#i love projecting my struggles on them

[somo4]

performing arts reality is cruel

[tangents-within-tangents]

Thinking about the song "Ship in Port" by Radical Face and clones

Thinking about the line "Farewell to the chains we were born into" and what that can mean for the clones

Thinking about how "But I have always stayed in place/Under that old illusion that it's safe" could equally describe Hunter, Echo, and (s1+2) Crosshair's complete opposite approaches to the Empire and post-war life.

The way Crosshair clings to his identity as a soldier of the Empire

And Echo as a soldier of the Republic

But Hunter puts his identity as a soldier behind him

Crosshair fights for the Empire to gain purpose

Echo fights against the Empire to save his brothers

And Hunter decides the Empire is too strong to even try to oppose

"A ship in port is a safer one"

"but it's not the reason it was made"

"So forgive me if I wander off"

"And forgive me more if I just stay"

Thinking about what The Bad Batch could have been if it had more fully explored the differences between those ideologies

(Thinking about what The Bad Batch could have been if it had dedicated more screen time to the 'reg' clones within the Empire and the underground network's fight to free them , instead of just sidelining Echo and Rex for a hypothetical clone rebellion show we might never get)

[seyaryminamoto]

Fic-to-Art #49: Sokka and Azula's kiss in Piandao's mansion

I have to admit, this is a scene I've always wanted to depict properly and for once I may have done it justice. This is very much Rui Shi's glorious POV when he innoncently hoped to let Azula know they were ready to leave Shu Jing... only to wind up confirming the Princess he serves is indeed involved in a very complicated illicit relationship with the least convenient guy :'D Quite the sight to witness, that's for sure...

This is very much the moment where these two commit to each other for good in Gladiator, and one of my favorite scenes to revisit and write, back in the day. I got several references for this to make it as good as I possibly could... and I think I'm pretty satisfied with the result! Definitely my best version of this scene up to date, if nothing else, haha.

Hope you guys liked it! If you'd like to be part of the creative process behind these pieces, a $1 Patreon pledge makes you eligible for suggesting and voting for prompts, as well as reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before the new chapter releases!

[k1tty5]

hello :D please tell me more about your mezalian (is that how you spell it??) smalletho I will forever be indebted to you

(they are gorgeous I love them sm)

hey hi !! it would be my pleasure … (and I’ve been spelling it mezalean ??? but i have no idea LOL. there might be a canon spelling but i havent watched joels esmp1 since… probably since it ended. i will have to check sometime)

apologizing in advance because i will probably get very ramble-y!!

ummm. Oh god. How to start. Lets see. WELL. In this silly little au (i guess it has become a bit more than just me doodling designs LOL) in my head they have like this sort of zelink dynamic? obviously without all the zelda lore & stuff, just that kind of … okay forgive me I haven’t brushed up on my zelink lore for a good many years but. Like the princess and her personal knight that doesn’t really talk much sort of thing.

this made more sense in my head. But yeah. They have the vibes of zelink ? At least if i remember zelink right, I have a really bad memory :’) not exactly the same, i do think etho talks to joel (whereas if iirc link never really talks) - especially after getting to know him a bit - but just. they have the Vibes. You know?

I reckon Joel’s definitely very into sculpting in this au, maybe dabbles a little in painting - I imagine mezalea to be very heavy on art and expression in general. think you’d especially see lots of pottery and textiles all around the place. He probably also has an interest in some form of like. um. whats the word. Some sort of … fighting. lmao. Specifically thinking of fencing, i had this idea in my head that he’s watched Etho practice outside the palace at some point and is just absolutely fascinated and enamored. by both the practice and etho himself haha.

