#anyways animations is a ton of work not as much as the dancing one but hey

[whosname]

The long weekend soon'll be over but I'm in denial.

[enlightenedrobot]

Other Characters you can legally use for your Mickey Mouse project

Mickey Mouse is in the public domain, as is Minnie Mouse and Peg-leg Pete. There's some caveats to that, and I talk about that more in this other post, but for now, let's talk about other characters who you can also use to fill out the cast.

These characters should all be in the public domain, though some characters still have treademarks. I'll get into how to use them safely as we go. Anyways, let's start.

Other Disney Characters

Disney obvciously doesn't advertise this, but there's actually quite a few Disney originals who've actually been in the public domain for a while.

The Mad Doctor never had it's copyright renewed, and so it's very technically the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to enter the public domain. Keep in mind, the version of Pluto featured in the short isn't in the domain just yet, but the Doctor himself is free to use.

What's funny is that Disney would later use a version of Doctor for Epic Mickey. Obviously don't use that version of the character.

Aside from the Mad Doctor, we also have Oswald and Ortensia

Yeah, as it turns out, Oswald's been in the public domain for quite a while, but he's still trademarked by Disney. Easy recommendation... use the original "fat" design of the character and have him go by Lucky.

But before Oswald, we have the Alice Comedies

Everything about the Alice Comedies is Public Domain for a long time, and the Disney corporation very rarely acknowlege these characters existence. Which is a shame because These shorts were some of the first shorts Walt ever produced, and they have the unique gimmick of featuring a live action girl in an animated world.

Everybody already knows about Oswald, but nobody talks about Oswald and Mickey's older brother from these shorts, Julius the Cat

Like... yeah no, it didn't all start with a mouse. Or a rabbit. It started with a cat.

Foxy and Milton Mouse

Both Foxy (top) and Milton (bottom, pictured with his girlfriend Rita Mouse) were characters created by Warner Brothers and Van Beuren respectively to cash in on Mickey's success, and both characters are also in the public domain.

In fact, all Van Beuren cartoons are apparently in the public domain, and I encourage you to find their cartoons and use them as you please.

Fleischer Characters

Betty Boop is probably in the Public Domain, but there's a few caveats with this. From what I can tell, the name Betty Boop is trademarked, but the character herself isn't. Most of the old Betty Cartoons are free to use, but newer incarnations, including the versions used in 1985's The Romance of Betty Boop and 1989's The Betty Boop Movie Mystery are still very much under copyright.

To avoid any legal trouble, I have two big recommendations. Although everybody remembers Betty as having Black hair, in one of the few early instances of Betty being shown in color, she's actually depicted as Redhead.

This is Betty Boop in 1934's Poor Cinderella, and her hair color is pretty clearly red.

The other option is to just make her black.

Though there's been some debate as to whether Betty Boop was intentionally modeled after Esther Lee Jones or not, there's still no denying the influence of Jazz on the character. Betty Boop is a Jazz singer and is often depicted dancing to Cab Calloway. Hell, the Betty Boop musical features Jasmine Amy Rogers as the titular character.

Betty Boop aside, there's an entire world of defunct Betty Boop characters who are definately public domain, including Bimbo and Koko the Clown.

Next year, Popeye's also gonna enter the Domain. So keep an eye out for him too.

Anyways, these are my picks, but obviously this list isn't meant to be comprehensive. There's a ton of old cartoon characters out there who can be freely reinterpreted into newer works. Feel free to add your own favorite public domain cartoon to the list.

[the-fluff-piece]

I love ace a ton and your stuff is really perfect! Anyway can you please do something on how ace would react to the modern world? Like the pirate ace finds himself in modern world. Like how would he react to phones and cars lol

I @acpola01 , thank you for your fun request! I am sorry it took so long...I hope you still like it! Of course I made it a bit x reader because that's my jam

Ace gets isekai-ed to the modern world - headcanon

Ace fought a really strange uhm...thing(?) that seemed to barf colours that shouldn't exist - until he stepped in a pool of that stuff and fell for a looooong time until he passed out

He wakes up on hard stone. He looks around. Strange. He never heard of such an island - the floor is all paved, the houses are really tall and there's a shitload of people. Since he's still groggy, he'll just follow his nose, stumbling into the small cafè where you work (it smelled too delicious)

He orders almost everything the menu has to offer - until you want to close up and realize that that guy has no money you can put in the register. After a short argument and giving him the slap of his life, he gives in and promises to work off his debt

Since he seems clueless and absolutely adorable, you take care of him. Everything is new to him, like he doesn't know modern electronics at all. You offer him a place on your couch. When you get him to your car, he is at first confused what you want with that tin box. He holds on for dear life when you leave the parking lot and drive your usual speed through the city, but he loves it as soon as you drive through the illuminated streets. Completely silent, he stares and stares, occasionally asking about thinks like traffic lights, neon signs or strange people roaming the streets.

He marvels at your phone - he loves all the things it can do! Especially playing cute animal videos, he'swatching tiktok the whole night, laughing his ass off. "OMG Y/N DID YOU SEE THAT?" he wants to show you EVERYTHING he finds. Your previously well-trained algorithm is ruined.

As soon as he finds the food videos, he drags you to every fast food and trend food restaurant he can think of.

Cinema is one of his favourite activities, he loves superhero movies and science fiction. Even though he often falls asleep, head crashing in his popcorn bucket

He doesn't get public transport though - the subway map is too much for him, he also chats up people sitting next to him, a lot. He always has change for the musicians, because he loves to dance on the poles

[princess-of-the-corner]

Ooh, menial jobs for the miracuclass? Have my headcanons on generic teenage work everyone does for spending money!

Nino: I take his interest in directing/filming and specifically make him an indie film enjoyer so that he knows about Emilie and can connect with Adrien over it. He works at a movie theater to get discounts on his tickets. He also is available to hire as an amateur DJ for parties, and mostly ends out doing school dances or kids birthdays due to his low rates and small name.

Alya: Currently unemployed because they just moved and also the magical terrorism, but she eventually picks up a gig as a clerk at a beauty store.

Kim: Mostly just runs with his allowance or mooches off his friends, but he does work as a lifeguard during the summer and teaches little kids swim classes.

Max: Makes bank off of proofreading code/tutoring college students. Critically, this is only applicable in coding. One of his students asked if he could help with his literature essay and Max was like "I have not willingly read fiction since I was 5, say nothing about classic literature. Also I'm 16."

Nathaniel: Works at the art supply store where he buys all his stuff. Mostly in charge of stock because he's terrible with customers, but the owner likes him, so they find things for him to do.

Rose: Currently unemployed, but she does a ton of volunteer work for non-profit children's charities (especially around the hospital), and mostly relies on her allowance. Her medical disorder makes it harder to hold down a job because she gets most of her episodes after a long day of school. Eventually, one of the charities she works for offers her offers her a paid position doing some of their paperwork. This is both not too physically demanding on her and gives her a job with a VERY understanding group of people who knows she's a fantastic worker when she can be and don't begrudge her needs for breaks and calling out.

Juleka: Makeup artist for a local theatre troupe during the summer (that Mylene is also involved in), but that's more a hobby that doesn't pay a whole bunch. She makes most of her money by salvaging shit from the river, and then sells it online.

Ivan: Record store! He showed up to the interview in his usual attire and they were like "oh you're perfect for this," and got hired almost instantly.

Mylene: Animal shelter worker!

Alix: She's rich, but her dad very heavily encourages her and Jalil to get jobs anyway so they can have some work experience. She puts her skating skills to good use as a waiter at a restaurant.

Sabrina: She very seldom needs extra cash because her best friend is Chloe who is happy to buy her anything, but between her dad encouraging her to get involved in the community to help out and her and Chloe eventually agreeing they need away time from each other, she gets a job as a papery delivery girl. She also picks up a job at the local library when she starts wanting more actual money.

Chloe: Once she does enough work on herself to realize she is 1) an abuse victim and 2) has no money not attached to her parents and no work skills, she decides she needs a job. Unfortunately, most postions available to teens are customer service which she is INCREDIBLY unequipped for. Fortunately though the class works together to cast a wide net for job searching, and there is a nearby 24-hour coffee shop that needs someone with a strong personality to handle their night shift. Chloe works there during the summer and it does fuck her sleep schedule. The manager is so grateful to have someone who's legally untouchable when she judo flips the creepy pervs, that they're willing to coach her through her other eccentricities. She comes into the next school year much more capable of doing customer service and with much better people skills in general.

Adrien: Technically already has money from his modeling, but Tom hires him at the bakery in case he needs a source of income separate from his dad (plus it means Marinette and Adrien get to spend more time together). He's promised not to fire him if he and Mari ever break up and help him find another job (unless he does something really awful). Sabine has made no such promises and starts aggressively rolling dough whenever the subject of Adrien and Mari breaking up gets discussed. Adrien feels appropriately threatened.

Hell yeah

[mytardisiscoolerthanyours]

You've got Mail

Chapter 3: Did We Just Become Best Friends?

Ch. 2

Hey Tim, 

Do you just go by Tim? No fun nicknames? Timbo, Timote, Timberlake? 

Fear not, new bestie, I'll come up with something. Everyone deserves a cool nickname.

I'm sorry that my letter was a surprise. Thinking back, the website was a bit outdated - I guess I didn't notice. If you’re rethinking it or not interested in talking to a random stranger now that you’re older and wiser - poor young Timmy :( - I’d understand and you can stop reading right now. No strings attached, no hard feelings, just crumple up the paper and throw it away.

– 

But if you keep reading….

Yup, it's too late now. We're officially friends. It's like it was meant to be, because I seriously don't know anyone else who will be able to read your handwriting like I can. (joking…kinda.) I only had to turn the paper sideways like twice. I got the jist. 

You're brothers seem fun. You mentioned them a few times, I bet you have tons of stories. Did you want siblings before you were adopted? I know that I always wished for a few when I was little. They're like built in friends! What's not to love, right?

