#This was drawn fast and it shows

[faustiandevil]

I really hope this is how people will learn it’s Celia Lovsky’s birthday today.

Also me… do a lie… on the internet… No one lies on the internet who would do such a thing haha… Anyway it wouldn’t be the first time someone did a weird claim regarding him. Hey, remember Peter Lorre Jr.? That was certainly a guy. Hope those 5 film roles were worth it lol

[littledemo0n]

Excuse me im just gonna spam all of these over here...(part 1 [yes there's more])

[sforzesco]

revisiting crassus, clodius, and the bona dea scandal! but this time with a new composition and a limited color palette

originally when I drew the first version of this idea, it was back when I thought that crassus would be a week long fixation at most (lmao), and instead he just. took up permanent residence in my mind. it seemed like a fun thing to go back to an earlier idea and see what changed now that I've spent a lot more time with everyone involved in this era!

also the way these two interlocked politically. I am. biting into it.

The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East, Gareth C. Sampson

Crassus: the First Tycoon, Peter Stothard

Crassus: A Political Biography, B. A. Marshall

Crassus, Clodius, and Curio in the Year 59 B.C., Robert J Rowland, Jr.

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

[muffinlance]

Read "Suki, Alone". Liked it in general. But can they please, please hire someone who knows both the show's actual events and how to follow through on a character arc? Because guys. Guys. That comic is not implying about Suki what they meant it to be implying, and all because of literally one line.

So like. From a writer's standpoint:

What they meant to do: show Suki as a community-oriented person who cares for her people, and believes in everyone succeeding together.

As opposed to (spoilers): the thief girl they set her up in contrast with, who's pretty upfront and consistent on primarily looking out for herself. She betrays Suki for one (1) corn chip to improve her own life at the prison, no surprise.

But the problem is: they give Suki an inspirational line to the effect of "we're all working together and we'll all break out together"

You know

The thing she does not do in the show

So if both the show and this comic are canon, then instead of setting up a compare/contrast with the thief girl, they've just set up a comparison. One were Suki is arguably worse, because she's been leading a significant number of prisoners on with her "we'll all fight and win our freedom together!" business, only to straight up cut them out of the escape loop and abandon them, whereas the thief is only leading Suki on in the sense that Suki keeps telling her what it's morally correct to think and confuses snide replies with agreement

My dudes. My fellow writers. You people actually being paid for this. There were so many ways to fix those awful implications against our girl's character, the simplest of which would be to not include that line. Or they could have, you know, made it canon compliant with what actually happens in the show, so that this comic doesn't set Suki up as a betrayer instead of a community builder. Like... just send all her good prison buddies off to other prisons in the wake of the warden finding out they're colluding. Have it timed to be right before the next new prisoners arrive, thus setting it immediately before the Boiling Rock episodes, so Suki didn't have anyone left in the prison she'd want to take with her on a breakout. For bonus points, include a page or two of her and her Kyoshi warriors opening up the cell of one of her prison friends post-war, thus implying she's tracking down and actually fulfilling her promises. Maybe even show her doing the same with thief girl, who was established as being imprisoned on false charges anyway, and also showing that Suki is A) the bigger person, and B) willing to acknowledge her own role in mistakes (because I cannot emphasize enough how much thief girl was not hiding her own priorities, and it was Suki who approached HER with all this, not the girl ever doing anything special to weasel her way in) (this would also open up an opportunity for paralleling Suki's earlier in-comic mistake of not listening to one of her friend's very valid thoughts and feeling, which lead to the girl leaving their island alone pre-canon; a "seeing people as they are, not what you want them to be" moment)

Anyway yeah enjoyable enough for a quick read but another one for the "this can't be canon or the characters are So Much Worse than they were in the actual show" pile

At least Aang didn't promise to murder anyone in this one

[circusclowne]

i see ur reqs are open!! could u maybe draw some basemic... blinks at you politely

wonder what she is singing to him

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Keep Being Amazing!!! (sorry I drew this with my mouse. I was too lazy to get a real pen.) I hope you have a wonderful day!

