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[graffitibible]

Finally got to doing covers for the majority of my killjoys playlists, so I'm sharing them publicly for anyone who might be interested. Each one is 50 songs in length, averaging at roughly 3 hours per playlist, and is composed of songs that I think suits my take on each character both lyrically and stylistically.

💊☠️ PARTY POISON 🎈🧨 - an abundance of hardcore, metal, punk rock, and powerviolence, rife with sloppy riffs and unclean vocals. gritty, angry, loud, and inherently politically charged.

🐍🏍️ KOBRA KID 👊🏽🕹️ - all flavors of rap: power rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, edm-infused rap, emo rap, rap rock, etc. introspective on the topics of violence, anger, and belonging, and inherently politically charged.

⭐🚀 JET STAR ☄️🕶️ - a blend of electropop, emo pop, alt-rock, chiptune rock, melodic dubstep, and mellow edm. discusses themes of gender, longing, self-loathing, and isolation.

🧟💣 FUN GHOUL ☢️🖕🏾 - an eclectic mix of hyperpop, punk rock, jittery acoustics, and psychedelics but semi-periodically evens out into straightforward alt-rock. navigates themes of self-loathing, dehumanization, and abuse.

⚡🔥 THE GIRL 👧🏾💥 - mixes and matches the genres of the fabulous killjoys' playlists - poison's hardcore/metal, kobra's hip-hop/rap, jet's edm/electropop, and ghoul's hyperpop/punk blend - but with an added dose of riot grrl punk rock. heavy concentration on themes of grief, loneliness, and finding one's place in the world.

🍒🥤 CHERRI COLA ☀️🩸 - primarily ska punk combined with folk punk, mariachi punk, and classic punk rock. discusses themes of civil unrest, addiction, and self-destruction.

BONUS: 💋🛼 SHOW PONY 💖💅🏾

[writeouswriter]

[800db-cloud]

i’m literally shaking buy them brown contacts pls

[clover-mouse]

drew up a pretty quick design for a harengon swarmkeeper ranger/rogue for a oneshot i'm playing this weekend ♡ their name is fennel and they go by fenn (they think it sounds much cooler)

[secondbeatsongs]

as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

[shyhandart]

☀️🌙💛

[u3pxx]

chat i dont think i can explain this one

[ale-arro]

been going a little bit insane about this sentence from Ace by Angela Chen for the past week

[g1ngerbeer]

yeah.

bonus:

[teabagtoaster]

unfortunately their ill-advised-casual-workplace-situationship-gone-wrong compels me

[couch-house]

see it works like this

[skrs-cats]

set after leafpool dies, before the bonus scene w jayfeather dealing w that grief gets resolved. guess who was bitter over a certain cardboard character bitch not being included in that

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[kociamieta]

messy robot knight comic !!!!!! id in alt

[ash-and-starlight]

Sokka splashed a line of water through his path. The fire fizzled. Zuko’s eyebrow raised, then he forged on. The path zigzagged out of the constellation, hopped eastwards through the galaxy’s north. Hiss. Hiss. Sokka met him each time with a streak of water. Zuko pressed on, building rhythm with each star he joined up.

The Mercy of Magpies Chapter 4 out now!!

as always written by thee @ranilla-bean and betaed by @faux-fires

Chapter Post || Cover || Map and Characters || Ch2 || Ch 3.1 || Ch. 3.2

[bsideheart]

i was reading some of the aftg bonus content + old asks nora answered (here) and a lot of it is sad, but the one thing that truly got me was this:

i’m in tears over seth gordon because like. imagine for a moment that you are a fifth-year senior, last one standing of your original teammates, the rest of whom killed themselves or dropped out. you raised your younger siblings from elementary school onward, struggling with behavioral and substance issues for years. you try so hard to get clean but it never quite works unless your on-again-off-again girlfriend decides she wants to be with you, and she fills the void that drugs leave. it’s a good period with her, so you don’t take any drugs with you when you go out. you’re so close to graduation, so close to championships, but you overdose, drown in your own puke on the bathroom floor. it’s ruled a suicide, but you were killed by your new teammate’s enemy to prove a point. you sang. you were a tenor.

[lunacias]

but we'll never be rid of each other