#idk i play a lot with that
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For STS! Do you believe there are any particular tropes or themes you repeat in your work?
Yes.
I frequently explore themes related to identity (and the lack or construction thereof - often this is where second person comes in), so much about stories (metafiction is my bread and butter even in fanfic), immortality (and what that means/the consequences of it), loss/trauma/grief and how that can change/define a person, redemption arcs so many redemption arcs, and found family so much found family.
I'm also finding that I reuse - how do I word this - ugh, I want to call it the what is meat question, particularly within the context of seeing revolution as the answer to the world's problems - sometimes not revolution, but the radical options people take sometimes to try and fix things - whether they know (or care) that those radical options might also cause harm to other people around them.
That last one I think I do...more often than I like to think. I did it with Jessica Rabbit and the Toons Rights Fanatics (who decided to start turning Toons into reality (which led to Roger dying because he got turned into an actual rabbit) and then eventually started turning senators and whatnot into Toons to get their point across); I'm currently doing it with The Thin Line Trilogy in terms of (spoilers) Ryoko realizing that the world is just heading towards destruction and the only way to fix things is to Junko and Tragedy and rebuild, except that's still radical revolution and it's going to kill a lot of people; I have it in one of profic projects that was a little more ambitious than I could handle at the time.
But I think over and over again I go back to what does it mean to be human - whether that's in the form of personal identity or how other people react to it or what the stories we tell ourselves and each other say about what humanity is.
...that's a long answer. There's probably more.
Oh, also, and back scars. I frequently give people back scars. Just they have scars on their backs. It's just a thing.
#musings#lizhly#bandit answers questions#idk if the last one counts as a trope or a theme#but wow so many of my characters have back scars who definitely don't need them#and /what is meat/ is a paraphrased reference to cathrynne m valente's space opera and#i looked up the quote so i could put it here fully#minus commas because you know -gestures-#'but in the end all wars are more or less the same. if you dig down through the layers of caramel corn and peanuts and choking burning#death you'll find the prize at the bottom and the prize is a question and the question is this:#which of us are people and which of us are meat?'#there's more to it than that#but the idea of 'which of us are people and which of us are meat' comes down to 'who is it okay to slaughter'#which you know the answer to#idk i play a lot with that#and tend to combine it with a quote from steinbeck's east of eden which is#'it is easy to say she is bad but it means nothing if we don't know why'#and 'maybe her whole life was her language...indecipherable. maybe she was running to something instead of away from it'#and the incomprehensibility of people but the ability to reach out and love people anyway#IDK A LOT OF COMPLICATED THINGS
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#comic#hatsune miku#miku#fortnite#hatsune miku fortnite#i used to play a lot of fortnite and then one day i stopped#idk if even she can get me to play again tbh i just do not care anymore#im in my big fromsoft phase anyway. i drew this while watching my partner play sekiro#and we play elden ring with a co op mod#its fun. play video games with your loved ones
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favourite moments of bg3 -> (5/?)
#baldurs gate 3#bg3edit#bg3#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#gamediting#dailygaming#gamingedit#the way he goes “yet you chose me” makes me insaneeee#ngl at that point i was like fuck i can NOT choose between gale or sh so whoevers romance scene pops up first ill go with it#and then one night later i got the copy of this dork with an exclamation mark#i wouldnt mind if sh's scene came up first i love her a lot as well and making her into a wlw relationship with my third tav yayy#favebg3edits#myedit#also yeah the gifset is ass unfortunately during this talk he frowned A LOT so it looks like he doesnt speak at all sdfghjk AND#because i play the game with the lowest settings the texture quality is toilet bruv#also something about the shapen tool makes his cheek weird? idk it only happens with colours red brown orange so idk
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ace detective more like ace DEFECTIVE
#I HATE THIS BITCH SM HES GENUINELY SO FUN TO DRAW FOR NO REASON 😭😭😭😭#bro idk if the first one makes sense to anyone else. 😔 get it cause like akechi is in the siu so he techincally works for the government 😔#i finished shido's palace again and cried like a bitch because of him so im back to drawing persona again im so sorry everyone#my brother deleted persona from the steamdeck i play on and idk how to redownload it so i cant touch the game until christmas now 🫶🏼#i drew a lot over break actually i've just been going back and coloring a few of the sketches i did#idk how ppl draw everyday aren't u exhausted 😭#anyway hope faggotron 6000 dies in the royal version too i can't stand him#persona 5#persona 5 royal#p5#p5r#goro akechi#akechi goro#UHHHH ren is here so i'll tag him#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#lotus draws#goodnight everyone im so tired#i need winter break to come faster.........
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Piltover's Finest in Arcane: League of Legends (2021 - 2024) ❝ (Love) Sometimes it's a shadow And sometimes it's close to the end Sometimes it's divided Then suddenly the magic blends again I cry that river traveling to the sea Love like the river Whispering softly to me ❞ — The Moonglows, Love is a River (insp 1 | insp 2 | insp 3)
#i know the songs dont rlly fit the theme and vibe of the show or whatever but IDC IDC!!!!!!!!!! i just wanted to do this LMFAO#caitvi#piltover's finest#arcane#arcaneedit#wlwedit#arcane vi#vi arcane#vi#caitlyn x vi#vi x caitlyn#caitlyn kiramman#caitlyn arcane#arcane caitlyn#arcane season 2#arcane s2#this is THE most self indulgent thing ive made and there was no more template available so i made the template from scratch#idk it was wrapped season and i listen to a lot of oldies (thanks fallout) and i had to somehow merge that with my caitvi brainrot lol#shoutout to the moonglows.... ive been playing their album nonstop for like a week now
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the sirens are turning red
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#fushiguro megumi#megumi fushiguro#jjk art#megumi#animal horror/#animal death/#scopophobia/#hiiii i drew messed up animals again :>#i couldnt decide which ver i liked better between the white and black bg so i decided to playing card logic it#i think if i had to pick i Do like the black bg better but i spent a whole hour on that gd eye im keeping it#idk what came over me but im so glad it did i love drawing characters dressed in white surrounded by concerning animal imagery#gotta b one of my favourite flavours of fanart to make tbh#i saw a picture of a rabbit sculpture and something abt the albino red around the eyes ears feet mouth#made me think of blood pounding made me think of bruises scars Prey#and wld u look at that one of my fav characters ever just so happens 2 have a whole lot of rabbits :)#so i stuck megumi in what i can only describe as a vogue straightjacket n went to town#ik that the megumi + dogs/wolves gets a lot of love bc the characterization fits#but the rabbits.....but the [spoilers]#its SO good its so sososoososos good#anyway im proud of this piece hsfhgsfjs i love drawing rabbits i love white + Bruised blood-under-the-skin red this made me rly happy#i only care a Little bit that it took me forever <-lying#ill blame the rabbit skeleton smh
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played DA2 for the first time and romanced the possessed bisexual poor little meow meow who's totally down for firebombing a walmart
#handers#dragon age#dragon age 2#dragon age anders#marian hawke#dragon age hawke#I FINALLY played through the entire thing! after so many times starting and then getting bored lol#I have genuine trouble deciding if I like Origins or Inquisition best but 2 is definitely on the bottom for me lol 🥲#but I do like Anders :)#I want more of this miserable little man#also I'm never sure anymore whether I wanna post single pictures or sets of them. idk#all the other DA stuff I've been drawing lately has been Origins stuff. or memes. so this doesn't really fit? so#seems like it should be by itself?#idk idk idk idk idk#anyway I've been doing lots of loose sketchy stuff and experimenting with brushes and it's been nice :)#trying my best to just...... be softer on myself#my art#description in alt text
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⭐ HL x animal crossing ⭐
something for fun bc why not......i have free will their personality types?? maybe?? : seb = smug clora = peppy poppy = normal/sweet imelda = snooty ominis = lazy (or cranky tbh) leander = jock natty = sisterly
