#focus on the concept lmfao.

[altschmerzes]

writing 'loneliness into loneliness' is like let's spend ANOTHER couple hundred words lovingly describing cuddling and touch in general-

[creekfiend]

Man so often I start down a mental road of like HOW DO I SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN MY LIFE THAT IM OBSESSING ABOUT and the answer is. Do weed about it and calm down

[orcelito]

With my girlfriend's assistance, I realized that the trigun characters I'm most attracted to are (in this order): Wolfwood, Vash, & Elendira

... Yeah

[ozzgin]

ur yandere school series gives me so much life you have no idea—

the amount of potential this au has oml. imagine reader in sex ed with the yanderes LMFAO

The students have to wear those horse blinkers so they focus on the blackboard only. Phones banned from class, notes checked at the end. Reader has no idea, probably goes home upset thinking it’s some fancy head accessory, only for top-scoring yandere students, and they were left out. Vows to study more so they can also have the honor of wearing horse blinkers.

[Yandere School Concept]

[tadc-harlequin-au]

Can we get some art of the city itself?

If not art can get a bit of description? I know you said it was heavily based off of lies of P and other souls like but I’m kinda curious what the city itself looks like.

If you're looking for City art, I'm afraid there's not much I can give you, since my main focus right now are the characters. I also did not say that Lies of P heavily inspired this AU, I said that it was used as a base inspiration. Aside from that, the AU takes A LOT of creative liberty.

Main street test - concept sketch

The city's look itself is going to be fantasy-esque victorian, taking inspiration from various medias such as The City of Metronome, Little Nightmares 2, We Happy Few, Shadow of the Colossus, Bioshock: Infinite, Dark Deception's Deadly Decadence level, and more. This sketch is a test run of how I want the city to be themed.

Caine's mansion - concept art

This is also an unfinished beta sketch of the mansion that the rest of the gang stays in, Obviously a modified version of the Circus tent from OG TADC. (Z is there for size comparison lmfao, I still need to extend it)

And of course, not only will the City be a former busy, and bustling location (almost china-town like in terms of just how crowded it used to be), it's also going to be filled with dead Puppets.

"Guiding Figure" - concept art

Lots, and LOTS. Of Dead Puppets.

"Puppet Graveyard" - concept art

[theoldoor]

must u betray me with a kiss ahh doodle

i love oc x canon talia lore IM SCREAMMINGG analyzing my own work here LMFAO i didnt write it with these thoughts in mind but lets seeeee

the talia story is wrote is basically revolving around beliefs and desires, especially the desire to live and the recycling nature of life. yknow, wasteland of talia - everything gets recycled.

i do want to focus more on aventurine’s religious writing side, but im not very erhhhh good with that

i think the concept of the story im writing for them is heavily based on desires and religion, considering the heavy emphasis i put on the parallel between Avidity (fenrir’s clan) and the streetcar named desire LOL (however, the streetcar reference thing will come in another posttt)

context context, at the end of the talia quest, yk the oc quest that i wrote when there’s a big battle going on like how every quest ends lol. here, it would be revealed that fenrir is the final boss, after completing the little obsidian vampire ritual things with the scraps and turning into this big chimera monster thing and he got that cornerstone as well (boosted damage). he used the cornerstone, which he wasnt supposed to and how tf did he even do that

aventurine was supposed to use the cornerstone, yk joining the battle, but that would most likely cost him his life and fenrir - even know he knew that aventurine’s luck would save him, he still can’t bear to continue with the plan because that lingering chance of failure worry him too much

so aventurien was liek “ayo where tf my cornerst- FENRIR GET YO BUMASS HOME!!!” and he got snatched by the IPC to safety to return to work and fenrir out there smacking everyone

ART CREDIT TO @BLANKETC ON NEWGROUNDS!! CHECK THEM OTU!!!

the “kiss” here, i wrote it to be implied but regardless it still symbolizes a form of betrayal because its wrapped in what should be a sign of devotion

fenrir’s “betrayal” isn’t driven by hatred, greed or other devious motives its from desperation. you know some form of love but it has been twisted. he wanted to save aventurine from a fate he believed to be inevitable and similar to judas, which is an obvious reference here, who believed he must to fulfill a necessary prophecy.

