#chels rambles

[sketchncanto]

AAAAAAA GUYS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

I just made the tumblr discovery of all tumblr discoveries—I just found out that you can rearrange posts on your blog by backdating or frontdating them!! (Why is backdating a word but frontdating isn’t? I hate english— anyway)

Want a specific post next to another one but you have other reblogs in the way? All you gotta do is this:

Go into the post, hit edit and then hit the little gear icon on the top right

And then alter the post date for the past or future and ✨VIOLA ✨

I’m not sure if you can do this via mobile but you can def do it on web!!

Now I can put all of my EBB reblogs together as I go through and read em over time 🥹

Didn’t know this was a possibility so I figured I’d share just in case anyone else was in the dark about it!

[firesofdainix]

Relativity Falls AU time

This won't be a one on one counterpart for the entirety of Gravity Falls. Since we're not doing this one on one, we're changing contents of some episodes!

Here's the swapped characters:

Ford = Mabel

Stan = Dipper

Shermie is a fusion of both twins

Pacifica = Bill

Wendy = Fiddleford

Euclid and Scalene = Preston and Priscilla

Axolotl = Smile Dip Dog

Shanklin = Waddles

Soos = Abuelita (her name's Maria, or 'Ria' for short)

Bud and Mrs. Gleeful= Gideon

And now, context!

Mason is the Pines brothers' grandpa, who had a falling out with his son Filbrick before the events of the show. The fight is unknown (but will be revealed later on) but Filbrick cuts off all contact- until he and Sherman began butting heads, teenage rebellion and all, so Filbrick asks his dad to 'set Shermie straight.' What happened was the best summers Shermie has, and annually he goes to Gravity Falls to be with his grandpa.

Much to the family's obliviousness, Shermie has been helping Mason cover up any supernatural things happening within the town, while also using the tourist trap known as the mystery shack to give tourists and other townsfolk the benefit of the doubt. Because of this, Shermie has few to several run-ins with the Society of the Blind Eye but disagrees with their methods of keeping the townsfolk safe from Gravity Falls' weirdness.

Mason trusts his oldest grandson completely with working around the house and keeping the supernatural creatures distant from their family, but he hasn't told him anything about his sister or the portal inside the basement. He doesn't trust Shermie enough for this.

In Shermie's 18th year, his parents are finally in their divorce proceedings, and Caryn wants custody of his younger brothers. Since he's been admitted to college, he offers that he and his brothers stay in Gravity Falls with their grandpa Mason for a while, to which both parents accepted.

Shermie secretly keeps the fact that he was moving away from New Jersey to California for the college years for his university, something that WILL be found out by the twins. The twins assume that Shermie is going to be studying in a community college near them.

Stanley doesn't trust Grandpa Mason at first but starts warming up to him when he sees how much Shermie trusts him, and the way Ford is smiling to be with someone as weird as him.

Ford's main gripe with Mason is the fact that he makes a 'mockery' of weirdness, which is then soured by the fact that Gravity Falls is TRULY weird and Mason seems to think they're just 'special effects.' When he found the third scrapbook, he starts trying to find out about the author, and figuring out the many weird things in Gravity Falls, even adding more information in the scrapbooks provided.

Since Shermie is included in the twins' adventures (mostly- if he's not being a distant dumbass most of the time) some of the stuff will not stay the same if Shermie has anything to say about it. He just has a hard time trying to be like... a perfect role model for his brothers. He's not socially awkward, he just doesn't feel dedicated socializing with people. It's a lesson he learns at the end of the series, that being distant won't help him in the long run.

Mason and Mabel have a good relationship. Once Mabel is out of the portal, Mason takes it upon himself to resolve the rift that had formed between the two of them, and grow a stronger sibling bond. Meanwhile, Ford and Stan's bonds are starting to fracture. Stanley idolizes the bond they shared, promising that he and Ford will be like Mason and Mabel when they grow up, minus the portal thing.

Mason feels very guilty about pushing Mabel in the portal. Even if it was an accident, he still managed to rob Mabel 30 normal years. She's always wanted to get married, and Mabel tries to make him feel less guilty over it. He was just paranoid, mad and hurt Mabel was sending him away over again. She takes responsibility, wishing she could've been more direct and explained the situation better.