#when i was playing new horizons i bought SO MANY nook tickets on ebay bc i was desperately looking for julian..he was my bff on the 3ds one#i have his framed photo....but i never found him😔#im not 100% on the personalities especially cloras and poppys.... but what i do know is that natty is DEFS the sisterly vibe#and imelda is definitely snooty LOL. i almost put jock for her but they just talk about working out a lot and are too nice BAHAH#plus the personalities are gendered in AC so i tried to keep that the same#also i know poppy isnt mousey as a person/shes really brave and fearless but idk... she just gives me mouse vibes anyway🥹she smol#and natty was an easy choice bc i just copied her gazelle form...imelda was also super easy obvs LOL#for ominis i wasnt sure whether to do a cat (bc they nap a lot) or the chipmunk but i just think the chipmunk is cuter LMAO#and leander i almost did horse or anteater (for the long face) but the goat just suits him perfectly i think#omg wait anteater would be perfect for amit actually ....and garreth would be a lion#dont ask why seb is randomly the only one not in his uniform... (its bc the wolf ref i was using was also in a letterman and it works LOL)#choccyart#hogwarts legacy#sebastian sallow#sebastian sallow x oc#sebastian sallow x mc#clora clemons#ominis gaunt#imelda reyes#poppy sweeting#leander prewett#natsai onai#sebastian x mc
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Arcane ships ranked, for fun
The main ships and some rarepairs I've found, I like pretty much everything in the first 4 rows. I probably missed some but idk what they are and I'm too lazy to add more rn.
feel free to add your thoughts or ships but again its just for funsies :)
#you can probably tell which characters I like most by how many ships of them I know lmao#ignore the many tags im legit just rambling abt my thoughts on each ship#caitvi is in its own rank cause Im not playing with caitvi fans they are correct that is the best ship even if I like other some ships more#arcane#arcane s2#arcane spoilers#caitvi#jayvik#timebomb#lest arcane#whats the ship name for mel and lest?#lestel? idk im not calling them melest lol#mel x lest#catcouncil#oo is that it? it came up when typing. thats kinda cute but also vague#vilco#ik that one for sure#vanco#jaymelvik#mel x sevika#idk the ship name for that one either I actually just found out abt it but editing the pic for them convinced me to ship them#idk if anyone else ships ambessa and viktor there were only 4 fics on ao3 under it but i ship it cmon he's her type#she would eat him for protein#jaymel#melvik#i actually like both of these ships but they're infinitely better as poly imo#dont know how many people ship viktor and vander either but i saw a lot of potential in act 2 for it with all their astral plane connecting#sevika x ambessa#that would be hot but also hate sex probably#I love sky but i do not ship her and Viktor he just is clearly not interested and she kinda lets go of her crush on him before dissolving
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make a wish! 🍃
happy 1st anniversary, in stars and time 🤍
#ok hold on#isat#in stars and time#siffrin#isat siffrin#Okay. WAAAAH WAUUUUUGHWAYUUAU T_T.. HAPPY BIRTHDYS IN STARS ANDB TIMEEEE#i need that FAWKING ARTBOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#idk where else to get sappy about it but tmblr tags are probably the best spot i'll get. isat is very dear to me ..#i played it when i was going through a lot of terrible grief and it really hit home for me#and as i still navigate this terrible grief it gives me a reminder that there are people out there feeling just like me#and even peolle who might not understand still care and love and cherish you. and youre loved way beyond what you really know#the art of losing isnt hard to master .. etc etc#also its nice to see a character who cant remember basic shit all the time. my personal siffrinism#siffrin is like the kim dokja of your computer. The ones who know know.#sniffle. thanks isat. thanks dev.
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Been getting back into Pokémon
#pokemon#michax post#been playing/replaying games. just finished Pokemon Y!!!#BIG fan of Lysandre. i must study him like a bug!#idk if anyone still following me was there when I was but i used to post about/reblog a LOT of pokemon stuff#always been a big fan. just getting back into it!!!#im playing pokemon OR next heehoo#pokemon xy#lysandre pokemon
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the fellas. the freaks if you will.