aventurine wouldve probably anticipated a betrayal from someone on his side, fenrir even. but with understanding there came trust, and in a game of gamble you cant trust - so aventurine put his trust on fenrirs love - “a dog known to betray his owner”. he had let his guard down too much and with a life like aventurine, letting your guard down is a guaranteed idk bad thing

i cant say for aventurine, but just headcanon and a sense that aventurine feels bad asf after that “betrayal”, having the very fragile connection that he held dear weaponized against him i think thats pretty serious idk man probably makes him feel greedy

but its both love and betrayal harharhahrr

aventurine’s the typa lad to be like “yeah ima be the final sacrifice, ill die for everyone” and then at the border to death he realized that everyone in question made him happy and he wished to be selfish and not make the sacrifice earlier because its too late to go back now

bumasses

[nardos-primetime]

first thing that pops up on my for you page from your blog:

i am so lost from where this guy came from. is this an au? also i am extremely jealous of their hair, i want it for no good reason. lmfao sorry for the weird question/ask.

He's from a newer au I haven't talked about yet! Don't feel weird for asking at all!

The whole au is like. Heavily inspired by Cyberpunk 2077 (a guilty pleasure of mine), it could technically be a crossover au, I guess? I dunno, but I'm lazy/like to do stuff for fun, so certain aspects are obviously going to be changed. I'm not totally settled on designs, but I think I'm gonna keep most of the design aspects from this drawing for the "finalized" concepts.

The main plot centers on Casey Jr being put under the care of the turtles by "Mother" soon after having a whole (unwilling) relic insert situation in his brain, leading to former star Lou Jitsu to be revived within his mind!

The issue is that all of the turtles aren't really. The best father figures. None of them even want anything akin to a child, and even if Casey is 19, these guys are Mercs. Outside of their own clubbing and shows they do gigs for cash, including dangerous ones, ESPECIALLY dangerous ones. Having this new guy is like, a total roadblock, especially because Casey still, somehow, despite Night City's clutches and the last group he was pressured into before this, has some morals about him. The only reason they didn't kill him and stage an accident is because Mother promised them financial compensation for caring for him.

So he's stuck with four new "dads" who mostly all hate him or find him annoying, and Lou is not any different, he also finds him naive but he dislikes the turtles as well because he's a jaded old fuck (major hypocrite, too).

While the turtles are baseline all mercenaries, they share some traits between each other instead of leaving it to a "one guy only" job in most cases.

Donnie has the most technical skill, falling mostly under Techie and Net/Edgerunner, he adores tech after all, he also has illegally dabbles in being a ripperdoc, primarily for his brothers.

Mikey is actually the fallback for general medical issues, including those involving backfiring implants. He's only better at this because he's dabbled in researching (and using) tons of remedies, mainly for pain. He's the guy who's helped Donnie when working on inserting implants in the others. He's even stayed awake during his own surgeries to help Donnie during his fuck ups and implants.

Leo, while not extreme netrunner levels, does hold some hacking knowledge, just what he needs to make things a little easier with anything but combat most of the time, as combat is what he enjoys the most within jobs. He also tends to be the one to make their deals with Mother.

Raph is mainly muscle. Not to say he's simple, it's just his main role and main focus, having grown much more protective over the years, often acting as a bodyguard for the others during their own shows (hence he has the least involvement with any of their music). He's the least of the bad influences for Casey, at least directly.

They used to have another member of the group a few years ago, a media. Or a media wannabe, at least.

They normally have some reference to her, even if small, hidden within their shows.

This is all, of course, not tapping into their mystics, which are a bit different in this au as well with how they work. Lets just say Mother allows them special permissions when it comes to mystic usage.

...at least those are some of the basic ideas I've been throwing around in my head for the story, lol. I like to throw ideas at the wall and see what sticks to me. The whole thing is technically a wip still but so are 90% of my aus tbh lmao, this onrs just a lot more wippy because it's mainly a "for fun" au and I also haven't been able to play cyberpunk for myself to brush up on things outside of research and sometimes a man is just... not up for that, especially lately with my attention span, I hope to brush up a little more again sometime soon and maybe even delve into some aspects from the og ttrpg perhaps, I'm not sure yet, though, haha.

