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tbh its not that difficult to win a debate if you do like at least some amount of research before hand and say a lot of bullshit confidently
#the gay club at my school has this “battle of the dorms” thing that we do every semester#its like a set of debates in a bracket to see which dorm is the best or whatever#my dorm is kinda shit tbh but we won this year cause I did research on the other dorms and I like talked fast n shit#I think one of the big things that won my dorm the last round was that the other finalist mentioned a field that was like well lit at night#and was like near their dorm#and I went on a passionate rant about the evils of light pollution lmao
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#only 2 months late 😎#idk what it is about the 2-part illustrations bros but i underwent a character arc working on this#tbh i think it could use at LEAST another hour of tweaking but like. considering im packing for my dorm NOW …#speaking of! :) im going off to college! so unfortunately i don’t expect ill be very active here in the near future but who knows#i hope you guys enjoy though! im very proud of these#it’s SO weird bc it’s like. if i gave like 20% more of a shit i could actually have Something here#in a weird transitory phase rn. will let u guys know if i survive it#UMM. UH ANYWAY#game grumps#dan avidan#arin hanson#10 minute power hour#honeyart#danny sexbang#<- yeah sure. lol#also yeah the dan one does kinda blow a little bit. but the arin one 🩷
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I think they put drugs in los campesinos songs because whenever I listen to them I need to loop them over and over until I have them memorized and have fully absorbed the song into my body and soul.
#I know they're pretty well known in indie music circles but it always shocks me that they're not more widely known bc they're so awesome#I constantly wear my los camp t shirt trying to attract other people who are into them but it almost never works#except for college orientation week when a guy in my dorm noticed it and we instantly became the spider man pointing meme#we are now good friends los campesinos brings people together!!#if they come near us on their next leg of their north american tour we're going to see them together (manifesting 🙏)#anyway I really need to go to bed but listening to hello sadness is so addicting and every time I get up I'm like “just one more song!”#enigma musings#los campesinos!
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the amount of times jeongchan said "our house" 💞💞💞💞💞 they live together!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow.
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The art style of Cloud Castle is absolute ass bro why are their eyes so big
Idk man it just looks.... off
I wish they brought back the og art style like Blue Scarab Hunt because that was gorgeous
Well if you’re referring to the book's artstyle as a whole, then calm down buddy the illustrations as a whole are pretty good all things considered (believe me some of the illustrations in the later books are waaaaayyyyy iffier)
But if you are referring to Danilo Barozzi’s illustrations in the book then uhhhhh… yeah I don’t blame you, I didn’t like the big anime irises either, she didn’t cook with this one,,,





The interesting thing is Barozzi also did pieces for Secret of the Snow and those looked fine (she did well enough that I have to squint to determine which ones were done by her). My guess is either she did a lot of the illustrations for the latter half of SotS and we just got used to it, or it’s because the artstyle of special editions 2 and 3 were more… experimental? Books 4 onwards developed a very specific… look for the artstyle that adhered very closely to the main book illustrations of Spanish Dance Mission onwards, thus the illustrators had to follow suit, resulting in whatever looks off to look especially off.



(Even with this set of pictures, I’m only about 70% sure these are Barozzi’s because of how alike yet different the styles are from each other in the book. The first one could be Barozzi’s, but it could also be Giuseppe Facciotto’s, since he also did illustrations for SotS and his stylization means he sometimes puts the eyes really close to each other in a way that’s weird but still makes sense somehow.) On the contrary, books 2 and 3 (and I would probably even include book 1 there) had a more experimental look to the illustrations, which seems to be based more on (and this is just a theory of mine) Giuseppe Facciotto’s iconic work for the covers of Mouseford Academy books 2-12, 14, 15 and 17 in the English books (he did waaayyy more covers for the Italian Mouseford books— he was basically the cover guy for the Mouseford books for a WHILE) as well as the books from Spanish Dance Mission to Lost Letters. If you’re wondering why those covers go as hard as they do, then now you know why.










(These aren’t all of Facciotto’s works for the covers we know in English but you can see that he popped off <3)
But yeah as you can see with special editions 2 and 3, the art direction seems to be heavily inspired by Facciotto’s artstyle.
However, when Barbara Pellizzari’s works became the aesthetic poster child of the books’ brand, that was reflected in the illustrations and how their aesthetic changed, as seen in the main books and how they look currently, special editions 4-9, and the Treasure Seekers trilogy.
This new profile thing of the girls? This was done by Pellizzari (coloring was done by Flavio Ferron), and thus it became the main reference for how the girls look in the book’s illustrations.