#based off the scugs me and my friends play#prefacing this with idk a lot about any of their lore but in this instance they are all besties#i play riv :)#loosely based designs off of a mod#rain world#rainworld#rain world rivulet#rain world spearmaster#rain world gourmand#rw slugcat#rw spearmaster#rw rivulet#rw gourmand#slug cat#art#my art#artists on tumblr#tor’s art
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Peepaw Starlo struggles. Autism 2 autism communication struggles.
#undertale yellow#uty#uty au#lucky clover au#frisk ut#starlo uty#ceroba uty#martlet uty#dalv uty#feisty four uty#the cowboy hat draws#FALLS OVER. THIS TOOK OVER A MONTH.#Mostly because of being busy IRL but also because I decided on a new rendering method#Aaaand it was ten times as time consuming and I don't like the end result at all. LMAO. You live and learn I suppose#I hope this is comprehensible um. I think a lot about Starlo being so used to understanding Clover easily and being one of their favorites#And going to Frisk and 1. not really understanding how they communicate and 2. feeling like he isn't their favorite LOL#Idk how well that reads but! Peepaw Starlo musings#Starlo tries his best and doesn't always get it right but he's in a better place now#I know Clover's absence feels very strange here but I just couldn't find a place to put them oops.#Drawing this made me realize I really gotta practice my backgrounds. Hough. Definitely in the new year!#Also I haven't played poker in years so anything that's wrong? Uh monster poker is different. Yup. Thumbs up emoji
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dysfunctional girls jv tennis team vs the zombie apocalypse :]
#character design#illustration#visual development#esther’s ocs#for a story im cooking up#i think a lot about the fact that the girls i played tennis with still routinely wish each other happy birthday in our old groupchat#even though we are half a decade removed from the time we all played on the same team#something something about the evergreen nature of healthy female friendships idk#artists on tumblr
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Makes my grand return to tumblr with in stars and time <3 heres my autism <3 spoilers??? under the cut??? for two hats??? uh loop stuff proceed at ur own risk i guess???
#isat#isat spoilers#isat siffrin#isat fanart#in stars and time#isat isabeau#isat bonnie#isat odile#isat loop#in stars and time spoilers#in stars and time siffrin#in stars and time isabeau#in stars and time odile#in stars and time bonnie#in stars and time loop#in stars and time fanart#isat au#?? technically?? for loop returns/join the gang au???? kinda technically???? idk man#human loop#two hats spoilers#isat isafrin#isafrin#just a lot of my favorite moments and then also a bit of sillies from when i played the game with trye <3 hi trye <3 love you <3#tisms cutely#peep the few times i messed up sifs hair early on in doodles <3#MTG's bullshit#reborn from the stars au
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#vampire hunter d#vhd#art#D the horseman of death (〃‿〃♡)#Hello Hello I hope you're all doing well 🥹🥹#Sorry that I only draw D haha I can't help it (❀ •̀ᴗ•́ )♡#I started Tyrant Stars recently and I finished gold fiend about a week ago?#Honestly I miss the stories where D would stay in one town in the entire story and be a little detective#since pale fallen angel it's been a lot of traveling ....🥲#and it will never not be funny to me that D has pockets full of dirt 😭 D take a shower man.... or wash your clothes please💀#2 versions because as much as I like white hair D he looks like alucard here because of the gold accents ( •_•)#I've never actually watched or played any of his games idk it does interest me? but not enough to sit down and watch it yet#I wanted to experiment with a black out style ( I tried incorporating red but I got too annoyed.#I intend to render it at some point!#so it might end up looking completely different#well...If I get myself to complete this and I like how it looks in the end I think I might make a little bookmark out of it for myself (〃‿〃#I think it would be neat...#....you see me drawing poppies a lot forgive me 💀They're just my favorite flowers💀 The symbolism works out for this drawing....
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