#i love that it’s gold... distinguishes it from the original + it’s kind of how i imagine a good ending of swan lake wedding costume

[dozydawn]

vintage wedding dress based on an odette ballet tutu

[daughter-of-melpomene]

𝗔 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗦

So, I’ve been reading a lot of Wizarding World OC fanfics lately, mostly on Wattpad, and have since fallen back into a rabbit hole of thinking about this amazing universe. Harry Potter was one of the very first fandoms I was in, and despite everything and how much I despise and renounce She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, I still love it and I don’t really think I’ll ever stop.

Anyways, as a result of my falling back into my love for this universe, I wound up creating a whole load of plot bunnies for assorted eras, and I thought I’d share them with you guys! I probably won’t wind up making formal intro posts for all of them or anything, but you guys are definitely free to ask me questions about any of them if you want, and I really hope you like my new babies!!

(Tagging my Wizarding World moots @luucypevensie, @dancingsunflowers-ocs, @manyfandomocs, @cecexwrites, and @ginevrastilinski-ocs - really hope you guys like these ideas!!)

FANTASTIC BEASTS ERA —

Charlotte ��Charlie” Fairweather; pureblood, (former) Hufflepuff, poly Newt + Tina ship. Newt’s best friend from Hogwarts who shares his love of creatures and dropped out after he got expelled to follow him in his travels. Seen as the father of all the creatures while Newt’s the mom, and has a special bond with the Mooncalves. Total sassy sweetheart who has a heart of gold but also doesn’t take crap from anyone, and also a distinguished bisexual who’s very proud of herself for landing people as awesome as both Newt and Tina.

Amelia Jameson; half-blood, (former) Horned Serpent, poly Jacob + Queenie ship. American witch who works in the Wand Registration Department and is Tina’s only friend at work, and winds up getting pulled into the whole crazy adventure because of it. Incredibly intelligent and good at reading people, but never became an Auror because she was too scared to put herself into danger. Has had a work crush on Queenie for years, but never thought anything would come of it until she got to spend more time with her and wound up also developing feelings for Jacob (which causes her a great deal of panic for something that winds up having a happy ending).

Sylvia “Sylvie” Miller; pureblood, (former) Wampus, Bunty ship. Tina’s Auror protégé once she gets reinstated in the second movie who gets assigned to shadow her in her hunt for Grindelwald. Doesn’t see what Tina sees in Newt at all but then becomes a total hypocrite by falling head over heels for Bunty the moment she sees her. Kind of closed-off and over everything all the time, but also a secret lesbian disaster. Incredible when it comes to defensive magic and shield charms.

RIDDLE ERA —

Ptolemus Lovegood; pureblood, Ravenclaw, Tom Riddle ship. Exists in an AU where Tom never becomes Voldemort. Luna’s ancestor who definitely lives up to the Lovegood name, very dreamy and a bit odd, but an incredible artist who creates amazing magical paintings and sculptures. A bit naïve because he mostly lives inside his own head, and gets made fun of a lot by other students. Tom originally gets into a relationship with him because he thinks he can manipulate Ptolemus into helping him in his schemes, but he winds up actually falling in love with him, and Ptolemus slowly helps him overcome his anger and the darkness inside him. Basically this guy is Luna about fifty years in the future, and a bit of a manic pixie dream boy, but we love him anyway.

Sera Malfoy; pureblood, Slytherin, Orion Black ship. Everything you would expect a Malfoy to be - cold, cruel, and arrogant - but never to be made the heir to anything because she’s a woman, which she loathes. Plenty of people at Hogwarts desire her for her beauty, but she never deems anyone good enough for her. Has an on-and-off affair with Orion while he’s already betrothed to Walburga, which is super toxic and messy since Sera is mainly using him to try and get him to drop Walburga so she can be head of the Black household and Orion just wants to have the victory of sleeping with the girl everyone at Hogwarts wants. They actually wind up developing a sort of twisted connection, but break their affair off once Orion and Walburga officially get engaged. Eventually killed by Walburga after she finds out that Sera and Orion slept together one more time after they were already married and Sirius and Regulus were kids. After he moves back into his childhood home, Sirius finds a letter his father wrote to Sera but never sent, and a wrought-iron rose with a snake wrapped around the stem that she gifted him.

MARAUDERS ERA —

Orla Byrne; half-blood, Hufflepuff, Mary Macdonald ship. Daughter of a single mother who doesn’t find out her father was a wizard until she gets her Hogwarts letter, so she knows basically nothing about the wizarding world. Bonds with Mary over being Scottish witches trying to figure out this new world together, which eventually leads to them becoming cute girlfriends. Super sassy for a Hufflepuff and prone to using a lot of curse words. Also becomes besties with Mary’s band of other Gryffindor girls, but also becomes pretty tight with the Marauders, which annoys Lily before she starts returning James’s feelings.

Evelyn “Evie” Prewitt; pureblood, Ravenclaw, Narcissa Black ship. Middle child of that era’s Prewitts - Molly’s older sister and younger than the twins. Almost sorted into Slytherin and definitely showcases it - very ambitious and wants to be a politician. Meets Narcissa after they get paired together for a Charms project and start something of a more-than-friends thing, but they break it off after they graduate and Narcissa marries Lucius even though they genuinely love each other. Evie becomes a high-ranking politician in the Ministry of Magic eventually and never marries anyone else, and they wind up reconnecting and getting back together after Harry defeats Voldemort and Narcissa divorces Lucius when he goes to prison.

Nina Grey; half-blood, Hufflepuff, poly James + Lily ship. Daughter of a pureblood mother and Muggleborn wizard father, has been in ballet classes since she was really little, wanted to be a prima ballerina before she got her Hogwarts letter. Still regularly uses the Room of Requirement as a dance studio to practice her dancing, which is how she meets James when the Marauders run into the Room trying to get away from Filch after pulling a prank. Meets Lily after she sees James and Nina talking and approaches her to tell her to stay away from him, and they become friends, only for James to realize that he’s falling for Nina as well as Lily. Nina has already developed feelings for James and gains them for Lily as well the longer they’re friends, and Lily winds up realizing that she loves Nina about the same time she starts to return James’s feelings, so it’s kind of a whole mess, but they do all end up together in the end. Nina’s a total sweetheart who loves tea and reading and always wears ballet flats - basically she’s very soft-girl core and I love her.

Zachary Alonso; Muggleborn, Gryffindor, Remus ship. Son of Mexican-American Muggles/No-Majs who moved to the UK shortly after his tenth birthday, so he gets his Hogwarts letter instead of going to Ilvermorny. A bit of an outcast in his own dorm room for his first few years at Hogwarts since the Marauders are so close, but becomes friends with them in fourth year after he helps them pull off a prank. Becomes a lynx Animagus with the rest of the crew and gains the nickname Sharptooth. Only gets together with Remus towards the end of seventh year, but they’re a very sweet couple. Kind of a stereotypical Gryffindor - never backs down from a challenge, always wants to protect people, and would do very nearly anything for the people he cares about.

Clarissa Yeng; half-blood, Slytherin, Marlene McKinnon ship. Daughter of a wealthy wizarding family who are just outside of the Scared Twenty-Eight and who have sort of fallen from grace after her father married a Muggleborn witch. Determined to restore her family’s reputation, so she acts like a prime pureblood Slytherin, cold and ruthless and proud. Develops something of a rivalry with Marlene over outdoing each other in the Gryffindor-Slytherin shared classes that eventually turns to secret makeout sessions and, later, genuine romance. Naturally brutally honest and not very expressive, but also really touch-starved and craves genuine love and genuinely tries to be a better person once she and Marlene get together.

GOLDEN TRIO ERA —

Mariela Gomez; Muggleborn, (former) Thunderbird, poly Sirius + Remus ship. Transplant from America who becomes the new Muggle Studies professor in the Trio’s third year and winds up becoming very close to Remus. Winds up following him to the Shrieking Shack to help free Sirius and is kind of hurt upon seeing them interacting and realizing that they’re still in love because she was sort of developing feelings for Remus, but keeps in touch with him after he leaves Hogwarts and helps Sirius while he’s hiding out in his cave, and realizes she has feelings for both of them. Joins the Order once it gets back together and has a whole proper confession with her two boys right before the Battle of Hogwarts, and they officially get together after (because of course Sirius and Remus live, what do you take me for?). Incredibly caring and would do anything to protect her students, but also has no tolerance for people who are assholes to her or anyone else about being a Muggleborn - she winds up taking a lot of points off of Slytherin and makes an enemy of Snape because of it.

Lunella “Luna” Warbeck; pureblood, Ravenclaw, Marcus Flint ship. Daughter of the famous witch singer Celestina Warbeck, and is the exact opposite of her mother, very quiet and withdrawn. A very talented singer, however, and writes her own songs which are all really lovely. Meets Flint because she likes to sit in the Quidditch stands to write and winds up accidentally sitting in on a whole Slytherin team practice before anyone notices her. Gets accused of spying for Ravenclaw, which of course she isn’t, but Flint still invites her to the next practice as a way to show off and stick it to Ravenclaw, and then keeps inviting her and interacting with her until they eventually develop feelings. She winds up making him a better person and stopping him from joining the new Death Eaters after Hogwarts, and they actually get to have a happy ending together.

Hecate Lovegood; pureblood, Gryffindor, Fred ship. Luna’s older sister, but instead of getting bullied, goes mostly ignored by Hogwarts’s population. Autistic and only semi-verbal, so she rarely talks, and has a talent for creating enchanted jewelry. Makes friends with the twins after she lies to help get them out of trouble for a prank and abruptly becomes kind of a popular by osmosis, with a bunch of people wanting to buy her jewelry. Stays at Hogwarts after the twins drop out, but when they open Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes they offer her a whole section to sell her jewelry. She and Fred officially get together after the Battle of Hogwarts (because he lives, of course). Very much like Luna in terms of personality, but also a bit more snarky than her when someone’s being a bellend.

Zain Ahmad; half-blood, Hufflepuff, Oliver Wood ship. Hufflepuff Quidditch captain who has been Quidditch rivals with Oliver since they both started playing. Possibly the grumpiest and most sarcastic person to ever get into Hufflepuff, but still an amazing captain who’s loved by all of their players. Has the classic rivals-to-lovers thing with Oliver, but retires from Quidditch after they graduate and takes a job at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office. Kind of an asshole with a heart of gold, doesn’t really show they care but always goes out of their way to do quietly nice things for people and would die for those they care about.

Nova Brackley; Muggleborn, Slytherin, Draco ship. A total outcast in Slytherin by virtue of being Muggleborn, but doesn’t really give a shit and can very often be seen flipping off their housemates. Incredibly talented at healing magic and sort of becomes Madam Pomfrey’s apprentice starting third year, and first meets Draco when they’re healing up his broken rib from a Quidditch game. The two of them bicker a lot because Draco feels like he has to be mean to them to keep up his reputation and Nova is not willing to take any of his shit, but they actually wind up falling in love eventually. They break up briefly after Nova can’t stop Draco from following his family into the Death Eaters (some of Draco’s angst in the sixth movie also comes from missing them), but they reconnect after the Battle of Hogwarts and eventually get back together, and Nova becomes a Healer at St. Mungo’s. Nova is basically Rosa Diaz incarnate, stone-faced and tough and not giving a shit what people think of them, but they’re also pretty funny and sweet once you actually get to know them, and they’re incredibly loyal.