And it’s not just in the general direction to the artists for how to draw the Thea Sisters, but also in the direction given to the colorists. Alessandro Muscillo was the colorist for the special edition books since book 1 and the Treasure Seekers trilogy, and you can see that the direction for the style varied through books 1-3, like maybe direction was experimenting with the mood the illustrations were to convey, beginning with the cartoony and bright colors of book 1, easing into the more grounded and layered palettes of books 2 and 3
Then book 4 was when they transitioned to using digital art /j
I jest, but seriously book 4 was the debut of the coloring style we end up keeping for the rest of the special editions and for all of Treasure Seekers, which is very… bright :D
(I would show more picture examples but I manually took pictures of my physical copies for the Cloud Castle and SotS illustrations and gwuh I’m too lazy to grab my entire collection just to take pictures,,)
Bright as in like… the colors are very defined and saturated. I dunno how to describe it, but when you see it, you get what I mean. It’s very bright and pretty and colorful and it stands out. There are still variations that happen on occasion (Star Fairies in particular uses a good dose of airbrush for the lighting and shadow effects, and Crystal Fairies looks like someone had a bit of fun using sparkle brushes), but other than that, it’s very bright. I don’t hate it, but I do acknowledge that yeah, if I was introduced to the series when it had fully transitioned to the new style, I never would’ve gotten into the series in the first place, because the older books had something that didn’t make it feel specifically catered to girls. The colors were bright, but not too bright. Colorful, but unified. They weren’t that complicated, and they didn’t have to be because the colorists (plural, there were at least 3 per book once upon a time) were popping the hell off with the colors they were given. But y’know, the newer books’ consistent style did give me a good spot to practice drawing mouse furries so I’m not complaining too much about the newer style, haha.
(Tiny baby E’s (it’s literally from 2020 what’re you on about mate) her first mouse Violet drawing using Barbara Pellizzari’s artstyle in Treasure Seekers 1 as an anatomy guide!!)
With that said tho, yeah I miss the old books -m- dunno if it’d fit the aesthetic of the special editions but m a n we could’ve had it and it probably would’ve looked cool
Also the illustrations go way harder in the older books, like Prince's Emerald? I've talked about Prince's Emerald and how it goes hard before, and I still stand by it and say that it does in fact still go hard
Maybe it won't fit the uh splash of color they gave the hardcovers, but imagine they grabbed Giulia Basile's coloring work for the graphic novels and used that as sort've a basis for the coloring style of the hardcovers. Not exactly the same-- would probably still add a touch of whimsical watercolor and/or paint to the very cel-shaded style, but we could've had something pretty dope -m-
Anyway that's my ramble simultaneously defending the hardcovers' artstyle and reminiscing on what could've been haha
#geronimo stilton#thea stilton#thea sisters#questions with e#rambles#the style of the older books is gorgeous but the main thing I'm wondering is can it pull off fantastical whimsy#that's the main thing i dunno if it can do (i would love to be proven wrong tho)#the style is so grounded that i'm wondering if it can pull off what the hardcovers needed it to do#which is convey the otherworldly fantastical thrill of exploring the fantasy worlds (which uh the newer books were able to do but#my main gripe is that fantasy and reality are near indistinguishable in vibes coloring-wise#sure there are sparkles and stuff is more saturated but the girls' dorm in book 4 still has the same-ish feel of the land of clouds#i dunno what it is. the bright colors just feel mundane somehow and don't take a shift when returning to reality)#looked at my books again and i think it might be the fact that the later books have no grounding color?#compare book 3 to book 5 and you'll see it the most distinctly methinks#the newer coloring style doesn't have a color that grounds the illustrations' palettes and thus everything's always bright 100% of the time#the girls' colors are always at their most saturated#like they're always under broad daylight in terms of lighting#it's not eyebleeding or anything but they don't look affected by the lighting in the setting they're currently in#and the result is it looks.... meh?#we get so used to the bright colors that they end up looking meh somehow#i'm not an art expert by any means this is just my observations as someone with a little too much brainrot
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remus tends to get very quiet around strangers, but with his friends he nonstop rambles. he has no clue what he's saying, but he's talking a mile a minute and switching between various languages without realising
#it takes him a while to feel comfortable enough around ppl to ramble tho#like majority of people assume remus the quietest marauder. but the other marauders are so weirded out#because like yeah he's silent in public but as soon as he's in their dorm he's rambling a mile a minute#(first time the marauders heard a remus ramble was the beginning of second year and they were completely floored)#like quiet 'one word' remus is suddenly talking super fast rambling about some sheep that live near he home#the rambling gets more intense when he's anxious/flustered/or talking about a special interest of his#marauders era#marauders#remus lupin
