#another artists interpretion of ace

[xandertheomen]

I love @mothflyy ‘s ace design so I had to draw him featuring a little otama

[jaehaeryshater]

Illustration from Septon Barth’s novel ‘Dragon, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History.’ The image depicts Vhagar proudly presenting her hatchlings to her mate Balerion, circa 35 AC. The hatchlings are identified by Barth as Sheepstealer, Cannibal, Vermithor, and two she-dragons that remained nameless, as they died before bonding and being named by any Targaryen. ‘The Black Dread’, as he was called, invoked fear in the hearts of not only people, but other dragons as well, and his hatchlings are depicted cowering from him, though he meant them no harm. All except Vermithor, who easily became familiar with his father, which greatly pleased Vhagar. This depiction was later called into question for being propaganda for Jaehaerys’s rule and exceptionalism, but the truth remains unknown.

art by: @ra-horakhty-art

Recently, I promised a sweet Balerion, Vhagar, and family artwork and I (and the artist ofc) have delivered! You might have seen the artist post this already, but I wanted to post it on my blog as well because I’m so proud of the piece. My vision going in was for it not to be depicted just as an artwork for us in the real world, but also presented with a storybook feel, with the added lore that it’s supposed to be an illustration from one of the histories in A Song of Ice And Fire. I tried to take into account not just popular depictions of the dragons, nor House of the Dragon, but specifically from the text and from art that GRRM himself has commissioned. Because of this, Vhagar is bronze-greenish instead of her standard green. After hearing @francy-sketches theory that Vhagar, for lack of a better term, oxidized with age and became green as she got older, I decided I liked that interpretation and have depicted her as green in artwork of her once she gets older, and this color when she’s relatively young. I‘m a bit biased but I do think it looks beautiful and exactly how I wanted it, book accurate and something you could imagine actually seeing in a Westerosi history book.

My main motivator in these dragon arts, as I’ve stated before, is to explore the nature of dragons, not as weapons of war or in context of the Targaryens, but as mythical animals. They’re not quite like lizards, but also can’t be held to the same standards as people. In most dragon lore, they often act like mammals but are physically reptiles. Most stories involving dragons have the creatures caring for their young and maintaining a bond with their mate, so for lack of anything on the subject from GRRM, I take it upon myself to feed my headcanons. I find it sweet to depict times where Vhagar was not lonely, nor being used in war. It adds another element of tragedy, that these dragons did not have to fight each other but were made to anyway. On a happier note, is it not so so sweet how the hatchlings here are so comfortable with their mom to protect them, they’re cowering under her and climbing on her wings because they trust her. My favorite is Sheepstealer on her wing, that’s adorable to me. And Vermithor, I did mean for that to be true instead of just propaganda, but I couldn’t help adding a little Jaehaerys slander. But Vermithor is still a very brave boy and wants to be just like his father when he grows big and strong! Cannibal, on the other hand, is scared out of his mind, all these anxieties and being forced around other dragons caused him to fly away and isolate himself (in my mind).

It was such a pleasure to work with @ra-horakhty-art, they were super accommodating and worked easily with my ideas. The process was super fast and easy on my end, he works hard and quickly so I was absolutely impressed.

[paradoxbeta]

An older wip of an Ancient. I like to think they were like us, with their friends and their groceries and the pile of laundry they still haven't done waiting at home.

I see a lot of really cool, ornate, poetic Ancient art. I love those interpretations! They give me lifeblood! But I also feel like it'd be fun to see more of the mundane sides of them. Like, a group of Ancients playing cards in a basement and laughing, or propping up lawn chairs outside and cracking open drinks. Or waiting at the bus stop. Or waking up disheveled and ugly. Or crossing a street. I love their artistic depictions, but I feel like its important to see them the "unexciting" way too.

The Ancients as a civilization had their glaring flaws, but I don't think the individuals would have been as short sighted and almost cruel as their representatives. (Can you imagine if we based the characters of real people off the actions of the people higher than them in society? Yeesh. Taylor Swift's carbon footprint alone would have us all morally bankrupt.) I think they were just normal old people, having their days filled with art and jokes and broken ACs and the clink of bottles with condensation on them against each other. To me, they're all bearing out being stuck in a weary, never-ending cycle of reincarnation, but also another fucken' laundry day too.

[freyatarotreadings8]

Charles Leclerc's Future Spouse | Tarot

Disclamer: I made this reading only for entertainment purposes. This reading shows just a current energy. My interpretation of cards may vary from other readers. Feel free to share your vision.

Who is she? Queen of Pentacles, 4 of Cups, Queen of Cups, Ace of Cups, King of Cups, 3 of Cups, 7 of Swords, the Hierophant The first thing I can say about this lady is that she is emotionally matured and her emotional intellect is developed pretty well. She is wise, empathetic, caring, intuitive and calm. Others may ask her for an advice/help/support all the time. She can guide others. She may spend lots of time in its thought, wondering about life's mysteries and analyzing her own emotional experiences. Reflective nature. She is deeply in touch with her emotions as well as the emotions of others. So, she may be a coach, psychologist, therapist of any kind. She is focused on her career right now. She appreciate finansial and emotional stability. She has very down to earth goals. She knows how to create a great strategy. Her love language is gifts and quality time. She may have some Taurus placements. Additionally, she has an artistic side. She may have an artistic hobby or just love art in general. She is a type of girl, who loves art galleries, classic music, literature/poetry and theater. She can talk with everyone freely and find topics for discussion easily. She is a great communicator.