Wendy is Fiddleford, wherein Mabel asks her to help her with heavy work and heavy lifting, along with Candy and Grenda who were recruited to help with the portal project. She was the one who fell into the portal the testing day and found out about Pacifica's true plans. She tries to get Mabel to stop the project, but she only ended up convincing Candy and Grenda, who admit that ever since the portal project started, Mabel hasn't been feeling herself. Mabel wouldn't budge, so Wendy and her friends left, causing Mabel to be isolated socially.

Mason married a high school sweetheart after he left his house when Mabel was still upset with him over accidentally ruining her discovery that won the science fair. He stayed with her and decided to have a family, because that's what grown-ups do, right? Start a family and raise kids? And he wants to be better than his parents, no fighting with children and whatnot.

But happy endings don't last forever, he ends up being in the same cycle as his parents are, but at least the two of them fight privately unlike what his parents have done. But it was inevitable that they end up divorcing, and his wife won the custody battle with Filbrick. But that's mainly because he had been in Gravity Falls during the entire divorce trials, seemingly not caring about the divorce proceedings and his son.

Mason and Mabel reunited after ten years of no contact on the cusp of winter. Mason is incredibly stressed with the divorce proceedings, while Mabel is paranoid, sleep deprived, and afraid of Pacifica coming to get her, and Mason is eager to get this over with so Mabel can maybe vouch for him in the divorce proceedings so he can gain custody of Filbrick. But then he sees Mabel look so broken and shattered, he stops his motivations, tries to calm her down, but it leads to the portal incident. Or accident! Mason tries to hold onto her, but Mabel still fell, and now he has lost both families in one day.

When he realized he lost the custody battle, he relocates to Gravity Falls fully, becoming some sort of monster hunter and tourist guide respectively, and to work on the portal. He introduced everyone as Mabel's brother, saying she entrusted him to take care of her house while she navigates the Arctic. Then, he fabricates Mabel's death, stating she is forever lost at sea after her shipping vessel exploded, so now Mason has the rights to the shack. Of course, when he is found by Mabel's old friends, his memories of the unknown were almost erased, since the trio ended up making a cult.

Candy is the new leader of the Society of the Blind Eye, however, because of her close ties to the author and Wendy remembering her old friend even a little bit, the twins are a lot more lenient with erasing almost the entirety of her memories. She does face the consequences of her actions about running a cult, though.

That's all I have for the characters as of this moment! As I said before, not everything is gonna be a one-on-one counterpart! Everyone is unique in their own ways!

Here's a few episodes that might be altered thanks to Shermie's involvement (idk some stuff yet ok):

Tourist Trapped: Dipper and Shermie immediately figure out that Stan's new girlfriend Darlene is a spider monster and ushers her out there. Stan becomes rebellious and rendezvouses with Darlene, causing her to reveal her true nature. Ford thinks she's a fairy about to kidnap Stanley to make him her queen.

Society of the Blind Eye: He's going to punch Blind Ivan, RIGHT IN THE FACE-

Lee, Ford, and Shermie vs. the Future: Instead of Mabel asking Ford to be his apprentice, Ford asks Mabel if she is willing to mentor him. When she asks if his brothers would be fine with that, he says so, and she says she'll think about it. When he returns, he finds out that Stan heard the conversation, and Shermie immediately begins to scold Ford for thinking about himself. The ensuing argument forces Shermie to reveal that, since he's going to California for college, the twins should stick together. This makes the Stans feel betrayed, that their only possible role model is now going away from them 'forever.' Stanley runs away, and Ford and Shermie try looking for him.

Some episodes may be different or have a different monster of the week! I want Ford and Stan and Shermie's adventures to not be identical to the Pines twins!

[chellustrates]

born to draw more tsp forced to be an academic weapon and study for exams

[serenit-teas]

I need to see more hater behavior between Alfonse and Líf, I need these two at one another’s throats!! They have beef and unresolved issues due to MANY reasons, but one of the funniest things is just?? One being faced with the others attitude and being constantly reminded ‘Man I hate this guy, this guy is the worst.’ (<- Was once this guy(Líf)/ Has the capacity to become this guy(Alfonse). It’s like a cat seeing itself in the mirror and NOT enjoying what’s reflected. I want these two to hash it out and it just be the ugliest fight Zenith has ever seen!!! This is my steel chair wrestle mania cage death match!!