As for my game, I'll absolutely let you play. It's still in the beginning stages and I'm mapping out the story, but once I have that down it'll be smooth sailing (hopefully). Because you were so nice in your letter, I'll even tell you a little about it. Itsloosely based on a D&D game I played with my friends, so basically an open world, choose your own adventure kind of story. And since you're doing computer science, maybe you can help me with bugs and stuff while i'm working on it? Two letters in and I'm already using you for free labor, but don't worry I'll give you your own credit at the end. I can see it now…

 

Game Creator, Writer, Designer, Director, Editor, Publisher: Quinnley Rose 

(Now imagine the screen scrolling… a lot of scrolling - like the screen just keeps going and going while cute music plays and little animals dance around the screen, and then finally, at the bottom right before it fades to black and goes back to the main menu…)

The Help: Timberly (or whatever nickname we decide on, still a work in progress until I know more about you)

  

I probably shouldn't be joking so much with someone who knows three types of material arts…. But really, THREE Timmy? Seriously, you couldn't stop at just one? I sense a bit of an overachiever over here, I knew this was all too good to be true. But actually, why three? I get we live in Gotham, but that's still a bit overboard. (plz dont karate chop me for asking) 

You do kinda make up for it with the coffee recs though. The cafe I used to go to got bought out by the penguin. It was called Latte Fever, on Park Ave. He must have skimped out on the coffee beans and ordered from somewhere cheaper once he got it though because the coffee is complete ass now. Plus the baristas are so mean and they can never spell my name right. How hard is Quinn? Somehow they always throw a W in there. Like how? Where do you hear a W, I need to know. Anyway, excuse my (very well founded) rant… know anywhere near downtown that's good? Maybe we can go together when we start school.

As for your incredibly well thought out questions about my powers of choice, I'd be happy to elaborate. In my perfect world, where I have these powers and there's equal rights and world peace, I wouldn't age when I stopped time. It would basically be a full pause on everything, but my body and brain would continue to function. All aging, sickness, or processes would freeze too and I'd be free to go about my business. Think of all the pranks I’d be able to pull, it would be beautiful. So going with that, I'd say time would have to universally stop, since there would be contingencies and problems if time stopped in one city, but kept going somewhere else. I'd imagine that if I stopped it enough, Gotham would end up being stuck in the dark ages while everywhere else progressed. Uhh what else? Oh yeah, I don't think anyone would know about the time stops, just me. It makes it more fun. Now the real question is, would I be able to stop time with someone else? That's an interesting idea. (and yes, Timberella, I would let you have a turn too if it worked)

Also your Robin crush is sooo cute. I also went through a BIG hero phase. (I think we all did). I was a Nightwing girl though, but can you blame me? The man is fine as hell. I do like that you think regular people can be heroes though,  it makes the title a bit more special. 

And lastly, but certainly most importantly, your question. 

Of course pineapple does NOT belong on pizza. What kind of animal do you think I am? 

If I hear that you're a pineapple supporter, I might need to cease all communication right now. I don’t think I could get over it. We would be too different. 

Now for my question: Is a hotdog a sandwich?

I’ll need a detailed explanation to back up your answer. 

For real though, thanks for writing back. This is nice, and I hope we can keep talking. Checking the mailbox each day has helped with the whole, all my friends are gone thing. Hope it's helping you too. 

All blues, no clues, 

Quinn

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Hope you enjoyed! What do we think Tim's nickname should be? Should we pick one or are we liking the variety? Let me know!

Check out the other chapters on my ao3, here!

[nikibogwater]

Ya girl's been SICK this week (my first time getting Covid, yaaaay), which sucked, but it did mean I finally had the time to properly binge the How to Train Your Dragon movies for the first time since The Hidden World released. I've never actually sat down and watched all three films back-to-back before, even though this was THE film franchise of my teenage years. But having finally done so, I have Thoughts™.

First movie is still arguably the best of the three, if only because it's an entirely self-contained narrative. The script is really tight and focused, and the whole thing is really well-paced. The animation actually looks way better than I remembered, but that might just be because this was my first time watching it on Blu-Ray instead of digital.

First movie also still has the best soundtrack of the three (which is saying a lot, considering John Powell was absolutely COOKING with all three movies). "Test Drive" is just too iconic to be outdone.

I really like Astrid's character arc in the first movie. I normally don't like tough-as-nails girlboss characters because they're so often one-dimensional and boring, but she works really well for me because her girboss-ness is as much a flaw as it is a strength. While she is athletic and competitive in her own nature, she's also under a lot of pressure to be a tough warrior, since that's what her society values. I love the way Hiccup brings out her softer side, how he shows her through Toothless that it's ok to be gentle, that compassion is a strength in its own right. I love the way she in turn becomes his pillar of support and comfort. Somehow I'd forgotten just how good Hiccstrid really is.

It's weird re-watching the second film as an adult, because I can still clearly remember a time when it was just the coolest thing ever. The second film was really what sold me on the series as a whole, to be honest. Like, don't get me wrong, I always loved the first one, but the second is where I really started getting into the worldbuilding and characters.

So it's weird to come back to it now and find out it's....actually the weakest of the three films (in my opinion, anyways). I can't quite put my finger on why, but the second film feels like it "drifts along" more than the other two. Like things "just happen" without as much input from the characters. Again, I'm not sure why it feels like that, because it's not like the characters aren't proactive and shaping the way the story unfolds.

None of that is to say that the second movie is bad by any stretch of the imagination. It introduces a bunch of really cool new concepts that do a great job of expanding the world and characters. It just had that weird drifty feeling to it that the other two lacked. Does anyone even know what I'm talking about here, or am I just crazy??

It's nuts how much of a touchstone "For the Dancing and the Dreaming" became in fandom culture. Ten years later, and I still see this song popping up in fics from every fandom under the sun. I think that's a testament to how beautiful Stoic and Valka's reunion was.

Unfortunately, Drago Bludvist is....not a very good villain, imo. He kinda just screams a lot, and that's it. His whole thing of imitating dragons in order to subdue them is cool, but it really needed to be backed up by a stronger personality. But it's not too much of an issue since really, his Bewilderbeast is the real obstacle for the heroes to overcome.

Now, The Hidden World is a weirdly controversial movie within the fandom. I still see people whose hatred for this film rivals that of the Tales of Arcadia fandom's hatred for Rise of the Titans. Which...I gotta admit, doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Like, I can understand not liking the bittersweet ending, but it's not as though THW went out of its way to ruin the entire series.

Looking at the series as a whole, I'd say THW feels like the most logical and organic conclusion to the series. Especially if you've read the books or seen the tie-in tv shows. I knew going into this movie that it would end with the dragons leaving--DeBlois even told us as much in an interview leading up to the film's release. And I'm okay with that.

The first movie touches on the theme of loss with Hiccup's leg. The second movie digs into that theme a bit more, with the loss of his parents (first Valka, who thankfully is found again, then Stoic). The Hidden World dives headfirst into the idea. Loss is no longer a mere consequence of the story's events, but the thematic backbone of the whole movie. And it's here that I realized the series has always been about loss, because the series has always been about growing up. You can't mature without losing something, whether it's a place, a person, or your childhood naivete.

HTTYD uses its fantastic premise to explore a painful reality of our own world, and it does so in a way that's entertaining, sincere, and encouraging. Hiccup has lost so much on his journey to adulthood, but he's also grown strong enough to be able to rise above it. He'll be okay. Toothless will be okay. And we'll all be okay too. Idk, maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's my takeaway from the series, and it's definitely something that I've needed to hear more than once as I've grown up.

Grimmel is definitely a huge step up from Drago for me. He's essentially who Hiccup would have become if he'd lacked that compassion that caused him to spare Toothless in the first film. I also love his overall demeanor and presence. He's not a force of nature, or a feral war-lord. He's just a Guy who is very, very good at his job and knows it. Plus, F. Murray Abraham just has a really cool voice.

Unfortunately, as much as I like Grimmel as a villain, he's still outclassed by Viggo Grimborn from Race to the Edge.

I can't get over how insanely good the visuals are in this series. Especially the textures. Like, there's times in the first movie where the textures look so good that the actual models almost can't keep up. I can see what Toothless's scales feel like, the scratchy weave of Hiccup's tunic, the coarse fur of Stoic's cloak. HTTYD is the only series I can think of that seamlessly pulls off a "realistic" look with animation. The world feels real, without taking away from the suspension of disbelief that makes animation such a freeing medium. It's as if they came to the edge of the uncanny valley, then got into a hot air balloon and floated across without ever touching it.

Looking back, I think this was just the perfect series to be a teenager with. It's just the right blend of action, adventure, and emotion, all wrapped up in a wholesome and often heart-rending tale of a boy and his dragon growing up together. I really wish we could have more series like this.

(Edit) Also the Light Fury is my favorite dragon species in the entire series, no I will not take that back, she's super pretty and sparkly and I just want to pat her on her cute nubby head.

[triptychgrip]

I love reading/writing Yuri!!! on Ice stories that center around Viktor's insecurities around his "worthiness" of being w/ Yuuri.

The fandom has (understandably) created tons of content around Yuuri's insecurities, but I find it really compelling to ideate around this "Living Legend" superstar athlete -- who, prior to finding love, built up pretty much his entire life around his career -- and his worry that the love of his life will one day tire of him, especially the closer that Yuuri approaches retirement and no longer needs Viktor to be his coach.

It's the subject of an ongoing post-canon, married Viktuuri story I've been working on, which currently has three chapters out (of five total, but that chapter count could very well increase, lol). You'll see it's part of my larger series, but IMO, you can still enjoy/understand it without reading the other works.

It's a Viktor POV fic, whose premise is that Yuuri (who has now achieved certification to teach group pole dancing classes) one day gets approached by a fellow instructor around teaching one-one-one classes. He mentions this idea to Viktor, but appears underconfident around it, so Viktor volunteers to become his "trial student" in order to help his husband get used to the idea around someone he already knows/is comfortable around.

While the overall story might appear light-hearted (especially b/c this arrangement gives these two ample opportunity to be all flirty and eros with one another), a big theme in the story is Viktor's insecurity around being a beginner/bad at something. It's a concept that he's still not used to, post-retirement: not immediately being an expert at things, and having to accept that he can be bad at something, and still entirely lovable, anyway.

The other element of the story that's been exciting to explore is the idea that Viktor is approaching this arrangement with a somewhat ulterior motive that taps directly into his own insecurities. While, yes, he is ultimately hoping that being Yuuri's student will boost his husband's confidence in his own teaching skills, he also believes that he needs to find more and more ways to "hold" Yuuri's interest, especially given his student's approaching retirement (after the 2022 Beijing Olympics). Once Yuuri retires and no longer needs Viktor as his coach, what could Viktor have to possibly offer him? Maybe if he learns how to pole-dance, his husband will still find him sexy and inspirational and interesting.

It's easy for an outside observer to be like "Viktor, you idiot...Yuuri has been obsessed with you since he was twelve, he's not going to suddenly think you're boring when you're no longer his coach", but that's the thing about insecurities: they're rarely rational, or based in logic. Mine certainly aren't. 

