#i'm bored so i made this lol

[burningcheese-merchant]

I think more ppl need to see this

Yeah for real lol. That's exactly what it is with him. Not to toot my own horn too much but I believe this post I made ages ago hits the nail on the head haha

"I'm bored" is... technically true. In a sense. Personally, I think it's a very simple and vague allusion to the real problem. That thin sheet of snow coating a massive, freezing cold iceberg. Just barely obscuring it from proper view.

imo it's been a bit disappointing seeing people take to extremes with Burning Spice's character. I've seen people either woobify him, downplay or excuse his actions by saying "he's not evil! He's hurting! He's depressed! He doesn't hate people, he's lashing out because he can't internalize his pain anymore!", or just demand he be put to death immediately on sight without trial. You can like a morally repulsive character and sympathize with their issues while also acknowledging that they're repulsive and need to face justice for their crimes. Burning Spice is one of my favorite characters, I love everything about him, he's sexy as fuck, I understand why he's the way he is, I'm still happy to see his ass beat because he's a piece of shit and he deserves it lol.

Not to throw shade at "simpler" villains ofc. I love me some assholes that are assholes just because they can be. Like Jack Horner in Puss in Boots 2. But Burning Spice isn't Jack Horner and he honestly shouldn't be. The deeper, sadder, more complex reasons governing his actions suit him better than just "I'm bored fuck this shit" and nothing else ykwim

and of course, he's still wrong. Burning Spice's view of the world is wrong. Does a book begin just to end? Does a song play just to finish in a few minutes' time? No. They begin so that we may read, listen, and enjoy. So that they may make us laugh, or have us shake our heads in disappointment, or tell us some hidden truth. Make our days and lives a little more interesting than they were before. Life is beautiful BECAUSE it is fleeting. Born, grow, wither, born, grow, wither. Yes, that's how it goes. But there's so much more to those things than just what we can gather from those three words. Every day is different. Though the sun rises every morning without fail, it's never quite the same color, is it? Always a bit of a different shade of yellow, orange, red, bleeding into the sky a little differently each time. There are so many things to see and do, games to play, people to meet and love and cherish. Maybe some of those things and those people won't be here someday but that doesn't mean their existence never meant anything. We are not born to die, we are born to live. We must die for those who are to live, and live for those who have died. Regardless, we must never lose sight of the intrinsic value of all that surrounds us. Burning Spice very much did. Underneath his bitterness and anger and (not unfounded, to be fair) lamentation for the unstoppable cycle of life and death is a deep-rooted selfishness and fundamental lack of understanding and appreciation for life and other people. In the face of despair, he gave in and chose evil. He was and is wrong for doing so, regardless of why he did it. He could've stepped down. He could've just admitted he didn't have what it took to be the Herald of Change. Hell, if he really hates being alive so much, he would've committed suicide a LONG time ago. But he never did any of that; instead he chose to inflict an equal or greater suffering on everything and everyone else, even the undeserving. And for that he MUST pay. And Golden Cheese, with her personality and her experiences and the wisdom she came to attain when faced with the exact same despair as Burning Spice, is exactly the right person to make him do that

[deoidesign]

One of my first digital pieces (2010) versus one of my recent ones (2024)

We all start somewhere!

[cheecats]

Okay, I hate Slash, but for some reason I want you to design him, what do you think?

Me: Can we have One Eye back? Erins: We have One Eye at home. The One Eye at home:

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

Today has been pretty rough for me. Luckily these little guys choose the perfect day to arrive <3

I love them. They are so cute I love them so much. These are from @tubbytarchia's shop... im actually so happy about them being here. Today has been really rough but I'm feeling better now :)

Also AAAAGGHHH *explodes*

It was so cute I had to put it on my collection of various types of insanity board. The little guys <3<3<3<3<3

[pigeonstab]

veryyyyyy old sketch of Enoch

[girzapata6]

I'm having the time of my life with this stupid fucking app SNDJAINAJSJAJANSJDBKSNAS

(For context, I [As Torbek] made a post about Agdon... The NPC replied, and then, yeah---[?)

[hazbinbabbling4ever]

They weren’t kidding when they said they like holding hands 

Except they never specified whose hands 

[milkbreadtoast]

o yeah btw i liked these guys from the latest crk update..... detective gays.... macaroni and cheese....🤭

[gloriousmonsters]

update from my mxtx renaissance is that I somehow never read the Shang Qinghua extra from SVSSS and i just finished it and

[yurki-posts]

The Nopony

(I made the eye wrong on the upper right aaaghhhhh)

[potionwine]

Thinking about Margrace as Joshua's name post-Phoenix Gate.

