#i do not own them and all credit goes to the artists who made them

[the-kingshound]

For reasons i will not divulge into, can u tell me what armor aesthetic/historical accuracy you have in mind for the hound?

While I do take inspiration from some historical settings (in particular, 5th, 6th century), TKH is not meant to be historically accurate at all. It has fantasy elements that not only include magic, but also many magical creatures, traditions and a whole continent that I completely made up.

So, with that in mind, this is kind of the armor aesthetic I imagine (note: you are very free to headcanon or imagine story elements different from my references):

[pukefactory]

☽────✧˖°˖ OPERATION PAPERCLIP ˖°˖✧────☾•

(COMMISSION)

★ Summary: A Compilation of Headcanons Featuring ENA X Reader Who Likes To Draw

★ Commissioner: @namosaga

★ Character(s): ENA (ENA: Webseries)

★ Genre: Headcanons, SFW

★ Warning(s): None - Completely Safe!

★ Image Credits: @JoelG

☆ At first, you only drew her when she wasn’t looking. Which, to be fair, was difficult��ENA’s neck turns with alarming flexibility, and her eyes sometimes seem to operate on independent surveillance. You’d think she didn’t notice. But one day, while she was loudly declaring war on a nearby chair (“YOU! You smug-legged traitor!”), you caught her reflection watching you from a puddle. One eye was the shape of a frown. The other blinked. “Were you… caricaturing me?”

☆ You try to get her symmetry right. Or, rather, her lack of it. She’s never the same twice: one drawing has her geometric hand cradling a melting balloon. The next, her yellow side is smiling like the sun knows a secret. When you look back at them all together, it’s like you’re watching someone glitch through emotions, pages fluttering like a flipbook of joy, sorrow, and things in between. The pages smell faintly of turrón and electricity.

☆ Moony found your sketchbook first. “OHOHO! WHAT’S THIS—PAGES OF OUR MUTUAL CHUM?! Shall I investigate further?!” You snatched it from his noodly hands before he could start narrating. Later, ENA approached you with a folded napkin and very calm rage. “Moony said you were…’creating a fanfiction but with more pictures and fewer words?’” You were not sure how to explain the difference between art and devotion in a language she could hear.

☆ You once caught ENA mid-shift—sadness spilling out like static, face half-paled and twitching. You didn’t speak, just sketched. When she saw the drawing later, her half-circle eye blinked slow. “Oh. I looked like a gargoyle having an existential breakthrough. But also like a balloon in prayer. Hmm. HmmMMM. You captured it.” She tried to pose like it again, but tripped on her own polygonal foot. You kept drawing anyway.

☆ One page is filled with nothing but her hands. That weird asymmetry—one warm and soft, like sunlight that remembers being human. One sharp, angular, like it could shatter something and apologize after. She asked why. You told her it’s the way she gestures when she speaks. “Ah. My flailing appendages of meaning. I see.” She’s started doing it more. You’ve started drawing faster.

☆ Sometimes you doodle her words next to her face, like little dialogue bubbles. But ENA doesn’t always talk in words. She talks in metaphors, fragmented syntax, Morse code sighs. One time you tried to replicate it exactly: “THE CLOUDS ARE RAVENOUS TONIGHT, DEAR HEART.” She saw it and gasped. “Did I say that?! That’s AWFULLY poetic of me! Wait—what was I talking about?” You had no idea. Neither did she. You kept the page anyway.

☆ When she first saw the sketchbook, she looked at every page without blinking. Her expressions shifted like a slideshow of theater masks—smile, frown, awe, panic, neutral, awe again. Finally, she handed it back and muttered: “…Do you draw me because I’m strange or because I’m you-shaped?” You didn’t know what to say. She blinked again. “That was very cryptic. You don’t have to answer. But if it’s both, that’s okay.”

☆ Sometimes you draw her in scenes that haven’t happened yet. ENA in a paper boat. ENA with wings made of receipts. ENA with a crown of toasters and lightbulbs. She looks at them, points, and goes, “Oh! That’s going to happen next Tuesday.” You ask her how she knows. She just shrugs. “It’s just a feeling.” You check the calendar anyway.

☆ You caught her mimicking a sketch you did of her once. Trying to stand in that exact dramatic pose—head tilted, one eye closed, one arm high above her head. She held it for about four seconds before falling over and sobbing dramatically. “I HAVE FAILED THE ARTIST!! THROW ME TO THE PARROTS!” You gave her a sticker. She stuck it to her forehead and recovered instantly.

☆ Now, whenever you pull out your sketchbook, she’ll freeze in place like a deer caught in the spotlight of creative judgment. “Are you drawing me now? Wait—do I look tragic enough? What if I shift…like this?” She twists into a shape only possible in dreams and cubism. You tell her she always looks like art. She tries to respond, but her mouth glitches between a smile and a sob. “…I think I’m flattered,” she finally decides. “But my feelings are buffering.”

[marragurl]

Ok so like…. Who makes Ratio’s statues? 

Because every possible explanation just opens up a whole new can of worms. 

I’ve been trying to go through as much info about him as I can, including his character stories, but I can’t find anything??? 

So I’m just left stewing in the dark, which usually leads to my humor coming into play. 

So like… are the statues of Ratio’s own making??

Because that would insinuate that he takes the time out of his busy life to constantly make new statues of just himself, including the multiple plaster heads. And if it’s not him physically and it is a manifestation of his Imaginary powers, he’s still making them right??? 

So he still chooses the poses! 

Why??? 

What is his thought process??? 

Physically made or Imaginary Powers made, it’s still his choice on what the statue should look like right???

And if it’s not a conscious decision, then WHAT DO THE JOJO AND CUTESY POSES MEAN

IS JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURES FUCKING CANON IN HSR??

IS IT A SHOW THAT EXISTS??

ARE YOU TELLING ME ARAKI FUCKING EXISTS IN HSR??

AND RATIO IS A FAN?????? 

DON’T TELL ME IT’S JUST A FUN REFERENCE BY THE HSR TEAM, YEA IT’S META TO US BUT IT’S CANON TO THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE THAT RATIO HAS A STATUE OF HIMSELF DOING A JOJO POSE

On the other hand, if it’s not Ratio himself making them… who is it????

Is Ratio commissioning some artists?? Multiple artists? Only one?!?!? 

Is it some weird form of extra credit for his students???

(Student A: Hey wanna hang out tonight? 

Student B: Can’t. Gotta finish up this statue of Dr. Ratio examining his codex by Friday if I wanna get a passing grade in the class

Student A: You can sculpt???

Student B crying with 100 tabs of ‘how to sculpt’ videos and wikiHows pulled up and no sleep: I’m trying my best here Sharon)

Is he like those Renaissance time rich people who basically paid for their favorite artist’s livelihood in order to just make nice art in return??? Is there now a really well-off sculptor somewhere in the universe who is just constantly being paid by THE Dr. Ratio to make stone statues of the man??? Does the artist just put that down in their tax returns?? 

(back at it again with Topaz suffering from Ratiorine’s antics, she’s the one in charge of Ratio’s Sculptor’s taxes)

THAT STILL DOESN’T ANSWER THE STATUE POSE QUESTIONS

DID THE ARTIST ADD IN THE JOJO POSE AND HEART POSE AS A GAG??? AND SURVIVE RATIO SEEING THEM?? 

WORSE- DID RATIO COMMISSION THE POSES??? WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION EVEN LIKE??? DID HE HAVE TO POSE?? DOES THE ARTIST JUST HAVE AN ENTIRE SCRAPBOOK OF RATIO DOING DIFFERENT POSES FOR CONSTANT REFERENCE?

FUCK IT, DID AVENTURINE GET IN CONTACT WITH THE ARTIST AND PAY EVEN MORE MONEY FOR THE CUTESY POSES??

(Whole new thought process, the artist is making statues of Ratio for both Ratio AND Aventurine, and all the cute statues are actually commissions by Aventurine for his little Dr. Ratio idol crush shrine. There’s a constant slapstick comedy routine of Aventurine trying to hide them anytime Ratio comes over to his place and barely getting away with it. Does he ever come clean when they start dating? Do they start dating because Ratio finds the statues? Fuck it, if Ratio is the one making the statues and not an artist, does he teach Aventurine how to sculpt?? Does it become like something they do together to spend time?? Ok damn wait that’s kinda cute wait-)

WAIT ADDING ON TO THAT- DOES THAT MEAN FOLLOWING THIS THOUGHT PROCESS THAT AVENTURINE IS THE JOJO FAN???? HE’S A FUCKING JOTARO STAN???

(wait- brisk MC who’s rude to everyone but soft on those he cares about and has the muscles of a Greek god and eventually goes into academia, oh my fucking god Aventurine has a type)

PLEASE

I NEED TO KNOW WHERE ARE THESE STATUES COMING FROM

EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THEM, THEY AREN’T A SECRET

IS HIS HOUSE JUST FULL OF STATUES???

DOES HE HAVE A WHOLE-ASS GRECO-ROMAN-STYLE GARDEN FULL OF HIS OWN STATUES???

