#THANK YOU MICHELLE THIS WAS FUN!!!!!!

[alltheprettyplaces]

Boo! It's the Nice Ask Week Ghost 👻 What vibes would your dream house or apartment have? Would love to see example pictures :D

hi michelle 💖💖💖💖💖 thank you for the fun ask!!!

you know those houses that are all fun colors that make people go “you know that kills your resale value??” in a snotty voice? I want one of those

so I started looking through tabs/bookmarks I have saved for things I might want to buy when I finally have my own place. these are some prints I might have to get bc they’re soooo cute

and I’m sure I could find some full apartment shots in my blog of looks I love but since I’m eating breakfast while I answer this we get some google shots haha

colored cabinets in a kitchen, particularly blue and green ones mmmm and I essentially have a fully kitted kitchen waiting to find a home and (courtesy of mostly my grandma) pretty much everything I have for it is a light blue so halfway there already!

and because I literally just bought these less than a week ago

disco decor!!!! valentines and spring time decor is my complete weakness with the focus being pastels and flowers and shiny so starting now looking in the decor section of any store is trouble for me haha

and some overseas inspo from on the left the airbnb I stayed in in London two years ago those lights were an instant “oooooooo” for me. and on the right, ya take a girl to Venice for less than 24 hours and over 6 years later she still wants Moreno glass all over her whole house

actually!!! some more inspo is natacha’s house!!! I looooove how she incorporated color and her stained glass window??? need!!!

in short I think this can just be called a pastel princess vibe and I need it so badly right now!!!

[kalechipslives]

🦋🕯 fatamorou comm

[queenlua]

hey lua what decks do phoenix aceattorney and miles aceattorney play in magic

PHOENIX WRIGHT

once upon a time, a friend bullied me into going to a Pro Tour Qualifier, which was probably the largest Magic tournament i’d ever been to at that time, right?

i was happy to be bullied, to be clear, but the problem was… i hadn’t played standard-format Magic competitively in about 2-3 years.  so my knowledge of the current metagame, what deck archetypes were popular, and what the current cards even were, was staggeringly limited.

“it will be fine,” said my friend.  ���here, take this spare deck i built.  it’s super-straightforward and easy,” he lied.

he said this to me approx. 8 seconds before the first round began, so uhhhhh, i sure was playing a game of magical cards without ever having even looked at the damn deck before!

so, lo, literally in the course of playing the deck, i was learning how this shit was supposed to work.  “oh!” i’d exclaim with delight, halfway through my turn.  “THAT’S how those two cards are supposed to interact.  oh that’s super clever.  what a neat combo.”  and then i’d proceed to shiftily look at my opponent over my cards, riffle those cards a lil bit, and then say “pass” with as much of an enigmatic vibe as i could muster.

meanwhile, my opponent was Actually Prepared, and they were Trying To Win, and they were pissed.  they threatened to call Slow Play on me because i was taking so fucking long reading all the cards.  as in, he literally called a judge over, who stood there watching me the whole time, in order to determine if i was being Criminally Bad At Magic versus just A Regular Amount Of Bad At Magic, and i was sweating bullets the whole time because i didn’t know this deck or their deck or any of those cards and AHHHH why is the judge staring at me!!!

….which only served to make it EXTRA-humiliating for this poor fuck when i proceeded to eviscerate them 2-0.  hahahah get dunked onnnnnnnn nerd!!!

and then i also proceeded to eviscerate my next opponent???

sheer dumb luck.  i cannot overstate how ill-prepared i was for this tournament.  i absolutely did not deserve these wins.

meanwhile the friend who gave me the deck was having a much worse time with their deck, and they were like “what the fuck. you weren’t supposed to win. how are you winning with that shit, my deck’s so much better than yours”

anyway.  i think that’s the kind of scenario Phoenix would get into if he were an MtG player.  dude Gets Himself Into Situations And Then Uses Cleverness + Bullshit + Luck To Get Out Again.