Oops long post, huh? My bad </3

[pokegyns]

zoroark seems to have failed to grasp (or more likely ignored) the baeddel theory of radical feminism's degeneration caused by cis privilege, which prevented cis radfem theorists from fully grasping the patriarchy. thusly the torch of true radical feminism was picked up by early queer theory (for focus we shall ignore queer theory's petit-bourgeois degeneration, caused by spontaneous habits creating vulnerability to rainbow capitalist co-option, creating a de-link with feminism, thusly losing its holistic grasp on patriarchy). the transandrobros is incapable of true radical feminism due to internalization of maleness, & therefore unsuited to grasping baeddelism's (that is to say true modern radicalism's) expanded theory of internalized misogyny, which majorly builds on theories of gender performativity

baeddels are fucking cuckoo. i kept opening this ask in the inbox & kept changing my mind whether i should answer this or not, but your case is truly to be studied & i believe people should see your true insanity to its’ fullest so……

the audacity to say that female people are “unable to fully grasp the patriarchy” really tells me that you people believe female people to be “unsuited for truethink”– thus needing to be “guided by the clearer truth of the male’s mind”. that’s way too close to the christofascist ways of thinking, but you’re way too scared to admit that you might be aligning with extremist christian ways of belief! yet you’re over here talking about “de-link” with feminism, ironic lmfao. your usage of intellectual terms, specifically marxist terminology, tells me that you’re trying to imitate the anti-capitalist corners of feminist theory. but can you truly proclaim yourself to be marxist if you cannot even comprehend basic marxist concepts such as the family, commodification of female bodies, capitalist exploitation of female people on the basis of [tangible sex], reproductive labor & marginalization of the female reproductive system? you use a bunch of word salads to further prove your heavily misogynistic, specifically transandrophobic in this instance, belief that male people are somehow more capable of defining oppression that they don’t even face. it’s screaming entitlement at its’ finest.

baeddels are not “true radical feminists”. baeddels take up the worst corners of “radical feminism” (gender essentialism, transandrophobia/antitransmasculinity, the entire concept of a “gender traitor”, pure hate & no actual activism whatsoever), a.k.a they twist radical feminism up & down, switching & turning it upside & downside to their own liking, they modify it to fit their fucked up view based on a very specific & niche form of idealist metaphysics. they take the worst section points of the worst & most unhinged corners of radical feminism, and then expand their beliefs to be trans-inclusive. their views are based on pure hatred, negation of reality, and a very specific hatred targeted at transmascs.

if i am somehow “unfit” for feminism because i “internalize maleness” as a transmasc– then i am sorry to break it to you, but your right to talk about feminism should be revoked in the first place, as your maleness is externalized.

– mod zoroark

[pseudophan]

i want to make more video edits so bad. i hate knowing that i have the ability to but not being able to focus on it. wait ok concept... what if i asked everyone to send in song options for a dan and phil edit, it could be genuine or funny whatever, and if i got enough i could do a poll to choose which one i do and then i'd be like obligated to do it.. i feel like then i might actually be able to. you guys are the only people i feel obligated to ever lmfao

[ddejavvu]

daydreamed at work today & was wondering if you would pls fulfil my brains rot & write the following concept??

spencer turns into a big old dumb blushing stuttering baby when bau!reader wears a lower cut shirt than normal - bau team is more than happy to call him out for it ? (bonus points if reader is dating hotch & spence gets the disappointed dad stare lmfao)

thank u i love u sm & hope you had a wonderful weekend xx

Aaron knew the shirt was low cut. After all, he’d chosen it specifically for that reason. He’d finally gotten up before you in the morning, and he was going to take advantage of it by picking out your outfit like you do for him when you’re up first.

He doesn’t regret his decision, either. All day he’s glanced at you hunched over your desk, and gotten a view worth being distracted by.

Unfortunately, he notices, he’s not the only distracted one. Any time your chest dips too low against the surface of your desk Spencer’s blushing, and he watches the young doctor’s eyes stray from his paperwork one time too many. It doesn’t take long for him to find something for Spencer to do around his jam-packed office, and he stalks down the steps from his door with a scowl on his face and a file in hand.

Reid doesn’t even see him coming. He doesn’t hear the forceful footsteps, doesn’t hear the way Prentiss greets him with a quick ‘Hotch,’ too caught up in his daze. What he does notice is a manila folder in his face, eyes blinking rapidly as he comes back into mental focus.