Charles needs such person (even as a friend) in his life for sure. He some help with coping strong powerful emotions. Has Charles already met her? 9 of Swords Nope, but there is a chance that he may have dreams about her or she may see him during the night time. Is she a foreigner? King of Wands Yep How they will meet? Page of Swords, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hermit, The Judgement Well, there are a few possible ways. They may come into each other's lives when they least expect it, possibly during a time of personal growth and she or he may not interested in a serious relationships. He may be seeking answers and support during this period of life. She may help him with it. This meeting may have a transformative impact on both of them one way or another. She may pop up in his feed as a recommendation or an ad of her services. They may start chat online. Moreover, one of them may send a dm out of curiosity.

Also he may meet her during a travel or retreat.

PART 2 link 👇

[frogs-and-books]

Disagree with your post about Riz on two fronts. First, he's no more canon ace than he is canon aro. The word of god statement from someone who doesn't even control the character isn't a definitive statement of canon. That's not how fiction works. If it's not in the text, they could justifiably walk it back at any time. Second, if anything, it's more accurate to call Riz canon aro because of his coding. A character doesn't have to say "I'm gay" to be canon gay. All they have to do is explicitly express interest exclusively in people of the same gender expression to be acknowledged as gay. Why does an aro character have to explicitly state their identity in order for it to count when that's not an expectation for allo queer people anymore? And has never been an expectation for straight people?

I agree no one should be harassing anyone, though. I'm with you there

I assumed that he talked to Murph before saying anything, but I'd hope that if someone just lied about his character, Murph would clarify. But we have no evidence either way. I would still say that someone on the team confirming it is more canon than anything implied, tho. And yep, he shows the signs, but that doesn't make it canon. He does not have a label in canon, we can say how he thinks and feels about relationships and how he reacts to those things as facts, but we cannot factually state one way or the other what his sexuality is (in the romantic sense). Anything implied is up to interpretation, which makes it unreliable. Subtext is fun, but it's like two people debating whether the color red in a painting represents love or rage, no one really wins. It's simply two different interpretations, neither is right or wrong until the artist confirms one way or another.

Something isn't canon unless it's clarified onscreen or stated to be canon by someone behind its creation. Anything else is up to interpretation.

And I think if a character explicitly shows interest in the same gender but never says they aren't attracted the other, they could be gay or bisexual. Maybe someone would get mad if you called them bi, but I wouldn't because they're just two different interpretations of the same thing.

Headcanons are valid, as long as you remember that no one is forced to have the same interpretation of media as you do. That's the great thing about media analysis. You can't be right or wrong because it's all just your interpretation.

So, in the end, Riz is not canonically Aromantic because coding doesn't equal representation and because what you see as coding could be read differently by someone with different life experiences from you.

[froldgapp]

Just another day of being grimmed out by Generative AI.

Two distinct spokes for me:

creative

professional

The second spoke bifurcates again:

I am an editor, copywriter and content creator by profession, and the glee with which so many–even close friends–skip towards AI is such a massive downer. Imagine you're a cotton spinner in the 1700s and you're down the pub with your mates and they're all hee heeing about how ace the new cotton spinning technologies are that are literally putting you and your colleagues out of work. Like it? Okay, grim but whatever. But maybe be a bit less casual when I'm thinking about how to pay my tithes and shit.

This next one I find a bit harder to say concisely, so I'll try illustrating it with an exchange I saw on cursed LinkedIn today. But it's basically when people sort of occlude the genuine complaints and fears of people in the corporate/professional sphere by making stupid or bad faith interpretations of those complaints or by throwing up the ways AI is also coming for art-as-passion. Yes, as an amateur artist (and fan of the arts), I also bemoan the impact of Gen AI on my fields of music and creative writing, as well as other formats. However, this is in parallel to the impact on my actual means of living. Myself and my professional writer friends are being rapidly squeezed out of work and it's very destabilising and scary. So, what doesn't help is for this specific conversation to get yanked off by folk who conflate this complaint with somehow pooh-poohing another vertical that's being negatively impacted. Please let professional writers be loudly scared by their pay checks being taken away. Anyway, that exchange was in the replies to this post (which I thought was a very good post):

Person A: To write is a form of self-care. Remind them of that truism. It's never about the money.

Person B: (at Person A) When you pay your bills exclusively by writing, it is about the money.

Person A: (at Person B) No Queen. That's a job. Writing is a passion-which you'll be paid for based on your skill at it. Most of us can write by the time we're 6 years old. Don't confuse the two.

Sorry, Person A, but you are fucking thick. Rant ends!

[oc-challenges]

WELCOME TO THE OC PRIDE CHALLENGE 2023!

Hello guys, gals, nonbinary pals, and every other lovely person in this community! The time has come for your (second) favorite challenge! Thanks to you all for voting on the polls, this challenge is a little different than previous years despite some of the winners but we hope you’ll still enjoy!

Rules

This challenge is for LGBTQ+ ocs only... hence why it’s called the pride challenge.

Tag your posts with #opc2023 in order to have them reblogged. (please do not tag any non-challenge related edits with this)

DON’T steal edits. If you feel your edit or someone else's has been stolen, report it to our submission box by following these guidelines.

If you want to make a crossover edit with somebody else’s oc, make sure the other person is okay with crossovers.

Feel free to send us any questions and keep in mind that all challenges are up for interpretation.

