#but! I am determined to try!

[aethersea]

hey, what about conman in a bottle? <3

wip wednesday game

Elizabeth Burke, née Mitchell, was from a minor branch of one of the oldest families in the kingdom. Her marriage to a merchant’s third son had been something of a small scandal, but even when he’d had nothing to offer her but promises, she’d never hesitated in her choice. 

So Neal liked to believe, anyway. By the time he’d had reason to look into the Burkes, Peter had already been a rising star of the [magic crimes division], and everyone agreed that Lady Elizabeth had been either very shrewd or very lucky.

[zodiac-monkey]

[scissorcraft]

post-canon siffrin design!!!! might change it up more of course but!!!! yeah!!!!

he does HAVE something to represent odile and bonnie too,,, it's not just his partners (romantic & queerplatonic), he's got his family too, i just don't know where to put them yet :) so for now assume he is carrying them in his multitude of pockets!!

[kuroo-hitsuji]

Made it with an hour to spare 😎

Read right to left bc i Always end up with everyone facing the Worst direction for drawing their hair so i had to fix that--

This is so dumb sjshsshgd happy birthday Mephisto get surprise objectified i guess???

[casualavocados]

You should stay away from me. I'm no longer with the gang. I didn't agree. Our boss already agreed four years ago. Pull over and let me out of the car. I'm your boss!

KISEKI: DEAR TO ME Ep. 01 / Ep. 09

[marty--party]

O for … OUTFITS

✨ walk walk fashion baby ✨

[altschmerzes]

the hostility that so many people have towards aromantic/aroace character interpretations is... telling.

[zirkkun]

i have been working on one singular fanfic, which is going on 50k+ words atm, since like the beginning of December and this is all i have to show of the plot atm please take my offering

[corrie-zodori]

Idk who needs to hear this but to anyone making a comic or visual series of any kind, don't wait until your art style is "just right" to start. Just do it. Idc if the art is rough or beginner or whatever skill level as long as the story is good. Tell your stories and do it with pride no matter what!

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Cosplaying from a TV series can be maddening, because it makes you hyper-aware just how much Hair & Makeup play with a character's look to dial it in, especially over initial episodes.

I swear I can now figure out scene shooting order on a series based on the styling evolution for my blorbo.

[epicfirestormer]

I'm so incredibly Normal about these two games.

[lycanlovebites]

You know what? Fuck you *hits Father Ardelian with the shoujo filter and babygirlifies your priest*

@stjohnstarling

[passionfruitmango]

So I was freeballing this idea I had for a carrier type of thing and it didn't work out, but I decided to trust the process and accidentally made a hat for furby???

It's kind of like a cute floppy little sun hat??? The video shows it better imo! :D

Thought I wanted to unstring this to reuse the beads for the next carrier idea I have, but this is just so cute I might keep it and use a different color scheme for the carrier? (I am low on the Kiwi green beads, but I have plenty of other colors X3)

[blooming-marylii]

I'm very normal about differences in dynamics between Jeremy and the SQUIP in each version of the musical, so I'm going to yell at you about it. And about SQUIPs in general tbf. This'll get kinda long

Ok, so in my understanding, SQUIPs don't all interact with their users the same. Each SQUIP's personality gets generated(?) during first activation based on its user's psychological attributes to achieve the best possible result. I also think SQUIPs are inherently benevolent but simultaneously amoral, which is why they eventually mess their users up in attempts to improve their lives

Another thing that probably isn't super important to all of this, but I still feel should be mentioned, is that while I do think their personalities are individually generated, I still believe they are just that. Personalities. All the reactions aren't simulated for users' benefit. The human brain is like a supercomputer, so why couldn't an advanced supercomputer be like a brain?

With all that out of the way, moving onto Jeremy and his SQUIP

In general, the SQUIP experiences the world and makes conclusions about it largely through Jeremy's knowledge. Which is exactly why it calls him pathetic and similar things. Because it genuinely thinks this way about Jeremy because Jeremy thinks this way about himself. So the SQUIP sees this as a fact. Additionally, deprecation motivates Jeremy to change just so it doesn't continue. This is a good strategy from the SQUIP's point of view because it produces quick results in achieving its goal

Now, let's talk about the differences

Two River: Jeremy wants his life to become better/easier but can't achieve this himself and doesn't believe anyone will help him. Becoming cool is a nice daydreaming scenario he doesn't expect to ever come true. Up until he learns about SQUIPs. And then he sees the SQUIP as his Only Chance To Be Helped. Which is why the SQUIP becomes so self-assured and condescending. It is Jeremy's saviour, his light at the end of the tunnel. It is the only thing that can help this pathetic little creature of a user. And it knows this. So it behaves accordingly

Broadway: Jeremy is an anxious mess to the point where harshness from the personification of his Only Chance To Be Helped would just destroy him. This guy needs some meds and support. So, the SQUIP provides support. The SQUIP sets an example. The SQUIP sympathises (if not empathises) because its user is so anxiety-ridden that he's going to either start crying or have a panic attack. He needs someone to stabilise him, he needs a support system, and he needs encouragement

West End (or, well. I've only seen the off-West End bootleg, but I don't think they made any drastic changes to characterisation between productions): for Jeremy, not being a loser brings a sense of vindication. Near the end of Loser Geek Whatever, when he realises he can be popular amongst his peers, he enters a mental state that I can only describe as manic. My guy sounds like all his rational thoughts left him, and he's riding that high. Which I'm assuming means that when this was only a daydreaming scenario, Jeremy was also a little too invested into/excited about it. And since making Jeremy popular is the SQUIP's primary objective, the strongest emotion associated with this idea had to influence its personality. I'd say this SQUIP is very straightforward and collected by default, but when it needs to hype Jeremy up, or when they are getting closer to achieving their goal, it gets more unhinged to varying degrees, depending on the situation. And because getting closer to achieving the goal is a process split up into chunks, the SQUIP gets more unhinged a little more often than one might expect

[jusst-you-race]

I love being on f1blr so much it’s really such a lovely community … sappy hours … moots I’m kissing you all on the forehead

[endlesslytired]

Focalors really just dropped the fucking heaviest burden on Furina and said "It's okay though because I'm killing myself."

Like imagine this from Furina's perspective. She got told by her reflection that if she didn't do something perfect everyone would die by her own damn reflection. She spends every day absolutely terrified in case something happens that makes it all fall apart.

And Focalors just is like "Yeah she did such a good job despite the trauma. Well I hope she can vibe on with it!" Like, no in person apology? Just Neuvillette?

It's kinda funny but really depressing at the same time. I hope Furina loves each mac n cheese she gets after all that because holy shit I can relate to putting up an act to make others see a more elevated self, but not on that huge a scale nor for life or death.