#giant despair

[boxturret]

Steamboy Legoes

I think it just so happened Steamboy came in to my life right when Bionicles started to get bad, so around that time I made a lot of M.O.C.¹s based on the various machines from the film.

Since most of my legoes at that point were, in fact, Bionicles, I didn't have all that many parts to work with, so many of my builds were quite unorthodox. There's not going to be much S.N.O.T.², short for Studs Not On Top³, here. Also legoes aren't some holy relic that must be treasured above all else, so I cut, glued, and stuck paper on things as I saw fit⁴.

I also wasn't very good at taking photos that were in focus, so you've been warned.

Steam Automotive

This, being the first big crazy machine you see in the movie, it leaves a big impression. Its scene and music are also amazing so that helps.

I made this thing so many times. The gearing on the front wheels was always such a big thing for me, the fact that for it to move forward the larger gear had to rotate backwards was really eye opening for me at the time.

I was really quite inspired by seeing someone else's build of it, it was motorised and ran on tracks and had the monowheel on a rod in front of it. It was really cool, so much so that I'll forgive the fact that when the Steam Automotive was on the tracks it was in front of the mono wheel. I can't find it anymore, I swear there was more Steamboy stuff on Brickshelf at one point.

The way the machine has two drivers, a guy in the back in a more standard locomotive cab and then this guy in a tiny chair in front of the weird vertical second boiler/smoke box(?) with a head on it, its so interesting.

Honestly over this period the legoes I had was pretty consistent, but as I studied the reference materials I had closer and got a more complete idea of how everything went together my approaches changed a lot.

This was the last version I made, and probably the last M.O.C.¹ I made in general. It has a really different structure to the others, but some things have been retained. Sliding tires over 2x2 bricks and technic bushings to make tubes is a pretty good technique I think. Probably heretical in the church of lego purity though.

This model was kept together over my dark ages⁵, if you can call the period of time between when the legoes go in the attic to when they go on ebay that. I did think about keeping it, but there were too many parts from bigger sets in there, and I needed money to buy Rahi.

Note how by this point I'd just completely given up on miniature figures. They're just...so ugly lol, catering builds to fit those blocky awkward giants in was just not fun.

Most of the other builds are all one-offs after this point.

Steam Castle

Except this one. I tried a couple times to give it more texture, but it was hard at the scale. Not really notable at all. Basically only made it because I had enough black connectors to make a circle.

Return of the Steam Automotive

It happened again.

This was basically made right after I watched the movie from memory, so that's why all the colours are off. The gears still work!

And I took a second crack at it. its such a pleasing design.

Aero Corps.

Structure wise this one is really accurate lol, but trying to fit it with a miniature figure just doesn't' work. I was really happy with the custom wings.

Aqua Corps.

I was really happy with the arms. I bet its illegal, but who cares lol, it works. Never even tried to fit a man in this.

Blimp

This was the biggest thing I made, and thus suffered the most from my lack of parts. It should be noted that the bulk of this stuff was built at once, even though I never took a group shot.

I had one wright flyer set and that's where all the tan panels for the tiny fraction of the air sack came from, the curve was just some click hinges but the panels were so heavy they had to be held held up with strings.

The biggest problem was always things with multiple identical components. It was a stretch to make the 6 fingers of this crab thing even with such a simple construction.

Legged Tank and Steam Trooper

I love this tank that appears in like 3 shots and in 1 is getting blown up and in another is dead. Why didn't I use a minifig for the steam trooper? I hear you ask, well, the backpack was more important for me, and I couldn't have a breast plate and a backpack without a major headache.

The linkages don't really do anything productive, except make it hard to rebuild the boxor in 12 years. But they looked cool.

This one really benefitted from me getting the collector's edition of the movie that came with a booklet that featured some concept art and renders. You barely see this thing in the movie, and certainly not from the back.

Flying Machine

I call this one the "I saw someone make this on brickset using revolvers and it looked really good, but all I have are brown muskets because my lego collection is a couple pirate sets from before I was born, bionicles, and the wright flyer".

British Tank

This was the second version, the earlier one was too bad even for me.

I didn't have the stuff to make custom treads so instead I just used the giant chain from the wright flyer and faked the thickness lol. I think that's a pretty good Union Jack for being done freehand on a tiny flat tile with some not very fine tipped sharpies.

Yes the boiler was held together with rubber bands why wouldn't it be.

Say hello to Mr. "Everyone in this movie has a moustache because its 1866 but I only have one miniature figure head with a moustache".

I was quite taken with how the gun was a separate unit that could be detached.

