#color coded notes

[darkroomnerd]

Being gentle with color coding because sometimes I go too wild and can't read my notes later 🎨

[pens are from Muji]

[spiraling-trap]

there is something so transgender about these two. not sure exactly what it is but it’s so transgender

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Vaggie: “Babe, you have an amazing brain, love everything going on in there-”

Charlie: “Thank you!”

Vaggie: “-but we need a LITTLE bit of organization or we’re NEVER gonna remember what great ideas you had five minutes ago.”

Charlie: “Wait, what great idea did I have five minutes ago???”

Vaggie: “I don’t know. You scribbled it on a napkin and there’s like, five hundred of those scattered around our room.”

Charlie: “Aw shoot.”

Vaggie: “Some of them are folded in the shape of swans?"

Charlie: "Nnnoooo I've been trying so hard not to DO that so much!!!"

Vaggie: "It’s, pretty impressive honestly.”

Charlie: (huffs) “Okay. Fine. Maaaybe you’re right. Maybe I might have a slight, uh, organizing thoughts problem.”

Vaggie: “No worries sweetie, I have a solution.”

Vaggie: (dramatically steps aside) “BAM!”

Charlie: “OH OH VAGGIE! YOU GOT ME METAL BOXES~!”

Vaggie: “They’re filing cabinets.”

Charlie: “OHHHHH!!!”

Charlie: “…..”

Charlie: “How… how do we activate the filing cabinets?”

Vaggie: “You put your ideas in folders, label the tabs on the folders, put them in a drawer, and label each drawer. Then when you’re looking for something you just open the drawer and-”

Charlie: “Bam?”

Vaggie: “Bam. There it is. The brilliant ideas of Charlie Morningstar.”

Charlie: “As organized by Vaggie, her amazing wonderful super smart and beautiful girlfriend!!!!!”

Vaggie: (chuckling) “I don’t think looking good has anything to do with organizing…”

Charlie: “Hmm, you still are though, miss good looking. Annnnnd it DOES have a lot to do with what I’m thinking about right now.”

Vaggie: “What’re you thinking, Charlie?”

Charlie: (grins)

Vaggie: “…really? Right here, in front of our new cabinets?”

Charlie: “Heheh. I like it when stuff is ‘ours’~”

Vaggie: “Why do I get the feeling the first recorded thoughts of Charlie Morningstar are gonna have to be filed under ‘for our eyes only’.”

Charlie: “Your smirk would have to go there too then. But does this mean it’s a good idea!?”

Vaggie: “Definitely.”

Charlie: “WOO! Kisses kisses kisses-”

Vaggie: “AFTER we’ve cleaned up all these napkins. AND have neatly folded the ones that aren’t already swans.”

Charlie: “Wh- but- but there’s almost five hundred of them!! The kisses-?”

Vaggie: “One kiss per every fifty napkins, how’s that sound?

Charlie: (pouting) “Insufficient kiss ratio.”

Vaggie: “Sorry, but as much as organizing your brain turns me on, the storm of paper in here is kinda a total mood killer. No way I can focus on anything with this mess everywhere. So. Start cleaning.”

Charlie: “I’m starting to think writing on napkins was my worst idea yet…”

Vaggie: “Could’ve been worse. Could’ve been paper airplanes again.”

Charlie: “THEN I could’ve just thrown them all out the window! Be free! Fly!!! Shoo! Let me make out with my girlfriend in peace!”

Vaggie: “Ha!”

Charlie: “…. Vaggie. What if we-”

Vaggie: “Charlie no.”

Charlie: “Oh come on! Swans can fly!”

Vaggie: “Not when they’re fancy origami ones that we’ll just have to clean up later anyway.”

Charlie: “Feh. Stupid ideas on stupid napkins.”

Vaggie: “Would one kiss per every two dozen napkins make you feel better?’

Charlie: “Yes.” (deep sigh) “But I’ve only folded ten.”

Vaggie: “Perfect, I’ve done fourteen, so that makes two dozen.”

Charlie: “Wh-”

Vaggie: “Kiss ratio completed.”

Charlie: “It’s based on our combined number???”

Vaggie: “Why not. You like it when stuff is ‘ours’, don’t you.”

Charlie: “….yesthankyouiloveyouonekissplease.”

- a few several many moments later –

Charlie: “….”

Charlie: “I’m suddenly getting the idea that… those were way more than one kiss.”

Vaggie: “I don’t care and wasn’t keeping count. File it under ‘Vaggie can’t multitask for shit’.”  

Charlie: “Mmm, ehhh. I think we just need a ‘Vaggie has AMAZING focus while kissing, but specifically only on the actual kissing’ folder instead.”

Vaggie: “Are you trying to get me to kiss you again.”

Charlie: “Is it working?”

Vaggie: (shoving napkins in her hands) “Here. Fold.”