and for etho… talented swordsman? he is Not washed. i dont really have many ideas for his character in this au To be completely honest, mostly just of his personality. Although, I alsooo think he’s probably not actually from mezalea? I like to draw him with those pointy elf ears, and i think mezaleans are just humans. I cant remember if thats canon or not but um. mezaleans have human ears, so i’d imagine etho’s probably from like.. rivendelle? Is that. What it’s called. The elf guys? Are they elves??? Goodness I cant remember. Grimlands would make sense too since i THINK they’re kind of like. technical engineer guys? but i dont know what species they are um so ,,, yeah,,,,

i think joel’s probably a bit put off by etho at first, mostly just because he’s not super enthused about the idea of a personal guard, but also because the guys a bit odd, you know? but he’s also probably suuuper intrigued by him. he wants to figure this new guy out, and when they start talking a bit more, i think. They are both incredibly charmed by the other. head over heels? possibly.

most of my ideas of this au are just little scenes that are cute and silly but dont follow any main plot. I would love to write some one-shots of some of the ideas i have in the future, but as of right now im experiencing a bout of creative burnout and am busy with the holidays - spending time with family, so… not right now lol!

hopefully this is what you wanted,,,, i tend to get very ramble-y when talking about literally anything, so i do apologize for that haha, i am Not good at explaining things in simple ways, as i’ve said many a time before.

[vv-ispy]

Ships that could have worked out if it wasn't for one (1) thing

[bokettochild]

hey when legend randomly gets hit hard with feeling of depression what is his immediate reaction

just an innocent ask nothing more

and by depression I just mean the sudden like big sad of i can't even do this anymore please- I just want to sleep-

anyways yeah just an innocent cute lil ask

His immediate reaction is "crap not again" quickly followed by stuffing it down and telling himself "I'll cry about that later" and then he just never does, because when later comes he is physically unable to cry. In general he can't actually cry. I speak as someone with the same affliction, it just doesn't happen even if he's not stopping himself.

I think Legend tends to muscle his way through whatever thing is overwhelming him until the end of the day, at which point he just curls up on his bedroll as tightly as possible to burrow away and just.... feel. He can't fix the things that trigger his depression, and while answers are usually there, they require burdening someone else, a big no-no, so he just stews until he falls asleep or just sits up overthinking until he's choking on sobs that won't come.

And come the next day he's just the same as any other day, because that's an issue for another day and when there's the security and safety to actually sort it out (AKA never)

[sysig]

Guess who :3c (Patreon)

[hadrianblackwaters]

!! DRUMINDOR SPOILERS IN TEXT AND TAGS !!

Listening to Drumnidor as a Hadrian girlie is not easy. My god they're assassinating his entire character and taking away his life purpose right in front of us! They're reducing him to a stupid comic relief character with no depth and no real influence on the people around him (to a greater degree than they ever did before) and they're taking away all his greatest achievements and attributing them to someone else to fit the plot! His main character status has been revoked and he's now apparently merely a supporting character in someone else's story. Please, everyone, a moment of silence for my blorbo 😔🙏 Rest in peace mr. Blackwater. At least they let you pull some impressive-arse sword moves, you looked really cool... but I am so sorry they did not let you be a practising hoe in this one 🥀

[kaurwreck]

Have you ever thought of reading orv? It seems to be something right up your alley

I've heard of it, but I haven't considered reading it; my tastes in contemporary fiction are inane but immutably monopolized by a narrow selection of historical fantasy subgenres + self-published gothic romance novels/novellas that offend my sensibilities and outright violate my boundaries.

[fablegaze]

[nyan-bynary]

Ok so far the summer Hikaru died is like if the last unicorn was kinda gay and in the horror genre

[whitesnakewine]

im scared of the wider fandom so i came here to bother you instead, because you have the most based takes

ok so. i feel like as a kid, orochimaru had a weird crush on hiruzen. exact same vibe as kid kabu's crush on oro. they admired and resented him, because he was everything they wanted to be (the hokage, master of almost all ninjutsu), but he was also holding them back. not letting them fulfill their true potential. to them, he was a wall they could never climb over, a constant one-sided struggle to overcome their sensei.

