#i wont maintag this haha

[wasyago]

Would you mind explaining the last drawing you did for the Mariana post? Was that slime holding the gun?

ok here's the drawing itself for reference

Yeah so, i have a little headcanon that mariana has super strength, not in a sense that he can hit hard but more like "he destroys everything he touches". Unless he wears his gloves ofc.

I drew mariana holding flippa with his gloves on, and then wanted to show what would happen if he took the gloves off. Something like "i want to hold my daughter with my hands and not through gloves at least once in my life".

It didn't exactly work out as i wanted it to because in the drawing mariana isn't touching flippa, he only stretches out his arm to do it. Which looked fine by itself but to me it felt like something was missing, like the drawing was lacking impact that i wanted it to have. Mariana is stretching out his arm and he's dark and spooky but ultimately nothing really happens in the picture, it lacks context.

So, i decided to add slime putting a gun to mariana's head. Sort of as if he saw that mariana was about to kill their daughter and decided to stop him with the only way he knew how. (aka by threatening to shoot mariana instead of grabbing his hand or something, idk. very healthy 10/10) So now it doesn't exactly look like mariana is moving forward, but more like he stopped in the middle of it because he's being threatened.

(Now that im looking at it, it would've been better if i made the canvas bigger and drew the rest of slime's silhouette, both to give some context in who's holding the gun and to make the composition more dramatic, because rn its just a random hand dissappearing into nowhere. But its whatever, back when i was drawing it adding slime was a last second decision so i didn't really think about it, and now i obviously wont go and fix it because im lazy and its not so much about fixing the mistake as it is about learning from it.)

(Also in addition to the one punch man headcanon: Slime can't be one-punched because he's a literal slime, its like punching water and wanting something to happen)

[sparring-spirals]

do you ever plan on writing meta/your thoughts on some of the one shots ?

Hrmm. i mean, maybe? Possibly? It really kind of depends on whatever strikes me at the right time in the right place, and tbh, if I feel like I have something to say that hasn't already been beautifully phrased by other people.

The primary thing is that I don't really control my meta braincell, it just sort of rattles around or takes long naps or rockets off the walls, and sometimes I catch it and shake words out of its pockets. Certain themes/dynamics/character traits get me better than others, but that doesn't mean I'll always be able to write about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I also tend to favor character-centric analysis, and the nature of oneshots don't always lend themselves to that, or not for the stuff I tend to write about.

Don't misunderstand though, I do really enjoy the oneshots, at least when I can get myself to sit down and watch them. Off the top of my head, both Liam's twoshot and Nautilus Ark were both splendid. 👌👌👌👌 themes, storytelling, character builds, unique vibes.... nice. The Elden Ring oneshot? Hilarious. Fantastic. The Elder SCROLLS four-shot? Exquisite (the first half i saw at least). Guest Battle Royale? Murder Capitalism Hell Yeah. Oneshots are fun! Just not always followed by meta.

[cupcraft]

I just want to thank everyone whose supported the fic and stuck out for the ending all this time. I hope this ending gives is what was hoped for and gives the ccrimeboys closure in some regard :,)!

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[jokerlennon]

every now and then i remember the post finale tma fix it they lived on happily ever after fics and resist the urge 2 break something <3

[thesunshinydays]

alright i promised a rant and im gonna deliver:

its genshin vision analysis applied to blaseball time i hope youre all ready

(under the cut because im a merciful poster haha no im not im maintagging this)

SO in genshin impact the only people who can naturally wield elemental magic are people called vision holders. a vision is a small gem that serves as a focus for elemental power, but more than that its a literal manifestation of a persons goals, ambitions, determination, etc and if someones vision is taken away it actually also causes significant damage to them mentally because a lot of their motivation and even sometimes their memories go with it. it is quite literally their vision for themselves. 

each vision holder controls only one element and there are enough characters that have been released now to notice trends among what types of people can control which element. in genshin there are seven: anemo (wind), geo (earth), electro (lightning), hydro (water), pyro (fire), cryo (ice), and dendro (plants, though i wont be talking about dendro bc we dont have any dendro characters yet)

so here are what i think a vision holders element says about them as people:

(note if you dont play genshin you can skip the parentheticals its genshin character talk)

anemo: cannot be stopped in pursuit of their ambitions, even by themselves (see: jean insisting on going into a domain even though shes so sick that she passed out, sucrose being so possessed by curiosity that she cant stop investigating until she answers her questions, sayu’s endless game of cat and mouse w the shrine maiden, xiao being the last yaksha to hold out against the karmic debt)

geo: incredibly dependable and/or known to keep their word (see: noelle’s constant help to everyone around her, albedo taking care of klee while remaining dedicated to his research, ningguang sacrificing the jade chamber)

electro: girlbosses and their adopted teenage sons (kidding). people who are integral to the functioning of a community (see: lisa as a force of nature in her care for her library and its patrons, sara as a general, razor and the wolves, yae as head priestess, keqing as the yuheng of the qixing, fischl as the princess of her (imaginary) kingdom)

hydro: they know how to put on one hell of a show, some aspect of their identity is based around performance or facade. (see: barbara aka mondstadts idol, mona’s whole enlightened astrologist demeanor even though shes very broke, xingqius idolization and imitation of martial art book protagonists, sangonomiya having to put on a brave face for her troops, childes gladiatorial love of combat but also lying about it to his younger siblings)

pyro: they press on or even thrive in the face of adversity and/or social stigma (see: xinyan using rock n roll to fight prejudice, xianglings insistence on culinary experimentation even when others think its a bad idea, ambers pride in being the last outrider and also getting her gliding license revoked like once a month for sick tricks, benny’s luck, dilucs vigilanteism, klee being a 5yo w explosives, i could go on theres so many pyro holders)

cryo: their job/sense of purpose is tied very tightly to their identity, often antagonistically (see: every single rosaria voiceline, chongyuns ability to exorcise ghosts just by being to close to them, dionas job as a bartender and her hatred of alcohol, the interactions between eulas lineage and her job as a knight, literally everything about ganyu, etc)

so anyway now im going to assign visions to some blaseball players for fun

mike townsend (has a pyro vision): weve all heard the disappointment song this guy just kept pitching in spite of all the people who wanted him dead good for him

jaylen hotdogfingers, cryo vision: this woman is the face of the discipline era, she was tied so tightly to the game that she was the first to kill for it. 

tillman henderson, hydro vision: points to the original “im the guy who sucks” tshirt fanart (hi marn). he took being awful at the game and turned it into performance art

wyatt mason/NaN, electro vision: all of the tacos were him for a while and also he facilitated the god killing with the mic and also there were like ten of him and there are still like two more and NaNs been on like every team and and and anyway name a character more integral to the blaseball community you cant

esme ramsey, anemo vision: if i think too hard about esme ramsey never missing a game ill start to lose my mind the woman is unstoppable. maybe this should actually count as geo i dont know. but she deserves a vision

edric tosser, pyro or geo vision: really stuck on this one tbh. pyro for thematic consistency and the being from an arson team but having been put on the firefighting team or geo for being the person who burns things for the guys in the trench. both iconoclastic and dependable we are all love edric tosser

chorby soul cryo vision: [insert jaws theme] the ritual scape goat can have a little ice magic, as a treat

declan suzanne geo vision: you can always depend on declan suzanne to be a great fire fighter and a terrible blaseball player, tumblr user socksmaybe has convinced me of this

jessica telephone, hydro vision: you dont get that popular without an inherent charisma and sense of performance, regardless of which version of jt you subscribe to

tiana takahashi electro or cryo vision: sometimes you make an incredibly popular trading card game out of cards for a blood splort and gain a fan following on the internet then start playing that splort irl and thats valid

bonus round: i think albedo would start on the hellmouth sunbeams and get feedbacked to the philly pies as a part of the always sunny friendship trades

[sparring-spirals]

i followed bc i was excited about your nein metas and now i am SO MUCH in love with your calamity ones that i've gone and muted the tags so I can watch it myself XDDD amazing thoughts, I love love when you cross my dash 'cause you are sO CLEVER and full of incredible analysis <333!!

ASKFDKFJDH THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT IS VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY and also i am so sorry for the emotional damage that's going to be unleashed, but also, its really, really good, and weighty, and beautifully crafted so.... you're welcome? 😎

anyway welcome to the ride, whenever you get to watch it! and thrilled you're here, and absolutely over the moon that it was from the M9 metas bc I eternally have a soft spot for those (and the M9). Thanks again :'D