Monocycle

Ray's a part of it, it can't stay together without him. Its all just wedged in there. I got some very used lego once that had some parts of an old police station from the 80s in it, and some of the pieces weren't even broken! So I managed to salvage the back half of a bike from there.

I also made Edward.

Since I didn't have any brown sharpies I just stuck on some paper coloured brown with a marker. At some point I found that the glue I was using to stick the papers on also could rub the prints off so that was cool, saved sanding. Very few miniature figures from my childhood remained.

And this concludes a short look at my dark past. If for some reason you want to see more, there's some more photos of the older ones can be found on this brickshelf.

I wrote a big post about Steamboy over here, if this didn't scare you away.

Notes ¹Short for "My Own Creation". ²Short for "Studs Not On Top"³. ³Often abbreviated as S.N.O.T.². ⁴If the sight of such things disturbs you please leave the post now. ⁵Fans of legoes liken the part of their life when they aren't buying legoes to a period of scientific and cultural stagnation.

[saltedcoffeee]

xanvid height difference pulled me back into the restaurant in the sense that i have been cooked and served.

[demodraws0606]

Whit's Intuition and it's similarities to Junko's Ultimate Analyst powers

Surprisingly this is not really a Mastermind Whit theory post, but more so an interesting connection to make considering DRDT is in the same universe as the normal Danganronpa games.

Whit's intuition powers have been highlighted...literally, the word intuition is always in yellow when Whit talks about it.

And it's very strange right ? Almost nothing like that has happened in DRDT meaning this ability that Whit has, has to be important.

But what the fuck is it ?

Here are the three times, Whit mentions his intuition

-He predicts Teruko will be happy

-He predicts Charles and him will be best friend

-He predicts Charles isn't lying about his blood phobia

All of these end up being right (Teruko's one is a bit weird but she does end up being happy a bit in chapter 1 and i think she'll prob be happy at the end of the story...hopefully so..)

But like....how ? I mean those aren't really super insane guesses but it is very strange how he manages to predict those things...

The definition of intuition goes like this

"Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge, without recourse to conscious reasoning or needing an explanation"

It's not 100 pourcent the same but it almost reminds me of another character who had the ability to predict things....

Yeah, it's Junko Enoshima

The reason why I say it's not exactly the same is because Junko is the Ultimate Analyst which is slightly different as in Junko could audibly explain the how which Whit might not be able to do.

However the end result on what they can do is strangely similar

Junko is able to predict anything, which is exactly why she became the Ultimate Despair.

It is really funny too how Junko too ended up becoming the Ultimate Fashionista due to these abilities. You could say it's similar to how Whit's intuition abilities probably landed him to become the Ultimate Matchmaker.

In fact Charles and Whit were both interested in Machine Learning

In a way it's really strange how Junko and Whit seem to have really odd similarities. Mainly in their physical appearance first of all, but how Whit seems to dislike boredom (seen with how he describes his least favorite color) and how strange he reacts to the killing game.

Junko's whole thing as well is that she made multiple personas to entertain herself, her real self being bored and apathetic. Whit seemed to have made his fake self around the image of his mother at least from what it seems.

It's not really proof of him being the mastermind or anything, in a way it's the same way as to how Veronika is similar to Junko but it's just somethign interesting to chew on

[skipandloafer-anime]

*Spoilers for ch 63*

Aaaa I got the raws and Shima is in his creep phase for mitsumi 😭😭 I’m so filled with joy and laughter

[laugtherhyena]

What is Ingrid-Elise’s Soul Type?

She has the tormented soul! And speaking of her this ask reminds me how i had an idea for her moonscorch form but never got around to finishing it back in the day so here it is

It's a rat with a disgustingly elongated neck that makes stretching sounds when moving :)

Pestilence as in pest, which can be used to refer to an unwanted or bothersome person. Rats, especially in that time period, were considered pests as well, they're also prey to both cats and vultures.

All of this is in reference to her relationship with he parents while Pestilence's non-hostile nature mimics how she used to be as a person. Desperately clinging to her one passion as a means of comfort despite no longe being able to properly indulge in it.

[lilbombus]

“I've been looking everywhere for you! Your beautiful array of chaos is awe-inspiring…”

I like to think that during the time aradia, sollux, and davepeta were in the game, aradia would investigate the whereabouts of Alt Calliope after she defeated LE in act 7

~ below I just added another version of pg 2 w/o the writing ~

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

[echoesdistant]

you can watch the monkees' 1968 box office flop HEAD while under influence of The gummy. but watch out

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

Just saw Godzilla Minus One finally. What the hell dude. I know y'all have been saying it's good but I had no idea I personally would like it so much

[mortifiedandawesome]

They Might Be Giants - Hopeless Bleak Despair (Official Audio)

[millennialgrandma]

pro tip: maybe don't make baked goods from memory if your memory isn't always spot on. you might forget the baking soda in your banana bars and end up doing nothing but wasting dreams and chocolate chips.