[praiafleur]

i DON’T want to hear anything about “foden > palmer” or “saka > palmer” palmer is better, period.

[underwater-i-will-go]

just realised that in a week's time it's time for me and @new-berry derby again.

[gayxiaolong]

genuinely a part of relationships (not just romantic) that i love is asking them questions that you could've just googled but you know it's something they're interested in. asking my dad a science question or my sister something about their special interest or my girlfriend about d&d or the shows she watches. like i could find this info myself but i wanna give u the chance to tell me about it 👉👈

[homiines]

i think we should put @everloves on a timeout for providing us with way too much angsty stuff on the dash tonight.

[akaikami-cherryblossom]

Sakuya obviously-

I’m not surprised but I hope all of you know that, though I’m not opposed to dating him, Sakuya is more like an “I just think he’s neat!” character to me lolol.(okay maybe I have a teeny crush on him but shhhh)

[unmeiha-arc]

          ❝ I wish I could take the hands of time and turn them in reverse. I'd take back every long goodbye with venom in my words. The only way to bein' found is gettin' lost at first, but all I find are more bridges to burn. So am I too far gone to be running home? 'Cause I'm longin' tonight to be somewhere across that great divide.                        ― Ira Wolf,  ❛ Great Divide ❜

          Getting out of Doma unseen was far easier, Koharu thinks, than finding an inconspicuous way back into Doma.

A ship would take too long; by her estimation, it's already been away a little over a year since "she" first left Doma, and there's less than a year to go until Doma's failed rebellion. She can't afford to waste time. So she settles on teleportation, but to where? The aetheryte in Monzen should still be intact for now, but it's closely guarded around the clock. Namai's aetheryte is no less conspicuous. Teleporting directly into the House of the Fierce... is not an option. Even assuming the aetheryte has yet to be destroyed, her welcoming to the Liberation Front's base of operations would not be a warm one after the way she had left things.

So, farther away, then. Tamamizu? No, she has no relations with the Kojin in this time. Onokoro... She stops her pacing around the Crystal Tower's Ocular, hopeful, then shakes her head, sighs, and resumes her pacing. Too many pirates. She would need to deal with them to find a way across the Ruby Sea regardless, but starting with teleporting into a Confederacy outpost was perhaps not the best way to curry their favor.

Kugane, then. Neutral territory, with the aetheryte seeing frequent comings and goings. From there she can find transport to just outside of Isari and make her way into Yanxia from there. It was the long way, to be sure, but it was safe. With a plan decided, she closes her eyes, focuses, and only the faint echo of her teleportation spell remains in the Ocular until it, too, ceases, leaving no trace she was ever there at all.

She scoffs. Safe.

Indeed, getting to Yanxia had been the easy part. Yet even traveling at night, there were more Imperial patrols than she'd recalled and making her way the long way to the north around the mountains and up the One River unseen had been far more challenging than anticipated.

As she rows her stolen borrowed boat up the river, the anxiety gnawing at her insides grows. She'd left because she had been unable to convince those around her that the visions she claimed to have were true. She'd left because the visions had frightened her. What hope does she have that things will be any different? That she can somehow do in this second chance what she had been unable to do the first time? Her hands on the oars hesitate. She thought that she'd thought this through, that her resolve in coming back to try again had been strong enough. That she could — would — endure everything all over again for a better end. But now...

And then, as she rows out into the middle of the darkened river, there it is, sleeping silently atop the cliffside overlooking the Dragon's Struggle: Monzen — dimly lit, almost peaceful save for the towering Kiyofusa and Imperial patrols, but very much hale and mostly whole. Her chest tightens, eyes burn, and it takes every ounce of willpower to stifle the sob that threatens to tear out of her throat. For a moment she simply sits there, swiping away at tears ere they can fall, watching the city as it rests. Within those walls her friends, her comrades, her family all rest under Garlemald's watchful eye. Alive.

Her hands tighten on the oars again and she pulls hard on them, propelling herself closer to the city, towards the darkened mercantile docks, prepared to silence any who may be patrolling it.

If this is to succeed, I must find an ally.

One person who would listen, who would believe. Someone who would understand the what is at stake and not allow pride to blind them. Someone willing to do what needs to be done. Someone who —

Her eyes move from the city to the castle that watches over it, still standing strong; a symbol of the nation to all who look upon it. She changes her course, rowing hard towards the Enclave.

