#ace icon my beloved

[vilksdessin]

Huevember day 13

Prince andhera of the Unseelie Court

[cellgatinbo]

it's so easy for me to forget my own icon, sometimes i click on my blog to search something and am reminded that some people just have had their visual image of me in their heads as ace catboy cellbit for the last ~6 months

[happi-tree]

it's a few days late, but happi (ha) pride month! time for a new icon 💜

[celestial1980slady]

WORK, WORK, FASHION BABY ✨️

Been messing around with different armor/clothing pieces I never really had equipped before and I thought this was a touch dressier than usual for Kass but I liked it, it's different 😂🤔

[dovesndecay]

[img: the epic handshake meme with the white shirt labeled "Jessica Rabbit" and the red shirt labeled "Barbie" with their combined hands labeled, "ace icons". /end]

Sexualized but not sexual, my beloveds

[goatpaste]

I want to know what your personal pride headcanons are for your favorite Jojo characters! :)

One of mine is that Fugo is Demi and bi! I feel like the ace spectrum is a bit under represented so I end up headcanoning a lot of characters like that lol

yayy! At this point iv nearly done icons for all my favs... BUT I havent done my guy Hot Pants yet :D

to me he's like, idk both genders, neither genders, fluxing between them, trans in both ways, not specifically reflecting a gender herself butr whatever gender ppl view of her, no matter what you are if your in a relationship with them its faggerty. this is the most gendered beast to me in jojos

but, defaulting to give him my Bitrans flag as its my own beloved creation lol

icons free to use with credit!

Buy your local Bitrans Man a Kofi!

[makingqueerhistory]

Hi!! You've probably already answered this before, but... Could you tell me about any aros or aces (or, ideally, aroaces!!) who have made significant contributions to the LGBT+ community?

I know it /shouldn't/ matter, but... Hearing about trans women at Stonewall, or lesbians helping gay men with AIDs... It's just hard not to feel really isolated and rejected and unwanted among the queer community a lot of the time. I do think that many historical gay men/lesbians might've fit the definition of ace or aro (how many historical queers just, ran bars or whatever and were beloved by the community but maybe never really dated?) but it gets so hard to find people I can look up to who are really Mine, as dumb as that sounds...

I totally get this actually, queer icons can often center more well known identities. Here are some stories that might help:

Early Asexual Feminists: The Asexual History of Social Purity Activists and Spinsters

Emma Trosse

The Golden Orchid Society

My strongest recommendation is Emma Trosse though. Here is a quote from her article:

"Her most enduring legacy though comes from her medical writing, where she became the first woman known to write a scientific book about homosexuality titled Der Konträrsexualismus in Bezug auf Ehe und Frauenfrage (Homosexuality in relation to marriage and the question of women's rights). Within her writings around queerness, she would use words such as Urning, which comes from Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, and would demand sympathy for “contrary sexuals” writing: “I will continually exert my full strength to destroy that weak deception and help to open the eyes of those it affects. For only when one has learned to see can one rightly comprehend and judge the poor creatures who are damned without having been understood or heard, or who—if one is being benevolent—are passed by with a sympathetic shrug of the shoulders. That is an Urning! How may we take further notice of him? With this hard, loveless feeling one renounces once and for all his fellow creature.” Coming from a great legacy of scientific writers coming to the defense of queerness, she would immortalize herself with the word Sinnlichkeit, which is the origin of the current word asexual. Not only did she note the existence of people whom the community would now recognize as asexual or demisexual, but she would also identify herself among them."

[rotteneldritchhorror]

BBGIRL! THE BABIEST OF GIRLS!!! JANE DOE MY BELOVED

also hi... pride month.... gotta add pride flags somewhere... ace (+grayaro but theres no flags that combine both with) lesbian and agender girl icon, she is but a doll and i love her dearly

{Used a combination of these two pose refs [link 1] [link 2] by @adorkastock}

[ghostlyfroggy]

Currently rewatching Heartstopper season 3 and I NEED a Solitaire adaptation.

I read Solitaire before I read Heartstopper and before the show was even announced. I absolutely adore Tori Spring. As an asexual I have found her as a character incredibly well written and honestly iconic.

