#and especially in the south

[sixofclovers]

my favourite pages from my holiday sketchbook

[frankensteinposm0]

"You better not have drawn Stan and Kyle without hats with a pink color palette and with lyrics from a Weezer song"

me:

[a-room-of-my-own]

Something funny on X is the global south’s mass feminist awakening. These girls are like 1970s radfems I love them.

[burningcheese-merchant]

I like the fact that the devs agreed and added the parallel that the ancients are all very kind to themselves, even at their worst, how vulnerable they can be. In chapter 10, HB accepts Lily's wrongdoings, and despite the fact that it took her a while to process her trauma, she tries to make peace with her.

Now with the beasts, it's so different because, if you notice, despite having a problem, they don't try to change their ways. That's why most of them don't understand each other; their philosophy clashes greatly. Despite one of them claiming to be very close, in reality, each and every one of them feels so alone. It's undeniable how many people still believe they're close.

It's fascinating to see their parallels. It's good to know they're not close; it's complex and interesting. I want to add about episode 10 i feel outraged by the fact that no one talks about how complex ES's character was the last part of the episode made me cry because i know she only had one purpose when she was created and the fact that HB proposed to her to leave their garden and go with her was the most painful and touched me so much. (seriously my friends asked me if i was okay because i cried a lot LOL) everyone thinks it's an unrequited love, if it wasn't reciprocated HB wouldn't take the time to understand ES and explain to her that the world doesn't have to be perfect like she describes it. it's an episode with a queer tragedy explained in the hardest but sweetest way possible... And the game is from a country that litteraly is a sin to be like this or not good received as well.

All of the BxA r Indeed were pure art but with different narratives as well

Yeah definitely!! I've always loved the parallels between the Beasts and Ancients - not just individually, but as groups. While they both endured equally great suffering, in the end, the Beasts chose the easy way out. They chose darkness and despair. They chose to inflict their suffering onto others instead of properly addressing themselves and their shortcomings. And what's fascinating is that, for a time, the Ancients chose similarly: Golden Cheese succumbed to delusion and hid herself in a fantasy world in order to assuage her grief, Hollyberry abdicated and ran away from her family and her people and her life, drinking and fighting and partying her woes away, Dark Cacao built literal and figurative walls around himself and shut everyone out, Pure Vanilla was an amnesiac for a while, thus technically foregoing truth (albeit not necessarily by choice), then he allowed himself to be a Cookie of Deceit for a while, White Lily... we know what happened to her lol. But they managed to save themselves because they had each other. For each and every one of them, their salvation and enlightenment came when they remembered their bonds with each other and with others they care for. It was that sense of connection and community, which never ever broke despite everything that happened to them. And then opposite to them are the Beasts, who broke apart and descended into villainy because they themselves did not have those connections; not just in reference to them never having had the chance to live as normal people, but in reference to their bonds with each other specifically. I believe now more than ever that they never REALLY cared for each other. That they were never REALLY friends. If they were, why didn't they help each other when they started corrupting? Example, Burning Spice: I believe that what he needed the most was assurance that the cycle of change is not and does not need to be inherently painful or bleak. That there is good and meaning in that endless repetition. What would've helped was him having a constant in his life; someone or something that was always there with him even while everything and everyone else slipped away, as the cycle of change mandates. For all intents and purposes, the other Beasts should have been that constant; they're immortal too. They're gods too. They're his friends. They WERE his friends. Or... were they not? I don't really think so anymore. What the Ancients have together, the Beasts either had a very weak and fragile copy, or never really had at all. IF they were ever friends, they were pretty shitty ones lol. And that's a big part of why they corrupted, and why they're all so bitter and lonely: they each feel as though no one ever understood them or their struggles, not even their supposed "friends". Then these 5 thieves come along and inadvertently give them that lifeline, to which they all react differently (in how they express their attachment, I mean. They're all obsessed but they let it show differently and to different levels), but underneath those differences lies a shared feeling: "oh God, someone finally understands me, someone finally feels what I feel, I can't ever let them go, I need them". It's so horrendously sad and disturbing and darkly fascinating. I love it. I love these pairs, I love talking about them, I can do it forever

And I agree with you that Eternal Sugar is a complex and very interesting character, and I'm disappointed in the people that think otherwise (I hate saying this, but a lot of the complaints kind of sound like they're just butthurt that Eternalberry was canonized and they're looking for any excuse to tear the update down because of it). She seems to be a step above Mystic Flour in that she really, truly thinks she's doing something GOOD (MF behaves this way as well, but ES is legitimately delusional). She actually thinks she's helping people. Deep down, she DOES understand that she's a bad person and she's only hurting those she claims to care for, Hollyberry included, and this dialogue demonstrates such:

She seems to have succumbed to a form of insanity above that of other Beasts; she is still clinging to her old desires to carry out her godly duties and make people happy, but her perception of such has become so warped that she actually thinks things like keeping people in jars forever is making them happy. Furthermore, she purposefully orchestrates situations that "prove" her mindset and ideals correct (allowing people to leave the garden if they wish ("see? I'm not controlling! I'm not desperate! I'm not a dictator! You can leave, it's ok!"), but having them leave while smelling like the perfume that permeates the whole area so Beast-Yeast monsters are drawn to and attack them, thus forcing them back into the garden and further convincing them that it's a safe haven and they belong there). So much confirmation bias with Sugar, it's crazy. SHE is crazy. She is LEGITIMATELY crazy, a sort of crazy that the others aren't, not even Shadow Milk. It is delightfully awful. She is delightfully awful

And oh... Holly... Holly and Sugar... Passion and Sloth... Them...

