#free has me in a chokehold

[anxsity]

[theartingace]

have some centaurs with no intent! Just a lot of doodles, Half character studies (Young Sunny getting his first shoes!(he doesn't wind up liking them.) and Young Irah in their fancy ceremonial outfit and miserable about it!) A rider pair inspired by carousel horses and a random good big sibling 💜

[redhoodie1723]

procrastinated my homework to do this

[oakaiarts]

×͜× THATS ME! 𒅌

[moondialdoodles]

Hey y'all back from the unannounced hiatus with my first time picking up Blender after a literal decade You can pick up the model I used (Xetirano's V1 Model) here!

Some info on where I've been for the past while under the cut!

Been dealing with a whole buncha family matters n' trips n' whatnot, travelling a lot, so I haven't had much time to draw or get any work done, but I'm finally back! Huzzah! I'm finally going to be back on my regular posting schedule/workflow, which'll be semi-often. It's good to be back!

[shimxy]

I've been listening to TMA (just started S5) and I've seen a few people talk about fear alignment.

I am not sure if it is simply the one you like the most or the one you are the most scared of. I think it might be both. Or maybe neither. But anyway here are a few feelings I had about it :

I think the fears I would enjoy serving the most would either be The Lonely or The Eye. They seem comfortable, interesting and fun.

I've always been very scared of heights and I've had vertigo for as long as I can remember. So The Vast would have fun with me.

But I do not think that those things matter. I think the fear I align with is The Corruption and let me explain why.

The Corruption statements are the ones that are the most uncomfortable for me. I do not want to listen to them. They make me want to throw up. And yet I find them fascinating.

They disgust and scare me but I find myself wanting to know more.

But this isn't what convinced me. Mag153, Love Bombing, made me realize that this is the fear that could make me follow it.

I would listen to the Wasps nest that tells me that I am beautiful. I would fall in love with the beetle that tells me it loves me. The promise of companionship would get to me.

Not only is it the one that is the most likely to notice me since The Corruption is the most disturbing fear to me and the one that affects me the most but it's also the one that would be the most successful in luring me in.

I would fall for The Corruption, no matter how much I hate it, I would fall for it. And that might be what scares me the most.

Typing that makes me feel sick but I think that that is what it would want.

[deadmothsketches]

Don't feed the plants.

[relicsongmel]

Dahlia simultaneously needs and resents Iris' love.

She relies on it. She envies it. Possibly even fears it.

Iris is one of the single most selfless and loving characters in Ace Attorney—and her love for her sister is the main driving force behind why she chooses to become her accomplice, even if it means hurting others along the way. And without that help—without that love, Dahlia likely would not have gotten nearly as far as she did in escaping blame for her crimes. In that sense, Iris' love became a very useful resource to her.

However, despite what Dahlia wants us to think—despite all her claims about her sister being a "backstabber," Iris is more to her than a mere tool for damage control. To her, Iris is the only person in the world who sees her for who she truly is and still loves her regardless (and the same can be said in reverse as well).

Consider her claim that she convinced their father to send Iris away to Hazakura Temple. While it's highly unlikely that their father decided to leave Iris with Sister Bikini purely because of Dahlia’s pestering, it's possible that part of the reason she was so insistent was because she wanted to spare her sister from being hurt by him anymore, and her claiming credit for that decision is solely based on her need for control when she had been denied it all her life. Add on the fact that Dahlia continued to keep Iris in the loop of all her crimes despite her initial "betrayal" during the fake kidnapping incident—with the one exception being her plans to kill Phoenix, because she recognized Iris' romantic feelings for him. These behaviors all support the idea that Iris is special to her, however—in my opinion, the truest tells of Dahlia's love for her sister can be found in her lines to Phoenix while disguised as her:

Dahlia knows her sister better than anyone. She knows her to be kind, humble, and compassionate; as such, it makes sense that she would choose to embody these traits while pretending to be her. It can even be argued that Dahlia's sweet, delicate facade that she uses to sway the judge (among others) is directly inspired by how Iris is naturally. However, during this conversation, she exaggerates her sister's humility almost to an excessive degree—in fact, she heavily plays up Iris' reverence for her specifically. Which begs the question—why go that far, especially if the sudden shift in demeanor from this "Iris" means there's a risk her true identity could be discovered?

