#but i'm really happy with this

[seas-of-silver]

I did a doodle of an aged-up Marinette at work this morning. She's a junior designer, looking over designs for the new line she's working on. Her hair's in a sophisticated up-do for an air of professionalism and to keep her hair out of her face while she works - though she lets her hair down when she gets home (Adrien never ceased to be in awe of Marinette when her hair's loose and free, completely mesmerised by the sight, and Marinette loves seeing him look at her that way).

Photos of the progression underneath the cut, if you're interested!

This here is the original sketch, where I was like "huh, this kinda looks like Marinette, hey? maybe I should add the pigtails?"

This one is where I realised she somehow morphed and grew up, and pigtails might not work anymore

And this is where I decided to stop because I'm really proud of what I created and didn't want to ruin it lol (I'm not an artist, so I'm really happy with what I drew!)

[marzmud]

Welcome to Dudley's Trailer

There's a new Landgraab in Oasis Springs. A cc-free adaptation of Dudley Landgraab's trailer from the Sims Bustin' Out, with some additional touches added for the ~vibes~.

DOWNLOAD Gallery ID: marzmud SFS / backup: Patreon (100% free, no ads)

[overanalysingfandoms]

More Scarian/Third Life Robin Hood AU

I've figured out the Royal Court

Let's start with the most obvious,

King Mumbo

He's currently the King of the Kingdom (I haven't named it yet, suggestions are welcome)

He's away at war

He's Ren's older brother and Grian's cousin

He's a good king, if a bit bumbling sometimes, and is loved by his people

He left Ren in charge until he gets back

He's Aroace so won't produce an heir making Ren the next in line

Speaking of Ren...

Prince Ren/The Red King

Ren is next in line to the throne and will get it when Mumbo dies

He is Mumbo's younger brother and Grian's cousin

He is in charge while Mumbo is away

He is a bit of a tyrant who always thinks he's right and wants everything done his way

He absolutely despises Good Times and wants him arrested as quick as possible

He is very protective of his family and friends

He lives in Dogwarts Castle

Ren calls himself the 'Red King' to show his authority until Mumbo is back, his court has been unaffectionately nicknamed the 'Red Army' because of this, Ren just rolled with it

The Resistance is hoping to either reform him or have him give up his claim to the throne

Ren is dating his closest advisor Martyn

Martyn/The King's Hand

Martyn is partners with Prince Ren

He is also his closest adviser and has been given the title of the 'King's Hand'

Ren also made him the Sherriff of Crastle village, the small town just outside Dogwarts Castle and he is in charge of catching Good Times

Martyn is extremely protective of his partner Ren and doesn't fully trust anyone else

He's very suspicious, especially of Grian as he sees the way he has interacted with Good Times and is unfortunately very insightful, this is a great source of worry for Scar

Prince Grian

Grian is cousins with the King and Prince, Mumbo and Ren

He is third in line for the throne which is what earns him the title of 'Prince'

It also means that Ren has him near constantly surrounded with guards because he will be king if anything happens to Ren which makes him cautious about Grian

Grian fully resents this and is trying to give his very tired guards the slip at all times, he actually has a lower number of guards than he used to thanks to the amount he's made to resign due to being an absolute menace

He is against Ren's ideas and jumps at the chance to help the Resistance and he definitely isn't even the tiniest bit influenced by how extremely attractive Good Times is, no, not at all, he has no idea what you're talking about

Grian is on Ren's council and pretends to support him, only pushing back slightly and rarely outright opposing him

He acts as a spy for the resistance, giving them as much information as he can and doing his best to help if any of them get caught along with his two ladies in waiting, Pearl (who he grew up with, they're like siblings) and Lizzie (a noble woman and 'ex-fiancé' of Joel, an old friend of his who defected from the Red Army and joined the Resistance)

He is head over heals for Scar and won't admit is despite being constantly teased about it

Grian is childhood friends with Pearl, Joel and Jimmy

He is also trans and everyone supports him, no misgendering in my AUs

He is still almost always wearing a skirt, he just likes them and trans Grian in a skirt is just so perfect lol

Pearl and Lizzie

Both of them are Prince Grian's ladies in waiting

Pearl and Grian grew up together and are practically siblings, they live eachother and are very protective of the other