“Reid,” Hotch drawls, venom in his voice as he shoves the paperwork into Spencer’s vision, “You look distracted. If you’re not busy you need to be working on this.”

“Right! Right,” Spencer babbles, cheeks redder than Hotch’s own tie, as he fumbles with the folder, “Yes sir. I’ll have it on your desk in an hour.”

“Maybe Y/N should work in her man’s office,” Morgan jeers, “I don’t think boss man’ll be happy with Pretty Boy’s drool on the papers.”

[eddiegettingshot]

there's this post going around that's like "if you don't think your boyfriend liking you so much he's turned on at the dinner table is romantic I feel sorry for you" or something and like... I understand the angle and sorry to dump on your new favorite buzzwords but not only are people allowed to just not like things it's not a ~puritan mindset~ I'm literally a queer adult who likes sex... that's not why that particular scene isn't romantic to me... it's them getting nothing else!

like I'm sorry but their story got paid DIRT when by all rights it shouldn't have! y'all SHOULD be asking for more, why am I doing it for you...... if you're fine with it not being a deep relationship that's okay too but those pretending it already IS is gonna feel disingenuous to me? other pairings have been shown in outright sexual situations but they're also given deeper conversations and vulnerable moments that helps achieve a balance and build a rapport and that's why it works

the problem is they actually gave BT so little in the way of actual focus or uninterrupted time that those moments of connection a new relationship like that deserves suffered. when they only met in 7x03 weren't introduced as a romantic concept until 7x04 and then they outright backburnered them completely in the latter half of the season the story suffered! and the fans actually KNOW that because they were BEGGING for anything? so yeahhhhh by consequence of it it being like 12 total minutes out of whatever the whole season was, 430ish, it's literally not weird or puritan to say that that scene felt strange in an already badly paced episode

like the awkwardness of the writing was a problem the entire finale and and plagued a lot of storylines this season and EVERYONE was complaining about that it's literally OKAY to admit their scenes also fell victim to it... they're telling themselves the only problem anyone could have with these things is being bitter but like no actually I'm more bitter about the fact that they didn't take better care of this story and do better by this character for Buck? like yeah you got me I am a big hater actually but I'm NOT a hater of a good story and if I'M sitting here wishing they had given Buck and his first boyfriend ever a better one why are y'all ARGUING with me that living off of crumbs is better LOOOOOOL

YOU ARE SO RIGHT LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY IT LMFAO. it's all about the bad writing!!!!!!! SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT THE BAD WRITING

[mythalism]

despite being a clear solas stan i do genuinely understand and empathize with people who feel slighted by the blatant narrative focus on him versus other characters, especially if he doesn’t particularly resonate with you. people often call him as “controversial” which is undeniably true among the fans, but i honestly wonder if he was written to be controversial or if it was an unexpected consequence of his writing that they didn’t anticipate. the devs with the most creative power and agency all clearly adore him, if not as a person at least as an interesting character. but i remember how much the popular opinion towards him changed after the release of trespasser, from "some guy i never talked to because hes boring" to "evil maniac" and i honestly cannot imagine the developers would intentionally create a character, whom they knew would one day become effectively the central point around which the narrative orbits, and make him.... hated by like half of players? and not just hated as in "love to hate" but like genuinely hated. like i know people who are literally are not going to buy this game because it focuses so heavily on a character they dgaf about or dont like. and the devs definitely know this. they literally changed the name from "dreadwolf" to "the veilguard" because they didnt want to make it seem like it was all about solas. they literally said this when asked about the change. which is just... fascinating because... he was written this way!!!! he was written to be an asshole to people who dont like him. hes literally a pride demon who hates people who hate him LMFAO. and he only really becomes sympathetic if you put effort into getting to know him. but what incentive does a player have to get to know him??? LITERALLY NONE??? like he actively dissuades you from getting to know him. and the game really does not give you any other reason to until the very end, when you find out he was sketchy... but some people just do not care? and why would they? a ton of people played inquisition as their first game and would barely know who fen'harel is despite a few vague mentions in the temple of mythal and like... 2 codex entries. some people dont even read the codex entries. and all of this is made even more insane because all of this was necessarily for him to be in-character as a trickster god cosplaying as a nerdy loser. and a lot of fellow solas lovers write off criticism of him or people who just dont like him as automatically wrong and invalid because "he becomes what you think of him" and while thats true, he basically becomes Pride or Wisdom depending on how the player treats him, it still presents an insane conundrum that has led us to this point of contention. but the worst part is i literally dont even know what else they wouldve done?? like i dont have any fixes for this LMFAO. making him bestie coded just so people liked him going forward would be completely out of character. i just find it so interesting that we have ended up here, and while obviously im personally glad there is such a narrative focus on him because i love him, and i think the way he molds to the perception of the player reflects the "expectation makes reality" concept that exists in spirits is a brilliant narrative tool (that also further suggests he was originally a spirit), it also makes perfect sense to me how he has become so divisive with people interpreting him as two entirely different characters, literally an evil pride demon or a beloved wisdom spirit, and i wonder how they are going to continue it in veilguard

