#cringefail but with confidence and style

[paper-bag-arts]

diversity win!! the sexy aristocratic nightmare i’m in love with is also gay!!!

[thesummerestsolstice]

@tar-thelien asked for more information on my version of Celebrimbor's mother, Moripilin, so here it is:

Moripilin is a Noldor craftsman who specializes in making arrows

From a young age, she proved very ambitious, and found the peace and stagnation of Valinor nearly unbearable

Naturally, she started to idolize Feanor, who seemed to be one of the few elves in Valinor who insisted on constantly pushing forward and aspiring to greater heights

When she started making arrows for Orome's hunt, she made a conscious effort to get closer to Celegorm, and the two became decent friends, which is how she first met Curufin

I say this with complete sincerity: Curufin's prickliness and general cringefail aura absolutely besotted her

It was not quite love at first sight but it was pretty close

She's normally pretty confident, but it took her a while to work up the courage to ask to court him (in very traditional Noldor style, of course)

She's also about the only person who can make Curufin blush

Their shared love language is drawing blueprints for deadly weapons while cuddling <3

She and Celegorm are the proud founders of the Curufin defense squad

Feanor thinks of her as a daughter and was very pleased with her and Curufin's marriage; even more so when Celebrimbor happened

While she's very much Celebrimbor's mother (and yes, she's the one who named him Curufinwe, not Curufin) in every way that matters, people actually aren't sure if she's his biological mom

Look half of Valinor is convinced that Celebrimbor happened via mitosis– he looks almost exactly like Feanor and Curufin and there was no evidence that Moripilin was ever carrying a child

Moripilin is very focused on the idea of progress, and on the deep importance of craft– both of these lead her to see the Silmarils as incredibly important, and fully worth kinslaying for

The Teleri were just in the way– she wishes violence hadn't been necessary, but she doesn't exactly regret it

She was, however, against the burning of the ships, and rather than helping, spent that night comforting little Celebrimbor, who was grieving and frightened because of everything that had happened since Finwe's death

That said, let's be clear, she was not a moderating influence on Curufin– she was basically the opposite

She loved the freedom and constant change of Middle-Earth, and often went on long hikes with Curufin, looking for metal deposits or new inspiration

Curufin made the Feanorians' sword, Moripilin their arrows, and no elves in Middle-Earth could've claimed to be better armed

She was severly wounded during the Nirnaeth– at first, it looked like she would recover, but after a few days, she started to decline, and eventually died

While she didn't swear the Oath of Feanor when Curufin did, she insisted on swearing before she died, because she needed to know that her and her husband would share their fates, even in death

Losing her did bad things to Curufin, and to a lesser extent, Celegorm

C&C actively pushed Celebrimbor away in Nargathrond, and part of that was because they didn't want him to die or swear the Oath like Moripilin had

[good-beanswrites]

I wanted to bring up a silly ship idea. Just for fun.

03, 06, 09, 10

Was this before Kotoko attacked them? After? I dunno.

Thoughts?

YES the cringefail 20yo polycule 👏👏👏 Thank you for the request! I've seen a lot about the individual pairs, so it was really fun to think about all their dynamics together! I have a set of hcs that could work in the current canon Milgram, and then a normal au set because it's so fun thinking about them :3

Milgram-focused

The I’m-a-loner-who’s-doing-it-for-justice-don’t-TOUCH-me pair finally meet their match when confronted with the I-loved-someone-so-much-and-don’t-plan-on-stopping pair. They all go into the relationship with grand ideas of love: they think it’s all heroic acts of saving, massive gestures or love, and dramatic confessions. Over time, they realize the real heroism/romance is in the little things. 

Mahiru has her hands full with three people who neglect themselves for the sake of their work/interests, but she always loves feeding them and helping give them what they need. In turn, they can give her more affection and attention than she could ever ask for. They make sure someone is always around to spend time with her.

Each of the three is a perfect match for dealing with John’s reveal. Mahiru is calming and helps tone down Mikoto’s initial stress. Fuuta is honest and will help Mikoto finally confront his own situation and move forward. And since Kotoko can match his strength, Mikoto doesn’t need to be afraid of accidentally hurting anyone. Mikoto becomes less stressed with the overall situation as well as more accepting of himself/John.