Godric Marshe; pureblood, Gryffindor, Cedric ship. Named after Godric Gryffindor, of course, but very definitely doesn’t live up to his name because he basically has Neville’s relationship with magic, except his never gets better. Kind of an outcast and gets bullied a lot, and when Cedric approaches him after he’s been crushing on him for years, Godric definitely thinks it’s either a cruel joke or just the Hogwarts golden boy taking pity on him and trying to do the right thing. Rejects Cedric’s attempts at friendship for the longest time, but eventually they genuinely become friends and boyfriends later. Very quiet and insecure due to his lack of magic, but an amazing writer who slowly comes out of his shell thanks to Cedric and eventually becomes a novelist.

Allegra Pennyworthy; pureblood, Slytherin, Neville ship. Daughter of the Sacred Twenty-Eight but supports Muggleborns and doesn’t give a shit about doing what her family wants, and is something of an outcast from Slytherin because of it. Offers to help Neville in Potions since it’s her best subject, and falls him love with him through that. Eventually becomes Hogwarts’s new Potions professor when Neville takes over Herbology. A total badass, fierce and protective and cunning and never afraid to speak her mind; Neville both adores her her and fears her a little bit, and he’s basically the only person she lets herself be soft around.

Penelope Barker; Muggleborn, Gryffindor, Cho ship. A she/they partner for Cho because she deserved better. Technically Muggleborn, but was adopted by a wizard couple when she was a baby so they’ve always been familiar with the wizarding world. Much more focused on playing Quidditch than on academics, but is still best friends with Hermione and generally relies on her tutoring to pass her classes. Falls in love with Cho pretty much the very first time they see her on the Quidditch pitch, and spends years pining over her until they get to talking at the Yule Ball (Cho went by herself instead of with Cedric), and follows her into Dumbledore’s Army the next year until eventually they kiss after a meeting. Becomes a professional Quidditch player after Hogwarts, on the same team Ginny leads. Incredibly sweet but also super awkward and clumsy off of the Quidditch pitch, regularly tripping over her tongue and her own feet. Becomes a godparent to Hermione and Ron’s kids.

Aaaaand that’s all, folks! Holy shit, this is a lot (😅). As I said, not all of these babies are gonna get official intro posts or anything like that, but you’re always free to ask me whatever you want about any of them!! <3

[high-fantasy-sw]

On the subject of Lightsabers:

I have lightsaber references! All on heroforge obviously, because I cannot draw blades, and with notes that mark their most distinguishing trait. SOme of these are colors, others are blade type, it really just depends on the most interesting thing about the blade. I'll put notes on how they differ from how they look in the AU in the notes, because obviously Heroforge only has so many blade options and they don't all look exactly like I see them in my mind. Enjoy!

The Disaster Trio

Obi has a sword and shield because Soresu is a defensive form. His shield and the crossbar of his sword are both based on the crest of the Jedi Order. In AU Canon, this is more obvious.

Ahsoka has twin daggers because her fighting style is highly acrobatic, and full length swords would make that... rather dangerous; to save space I only put one of the pair. In season 7, Anakin replaces the Kyber Crystals in her original daggers, so they are technically the same daggers but now they burn the same blue as his saber.

Anakin's sword is a dual-handed greatsword, because his form is very aggressive and relies a lot on hacking away at your opponent and physically overpowering them. Also something something dual-edged sword, something something foreshadowing.

Male Jedi

Kit's flame is less a flame and more of watery magic. This is because he is of an aquatic race, and I thought it was cool :D

Yoda has a rapier because his form is very acrobatic and rapiers lend well to that.

Not going to lie, I struggled with Ki-Adi's saber, so I made his really unique in that his blade is darker than the flame that burns by a drastic amount.

MACE okay so. My guy has an executioner sword, because he is the Arbiter Of Justice (tm). Also, these kinds of swords have blunted ends and aren't meant to be used in combat, meaning that for Mace to actually use it as a weapon he needs incredible skill. Which he has. I love Mace Windu :D

Lady Jedi

Shaak's blade is supposed to be wavy like Ahsoka's daggers; wavy blades are a symbol of the Togruta in this AU. However, Heroforge didn't have any good options for this >:(

Barriss's and Luminara's swords have hilts made of Mirialan metalwork- Mirialan metal is fired with special potions that turn it special shades of red and green and gold. It is almost as valued as Mandalorian stained glass in the Galactic Archipelago. If you look closely, the little you can see of Luminara's bracers is also made of Mirialan metalwork.

Grievous's CoLlEcTiOn *cough hack whEEZE*

My favorite is the midnight blue one >:)

I have nothing else to add, I literally just designed sabers I thought looked freaking cool. If you want to make up lore for them, PLEASE do, I'd love to see it :D

Sith

THE DARKSABER okay so it has lightning instead of a flame because I wanted to replicate those crackles that it has. Anyway I think it looks really cool :D Also the serrated edge? *chef's kiss*

Dooku's saber is a rapier because it's the Gentleman's Fire Sword. However it does not look exactly like this in AU canon; I have a Dooku drawing ref in the works and when I post that I can explain it better. Also it is modeled on Yoda's because I really want to play up that Fallen Jedi Angst >:)

Ventress's sickles (much like Ahsoka, I only put one here to save space) is highly based on her Nightsister heritage. Even when she was a Padawan, I think she had that inspiration in her Jedi blade. Their blades are shaped like moons, and even her force signature is tinged with Nightsister Green (because her dark side powers also incorporate Nightsister Magick; if they didn't, they'd be pure blood-red, because it's important to me for Lore Reasons (tm) that while Jedi can have this whole array of colors, Sith all have the same shade of red).

Original Trilogy Bois

Luke's green force signature is tinged with blue because I will always associate Luke Skywalker with blue. Don't ask me why. But Luke is BLUE and I will DIE ON THIS HILL. FIGHT ME.

Vader's saber is based on his greatsword from when he was Anakin, because I think he got attatched to the design. Also because I want that visual motif of "Anakin is still buried in there" because I am a sucker for symbolism and metaphors. But you know that already ;)

I don't have Anakin's original (and by original i mean like his umpteenth) saber, AKA Luke's first saber, because it's basically the same as we saw earlier, and these swords were TIME CONSUMING to render. However, I will note that the very tips of the flames on that saber begin to be tinged with sith red because of the atrocities Anakin committed with it. Someday I'll have a picture of it for you and you'll see what I mean

I don't have Old Obi's either, because again, TIME. CONSUMING. TO. RENDER. But it's basically the same as it was in the Clone Wars, just more corroded because my man was living in the desert.

If I cared enough to make Palpatation's saber (see i call him that because he gives me heart palpitations of rage) it would be here. But I do not. So it is not

(Okay. Yes he has a Saber in this AU I just haven't made it yet because I am Mad At Him)

Tagging: @whyoneartheven @majorproblems77 @anime-obsessed @lilliesandlight

[anniesocsandgeneralstore]

I just reached 700 followers, which is insane, and I wanted to do something special. So I've decided to do a celebration writing challenge! Below are some song lyrics from my top 10 favorite albums as prompts and a list of the Top Gun: Maverick pilots.

If you would like to participate in the challenge, please send me an ask with the prompt and the pilot you would like to go with it, write up a fic with at least 700 words, and submit it back to my blog by January 14, 2023. 

You can write whatever you would like! Reader insert, an OC of your own design (extra unimportant point if Ronnie makes an appearance lol), or the pilot x another pilot! If you follow me you know I love a good AU, so you wanna slap your characters in a universe with werewolves/knights in shining armor/superheroes? Feel free!

I’ll leave this post up for about a week for people to claim the prompts that they want, I will be adding this post to my blog navigation for the week, and will be crossing the prompts out when they get claimed (so please look at the original post to see which ones are available!!). I just appreciate you all so much and would love to inspire you all just a bit. Love you lots <3 can't wait to see what everyone writes!

Song Selection from The Hard Deck Jukebox:

HARDLOVE, NEEDTOBREATHE - “Doing our own thing never seem to find the time / We’ve been going downtown, making reservations / But maybe we just slow down / See where it can take us” — Let’s Stay Home Tonight

The Human Condition, Jon Bellion - “There’s bones in my closet, but you hang stuff anyway / And if you have nightmares, we’ll dance on the bed / I know that you love me, love me / Even when I lose my head” — Guillotine

Sunset on Summerville, Madds Buckley - “Oh babe, your motives are clear / You just wanna watch me struggle / And you always say, grinning ear to ear / That my frustrated face is adorable” — Scotch Tape and Cellophane @indynerdgirl

Wasteland, Baby!, Hozier - “My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand / It’s how I know now that you understand” — No Plan

ABBA Gold, ABBA - “And I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile / But girl, you’re only a child / Well, I can dance with you honey, if you think it’s funny” — Does Your Mother Know That You’re Out

Georgica Pond, JONNYSWIM - “I’m gonna go to bed dreamin’ that you’re still happy / That I’m still the girl that you loved from that party / We’ll go to bed early, just set the coffee, just say goodnight instead” — Say Goodnight Instead

Midnights, Taylor Swift - “All they keep asking me / Is if I’m gonna be your bride / The only kind of girl they see  / Is a one night or a wife” — Lavender Haze @newlibrary

Freya Ridings, Freya Ridings - “Standing on the platform, watching you go / It’s like no other pain that I’ve ever known / To love someone so much, to have no control / You said, “I wanna see the world.” and I said, “Go.” — Lost Without You @blue-aconite

The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars - “All your acting, your thin disguise / All your perfectly delivered lines / They don’t fool me / You’ve been lonely too long” — Dust to Dust

Find Me, Joseph Solomon - “She’s the calm, she’s the storm / I’m a fool on her shores / Oh I know, I know she’ll roll, she’ll roll away / With every intention of coming back for more” — The Ocean @ahopelessromanticwritersworld

Our Distinguished Pilots:

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Jake "Hangman" Seresin

Robert "Bob" Floyd

Natasha "Phoenix" Trace

Javy "Coyote" Machado

Reuben "Payback" Fitch

Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia

Bonus: Beau "Cyclone" Simpson

just adding my top gun taglist in case of you would like to participate:

@oneirataxia-girl @arrthurpendragon @pasta88love @theforevermorereject @sqrlgrl22 @townley-29 @alittlelostalittlefound @fenderenderender @chaoticassidy @capswife @marrianena @luckyladycreator2 @fulla02 @fangirlofallthings22 @dempy @imagineyneyjr @blue-aconite @commxnderwolffe @darkestbeforethedawn16 @sopheeg @mizzy-pop @loveforaugust @hope-love-equality2 @pansexualwitchwhoneedstherapy @onlyheretowastetime @supernaturaldawning @frenchtoastix @oneelleandaneye @agentminnesota187 @smoothdogsgirl @indynerdgirl @newlibrary

[joylinda-hawks]

