaustion. the kind that reminds you that you’re alive; you have a living, breathing body.

just as your eyes begin to drift closed you feel your phone vibrating beneath your chest, tucked between your body and the tattoo bed. as you peel the device out fo your bra, you look to see who is calling.

Bil ❤️ comes up on your screen, your favourite candid photo of her sitting below her name.

“hi baby” you answer the phone.

“what’s going on in the background?” billie jumps to questioning you.

“hello to you, too, my love” you joke.

“sorry, sorry. hi, sexy!” billie corrects herself with a laugh. but without waiting for you to respond, she presses on; “whatchu up to?”

“i’m at my tattoo appointment. i told you about it last week.”

the line goes quiet for a moement, “oh yeah… i remember now. sorry i forgot. you doing ok?”

you smile at billie’s concern for you, “i was just about to fall asleep when you called.”

“damn, mama. isn’t it on your back?” billie sounds… impressed?

“… yeah?” you reply questioningly.

“i was fidgeting around and gritting my teeth when i got my back done. you’re a trooper” she says. you hear the blinkers go off in the background, indicating to you that billie’s in her car. “where’s the studio at? u need some company, ma?”

you cheese at that, going all blushy at billie’s pet names. “i don’t know, bil. i don’t want it to be cramped in here.”

your tattoo artist interupts at this point, letting you know that you’re welcome to have someone with you if you’d like.

billie jumps in, “i heard that! send me your location.”

“clingy ass” you quip, quickly ending the call and sharing your location with her.

*** time skip to billie’s arrival ***

the studio door swings open causing your head to pop up. you’re greeted with your girlfriend adorned in an all-baggy classic fit. she’s holding a trader joe’s tote bag, filled to the brim with snacks.

“oh my god! food!” you yell.

billie lets out a cackle at your comment, “knew you’d be hungry” she says as she leans over your body leaving a kiss atop your head, careful to avoid touching your back.

“hey man” billie daps up your tattoo artist. “i brought my girl food but i didn’t know what you’d want so here’s an uber eats gift card.”

you peer up to watch their interaction, enamored with your girlfriend’s ability to always think of others.

“thanks bro, appreciate it” he says to billie. she places the card on his lap.

“hey mama, i brought you sugary and salty shit ‘cause you need it. falling asleep at the wheel ’n shit” billie rolls her eyes with a giggle.

“thank you, baby” you cheese. “you’re gonna have to feed me though, ‘cause i can’t move my shoulder blades.”

billie unscrews the cap from a fanta, your favourite, before placing it to your lips.

“your royal heighness” she jokes. you take two big swigs before humming to signal you’re done.

“what are you getting done?” billie asks you, her head craning round to get an upright view of your back.

“a blown out portrait of your face” you joke, but your tone is entirely serious.

“…what?” billie questions you. her face is doing all the speaking for her. in only one second you can see the panicked thoughts racing through her mind. wtf? how do i tell her that’s a terrible idea? how do i tell her i hate it? is she crazy?

“relax, b, i’m kidding.”

“oh thank god.” billie places a hand over her chest in mock relief.

“do you think so lowly of my taste?” you joke, raising an eyebrow.

“what, so my face is ‘poor taste’ now?” she raises an eyebrow back at you.

you ignore her teasing and go on to tell her what you’re actually getting. you point at the ipad stationed next to your back, silently telling billie to take a look.

“woahhhh. sick! you’re gonna look so sexy” billie says in her stupid voice, making a 🤓 face.

you go to laugh, but before you can you’re shocked with a sharp pain shooting down your back into one of your legs. you make a “eesh” sound, your teeth clenched.

“sorry, hit a nerve” your tattoo artist quietly emerges from their bubble of concentration to apologize.

“it’s all good” you reply shortly, still gritting your teeth.

“you in pain?” billie asks you, her thumb lightly stroking your cheek - a look of worry on her face as her eyebrows furrow.

“i mean… what do you think?!” you make fun of billie’s stupid question.

“you always did get mean when you’re in pain” billie says under her breath but you heard her.

“hey! you asked to be here!” you defend yourself, but your tone has softened a little bit now - not meanng to act as short as you have been. “distract me?” you plead with billie, now speaking in the quietest tone, trying to keep control of yourself.

“of course, sweet girl” billie immediately going to occupy your mind.

“i was at finch’s house before i came here, we were messing around on the keys. you wanna hear it?” she asks you as she pulls her phone out.

as you nod your head you also shut your eyes, preparing to be soothed by billie’s sweet voice.

soon, a voice memo of billie humming along to a low, jazzy/r&b beat plays quietly through her phone speaker that she’splaced next to your ear on the bed.

“pretty” you comment, sleep starting to wash over you again.

billie strokes your cheek again, lulling you even further into your long-awaited nap.

*** a couple of hours later ***

with your eyes still closed, you begin to regain conciousness. noticing billie’s familiar voice first, then your tattoo artist’s laugh right after it. clearly, in hte time you’ve been asleep, billie has hit it off with your artist - a magnificent ability she seems to have with any and everyone.

once you’ve coaxed your eyes open, billie locks eyes with you, “morning, princess. feel better?”

“much better” you nod with a small smile.

“you timed that perfectly, you’re all done” you hear coming from behind your head.

“wait, no way! really?! how long was i asleep?” that ‘just woke up confusion’ is hitting real hard now.

“like, almost three hours, baby. your back looks dope - you’re gonna love it” billie says as she packs away the snacks she’s been eating in your abscence.