DOES THE ARTIST SEE A STATUE DISAPPEAR FROM THE GARDEN AND IMMEDIATELY KNOW RATIO USED HIS TECHNIQUE TO SLAM ONE DOWN BREAKING IT AND JUST GO “fucking hell man, I was just about to go on break! Now I need to start a new one!”

IS IT A HOBBY?? HOW THE FUCK DID HE GET INTO SCULPTING AS A HOBBY WITH HIS SCHEDULE???

ARE THEY GIFTS?? 

FROM WHO, STUDENTS??? ADMIRERS? FUCK IT, AVENTURINE???

DOES THE ARTIST BEING COMMISSIONED EVEN HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE RATIO STATUES??? DO THEY EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO SCULPT ANYTHING OTHER THAN RATIO AT THIS POINT??? HAVE THEY SEEN ANY OTHER BEING OUTSIDE OF THEIR STUDIO AND THE HUNDREDS OF RATIO STATUES???

PLEASE I NEED SOMEONE TO ANSWER ME

[myrsinemezzo]

Haladriel Positivity Post #3

This fandom has so many wonderful outlets and expressions for our ship from edits to fic to meta to art. And it’s the art and edits that fascinate me the most because my god how do you do it?? So much skill and time and talent goes into them. In comparison, I offer you This!!

J/k 😩 but seriously, that is the limit of my art endeavors when it comes to this fandom so today I’m rounding up links to just a few (seriously just a FEW) of the truly spectacular artists and pieces of art in this fandom. Please link your own favorites if you’d like and spread the love because there is no way I can capture how many people are putting their hearts and souls into what they do <3

I’ll start with the newest art post I’ve seen by @esvvel because holy wow. NSFW behind a cut and truly truly beautiful. Heart-wrenching in its tenderness.

Next up is a recent piece from the lovely @tindu who ripped my heart straight out of my chest with their teeth because this one is so heartbreaking

There’s something so delightful about this one by @artist-alyona-kopnina in the look they manage to capture in his eyes and the subtleties of the crown rising from his brow. Perfection!

Smooches!

This series of smooches fuels me and gives me serious heart eyes. Including this one by @dokkvi that is a quiet moment post-battle. If only!!

And this is one of the most delightful Halbrand/Galadriel ones you can have. It’s all thanks to a deactivated account by artist jesrika. (I weep that I can’t seem to find them on IG or other platforms I’m on.) If anyone knows the artist, please send them my love!

I’ll admit that it took me a while to glom onto Annatar as a facet of my blorbo where Halbrand and Lowden Sauron got me pretty much from the get-go. But this piece of art by @artesdaterramediaby-kithkerulin entrapped me with the pure joy and passion of this epic smooch. Yes please. Love it. (No clue why you have to click through on iOS)

I want to include a few solo portraits that I came across recently of both Galadriel and Annatar because they’re so lovely.

This one fills me with awe just like @samiaescorcio15 always does. Just beautiful.

Galadriel is the queen of my heart, and I have quite a soft spot for this one by @perseruna

And I can scarcely look away from this recent one featuring the piercing eyes and the beloved braid crown by @a-litt1e-emo

I haven’t even gotten into the art I know of inspired by fics but that can be its whole different post sometime soon.

Alright, we’ve moved through the different ages with different facets of the characters and I had to throw on one that captures the humor of this fandom perfectly. So, many thanks to @thegreendragoninn for this piece that made me laugh aloud in public!

Please do feel free to repost artworks you also love (with links only please unless you’re the artist themselves so they get the proper credit) or drop names in comments because we love you guys and you deserve each and every ounce of attention and praise for what you do!!

[echantedtoon]

Father To Be: Haishira Edition ft. Nakime

Did a similar one for the upper moons so here's the reactions of the Haishira holding their babies for the first time/reaction to the birth. I made it ambiguous so you can imagine it as x reader or not.

Muichiro is included as a what IF scenario if he had survived and went on to have a family like Tanjiro or Inosukes had. So aged up future Muichiro. All art was found on Pinterest and not mine. Credit to the original artists.

Warnings for mentioning of pregnancy/labor/birth/etc.

MUICHIRO:

-IF Muichiro had survived and then went on to eventually find someone to settle down with and have a family like Sanemi or Giyuu did, i think he would absolutely love the idea of being a dad and having a family again.

-Honestly when his wife goes into labor he'd be half terrified out of his mind and half calm. Definitely is going to hold his wife's hand and encourage her but silently. He's too terrified to not trust himself to not shriek out in fright so his encouragement is more in smiles, squeezing her hand back, and patting her on the shoulder/back/cheeks and whipping away any tears. Very attentive and silent during this chaotic tense moment.

-Eventually when all is said and done, and he's holding his children (I'm pretty sure he'd have twins considering twins run in his family), he's still silently smiling while embracing his two littles and happy crying from joy. If his wife is ok with it, he'd definitely want to name the twins after his father and brother. If one or both are girls then he instantly wants to name one after his mother and the other after his own wife.

TENGEN:

-He's not going to lie. He's actually quite scared upon learning that one of more of his wives was expecting. The demon war had just ended, and as much as he wanted to settle down and start a family, he didnt want to have any until he was thirty or so so they could have some peaceful years together.

-Unfortunately life had other plans for him and surprise, surprise. He's going to be a father in just under a year. Honestly he's super scared of what's happening but he doesn't want to cause the wife who's pregnant stress so he just hides it under his usual smiles but his wives can all see through his facade.

-When time comes to give birth, the INSTANT they go into labor he legitimately starts having a panic attack. Hyperventilating, panicking, tripping over himself- Remember how panicked he was when Gyutaro had a hold of Hinatsuru? He's that panicked but much worse and with more gasping for breath.

-He's scared and a million things are going through his mind. Is his wife gonna die?! Will the baby be ok?! Will both of them be hurt?! What does he do?! Whatsdoeshedowhatdoeshedo- He only stops because one wife yanks him to another room to gently calm him down, while the other goes and helps the one who's in labor.

-He's not allowed in the delivery room, not because he's incompetent but because he's genuinely panicking and crying the entire time into one wife's shoulder and no one wanted him to have a worse attack during the delivery. Time seems to slow down as he finally hears the first cries of his baby(ies) and he just freezes up. Staring long and hard at the floor.

-Its all a blur really. One moment he's in the hall trying not to pass out, the next he's sitting next to all of his wives and the doctor as one of them is moving his arm to help him hold a whimpering bundle of fabric. He's silent the entire time. Mind blank as he stares down at the chonkiest baby he's ever seen. Complete with his paper white hair and pomegranate eyes.

-After a long moment all he can do is start bawling himself. Not out of sorrow but relief and unexpected happiness in the moment. Give him an hour and he'll be going on about how flamboyant his baby is for now he just has to get all these emotions out.

KYOJURO:

-The MOMENT this man knows he's going to be a father he's hugging his wife absolutely ELATED that he'll be having a child of his own soon. He's running off to tell his best friend, he's jabbering on about it to all the other Haishiras, and he even kicks down the door at his father's estate to tell his father and brother the good news!!

-He's VERY attentive. In fact he's THE MOST attentive father out of all the Haishira dads. Getting his wife anything she crave, taking parental leave the entire nine months if he could, and plans ahead for anything including what his brother and father should do to help her if he's not present to help her.

-Luckily he's staying with her the moment her water breaks. All that planning and preparing months on end comes in handy because he knows exactly how to help her lay down, remaining calm and telling her to breath, and sending his brother to fetch the nearest doctor/midwife while he prepares towels and warm water for their arrival. Don't let his calmness fool you however. He's stuttering his words badly and his hands are shaking as he lets his wife hold onto him and tries to get her to remain calm.

-He's an absolute nervous wreck but he's doing his best to cause as less stress as possible during this time. Absolutely let's his wife destroy his hand and gives her assurances as he winces from how hard she squeezed him(he had no idea she had that much strength). Might offer assistance to the doctor but is more likely to remain at his wife's side.

-Faints partially when he finally hears his son crying. No amount of preparing could prepare him for finally hearing his child cry for the first time. His vision goes black for a little while before he wakes up after a minute finding himself slumped over on the floor but he quickly sits up looking around like a startled ostrich.

-He's very excited to finally get to hold his son right after making sure his wife is ok. Once he gets to hold his boy his entire heart melts away like the day he first laid eyes on his mother. "It's like I've fallen in love all over again." His own words. His son's the spitting image of him(those Rengoku genes hella strong) but he'll give all the credit of giving him the little chubby hand holding his finger to his beautiful wife.

SANEMI:

-Contrary to popular belief with how be have towards Genya and others, he actually WANTS to have a family. The only problem was that he's scared that there's a possibility that he'll turn out to be just like his own father no matter how much his wife assures him otherwise.

-So when his wife goes into labor he's a full blown mess. He freezes when she first starts. Full on blue screens as she clutches her stomach in pain. It takes her yelling at him and throwing a harmless pillow at his head to get him to a doctor NOW!!

-He absolutely scares the doctor looking crazy and kicking in his door leaving it broken in two. "MY WIFE'S HAVING A BABY!! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE AND HELP HER!!" He's so scary that he scares the doctor into submission with helping her even if he didn't mean too. He just looks really scary when he's freaking out and barking orders at someone is a habit that hasn't gone away.