I was upset while watching season 3 to see that when Charlie and Tori are on the Ferris wheel it is not mentioned that Micheal is queer and Tori doesn’t come out as ace, not even mentioned.

The show does have a really good aroace character (Isaac my beloved) but this was still disappointing.

I want a Solitaire adaptation for three main reasons:

1- I love the actor who plays Tori and want to see more of her.

2- Allow there to be another opportunity for asexual representation, specifically with Tori.

3- To introduce more of this character to the people who exclusively watch the show.

NETFLIXXX!!!! DROP A SOLITAIRE ADAPTATION, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!

[chewiiez]

idol au! idol au! idol au fengqing + hualian!

ive been brainrotting on this for a while now — i do love my kpop jpop cpop guys and i wanted to explore these dynamics with xl4 !! (an excuse to watch more time to twice really) so yay let's gaur!!

so basically, xl4 is a famous group X4, shortened form of XI4NLE. a boy group, formed through a survival show.

what is a survival show? no, it's not about wilderness survival – a survival show is trainees competing against each other in order to become part of a sometimes temporary, but otherwise permanent, group! you have performance missions, activity missions, domestic and international voting, all of which determine who stays and who is eliminated. all the trainees dorm together, or maybe if the show has a special theme, the trainees are segregated based on the theme.

anyways, my theme actually came from my fav group's (twice) survival show, sixteen. in sixteen, the ceo of the company chose trainees from his own company and divided them into two categories: major and minor. major are trainees who could be debuted tomorrow if they felt like it. minors are trainees that are talented, but need to compete against majors for a better chance.

so in the X4 survival show, we have the same segregation. from our beloved quartet:

feng xin and xie lian are in the majors.

hua cheng and mu qing are in the minors.

now, let's go over their skills!

after many mental line distributions, song listening sessions, and others, i decided on the perfect skills for the quartet. (IMO)

feng xin: main rapper / lead dancer / lead vocalist / leader. i think feng xin as a rapper would be soooo good omg. spitting bars left and right! i think of him as this ace card that no one really expects from a guy who looks like a cute golden retriever. he also has good stage presence and good leadership, which makes him a well rounded idol. you'd find him on forums of people discussing "underrated idols in the cpop industry!!!"

mu qing: secondary main vocal / main dancer / visual. secondary because his main strength is dance and flexibility, but he has the second highest vocal range of the group!! he's also the visual, because in the actual tgcf fandom everyone talks about how he's so pretty and all, obviously had to include that. mu qing is a sort of enigma to many on the show because off stage he's a blank slate, but on stage his stage presence is so captivating....

xie lian: secondary main dancer / lead rapper / sub vocal / center. i think xie lian is also a very flexible dancer, considering in canon he and mq had similar weapons and cultivation, i wanted to make this connection. now as for rapping, he's really good, but his flow could use a little bit of work! sub vocal because i wanted the canon neck cursed shackle to come into play. AND CENTER! such an important position: he has the most center time in choreo because of his stage presence (note that center time ≠ iconic/hard dance moves. those may be given to mq because he's the main main dancer, and sometimes to xl.)

hua cheng: main vocal / sub rapper / fotg. yess, hua cheng is the main, main vocal of the group! he has the highest range and his voice is perfection!! i also think his flow would be good, so sub rapper. finally, fotg is face of the group, aka a member that you usually think of when you think of the group. i wanted to give this to xl but realized that when people think of tgcf so many think of hc first, so yay, the position is his. that way, everyone has an important position to maintain!

now for some lore:

hua cheng is one of the youngest contestants alongside sqx and hx on the show

feng xin wins the show because he gets the most international and domestic votes from fangirls after a performance of his goes viral

xie lian is in a close second, only 10 votes off 😭

mu qing is eliminated from the show because during one of the performances, the group forcefully gave the high note to him, but he couldn't hit it. however, yushi huang brings him back with her producers choice card.

xie lians family are big investors in the community.

feng xin and mu qing had a longstanding rivalry for the better part of their career, which only ended after the BIG jun wu scandal. (i can talk about this if people are interested.)

feng xin has written the most songs for the group, followed by hua cheng and xie lian tied, and then mu qing.

their reality TV show is called XFOURONLINE!

they debut solo in a weird order: xie lian, feng xin, hua cheng, and mu qing.

they've all gone viral multiple times.

their best charting song to date is probably from an album that took a more mature route.

please do tell me if you're interested in this au because i would love to blabber about the jun wu scandal, dynamics, and subunits, as well as the group image and other things 💖

[perfectlysanexd]

Guuuuys, it's the anniversary of Advent Children! It came out in 2005, and began my unending obsession with Final Fantasy VII—specifically, Sephiroth and Cloud. I've probably mentioned it before, so I won't gush about it too much. To this day, I think that's Cloud's most beloved, iconic outfit, while I think most people prefer Sephiroth's Remake duds, with the sexy belts. Nomura is definitely a belt lover, so I'm not sure why he allowed Sephiroth's coat to float around in the breeze. Also, the addition of various textures to the jacket, I think, made it a lot more iconic and interesting to look at.

So I thought I'd take a look at some of my old AC manipulations, most of them scenes from The Last Chance, my first multi-chapter sefikura work on AO3. I am still very proud of it, and I know that some of you have read it many times. 💕 I'm honored to know that it became a comfort fic for some of you!

(This is the only one that's not from TLC...perhaps it's a bit more like A Tempting Trade?)

I think this is from like...the 2nd or 3rd chapter? They return to Edge, but Sephiroth obviously has no where to stay and, feeling sorry for him, Cloud allows him to sleep in his bed. Sephiroth wants a little something extra, but Cloud won't permit it within Seventh Heaven, with Tifa and the kids right down the hall. Thinking back on it now, surely Sephiroth knew that...

...said Cloud, before trying to deal with the situation all by himself.

"Seeking forgiveness in the hopes of absolution...is a terribly selfish act." I think that was his reply. That part always sticks with me, because AC is, by and large, about forgiveness—both of yourself, and others. Cloud forgives everyone except himself, while Sephiroth forgives no one, including himself. It's an interesting dynamic as they slowly grow and change together.

Will there be a Dirge of Cerberus type sequel...? Perhaps eventually. It has a placeholder in my WIP folder for the moment.

[readingtheentrails]

10 characters/10 fandoms/10 tags

Tagged by @missmacfire, thank you!

Okay, let's go!

1. Larissa Weems - Wednesday (2022)

Look, I'm obviously gonna pick Larissa first because I have made some genuine friends through the Larissa/Gwendoline fandom and that means she is my #1 baby girl/Menace Principal.

2. Moiraine Damodred - The Wheel of Time (2021)

It was hard to decide between Moiraine and Siuan, honestly, but Moiraine won out just because we get so much more screen time with her. She was the reason I came back to tumblr in the first place and I have such a lovely and supportive discord community thanks to her/the show. Her dedication to the mission about all else just gets me so 🫠

3. Aloy - Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)/Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

Aloy best girl 😍😍😍 I think the Horizon series might be my favourite games of all time. They are so much fun to play, the story is so interesting and Aloy is a great protagonist. She is strong, independent and doesn't bother trying to fit in. She does her own thing and I really respect that.

4. Xena - Xena Warrior Princess (1995)

Xena was so special to me as a little baby gay. The thirst I experienced was unbelievable but because her relationship with Gabrielle was (barely) subtext, it was safe for me to watch in a conservative rural environment.

5. Utena Tenjou - Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)

This prince saves herself! Utena is iconic and this anime is one of the first shows that ever got me thinking about gender roles and patriarchy. Utena doesn't always get it right but she does try her best to help her friends.

6. Astarion - Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)

Look, I just love him. I would let him devour me with no regrets. I'm still in Act 1 of the game and he has absolutely seduced me with his charm.

7. Nadja of Antipaxos - What We Do In The Shadows (2019)

I cannot get enough of Nadja. The perfect all-powerful absolute idiot. Her own worst enemy. My beloved girlfail queen 👑.

8. The Captain - Ghosts (2019)

I love the Captain so very much. He's from an era when he literally would have been imprisoned for being open about his sexuality so he's so repressed and uptight but we see these little glimpses that are just wonderful and he's played with such care.