“lemme see, lemme see!” you chant like a child, excitement taking over you.

billie hands the tattoo arist her phone, and he takes a photo of your back before handing the phone to you.

“oh. my. god.” what you see wholy shocks you - your hand slaps over your dropped mouth, “how did you do that?” you sit up, snapping your eyes to the artist’s.

“lots and lots of practise” he quips. “let me wrap you up then you’re good to go.”

after your back has been agonizingly wiped from any excess ink, you stand up straight while you get a second skin wrapped around you.

your artist directs their next statement to billie, knowing she’ll be the one doing the aftercare since you can’t reach. “you’re gonna have to take the wrap off her in a couple days. once it’s off, use unscented, simple soap to clean it. keep clean and dry conditions at all times”

“y/n,” he looks to you now that you’ve put your soft, seamless tank top back on, “sleep on your front for a week, please. and no scratching under ANY circumstances”, he laughs at the end of his serious sentence.

“yessir” you mock salute as you go to pay the second half of the fee.

“ready, baby?” billie asks you, wrapping her hand around your back.

“ow! already, bil?” you send her a side eye at her touching your back.

“sorry, i forgot!” billie pulls her hands up in a defensive stance.

“how are you gonna drive home, you can’t sit back?” billie asks you, searching around the parking lot for your car.

“i’m not. you’re gonna drive me home. i ubered here” you say, a cheeky side smirk on your lips.

billie rolls her eyes but doesn’t protest. instead, she quickly directs you to her car, opening the passenger door and moving the passenger seat down so that it doesnt touch your back.

“m’lady” billie steps back from the door for you to sit down in the seat, closing the door behind you. billie walks around to the driver’s side and gets in, placing the bag of snacks on your lap.

“eat.” she commands.

before billie drives off, she peers at your back for the millionth time. except her gaze shift in nature now that you’re in private. “you look so yummy like that, y/n. suits you so well”

“yeah?” you question, flirting in your tone.

“yeah.” billie replies with a sigh, taking her bottom lip in between her teeth, “can’t wait to see my scratch marks all down it as soon as it’s healed.”

“billie, i just paid close to a grand. my back is off limits forevermore” you snark, giving her an exhausted side eye.

“i’ll remind you of that next time you’re fucking me” billie chuckles with a kiss of her teeth as she pulls out of the parking spot - her right hand resting on the back of your headrest with her body twisted slightly to see behind you as she moves the wheel with her left hand. soon, speeding off onto the main road.

[silentstaresfanficandfanart]

a reminder to all translators: YOU ARE AN ARTIST!

Translation work *is* art, and it's truly incredible what you do and you touch so many more lives than you realize- and often, those who's lives you touch with your translation work never realize just how much thanks they owe you, but from the bottom of my heart I want you all to know how grateful I am for all people in fandom and outside of it who translate things, those who do it professionally, those who do it for fun, what you do cannot be replaced by a machine, yes maybe it can give a literal translation but it cant really offer any of the human experience or creative choices that actual translators put into things! TO ALL MY BELOVED ANIME AND MANGA LOVING FANS ESPECIALLY i want to remind you to show some love to translators who make it possible for us to enjoy our favorite shows, as well as a special thanks to those who make fan translations of anime openings or things that never recieved an english translation! Pokemon fans you guys should get this especially, remember those guide books that answered so many questions we've had in the west that only got translated thanks to fan efforts and translators who were paid to translate some of the earliest guide books? Naruto fans! If you dont know, but you might, theres also a naruto radio show that theres translations for online that we ONLY have acess to because of fans efforts!

Don't get me started on all the people who make translations and EVEN SING THEM! remember how amazing some of those anime song translations and make them *actually singable?* Don't forget that doing that is a very creative act too! and people who translate fan comics!!!! or fanfictions!!!! please! appreciate them! It takes so much skill to translate the experiences of one culture into another, to make it understandable and meaningful across cultural and language barriers and to make it sound good on top of it all.

Tonight I cried reading an old translation of harmonia, one of my favorite naruto endings, it's 15 years old now, and i used to listen to it and sing it (with the help of that translation) with one of my little sisters, and its one of the only happy memories I have from that time in my childhood.

and so many other magnificent translators filled my childhood with wonder and joy, giving me the meanings of songs that changed my view of the world and helped me cope with hardship, and grow into a person i'm very proud of being.

Thank you, you'll never know just how many lives and hearts you touch. You are loved, you are appreciated, and anyone who thinks your art form can be replaced by a machine doesn't understand language well enough or culture well enough to know just how difficult it really is to capture the essence of someone elses art and I think in many ways, translation is a field where that which we call the soul of an art piece is most tangible, and can be most clearly seen, as it takes human experience and conscious choices based on an actual understanding of the real world and life itself to express that which is human in art. thank you, so so much for all you do.

i could go on for hours, but this is all to say, thank you

and if you THINK you can be replaced by machine translation please just go through an ensemble stars fan comic through google translate its utterly incomprehensible-

[d0gbite]

wanting to draw on my ipad so i unlock it and notice a tumblr notification so i open tumblr and reply to my mutual who dmed me and then scroll on tumblr for half an hour and then my phone tells me it’s out of storage so i open my camera roll to delete some of my thousands of photos but you know what would make this better? music, so i open spotify to start some music for while i tediously delete photos but i notice on my homepage that an artist i like recently put out a new album so i click on her and then i scroll down and notice someone in her “fans also like” section who i SWEAR my friend told me i should listen to but i cant completely remember, so i open my messages to text my friend and ask them to remind me who that artist was and i notice a text from my mom from a few days ago about something i was supposed to send her money for so i open my bank app to send her the money but i forget my password but i know i wrote it down in my notes somewhere so i open my phone’s notes and immediately forget what i opened my notes for. how did i get here? what was i supposed to be doing again? how did i just spend an hour on tasks that need to be completed without actually completing a single one of them

[pmc360]

more ranting ab the oct community agaiinnnn

I wont be specifying anything to much, but im still going to be talking about sensitive topics.