Lizzie is the 'ex-fiancé' of Joel, a lord who betrayed the Red Army and joined the Resistance, in reality they are still together but Lizzie has to pretend to have broken off the engagement in order to stay in the Royal Court

Both of them work alongside Grian to spy for the Resistance and help them out wherever they can

Impulse

Impulse is the castle craftsman/blacksmith, he basically makes all of their weapons

While he is fairly loyal to Ren, but is more loyal to the villagers and will put them before Ren if it comes to it

He sometimes creates weapons for the villagers and if he knows that some of those might go to the Resistance? That's no-one's business but his

He is on Ren's Council due to his skills in weaponry

Impulse is best friends for Bdubs, when he was just starting out as a craftsman he made them matching clocks

Etho

Etho is the Head of Ren's guard

He is known for being silent but extremely intelligent and deadly when he needs to be, he doesn't often say much at council meetings but when he does it's always with good insight

He is the most loyal to Ren aside from Martyn

He is childhood friends with Bdubs, Skizz and Tango

Etho is married to a villiager from Crastle named Bdubs and, though they live separately, it's a very happy marriage

Skizz

Skizz is one of Ren's closest guards

He is fiercely loyal and will protect the king at all costs which is what has led him to being on Ren's Council

He absolutely loathes Good Times and will often take lead in trying to take him down, especially if Martyn is busy

Skizz is determined and will follow orders at all costs

He will run to Ren's side to protect him at any sign of danger, he is almost like a bodyguard to him but not quite

He's very jovial around friends but brutal with his enemies

Skizz is childhood friends with Bdubs Etho and Tango

BigB

BigB is a particularly wise noble staying at Dogwarts who is loyal to Ren's cause

He will often give good advice to Ren and is one of his most valued advisers because of this

He gets on well with Prince Grian and will often agree with him on not acting too hastily and trying to protect the villagers in plans to take down Good Times

He doesn't agree with the Resistance but sometimes think they have a point, however, he is very against how they get it across

BigB gets on well with Prince Grian but is unaware that he is a spy

So, there you have it, the Royal family and the King's Court

[w1lmuttart]

The lake town

[mroddmod]

soos was crying behind the camera btw

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

[bambiilooza]

a page of some gods that were requested. this was fun :D

close ups :D

shout out juice, herpes and aioli. you guys were really fun to draw

[monotcchi]

a quick halfling senshi for today's warmup (and to better my mood)

[hinamie]

in spite of everything, I had fun <3

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[romansleftshoulderpad]

As a writer, I love going back through the comments I've gotten on AO3. I promise that the minute you take of your time has been appreciated for hours/months/years

[e-turn]

links to some translations under the cut

и заодно выложу пару любопытным образом перекликающихся переводов потрясающих фанфиков!

тьма нынче обретает жизнь великолепного автора @/goodlucktai

и еще одна покорившая меня зарисовка rem - а тени пусть уходят

[herd-reject-arts]

So I'm leaving work and something darts in front of me, maybe 10ft away, too fast for me to see what it is. Peek around the tree blocking my path and I see this

Just like... a whole ass hawk. Dude's gotta be about 1.5ft tall. Massive fucking bird. And it's just staring me straight in my soul like this, even as I try to move ahead. It didn't budge. And there's only this path back to my car unless I want to walk on a busy highway. So I have the option of Death By Raptor or Death By Truck.

So I walk in the poison ivy filled patch off the sidewalk. Guy still isn't moving. Still staring me directly in the eyes. And I do this thing when animals are behaving strangely where I'll talk to them, so I'm just like, "Hey, man. I don't know you. You don't know me. This feels really threatening. I'm just trying to get to my car, dude. Can I get some space please? You're a big fucking bird. I see those claws. You could kill me right now, but I'd appreciate if you didn't, ok?"

It didn't move until I was about 2ft away. Again: I'm as far from it as I can be without walking into the street. It clearly wasn't going to budge. I walk past, thing flies up (silent, btw. Scary) and lands on a brick wall a little further ahead

Anyway. Weird guy. Nearly shit my pants when I noticed a bird big enough to carry off a fully grown cat was just... there, staring me in the face, unwilling to move away from me, a human, something it should see as a threat. I watched behind me the whole rest of the way to my car, just in case this bird decided to help me shed this mortal coil. 10/10 experience. Super cool guy.

[mroddmod]

uhhhhh happy halloweiner