Today, for a change, I will be predictably boring in choosing a photo, but with this choice I want to somehow pay tribute to the beauty of ZZH. I know that someone is beautiful, it's a relative matter, it depends on the other person's point of view. However, there are men and women in the world who stand out with their appearance, which makes people around them pay attention to them. ZZH has quite an original beauty, his facial features are subtle, and his large eyes and full lips nicely complement his face. By changing his hairstyle, ZZH can modify his appearance, but his eyes and lips always give him away. If you think about it, there are many men somewhat similar to him, but if we look closely, ZZH has something that other men do not have. That is why ZZH is one of a kind, with original beauty and strong character. These two things that make it stand out are unique. Back to the photo. This is one of the photos from the promotional session of the Japanese jewelry brand TASAKI. Looking at these photos or advertising spots, it is hard to resist the impression that ZZH was created to wear pearls. And in any edition, alone or in combination with other gemstones. Here ZZH in this photo is wearing a delicate set of jewelry: pearls combined with rubies. Pearls are a symbol of beauty, delicacy and perfection. Ruby is associated with love and desire. Gold symbolizes abundance and success (though it is sometimes associated with divinity and immortality). In my opinion, the choice of jewelry suits the ZZH person. ZZH is a beautiful, delicate person, full of love, who deserves success in life, because he deserves success in life through hard work. I don't know if that's the right interpretation, but that's how I see it. Looking at the selected photo, in which ZZH stands completely dressed in a black suit, one cannot help but feel that it hides some secret. The original set of flowers held behind the back may also be a mystery. Who is it intended for and why is it partially hidden behind the back. Yes, I know, it's a stylistic move for this particular photo, but you can add something that will add more mystery to the photo. Black color and ZZH are a perfect combination. The black color is slimming, and in the case of the ZZH figure, it makes it appear very slim and tall. The selected hairstyle also slims ZZH's face. His face and hands are the only bright spots in this photo. ZZH looks at the viewer with an anxious, mysterious look, his slightly parted lips suggest that he wants to tell us something, but is hesitant whether to do it or remain silent. I really like this photo for its mysterious style and ZZH look. ZZH looks here like an elegant, slightly dark prince of pearls. Always dignified and distinguished. Because that's what ZZH is like.

[falsebooles123]

Confessions of a Recovering Genre-Phobic 1/20/24

Hey Whores, I had to take my computer into the shop this week. (In turns out that it was the drivers after all), so my week has been a bit down and odd. Theres other reasons but I'm still sorting out my feels. Late January is being kidna a sad boy hour for me but it is what it is. So without further ado the music.

(How it felt to be without my compooter for a day)

Ramones (1976) - The Ramones

Genre: Punk Rock Length: 29:04 (14 Tracks)

Ima just quote wikipedia

"Ramones is considered an influential punk album in the United States and United Kingdom, and had a significant impact on other genres of rock music, such as grunge and heavy metal. The album was ranked at number 33 in Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, maintaining the ranking in a 2012 revision and dropping to number 47 in the 2020 reboot of the list. It was placed first in the Rolling Stone 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time list in 2022. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2014."

- 'Ramones (album) | Wikipedia'

and yeah I can here the influence they remind me of the Buzzcocks and The moldy Peaches and punk music in general and that ultimately becomes a bad thing for me.

Its a lot like my feelings towards the original blair witch that what I can only imagine was innovative sound in the mid-70s has now become genrelized. Statis quo for the further generations of punk musicians.

Ramones features a lot of minimilist lyrics and repatition and gritty mixing and sound and it doesn't really work for me. Perhaps, (and feel free to say so), it is just my tin ears unable to distinguish the nuance but I had a hard time distinguishing songs, and the lack of clarity in both the vocals and instrumentals while absolutly giving a punk sound didn't do much to distinguish themselves from my foggy recolations of other 70s punk acts. Hopefully I can come back to this album in a copy years and fall in love but for now It left me feeling wanting.

2/5

The Stage Names (2007) - Okkervil River

Genre: Indie Rock Length: 41:46 (10 Tracks)

My Internent went out last night, and by mine I do mean the vast majority of my state. Thanks Winter!

I'm tired so let me just say that this album is fantastic. The opening song is a straight banger that has been on my playlists for years and the rest of the songs continue the energy with a slightly more slow-down indie rock marathon. The lyrics are involved and meloncholic and overall this just speaks to me.

5/5

Blanket (2023) - Kevin Abstact

Genre: Rap Length: 37:37 (13 Tracks)

Recommending to me by a friend.

Kevin Abstract is a queer rapper from texas who used to be part of the Boy Band Bronkhampton.

As I am shit at describing music I'm just steal this description from an interview. "According to Kevin, he wanted “to make, like, a Sunny Day Real Estate, Nirvana, Modest Mouse type of record. But I wanted it to hit like a rap album.”

and yeah thats a really good way of describing it. The music has that kind of shoegaze etherial sound as Abstract raps about childhood trauma, queerness, and other such pleasantrys.

I'll be honest I didn't get a lot out of this album but I'll have to give it another listen one of these days.

3/5

My God (2023) - Tessa Violet

Genre: Pop

Length:

I'm sorry I wasn't expecting the girl-next door to wake up and decide to serve CUNT. Hunny. Diva, Icon, Slay.

Somewhat conceptionlized, (I'm talking out of my ass), as a rise from the ashes of more moody indie styling My God takes on a more diva styling with her Bad Bitch, My God, YES MOM, and BREAKDOWN. Which features a more Allie X style pop production and empowered lyrics. The faggot in me has no choice but to stan and the Straggot in me wants her to step on me so goddamn bad.

The rest of the songs on the album take on a more softer indie styling. 'Kitchen Song' is a standout as a near sappy romance song whilst other tracks deal with her more famalier themes of heartbreak.

I really liked this new direction and while the overall album didn't hit as hard for me as her earlier albums.

3.5/5

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (1997) - Leann Rimes

Genre: Country Length: 43:33 (12 Songs)

YLUML:IS is the second studio album by Leann Rimes and features you guessed the titular song which is the only thing I know by her.

I can say after listening to this album that I still don't know any other songs by this women.

Rimes has a beautiful voice and likes to focus on these kind of sentimental torch songs. The type of pastoral vaguly religious fair that would be big with like our mom or something.

It's nice enough but I think I agree with the original critics when they say that this doesn't seem like a strong second album. Hell this literally ends with her singing both Amazing Grace and the National Anthem. This is a album you would release at the end of your career. A bunch of classics as a way of polishing off your ourve. Not your second album which in my mind is where you really sink in and elevate your style. Odd choices. I'm noticing that I'm not a big fan of the classic albums that I've added to the list and thats dissapointed.

2.5/5

Well Whores. Thats all for this week. Hope your well.

[thatbeeperson]

1. Zenith, Dex Furis, Arca Titron

2. When I am able to I prefer to use snipers and bows, however I do not have a range preference

3. Radiation, the proc is funny and it just further increases the damage my single shot weapons deal

4. Mag, whom I thought was terrible at first and then after further use realized NO ACTUALLY SHE'S SCARY AS HELL

5. Parvos Granum, Hunhow, or Frohd Bek.

6. Amaryn

7. I've come to love all of the factions, the resourcefulness of the grineer, the industrial and boxy design of corpus, the flesh and overgrowth of infested, the beautiful and intricate designs of the orokin and seeing the beauty fall apart in their ruins, and the living ships of the sentient which distinguish themself from the infested by the fact you can see "intent" behind a lot of their designs

8. Honestly just how batshit crazy some frame's canonical power levels are

9. Smelter set, I am still angry that I can't stick it on my drifter

10. Protovyre (All 3)

11. Also Protovyre (as much as I love it, god is it busy)

12. Cy, 100%

13. I have his passive orbiter quotes turned off but I don't have him muted

14. Call of the Tempestarii

15. If I could be allied with every syndicate except Loka I would

16. BBB Hornet

17. Attached

18. We all lift together, sleeping in the cold below, for narmer, smiles from juran, this is what you are, sunkiller, all of the ost is really damn good

19. Umbra or Teshin

20. Grineer, uninteresting bullet sponges imo

21. Titania Prime

22. Used to, everything I wore was white, black, and gold. However recently I've been spicing up my appearance.

23. If I wanted to actually grocery shop? Probably Vauban or Protea. If I wanted an interesting experience, any of the non-warcrime frames that are still kind of scary (ex: Umbra, Xaku, Valkyr)

24. Moon leaning neutral

25. Jupiter, 100%

26. Fortuna bounties are the least awful to run and orb vallis looks cool. but I can never forgive DE for you know what

27. Ult-Pho, A Suda Gunner/Pilot. Publi, A Defender from Perrin Sequence. and Togg, our engineer who also serves as backup gunner from Steel Meridian

28. Never really thought of this one, Limbo or Octavia I guess?

29. Even though it's not really compatible with canon, assuming that every warframe is sentient with their own personalities makes for much more interesting stories

30. Primarily solo

31. Corpus, it's so flexible it scares me

32. Virmink or Velocipod

33. Son, Business is second and Tesonai is last

34. from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain.

35. They've been so caught up in the whole "saving the origin system" thing and so used to just being called "tenno" that they completely forgot to name themselves and are now probably screaming internally because you've reminded them that they FORGOT TO GIVE THEMSELF A NAME SO EVERYONE HAS JUST BEEN CALLING THEM TENNO AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT EVERYONE ONCE THEY THINK OF A NAME AND THINKING OF A NAME IS GOING TO SUCK AND AUGHHHH

36. Mmmm, Equinox or Xaku.

Warframe Ask Game 001

1. Which primary weapon is your favorite? Secondary? Melee weapon?

2. Do you prefer long-range combat or are you a frontliner?

3. If you could naturally inflict any kind of damage, what kind would it be (i.e. heat, radiation, cold, magnetic)?

4. Who was your starter frame?

5. Favorite NPC?

6. Least favorite NPC?

7. Which faction has your favorite aesthetic/architectural design?

8. What’s your favorite piece of Warframe lore?

9. What’s your favorite Operator accessory?

10. Favorite ephemera?

11. Least favorite ephemera?

12. Who is your favorite Cephalon?

13. What volume do you have Ordis set to?

14. Which quest is your favorite?

15. Which syndicate(s) are you allied with?

16. What is your Railjack named?

17. Kubrow or kavat?

18. What’s your favorite track in the OST?

19. Who comes to mind first at the phrase “Space Dad”?

20. Which faction do you hate fighting the most?

21. What was your first Prime build?

22. Do your operator and Warframe wear matching colors?

23. Which Warframe would you take grocery shopping?

24. Are you Sun, Moon, or neutrally aligned?

25. Which planet is your favorite to run missions on?

26. Cetus, Fortuna, or the Necralisk?

27. What are your Railjack crewmembers’ names?

28. Which Warframe is the most attractive?

29. What’s a Warframe headcanon you have?

30. Do you play public or solo?

31. Which color palette is your favorite?

32. What’s your favorite floof?

33. Business, Son, or Master Teasonai?

34. What’s a line of dialogue that stuck with you?

35. Does your Operator have a name? What is it?

36. Who is your comfort Warframe?

[stillness-in-green]

PLF Spotting (S6/E2)

High concentration of advisor material here, making this a rather long one. Hit the jump! (Warning: The very first thing after the jump is a screenshot of mauled Noumu.)

