#and I just know I wont be able to replicate it and so all of my efforts are gonna be for nothing

[dullahandyke]

nothing like a typing test to lift the spirits

[davidisnotmyname]

just accidentally deleted a drawing file that I've spent hours on and has been one of the only pieces of art I've genuinely felt proud of. I feel fucking sick. I'm not kidding when I say I was curled up in a ball on the floor sobbing a few minutes ago. new art soon though I'm gonna have to redo this shit

[animeshotsh]

General White Rabbit x Fem!Reader HCS

Warnings: HCS - Protective - Full!Demon Rabbit - NSFW + SFW - Maybe OOC - I need him -

SFW:

You two met when he was just starting to bring Malakians to the human realm and just happened to ran into you.

He avoids killing when he can. Still gets worried you will rant him out so he most likely ends knocking you out till he decides what to do with you.

You end being on a trial time. Like he is teasting you. You will probably be scared of him at first. Since you are filled with Demon propaganda.

Then you start to see that not all demons are bad just like all humans are not good. Its not black and white but grey.

You end helping them adapt to the human world and usually go to get them food, medicine and whatever they may need.

End suggesting being in the countryside may be better than staying in the city, plus more fresh air!!

The romance between you two would be slow. First a friendship that evolves in romantic feelings.

White Rabbit probably falls hard when he sees you helping the other Malakians and how honest you are. Even more when he sees the process of you being scared of them because of the human propaganda to understand them.

He really aprecciates the open heart you give him and to the rest. And all the help you have done around.

If Darkcom even comes near you they are as good as dead. The White Rabbit its possessive and obssesive. Protective over his peopel , he would make sure they are safe before going to battle.

And If you ever get taken by Darkcom or a fellow Demon.

Its a blood battle. One that its going to end being win by him.

He ends being so sorry for putting you at risk.

He has seen how humans courts their S/Os and tries to replicate it as much as he can. He probably has been courting you in Demon ways but you never noticed it.

So he beings you flowers and asks you to drink some tea with him with your favorite sweets too! Will try to even have some music too. Hopeless romantic.

Probably kisses you on impulse. Maybe you are teaching some young Malakians some human thing and he cant help but just feel it. So once you end the lesson he does to you, his intention was to tell you how much help you have gave but ends kissing you.

Or you two are escaping from Darkcom and after making it he kisses you because he was afraid he would lose you.

So, Demon courting. Back in Hell he would have to fight others to show that he is strong. But he basically protects you and the rest 24/7 so he will try with his intelligence. Ends showing you some very complicated projects of him, and while they are good and amazing and all. You wont get the hint. Not even when the poor Rabbit has to help himself from jumping when you tell him how suprised you are with these.

Probably would try to get you valuable things....from hell standars. So while most Malakians are shipping you two hard after seeing him giving you some special rock from their home place...well you see it as a friend's gift.

Poor Rabbit will probably wonder what he is doing wrong.

NSFW

STAMINA. He is a Demon and a Rabbit no less. He can go for so many rounds.

Biting. Loves to leave his mark on you. Its a thing about being possessive but also romantic. Bite him back please he will love it.

Over sensitive. He feels more since his senses are sharper and that includes his nerves. When your bodies are connected he feels so much more than average. Every pulse from your core, every breath you take and sound you make.

RUT. Maybe he goes into it because he finally has someone in his life. He is over you during it. Probably has a private room for it too. With his smell and toys too.

His after care its 10/10 since he knows he can be quiet demanding during sex. Water, food, words of ressurance....all of it just for you.

A secret kink of his is getting you pregnant even if he does everytning to prevent it.

Doggy style its his favorite position since it awakes his more primal side. He is able to reach deeper and mark you better. If you are tired dont worry, he has enough streght to hold you and keep going.

Is able to smell your arousment so never think of hiding it. He probably gets pussy drunk too.

First time he smell it he was confused because it was coming from you and was having an effect on him...

[decafbat]

i really like how much depth your art has, do you think you could show how you break down bodies when sketching if that makes sense? it’s something i struggle with a lot in my art! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

ok apologies in advance, this is probably going to be a really long and tangential rant about art that may or may not actually help you in learning how to construct bodies. im just gonna put it under a cut to save everyone from seeing this huge text wall.

i dont think its gonna be possible for you to replicate my methods here, because theyre mostly just really specific shortcuts for finding certain proportions and reference points for anatomy, which i'm fairly versed in, but not as much as i'd like to be. the shortcuts you'll need will be different from mine. im glad you think my art has depth, that is something i am trying to seek very intentionally right now, and i dont think im even close to the depth of form i am actually aiming for. so like. this makes making a tutorial kind of inherently hard. nevertheless, i threw this quick sketch together after like 3 failed attempts. (i was doing those attempts digitally, ended up giving up on that and going back to traditional because its what im most comfortable with rn)

i didnt get all the steps i took to get here because scanning that much would be cumbersome but ill try to explain how i got here. i start with the head almost every time.

i use a lot of symbolic/graphic shapes when drawing heads and dont stick to using forms very often besides the circle at the center of the head, which i use as the base to form these graphic shapes around. think of it like "wrapping" the ball in various textures and masses. the eyes are usually "textured" onto the head, notice how the her left eye looks narrower then her right. of course i try to make sure her bangs sit along the curve of the sphere and her ears look like they sit on opposite sides of the head. its easy to forget that part, making the head look unsymmetrical. the particular masses of leica's head would be her snout, which is just a curve extended slightly outside the diameter of the ball, and her hair, which are two strange organic shapes that are quite hard to draw, two hair sprig anime antennae things (forgive me, i forgot the word for them,) and the back of the head, which i usually need to extend slightly. its a little too extended here, needs more on the top, i fix this in the final pass. this was a quick sketch, so i didnt focus too hard on the forms of the head beyond the most essential ones for her design, but i sometimes highlight the form of cheeks with curved hatching, or try to make the eyes appear more sunken-in as they are on human faces. i dont know how to proportion the neck and torso correctly until i draw the head, so i always do it first. next, i did the torso.

so heres why i said that you probably wont be able to replicate this approach. you do kind of just have to practice anatomy, i cant just make it make sense because im not very good at explaining this stuff, but ill try to go through what i did here. so, i generally use simplified bone shapes to find proportions and reference points, as well as more complicated shapes like those of elbows and knees. i try to study fairly often because im not satisfied with here im at with this stuff yet. of course, i dont think i'll ever be. so i'll usually start with the ribcage, add a shoulderblade out the back to find the shoulder, the armbones come out of that, the bone in the upper arm connects to the ulna with a sort of three-pronged attachment, one big knurl in the middle, which forms the thrust of the elbow, two little ones on the side. i think those are part of the ulna but i dont remember. see, you dont really have to know what exactly they do as long as you know what they look like. the ulna does some goofy rotation shit i dont understand, connects to the wrist, and then we have a hand, which, i mean, im not good enough at hands to even be telling you how to do it, but i just have a big squarish mass and some little hotdog fingers coming out of that. you can see on her left hand that ill have a big circle forming the the area on the hand where the thumb attaches... theres more depth to the hands, i think you can easily find better tutorials then i could offer. anyway, under the ribcage theres the pelvis, represented with a box. ill get into that when i talk about the legs. i wanna briefly talk about the way i add the flesh and fat to the bones.

so, i really can't give a comprehensive crash course on anatomy, but i can point you towards the morpho series, which is where i get most of this stuff from. you can get very far with the volumes Simplified Forms, Fat and Skin, and Skeleton and Bone Reference Points. moving on, i just kind of have a feel for where the masses attach by now. the important thing to remember when drawing fat characters like this is that the fat should "hang" from the bones and flesh, drooping down slightly. leicas fat hangs substantially, so she's not very wide despite her weight. this is important to her character design i feel. i almost always draw characters naked first when doing serious drawings because it will come in handy knowing where the forms of the body are when i add the clothing. by focusing on the way her body looks naked, i can modify the impression of those forms when adding clothes, and when i add them later on in this drawing, leica will take on the distinctive boxy look i try to draw her with.

if you look at the arm, youll see that the place the line of bone sits is very high compared to the whole mass of the arm, the flesh and fat of the arm "hang" from the bone, and then the upper arm squishes against the bent forearm too. even if the anatomy in the arm is indistinct, it can still look convincing when the forms act realistically against one another. the elbow has much less fat connected to it, so its more bony then the rest. this isnt actually consistent on all people so like, think about that kind of thing when designing characters, like i was talking about before, fat can sit in infinite different ways. maybe if i was doing a more objective anatomy lesson i'd draw cath, because i do have a sort of vague understanding of muscle placement that doesnt come through here, but probably would if i was drawing a scrawnier character. let me know if you want that.

a word on the breasts too: they hang a bit lower then you'd expect, keep that in mind. the attachment point is also angled, as the line shows. the line starts roughly in the middle of the torso and ends around the armpit, but the form of the breast can go underneath the armpit or even connect around the fold of fat in the back. many things to think about. i love boob shapes. ok lets finally get on with it and talk about the legs.

so, the really specific shape of the pelvis doesnt matter that much unless youre drawing a really thin character, so its just a box here. out from the sides of the pelvis, extending out more then you'd expect, is the femur, which ends in a similar joint to the arm. this shape helps me figure out the form of the knee. two masses on each side with a bunch of complex and weirdly shaped bones forming the kneecap, which i have omitted because i dont yet know shit enough to include them. i am learning though. so, obviously the feet are just scribbles here because im just gonna put her feet in socks anyway. you really dont have to do more then you have to. a few tips i can offer here, the butt should hang a bit too when drawing fat characters, i think the butt is supposed to start just below the pelvis if i remember, but take that with a grain of salt. i also didnt really do that here but its hard to tell because she's facing mostly forward. again, i dont think i can really communicate what's going on here. morpho has a lot of great drawings explaining the shapes and muscles of the legs, all things i might focus on more when drawing a scrawnier character. for this case, i regrettably don't go too hard on the legs. also i should note that legs would usually be much longer, leica is really short so ive exaggerated the proportions to communicate that. i may change my mind on that front in the future and give her more grounded proportions. the important thing to remember with legs is just getting a nice hierarchy of forms going. bigger thigh going into smaller calf going into smaller foot. it mostly comes automatically now.

i added the clothing, shaped up her head a bit, added a bit of fur. i put her in her classic outfit, just a sweater and jeans. i enjoy the big thick folds that come out of these clothes, and big areas of white space too. its nice. i try my best to form all the folds around the forms of the body i drew earlier. thats one case where i really really have no idea what im doing and could never explain it in words. its just some fun intuitive play with loops and lines. this is at around the stage for a sketch where i'd do inks, or if it was going to be a finished pencil drawing i'd erase out parts piece by piece and replace them with nicer and more defined lines and tones.

i guess that's all i can offer , i hope that halped.

[wasyago]

hi! this is the bunch-a-questions anon. this wont be an ask ask. thank you for answering! it really gives me so much insight about tools and processes, i really enjoy seeing/reading how different artists have different ways in approaching creation of art. it’s all so interesting to me

and oooh i know what you mean about looking at a lot of different artists! it’s inspiration!! i find those things to be amazing too, it’s so cool. it’s like “this spot is inspired by an artist” “this artist draws this like this, so i wanted to try” “i think the way an artist drew this was neat and i wanted to try an implement it” it reminds me of that one post how we, as people, are a mosiac of other people and i believe it to be the same for how artists are too with their art

i feel inspired by the way you draw….. everything!!! it gets me pumped to try and replicate the way you do some things. like the shapes you create, the colors you choose, the way your lineart seems to be so flowy, how dynamic everything feels and how different each drawing you create is from one another (i saw you reblog that meme of like “why shouldnt i draw characters from the waist up and that is SO me, but it’s shoulders up” because drawing full bodies makes mh drawings feel so stiff, i need to practice more!!), the poses of the characters. just.. every aspect of your art is so, so, so nice!!

the way you draw, in all your styles, it’s definitely one of the ones that is such a good scratch to my brain. it gets me all giddy and happy! i’m not sure if i’ll get into jwri, mostly because my attention span will not let me be able sit and focus on listening before i get distracted and miss context on parts, BUT i still go to your blog almost every day just so i can see your art, no matter what it is, no matter who the characters are because it’s always so so good and i love taking it in. (will eat your art if i could, i am so serious)

this was a long one but yeah! i just wanted to let you know how awesome i see your art is! and how i also think youre a cool person, you seem like such a good peep to hang out it! might be weird to say but if you were a blorbo, you would be one of the most blorbiest blorbos to blorbo ever

hope youre having a good day!!

OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS THIS IS SOOOOO

your explanation of taking inspiration from other artists was so poetic and beautiful! truly inspiring in itself

its okay if you can't get into jrwi, i get it! i didn't think i would get into it as well and after binging all the episodes i honestly forgot why i even started listening in the first place. remembered recently tho! it was because i was going a little crazy while making the picrew and needed some actual talking in the background instead of just music. so, if you ever decide to give it a try, or listen to something else equally as lengthy, try to busy your hands with something that doesn't require a lot of thinking! it helps me at least! worked both with jrwi and tma. it's like, doing something monotonous (knitting, sorting files, cleaning the house, etc) can be incredibly boring if i sit in silence and let my mind wonder. alternatively, listening to something long or watching a long movie can be incredibly boring as well because i struggle to pay attention to the same thing for two hours. but combining these is really good, because it keeps both my mind and hands busy, but not overwhelmingly so!

and ough ough ough thank you again for such heartwarming message! im so happy to hear that you feel inspired by my art, and i wish you good luck in your own art journey!!!!!!! remember to have fun and listen to yourself and do things that you find interesting and that you enjoy! don't force yourself to draw stuff you don't like! all art is personal and individual, so don't be afraid to make things "you"! you don't have to do clean line, you don't have to do lines at all, you don't have to do coloring or shading, if you don't like it! and if you do like it or are excited to try, you should go for it! don't be afraid to change and grow but don't force yourself into it!

also don't foget to stretch before drawing its very important!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wordsandrobots]

IBO:Urdr Hunt part 17 has been fansubbed over on Youtube by @trafalgarlog (who you’ll note is now on Tumblr).

Oh, I misspoke on my post about the Soup Party side-story -- I believe we’re due one more side-story from the game, featuring McGillis and Almiria. Though given events in this episode, there is an outside chance that’ll actually be in the Urdr Hunt.

Speaking of those events, it’s only a flipping beach episode. Sort of. IN SPACE! Sadly we are not treated to Montag [swimsuit edition] but he does stick his oar in properly this time, as Katya’s past definitively catches up to her, the Afam gang do some pool-side market research, and serious questions are raised about how exactly the Seven Star family lineages work.

Hajiroboshi  (Part 1, Part 2)

Departure (Part 1, Part 2)

598 (Part 1, Part 2)

Corridor of Betrayal (Part 1, Part 2)

Holder of the Ring (Part 1, Part 2)  

Unexpected Encounter (Part 1, Part 2)

Venus’ Worth (Part 1, Part 2)

Brothers’ Ship (Part 1, Part 2)

Horn and Flower's Shadow (Part 1, Part 2)

As we are wont to do, we open on the bridge of the Erda II where the crew are remarking on the lack of instruction regarding the next stage of the Hunt. The ring has been dormant for a month and a half, leaving everyone at a loss for how to proceed. While Korunaru believes she would have been told if everything had been called off, they are talking about someone who can casually hand out a hundred million meria as a deposit. Dexter and Sinister point out this is chump-change next to the hundred billion prize. Perhaps it has just been written off?

On the plus side, the free time enables what is presumably a great opportunity to spend some of Wistario’s deposit: visiting a near-Earth resort colony to look into what it has to offer with a view to replicating that on Radonitsa in the future.

Or at least this is what Katya and Korunaru claim they’re doing as they have a whale of a time testing out the colony’s water-park. Range chides them on treating this as playtime when there is serious work to be done -- while seated on an inflatable, sipping a cold drink through a straw, and wearing his swimming trunks.

And yes: Range is absolutely ripped and yes, his swimming trunks match his poncho. What a guy.

Wistario is fine with everyone having a good time: they’re here to study the facilities after all. And Range is in fact fully committed to doing so, having checked out the A-plus service from the staff and established there’s a cinema and casino in easy reach, not to mention the large-scale docking port to accommodate passenger liners.

I do wonder - only partly because I love the manga - if this is meant to be one of the Avalanche colonies from IBO:Gekko. Avalanche 5 at least is indicated to be a resort and the position close to the Moon would make it an easy destination from Earth. That would also place this in Arianrhod Fleet territory, which might have a bearing on later events.

Anyway, no way is Venus able to copy a place like this given its current circumstances. Katya is amused by how much Range is throwing himself into this -- he’s even been getting details on the permit system that Gjallarhorn uses to control travel to Venus (since it’s used as a penal colony), in the hopes of finding a way to bargain for greater access. It’s kind of endearing, honestly. Range is, as ever, jumping both feet first into the challenge before him.

But enough fun: Demner has spotted some suspicious characters watching the party. It appears intrigue is afoot!

Seeing as they need to know what’s up -- it could be another Urdr Hunt rivalry in the offing -- Wistario, Korunaru and a reluctant Katya draw the spies into the open at the back of the pool buildings.

To everyone’s surprise -- through perhaps not the audience and definitely not the girl herself -- the two men are here for Katya. But with Range causing a distraction, Demner is able to sneak up behind the men and overpower them (have I mentioned that the old chap is a scarily dab hand at beating people up? It bears repeating).

Unfortunately, it turns out these two were carrying genuine Gjallarhorn IDs -- and a fully-uniformed officer arrives to raise the alarm.

Everybody Scooby-Doos it out of the water park, running into the requisite nearby alleyway. But just as Range is thinking they might be in the clear, an impressively large blonde-haired gentleman judo-throws him clean across the alley. This is Captain Londo Bron and he is here for Lady Katya.

That’s right -- Lady Katya, who a tearful Londo remarks is the spitting image of Lady Carta when she was young.

Katya, of course, point-blank refuses to leave with him. Unfortunately, with Londo’s men blocking the way back, things are looking sadly inevitable. Demner offers to handle Londo while the others escape, but Wistario won’t leave him behind.

Which is when a familiar voice speaks from a nearby hatch: down here!

The gang scramble through the open door, finding themselves in an emergency escape tunnel designed for evacuations in the event the colony is damaged. Shutters close after them, allowing them to evade Londo and the other soldiers. But who is it that came to their aid in such dire straits?

I mean, no prizes for this one. ‘Humble businessman’ Montag steps from the shadows with his best insufferable smirk, congratulating himself on the success of his spur-of-the-moment decision to help.

Range is surprised anybody would go against Gjallarhorn like this, only for McGillis to smoothly move the subject to the fact that Londo’s next move will probably be to blockade the ports. So maybe they’d all better be running along, hmm?

Katya and McGillis exchange a last look as the group hurries away from him, and he notes that she really does look like Carta . . .

(I remain delighted by the fact that Mackie’s masked stranger act continues flies purely by virtue of him never giving anyone time or space to call him out on it.)

Remarkably, the Erda II is able to safely undock and leave. Wistario speculates that Londo’s unit might fall under a separate jurisdiction and therefore not have been able to halt a departing ship. However, they’re not in the clear yet, as a Gjallarhorn Halfbeak cruiser sends out a stop signal and is promptly dwarfed by the gigantic Skipjack-class battleship emerging from behind the colony. (Err . . . small note here, I’m not actually sure what the correct equivalent for Gjallarhorn’s ships would be in modern naval terminology. I tend to default to ‘cruiser’ to describe the Halfbeaks and the Skipjacks as ‘command ships’ though I think ‘battleship’ would be correct? These things are all part-aircraft carrier anyway, so there might not be a direct analog.)

I’m pretty certain the Halfbeak is in ‘default’ colours rather than those used by the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet (oh lord, I can type that from memory now) under Carta Issue’s command, but the Skipjack has the Issue Family crest proudly displayed on the side, so there’s no question of who it is has come after Katya (she herself calls them out by name). Incidentally, this is I think the first time an animated IBO thing has really conveyed just how bloody massive the Skipjack is. It’s twice as long as a Halfbeak and about thrice as tall, so it’s little wonder Wistario and the others are struck dumb at the sight of it.

With more mobile suits than Dexter can count approaching, Katya takes imminent capture as well as you might expect and flees to the mobile suit bay with a half-formed idea of taking Hajiroboshi.

Wistario intercepts her as she’s flailing in the zero gravity and she tells him she’d rather die than be captured. He says that must mean they’re some fairly horrible people. So she’d better leave this to him. And Range, who he orders into battle: they’re going to break through Gjallarhorn’s line so the ship can escape.

Katya looks up to find Demner and Korunaru there as well, readying themselves for a fight. In the middle of everything, it’s good to have friends.

We get the stock-footage of Hajiroboshi and Asmoday launching, which is cut in a bit inelegantly since we go from Wistario and Ranger entering the ‘suit bay to them entering it again in their flight gear. Could have been finessed, I feel. But anyway, it’s fight time!

The two Gundams manage to make a dent in the force of Grazes sent after them (which are tan-coloured, something previously only seen with the Dáinsleif archer variants in Season 2; not sure if that’s significant) and thus create the required opening for the Erda II. Regrettably, that’s when Captain Londo joins the fight.

His Graze Ritter (commander’s variant) instantly obliterates Wistario’s rifle with a Giant Fuck-Off Axe. He is, it turns out, a crack pilot and not a bad tactician either, as he is able to hold the pair’s attention long enough for his troops to encircle them.

Aboard the Erda II, Demner and Katya can only watch helplessly, since turning back to assist would undo everything they’re trying to achieve. Luckily, a certain red mobile suit zips past in the opposite direction, announcing that it’s there to help . . .

Londo is suitably thrown by seeing the Grimgerde bearing down on him, swords drawn, and McGillis joins the fray, confidently taking charge and ordering Wistario and Range to regroup then divide Londo’s forces. With the masked man’s help, they’re able to disable everyone except the captain himself. McGillis tells the others to go on without him -- he’ll see them soon -- and engages the Ritter directly.

It’s a fierce duel but McGillis is quickly able to get the upper hand, disarming his opponent, headbutting him, and then dropping a quick bit of psychological warfare on him before peacing out: is Londo aware of Okina Uroka’s ambitions?

(Incidentally, I think this is the first time we’ve seen the Grimgerde’s visor open to expose the monocular eye inside - this feature wasn’t ever shown in IBO proper but McGillis does it here for . . . some reason. Possibly just to show-off.)

As he leaves the battlefield, Mackie reflects that Londo’s loyalty will be of use to him. He’s also intrigued to see a couple of extra Gundams knocking around (because he is a nerrrrd).

Aboard the Skipjack, the sensor operator reports the loss of the Erda II’s signal to an elderly gent with familiar eyebrows: Lord Uroka. He is not pleased with Londo’s blundering, who does not make excuses for failing to ‘protect’ Katya. But Katya herself refused to come with him . . .

Uroka is unphased. She’s too young to appreciate her position. Londo remarks that she nonetheless seems smart, to which Uroka responds by saying that while Carta was special, Katya might come close, if she learns from the right people. This will be his final duty as Issue Family patriarch.

To this end, he sends Londo out with a Halfbeak and a platoon of mobile suits. But he doesn’t seem all that impressed with the good captain, remarking in his absence that he’s more loyal dog than loyal subject.

Back on the Erda II, the subject of conversation is most assuredly: what the fuck? While nobody blames Katya for the actions of others, she has run out of room to squirm around the question of what she’s running away from. The Issue Family is currently without a heir, owing to a slight Mikazuki-induced curtailment of the bloodline. Carta Issue was going to replace the head of the family due to his being on his sickbed -- but if that sick patriarch happened to have another, illegitimate child . . . well.

Yes, Katya confirms dourly: she is the final Issue heir.