Be kind!!

WEEK ONE: IDENTITIES

Day One (June 1st): Gay

Make something for an oc that identifies as gay!

Day Two (June 2nd): Lesbian

Make something for an oc that identifies as a lesbian!

Day Three (June 3rd): Bi

Make something for an oc that identifies as bisexual and/or biromantic!

Day Four (June 4th): Pan

Make something for an oc that identifies as pansexual and/or panromantic!

Day Five (June 5th): Aro/Ace

Make something for an oc who identifies with the aro-ace spectrum!

Day Six (June 6th): Poly

Make something for an oc who is in a polyamorous relationship and/or identifies as poly in anyway!

Day Seven (June 7th): Gender

Make something for an oc who is not cisgender!

WEEK TWO (June 8th—14th): LGBTQIA+ TROPES

Tropes are a ton of fun, and there’s a trope for basically everything! This pride challenge as something new but exciting (hopefully!), we are doing LGBTQIA+ tropes week! Take a look at this list (or come up with your own) and apply them to your ocs!

WEEK THREE (June 15th—21st): LGBTQIA+ ARTISTS

Unfortunately guys there is only so many weeks in a month, and therefore we’ve dropped AU week (although look out for a special edition of it in the valentines challenge of this year), but we are keeping our favorite LGBTQIA+ artists around! You know the drill, promote your favs with an edit/drabble to one of their songs or poems!

WEEK FOUR (June 22nd—28th): PROMPTS

Prompt #1 (June 22nd): Pride/Proud

It’s what this month is all about so of course we’re bringing back this one!

Prompt #2 (June 23rd): Freedom

Making something for an oc using the word free and/or freedom! Are they free, are they pining for freedom? Use it however you’d like!

Prompt #3 (June 24th): Worth/Worthy

Make an oc creation using the word worth or worthy! Whether they use L'Oréal Paris' or not, you know they’re worth it.

Prompt #4 (June 25th): Truth

Let your ocs live their truth and use the word in a creation!

Prompt #5 (June 26th): Growth

As our ocs find their identities, they experience a lot of growth, so make a creation sing the word Growth!

Prompt #6 (June 27th): Change

As Taylor Swift said, these things will change. I can even feel it now! Can you and your ocs? Well show us through this word prompt

Prompt #7 (June 28th): Reflect

Use the word reflect in an oc creation! Are they reflecting on a relationship? On their journey to self-discovery?

THE LAST TWO DAYS

Day 29 (June 29th): Here’s My Review... Not Gay Enough

We all know it; How Harry met Sally, the 10 things Kat hates about Patrick, what happens when Juliet faces the loss of her Romeo... But what about when Harry met Sully? The 10 things Kurt hates about Patrick? When Julio faces the loss of his Romeo? Well, I’m sure you get the point. Take a classic het romance and show us in another fun way how love is love! 

Day 30 (June 30th): Gift to The World

Hopefully you’ve signed up for the pride exchange on @ocpotluck and you can spend this day admiring everyone’s creations and adoring your gift!

[sixty-silver-wishes]

things that happened at today's market

MY BEST FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALL SHOWED UP I wasn't expecting all of them to, but they all did!! they were so supportive and I love them so much :))

someone was walking around with a giant replica of a human spine

I got called a "legend" for recognizing a picture of binyah binyah from the show "gullah gullah island"

a kid with this really cool outfit and his mom came up to my booth; I thought the kid's outfit reminded me of will wood, so I mentioned that, and the mom told the kid, "hey, she knows will wood! you love will wood!" and the kid got really excited and started talking to me about will wood. they left, then came back later to buy some art, and I was like "THANKS WILL WOOD." it was great

I wanted to buy some bone jewelry from another vendor, but they didn't have anything I could buy; just earrings (I don't have pierced ears). however, they did tell me they had a necklace made of their dog's toenail. I did not buy it

I shared a booth with this artist who had this really cute chibi art style, and I mainly sell horror art. we had like a whole miyazaki/junji ito thing goin on

there was someone in an oddly realistic goblin mask

I was somehow not the only one selling prints of the pale man from "pan's labyrinth"

met someone who had a "rocky horror" count, just like I have a "caligari" count (they bought a "rocky" button from me)

was given free pokemon cards, a rainbow flower for pride, and a popsicle

someone saw my ace flag at my booth, then opened their fan, which had an ace flag pattern on it. we were very loud about it

someone desperately wanted to get rid of a rubber duck with a sports team logo on it

my sister traded a crocheted bag for a $30 one piece figurine

I was trading old littlest pet shop figurines, and three people told me that one of the ones I had was "the mom from LPS Popular." I ended up selling it for $5 to my friend lol

met my friend's boyfriend, who also listens to tom waits. we were talking about his albums, and I mentioned that I liked "mule variations." my friend misheard it as "yule variations" and thought tom waits did a christmas album. (can you imagine)

someone infodumped to me about their queer interpretation of "the shadow over innsmouth." it was amazing

[thedramaticonestuff]

Fuck it. Gromit and Fluffles fan children!

Sorry, no visual representation, cuz I’m not much of an artist. Anyone is welcome to draw their own interpretations if they like!