On the Villains:

A new and rather gory shot of poor mangled John-chan is added, and while I appreciate the lingering over Ujiko’s upset, and especially the cute panel of Ujiko showing off Noumu to AFO,(1) I wish they’d kept the voice-over dialogue from AFO telling Ujiko what a dear friend he is and praising his curiosity.  Your Honor, they’re terrible husbands, and we deserve all the content we can get.

     

It’s hard to say, but I think this new shot of Ujiko might be him kneeling over John-chan’s remains?  The angle’s about right, anyway.  The moment does leave out Ujiko’s background yelling, though, which the manga shows via sound effect.

     

Love and always have loved Shigaraki dressing like Sensei for some reason.  It’s definitely not right after the merger announcement, so I’ve always wondered when exactly this little flashback happened.  Sometime during the few weeks between Deika and Shigaraki reporting in for surgery?  Maybe the day of the surgery itself, shortly before they get down to business?  No clue, but it’s a nice shot, anyway.

It's technically anime-original, in that it's taking some of Ujiko's internal monologue from the manga and applying it to a flashback instead, one based on a scene in Chapter 276. I imagine we'll be revisiting it when we get to the release of the Near High Ends later.  (My main takeaway on this new angle is that it and the jacket coat make Shigaraki’s shoulders look broader than they typically do.)

     

Point: Giving Mocha-chan a sound effect/protesting whine when they jump Mirko to defend Ujiko: please take some ok-hand emojis because that’s a nice touch.

     

Likewise, with the High End fighting Crust, having the color to distinguish its brain parts from the flat white of its extra eyes/exposed bone/whatever is going on beneath the metal grating does a lot to heighten the wrongness of it compared to the manga, where it’s all just white regardless.  Very effective!

     

Point: I'm thrilled the anime kept that SD shot of John-chan and Mocha ascending to heaven.  XD

     

New shot of Skeptic, though missing his ever-present transformed helpers, and very low effort on the monitor screens.

     

I love how deep Galvanize (fan name)’s voice is!  And his smirk changing into a savage grin as he lights his cigarette with a spark, which I’d never caught before.  I’m amused that they just color-swapped Kaminari’s hair for his.  (New nickname: Nega Kaminari.)  I definitely imagined his shirt being a yellow-gold shade myself—he certainly has a loud enough aura to support the visual impact!—but the lavender’s not bad.  Still a better coloring decision than some of his compatriots will be getting here shortly.

No visual for this, but I appreciated the lines added in which nearby MLAers react to Galvanize’s quirk use and call on others of their number to fall back.  It’s exactly the kind of line the My Villain Academia anime deleted constantly—members of the MLA reacting and responding to each other’s movements exactly like you’d expect to see from a trained underground army—so I was pleased that some got added in this time instead.

     

Adding Spinner to this shot is a weird decision, seeing as he’s supposed to be down in the conference hall—and, indeed, we’ll see him there in the next-episode teaser!  I know he didn’t just teleport down there, so what happened?  He took the direct route of crawling down walls and left Toga and Compress to catch up with him?  But why on earth would the three of them choose to split up in the middle of a hero attack?  The fact that Manga!Spinner was already down in the assembly hall with Re-Destro and Trumpet when the attack started was always one of the things I read to suggest that Spinner was the member of the League to have thrown himself most insistently into the duties of his new rank, whereas the others all lollygagging around elsewhere meant they were in no hurry to get down and confer before the meeting began.

     

Big group shot of the advisors, and H’OKAY, LET’S BREAK THIS DOWN.  I’ll start at the top left and spiral my way in broadly clockwise.  I’ll go on using fanfic names where I have them, but as always, Sanctum is the only canonical name we’ve got thus far.

“Spikey Cabbie Hat”: Definitely the one that gives me the strongest “MY EYES” response!  Plum purple layered over orange stripes is a hell of a choice, by which I mean it is somewhat akin to eternal damnation.  But almost everything else is on point, particularly his weird chin prongs.  I think my only quibble other than the eye-searing vest color would be that I’m not sure if the animators caught that Spikey Cabbie’s eyes aren’t supposed to be shadowed by the brim of his cap; he’s supposed to be wearing a domino mask.  He could still be doing so and they’ve just chosen to make it black—checking back to his introductory shot last episode, it looks even more like a shadow over the eyes there (albeit shaded purple), save that it cuts off precisely at his hairline, as it does in the manga.  He’s got one more appearance yet to come, so we’ll see if it looks any different there.      

Beacon: His tie should be louder—it’s very obviously got a pattern on it in the manga, and not a plain one, either.  But I don’t mind the yellow coat.      

Sanctum: They changed the outfit he’s wearing, but only back to the military uniform he’s wearing in his introduction and Twice’s anime-only Imagine Spot about him.  You’d think the plain dark suit he’s wearing in the manga version of this scene would be simpler to draw than all those medals, but your guess is as good as mine on how involved the design materials are for background characters like this.  That is, maybe it's easier to have one design sheet than to have to cross-reference the manga.  One thing the change does obscure is something I noticed for the first time writing this: Sanctum and Band Jacket Guy have the same sleeve cuffs in the manga version of this shot!      

“Band Jacket Guy”: As mentioned above, he and Sanctum are supposed to both be wearing dark jackets with the same sleeve cuffs (though, I think, Sanctum’s lacks the elaborate button-up breast layering of Band Jacket Guy’s).  Unlike Sanctum, he keeps the jacket—maybe to help visually distinguish them in the shot?—though the front panel seems to be gone in favor of a simple line of buttons.  He’s also been given darker hair than I would have gone with; his hair is unshaded in the manga, while the anime has it only slightly paler and redder than Uraraka’s; Uraraka certainly does not have unshaded hair in the manga.  But he doesn’t clash too badly, and I like that they gave him gloves.  (They probably should have given Sanctum gloves, too.)      

“The Question”:  Barely visible, and yet the only extant detail is wrong: the question marks on their mask are supposed to be symmetrically mirrored; the anime has them facing the same direction.      

Scarecrow: I don’t love the pale yellow of the ruff—looking at just this screenshot, you’d think the staff only had access to one shade of yellow!—but I guessed black on the robe back when I was writing fic about him, so I’m glad to see the anime do the same.  His arm is extended here where it isn’t in the manga, making his segmented fingers and wrist visible.  They’re somewhat simplified compared to how they look in other shots in the manga, but, eh, it’s just a quick panning shot, so the loss of detail isn’t surprising.      

“Aviator Teeth”: He looks great!  I wouldn’t have guessed pale purple for his skin color, but it heightens his monstrous anatomy to great effect.  I have only the smallest of quibbles: his fingers in the manga bend in ways that suggest double-jointedness, and the patch on his shoulder pretty clearly has a logo/emblem of some kind on it.  The anime simplifies both.      

Galvanize: Covered above; he also looks great!  He does have his arms down for some reason, whereas he’s got his Amplivolt out and readied in the manga.      

“Grandma Bindi”: Still missing her bindi—it should be just barely visible at the center of her forehead.  She’s got her moxie intact, but she probably has the second-worst colors.  More of that same shade of yellow under her orange apron, and that combination would be fine, but it violently clashes with her bubblegum pink hair.       

“Big Sis Bindi”: I like the dark blue for her coat and that her hair is clearly glossier than her mother’s(?), but I still think the pink is kind of lazy.(2) I also think her expression is just the slightest bit off, her eyes faintly too large, her brows too arched, taking away from her supremely unimpressed look in the manga.  But if I started critiquing the anime’s ability to capture Horikoshi’s exquisitely nuanced facial expressions, I’d never stop, so I’ll move on.      

“Hole Punch Face”: I like his coloring at first glance, but I have a lot of quibbles.  Firstly, he’s the advisor I would most likely give an unusual skin tone, chiefly because he’s got that dark sclera thing going on that both Mina and Curious do, them being pink- and blue-skinned respectively.(3)  …Except that he doesn’t have the black sclera in the anime, which is Highly Lame.  Also, the jacket’s colors are fine, but my Pinstripes Favoritism and I have some complaints to register about the change to its pattern.      

“Hose Face”: There’s something off about his colors I’m having a bit of trouble pinning down.  I don’t like the green on him, I think.  He’s such a big, intimidating figure in the manga, a broad, solid frame wearing heavy black—or at least very dark—combat clothes, with the paleness of his mask heightening the impact of its skull-like design.  Even in the confines of a monochrome medium, he gives a monochrome impression.  The anime going with the same camo green it gave “Red” last episode doesn’t work as well here as it did for Red; the warm grays of the mask and the short shock of brown hair sticking out from behind it detract from its visual resemblance to a skull rather than heightening it.  He just looks less menacing in these colors than in all black.           

Brand: Mixed feelings.  I like that shade of green for him in isolation, but in the broader context, it’s the same skin tone Horikoshi gave the heteromorph giantess Deku saves post-war, which just makes me want to headcanon them as estranged siblings or start brainstorming the fic where she’s a PLF plant or something.

     

Exceptionally cool if very brief shot of Galvanize blowing out cigarette smoke as lightning snaps and leaps around his face. God, he's so chill; I love him.

     

Stray Notes:

The hidden door is completely sending me.  Is that how bad all the backgrounds look when the anime doesn’t have a manga panel to work from?  It’s so bad.  And so bonkers, too—like, okay, yes, in the manga, Crust takes note of other passages branching off from the path down to the lab, surmising that there are exits other than the one that goes to the morgue.  But he’s just following in Mirko’s trail, and Mirko—as the anime explicitly added dialogue to say—went in via the morgue.  Who thought a secret door right in the middle of the main lobby (and/or floating in non-Euclidian space) would be a good idea??

     

Point: The anime-original material is, as I take to be fairly standard, Kinda Bad.

Why does Erasure freeze the Noumu in their tracks?  That’s very demonstrably not what Erasure does to Noumu.  Like, we’ve seen it a whole bunch of times!       

Endeavor's sidekick quip is either a poor attempt at a joke (and Endeavor is not exactly a noted jokester) or meant in earnest, in which case I must bust out a word I generally avoid: cringe.      

Two hundred and fifty chapters'-worth of adaptation in, Bakugou whipping out an ore-sama and complaining about parts of hero work he thinks are menial and beneath him is just awful.  I really feel for the Bakugou fans who like him for his character development but keep getting saddled with the anime’s incredibly Flanderized version every time an episode director gets cute and tries to squeeze in a few seconds of new Bakugou material for the fanservice.

     

Can anyone please explain to me why the anime felt the need to overlay a crappy scale pattern on top of Crust’s already-drawn scales?

     

Point: The Mirko fight scene’s got its ups and downs.  I generally like the choreography of it, and the quick movements around the lab, up and around surfaces in three-dimensional space.  But it did rather lose a lot of the emphasis on just how strong Mirko’s legs are that the manga gets across by having her shatter several mad science tubes just by leaping off of them!

The gruesome scene of her arm getting torn off is extremely well done, with the not-small caveat that the manga has a visual suggestion that she has to (and does!) forcibly tear free of the vortex under her own power, severing her arm in so doing, while the anime’s action there is muddled enough that her intentionality and fortitude don’t come across as well.  It just sort of looks like the vortex took her arm and that’s all it was ever going to do.