[superm4ks]

I don't really know how people analyse/read testing times so like whyy does everyone think rb will be the fastest? I mean I can understand that they were dominating last year and that that lead doesn't just completely dissappear over winter break, but at the same time they've changed the concept a lot and maybe the new concept is a flop?? Just looking at testing times and long-runs the ferrari looks just as good as the rb (to me lol as I said idk)

Aight honey I gotcha here’s what to actually look for in testing and what NOT to look for

Pay attention to:

Consistency - drivers will run what they call ‘programs’ set to see if the data they’ve spent all winter working over in their lil computers actually correlates to the finished product on track. It’s important that it does lmfao. When the wind tunnel and the tarmac give u similar ((controlled)) lap times in !!similar environments!! then u know you’ve got a good base to work on for the remaining of the season. So look for consistency in ur drivers laps. Look for race sims on c1 c2,c3 ((hard and medium compounds)) wid obvious delta references and see if they were actually able to deliver consistent times across the board.

Tires used by teams - personally always find it interesting and telling when teams will focus a lot more on softer compounds and harder compounds instead of miss ole reliable her majesty the long run queen - C3. C3 is a medium compound baddie thats the most likely to give u a broader picture of how the car actually handles at a race speed. A few nailed laps on c4 and c5 ((softer compounds)) DO look sexy and strong on top of the table, but for testing they’re kinda like stretching a muscle u won’t even get to use all that much. But if ur fav gets on top the table, no harm done right ����

Laps completed - Nando Alonso said it best, 3 days of testing is fucking bonkers . And it is. Imagine not only u gotta learn everything about one of the most intricate and sensitive and complex pieces of machinery on the planet but u gotta also use whatever data u find to extract some type of competitive, podium scorer, race winning performance . All this against 10 other mfs ((yes even haas)) who are trying to do the same. So , how do u get an edge here? Simply put, u run your car from the moment it’s green until it becomes like against the law to have the fucker out there. More laps = more sim data = more data overall = better quality corrections between sim and on track behavior = more knowledge of how car responds to different programs = where to improve and gain performance

Immediate statements from drivers on how the car is behaving *relative* to last year - drivers are pr trained to death but they’re not robots. One of the most important aspects of an f1 car is its drivability. If a driver tells you it’s better or it’s worse /or they’re having less or more fun, believe that . That is important

Do not give a fuck about:

Testing classifications - or, to put it bluntly, it doesn’t matter who tops the charts in testing. The term ‘glory runs’ // ‘sandbagging’ comes to mind, and while teams theoretically shud not b wasting precious testing time wid that nonsense bro sometimes those mfs can’t help themselves . And it’s all utterly meaningless until fp1 in Bahrain . Lemme tell u why. There’s simply too much we don’t know about how teams are moving atp. What engine modes they’re on, fuel loads, delta targets, programs. Apples to oranges. Except apples is a fresh lap on c4s and oranges is like 15 on used c3. Cud mean something, cud mean nothing. Don’t focus too much on it.

Hope this helps love u mwah

[citrine-elephant]

the classic trope you see in fiction where the protagonist has to rein in their rage in order to fight better because seeing red makes mistakes

but it's art, and you have to slow the fuck down to break things down to it's simplest form, or focus on the smaller details, before bringing together the entire piece.