[visionsynth]

Idk if this is where I request but. Can u draw me some cats. Some dumb warrior cats. Any of them. Jayfearher if you rly want a direction but like. My grumpy dudes.

i have no knowledge about this series but here.... i tried the old man

[telesodalite]

I need to be weirder about the scavengers and cannibalism...

[adriancatrin]

i think zhao is the best thing in natla. like there’s a lot of stuff in there that i really like but a lot of it is tied up with complicated feelings or worry about the future of the show. but zhao? he’s just rock solid from start to finish. what an amazing adaptation of his character, with an even more amazing performance on top to sell it

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

I am?

These two words, this simple little question, very nearly came out of Susannah's mouth before she stopped herself, reminding herself of Philippe's sincere nature. This was a man who would never lie to her, least of all about her appearance, and so she allowed herself to be flattered in that moment, cheeks turning a soft pink as she replied, "Th-Thank you, Philippe. You..y-you look v-very handsome!"

Not about to let him linger out on her front porch all night, she was quick to sweep him inside and into her little kitchen, where she had everything laid out, ready and waiting for them. She was also pleasantly surprised by the strawberry-creme bonbons he'd procured for them; they would make a wonderful dessert to cap off tonight's dinner.

"I-I...I have something for you too!"

Before they sat down to their meal (she would've liked to have just dug in, but perhaps giving him this gift would mitigate some of the butterflies in her stomach and let her actually enjoy dinner), Susannah hustled out of the room, only to then return with a small box-not ornately wrapped or even particularly eye-catching...unlike what was inside.

It was a hand-knitted sweater, made in a beautiful sky-blue yarn, laced with delicate honeycomb and blackberry patterns, very similar to the one Wilhelmina Pace knitted for her future husband many years ago (the only difference being was that the one she made was a soft buttercup yellow; Susannah had it tucked away in the cedar chest upstairs, along with many other heirlooms). It would be plenty warm to wear, once the cold snap eventually settled in.

"I-It's an Aran sweater," she explained shyly, her heart pounding in her chest as she watched him open it, on pins and needles, waiting for his reaction, wondering nervously all the while: Will he like it?

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

Happy Valentine’s Day, Stockshop enjoyers! The tenderness of having to move your partner’s glasses out of the way to kiss them, am I right?

Bonus initial sketch and not-shaded gay people under the cut <3

Idk how I did this and idk if I’ll ever be able to do it again <3 love all of you very much!

[gemharvest]

Hey karl FLASHBANGS YOU

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FUCKIONG. OW. WHAT DID I DO

[goatderman]

The sun was rising and the sky was bright. Geminitay woke slowly and peacefully, stretching and groaning, taking her time as she twisted over the bed.

Today was the start of a new year, which mean new invites, new trading, and the same old schedule. She had to do her chores and maintenance; she had mouths to feed.

After Gem finished waking up she climbed down the ladder from her loft bed in the main barn. She collected her supplies, moving outside to feed her herd of 23 cows and three horses.

Doing so was easy, second nature to Gem as she walked through the barn, refilling water troughs as she did every morning. She greeted every animal and let them all into the small front pasture. they would get moved a little later to the larger pasture but this would do for now.

Once she was finished she refilled the hay and water in the horse stables, leading Roadster and Whiplash to the second pasture where the horses stayed most of the day. Lavender nickered and blew at her, as Gem chuckled and apologized for sleeping in, before saddling the beauty and heading to the non-animal storage.

It was a short walk between the two mainstays of the co-owners of Fast Family Park, siblings-in-law Joel's Garage and Gem's Barn.

She walked in with a loud greeting, "Joel! Morning, I'm putting the cows in the back west field, do you need anything?"

When silence met her she grumbled. "you better not be asleep up there, even i slept in, and im up!" She yelled, dismounting Lavender. The horse seemed to mirror her 'can you believe this guy' look as Gem looped the reins around a nearby fence post and walked in.

More often than not, Joel could be found tinkering or sleeping in the car, more at home in the bucket seat than any bed Gem could offer. Joel's car was the centerpiece of the main garage, a few parts and some extra karts layed to the side, but for the most part the wide space was clean. It was some rare, classic, fast car she shouldnt be bothered to remember the name of, though shes sure he's said the name a million times.

Gem tip-toed through the three bay garage, glancing in the car before being surprised he wasn't asleep in the passenger seat. Whatever, not like she needed him to know, it was just polite.

"I'm putting the cows in the west field!" She yelled once more, hoping to get some response. When no one answered she rolled her eyes, and left on Lavender.

--

Tangotek stretched out as he woke. There was soft light breaking through the tops of his dark red curtains and he wondered tiredly if he's missed a meeting or finally got fired. He didn't know where the meeting was being held, so he could always blame the strange meeting places as the reason he's late today.

Pushing himself up with a groan, Tango forced himself to get up and get ready, before leaving the totally-legal-apartment he made for himself in the top of his own Wood Tower.

Yes, pause for laugh, ha-ha, the place he works in the Tuff Towers is the Wood Tower, and its the smallest, and, since he ended up breaking an old lock, lives in a glorified storage shed on the third floor. It had curtains, a bed, a dresser for his two work uniforms and multiple underclothes- no real casual clothing, and his jacket. He carried a 5 gallon water container up the steps every few days.

He has to use the employee locker room on the second floor, cleaning the whole thing on his way out before getting yelled at in some meeting for the dying park. Tango knew they were running out of ideas and money was dwindling; if they couldn't make rent this year then the Tuff Towers would be closed permanently. The whole thing was sad, as the person who inherited the title just coasted until they couldn't, slowly hemorrhaging money until they only had three main employees left. Himself, Bdoubleoh and Etho. They were practically running the whole park themselves with some string and the post-it note.

Not like the two other mainstays seemed to care, with Bdubs never getting the point that they are dying because no one likes his strange requests and Etho looking for away out, keeping up with classified ads and 'help wanted' signs around the town. Maybe they should just call it quits, just close the park one day and never open it again and when people come asking for Tuff Towers Builders Park he'd just shrug and move on.

But he couldn't. Tango was basically homeless, Bdubs was his friend and trying super hard and Etho was reliable when it came down to the wire. He could leave, but really had no where to go and no one to care. Even Etho didn't want to leave until Tango was in a more secure situation.

Tango hated it, feeling like he was anchoring Etho down, just because the guy couldn't leave him behind. They'd sink together before the man let him go, and while Tango was incredibly grateful, he was also scared he was on a ticking clock before Etho grew to resent him.

The heavy mahogany door didn't have any signs on it indicating the daily "How do we fix this sinking ship?' meeting hadn't been changed and he was officially late. Maybe this would be the break they all secretly needed. Tango braced himself for the anger before he pushed the door open.

[ren wakes up and immediately starts feeding animals. he has turtles, axolotls, both river and tropical fish, jellyfish, squid and a massive kelp forest to take care of. Martyn takes care of of the park part of the amusement park. He oversees the safety and use of the observation tower; a massive ufo-shaped structure that slowly rose a group of patrons to a height of 80 and did two rotations before lowering and restarting the process. He also had a drop tower, a mid sized wooden roller coaster and a small fairgrounds with 5 other kiddie rides. A scrambler, a funhouse, a large slide, a school bus ride shaped like a pirate ship and a swing set in a circle rides. Ren meets with Martyn and they discuss the weekly plans, starting with opening to the public for the spring and summer. Fall and winter were dormant, both for the fish health and because it was very hard to compete in the fall against the nearby Creaking Hills Haunted Trail, Haunted Mansion, and Haunted fairgrounds starting weekends in august. The whole Affair took more and more space it did not deserve in the tri-state area, if you asked Ren. August to January(6) was far more than just October. His humble conservation however was open to the public from late march to october, but he may as well cut off october too with how hard it was to get customers away from the Creaking Hills. Ren knew he shouldn't be jealous, but gosh darnit, he worked hard for his aquarium and only young adults seemed to care. Schools came by all the time of course, but his beautiful pristine tanks were wasted on the middle schoolers who would rather be anywhere but there, until they got to the wet specimen portion and got either excited or grossed out. Ren didnt hate the bext generation or anything, but goodness, could anyone show appreciation to all the hard work that went into his life passion? was that really too much to ask?

Ren snapped back into focus as A [fish type] splashed water at him. he chuckled, 'okay okay' he apologized and kept talking to his fish as he fed them, checking the many meters and monitors that helped him care for his marine life.

Today he took his time, saying hello to all his fish, all his jellies, his squid pod, and each and every axolotl. He would clean the tanks in two days, on monday. For now his filters were changed and everything was in working order. They could be open today, but as of right now they only had a skeleton crew of himself and Martyn, and his crew of specialists only came in once a month to monitor the things Ren couldn't adjust on his own. They had an on-call vet, but the vet also worked for the only other entertainment park that employed animals.

So on-site it was just himself and Martyn. Who really had nothing to do in the winter and bad weather days. He kept a close monitor on weather and wind for safety, but there was by no means a professional set up for the weather radar. Martyn used satellite and his best guess before turning to the actual local meteorology center. He has always been really close though, and Ren was always impressed with how similar Martyns guess was to daily outcomes.

He needed to see what Martyn thought about doing a soft opening tomorrow. It would be short notice but if the weather was right they might get a few patrons.

[joshuamj]

yall im almost filled my sketchbook, and this is gonna be the first time in a literal decade that ive done that my god.

Might post some pages from it once its done.. I feel like this is the first time ive really done a sketchbook "right." Before i always felt pressured to just fill it with finished pieces, but thats;; not really what a sketchbook is for. Its for practicing! Trying out things! Etc.! So with this sketchbook i gave myself a really hard challenge: draw almost entirely in pen. I always hate drawing with pens cuz, yknow. cant erase if you make mistakes. So whenever im inking something im a nervous wreck the entire time. but now i was gonna do *everything* in pen. All my mistakes with be left there, all guiding lines and such will show. And this was very hard to do at first, but now its really natural! I actually like doing it this way now, which is kinda crazy to say. And i've filled it with a variety of things! There's me practicing things, just drawing random characters, lots of pages of me playing around with character designs, many pages of animatic plans, and some that were literally just me smearing paint on the page to test the colors or how it behaved. I even have a few sticky notes in it, and ive taped a couple of things in! A while back i was trying out acrylics for the first time, so i ripped out a few pages to experiment with trying to fill the whole page with paint and see how the paper would fare. And they look atrocious, cuz i really didn't know how those paints worked, but hey! It was me trying things out! So despite me being slightly tempted to just throw them out, i actually taped them back in. And another time I didn't have my sketchbook with me when I was hit with inspiration for a character design, so i drew it on index cards and taped em in so all my design notes would be in one place. But more than one index card didn't really fit on the page, so i had to cut the others into weird pieces so they could fit. And these sorts of pages are my favorites! Its satisfying to flip thru my sketchbook and come across very different or "out of place" pages. Im hoping to do more stuff like that with the next one!

[guccigarantine]

listening to palisade 22 again and trying to visualize what Cori’s new mech looks like. I was looking at paramerion sabers and they have such a cool curve to them I wanted to try and put that in the leg/foot situation. I also like the idea of an inverted crown/halo situation but I think what I actually want to do is make it look more like how the halos on the Saint skeletons look. for my next pass I think I’m gonna try and make the wings look like the wings on the knife angel statue (you know the one) and add some decorations and gems and stuff :)

[shieldsurf]

out of the big 4 het/canon fairy tail pairings jerza is by Far the worst imo like. he needs to leave her alone i'm so serious and the fact that mashima wrote in a 7 year age gap for no reason is Not helping... erzas ass is NINETEEN the first time jellal makes an open pass at her i don't care that they used to be the same age it is fucking weird. gruvia is a close second though because while yes we objectify men here sir and i live to serve women juvia's creepiness is really just too much like at a certain point it starts to feel really gross and the fact that gray seems to fall for her by the end of the anime/manga just reeks of coercion. not even bringing up how genuinely awful juvia's character writing is she gets like 5 minutes of being interesting before getting instantly reduced to a creepy stan who completely revolves around gray and has less depth than the average bossfight of the week. i guess its equality that erza and mirajane are some of the best characters in this story (which is admittedly a low bar considering half of their personality is being subjected to the most voyeuristic shots possible) so mashima had to balance it out by making juvia one of the worst