     

More bizarre slow stroll decisions going on with the cut of Edgeshot and company.  They come off like a small group of friends on a slightly sullen hike through the woods rather than members of a sizeable army detachment steadily advancing toward a mission point.

     

There are just generally a lot of weird stop-and-starts with the forward momentum of this episode.  Along with what I’ve already mentioned, we get the ever-tiresome Flashbacks To Stuff You Just Saw, along with new weirdness in the form of the shot above, wherein Midnight and Tokoyami come to a dead stop in the middle of the charge on the villa to stand there proudly intoning Kaminari's name.  Perhaps it’s meant to be in line with the MLA types calling for people to give Galvanize room?  The heroes are doing the same for Kaminari? I don't know, but it looks awkward as hell.

     

FOOTNOTES 1: My god, the polka dot background, though.  What a choice.  XD       2: “They’re girls!  Give them pink hair!”  But please compare the shade of their hair in the manga to Mina’s and tell me if you think their hair should be that pink.)       3: All Might and, eventually, Deku get the dark sclera treatment, but with them, it’s visual shorthand for eyes sunken with over-exertion, not indicative of them actually having black eye-whites.

[tyrantisterror]

The ATOM Create a Kaiju Contest 3-D: Entry Roundup

You’ve been patiently waiting for the results of the ATOM Create a Kaiju Contest 3-D, and now... you have to wait a bit longer, but at least you’ve got an entry roundup with lots of sketches and a good bit of feedback for all the entrants!  My goal is to get the finalists illustrated in a week or two, and after that, the grand prize winner will be announced.  But, for now, the official entry roundup!  After the cut:

I should note that while I sketched these in the order they were submitted, my scanner saved the documents with random names, so they’re a bit jumbled.  You know, just in case you’re like me and would get confused noticing that it’s almost in chronological order but with some entries jumbled around.

@bugcthulhu’s Obsideban was designed as a counterpart to Rohobaron - the Black King to Rohobaron’s Red King, if you will.  Or, well, Black Queen in this case, as Obsideban also takes her personality from the “delinquent girl” archetype in Japanese media.  Bug’s designs always ooze personality, and I had a lot of fun translating this big, gnarly retrosaur into my own style.

@toothlessloveshiccup‘s Argonox is the first - but far from the last - monster in this breakdown that brings in a bit of fantasy influence to ATOM’s roster.  A golden-fleeced ram with a vicious streak, this sheep is both treasure and dragon at once.  And while it wasn’t written in the monster’s profile, given the Yamaneon-rich nature of its wool, Argonox might be able to replicate the healing power of the golden fleece too!  A very fun mammalian kaiju and excellent entry.

@highly-radioactive-nerd submitted Gunmetal Jeeves, a robot butler who can gigantomax temporarily create a holographic/hard light version of himself to fight kaiju.  That detail was a late revision added to the entry before the contest’s deadline, made after the creator realized that ATOM allows for some truly ludicrous bullshit, which is something everyone should exploit when making entries for this in my opinion.  Also, this is a robot butler who can size shift.  Revel in its awesome absurdity!

Ultranerd submitted Rajasaurus, a dimetrodon-like synapsid kaiju with electric powers.  His origin specifies that the electric powers are a result of the volatile nature of the Yamaneon deposits he mutated under, which is an interesting idea.  That’s another theme that cropped up a lot in this contest’s entries, actually - people really wanted to play with what Yamaneon can do.

Case in point, @polygonfighter’s Yamaneolith takes the Monolith Monsters homage at the heart of Yamaneon even more apparent.  I like the implication that there is a second mineral-based lifeform at the root of this Yamaneon cluster’s anomalous behavior - a parasite, perhaps?  It brings up some interesting possibilities.

@ariccio50 submitted Kukulkuzana, and damn is this a cool spin on the body plan of my martians.  I made a few changes here and there (splitting its tail into two is probably the biggest one), but tried to keep true to the original design, because holy hell is it gorgeous.  The idea that this is a mountain-dwelling creature is really intriguing to me, as it looks like a sea creature, but at the same time, that flexible and low-slung build WOULD work pretty well in mountains, and it’s just the right mix of plausible weirdness that makes for a fun alien design.

@akitymh submitted Aramzados, a Venusian monster that’s basically an organic hot rod car.  I like the idea of organic machinery being the gimmick for Venusian kaiju, and Aramzado’s does it subtly enough to not feel like that gimmick is the sole thing going for it.  I especially love this monster’s stange, apparently mouth-less blade-beaked face.

@virovac submitted Rurzar and Zar Rider, a Beyonder kaiju and mecha (respecitvely) that were both modified and repurposed by humans reverse engineering Beyonder technology to make, like, a motorcycle-saurus essentially.  It is a delightfully absurd concept, and a very, very detailed one (13 pages of description).  There’s a dark undercurrent beneath the sillyness, though, as this pair show that humanity might still be following the same path as the Beyonders before them.

@dinosaurana brings us Krangor, a humanoid monstrosity of living kelp!  The goal here was to create a Jack Kirby-esque monster dude, complete with the gibberish name and all.  He’s also made out of kelp, which feels very classic 1950′s monster-y despite me not being able to think of any monsters that were explicitly made of kelp.  I love him.

@kiryuthechimera submitted Genkakurah, a psychic retrosaur with some draconic features.  Though his substantial powerset is probably the biggest distinguishing feature of this kaiju (given that most ATOM kaiju pretty much have the same standard powers), what really draws me to him is that reptilian pseudo-beard.  It’s just a fun detail!

@glarnboudin submits Tiratola, and see, there’s that fantasy influence again!  Even more explicitly dragon-y than Kraydi, Tiratola still manages to toe the line between sci-fi and fantasy enough to fit ATOM as is while still cementing its ties to my own slice of fantasy fiction.  Man it’s good I’m doing a Midgaheim book next, huh?

@dragonzzilla submitted Scuttlebutt/Argonautilus, a hermit crab kaiju who lives in/with a hollowed out mecha.  That’s a twist I can’t recall ever hearing before, and the idea of a kaiju and a mecha having an equal partnership that doesn’t involve one being grafted to the other is really intriguing to me.  A very unique concept!

@evolutionsvoid submitted Fleagor, an enormous flea who has no idea what to do with itself now that there’s no creature large enough for it to parasitize.  I love that concept - it takes the core idea of the giant bug kaiju archetype (i.e. unsettling the audience by showing how terrifying small, “insignificant” creatures would be if our sizes were reversed) and really turns it on its head.  The name also plays on the Universal Monsters, who were a huge part of 1950′s pop culture thanks to their movies being re-released in that era, so all and all this one is very on brand for ATOM!

@skarmorysilver submitted Lilacorn, another entry that plays up that Midgaheim/ATOM connection.  Reinterpreting the mythological unicorn as an Cenozoic wooly rhinoceros-inspired monster gives it a very unique look, both in ATOM and in the general world of unicorns, and she has a bad-girl with a heart of gold personality to boot!

dracosaurus-rex submitted Florasaura, a two-headed plant/retrosaur hybrid monster.  I love me some plant monsters, I love me some retrosaurs, and I love me some rhyming the word “flora” with other words that contain similar vowell sounds, so this one has me written all over it!

@downtofragglerock submitted Sauroguana, a delightfully odd flying retrosaur.  There’s a great deal of charm to the original illustration that this sketch doesn’t quite capture - it’s a deceptively simple design with a lot of personality in it, and with those unique leg-wings it really doesn’t need a whole lot of frills to stand out.

Draxi submitted Brakan, an unimpressive burrowing retrosaur kaiju whose mastery of illusions allows it to convince other kaiju it’s actually a big, super-powerful badass that’s the ultimate fighter in the universe.  It’s a delightful parody of the concept of a fan self-insert god-mode character, with a really fun story built into it to boot!

@quinnred submitted O.N.I.A.C., a mysterious cocooned kaiju whose chrysalis has been turned into an organic computer of sorts by the people studying it, and seems to possess a fairly advanced intelligence for a kaiju.  It’s a really bizarre and ominous idea, with built in intrigue given how vague its nature is.  Is it just a kaijufied butterfly/moth who got stuck mid transformation?  A relative of the Mothmanuds?  Something else, perhaps equally alien?  Good story potential here.

shadyserpent submitted Vespilitor, a bat/retrosaur hybrid made by the nefarious Spooks Organization.  A mercurial prankster whose tendency to stir up trouble never crosses the line into maliciousness, he’s the kind of monster who would make a great foil to a lot of ATOM’s cast.  I’d especially like to see him in a prank off with Ahuul - it’d be like Bugs Bunny fighting Daffy Duck, but on a kaiju scale.

@multiversefan submitted the Yamaneon King, a nomadic kaiju whose refusal to settle down causes problems as he stirs up trouble at kaiju sanctuaries all over the globe by showing up unannounced and stirring up the locals.  He was basically designed to be a monster that the kaiju sanctuary initiative would struggle to deal with, which is a good idea for a post-ATOM Volume 2 story conflict.

Sir K submitted Jadeera, a kirin kaiju that can actually forcibly convert most of its body to Yamaneon to enter a dormant, statue-like state in a loose homage to King Shisa.  Though the fantasy elements are far more present than I usually prefer for ATOM kaiju, I think it should be noted they’re pushed that far for a purpose - a theme in Jadeera’s entry, which continues where its creator left off with their submission to the previous ATOM create a kaiju contest (Yokaigon), is that the world of kaiju is more complicated and challenging than many are willing to accept, which is a theme in ATOM itself.  Yokaigon’s more supernatural/occult powers are based on the ghost parascience of my setting, which ATOM has delved into a bit (Pathogen being the big example), so it’s not as out of left field as some might think.

@cerothenull​ brings us our final entry (unless some got lost thanks to tumblr’s shitty tagging system), the flying spider Naeranti.  She’s a kaiju spider who uses silk to make complicate hot-air balloons, more or less, and that’s just delightful.  ATOM could always use more spider-monsters, and with a really unique gimmick backing up a wonderfully distinct look, Naeranti is sure to stand out among her fellow giant arachnids.

Well, that’s the roundup!  In a week (or two, depending on how much my hand cramps) we’ll have the five finalists, and sometime after that, the grand prize winner!

[pettyvxbes]

Colson Baker x Reader - Ocean Eyes III

This was originally only supposed to be three parts, but I have so many ideas. . . I might be getting a little carried away. If anyone is interested in being included on the tag list for ocean eyes drop me a comment. ❤ Btw, ya'll rock, and I'm so thrilled that you're digging where this story is going as much as I am!!

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COFFEE DEALER

Colson had insisted on going to a coffee shop across town, even though there were plenty of great coffee shops near Shaker Square that you two had frequented on your previous Saturday adventures. He initially suggested that you ride with him, but you declined the offer and opted to drive yourself, much to your dismay. You considered making a wrong turn to head back to your sister's house several times as you followed closely behind him but decided against the outlandish idea.

Pulling into the parking lot, you immediately noticed the sizeable pink skull painted on the side of the brick building. It read "Drink. Eat. Work. Meet" arched across the top with "The" on the forehead, a 2 and 7 in separate eye sockets, "club" on the chin, and the most clever part was the nose which was a cup of steaming coffee. The aesthetic was everything, and you quickly understood why Colson had wanted to bring you to this specific coffee shop. It was edgy and artistic, kind of like you, and he knew you would love it.