[vasito-de-leche]

crawling back from a hole to GEEK about suitcase gang members that would get along the best 💁‍♀️

- x, medicine pocket, and sotheby: lethal IRB nightmares

- med poc and sotheby: explosive concoctions

- centurion and tennant: harbingers of serial bankruptcy

- mesmer jr. and 6: orderliness

- dikke and 6: law and order (dun dun)

- melania and bkornblume: the thief and her gal in the chair (they're a ship too)

- eagle and shamane: shamane is MAD impressed at this girl's wilderness skills + will also be willing to teach her stuff

- horropedia, an an lee, and blonney: it's always horro and blonney / horro and an an but never these three together. you can bet that blon and horro surrounds an an to ask about her ghost vacuum

- blonney and desert flannel: she's in patch 1.5 but her design tells me that she's rocking her closet which is a bonding topic with blonney

- lilya and jiu niangzi: girl is in patch 1.6 but all that is known for now for global players is that she makes killer alcohol. cue lilya as her willing taste-tester

- sputnik 1 and 37: just 37 marvelling this perfect sphere

- alien T and 37: this girl again eyeing the ufo's circumference

- kaala bauna and voyager: kaala has a question or two about the heavenly bodies

- dikke and knight: s w o r d

ohhh fun! here's a few dynamics and characters I think would get along since you've shared your own!

Baby Blue and every character younger than her--especially Balloon Party

Baby Blue is just 17 but I do like to think that, bc of her connection with Wonderland and innocence, she would act as a big sister for many of the younger arcanists. especially Balloon Party since the two reject adults or the idea of growing up!

Blonney and Bunny Bunny

both characters have a focus on movie or hollywood as a concept, both are also girls around the same age range who know what it's like to be put into very restrictive stereotypes (the blonde bimbo, the southerner). I think they'd get along, and it's very funny to think about Blonney go straight to Bunny Bunny for help if Jessica ever needs help, since Bunny Bunny's family had a farm lmfao

but I also just rlly love girls who are total opposites on a surface level being close friends bc of the small little things they do have in common

Sweetheart and Bette, following the same reasoning as the Blonney and Bunny Bunny

THE MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS AND A STRUGGLING ACTRESS...BEING FRIENDS... SEEING EACH OTHERS PERSPECTIVES....

sorry I'm very passionate abt Sweetheart being so jaded and tired of the way hollywood treated her and warped her image to be nothing but a product for the audience's consumption. and very passionate abt Bette near-delusional hope of making it into the industry

Sonetto and Zima, both being poets

I could've added Charlie or The Fool since the idea is similar, but I feel like Zima would work best?

all three of these characters cherish the power of the written word and have used it against injust systems, but I think that Charlie's insecurities would hold her back a lot from truly bonding with Sonetto thru poetry, and The Fool is too much of a revolutionary--his very open and vocal "down with the monarchy, every person in authority is a fucking fool" vibe would clash with Sonetto's obedient dog aspects. Zima, however, feels perfect to act as another poet for Sonetto to befriend and a mentor to slowly introduce her to more open ideologies

SURE hes a recluse and socially inept bc of the years of isolation in exile, BUT HES NOT SHY WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING HIS VIEWS AND THOUGHTS OR WORK. hes the perfect idea of subdued and quiet strength, I rlly think Sonetto could really benefit from having him as a mentor or responsible adult figure

Pavia and Centurion

YES, I KNOW TENNANT IS VERY OBVIOUS FOR CENTURION BC SHE SCAMS PPL AND CENTURION IS VERY LUCKY SO SHE WINS AT EVERYTHING AND PUT MANY PLACES INTO BANKRUPCY

but I'm NEVER letting go of casino dealer Pavia from the artificial somnambulism stages. these two? theyre ABSOLUTE MENACES together, the luckiest girl in the world addicted to adrenaline and thrills? with the most deranged "who gives a shit" mafia guy who does whatever he wants?

they'd be playing an extreme version of buckshot roulette together, they'd ruin the economy together just bc its funny. they dont know each other's full names. they hang out and bitch about life together. they dont care abt their respective life stories. they're the first person they call when they're bored. they've been in many many life threatening situations. they dont know each others favorite colors

do you see my vision!!!