#if the continuation is in that fucking artstyle i will cry also

[insincereeverclear]

i was so hyped for the remaster im so upset that it was complete buns

[domokunrainbowkinz]

fuck it. have some more manhwa posting:

pearl boy (18+): I did NOT expect to like this one so much like if you told me 3 days ago that a comic about a boy who cums pearls will make me tear up and almost cry on multiple occasions i would've laughed in your face. the art is a little rough in the beginning but it improves by MILES and the current artstyle is so gorgeous. the relationship between the 2 leads is SO SO GOOD, they are the definition of ride or die, by ch 20 i was ready to kill everyone and then myself if anything happened to them. dooshik and jooha are so much fun, and their interactions are just *chefs kiss* they are so good man. I am a little iffy about the ending, but the side stories are making up for it (it's nice to see how jooha would've fallen in love without The Horrors looming over him). controversial opinion but I was pretty eehhhh about the sex scenes, especially bc there is A LOT of SA and sexual violence in general in the series (not between the 2 characters, they're just literally chased by the worst people ever), so even when the 2 leads are having nasty disrespectful consensual banging a part of me is like :/. despite my gripes with the ending and some of the events in the series, i still thought it was a good read. I really do hope the side stories give dooshik a chance to like heal bc I don't think he's doing so hot 😔

pizza delivery man and the golden palace (18+): I originally wasn't gonna read this one bc of the goofy ass title but it was surprisingly very sweet?? it was very nice to see 2 people at their low points meet and help each other with their issues and to heal. I really enjoyed s1, however I heard s2 isn't that good and that it unfortunately falls into a lot of typical BL tropes (derogatory), but I will hold out judgement until I finish the 2nd season.

under the green light (18+): mannnn this one is good. I originally stopped reading bc Matthew creeped me out and gave me the ick (he doesn't do anything bad, he's just a little creepy), but I decided to continue bc I love jin (I am forever biased towards confident snarky characters). I'm really glad I kept with it bc there actually was an explanation for why matthew became so fixated on jin that made me go "OHH....that makes a lot of sense". rly curious to see where the story is going, it's a mafia story so ofc I got my popcorn READY.

a tree without roots (18+): the first scene of the first chapter starts off with a bang and really sets the tone of the story, like they literally slap u over the head with "hey!!!! this is a fucked up story turn back now!!!" before flashing back 8 years, so now you're left with the question of "good lordt what HAPPENED???". as someone who likes fucked up stories and is biased towards obsessive characters, I really enjoyed s1, and I'm curious to see where s2 is going. my 1 gripe is that taekyung is a little dumb when it comes to his treatment of heeseo, like i sorta get it, but also dude...there's DEFINITELY a better way this could've been handled. anyways huge warning for non-con/dub-con between the 2 characters if u decide to check it out.

uncanny charm: I dropped this one bc I found it a little boring, it has a really interesting premise and is also a modern-day supernatural romance, but something about it just didn't click with me. the relationship between the 2 characters was pretty lukewarm, and I'm also not a huge fan of the artstyle.

limited run (18+): dropped this one bc I don't like the MC or the ML, their relationship is just bizarre and weird to me. I wasn't invested in anything that was happening, and the ML's thought process makes no sense to me. idk man I just don't like stories where the MC is like helpless or passive about their situation and grow a spine!!! weakness is not tolerated in this house >:(

cry me a river (18+): dropped bc once again I don't like the MC for being passive and weak. I got baited into reading this one bc the ML is very very pretty, but unfortunately good art is not enough for me to continue a series. once again the relationship between the 2 characters is just weird, what is it with ML's being unable to like idk express emotion?? or communicate?? anyways I also did not give a shit abt what happened so 👁👅👁

nerd project (18+): I really liked this one!! it's a fun fluffy college story about a drama and biotech student. the banter and interactions between them are such a delight to read, but I cannot BELIEVE they ended s1 in the middle of a sex scene what the fuck man ���

[volfoss]

Top ten manga and anime!!

OK!! im gonna uhhh cheat a bit and do 10 of each ok <3

manga:

xxxholic (i feel thats obvious <3) but its like my fave thing ever and just has such a good supernatural comedy plot but is also like serious and one of those things that legit changed how i thought about things (in a good way <3)

tsubasa reservoir chronicles!! its the sister series to xxxholic and is like found family road tripping across dimensions and oh my godddd its so good!!

chobits uwu, IF you can get past the well, horniness, of the first 15 chapters, its soo soooo good, its like a story about finding your person and it just aughhh its so powerful......

i feel i need to have jojo on here somewhere so bam here. good series would kill araki if i could etc

OMG i nearly forgot abt stop!! hibari kun! important thing to note abt me is that i rly enjoy going back and seeing trans rep in older manga and this like?? handles it not great but the characters r near and dear to my heart and the art is rly pretty <3

OH MY GOD I NEARLY FORGOT BUT DORORO!!!!!!!! like the art is gorgeous the story is rly rly good and the characters are so good. it DOES have an anime but i maintain the manga is the best way to like consume it? its just rly rly well handled and rly fun.... if u can like ignore the uhhhh mild transphobic shit in the second half, but its rly good and dororo (character) is trans as fuck and my best friend!!

DOUBLE HOUSE OMG!!!!!! literally THEEEEE trans manga thats kinda older and its just so soft and so sweet and aughhhh its not officially translated into english but u can find it online but its so good.....