[enormousnora]

Sorry itz been a minute Tumblr audience have those Danganronpa drawings I did recently

[tlaquetzqui]

So after Al dies protecting Kurō from the Legacy of Gold’s beam (something happens with the main girl in that part, on each route, and she dies, on hers), he wrestles with God:

“Oh Heaven, I ask thee. Is naught but destruction left me? Oh Heaven, I ask thee. Am I naught more than prey to be consumed by Evil? Oh Heaven, I ask thee. For what purpose did thou create my meaningless existence?” “Then, Man, I ask thee. Is there naught but despair in thy soul? Thy rage and hatred toward Injustice, is it all fallen to ruin?” “No. My soul is a sea of flame. I curse my weak self, incapable of standing against the Unjust. I curse it. I curse it.” “Then, Man, I ask thee. Can thou accept it? That powerlessness is a sin? That the weak are fated to be defeated and trampled upon by Evil? That this is Divine Judgment?” “No. I shall not accept it. Not that the World I love is fated to be overrun by Evil. Nor that this is Divine Judgment.” “Then, Man, I ask thee. Is the smile of thy beloved not by thy side? Wilt thou stand by while those thou lovest are defiled and murdered by Evil?” “Never! I want to protect my loved ones. I want to protect their future.” “Even if thou must bear suffering?” “Even if I must bear suffering.” “Then, Man, I ask thee. What dost thou desire?” “A sword! A sword! A sword! Grant us once more the sword that smites Evil!” “Stand, Daijūji Kurō. Stand, Demonbane.”

I’m sorry please show me something this fucking awesome in anything that didn’t also involve Herbert West as a rock-and-roll roboticist whose guitar case has a rocket launcher in it?

[assortedantics]

Petition to destroy the Shard and accept that London isn’t a city of tall buildings.

[ibukisgtronpablog]

Hey so I wondering if you can some giant gundam content with Soudam as the ship. They are my favorite ship in the fandom and I want to see more content so can you please do that?

HEY HEY!! Sorry Mod ibuki like tooootally died haha. I'd be more than happy to complete this request for you anon!! Soudam is one of my favorites!!

GIANT GUNDHAM X TINY KAZUICHI HEADCANONS

- Gundham loves Kazuichi, he really does, but sometimes Souda makes being big really difficult. Tanaka is overly cautious with his boyfriend, especially because of his size and how often he tends to get himself in trouble.

- He freaks out whenever he can't find Kazuichi, and gets upset when he finds Souda somewhere obvious like in one of his coat pockets or his scarf. He always gives the other stern lectures about how it's dangerous to sleep in places like that without letting him know beforehand.

- Since he handles small animals quite frequently, he always makes it a point to use some of his techniques on Kazuichi. He finds that Souda calms down quickly whenever he pets his back in circular motions or let's him sit in his scarf against his neck when he gets overwhelmed.

- He has a problem with picking Kaz up without asking, usually by the back of his shirt or pinching his waist between his thumb and forefinger and picking him up that way. Kazuichi always has a little freak out moment before realizing that it's only Tanaka and there's no REAL reason to be afraid, but it's still a bit offputting.

- Kazuichi gets his own little spot on the bed, on Gundham's pillow and under his hand. Tanaka doesn't move in his sleep, which means sometimes if he's able to convince Gundham to let him, Kazuichi gets to sleep on his chest!!

- Kazuichi gets along great with the devas!! sometimes they even cuddle up on him when they're in Gundham's scarf and they'll stay there forever, even falling asleep at times.

- Kazuichi isn't allowed to climb things or climb off things due to Gundham's anxiety, it makes him cringe just thinking about Souda get hurt, and honestly it's just not a risk Gundham is willing to take when it comes to his little boyfriend.

THATS ALL MOD IBUKI HAS FOR NOW!! I'M WORKIN ON EMPTYING OUT MY ASKS RIGHT NOW!!!

[despairforme]

I've watched some videos about mantises and there are often comments like "imagine if mantises would be at least a size of dog we humans would be damned" and I can't help but think about Nnoi))))

❝ 'Daz right I'm fuckin' monster sized. ❞