As accomplished and impressive as he is, Viktor still needs reminders that who he is, inherently, is absolutely enough, whether that means he is an expert pole dancer like Yuuri, or a complete novice. A lot of this also taps into my headcanons around Viktor's childhood trauma and strained relationship with his parents, which has given him significant abandonment issues.

Gah, thinking about it really gets me in my feels; I can't wait to finish this WIP up, and hope you all would consider checking it out, now or once it's completed. 

[sillypiratelife]

Zoro and Luffy childhood friends au where Perona taught Luffy all about clothing confection and Uta taught Zoro how to dance and sing.

The funny part is that neither Zoro nor Luffy realize what the girls were doing until they were deep into the trap lol.

Perona started by giving Luffy random facts about bugs that produce material for webbing and then teaching him about bugs patterns and colors. She slowly roped him (ha!) into paying attention to all those details and explained that people are like bugs in the sense that they use clothing for many reasons: to protect themselves, to show they are dangerous or make people pay attention to them, to show their joy or freedom, etc etc etc.

She failed A LOT trying to make him take interest in any form of clothing confection tho. So much she was also in tears. If you wonder why she was dedicated, maybe she made a bet and her pride was on the line lol. Anyway, she followed by telling Luffy the relation between certain fabrics. Silk, leather, wool, mostly stuff related to animals and bugs, then found a way to connect those to other types of fabrics.

Perona was like "you need to recognize how some people dress to identify who has money, so you know who can pay you for more food" 😭😭😭

After a masterclass in manipulation techniques, Perona somehow made it. Gave herself an award and everything. Most important moment of their journey was when Perona taught Luffy how to fix his strawhat and told him that fixing your friends' clothing is a way to show love.

Uta's job was so much easier. She arrived one day and told Zoro she was teaching him breathing techniques to make him stronger. Then she went to teach him how to identify tones because (all according to her) sounds said a lot about the world around them and paying attention could make him a better fighter.

Next step was to convince the kid that dancing was almost like doing katas and that it was a good way to learn how to move along with things and still not hurt anyone. Uta gave him a million more reasons why to keep up with her plans: because adapting to any rhythm means he could adapt to any fighter, because he could learn to move each muscle individually, so Zoro could intimidate in a freaking party, to work on his space awareness, as workout routine, to become faster, to allow his body to flow for a better performance....

Uta convinced Zoro that he needed to take care of his throat and voice like he took care of his body. Warm up, practice, control it completely to your will. What is dancing if not the ability to tune your body to the sounds around you and become one with them?

I need to laugh. By the time they were teenagers, they were completely screwed. Being Luffy and Zoro, they just accepted it for what it was lol.

Perona can ask Luffy on the phone to describe Zoro's outfit if they have to go somewhere decent so he can change clothing accordingly.

Uta borrows Zoro sometimes because "the public loves the muscles!" and "you need to see their faces when Zoro's sing!" and also they win a ton of money on dubious bets.

Imagine the interactions with the rest of the Straw Hats... Imagine the chaos...

[accidentally-in-fictional-love]

get to know your mutuals

tagged by @polkadotjohnson and honest to god I've never ever done one of these before so seeing you tagged me made me gasp QwQ

I talk a lot in here so time for a cut :D

what's the origin of your blog title?

Me trying to think of something clever that gets across that this is a selfship blog without like putting that in the title, and then setting on this classic song lol

favourite fandoms?

Oh jeez, so David's 'fandom' is the main one on here, but I have so many that've been with me since I was a kid. Typically though I don't actually interact with the fandoms I enjoy on this level, like interacting with people, so I just create stuff and keep to myself, but everyone here is so nice I broke that rule for the first time since 2012 ;w; Marble Hornets was the fandom I did that for, was majorly into it, and while I have no remaining friends from that time and I'm not editing it anymore (although I've been wanting to now and then), I still love my Operator tattoo and the fandom itself so much I still actively follow Troy and his work, he was a huge inspiration for me back in the day, my past David when I was fresh outta highshcool and at my lowest low of that decade.

I don't feel like mentioning the next fandom I did that with, for personal reasons, but I'm not in that one either even though the untainted parts of my memories and the bit of fandom I still partake in mean the world to me.

Actual answer, Sailor Moon has been with me since I was like 5, and I rediscovered it in highschool along with other animes that're still my favs to this day. Revolutionary Girl Utena and Princess Tutu are also huge to me, if you've never seen Princess Tutu I highly recommend it, I can't dance but that show really makes me want to. Teen Titans has been my biggest fandom since 2005 but in the way that I don't actually work with canon anymore, but strictly in aus and crossovers to tell new stories, so even though I'm still editing it you will never see just a normal video to them unless I'm super inspired, like recently I came up with a ghost story with Raven that I'm excited to tell but those edits take so much work I keep being lazy and putting them off for more DD OTL

I've got a ton of random things but those are the ones that've been with me the longest so I enjoy seeing them on my dash along with the other misc things I like seeing, but I'm less in their fandoms and more 'ah what a nice gifset of my boyfriend 🥰' and then I keep scrolling lol

otp(s)/shipname?

The long answer: I actually have so many that I made a goddamn list for it. Outside of this blog I have video editing friends, like amvs and stuff only like not just canon tributes but like actual storytellers using fandoms to create new worlds, it's my favourite thing, you'll see that from me here as time goes on and I actually start working on my own ideas. Anyway I made the list for them and to keep track of what I love, since we make each other otp edits for birthdays and christmas and stuff, so it's quite extensive.

The short answer: Ethan/Johnson/Matty 💛❤️💙 and everyone I ship Addy with lmao those are the ones I've been concentrating on solely the past year now

favorite color?

Purple (also pastel), pastel teal, pink, red, black of course, and blue. I didn't used to like pink cause I was concentrating so hard on being cool and badass and then I realized how fuckin well it goes with everything. I have so many ocs that have pink in their palettes now and I love all of them 🥰

favorite game?

This one is a long read ;w;

I lovelovelove video games but the actual list of stuff I get and replay is so small TwT but Silent Hill above all else. That's a Love of My Life fandom right there, even the games I don't like, including the films. I could recite 2 and 3 to you like they're movies. I put them on all the time as background noise while I'm playing other games. I'm getting tattoos for them just next month. I'm not in the fandom itself, but this series owns my heart and soul and has from the moment I was too scared to watch someone play 2 without being in a room full of sunlight. Wind Waker was actually the first game I ever played as a kid, I might've had a crush on Medli before I even knew I could have a crush on a girl asdknak and I'd love to play it again but I don't have any consoles to do so, so I have to settle for watching someone else play and that breaks my heart, I wish it was on the switch 😞

Bioshock for absolute sure, getting Jack's chains was my second ever tattoo, I know the first game inside and out, it's one of the two I've 100%, and really wanna work on my Atlas selfship stuff at some point but since my character won't be Addy I'm just not 🙃 After that I fucking adore Alice: Madness Returns, I fell so in love with the first game in highschool that when the second came out I had to play it myself, and it's the only other game I've 100% and know inside and out. My heart is still broken over the third one being cancelled, fuck you EA. I haven't completed the achievements for this one but Left4Dead2 is also one of my top favs, I've been in love with Nick since I first stole my younger brother's xbox to start playing back in like 2009, me and my sibling can do each map blindfolded now so we love playing custom maps for it, the Silent Hill ones are very long but extremely well made even if they take forever to do. Also Half-Life 2 and the episodes, although I haven't been able to play Alyx, Portal of course, the 2nd is a masterpiece, although I've never played TF2 lmao

Along with them I unironically reallyreallyreally love minecraft sdknsksdvb have you ever played a custom horror map for it?? Some of the best times of my life, same with the super long 12+ hour adventure games people can make, it's so incredible, I love them and playing normal worlds mindlessly while movies play in the background. Adore Subnautica, recently started a new world this year but I haven't had time to pick it back up due to everything, House Flipper is really helping scratch that house design itch that the Sims gives me, I never actually play the Sims itself I just wanna build so I make my ocs' houses and then I'm good >:D

Outside of playing them I have a ton that're my fav to watch others play, that's a fun thing I love doing when I have to draw and can't think of a movie to put on, like Detroit: Decome Human is also a masterpiece and when I got my dad to watch a longplay of it he thought it was like a movie, and he doesn't get let's plays at all. Love FNAF, I'm too chicken to be that alert but I've seen Mark play a thousand times lmao, Amnesia was such a cool experience when it came out and watching SOMA for the first time was a highlight for me, Cry of Fear holds a special place in my heart for scaring the shit outta me and introducing me to let's plays, been a while since I saw that one so I should fix that, Little Nightmares is super cool, Fran Bow is another amazing one, Until Dawn is one of my favs too and I'm getting Hannah's tattoo as well, I dipped my toes into that fandom for a bit, The Evil Within and Alan Wake are awesome but I still need to watch the sequels OTL

Also love Corpse Party which I bought but never played oop, have you caught on by now that it's a bunch of horror games Mark has played yet skdnskds RPG horror games like Mad Father and the Witch's House really made me wanna make one but I never did, Nightmare House 2 introduced me to the magic of custom horror maps made using other games, Doki Doki Literature Club I did play when it came out but never finished but for a while before I found David, Monika was actually one of my biggest comfort characters since she could 'interact' with me and I really needed that during covid. I'm not a RE fan but 7 made things really fun for me cause I'm a sucker for haunted houses and 8 was also fun, so I'll add those, I like Undertale and Deltarune by proxy since my sibling loves them, and I also really love pokemon and Animal Crossing hehe but I haven't played either in years now just from laziness.

song stuck in your head?

Depends on if it's new or if I wanna edit to it, cause then I'll listen to it for days while planning what to do in my head, so I'll list the ones I'm gunna do once I get off my ass when LtF is done: Guns For Hire, Use Me, The Line, Dreams, and Good Luck, Babe! Yes, all of them are either 3RP or David related lol

weirdest habit/trait?

I skinpick ;w; if you're talking to me in person you'll probably notice my hands need to be holding something or else I'll be casually attacking my nails/fingers or face or arms, just cause they're there. I also tend to overexplain myself a lot, I think it might be a mental thing, like instead of answering there I'm giving huge paragraphs for example. I've had people ask me questions and I'll give a 30 page essay as my response and it's actually made them get mad at me for not just saying yes or no, but I don't know how not to do it. I've also had trouble with saying things that make sense in my head but the person I'm saying it to doesn't get it, so I have to explain myself that way too.

hobbies?

