#Possibly not hopefully?

[redcloverlocomotive]

So I just moved back into my college dorm. Seems nice enough, but I kinda wished I had the room to myself lol.

Genuinely don't know when my next art/story upload would be though since I am gonna be busy. I'll still interact with y'all the best I can though.

[rika-mortis]

Bonus:

[apollos-boyfriend]

so my younger cousin is flying in to visit from brazil on sunday, and will be staying here for like, the entirety of july. which, don't get me wrong, is super cool! i love the kid! but it felt like a super weird move, considering his parents are the SUPER strict and borderline helicopter parents. even the smallest prank/roughousing with him/his little sister would lead to a strict talking to from his parents, he couldn't ever do anything without their clear permission, that sort of stuff. so letting him fly at alone at 16 to a whole different country and stay there for a whole month seemed WILDLY out of character. additionally, it just felt like a super last-minute trip. it's not like we have any plans to do when he gets here, and the flight itself and stuff only got booked like, midway through june.

and i was talking to my mom about it, kind of trying to nudge some answers out of her, and after a while she went, "yeah, i think they're sending him over here to get away for his boyfriend. see if the distance breaks them off." which, first of all, surprised me because last i checked, they didn't KNOW he had a boyfriend. literally everyone in the family did EXCEPT for them because while that entire side of the family being semi-conservative, his parents (mostly his dad) are EXTREMELY old-fashioned. so clearly something already went wrong. and considering the only reason the rest of the family knew is because one person found out and it spread like wildfire, i have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't the one to tell them, either.

and second of all. they're sending him HERE. to try to make him forget his homosexuality. i couldn't do anything but just wordlessly gesture to the multiple pride flags scattered around my room, then to myself, because really? he has like two other cousins in the us and they're sending him to me? honey i am about to introduce this kid to queer scenes you have never even heard of. he'll be returning home with labels only shrimp can perceive

[rachmcadams]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra

[officialspec]

commissions are back on the menu boys!! i have a year to save up all the travel costs for my top surgery and i need all the help i can get!

if youre interested in a comm from me, here's a form with all the info ill need from you to get started

if youre feeling generous but arent quite in the mood for a full commission, heres where you can throw a couple dollars to help out

im looking forward to getting back into making art for people, and i really appreciate any support people are willing to give. it means the world to me <3 thank you so much!!

[sherrymagic]

Back then, I saw him as a friend. I don't know when it started. But after thinking about it, I've realized Fang has been the only one in my heart all along. When I walked, whatever I did, and wherever I went to, I thought of him. When I ordered pizza, I wanted him as my pizza topping.

Aou Thanaboon as TAN and Boom Tharatorn as KHAOFANG WE ARE (2024)

— for @srnileforme [4/4] ✩ ✩ ✩

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

I love your au by the way but while I was looking through I haven't seen any grunkle Stan yet

Does he live at the mystery shack too? Maybe Bill convinced Ford to try to repair their relationship?

Or and I hope I'm wrong about this

Stan is in the portal and that's why Ford did the cool little mine deal

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Oh, don't worry! Stan's there alright. He's just a little busy being digested at the moment. Hunger is greedy, after all.

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

To warm up before the tournament itself, and to help me a little with bracket making:

Please reblog for a larger sample size, and follow if you haven't already and would like to participate!

[chocodile]

A handful of Neopets themed stickers I'll be selling at Anthro Weekend Utah along with the big Neopets print!

The aesthetics were inspired by old avatars and webring banners from the early aughts.

[tommarvoloriddlesdiary]

Tom: I can't love anyone more than I love myself.

Harry, exists: ...

Tom: What a relief that the Horcrux in you is a convenient loophole.

[madderruz]

Post for the dunmeshi chimera cosplay that I'll update as I go....

Current progress:

The body, and wings, from a humble beginning to a mighty skeleton

The tail, which I would like to thank every furry alive for being so generous with their knowledge:

The digistilts, which gave us trouble at every instance

And lastly the shirt thing, which was also a learning process of its own

More to come. There's always more. It never ends

[newttxt]

i was talking extensively with a friend about reiju’s delicate balance of caring/emotionless and her relationship with sanji

[operationslipperypuppet]

forcing myself to believe that bobby dawn wasn’t someone sandra lynn fucked (because she’s better than that) and that he just kicked her out.

plus gilear was very gender neutral when telling that story. she could have fucked his wife.

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Another Les Mis musical connection that's making me feral: Jean Valjean uses the same melody with which he sings to Cosette, "Believe me, / Were it within my power, / I'd fill each passing hour-- / How quiet it must be, I can see, / With only me for company"...

When he sings "You are free, / And there are no conditions. / No bargains or petitions! / There's nothing that I blame you for. / You've done your duty--nothing more" to Javert.

In my journey to map out the various leitmotifs in the show, this one really flung me for a loop because what does it meannnn?? This is the only time we hear the melody in the show, and it's applied in two very different circumstances, where the relationship Valjean has to the characters involved could not be more opposite. What connects them?? But I think I have it.

It's a reluctant release. Not of the people, but of his own desires regarding them. Let me explain.

Valjean very distinctly wants things from both Cosette and Javert, which he sings about on the rising part of the melody. With Cosette, he wants to be the center of her life: "Were it within my power, I'd fill each passing hour;" on the other hand, he desperately wants Javert to leave him alone. When he has Javert at his mercy, he absolutely does want to trade lives, which is why he sings it on the rising part: "And there are no conditions, no bargains or petitions." He does want these things--but he's letting them go.

And that's where the falling part of the melody comes in. In both situations, Valjean knows he can't have what he wants. So he gives up that desire. He accepts that Cosette wants someone else, and doesn't blame her for it ("How quiet it must be, I can see, with only me for company,"), the same way he accepts the situation between him and Javert ("There's nothing that I blame you for. You've done your duty, nothing more."). That's why immediately afterwards, he tells Javert his address, and why shortly after that, he prays that Marius be brought home to Cosette.

Cosette is his biggest security, and Javert is the biggest threat to his security. But in this little melody, he sets them free (Cosette metaphorically, and Javert literally). He acknowledges what he wants, and accepts that he can't have it, even though it hurts.

And if that ain't the most Jean Valjean thing, I don't know what is.

[sparticus2000art]

Here’s a meme redraw thing I finally got around to after having it rattle around my brain for months….

It’s kinda funny how many options sans has (I don’t think I even covered half of them tbh)

Komeda is also here to reference that one video….

The OG picture is under the cut!

[crescentfool]

orpheus and thanatos 💚