Charlie: “I’m filing that under a yes~”

Vaggie: “Charlie. Fold. NOW.”

Charlie: “Hm-hmm-hm-hmmm~” (folding at lightspeed) “My newest great idea is that we should get even MORE filing cabinets.”

Vaggie: “Oh for-”(throws aside napkins) “-fuck’s sake-” (gives up and kisses her again)

[catalinemorosetheblog]

On Divergent Universe and Aventio

Okay, so I know that pretty much everyone has noticed the Aventio bits in the Divergent Universe video that was released a few days ago, but I wanted to take a moment to point something out in the famous question 2 section at the end.

So, as most probably already know, this is what I'm talking about. Aventurine puts up a sign that says "Find Ratio", when asked who the Trailblazer could team up with. This in of itself confirms Aventurine see Ratio as an ally, but what happens before it is just as important.

This is where Owlbert first puts forwards the question. Now, nothing particularly special happens in the prior one. Everyone gives pretty standard answers for their specific characterizations, Screwllum's is the only one that's helpful, and Ratio and Aventurine give their typical responses pretty quickly.

That changes however for the second question.

Aventurine does not answer immediately, unlike everyone else, including Ratio. Which means he had to think about his response.

Further evidence of this comes from Aventurine's pose when the question was first asked.

He's doing a thinking pose (also sort of mirror Ratio lol), and he doesn't do this for the other question (so it isn't some sort of default animation). And given that his responses to question 1 and 3 both related to money/bribes, he did not put this same level of thought into them.

It's also pretty easy to miss due to Sparkle transforming and everything, but if you look carefully...

He looks at Ratio, or in the very least glances in his direction, possibly to look at his sign. However, it also exists the possibility that Ratio was the first person he thought of when thinking of a good teammate.

And then a moment later...

Ratio glances back, which leads Aventurine to put up his own sign.

Now, Ratio staring back could mean many things. It could be that he started staring at Aventurine because Aventurine was staring at him. It could be that Ratio noticed that Aventurine hadn't answered yet, and was urging him to do so. Or, dare I say it, he saw Aventurine hadn't answered yet, and was concerned about him. Ultimately, there is no way to determine the true reason, given that none of the G&A guests talk.

But it is extremely telling that Aventurine, who could have just tied it back into money again, was the only guest who gave a specific person to team up with. And it was Ratio, not one of his IPC coworkers, not a member of the Astral Express, but Ratio. Someone who, at some point, Aventurine believed that Ratio would not understand his methods so much so that he forced him to point a gun at his chest, as seen in the infamous Final Victory Lightcone:

(Please note that, in the short video for this lightcone, Ratio tries to pull the gun away from Aventurine, but Aventurine pulls it back).

And assuming that Aventurine was reading Ratio's sign card, there exists another possibility.

As seen above, Ratio responds with the phrase "Walk Your Own Path". This is in line with pretty much everything known about Ratio. His main motivation is to "cure" foolishness. He wants people to overcome their problems. He's a teacher, a strict one, both metaphorically and literally. His role in the interlude quest before Penacony was to both push the Trailblazer to figure out what was going on with the researcher's disappearances and step in if things went south. It's also why one of the reason he gives Aventurine that note in the main story (that, and that they were likely being watched by the Family) instead of telling him directly. Every interaction, voice lines, and the fact that Ratio does not wear his plaster head in any scene he appears in with Aventurine, implies that he does not see him as foolish. He knows Aventurine is capable. Hell, in the most final Penacony main story mission, he says Aventurine is his responsibility or something along those lines (unprompted, mind you).

But it also relates towards Aventurine's backstory. Aventurine, for all his good luck, has had one sucky life. But he also has fought tooth and nail to survive, through gambles and wagers and money and being quite literally sold away to live. In that sense, his life also has never been his own. But I think he managed to regain some hope by the end of Cats Among Pigeons, and of course, Ratio's note, which told him to live (in a Ratio way).

So imagine: Aventurine sees Ratio's response in the video, thinks about what he would do, what he would do following his own path...and says to find Ratio.

Now, it could true that I am pulling at threads here, but there is evidence of trust. In one way or another, these two emotionally constipated too smart for their own good dumdums care about each other and show it in the most convoluted ways imaginable. And for the that reason, I think that these two mentioning each unprompted on multiple occasional, this video included, is very telling. They're important to each other. They went from shaky allies to two people who will bring up the other in conversations. Hell, I already made a post about the cake cats, and how in Divergent Universe, what this video was explaining, gambling got added, which could have only been done by Ratio, because let's face it, Screwllum would not.

Essentially:

These b*tches gay.

Bonus:

Their reactions to Sparkle's shenanigans.

