#annie version NOW

[feppepurin]

FUCK

[reallyhardydraws]

spooky gang take 2 🧛‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧟‍♂️🐺 (commissions open!)

[flowerakatsuka]

hey, guys, have you heard of this new utau? i think he's called a kusoloid?

[xxxcoffinz-aeztheticzxxx]

Another one of theze boardz!! Thiz time bazed on characterz that remind me of Shrignold!!

[moonsickcafe]

I’m not gonna lie, I just don’t see what people are hating about Artrem’s characterization in the second anniversary. I thought it was pretty true to form.

My only real beef is that it felt shorter and off theme compared to the other 3 cards which is a huge shame and feels gross considering it’s such a momentous canon card.

BUT

Artem in the 2nd anniversary doesn’t feel super out of character.

He’s putting off engagement because he feels paralyzed by the act of telling Rosa what he feels/wants because he doesn’t know how to convey his feelings or propose in a way that matches his own expectations.

He’s being distant and aloof as a result, and Rosa is doing what she does best and hyper analyzing his behavior with wrong conclusions (that reflect more on outward situations than internal, since Artem still isn’t great at being open up about that stuff unlike Vyn who knows how to communicate well but withholds as a concerted choice, for example).

All of his background cards see him bobbing and weaving not just how Neil and his parents have affected him in front of Rosa, but also when Rosa or anyone else hurts his feelings/comes to a wrong conclusion about him/his intentions, with fleeting exceptions.

Master of deflecting further questions or the topic at hand with (mostly work) segues.

He’s still being cheered on and brought to reality by his work big sis Celestine, who is so invested in Artem and Rosa that she views it as a cherry on top to see them engaged after her wedding. Which is so lovely. And very in character for her—she loves to see the fruits of her labor happen front and center and now she can hold this memory close not just in regards to her wedding but in regards to Artem and Rosa, who she cherishes. Especially Artem! (Also the fact that Mr. Rodriguez is so on board….busy body power couple)

This in particular is where I feel people are just beefing to beef. Celestine has ALWAYS meddled. And this feels very in character for her to guide Artem where he needs to go in a way she likes. She does it in almost every card she’s in!

And he is still struggling with his abandonment issues from Neil being gone and his parents not being around as much. He feels SO hard for Rosa and in a moment of high emotion and still a bit tipsy off alcohol he makes possessive comments which is also not out of character.

To me, it’s Artem feeling comfortable and going to the next step physically (and emotionally) by REALLY admitting that he’s insecure and his fears are manifesting as possessiveness ie YEARNING for Rosa and for more with her. He feels secure with Rosa. And he fears losing her just like he’s lost others. And he wants it to feel real. He doesn’t want to lose her to a case (Neil) or a career (his mother and father) or anything else!

He wants to feel like it isn’t a dream. He wants it to be solid, fully grounded in reality, in a way a lot of his personal relationships never get to be. No one could know about NXX and the full extent of his relationship with Neil (or the other members). He actively hid who his mother is and by extension who he is to her. Despite his relationships with Celestine and Rosa, he feels leagues away from his co-workers at large.

He wants people to KNOW that he has a truly personal relationship. He doesn’t want to for others or himself to see a large distance between himself and Rosa—like they’re strangers attached by business (like others in his life have been). Rosa is his partner, in all senses of the word.

Not just that, but it’s been a full year since Artem and Rosa started dating. In what world is it out of character for them to be familiar with intimacy. I kept seeing a lot of people saying Artem was too sexual and all he did was hold her and kiss her which he’s done……a lot, probably. They’ve been dating a year by now! The ending implies what we see is something they’ve done before but Artem would like to go farther. And Rosa is all for that but has never heard him say that before now! Because the repressed guy has been giving her repression.

Is the expectation truly that Artem’s first time making out and feeling up Rosa is this card? For real?

I have no idea what future cards will bring and I’m not interested in knowing until I can pull them in Global, but personally it feels like frustration toward future events is bleeding onto this card. Because what was presented does not feel disconnected from Artem’s side story, cards, or characterization as a whole.

There was just less time allowed to expand on what was presented which I agree is not ideal or even acceptable, especially for the 2nd anniversary. It should have been on par with the 1st in that regard, full stop.

But acting like this card pulled away from his established characterization in other cards in a huge way feels disingenuous. It did not! It was just rushed which I HATE SO MUCH. Like Rosa and Artem felt like they had the least time actually interacting within these 2nd anni cards!

And among these 2nd anni cards a big theme was family. Artem’s parents are certainly not dead so their exclusion from this proposal warranted at least some form of explanation. ESPECIALLY since his mother is someone Rosa knows and thinks fondly of and it certainly would have been interesting to see Celestine and Artem’s mother interact together.