One begs the other to stay... The other begs them to wake up and leave. Holly is now the second Ancient to fully, directly express understanding and sympathy towards their Beast. She's now the second to fully, directly state that she wants to be with their Beast.

She's HAPPY at the prospect of them being together. Of being two halves of a soul. She would GLADLY complete Sugar and let Sugar complete her... but Sugar has to wake up first. She has to see the error of her ways. She has to leave her garden. And Sugar agrees to this. She probably didn't really mean it, she was probably just swept up in the Yuri Wave and saying what she thought Holly wanted her to say, but even so. I think it's meaningful. Out of all the Beasts, I think Sugar has the best shot of being redeemed. And she has just the right Ancient to help her with such a thing. (Tbh I think they can all be fixed. Not easily, not right away, absolutely not. It would take time and effort and a lot of very painful conversations and realizations on everyone's part. But I think it can be done. Each of them has shown that one little seed of doubt, of regret, of disillusionment. Each one of them has faltered, if only for a moment. Because of that, I think somewhere deep down inside of them is someone worth saving. But that's just me haha) Beast x Ancient is 5 different, delicious flavors of a beautiful and compelling tragedy and they kill and resurrect me several times a day

[bokubuni]

@sulkybender said they’d realized they never saw art of sokka and iroh shopping together with zuko a mess in the back so here we are with yet another zukka sketch

lowkey forgot i could draw (as if i haven’t been taking art classes and studies for years :p) and have no idea how i whipped this up in under an hour

[drtrinitysantos]

okay so they're making this the republican uncle of the 911 family for realsies.

tim you stupid bitch I hate your pussy

[green-alien-turdz]

Fuck it, early to mid-20's designs

[carnival-of-vanity]

Happy Cake Day to the GOAD community

I feel like I've not been drawing a lot lately, but to be honest I've just been wrapped up in one piece quite literally for months. Drawing away at little teacups, vases, glasses and of course the odd plant. Trying to capture the rays of sunshine falling through a cottage window onto our ineffable husbands.

I did underestimate a little how much stuff fits into a kitchen. But I think I've mastered kitchenware now. (Will always prefer drawing plants though)

The GOAD Cake Day Bang also was my first time collaborating with a fanfic author. @lemon-tart-221 wrote a wonderfully smutty and fluffy one shot inspired by this painting.

Summary:

Cottage life with Aziraphale is so perfectly peaceful that Crowley accidentally oversleeps through several important events. To mollify a very miffed angel, Crowley attempts to apologise as Aziraphale bakes up a storm.

Good thing Crowley still has some seductive moves up his sleeve and the legs for wearing a kilt, because he’s going to need all his charm to soothe his disgruntled angel.

Excerpt:

“Should I go on?” Crowley rocked into Aziraphale’s backside.

There was a pause, a twitch of Aziraphale’s hips pressing back against Crowley. “Yes.”

Crowley smiled. Damn, he was good at being a demon sometimes. Really, really good. “Then you won’t mind if I” — Crowley snapped his fingers — “get more comfortable.” His clothes vanished, his arms still wrapped around Aziraphale.

Aziraphale let out a gasp and glanced back at Crowley. “Are you — naked?”

“Yep.” Crowley grinned. “Care to join me?” He snapped his fingers again, and Aziraphale’s clothes vanished as well — all except for his shirt and apron.

Read it on AO3

[marciavalance]

The Outsiders Musical making the greasers mostly people of color is the best decision in the whole production!! It makes the story have more depth and makes it more realistic!!!!!!!!!!!!

[renonv]

Minotaunio hijinks continue

[tenisperfection]

I think the Pitt's biggest victory is having its entire group of main and supporting characters feel like real people you know and interact with. You don't get a lot of shows that have such depth in storytelling when saying so little at times with characters who all consistently behave like the complicated and layered people we all are.

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

how about the Texas striped sweat bee! Its one of my favorites, and it exhibits some pretty cool sexual dimorphism!

Excellent choice! It's always a good day for a jewel-toned bug.

These are also commonly referred to as the Texas striped sweat bee, but they are found across many areas! The first image is of a female, the second is of a male.

[southconfessionpark]

I am so fascinated by the widespread phenomena of drawing the south park egg children as anime boys and more specifically its origins. It's been around at least since 2002 in the west and at least since 2001 in Japan. I am dying to know who started it and when. Did one person pioneer it with everyone else thinking "hey this is neat actually"? Or was it something intrinsic for multiple japanese artists? I'm treating this like a full blown history project

[mango-dot-yum]

I know it’s almost unanimously agreed on that Dinah is Southern, but I personally think she’s Midwestern. Not just because I’m from the Midwest and she’s literally me guys, but because she’d love Culver’s

[victimized-martyr]

Thinking abt end of obesity again and like kyle baby boy…. why do you put so much effort towards eric…. being his determination when he doesn’t put the effort towards himself… he knows the lengths you’d go to him and takes advantage of it anyways… kyle i need to crawl inside ur mind and understand what ur logic is (or perhaps… there ain’t none at all. it’s all emotion…)

[rabbitrah]

It's soooo crazy how when Thornton proposes and Margaret shoots him down like a dog in the street, she thinks to herself "I never liked him. I always acted totally indifferent to him. I never thought about myself and him." But then after they have no interaction with each other for a while after that, she thinks "I miss our antagonistic friendship :/" and then, after that, when she knows that he knows that she committed the unforgivable and shameful sin of Lying to a Police Officer she deadass thinks to herself "It seems so hard to lose him as a friend just when I had begun to feel his value." Like GIRL! The revisionism!!! The self deception! Is the friendship you had with Mr. Thornton in the room with us now?