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You would not believe your eyes
If two really stupid guys
Barged into your dorm at 12:30am
#this happened a few nights ago but I didn’t know how to say it but this concept came to me at 4am lmaooooo#anyways so yeah my roommate is studying at her desk and I’m scrolling on my phone in bed in my pjs#when I hear a bit of a commotion near our dorm and my first thought is ‘oh no they’re gonna come inside’ before telling myself:#a) that’s silly those boys wouldn’t do that and b) our door’s totally locked so it’s fine#but turns out I was wrong on both counts :/#cuz the next thing I knew two random dude are *in my room* and they had said smth (but I was too shocked to register anything except ‘??!!’)#(y’all I was in my pjs too I was sittin there without a bra 😭😭😭😭😭😭)#eventually tho my face went from being shocked to being furious and I gotta say I haven’t heard myself use such an angry tone in a long time#but I basically demanded ‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE’ and their faces quickly paled and they backtracked by saying ‘oops wrong dorm’#(likely story cuz mine and my roommates names are literally ON THE DOOR and that whole hall is FULLY LIT UP like how can you miss that???)#I talked with one of my friends about this (cuz I wanted to see what she thought and if maybe those guys really were mistaken)#but then she brought up that ^ point and yeah if I see em doing anything like that again I’ll prob report em to my ra or smth#but until then I guess my roommate and I will be making to sure keep our door properly locked 💀#🎶song sings🎶
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I've been working on making a notes document for my own use, for the next time I need to format a book. It always seems simple at first, then more and more little annoyances pop up like a game of literary whack-a-mole. I'm hoping to make a more streamlined checklist of what things to do in which order.
I started on this document when I started formatting the current project (the yearly anthology for my local writers' club). It was very neat and orderly at first.
It was not by the end.
The end is all things like "consider doing the next book with the dang widows & orphans thing turned off" and "….aaaaaaaugh I didn’t update the TOC numbersssssss."
It's like one of those before and after photosets of someone's first day of college compared with their first day of finals.
#I'll get it done#it will be nice and tidy eventually#but the ranting to myself needed to happen first#and all the messy notes about the messy details#I'll take that and copy the important bits to a new document#and THAT will be beautiful#like a dorm room in a display photo#that no one has lived in before#indie writer life#hoard all the skills#and keep notes on them to make life easier for your future self#anyways the book is turned in and I should see a proof copy in the near future#hooray hooray
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thoughts on leo and shownu being in a musical together?? imo they’re both the best of the best 👏🏻
thoughts? ummmmm *rummaging around in my purse* i think leo looks hot in this outfit ☝🏾

#asks#this a unique situation actually bc im in my monogamous era so i really dont gaf abt any other man#so i have no interest in shownu but he's a good guy i like his voice and we have no beef#so i have no desire to tear him down to prop leo up like i did when him and kyuhyun did frankenstein 😭#i really would wake up call kyuhyun an ugly bitch that was lucky to even be near leo lmaoooooo#the way i get over a boy group and pretend them mfs dont exist is soooo crazy like whats my problem#2017 mbb kendra is def hype like turning flips in her dorm room good for her!!!
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hate when i think abt someone just like once in passing during the day and suddenly my whole dream is abt that person. we havent been friends or spoken for like 2 years i dont wanna imagine us all buddy buddy again!!
#this keeps happening bc ill be telling a story and it matters that it happened with an old friend but as soon as i even think the name#my brain is like hmmmm yes and what if you were friends again.. here's some fanfic of that for you#and i dont want it!#had a dream we were all living in college dorms that overlooked the beach and theirs were dr seuss themed?? but mine were normal#and just kinda overlooked a courtyard near the beach
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throwback to the time at summer camp i was looking out a second story window and a bunch of guys in the hall below were pretending to meow like cats and then there was an actual cat outside and i was like “oh my god look there’s a cat!!” and i heard them all laughing because they thought i thought they were actually cats and i was like “no look! there is a literal actually cat down there”

behold: cat
#this was behind the dormitories on an island in alaska#and the dorms were like up near the woods#how a cat got back there or why? idfk#but its timing was impeccable#˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ jasper jabbers ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
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what kind of music/artists do you think kevin listens to? now i could be crucified for this but i feel like he could get down to some radiohead. like idk i also feel like he’s a freak that could just be really into ambient noise kinda shit too.