Quillan ♂

Wrigley ♂

Diesel ♂

Zen ♀

Storie 🏳️‍⚧️ ♀

General:

Their birthday is April 26. They were born in Wallace and Gromit's basement. Both Dad and “Uncle” Wallace cried hehe.  They were each given a “color” when they were tiny, so they could be identified more easily. All of their collars, toys, etc. are in this color. (Quillan: blue, Wrigley: green, Diesel: yellow, Zen: pink, and Storie: red). Their birthdays are always a pretty big deal, Daddy Gromit always makes them their own tiny, individual cakes. Halloween is their collective favorite holiday. They love going all out on the decorations and costumes. They love ice cream, their favorite flavor being Neapolitan, which is also Mummy Fluffles's favorite. They argue and fight like typical siblings, but ultimately, they will always love and support each other. 

Quillan:

-Oldest. 

-Usually the “toughest” and rowdiest of the siblings. 

-Most masculine in personality and interests. 

-Very athletic. Is good at cricket, rugby, football (soccer), and golf. Likes golfing with Uncle Wallace. 

-Intellectually gifted, but not really interested in all that “nerdy” stuff. 

-Underneath that tough exterior, tho, is a huge mama's boy. He’s close with Fluffles, and will often go to her for advice, comfort, or just affection in general.

-The only thing that will get him to let his guard down? Tickles!😛

-Is actually gay, but hasn’t come out yet, not because he’s scared, but because he thinks everyone has attraction towards the same sex. 

-Say anything bad about his family, and HE. WILL. FIGHT. YOU. 

Wrigley: 

-Second oldest 

-Pretty masculine, just not as much as Quill. 

-Athletic as well, mostly just good at football, tho. 

-The “weakest” of his sibs intellectually. He was the last to learn how to read/write, and isn’t too great at math, either. 

-Secretly very insecure about this, even though his parents always reassure him that they’re not ashamed of him, and are equally proud of all their kids. 

-Very artistically talented, tho. Great at drawing and photography. 

-Gromit has started teaching him to knit, and he’s getting good at that, too!

-Is a gamer. His favorite game is Kingdom Hearts.  -The goofiest pup. Always making jokes and puns. Always the first to try to cheer his family up when they’re sad. Known to play pranks, too.

-Looks up to and admires his big bro, Quillan.

-Aro/ace

Diesel:

-Third born. 

-Quite effeminate and sensitive for a boy. 

-Extremely smart; loves literature and history, like his dad. 

-Good at knitting and sewing, too. 

-Cooking and baking is his passion. Is almost always seen in the kitchen. 

-Cries the easiest out of the pups. 

-Good swimmer, too. Was actually on a swim team for a time. 

-Gardening is another passion of his. Basically, he’s a mini version of his dad, so naturally, he’s the closest to him out of all the family members. 

-Except, he’s not too handy with tools, also, he’s scared of heights, so he’s not going in that plane anytime soon. 

-Despite his femininity, he’s actually cishet, and the only one of his sibs to be so. Of course, he’s a proud ally to them. 

Zen:

-Fourth born. 

-Kind of a stereotypical girly girl. 

-Very good at math, especially geometry. 

-Enjoys fashion and designing her own outfits. 

-Loves having tea parties, especially with her brother, Diesel.  -Paints Diesel's nails, too, and Storie's (when she lets her).

-Played netball for a while, but lost interest. 

-Is a dancer and a gymnast. Actually won a gymnastics tournament. Her favorite style of dance is jazz/modern. 

-Is surprisingly good at chess; has beaten her father several times. 

-Is the cuddliest of all the pups, often snuggles up to friends or family members. 

-Sometimes games with Wrigley. 

-Totally pansexual. 

Storie: 

-Youngest. 

-A bit more tomboyish than Zen. 

-Loves science and building things and technology. 

-Is trans, despite being the less girly of the sisters. 

-Uncle Wallace is the first person she came out to (she did so by pointing at a pic of the trans flag, then to herself.) When she came out to the rest of the fam, Zen was especially excited, because it meant she had a sister after all!

-Of course, with her love of building, she often helps Wallace in his workshop, and is extremely close with him. 

-Is a boxer, and quite good at it. She once beat the shit out of Quillan, lol. 

-Is passionate about acting. Has actually been in a couple of commercials, and had a cameo in an independent film. 

-Writes her own plays and movies. 

-Musically gifted, too. Plays piano and guitar, and has just started learning drums. 

-Definitely the most sarcastic and dry of the bunch. Always has something snarky to say.

-Straight. Before she came out, her family assumed she was a gay male, because of the way she stared at the male pups at puppy training classes. 😳

Bonus: 

All sibs are ADHD. Wrigley, Diesel, and Storie are autistic. Storie also has synesthesia. 

Fave foods:

Quillan: spaghetti 

Wrigley: ramen

Diesel: everything (I mean, he’s a chef!)

Zen: tacos

Storie: cheese (Uncle Wallace is always sneaking her slices of his. ☺️)

[brickbozo]

Anyways this comment (and most of the q n a) was long deleted even before phase 5 ended because the writers themselves realised what a shitty job they were doing lol. And even then Noodle wasn't debunking the ship per se (note how she doesn't say yes or no) She just doesn't take kindly to strangers speaking so casually of her intimate life. There's also the fact she later elaborates on that statement in another interview-

-laying it out that SPREADING RUMORS about a woman (disregarding the fact she's fictional) saying she sleeps with her co-workers and basically insinuating her only worth in the band to be her body IS a form of sexual harassment, hence the hashtag. This i think was a much bigger issue to address than what a bunch of teens thought about an adult fictional ship.