(AA4-era Phoenix seems like he’s doing the same thing… but, in reality, he’s actually been meticulously crafting his deck in secret for the past six months.  he’s not even aiming to win the tournament, he’s just exploiting a known weakness in the opponent-matching system that lets him know with certainty who he’s going to get matched up against (spoiler: first round is Kristoph), and he’s hyper-optimizing his deck to beat Literally Only Those People.  meanwhile, Apollo, who built a tryhard hyper-optimized variant of Red Deck Wins, is lowkey annoyed that Phoenix's seemingly-random pile keeps vaulting him just one table above him in the standings, because Apollo knows his deck is better. he knows it!!!! just let him go 1v1 and prove it aaaaughhhh!!!)

((also, in case you want Actual Concrete Cards And Colors And Stuff: in general i think Phoenix prefers limited play (draft, sealed, "anything where you open booster packs on the spot & throw a deck together") to constructed play, because he doesn't like being tied down to any one game plan. when he does play constructed, i think he's less attached to a specific colors and more attached to specific mechanics. in particular: he's not a combo player exactly, but he likes mechanics that feel like bullshit. dude saw Madness for the first time & his eyes lit up & he was in LOVE, "you mean i'm discarding the card but then i can cast it for free??? hell YES." he absolutely ran a poison counter deck during New Phyrexia. ah fuck i just realized he was probably a huge stan for noted awful expansion Battle for Zendikar, i think i gotta cancel him now, sorry))

((and i think Phoenix also has a touch of Timmy in him! like, i went to a huge state tournament once with a bunch of really skilled players, and there was this one dude in our car who had a really solid deck, clearly adhered to a lot of the trends in the meta at the time... but his win condition was a Shivan Dragon. which wasn't a bad card at the time, it was a reasonable win condition, but it was... slightly suboptimal? not at all the obvious pick? sort of random? and multiple people asked him "why is that your win condition" & he shrugged and said "i like dragons." so the dragon stayed & that dude ended up getting second place in the whole tournament so FUCK optimal play, bring a dragon. i think Phoenix would sneak in a dragon now and again. just 'cause))

MILES EDGEWORTH

this one is trickier!!!

young!Miles is just going to play Whatever The Meta Deems To Be The Best Deck, right. the von Karma perfection thing and all. it's all very boring & micro-optimized to be the Best Deck Of Its Kind & he pours over the results of the big name tournaments week after week & does some math or whatever to hyper-optimize his own build of the Obviously Correct Deck. there is no soul in any of this, purely Executing On A Formula.

...but then he experiences Character Growth & has his big gay crisis & now he has to pick up the game again. he opens the latest tournament results... clicks around some win % stats for various cards in a desultory kinda way, and... his heart's just not in it, right?

enter 2-4 era Miles. 2-4 era Miles is playing some utterly unhinged Five Color Good Stuff thing. there's a lot of Planar Chaos cards in there, because that whole set was about Weird Shit & cards doing Stuff You're Familiar With (But In The Utterly Wrong Color!!!) & all that is resonating with Miles more than he'd care to admit. he cannot possibly talk about his unnecessary feelings but he can make a weird noise rock album about them. and by noise rock album i mean this fucking Magic deck.

and he's playing this deck with a 100% straight face, as though this is the exact same behavior that won him the Junior Super Series five years in a row & not a desperate cry for help from a madman. everyone else is like Miles... are you playing fucking singletons... in a fucking standard deck... you know your deck will be more consistent with four-ofs right... and then he gives a cool fish-eyed stare & taps out to cast some arcane bullshit legendary creature & gives a single rap of his knuckles against the table to indicate that he's passing the turn.

and it works, is the thing! all those years of training to be the Spikiest Spike Ever have paid off; this Five Color Good Stuff thing relies on some pretty clever insights to make the mana base work, and parts of what he's doing eventually get adopted by the larger metagame to become an Actual Serious Deck. but, like. it's still a monstrosity. any skilled players watching are still definitely wondering Are You Okay, Dude.