I always love the idea that Fuuta is secretly starstruck by Kotoko and John’s strength. He’ll never admit how much he admires their ability to stand up and fight. He feels really safe around them. He’s glad to have the opportunity to fight for someone else, too – he likes to be Mahiru’s self-proclaimed protector and hero. (Even though most of the time she can stand up for herself, she still likes letting him take care of her.)

Kotoko’s experiences let her hold solid conversations with everyone. She’s similar enough to Fuuta where they share some interests (social issues, schooling, etc.) She understands hard work and burnout to earn Mikoto’s respect. She understands physical strength to earn John’s. She has a lot of people-knowledge, so she can gossip and talk about Tokyo life to Mahiru (Mappi’s doing most of the ‘gossiping,’ but Kotoko has solid additions). She's a good listener and has a good memory, so everyone feels heard by her.

They start to rub off on each other. Mahiru and Mikoto learn to be a bit tougher in standing up for herself. Fuuta, John, and Kotoko learn to take a breath before jumping right to violence. They stay very much who they are, but pick up on just a few habits that make their lives easier.

Their styles also influence one another: Fuuta gets pointers from all three about piercing his ears (though it takes him a long time to get up the nerve to do it). Mahiru helps the others dress more trendy and boost their confidence, and they teach her to worry less about her appearance and relax more. 

If they get together T1, Kotoko is shocked by the T1 verdicts. She might pull away from everyone in initial horror, but after developing a relationship ahead of time, she doesn’t follow through with her attacks. If not, then maybe in T3 when Kotoko is suffering from her guilty verdict, Mahiru and Mikoto are able to bridge the gap and develop a friendship, leading to more. Fuuta would take longer to come around, but I think seeing Kotoko got through the same pain as him, his hero instincts would kick in and he’d gradually help. 

Normal-au

Mahiru once again tries out her lovers’ interests, and gets a bunch of new hobbies. Fuuta teaches her to game, she works out with Kotoko, and she tries out photography with Mikoto. She becomes close with Fuuta’s beautician sister, and enjoys bonding over fashion and hair. She helps redye Mikoto’s hair, and give the other two pointers on style now and then. When going to nicer events, she and Mikoto have to step in and stop the others from their sneaker/hoodie combos. As the only one with a license, she’s the designated driver at all events, but doesn’t mind. 

Fuuta uses his tech skills to set up social media accounts for the others. He helps Mahiru network her flower shop, fighting anyone who leaves a bad comment/review. He helps set up a complex online portfolio for Mikoto. He and Kotoko still have a passion for justice, and he becomes the tech brains behind her vigilante operations (very Ron Stoppable - Kim Possible) It’s not necessarily healthy growth, but they’re happy with it lmao

Mikoto is the only full-time worker, the others are all still in university, and he makes sure to keep them all on track. He knows the most efficient tricks and cheats about getting papers done, pulling all-nighters, and cramming before an exam. The others have learned to spot when he’s burning himself out for others, and will stop him when he tries to take on too much. They’ll take care of him and force him to rest. While he can still get into a bit of trouble, John learns to call them first and get some help. 

Kotoko has trained herself to find people and information easily to catch criminals, but she finds use for it in much more mundane ways – she tracks down clients for Mahiru, snoops around Mikoto’s company to make sure he’s being treated right, and keeps an eye out for the people Fuuta is calling out and/or hanging out with. She goes on runs with Mahiru, and bike rides with Mikoto. Fuuta tags along sometimes to strengthen his legs for soccer. 

There’s definitely potential for them all to have their murders pre- or mid- relationship, and they help one another improve themselves and heal. I’m also a sucker for the relationship itself to cause them to change their ways and narrowly avoid the murder in the first place. (For the latter, Mahiru would ironically be the last to join the relationship, since she’d still be with her bf until the other three inspire her to break it off with him gently.)

[aglioeolioeaddio]

animation was MESMERIZING

nino and alya were really well done, I love them. loved nino already having a crush on her. individually, I loved how they were such great friends to mari and adrien

every time I saw a cameo from the show, I screamed. "don't be bemused, it's just the news" YEAH!!!