Writing of course, drawing since I was old enough to hold a crayon, animating now finally, gaming, video editing from the moment I saw my very first Teen Titans amv and went 'oh, I wanna do that too' and now I'm making edits so intense that it takes me forever to finish anything TwT

if you work, what's your profession?

Main job is a page at my local library, which I'm doing double shifts for til June. Second job is working at my family's business, so between the two I have no days off at all unless I say 'please give me sunday I'm tired' and it's helllll but the money 🤑

something you're good at?

I would like to think the hobbies I listed above ;w; except gaming lol I'm so fuckin casual I play on easy just to have some fun, give me no challenges unless it's a custom map.

if you could have any job you wish what would it be?

Being so fucking rich I don't have to work. That's literally it, I don't wanna do my hobbies as a job, it's so tiring and makes me hate them. Give me money so I don't have to work and can just create things for me and my friends, send me a sugar daddy or let me be a trophy wife. That's it.

something you're bad at?

Not finding a way to stop procrastinating. I have work in 3 hours from this point and I'm supposed to be writing cause the rest of my day and tomorrow are booked between double shifts and easter but instead I'm doing this 😐

something you love?

Creating new things from old things, like with my videos. It's fun to do it with fics, but taking existing footage and making it into something so entirely new that I get comments of 'what episode is that?' and 'where did you get that clip from?' and they always warm my heart. I got them from nowhere, I made it myself 🥰 I also really love my family, my friends, and my sweet little one Bucky, my cat 🥰🥰🥰

Also David, of course 💙

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff?

I could spend forever doing just that trying to list stuff so I'll make it an actual list or else we're gunna get trapped: David, how much I love Reprisal and the 3RP, my own fics, especially LtF, which I have done to my sibling a LOT (screenshots of that coming soon), why minecraft is a fun game and why mom should play with us, why Subnautica is a game my sibling should like and play with me, my magical girl series I'm writing and want to turn into a whole show, Silent Hill and my inspired series I also wanna turn into a show, my videos and the progress that goes into them, I used to do it for Marble Hornets and why Masky and Hoodie aren't proxies or creepypastas and if you get me started now I might turn back into an inferno of rage, and David a second time because yeah I did that so much my new boss at work asks me about him and just lets me ramble skdnskj

something you hate?

Spiders. I have a very bad phobia of them to the point where I need to sandwich books of them before I can touch them to put them away at work, even if it's a drawing and not a super detailed closeup. Being hot, I run hot so I sweat and turn red so easily and I hate it so much. I'm usually just slightly annoyed when things I like have shitty sequels that aren't very good, since I'm just happy to get more of a thing I like (Silent Hill for example), but do not get me started on how the ending of The Boy 2 ruined the entirety of the plot they did for the first. Holy shit it's been years and I'm still so mad about it, they almost had a perfect sequel and they pooped on it.

Myself. I'm working on it.

something you collect?

Merch! I don't make a ton working at a small town library, so if I truly love something I'll spend money on it, like a physical release of a show I already have downloaded, or a manga I can read online and really love. Right now my biggest collection is for David, but I'll take pics of that when I move and it's all set up and together. Likewise, if you're my friend and I offer to buy you something, that means I really love you 💗

The only time that backfired was when I commissioned a fully custom 21k gold necklace for my best friend a decade ago as a gift for when I went to meet her. It was based on a sword design she made for me so I got it done as a symbol of our friendship and how much she meant to me, while I had a 10k silver version that was around $100. Hers was worth $1000+. She eventually ghosted me and I have no idea where the necklace is now, if she still has it, if she threw it away, even sold it.

Needless to say I won't be doing that again, no matter how much I love you. The fact that the necklace could be lost or garbage hurts more than me realizing she didn't need me anymore.

something you forget?

Mostly just stuff to do at work cause I'm focusing on other things at the library and I'd much rather write readers than vacuum at my family shop. Cleaning when asked, cause again I'm focusing on other things. I forgot to feed the cats while I was writing this actually...

favorite movie/show?

Did you not see the huge wall of text when you asked me about games?? You wanna do that again for media??? I'll list my favs I can't do this again we'll never leave this post otherwise, there's too much. If it's one of my top 10s then assume that I know every word and can recite the entire movie off the top of my head.

Animated Movies: I'm actually a huge lover of disney movies, grew up with the princesses and now I get to make new stories using their movies, it's how I met three of my bestest friends 🥰🥰🥰 with my top favs being The Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland, and Frozen. I love Aladdin, he's always been my fav disney guy and the one I most related to outside of Ariel, which is funny considering Ethan plays him, which I didn't know! I was so happy when I put that together after watching the show for the first time since I saw the movie in theatres and really liked him! Beauty and the Beast is another big fav, basically think of all the classic animated ones and considering me loving them, but these ones are like top five. Also love Hercules, saw myself in Herc as a kid and then Meg as I got older, James and the Giant Peach, Pooh's Grand Adventure has no goddamn business having the saddest fucking song that still makes me cry to this day if I'm feeling lonely, the Hunchback of Notre Dame cause no one gets me like Quasimodo, the Incredibles, the Nightmare Before Christmas rewired my brain permanently as a kid and I think David would be proud of that, Toy Story was a big one for 5yo me and I still have the Woody toy I got when I was 5, as such he remains a pure comfort character to me to this day, and Zootopia. Anastasia was huge for me as a kid, all of Don Bluth's movies were, but this one, Thumbelina, and Pebble and the Penguin were the biggest, while I also loved a Troll in Central Park and Rock-a-Doodle. Cats Don't Dance is amazing, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline might be one of my favourite movies altogether, Corpse Bride was actually the first movie I ever downloaded and it was super bad quality and split into two parts, I'll never forget that, Fantastic Mr Fox is top 10, Ferngully, Happily Ever After is a hidden gem and I'm so glad I got my editing friend into it cause she adores working with Snow now hehe, Horton Hears a Who and the Lorax, but I was never that kind of fan lol I just liked the jokes and songs, Megamind is a huge fav and I'm scared to watch the sequel, Once Upon a Forest is another hidden gem I never see talked about, Sing, the Spiderverse movies of course, Storks a lot, the House is actually a stopmotion horror movie that came out in recent years and is great, the Pagemaster, can't not mention the Prince of Egypt simply as a masterpiece of a movie, the Road to El Dorado, and We're Back, which was much too scary for a kid my age to be watching akjndskd I was never a huge watcher of the Scooby Doo show, and then suddenly there were too many, but I also love the old Zombie Island movies they did. Same with Tom and Jerry the Movie, never a watcher of the shows but that movie means a lot to us as something me and my siblings grew up with regardless.

Live Action Movies: Half joking answer is everything David is in, same with the ones I've seen with Rhys, but I do truly love LNWTD, The Suicide Squad, The Dark Night Rises (the whole trilogy is fantastic, I saw them in theatres), and the Last Voyage of the Demeter. A bunch of series like The Conjuring and Insidious (been calling Patrick Wilson my husband thanks to those since 2010 lmao it stuck so hard I automatically call him that in front of everyone even when I try not to), Scream, the MCU and a few other Marvel movies, love DC but I grew up specifically with Batman Forever so it holds a super special place in my heart, used to be more into HP but that was tainted wasn't it (used to be able to recite POA), used to be huge on the Marx Brothers for a while there, Get Out was great but I'm in love with Us and Nope scared the fuck outta me, super great movies, and Night at the Museum are also special to me cause it was the first time I saw Rami 🥰 Back to the Future, Beetlejuice was Baby's First Horror but someone left a sour taste in my mouth about that so we're on a break even though it's one of my favs, But I'm a Cheerleader and DEBS were the first movies I watched after coming out and they both made me cry, the cheering part at the end of BIAC always chokes me up, loved Casper since I was a kid and the 'Can I keep you?' bit is a surefire way to make me cry when I'm feeling lonely, Clue is excellent and everyone should watch it, same with Coherence. Gold Diggers: TSFBM is about girlfriends and you can't convince me otherwise, also loved that one since I was a kid, Grave Encounters so much but only the first one, the second is so bad I only used it for my halloween vid and want to delete it cause I don't wanna watch it casually, I actually had a thing for the old movie Homicidal for a while back! Saw it when I was running a haunted house out of our house and I was so enthralled with the ending that I made a fake trailer for it, IT is another great LOML on a smaller scale, Jacob's Ladder, Knives Out and Glass Onion are so much fun, Mirrormask is one we randomly found at the local rental place and it's captured my heart ever since. Spent a LOT of time as the single fan in the Of Mice and Men fandom in highschool and that's not a joke, Shutter Island, Splash has been a fav thanks to being an Ariel fan, we've watched Spirited a ton of times it's so damn good and we adore the music, The Boy is a top fav and you've seen Brahms on here before more than likely, The Indian in the Cupboard started my intense fascination with skeleton keys as a matter of fact but I don't really watch it anymore, The Mask, me and my sibling love The Producers (2005 musical version naturally) so much we've seen that one a bunch too, The Thing is excellent, had another brief thing with the Wizard of Oz for a while there but I mostly just watched it over and over, the Woman in Black is probably my most favourite tension horror movie of all time, Titanic was my entire life when I was a kid and it has yet to not make me cry at the end so I haven't watched it in years but the love is still there, I unironically really love V for Vendetta, and that's all the major ones I have downloaded! My family adores these old movies so we've seen them a million times and are constantly quoting them to each other: Baby's Day Out, Clifford, Christmas Vacation, Elf, Hot Rod, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Jingle All the Way, you seeing the pattern yet? Just Friends, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Rat Race, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Spaceballs, and Tommy Boy. At least, those are all the ones I have downloaded, there might be more.