-HE. IS. NOT. LEAVING. HER. SIDE. PERIOD! If the doctor even suggests that he might be more useful waiting outside he's given the scariest look of his life. "Say that to my face again! I don't think I heard you right the first time." He's scared if he's not right there next to her something bad will happen so even if she tells him to get out, he's staying RIGHT THERE holding her hand. Part outta fear, part out of stubbornness, and part because he's frozen to the spot.

-He doesn't really faint. In fact he doesn't really register anything that's going on the entire time he's there. Not her screaming in pain. Not the doctor running around him. Not how she's committed homicide on his hand. Everything's blurring together and his ears are ringing as he stares off into the great nothing. The only thing that cuts through the ringing is the shrill noise of a loud crying in the air. It makes his choke on his spit and he gasps for air he didn't know he was holding.

-Literally. He's coughing and gasping for air to the side trying to catch his brief as the cries continue turning to soft whimpers and whines right behind him. He's almost afraid to turn around but his excitement causes him to turn wide eyed, eyes hyper focused on a small pair of hands that he sees waving out of a bundle the doctor's handling.

-Once he's finally given the option to hold the baby he's super nervous. Almost refuses to hold them due to the fear, but eventually he's holds out his hands and the small moving bundle is placed in his hold. He freezes up again as he looks at the child in his arms .. before the rarest of genuine smiles graces his face and happy tears start to fall down his cheeks. He's in love with this baby and he vows nothing bad will ever happen to them.

GYOMEI:

-Having his kind of background and considering his important position as the strongest Haishira, having children isn't on the top of his list of priorities. He's not against the idea but he's not really planning for anything even with his wife. His mindset is 'if it happens it happens but it doesn't it doesn't'.

-So when it does happen he's rather calm. Actually he's THE calmest one out of all the haishira(meditation really helps and having raised multiple children in his teen years). He's really elated at the news, don't let his calm reaction fool you, he's half expected this to happen so he's not completely surprised.

-He doesn't have to prepare much unlike Kyojuro who goes crazily wild when planning. He was there for Kagaya when his children were born so he has an idea of what to expect, but he still asks Amane questions about what to expect with his wife.

-He's unfortunately not around a whole lot during this time so he makes arrangements for her to temporary move into the Butterfly estate so Aoi and Shinobu can care for her while he's not there. Even then he prays much more for the safety of his wife and child. When he arrives back sometime months later it's coincidentally the same time his wife is about to give birth.

-He's calm as he waits outside. He trusts Shinobu and the nurses skills to help her, and he'd rather not get in the way considering how large he is. So he opts to sit outside and pray for the well being of his wife and child as he hears the pained screams. He only stops because he hears the sounds of a baby crying nearly three hours later.

-he still opts to wait outside patiently until Shinobu or Aoi comes out to inform him that his wife was perfectly fine and he could hold his baby now.

-Constantly cries as she places the baby in his arms. They're so tiny that he can hold them with one hand. Gently counts all their toes and fingers choking on a sob as he feels a tiny hand grab a hold of one of his fingers. He's going to be crying much, MUCH harder than usual while holding them.

OBANAI:

-This man deadass faints when he first finds out his wife was pregnant. Honestly no one really expected that reaction out of him even his wife. If anything everyone expected Uzui would be the more likely one to faint. So even Kaburamaru seems taken aback. Give him a few hours to reboot. Eventually it'll sink in.

-He panicked more than anyone. Even Uzui who's terrified something will happen to his wives. He's gonna be a dad?! HIM?! It can't be possible! There's absolutely no way that he's gonna be a dad before someone else! Hell. GIYUU had a higher chance of becoming a dad than he did. But no. Here he was rubbing his wife's side back while she was expecting, and the reality was something he couldn't escape.

-He's NOT leaving her side for the entire duration of the pregnancy. He talks to Ubuyashiki about this and somehow got paternity leave unless he was REALLY needed. When he couldn't stay, he made absolutely sure that she was gonna stay at the butterfly mansion. Honestly he's stressing himself out more than needed. Was he the one pregnant or his wife?

-Once she is about to have the baby there's a loud THUD sound as everyone turns to find Obanai face down unconscious on the floor with Kaburamaru trying to wake him up by nudging his head. Rengoku tried to wake him but he was PASSED OUT so they resorted to move him to a bed at the butterfly mansion and prioritize getting Shinobu to help his wife.

-He wakes up a few hours later all wobbly feeling and lightheaded not knowing what happened until it all comes rushing back to him hearing the distant pained screams of his wife. He's not allowed back in the delivery room because Shinobu doesn't want him in her way. It partially works out because he just drops in a faint again once he hears the cries of his baby.

-Eventually he wakes up a second time to Shinobu internally laughing at his reaction and holding up the small bundle in her arms. By the looks of him you'd think he'd just gotta out of a long fight and hadn't slept in days. Shabby appearance, his hair is sticking up everywhere, half his bandages are loosely hanging on, bags under his eyes- Almost looks like he tried to fist fight a tornado.

-Before he has the chance to faint again, Shinobu's already shoving the bundle into his panicked arms and he freezes up upon looking at the chubby face framed by blankets they were swaddled in. He's not moving or saying anything for a good five minutes just staring at the baby to the point someone suggests that they take the baby from him- He finally reacts narrowing his eyes and slapping their hand away. "Touch them and you die!"

GIYUU:

-Ironically this would be the first ever time anyone other than Ubuyashiki would find out Giyuu had a baby on the way let alone a whole ass wife! Because his first instinct after she tells him she's expecting was to take her straight to Shinobu to confirm it.

-Everyone is shocked to find out he had a wife and even more shocked about him having a baby on the way confirmed by a pretty surprised Shinobu. He himself is also pretty shocked by the news. He slowly blinks as it settles in. He's going to be a father.

-Is surprisingly actually pretty calm about the entire thing, mostly because he's seen a lot of surprising things and being deathly calm is his default emotion by this point. Don't get him wrong. He's SUPER excited about the possibilities of settling down and having a family, he's just not going to panic like Obanai or get over excited like Rengoku.

-Follows his wife around like a lost puppy. If she needs anything then he's right there ready to provide it. Honestly it's pretty cute to watch him get so excited over something in his own way. He does panic eventually when it's time for the baby to be born.

-Like everyone else he allows his wife to destroy his hand wincing slightly from the sudden Hercules strength she possessed. Offering kind words but he's mostly silent as hell breaks loose around him until the sounds of the baby reached everyone's ears.

-He's calm and quiet as he waits for the baby to be handed to him. Mostly staring in wide eyed awe the entire time the baby is taken cared for and then held out for him. He's slow to take them but he just stares at them inspecting to make sure nothing was wrong before he finally allows him to start crying lost in the moment.

MITSURI:

-Finding a man who loved her enough to marry her was enough to make Mitsuri's life complete but finding out she's expecting was certainly something that had her shocked but she was VERY excited all the same.

-Honestly she hadn't even known she was expecting. Her appetite had always been big but she had started to crave certain items and weird combinations. Five tons of Sakura mochi with chili powder, six giant beef hotpots with fruit instead of veggies cooked in the broth, a pound of rice with teriyaki glazed apple slices- Her poor husband probably becomes a master chef after all these things.

-So she's SUPER excited to find out if it's a boy or girl or how many she's gonna have in the future(She had five kids with Obanai in cannon so she's definitely having more in the future).

-As much as she's excited she is NOT prepared for her to be munching on the food and her baby to suddenly decide to be born. Her reaction was to panic lightly but somehow her husband manages to get her to Shinobu. Luckily she's not panicking so much about the pain or fearing the possiblity of harming the baby, but boy she would NOT recommend this to literally anyone else.

-When the baby arrives at last and leaves her exhausted, she's crying harder than she had after defeating Hantengu while holding the little baby that looks so much like her. Her husband's crying too. Half because he's overjoyed seeing their child...and half because she accidentally broke his hand while squeezing in pain. Oops.

SHINOBU:

-She's blank minded. Shocked as her husband as they both stared at the seventh doctor/midwife that Shinobu dragged him to in desperation for a second opinion for someone to tell her she was wrong. She found out WAY before anyone else but was just hoping she was wrong but after the seventh or eighth doctor/midwife she has no choice but to accept that she's going to be a mother.

-Doesn't want to be a mother. Never planned to be. She had no time no ambition and no desire. So logically her idea was to keep doing Haishira duties and handling poisons while expecting. Her husband can't convince her to stop the results to asking Ubuyashiki to force her to go on maternity leave and to stop handling her poisons. She's salty and gives him the silent treatment for almost the rest of her pregnancy for that bit.

-Eventually she does get attached to the idea of having a prodigy to take over her work if she fails to avenge her sister. However she's pretty prepared being a doctor herself insisting on handling it herself...Yeah that's not happening. When she goes into labor her husband drags her kicking and fighting to the nearest other doctor or midwife to have the baby.

-She's extremely salty and annoyed during the entire time she's in labor and even after exhausted and looking at the chubby baby in her arms. Probably says something along the lines of- "You better be worth all the pain you put me through." Very salty when they giggle at her.