If your sensitive to anything that was considered ‘normal’ (Assault, drugs, sh, etc) in the 2000s then please scroll.

Why is the OCT community so weird, specifically the Law of talos and Endzone side.

And im not talking about when the OCT’s were still active, but 2023-2024. Because theres some genuine freaks in the community, with obviously Demonika, Dani, and that one axolotl girl. But also lurkers, i cant tell you how many instances ive seen on Climber gore, or of Karl grape in this community.

And for some forsaken reason, its normal and common to see.

In the first year i joined the community i unintentionally found character pourn with animal parts, Demonika on AO3, and SO much gore.

And i know this should be expected as this community is literally designed to fantasize and reminisce on the 2000s, but we gotta remember that now days this is a community with thousands of people in it. A majority of thoes people are tweens and young adults (with your adult every now and then), that; FOR SOME REASON, are literally trying to re-make the early days of the internet.

In which, remind you; was one of the worst times of the internet. That was over a decade ago, things change, and for a good reason!

The people in the community are usually edgy, very hormonal teenagers trying to get away with saying slurs that they know they cant say, half of thoes people making the nasty art i can confirm, ARE minors.

The fact that its so common in a community with this amount of children sickens me, so many kids are at risk of being gooned on, or developing the kinds of traits the weird artists have, JUST BY BEING IN THE COMMUNITY.

Because theres a certain amount of people in this community, especially ones who have Discord. Its very easy to gain a social circle, where almost everyone knows everyone, and because of that I had friends who literally knew some of the problematic people I mentioned.

Weather it be veterans of OCT’s, or new comers for the community, theres alot of people who can easily get hurt.

I just feel like the people in the community nowadays should try to actually point out, and warn others of the dangers of this community. Because weather you like it or not, many people dont want the OCT’s to go back to the way it was, even veterans.

So people, PLEASEE make this a safer and fun community to actually be in.

[barblaz-arts]

Real real real random ask.. Buuutttt- what's your favorite song? Mine's either this or this, and not even because I'm into the dsmp, I just like cg5 lol. So yeah! Just was curious ig, also thought I should mention that you actually got me (back) into (obsessed with) the Crane Wives! I used to listen to them a little while back and got back into them again when I watched the Chaggie animatic with Curses for the song. That's all, have a good day!

Oh that is a very dangerous question. I LOVE talking about/recommending songs I like. I cant just choose one tho, especially when there are artists who have so many songs I love and there are many genres I adore, so sorry for the long ish list

With The Crane Wives my favorite changes from time to time. I remember when I was ill and basically bedridden for two months, I'd spend hours just listening to all of their songs. Rn my favorite is I Aint Done. Apparently it's supposed to be based on some urban legend? I like to think of it as some tragic sapphic story

Marianas Trench is another one of my favorite bands. If you were a teen like me who loved watching AMV's in the 2000's to 2010's, their songs are often used for ships lol. (i get the feeling you might be a bit on the young side tho, so sorry for talking about some oldies here) Hard to pick a favorite too, but maybe this one since it's the first one of theirs I heard

I havent ventured too deeply in rap heavy songs, but this is one I like a LOT. The pre-chorus and chorus are such killers too and a lot of fun to sing lol

Jordan Fisher is such an underrated gem. Their songs take me back to the classic RnB from the 2000's. And watching them perform is kinda captivating.

People who have followed me for a while now know that I also love kpop/Loona, so lemme plug in my girls real quick. This is my favorite from one of their subgroups

Kiss of Life is a newer group I've been getting into lately, and they're real dang talented. They kinda remind me of Little Mix, which I also really liked

If you're into anime, you've probably heard of yoasobi because they've had songs that feature in anime. It's really really hard to pick a favorite with them but the one they wrote for Beastars is the one I'm currently obsessed with

There are also a lot of good songs in my country I could talk days about, especially this one by Ben & Ben. The mv stars their bassist and keyboardist who are dating irl, which makes it even cuter

And then there are so many broadway songs i like.... oh my god so hard to choose........

Beetlejuice is my favorite musical, so I gotta choose one from it. The lyrics for the songs in this musical are so good, but especially with Dead Mom. The bridge where Lydia turns all soft because of how much she loved her mom gets me everytime. (fun fact for those who dont know, the voice actors for Pentious/Adam and Rosie were the OG actors for the title character and the step mom)

Lastly, I havent actually watched the Waitress yet(I'm talkin about bootlegs ofc) but the soundtrack's really good. The voice actor for Niffty was also there, so you might wanna check it out just to hear her sing, she's phenomenal. This song is undoubtedly the best of the bunch, and there's actually a version song by Lucifer's VA that is absolutely heart-breaking, but I'm putting the original version in the post for the intended message of the song because its important. Also this animatic is kinda insane. Jeremy Jordan's version of this song really is worth checking out too for sure

[brabblesban]

A little hope.

Set between chapters 10 and 11 of Whither has thy beloved gone? Astarion muses on the first time Ban smiled at him again since his ascension whilst watching her get her portrait painted.

Read on AO3. For @snowfolly, @marimosalad, and @iizuumi, incredible, kind artists who have been so kind to gift their art to me. I love you all!

Ban, by @iizuumi

Ban, by @snowfolly

Astarion snaps his fingers and a servant appears. He quickly rattles off instructions. A cup of her favorite tea, laced with some animal blood, warmed just the way she wanted it. Her favorite tailor is summoned.

He follows her to their old room, and deep inside he is giddy, an emotion he hasn’t felt in a long time.

She sits on her old desk, running her hands over the filigree. She has missed her comforts here. Her table where she worked. Their bed - the mattress a perfect softness and the sheets always immaculate until they methodically ruin it every night. She turns to Astarion, and seeing his grin, can’t help but smile back.

For a moment, all is well.

Whither is thy beloved gone?

Chapter 6

Astarion stands behind the artist they’ve commissioned, fingers idly scratching his chin as he watches the painting taking shape on the canvas. A good likeness, he thinks - it doesn’t exactly capture Ban, and he doubts any painting ever really can - but it is a decent attempt.

She smiles, and his own lips quirk up in response. She’s always looked better smiling, as rare a thing as it is nowadays, although they’ve been making some headway on that front.

I mean, she does smile, Astarion muses. Just not at -

The thought dies when he meets her eyes and sees hers locked onto his; hers are crinkled with amusement, and he feels his chest swell.

“Missed a button,” Ban says, nodding at him.

It takes a moment to register her words. His mind is back to when she had first smiled at him again - a genuine, honest-to-goodness smile, and not one of those manufactured ones she’s aimed at him since his ascension.

How she had sat at her desk, running her hands all over it. How she had looked around their room as if seeing it for the first time, and how she had turned to him and returned his grin with one of her own.

He’ll always remember that, he thinks. He’ll always have that to remind him that there is hope.

“Astarion.”

Her voice snaps him out of it, and he shifts awkwardly, hands moving to clasp behind his back as he straightens up.

“Yes, my love?”

“Your button. I’m not going to dinner in the upper city with your shirt askew like that,” she mutters.

“Or, you know, I could just unbutton everything and not go out at all,” Astarion counters. The laugh that rings out from her lips makes his heart flutter.

Ban shakes her head at him. “Maybe. Depends how nice you’ll be the rest of the day.”

“Darling,” he drawls. “I’ll be positively angelic.”

The painter clears his throat, annoyed that his subject is moving around too much. Astarion immediately shifts his attention towards him, eyes instantly glaring. Try doing that again.

Just as quickly he turns back to Ban, the hardness melting away as if it was never there at all. She’s back to holding the pose for the painter, and Astarion satisfies himself with observing the work.

There is still a long way to go, a distance he isn’t even sure he can traverse, but at least there is that.

A little hope.

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[rainbowninja00]

so I read the post by @/xpecially (they wrote the why cross isnt trans post) and I have some thoughts... I will put them under keep reading so if you dont want to read it you dont have to! remember you are all valid and we love you <3

Imma do this shit in order and NOT post the images they used in the post cause I do not wish to upset this person. REMINDER!!! DO NOT HARASS THIS PERSON THEY ARE LITERALLY A CHILD NO FUCKIN NOT

my first gripe is with the wording on the first image "why the trans coding of cross sucks" sucks???? wdym my gamer?

these head-canons are not farfetched, they aren't as farfetched as one in particular they mentioned later on which I will touch on. also this seems like a super bad faith take???

Here's a fun PSA for everone: DO NOT use an artists art without their permission! this person used @/dustcrumbs art without permission in their post and you can see in the replies that dustcrumbs asks for them to take their art out of the post.

also its not that he doesnt want to "admit" he's a sans, its that he doesnt feel like a sans anymore, he has become an outcode, an other, he has been cast out by his family and friends because of his actions, which is also something trans people can relate with when it comes to unaccepting family members and friends.

queer, and in particular, trans people are the ones making these headcanons in the first place, this is not people stereotyping cross, this is them finding familiarity in his story and assigning him a label that he at least somewhat fits in with. Also, anyone who has read anything UTMV related on AO3 knows that cross is often trans or trans coded in peoples works.

I SHALL NOT BE EXPLAINING MY THOUGHTS ON FLUTTERSHY BECAUSE I DONT WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW CRINGEFAIL I AM ABOUT MLP:FIM

putting a little doodle that says KYS on a little essay about why cross isnt trans feels kinda icky but okay gamer. I agree that some labels can kind of deconstruct the history of characters and their stories, but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things! cause people will tell them hey! this is kinda ooc, and usually people will make their own version of the character/au/etc or fix it up a bit to be more in character.

the next take quite literally justifies the trans cross headcanon but alr. just because it isnt directly gender related doesnt mean people cant draw from it and add that in, since we never see all of cross' formative years so we'll never know if he is actually trans... what if in his first timeline he was made as a girl hm? that seems pretty trans to me.

making cross trans doesn't DESTROY his current history or anything like that, if anything it provides greater context for his suffering and adds another thing for him to be traumatised by. (yippee angst authors rise up

I... only trans people have deadnames right??? im not crazy right??? I vividly remember discussions like this on tiktok about cis people changing their names and them asking if that is now their dead name and trans people responded saying it wasn't a dead name because it wasnt dead to them or stuff like that (it was a couple years ago i dont remember it exactly) but specifically, the term deadname is for trans people I THINK!

