#how to make a swing

[anewp0tat0]

looks like I can draw again!!

Sebastian called him "orphan" for the rest of the week.

[ryllen]

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[auldcine]

I just want to wish you good luck... and all that. And all what? What ever you want. FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in SWING TIME (1936)

[hoofpeet]

Them fighting immediately before Ingo gets eebied is good but also. lots of potential for post-Hisui fighting

[p1x1x]

[srapsodia]

for the drawing prompt: ann and ryuji, 59!!

59. One giving a piggyback ride to the other

Things went a little south for the backup team!

[jackkelso]

hsr gifs 2/?

[blue-rose-soul]

For hazbin hotel au: what if alastor arrives at young age? Let say an incident which both he and his ma die at same time but because of his heritage, he got sent to hell, forced to survive in the streets until he meet Charlie and the rest of the hotel residents. How do you think will happen if he meet Lucifer?

Oh, so an AU of the AU? Sounds fun! Let me think...

Well, my first thought is that Alastor's demon form would be fairly different, since it's so closely tied into the manner in which he died. Buuuuut... I really like him as a deer demon, so I'm going to handwave that away. I'm also going to have him keep his powers associated with radio, despite him not yet having become a radio host, with the justification that listening to the radio shows together with Nicaise and making her laugh by perfectly imitating the radio man's accent were such fond memories for him they carried over to his demon form.

Ultimately, this version of Alastor still becomes the Radio Demon. But unlike the Alastor who died as an adult, nobody knows what the Radio Demon looks like. He's a mystery, known only for his radio broadcasts and striking down Overlords from the shadows. So when this little red kid with deer ears shows up on Charlie's doorstep introducing himself as the Radio Demon, she and Vaggie are understandably skeptical.

That skepticism dies when he blasts Sir Pentious's airship right out of the sky.

Alastor still brings in Niffty and Husk - two of the only people who know who the Radio Demon really is - still fixes up the building, and still acts as the facility manager. But everyone involved in the hotel keeps his identity a secret, at his request.

When Lucifer arrives at the hotel, he's in sheer disbelief that the hotel's manager is this tiny kid. Never mind Alastor frequently pointing out that he's around a hundred years old now. That doesn't really clarify anything for Lucifer who's several millennia old. He's less of a condescending jerkass to Alastor at first, seeing him as a kid, but Alastor doesn't take kindly to being treated like a child. So Alastor does what Alastor does and prods under Lucifer's armor. He starts throwing himself at Charlie, hanging off her arm, acting like a precocious kid and interrupting Lucifer's attempts to bond with her while shooting the King of Hell smug looks.

Charlie finds it a bit weird given Alastor usually acts more like an adult, but she does think it's kind of cute so she allows it. Lucifer is furious. He frequently refers to Alastor as, 'that damn brat,' and casually picks him up and teleports him to other rooms of the hotel for 'a time out' and generally treats Alastor like he's a nuisance, not a member of the hotel staff.

And then... Alastor's parentage comes out.

Lucifer is just as awkward with the childlike version of Alastor as he is with the version who died as an adult. That awkwardness just manifests differently. He keeps trying to make amends by treating Alastor as though he's an actual kid, lavishing him with gifts, inviting him on trips, so on and so forth. Alastor really doesn't think he should have to decline a trip to Lu Lu World more than once. Charlie tries to step in on his behalf, but she's not so great at dealing with Lucifer's awkwardness either.

One of the most insulting gifts is a pet, similar to Razzle and Dazzle, who is supposed to keep Alastor safe.

Alastor explodes.

He died when he was ten and he's been keeping himself safe ever since then, thank you very much! He was strong enough and clever enough to become one of the most feared Overlords in the Pentagram, all without ever showing his face once! And it's been over a hundred years since then! If Lucifer wanted to be his dad, he's about a century too late!

Unfortunately, one of the downsides of being stuck in a child's body is that sometimes his adult emotions are too big for it. All the anger and frustration comes out as tears, which only makes Alastor that much angrier. Lucifer tries to offer comfort, to pull Alastor into a hug, but Alastor melts into the shadows before Lucifer can even touch him.

