#ant rants

[daddymikeyway]

Mom (the local library system) said it’s my turn with the Serj book!!!!

[antsday]

something that bothers me a lot about so many webcomics (specifically webtoons) is that so many artists seem to prioritize visual appeal over visual storytelling when it comes to character design and character expressions.

and to be clear: these things can coexist, im not saying they can't. it's just that with so many of the webtoons i've read, it always seems to me that when it comes down to it, the focus of a scene or panel isn't how the character feels- it's how they look.

there was this webcomic i read that was being praised for its beautiful art and visuals, and while it is incredibly visually appealing (nice colors, shading, lighting, line-art, etc) there's also something a bit... lifeless about it. the main characters never make 'ugly' expressions or poses- when they suffer, it's always in a way that we can appreciate how there's never a hair out of place or a blemish on their skin. displeasure or sadness is shown through shimmering tears and the slightest furrow of the character's brow, and nothing more. and the end result just leaves me feeling kind of detached, honestly- because at some point you stop noticing the beauty, and then what are you left with?

[antiloquist]

The emotional rollercoaster I have been on the past day has been intense.

(CW: animal injury)

Picked up my cat from the boarder yesterday, noticed she seemed agitated but thought it was her usual hatred of her carrier. Got home, noticed her tail looked weird and she got growly when anything touched it.

Freaked out, worried it was a fracture. Got her to the urgent care vet first thing this morning, found out it’s just a hotspot. Getting it treated with the whole kit and caboodle to be safe. She’ll be grumpy for a few days but will be just fine.

800 dollars but worth it to make sure my Nashu kitty was okay. I was sobbing with relief a bit ago, have now calmed down with food.

Cat tax included!

[hex-antoid]

requests maybe? i have no ideas

ig drop a reply or smth

[simpsforscience]

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[anantplayingdnd]

need to start bringing a stuffed animal or something to work because the emotions i feel every time i am in this shitty windowless room i feel emotions that can only be consoled by cuddling with a teddy i’ve had since i was 8.

[sheepshelf]

it's not my birthday..? more like, it IS my birthday!! the snow even fell down (without my help) causing no school on my birthday! yaysyysyaua

[anthenasikes]

i’m ranting about zero escape specifically kanny and siggy and it is not coherent or of any substance ok. vlr spoilers.

thinking about akane and sigma’s friendship(?) lab partner(?) what ever the fuck relationship??they’re. the two of. them. what . like. if it were not midnight i could at least attempt to say actual words but like what is wrong with the both of them. i want to draw them hanging out. yes akane’s squad of boys includes the fiance the brother the boyfriend and the sort-of son but also this doofus catboy scientist and then the two were stuck together in rhizome 9 for however long?? doing their zero planning?? arbrhrgvgaghg. weirdest friendship . she probably talked about junpei a lot while they were younger. i cant remember if she was up there for most of the time or just the end— cause she only appeared in kyle’s life later on right maybe i don’t remember— but idk. also they’re so fixated on saving the world or whatever but how much of it is out of actual caring for?? the world?? sigma’s just here because he’s been here before in this cycle of time fuckery he has no agency he’s just going along with what he “has” to do and what he did before he didn’t make a Decision to save the world at some point. and with akane it feels like. so much was done to save Just Her and so now that she has the potential capability of saving Everybody she’s going to. feels like a trade. grah also this all has been said before but i think about it a lot so it is recycling into my typing. anyways they’re both STUPID NERDS and sigma needs to take BETTER CARE OF HIS CHILDREN EXCEPT HE CANT!! BECAUSE TIME CYCLE WHATEVER GODDAMMIT ok good bye time to do english homework

[ant--rants]

i think i desperately need to be told that i won't hate myself forever. that i won't want to beat the shit out of my younger self all time. that i wont want to get the shit beat out of me by that younger self, because i feel like i deserve it.

[pr1ncessasuke]

I’m THROWING UP AND SCREAMI

(Got permission from op on Twitter to cross post!)

[daddymikeyway]

New buddy!!

[antsday]

honestly a lot of the most truly terrifying and manipulative horror-villain type characters come from romance authors who think they're writing a desireable male lead

[antiloquist]

@ the three (three!!!) scammers who have already reached out with your carbon copy scripts:

I ain’t falling for it. Buzz off.

[hex-antoid]

who wanna draw my child 👉👈

[sheepshelf]

FOR REAL!!!! i wish we saw more aromantic and/or asexual merch but seeing ur cool stuff made up for it 🫶🫶 so did the band i loved them sm

that was the best first pride fest ever bro

i went to a pride fest today ajs it was so much fun!!! only sad thing was that i could barely find any aromantic stuff 😔😔 and the only aroace thing i found was from my friend who i had complained to abt there rarely being any aroace stuff 💀

on the upside tho i DID just discover my new favorite band!!! im not gonna talk abt them for a while bc like they are small and it could easily pinpoint where i live BUT trust me they were awesome!!

[anantplayingdnd]

sometimes i’m like “ugh the universe hates me” but then a band i love will be in my hometown exactly during the time i’m planning to travel back to said hometown and actually i’m the universe’s special little princeps