9. Kassandra - Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)

I still can't believe there are people out there who choose to play as Alexios when Kassandra is right there! She's amazing, such a badass and I never want to play another AC game because no other protagonist will ever be as good as her (also Ubisoft is evil).

10. Tissaia de Vries - The Witcher (2019)

Look, I just obviously have a thing for teachers who are a bit mean. Sorry not sorry to be a stereotype!

No pressure tagging @dianneking @weemssapphic @h-doodles @beaujes and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

(Masterpost)

Rules: - Vote for one of these two characters based on who you personally think should win. It can be anything from "I follow aseriesofunfortunatejan and she talks about this character way more" to "I know this guy and not the other guy" passing by "who are these? This one's hotter" and of course "holy shit this is ALSO my blorbo" - You may reblog this poll and you may even talk about why you voted for who you voted! - You may NOT complain about the other character if you dislike them! These characters are all the poll runner's beloveds and the goal of this tournament is to have fun, be silly, be nice, eat hot chip.

Since this is the last round, you are heavily encouraged to write public propaganda for who you think should win!

Introductions and propaganda (under the cut):

Sebastian Debeste (Yumihiko Ichiyanagi) is a beloved loser from the second title in the Ace Attorney Investigations series. Should he win because he is, after all, "debeste"? Or would it be more in-character to... pathetically... fail...? I love Sebastian to bits and there's a reason why I'm not the only one. My followers may be familiar with his noggin because I drew him a bunch in the past, during an event called SEBtember centred around him. He is touching and iconic. Does this mean he should win my blorbo tournament?

Korekiyo Shinguuji is a staple of my blog. It hasn't happened in a while, but two of my character essays get recognised in the wild - my first Shinguuji essay and my "in defence of Mika Shimotsuki" essay. (But yous voted Shimotsuki out, so that probably doesn't hold a lot of weight.) If you've followed me for a while, you've probably seen a few of my "oh no. I thought about Shinguuji." posts in your lifetime. I don't know why he eats at me like this. I hear he's a little fucked up, actually, but that's just a rumour. Wasn't he reformed and a teacher now anyway? (/ref). Danganronpa is also a fandom I am known for, so that could influence your vote. (Do I have a tulpa?) Anyway, does all of this mean he should win my blorbo tournament?

It finally comes down to this... I'm so relieved it's not Sebastian VS Simon. Danganronpa VS Ace Attorney. Story of my life. I feel like I already know who's going to win. But both of these characters have stans. Will this poll in particular find its audience?

If you love one or both of these characters, I'd be happy to talk about them with you!

[bambiilooza]

hi hello hang on you can't just CASUALLY MENTION a headcanon i've been turning around in my head for days now but was too anxious to share with anyone because i figured i was the only target audience for it and then expect me to NOT lose my mind in sheer delight and joy over it. this is about the "Eurylochus and Ctimene are both aspec" thing.

also i love your art style!! and you have excellent taste in media, in the span of ONE day you have posted art of two of my most beloved characters of all time (Webby from ducktales and Eurylochus from epic) so that's incredibly cool. i saw the Ctimene and Eurylochus art first, thought "oh that's awesome", scrolled further down my dash and saw the ducktales art, thought "oh that's awesome" and didn't even make the connection that both were by you until almost half an hour later!

also i saw your mlp epic AU and now i have to ask you…what are your thoughts on a ducktales epic AU? in my humble opinion, Della Duck as Odysseus would be iconic, but idk about how anything else would work, except that Dewey singing the first part of Legendary as Telemachus would change my life forever.

anyways, hope you're doing fantastic and having a great day!! :)

hi!! i had drawings planned for this post but they got corrupted. my laptop hates me fsr.

thank u sm for kind words omg. this ask made me really happy. dt17 is my fav show and epic is my fav musical so i love making art for both of them :D

about the ace hc, i didn't think anyone would else would care about it either actually but i'm so glad u agree omg!! i'm acespec and i love eury being ace. i think ppl agree on it cuz of him in the circe saga but i've always seen him as ace. he just is i can't explain it. he is. and both him and mene being ace is smth very special to me omg. also having eury as ur beloved epic character is so based.

also u are a genius for the della and dewey as ody and telemachus is iconic. but can i also suggest

and i think instead of circe's island, it should be della and selene :D

[journalsouppe]

Here's one of my favorite spreads-- Professor Layton and the Curious Village!! I absolutely love this game and cannot wait to play the sequels!

