#becoming a goat

[tani-b-art]

Now, the ridiculous online blabber and faux counter arguments are that A’ja plays the “slowest” position at center and with that, she isn’t guarded by the “best” or the most “athletic” players on the other teams and she has a leverage in her favor because of that with her not playing a forward.

(didn’t I tell y’all that because she continues to excel that they’d concoct something and anything to deny her greatness)

That one anon/undercover A’ja lover once sent me an anon saying A’ja shouldn’t have gotten her DPOYs because she doesn’t guard the “best” opponent because she’s a center and only guards other centers. (either it’s payola or anti-fans are having secret meetings planning to come up with the next weak reasonings—must be an e-manual with scripted verbiage)

So, once again:

A’ja routinely is at center but she can switch up and play forward too. She interchanges between the two. With that, she also guards both centers and forwards. She’ll typically play center and guard a center but at times, she’ll play at center and guard a forward or play at forward and guard a center.

She’s a center (that can be a forward too) that drives to the paint from the top of the key or down the baseline against guards, forwards and centers. She’s a center (that can be a forward too) with ball handles and can cross up guards, forwards and centers. She’s a center (that can be a forward too) that brings the ball up and down the full length of the court. She’s a center (that can be a forward too) that is very automatic with her bankable, signature mid-range jumper from any angle and can pull the center or forward guarding her far out of their spot around the paint and knock down 3s. She’s blocking any player regardless of position. She’s guarding any player of any position. And her opponents’ entire lineup guards her. From point guards to forwards. [and this doesn’t even scratch the surface of her 23-24 highlights; didn’t include any from 22 at all, the other yr she earned her first DPOY]

What she is is unguardable and multi-positioned and she’s inching her way to being a guard which is going to make her positionless.

[akanemnon]

Family game night

[anuphim]

doodle dump !

[acoraxia]

his name is Jahel; they have a p neat 'friendship'

[waitineedaname]

plotting out a mountain goats themed road trip what do y'all think

[infernal-lamb]

some rushed doodles of our new goat darling........I have so many plans for them

[tubbytarchia]

Missed drawing these two too

Bonuses

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Congratulations to TEAM CHEESE for winning the popular vote on the Charcuterie poll!

[axolotluv]

Purplinder

[audible301]

There’s a world where Zelda and Mary Ann became friends freshman year.

Theres a world where these two quiet, awkward, nerdy teenage girls with RAGE found each other in a class for traditional barbarians and bonded over their not fitting in.

There’s a world where Mary Ann becomes an ally to the bad kids after Zelda gets kidnapped.

There’s a world where even after Zelda joins the seven she and Mary Ann train together because they just get each other.

There’s a world where they help each other with that instead of both being mentored by Porter.

You cannot look at me for a second and tell me Porter is able to pretend to know how to connect with either of them but goddamn do their strengths and weaknesses compliment each other.

[ourrechte-blog]

A Funny Take on Damian killing Danny

Yes, this is demon twins au. You know the trope, Ra's Al Ghul makes Damian and Danyal fight to the death. Now here's the humorous take

Damian loves killing his brother. Sure, the killing itself isn't fun, but what comes after? He loves it. Because in his pit madness, Danyal behaves like a badger. And Damian, inheriting his father's lack of self preservation, has absolutely no problem trying to wrangle the feral animal that is his brother

[thefloatingstone]

btw I would just like to point out that Gävlebocken wasn't burnt down in 2019 nor was it burned down in 2020.

And you saw how that went for us.

BURN THE OFFERING TO APPEASE THE OLD GODS!!!!

[acerola-tree]

reading mean spirited comments on skip and loafer new chapter is crazy like bro...you've read 64 chapters of this manga about kindness and friendship and you're still bitter like this smh

[s0fter-sin]

fainting goat hybrid!ghost whose father and brother loved to scare him and make him faint; exploiting a weakness he didn’t understand and didn’t know how to stop. they took sadistic pleasure in watching his body lock up and fall to the ground with no hope of catching himself until he ended up with more bruises and scrapes from falling than from being beaten

that helplessness chafed at him and he forced himself through the drawbacks of his biology to secure a place in the military, even with the prejudice against prey animals. just for him to take a mission in mexico and find himself enduring the “hospitality” of roba who thinks his involuntary paralysis is a great deal of fun; especially when he learns he’s conscious the whole time

what haunts ghost most is his waking autopsy

not the pain of the incisions, not the trauma of watching roba reach into his body and play with his insides, but the knowledge that he couldn't get away because his own body betrayed him. he wasn't put under, no drugs coursed through his system. he didn’t have restraints fitted on him to lock him to the operating table. it wasn’t necessary

roba just had to make him faint first

after digging himself out of his grave, ghost puts himself on a dangerous cocktail of muscle relaxers and other medications; hormones that block hybrid instincts, vasodilators to increase blood flow and stop his muscles locking up, anti-anxiety meds to cut off his surprise response at the root. he puts his body through the wringer to the point that medical is constantly worried for his health and shocked that he isn't regularly OD’ing

but he will never let his body betray him again

[grape-souffle]

Back with some cult of the lamb art!

[bunabi]

hi any advice for a person who's trying to become a professional artist? everywhere I look in any art adjacent industry people are losing their jobs left and right,being underpaid or are freelancing while working a side job,I swear the only ppl doing well are the ai art bitches…I feel like I'm aboard a sinking ship 🥲🫠

I applied to multiple postings yesterday and honestly I don't know anymore 🫠

The illustrator + 2D generalist + concept artist hiring pools are pretty full right now with all the layoffs

Without connections or an insane online following idk how students and entry-level folks are supposed to make it anymore

Recommendations through positive word-of-mouth from my previous clients has been keeping me afloat so far + commissions + patreon, and I'm blessed with a super supportive parent; if I didn't have those things — and if I was able or willing to do a 9-to-5 office job— I would not be in a position to handle this

And honestly AI is a huge issue, don't get me wrong, but it plays a small part of why these creative industries are collapsing.

It's the unforgiving hours, the low pay, the burnout, the layoffs disrupting entire chains of communication, sudden project cancellations due to trend-chasing and investor expectations and internal politics, the looming uncertainty of the future. The unsustainable profit-first infrastructure is just finally buckling I fear.

Possible workaround: pop off as a fan artist and build a following large enough to subsist on subscriptions. Make a new draw-with-me tiktok every other day and/or stream for five to eight hours a day three times a week. I am in no way joking about this. It's a lot of work to get there but at least it yields consistent results. 🧍🏾‍♀️