#Rj rambles

[non-bird-nary]

i am so ready for this movie. i'm not even that into movies but i'm ready for this movie.

i am ordering blu-ray discs that don't exist yet. i am asking around to see if anyone knows about a director's commentary version. i am physically manifesting in the theatre and scaring the employees because of my incoherent mumblings about a movie that doesn't even have a poster yet.

This movie's gonna be so fucking good

[arcanearcherayz]

Can Gale lay on top of me like a weighted blanket for a few hours? I think that would fix all my problems

[non-bird-nary]

salvation

more details about this piece and my ideas behind it under the read more, bc i love this piece and i MUST gush about it!!

originally started this for soriku week last year in 2023, hence the subtitle "salvation". i finished it in two days sometime late January after getting back on my ADHD medication, which kicked my ass into high gear and cleared the fog of executive dysfunction.

this is i think the first full illustration that i've completed and posted, and i'm really proud of it! i'm also proud of the the stained glass texture and the lineart, especially since it's my first time fully utilizing the former. this is also the first time i did full shading. a lot of firsts wrapped up in this piece.

i'm so happy that i was able to capture my exact thoughts when i imagined this piece, because this scene is one of THE soriku moments ever and i was shocked that no one had yet made something like this. prime example of make the art you want to see in the world.

anyways, here are some alternate versions with different color filters! wanted to try it out and i think they turned out pretty good! mainly made them to see if i could make the colors more ~romantic~, so i slapped some magenta over it a couple times and these are the results.

[seeminglydark]

Happy with today's fit. It's 75 degrees outside right now, yeesh. New Year, Same old me and that's just fine ✨

[littepuppyeyes]

Something notable about Gale is that while he has strong ambitions he truly pauses to listen to what Tav tells him. That he's worth more than what he can offer or the magic he wields. His ego may be high but not high enough to not set it aside and listen to them. Tav truly loves him for him and not what he can do for them.

[rjthirsty]

Your favorite slow fucking you in the morning before either of you get out of bed. It started with cuddles and kisses. Then petting and gentle moans. Leading to him wanting so badly to be inside you and you eagerly craving him as well.

Neither of you are in a hurry, and you take the time to savor each other. Spooning as he fucks into you. Curled on top of him chest to chest as you rock and bounce. Him on top of you with long kisses and long strokes.

There's something vulnerable about morning sex. Neither person has primped or prepped, so it's just you and him in your natural state and you two still can't keep your hands off each other. It's very intimate, imo.

[raptorjules]

saw a cowboy as i was leaving work last night. i am not entirely unconvinced that it was your cowboy ghost. you’ve doomed us all.

i would be entirely surprised if this guy followed me all the way across the sea but you know, whats a little Yee-Haunt to end your work night, amiright?

for context i did a panel at a convention recently here telling stories about my experience on the overnight shifts from when i lived in texas, ofc you're bound to run into some cowboy ghosts. so heres a snippet from my little talk about my time working in a restaurant on the late shift.

'cuz see I've had experiences before, when i was younger, at my first hotel job. (yeah i'm old and I've worked in hotels basically my whole life.) I used to work in a hotel restaurant in a swanky Holiday Inn in a my hometown (listen i know there's no such thing as a Swanky Holiday Inn but my boss tried very hard to make it so.) i didn't work the overnights, but i did work the closing shift, so sometimes i would be there past midnight cleaning up. one of my first nights there alone i was cleaning the ice machine, and this thing had a huge metal scoop and a pick. and the cook and i were chatting and laughing about something, and suddenly this ice pick flings itself off the counter so hard it embeds itself in the wall right beside my elbow. needless to say we were shocked. musta slipped right? now my restaurant was above a basement, and in that basement was a bar. i could see the entrance to the bar because one of the walls of my restaurant was made of glass and looked down on the entry. it was all enclosed inside the hotel, nothing was outside. so one day the bar has closed early and i'm looking down in the dark and watching the entrance and i see an old man walk into the bar and im thinking, huh. thats weird cuz i saw Al leave and i know he locked up. so i goes out the side entrance of my restaurant dining area that leads to a staircase that goes right down to the bar, and i go down to see whats up and i look through the glass door and i see a cowboy sitting at the bar. its dark. no ones there, i try the door and its locked. i take out my walkie and i call security. and two seconds before he gets there, i knock on the glass, you know the tune, classic shave and a haircut, and the cowboy looks up. he makes eyecontact with me and he has these blue blue eyes. and he gives me this grin, like he knows what hes up too, knocks twice and i blink and hes gone. someone tells me later a scorned woman murdered her lover there by throwing a knife so hard it embedded him to the wall. to be frank that sounds like a pretty convenient story to scare me, but after that i made sure to talk to the noises i heard around the place at night. just in case.'

next time you see my ol' cowboy with his blue blue eyes and haunting (ha) grin, tell 'em i said hello. and remember to talk to the noises you here when youre alone. you never know.

[raenarae]

I know some people hate it but I’m very grateful for the second insistent little beep that the microwave does when you forget your food. It’s the often the only thing that can tear my adhd ass away from doing A Task to feed myself

[86ii6]

[arcanearcherayz]

Someone take the mods away from me. I'm fawning over a pixel man

[non-bird-nary]

i love when fictional detectives are fucked up little guys

[seeminglydark]

Been itching to do a little scene explaining why Caro calls him Ponyboy....

[non-bird-nary]

i'll fucking need it.

[littepuppyeyes]

I have a theory... What if Mystra didn't actually want Gale to kill himself to destroy the Absolute... What if she said that cause she was getting jealous of his new companions?

Gale was no longer miserable and sad. He was beginning to live again and find happiness with his companions.

Most gods are jealous, they only want devotion. More so Mystra wanted all his devotion and when he fell from her grace she left him miserable and no longer cared for him.

I don't believe she wanted to destroy the Absolute. She wanted to destroy Gale's happiness

[rjthirsty]

Chevalier being an absolute weirdo bunching up Gilbert's sheets and sniffing them. Guys! Tell me they're not totally gay for each other.

Sorry. I'm still thinking about this months later. Must write more smut with them.

[raptorjules]

I see a lot of 80's movies in your work, especially The Legend of Billie Jean (the color pallette!!! really recommend that movie if you've never seen it). Made me curious, what are some of your favorite 80's movies? I hope you have a great day! ^_^

oh! i havent seen it, i looked it up and it looks up my alley, Ill check it out! My fave 80's movies, woof theres a lot cuz ya know, i was there, but lemme try and think of some of the ones that show up more in my art and style.

Sixteen Candles-1984 highschool romcom (Breakfast Club is a runner up) The Outsiders -1983 drama Terminator -1984 horror/action The Evil Dead 2 -1987 horror/comedy Christine -1983 horror/thriller The Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome -1981 and 1985 sci fi/thriller Dead Poets Society -1989 drama The Lost Boys -1987 horror/comedy Labyrinth -1986 fever dream Oliver and Company -1988 Secret of Nihm -1982 All Dogs Go to Heaven -1988 animated Killer Klowns from OuterSpace -1988 horror/comedy