"This place is fucking awesome." You gushed, taking in the surrounding interior. The walls were painted pink and accented with black. There were skulls in various places throughout the room, and directly in front of you behind a large circular counter were the associates, wearing "Coffee Dealer" tees, waiting patiently to take your order. Capturing every aspect of the shop, you noticed the music playing. It was a synth-pop-R&B beat accompanied by the voice of Chris Brown and Usher.

"You gon' be my baby Love me, love me crazy Tell me you with it Baby, come and get it Maybe try a new thing And let's spark a new flame."

It was one of those songs that stuck in your memory and could take you back to a specific time and place. You looked over at Colson to find him looking back at you, and you were instantly transported to that cold January night eleven years ago, the night you had first met Colson.

The air was crisp, and the night sky was aglow with the bright city lights of Atlanta. You were visiting your best friend for what was left of your winter break at NYU. She couldn't wait to take you out on the town. So naturally, you both ended up at the Gold Room less than five hours after you had touched down in the Empire State of the South.

The Gold Room was fancy. Golden poles were lining a transparent window rail in the main seating area. Each roped-off section donned eccentric gold couches, chandeliers, and splashy tropical lighting, all of which highlighted the significance of those seated there. You happened to find yourself smack dab in the middle of the distinguished crowd, behind the velvet ropes. All thanks to your gorgeous best friend who had been casually seeing one of the Atlanta Hawks.

"Y/n, don't look now, but that guy over there has been staring at you since we walked in." Your best friend screamed into your ear over the loud music.

"Which one?" You questioned, waiting to turn and look.

"The blonde with the tattoos!" She paused, taking a sip of her drink. She could tell you were waiting for a more descriptive answer. "You'll know which one. He's fine as fuck!" She screamed, causing you to chuckle at her bluntness.

You casually turned to the side to look for the mystery guy, and you were quickly met with his blue eyes. You felt your cheeks flush a bit as he maintained eye contact.

You were beautiful in a way that the other girls in the club weren't. You were confident but not cocky, and your attire was modest but still sexy. You didn't need to be accepted by others, which was apparent in how you carried yourself. Your smile was beaming as you looked back at him, and Colson could have sworn it illuminated even the darkest corners of the room. You were authentically you, and the blue-eyed boy was captivated.

Your eye contact was broken by one of the tall basketball players in your section offering you a glass of champagne. You accepted the drink and made small talk for a moment before quietly excusing yourself to the ladies' room. At least that's what you told your friend, but if you were honest, you were actually looking for those blue eyes. You made your way slowly through the horde of people keeping your eye on the VIP section that the tattooed man occupied. You couldn't see him, so you wandered closer until you were stopped by a husky voice.

"Are you looking for something?" You turned, looking up into the blue eyes you had been searching for.

"Not anymore." You smirked. He was taken aback by your forward response, and you could tell by the look across his face that he was speechless. You chuckled at his expression. "I'm sorry."

"I wasn't expecting you to say that, but I was hoping you would" He laughed. "I'm Colson."

"Y/n."

"Y/n, that's beautiful." He smiled at you. You couldn't tell if it was the champagne coursing through you or the fact that he was extremely handsome, but all you could think about was kissing him. The thought was soon pushed to the back of your mind as you began exchanging information about yourselves. Where you were from, what you were doing in Atlanta, your relationship status'. . .the basics. You two eventually found yourselves halfway through a game of 21 questions in a more private area of the club where you could actually hear each other speak.

"If you could have one 'do over' in your life, what would you do differently?" You inquired.

"Ooh, we're going there now?" He chuckled. "That's easy though, I wouldn't do anything over because then I wouldn't be sitting here with you."

“Smooth.” You chuckled at his cheesy answer.

“Yeah? You see what I did there?” He joked "Ok, my turn. . ." He changed the subject, trying to think of a question quickly. "If there was one piece of advice you could give, what would it be?" You thought for a moment before speaking.

"To always appreciate the little things in life."

"The little things?" he questioned, waiting for you to elaborate further.

"Yeah, you know, like early morning sunrises or late sunsets. The ones where you'll see an array of colors in the sky that you wouldn't normally see." You raved. "Or road trips and motorcycle rides, when you have music in your ears and the wind in your hair. Or the days when you're surrounded by your favorite people, the ones who make you realize that the world isn't such a cold, harsh place." You rambled, and he smiled like a fool.

"The little things that make you realize what life is about and what it means to be alive?" He pondered quietly, contemplating what you had said.

"Yes!" You extolled. "Appreciating the little things makes you enjoy where you are, right now, in the present."

"Enjoy where you are right now," He reiterated. "I like that" A comfortable silence settled in for a moment, and you could hear a catchy synth-pop-R&B beat surging through the room. The voices of Chris Brown and Usher were crystal clear.

"Who said you can't find love in a club? 'Cause I wanna tell them they wrong Come on, just baby, try a new thing And let's spark a new flame."

You both let out a little chuckle at the lyrics, and the next thing you knew, his right hand was on the side of your face pulling you into him. The kiss was magic, chaos, and a little bit of poetry. You felt a fire deep in your bones, and he melted every part of you.

"Hey, Colson!" The barista greeted him, pulling you from your memory of the man standing next to you. You hadn't even noticed, but you two were still staring at each other, and you wondered if the same memory had crossed his mind too.

He turned towards the barista as your eyes continued to explore the coffee shop. That's when you saw it—a mural on the wall situated above black leather dome seats. In large pink letters, "Enjoy where you are right now." and it clicked - this was his coffee shop. . .and he still thought about that night, just like you.

Colson glanced back at you, preparing to order, you smiled at him, and yet again, he could have sworn it illuminated even the darkest corners of the room. You were still authentically you, and the blue-eyed boy was still captivated.

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[irithyllians]

Some assorted Iri headcanons because Brandson Sanderson needs give me the good content but because he hasn’t yet done so I will make do:

The patterns they paint their skin with actually began as an imitation of natural singer skin patterns, and evolved from there over the years, before the origins were forgotten.

Said patterns are painted in a kind of semi permanent ink. Between Rosharan weather and perspiration from the hot climes, simple paint would not last long on the skin. The patterns are a language of sorts, and can tell a story, distinguish a tradesperson or social class, etc etc.

Their architecture + fashion in particular are reminiscent of Thailand and Ancient Greece.

Because the Iriali have yellow or gold eyes, dark eyes are considered rare and beautiful (though the more imperious, pure-blooded elite will not own to this)

IN GENERAL, compared to the Alethi, Iriali have longer features, and more angular eyes.

Greek accents 👌 (well, the Rosharan equivalent)

Because their metallic gold hair is a mark of pride, like many irl cultures, hair worn long and loose symbolises freedom and strength, while hair worn short or bound denotes subservience and inferiority.

It is fashionable to wear muted or solid colours that emphasise the metallic sheen of the skin. By extension, gold jewelry, favoured by the Rirans, is less popular among the elite of Iri because it competes too much with their hair and skin; silver, oxidised metals, corals, and semi-precious stones are preferred adornment for this reason. (Yes, I fully believe this race of gold people are utter snobs; big shock)

Much like Vorinism, how a person interprets and follows the One differs among the Iriali, and the One is not a unified religion. We have the example of the Iriali queen, who justifies the suffering of the people in war as being necessary for the One to experience. We have Ym who believes that because all beings are connected, all action should be taken to benefit individuals, and therefore the whole. There would probably be sects that believe each person must experience as many different ways of life as possible, to honour and add to the One. Some that justify cruelty and have brought the infliction or receiving of pain to a fine art, because they believe it to be a worthwhile addition to the One, etc.

One sect in particular believes all death to be wasteful and shameful to the One, and in order to avoid it, will find alternatives to execution when punishing a criminal. Removal of eyes, the tongue, limbs... anything that will allow them to live on and continue to experience for the One.

It is not uncommon for people that grieve their dead loved ones or heroes to sometimes do their utmost to imitate the deceased person, in values/mannerisms/day to day life, which is their way of honouring that person, and experiencing something they assume the One misses, now that the person is dead.

Royal advisors to all of the three monarchs of Iri are raised up and groomed to follow archaic Iriali traditions; lorekeepers to preserve tradition, and ensure the Iriali will continue as they always have, in order to eventually complete the Long Trail their ancestors began.

[theskyexists]

First Kill

will never forget or stop mourning that calliope was supposed to have CLOUD HAIR. this was the whole damn believable fixation point of mc girl’s infatuation. i too fall a little bit in love with people who have cloud hair but more importantly an infatuation becomes believable BY its fixation point

i also definitely feel like the absolute menace that emanates from this calliope is palpable lol. and would have been really fun to know its origin of if we’d done the shorty story structure

also all the people who are supposed to be deeply beautiful are still a million times less beautiful than mc girl, because they didn’t let her look actually tired and shit and also because sister and calliope are just....not that (truly some cullen underperformance - they’re supposed to be SHINING) and the wardrobe does NOT help with that. why were they both introduced in bright yellow? now that i think about it, is that supposed to be costuming message?

also sad to see thingie, mc girl, less indoctrinated than in the short story

nice character note that calliope did not like the taste of that alcohol

THIS is supposed to be a closet? it’s the size of a room!

calliope is like - what. you were actually wanting to kiss me??? hahahahaha

the music choice for this scene is pretty insane and also deeply hilarious (h%ntai bo0bies)

nice reversal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ill be honest i love vampire uno reverse

JESUS THIS SCENE JUST KEEPS GOING

this edit makes it seem like we were in the past and like there was sexual tension where there wasn’t which is not good. i cannot distinguish brother from father and that is also not good

i like cal’s part a lot, but it really all is amateurish compared to words isn’t it

the thing i miss from the short story is that there seems to be less emphasis on them BOTH (including white girl mc whose name I STILL cannot remember) going into that closet with the idea they might kill eachother

i guess they couldn’t get it to work - ALMOST staking somebody or ALMOST biting somebody - doesn’t work in images

still can’t believe they reference twilight in the theme song lolololol. although OFC OURSE i know this is ...welll. inspired by the whole the thing

THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY??????? they didn’t STOP SHORT OF KILLING EACH OTHER. oh why do writers not realise the gold they possess

so HOW did she get out of that cupboard after having stabbed mc white girl????????? was there a second exit??????????????

