#accidentally relevant

[salarymanwaka]

[taamlok]

one thing i think is so cool about veilguard that hasn't been getting the hype it deserves is that the companions are actually doing things without you. like if you're wandering around a city you might bump into them doing their own thing, or in the weisshaupt siege the companions who aren't in your party are still there and fighting in a different area. i've never played an rpg that has that degree of coordination between the player and non-party companions, i'm so excited for it!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 5: Flip Slip.

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5)

[snek-eyes]

Queen instrumentals playing in Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death

(instrumentals arranged by Eos Counsell)

(insp. / template / BoRhap breakdown)

[conflipt]

...do you guys not know how to spell metallica?

[tea-time221]

WHO WANTS MY VERY SELF INDULGENT ADORIBULLAVELLAN MODERN THEDAS AU !!!!! (assorted doodles included ....)

got inspired by the many a modern thedas au available on ao3, my forever love for the ace attorney series and also i got tired of drawing armour and leather belts

general overview is anastasios n bull work at the same law firm (assorted practices in the office, ann focuses on family law and bull focuses on youth law because i like the hc that hes good with kids) and dorian's a professor at a local university (because of course he is)

lowkey office romance with bull and anastasios; dorian was a client once in the firm and ann recognizes him in a bar one time, and i havent decided how bull and dorian meet 🥀 most likely thru anastasios

guarantee is that they all get together at the end, that is a Fact

and then related assorted doodles here:

ummm.... hit my ask box up for more details 😋

this mostly focuses on the inquisition cast and ive more or less figured out modern au equivalents for their jobs as well

[spark-circuit]

i'm sorry i know everyone's enjoying the sword festival right now but. b. i'm just still not over it man.

[littjara-mirrorlake]

Happy birthday Pawbo! What do they want?

the death of fascism

[skitskatdacat63]

"From triumph to failure is but one step."

+ the usual

I love when I can include paper sketches in the process gif. It's very satisfying to see it progress from a very vague imagining of what was in my head to the finished project.

+ version without text

My favorite sketch was definitely the one where I actually put in words what it's supposed to convey. I wouldn't usually write that down, cause it's all in my head, but it was useful to do so when sending it to other people. I'll go into it more but here it is just as a teaser:

Lmao first of all, I like how I was teasing "Spanish GP" art, but as per usual, it's just thinly veiled au art. IM SORRY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING GENERAL POSTERS, THAT'S NO FUN! So instead you will get weirdly relevant matador au art. I like it a lot though, I was really shocked I was able to draw 3 different Fernandos, I mean even drawing one figure takes a lot out of me, but this was weirdly easy?? I think it's just the effect of not being burnt out anymore, and actually being able to draw with more ease makes me feel like a god.

Okay, so the text: "Fight or Flight?" I'll be honest, I don't even remember why I chose it, literally came to me in a vision 😭 But I think it's fitting with the narrative of this piece. Is it better to keep going on, keep fighting, or better to finally give up, and flee? Not that I even remotely think he should give up, but I feel like sometimes I can sense him pondering this very question. That was the big fear before he announced that he re-signed. Keep fighting and maybe, just maybe, you'll get the chance to finally go up against the bull again. Or accept it's an uphill battle and the fighting is going to keep getting more and more strenous, and maybe it's time to put down the sword. SORRY THIS IS SO ANGSTY FOR WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "yayyyy home race!!!" Please forgive me <3

I. Renault

At some point, someone pointed out to me that I had drawn all other iterations of matador Fernando with a sword, except for Renault Fernando, and that ended up feeling very poignant to me. In a bull fighting match, they really only pull out the sword at the last minute to deliver the killing blow. So I think it's important to never draw this Fernando with a sword, because it shows the unfailing confidence and stability he has at that point. He only needs to pull out the sword at the end, as a formality almost, there's no reason for him to keep his guard up at all times.

II. Ferrari

Meanwhile this Fernando, he's considering his sword like he hasn't had to in the past. He's checking the sharpness, making sure in advance he can do what needs to be done. He's on guard, he feels like he needs to keep up his defenses at all times because he doesn't have that same amount of trust and stability anymore. He knows though he will be up against the (red) bull, at least that's never in question. At least there's the assurance he'll get the chance to fight.