[allegriana]

I can't stop thinking about The Acolyte and how it delivered such a wonderfully complex and nuanced story.

In some Star Wars media, the desire to delineate everything into a clear Good/Bad dichotomy does a disservice to the stories and characters. It's hard to textually criticize the actions or philosophy of the Jedi Order because they're an institution that is defined as Good and any Jedi who becomes Bad is simply an outlier and a bad egg: the Order itself is beyond reproach, and characters who criticize the Jedi do so out of misplaced anger or obviously evil motivations. There are few opportunities for Force users to exist outside of the Jedi/Sith dichotomy because rejecting the Jedi philosophy is on the verge of rejecting Good itself.

The Acolyte gave us Jedi who acted with earnest good intentions and made terrible, costly mistakes and covered those mistakes up, denying justice and resolution to the people they hurt. It showed us a calm, quiet Sith living a simple and ordinary life outside of his conflict with the Jedi who longed for a student and Force witches who wanted sanctuary and solitude, who tried to avoid a destructive battle and still ended up dying defending their home. It allowed characters to be rightfully justified in their anger and grief and guilt, and I found myself sympathizing with every character in turn, wishing that things could have just gone _slightly_ differently for them and put them on a different path. The tragedies happen at the intersection of those justified emotions and the rigidly held belief, reinforced by each character's lived experience, that the other side has left them no choice, that the only way through is violence and death.

I hope The Acolyte gets more seasons, and I hope Star Wars explores more stories that are at the periphery of The Main Plot. I hope the fandom is encouraged to look beyond a black-and-white way of thinking and appreciate genuinely complicated characters without needing to label them unironically as Flawless or Irredeemable because one day, I hope those fans are writing and maybe even directing fresh new Star Wars stories and giving me something to be excited about.

[kagoutiss]

divine intoxication

[newdejavuu]

im trying my best not to think too deeply about some of the things I see on here but. they irritate me so.

can I ask why, less than ten shows from the end of the american leg of the tour, we are STILL making comments about joe and pete’s “lack of energy.” or about how they both look “bored” — or, my favorite being, “wilted flowers without any sunlight.” im not black, so I don’t really feel comfortable unpacking the racial microaggression that lies within that statement, but as someone who has struggled with substance abuse, I feel much more comfortable talking about that.

so let’s talk about pre-hiatus show “energy” for a moment.

those beloved pre-hiatus shows where both of them are wizzing around the stage, spinning around, and throwing themselves on the floor — I would bet money that a majority of those shows that joe & pete were high or drunk or some combination in between. joe was an addict (something he openly admitted to being in his book) and while I’m unsure of pete ever used the word outright, he had his own struggles with substance abuse as well.

the “energy” you so desperately crave from the boys, the kind you so desperately want back, was a result of that addiction. joe admitted that he turned to drugs and alcohol before shows as a way to deal with his crippling anxiety and imposter syndrome. and pete has openly admitted to forgetting entire shows bc he was drunk or high or something else.

while yes, the boys don’t thrash around or writhe on the floor like they used to for a variety of reasons: they’re older, joe has had multiple back surgeries for his chronic back condition — but also. they aren’t performing in a drunken, drugged haze anymore. they’re giving us all the energy and happiness that they can, while 100% SOBER.

for me, i’d happily take their sobriety over some “pre-hiatus” energy.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[floweroflaurelin]

I’m back! After a month spent in and out of the hospital not getting any painting done I’ve decided we’re gonna brute force it, baby. I’m doing Huevember!

Huevember is a challenge where you do 30 paintings in 30 days and each one is a different colour/hue. Mine is gonna be mcyt themed because of course it is. I’m only spending a day on each painting so they’re gonna be quick, rough, and of whatever strikes my fancy—remember last year when I got sick and did 12 portraits in 12 days? It’s like that, only bigger! I’m very excited to see what comes of it and I hope you follow along!

Starting with Day 1: Don’t listen to the whispers…

[jacarandaaaas]

isabela madrigal u have some mad strength

[sage-is-in-fact-very-tired]

it's thinking about qpr prison duo hours

[loafbud]

i was asleep this morning and this Idia plush appeared in my dreams