BONUS:

NAKIME:

-including Nakime because I forgot to add her with the other demons. Honestly she's just as shocked as everyone else is when she discovers that she's going to be a mother.

-She's not scared or anxious or anything. Just very very shocked as usually demons were unable to have children. But she takes this new development in stride and doesn't let it affect her much. Honestly the pregnancy as a whole doesn't affect her much in emotional or physical ways. She still craves certain thing such as a liver specific all salted on one side or a thirty year old woman's arms, and her husband or Muzan if he's feeling generous will always provide it for her.

-The labor and birth itself doesn't affect her very much either. Demons have high pain tolerance and great regeneration abilities so the entire thing doesn't last for more than one of two hours at most. When all is said and done, she acts like nothing happened and simply goes back to her duties right away. Only this time she'll be either holding a babbling baby in her lap or have them strapped to her chest.

*****

[wanderingsoul6261]

Credit for gif goes to esqueciment-o

Title: Heavenly Skies

James beaufort x Reader

Warning: hella sad. Mentions of death.

The entire school could name two people who haven't been there for an entire week.

James Beaufort and Y/N.

Lydia had also been gone for a few days, and she would be seen coming and going with a large workload. But the other two have not been seen.

The entire school as a whole about where the two could have gone. The entire scandal was that maybe they had decided to elope to get away from their families. That they had been stripped from their statuses within their families and were left on their own.

Little did they know, that that was far from the truth.

Reluctantly, James parents had allowed him to stay with Y/N's parents as plans were made. Their parents had allowed an arranged marriage between the two, helping strengthen the connections between the two families. In the meantime, James and Y/N had plenty of time to get to know each other, eventually falling in love.

It was rare amongst arranged marriages, in which both parties felt the same mutually about each other on the topic of love, but the two had made it work.

James was sitting in a study within the manor that belonged prominently to Y/N. Book shelves, filled mostly with classics, lined one of the walls. His head turned to the other wall, where canvases, filled, empty, and half filled, lined the wall and floor. His heart swelled as his eyes traveled over the paintings, taking in the sight of them. Most of them he had seen already, as the two of them had spent alot of time here. He would watch while she painted, often joining in and attempting his own paintings. James wasn't anywhere near as good as she was, but Y/N always told him that he did a fantastic job no matter what.

A smile came to his face as a tear rolled down his cheek, remembering the conversations.

"You did good, James! I swear on it!" Y/N had leaned into his side as they stared at his painting. It was a landscape painting, and for a person of no experience, he did well enough. She her arm around his, her other hand coming up to rest on his bicep.

James had looked down at her, a small smile on his smile.

"I don't know love. It doesn't compare anywhere close to yours." His eyes drifted from her to the paintings surrounding the room. "And yours are astonishing." He said, finally looking back at her. The corner of her mouth quirked up.

"Do you know how many artists out there in which people thought they weren't good enough? And look at where they are at now. Sure, most are dead now. But, I'm just trying to prove my point. It might not look the greatest to you in this moment, but I adore it."

James scoffed. How ironic it was in this moment. His eyes trailed from the floor to the two paintings centered on the wall. It was the two paintings they did that day. He took a few steps close to the wall, his eyes moving over the two paintings, his heart thumping against his ribcage. James lifted his hand, his fingers gingerly tracing over the details of her painting.

His phone vibrated in his pocket, knowing that it was likely either Lydia, telling him about what everyone is saying about him and Y/N at school. Or it was quite possibly Alistair or Cyril, checking in on him.

It didn't matter, because he was ignoring his phone. And he had been all week.

James moved from the wall, never taking his eyes off, as Y/N's mother walked into the room.

"Oh, James. I didn't think you were still here." She said. The exchanged soft smiles as they gazed around the room.

"You feel closest to her here, don't you?" She asked. James let out a heavy sigh, his eyes fluttering as he gazed at the floor.

"I do." He said quietly.

"There isn't anything wrong with it, James. Me and her father sit in her often." James looked up at her, tears swelling in his eyes and in this moment, he decided that he would allow himself the ability to be vulnerable.

"Why her." His voice sounded thick. "Of all the people in the world. Out of everyone on this entire planet. Why Y/N?" He croaked, the tears rolling down his cheeks. Her mother had her own tears rolling down her cheeks. She shrugged, shaking her head.

"We ask ourselves that every night." She said, a sad smile on her face. James took a few staggered steps towards her, before allowing himself to collapse against each other. They hugged each other tightly.

"She loved you James. Don't forget that. And tomorrow, you'll get your chance to tell her how much you love her back." She whispered.

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James had arrived to the funeral home early with Y/N's parents. Lydia and their parents would be following behind them.

He made a b-line to the casket. There she lay, herself and everything she had been on full display. Tears already began to swell in his eyes as he neared it. He thought he was ready, but with each step he took closer to the casket, the more difficult it became.

Once beside it, he stared down at her. Just as beautiful as the last time he had seen her, which was only about a week and a half prior.

She had met him on the lacrosse field before he started practice. They had bid each other a Goodnight with a kiss to go.

It was only a few hours later that James heard about the accident.

Y/N and her chauffeur were killed in a drunk driving accident.

James put his hands on the edge of the casket, unsure if he would be able to stand on his own.

"Your mother told me you loved me. Always knew you could never resist my charms." He teased quietly. James drew in a shaky breath before swallowing thickly. Tears pricked the corner of his eyes. He glanced down at his feet. James slipped his hand inside the casket, letting it rest on hers currently resting on her stomach.

"I know you know this already." He started, his thumb gently rubbing along the knuckles of one her hands. "But I love you, Y/N. And I always will." James smiled, gazing softly down at her face. Her expression was so peaceful, and it was almost as if nothing happened.

Oh how he hoped that she had only been asleep.

More tears rolled down his cheeks and dripped onto the dress she wore.

"You'll paint some more heavenly scenery for me. Right?" His voice grew thicker, and he drew in a shaky breath. James blinked the tears out his eyes before closing them. He imagined her voice and laughter. It was followed by a gasp, as he started crying.

He leaned over the casket, his hand moving from hers to her face. James pressed his forehead to her own, his tears dripping his cheeks and onto her own.

He was suddenly aware of others in the room, and he had only expected her and his parents to have filed in. Were his parents really there for him. Or were they only there to save face? He rubbed his thumb gently on her cheek.

"Nothing at Maxton Hall could have prepared me for this." He said quietly. "Nothing could have prepared me for losing you. My heaven here on earth." James eyes drifted across her face, just hoping that it was a sick joke and she would open her eyes right then and there. That she would wrap her arms around him in that moment and console him, telling him that everything would be okay. He wanted everything to be okay. "Y/N. The one good thing I truly believed in." He brushed his lips against hers.

"You will continue to be that one good thing in my life. No matter where you are." He said softly, sniffling quietly. James stood upright, never taking his eyes off of her.

"I love you, Y/N. Paint the skies for me."

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[jasper-unofficial]

I don't know if you saw it, but MarkOhm talked about the critcism that their series are receiving and the low engagement. Mark even said that they "lost" with this project. What do you think about it?

(I didn't watch Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist so I don't have an opinion about the series, but for me is pretty sad this "engagement" culture and how this affect a project)

i dropped "sweet tooth, good dentist" personally and i do think there are objective criticisms to be made of the show, to be fair. i think in this particular case it's more a discussion of the fans' reception rather than anything else.

but in terms of engagement, i think it's a complex topic.

like would i want no one to ever think about money ever again? for sure. but you know. that's a very what if the world was made of pudding conversation. gmmtv is a capitalistic monster just like any other. they are going to put money first.

to be fair - and not to give them any credit, but - i think they are somewhat reasonable when it comes to numbers like this. there are definitely some load-bearing series that they release with money on their mind (my love mix-up th was definitely one of those), but they also leave some room to breathe for other series independent of numbers (jojo has been allowed to make multiple series year after year despite many of them being flops from the perspective of numbers - i do not exaggerate when i say that thk is his first undeniably successful work engagement-wise) and they even think of some series as little side projects that won't bring in much (they clearly thought 'we are' was gonna be a flop, which is why we got blessed with literally zero product placement in the series lmao, yet it got made after years of new running around trying to make it happen with other companies who kept saying no).

the thing about this particular situation, if you are worried for markohm specifically, is that you can breathe and rest easy. they got a mascot just now, despite all the poor engagement. so, as far as gmmtv's response to it goes, they have clearly decided to give them a chance regardless. a mascot means they are here to stay.

however, as a bigger conversation, when it comes to people who are, if we are to be frank, not lucky enough to be attached to a golden boy of the company, there have been instances when actors were punished for a series doing poorly. which sucks, especially when the reason why the series flopped was due to the script or something else unrelated to the actors. i think gmmtv unfairly expects its actors to carry anything on their backs, even a bad script.