III. Aston

Oh, Aston Fernando....He doesn't know whether to take up his sword or finally put it down for the last time. While at least Ferrari Fernando knows he's on constant guard against the bull, this Fernando doesn't even have that assurance anymore. He feels like he can never put down the sword, just in case he gets the chance to strike the killing blow on the bull, which feels like it's growing more and more unlikely.

Spanish flag: ? Lmao this was meant to be something to celebrate Fernando's home race and it turned very introspective whoops. Also got the Napoleon quote in there hahaha, can't escape it!! Shame though there is no French gp anymore, if so I'd probably draw an unhinged thing for it :,(

[agentark]

OC: Eleanor Drake

I was tagged a few more times in that OC Vibe game, so I decided to pull one more together for Eleanor, my former A-mancing detective for Wayhaven, current super space soldier for Project Freelancer

more OC vibes: Rose | Althea

I love seeing these on my dash! Tagging anyone who has more OCs they haven't done this for yet! (and anyone who hasn't done this yet!)

[sorryiwasasleep]

Screwed Up: A SuperBat One-Shot

“Look, Kent, the only way you’re getting out of writing this article is if you’re screwing one of them, so unless you tell me you and the Amazoni—“ Clark can’t help the honest-to-god snort of a laugh that pulls from him.

God, Diana will get a kick out of that too when he tells her.

Still laughing, Clark doesn’t even think about it.

He just answers, “I mean, I’d say B’s screwing me.”

And then he freezes as he realizes what he actually said.

And so does the rest of the newsroom.

And it’s like he can see the air swell in front of his eyes as his face flushes red and the group takes what feels like a collective inhale before nearly everyone in the newsroom starts talking at once.

In a move that probably makes him look even guiltier, Clark instinctually claps a hand over his mouth as if to take back the words.

Oh no.

[typosandtea]

Tango fits quite nicely in recon squad gladius despite hating the bos as a whole, and I think its because They have similarities to all three!

Like Rhys, Tango is very distrustful of outsiders, though their definition of 'outsider' differs. Rhys would define outsiders as anyone not bos and to a lesser extent anyone not in his squad, where as Tango would define it as anyone they don't trust (so nearly everyone).

Rhys and Tango are both also assholes by nature and no amount of time in the minutemen will fix either of them of this.. Part of why Tango and Rhys are so prickly is that they are so very protective of those in their (very small) circles.

They're also both violence as a first solution to many problems kinda people. [I would kill for you, please let me kill for you]. (Them 🤝 X6)

They also argue frequently and for the sake of it, it often ends with [Tango liked that][Rhys liked that] much to the annoyance or confusion of the others.. Both are also incredibly stubborn.

Rhys also rejects Haylen because he is so dedicated to the bos (how they say it anyway) so possibly Rhys 🤝 Tango aspec!

Haylen and Tango are both willing to break the rules for what they believe when it comes down to it, like in Blind Betrayal and its aftermath, though their beliefs differ wildly with Haylen having far stronger morals than Tango, though I think even she is somewhat biased by her years in the bos, you can't willingly live among them and remain unscathed by their ideals.

And like Haylen, Tango joins the bos somewhat blind to what they really are, and they later help each other escape together. While Haylen concludes that the bos are misguided, violent and not in line with their ideals (as presented to her) after years. Tango comes to the conclusion of 'raiders and with more firepower and brainwashing' after 1 (one) conversation with Tegan that gets them a misdemeanor within minutes of boarding the prydwen, to be clear Tango was making a observation that they probably would have kept to themselves if they had more than 2 charisma, they don't hate raiders, they've run with some in the past after all.

Danse and Tango both basically live in their armour, feeling extremely exposed out of it. both are skilled mechanically, though I picture Danse as more of a 'by the book' mechanic compared to Tangos 'its not stupid if it works', and 'learn the rules so you know how to break them safely'

Both Danse and Tango have a terrible time trying to talk about feelings, and they (headcanon) find it easier if they are doing something while they talk, for example traveling, repairing something, or in Tango's case, cooking.

Both have identity crises about not / no longer being human, just on opposite sides of the revelation. Danse feels like his whole identity has been torn from him in that moment, where as Tango abandons their old identity, embracing their new robotic status with relief..

They've both built up so many emotional walls to protect themselves after the traumatic deaths of close friends by their hands. Danse killed Cutler because it was right, he was suffering, it didn't matter how he felt about it; where as Tango kills Bones out of selfish false perceived self-preservation born of their deeply rooted expectation to be betrayed. Both are irreparably changed by these events, and often wonder what could have been different..

intentional or not Danse is so relatable autism coded to me so Tango 🤝 Danse

[aroaessidhe]

2025 reads / storygraph

This Gilded Abyss

fantasy/thriller/romance, start of a series

gilded-age fantasy world where a rare magical substance is mined deep undersea

a sergeant struggling with grief and trauma of her best friend dying in a mine collapse, is asked by a young royal (…her ex girlfriend) to help her investigate a strange murder - on the luxury submersible heading exactly where she never wants to return to

when there’s another massacre, confirming their suspicions that it’s caused by an illness inducing a violence craze, they have to find a way to survive, trapped on the ship until it arrives at the undersea city

[cheesenames]

one thing that really intrigued me in tpm was the texture of shmi’s shirt. maybe they were trying to make it look like it was old and pilled, but to me it looked more like someone had deliberately spun the yarn to have slubs—which adds fun texture but reduces durability. anyway i have no idea what tatooine’s textile industry is like, maybe shmi does every step of her clothing production herself, but there’s a decent chance that the person who spun the yarn, the person who picked it to weave with, and the person who chose the resulting cloth to sew a garment with were three different people, all of whom presumably know enough about cloth to realize they’re sacrificing some functionality to get a more visually interesting result. i don’t have some grand conclusion to draw from this, i just think it’s an interesting detail to toss into the environment of tatooine

[zhouxiangs]

it is day six of losing my mind over the peteway hand-holding, what came before, what came after, and what may or may not come later, and today i am thinking about the importance of touch.

or most importantly, of touch as a gesture.

because there's the touch itself, which as two enigmas with touch-based powers that are probably touch-starved for genuine consensual purposeful touch (thank you @marinacourage, i am never recovering from reading those words strung together in that order) is... already a lot. we can infer from what we've been shown/how deliberately they focus on it every time that both their powers work by touching people with their hands, which i imagine must be incredibly alienating for both of them, albeit for different reasons, but specially so for pete who (unlike way who also has to verbally issue a command) seems to need only to touch someone to invade the privacy of their mind even if he doesn't want to.

so, the act of touch alone is incredibly intimate for both of them.

once everything is out in the open, when they both know the other is an enigma and what his powers are, and way knows that pete has been using his power every time he touches him to read his mind, pete could just stop touching him. which is what he does at first.

but then there's my favourite part: both the intent and the manner of the touch. because pete withdraws, but not because he doesn't need or want to keep touching way; he does it because he was using his power surreptitiously, and now he doesn't need to.

pete reaches towards way again, and not only touches him: he slides his own hand in between way's and touches their palms together. pete is touching way, but he makes sure that way is touching him, too. and just like when he bared his neck earlier, pete is putting himself in way's hands, at way's mercy; he can read way's mind, but way can control him if he wants, either to make him back off or anything else. and way doesn't, nor does he draw back even if he looks at pete in surprise.

because pete is showing way he believes in him. he's telling him as much, saying "don't let obligation or fear make you not dare to decide to do the right thing. you are worth more than daddy says". saying "you always have a choice. you still have the right to choose, way".

but he's also telling him with his touch, with the palms of their hands resting together. "i see you", "you are not alone", "i'm here, and i believe in you", "your past sins will not drive me away. wounded hearts can still be cared for".

and also, because of how pete looks at way and because of how emotionally charged this moment is, i cannot help but think about the metaphor of "and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss" in act 1, scene 5 of shakespeare's romeo and juliet; juliet's evocation of a palmer touching the hand of a saint's statue as an almost holy and transformative experience. a kiss with hands.

[spark-circuit]

something something get it twisted, you either go to -20 on your w/d ratio or you kill the entire dichotomy of heaven and hell in under half an hour