His card lacked time to explore what he was feeling and cohesion to the 2nd anni theme, for sure. Which is really sad considering he is one of my favorite NXX guys. Like there are criticisms for sure but mine are more toward the structure of the card

[toestalucia]

the yorha skin is more or less exactly what i should have expected (i did not expect it)

[linrinkuarts]

Trying to get the hang of drawing the other 2 characters from AntonBlast, Nina and Danton, then a go at how they might look younger.

[ofgentleresolve]

okay i lied, one other thought- the pros and cons of dating annie:

pros: she's very sweet and responsible and if you don't mind this, she's also v clingy, the kinda gf who will want tactile contact whenever possible, surprisingly a lot more stable than you'd expect- will take care of you even if she seems fragile

cons: she's got a boatload of issues to work through, she's moody af, also her bestie ( & bestie's bf )'s a vigilante and part of a criminal group- hurt annie and you won't make it out alive JFKLSDJFLSKJ :'D

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

hate it when a line i hadn't picked up on before in ppgw completely ruins the timeline i had created for myself.

[septembersghost]

I remember a kid when he was 5 or 6 whose parents were careful of the music their kids listened too. Their kid said some music made him feel really emotional. In a way it made me think how the news on TV would scare me at his age. Certain things - especially music- can strike a chord with our emotions. Kids may not fully understand- but they are very sensitive.

my mom was very careful about what media i experienced when i was little because i was such a sensitive child and unexpected things upset me greatly. i somewhat would confront this as a teenager/twenty-something, and i feel like i wrote about this recently, but who knows with my brain fog - i've recently looped back around to this in an unexpected way, where i'm just having a heightened sensitivity to things as i've gotten older, and am being extra cautious about what i expose myself to/what's in my head because it will creep up on me in a detrimental way. idk what precipitated this exactly (well, i DO a little bit), though i had a conversation about it with a friend who's been feeling the same. (besides, the news is still scary now!)

ANYWAY, rambling, but kids are intuitive and pick up on a lot more than they're often given credit for, and they feel things DEEPLY. plus we know how things that impact us in childhood can carry throughout our lives. just like childhood wonder is very particular and special because kids still have such a sense of belief, their emotions are a lot more raw and close to the surface than they sometimes are for us as adults after we've been trained at times to sublimate or disguise them, or to suspend disbelief and use analytical skills. kids are often quite unguarded, and whole understanding isn't necessary to feel something, but it can make that feel scarier or more overwhelming because we use understanding to frame and work through things. i don't think we should ever talk down to children and that we should treat them with respect and autonomy, but it definitely is necessary to protect them sometimes and to know when to draw boundaries. i'm glad my parents and grandparents did do that with me because they recognized my sensitive nature. i've always been so connected to music that it's caused me those chills/tears/big emotions, but the adults around me being circumspect on my behalf is part of why i love the things i still love now, because i was lucky to grow up exposed to that!

[goblin-phannie]

okay logically i know it’s not sensible to stay up until 5am for speak now tv to drop but my goblin brain is telling me to do it anyway. help me decide

[soweirdondisney]

[nomairuins]

my entire family thinks im crazy now . god . ok . anyways

[wherethatoldtraingoes2]

to most of us, some of these options don’t sound quite right. but to palestinians, this is what’s happening every single day, now that the winter is starting.

@ma7moudgaza2 and his family desperately need money to buy necessities. they are recent victims of fraud, and eleven thousand dollars he had painstakingly raised were stolen.

it’s coming up on the “season of giving”, and i’m begging you all to not continue giving to zionist companies and, if you’re capable, give a little to people under bombing and heavy rains.

@el-shab-hussein has verified him here, as i understand it can be hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t when people are dead set on profiting off of genocide.

tumblr has come together for a lot of things. fake movies, dashboard trick or treating, shoelaces, and a bunch that i don’t mention.

we can come together for mahmoud.

mahmoud also frequently boosts his friends. please don’t just reblog! follow him too.

hey if you guys see this please reblog the version that is being updated and includes mahmoud’s goal! it’s pinned to my blog

13,302 / 13,500!

the campaign is going slowly! but we are so, so close! please help!

[lilwarrior]

Thinking about how the body's father literally painted me in titan form holding a titan version of our kitten for one of our birthdays when we were younger and wondering how it took so long for me to realize I was a fictive when that literally brought (and still does) so much euphoria

[narcissaea]

trying to not kick myself for not getting the 20th anniversary special edition tvxq album by remembering after tax and shipping it's nearly $400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!