#at this rate it won’t

[the-merry-otter]

It’s amazing how, when you do sewing, the sewing gets done. Idk, sounds fake to me

[galaxyytrash]

Love wins

[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

Mattel cancelling dolls and discontinuing lines because they aren’t selling well is just so annoying.

They aren’t selling well because they’re fucking ugly.

That’s literally it.

[tanadrin]

Every single licensed piece of LOTR media after the original Peter Jackson trilogy has been absolute dogshit, and I am rather glad about that—it means that as the years go by, the odds of having to endure a remake are pretty low, and the original cultural place of the books will never quite be displaced. I think it also keeps the churn of Extruded Lord of the Rings Product down—unlike Star Wars, where everybody is hoping to make the next Andor or Rogue One, hopefully nobody has any illusions their LOTR project doesn’t fucking suck. And it’s only 20 years until LOTR enters the public domain, and people can do whatever they want with it.

Also helps that the bar is quite high—not only were the Jackson films pretty darn good, the books are genuinely terrific. Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and a lot of other stabs at the Next Big IP are fundamentally medium-to-bad in a way that establishes the bar for a “good” entry in the series pretty low. I like the original Star Trek a lot, for instance, but it’s not exactly one of the all time best written and produced TV shows! Whereas the LOTR books are well written enough there’s a noticeable disjunction in quality even just between bits of the movies that quote them or adapt them closely and bits Jackson made up—and that gulf becomes titanic in the hands of writers and directors who are even worse at Tolkien pastiche than 2000s Jackson (like, say, 2010s Jackson).

[jae-lounge]

the first thing that crossed my mind when i saw THAT back

[teamfreewill58]

Remember when Mokuba got kidnapped for the like 8th time and he and Anzu were sitting there right before building this escape route and Mokuba goes “If I can get out, I can have Kaiba Corporation crush the Ghouls.” (Episode 72 3:02)

Like Mokuba that’d be great but how about you start with taking preventative measures to stop you getting kidnapped?

We love you and you are resourceful but you also spent 85% of your time in this series being kidnapped. With how rich you are you can afford at least a taser. Seto lets him walk around without bodyguards and yet every time Mokuba gets kidnapped Seto is like:

[chenouttachen]

breaking news: thame from mars spotted walking with known oner employee between the bus stop and home of said employee over and over and over and over again with no mask and no effort to disguise his appearance. are they dating, or are they just friends?

[overtake]

red bull: daniel’s bad habits from mclaren are fixed, he did well in the sim, and his tire test was so good that we immediately knew he was ready to be in a car.

alpha tauri & yuki: daniel’s feedback on the car has been instrumental, and he performed so well in difficult race conditions even though he didn’t have any upgrades and had some bad luck.

rando twitter user who doesn’t have the data, didn’t know liam lawson’s name three weeks ago, and constantly insults the way red bull quickly drops drivers who don’t perform: they’re only letting him drive for pr even though he’s a washed up failure.

[quibbs126]

You do Oc x Canon child?

Well...

Can You can do a fan child of my oc Starlit Choco Cookie with Dark Choco Cookie!

[My first ever requesting a fanchild]

Sorry this took so long, but I finally got around to finishing him, this is Dusk Choco Cookie

…Okay I’m gonna be honest, I mostly finished him up because I felt I needed to keep drawing today, and he just needed his outfit finished. So in all honesty, I don’t really know/remember what his personality was. And unfortunately my old notes don’t have anything other than him being a guy

Well, I do know he’s a swordsman like his father and grandfather, and he’s the quiet sort. Despite this, he’s not really similar to them in personality, though I don’t know how to describe how he differs other than he focuses on his individuality more than anything? Like yes he’ll protect his home and people, and he enjoys doing so, but he’ll only rule out of obligation, not because it’s something he aspires to do

He’s very fond of gardens as well, and finds fireflies quite beautiful, because they’re like little living stars. I don’t really know where he’s living, whether it’s the Dark Cacao Kingdom or not, so I don’t know how often he’s realistically seeing them. Though most likely he is living there, so floral gardens are probably more of a rarity. But maybe that’s why he treasures them so