after 2-4, i think Miles settles back into playing something more normal. he still cares about winning, but he's going to do it with a touch of class. he wants a game that involves dialogue, some actual back-and-forth, because just trying to combo off is lame coward behavior.

aw yeah baby we're talking counterspells!!!

he's a blue player at heart & he's happiest when he's updating the autopsy report shutting down whatever his opponent's plan is. he'll splash other colors as the occasion calls for it, but he'd be happy running mono-blue the rest of his life. like, i ran a pretty fun Legacy deck back in the day which consisted of:

every kind of counterspell i could get my hands on,

propaganda because FUCK creatures,

thieving magpies for the card draw,

and a few silver wyverns to, y'know, actually win the game

...and i think Miles would appreciate that deck. just play counterspells until the opponent runs out of steam & then cruise your way to victory with a couple birds. simple. elegant. classic. doesn't involve any of this modern Planeswalker bullshit (Miles regards most developments that happened to MtG post-Time Spiral block or so as affronts to game design).

(i do think Miles has a secret fondness for sagas as a card type, however. they remind him of all that Character Growth, but in an abstract/subconscious/nonthreatening way. too bad most of them are a bit of poor match for the kinds of decks he likes to play)

FINALLY: i think Miles hates playing Commander with every fiber of his being & Phoenix loves it & this is a pretty serious point of contention in their relationship. poor dudes

[ladyantiheroine]

Rewatching Batman and Batman Returns back-to-back and it's just reminding me why I like Selina as a love interest better than Vicki.

I mean, anyone who follows me already knows I'm a batcat fan, and I don't find Vicki that compelling outside of the TellTale Games version of her. But even beyond my own preferences, Selina is just a better match for Bruce in the Burtonverse overall.

The problem with Vicki is that she's so distant from Bruce's world. Just as Bruce explains in Batman Returns, she couldn't reconcile the two parts of him; Bruce Wayne and Batman. She had "difficulty with his duality," to paraphrase Selina. Part of it is Bruce's unwillingness to open up to another person, but I never got the vibe that Vicki liked Bruce being Batman. When she discovers his identity, she says to him, "I've loved you since I met you, but I don't know what to think of all this." It seemed like she wanted him to just be a normal guy, which of course, he can't be. Even at the end of the movie, she seems to accept Bruce as Batman begrudgingly, as something to tolerate rather than understand.

(At the end of the movie, Alfred tells her that Bruce will be "a little bit late" and she responds with "I'm not a bit surprised." It's meant to be a cute jab, but to me it just seems like she's passively accepted that Bruce's alter ego will always take precedent over her, and that's not very romantic to me)

On top of that, their date scenes are kind of bland, they don't really get to know each other that well, and they don't seem to have much in common. Overall, Vicki is written like a stock love interest, a damsel in distress to scream until Batman saves her. There's not much glue keeping them together.

But Selina on the other hand? She knows what it's like to have a darker alter ago. She knows what it's like to be traumatized and hurt by the criminals of Gotham (Max Shrek and Penguin). She knows what it's like to be a freak. Bruce himself says so in their movie: they're the same, "split down the center." When she finds out Bruce is Batman, she's upset not because she can't reconcile the two halves of him (like Vicki) but because it puts them on opposite sides of the law ("Does this mean we have to start fighting?"). They are perfectly matched but kept apart by outside forces and conflicting priorities, rather than other than lack of communication and compatibility.

On top of that, Bruce and Selina have way more chemistry (bolstered by Keaton and Pfeiffer's performances). On their date, they talk deeply to each other, about their pasts and their desires. They seem to innately connect in a way I never felt with Vicki, who seems to beg Bruce to be normal while he seems borderline bored with her half the time. With Vicki, it's like he's acting out a script. With Selina, it's an organic spark.