Mar-grace.

In FFXVI the Undying choose their own names (Cyril explains this in-game), and many of them have names drawn from Final Fantasy XII, including their leader 'Margrace' himself, from Al-Cid Margrace. The page for Al-Cid notes that Margrace is likely an alternate form of the title 'margrave', an old title for military commanders on the border.

That aside. This is the name chosen (by the boy himself?) for the boy who should have rightfully been known henceforth as 'Your Grace', 'His Grace'.

Grace (style of address), from the Oxford English Dictionary:

With a possessive adjective: a title of respect, esp. for a person of royal or noble rank. Frequently (in 'your Grace') as a form of address. Now archaic or historical. Formerly (in England until the reign of Henry VIII and in Scotland until 1707) used for a monarch or prince; now replaced by Majesty or Highness. Even so, "Majesty" for the sovereign of England was not used exclusively; it arbitrarily alternated with both "Highness" and "Grace", even in official documents, until "Majesty" finally became the official style to the exclusion of others (source).

Grace (other meanings):

1. Divine favour, benevolence, or providence bringing about worldly benefit or advantage. 2. A person's lot, destiny, or fate; luck, fortune. 3. The quality of being pleasing; attractiveness, charm; esp. (in later use) refined elegance of manner, expression, form, or movement, esp. regarded as natural or effortless; gracefulness.

Whatever the etymology of margrave, the name Margrace in-game is probably meant to call to mind the meaning of 'mar' as in damaged, spoiled, ruined. All the grace that ever belonged to his family, his home, his birthright—marred, of course.

Mar+Grace, the last heir of the oldest unbroken ruling dynasty in the Twins at the time of the opening events of the game**.

The living ghost, carrying the desecrated corpse of his legacy in his new name. Introducing himself by his humiliation: "Hello, I am Margrace", "Hello, I am the ruined dignity of my house." "Call me Margrace", "Call me the wreckage of one fallen from divine favour." "My name is Margrace", "My name is blemished fortunes and diminished nobility".

It's appropriately brutal and dramatic for such a character, especially since the game is frustratingly silent on how Joshua personally feels about the loss of his duchy which is a rant for next time.

**Footnotes:

In the Year 860 (Prologue year/Phoenix Gate), Rosaria is about 260 years old (est. Y600). Older, if you count from the time of the Rose Alliance (est. Y550). The Rosfields have been on the Rosarian throne since the inception of the duchy in Y600, and prior to that House Rosfield was already known to be the chief of/the preeminent house of the Seven High Houses that united to found the duchy. House Rosfield has held ruling power for 260-310 years at a minimum.

For reference, England's longest-reigning dynasty was the Plantagenets, who held on for 300+ years. Rosfields aren't doing half bad!

Veldemarke would have been older had it not been overthrown by Barnabas; therefore Waloed is the youngest nation state at the time of the prologue (only 17 years old). Also we do not know much about the governance of Veldemarke, although as a 'kingdom' it was likely some type of monarchy.

Sanbreque was formed 100 years after Rosaria, and at any rate is not actually a hereditary monarchy. The Holy Emperor is voted into office by his fellow Cardinals, likely the five who form the Council of Elders. We are also explicitly told that Sylvestre 'won his throne' in 865; there is no indication either way that his predecessor emperor was a Lesage. The wording suggests the throne is not Sylvestre's by lineage or birthright. How this is supposed to relate to the concept of Sanbreque having a 'crown prince' (Dion) is unclear and contradictory, since an emperor by election should probably not have the authority to unilaterally decide on the succession of the throne, and his issue—legitimate or no—should not automatically be in the line of succession.

Dhalmekia is a republic with elected officials.

The Iron Kingdom apparently has a royal family, but nothing else is known apart from it being impotent and sidelined by their state religion.

The Northern Tribes likely do have hereditary rule, and Jill is referred to as a princess, but once again little is known.

Ergo—and I am ceaseless in this propaganda—Clive and Joshua are really, properly posh! Absolutely baffling that Anabella would allow anyone to put down the pedigree of her sons when they are so blue-blooded precisely because she is! For someone with such entrenched ideas of blood purity she should not stand for it, no matter how she feels about her eldest.

[dawntheduckrb]

Interest poll:

If I made some kind of discord for people on here, would anyone be interested in using it?

