#distant view

[arborius]

[cloudy-knot]

2023/7/21(金)　遠望

Yellow green

https://youtu.be/PQa4iDBo860

[sweet-rabbit]

this is the last panel of a longer comic i haven't inked yet but found it super cute on it's own, so here! iceland was added, so happy i have fellow bratty iceland lovers

[hannakdraws]

Were Marceline and Bubblegum being romantic something that was pretty much agreed upon by you and the crew for years before it was made explicit by the kiss in the series finale? Episodes like Broke His Crown seem to pretty heavily hint at it (like PB turning her head back when Simon asks Marcy if she has a boyfriend, and then smiling when she says no). Or was this not decided until writing Come Along With Me because apparently it wasn't in the outline?

I don't think there was a consensus on exactly what their relationship was. There was no official version other than that they had a past (at least not as far as I was made aware). I believe different crew members had different opinions and ideas, and I don't know what everybody else was thinking. I wasn't part of the writers team for og AT so I can't speak to how the writers discussed it during outlines.

I tried to board true to how I saw them, and make it fit with what I saw others doing with them.

I wrote the kiss in Come Along With Me to be their first kiss in years. New but still familiar and comforting. Like they had been balancing on the edge of getting back together for a long time. But that's my version and doesn't invalidate a different read. Someone else on the team might have pictured them as a full blown couple way before then, or as never having kissed before. I can't speak to that. So if my version doesn't fit with how you see them then don't let it change anything for you. I'm just one person in a team. It's not my show

I hope I made the scene work for other interpretations besides my own!

[zykamiliah]

is it my imagination or a part of the fandom doesn't know what "kacchan" actually means

[theartarchive]

distant view of niagara falls by thomas cole, 1830

image from art institute chicago

[theresistanceneverquits]

Headcanon that when Damian discovers Steph gave birth years ago, he did the research to find out everything he could on her child, just in case she would ever want to know.

[blackpilljesus]

I find community discourse incredibly annoying. People are often like "Wheres's the community? We need community! People are so individualistic these days". Individualism gets a lot of criticism but nobody ever questions why this happens. While there are some merits to communities, historically communities have mainly benefitted the priviledged. Most communities evolve into divide-and-rule politics where some are seen as more deserving than others (based on things that cannot be controlled). If you're a marginalised person, more often than not you get bs from communities, not love and protection as advertised.

When you're on the short stick side of the divide-and-rule politics in communities, communities are dangerous for you. It will be seen as acceptable to abuse & put you in horrible conditions simply bc of what you are. Those who abuse tend to be in higher positions in communities so when you call them out people wouldn't care or believe you. You'll be punished when you fight back however. When you're marginalised in a community you receive the worst brunts from people and it's seen as okay to be less deserving of support. You wont be supported in community.

People talk about "safety in numbers" but when the community faces trouble, they will have no problem abandoning or sacrificing the marginalised to save themselves at large. Communities have no problem throwing others away or isolating them once it benefits them. Alot of the time people are used & abused in communities so they're fed up with that, fed up of being treated like second class citizens in communities.

Look at the way communties people reminisce about & yearn for actually turned out. "We had community back in the day" yeah the same ones full of predatory uncles that would abuse women & children and get defended, the same communities full of victim blaming & shaming women + girls for being abused, the same communities where some were implicitly told they were more inferior but if they obeyed those higher up in power they can be forgiven. People talk about a lack of a "third place" bc of the rise of secularism so less are going to places of worship but many people leave those communities (even if their faith is still intact) because of corruption & abuse. The judgements & hypocrisy in these places is a lot (one of the reasons I personally left religion & the community too).

Best believe if you can hold your own down, being in a community is more dangerous than being alone bc like i said when things go south your ass will be on the chopping block first. Hell if people just want to abuse, they'll go for the marginalised first & so much abuse is enabled in communities. They'll ostracise & shun you and the threat of that alone keeps many in line to uphold abusive structures in place in communities.

"But humans are natural social creatures that want to be in groups" is something I hear often & that should make you stop and think of how so many people going against this instinct to survive says a lot about how dangerous alot of communities are. It's our nature to socialise, be in groups yet it's chosen to be independent because of the danger groups actually present when you're not seen as a valued member of them.

At this point people would either say "look inwards" or "find better communities out there" but the problem is that status in communities isnt entirely based on the merit of the way you behave. Finding communities where you're accepted & valued IRL tends to be based on things you cant control. It's not like the internet where you put yourself out there & eventually find your community even if they live all over the world. In reality it's another ballgame, people are more closed off & judgemental if you dont fit certain standards so it's more difficult to find places where you'll fit in. Also, as mentioned the determining factors of the way you'll be treated in communities are based on things you cant control, your characteristics will do more speaking and determination for you. So it's not as easy as just "find a better community". Given the way activism is on the internet, many people forget how conservative & hostile the real world actually is. Things like sexism, colorism, racism, ableism, homophobia, lookism etc; play a big role in most communities irl which is why many people seek alt communities online even though those come with issues of their own but to not stray away from the point this is why many people arent fucking with -irl- community shit anymore.