Of course, Selina does end up leaving at the end of their story, because she's been pinned down by men for too long and needs to go off on her own. Unlike Vicki, she's not built for the normal "fairy tale castle" life. And because he loves her, Bruce follows the old truth that if you love someone, set them free.

But despite this ending, I buy the tragic love story of Bruce and Selina more than the straightforward Hollywood ending of Bruce and Vicki. The former felt like soulmates torn apart by circumstances, the latter felt like two people who were never going to work in the first place because they weren't compatible.

If you ask me, Vicki was just a stepping stone for Bruce on his way to Selina. She taught him a lesson: He needs someone who will understand him fully and join him in the night, not simply wait for him to return and act "normal" again.

The big difference is this: When the bat signal hits the sky, Vicki is going to stand back and worry.

But Selina Kyle? She's going to grab her whip and join Batman on the battle field by his side.

And at the end of the day, I'd much rather see a badass power couple working together as a team rather than a worried wife sitting at home while her husband goes off and saves the day.

[real-reulbbr-band]

"who lifts you in your production? Is it Alonzo?" “Tumble from this. with my boyfriend.”

(The Wrong cat died - Episode 124) “Jean Michelle Sayeg “Victoria” CATS: US national tour five"

Timestamp: 20:40

[toastybugguy]

found out that teaching myself the fundamentals actually helps me to draw and understand difficult concepts more easily .. what the Fuck

[heartstringsduet]

Nice Ask Week! Michelle, I have 2 questions for you. First, you get to choose one Lone Star scene to be extended. An extra 2-5 minutes will be added to the scene. Which scene do you choose? 

Second, you’re trapped in a building collapse!! Two members of the 126 are coming to your rescue! Who do you want it to be?

Hiii <3 Been putting this off because for some reason my answer seems so damn important. Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity / To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment / Would you capture it or just let it slip? 😂😂 I think to prolong a scene is a lot harder of an ask than to add a scene to an episode if that makes sense. Like, I would have loved to see TK talk with Carlos about nearly relapsing when his mom died. I would have loved a tender moment when Carlos felt so helpless after he was involved with the man accidentally stabbing himself. I want more Owen and TK scenes goddamnit! I want a Carlos/Paul/Nancy begins. 1. But you didn't ask that, so maybe I want to prolong the 'raging bull' boxing scene and make Grace leave to fill it with a moment we see how TK tries to gently approach Carlos' feelings of distress and maybe Carlos would already pull away but sttill I wanted a bit more comfort for this man, even if it was only offered and not accepted. 2. OH NO, my building collapses? Well, I'd want really gentle people. Honestly, Marjan would be super focused but not calming me potentially. Paul did a great job with the girl in the iced house (sorry I forgot your name, girl who always got forgotten) but somehow the long expertize and kind of nonchalance of Judd might be ideal. So Judd. And selfishly I'd want TK there, because he is my favorite and I'm not above being biased as fuck. Someone might need to fix me up after all.

[ladynoirist]

4, 19, 28!

4. mythical creature you think/believe is real?

this is probably cheating but aliens lmao. i believe they exist out there somewhere as strongly as i believe that humans have not made contact with them yet. for genuinely mythical creatures i guess i see the yeti as most likely to be real? as in i think it's very reasonable for there to be some sort of large mammal in the himalayas that people's imaginations over generations have turned into mythical supernatural creatures.

i almost included the loch ness monster but when i looked up the depth of the loch ness it's only 200 meters so i don't think it's likely for a giant eel to have hidden in such a (relatively) shallow lake without being definitively proven true or false for so long. that being said i think various sea monsters of lore are very likely to exist (in unfortunately non-magical form) because despite the centuries of exploration and advances in tech we still do Not know what's going on down there in 80% of the world's oceans.

19. the veggie you dislike the most?

capsicum/bell peppers! i forced myself to get accustomed to them in college but i hated them so much throughout my childhood and teenage years. i tried to train myself to eat them many many times and i'd always get extremely nauseous, if not outright throw up.

