#hold potatoes!

[meandtheyeehaws]

if val doesnt swoop in with his bigass mothman wings to save his fellow Vees from peril in season 2, then did hazbin even hotel

[tiniest-headcrab-art]

Redraw of this sketch :)

closeups?

(08/07/2024) edit: ok i did write this in the tags but ill write it here too, i finally drew the parralell of GLaDOS holding Wheatley, and Wheatley holding GLaDOS/PotatOS, and jesus so many of you guys have never noticed that and gushed about it in the tags lmaoo, tysm guys <3 the link doesn't work and i dont think ill try to constantly fix it btw

[drlessy]

if only i had the will to walk as long as they do....

[xx-sketchy-xx]

baby’s have got to me lately

I even painted a baby deer

[shardanic]

Rough Day

[x-i-l-verify]

Something that I've noticed ever since the Smiling Critters were introduced is that they can so easily be paired off into complementary duos, ones that are specifically designed to teach children fundamental lessons about life and self-care from two different angles. It's really interesting to me.

Like obviously you have Dogday and Catnap, with their sun/moon, dog/cat dichotomy, that stress how important it is to have fun and get things done during the day, but also that it's important to wind down, relax, and get a good night's sleep.

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Bubba Bubbaphant and Craftycorn were introduced as a duo in the Smiling Critter show's intro, and their dichotomy is quite obvious. They are basically the right and left sides of the brain personified. Bubba is the left side of the brain, logical, analytical, focused on math and science. Craftycorn is the right side of the brain, creative and imaginative, focused on the arts and self-expression. They represent learning and academia in all its forms, the different ways people engage with and understand the world.

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Hoppy Hopscotch and Kickin' Chicken form the sportsmanship duo. They are both portrayed as enjoying sports and the outdoors, but in different ways that highlight the different ways sports can be played and enjoyed and also what it entails to be successful at them. Hoppy Hopscotch may be loud and impatient, but she is also a team player, shown in her willingness to slow down her fast pace to make sure none of her friends are left behind. Kickin' Chicken, on the other hand, is laid-back, relaxed, and chill, the described "cool kid" of the group, but he's also described as having a ton of perseverance, more of a "slow and steady wins the race" type of person.

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This leaves Bobby Bearhug and Picky Piggy as the last pair. Fittingly, these two are all about how to meet the fundamental needs of yourself and others. Bobby teaches children how to nourish themselves emotionally through showing and receiving care from others, while Picky teaches them how good food is important to nourish the body and soul. Depriving oneself of either of these things only makes oneself and therefore everyone around one miserable, because those fundamental needs are no longer being met.

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Like fr, this is some pretty genius marketing right here. You have enough characters that every kid will have their favorite, but not so many that any would get lost in the shuffle, because the lessons each one of them would teach would be integral to the group as a whole. It really makes me that much sadder we saw basically nothing of the Smiling Critters during the game itself, because Mob Games struck gold with this concept, only to ultimately do nothing with it. :/

But I guess that's what fandom is for, eh?

[nana-glass-chillhop-radio-hour]

thinking about how Val's reality-rewriting miracles were alluded to in season 1 with Daggler's propaganda god... like the common element between Daggler's lies as a police officer and Val's lies as a demigod of war is the state's monopoly on legitimate violence, right? To maintain the monopoly on legitimate violence, the state has to justify the violence it commits as legitimate ex post facto in order to maintain its hold on political power, regardless of the facts. If the facts don't justify the legitimacy of the state's use of violence the facts have to change. So the state's monopoly on legitimate violence also is predicated on a monopoly on truth - hence the outsized danger of the propaganda gods! And to exercise their control over a shared reality, they require the corroboration of one or more witnesses! The Ursula K LeGuin divine right of kings 2014 National Book Foundation Medal acceptance speech of it all!!!

[pointlessjey]

Hold creature tight

[jinikaris]

pre-recording behind the scenes ✮ music core

[90kon]

i bestow upon kon the highest of honours (drawing him in big gold filigree earring)

[reallilystuff]

glorious leader what the fuck is that thing. what is that. get that cat out of the cult grounds I think it has rabies.

drawing the lambs wool is surprisingly fun ngl

[tearmint]

So...yeah!

ref:

[cassafrasscr]

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOREVER, OMG. I kinda shaded, like, 2 of these and just left the rest in flat colours, lol. 😅

How to Hold your Halfling: an Illustrated Guide. Featuring my most favoritest bois, Orym and Ashton, with a bonus appearance by FCG and Chetney.

AKA: Draw Orym’s Tattoos and Ashton’s Scars Consistently Challenge. Impossible. 😂

(I actually almost forgot to draw Orym’s tattoos altogether. That would've been embarrassing.)

Drawn and coloured in Clip Studio Paint, for those who are wondering. 🙂

[pastafossa]

So a rabbit built a nest in the backyard that we found yesterday, or rather, that Fozzie found. There seem to be five, and these are BABY buns - velvet baby fur, eyes not opened, still doing the squirmy baby movements. Fozzie didn't show any bad signs. so we've left the nest and just make sure Fozzie doesn't try to eat them. Except he doesn't want to eat them.

This dog. Is. OBSESSED. With these baby buns. And I think he might have decided they are HIS babies.

He's constantly crying to go out because he wants to check on them. If he hears you going into the kitchen, this lazy potato gets up wherever he is and SPRINTS to the back door there in case he can go out and see the buns.

When we let him out, he then sprints to the exact distance away from the nest that we allow him to get (we've put up stakes to mark the general area). Then he makes a big circuit around the nest, nose to the ground, checking for any bunnies that have gotten out of the nest. HE'S FOUND THEM TWICE. I managed to get video of one find fortunately, it was SO cute. 🥺

When he finds one he stares and snuffles and then gently, gently parts the grass with one paw so he can inspect the tiny baby to his satisfaction.

This dog does not get up early, ok? Ever. Sis leaves at six thirty or so, and he has, up until this point, just refused to go out. 8AM or bust. But this morning he whined and cried at sis to go out, just so he could check the bunnies.

Like, this dude CHASES adult rabbits out of the yard. But apparently the baby ones get special treatment.

I love my potato dog. And he sure does love these lil baby buns. Which is a relief, because my last three dogs were far less gentle when they found baby buns. 😭

[abernathyvalois]

I love hanging out in big friend groups cause i can sit silently listening to them like a podcast but with admiration and love and rare interjections

[thebigolbee]

Mr. House coming in clutch with the tax evasion swag