She also never mentioned anything about relationships and secondly, the quote 'ALL the boys' included Ace as well at the time, so the inc*st and gr**ming allegations are void. She was basically debunking the trolls while avoiding the actual answers themselves.

It kinda reminds me of this 2D formspring answer from years ago.

And we can't forget this little marketing slip

and the recent one from Warp:

Literally none of these answers portray the ship as problematic in any aspect and are vague as hell ontop of that. Now that I think of it, Gorillaz really avoid answering stuff like this when it comes to those two 🤔 and we never had Jamie address something so many fans wanted to hear, even though all of the other in-band ships have been debunked by the artist himself. It really leaves a lot of room for interpretation no?

[pathfinderunlocked]

Prinny - CR1 Demon

Prinny Rule Number 1! You must always include the word “Dood” in every line you say, dood!

Artwork is official art from Cross Edge, copyright Nippon Ichi.

Prinnies are the mascots of the Disgaea series and of Nippon Ichi. They’re among the lowest level demons. Worthless mortal souls with significant sins but no actual importance or aptitude may become prinnies in the afterlife, where they’re forced to work as horribly mistreated slaves for eons to pay off their karmic debt. Like most demons, they have no memory of their mortal lives beyond a vague sense of how evil and worthless they were.

A common trait of the prinnies is their upbeat attitude, lazy and unintelligent personalities, their signature pirouette spin, and frequent use of the word “dood” as an interjection in their sentences. Another memorable feature of theirs is the fact that they explode if thrown. As a result, they’re often used as cannon fodder - or, more accurately, cannon ammunition - by demonic forces.

A group of prinnies is likely to die in a massive chain reaction as they all explode.

They lack a few common demon abilities like telepathy and fire resistance, which is on purpose. See also the CR 11 prinny hero for higher level players.

Honestly, prinnies only attack with fire, not ice, in the Disgaea games, and have absolutely no penguin-themed abilities at all, so this interpretation is a bit loose. Which is true of a lot of my monster adaptations.

Prinny - CR 1

XP 400 CE Small outsider (aquatic, chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar) Init +1 Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception -2

DEFENSE

AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+1 Dex, +1 size) hp 17 (2d10+8) Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1 DR 5/cold iron Weaknesses combustible feathers, explosive landing Immune electricity, poison Resist acid 10, cold 15

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft., swim 60 ft. Melee slam +2 (1d8) or 2 machetes +0/+0 (1d4/19-20) and slam -3 (1d8) Ranged bomb +3 ranged touch (1d6+4 cold plus 5 splash (DC 15)) (20 ft. range increment) Special Attacks ice slick charge

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +2)     1/day—winter’s grasp, summon (level 1, 1 prinny 40%)

STATISTICS

Str 11, Dex 12, Con 18, Int 5, Wis 6, Cha 12 BAB +2; CMB +2; CMD 13 Feats Two Weapon Fighting Skills Escape Artist +14, Swim +16; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist, +8 Swim Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic SQ icewalking Gear machete x2

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Bomb (Su) Each morning, a prinny creates 1 bomb which, in the hands of the prinny, functions as a thrown splash weapon with a range increment of 20 feet.  Bombs are considered weapons and can be selected using feats such as Point-Blank Shot and Weapon Focus.  A bomb deals 1d6 cold damage, and a prinny adds its Constitution bonus to the damage (usually for a total of 1d6+4 cold damage).  The bomb deals splash damage equal to its minimum damage (usually 5), DC 15 Reflex save negates.  The save DC is Constitution-based.

In the hands of any other creature, a prinny’s bomb is useless.  A prinny’s bomb becomes inert and useless 24 hours after being created.

Combustible Feathers (Ex) If a prinny takes fire damage, each of its feathers becomes a quick-burning fuse that explodes a moment later. The prinny is left naked as its feathers fly off, and the explosion causes 3d6 fire damage in a 5-ft. radius. A DC 9 Reflex save halves the damage. The prinny automatically fails the saving throw against this damage, and takes an additional 50% damage from the explosion. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a -6 penalty.

Once a prinny explodes in this way, it temporarily loses its DR 5/cold iron, and it cannot explode again (via combustible feathers or explosive landing) until its feathers regrow. Its feathers regrow after 1 hour, causing its DR 5/cold iron to return.

Explosive Landing (Ex) If a prinny takes falling damage, it explodes on impact. The prinny is left naked as its feathers fly off, and the explosion causes 3d6 fire damage in a 5-ft. radius. A DC 9 Reflex save halves the damage. The prinny automatically fails the saving throw against this damage, and takes an additional 50% damage from the explosion. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a -6 penalty.

Once a prinny explodes in this way, it temporarily loses its DR 5/cold iron, and it cannot explode again (via combustible feathers or explosive landing) until its feathers regrow. Its feathers regrow after 1 hour, causing its DR 5/cold iron to return.

Ice Slick Charge (Su) A prinny’s speed doubles when charging on land on a flat surface or downhill. When it performs a charge on land, a prinny leaves an ice trail as the ice slick spell on spaces it moves through and adjacent spaces.

When making a charge, a prinny can attempt to overrun the target of its charge as a free action, continuing in a straight line past its target to the limit of its movement if the overrun is successful. This overrun maneuver does not provoke attacks of opportunity. If the prinny succeeds on the overrun maneuver, its movement during the charge does not provoke attacks of opportunity from the target of its charge.