AH good question honestly the author said before kevin listens to classic music which is i think the world's biggest autism steorotype you could find beyond sheldon from the big bang theory but i actually agree with her. somewhat. i think kevin likes irish traditional music and classical music and bossa nova and the opera and (occasionally) a good show tune. i have to admit i know nothing about radiohead but my best friend is a big fan so i'm inclined to say kevin would like it! i think in general he'd enjoy acoustic songs of any kind..... i even lowkey agree with you about the ambient noise because i don't think kevin would care about the lyrics. he just likes the harmonies and the care and the competence needed to handle an instrument :)
it's canon he hates EDM which i think is really funny but honestly during his times @ edens it didn't seem he cared that much and even had fun. kevin just likes noise honestly. i think the nest never had much space for music and he likes to be in a place where noise isn't only common but expected (i.e: music, the cousins' video games, neil tinkering in the kitchen, laughter from the bedroom, an exy game playing from the background)
#kevi...........#i think hes the kind of autistic who keeps loud music on/a game/some podcast almost at all times#its near impossible getting kevins attention while hes out and about in campus because he cant hear shit#and then the monsters' dorm is always busy in some way#i like thinking about him in his little apartment too making sure not to let the silence stretch on for long#for the company :_)#asks#kevin
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ate a burger and fries and a liter of coke and it was so good and i was so sick and so sad that briefly i. u know what im not gonna make a joke abt americans i just want yall to know that we can make it if we have burger on our side
#next week ill try this new vegan vegetarian place that opened near campus i hope its good#mason jar salads are a gamechanger for dorm life btw. dressing on the bottom meats and hard veggies on top and then leafies on top for maxi#um crunch and freshness i ate the same salad two days in a row and it was still good and crunchy<3333 also grapes in salads are the best#also candying walnuts is easier than i thought and theyre so good#i like cooking#im debating whether to bake smth for my fav classes at the end of the sem especially since one prof is hosting a party#except its like 30-50 ppl per class so i prob shouldn't commit to that or should at least bake smth small and transportable#since i dont have a kitchen or oven or anything in the dorm. maybe like tiny cookies or smth idk ?? hmmz
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I'm not afraid of becoming disabled for vanity reasons.
I'm afraid because this world isn't built for disabled people.
I'll be confined to my home because of the lack of public transit. Or I'll be stuck having to trust people to go out of their way to assist me.
Airplanes will destroy my expensive equipment.
I might not be able to use public restrooms.
There's nothing wrong with disability itself...
It's the world around us. It's so hostile.
#i dont even think pregnant people have easy access to things#then theres the elderly#like#at my university alone there aren't any reasonably placed handicapped parking spots#wheelchair users need to miss an entire class just to find a bathroom in most buildings#its near impossible to access sidewalks#theres a sidewalk to a dorm that forces rolling aid users to DOUBLE the trip up the walk#because the path doubles back on itself before you can reach the slope that allows you to go anywhere else#i have strong feelings about this#ableism#is absolute bullshit#and it upsets me that disabled people are not thought about until accessibility effects someone who can do something about it#im really sorry#my only personal hangup about becoming disabled is literally just the fear of not being able to do anything l#isnt that irrational?#im afraid of being stuck at home#unable to live independently#i would have to shell out mountains of money for aides#and then#theres the possibility that i wont have any money to live on#im angry#i hate it#i need to do better
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back from therapy yippee
#left almost crying so my therapist kept me for an extra minute#and then we talked abt little self care things I'd get to do upon returning to my dorm <3#like drink warm tea or hot cocoa and wrap myself in my constellation blanket and be near my fairy lights#<33#stella rambles#personal
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Gundam Witch From Mercury First Impressions: Guel
Okay started watching Gundam Witch from Mercury since it’s on Youtube now. It’s going to good so far. I still don’t like Guel though. There are so many red flags with him. Like I get it he’s there to make a point about toxic masculinity but I don’t see why people latched onto him and said he changed in like episode 3. Like dude really hasn’t made any changes. Just because he said no to his dad doesn’t mean he dismantle his toxic traits. Also, he viewed Miorine as his property in the first episode so he’s on my shit list.
#gundam witch from mercury#gwfm#guel is such piece of shit#yes he's probably going to have a character arc#but it makes no sense why people suddenly decide guel was better love interest than miorine#like did people forget he berated and pushed around miorine when he ordered her to move near his dorms#like even in his marriage proposal to Suletta he still views her as property#his arc is just beginning#also minor tangent but i really hate how people talked up the men side of harem#and said nothing about miroine#you know the woman that saved her ass multiple of times in last few episodes#like what the fuck#also i'm getting no harem vibes from any of them#did people just watch a different show?#more thoughts coming soon
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