Currently he travels the world, looking to hone his skills (though thankfully not looking for any cursed objects of power)

And I think that’s about all I have for him in all honesty. Sorry, it’s really not much, especially considering the wait time (I mean it’s only been a few months, as compared to others, but you know)

Well anyways, on to design things

Dusk Choco technically isn’t named after any specific food, more like dusk and also chocolate. His mom’s name is Starlit Choco, so I figured it should be star/night themed, and Midnight Choco I had already saved for my Dark Cacao/Moonlight kid, so I ended up with Dusk Choco. Doesn’t really mean anything, but I think it sounds pretty nice regardless

I came up with the hair long ago, so I don’t really remember the process behind that. Today’s sketch work was mostly the outfit, which I sort of ended up centering on the belt and gauntlets I had already made prior

For some reason I decided to look up 500s England outfits for potential inspiration here. Not really sure why other than one of yesterday’s Transformers episodes taking place in that time period with Arthurian legend, and Starlit Choco giving me vaguely fantasy England vibes when I looked at her. I do get it’s entirely wrong to Dark Choco’s theme though

But I mean, I got some neat looking outfit ideas out of this picture, so I used it for some basis and went from there, mainly the bottom tunic and the side cloak

I also want to say I got some inspiration from this one outfit I have tucked away somewhere in my photos for Dark Cacao references, but I don’t know how much it came through

The pin for his cloak was originally supposed to be an Oreo piece like his dad, but I didn’t like how it looked, and I eventually instead changed it to be a rose like his mom

I wasn’t really sure how to do his colors other than blues, but I gave him the silver because I thought it looked good with them (also Midnight Choco was blue and gold). The pinks were originally a gold-ish color, due to me looking up pictures of dusk and seeing some yellow in there. But I thought it clashed a bit too much with the blues so I tweaked it to the pink it is now

Honestly I think I like the pink, and it and the blue cloak kind of reminds me of the Sleeping Beauty dress colors. Which I think kind of fits the vibe I was going for?

But yeah overall, I don’t think he turned out horrible. Maybe he could have been better, but I still think he turned out alright as he is now. Maybe a little too European though

But yeah, that’s Dusk Choco. I hope you at least enjoy him!

[poppy5991]

After Jin’s death, Toga lashes out at Ochako in an empty house and gives up on any hope of understanding or salvation.

Then she wakes up in an alternate life where things are very different and very much the same. Compassion blooms, but can she and Ochako ever reach each other? Or are they doomed to be passing ships in the night in every life?

———

Come get y’all angst

I’ve finally got a firm grip on the plotting for this so I’ve posted the first three chapters! Fair warning: I’m not sure how frequent updates will be, but I’m gonna try my best! It’s more character study heavy than my usual stuff so I hope you like it!

[tigresslanzhu]

If Sing 3 doesn’t earn its PG rating for mild rude humor, language and excessive lying, we may have a problem.

[bestoftheclones]

Update on Megatron’s health: Where the frag is Knockout?

[hotshitno2]

Not to focus on the wrong things of this chapter or anything but watching Aqua struggle to make it in the entertainment industry for 128 chapters just to watch his rating be worse than a lot of random side characters that just appeared in this chapter is so funny help 💀

[bowandbrush]

I love (very few, specific, niche) fictional ships (from few, specific niche fandoms) displayed in a loving, pg manner but if I see real people doing the same things, be it even a close person I love, I have to refrain from gagging like an 8 year old boy. I find the concept of romance nice and have no problem playing make-believe with fictional characters. but in real life even handholding is unnerving

Once I was walking down an empty bass pro shop hallway and walked in on a young guy innocently hugging his girlfriend from behind, just simple PDA. And I swear my heart dropped and I almost fell and I scampered away like a frightened deer

[white-poppie]

God please stop me from growing any taller, I’m already 5’7 I’ll turn into a giant 😭😭😭😭

[ibouchouchou]

jude is such a vital player for real madrid, like he’s sooo important. complete midfielder. he literally puts his body on the line for that team. and he’s the definition of a clutch player.