Was thinking that a group chat would be really fun, since quick communication is a lot easier than having to make a whole post every time you wanna talk. Apparently tumblr had group chats at one point, but took it away for... some? reason? So this seems like the next best option, if there's any interest :>

[wowimkindastupid]

REPLAYING YTTD.(GOT TO BEGGINNING OF CH2) SOME HIGHLIGHTS

nyan; "crap who's keiji again??" me: "pedophi-" nyan: "OHHH THE EGG HEAD BOY." nyan: "hah, like she'd just be staring at her own hands in fear like "what am I..??" like that, heh." (talking about when I mentioned Miley wasn't really human) me: "..... oughhhh you just fucking predicted a scene BY ACCIDENT. YOU PREDICTED IT FOR WORD." nyan: "I ACTUALLY PREDICTED SOMETHING!!!???" (during the last meal thing, playing around with voices) Nyan: (as Miley): "now, there will be holes in the game," me: "man imagine you just hear a voice from another room going, (keiji voice): "man fuck yeah, glory holes in the main game!!"." Nyan: "help- and uh- like that scene in TADC ep 4, the thing like "do you have a smile on your face!!🤩" "no" "well why not...😐", and mileys like-" me: "oh yeah yeah yeah- (keiji voice): "man fuck yeah, i'd sure love a glory hole here.." nyan: (Miley voice): "because you!!!!!- what the fuck you freak." me: (attempting to do the part where q-taro is like- throwing himself on top of Miley or something): "A- wait hold on a sec- COUGH A̷̤͋̈̏Ả̵̮A̷-HJAHJAHAHHHRJHEJHEJH" nyan: "WHAT WAS tHAT!!????" me: "HE'S AN AMERICAN, IDIOT, HE'S EMBRACING THE BALD EAGLE INSIDE OF HIM.. NOW. Ȧ̶̧̛̙̫̲̖̂͊̚A̶̦̻̖̮͈͑̌̑͠Ȧ̵̡̖̭͑̀̅̈́A̴͙̘͋À̵̛̙͔̥̰̦͌̔A̸̢̧͉̼̳͊͝͝A̷̡͓͔͔̐̏Ä̴̠͉͎͚́A̷͙̦̿̊͗̓̈́Ä̴̧́̍A̷̰̎͠A̷̬̜̞̥̦͋̃̄͋̀Ĕ̶̯͖̳͎͊̓̈E̷̢̜͓͂̈́̊͝Ẽ̸̗̣̋̈ͅE̷̢͎̥̳͌͒Ẻ̵̲̕E̵̞̤̊͊U̸̺̬͎̟͒̀̽̓Ỉ̸̧̠̭̺̱͒̃Ȋ̸̧̫̖̄͗I̴͉̱̤͐̀͝I̷͔̯̦̱̔̽I̸̠͍͘Ì̷̯̯I̴̠͗͋̕I̴̩͈̔͐͆Ą̴͙̖̲́̿A̵̞͉̋͌͛͜͝Ä̶̭́͝A̸̳͔̳̟̰̋̀͂̈́Ă̶̧̻̤̫̎̍̚ " Me (as Sara): "what were the noises you heard??" me again (as Alice): "uh- ouhhhhh, sounded like an American guy and a pedophile going like uh.. (out of character) hold on I got it- IT'S NOT FUCKING LOADIN-" *at least thirty of the golf clap soundboard playing at the same time* nyan: "HELP."

*entering the ruined corridor for the first time ingame and seeing q-taro* nyan: "oh it's q-" me: "GOD DAMMNNNNNNN WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS MAN DOING DOUBLE. CHEEKED. UP. ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOONNNNN." nyan (Miley voice): "I thought it was Friday..." me: "help, keiji behind him be like-" *golf clap soundboard again* me: "ok yeah I get why people ship q-taro and kai now... yeah it's actually pretty cool now that I see these... I mean, I still kinda ship keitaro though." Nyan: "red and yellow..." me: "yeah y'know what they're some sort of polycule now. cant decide who to ship? make it a polycule. they all kinda share the two same colors too. kai and q-taro got red, keiji and q-taro got yellow... OH MY FUCKIG GOD IT'S MCDONALDS." nyan: "the McDonald's polycule....." *ai Mishima comes* Me: *sounds that don't sound like a human could even make them(excitement)* nyan: "THEY FUCKING TURNED HIM INTO CHAT GPT!!!!?" me: "it's all fun n games till the bot starts getting freaky...."

i really hope at least SOMEONE thought this one was funny

[plushchimera]

still on semi-hiatus but doing some warm ups bc wtf even is my art process i don't remember

[hobgirlonao3]

spent an entire week stressed out of my mind because of moving and now that it's sort of finished i can finally sit down and write again. turns out being stressed as fuck is exactly the mindset i needed to be in to finally work on the prime fic again so with any luck i can finish the first draft soon

[jasminesilk]

Just popping in to ask how we're all feeling about this grim reaper rewards thing: