#and those are basically the same thing-

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[marshymallo]

the "wanna go ad-free?" in the corner of my tumblr screen on my laptop is giving heavy "wanna break from the ads? 😏" spotify ad vibes

and i'm not sure how to feel about that right now-

[hamletthedane]

Middle Earth map mural is complete! Definitely the coolest thing in my house right now.

…and it only took ten paint pens and three seasons of the West Wing to finish 😅

(“But what about the resale value??” my relative asked me when I started this project. Look, I do not make an ungodly mortgage payment every month just to treat my house like a rental. That’s what they invented primer and paint for :))

Before/afters under the cut:

[lotus-pear]

i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

[miguxadraws]

did this just so i dont sleep without drawing anything today

demon and nun au by @spitinsideme

[skitskatdacat63]

okay.

[taddymason]

Just a little fun question, but what would be Kaida's reaction to movie Jay? XD And Movie Jay's reaction zu Kaida (I bet he fears that she bites 🤣) And does Kaida even have a movie counterpart?

(I might do a one shot of Movie Jay falling into the Administration someday)

I'm of the opinion that showjay and moviejay are like two opposite people (it's actually pretty interesting if the movie counterparts have a lot of opposite traits to ninjas because they grew up differently), one is a scaredy dog ​​but is actually not impulsive and the other is like a wild cat that if he's having a bad time he'll make everyone else have a bad time.

So, yk, Kaida would be pretty shocked at this introverted version of Jay that can barely say two words but also after that she would just try to make jokes to get Movie Jay to open up and talk more. And also she wouldn't let go the fact that she and movie Jay are almost the same height.

And Movie Jay's obviously scared of this feral child and his adult counterpart who says that she's his daughter because it's a lot to process and he thinks they're both crazy at first.

I can't think of much for the movie Kaida counterpart. I know she and Jay probably wouldn't have the father-daughter relationship they have in the LP since I imagine them being only a couple of years apart (and I say this because in tlnm all the ninjas are the same age), so if anything they would have an older brother-younger sister relationship. She's probably still an orphan but with a relatively calmer and normal life, maybe she starts freshman year at the same high school where the others are and there she meets them. idk I have to think about this, I'm open to suggestions because I'm drawing a blank since it's been a long time since I saw the movie.

[carlyraejepsans]

HELPP i found out about character AIs and im losing it over calling deltarune sans "a more manipulative personality" 😭😭 like whatt we've only seen this man like 2 times

sorry im being a hater hgfjdks but you're the sans understander

lmaoo character.ai, look where the fall of ai dungeon got us, smh. thank you for the compliment though!

[charmac]

Genuine question. Do you like or dislike Rob? Your posts tend to imply both feelings hahaha

Do I like Rob?

[chirpsythismorning]

We never really left

[gale-force-storm]

You know, I think my favorite thing about Gale's whole "watching you in battle makes me horny" scene is like. He's not wrong. A brush with danger does in fact increase one's desire for "other forms of stimulation". Studies have shown that being in situations that cause a rush of adrenaline, be that going on a roller coaster, seeing a scary movie, walking across a swinging suspension bridge, or something else, increase feelings of attraction. It's literally a Known Thing that adventurous stuff is great to do on a date because it will most likely make you more into each other.

Idk, I just love that his come-on is not only extremely nerdy, but also scientifically accurate. Feels correct and I'm glad they did it lol

[ki1ldeer]

I enjoy drawing SUE ME !!

[spacecatdet]

Already seen victim blaming on xitter 👍 Lets not do that and lets leave the hermits alone. Make up your own minds on if you should support Iskall. But I feel like if one of his VH team members leaving for differing morals, the hermits going back 6 plus years to remove him from thumbnails and titles, and removing him from the site and merch should be enough Doc even said they can't talk about it which could mean anything, including something legal. Mumbo said there were no minors invovled but doesn't mean others weren't since there ARE victims Just leave the hermits be, and let the victims decide if they want to come out. And stop victim blaming lmao

[earthmixsclowderofcats]

Just genuinely asking, do you actually believe that ZeeNuNew is dating? (I believe in them)

Oh, this never ending debate.

