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[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[k1tty5]

doggy <3

[lostagoodcigar]

Been thinking abt retired price a lot

Outside doing yard work, all but barking at you to stay your ass inside cause he’s got it.

Perching up behind him on the couch to rub his shoulders, joints aching because military service and age seem to be worse on certain days.

If you still work, John will grumble every few days about how “you don’t need to work love, can take care of ya.” Which you know and assure him of that as you kiss him while getting out of bed. He’ll sit in the bathroom as you get ready, make you your preferred morning drink and maybe even pack your lunch.

“John you don’t need to-“

“Least I can do, not jus’ gonna sit around and let my pretty wife have a million things to do.”

Grumbles about gaining weight every time you make a meal, which is most nights. Seeing John a bit softer around the edges puts your mind at ease. It’s not often he gets strung up on how he’s not as cut as he used to be, but when he does you spend a few hours assuring him with kisses and then some that, “Love the way you look John- part of the whole marriage plan I had actually. Needed a nice body pillow.” Which earns a chuckle, before you’re bouncing in his lap murmuring how much you adore him and like treating him well.

Being the host for the get together dinners John drags the 141 into. An excuse to see his boys again, and an excuse to show off the pretty thing he gets to see everyday.

[cj-the-random-artist]

Is this my best comic ever?? Nope. Do I think I characterized either of these two particularly well in this comic?? Not really. Did I spend an unreasonable amount of time on it to the point that it would be a waste to not post it?? Yes, yes I did.

I really committed to this one, spent a lot of time on those backgrounds and treated myself to ample suffering with the perspective, which is not my strong suit but I am happy with how it ultimately looks. Yay perspective and background practice!!

(Tbh I shouldn't talk like I think this one sucks, I think I've just been staring at it for so long that my brain has decided it's not good and it's actually way better than I think it is, and honestly I am quite happy with it. The artistic process really is something, isn't it?)

The inspiration was basically me reminding... myself... to take breaks sometimes... by drawing for several hour stints during my only little bits of free time. Which totally tracks. Probably. But I've been rolling around in my brain this idea that Lambert is a very uptight people pleaser and anxious workaholic, but Narinder, at least since adjusting himself to the circumstances (which probably took at least a century, maybe two) has discovered the joys of self care, and has made an active effort to chill tf out. This has not made him any less terrifying to the cultists (save for Lambert's closest disciples), nor has it made him friendlier to really anyone but Lambert (and maybe his siblings), but he sure has found some serious peace of mind. That said, I can't place what his motivations are here. Perhaps he is secretly concerned about Lambert's sanity, because he doesn't want them to turn into what he was, or maybe he's just trying to steal away some quality time with his one and only friend, but regardless of the reason, I spent too much time on this for nobody to see it, dang it.

That said. Enjoy this silly little comic that I spent way too much time on, and I hope this silly comic brings you some joy today.

[lazylittledragon]

what if i broke all the bones in your legs actually

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

so in an attempt to actually use positive thinking, anytime i fuck up and my brain reacts as if ive cause a minor apocalyptic event, i compare my fuck up to the 4 minute fuck up committed by the crew of the uss william d porter.

and only today, as i was having to explain what happened to my mom when i was explaining the whole comparison thing, did i realise that most people dont know about it and ive decided that needs to change because its objectively hilarious.

...which is a weird thing to say about an event that occured on a warship in 1943, specifically november 14th.

see the uss william d porter was a fletcher-class destroyer but you dont need to know what that means, just that she had guns that went bang bang and that she was escorting another ship, the uss iowa, to cairo.

while they were on their way there, they performed some gun trials like testing the anti-aircraft guns or the torpedos. and while they were running a torpedo drill, the crew of the porter managed to fire a live torpedo straight at the iowa which you know, in terms of a list of things to do while escorting a ship, shooting a torpedo at them is not on that list.

especially if the president of the united states is on board.

yeah so fdr was on board and the gun trials were actually his idea, and part of the trials was that they were conducted under radio silence.

and that means the crew of the porter couldnt just call the iowa to be like "move out the way, we accidentally shot a torpedo at you."

but they did have signal lamps and you know, the signalman on board was trained to signal this exact kind of message.