Shows: Reprisal! First and foremost I'm crazy about Reprisal right now!! (I had to plug in my live action and then my anime external drives to make this one oop)

Anime: Aggrestuko, Another which I'd love to work with someday as a premise, Asobi Asobase made me laugh so hard but the manga itself dropped off even harder sadly, Assassination Classroom, Beastars, Brand New Animal, Death Note, used to like Elfen Lied but it's not one I watch much anymore in favour of these others, Futari wa Pretty Cure almost got me back into anime prehighschool but I've yet to finish the original season even though I really want to, just no time, I really wanna rewatch Heavenly Delusion my god, Houseki no Kuni, Junji Ito Collection even though they're not great cause I love his work, it's not a fav but I do wish Mayoiga had been better and I also wanna work with that premise as well, Mirai Nikki, Nichijou is a top fav and everyone should watch it if you enjoy laughing, Odd Taxi, Princess Tutu, Puella Magi Madoka Magica is another top fav and I'm so excited for the new movie, Read or Die is another big top fav as well, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sailor Moon, Shadows House is so cool and I need to reread/rewatch, Spy x Family, Summertime Render was a very cool watch and the first ending theme is so perfect for my one series that I wanna animate to it someday but I do wish it was a bit scarier not just sad, Tasogare Otome x Amnesia has such beautiful horror imagery but I was screaming when plots of it lined up with one of my own ocs, no idea is ever original OTL I'm not a gundam fan at all but I did watch The Witch from Mercury and adored it so much I bought a zine lol, plot twist but Uma Masume Pretty Derby has my exact type of humour and it's actually good and cute, Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou oh my god is that not LITERALLY me with Abner if I could, which is why I decided on Addy's plot with him as it is, Yami Shibai is short and not super scary but a cool spooky watch for halloween, and Zombieland Saga was so surprisingly fantastic I made my sibling watch it immediately after I binged the whole thing. I also really love studio Ghibli movies of course, same with Mamoru Hosoda's films, and this super old movie version of this Thumbelina show might've been my first ever anime after Sailor Moon, with the streamline dub of Totoro being the second.

Cartoons: Adventure Time, Arcane is good and the songs go so well with Reprisal but my sibling loves it more, Chowder, Clone High but mostly the og, Dan Vs (another sibling fav), Gravity Falls, Invader Zim (wasn't a fan of the movie), Kipo ATAOTW did make me cry a bunch but I haven't watched it since for some reason, My Little Pony FIM DON'T CALL ME OUT OKAY I like it, but not the new stuff, Regular Show, Rick and Morty, RWBY is a main love and has been since Weiss' trailer came out and the fact that David did a voice in the DC movie blew my goddamn mind, She-Ra ATPOP but in the sense that I actually hate a lot of the show itself and just like working with Catra and Adora for my videos lmao, Smiling Friends, Spongebob but just the og 3 seasons and first movie which I can also recite, Steven Universe, Teen Titans, TTG and don't call me out again okay it makes me laugh and I get more of my favourite thing, The Amazing World of Gumball is one of me and my sibling's favourite shared shows, and The Owl House.

Live Action: A couple of the MCU shows like Loki and TFATWS cause Bucky, A Series of Unfortunate Events was one I've been waiting for since the movie (which I also loved like crazy) and I was not disappointed. Syfy's Alice cause I love all things AIW pretty much, American Horror Story, I'm not a cop media person in the least but I do rather like CSI: New York (remember when I said I was the only person in the OMAM fandom? this came from that), kinda in Game of Thrones in a 'I will watch and cry but I haven't rewatched yet' way, I Am Not Okay With This (supporting Stan and Bev from IT and then being still salty over it being cancelled), Mr Robot but only when I'm in the mood to be horribly depressed afterwards, Rami is phenomenal and I love him, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, which I watched cause I was curious and then fell in love with their take on it, very very good made me cry a ton, Sherlock but not as much as I was, still have a soft spot for it though, Stranger Things (again thanks to IT), The Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor are very good and the first one makes me and my sibling bawl cause family stuff always gets us, I need to watch his other shows though!! Supernatural, Twin Peaks, and The Umbrella Academy, came for the laughs and again cried over family stuff.

There's about 100 I didn't list between all three ;w; these are just the top favs

favorite food?

Burgers, pizza, fries, ice cream, cake, brownies, cookies, all the fun stuff lol I'm a simple guy

favorite animal?

Cat! Also love dogs, been watching a lot of bat vids recently, and thanks to a certain vampire I love hyraxes now too. I love a ton of animals really but I'm all burnt out from listing media x_x

are you musical?

Absolutely. My dad was in a band when he was younger so he raised us on his music and his love for it, plus like I said I grew up on disney movies, so I'm constantly listening to my fav songs on repeat, singing, dancing badly, watching other musical movies, it's probably a factor in why I wanted to edit videos so much once I discovered them. Ironically, I have no actual talent for composing or playing unlike dad, just listening, and have a distaste for play musicals, I can only digest them as movies since plays and live performances make me cringe unfortunately, can't do it.

what were you like as a child?

Despite being socially anxious even back then I'd get very active and hyper which I cringe at now cause kids are always unaware of how disruptive they are. I was also very unaware of how I presented myself when I tried to be more social, like I would try too hard or pull back completely, plus I liked stuff the other kids didn't, so I wasn't liked very much. That only carried into highschool where there were even more kids who didn't get or like me.

favorite subject at school?

Art, naturally, with some english outside of essays, as well as math, really loved the communications (video stuff like editing and live filming) class my fav teacher did, he was really cool and nice to me.

least favorite subject?

History. Science. Gym. Get that shit outta here I wanna draw.

what's your best character trait?

I'm actually not sure? Having an obsessive personality maybe? Not in an altogether bad way, even if I'm cringe, cause it keeps me working on things for fandoms for a super long time, like I've got video ideas I've thought up years ago and I still wanna make them, which helped lead to my halloween vid last year, that one took six years to make cause I couldn't let it go. Maybe determination is a better word? Definitely a bit obsessive though, I mean, look at my David collection and all the money I've spent on him in just one year ;w;

if you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be?

The fact that I was too sick to go in last night so I have to do two shifts at two branches back to back very soon TwT and the fact that I never got to write my next chapter since that I tried to do this first...

if you could travel in time who would you like to meet?

No one, I'm very boring and I don't like travelling much, let alone through time OTL

recommend one of your favorite fanfics (spread the love!):

@how-serene did so many wonderful readers I was inspired to try my hand at it /)w(\

This fic and its sequels by my wonderful friend Kai, I love how much she loves this vampire hehe

This fic was the first thing I read before I started writing my own 3RP stuff and it changed my brain so much that I took small inspos from it when I was learning how to write them, especially Matty's promise to Ethan hehehehehehe I'm always thinking about it /)//w//(\

tagging: Kai already did it and I don't talk to many people in general so I got nothing ;w; if you see this and wanna do it then I count you as tagged!

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WORK MV First Reactions

Yet another ATEEZ music video released while I'm at work - love it....

Another thing I'm not keen on is the song itself. I haven't been super impressed with several of ATEEZ's new title tracks, musically. Luckily for ATEEZ, I don't really follow them for their actual music (although it is a shame that the newer stuff hasn't been my style). I'm especially unimpressed with the chorus, which reminds me of a combination of Australia's anthem, Down Under, and Bills, neither of which I am super keen on... I know ATEEZ's recent comebacks have been less serious, but... this just doesn't suit them in my opinion.

Luckily for them, their performance skills stand up, regardless of the quality of the music.

This MV is definitely more of a filler one - it has a lot of ATEEZ motifs and follows the story from the previous MVs, but doesn't add much else. I don't have that much to say about it, but let me say it anyway! Full analysis below the line.

So this music video seems to be mostly a lot of motifs to show that ATEEZ are becoming more and more successful, and that, through hard work, they will become even more so.

We can see this through the copious amounts of money they make, the copious amounts of work (or more like party-work) that they do, and through the MV showcasing signs like the Billboard sign. Seonghwa riding the ostrich at the beginning is another example of this - he has many different country flags in his bag, showing the many places ATEEZ have gone and will go.

This music video also continues thematics that originated with Dont Stop - first, the cowboy concept and 'Wild West,' which has ties to the anarchy that they're trying to create in the oppressive world of Strictland (omg change the name please ATEEZ I'm begging you). See my Bouncy analysis for the Wild West stuff.

We also get what I presume is the extension of the drug dealing in Bouncy and the heists in Don't Stop - the expansion of ATEEZ's business empire, which they will use to take over the world with partying and music.

I don't think there's anything super interesting visually story-wise which would require screenshots - Jongho being in the ground is a fun gag that shows how ATEEZ are fun, how they can literally work themselves into the ground, and is possibly a reference to Down Under, which has a man in the desert playing a flute-like instrument.

I mean, this is the only thing that I am aware of that it could be referencing, and this song is pretty famous as far as I know, and suits ATEEZ's themes well, but if you think it referenced something else, let me know.

The animals (mostly birds) vibing along to the song continues the animal imagery from Bouncy and other songs - even the animals will party along to ATEEZ's music, and of course, we have the golden eggs and the blessed hens which lay them - a symbol of wealth and also good fortune.

There's also the general outback imagery which contributes to the idea of the wild west, the office that Yunho and Yeosang occupy which shows work, sophistication, possibly some shady dealings, and so on. And the Motels show travel, which they are of course doing for their literal jobs.

I do like the scene with Hongjoong and Mingi looming over a city and showering down so much money that a money monster appears.

But it doesn't really have much deeper meaning as far as I can see - like, even if we consider it in relation to the Strictland storyline, it just shows that their presence looms over the city, and that they have tons of influence, perhaps even more than the Guardians and the government who occupy the tallest building.

Interestingly, as far as I can see, Hongjoong's armband doesn't appear in any of the scenes in the music video, although he does have his usual coat and cane.

The rest of the vide is just things we've seen before - the cars dance because the power of ATEEZ is so strong that even inanimate objects will work. The 'game over' screen when Hongjoong falls out of the car is reminiscent of the comic scenes in the Crazy Form MV... I just... did not find this music video particularly interesting or compelling. It doesn't feel like it has high production values, and it feels a little like it's trying to milk the virality and success of other music videos like Bouncy - but it just doesn't have what Bouncy does :( I can't even find any exciting Easter eggs or story tidbits in the props - like even the newspaper Yunho holds doesn't seem to be anything exciting. And although I'm sure they meant something by Seonghwa coming out of the egg, I'm not sure what, and I can't think of any potential storyline references.

Anyway, moving on to something that I was generally more happy with;

Lyric Analysis

Most of the lyrics are pretty standard and expected from this kind of song - about how cool and hardworking ATEEZ are and how successful they will be in the future. But there are some interesting things to note/ATEEZ lyrical motifs;

San saying that when he makes a move, the Guardians follow him.... like? Hello? What a massive potential storyline drop in the middle of this causal line. The reason this is weird is because there isn't really any other potential meaning of 'Guardians' here that makes sense that isn't the Guardians in the fencing masks. And it makes sense that those Guardians would follow them when they make a move, since, well, the Guardians are hunting them.

The Real is referenced in Hongjoong's rap - since they are the Real people, ie. genuine

Bright and blinding lights

Burning

Everyone dancing and getting involved

Everyone being unified as one humanity

Being unique and individual (this makes sense since in Strictland people can't be individuals)

Time

Fun fact, the phrase they say in the prechorus that I assume is in Spanish (Ganso que pone huevos de oro) apparently translated to 'goose that lays the golden eggs' or something similar - which, yeah, that makes sense, considering the music video.