LUKA!!!!!!!! LUKA!!!!!!!!! LUKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I'm so sad she didn't say "miraculous ladybug!" when fixing paris

"Chloe, enough. The adults are talking. Why don't you go fix your hair? It looks like a rat's nest" OHHHHH SHE IS EVERYTHING TO ME

adagio for strings playing in that scene was fucking insane

careless whisper as cat noir fell in love was fucking INSANE

do kids need fart jokes in the year of our lord 2023. has it ever been funny

the cataclysm was really well done. I felt adrichat's shock and fear of his own power (and maribug beautifully fixing paris after that was unintentionally so funny. he's really the Rogue to her Professor X)

love how messy ladynoir got, just like the show

I think adrichat and maribug were really well portrayed/adapted. though marinette revealing her identity was......... hm. I get it. but. hm

gabriel went from this guy to this girl so quick:

gabriel you fuck.... you had me believing..... I came here with an open heart..... bitch

I... didn't like the songs much 👉‍👈‍ I would say I vibed the most with the villain song, but yeah.... I wish they were each more distinctive, that each character had a signature style, and the duets combined both

adrien saying he hadn't smiled and meant it for such a long time, nooooo 😭😭😭😭 SON I HAVE A PEN, LET ME SIGN THE ADOPTION PAPERS

adrien standing up to cringefail gabriel !!!!!!!

loved their portrayal of sabrina

loved the progression of villains, loved them bringing the mime back, loved the saving paris montage in the middle of the movie

loved marinette growing in confidence, and loved how they showed her anxiety in the beginning

the fair festival chaos got me GOOD I was PUMPED

when I realized marinette was singing on top of ladybug spots !!!!

adrien's transformation ate

this didn't happen too often, but some shots kind of felt like they dragged? tikki would ask something, and instead of going to marinette, we stared at tikki for like 5 seconds after that 😅

"he's not my-- I MEAN, her boyfriend" babygirl..........

them cutting to "THE END" like THAT. BRILLIANT. BUT WHOSE IDEA WAS IT. I JUST WANNA TALK

marinette carefully listening to adrien talk about his mother might be the most important scene of the movie for me

[starleska]

hi sorry for the weird question but are u still into larry laffer ..... ive been watching LSL playthroughs and lookin through the tag yknow as people do... and i saw your art !! it's so cute !! if u are please infodump about anything u want about him/the series/your insert i'd love to read.. have a great day!!! : )

hello there sweetie!!!! hope you're having a great day yourself 🥰🥰 omg thank you so much for being so kind about my silly art!!!! and it's not a weird question at all - i haven't had anyone ask about my beloved Larry Laffer in ages!!!! 🙈🙈🙈 popping in a clip of Larry interacting with Erin for those not in the know - but under the cut, as the series is highly NSFW 😉

as an Austin Powers enthusiast, when my dear pal @iriso-page suggested the amorous, anachronistic dweeb that is Larry Laffer, there was no chance a fixation wasn't gonna happen - specifically the version from Wet Dreams Don't Dry onwards 🙈 he's the absolute perfect combo of soppingly wet and pathetic, licentious, corny, dorky, confident and earnest!!! 🥴 i find his pitiful one-liners, cringefail dance moves and whiny voice all so intensely charming. he's horny to a fault and it's adorable;;;; he's just so up for anything and seems so sweet and supportive...not to mention i think his style is genuinely fantastic 🙈 terrible taste? perhaps, but i think more people should sexualise silly old men who try to sexualise themselves 😖💖 Larry has quite the sordid history throughout the games, and i know it must baffle some people that we enjoy such a little horndog of a character!! but i find his determination and willingness to go to such lengths for intimacy quite attractive :3c it's also a very funny trope to be obsessed with guys who are mentally or literally trapped in a totally different time period...some character recs for you there 😉 ooh you know, i never actually made a proper self-insert for Leisure Suit Larry, as that one bit of art was just How I Draw My Online Self...maybe i ought to make a proper OC? could give them a silly, Bond Girl-esque innuendo name like the other characters 👀 i would also really love to draw Larry again - even though it's been 7 months, i loved drawing this commission for a pal!!! the art style for WDDD and WDDT is sooooo beautiful, especially the colours...💖 is there anything you'd like to see, drawing-wise, of Larry? 🥰 and finally - i want to hear what you like about Larry and the series so much!!! it's always fun to hear what makes other folks happy :3c thank you so much for this wonderful ask, and i hope your week is awesome 🙏🔥

[weirdlittlemusicartists]

The Aquabats:

Most Fucked Up: Chemical Bond

Favorite: Story of Nothing

Propaganda: "a bunch of dads in wetsuits that galavant around and sing about pizza and beat up guys in costumes. entirely built off being confident about being a little freak which is incredibly commendable. the person speaking is a registered aquacadet! (#2000278!)"

ded ihn uh hul:

Most Fucked Up Song: Alcoholic Gummy Bears, Girl You Are So Beautiful Like the Sunset

Favorite Song: LTD, Still

Propaganda: "they’re really great and they support/are apart of several minorities and they have a female lead vocalist and they are multilingual and their music is just vibes"

"The utmost culty band of them all. They literally sacrifice people (lovingly) and resurrect them. They worship The hul, an upside down triangle entity. They make some absolute bangers. They are the moment. "

"They are apparently imimmortal (like pseudo-immortal, I dunno) beings from the "OtherUnderworld" who spread the will of their upside-down triangle deity called the hul through music. They claim to be the prophets of the hully clut. They have a choreographed reverse-sacrifice (they resurrect someone?) ritual to be performed before concerts, though they have only done one online concert to which about 11 people showed up; there is a fanfic written about it. They're SO disorganized and kind of cringefail, it's pure chaos. It took them 8 years to finish their debut album, Translation: Bacon, and they still haven't finished putting together the physical release, but when they do, it will include riddles and secret codes, poorly made booklets with lyrics and doodles that read right to left for no reason, and photocards. Their first EP was postponed because the drummer, who does all the art/design, took over 6 months to draw the album cover. They make weird videos and are also Twitch streamers and have an official Tumblr. Their musical style is like... metal infused with k-pop? The yassification of metal? Whatever they think seems fun in the moment? Their lyrics are mostly English but they have also used Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, and French. One is a talented music major, one is a linguistics nerd who is also a dancer in a k-pop cover group, and one is an autistic gamer (studying game design) with every medical problem. They're queer, if that helps; two of them are trans. Also, they're all cousins and started the band when they were like 10 or something. The fourth member mysteriously vanished."

[batw1nggg]

the thing about komaeda is that his gender is soooo versatile. he’s my little over enthusiastically allied cringefail pet boytoy cisguy willing to do anything for me because i’m non binary and hes an ally . he’s a tboy and had the timeline aligned correctly he would’ve funded his boyfriend’s transition and they would’ve homosexually injected their t into each other by the fountain at hopes peak . he’s a weird non binary freak who never understood the concept of gender anyways (see: neurodivergency) and who is willing to play with it like slime . he’s a tgirl but still a gay man and homo and inlove with hajime but also is still a woman of course. he’s a guy but he feels most confident with feminine presentation even if it’s just painted nails (he likes to get acrylics on the prosthetic) (sonia styles him) . he’s intersex and has a kid with hajime (tboy) . izuru does his top surgery . he’s just a very enthusiastic supporter of transgender rights. he also is transgender with 20 sets of pronouns. he’s my girlfriend. he’s my loving housewife and yearns to be a mother. he’s a man that listens to mitski whatever gender that makes him . and so on and so on

[lisxdumbr]

anyway. spider-verse thoughts

i love pavitr and i wish he got more screen time he was so silly. beloved character. dear to me. i love his entire rant abt chai. that was so good. and hobie!!!!!! silliest dude. love the anarchist brit. i love how he like kind of does fuck-all in almost every scene he is in yet simultaneously is the most chaotic dude in the room. respect. he is also very dear to me and i look forward to seeing more of his dimension in the next movie <3 gwen is so tgirl btw. like her entire dimension is mostly blue-pink-white and purples???? and in the entire conversation with her dad it's all blue-pink-white in the background??? and her entire "the people i love can only know half of me!" like ?!?!??! ? AND WHEN HE ACCEPTS HER THE ENTIRE SCENE TURNS ONLY WHITE AND PINK?????? i love her dearly. gwen deserves the world btw. miles was !!! ough i love seeing his growth. going from being all cocky and confident to terrified of what's going to happen like. he's still a child even if he has to act as a grown up !!!! ough. spot being the most cringefail wet pathetic villain and then going to actually being terrifying was one of the best villains yet btw like. he goes from the most wet and pathetic guy to actually downright terrifying and i love that for him. #growth.

ALSO MIGUEL. Miguel's motif reminds me a lot of Prowler's? like it lacks that sharp synth-y sound that Prowler has in his theme but the underlying sense of unease and danger is so similar. i think miguel is going to be a villain in the next movie tbh. he seems kind of... i dunno. like he's holding on too tightly and believes the only right way is his way?

anyway. loved seeing gwen assemble everyone in the end :) peter and mayday!!!! noir and peni !!!!!!! spiderham !!!!!! hobie and pavitr and spider-byte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's going to be so fun in the next movie i think. and god i look forward to seeing noir and peni again i ADORE them

You're so real for everything here

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE HOBIE. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID LOVE ENOUGH TIMES ACTUALLY BUT I LOVE HIM IN CASE IT WASN'T CLEAR.