Icewalking (Ex) A prinny can walk without penalty over areas of ice and snow and does not need to make Acrobatics checks to run or charge on ice.

[twstedpometea]

Archival Updates: Tracing, context and misrepresentation.

Hello again folks! It's been a while since my last post but I'm back to give an update on cataloging for the sources of Ugigiugi's tracing, and would like to discuss something else that has come to light during this search. I’m going to be a bit more serious for this topic as there’s been an alarming number of discoveries involved. First off, content warning: This post will contain discussions on the subject of Sexual Harassment as I’ll be discussing one of Ugigiugi’s comics and how her tracing of other's artwork changes the context of the original images.

If this topic disturbs or makes you uncomfortable, I would recommend skipping this post entirely.  However, if you can handle the discussion and the image samples, please feel free to click below.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The most obvious issue with Ugigiugi is her massive tracing history. This is well documented. As of now we have a total of 85 found sources from her tracings alone. I’m certain there is more out there waiting to be discovered and confirmed. But, I felt with number of sourced images being so high and continuing to climb, it was enough to warrant this update. The amount of tracing uncovered so far is pretty alarming and given how many different types of media/fanart/comics/etc have been sourced, she's clearly been at this for YEARS. I’ve personally never dealt with this big of a serial art tracer before in a fandom space and there's an important discussion that needs to be had on why this behavior is so damaging beyond the obvious. I’ve already gone over the differences between tracing, copying and referencing in my last big post. We know based on the current art pieces already in public that Ugigiugi had no issues with taking stuff without permission nor crediting (aside from Alchemivich's resource blog of in-game sprites) and just blatantly putting her self-insert into artwork. However there’s another trend that I've uncovered with her tracing method: Changing the context and tone of the original art in order for Ugigiugi to “create” her “fanworks”. Most of the time she tends to draw her self-insert in various scenarios but there are other things she does. Let’s go over her “Play With Us” comic featuring herself and the tweels, Jade and Floyd. Like so many other fanart pieces, Ugigiugi once again has traced and copied to create her comic. Here are the sources we have so far in a side by side comparison. I apologize for the quality of some of the images. These were sent in by various people.

Artists: (All have been added to the Artist source list!)   Picture 1 - yyy1205u, Picture 2 - 71 Picture 3 - びた / bi__ta Picture 4 - mekoorou For those who need a translation, the first image is a simple Floyd/Prefect fanart. The second image is from a three image panel where the twins are teasing Azul by hanging on Yuu and wondering if Azul will do anything. The third is a comic panel from a page that's Azul/Yuu with the twins coming in and standing by Azul while he’s talking with Yuu and playfully disrupting him. The last one is a Yuu image reference with Ace and Deuce also present. None of the original art pieces we have sourced had any connotations of “raunchy humor” if you can even call it that. Ugigiugi traced panels/images and stitched them together to make her "fraken-comic", completely changing the tone of innocent fanart and comics to make her own, ruining the original subject matter. I'll be frank: People can choose to interpret characters however they wish in fanwork, including exploring problematic subjects. This is why fandom space is separated from canon space. In the end, it's personal preference if you choose to engage with that sort of content or not. That being said there is something very wrong with Ugi twisting other’s people artwork to serve her needs for this comic. When this comic was originally called out for it's subject matter, Ugigiugi had stated it was all “teasing”. Some will agree. Others will disagree. That's not the issue here. The real issue is that the original fanworks she stole/copied from have been misinterpreted and bastardized to make her own poor crafted "comic". And the blatant tracing isn't the only red flag. While I understand that the TWST cast are marketed as the “Villain inspired or Bad boy” themed with their own personalities and flaws, there is a fine line between knowing what is “mature” teasing/flirting vs what obviously has the undertones of sexual harassment. Here are just a few samples of the comic that we will show with the undertones.

The language used and the images she drew give this comic a very jarring case of tonal whiplash given how the comic started out so innocently with the twins simply walking with her. She even has her self-insert telling the twins to stop and get their hands off her, and Floyd clearly has his hands around her neck, choking her.

There’s nothing really “teasing” if it’s obvious one side of the party is uncomfortable but then there’s a complete 180 with her self-insert's reaction that makes zero sense given how she responded a few panels ago.

It's one thing if a fan wants to explore darker and more mature subject matter with characters or cast them in roles of sexual harassers/ Yanderes/serial killers/etc. However, it’s another thing to take another artist's work and repurpose in a way that was not intended to be. That is beyond insulting. In fact, it's down right disgusting. This  "comic" was done in incredibly poor taste. It wasn’t even tagged properly. (No “S-Harrasment” warning tag, only a basic “read more” warning). Ugigiugi took light hearted fanart pieces and jumbled them up to create this total mess therefore ruining the actual context of the source materials she stole. There’s also one more thing I do have to address with this discovery!

