#i pay attention to my fav

[broonsbraid]

YALL….. tierna unfollowed korbin too 😭

[buttercupshands]

Some unfinished sketches in class bc

bc ep 8 yeah, also I just wanted to sketch something other than isat for now

[brookslostarm]

I lied, put your clothes back on we're gonna talk about how Brooklynn went from wanting constant attention and having a web channel revealing herself to millions of people in jwcc to being almost completely isolated having little to no attention and being embarrassed when her best friends even look at her and hiding her arm

[serendippertyy]

found a jayfeather wip from november that I decided to finish yayayay

EDIT: DAMN I FORGOT THE SCAR ON THE SIDE IM A FAKE JAYFEATHER FAN IM SRRY 😢😢💔💔

it's part of a series of redraws I have been doing over the past 7 years, the last one being from freshman year :'))

👇👇👇👇

[aleclightofmylifewoodbane]

have yall seen vax on twitter. tbh i love that freak

[silviakundera]

Does it feel like they're trying to redeem the dickless bore? idk if he's doing a con on her or they're showing he has real feelings for her wasn't the novel different?

One thing I'm really noticing in the Princess Royal (Grand Princess) adaption is that they will 'play it straight' with characters like Su Rongqing and the Emperor: giving the character similar dialogue and facial expressions as they would have in the novel -- except without PWX or LR's internal dialogue of 🙄 why u lying???

🙄 lol ok sure

😒 oh i see, back on your bullshit again

😤 the AUDACITY

😬 oh shit oh shit danger BE COOL

The consequence is that if you take everything at face value, the Emperor seems like a reasonable guy and not up for The Absolute Worst Dad award. Under the surface, the novel reader knows he is acting out a play and coldly calculating every interaction with Li Rong, the Crown Prince, and Consort Ruo. Every single scene with him, Li Rong is in peril and she knows it. She's pretending to be his sweet, obedient 19 year old daughter who believes in him and is following Pei Wenxuan's direction and acting as a puppet, making moves that he has already approved PWX to make. The Emperor's pretending that this play isn't supposed to end with LR and the Crown Prince taken down & the power transferred into Consort Ruo and the other prince's hands.

The viewer can just interpret all the words coming out of a character's mouth as facts & just believe everything they claim about their motives/real agenda as true. Or they recall the implied horrorshow of Life 1 and view all of these interactions with a cynical eye, questioning what else could be under the surface.

With SRQ, that guy is so fucking complicated. I think actually he's portrayed in character. Nothing we have seen isn't .... him. At least so far, as of ep 19 he aligns with the novel.

But 3 different factors: A) The music is romantizing him; B) The audience is given a couple internal-thought voice overs from him, which other antagonists don't get; C) With those voice-overs, the screenwriter has chosen to affirm his love for his brother and LR way earlier than the reader has it confirmed in the novel (where he is intentionally kept a total mystery for far longer, while the reader is the math lady meme, trying to piece together clues to figure him out).

And ultimately, when in SRQ's PoV in the drama, we have to deal with him being the hero of his own story. He is absolutely sincere about himself and, as has been revealed, in his own way he's sincere about wanting LR and his brother to have a good life this time around.

So does that mean the writer intends to do a swerve in the narrative arc and redeem him in the end? It's totally possible. Maybe?

However, not necessarily.

#1 There is a certain refrain from many of the great cnovel/drama villians: I had no choice! You all forced me to this!

We saw it from Shen Yurong in The Double, we saw it from Meng Yao/JGY in The Untamed, and in the novel (and I presume in the drama), we're gonna see it from Su Rongqing.

And it's the reason why they become villians who can't be saved. Because so many people suffer in life or experience unfairness. But they don't turn around and use this as an excuse to enact horrible cruelties on others.

Out of the billions of people in the world, few have no problems but so many of them actively chose to do good, or are willing at least to turn back and be better.

#2 imo the reason LR has historically been bad at reading people's hearts but has an exquisite read of SRQ, his flaws & darkness, is THAT'S HER FUCKING MOM. And I do think ep 16-18 put that out there in the text, if you're looking for it. He and the empress are the same sophisticated aristocrat who is clever & educated but with a narrow perspective limited by their privilege and desperate need to maintain the status quo. So sorry bro, but no wonder she might have settled for marrying you in the first life if you wanted to, but she was never gonna fall in love with you 💀.

PWX can see that SRQ loves her and he thinks that matters, so it scares him. LR has tender nostalgia for her empress mother and her former companion but she's all too aware that their love for her will not necessarily get in the way of stepping on her to protect the social structure of a powerful aristocracy class operating at a higher level above the peasants and restraining the throne. To them, this is safety and stability that guards the realm.

(ofc both those characters are complex and when it comes to LR's life & death we can't be confident on what they will always choose. that's part of what made all the palace drama aspects of the novel incredibly suspenseful. So many of the suppporting characters are layered and tho everything they do makes sense when it happens, you can't often predict people's hard choices when their back is up against the wall)

Story of Kunning Palace and The Grand Princess say that caring about people and trying your best to understand them, wanting what's best for them by listening to what's best for them, can make a huge difference. But not everyone is willing to change.

[skitskatdacat63]

Actually speechless at this right now oh my god....

[wraith-caller]

Sometimes I feel like the big accounts that turn Miquella and Malenia into shitpost devices have done more to destroy their characters than anything written in the dlc

[ultrabooob]

people giggle about bojan’s clothing and outfits but at least he’s learnt to dress for his proportions

[ram-to-the-ham]

Did u guys know I love Undertale??

[frogmoisturethief]

who up failing they college courses!!!

[smittyw]

now that ive got my planned refs done i can make this little oc lineup real 🏄🤸💥

[leviachanbaka]

WAIT LEVI HAD BRAIDS??? THAT'S SO CUTE HOW COME I NEVER NOTICED THIS AAAAAA 😭😭

[phoenixtakaramono]

Contrary to what you may think, Homelander is not my favorite character.

[sisaloofafump]

On one hand I am glad that Superman media can stand on its own and have complex characters and arcs and worlds that do not rely on other franchise’s characters and DC’s overwhelming need to put a bat in everything. I want more fan content and official content that focuses on Clark’s relationships with his friends and family, and I want characters from the past many years to have longevity and permanent places in his ethos. We complain that Batman-adjacent media takes up more than half of decent current comic runs, and that he cameos in even more. But is it a surprise when he’s the only one fans seem to care about? Even Superman, the second biggest franchise, is noticeably lagging behind in both official and unofficial attention. As consumers who value diversity in content, creators, and character, it is integral that expand our reading to indie comics, and when reading DC, to open our arms to experimental and less popular series. Superman by no means is one of those smaller branches, yet even still, we as readers, and DC as creators, must engage with the media as art in and of itself. It must stand on its own, and be beautiful and complete. Constant cameos from Batman can be done well and explore the meaningful relationship between them, yes, but should not happen at the cost of overpowering Superman’s unique cast and tone. In fact, isn’t the over reliance on bat crossovers just signal of mass consumerism and a failure to create art for arts’ sake? In an ideal world, would we have no Batman at all?

On the other hand, I kick my feet and giggle every time Bruce and Clark are on the same page

[sal-fishing]

new jersey accent sal my beloved