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random hc 6: Avior acted as steward to Warden
#i have a feeling that this is canon actually#it would be great for lore reasons#and drama in general#“WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HANGING AROUND WITH A CONVICTED FELON?!”#“he's just a silly little guy”#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redactedaudio#redacted avior#redacted warden#vinn says fandom things#vinn headcanons things#redacted headcanons
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In a capitalist dystopia, your company gets to determine your sexuality, but one brave man will rebel against this system. In a world full of bisexuals, one courageous man decides to take a bold stand and come out as straight. Read this popular ya novel that is taking tiktok by storm now.
#misha collins#supernatural#spn#this drama feels like a summary to a generic ya novel#to me#birdy chirps
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I’m totally normal about these two totally normal dudes :) .
I don’t usually read fics, specially AU related ones, but this one GOT me, holy cow. Check it out if you fancy that sort of thing!
Love, Death, and Rollerskates by @spadillelicious !
#listen fr I don’t think I’ve ever been this interested in a fic before#the story? the setting?? the drama??? soooo good#I may be a bit bias tho since it involves the blorbos and the 80’s#also Spadille I very much appreciate the way you handle the heavier subject matters#and the way you write in general but yeah!#keep up the good work!#love death and rollerskates fanart#sundrop#moondrop#fnaf sun#fnaf moon#fnaf daycare attendant#my art stuff
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Sometimes annoying your bratty husband with silly gifts will cause him to bluescreen unintentionally. It's fine, though. Just take advantage of his touch starvation with cuddles to override the issue. Any biting and hissing that follows is totally normal. You may then proceed with your usual goofy antics of sticking tape onto the end of his tail when he's not looking, no doubt leading to the massacre of half your followers. :]
Anyway.
I can't be the only one convinced that Narinder hates having stuff around his wrists after finally being freed. I Can Not.
#fanart#cult of the lamb#cotl#narilamb#cotl narinder#cotl lamb#True Devotion#comics#my favorite parts are the downgrade in quality on the background and also how i drew narinder progressively shittier in each panel :D#fun fact: i will never draw narinder in long sleeves - i am THAT convinced he hates stuff touching his wrists XD#i promise i will have at least one serious narilamb comic#honestly i will#but as much as i adore the potential for drama and toxicity and general obsessive devotion between these two#i cannot resist The Goofs (TM)#so most of my stuff is gonna be So Fukken Goofy lol
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So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.
See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.
But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...
What is the difference between this and this?
Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?
Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.
But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.
And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.
But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.
See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!
As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.
And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:
So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?
Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.
In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.
In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.
This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).
Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.
More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.
This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.
A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.
But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.
#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05#Our Flag Means Death#Togas does meta#and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much#don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :(#I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out#i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong#god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3#looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD#image descriptions in alt text#and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them
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the mike system 😌
#tdart#total drama#td mike#td svetlana#td vito#td manitoba#td mal#td chester#rehab au#<- these are my designs for that too lol#I wanted to make a ref for them for rehab au but it’s canon compliant so#I’ll probably just use these designs for when i draw them in general
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Wat Vee
#century of love#century of love the series#daou pittaya#offroad kantapon#daouoffroad#san x vee#centuryofloveedit#thai bl#thai drama#bl drama#bl series#my edits.#aejeonghae#i already love this show so so so much#my fav bls are always the ones with a generous helping of (fantasy) lakorn#and yeah gaga has her name as vad but every other place has her as wat?#anyway staying with khun wat for the moment
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Hi! Sorry to bother, but could you please tell me why you refer to Little Apple as her? When I looked up the wiki page, they used the it pronoun, and novel translations into my native tongue all use male pronoun. Is it audio-drama exclusive or something? P.S. I really love your art and appreciate you sharing it here! <3
Never ask a donkey her pronouns.
#ask#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#little apple#transgender#Real answer is that as far as I am aware the audio drama refers to little apple with feminine terms.#but it could also be a mandela effect.#In general if you notice me doing something that isn't mdzs canon it is safe to assume it is:#1) An ongoing bit I made to be funny 2) Something from the audio drama version 3) My brain messing up details.#Little apple transbian lore starts now I guess? I think Pio of Piosplayhouse would have more to say about this.#Thank you for your support question asker- I hope you know I am only gently teasing you here.#I typically answer questions like this privately but I can't pass up drawing more little apple <3
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hc that at the beginning of the war, clones became used to Anakin's informality and it became common to have silly conversations after a long day with him, like "would you fight a hungry rancor once or ten angry loth-cats every day for a month" and it's always fun because Skywalker has crazy explanations for his choice, until the day he says "you're all wrong, let me ask Obi-Wan, he will agree with me"
And all the clones panic because General Kenobi is so serious and stern and important, they can't just ask him some stupid question!
But Skywalker has already dragged him over and asked him before the troopers could stop him, and of course Kenobi is frowning now, they will be all scolded for this, probably forced to clean the freshers this week for wasting his time like that, and—
"That is absurd, Anakin. I can't answer before knowing if it's possible to reason with the loth-cats."
The clones blink in unison.
"What do you mean, reason with them? They're loth-cats Obi-Wan! They're animals!"
"Yes, but if they're angry for a month, then there must be a reason. Thus—"
"No, no, don't thus me, there is no negotiation to help you there, it wasn't part of the question—"
"Then the question was not asked correctly! For example, what about the rancor's size? What about its weight? What if it's blind? I'm sure the troopers will agree that we need more information before expressing our opinion."
The noise of frustration General Skywalker makes is only the prelude to a 25-minute-long argument about providing details and sources, two deep dives into zoological reports on rancors' diet and at least three side debates about preferring dogs to loth-cats which turned into a slideshow of the cutest loth-cats on the holonet.
Needless to say, the clones are delighted and never forget to ask General Kenobi for his opinion on pretty much anything after that.
#every time a silly debate starts in the barracks there is always a clone who's like#'this is way too chummy.'#'i need some drama I need some bitchy comments I need some taunting'#'I need something to make them lose their MIND'#and the clone next to them sighs and says 'ok FINE. let me get general Kenobi'#anakin skywalker#obi wan kenobi#clones#the clone wars#clem's aus#fics i will never write
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yes she can be creature. As a treat.
#total drama#td dawn#sort of anatomy study? kind of?#love the idea of dawn having more animalistic mannerisms#and just being more weirdgirl in general#my art
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This Lovely silver shirt is worn on Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lessons (1993) and later worn on Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim in Star Trek: Voyager, Prime Factors (1995)
#recycled costumes#star trek the next generation#star trek tng#star trek voyager#garrett wang#Ensign Harry Kim#harry kim#costume drama#reused costume#reused costumes#reused outfits#dramasource#drama series
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been watching s1ep6 of uprooted! some bad doodles of a few of my favorite moments thus far
#the peanut allergy thing genuinely made my throat itchy#ough never again#funny as hell though#poor booker also#he was suffering through the whole episode. the faces? incredible. i feel SO bad#+andys and dereks exaggerated expressions/mannerisms are so good in general#the pinched sour face was hysterical oh my gosh#theyre literally the incarnation of the word “silly”#and its not even like the whole world is silly#like theres war and bloody revolutions and political drama and bloodshed#and the perpetrators are like. a chihuahua and a tit bird#uprooted#booker uprooted#bitsy uprooted#peggy uprooted#legends of avantris
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Falin in the Isle of Wa
ft Benichidori and Hien 👯♀️
Part 1 of my postcanon dyke drama cinematic universe
Part 2
Interlude
Part 3
#the monster at the end is an umi-nyobo#and the first monster is a lame generically drawn tsuchigomo with a human head just so it could make a funny face. to me#my hc is hien and benichidori have a situationship#and benichidori has had really strong feelings for a long time but wont just ask to be exclusive bc shes scared to shake the boat#also falin and marcille made an agreement that each of them can hook up with other people#reposting to fix my incorrect order of images on the first try 🙈#falin touden#benichidori#hien#benihien#inutade#maizuru#toshiro nakamoto#I think often of the fact that Toshiro never introduced Falin to his entourage of Beautiful Women in canon.#Maybe she would have said yes if he had 😂#dungeon meshi spoilers#my comics#postcanon dyke drama cinematic universe#i didnt put as much thught into like Hien and Benichidori characterisation tbh i need to make comics of them that arent just short gag ones#though I do think she might be endeared to Falin bc shes a striking person postcanon visually and has an aura about her#also her and shuro are kind of similar in certain ways but without some of his flaws that annoyed her about him it might make her nostalgic
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collecting gl dramas like they're pokemon cards
#gl drama#thai gl#thai drama#23.5 the series#the secret of us the series#us the series#the loyal pin the series#my marvellous dream is you#uranus2324#i guess qls in general#but sapphics 🫶🏻#pluto the series#affair the series
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Your honour, she's Bi
#oh my general#yes this is the drama from the post with the POV: when u come home and ur 3 femme wives are fauning over ur butch wife#paraphrasing#but lets be honest tahts how i got here and im having a wonderful time#honestly theyre the queerest straight couple ive ever seen in a drama including all the genderbend genre ones#bi#bisexual#biromantic at least
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scene from the radio drama+Great Soft Jelly-Thing concepts
#ihnmaims#i have no mouth and i must scream#ihnmaims ted#great soft jelly thing#jess scribbles#spoilers//#body horror//#unsanitary//#I WISH I COULD TRANSLATE THAT SCENE INTO MY ART BETTERRRRR I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. ITS LITERALLY ONLY IN THE RADIO DRAMA#teds paranoid ranting followed by him breaking down. apologizing & begging to be held. what else can ellen do but comfort him then#its just the position shes put in. even after he was just insulting her to her face in his deluded headspace moments before#the way he breaks down seems like hes already clinging to her before she gets much of her response in. theyre all just so beaten down#SORRY I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABT IHNMAIMS ESP ABOUT ELLEN IN GENERAL. & teds mental health
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