This discource pisses me off because when you constantly receive crap from communities people blame you for it but when you leave you get badgered for not having or being part of community. Communities benefit the priviledged as they uplift those on top, they get to take more from communities & enrich themselves while those at the bottom get fucked over and it's no wonder so many people get fed up and decide to put things into their own hands than risk being in/trusting communities that wont hesitate to risk or end your life over bs. I know that not all communities out there will be horrible but as mentioned finding communities IRL where you'll be accepted as a marginalised person is difficult. Finding equitable communities where everyone is held accountable for their actions, where people genuienly help each other to get by & survive over divide-and-rule politics is difficult.

People complaining about lack of community but wont address the rampant abuse that happens in them tells me they dont care about community spirit as they claim they just want pools of people to exploit and are disguising it under communal spirit & protection. I dont fw communities & sometimes people will tell me i cant do everything alone, no man is an island -good thing i'm a woman then lol- but fr the people this crap comes from are the type of people that make communities suck & i wouldn't want to be in a community with them anyways bc they're horrible & would just exploit. Individualism is on the rise because so many of us marginalised people who grew up in communities realise we're better off alone & idc what anyone says if they feel they're better off within communitities then bet but a lot of the time others are better off alone. And icl one positive of capitalism is that it gives you a chance to rely on communities less & have a more independent lifestyle. Yes there's still a level of people/community engagement but we're not as tightly bound to a community like a small tribe in a village bc tbh i'd probably be dead by now if i had to live & rely on others that way.

Instead of just criticising individualism & guilt tripping people to join communities, if people actually care do inflection about your "communities". Except this wont happen bc this isnt about community spirit but looking for others to exploit which is why it's being aggresively pushed.

[dragonknightofsummerset]

Finally started reading TWC book 3 (cause of the demo for book 4 dropping) & I'm thinking about my detective's relationship with Rebecca again and just, what keeps crossing my mind is, would Rebecca even be trying to get close to the detective at this point if they hadn't found out about supernaturals?

Like I know the answer is no, because Rebecca sees it as the only way of keeping her child safe, because staying away from the detective equals keeping them away from supernaturals & safe.

Point is, it's hard to try to have my detectives get along with Rebecca which is why they always end up having a tense relationship with her

[pellinni-photo]

rolling landscape of ukrainian mountains in summer. alpine scenery of carpathian range on a sunny day. borzhava ridge in dappled light. grassy meadows beneath a blue sky with scenic cloudscape

[arborius]

[agueforts]

tlovm s3 finish got the entire dash on the first four stages of grief

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

William Hart (Scottish-born American, 1823-1894) A Distant View of Albany, 1848 Albany Institute of History & Art

[distant-screaming]

Girl help I'm too gay to survive in this society

[celticbotanart]

seeing this ask on my dash and I'm reminded of your art and holy shit. have u ever done any more of those Brazilian inspired fantasy art?

Not as much as I should!! ahhhh I've been thinking about it actually, on drawing more BR monsters and such, cause we have a lot of cool ones in our roster!

On the other hand, I'm always throwing BR stuff here and there in my work, even if it's not so obvious!

My main OC Jupiter is meant to be Brazilian/Brazilian adjacent, her name is written and read almost the same way in PT-BR ("Júpiter")

There's also Persie, my other OC, who is also BR, she's black/BR-indigenous - I drew her before as a kid, wearing Karajá accessories

And my most recent OCs, from drizzle/LAND! They are like a "Japanese idol group" sort of thing but they have LOTS of BR easter eggs going on!

"drizzle land" is a direct reference/translation of "Terra da Garoa", the epithet of the city of São Paulo, where I was born; it was called like that because it used to rain/drizzle all the time here (hello global warming *laughs nervously*)

Their above album is called "Under the Silver Rain", a reference to a BR song called "Chuva de Prata" ("Silver Rain"), famous in the voice of singer Gal Costa. I have other names for drizzle/LAND's albums in their discography, and they are all references to Brazilian Music - "Sunflowers in the Color of Your Hair" (Um Girassol da Cor de Seu Cabelo, song by Clube da Esquina), "Dance of the Butterflies" ("Dança das Borboletas" by Zé Ramalho, especially his version with Sepultura lmao) and "A Forest Named Solitude" (ref to a famous BR nursery rhyme, Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha)

AME/haru (her stage name) is Brazilian-Japanese; her real full name is Íris Santana Fujioka, reflecting her BR background, Íris is kind of a rare name here, but like not super unheard of; and "Santana" is a pretty common last name here~

Her sketchbook has the sticker of a BR meme in it lmao it's the version of it drawn by BR artist WillTirando, bc I have that exact same sticker on one of my sketchbooks sdhjfgsjhdgfjhsdf

ANYWAY! Not exactly the answer you were looking for, but I hope the other refs/easter eggs were fun enough hehe

[writing-for-life]

Sandman Cover Project #31—Shawn McManus

"The Sandman Cover Project": What would the covers have looked like if created by the issue artists instead of Dave McKean?

I will gradually add all illustrations via the tag “Sandman Cover Project”.