Time to get onto this persons own diagnosis on cross, SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE IT IS CANON THAT CROSS HAS DID??? I have never once seen that it is canon that he has DID, which makes this a headcanon if this person, and if you ask me DID headcanons can be FAR more harmful within their community than trans ones. DID is already so terribly stigmatised, and when you describe cross theyway they do with extreme agression, "going crazy about the past", no control over emotions expecially anger, and willing to do anything to get what he wants, these are all pretty HARMFUL STEREOTYPES buddy pal chum friendo. Cross being trans seems much less harmful and damaging of the integrity of the character/their story than this persons own personal diagnosis.

"jakei is doing weird and incomprehensible things again..." what like making a character trans/trans-coded? in the queer fandom??? how odd, how strange, how absolutely peculiar. Jakei did that because Jakei is based af and cares about their community. She cares about the people consuming underverse and supports the trans head-canons cause she knows they are just headcanons and arent going to ruin the story she is working on telling.

Once more I shall state DO NOT HARASS this person, especially because they are a minor.

overall, cross being trans is just a headcanon that the community likes a whole lot cause we are all gay af, at least most of us. this headcanon does not ruin the story, the character, or anything like that, its just for funsies like most headcanons and people need to get their heads outta their asses about it istg. you are in the gay fandom, what do you expect???

[edengoesmeow]

REMINDER FOR ALL ARTISTS!!

your art style is beautiful and I love it!! I don't care if its "generic" or "boring" (even though it really isn't, but to others it may seem that way) its yours and I love it <3

even if your a beginner who's style is very similar to someone elses

even if you cant draw hands or eyes yet

even if you don't know how to shade and light things

I DO NOT CARE!! its awesome!

and if you have doubts about your art, that's ok! its perfectly normal to dislike parts about what you make. you shouldn't suppress those, you can hate your art. just remember to save that for later if you want to improve it.

it takes time. don't worry, and most importantly: try not to compare yourself to others.

i know it can be really really REALLY hard, especially on the internet, where its a mixing pot of gorgeous artwork. but yours is in there too.

whether you find the perfect style for you or just end up creating your own, IT IS SO COOL KGHSGHFDSHGSHDGKSF!!

also, try not to be afraid of stepping out of your comfort zone. sometimes it can be good to be a bit adventurous and idk! experiment with a new style! draw those hands that you've been dreading to draw for your whole entire time as an artist so you just hide them behind their back! make a cool pose/perspective!

(here's some artworks where I switched it up and loved it! genuinely took me 8 days total for the 2nd one khhghfhdfhdf- so worth it though!)

[i-really-like-phrogs]

Ok two things, our ask box button is the same lol (on my Beetlejuice acount is says ask away too)

And OMGG WHAT I saw you liked some of my post (I'm really bad with names) and I kinda remember your handle so I checked your account AND HOLY SHIT I LOVE YOUR ART

YOU CANT LIKE MY ART YOU ARE TO COOL STOP

🥺 thanks

…You think I’m Cool?

…

Bwahaha! In seriousness, how fun that we both have the same ask button? Great minds think alike, I suppose! (Also that other half about fools rarely differing… But I think you’re awesome and unique enough to not apply.)

Gosh, thank you so much for checking out my stuff! I’m so happy it is enjoyable. with your precious eyeballs in mind, I must set myself to a higher standard! I must devote myself to being worthy of your gaze and friendship!

As for the other half— I genuinely feel like you’re the cool one here??? Too cool to like my stuff??? Your blog and your artistic fingerprint are fantastic, and I sincerely perusing through to see what you’re up to.

In any case,,, I am certainly not “too cool” to enjoy your work, because genuinely enjoyable content is never above anyone! There are lots of amazing people who will show up on your blog as a treat, but only because you are cool enough to attract other coolness! i forget that with myself a lot, but I see it right here! You are being so kind as to make me smile with your presence and a kind ask, so I might be doing something right. :)

Thank you for sharing your awesome self with the world, and I will keep it in mind to pick on you onc in a while to remind you how cool you are!

Have a fantastic day, friend. Do great things.

[nikethestatue]

Hi Nike how are you? 👋🏼

I’ve noticed that a lot of Archeron sister fan art depicts their hair as bright bleachy/pale blonde, when in canon they have golden BROWN hair. Elain in particular has darker brown hair than her sisters. This is canon.

It reminds me of how the bat boys are often portrayed with pale skin when IN CANON they have golden BROWN skin. Middle east/mediterranean features and skintone.

Do you think the lightening of features in the bat boys artwork is akin to what we see happening in the Archeron sister’s hair in art?

I think that most of the time, it's down to interpretation. A lot of artists are commissioned for the art and they haven't read the books themselves. So it's really up to the commissioner to provide specifications to the artist.

I actually feel like the sisters are usually depicted fairly correctly in terms of eye and hair color. I honestly cant remember myself whether Elain has the lightest hair or the darkest hair. I feel like it's golden brown, but on the lighter side. But I honestly cant remember how it's described.

As for the bat boys, i always felt that 'golden brown' is EXTREMELY interpretive. Especially because SJM isn't very consistent with all of it. To some 'golden brown' might be someone from the Levant, to others, India, and to others yet the Balkans or the Caucuses Mountains (Georgia, Azerbaijan, etc), yet others think of Span and southern Italy. Who is right? No one. Because Velaris isn't on earth.

I always felt that when it comes to fantasy worlds and Fae, vampires, werewolves, angels and demons, we should stay away from assigning them specific identities and especially races. Unless the Author specifies it, like with Tarquin, for example. just let your imagination do the work.