We don’t have all the sources for every panel in this comic, and I can’t say whether or not certain panels were taken from anything 18+, Yandere comics or  other “mature” media. However, I can say that with Ugigiugi having copied and mixed in different pieces to create this "franken-comic", she’s chosen to use other people's art to present one story while the original art tell another. That adds further insult to the injury of having art stolen. Because when the context is changed, it's harder to know which tags or categories we should be looking through to find the actual sources. She has no respect for the integrity of the original art nor respects the original creator's time, effort, or storytelling within each art piece she’s taken. I’m uncertain how much else will be discovered given the amount of things we’ve found so far, but should we eventually run out of leads and can no longer find anything else; I’ll work with a few others and consider creating a tally of all the art pieces we have for an archive. We'll likely make some type of master post with all sources and side by side comparisons as proof along with the number tally. But those will have to wait until we can no longer find anything else as we’d like to find as many artists as we can for that post. So please bear in mind that! In the meantime, I would like to stress again that while I am immensely critical and dislike Ugigiugi, I’m once going to remind everyone that my findings aren’t meant to be used for harassment of Ugigiugi or anyone else who still followers her. This is merely an update for archival purposes and adding another bullet point to the discussion of why tracing is bad in the long run, especially when it comes to changing the context and tone of an art piece or a comic. ~TwstedPomeTea

[iguessitsjustme]

For the music game, can I ask you 6, 15, 24, and 26? -☆

It has been...A Day. So talking about music is something I am very excited to do right now wooooooo (i'm only feeling a little bit insane I promise). Once again I am going to try to only list songs I haven't talked about before.

6. A song that makes you want to dance

Thunderous - Stray Kids

I could have chosen so many of their songs but this one specifically makes me want to dance. Full disclosure is that I will dance to any and every song. I will not dance well. But if you see a person walking down the streets of Chicago dancing to whatever music they're listening to...it's me. And it's likely Thunderous I'm listening to.

15. A song that is a cover by another artist

Bittersweet Symphony - Ace Enders & A Million Different People

I do not know why this is the song that popped into my head for this but it is. I have not listened to this in years. But there was a time when I genuinely loved it. I loved all of the different vocal styles and how each person interpreted each part. (Yes I have been this way about music since forever)

24. A song by a band you wish were still together

Growing Old - Parade the Day

Apparently I'm just feeling very nostalgic today. This band opened for another band that my friends and I went to see and I immediately fell in love. Bought their album. Bought their poster. Then they broke up. It was a sad time but I still love the songs and I think I still have the physical CD. No one else I know has ever heard of them except my friends that were there with me that day. They were an extremely small local band but I have loved them for a long time.

26. A song that makes you want to fall in love

Lullaby for a Stormy Night - Vienna Teng

I was so excited to see you mention Vienna Teng earlier in one of your asks lol. This seems like a weird one to want to make me fall in love but I struggled with this because...I like romance and love songs but for other people. Not really a big fan of them for myself. But sometimes I like to listen to this song and imagine myself in another universe with a partner and a child and I sing this song to my child when it's storming. But that is definitely Rae in another universe. Rae in this universe may or may not fall in love but there will be no children. I digress. Vienna Teng has such a gorgeous voice and I have not heard a song of hers that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed.

Music Asks

[angelfevr]

❤️️❤️️❤️️ :3

i have multiple wips so i'll talk abt All of them

this may get long, so.

icdwd - aka i couldn't dance with death if i tried!! its a zero escape fic mostly exploring a potential (loveless) relationship between akane and mira. its abt a lot of things i realize i never rlly touched upon in my other works?? for context im aromantic and i like. Constantly talk abt it even to my allo friends esp abt the constant amatonormativity the world likes to throw at us. specfically how ppl feel pressured to be in a relationship. why? well, various reasons: to fit in, to be seen as "more mature" (aspecs tend to experience infantilization and this doubles if ur autistic), to be seen as human, bc u feel like itll make u whole, bc u dont realize theres another option!! ive always hced my favs as aro ever since i realized it, but i always used to focus on the ace part of my identity. so i never rlly got to write a fic that explores aromanticism, aside from a fic i wrote four years ago in which leorio and kurapika hxh r in a qpr

another thing is i have ocd and for that reason, i dont like to write abt sexual topics . but in this fic, ive been sorta delving into that (its literally nothing just a fade to black that immediately goes to like the character waking up in another character's bedroom) and idk i think it shows my growth in a way?? that im willing to finally write that stuff without my ocd trying to kill me??? idk its . smth

im also having a Lot of fun writing akane and miras dynamic. i think, with me hcing them as aro (akanes aroace and miras an aro lesbian), i feel itd stand out more compared to other mirakane fanworks and interpretations . like this isnt a relationship ur supposed to root for!!! its abusive, its messy, its Uncomfortable, gory, and both women have ulterior motives. idk i like writing abt two unabashedly flawed queer women and having them navigate a relationship when one has no experience while the other has experience but whose disability prevents them from connecting w others (akane has a similar struggle), idk!! its an interesting dynamic

queerpei - i like a lot of the descriptions i wrote. im so used to writing akane that its soooo weird writing in the headspace of anyone else. but junpeis introspection is fun, like he has a mind of his own... i have this experience when writing akane (im plural so. go figure) and even when writing diana

angelus custos - so im kinda in the planning stage for this one but . Wow. im so proud of myself and how far ive come with this project, and just in general?? i used to primarily be a fic writer until 2018, when i decided to dabble in making my own characters. its always been bittersweet, bc my friends (all artists, never writers) would tell me to just make ocs instead of fanfic and my 12-14 yr old self would always be upset by that. so my characters never rlly came into their own so to speak

until This Year. ive been watching this rlly awesome youtuber named local script man. he's a screenwriter but a lot of his advice can apply to writing as well. i dont remember which video it was, but he talked abt how a characters' motivations can serve as fuel for smth deeper, like an insecurity for example. which THEN can serve as a backstory. and idky but it all clicked in my head?? character work became so much easier when i applied this to my process. i no longer had trouble w coming up w things that seemed to come naturally to most. bc i Know im good at fleshing out characters, i just needed to know how to do it for original work, even tho ive had friends praise my characters in the past

but yeah thats prob the best part of the story rn . im still having trouble w what their voices would sound like, speech patterns and the like, but thatd prob come around when i actually write the damn thing lol