Which if nothing else raises a massive question-mark over who exactly Lord Uroka is. Up to now, all the heads of the Gjallarhorn noble houses have borne the name of their Family. Does this mean Uroka is only an Issue by marriage? But if so, how does that square with keeping the bloodline going? If Katya has a claim, it’s surely got to be via the Issue Family line. Or are the rules flexible in that regard? We’ve had no hint previously that Carta’s dad was anything less than the outright head of her house prior to his illness. His illness was severe enough to have required her to be placed under Iznario Fareed’s guardianship, sure, but you’d think a more complicated family situation would have come up before now. Or is that situation *why* Fareed could get his hooks into the matter?

Actually, while I assume this is a blind-alley for speculation to follow, we’ve no confirmation as yet that this *is* Carta’s father. Uroka looks old and sickly but he’s up and about. Could it be that this is in fact another relative who has stepped into the void left by both father and daughter?

Well, hopefully we’ll find out next time. I’m not wholly convinced how beneficial it will be to Urdr Hunt as a story to have McGillis’ political maneuvering thrown into the mix. But I am certainly intrigued by what’s going to happen here. While the obvious conclusion is that Uroka intends to use Katya to perpetuate the Issue Family, Mackie’s parting line to Londo suggests something more is going on. And we do know for certain that whatever Uroka is planning, the Issues are a spent force by the time of Season 2. We have a foregone conclusion without a clear picture on what the middle part is yet.

As for Londo Bron himself . . . well, he’s obviously a survivor of Carta’s, um, what is the masculine equivalent of an Amazon Brigade? Whatever, he’s a blonde hunk fanatically loyal to House Issue and honestly, I like where this is going. Carta’s Mackie-clone squad beautifully walks the line between joke and heartbreaking detail, so exploring what became of a remainder of them after the fact is an intriguing line to follow. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he ends up pitted against his boss before this is done.

Katya’s opinions on all this have been clear from the start: she does not want anything to do with the Issues, with her affections being squarely for her mother. This ramps that up, with her being willing to effectively leap into space rather than be dragged into her father’s schemes. Obviously we get the note of everyone rallying round to protect her, which is fine if rote. I really hope wherever this goes, she’s able to settle it on her own terms and isn’t reduced to a damsel in distress . . .

[stfulia]

Hey

Sometimes i just stop and think to myself of the things i don´t talk about to anyone.

I haven´t spoken to anyone about this and it is really hard for me to express this stuff so i´ll lowkey try to.

I do not talk about how the whole racism stuff affects me, because yes, racism still exist nowadays. I dont really know why do people actually believe people are not racist when they obviosuly are. It could also be my deep insecurity with myself, the way i KNOW i dont look like people around me physically, how i KNOW that i CAN´T look like the others. Sometimes i hear people saying "your not like the others" but honestly thats all i ever wanted, to look like the others, to be like the others so that people woudl actually enjoy being with me. Maybe this doesnt have to do much with racism, but i think this has affected me in deeper ways that i coudl never underestand (since i struggle so bad in understanding my thoughs and feelings). Anyway, lately ive been feeling ugly, not in the "umm im soo ugliiii", but in the "oh i would rip my entire soul from my body and make it be anywhere else". Seriously, i cant even see myself nice with meake up, I have tried so hard to see my body as something normal but my brain wont see that like it is, just a simple body. Idk wht this happens, but for some reason i just see myself SOO different from what i thought id be. Ive been ignoring for the past months how i looked, and now suddenly thats al i ever care about. I really wish to just be pretty, just for myself.

I dont talk about how i have this nice guy who in theory is kinda my type, but cant be with him in a relationship. So this will sound a bit crazy so pls dont judge. I cant be in a relationship, i just too off for it, cause i cant even see myself loving someone. This is something that has been trough my mind since i was 15, like, am i even able to love someone? have i ever experienced love? cause ive experienced obsession, but have never loved mini details yk?, Like if i have always admired people but never deeply apreciated them as to show them my true love. I know im deep down a clingy person, ik deep down i have some kind of desire to be loved and most of all, Love. Cause for some reason i struggle more loving than being loved. I mean, i cant believe someone could ever like me, or love me, but i cant mostly believe that i love someone. My mind always is in emergency mode, i think i cant be with someone who knows me in that way much time cause eventually ill just believe theyre lying to me.

How is it even possible that someone would think that i have something special? how?. I am not. I have no talents, and the ones that i would think of talents i am mid at them. I actually draw, but just copying, just replicating an image i see, i cant create from my own, i cant make something creatve, so then for what is that ability? Im not even artistically good. I do not have any more hobbies other than just study ig. Im not even good at studying, i actually have very VERY good luck in examns. I have this kind of luck that i give the 60% of what i can give and still pass everything. So now i dont know how to study, im soo lazy and at the same time so tough with myself to get good grades. I dont have any more nice atributes. Really i can be social but cant stand being with so many people for too long. Peope always affect me heavily, and i tend to distance myself for a while. I have been through many friend groups and i dont talk to any of them. I have been a bit of a bad person ngl. I mean, sometimes i just take selfish decisions with lack of empathy, because i cant connect with that empathy. Ive been SO long with that empathy that now i cant even commit to anything, because ill just betray the treaty.

Even cant feel sad for someone who wont talk to me, i cant even feel bad about someone being poorly treated EVEN IF i have been treated that way before. WHY? Maybe this is the human effect, humans are really selfish and so am i. I cant deny my imperfections and my lack of motivation to improve myself. "become the person you would want to date" they say, but sometimes i just would like to be the person im proud of. Of course, im not thath bad, i mean, i havve been worse... And my character development is WILD, but i still believe in some way i cant change myself that much. Cause my past cant be changed and im still an immature 18 teenage girl who literally is just learning how to live in the real world, even if she has spent her WHOLE life in an imaginary world where she is confortable and loved for who she was. The problem with this is that reality sometimes hit reaaaal bad, and in moments lke thath, the part of me that hates me fr, comes alive and a bit angry too.

I critisize people who have problems, because i somehow see myself in them. I hate people who cant set boundaries, because i cant; i hate poeple who live for otheres, because i do; i hate those who are closeminded because i am. I literally love to life in my little fantasy.

I know this wont help me in any way. Cause talking about it and do nothing to change it is useless. But i just cant do anything for me cause i dont feel like it. Im so tired to this time, in this moment i just wanna just lay down and idk, maybe sleep.

I should rest, so kisses to yall, byeeeeee

[koi-nonymous]

a masterlist of all my lobcorp ocs (affectionately called nuggets)

WARNING: VERY RANTY AND DISORGANIZED. WILL BE EDITED HEAVILY LATER

(also all the images are lc-related picrews im unable to commission artists for anything yet)

Loleris

Disciplinary Team Agent

he/him

this seemed like a reasonable place to start given that hes my sona! he doesnt look like me in any way, but i made him based on my scuffed wants in a sona years ago so. yeah i stuck with him lmfao

i don't really have a lot to say abt him beyond that? hes not really all that deep

he only works for disciplinary because he got in a fight with the control team captain and got both he and himself in solitary confinement - loleris ended up sticking to the department after

this was a decision i made based on a vent-fic to get frustration out of me

ALSO I SHAMELESSLY YUMESHIP HIM WITH MY AGENTS SOMETIMES not hugely but its more of an indulgent thing more than anything. kind of ironic when i mentioned i thought i was aro earlier but yeah

justice-statstick agent

his ego gear was able to swap between "Yin" and "Yang" forms. the former dealt damage whereas the latter just healed himself instead of attacking (i headcanoned this as a parrying stance and changing his appearance, hence the white hair and pale eyes)

i put some thought into it but i never put pen to paper so. thats all im putting lmfao

dont follow that picrew img to a t btw. he actually looks more like this ingame (ignore the hairclip, this was an old screenshot and i got that replaced) but i might stick with it…. if it was possible to actually replicate with the rgb coloring system pfft. banished to the fcs realm

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Katya

Assistant Manager

she/her

on the other end of the spectrum of agents i quite adore, heres one im using for a rp server im working on for my friend group!

she was (and practically still is) the safety team captain of her branch, which took place in the wonderlab mod save i had. she also uses nosferatu's ego gear there, not black swan's

katya is a loyal feather to the company for some-odd 4 years. no other job, shes just been working as an agent for that long, hence why she was entrusted the role of assistant manager with her newest (and current!) branch

she and another team captain from her branch manage "Nest L Network", which is the news station in the server canon. its also used to announce events, so she plays a pretty integral role in it imo!

katya also tailors the ego suits in her branch. if i could draw, id give examples, but atm all i have is writing of it :(

shes known as the Gossip Queen wherever she goes btw. every scoop related to her branch wont escape her!!

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Joel

Control Team Second-in-Command

he/him

hes my baby. i adore him so very much and wish him the best of luck in his mlm endeavors.... even if i didnt dev him a lot outside of first impressions

joel is his department's captain's most trusted advisor. unfortunately for said captain, joel is his (not-so) secret admirer

thats like. all i had planned for him but i loved him so much like DOESNT HE LOOK SO HUGGABLE LIKEEE

the most i had for him was that he used emoticons like ;-; in the company gc lmfao

fun fact: i actually submitted him for the LOBOTOMYQUEST video made by crow office! (linked below at 1:19; look at the far right of the hallway)

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others that i dont have the time for

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Maki

Information Team Captain

she/her

no one likes her HAHAH shes such a shithead on the company gc

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soon to add: elena (extraction team captain), asera (control team captain), barnam (training team captain)

small relevant tidbits:

asera and loleris both compete for justice-statstick agents in the same facility. also, loleris used to use justitia ego gear, which asera is using right now

asera's ego gear comes from his now-deceased wife, who died as she extracted it. he inherited it after figuring out why she went radio silent on him

joel has an interest in asera but i dont know how to take it in any way besides making him feel so empathetic to his situation that he tries to fill that void in his heart by being his boyfriend. it is not working but not because asera is angsty but rather because he has missed so many cues

elena is barely an agent so much as she is a humanoid abnormality or is atleast a spawn of one. shes lived and watched through multiple time loops in this branch and decided rebelling against whitenight is a good idea now (as she was an apostle)

"elena" is actually dead. the elena the agents know now is just a husk of her because she cant get in touch with who she was back then to the point that she cant tell if she IS elena or just some kind of possession haunting her body. either way she finds it really cool to scare clerks with

barnam helps host nest l network with katya. she also works as a zwei fixer now

[skinnyravs]

Farewell Melbourne Rebels!

Well Rugby Union in Australia just got kicked down, for a second time in the last few years. Previously they canned the Western Force team and now they are dumping the Rebels. Albeit probably was forced upon them anyway but still two teams they have created to help ‘Grow The Game’ have not exactly panned out. Sure, in the time the two teams have existed; I have no doubt both had helped in many ways, especially when it comes to the grassroots, junior and even just the exposure.

See they did all l that which are the positives, and being able to field a competitive team in the top league as well. While both the Force and Rebels were not able to replicate the success of the other clubs; Queensland Reds, ACT Brumbies and NSW Waratahs; they were still able to show case decent results. However; sometimes that is not enough especially at the top professional level and more is needed.

Granted I can’t speak of the stuff that happened behind the scenes as you know those things wont ever really be published so I can only go off bits and pieces and my general feeling. Judging by what has been published to the media of the last few weeks clearly money was the biggest issue. The Rebels, are in a lot of debt that they are not able to pay back. How someone can rack up that kind of debt and think they can get away with it, is just insane to say the least!

Rugby Union is a great sport it is the first sport that is footy-related I came to love as a child. I began my time watching it while growing up in New Zealand though so I dont care too much for anything Australian related. haha. Sorry not sorry! But, in saying that it is very disappointing to see what has happened to these two teams and in particular the Rebels.

Granted Rugby is a sport that can be viewed as being very ‘exclusive’ to a certain minority. I think the saying goes that it is the ‘rich people’ type of sport granted I have no proof of this just heard it. So perhaps its smaller growth has contributed to the sport overall not being as impactful as others? Look I have no idea but that form of thinking, is something I have heard when talking about RU in NZ.

I hope though this is a lesson for any sport about expanding too quickly and too often. It does not always go to plan and finances can end up being the biggest factor in determining success.

[losingandlearning]

hmm

i really dont understand how someone learns how to be themselves. i feel like so much of what we are, the good and the bad are purely through replicating the actions of others in an attempt to fit in. so how are we really meant to be individuals if were just a patchwork of others personalities? i try my best to do things a different way or just be myself as they say but. i dont know how to do that and its not something youre ever taught. ive started to see the flaws in the muses of my replications and its made me think on who i really want to be. i want to be good, and i try but... i never seem to get the reaction out of others that im trying to get. i just get .. nitpicks... people saying the things they dont like about me. its not even that theyre critical people... they praise others constantly but... never me. i dont know what it is that im missing, i dont... think that i bring a positive experience to people. like no ones.. ever been abhorrently rude or critical about me , just little things. but ive never gotten a good reception really... im just struggling to stay afloat in neutrality.

i long for that connection so deeply... a confidant, someone to rely in without judgement but... i dont think ive ever had it. and it must be a problem with me if its been so repeated... maybe im trying too hard? ive thought ive had it in the past... and even the present but i always notice them drifting away from me ... or giving others that affection that i desire. i know it sounds selfish and spiteful but i dont know... everyone else seems to have that so why cant i ? im not asking for someone to give ONLY me attention. i just want the same kind they give to others. it just feels like i have an insignificant contribution to my circles... if i left today not much would even change, in fact it saddens me that it would probably get better. i feel like thats why i can be so spiteful at times... i want people to fail when im not there just so i can prove to myself that i have value. i know one of the worst things to be is an attention seeker, clingy and obsessive, but... isn't that the nature of our species... we desire connection. we need it and therefore we should be.. adept in it so. why do i stumble so much? i want to learn to be better but at the same time.. ive grown used to being bad at.. its hard to break through and i feel as tho i dont have the energy to commit. thats the thing about me... and what i dont get about the whole.. extrovert introvert thing. like by definition id be an introvert but when im alone.. i feel so sadden and well . alone. i feel like i need others to function but then.. whenever im socialising... i get all these roadblocks and grievences and want to be left alone. why is that? why am i not comfortable in neither being alone nor with people? i dont understand it.

and im so contradictory in my ineptitude. some times ill freeze and fully avoid even the slightest need to interact with others, and then at other times i wont give a damn and will act without care, occasionally digging my selfs in holes of judgement. so i cant NOT interact with people... that leaves me void and upset. but when i do interact with people i feel as tho i do everything wrong and end up with judgement and, feeling alone. i can't win. i wish i had.. .someone else inside my head. someone wise who could guide me through my thoughts without judgement. but at the same time i need to learn to stand on my own, despite how cold it may be. i can't keep looking up to others for where to walk, where to go and who to talk to. i just dont understand how theyre able to do it so easily.

[peachyskyes]

I've literally been looking for a Jane wig forever. Never found and exact one, but here are my best recs:

EDIT: before you read all of this looking for the original style, heroes the closest one I can find to it!!! OG WIG

*REMINDER: these are not meant to match the original style!!! Unless you know how to professionally style wigs, you wont be able to find an exact replicate of the original porclin doll style (trust me, I've looked everywhere) these are options that are meant to go with different interpretations of Jane, including ones based off different styles and types of dolls.

- miss u hair - this one is what I've seen a lot of people recommend. Personally, I don't like the style, but its pretty popular

- wiggly mermaid flapper hair, tseses- another one I've seen people use, at least the whole 1950s style hair. Again, not my fav, but does the job

- magqoo - not super accurate to the Og, but I like this one. You can even see some people in the reviews with Jane cosplays

- lonai- short style could be nice, but I like the idea of doing low pigtails with the longer style

- gktineke , aidusa - see above

- aosiwig - longer than normal Jane length, but I think it could be styles quite cute

- to ku too yuo - for more of a babydoll/lolita style wig. Kinda the same, but I like this one a but better than the last

- ttyao rei - pigtail jane. Need I say more.

- Dai cloud - say what you will about white haired Janes, I think its super cute

- ttyao rei - more lolita style Jane hair, this time, in a bob!

- ttyao rei - RAHAHAHRARARARA PIGTAILS

- aoswig - shhhh. Dont doubt me. Close your eyes. Think of the hairstyle possibilities.

- ttyao - see above

- ape abc - slay

- osseoca - if I played Jane, this would be my choice. Not the same style as the Og, but I think its cute and dolly in its own way

- rubies - while it might have the Og style, I dislike the bright pink and the shade of blonde used. But I have seen productions online with this, so you might like it

Disclaimer - personally, I don't use shein bc obvs, but I'm just putting these here bc I found them and don't know what to do

- some shein wig - pigtails pigtails pigtails

- some she in wig - I mean, feds backyard production pulled it off

- some shein wig - cutesy, mindful, demure

- some shein wig - I think its perfect omg

- most accurate one - only found this on uk, says its currently unavailable and has been for months now

- EDIT: Diana

- EDIT: to ku too yuo - wait wtf why didn't I find this sooner!!!! Its so Janey!!!

- EDIT: eBay one

- EDIT: eBay one - same style except for the bangs, white

- EDIT: ebay - see above, but black

- EDIT: devil inspired - this website is kinda sketchy! Wig used to be on Amazon, but I can't find it anymore :/

- EDIT: ghost doll wig - ideal one but white

- EDIT: eBay - ngl with a headband jane could totally rock this

Personally, I don't know how to style wigs, so I can't recommend any wigs meant to be styled into the Og style.

And that's it for now, ill edit if I find more :3

(please reblog to spread the list, there are tons of Jane doe cosplayers out there who need it!!!!)

PLS FOR MY COSTUME CAN U GIVE ME JANE WIG RECS??? I NEED THEM I CANT FIND THEM PLSS!!!! ty i lieterally have a budget of 30 dollars!

sorry this definitely isnt my domain lmao. posting this so maybe somebody can respond but i have nooo idea

[voyeuristicvixen]

Capts Log No.40_ SoulGlooooo

This month so much has happened in short amount of time I must say! We have been hard at work planning and preparing for the Juneteenth Jam Fest this month which has been going quite well because we are just going with the flow and letting things plug in where they fit in. Gigi and I work really well together because we are both intuitive, but also we are super sensitive and reflect off one another because we’re so similar and so different at the same time. I am absolutely grateful for our relationship and the way its growing and shifting. Its unlike any I have ever had before, and that’s refreshing!

Shes really a maternal mentor for me on the grid now. I look up to her and admire her strength, compassion and realness! And she knows how to RUN THINGS, OKAY! I am blessed with such amazing parents on the grid! Real. I think one thing that is important for anyone seeking parents on SL to remember is that everyone has RL that , for a balance person, must remain the priority in ones life. That being said, it’s unfair, really for anyone to expect someone to always be available to you to RP or play the role that you are expecting from them. I think its important to be clear about what your mental health capacity is and what you are going through personally, the more vulnerable you can be the closer you can become to people and connect and be able to trust that they wont leave you hanging or abandon you. Use your intuition and take your time. I never thought to myself that “I want SL parents” but I did intend to find family. I thought it would be with Wav, us being parents and building that way. But source had another experience in store for me on the grid I never thought would happen for me!

So yea we been getting all the details ready for Juneteenth Jam and people have already begun to set up their vending booths! Its dope af to me, I really am praying this event will plant seeds of unity and engagement amongst like minds and good people on the grid. No drama, no inner wound triggers or illusions of division keeping us from sharing and enjoying the fact that we are more alike than different amongst the afro-indigenous diaspora. (I started rambling so I cut that half out and moved it to the end of this blog post, I am just like my pops we can go on and on about the movement and why its important lmao) The point I was saying is Juneteenth will be litty! Plain and simple, gunna be so much fun! We’re gunna have dancers, mystory foods, art, and even have H.E.R performing! All are welcome it will be on the Meroe Museum campus.

Now I am offering Aura photos at the botanica for 500L so join the group iw for Starseds. so that you can get notice, or join mystory ad group ill also advertise in there too. Here are a couple examples,which one do you like best? Closer up or the second way?

My aura giving big creative with the intuitive touch.

Inari is such a flirty cosmic tantric bae. Haha. I love.

There is a whole set up at TheBlvd where you put your palm to be able to capture your aura this how it go.

I was happy to finally get back into editing and filming things. I am excited to I continue doing more and exploring whatever ideas my mind whats to express.

This oast week i discovered the oldest structure in SL, its called “The Man” on Philips Hill http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Natoma/59/209/45 (here goes the rest of my diaspora unification rant ) We all share so much and the more we can work together and show unity in all ways of life the more we can generate the healing we need for our people. Through example. Even if its just RPing what our utopian societies would look like, or just RPing living together in unity haha simple things have big impact. Makes one think “how can I replicate this experience in my day to day?” Thats why I love the way SL is advancing, giving POC creators more visibility and making more initiative to have people make connections again, which to me was the core beauty of SL, how connections can be made! [end rant]

I applied and got into the new Mentor program with SL and thats the vibes that my app was giving haha,and its real. 12 years on the grid I experienced quite a bit. XD I find these places my OG way just exploring on the map and I thought to myself, of course I run into these places. SL is an extension of the spiritual journey it is like reflection of the astral plane in a digital landscape.

SL got Soul.

[okkottsus]

I love reading your analysis of Nagireo!

One thing I was wondering, what do you think of Nagi (foreshadowed) future slump?

I feel like things will get dire for him, and I can't help but wonder how Reo would react.

Nagi feels very... emotionally immature and while Reo can be very fiery and we saw how emotional he can get, he's the one that feels more in touch with his own emotions and has better life experience.

For better or worse, being away from Reo forced Nagi to confront his own feelings more.

I wonder if Reo won't realize they got back together too early and leave him (this time maybe more amicably? Or maybe force himself to leave him) for his own sake.

Ego's dialog feels very ominous... they were very happy in that moment but there is a very sense of "now what?".

thank u so much, i feel like i never express myself well enough esp with characters and relationships im passionate abt so that means a lot 🥺

yeah i get what u mean about nagi's emotional immaturity...in the latest match, when isagi asked him how he was able to make his best play yet a reality, nagi  didnt really understand what had happened. he only wanted to beat isagi, that has been his first goal, the first step to achieve the bigger dream he shares with reo. 

and while he himself couldnt see that, reo was the first to notice despite everything that happened between them, so he created a chance for him to have a 1v1 with isagi. 

the problem is that, as isagi points out later, if u dont understand how u made something happen, you probably wont be able to be consistent and replicate it (this has been a recurring theme of blk since the start of the manga):

a goal that u only made happen because u had the person who knows u the best and is your closest friend give you exactly what you need in the moment, has little value in the grand scheme of things. Without a clear goal and reo’s help, nagi wouldnt have been able to do something like that. 

So the next step he should be taking is working on his weapons, instead of relying on the perfect opportunities reo can provide him with.

maybe its time for nagi to try and catch up to reo, and not only in terms of play-making 

but also in terms of self awareness 

i also love the fact that while reo can seem completely selfless when he declares this, he is also completely selfish, cause at the end of the day hes doing this for his dream, for himself. he loves playing with nagi and making him score goals, but his hard work which got him to where he is now doesnt rely on nagi being there, he hasnt abandoned himself in favor of nagi. 

BUT he still seems to always choose nagi over anyone when they are playing together and even though my shipping heart is tempted, i think thats not a good thing at all... cause their cooperation may be top class, but it also makes them predictable after a while. 

reo has learnt to play without nagi, but he needs to learn how play with nagi without forgetting everyone else on his team. 

so the way i see it, reo has made more significant progress than nagi, but he still needs to work on seeing the bigger picture when nagi is by his side.

nagi on the other hand has even more things he needs to work on. he shouldnt feel reassured bc of that one (miracle) goal or bc he managed to beat isagi once. if he ended up satisfied with just that, then he wouldnt belong in the world of professional players

Ego is right when he said that confidence and delusion are 2 different things. Nagi needs the power that will enable him to fight alone in any situation and to obtain that power, he has to confront his feelings, his weapons and his shortcomings. and that demands soul searching, practice and a lot of thinking, all things i bet nagi thinks are a pain pftt.

but i want to be optimistic and think of this as another challenge he (actually, both of them) will have to conquer. im very conflicted though, cause the way i see it, what reo needs to work on now requires them to be on the same team, while what nagi needs to work on requires alone time.

in conclusion, things may have worked out between them in terms of understanding each other, but im hoping they start understanding themselves more; acknowledging their weaknesses and taking the necessary measures to overcome them. 

i do think that reo the way he is now is more likely to realise what needs to be done than nagi, whose issues are the most urgent in my opinion. so i can def see them going their separate ways for a while again, whether its reo making that decision, or nagi, or both of them together (with the latter being the ideal for me).

[jasminedragonart]

Why modern disney sucks. an essay by me. P.s. you dont have to like my opinion, it is literally just an opinion and no amount of telling me to go outside or get a hobby is going to stop me from procrastinating on this site and spitting out my views on my blog.

You don't have to read it. it's fine.

So disney has lost its magic, and to be honest there's no one reason why. It's actually a number of reasons to do with the stories they choose, the animation, the woke feminism of Hollywood and not understanding the formula which we will explore in the paragraphs below.

Let's start with the stories they choose to tell. Back in ye olden days disney's main thing was retelling fairy tales. You have Snow White, Cinderella, Pinnochio, Robin Hood all classic fairy tales that would have been accessible to everyone. The thing was, as well, that disney didn't cater to children, or girls. Disney was focusing on a broad audience of all genders and ages. Meaning it had to appeal to adults and children. which it did. Snow White was seen by a lot of adults when it first came out. A lot of the stuff in Pinnochio is what only adults would truly understand and what kids did served as a cautionary tale. for example the beer and smokes when Pinnochio got to Fantasy Island. it was only when animationbecame targeted more towards children that we see the animation and stories change to a more child friendly stage. But even still, they could still be enjoyed by adults.

Modern disney has forgotten that. They see something catered to children as catering to toddlers. Kids can learn about drinking. they can learn about smoking because, chances are, they see it every day. my parents used to smoke around us. My parents and family used to drink around us on new years and christmas. It's a part of life children already know about. There is literally no need to censor it. But they do, which waters down what is a story about morality into a barely able to be followed movie.

Then there are the stories themselves. Disney seems to have steered away from the fairy tales, which theres nothing wrong with. But by doing so they're putting a lot of pressure onto their writers who, in my opinion, dont understand the fairy tale structure. Or the story disney has created. So theres a character, they want something, there's a villain, they stand in the way of our hero. They overcome the villain and have a happy ending.

This, structurally is a good formula. It's easyto stick to it's easy to replicate. It's easy. But disney doesn't like this anymore. They want to humanize their villains which, you don't have to do that. Villains sometimes need to just be villains. they don't need depth. They're literally there to stop the protagonist. That's their story, we don't have time or the energy to humanize them because if we do the ending wont be as impactful.

Let me give you a scenario. In the new girl boss amazon Cinderella they gave the evil stepmother a backstory. They humanized her, and did we feel sorry for Cinderella after that? after we find out the stepmother is only hard on her for her own good?

Go back to old Cinderella. she's mopping floors, she has to get up at dawn. She has chore after chore after chore and when she is promised a reward she doesn't get it. The stepmother has nothing to humanize her. The step sisters are horrible. It really helps us to feel for Cinderella and that's important because we WANT Cinderella to now escape. We WANT her to have a happy ending with the prince.

We don't want that in the amazon Cinderella.

I will give the Disney remake of Cinderella this that they did make me feel for her. It wasn't bad.it just wasn't magical.

They need a villain. It's why frozen, in my opinion, was so bad. The villain needs to be established from the offset. None of this surprise crap. Remember this is a kids film, they kind of need the clarity. Not always. But you have to remember you only have an hour and a half to tell this story. It's different in tv shows. You can build that stuff up. But in movies you don't have that time. You need established roles. That's why they make money. Syndrome is immediately a villain. He doesn't try and trick mr incredible himself, he does it through Mirage who herself isn't a bad person so it makes sense. Clayton, Gaston, Maleficent, Hook, they're all bad and we need them to be that way. We dont have time for backstories for them and the hero.

It's not about them.

disney doesn't follow a formula. It also chooses the wrong characters to be their main character. Like in Luca, like I said, Alberto should have been the main character. He had the more interesting story and you go with what's more interesting when it comes to writing.

The reason I didn't like encanto was because it was all over the place in terms of plot and follow through. Bruno was set to be this big bad. Then he's not. theres no follow through. same with the grandma. Again, we need someone to contrast the hero against and we need a poignant defeat. Like in the princess and the frog or tangled, again, they had a villain, rapunzel turned on her own would be mother because she's shown to us to have no redeeming qualities in this film.

Let's move onto money and animation. There is no money in 2d anymore. Which is sad. You can feel the passion in old disney because they spent years making them. These days they plop out a new film every month. There isn't time to care about a movie. There are no special art styles. Like Hercules, Atlantis with its comic book style, Tangled which is cgi but was going to be 2d so you can see the art style still. All new films look the same I'm sorry but they do. I feel like people put their whole soul into those old movies. Like the jungle book animation is amazing. So is mr slithers in robin hood. I know people work hard, but my brother, an animator, even says he wishes they put money into 2d stuff because it's just better hands down. More creative, more fairy tale esque. Like if you look at Klaus, which is not disney but oh my god the animation in that is beautiful.

Thats not to say modern animation cant be. But disney isnt known for that. Pixar and dreamworks are and dreamworks does such a good job with creating art styles in their movies. They arent carbon copies. You look at shrek and you look at kung fu panda and you know they're different.

Onto new age hollywood feminism. I don't think disney knows what feminism means? They can't. Not possible. Why else would they purposefully trash their old films and make fun of them in their new films? There is nothing wrong with wanting to be snow white or sleeping beauty. They are representations of their time and representations of women. leave them alone. They don't need to be woke. They don't need to be strong willed. every girl is different.

I feel like Disney is trying to fix their old movies but they literally dont have to be. The formula works for a reason. People would stop watching them if there was a problem with them. But they don't. We still watch them, we still find meaning in them today.

I feel like Disney focuses too much on making things child friendly that they're forgetting the reason old disney works is because its family friendly. Aka theres something for everyone.

Theres more, someone did a stellar video on youtube explaining why movies like the little mermaid helped disney revive itself. Like they cracked the musical formula. I'm gonna try and find it and put it on here. But this is all I have so far.

[cityrun]

pasting my thoughts under the cut for posterity

shadow is released from a vault on earth, where gerald was kept in his last moments

the whole time rouge’s main mission is to find out if shadow is the ultimate lifeform or not, the records on the ark last talk about the biolizard as the ultimate lifeform, no mention of shadow the hedgehog

rouge confronts shadow about who he really is and says that all of his memories might be fake, shadow replies that even if theyre fake, theyre all he has and it doesnt matter to him, so long as he can fulfill marias wish

later when eggman shares geralds diary from when he was taken back to earth, gerald says he found out about the "accident" on the ark through the records and discovered maria listed among the casualties. this is where his descent begins

gerald talks about finalizing project shadow based on the original data AFTER he was already taken from the ark, he also clearly states that he controls all of shadows memories, and if you remember rouge’s comment, it makes you question if shadow Ever was on the ark at all

then we have sonic

during the finalhazard battle, shadow says that he believes sonic might be the Ultimate Lifeform, he also realizes that his body wont be able to keep up the super state for much longer (all while sonic is completely fine)

in the end he sacrifices himself to help save the world, fulfilling marias Real wish, which he discovered thanks to amy

during the credits, sonic has an "uncharacteristic" moment while hes by himself, contemplating the statement "created to be the ultimate lifeform..." in a somber tone until amy asks whats wrong and he completely changes his voice and attitude to be cheerful and nonchalant

then to add to it, when they're all leaving the ark, he stays behind for a moment to say "adios, shadow the hedgehog" in the exact same way maria did, something he shouldnt know (which can be taken in so many ways)

it just raises so many questions Especially due to sonic's extremely vague/unknown origins

like was he the original project shadow on the ark and presumably doesnt remember or is it all just coincidence, its fun to think about

what does it all mean! WHO is sonic the hedgehog??

the way i always interpreted it, is that sonic IS the ultimate lifeform which shadow was supposed to replicate - just what exactly that means is unknown/vague

its unclear to me whether he was just born special in the middle of nowhere or if he was the original project shadow made on the ark (or maybe even something completely different), but i also believe its important we're not Supposed to know, because it isnt supposed to matter to WHO he is (that being Sonic the Hedgehog, with all that it might mean)

my takeaway from that is just that it adds more nuance to sonic’s already strange/mysterious character, while still keeping the idea that regardless of the whole ultimate lifeform deal, in the end hes "just a guy who loves adventure"

mentally ill over the isolated sa2 narrative in chat again

[heckinconfusedparade]

Hey, here's something I've been wanting to do, and your latest post about sonic prime has given me the best way to start it. Ok so we know the paradox prism created the shattered space but what if, it literally did by separating prime sonics universe but it created a bubble (the shattered space) that isolated it from the rest of the multiverse stopping the different universes from stabilizing including prime sonics universe and instead all of sonics friends do exist they just exist as different aspects of their personalities in their au selfs (ex. Nine the scared and angry child that tails still probably is even if it was a small part of him at the beginning of the show.) and when sonic finally realize he only has one Shard he needs to find and combine that's when nine tells him the harsh truth if sonic fixes the prism it will merg all the shattered space universe back into prime sonics universe but none of his friends will remember what happened except sonic and shadow and all of them would basically disappear with their original selves only having weird deja vu every now and than. What would sonics reaction be to this. I know this is long and also darker than what you normally do, but I feel like the show might actually go here, sort of. Of course you could also go the happier route and have nine mention it's only 50 chance of that happening and the other 50 being the prime sonics universe is brought back and the shattered space universes still get to stay.

Oh so you want me to write about if the prism came back together, those shatter verses will cease to be visitable because they’re just fragments of Sonics world focused on certain aspects of personalities his friends have? The prism being back together would isolate those universes, making it too unstable to pull things out and put things in.

I think I get it!

-

They finally had it. The last prism shard. It’s been a crazy ride.

The chaos council is no more, the tree people are no longer hungry, and Dread is legendary once more.

Sonic holds the shard which is encased in a special seal Nine made so it wont send him somewhere else. Shadow is so glad it’s all over now.

“I guess.. This is it.” Sonic holds up the shard “the last one.. then we can finally go home, Shadow.”

Shadow nods “its about time. I was starting to think you were getting slower.”

Sonic laughs “HAH! Never!”

Nine approaches from behind them with Rebel, Knucks, and Rusty Rose who is no longer following any orders.

Knucks is the first to speak up “Hey. Uh. Sonic? We just wanted to say.. thank you. For everything.”

Rebel gives the hedgehogs a fond smile “thanks, Blue. And thank you, Shadow.”

“Thank you.. I’m free now. I’ll never be the me I once was, but I think I can make do.” Says Rusty.

Nine approaches forward “S..Sonic.. there’s something I have to tell you.”

“Yea, buddy?”

“When you reform the prism, it will isolate the shatterverse. When it was broken, the barriers between us and other realities besides the original became thin enough to travel through.”

“What are you saying?”

“I’m saying that once this shards are back together, you’ll be sent back to your world, but we’ll be forced to stay in our own. No leaving, no coming back. Each shard seems to have a different focus.. like we’re fragments of the personality of someone else.”

Sonic blinks a few times. His head hurts and his chest is heavy “but.. I want to see you all again.”

“As much as I… we. Would like that, I don’t think it’s possible. The data of the shards are able to be analyzed, but their power cannot be replicated as strong as the real deal. If we were to figure out how to travel through warps again, I doubt we would be able to exit the confines of the shatter space.”

Shadow nods “I see. There’s no going back. But what will happen with you?”

Nine looks back up at the two “time will go on. Without you. Without Sonic. You’ll be essentially erased from here. We won’t remember you very well. I can’t say the extent of it.” he blinks back tears.

Sonics eyes widen. He doesn’t want to cry. Not in front of them. “Oh.. Nine.”

“So that’s it? We don’t remember them?” Knucks exclaims in shock “all that and WE WONT REMEMBER THEM??”

Rebel places a hand on Knucks’ shoulder “calm down.. it’s not his fault.”

Knucks sighs “I know…”

Rusty goes up to Sonic “I do not know how much data will remain of you. But I will try to preserve it the best I can.”

“Thanks for trying, Rusty..” Sonic forces a smile.

They approach the contraption built to put all the shards together at once and give the last empty arm the last shard.

Sonic feels a tap on his back. He turns around and faces Nine who’s trying so hard to hold it together. But looking into Sonics eyes, he crumbles “I DONT WANT TO FORGET YOU!” he dives into Sonics arms “I’m not ready for you to go.. you’re the greatest friend I’ve ever had. The first friend I ever had..” he clings tighter “I’m not ready..I..” he breaks into sobs. Sonic kneels down to fully hug Nine. He feels his own tears prick his eyes. “I’m not ready either.. but it has to be done..” Nine frees his tails from their metal counterparts, using them to wrap around Sonic.

When they separate, Sonic wipes Nine’s tears away “you’re gonna be ok. I’ll always be somewhere cheering you on no matter what.”

Nine nods “and I’ll be always with you.. through Tails.”

Sonic stands up.

Shadow hasn’t known these guys for long, but he’s still sad he has to say goodbye. “Goodbye all. I will never forget you.”

Sonic looks along his friends and whines “man, I hate goodbyes. How bout this? ILL MISS YOU!”

The shards are put together and Sonic and Shadow are thrown through time and space, being tossed in every direction, until it finally stops.

Sonic sits up. He’s in the cave where the prism originally was.

“Sonic!” Shadow jogs over to him from the mouth of the cave “we made it.”

They hear groans around them.

Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Rouge and Eggman sit up holding their heads.

“What.. happened?” Mumbles Tails.

Upon hearing his voice, Sonic rushes over to him and picks him up to hold his little brother “Tails!! Oh man, Tails I missed you so much.”

“Sonic??” Tails is confused.

“I’m so sorry Tails, I shoulda listened to you! Are you ok??”

“Yeah.. I’m fine. What’s going on?”

Sonic has no time to answer before he’s gathering the rest of his friends in a group hug. They’re surprised he’s hugging them, but won’t deny him. He even pulls Shadow into it, who doesn’t run away, he just stands there, looking like he’s going to murder Sonic in his sleep.

“Whats gotten into you?“ Amy giggles.

“A bad case of love for my besties!” Sonic gushes then pauses “where did that come from?? Oh god, Shadow, I think the wormhole messed up by head.”

Shadow let’s out the smallest chuckle.

Sonic gasps “was that a laugh? SHADOW DID I MAKE YOU LAUGH??”

Shadow hides his smile “no..”

Rouge pinches Shadows cheek “nah, I think I see a little grin there~!”

Knuckles laughs “I guess there’s to Shadow than shadows!”

Eggman sits up “HEY WHERED THE PRISM GO??”

Shadow wipes his gloves “oh yea I threw it away. You’ll never find it.”

“NOOOOO! CURSE YOU HEDGEHOGS!! Orbot, Cubot, REPAIR THE EGGMOBILE!”

Sonic tells his friends to the best of his ability what had happened. He’s gotten the story down! He’s told it many times.

The others are trying to take this all in, but it’s going to take a while to fully understand.

The main thing is, everything’s ok now.

As for Nine and the others? They forget Sonic and Shadow, just like predicted. But things have changed and they KNOW someone had to have helped. Rusty does have some data left over.. she’s working on retrieving the rest.

They’re building a new world just like Nine wanted, just not in another world. Their own, reformed. Soon Green Hills will be restored.