Conclusions

It was pretty filler imo. It continued a lot of motifs from previous MVs and stories, but it didn't do anything unique or special itself, except for bury Jongho.

That said, it does seem to be building up to something where ATEEZ get power - a bit like a training montage - so my current prediction is that the next comeback is super storyline-heavy and super Gothic - because ATEEZ can (thankfully for me, based on their track record0 never stay away from the Gothic for long.

I mean, WORK is catchy - but so is almost any song that has a repetitive chorus.

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hi! i was wondering if i could get romantic male twst matchup?

general info:

/ 19 / she/her / enfp / 7w8 /

appearance:

i have vintage, old hollywood type of beauty. i'm 6'2, hourglass figure. i have shaggy golden blonde thick curls. i never cut my hair, so it's very loong. my eyes are amber colored. i have skinny hands with long fingers

my clothing style is something between whimsigothic/bard/adventure/medievalcore and whatever emma from veil is wearing. i love wearing weird shaped rings, earrings, brooches. my favorites are the insect shaped and art nouveau ones.

personality:

i’m kind-hearted, compassionate and caring, but also elegant and ladylike. i'm calm, delicate and sweet, i treat everyone politely and with respect. i'm cheerful, optimistic, friendly and bright. i'm very caring and loving, especially when it comes to family. i'm energetic, bubbly and happy-go-lucky, but i can be very mature when the time comes. i have also very strong sense of duty. i don't take any nonsense and i'm not afraid to stand up to anyone who gets on my bad side. i'm very ambitious, enthusiastic and i like making friends. i find satisfaction in life's simplest gifts. i love adventures, exploring and enjoying the nature. i have morbid, dark and sharp sense of humor. i can be stubborn and overwork myself a lot. i love children. i always related to disney’s miss bianca, maid marian and duchess.

my love languages:

when it comes to giving, it's all five of them, because i'm full of love and i like showing my feelings in different ways

when it comes to recieving... i have no idea (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)

also i don't have a type/prefered traits in partner

hobbies:

ballet. i train ballet dancing since i was 3, this strongly influenced my personality and is important part of my life. whether i'm dancing for myself, just because i feel like that or i'm performing for audience, it brings me great amount of joy.

playing on instruments and singing. i can play on violin, cello, piano, guitar, saxophone, harp, trumpet, drums and balalaika. i like to compose my own songs, sometimes they are full of emotion ballads that i put my whole heart into, and sometimes they are lullabys or silly little chants about most random things. my friends say that if i was a part of dnd campain, i'd be a bard.

archery, fencing, horse riding and survival. quite unusual, but i train and practice them since i was very young, so they are as natural to me as the ability to read or write and they bring me a lot of joy.

herbalism, kinda connected with survival, and gardening. i know herbal medicine, i make my own infusions and tinctures. i work in garden a lot, i grow flowers, vegetables and herbs. my whole house is filled with different kinds of plants, and some of rooms look more like a jungle than an actual room.

cooking and baking. i learn new recipes whenever i have the opportunity. my favorite things to bake are bread and cookies, i love shaping and decorating them in different ways. i also pick mushrooms and dry or pickle them.

learning. about world and universe or learning new skills. i'm deeply fascinated by space and oceans, they're still unknown to humanity, learning about them makes me sigh in wonder and admiration. i also love nature, i could spend days wandering in forests, observing and learning about animals, insects, plants.

sewing, knitting, embroidery, doll making.

i sew most of my clothes and i enjoy making amigurumi and plushies for my friends and family. i also love making dolls, puppets, marionettes. wooden, porcelain, rag, basically every type. i organize puppet theaters, sometimes i give my works as gifts to my loved ones.

art, any kind of art actually. i like to learn about artists and their work, and i like to try different types of art. sculpting, painting, ceramics, photography, filmmaking, i adore them all.

thank you so much for even reading this!

♡ Twisted Wonderland Matchup ♡

Sorry for taking so long! I had tons of requests. Anyway better late than never, so here it is!

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I match you with...

︵‿︵ʚɞ『 Vil Schoenheit 』ʚɞ︵‿︵

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So this one is quite the pick, but after so much thinking I think this fits just right.

I feel like at first you two may clash a lot, Vil has quite the high standards and is quite a no nonsense kind of person, so maybe he thinks you are just a bubbly girl with nothing else, but as he starts to know you he will slowly see how much beauty you truly have, in and out.

He cant help but be impressed in your own self and how elegant and mature you can be.

He will start to notice certain things. Your talent, your personality and how your own style is so unique and beautiful. Now you've got his attention.

Vil really appreciates beauty and elegance. Your own unique style may pique his interest and aligns perfectly with his love for sophistication and artistry. Both of you could inspire and admire each other’s aesthetic.

Your passion for ballet, music, and various forms of art would resonate deeply with Vil. He would be captivated by your musical talents and adore them. He likes someone who can appreciate that, specially as an actor and as a model.

While I don't imagine Vil in a garden, he would really like your talent in gardening and herbalism, specially if that either helps with potions or any sort of beauty product. He loves that.

Your tastes in sports like archery and fencing are quite elegant too, and he would really enjoy you taking care of your body by exercising.

Sewing? Hell yes, give that to the person that can appreciate fashion and aesthetic as well as he does. And if he ever gets his clothes damaged, he would turn for you to help him out.

I feel like you would really be someone who can stand up to him if he ever got to be too much, you would not back down and I feel like Vil will grow fond of that over time.

Sing with him, that would be way too adorable, plus he will grow fond of your voice overtime.

If you ever make a plushie of him, he may see it as not a big deal but will take it anyway. (He totally didn't keep it next to his bed and protects it from any dust, absolutely not)

Even with your quirks, Vil would eventually like them, even if he pretends to be annoyed.

I know he is absolutely affectionate in private, even if he tries to put a mature and elegant front in public. Behind closed doors, he is absolutely enamored by you and will let you know at all times.

Since you also enjoy any form of art, try taking pictures of him, if he likes any he will post them and praise you so much for your skill.

Overall you two would make a beautiful couple, even with quite the headbutting at first, you two would eventually be quite the pair.

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Closer runner ups!

Rook

Silver

I hope you like my pick! I really hope it was of your liking

[mysteryshoptls]

SSR Kalim Al-Asim Tsumsitter Personal Story: Part 3

"A Moment with Kalimtsum III"

(Part 1) (Part 2) Part 3

[Main Street]

Kalim: It's almost nighttime…

Kalim: Aw man, so you're really gonna leave us?

Kalim: We were having such a great time, and we gotta say bye already? That's no fun.

Kalim: Ah, I know! Why don't you become my little brother?

Kalim: Hm? You'd be younger…right?

Kalim: Whatever, either'd work for me!

Kalim: I got tons of little brothers and sisters, so one more won't make a difference. So…

Jamil: Stop it, Kalim.

Jamil: That wild… Even though we don't know if it's wild…

Jamil: Animal… Even though we don't know if it's an animal, either…

Jamil: …Uh, anyway, it won't be happy if you just selfishly trap him here in our human world.

Jamil: The best thing for it would be to go back to its own world. I'm sure.

Kalim: Are you wanting to go home?

Kalim: …I see. Yeah, I get it. You got a home back there.

Kalim: Okay! Then, let's have as much fun as we can before you have to go back!

Kalim: So, it's time for a party!

Jamil: We had one yesterday, already.

Kalim: Then what should we do? Is there something you want to do, little guy?

[Kalimtsum gets an idea and rushes off]

Kalim: Where're you going? Alright! I'll follow you anywhere!

Jamil: …That was close.

Jamil: If that Tsum decided to stick around… I shudder to think about how much work it'd be for me to watch over it.

[Classroom]

Kalim: Oh, the Pop Music Club's room? Oh, do you want to perform something?

[Kalimtsum plays the drums]

Kalim: Wooooah! That's some technique you got there! I didn't know you could also play the drums!

Jamil: Seriously, how is it playing with those short arms and legs…?

Kalim: Ahaha. Don't sweat the details. It's so good at playing!

Kalim: Oooh, I gotcha! Let's do it together!

[Courtyard]

Kalim: Time for a jam session! One, two, three!

[Kalim and Kalimtsum plays the drums]

Kalim: Awesome. We're totally in sync. Keep going!

[Kalim and Kalimtsum continue to play the drums]

Scarabia Student: Hey, isn't that Dorm Leader? What's he doing?

Savanaclaw Student: Is this a live performance? Looks fun!

Pomefiore Student: This beat's pretty sick. I just want to start dancing!

Heartslabyul Student: Me too!

Kalim: Hey, look! There's a bunch of people showing up!

Kalim: Ooh, yeah! We still have some of that food leftover that Jamil brought, right?

Kalim: Since we got this crowd, we should share it with everyone! Let's eat, drink, and party!

Kalim: HEY, EVERYONE! COME ON OVER! MAKE SOME NOISE!

Jamil: Good grief. So it basically turned into a party after all.

Kalim: Ahaha, this is so much fun! But we gotta go harder!

Kalim: YOU AND ME, WE'RE GONNA GET EVERYONE IN THIS SCHOOL DANCING!

(Part 1) (Part 2) Part 3

[backtotheo]

(joe keery, he/him/his, cismale) who is theo clark anyways? ew. you don’t know about him, we’ll bet you want to. they’re feeling thirty and singing karaoke feels like a perfect night to them. rumor has it they’re indecisive and have low self-esteem because they care, but they’re also intelligent and adaptable in the best way. he works to make a little money as an employee at the animal shelter (...but he also walks dogs on rover on the side). they’ve rented on a place on cornelia street in the form of an an apartment. back to december and long live are the song they could dance to the beat of forevermore. (tw: cancer, about 3/4's of the way into the "backstory" section here!)

basics.

full name: theodore james clark. nicknames: honestly? most people just call him theo, though teddy is a family nickname he'd probably still respond to. gender/pronouns: cismale/he/him/his. sexual orientation: extremely bisexual. birthday: july 22nd. star sign: cancer. cancers are known to be highly intuitive, sensitive...and insecure. occupation: proud employee of the animal care center of new york...and he walks dogs for rover on the side.

personality.

positive traits: intelligent, adaptable, caring, honest, empathetic. negative traits: realistic pessimistic, indecisive, blunt, sensitive…but like not talking about those feelings ever?,  low self esteem while being self-centered. hogwarts house: i know jrk sucks and we do not claim her but the man is a hufflepuff…but a burned one. alignment: chaotic neutral. ennegram: 4w5. personality type: infj. 

backstory.

his childhood was normal. happy, even. except for the part where his parents never let him have a dog because they were 'too busy' for one.

because his parents both had pretty demanding jobs, he was put in a ton of after school activities, but he kind of sucked at sports. so he joined boy scouts and took a bunch of different music lessons. he's pretty decent at guitar and piano and can fake his way through some accordion in a pinch.

theo is the oldest of three and was the child his parents placed their hopes on. his mother is a well-known pediatric oncologist at pittsburgh children's hospital and his father teaches biology at carnegie mellon. everyone assumed that theo would follow in their footsteps. and he did...sort of

he studied biology even though it wasn't really his thing because he wasn't paying for college, his parents were...and he minored in both music theory and psychology, which he liked more.

he met one of he most important people in his life while attending duquesne university in caroline davis.