Someone who understands that Doma is not a set of stone walls, but the people within it.

It is nearly dawn by the time she pulls the little boat to shore between the Enclave and Doma Castle. Retrieving her things from the sole of the boat, she sets off towards the castle, keeping off the main path. If she knew @domaheir, no doubt he would find time to make his way to the dense bamboo groves behind the castle to train.

She need only make camp and wait.

𓆩❀𓆪

[sketchncanto]

Yet Another Life Update! 🌱

Hi guys!! It’s been a little minute since I made a life update— got a bunch of stuff goin on as usual lol I haven’t been super active but I wanted to pop in and let ya know that I’m still here and I have PLANS

Update 1! Remember that Pixar Story course thingy I mentioned a few months ago? Well— I was one of the winners!! I still can’t believe I was picked out of so many other incredible stories 🥲 I’ll probably upload the story reel here but I’m kinda hesitant bc my voice over/narration is bad lmao but we’ll see! Might upload it with subtitles..

Update 2! I know I've said it like-- 47 times already BUT I’m going to start uploading way more original boards this year!! I will absolutely still be drawing and posting my highly self indulgent encanto fanart BUT I also wanna make room for more original work too 🌱

Update 3! Going along with update 2, I’m almost done with this big personal storyboard I’m working on!! I want to be done with it by mid March at the latest. I also wanna make a tutorial-ish post on my storyboarding process and how I do it at some point. I’ve never created a tutorial before so we’ll see how that goes 😬

Update 4! I’m currently taking an online feature storyboarding course until April and I’m learning SO MUCH. Hopefully by April I’ll be ready to throw myself back into working— but until then, my training arc resumes 🤌🏼

Update 5! I think I wanna make a separate blog to archive all of my encanto fanart for easier access 🤔 Thinking of calling it “sketchncanto" lol

That’s all!! Hope all of you are doing swell and staying healthy!! 💕

[firesofdainix]

Yeah

[chellustrates]

from this point forward i'm gonna start drawing less fanart, because i want to exercise my creativity so bear with me 🤞

[serenit-teas]

Was at work the other day and came to the startling realization that Alfonse really is a god killer, and I actively had to reboot at the thought because??? Omg yeah he is! The overall story of feh and plot/ certain pacings within the books make some deaths feel inconsequential or are so nonchalant about it that they can more or less be brushed off without a second glance and that leads to some of the funniest ‘oh shit WAIT-‘ moments when you really decide to buckle in and deep dive particular aspects!

Neways all of that is to say is that at first glance you would never suspect someone like Alfonse to have such an extensive and powerful list of felled enemies. I mean are you kidding me? Death, Time, and so many others are just? Gone now. Idk I’ve just been rotating this thought in my head and it is so so wild and fun to me, I feel like they should capitalize on what the progression of the plot is doing to Alfonse! Comparatively from book one to now, you can see shifts in Alfonse as a person, he’s much more to the point and ready to do what needs to be done (not to say that he wasn’t like that in earlier books, it just seems much more frequent and explicitly stated), he’s quick to steer situations in his favor regardless of the means (within reason), and is even willing to brag about killing his own father right in front of his little sister if that means gaining an inch of an advantage.

Alfonse is so interesting to me because it is always stated that he is gentle and kind, serious and eager to maintain peace, but then you see some of his methods/antics and the colorful kill list he’s been building over the years. He is repressed chaos incarnate and I fear for any of his enemies when that seal begins to crack.

[chelsgalaxy]

sometimes I really wish spotify would still let you see who follows your playlists. cause like I have this very niche playlist right. it's not even one of my fandom ones. and I just looked and it has 1 save. genuinely glad someone likes the playlist but also like. why lmao.

[ilmarele]

i keep going too hard into worldbuilding to my own detriment, like tamriel really hasn't changed too much over time (aside from cyrodiil going from jungle to deciduous) in terms of language and culture to a point despite the ~5000 (not even accounting for the 1008 year dragon break) years since the merethic era, all because bethesda is bad at time scale and didn't think about it very hard

but i'm an anthropological archaeologist so thinking about this evolution over time is like literally my job and i can't help But think about it lmao

so anyways i'm trying to construct in my head how much skyrim feasibly would have changed from the late merethic era to 4e 201 while still keeping things mostly true to the game and it's keeping me from actually writing the story lol