[chaifootsteps]

I am no prophet, but i have the feeling that Vivzie's downfall will happen because someone who was close to her (maybe Ashley) will tell us, with proof and everything, that she did something so jaw-droping and horrible that even people in the critical community didnt know about, and even her most faithful fans will simply stop wanting to support her on the spot.

I have seen a LOT of cases where beloved internet micro-celebrities do bad things for years (like saying bigoted things, using their fans to attack other, etc) and they are still liked and supported cuz people quickly forget those things happen or consume their product cuz they "separate the art from the artist", but when some ex-friend or family member confesses that they did something terrible, thats when people stop tolerating their behaviour and just reconise they were never a good person, and their carer ends right there.

I think something similar might happen to Vivz.

I hope she never hurted someone in an irreparable and life-ruining way, but i cant help but think that her behavior online is the one of someone who is bad in the internet, and way worse in real life; the way she throws tantrums when not everyone praises her and her art, the way she is clearly obsessed with the idea of everyone loving her, the fact that she never speaks up when her fans are being horrible human beings at those who dislike her and she inderecly encourages that... is very scary.

The Evilest thing i can imagine her doing is having masive beef with some poor soul for a stupid reason, stalking them and trying to ruin their life, maybe by trying to blacklist them in the industry (remember the "i can ruin her") but i dont know her personally, she could be way worse than that and i wouldnt have a way to know.

We already know she is manipulative and obsesive, but what more? That woman is a total mystery.

I really hope that doesnt happen, that the things that gets revealed are just confirmations of what we already know about her (like the work abuse, transphobia, not paying her workers etc) so everyone will know and fans cant say that is "made up" anymore, but God, her story reminds me SO much of internet celebrities who turned up to be stalkers, abusers or even criminals!

She reminds me of Squizy, who got away with saying the N-word, drawing porn of minors and other bad things for years, but her fame ended when her ex-boyfriend spoke out about how she abused him.

Maybe its just me being a traumatized weirdo who grew up watching her favourite internet personalities turned up to be disgusting human beings, but i gotta say im scared of Vivziepop ngl.

I have a weird hunch that that's what it might turn out to be too, something completely out of left field. We know that this woman made a pilot and left an absurdly massive trail snail of angry, embittered people in her wake. I can't even imagine how many she's managed to piss off since then, what she's saying and doing behind the scenes that we still don't know about.

One thing's for sure -- it's very, very hard to keep scandalous secrets in 2023. You can get away with it for a while, but not forever.

[lunarmoonheart]

HFFF day 2: retro

summary: two different times miss holloway has met webby

title: chiquitita tell me whats wrong ship: hollowebby prompt: retro

It was the night of the 37th annual hatchetfield honey festival and missy holly was getting ready to go onstage. She had been preparing for this for months and she was thrilled.  The honey festival is the biggest thing in hatchetfield if not the entire state screw clivesdales dumb cherry festival who would wanna go to that anyway. This was missy's year she was finally gonna get her music out to the world beyond hatchetfield. Ok yes this is a hatchetfield event but it's THE hatchetfield event and there's gotta be someone here that's gonna hire her. 1982 has been her year! She finally sold some of her shirts most of them to her friends but one person bought it at her set at that new place the slaughtered pig. Shes also written a full albums worth of songs that she played for her friends and they loved it.

“Missy holly your on in 5.”

“Awesome ill be right there!” YES finally here we go missy you can do this you can do this. Missy walks to the backstage area and waits five minutes until she hears her introduction.

“Now welcome to the stage local teenage artist missy holly.”

Missy walks onstage and waves to the crowd. She sees her parents and friends near the front cheering her on. She plays her 20 minute set and everyone seems to love it especially her song ‘run away with me’. She gets lots of applause as she walks off happy and excited for her future. As missy walks away from the event area to see her family and friends a girl runs up to her. She has white hair, pale skin, dark eyes, looks around her age, and hey is that one of her shirts.

“Hi! Im like your biggest fan! Could you sign my shirt?” wait i have fans? Thats crazy!

“Yeah totally! Do you have like a marker or something?”

“Yes here!” the girl hands her a black sharpie and missy signs her name.

“Thanks for coming to the show.”

“It was awesome! I cant wait to see you perform again. I love your song run away with me its so sweet!”

“Thanks ill see you at my next gig.'' At this the girl winks at her and runs off leaving missy smiling at the thought of her biggest fan.

It was the night of the 75th annual hatchetfield honey festival and miss holloway was cleaning up her diner. She didn't really want to go to the festival even though duke invited her. It reminded her of the last time she was truly happy. She made the deal a few rough years later and now shes here lonely even though she has duke, desperate even though she has the diner, and forgotten even though people had loved her. All she has now is this diner and duke but hes bound to forget her again soon. She doesnt even have her own name anymore not that anyone would care if she took it back next time but she doesnt really deserve it does she. She isnt that girl anymore. That girl deserved better than this she deserved the music career she wanted, the person she loved, the family that loved her, and the friends that cared for her. 

While miss holloway is cleaning she hears the bell above the door ring and turns to see a girl about her age. She reminds her of the girl from her last concert. She walks around the counter to grab a menu and seat the guest.

“Welcome to miss retros! Take a seat wherever you'd like.”

The stranger stays silent as they sit and as miss holloway gets them a water. She walks back behind the counter to give the guest a few minutes. As she waits she thinks back to that concert and that girl. She wonders where she is now. Does she have a family? Is she still in hatchetfield? If so could miss holloway find her? But miss holloway is cut from her thoughts when she hears a very familiar song quietly fill her ears. But how? shes the only person that remembers this song. Miss holloway walks up to the girl confused.