of course, all of that culminated in them killing him. they clearly take immense joy in the act, even pleasure. it distinctly mirrors kabuto after sasuke killed orochimaru; this sort of manic desire for something to struggle against. some kind of authority holding them back, someone for them to really sink their teeth into. as a child, they attached themself to him because they had no one else. and he indulged that bond, showing them just enough kindness, just enough love to keep them dependent, but never enough to make them feel like they were worth it. hiruzen saw orochimaru as both his child, and a dangerous parasite. orochimaru saw hiruzen as both their dad, and their prison warden.

do u fuck w/ the kabuto parallels or am i getting too freudian. lmao. anyways thats all uhh sorry for bothering u, love ur posts, keep up the good work o7

my take isnt even that good compared to most of my priv moots, im just an average viet with 3/5 reading comprehension🧍

its just really fucking weird out there with all the anti-intellectual kids online

i honestly only post slightly lukewarm orokabu take for 5 followers, two of them russians and one of them chinese, they dont even speak english, ik im cooking when they liked my posts

ALSO Yes please do bother me about more oro and kabuto's hcs I'm desperate to talk more about them than skimming fat of their *gesturing at all of them*

I fully agree with you about Oro's admiration toward Hiruzen is similar to Kabu's admiration toward Oro. Hiruzen was a fascinating case of good teacher but shit parent, he raises Oro and pay special attention to Oro but as a teacher, not a guardian or parent. Despite knowing Oro's wanted a parental figure/ someone to guide them and accept them. Hiruzen doesn't just treat Oro as his own kid, he treats the entire village as his own kids.

And for a kid, this sort of special attention could get into their head. It's easy for Oro to think maybe, Hiruzen love them or adore them or possibly even cherish them. But Hiruzen doesn't act like their parents so this must be something else. And they'd ponder over what sort of love is that. What does it all mean? what are they to Hiruzen? what can they be to Hiruzen? what can they do for Hiruzen?

I think the exact moment Oro become Jonin was when Hiruzen stop giving a shit about them. Because to Hiruzen, he did his part of "watching over the village's kids", Oro isn't a child anymore and there's the entire village to raise.

And it's so tragic because to Oro, they had thought there's something special between them and their teacher (that they barely figure out). While Hiruzen only remember Oro as they were (when they were a child)

I always think back to the flashback during Oro vs Hiruzen's fight, its interesting how Hiruzen doesn't remember Oro as a Sannin, THE legendary sannin, this shouldve been their greatest achievements as one of Konoha hero. But Hiruzen recalled Oro as the child he failed to raise as his own.

This led to my next point, the reason why i think Oro resent Hiruzen to the point of killing him. When Oro become Jonin was also the exact moment Danzo closing in like a bloodhound.

I think Oro only works with Danzo with the expectation that Hiruzen would notice them again, like how kids turn rebel in hope their parents will finally look at them. And Danzo is Danzo, he would immediately catch on what fragile adoration Oro have with their teacher and think of way to use it.

By the time Hiruzen did notice Oro again, Oro doesn't care anymore. They've been digging their grave for years in hope that anyone would notice them, while Danzo completely isolated them. What Oro behind for Hiruzen when they flee the village was something cold and full of hatred.

And personally, I think when Oro found Kabuto. They spoiled him rotten, drown him in attention and praises and teach him everything under the sun, he's getting everything that Hiruzen withhold from Oro.

And it made things complicated because Kabuto did have a mother who dotes on him and teaches him and love him and Oro isn't quite right. Kabuto doesn't think of Oro as his parents. But he still craves parental acknowledgement from Oro ( l really don't know what up with him/♡ affectionate)

Kabuto doesn't know what to make of it. And it all loop back into another cycle in this case the role is reversed for Oro. In this case, it's Kabuto going What does it all mean? what is he to Oro? what can he be to Oro? what can he do for Oro?

also i absolutely do fw Freudian/Oedipus orokabu its like a point i tried to make in a fic im working on. I really want more fics about them from this angle.