Writing typed below!

Rating: 8.5/10 Played: Spring 2023 Port: HD mobile (iPad) Favorite? Y Replayable? Y Recommend? Y Series: Professor Layton

Comments:

That tower is insane

Omg I love the memopad, I feel like I'm on Blues Clues

I love the mystery surrounding the tower

omg are we building a robot dog?? -> yes <3 Hot Dog

Omg crash box match puzzle!! ... WHAT THE FUCK

Layton: ew this bottle is so gross. Luke stick your hand in there

What if we were germs in a glass jar and we held hands

Layton you better have Luke on a leash or smth he better not get kidnapped oh my god I am so stressed

Luke is softie for animals T^T <3

A WORM'S DREAM

STACHENSCARFEN omfg not the ace attorney name

veil of night my beloved <3

that old man is BOOKING IT

matthew is the only real one

love the chess puzzles

gorgeous grave statue

these inn items??? T-T

sewer time

Luke: don't worry professor! No one would ever dream of stealing the Layton mobile

Layton: .... Just what do you mean by that Luke

THE FERRIS WHEEL???

Omg layton in a crown

I like how all the tower puzzles are difficult

don't like the creepy lady

is everyone a robot??

YEA A LOGIC PUZZLE

the flying spike ball is insane

He just built the sail??

The ending was SO SWEET T^T

Game Dev Notes:

Beautiful animated scenes

iconic and calming music

stunning 2d art (character and environment)

great range of puzzle difficulty

interactive background and collectibles

different rewards for finishing puzzles

recap questions to see if you were paying attention to the details

great interweaving of puzzles into the story

interesting overall mystery

ability to explore both before the end and after (& gold layton if you solve everything)

Summary:

I absolutely love this game. It's so charming and sweet with a fun story surrounding puzzles. I love the characters and I love their little quips. I love the range of puzzles and how some of them have historical context. It's such a simple concept that was executed very well. Although the story isn't ground breaking, it was still really fun and shocking. It reminds me a lot of an ACD Sherlock story as it's just another one of Layton and Luke's wacky adventures. It is also set up in the perfect way to allow both sequels and prequels (which is what did happen lol). There's a ton of added replayability such as bonus puzzles, finding every furniture piece and arrangements, finding the charms, etc. It's so interactive and doesn't punish the player at all. This is an amazing puzzle game and there's no shame to not knowing the puzzle answers. You don't get full points if you mess up but that's fine as the picarats don't affect main story gameplay. I am so exccited to see how the sequels expand on the characters, especially Flora! She seems like a very unique character and I am so excited to see more of her. I am also just so happy to finally experience the beautiful music I have been listening to for years in the game. The music is so incredible and charming, it makes me want to find a nice, small European town to explore. What a great game and I am excited for what's next! Hopefully in time for the New World of Steam!

All of the stickers I got from Daiso. If you are interested in the materials I use you can check out my pinned post in my blog!

[sleepyspots-wc-designs]

yes your honor!

one mousefur please?

Comin’ right up!

MOUSEFUR

“I don't know anything that could help us. But my dreams have been troubled for a long time. I never thought I would live to see the end of the Clans.”

[Chocolate smoke with low white spotting and mostly-yellow eyes with a blue heterochromatic fleck.]

Miss ace icon! My beloved!!

Some design notes!

Tiny, skinny, lanky.

Notably small paws. Skinny tail. Rounded ears — all very mouse-like!

Scruffy-furred. Excessive grooming is a waste of time in Mousefur’s eyes; she just needs to be clean, not pretty.

“Sunlit-ice”, soooo heterochromia?

Both round and sharp shapes: rounded markings, sharp fur points.

Scarring includes: Tattered ears and a clawed flank.