there is also the separate conversation of gmmtv having too many artists signed with no signs of stopping. that's the reason why an actor could get punished for their series not being very successful so easily. because gmmtv has no incentive to actually utilise everyone they have. it's not like they have actors who make up series - they have series that involve actors instead, which means that a bunch of their actors could easily not be involved at all or be "demoted" to smaller roles. another problem is that they almost exclusively hire their own actors for secondary roles that might spark interest in the audience, because they once again have money on their mind and every actor playing a secondary character is always a suggestion for a future main role. they don't want to be doing any accidental promotion of someone they don't have a contract with. and then, of course, actors who are main role material pretty much never do secondary roles anymore, so basically everyone wants to become a main but not everyone can be one. it's a vicious cycle. or perhaps some kind of a fucked up version of a pyramid scheme.

realistically speaking, though, i find it hard to imagine an alternative to the engagement system they have right now.

thai qls are in a unique spot of being huge with an international audience and that is extremely important to gmmtv because we also bring in a lot of money. when we are talking about something like an american prime time tv show - they just look at the number of viewers on fucking abc or wherever it airs and that's how they decide whether to renew a series or not. the question of "renewal" is much the same when it comes to giving a pair of actors another series, but gmmtv can't realistically rely on just the gmm channel viewers or just the streaming service views or just the youtube views. and then if we compare this to something like the way netflix makes its decisions (and often ends up cancelling shows), at least gmmtv is not blindly looking at a mostly meaningless and immediate viewership statistic. twitter numbers are something fans have complete control over and they reflect how much people are enjoying the series relatively well. they also give a rough idea of where exactly in the world the series is being watched (and where they might want to go with fancons and events).

gmmtv needs to know what's popular and what people want to see. it's a very symbiotic relationship in that sense - they aren't just going to make whatever, they are going to make things that they think we want to see. and they need a way to find out what we want to see. which is apparently twitter. which i hate. cause i hate twitter. i'm literally not on there. my voice here contributes nothing to the actual conversation because everything is over on fucking twitter. but, at the same time, what's the alternative?

[theloganator101]

The Designs for the Main Cast Makes me Wanna Fucking Cry

Okay I'm going to propose a scenario that's relevant to this post. Say you're someone who has NEVER seen or heard anything related to Hazbin Hotel, then I come up to you and show you this picture of some characters from the show.

I ask if they are the main cast of the show and you reply probably. Well TOO BAD FUCK YOU ONLY TWO OF THE MAIN CAST ARE HERE! Now THIS is what the main cast is compiled of.

As someone who likes to do character designs, I take GREAT issue with how their all designed.

And I'm sure I'm not saying anything new as I'm sure everyone and their mother had brought it up, that the excessive use of red in this palette is just NOT GOOD! It makes everything blend together in a bad way and no real distinction between the characters and the background.

Speaking of the characters! Let's talk about those deisgns!

Vivziepop, I have to ask... Why does all the main characters has to have red in their design? Even to those where red is NOT their color? *CoughVaggieCough* It makes them all look the same color scheme wise and tells very little about themselves.

A personal rule I have when it comes to designing characters, one that I'm not sure if many people know, is that the main characters should have their own unique colors and combinations of them to help them stand out more AND get their character across.

The ONLY one in this main cast that DOESN'T have some form of red in their design is Angel Dust, so that makes him stand out more and would probably trick people into thinking HE'S meant to be the main character... when it's actually Charlie.

Which again doesn't help that almost every character in the show have some shade of red in their design so it doesn't help distinguish who's meant to be important or not.

Vivziepop, you have a world where people from different eras of time are all living together, why do you NOT take advantage of this fact to give everyone respective designs to make them stand out more? Why are a majority of the male characters just wearing suits and tuxedos? Hell I've seen people redesign your characters that makes them look better!

(Credit goes to the artists that made these awesome designs)

Just... USE THESE AS INSPIRATION TO MAKE YOUR CANON DESIGNS BETTER PLEASE!!

And if you guys want, I'll be more than happy to come up with my own redesigns on how I would draw the main cast.

[blackaquokat]

First IF MCs Post!

So I've been playing IFs going on five years now, but I think I've only ever made one post about who they are, like, a year or two ago. They mostly only exist on the discord discussions or DMs with fellow IF fans because I also have no art skill (though I should post the Infamous fics I have in my drafts eventually--).

All that to say, getting a shoutout from @loveandleases herself (STILL RIDING THAT HIGH) has finally given me the kick I need to post about some of my MCs. This might open a floodgate for MANY of my OCs that I still yet have to talk about, so everyone beware!

(Picrews used will be credited at the bottom of the post)

First up, my Cam-mancer, Peridot "Dot" (last name tbd)! (Might change her eyes to hazel, but I'm keeping this picrew image for now.)

She started out very similar to my Infamous main, Genevieve, but now she's come into a life of her own. Has been hopelessly in love with Cam for most of her life, but resigned herself to just happily being his best friend (not knowing, of course, what the rest of us know about Cam--). Chris and Jade's betrayal stung, especially with what it solidified about the kind of people those two are, but I think a big part of her arc is realizing that she's not as heartbroken as she thinks she should have been about it. Then it's just her reconciling the years lost.

Anyway, she's a quiet, sweet woman, who normally doesn't mind not having attention on herself, but she's mostly become that way because of Jade demanding so much. She's also an artist, often preferring to spend evenings in the quiet, painting and sketching. I think she definitely has a stash of paintings she's made of Cam's pictures that she gives to him on bad days or his birthdays. She's a passable cook, but a far more enthused baker. It's mostly a calming activity for her when she's stressed, though her friends and loved ones certainly enjoy the results. The Clarke parents still talk about her pear custard recipe, even after the breakup.

She's still relatively new, along with the other MC I'm about to share, so I'll probably think of even more details as they grow and as the game progresses!

Anyway, now for Jumana, my G-mancer!

Jumana (last name also tbd) goes back to my usual trend with making MCs: she's of Lebanese heritage. She's a departure, however, because she's got grey eyes instead of brown like I usually give my Lebanese-coded MCs. She also met G during her goth phase in college (it slowly just turned to grunge), so this is the look that eventually grabbed G by the throat. She's not afraid to throw punches, but will try to talk people down first. Unless she's mad. Then all bets are off. Someone will be thrown across a desk. She is Very strong, and Very scrappy and she will not be fucked with.

Anyway, she's also a Literature Nerd and is almost always reading, especially in inconvenient spots. It drove G insane, because they never seemed to see her study in public, so HOW was she keeping up with their grades--

I do think, however, she's not a particularly ambitious person. I think she got high grades like G and that got under their skin and their reaction tickled her so much that she just. Kept trying to get high grades so she could keep getting a reaction out of them. Honestly, if G hadn't been there, she might not have tried so hard in college. But she definitely had a crush on them well before they probably realized their own feelings. Losing G gutted her, they were It for her. Chris was absolutely a rebound, and maybe a bit of self-punishment. Maybe a terrible part of her hoped being with Chris would one day get G angry enough to come back to her life, tell her to be with them, not Chris.

Now that Chris and Jade have royally betrayed her? Well. Jumana has ideas for making their lives miserable without her actually getting involved with them again, and that goes for her parents too, for their own betrayal--

I'm sure I'll think of more as time goes on, but in the meantime, these are my gals! Can't wait to see how they fit into the game!

Picrew used for the images:

[e-adlirez]

A Callout Post

You've read the title, and Geronimo Stilton fandom, today's subject is this guy, @geronimosothercadilac.

Warnings: Misogyny, hypocrisy, crappily done suggestive art

Do not be deceived by the blog's innocent title, he is.... well, we're gonna get into it right here.

See, Cadillac, on top of the occasional post about the Geronimo Stilton movie and some nifty old illustrations of G, he also makes R-16 content of Geronimo, mainly him having an open shirt or having no pants. Viewer discretion is very much advised when browsing his blog.

Now, for some this may not be a problem, since we live on a hellsite. However, the line has been crossed since Cadillac has also been reported to have harassed fandom residents into making art that suits his "tastes". (These screenshots are from a dm between me and deadkat, and a dm between deadkat and ratonahat, respectively.)

And the line has been crossed even more with sheer hypocrisy, because he's gone on record being a prude about mundane things that have appeared in the Geronimo Stilton books.

This reply comes from a Violette sketch by melonforbrain, and yes, you're reading this right. This same guy who's made at least five MS Paint edits of Geronimo with his p$nis uncensored, is being this much of a prude over this sketch post that has since been unfortunately deleted. Have a look and feel free to make your own judgments on it (credit goes to @melonforbrain give them some love please). Please keep in mind that this was a WIP at its time of posting.

If you think the rabbit hole is done there, then you have another thing coming for you. The guy's also pulling a door-to-door salesman and sharing his posts in DMs with random people.

(Little warning for uh, his Geronimo Stilton open shirt MS Paint art)

Yes, that is him roping in people who have and want absolutely nothing to do with him! He mentions @2deadkat in these DMs and says they can vouch for him, but uh, around the same time Kat had him blocked for harassing them on similar grounds. (I've tried finding an @showdraws and I couldn't find anything, I think it might be showdrawn, who I don't think does any work for this fandom?? idk, all I know is that uh, no one's on this man's side fr.)