“What song is that?”

“You know it dont you miss holloway. has it really been that long?”

“How do you know that song?”

“Oh come on you remember me dont you miss holloway. Or do you want me to call you missy holly.”

“Your not supposed to remember that song… or that name. So tell me how do you remember them?”

“Sit?” the stranger gestures to the other side of the booth motioning for Miss Holloway to sit down. For some reason despite how many different emotions she was feeling, Miss Holloway felt she could trust her and sat down.

“So you gonna explain yourself?”

“Be patient missy im getting there. Anyway i know you know the lords so im gonna skip that question-”

“Wait the lords? Do you mean the lords in black?”

“Duh who did you think i was talking about the lords of the rings.”

“That reference was completely incorrect.”

“Whatever. Anyway, so im there sister.”

“Sister…”

“Yup i'm webby nice to remeet ya!” webby takes miss holloways hand and just holds it. Miss Holloway sits there not necessarily confused cause she's seen a lot of stuff in her many lifes but a bit bewildered.

“So why are you here? And why were you at my concert?”

“Well I was checking to make sure nibbly wasn't causing too much trouble when I heard your music and decided hey that sounds cool so I checked you out and realized something so I thought i'd make myself known in an inconspicuous way.” 

“Ok… why are you here now then?”

“Well uh ive actually been keeping an eye on you but ive been busy so i havent seen you in a while but when i saw how lonely you were i thought id come say hi. Because well you know im the only person who really remembers you so i thought you might want a friend.”

“I have friends.”

“None that truly know you though.” This made Miss Holloway a little sad. Because webby was right none of the people she cared about knew her. The real her. They knew one of her personas. Yes thats still her but none of them know her name, her story, her pain. But now shes sitting with someone who remembers her. Remembers her songs, her life, her name. So she gives it a shot.

“Well webby, feel free to drop by the diner whenever.”

“I will missy i will”

And with that webby is gone and miss holloway is alone again. But now she knows she won't be alone forever. So she waits for the next time. She works and cleans and hopes webby will come back cause shes getting lonely again. But about a week and a half later the white haired goddess returns and takes a seat at a booth and waits for miss holloway. Miss holloway grabs a plate of french fries and walks over to the booth.

“I was starting to think you werent gonna come back webby.”

“Sorry ive been pretty busy.”

“Its fine. French fry?” miss holloway slides the plate over to webby who grabs one hesitantly. As soon as she eats it her face lights up.

“Thats delicious! Can i have more?” miss holloway laughs and smiles properly fro the first time in a long time.

“Go ahead.” webby eats a few more fries before talking again.

“So what you been up to missy?”

“The diner keeps me busy so thats really it. Lifes pretty boring and lonely.”

“Can i ask you something missy?” miss holloway nods for her to continue.

“Can we go on a date?” miss holloway chokes.

“A date?”

“Yeah I heard it's a fun thing humans do and you look like you need to have some fun.”

“Webby a date is something people in a relationship do.”

“Ok so?”

“Well were not you know in a relationship.”

“So were not friends?” webby seems sad at this.

“No we are its just dates are for people in like a romantic relationship and were not.”

“What if we were though?” webby asks quietly looking down at the table. Miss holloway freezes she never thought this ethereal goddess would even know about dating but here she is being asked on a date by the queen of the white. How it would work miss holloway didn't know. what she did know is that she has felt so alone for so long and that having someone who actually knew her could make her feel a little less sad and a little more alive. Besides how could she say no to a literal queen.

“I think we could do it if we tried.”

“So is that a yes missy holly?”

“It is indeed webby.” webby smiles a plants a kiss on miss holloways cheeks. Miss holloway welcomes the affection her cheeks flush red and she turns to webby. They look into each others eyes both feeling more alive than they have in ages.

[nwtbobsessedemo]

2, 10, 15??

So I reblogged 2 ask things around the same time and have no idea which you had in mind so im just gonna do both

Music ask game:

2: A song you like with a number in the title

The 411 by Bears in Trees! Absolutely adore this song i cant put into words how much i love it

10: A song that makes you sad

Sara by We Three. I have a lot of associations with this song, a friend sent it to me at a very rough time and i rarely get through the song now without crying.

15: A song that is a cover by another artist

Kids in the Dark by Natewantstobattle! This song came on earlier and I was reminded of how much i love it!

70 Horrible Questions:

2: Who did you last say "I love you" to?

My mom when I called her last night

10: When was your last physical fight?

I've never really gotten into any physical fights, the closest I get is rough housing with my siblings but I don't remember when we last did that, probably at some point around Christmas.

15: Have any pets?

I have a cat! She's adorable and I love her

Thanks for the ask!

[majorproblems77]

Bonus links update! Which means it's analysis time! (Only slightly late haha)

Hi all!

I emerge from the void! Exams are a doozy man, but here i am, And i am ready to analyse the hell out of this update cause ohhh man stuff is happening and I'm loving it.

For the important stuff! All art belongs to @bonus-links and the artist @ezdotjpg. Please go and look at their other stuff too! And I once again thank you for letting me do these. Its awesome to be able to ramble about things like this.

Find the original comic here! go reblog it, please? For me? :D

It's so much fun!

Okay

Grab some popcorn and some water because we hydrate here. LETS GOOOOO

Slate taking pictures of all the plants and stuff is so sweet! I love them.