...and uh never mind, the signalman did manage to successfully tell the iowa that a torpedo was coming toward them but wasnt as successful when it came to the direction the torpedo was coming from.

not all hope is lost though because the signalman could still use the signal lamp to correct his previous mistake and-, never mind, he announced that the porter was reversing, which she wasnt.

yeah so at catastrophic mistake number 3, they broke radio silence to warn the iowa and she managed to turn out of the way just in time which meant no one got hurt. and even though the inquiry into the incident led to chief torpedoman (fantastic job title btw) lawton dawson being sentences to hard labour, fdr intervened and waved away his sentence, saying it was all an accident.

but yeah, so thats my new measure for "how much did i really fuck up?" and when i compared accidentally picking up a pencil case without a tag on it in wilko, turns out it was a very minor fuck-up. yes, the cashier had to ask another worker to grab a duplicate so they could scan the barcode, but i didnt nearly kill the president during wartime via accidental friendly fire

[loycos]

my personal headcanon to what exactly is under cait's eye patch. I've seen a lot of people who think she basically has heterochromia with a neat lil scratch going perpendicular to her eye, even tho the spear clearly cut along the eyelid. also, a spear slashing through your eye is not gonna make it change the color of the iris. what probably happened was- the eyeball was damaged to the point of collapse, and its remains had to be removed. so what we're left with is

she's got no eyeball. i think the eye patch makes much more sense that way- for one, seeing an empty eye socket might be considered unpleasant, so she mostly keeps it covered. second, you can see how snug the eye patch is- it sits tightly on her eye socket, and i imagine that if there was an actual eye there, blind or not, it would get really irritated having a piece of fabric rubbing on it all day.

as for a prosthetic- i honestly don't think caitlyn cares about looking "normal". she probably won't get a functioning (fictional) hextech eye to fix her sight- i think she believes this scar to be a reminder for her past mistakes, so she never "loses sight" of what's important ever again. a prosthetic for aesthetic purposes feels a little ooc. caitlyn never cared about being pretty. i don't think she's shameful about her scar, nor does she wear it with pride. i think she's pragmatic and neutral about it, her biggest concern being "but can i still shoot" and the answer to that, i think, is a "yes". the rest is peanuts for her.

the upper eyelid itself is still in tact, and it healed kind of roughly, so the scar looks mingled (caitlyn could probably have surgery to fix it, but like i mentioned, she doesnt care for that stuff). i also think her tear duct is still working perfectly fine, so when she cries, she tears up on both sides.

[chatlote]

Just because you don't love yourself it doesn't mean I will stop loving you.

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[aethersea]

I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

[jiauro]

Heavy is no longer my least played class

[fictionalsownme]

smash???????? who said that?????????

engineer doesn't get enough love on this blog considering how much I cannot express my devotion to him, so I’m working to fix that :) this is similar to what I did for damien but it took foreverr!! iswm lighting is so so pretty which makes it impossible to get right ;;u;; the saturation is really high and there's multiple light sources so in terms of rendering it, its like it was personally designed to leave me dead on the floor :))))) either way,, I'm happy with how it turned out!! he’s very prettie :))

also bonus:

[elitisim]

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, DAY 10: 10 LORDS A LEAPING!⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊

The boys are back in town!

Day 10 of [ELITISIM’S 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS ADVENT EXTRAVAGANZA!]] is Much, MUCH needed love to the fine gentlemen of TS3. So funny story, this was this primarily supposed to be a cold weather menswear pack that I was supposed to post back in like late-September/EARLY October, it was literally called the equinox collection... but then the fall equinox passed, and I didn't know what the rename it, and I didn't feel like remaking the graphics...so now it's Christmas gifts!

Information:

None of this is my original work! All mesh and texture credit goes to, @gorillax3, @darte77, @lazyeyelids, @amelylinaa @ooboosoo, @atomiclight-cc, @xion!

Set contains 31 CAS items for YA-A Males: 22 Tops, and 9 Bottoms

All clothing options are disabled for random, have all LODS, and Morphs.

credits, preview pictures, links to originals, poly counts and individual download links for every single item is under the cut.

WARNING:Polycounts are HIGH for MOST of this stuff. Sorry! Please reference the list under the cut before downloading!