Also with him talking about an open-shirt G not being "suggestive"? Can I just point out that he's called this cover of Thea "sexy" and "seductive"? Do you smell the hypocrisy and misogyny yet? I sure hope you do because this man is pathetic. Do Not Interact, block this man's ass to kingdom come.

And Cadillac? If you're reading this, this is my message to you: Take down those reposts of 2deadkat and ratonahat's drawings you made without their permission, as well as these ones where you didn't even credit an artist. Leave us alone, and don't you dare say someone else is sided with you. I can assure you, no one is. Take your creepy art and your rotten vibes to R-34, you freak.

[risingchaos]

In episode nineteen of season three of Star Trek: The Original Series, Requiem for Methuselah, our main three go down to a planet to find a cure for an epidemic on the Enterprise. They run into a man named Flint, who takes them back to his home and offers help. While there, Kirk falls in love with a woman, Rayna, who turns out to be an android. She was designed to be a lover for her creator, Flint, and when she finds out she’s an android while Flint is threatening the triumvirate, she’s so torn between her love for creator and her love for Kirk that she actually dies. Obviously there’s a lot more to the episode but that’s the basics. There’s a few bits in here I think about a lot.

At the end, after Rayna dies, Spock says this after some dialogue.

Spock: The joys of love made her human, and the agonies of love destroyed her.

Fucking insane quote to have, especially from Spock. Near the start of this episode, Bones had offered Kirk brandy and half offered it to Spock with his normal “Spock hates fun” jabs, but Spock took him up on it and even opened up about how he was experiencing a new emotion. Envy. Envy of the man’s house they were in, which contained a lot of originals never seen before from a variety of famous artists.

Now, Spock saying that alone in the same episode where it was clear we had a teeny focus on Spock’s emotive capabilities was so great. We love a glimpse into the odd mind of our resident Vulcan, but it gets better. Spirk shippers, listen up.

Just before they find out Rayna is an android, they were about to travel into an unknown part of the complex they were in to retrieve said cure that had been hidden in there. Before entering, Spock steps in front of Kirk, saying he should go in alone as it might be dangerous. Obviously Kirk puts up a bit of a fight, and McCoy jumps in, pressuring Spock into letting all three of them go. He relents, and they go in.

Again, maybe not the most impactful on its own, but it’s a very important thing. Spock wanted to protect specifically Kirk from whatever danger might lie within. We later know this is because Spock wanted to hide Kirk from finding out Rayna is an android, but still. It’s insane.

At the very end, right before credits, Spock goes to Kirk’s room where the man in question is mourning the loss of Rayna. He compares himself to Flint very despondently.

Kirk: Very old, and lonely man. And a young, and lonely man. We put on a pretty poor show there, didn’t we? If only I could forget..

He puts his head down on the desk just before McCoy walks in. McCoy makes a comment about Kirk finally sleeping, tells Spock that everything is alright on the ship, then drops this absolutely insane paragraph.

McCoy: You wouldn’t understand [love], would you, Spock? You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do [Kirk], because you’ll never know the things that love can drive a man to. The ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures, and the glorious victories. All of these things you’ll never know, simply because the word love isn’t written into your book. Goodnight, Spock.

Spock: Goodnight, Doctor.

McCoy: I do wish [Kirk] could forget her.

McCoy then exits, leaving Spock staring at the asleep form of his captain. Spock approaches, quiet, and leans down. He gently placed his fingers on Kirk’s face, and whispers something right before credits roll.

Spock: Forget.

Spock, out of love for His Captain, grants his wish and uses his abilities to help him forget what had happened.

Spock loves Kirk. I don’t know how anyone denies this.

[greyyson-but-no]

hey guys heres a couple reasons I don't like taylor swift and maybe yous should consider your own opinions on her, no enforcement, just a suggestion

Being a billionaire will never not be bad for the economy (The Eras Tour is expected to make around $2 billion by the end of it so there is no denying her being a billionaire now).

She brands herself as someone that completely build her own fame from nothing - this is not true both her parents were extremely wealthy which meant that she had the ability to fly weekly to NYC to get singing and acting lessons and was working with a talent manager at the age of fourteen. She could not be at the level of fame she is at today if it were not for that but she brands herself as if that is the case. The issue is not with her actually coming from money but that she brands herself as someone that isn't — it creates a fake sense of security for her young fans that believe they can do the same.

She takes the worship she recieves from her fans and (for lake of hetter word) uses it against other artists and communities to attack them through the way she advertises her new music and speaks about them in other songs. This is not me saying that those other artists are perfect either (eg the kanye situation), but instead that this sentiment creates further uneccessary drama which she uses to boost her fame and popularity.

Taylor Swift only speaks up about certainly world issues when it benefits her. She hasn't spoken up about the genocide in Palestine at the moment, it took her 21 years into her career to collaberate with a woman of colour and she is clearly the poster girl for White Feminism. Not only this, but dating Matty Healy of 1975 is proof of that. He is an extremely racist, xenophobic and generally controversial person, and since Taylor once stated "i want to be know by what i love", those same attributes can automatically be associated with her.

The Eras Tour that has been completed so far is only a small amount of her carbon emissions (the first leg of the tour ended with 139 tons of CO2) and that isn't including the equipment being transported and her individual trips to run errands and see her boyfriend three times a week. Her buying carbon credits does nothing, carbon credits will not rid the world of the CO2 she has emitted and in fact only pay governments to 'support the reduce, reuse, recycle' project which we all know is not where that money actually goes. Recently, she flew 30 miles and don't give me the 'its easier and quicker' argument, thats equivalent to a 20 minute drive.

Calling her a lesbian/queer icon is just completely wrong and doesn't work in any circumstance with her. She is openly straight and has never even been open to questioning her sexuality or gender at all. Just because she released 'you need to calm down' during a time of queer peril, doesn't make her a queer icon. In fact, there are many other lesbian artists that are either growing in popularity or have the potential to, and giving that title to her brings down actual queer artists and their opportunities.

"Tortured Poets Department"? Are we even serious at this point? Who exactly here is tortured because its certainly not the white straight billionaire, that's for sure. Having a song that basically says it was okay you dated a racist because you were 'heartbroken' is not okay. To have little digs at Joe and him being depressed using the excuse that he broke your heart is not okay. Using metaphors that link to you being in an insane asylum is not okay. Insane asylums were extremely torturous places to be and there is no moral decision in comparing the music industry to a place with that much terror and injustice.

here I have only spoken about two of her partners in a passing mention, there is much more that I could add to on these subjects but I've decided not to because I don't think they hold the same weight the points I've already made have. this will probably be edited and added to in the future.

I'd like to emphasise this is not me forcing swifties to completely turn on her and hate her and everything she does. all I am doing by posting this information is allowing people to make their own educated decisions on how they go about interacting with taylor swift and her community however they deem fit. personally I have her removed on spotify because that is a decision I have made. my decision.

it wasn't easy for my either. a lot of songs of hers I associated with my grandad who recently passed, which meant having stop listening to her music lead to a big part of mine and his bond was erased, but that is again, a decision that I have made. her negative impact on the world, the music industry at the media is just too much for me to defend. again, I will reiterate that is my opinion and my decision, what you guys decides to do effects me just as little as what I decide effects you.

[lauren-no-why]

@selfchiller your poor account but I love that this workaround always works!

I'll direct you to the birds one I just did (it's birds of prey, not all birds, but I do have to get work done eventually today and to be honest these are still basically my top 5 birds anyway).

So! Top 5 LH tracks! Oh man. Well, you all know my biases by now.

Ancient Names (both parts, because they go together, but part 1 if I'm forced to separate them). This is the song I credit with me actually being part of the fandom here. I had heard all of Strange Trails before I heard Vide Noir, and I liked Strange Trails well enough, but the implications of dark ancient horror mysteries in this song along with the rock (it just sounds so damn good, Miguel's bassline holy shit) is what made me stick around and start asking questions about what exactly was going on in this music. I don't think there's anything else like it but if anyone else knows of cosmic horror jams like this one please let me know.

Until The Night Turns. I have so many thoughts about this song I wrote a whole fic about them. For whatever reason it's super rare to find other people who count this song among their top favorites, but I love it so much. Again, great little rock tune, but it does SO MUCH to give us worldbuilding and characterization. Poor Johnnie tripping so hard he sees his own end coming and wants to just party while he's still alive anyway? I mean, come on. That's so good.

Way Out There. What? It's not a Phantom Riders track?? No I love that this and Yawning Grave are included as Traditional rather than being given an artist - that alone tells us so much about this world, that these are the sorts of old tunes that are so well-loved they've been passed down long enough for the original writers to have been forgotten. And this song in particular appeals to me for my love of the mysteries and the unknown, and the desire to explore as much as I can while I have the time. Plus, it has Miguel on theremin and that automatically makes it a top tier tune.

Vide Noir. I am SUCH a sucker for a dark tragedy, that's consistently a thing I love in fiction, and this song for sure exemplifies it. Presumably this is written in honor of Johnnie, and I just can't fathom what Dale goes through when learning not just that he died but how it happened and then writing a song like this in response. It's utterly heartbreaking and gorgeous. The AFWP version is extra trippy and haunting at the same time. This one is the real tragedy to me that closes out the album - I love you too, Emerald Star, I love you a lot, but Buck's failure is not quite as sad to me as the memorial to a kid lost too soon to murder via overdose.