...they didn't hit it off right away. in fact, at first, she was a bit of a thorn in his side. but a little bonding over a mutual love of music (and the food trucks on campus...) and they clicked. he asked her out around homecoming that first year and the rest is history.

they dated for years. it was very serious. he was two weeks away from buying a ring, honestly. but they spent a really big chunk of their relationship long-distance and it was just...hard. he really fucking loves loved her. but you know what they say...if you love it, let it go. or whatever.

during college, he made spending money at a work study job at the school library, but he made more walking dogs so he quit the work study job and started pet-sitting and dog walking most evenings.

this is where his love of animals began and only started to grow the more he spent times with classmates' and neighbors' pets. he decided to apply to vet school instead of med school, much to his mom's chagrin.

he got in!

...and he dropped out 2 semesters in because he hated it.

theo kept up a pretty big lie for the better part of a year, working odd jobs around pittsburgh and maintaining his off-campus apartment and dodging his parents' questions...until his dad was a guest lecturer to one of his vet school classes and he was nowhere to be found.

his parents gave him two choices: go back to vet school or go back to college and get a degree he would use.

theo chose neither. he packed up his shit, hopped on a bus, and moved to new york city with a collection of cassette tapes, a duffel bag of clothes, and whatever was left in his bank account to his name.

his parents didn't exactly disown him during this period, but they didn't reach out. he found out his mom was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer about 2 months after his move...and she'd been diagnosed a month prior. he heard it from one of his siblings and tried to reach out, but didn't get a response.

she passed away eight months after her diagnosis. he never got a chance to make amends and it's one of his biggest regrets.

he has since reconciled with his dad, but that's something that just..you don't just get over that. he's struggled with it mightily and with the help of a good therapist, he's starting to forgive himself. some.

he intended on reconnecting with caroline when he got there but...well, that didn't turn out so well.

so he couch surfed for a while until he could accept the first non-sketchy craigslist roommate ad he could find and moved into his cornelia street apartment.

he's not sure what he wants to do, really, so he's worked a lot of odd jobs since moving to the city. he's worked at almost every starbucks in an eight block radius of his apartment, bartended for a while, tried his hand working a food truck...but nothing seemed to stick. he paid rent by ubereats-ing most months, until he started walking neighbors' dogs and found something he kind-of-doesn't-hate.

during this in-between time is when he sort of got back into music. one job, he played piano in a restaurant's main dining room. another was a bar where he sweet talked his way into a few gigs. probably ended up meeting the rest of the electric touch crew during this period!

now he's working at the animal shelter, walking dogs using rover, and playing some gigs on the side. thank god for dogs and music.

plots n' stuff.

a roommate. or a few? i could see him having a few to keep costs low and i didn't snag any of the premade skellies for this so if you're down i'm down

found family/besties. i love those vibes especially given he's essentially upped and move away from home knowing like 2 people in the entire city.

people with dogs. either people whose dogs he walks or neighbors who happen to have them. he's like a dog whisperer so if you need a pet sitter he's your guy.

or! shelter volunteers!!!

people from any and all odd job he used to have. like a regular at the coffee shop who can't get their order right now because he left or a co-worker who helped him create a sandwich that's still on a menu at a local restaurant?

random hookups would be an option tbh. he came to new york intending to, like, win back his ex in some kind of rom-com bullshit way, but...well, it hasn't worked out so far.

someone who thought their hookup was more serious than it was would be kind of funny too. we live for miscommunications.

would love some kind of enemies/animosity plot. we'd have to talk it through. could've started with something little and spiraled or maybe they're just besties with caroline and are on her side. or maybe he accidentally ran over your muse's dog's tail on his bike :/

i'm dani. 32. friendly, promise! and i'm open to plotting pretty much anything, honestly! DM's here or on discord are always open to figure some stuff out. i'm danisaurus. over on discord and i'm really looking forward to writing with you all!

[frankenhxmie]

jonathan ‘johnny’ loughran is based on jonathan from hotel transylvania. he is a 27 year old human, dj at neverland and uses he/him pronouns. he has no powers.

penned by HARPER.

reflection

face claim: hunter doohan sexuality: heterosexual height: 6' eye color: hazel hair color: light brown piercings: n/a tattoos: n/a

attitude

positive traits: ambitious, accepting, easygoing, funny, wholesome, playful negative traits: fantastical, gullible, scaredy-cat, nosy, nervous, impulsive likes: backpacking, the outdoors, his longboard, weird animal species, taking pictures, his mixing board, vintage teeshirts, the smell of pickles, sandwiches, house music, karaoke, spray paint, dancing like no one's watching, bats dislikes: being scared, the dark, country music, being lied to, uptight people, talking about his family, airplanes, cinnamon, sad commercials about puppies in shelters phobias:  n/a hobbies:  working on his house mixes, singing karaoke, long boarding around town, reading graphic novels, thrift shopping, listening to music and working on his air guitar solo, defending monsters of all kinds, trying to be friends with everyone, recounting his travels around the world aesthetic: the sound of a longboard rolling on the asphalt, the feeling of a club pulsing with bass-infused music, the snapping of fingers in a room where everyone is supposed to be quiet, the cracking open of an energy drink, sneakers with the laces never tied

relations

mother: linda loughran father: mike loughran sibling(s):  there's seven of them, he's a middle child, all that matters. pet(s): n/a... yet.

headcanons

🎧 johnny is a super laid back, go with the flow, vibe until you can’t no-more kind of person. it’s really hard to throw him off his rhythm, though evermore has thrown tons of wrenches into his tires to try to get him to spiral off the road. johnny just keeps letting it roll.  🎧 as much as he likes to consider himself an unbiased dj, the way he’s feeling tends to reflect itself in the music he plays. he’s gotten some… criticism for the questionable selections he makes sometimes, but he just thinks that everyone needs to relax and just trust him. or drink more so he sounds better. whichever was easier. 🎧 johnny’s got a thing for brunettes… well, more like girls with dark hair. dark hair and pale skin and big beautiful eyes he can stare at forever before his eyes start to sting because he forgot to blink. it also helps if they’re a vampire, toootttally helps if they’re a vampire. also if their name starts with an m. all letters are good letters but…. m is special. 🎧 johnny is a bit of an airhead sometimes, but in his heart he means well. he may not be the most textbook intelligent kind of guy but he cares too much for his own good sometimes. he’s willing to trust just about anyone and always assumes the best of people. even monsters — especially monsters. 🎧 he got used to wearing clothes that were too big on him, and it became a style that just kind of stuck. johnny holds a personal vendetta against the person who said parachute pants “aren’t in style” and always makes sure to buy his shirts two sizes too big. he prefers thrifting because it’s cheap, but also because you find some of the wildest shit on those tee-shirt racks…. and who doesn’t want a tee-shirt that has a big picture of a moth that says “uh, ya’ll got any lamps??” they’re crazy!! 🎧 johnny isn’t much of a drinker, but boy does he indulge in weed. johnny loooovveeess weed. He’ll smoke it anyway, at anytime, for any reason, with anyone.  🎧 johnny’s got a weird thing for nice smelling shampoo. the rest of his hygiene routine is pretty basic but he loves getting the overly-complex scented shampoos at the store. you can likely find him in the shower aisle of a store sniffing every bottle with a name that has more than two words in it. his favorite right now “passion flower rice milk”... since when did rice make milk?? that was sick.  🎧 as goofy and unserious as he finds himself to be sometimes, johnny has a big heart. he loves deeply, cares immensely, and even when he can’t find the words to say what he means — his eyes will speak it for him. then again, johnny is scared of his big feelings sometimes and will be the first to tuck them away for the sake of someone else. he’ll happily put himself and his feelings off to the side if it will make things easier on someone else. love’s all about sacrifice or something like that, right ?? 🎧 neverland is where he spends most of his time when he isn’t at the tavern or out looking for mavis. if he’s working, he’s obviously there. If he’s not, he’s likely still there. johnny loves karaoke and making a huge fool of himself on stage, feeling like the coolest guy in the world when he’s up and making people dance and sing and laugh. he wants to have a good time, so in turn, he wants others to have a good time too.

[vt-scribbles]

Y'know I know ask games are for people to, y'know, send in asks. But I don't see people often just. Fill it all out themselves. Fuck it I'll help out the shy people.

SO ASK GAME BELOW 'READMORE' LET'S GO

1. Art programs you have but don't use: MS Paint, Blender, I used to have WAY more like this one painting [like actual paint] program.

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even): Left is easiest, Right is in the middle, and forward is the hardest of those three for me.

3. What ideas come from when you were little: I was fascinated by G/T from like. 3 years old. I blame Super Mario Land 2 LMAO

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw: Handheld, perspective, monsters/creatures, and massive scale

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself: Uhhh probably about 50/50? A lot of things I draw are spoilers, shitposts, and other study art I don't bother sharing.

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it): Not that I can think of? My art doesn't get analyzed super often. I think people think I study anime more than I do.

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate: Charcoal, watercolors, sculpture, oil pastels, acrylic, copic markers

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in: Originally I was going to make an AMV with my two characters, Nonny and Felicia, to the song 'shut up and dance with me'. These two aren't active OCs anymore, and the project was WAY too ambitious for my skill level 9 years ago lmao.

9. What are your file name conventions: 1: Name of song I listened to on loop while drawing. 2: An inside joke. 3: Literal rep of what's on the canvas like 'Hema doodles Aug 2023'.

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw: Body suits, capes, scarves

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what: TONS. My fave lyrical music, videogame soundtracks, sometimes just ambiance if I'm overwhelmed. Usually tho it's the same song on loop till I get the inspired piece out of my system.