Shout out to the pig picture, it's so cuteeeeeee

The lil bug carrying his bag is giving me actual life okay i love him smsm

Just

Look at this little guy he is beloved, number 1 sidekick you can't stop me and my beetle propaganda

Speaking of little guys

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

MY LITTLE GUYYYYYY

HE IS SO PRETTY I LOVE HIM :D

And I love his little headband hello that's the sweetest lil thing? did he bring that with him? Did Aryll give him one to useee?

were you not expecting me to yell about loft in the first panel I could? Then you came to the wrong post friend! :DDDDDDDD

ANYYYYY WAY

These two defo need to talk about it at one point, maybe after the entire team is together? Having a divide like this (While 100% understandable, loft was kinda a dick about it) will impact things.

Makes me wonder how it's gonna work. Will someone snap some sense into them? Will someone get hurt because they were arguing?

We know they dont really get along too well so I feel like this is the beginning of a greater arc with these two.

Poor loft, he wants to make amends. Maybe try again in a bit? You'll get it.

This made me chuckle, when in doubt, wolf is there to assist.

Also, these two have no beef, do we know if Wake knows the wolf from his adventure? I cant actually remember if it was mentioned at all. It would explain why he's so willing to apologise to him and not Loft.

Aryll!

I love Aryll she is wonderful and deserves the world.

As peony should, because peony is wonderful

WAKE IS IN TROUBLE

Tetra's face gives me, as soon as you finish talking I am going to grab you and shake you like a bag of potatoes while asking you a million and one questions.

Small Aryll hiding like that gives so much little sister energy i love her so much okay.

aw

oh... OH

WHO IS THAT?

SLATE? Who is sheeee? A sister?

Alsoooo, She looks an awful lot like loft....

More on this in a minute cause I've got a whole thing.

Peony pulling them back from the memory, this is why i love her okay. She's wonderful.

Okay okay okay I am excited about this so hear me outtttttt

I have a theory

Loft reminds Slate of a family member. More specifically his sister.

Thats why they are so cold to him.

So, it's not just me right? There's a resemblance here. The way the hair falls and the colour.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEADBAND THAT LOFT HASNT WORN UNTIL NOW.

If Loft got given that headband by someone here as he was helping and now that Slate has seen him wearing it and also not he's had this memory it would explain why he looks to the side like that.

He's looking in the direction that Loft left the screen, perhaps looking for him...

The response from Slate might be a trauma response without them realising it. He's acting cold to Loft because he reminds him of a member of his family that he can't put a face too.

Just a thought of course.

Thats all from me! :D

Have a great day yeah?

(Again sorry this is a little later than normal, I've been head's deep in exam revision for weeks now haha.)

[maylorscardigan]

I need to vent.

Don't feel obligated to post this but: I find it so very funny that TKelc breeder comments (context: on their podcast he and his brother have their mum as guest, they ask her who her favourite is and she picks his brother because he gave her grandchildren. it is all jokes. and during those jokes tk says he needs to find himself a breeder).

What gets me is that this is being heavily explained away/defended by people who will say oh it was a joke, you need to hear it in context. Which - I agree, it was a joke and we shouldn't crucify him over it. But it was still sexist. Deeply rooted in sexism and to me no better than when a man jokingly refers to women as females.

So - his sexism (whether purpiseful or not, conscious or not) gets a pass as a joke. And yet, every single word that has come out of Matty Healy's mouth in the past decade was subject to such scrutiny. Such vitriol. And there was no context allowed. Sentences were being ripped from whole interviews, words have been twisted... let alone trying to justify some things as a joke. That one was met w pushback.

Not to mention the whole situation surrounding TK's teammate's brother (?) and the SA allegations. Or TKs participation on a dating show where multiple women try to date him I guess. Again deeply rooted in sexism. That one gets a free pass because he "needed the money" back then (2016ish?). But Matty's statements about Taylor were dragged around as prime example of his sexism (false statements), with no context, and no understanding of the fact that time has passed.

Like, I am so sorry but I am never ever getting over the treatment Matty got. And it has permanently distanced me from the fandom as such. Not all people are like this but most of them are duplicitous and sheep with no critical thinking skills. And I cant shit on the situation because some nice people I am mutuals with like TK and are excited about all the new things while I'm sitting here having war flashbacks to late spring 2023 and thinking how if this were Matty now they would still be ripping him apart.

Ok. Rant over. Sorry.

I 100000% agree with everything you said.

Add this to it:

And it’s just… ick.

He reminds me of DJ Khalid. I remember the outcry when he said something very very similar and people TORE him to shreds, which is expected.

Another example of why Swifties are down right racist, vain, and performative they are.

I’ve come to the conclusion that Taylor’s Swifties don’t actually care if Taylor is happy. She can stand in front of them, tell them she is the happiest she has ever been and what do they do? They keep acting like pompous, privileged… use your imagination because my word would get me kicked off here.

Orc Boy is, in their eyes, the perfect white man for Taylor. He’s “good looking” (🤢) and he’s white. End of story.

Matty’s looks are… not your traditional hot guy looks. (I think he’s hot as hell) and he’s got that artistic soul, likes reading, poetic etc. Something many of her ex’s are. Travis admits he doesn’t read for fun. He’s not poetic. Taylor likes to collaborate with anyone she is with as we have seen in the past… but the Swifties don’t care. They approve of him because he’s a hot meat head. It’s very high school. Hot guy on the football team. He’s the guy everyone wants. He can say or do whatever he wants and no one cares. Why? Because he’s the hot “football” player.