[drfurter]

much as i enjoy thoughtful in depth character studies of my favorite lil guys im going to go ahead and break it all down into one central thesis that will help you understand everything you could ever wish to know about l lawliet and it’s that he likes his blowjobs with a little bit of teeth

[leenl-len]

So one of the cool things about Metaphor Re:Fantazio is that the Archetype system allows you nearly total control over your party setup, and while each character definitely has certain archetypes they synergize with best due to stat distribution you can kind of just do whatever you want without much penalty.

...Until you get to the endgame and realize there's a whole set of Royal Archetypes that need very specific setups on each character to unlock, with absolutely zero warning.

To save people time and energy worrying about that I'm just gonna lay all the unlocks out here. Mild spoilers for archetype and playable character names.

Protag's Royal Archetype is unlocked automatically, so you don't have to worry about his build nearly as much; that being said, give him Mage for the passive MP restore and Merchant for the passive money boost, even if you don't use them in combat.

SEEKER - n/a Magic Seeker - Seeker lvl20 Soul Hacker - Magic Seeker lvl20 The Token World Arcana - n/a

MAGE - n/a Wizard - Mage lvl20 Elemental Master - Wizard lvl20 Warlock - Wizard lvl20, Assassin lvl10

WARRIOR - n/a Swordmaster - Warrior lvl20 Samurai - Swordmaster lvl20, General lvl10 Royal Warrior - Samurai lvl20, Warlord lvl20

KNIGHT - n/a Magic Knight - Knight lvl20, Mage lvl10 Paladin - Magic Knight lvl20 Dark Knight - Magic Knight lvl20, Wizard lvl10 Royal Knight - Paladin lvl20, Dark Knight lvl15, Elemental Master lvl15

BRAWLER - n/a Pugilist - Brawler lvl20 Martial Artist - Pugilist lvl20

HEALER - n/a Cleric - Healer lvl20 Saviour - Cleric lvl20

GUNNER - n/a Sniper - Gunner lvl20, Seeker lvl10 Dragoon - Sniper lvl20, Magic Knight lvl10

THIEF - n/a Assassin - Thief lvl20 Ninja - Assassin lvl20, Sniper lvl10 Royal Thief - Ninja lvl20, Dragoon lvl15, Tycoon lvl15

FAKER - n/a Trickster - Faker lvl20

COMMANDER - n/a General - Commander lvl20 Warlord - General lvl20

MERCHANT - n/a Tycoon - Merchant lvl20, Commander lvl10

MASKED DANCER - Mage lvl15, Thief lvl10 Persona Master - Dancer lvl20, Faker lvl10 Royal Dancer - Persona Master lvl20, Trickster lvl20

SUMMONER - Seeker lvl15, Faker lvl10 Devil Summoner - Summoner lvl20, Magic Seeker lvl10 Royal Summoner - Devil Summoner lvl20, Soul Hacker lvl20

BERSERKER - Warrior lvl10, Brawler lvl10, Knight lvl10 Destroyer - Berserker lvl20 Royal Berserker - Destroyer lvl20, Martial Artist lvl20

In other words, the optimal builds for each character are: Protag with Mage and Merchant, if only for their passives Strohl with Warrior and Commander Hulkenberg with Knight (both paths) and Mage Heismay with Thief, Gunner, Merchant, t2 Commander, t2 Knight, t1 Seeker, t1 Mage Junah with Masked Dancer and Faker Eupha with Summoner and Seeker Basilio with Berserker and Brawler

[lynxfrost13]

Kosmos concepting!

Also pspsps @sosadraws u wanted to see her hope u don’t mind the tag <3

[sysboxes]

[Text: This alter doesn’t know if they’re an introject or not.]

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[diannavetmed]

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[okapiandpaste]

screenshot that is so gay but only with context

[zeb-z]

I love bbh’s stupid fucking clipboard so much. he just writes shit. it’s so incomprehensible you don’t understand it unless you’ve got exact context. even then it doesn’t make sense. ‘bagi original island member’ right above ‘Grim Reaper Scythe’ right above ‘quartz_block’. wtf is he cooking in there

[darkroomnerd]

The hand cramps are so real. It's actually affecting my ability to keep going 😞

Buuut that's another 2 hours I put into learning a language I'll need to know in less than a month. Once this chapter is done, I'll finally be able to move on to new material!

[numbuh424]

Revamped my commissions sheet & made it easier to navigate 🙏 Now with the option for flat color/cel shading!

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[tallytals]

got harassed into starting the second perspective and it’s going great thanks! ignore the crazed look in my eyes! anyway @wildflowerteas hi!!! i figured you’d enjoy my board because im hooked <3

[spamtoon]

i would take their poison

Sketch + Line Art for those Clicking Under the Cut(tm) (archival purposes honestly)

[badgirlcoven-official]

"Willow is a bad character because she's a mary sue" me when I missed the entire point of the show