12. Easiest part of body to draw: Eyes!

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing: A lot of NSFW artists who I won't list here LMAO. I don't go to that school, but their art skills are top-notch.

14. Any favorite motifs: Mirrors, doppelgangers, leaving 1 eye absent for emotional effect, feathers/wings, falling, sinking into water, eyes, dark palettes with bright accents/light sources, glowing eyes, flowing hair, size difference/scale, fucked up version of self vs real version

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth): Starbucks, home, parks if I'm feelin spicy, anywhere I take my tablet for the day.

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing: A lot of my niche/kink stuff tends to get pretty dredge-y for me. I may be good at it, but it's not where my passion lies. That's in animation, fantasy, dramatic stuff, storytelling, etc.

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what: Water or Snapple for the drink, milk if it's bedtime so I can settle down, and then usually the snacks are just whatever my lunch is for the day since we don't have a table.

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken: Not many! Less than $100 I'd say. I'm very careful with my supplies, and I don't believe I've ever broken a tablet. The worst I've done was I busted 1 or 2 cheap tablet pens with stupidity.

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.): Definitely nature. Tree trunks and swirls therein, flowers, grass.

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy: Humans! Not that it's an 'everyone' thing, I just run in some furry circles where human artists are a rarity. Eyes, too. Some people find expressions rly hard.

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways: Uhhh man damn, I don't follow a lot of art styles that aren't something I took inspo from? But I guess Wolf Walkers is my biggest one.

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any: Sooometimes I stretch, but I don't do it nearly often enough.

23. Do you use different layer modes: Yep! My most common ones are Multiply, Glow Dodge, Add, Add Glow, Overlay, Pin Light, and Color.

24. Do your references include stock images: Absolutely! Reference is important.

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by: Not much! Most of my inspirations are pretty clear-cut and strong. Avatar, SU, Disney, Dreamworks, FMA, some Warner Brothers' movies, etc.

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended: God, so, the G/T gif of mine that makes the rounds a lot? The one where VT finds someone small and it's their POV and he helps them and puts them in his shirt pocket??? Most people were completely normal about that post. But then there's one chuckle-head who was calling it pocket-vore, and I wanted to scream. I even chastised them like 'hey uh, no. That's not what this is.' and they argued back with 'well it's up to the eye of the beholder more than your opinion.' and I was like 'UH NO. I MADE THIS. MY OPINION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR WEIRD ONE???' I've also RAAARELY had people call my characters underaged when they're all well over 21, so those are always gross/wild LMAO.

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with: Sometimes! I usually do an anatomy study, brush stroke warm-ups, or just doodle something personal first.

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines): I think Multi Animator Projects [MAPS] would count here! I was part of Starclan's Chosen, Change Your Mind [Brambleclaw], Levitating, Family of Me [fallenleaves], Goosebumps Warriors MAP, Pay No Mind MEP, LA Devotee [never finished], White Rabbit, and Fear Garden! Among others :>

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically: Not much! Pretty much everything I love inspires me artistically. I guess some anime styles?

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated: Pretty much any of my animations. But I only feel that way cuz they take THE MOST dedication and work time. Also kiiiinda my writing? But a lot of people have trouble getting people to respond to literature, so.

[chronologicalhomestuck]

karkat pov liveblog: hivebent, part 4

karkat sees something very upsetting on his computer while on gamzee's planet. they dont have the viewports yet so this must be his sburb player. wow his hair kinda looks like anime badboy hair vents right now lmao

rip sollux :(

karkats dismay here is really sad when you get to it like this. like oh wow yeah. he tried so hard to make this work. he got so far. but sollux didnt QUITE make it. look he was SO CLOSE. he had his totem ready to make his entry item and everything!

damn thats harsh jack. cmon stop slapping him his bestie just died horribly. check out gamzee's cool rocket unicycle! looks like a wweird fishy guy is bothering both of them...i think we are skipping that from this pov tho.

very understandable reaction from karkat. that corpse looks pretty nasty! but hey at least sollux is ok.

CG: THIS IS AN EMPTY THREAT, BECAUSE IF YOU MADE A BOARD AT ANY POINT ON THE TIMELINE I WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT RIGHT HERE AND READ THE WHOLE THING ALREADY. CG: WAIT... CG: OH GOD, YOU ACTUALLY DID. GC: Y3SSSSS! GC: FUTUR3 T3R3Z1 1S LOOK1NG PR3TTY COOL R1GHT 4BOUT NOW >8]

i dont remember how much i should know about this right now (had i read this in the order it is written) but it is fun feeling like these characters trying to deal with this timeline shit.

CG: LOOK I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FRUITY RUMPUS ASSHOLE FACTORY. CG: WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT GOING AFTER THE QUEEN'S RING. GC: W3LL GC: TH3 TH1NG TH4T 1S 4LL 4BOUT 1T 1S GC: W3 H4V3 TO GO 4FT3R TH3 QU33NS R1NG GC: 1T 1S 4 N3W M1SS1ON CG: BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO PULL OFF REGISURP WITH JACK. CG: WHY DON'T WE TAKE IT ONE MISSION AT A TIME. GC: Y34H 4BOUT TH4T GC: TH3 WHOL3 PO1NT 1S TO D3STROY TH3 R1NG SO J4CK DO3SNT G3T 1T CG: WHY WOULD WE WANT TO DO THAT, JACK'S AN ALLY. GC: 4LSO GC: TH3 M1SS1ON SORT OF 1NVOLV3S 3X1L1NG J4CK TOO GC: >:|

regisurp is still in progress, but looks like it has been...terezisurped >:]

CG: THIS IS BULLSHIT. CG: WE'RE NOT EXILING JACK, HE'S COOL. GC: K4RK4T, H3 1S NOT TH4T COOL! CG: YES HE IS, HE'S A TOTAL BADASS WITH A FUCK TON OF BLADES AND SHIT, AND HE'S HELPING US OUT.

we did see jack speaking to karkat as his exile a few pages ago, so we know he needs to get exiled...but karkat is not on board with this plan!

CG: THE BOTTOM LINE IS I AM NOT GOING TO EXILE JACK BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN SMELL MALICE OFF AN INTERPRETIVE DANCE. GC: K4RK4T, H3S 4 J3RK! GC: H3 H4S ST4BB3D YOU ON MOR3 TH4N ON3 OCC4S1ON! CG: SOME OF THOSE STABBINGS WERE ACCIDENTAL! GC: >8| CG: OK, WELL I KNOW FOR A FACT THE THIRD TIME WAS ACCIDENTAL.

he has been stabbed by jack several times, and on purpose at least twice. and yet he still thinks they are besties. what is wrong with him.

CG: ANYWAY YOU'VE BEATEN THE SHIT OUT OF ME A FEW TIMES YOURSELF. GC: BUT 1 D1DN'T DR4W BLOOD!

getting a bit blackrom there, eh?

GC: 1 M34N 1 COULD H4V3 TO S4T1SFY MY CUR1OS1TY >:] GC: BUT 1 D1DNT 4S 4 COURT3SY TO YOU GC: S1NC3 YOU ST1LL W4NT TO K33P 1T 4 S3CR3T FROM M3 L1K3 4 P3TUL4NT L1TTL3 W1GGL3R >:P CG: HEY I PROMISED I'D TELL YOU. CG: I JUST CG: WASN'T READY OK GC: W3LL GC: 1TS OK GC: 1 KNOW WH4T COLOR YOUR BLOOD 1S 4NYW4Y >:]

as sweet as this is... very interesting, terezi...

GC: 1 F1GUR3D 1T OUT MYS3LF CG: HOW GC: 1 GOT 4 CLOS3R LOOK GC: R3M3MB3R >:] CG: NO GC: PFFF YOU 4R3 PL4Y1NG SO DUMB, YOU KNOW 3X4CTLY WH4T 1 4M T4LK1NG 4BOUT

...very interesting indeed...!

CG: I CLEANED UP MY WOUND AND CHANGED MY SHIRT BEFORE I EVEN MET YOU, I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL. CG: SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL ME IN. GC: 1T W4S WH3N 1 GOT CLOS3 3NOUGH GC: TO SM3LL 1T UND3R YOUR SK1N GC: PL34S3 K4RK4T, DO NOT PR3T3ND TH4T YOU FORGOT 4BOUT OUR L1TTL3 MOM3NT CG: WHOA CG: YOU MEAN CG: DURING CG: FUCK. CG: OK SHHHHHHHHHH SHH SHH SHH...

🤨🤨🤨 now what exactly do u mean by that karkat. 🤨🤨 yall make out? 🤨🤨🤨

CG: WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN PERSON. GC: HOW "1N P3RSON" DO YOU M34N?

🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

GC: YOU H4V3 NOT 3V3N S33N SK414 Y3T CG: HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WAKE UP. GC: 1 DONT KNOW! GC: SOM3TH1NG D1FF3R3NT DO3S 1T FOR 3V3RYBODY CG: HOW MANY OF US ARE AWAKE NOW?

its gonna be a while before that happens, buddy. and not under great circumstances, either.

GC: HOW 4BOUT 1F GC: 1 T3LL YOU 4LL 4BOUT TH4T STUFF N3XT T1M3 W3 4R3 "1N P3RSON" >;] GC: 1N F4CT, 1 W1LL T3LL YOU WH3N YOU W4K3 UP! GC: UNT1L TH3N 1 W1LL K33P T4BS ON YOU 1N YOUR TOW3R WH1L3 YOU SL33P L1K3 4 L1TTL3 HON3Y P4J4M4'D PUP4 N3STL3D 1N H1S COCOON CG: WAIT LET ME GUESS. CG: DO I LOOK ADORABLE????????? GC: 4CTU4LLY GC: YOU LOOK K1ND OF L1K3 4 B1G P1L3 OF SM3LLY B4RF CG: WOW, WHAT THE FUCK. GC: OF COOOOUUUUURS3 YOU DO, DUMB4SS >:]

gosh, i love them. i forgot how much i love them

GC: DONT WORRY 4BOUT TH3 R1NG M1SS1ON GC: YOU C4N ST4Y BUSY W1TH R3G1SURP GC: 1 W1LL ORG4N1Z3 TH3 N3W M1SS1ON MYS3LF

and so both missions begin to be carried out simultaneously! regisurp will still be in action, while terezi plans to destroy the ring and exile jack...i suppose they dont conflict yet?

ill be back after dinner with a conclusion to hivebent >:]