When I first got into BL these two confused and confounded me for months. It always seemed like people were either very strict and defensive truthers or pessimistic deniers.

Honestly, I went back and forth several times on them, and I think what I have come to conclude is that they're both and neither and whatever the hell they want.

Because due to the parasocial aspects of the Thai bl industry these men (Thai bl men in general) play a version of themselves in public, the same way most people do. Only their public persona is what makes them marketable. It's part of their brand.

That doesn't mean there isn't truth to it.

Fanservice and genuine affection do not exist in vacuums separate from one another. Real life relationships are way more fluid and complicated than black and white.

There are things they do that seem very performative, but I have to wonder if maybe that's just part of their personality and relationship in general. But obviously it is also, at least partly, for the fans. As it is their brand. But again, that's something that doesn't exist in a vacuum.

In a classic, western sense they haven't officially actually come out but rather were like "you can think whatever you want."

(I think this might have changed recently with the language they've been using but I'm not 100% sure due to fan translations being subjective. But like, I'm pretty sure they've said recently in an interview they basically date at work.)

At some point (especially in the past few weeks)I've legitimately just started feeling like a homophobic crone for thinking it was ALL for fan service. Like, those two clearly are very important to each other. They clearly love each other in some way.

It's so interesting because like, in a way these shipped pairs are living their own fake dating au's. And I fully believe there are some people who just committed to the bit to the degree that it no longer became a bit, and I'm pretty sure that's zeenunew.

You can see their relationship change over the years. I don't doubt there was fan service in the cutie pie era. I also don't doubt that those big sappy displays of affection are sincere.

So i used to put them in the category of "shrodinger's ships." They were both together and not until proven otherwise.

But recently I've shifted them into the category of "committed to the bit too hard and now it is no longer a bit."

Because I think it's both fan service and legit, and like, that's just how they roll. If it is an entirely false charade they've been on for years then consider me bamboozled and in awe of their hustle, but in this economy we take all the serotonin we can get.

Also, like, regardless of any outside perspective of their relationship, their personal relationship is going to be what it is or isn't either way. What are we gonna do about it by arguing over semantics and technicalities? What would they get? Nothing. We have literally no stake in this and no influence.

[soupandsorcery]

I could write a fucking essay about how much it means for Lucanis to be here after one of the most harrowing experiences of Beaux's life.

I'm going to have to write so much fic about it. About Lucanis and Spite proving to Beaux that they're not still in the Fade, that they made it out. And both of them pledging to keep him safe and see him through what comes next.

[thedreadvampy]

What would you call the genre of 2010s-2020s TV shows which are:

stylistic, with cinematic transitions and colorful shots

kind of tonally YA adjacent but aimed at adults; snappy, irreverent, probably centering some amount of mystery or detective work

mildly goth/alternative aesthetic and tone

involve pursuit by some manner of Paranormal Agency with a 60s bureaucracy aesthetic, either time travel or something similar, and a range of superpowers

the/a villain is almost certainly a woman with piled up hair and a skirt suit who character design and affect wise is doing what Michelle Gomez did in Doctor Who. Separately, Michelle Gomez may or may not also be there.

have an ensemble cast of quirky, sarcastic and jaded characters, interacting with a rotating cast of similarly quirky side characters

often but not always a comic book adaptation; either way, involves a heightened reality which aims to be as 'comicsy' as possible while achieving emotional verisimilitude.

I'm reasonably certain this has to now count as a genre or at least a concrete aesthetic cause I can reel off so many of these. Off the top of my head; Dirk Gently, Doom Patrol, Umbrella Academy, Loki, and Dead Boy Detectives, just to start. I think weirdly tonally and aesthetically these shows owe a lot to Pushing Daisies.

anyway yeah is there a name for this?