28. last meal on earth?

a really nice fancy sushi platter with one of every type of sushi possible, washed down with real champagne. and chocolate mousse spiked with kahlua liqueur for dessert!

[solongllondon]

I was tagged by @heartstringsduet to share some screen caps, so here we go!! Thank you michelle, this is not gonna be embarrassing for me at aaaaallll

1: my lockscreen: i am still obsessed with prince hair harry and lhh eras. they’re missed. rip. he’s just SO pretty.

2: the last song I listened to. Apparently it was up all night?? On my laptop it’s written all over your face by louis tomlinson….

3: the last celeb photo I saved. Harry in all his ugly 1d merch glory. Um. Got something else you want to “accidentally” share with the class, Harold?

….all of this could also be titled tell me you’re back in a one direction phase without telling me you’re back in a one direction phase oops

anyway I’m tagging @thislovetv @thatwasthenightthingschanged @backmygirlhood @figuringthengsout and @stood-onthecliffside and anyone else who wants to do it, let me virtually snoop thru ur phoooneees <33

[becausebuckley]

i am on shaky campsite wifi for a month so i guess i won’t be seeing any gifs or art or funny memes for a while lmao

[notladylikes]

@holyfailed asks : we have a bigger problem than we thought we did. ( for adelaide )

the two women are standing together and there's something looming ahead, a darkened shadow that seems to encapsulate all areas of light around it's being, and it's coming towards them. adelaide holds onto jordan's hand like a tether to reality, like she's holding on for dear life and afraid of sinking into the darkness that threatens to envelop her whole.

"what...what do you want?" adelaide shouts, hoping to get some sort of verbal response instead of the feelings that are coming off the creature...being....whatever it is in waves. there's a heavy sense of dread in the air and it radiates out towards them, pulsing in a layer of darkness and what appears like thick blanketed smoke from the inside of whatever this corporeal thing was.

"i think we should run," adelaide whispers over to jordan, but finds herself locked in place, as if she was frozen to this very spot. "but i um...i can't seem to move my legs..."

[cherryisagamer]

Wow! I think the most insane is that Leon still looks good even as blond, the greatest statement of handsomeness~

Chev's clothes go well with black and white. He really looks like a vampire lmao edward's missing adoptive brother

Leon Michel and Chevalier Dompteur ver. 2

@ike-garden2024 gave me the idea so here they are.

I think they look better with changed outfit color?

@aquagirl1978 @ikeprinces-stuff @cherryisagamer @myusuchaa @leonscape @chirp-a-chirp

Sorry for all the mentions, I just thought those who reblogged the previous post might be interested

[art]

Creator Spotlight: @mimimar

Hi! I’m Michelle (Mimimar), an illustrator born and raised in Venezuela, currently based in Italy. I enjoy making colorful illustrations that reflect the things I love: fairy tales, fantasy, tenderness and queer (especially sapphic) stories. Occasionally, I also make paper dolls, comics and animatics. I have a lot of interest in book illustration and I’m currently developing my own stories that I hope to share as an author-illustrator someday!

Check out our interview with Michelle below!

Did you originally have a background in art? If not, how did you start?

I always enjoyed drawing when I was a kid, but it only became a hobby that I did almost every day when I was around 11. At first I only used traditional mediums, but I decided to make a serious effort to learn how to draw digitally when I was 15, and once I got the hang of it I never stopped!

I didn’t go to art school so all of my learning was done through studying the tutorials and resources that other artists generously share on the internet and lots of practice / trial and error.

How do you want to evolve as a creator?

I want to do many things but what I want to do the most right now is work on books! I want to make art for other authors’ stories and also my own stories as an author-illustrator. I want to grow as a storyteller and create art and stories that will really resonate with people emotionally. I’m always striving to improve my skills as well.

I also really love dolls, so working on doll box art or as a doll designer is something I would love to do someday. I actually have been designing paper dolls on my Patreon for the past few months, it’s been a fun project that is still ongoing right now!