Lonesome Dreams. Spectacular title track and another one that seems like it gets overlooked a lot. Huron is such an interesting character to me, and his realization here that he has been to the land of the dead before and will return again is so fascinating to me. This is where I realized that this album has something more going on in it than it appears to have on the surface - this isn't just the story of some explorer in the midwest setting off for adventure, but rather that there's some kind of haunting personal cycle he's going through where life and death may both be temporary states and that he possibly can retain memories from one cycle to the next.

[colourstreakgryffin]

Yuichiro and fem!s/o please! 😌 Yuichiro thinks she has a crush on Muichiro and gets overprotective, but in reality, she likes HIM. Maybe he overhears her or something? And please do his reaction after and what he does! Tysm,,!! <3

Ommfhdkdjjjakakajjffgggg. That’s sooooo cuteeeeee! I imagine it’s a add-on to my Hashira Yui post! Let’s goooo!

Tokito Yuichiro- A Bad Feeling

It was so obvious…Of course you have a crush on his twin brother… Muichiro is kind and considerate to everybody he meets whilst him… he’s rude and cold that most Hashira avoid him like the plague

No woman wants a man like him…

It makes sense that you don’t like him in that way. Yuichiro was quite heartbroken as he watched you through the thick strands of his long black to mint green fade hair. Sat besides the brother he had a personal love rivalry against, Muichiro didn’t even sense Yuichiro’s distress over his messy lovelife

What he heard that day as he wondered over to your Estate for a visit. Kanroji suggesting you were interested in Muichiro when he drifted around the corner to a halt, it all clicked whilst you nervously stuttered at the Love Hashira’s confident statement about who you truly crushed on. He has never been nice to you once, all in spite how kind you are to him

You were just being a genuinely good and kind person, something he is not. You were just being friendly to him since he is the identical brother of your long term crush, the one you want. Unaware to Yuichiro, his cemented view on which Tokito Brother you liked was wrong. He didn’t know that you actually liked him, not Muichiro

Sitting besides Muichiro with a sweet smile and your lunch bento box laid calmly on your lap, looking directly at the Mist Hashira to politely listen to his words as he blabbered on and on so cutely about him and his twin’s efforts at their shared missions. Fishing through your bento, you had no clue Yuichiro was sat up on the short brick wall wrapping around the thick tree, facing to the other way from where you and his twin brother chatted loudly and cheerfully

Yuichiro grumbled in pure defeat after a few more seconds, throwing down the bento box he just couldn’t force down his dry throat anymore as he stands and stomps over to the laughing duo behind him. Both you and Muichiro raise your heads up at the Haze Hashira as his gorgeous mint greens burned with a charring jealousy at his own flesh and blood. Sending a shiver of intimidation down Muichiro’s spine, his older twin glared at him like he was a demon

Yuichiro aggressively pinches your wrist and yanks you up just before you could roll out your concerned question of his name. His baggy and loose uniform matching Muichiro covered his limbs as he lifted you up onto your feet and begun dragging you carelessly away from your spot as you felt your cheeks flame in pale rosy red blush

You were a little scared that he was mad at you but feeling his grasp and his eyes on you made you feel so flustered… you just really liked him

Yuichiro finally stopped in place but didn’t dare let go of his intense grip, twisting his head around to scan over for his younger brothers before he twirls on his heels in a quick pace to face you, those mint greens made you feel a amazing wave of power and beauty overwhelm you as you clamped your lips shut to avoid making him any more angry than he seemed to be

“Can you… not talk to my twin? You’re wasting your time and your effort with making friends when you should divert your time into training and being a good Hashira, Dokusha”

The credit of the art above, goes to the incredible artist Ei497, please go support him/her/them!

[the-curse-of-neoclones]

Moderneopets Artist Mistreatment

Edit as of 11/16/23 10:40 AM NST:

Removed names where I failed to do so before. I'm very sorry to the affected parties, this snowballed so far out of my intended scope.

Edit as of 11/16/23 5:30 PM NST

Please see this post for a small update.

As of 11/16/23 10:10 PM NST, Hazer the site owner has formally and publicly apologized to myself and Velu, the other affected artist. As far as I'm concerned he has officially handled the situation as best as he could, and I hold no further qualms with Moderneopets. I hope to hear of its management continuing in this direction.

The following post is left up for archival purposes only.

*****

Hello, I’m wren. I'm an artist responsible for some of the pet assets on the neoclone, Moderneopets. I'm just going to get into it.

Hazer was extremely lucky to somehow cultivate a dense group of largely professional artists to work together to make assets for his site. When it comes to his own management as a site runner, he’s largely hands-off of the art department, which is a good thing! If he can’t be active in the art panel enough to know what goes on in there, he shouldn’t be running it— we have many strong, capable artists on the team who are passionate about recreating the neopets style, who work together on every pet that has been released ever since critique became a requirement. 

It makes sense that, with a project this large, Hazer should have to designate moderators to enforce rules when he is absent. Choosing to bring on moderators was also a good decision. Unfortunately, he chose poorly. 

Art panel issues should have separate Art panel moderators to take care of them. People who are not overburdened with generic moderation duties from the many other channels of the server, for example. In the same vein, artists should not be moderators. When an artist has an issue with another artist, who happens to be a moderator (which has happened many times, with many people— If the mods actually open threads for all complaints they receive, they should have evidence of this & if they don’t they are not being truthful), the artist would likely not feel comfortable approaching that same artist-slash-moderator to complain about what happened. It breeds an aura of fear and discomfort any time there is an issue with an artist/mod, and that is why the two moderators on the team should have to choose one or the other if hazer wants to cultivate a healthy atmosphere in his panel. 

I’ve created many pets for this website. Neopets has been a passion of mine since the third grade. I’m also one of those professional artists I mentioned— my work is also art, industry or otherwise. I care about breaking neopets down into their core, recognizable shapes. I care about keeping them on-model and in the spirit of the original TNT art team, with improvements made where I and the other panelists think they make sense. I have redlined for other artists to an even greater degree, just as other artists have redlined for me and helped me finalize each pet into something simply good: something that made sense to get put on a little passion project website for other people with a similar passion to enjoy. I found the panel to be a community of likeminded artists with which to discuss our favorite childhood petsite while we made art for a clone, as if we could pretend we were making art for neopets-dot-com. It was nice. 

It wasn’t perfect, though. In fact, shortly after I joined in 2021 I took a hiatus because the art panel was fairly dead. I came back a little while later to see we had several new species, as well as an art director, and lots of activity! That was very exciting. Over the next year I would reach out to the panel or, if nobody was sure of how to proceed, I would reach out to the art director to propose ideas for how to make the panel a little more functional; quality of life updates, if you will. I don’t take credit for all of these alone, there were other artists with similar ideas all communicating to the director in private, but some examples: 

A designated “collab” zone where artists could seek out other artists to complete pets with. 

“The Purge,” in which the team was whittled down to ~25 current, active artists to refresh the team and allow for new artists to join. 

“The Approval System,” which I first sat down with in my workshop (public to all artists) to hammer out the details with as many other artists as wanted to give their input— a method for pitching new ideas to eventually break through the “new species/color freeze” that had been plaguing us.

Speaking on the approval system: like most things that required Hazer’s direct input in the art team, it was left without response for a very long time. Artists with ideas for custom species or colors would occasionally murmur about their excitement for the system to get a look-over by hazer, to see if our approval system pitch would be approved. But hazer is busy, as we all know, and the pitch sat for a while. We had new & returning artists on the team to keep everyone busy. 

What I would expect from a years-old panel of artists, when new additions arrive, would be some manner of tutorial. New artists would need to know the pipeline (here’s your workshop, you can post WIPs and anything else in there; here’s how you ping for critique, here are the spaces in which to ask for it; make sure you always ping before your work is submitted on-site), and there would likely be some acclimating on both sides. What I did not expect (but should have), was pushback from new artists on things that hadn’t had pushback in a long time. Why can’t [x] color be a posechange? Well, we’ve created many already and none of them were posechanges. Why can’t I use colored lineart? Well, that isn’t in line with the style standards set by this color; see, nobody else is coloring their lineart. 

Suddenly there was a divide between veteran artists, the director, and the new blood. The divide felt greater when Hazer came to his new artist’s aid to say, approximately: “Eh, if someone wants to go above and beyond and make better art, they shouldn’t have to adhere to the guidelines.” Then he threw the art director under the bus for not somehow knowing that his intentions were always to keep the panel loose and unstructured. But don’t worry, that isn’t the first bus and won’t be the last.

My personal investment in the panel waned around that time. I think a structured “work” environment with easily accessible rules and deadlines is necessary to any project of this size. If we didn’t want to enforce color standards, nor prioritize certain colors for release, and anyone could just submit whatever Nice Art they wanted, why not open it up so any user could submit pet art? Why have a panel at all? Isn’t Hazer taking any opportunity to dunk on Leopets because he wants his site to be better? How is this different? 

