#can i even tag it as that?

[mapleleavesart]

Hi~ @kathaynesart

I absolutely COULD NOT resist redrawing the last panel of your update so several hours later I finished this. The very alien/mystic themes of it brought some difficulty and frustration, but overall, I mostly like how it turned out! Hope you like it too~

[harvesterhexenon]

Tim Drake Vigilante Redesign

(excuse my inconsistent artstyle and the way I haven't figured out how to draw sth else than skinny twinks)

I based the design off of a painted redstart (cute bird, btw), also the name itself would be perfect, considering it keeps the red theme going

don't mind the drawings on the left, they were the base for the suit (and the model I use everytime I design sth tbh)

and the other three are the variations of the suit, one with cape, one without any additions and the one with a different take on the cape

when I design suits I always think of how easy it would be to put it on and how it can be useful in other ways (like the hoops in which sth can be hooked in for extra stability when climbing stuff) etc.

also the mask is technically his symbol now (bye bye cowl head)

hopefully i will improve in art, so I can do the design justice as well as start drawing Tim with actual muscle defintion

[jamieedlund]

I totally admire the way you draw hands. I don’t know even do that !

this both fill me with happiness but also existential crisis because in my own opinion: my guy . . . I bullshitted through drawing hands all the time 😊😳😬😂😭

So here is how you

can also trick people into believing that you can draw hands with Callum and Aaravos just existing in the background because I wanna have fun ♪(´▽｀)

(this isn't full-proof btw I want you to know that I'm very lazy so my brain will find shortcuts through everything that I can't draw)

I also have a strange philosophy when it comes to art: fake it to you make it. So whenever I see someone say "woah I can't draw that", I want them to know that NEITHER CAN I LMFAO Trial and error is the only way I improved and I'll tell you this much, EVEN NOW, I am still scared of drawing. Anxiety still engulfs my brain whenever I post something new (considering what I'm really in love with at the moment)

you can probably imagine the amount of stress I'm under and all the emotional roller coaster that comes with my being probably the only person who draws them in this wholesome light together in this cursed fandom 😊😊😊

Andd lastly don't stress yourself too much. I think learning to accept that you can't but also CAN draw anything is a good mindset; but also "oh woah I'm enjoying myself today, I made something that I really love!" is arguably just as important

I know this answer doesn't have to be so needlessly complicated but I put everything i love into my art, and when someone expresses interests or love for it, I will do my best to return their feelings. I hope this somehow made sense???? Thank you for reading if you've made it this far and this let you walked away feeling happier about your own work! (or y'know you don't ... have to feel happy YOU CAN FEEL HOWEVER YOU WANT TIS ALL GOOD thank you so much)

[narcoticwriter]

There are few journalists built better than Charlotte, but the fact that I could likely count them on one hand says a lot about reporting nowadays.

[word-count-bullet-count]

I've been seeing a lot of knight posts recently. pretty great

[jamjoob]

HAPPY DUNMESHI THUR- *gunshoits*

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[blueskittlesart]

read that post blacked out and woke up with this on my computer. crazy. stay safe out there everyone

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

[tofixtheshadows]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

[areyouscaredyet]

im not particularly religious but i think it’s very cute that Trans Day of Visibility and Easter are on the same day this year :)

its no question that something like this could be triggering or upsetting to a number of queer ppl given the current sociopolitical climate, so i want everyone to remember that u are loved! Regardless of what u or others believe, there are ppl who will love and support you always. Give yourself patience and treat yourself with care!!!

happy and peaceful TDOV everyone!! And Easter to those who celebrate :D

[moonscape]

[mapleleavesart]

Wait how do u tell how old your account is

Or how long you've been following/been moots with someone