**WARNING 2: the bones on the Bottom2632 w/ Spiked Belt are ASS. I didn't want to upload them because I'm not really proud of them, but a friend asked about them specifically, so they're in here.

[DOWNLOAD MERGED]

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[PICK AND CHOOSE]

@ooobsooo: KKBasic 06 cargo pants // 7.8k poly // 4 channels//[DOWNLOAD] @oobsooo: KKBasicsSet 15 Jeans // 7.8k Poly // 4 Channels // [DOWNLOAD] @ooobsooo: Kwang Gong Suit // 7.2.k poly // 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD]

@ooobsooo:Layer shirt 3// 7.4k polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] @ooobsooo:March Denim Jacket + // 10.2k poly // 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] @amelylina: Benjamin Sweater// 6.5k poly// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD]

@darte77 Belted Jeans 102 // 8.9k polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] **@darte77 Bottom2632 w/ Spiked Belt//9.5k polyys// 4 channels// ** bones are not great on this download at your own risk** [DOWNLOAD] @darte77: Long coat // 11.3K polys// 4 channels/ [DOWNLOAD]

@darte77 Parka w/Layered Shirt // 7.2k polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] @darte77 RAF Bomber Jacket// 9.3k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @darte77 Ripped Knit Sweater//9.1k//2 channels//[DOWNLOAD]

@darte77 Moto Jacket // 10k polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] @darte77 Leather Overcoat// 11.9k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @darte77 Wool Overcoat//11.1k//4 channels//[DOWNLOAD]

@darte77 Parka w/ Turtleneck // 10.1k polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD] @gorillax3-cc: basic cardigan 2// 9k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Basic Sweater// 9k poly// 4 channels// [Download]

@gorillax3-cc: Cardigan and Shirt 3// 7.9k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Chino Pants// 6.3k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Coord Pants//4.2k// 4 channels// [Download]

@gorillax3-cc: Down Jacket 3// 9.2k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Down Vest// 7.9k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Mandarin Collar Shirt//8.2k// 4 channels// [Download]

@gorillax3-cc: Pajama Shirt // 8.2k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Pants 15 w/ Gucci Belt// 2.6k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @gorillax3-cc: Scarf String Hoodie//8.1k// 4 channels// [Download]

@xionsims: Cool Kid Jeans // 6.2k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @xionsims: Ripped Jeans // 6.8k poly// 4 channels// [Download] @Darte77 // Layered Shirts// 10.2k // 2 channels + 4 swatches// [Download] @lazyeyelids: Chesterfeild Coat// 7.1k Polys// 4 channels// [DOWNLOAD]

[kcrabb88]

I feel like we really lost something when we started looking at writing as a reader-centric product meant to appeal to the desires of a specific audience rather than a writer-centric approach of someone writes whatever particular thing particular compels them/whatever weird thing the demons in their head want to talk about, and people out there who are also compelled, and/or relate, find that writing. A lot of discussions of writing really center around what readers want rather than a writer's exploration. Sometimes as a reader I don't know what I want. I click on a fic or pick up a book I'm not sure about but that looks interesting, and I love it. Reading what I expect to get is it's own joy, but we always need to expand our horizons and not get mad at creators for not always writing what we want/expect.

[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[sketchy-noodles]

For context, me and a few of my fellow crows on Phil’s Discord had this idea of “What if there were Minecraft crows that were specialized and adapted to live in different realms/biomes?”

And now we have End Crows 💜

Transcript & closeups below:

END CROWS

A guide by Philza Minecraft

PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS:

Largest of all crow variants

Thinner with longer legs (LANKY)

Wings & feathers adapted for silent flight

Sharp serrated beak for eating chorus fruit

BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS:

Social! Seem to flock in large groups

Allergic to water (like an enderman)

Enjoy taking dust baths!

Hoarders of shiny things (have a weird obsession with spoons for some reason?)

Prefer dark environments

Nest in End cities/trees

OTHER NOTES:

Purple glowing eyes

Feathers have an iridescent purple tint

Surrounded by particles

DO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT!

Tattered fringe feathers

Longer legs

Velvety down feathers on legs & wings absorb sound frequencies!

Serrated beak!

DIET: omnivorous

Chorus Fruit

Endermites

Etc.