But I stuck around. This was a hobby I really enjoyed, after all, and I really believed it could get better. It had a good core, and despite my grievances with individual artists, none of them were bad people. 

But I noticed some trends. New artists would receive feedback that they didn’t agree with and retaliate by bringing in their emotions or personal preferences. Any disagreement where multiple veteran artists stepped in to say their piece would escalate to the point of very long messages on both sides, and would need to be left to hazer to give a final input. Often he didn’t come around to it, because he’s busy, as we know. I didn’t step in to every argument; they became cyclical after a while, and I didn’t have the time or energy to spend simply tapping the proverbial sign (or style sheet). I would try to give positive suggestions when I could, for example: I don’t think this color needs another alt for just one single design, but we did talk about eventually making this color that your design would fit into really well. 

I’ve done my time having arguments on the internet. I really just want an art environment where the rules are set and people actually enjoy following them, because I do— I see art rules as helpful guidelines at best and obstacles to cleverly navigate at worst, which is still fun. But of course not everyone is going to feel the same way, that’s normal; that’s life. 

On 11/9 I was given this message by Hazer: 

It reads:

Hello wren,

I am reaching out to you today to inform you that effective immediately you are being dismissed from the Artist and Consultant Panels. This decision has been reached through discussions and based on repeated offences in the form of user harassment and subjecting the panels to a toxic atmosphere, after multiple reports and concerns brought up to us by other users.

While we understand concerns regarding panel management, there is a distinct difference between criticising and condeming the way the panel does things and criticising and condeming users that are on the panel, and we believe this line has been crossed one too many times, further supported by concerns brought to us.

We appreciate the passion and drive of our team—all of them—and we understand you have been very passionate about the panel. Given some of the messages we see, we have also concluded that due to things in the panel not working out as you have wished, it has caused you much stress and upset as well, which we do not want. All in all, we've decided that the atmosphere of the panel and your own enjoyment of the website are hampered by your presence on it. Because of this, we have decided it is best to have you part ways with the staff sections of the website.

Effective immediately after this message, we will be permanently removing you from the panels. While normally we do a temporary removal, in this case we've seen that your compatability with our management and handling of the panel will not improve, and it will just bring stress to both sides.

We understand you have put a lot of passion into the projects you have been working on for release in Moderneopets, and in lieu of that, we offer you the option of having the project(s) still be released even after dismissal. Rewards will still be granted for releases per usual, and credit will still be given. If you decide, due to dismissal, you do not want your unreleased work to be released on Moderneopets, simply state it as such, and we will discard all progress on projects you have been working on to respect those wishes.

This decision is final and will not be revoked.

Best wishes to you,

The Moderneopets Team

[end caption]

My response:

It reads: 

No warnings huh?

[end caption]

Hazer didn’t have an answer for me. I was already removed from the panel. 

This came as a shock. I’d been there for over two years, I felt I had a good rapport with the other artists, I felt I’d been a helpful and active addition to the team. Like I said, I’ve done my time having arguments on the internet… what toxic behavior? Discussions over style guides? Giving redlines to people with permission? Working with the whole team to bolster several new color releases? I had an entire species that Hazer wanted ready to go since March— I just pushed through the Swamp Gas release, I just created the Mystical alt? 

No warnings?

Let me reiterate: I have never been spoken to by any staff about my behavior. Hazer, his then-four moderators— none of them have ever been in my DMs to issue a warning. I have spoken TO the mods about others’ behaviors, and nothing ever came of it. The one time (and I mention this for full transparency only) the art director came to talk to me about something I said, it was stated clearly that it was not a warning, and even so I adjusted my behavior around said issue accordingly. And that was well before the purge. 

But, don’t take my word for it. Here it is from hazer himself, speaking over his mods who were busy telling the rest of the panel that they always issue warnings: 

It reads:

No in this case I do agree that this has been an abrupt situation and I understand the blind-sided-ness of it. No official warnings were given out regarding the actions that resulted in the removal of artists today and that’s on fault of myself and deebs not working things out properly despite the moderation team bringing issues to a us a few times – also due to our lack of availability recently.  [end caption]

So… What happened? Well… here it is from Hazer, in longform: 

For those who use screen readers, above are several enormous discord screenshots; I've placed it in a paste bin here: https://pastebin.com/dHLiBRTF

Two other artists immediately stepped down. Hazer admits here in his message that he and the mods had multiple tickets opened about my behavior, that they had known they wanted to remove me. They never gave a warning, never talked to me until the moment of my dismissal, but they had known it was coming for months? 

Why did Hazer and his gang of mods let me continue working on art for their panel? Why did they let me work so hard to pull Swamp Gas together for an official release? Why did they let me put together a whole custom Alt and workshop it for so long? I’ve been active this whole time. Why did you let me keep working if you knew you wanted me gone? 

I am a professional artist. My work is art. Hazer made the knowing decision to exploit my time and effort for his website. He’s not paying me, he’s not paying any of us. It’s volunteer work. But I did not volunteer to be mistreated like this. To not even be given a chance to defend myself. To him, artists are disposable. To him, if someone has worked on your team for years but speaks up when your friend tries to overturn the system, even civil discussion is cause for disposal. Civil discussion negates years of effort, passion, time and care. 

I didn’t have to make art for you, Hazer. And you don’t deserve the team you have. How many artists have voiced their discomfort with your actions? How many artists are taking a break from the panel because of how you handled this? Ah, wait, you wouldn’t know… you’re busy. 

Hazer and his mod team are just another corrupt group of individuals unfortunately heading what could have been a fun and promising petsite. Everyone who speaks praise of modneo does it by and large because of the new and unique art. Hazer was extremely lucky to cultivate a dense group of largely professional artists to work together to make assets for his site. 

If Hazer wants to show any sign of his potential to be a better person, I believe he needs to formally apologize to his site for the misuse of his power and the mistreatment and exploitation of artists on his team. He needs to apologize to you, the players of his game, the subscribers to his patreon, for allowing this to happen under his watch and under his word. You know you fucked up, hazer. You shouldn’t have sided with your friend without any actual evidence of misconduct. You shouldn’t have spoken about me like I was a toxic, subhuman hindrance to your art team. You shouldn’t have treated me like that. I didn’t deserve it. None of us did. You can apologize to me and the other lost artists publicly.

[novasintheroom]

Can you imagine your wedding day with Vash?

It's sudden, that's for sure - both of you wake up one day, years into your engagement, and Vash has this look in his eye and asks, "Wanna get married today?"

Of course you say yes.

You both bully Wolfwood into officiating the wedding. He does it with grumbles, but you can see the pleased blush on his face at being so included. Meryl and Milly scramble to put together bouquets made of fake flowers and shiny metal bits found in the local pawn shop and just around town. Meryl complains that it should be more, that there should be a venue, decorations, something, but Milly can barely talk because she's so choked up about being made a bridesmaid.

Your dress is simple - something you packed away in your sack for fancier occasions. It's not even white, but it's special, now. You slip it on, pressing down the wrinkles from being at the bottom of your pack for so long. You have to go in your boots, and you worry you don't look like a bride.

That worry vanishes when you see the look on Vash's face.

You appear in the little church the town has, and you can hear the breath leave your man when you walk through the doors. He's staring. Of course he's staring, you look beautiful. Milly did up your hair the best way she knew how, and Meryl helped to clean you up and put some make-up on your cheeks. He's seen you in that dress before, and he still thinks it's perfect for you, how it hugs your curves and just screams you. Wolfwood has to nudge him a bit, giving him a cheeky smile when he sees the tears in Vash's eyes.

You walk down the isle to no music, and when you reach him, Vash reaches out his hand to hold yours. His thumb rubs your ring finger, absent of your engagement ring in favor of using it for the ceremony. "We'll fix that," he murmurs, and you smile at him with your own tears.

Wolfwood does his best at being a proper priest, for the most part. There's a lot of 'ums' said as he makes up his speech while going along. When you get to your vows, Vash pulls out a paper you didn't know he had and reads it:

"Mayfly, I didn't sit back and take inventory of your qualities and say 'this one ticks all the boxes, done.' I was drawn to you and profoundly lucky that you were drawn to me. And we started something that we still work on everyday, that gets deeper and wrinklier every day. I hope that doesn't sound unromantic, calling it work. I don't mean work like drudgery, watching the clock waiting for work to be over - I mean work the way artists talk about paintings as vital and prioritized. It's the most important work of my life, our partnership, and I cherish it. Also, to be clear, I am hopelessly in love with you. That helps. I am on a daily basis completely knocked over by the person in front of me; this crazy dancing, music humming, sweet and spicy woman that I get to spend my life with. It's just that life is long, and I know that loving well is a thing you do, not a lottery you win."

He goes on to promise to always cherish you, listen to you, love you the way you deserve. By the time he's done, you're a mess, and your make-up is running. You kiss him before Wolfwood can even say "I pronounce you husband and wife," but when have you two ever done things the "normal" way?

Credit to @cullinmcgree on TikTok for the vows I use here - her husband's vows; I fell in love with them and just had to share them in a short story with Vash! I hope one day we may all find someone who loves as ardently as that man loves his wife.

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