[thecoolerbrother]

i think something moonage daydream was really good at doing was capturing a vibe

[forcebookish]

as much as i'd like to see forcebook play their ages, i don't really mind them playing 18-22 year olds because i can easily forgive a lot of shitty behavior in that age group. it's a really rough time in your life, often your first time out on your own, when you might not quite grasp how dire the consequences of your actions can be because you won't "get in trouble." when you're graduating from Teenhood, there's sometimes a learning curve with "my parents ragged on me about X just because they're parents" to "oh they actually did know better i shouldn't do that shit" - sometimes you have to learn that on your own. add alcohol, the pressure of college, shifting identities, etc., it's a good recipe for some nice 'n' easy character development.

[moonionraccoon]

I got handed a body base by one of my partners/music producer @blueberrythefrog

And managed to actually improve that one DJ sprite idea that I previously posted

It might not actually be used in the game but I still really like how it turned out :O

[geometricalien]

15 people, 15 questions

Tagged by @ultfreakme thank you!! 💕💕

1.) Are you named after anyone?

My first name is biblical and since my parents are Christian and my sibling also has a biblical name, I always presumed it was bc of that. My middle name though is actually a last name from my lineage

2.) When was the last time you cried?

Yesterday! It was day 2 of being home alone since my roommate left for the week and I was feeling particularly lonely since another friend wasn't able to hang out with me the last couple of days in addition to feeling isolated from family during the holiday season Plus being on my period --- yeahhh

3.) Do you have kids?

No. Nope. Nuh uh. Ask me again in 10 years

4.) What sports do you play/have played?

I did volleyball and basketball a lot in my youth, did soccer in elementary school

5.) Do you use sarcasm?

Sometimes. Mostly only with friends when we know we are being sarcastic and are playing it up? Otherwise, I'm just such a literal person I hardly use it elsewhere (even when my friends and I are joking/using sarcasm we often say "just kidding" afterwards)

6.) What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Honestly height and hair. I have such bad face blindness, and I've had it forever. But I'll remember if someone was taller/shorter than me and their hair color

7.) What’s your eye colour?

Grayish blue. They were described like ice before if that helps

8.) Scary movies or happy endings?

Depends on my mood. I like horror movies and there are just so many different kinds- I haven't found a movie that genuinely scares me in a long time though... The last one I remember was Nope. I walked out of the theater and was just watching all the clouds in the sky fkdlsajf

9.) Any talents?

Nothing is really coming to mind... I guess I'm crafty? And it shows itself in different ways. I enjoy the process of creating. Be it in writing or drawing or baking and decorating or following steps- I enjoy having a vision and creating it

10.) Where were you born?

Usa

11.) What are your hobbies?

I read books and fanfiction, I write fanfiction, watch anime and shows, cook, bake, play genshin impact. I've been playing wordle every day for almost a year now. I like tactical stuff with instructions- like legos or putting together furniture- I got this DIY book nook last week and spent like 8 hours putting it together. In school as part of the STEM program we learned how to draft both by hand and on the computer through CAD and Solidworks- those were fun. I miss that. Again it uses that same part of the brain as legos. I also like playing with cards. I have solitaire and pinocle on my phone. I was also learning how to play chess (like the strategy part)

12.) Do you have any pets?

My family home has the cat I got my 8th birthday (barn cat, brown tabby with four white socks on his paws). In the apartment though there is my roommate's black lab, half ragdoll half Siamese cat, and who knows how many fish that keep having babies

13.) How tall are you?

5'10'' (on a good day sshhh)

14.) Favourite subject in school?

MATH HELLO! (......... but also the drafting classes damn i miss those)

15.) Dream job?

Can there be such a thing as having extreme trivia knowledge on my fandoms? I'd like that alot but otherwise.... I'd like to work at one of those cat [Blank] things. Be it a café or a bar or a bookstore (that'd be awesome!!) I think that would be fun

Tagging @alienjack @szivtalan @glitt-erm @amnestyaubrey @farklelucas @brazilian-whalien52 @bloodyspade0000 @traditionalartist @illbebuyingallofthoseflowers and anyone else who sees this and wants to hop in ☺️