BtSoyT - the idea itself has me so excited!!! ive been watching some horror movies, specifically recs from my friend @zebatverse hehe, and idk i feel like ive been getting more inspo and knowing what i'd wanna do if i were to write horror . i have several other ideas besides this in my notebook but this is one i wanna write the most. i even made a moodboard for it ^_^

[talkingattumble]

oh no another post about something I like

okay here goes

So most people think that, in ace attorney, wright and edgeworth or shipped together due to like. Being two young men in the same franchise. But there’s a whole bunch of other stuff and I have made a handy dandy list of the main reasons, because I love making lists. Also for my non AA fan viewers after reading this list how gay would you say they are? Curious how this looks from an outside view. Okay list time

- well I’m going to be bringing out the big guns first and saying they they’re the only AA characters to have matching wedding rings as their merch (every other character got necklaces)

- edgeworth is noted by the creator to apparently not be interested in women, and also apparently finds phoenix attractive (in a romantic way)

- phoenix changed his entire career and centered his life around meeting edgeworth

- art for ace attorney was done by kumiko suekane, who not only used to write BL but also was very adamant on phoenix and edgeworth being the same/similar age

- that line. Yknow the one. In the first trial where edgeworth makes an appearance, he has a talk with phoenix anout how seeing phoenix again has given him “unnecessary…..feelings”. That’s the quote. It’s gayer in the game.

- edgeworth is noted by gumshoe to repeat phoenixs name for some reason??

- the uh. One game where phoenix calls edgeworth daddy. That was something.

- other gay lines, I csnt include them all but I highly recommend experiencing the games firsthand.

- the second game was purposefully written to make it seem gay. Not like actually, most queerbaiting, but hey.

- the voice actors for the English AA dub have tons of bloopers where they just mess around, and a bunch of that is just them ammong jokes about edgeworth and phoenix being gay

- apparently there’s something about a really gay looking piece of official art? I haven’t seen it nor do I know what it is but I do see it mentioned a lot so. Thought I’d put it down here because it could be significant, what with the artist being a former BL writer.

Alright that’s all the reasons I can think of for now. I also find it important to mention that many people also headcanon edgeworth as being aromantic and/or asexual, which is also an interpretation I like, but that’s another topic and would make a shorter list (in fact, I’ll list the main reasons right here: he’s said to “not want to marry a woman”, he isn’t swayed at all by the attractive women in court when even the judge is, and is the kind of guy who’s “married to his work”, as they say).

Anyways I’ll add a poll too for fun.

Wow that’s a lot of options, even though my posts aren’t really seen by anyone. Still had fun with it though. And that’s what matters.

[hannahbarberra162]

hi!! ive loved keeping up with your writing for the past few weeks, i always look forward to the email telling me something new ❤️ im not on tumblr as much, but I had another question! you don't have to answer if you don't wish to, but I was curious as to something; marco, actually. you write about him a lot, throughout your works and asks. I guess I wanted to know a few things, specifically why- is he your favorite one piece character, or just someone you enjoy writing? I love seeing how you characterize him, and honestly, since im only on marineford (a few episodes away from, well.. you know.), I haven't seen much of him. whenever he is onscreen, though, I see the man you write him as, haha! im having trouble separating the hannabarbera marco from canon, but im sure they're close with how excellently you characterize people. so, why Marco? what about him do you like, and is he your favorite character in one piece? or anything else you'd wanna explain about your opinions on him! im all ears!! 👂❤️

This was such a kind ask @celine-zzz!! Thank you for such wonderful compliments!! I really really appreciate it. There are a lot of amazing Marco writers in the OP fandom, I'm not sure I'm closer than anyone else. Don't worry about Marineford!! Come live in Delusion with me.

The funny thing is, Marco isn't my favorite OP character. He's up there, for sure, but he's not my #1 (Ace probably is, maybe Usopp). I would say he's in my top 5? I do really enjoy writing him though. I thought about this for a while, I think it's a few things.

I think I relate to him in the sense of being responsible for a circus when you're the one who has to keep things together. Marco's the Mom Friend, and I can relate to that. He's keeping Ace from jumping into the water on a dare, he's making sure Pops isn't drinking, he's watching to make sure the patients in the infirmary are OK, everyone depends on him, and he's trying to get all this shit done on three hours of sleep.

I like to annoy him. Just like his brothers, I think it's funny to annoy the calm, collected Marco. So I put him in situations I think he'd be irritated by, basically. Or situations he would normally avoid. I wanna wind him up and watch him snap like a rubber band.

There's something about his personality that lends itself to artistic interpretation. Marco is intensely loyal, strong (physically, emotionally), and smart. That combination can be interpreted in a lot of ways and I think it's fun to explore. How deep does his loyalty go? Would he cross personal boundaries for those he loves? Is he actually kind and selfless?

I actually like writing a lot of OP characters, but I've mostly published my WBP fics. If you ever have a suggestion / ask, please feel free! I can't promise I'll write them all, but I love seeing them. I'm writing some Doflamingo, Benn Beckman, Croc, Buggy, lots of stuff, it all just takes time.

Thank you so much for this ask, it really brightened my day.