Is it possible, perhaps...that her reason for overemphasizing her sister's love for her is because said love is the only reliable constant in her life—the one thing giving her stability? She certainly comes off as egotistical here if you read this dialogue with the knowledge that it's Dahlia speaking and not Iris, but reading between the lines...it's almost as if her words are moreso directed towards herself rather than Phoenix—as if she's reassuring herself that she is loved by her sister because that feeling is a source of solace for her.

Dahlia isn't loveless. At the end of the day she is a human being seeking affection just like the rest of us (though she would never admit it and maybe even lacks the self-awareness to do so in the first place), but after the trauma she's endured and how much hatred she’s faced from her family and the world, she simply cannot fathom how her sister can go through the exact same thing and still retain her selfless nature. And given that she’s already far too hurt to blame herself for such a failure, she deflects that blame onto Iris instead (and she goes on to despise Phoenix for similar reasons—because he is surrounded by friends that love him and he, like Iris, is hopelessly selfless at heart). She's the one who has something wrong with her for not shutting herself off the same way, therefore, Dahlia feels less remorse for hurting her when she coerces her into her criminal activities. When she dives into Eagle River to flee her family. When she attempts to kill and later frame Phoenix knowing full well Iris is in love with him. When she agrees to help Morgan with her plan knowing it hinges on her sister taking the fall. Maybe, Dahlia thinks, if she keeps hurting her, Iris will eventually give up on loving her and then she’ll never have to carry that burden anymore—never again will she be forced to acknowledge the reality that she can be loved despite everything. That she could have been good despite everything. But even death itself brings no escape—the channeled Dahlia meets her sister in the Inner Temple and the two once again conspire the way they always have, swapping places just like they did before. And it’s during this swap that her self-aggrandizement (as Iris) reaches an extreme—because at the end of the day, her sister’s love and selfless willingness to help her have been her lifeline all along.

Dahlia loves Iris. But unlike her, she isn't always capable of expressing that love in a straightforward way. Thus, she hates her.

And that contradiction haunts her even beyond the grave.

[yabishrihere]

More Astarion love because I’m obsessed

Does posting him on tumblr get him out of my head?

Nope, not at all

[walterdecourceys]

chess the musical

[emily-mooon]

Here’s some silly three houses doodles I made today! (+some nice sketches)

[disneydatass]

I haven’t said anything since November and I haven’t had the means to make gifs but the parallel between clexa and mizemi is so loud

Mizu and Lexa both thinking love is weakness and not to lead with the heart

Mizu letting Akemi be taken is exactly like when Lexa betrayed Clarke at the Mountain

Clarke and Akemi both wearing the stubborn princess titles proudly (they both will become leaders of their people while their badass girlfriends slay their enemies w a blade)

[crunchyorochiru]

Here's a bunch of yokai watch OC paper doodles!

Context: Anime Venoct is a kid but he's technically been a yokai longer than Tsunaminoct, who's 16 years old.

This last one's gonna be animated, but idk when bc college 🤷‍♀️

[the-soro-art]

I've opened asks for my turtles AU. TMNT23!

The boys are ready to answer some questions and so am I. Here's where we lore dump :)

Every and all questions are welcome💕

Edit- I realized I forgot to put the webbing between Mikey's fingers/toes. I'm not fixing that, I'm too lazy and "animation" is hard 😔

[c10v3r]

can u make them (lightbrush) kiss or something idk haha kicks a rock

i was taking a second from requests but HOW CAN I NOT DRAW LIGHTBRUSH

[sobertycrafts]

Hazbin duck family photo with butt teasers

Ykno the playlist is actually pretty good workout motivation I planked to poison LMAO