The world. he's so. thehrjwhdhwgGACSVTSBRLORBRVGEAOFMFYNDIIHRVW vany you know I've been a goth punk for the longest time right. right. rightright you don't know how fucking extremely happy I was that there was ACTUAL good punk representation in my screen, since in the past few years it has been extremely hard for me to find a punk community in my city and I've been having to rely on my mother's friends from the alt street market,,, (though I've spotted some in art school ever since I started I think). Hobie makes me very happy, he's so fucking well constructed, he has references to the 70s movement and to the okupa movement (← that's how we call it in spanish srry if it's not the same in English) I love that he actually lives for the original concept y'know.

ALSO HAVE YOU SEEN HIS DESIGN. I AMJWBDJENSNQKNAKJEB I'm obsessed OBSESSED. he took out that mask and my heart dropped 50 floors and reached the underground. I love him and his style, perhaps I'm a bit too obsessed (I had a dream with him.. aheem) I need him and his pretty boots to kick me mmmhehhdjf sorryaboutthaticantevenactnormal

ANYWAY GWEN. I love her she's my most specialest girl ever. T Gwen is so real I can't believe there are people denying it???? The color palette and the way she talks about herself. There's a fucking TRANS FLAG IN HER ROOM and people are like "um she can have that flag because she's an ally not because she is trans" and I'm like. Amount of cis people I've met with trans flags in their room = 0. There are people saying that it's because Peter was the trans guy which I mean yeah, would make sense, but why not both. both is good.

Anyway Gwen's world is def my favorite, I love the aquarelle texture and how it's the world in which the color affects the environment the most. My favorite scene is the one where she confronts her dad, the way you can see her hair turning pink and blue and how at the end all the colors become warmer and GHHHFRFHR I love her so much.

Anyway I have a lot of thoughts I'm going to scream and cry. I kinda want a spiderverse theme but there are so many good images, I don't know what to use

[weirdlittlemusicartists]

The Aquabats:

Most Fucked Up: Chemical Bond

Favorite: Story of Nothing

Propaganda: "a bunch of dads in wetsuits that galavant around and sing about pizza and beat up guys in costumes. entirely built off being confident about being a little freak which is incredibly commendable. the person speaking is a registered aquacadet! (#2000278!)"

ded ihn uh hul:

Most Fucked Up Song: Alcoholic Gummy Bears, Girl You Are So Beautiful Like the Sunset

Favorite Song: LTD, Still

Propaganda: "they’re really great and they support/are apart of several minorities and they have a female lead vocalist and they are multilingual and their music is just vibes"

"The utmost culty band of them all. They literally sacrifice people (lovingly) and resurrect them. They worship The hul, an upside down triangle entity. They make some absolute bangers. They are the moment. "

"They are apparently imimmortal (like pseudo-immortal, I dunno) beings from the "OtherUnderworld" who spread the will of their upside-down triangle deity called the hul through music. They claim to be the prophets of the hully clut. They have a choreographed reverse-sacrifice (they resurrect someone?) ritual to be performed before concerts, though they have only done one online concert to which about 11 people showed up; there is a fanfic written about it. They're SO disorganized and kind of cringefail, it's pure chaos. It took them 8 years to finish their debut album, Translation: Bacon, and they still haven't finished putting together the physical release, but when they do, it will include riddles and secret codes, poorly made booklets with lyrics and doodles that read right to left for no reason, and photocards. Their first EP was postponed because the drummer, who does all the art/design, took over 6 months to draw the album cover. They make weird videos and are also Twitch streamers and have an official Tumblr. Their musical style is like... metal infused with k-pop? The yassification of metal? Whatever they think seems fun in the moment? Their lyrics are mostly English but they have also used Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, and French. One is a talented music major, one is a linguistics nerd who is also a dancer in a k-pop cover group, and one is an autistic gamer (studying game design) with every medical problem. They're queer, if that helps; two of them are trans. Also, they're all cousins and started the band when they were like 10 or something. The fourth member mysteriously vanished."

Oingo Boingo:

Most Fucked Song: No One Lives Forever

Favorite Song: Running On A Treadmill

Propaganda: "It’s oingo boingo"