HAHAHAHA this DOES go into the inherent hilarity of the completely insane and stupid idea to stab a member of society with NEGATIVE ALIBI

the action in this is shit. is it really so hard?? i feel like you should minimise the audience actually seeing anything if you want it to land. and also better sound effects - the ‘ah’ was louder than the glass shattering

Lettie (??) is like- i almost got murdered by a hunter, buttttt im not gonna tell my fam

funnily enough they kind of UNDERemphasised the analogue with sex of ‘my first’.

cal does NOT point out the vamp. great lil nod to her also-underemphasised feelings.perhaps even uh underwritten feelings.

hold up - they’re now establishing that you DONT have to kill to feed? because Elinor can easily do it - because she has mind powers???? this changes the dynamics and meanigns of everything!!!!!!! lol. why did she even kill anyone? why even kill anyone ever??? it puts a huge twist on the contrast between juliette and her sister. her sister has the best of both worlds! strong, beautiful, running on blood - but able to get away with it everytime and never killing anyone.

theres definitely something significant about dad’s first time story being held back.

and whats the mystery of julliette’s bite not actually showing up on cal?

same happens to elinors bites. this seems to disagree with the necessity of killing. Is Elinor’s weekly bite Freddy? the guy she supposedly first killed?

the soundtrack is often way too loud

what kind of weird fucking exchange. youd expect this swapped. ‘i just wanna talk’ ‘like in the closet?’ ‘that was instinct’ (a blatant lie for cal but true for juliette?) ‘i could say the same’ that should have been cal’s line. she was bit - and so she reacted

juliette is surprisingly calm after running away in emotion and blood tears

‘i said, leave me alone’ she....didn’t say this. the editing really is shoddy

this is a better exchange. should have left the first one out

what....they got caught covered in blood and paralysed on the roof? how did they know they were on there???if they got away??? this is clearly a new day???

hey we have arrived at the playfulness of the end of the short story. the hunt is on. etc.

the way it’s looking now juliette is leading her family straight into the arms of a serious hunter family

very serious upping of the stakes here

if they were gonna play this a romance (which it is supposed to be) then they’ve seriously forgotten the VAMPIRE part of vampire forbidden love - namely the craving to KILL and the extreme restraint necessary to retain humanity and protect the one you love. i am gonna reread the short story because i remember finding calliope’s feelings for juliette much more......believable. while her her desire to prove herself gave the character MEAT

[nulfaga]

10, 12, 17 and 18 if you like ♥️👀?

wow this got so long....thank you jay sorry jay <3

10. Top three favourite fic tropes

oh god ummm i love a long timeline for sure, like following characters at various points in their lives...i enjoy the fake marriage for the sake of like, a heist or an infiltration or whatever (esp. if one party has been like nursing a crush for ages and finds this arrangement excruciating)....what else...yeah the in vino veritas one. no further comment

12. If you write in more than one language, what’s the difference?

for real i've been thinking about this literally my whole life, like how many authors are there who spoke multiple languages but didn't translate their own work/write original works in their other languages...imo it's because you basically start from scratch for every other language. in my case dutch is my first language and i have the same command of it that i have in english except in the arena of creative writing. i haven't even tried it since i was like, 12 (and a 3 page screenplay for an assignment in like 2018) but i know that if i did it'd just be a bunch of trite, clunky nonsense.

there's that quote like "true ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance" - so my feeling is that you have to learn to dance (from zero) for every language like: what tools are at my disposal, what does the literary canon look like for this language ie what works am i in communication with when i write.........it's a lot

feelings-wise though reading english and dutch impacts me differently. reading a work in english i'm like looking for the aesthetic beauty (which is no less moving, to be clear), but in dutch everything feels more...idk. tactile and geometric is the best explanation i have?

as for french i would need to do a lot more reading to be able to feel the difference. i know that "je ne voulais pas être connu par lui - je ne voulais pas être connu par quiconque" hit me harder than "I did not want him to know me. I did not want anyone to know me" but i couldn't tell you why lmao. maybe passive vs. active voice?

17. Past or present tense? Why?

i think the stereotype is that present is more contemporary and past is kind of a little refined and vintage, so for me it completely depends on what flavor i want the work to have. it's also a matter of consistency ie all the stuff i've written for the true gold-verse is in present tense, so i'd hesitate to change that up unless it was really necessary...but both my original works are in past tense and i admit i was drawn in by that old timey sheen :')

the other thing is it has to serve your chosen format? like is it an epistolary work, is it in the voice of a character recollecting an event, etc etc. most of the time you get your answer that way

18. First, second, or third person?

i think i do a pretty fair share of all three. like tenses it is also a matter of preconceptions ie third person is the least likely to raise eyebrows.

first person is fun in that you can't possibly forget the voice of the narrative - it's the voice of the character speaking. you have to contend with "I" - sometimes it helps, because it distinguishes the speaker from everyone else, you avoid a lot of pronoun confusion, you don't have to name the characters ad nauseam, but it also sticks out. I did X. I said Y. etc etc it's a balancing act

third person again kind of lends legitimacy purely by being what it is, but because you don't get the narrative's voice just handed to you like you do w/ first person it's crucial to develop that for yourself. like who's narrating, how much do they know, how much do they want to reveal, etc etc. how close do you want the reader to be to the protagonist. are we in their head or are we looking down benevolently.

second person...the only published work i've read that uses second person is nk jemisin's fifth season - and that works pretty well, but it's only one of 3 perspectives in the book. i think doing second person for more than the length of like, a novella is kind of unbearable lol...as for myself i've only used it in reader inserts and the only reason i write those is to do a character study without having to bother about serving the viewpoint character. then the "you" is basically a floating pair of eyeballs that exists to perceive the character. you notice there are freckles on her wrist. you catch her smiling. etc etc

[kim-lexie]

2021 april rewind.

music.

‘all yours’ ep by astro. my boys did not hold back. this album has superior b-sides. the vibe of this one is stellar and i am continually blown away by their vocals. some of my fave tracks include ‘dear my universe’, ‘all good’, and ‘all stars.

‘spider’ by hoshi of SVT. woah. this track appeared out of nowhere. it is up there with kai’s ‘mmmh’, they eat together at lunch kind of thing. the choreo is so unique and never been done before. loved it.

kimsejeong. ‘whale’ and ‘warning’ have been on repeat. i love her vocals and the fresh vibe that these songs possess.

‘drunk dazed’ by enhypen. this comeback was something else. i loved this track. have not really been invested in enhypen, like i listened to their title track ‘given-taken’, but was not awaiting this comeback. but my goodness, this track made me want to listen and watch all their choreos. this was a great comeback, and i loved this track and choreography.

‘after school’ by weeekly. it’s a bop simple fact.

‘in the morning’ by itzy. well this originally was not a fave, but as with most jyp girl group tracks after a listen or two it becomes absolutely addictive, and that is the same with ‘in the morning’. they did good, and it was an unexpected feeling for itzy, because it is typically a fresh pop beat, but this one was on the opposite spectrum. i am excited to see where this will take itzy in the future.

drama & movies *spoiler alert*

hi, me! this was an incredible gem. i would definitely give it a watch. it was sweet, quirky, humorous, and heartfelt. we follow bahn ha-ni, a woman moving through the motions of life in an unstable job. she stumbles upon her past younger self. the younger bahn ha-ni challenges her, offering a fresh perspective that she hasn’t seen in a long time. with her new outlook, we follow ha-ni as she pursues new goals and guides her younger self back to the past. of course we meet a young man, han yoon-hyun, who appears to not have any ambitions, but is just navigating life in his own way. of course in the traditional drama way, turns out they had an encounter as younger children. we also come to find that ha-ni blames herself for her father’s passing, because he saved her and pushed her out of the way of an oncoming car. the younger ban ha-ni was sent by him, and one of the quotes i loved was this:

my life has been completely ruined, and dad wanted to remind of how i used to be. he wanted to tell me that through you. he wanted to show how radiant…we were.

we love it and we stan. overall loved this one and would rate it a 9 out of 10.

navillera. this was another incredible drama. the rollercoaster of emotions. the tears shed, it was incredible piece of art. it’s so bittersweet to say goodbye to this cast of characters. i would 10 out of 10 recommend. deok-chool is a 70-something year old man who is recently retired, and he had previously been unable to pursue his dream of ballet. now he decided to pursue that dream and making it a reality. he meets chae-rok. this young man’s heart for ballet has begun to fade and then he is met with the task of teaching this gentleman ballet. through this odd turn of events, a beautiful friendship starts to blossom. we also come to find that the reason deok-chool is adamant about pursuing dance is because it helps his memories stay fresh, because we come to find that he has alzheimers, which literally hit me like a truck because i did not see that coming. song kang’s performance of this character was stunning. from the ballet to the heart of the character, he embodied him. and the gentle, park in-hwan, did a fantastic job. portrayed a strong man finally finding piece with a dream he struggled for years to pursue. so incredibly proud of him finding himself and then being able to find a new friendship in the midst of his grief. favorite moments: the scene when chae-rok desperately danced to have deok-chool’s memories return to him because he wrote how seeking chae-rok dance brought his memories back. tears were truly shed. and then when deok-chool said, ‘did you soar?’ when he saw chae-rok for the first time at the train track, after he had been away on the global stage.

how to be thirty. this was an interesting one and the plot didn’t go where i thought it would go. like the main dude, seung-yoo lied like a lot, and ji-won lost her job because he was trash. and the two girls he messed with were angry at each other, where in reality shouldn’t they have been angry with him for keeping this secret from them? like he started seeing ji-won while he was technically in a relationship with hye-ryung who he shouldn’t have been in a relationship with in the first place. hye-ryung was holding on to him and she was kinda crazy, but he should have been honest up front with what was happening. and he broke up with her before it spiraled. i really hope our ji-won is happy with the director dude because she deserves it, and deserves a real man who won’t mess with her. honestly, the second lead couple saved this show, ran-joo the radio show host and the young man, joon-young; because seung-yoo and ji-won’s relationship wasn’t it. i would rate this a 5.5 out of 10, because the plot just wasn’t it for me. the acting was good, but the characters were awful.

please don’t date him. this was a short interesting web drama. we follow ji-sung a programmer for an appliance team. she stumbles upon developing a refrigerator that distinguishes bad men. she is able to help the ladies around her who are confronted by horrible men. she then becomes involved with a firefighter kook-hee, but he is struggling with his past. honestly, this was a nice drama, and i am glad that i stumbled upon this one. i loved kook-he’s character and the way in which he wanted to protect those around him, and that he finally learned that he was able to accept love from those around him. they were so sweet ji-sung and kook-hee. i also loved her little trio of ladies and even though they all had different goals they came together to support one another. i would rate it an 8 out of 10.

vincenzo. y’all i loved every freaking minute of this. we meet the mafia lawyer, vincenzo casino, who comes to korea to pick up some gold but gets caught up with cha-young. she needs to avenge the death of her father, and the unjust situations around her. babel a horrible company with shady dealings is at the center of it all. and it all unfolds from there. many, like many plot twists ensue. unexpected characters. it is insanely funny, terrifying, and all the emotions in between. it was a satisfying watch i’d rate it a 12 out of 10 recommend.