What is one habit you find yourself doing a lot as an artist?

Probably using a lot of purple! It’s my favorite color so I find myself using it a lot. If I can find a way to sneak a little bit of purple into an illustration or a character design then I will.

Congratulations on finishing your Ivy Comic! Did the outcome turn out like how you expected or were there some unexpected bumps along the way?

Thank you! It’s a project that I worked on very slowly in between other art because I wanted to really take my time with every spread and make each of them a fully detailed illustration. I thumbnailed the full comic before starting but I kept changing the sketch for the final spread until the very end! Overall I’m really proud of the end result. I sprinkled a lot of hidden details in every page that I hope some of the readers will notice. For example: the meanings of the flowers in each page represent what the characters are feeling in that moment, and the colors of their wardrobe become gradually lighter as the story progresses to represent their emotions, as well as the changing of seasons.

We’ve noticed that you have created some amazing cover art for TGCF. Is there another series you would like to do something similar with? 

That was another passion project that took some time to complete. Initially, I didn’t intend for them to be specifically covers, it was just a series of illustrations based on the 5 books/main arcs of TGCF. But since they were well-received and I had people telling me they wish they could use them as covers for their books, I decided to rework them into dust jackets for the english translation of TGCF!

I haven’t thought of any other specific series but I love doing cover art so maybe I’ll do something similar again in the future!

What’s your favorite part of your style? Why?

I’ve heard from other people that there’s a delicate quality to my art, this is something that I like a lot! I like pretty things, fairytales and vibrant colors. I think all of these things probably reflect in the art I make as well.

If there is one thing you want your audience to remember about your work, what would it be?

I hope that they remember how it made them feel. Feelings and colors are the two things I give priority to in my work. Most of the time I like depicting tenderness, softness and emotional intimacy. If that could reach the viewer and stay with them it would make me very happy. 

I make a lot of art with queer (mainly sapphic) themes because they’re the kind of stories I personally like and want to see more of, so whenever people tell me that my art has helped them in their journey to discover and accept themselves, or that they see themselves and their partner in my art, it is always extremely meaningful to me. When art that I made to give myself comfort can provide comfort for others, no matter how small, it reminds me once again that despite any hardships art is genuinely worth pursuing.

Who on Tumblr inspires you and why?

So many artists! To name a few:  I love @sakizo’s amazing eye for fashion and detail,  @paneeps’ gorgeous style and striking colors,  the sweetness of @bevsi’s art,  @vickisigh’s pretty colors and concepts,  @idledee’s warm and heartfelt art,  @littlestpersimmon’s dreamy wonderful art,  and @loish has been an inspiration for as long as I can remember.

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing, Michelle! Be sure to check out their Tumblr blog over at @mimimar.

[githvyrik]

friends and I dressed up for dnd movie last night and like 3 people in public filmed/took pictures of us :/

[bigbotched]

MICHELLE SET ❀

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Hi everyone I hope your summer is treating you well! Today I present a perfect summer-y set for your sims: The Michelle Set

I had so much fun making this drop, I've lowkey been hoarding it for myself lol, with that being said I hope you guys enjoy this set as much as I have been and see you soon!

-BOTCHED

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Includes:

Michelle Tube: 25 Colorways, Located in Tops

Michelle Tube (Breast Enhancement Version): 25 Colorways, Located in Tops

Michelle Skirt: 25 Colorways, Located in Bottoms

Michelle Mesh Heels: 19 Colorways, Located in Shoes

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RECOLORS ALLOWED JUST REACH OUT PRIOR TO RELEASE!

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If meshes included in this drop cause any conflict with your game don't hesitate to reach out and tell me via patreon, instagram or tumblr @bigbotched

Enjoy! & Thank you for shopping BOTCHED

[the-spaceship-sekai]

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Misaki Okusawa & Michelle stimboard! 🧸 💝

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