[catboyelphaba]

what’s this??? gelphie character references??? >:3

yeah! if you’re having trouble picturing them in my writing (or if my descriptions don’t really match up with how you see them in your own head), here’s just how I imagine they look (and how you can expect to see them described). (this also exists in case i forget some details) <3

Elphaba:

tall (like 6′2″ probably?)

lanky bby. stringbean. got that Library physique.

toned arms, still. she carries a lot of books around and it’s not like that’s not gonna build (or at least maintain) muscle

FANGS this is NON-NEGOTIABLE (and her other teeth are sharp, too)

a few freckles!!

do i. do i need to say that she’s green

i once read a fic where she blushed purple (instead of just darker green) and i’ve lived by that headcanon ever since

eye color is a whole spaghetti-tangle of genetic fuckery (and her lineage being. unique also throws another spanner in the works) but she’s got brown eyes w/ little gold flecks in them

*voice of god* behold! the holy no-tiddies mathematical expression: childhood neglect/malnutrition + a dubious-at-best ruling of afab (that’s canon, don’t come for me) + the metabolism of a hummingbird on speed + constantly walking around a big-ass college campus

i promise i’m not a creepy dude who writes about boobs all the time i’m just a trans guy and an escapist

sharp! elbows, knees, tongue, you name it

why the fuck does she lose her glasses after Popular that shit makes no sense. i wear glasses and will never get over this. anyways she’s blind as fuck without them and it’s safe to assume she’s wearing them whenever i write her

dark under-eye circles

i mean,,,,,, she’s a college student majoring in a STEM field like. what did u expect lmao

right-handed, but reasonably dexterous with her left as well

HOWEVER her handwriting ranges between “yeah i think i can read that?” and “fucking illegible” at any given time this girl has NO patience and her brain is faster than her hands by MILES

nose is a lil crooked (common symptom of Will-Fight-A-Bitch Syndrome)

scars

oh boy so many uhhhhh. 

lots of common ones like knees/elbows from just Being a Kid

several in the wrist/forearm region, mostly from her teeth

most of the more serious ones are on her back. they’re shaped like buckles and sharp lines and the death-masks of flames and one of her favorite hobbies is not talking about them

two almost-identical ones on her right hip and shoulder that she legitimately does not know the origins of (literally no significance to this, just kind of funny)

short nails. she bites em when she’s nervous. whoops

glinda already waxes poetic about her hair in the book so i’ll leave it at that ;) only distinguishing characteristic i usually add is that it’s like. hella long. like waist-length at least

Glinda:

short!! tiny!! (like. 5′1″ max she is SMALL!!)

n chubby! aughhg my vision of glinda is just. so soft she makes me happy to think about. i’d love to get a hug from her any day of the week

teeth are a little crooked but in like. a charming way

fuck it, she has freckles too. more of them, b/c she doesn’t spend as much time inside as Elphaba does

pale as fuck; see above. doesn’t tan, just gets freckles (as a fellow pasty bitch i can relate)

this one’s kind of dumb to specify lmao she blushes like a normal person

two subtly-different blues in her eyes. it’s weird and it looks like a trick of the light at first but it lends her some mystery

i had a conversation with an online friend about this YEARS ago :,) i miss her... love you, olive, wherever you are...

it’s important to pay attention to her eyes in conversation. she might be acting dumb but she’s keyed IN. much sharper than a lot of people realize, or give her credit for

oh boy the boobie question. uhhh you guys know what? i’ll leave this one up to you, honestly it’s not v important to me

the round/soft to Elphaba’s angles <33 fuck i love that dynamic so much

probably needs glasses but would NEVER wear them. a lil squinty as a result, sometimes

actually gets the appropriate amount of sleep! good for her, honestly. charismatic enough that she can talk her way into extensions/out of missing assignments VERY easily to catch those extra Z’s

lefty!! (so she and Elphaba can hold hands without compromising their dexterity or whatever) her handwriting is really neat b/c she has to go slowly in order to not smudge the ink

so, naturally, Elphaba’s handwriting annoys the fuck out of her kjhgjfkdfsj (she can still read it with barely any trouble tho b/c she’s a fucking simp i don’t make the rules) (oh wait. i do.)

misc. facial features

cute lil nose!

OH MY GOD SHE HAS DIMPLES I ALMOST FORGOT

pierced ears, naturally

no scars, surprisingly. she was a cautious kid

nails aren’t long, but are well-maintained

her hair is like. ungodly soft. v shiny, naturally curly, just as bouncy and sunshiny as she is <333

she’s just such a ball of positivity??? i lov,,,,,, she,,,,,

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Character Introduction

Hello! my first little character sheet so you all can meet Delila, the main protagonist of my still untitled story. Most- if not all- of my characters are blatant self-inserts, and Delila is no exception. I identify as GF so she's kind of the embodiment of my very fem moments, and my soft cottagecore side. Anyways, here's all you need to know about her! I'll post newer versions of her character sheet later on as certain events happen in the story so I don't give you guys spoilers.

Name: Delila Amelie Lestrade

Age: 24

Hometown: Born in Atlanta GA, moved around a lot as a child.

Occupation: Forensic Psychologist. FBI agent.

Sexuality: Asexual, questioning.

Talents/Skills: Writing. Playing Uke. Can't cook at all. Great skill of falling down or bumping into things. Hands are steady in times of crisis and is very levelheaded.

Siblings (describe relationship): Theodore 'Theo' Grayson Markham. 35, older half brother. Second son of Alana Markham(nee Ramses) and Fredrick Markham. Lives in NY. Jameson Albert Markham, 36, oldest half brother, and firstborn son of Alana Markham and Frederick Markham. Lives in rural North Carolina with his wife and kids. Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Beatrice Markham (deceased). Born 1980, died at 26) Killed in a car accident in St Louis in 2006. Very close to Delila and Jameson. Entire family mourned after she passed, and Alana became very different emotionally.

Mother (describe relationship): Alana Elizabeth Markham (nee Ramses). 54, lives in Ojai, California with Frederick Markham. They talk intermittently, but Alana isn't very responsible and Delila refuses to interact with her too much because it's emotionally draining. Alana refuses to acknowledge Gwen even existed.

Father (describe relationship): Gregory 'Greg' Lestrade. 49. Their relationship is close, and Greg would often visit Delila, or fly her out to see him during school holidays when she was a child. They call often (when he actually picks up or calls her back) and email back and forth. She loves him more than life itself even if he often forgets to call her because he's busy.

Significant Others (describe relationship): Struggles to remain relationships due to lack of intimacy, but had a long-term relationship for 2 years that recently ended for undisclosed reasons.

Pets: none yet. had a childhood snake named Jonathan.

Friends: Li Huang (will be introduced in the next chapter or the one after), John Watson, Molly Hooper, Sherlock Holmes (tentative), Theo, Mycroft Holmes(eventually).

Height: 5'2" or 157.5 cm

Weight: 135 lbs. or about 61 kg

Race: Caucasian, British-American

Eye Color: Blue in Original Fictions. In this AU, however her right one is Purple. her left is Pink. (I like pink and purple very much)

Hair Color: Naturally brown, dyed pastel orange.

Distinguishing features: Constantly has scrapes and bruises, often topped off with band-aids on her fingers and cheeks. Her wild orange hair and round gold-rimmed glasses. (they're bigger than Harry Potter's, before you ask). She wears a black pea-coat often, and it's worn from years of use. (it was her sister's)

How does he/she dress? Black pea-coat when it's colder. Likes to wear slightly-too-large clothing. Often wears stolen shirts, sweaters and button ups. Flowy, flowery dresses and skirts and occasionally ripped jeans. She did go through an Emo phase and dyed her hair white in her late teens/early 20's, and has some clothing left over from that phase that she occasionally wears.

Hobbies: Writing romance fiction and crime. Reading, often James Patterson or fantasy. Playing ukulele, and singing. She likes to dance but isn't very good at it, so she often does it when she's alone or it's dark (or both). She likes to go for walks with John in the park, and used to go for walks with Theo.

Greatest flaws: She cares too much too fast, and becomes attached to people within a day or so of meeting them. She can be slightly needy and clingy if she doesn't have a lot of friends, because she thrives off of physical affection. She's very stubborn, and will do things even when she's been given explicit instruction not to because she thinks she may know a better way. (sometimes she does, but other times she just is too strong headed to stop). She can either be unabashedly arrogant or filled with crippling self-doubt dependent on the situation as she's experienced a lot of respect and praise for her intellect. She also puts a lot of pressure on herself to succeed and it can lead to devastating burnouts.

Best qualities: Very loving and openhearted. She will put others' needs above her own nearly every time. She will make sure her friends and those she cares about are taken care of, and are taking good care of themselves. She is extremely intelligent and knows an array of weird and sometimes useful facts, and has a large span of knowledge thanks to her time at uni. She also has a way of making friends wherever she goes, which leads to a large web of connections and sources whenever she needs them.

Introvert or Extrovert? Ambivert, it's dependent on the situation. For example, if she's forced to be in isolation then she's going to be more extroverted when she's around people again. She enjoys talking to people, but after a certain amount, she can become worn out and need alone time. I think it would be good to note she is much more socially adept than Sherlock, though he is better at other things socially. (she has Asperger's and therefore he picks up on certain cues or details she may miss)

How does the character deal with anger? Delila can either run hot or run cold in terms of temperament. When she runs hot, she is often so overcome with emotion that she 'loses' words, struggles to speak and gets really flustered. (not in a good way) she never really says anything unkind when she's like this but she will be very dismissive and tell people to leave her alone. She is prone to shouting or crying to voice her frustrations and get out her emotions. The best way to calm her down is to let her rant about it, and she often calls Theo- who lets her rant. When she runs cold, she is eerily calm. She becomes sharp-tongued, cold and calculating. She will destroy whoever has angered her in this way and feel no shame. Sometimes she will spend days like this, and will be snippy and distant to anyone who tries to talk to her. She is vengeful and fully of unabashedly cruel remarks. It takes a lot or something particularly bad to get her this way.

With sadness? Delila tends to cry when she's sad, and is most comforted by physical affection. She listens to sad music, curls up under a blanket, and will write, whether it be in a journal or creatively. She will occasionally vent, but usually keeps it to herself as to not burden people around her with her issues or emotions.

With conflict? Delila can be rather argumentative and stubborn, but if she cares about the person she will do her best to listen to their side of the argument or disagreement, even if she feels as though they are wrong. When it comes to other peoples' conflicts, she will try and take the side she feels is most correct, or try and be an unbiased judge. She will defend her friends if there is a conflict in which they are being attacked in some way.

With change? Delila isn't a big fan of change but she will try her best to adapt and overcome by setting goals and new routines.

With loss? Delila will self-isolate. She will spend a lot of time re-consuming media that reminds her of what she has lost, and will go through a period of denial. Eventually, though she will come to honour the memory and move on.

What does the character want out of life? Fulfillment. Delila has spent a lot of her short life searching for something she is truly passionate about, but once she finds things that make her happy she becomes hesitant to follow them. She longs for fulfillment in ways other than reproducing and relationships, but one day she wouldn't mind having a family.

What would the character like to change in his/her life? Delila wishes she'd spent less time worried about how her mother perceived her and hoe those around her viewed her and her achievements. She is quite successful now and has learnt better but she wishes she hadn't let her doubts hinder her in the past.

What motivates this character? Delila doesn't excel because she longs for success, but because she fears failure. She refuses to be a burden, and will be independent almost to a fault.

What frightens this character? Delila is terrified of her family being hurt in any way, or losing someone she loves again. She also despises spiders and rejection.

What makes this character happy? Music. Her family, her friends. The rain. Tea. she loves to dance, but she only does it when she's alone.

Is the character judgmental of others? Delila's job required her to profile people, and because of that it has become her nature to psychoanalyse or even try to make assumptions about people from the get-go. She will often alter this perception of people later on depending on how she sees them interact with their environment, and people around them.

Is the character generous or stingy? She can be overly generous when it comes to those she loves, but also hesitant to share other things. It all depends on the item or person's emotional and sentimental value to her.

Is the character generally polite or rude? Unless given good reason to be rude, Delila is generally kind.