OMG OMG... like anything by junji ito!! uzumaki is my fave but gyo is rly rly good and tomie.... ough its so good!! i rly like horror manga <3 honorable mention for this spot since i havent finished it yet, but the drifting classroom has been rly good so far <3

NARUTO sorry sorry for enjoying it buttttt its good <3 i read it mostly for sakura my best friend but its a rly good series and even tho its long as shit it didnt rly like get bad? other than the 100 chapter stretch where i was going to kill someone bc it was so boring <3

OUGH OUGHHHH yes i nearly forgot about x/1999!! its like clamps magnum opus and its just a like rly epic sci fi story, but also unfortunately continues from tokyo babylon (gross gross icky :( ) but its so good and the characters are really good and it would be SOOO much higher if it was actually finished :(

anime:

DEATH PARADE OH MY GODDDD literally like my fave anime of all time its so good and so powerful and makes me cry every single time... it is everything to me

mob psycho 100!! also like one of those that fundamentally changed my brain but the artstyle slaps so much and its rly rly fun!!

great teacher onizuka! its uh a very very big thing of if u can ignore some of the more questionable aspects of it, but it was like one of my first animes and its smth that i rly treasure. its a like rly light hearted comedy abt this former motorcycle gang leader who wants to become a teacher, but gets assigned to a rly rly tough class and uses like RLY unorthodox ways to solve the problems... its like oddly heartwarming and the openings slap sooo hard

OH MY GOD I NEARLY FORGOT ABOUT ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM.... again its a thing of ignoring the fanservice but i legit cannot think abt the ending w/o bawling my eyes out... its like a popular one but its popular for a reason imo? its fun <3

again feel obligated to put jjba on here <3

OHH YEAH!! what ive seen of doctor stone is rly good! im a bit further ahead in the manga but the artstyle is rly good and if u can look past a bit of fan service... ough its so good. its just like rly fun and scratches an itch in my brain <3

OH YEAH!!! hunter x hunter!!! its rly fun and i rly need to finish the manga someday, but its like a long term one that i rly rly enjoy <3

YEAH YEAH I NEARLY FORGOT!!!!!! but i rly rly enjoy gangsta!! its like idk rly fun and the main three are in a poly relationship in my mind <3 i rly love the characters and the setting a lot <3

YEAH OMG YEAH1!! K-ON!!!!! its like a slice of life and while i dont normally like those... k-on is rly good <3 its just a soft little series and makes me rly happy (havent finished it but god its just rly good <3)

i feel so bad that i never finished this one BUT i rly enjoyed the millionare detective: balance UNLIMITED when i watched it! im a chronic never finishes shows person (except if it sucks in which case i will binge it) but its animated rly nice and its a fun premise <3

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FRIENDSHIP IS MAGICAL VI:  THE AGE OF SUPER ULTIMATE CHRONICLES OF FRIENDSHIP ORIGINS ZERO

So with Tumblr bursting into flames and most of the artists I know and respect trying to abandon this ship like rats escaping the titanic, I felt it was best if I moved this from my usual December the 25th to... NOW, Because well I worry that many people on this might not be here by the time 17th passes and my eternal dying love to those I care about will be unheard and what kind of person would I be if I didn’t remind EVERY.SINGLE.ONE of my friends how important and special they were to be and what makes them fantastic, So yeah depending on the state of tumblr after Dec 17th this might be the last one, or I will just have to email all of you INDIVIDUALLY. @mistercrowbar CROWBAR! HEY! So, you’ve been on this friendship list since..., we have been friends, which is.., a really long time, like I honestly can not recall a day where we have not been friends and during all that time I can’t get over just how amazing you are! Like, Holy shit are you real? Cause I get to a point where, I think this woman can’t improve anymore, and then BAMB! You do! Like Jesus, I’m always just floored by what you put out, I said once before that I strive to be as good as you some day and that has not changed! But now it gets even harder, cause like, not only are you good at art, You go and pull this beautiful disaster out of your head, SAY HELLO TO FUCKING RYYBYN BITCHES! If there was a competition for some of the best DnD characters I have ever seen on paper, I’d vote for Ryybyn every-time, a literal joke character who evolved into one of the most emotional rollarcoasters I have ever seen, who made me DETERMINED, to either play a game with you (And I fucked that up) or a game of my own, just AH!, This character! Like, their design, their character art, THEIR STORIES! OH GOD DON’T GET ME START ON THOSE, CAUSE YOU BEAUTIFUL GENIUS! You took comics from your session and made a BOOK! That I want to buy! I WANT ONE, BUT CHRISTMAS SO, ARGH!  FUCK YOU SANTA! And!

And.. If you were not just fantastic enough already, incredible artist, attractive, funny, nerdy as all shit, super space wizard, DND and now.., now.. FUCKING HOME OWNER, like how, why, when, what! I know you moved into a house, like, Holy shit you moved into a house, but holy shit you OWN a house, it’s yours, you can paint dicks on the wall and no one can stop you! Your Independence it just, floors me, every-time, here I am questioning everything about myself and myself worth, and you go buy a house, and release two books IN THE SAME YEAR. I said how I wanted to follow in your footsteps, become as great as you, WELL APPARENTLY I NEED TO PICK UP MY GOD DAMN FEET CAUSE I’M TOO FUCKING SLOOOOW. I am SO grateful to meet someone terrifyingly amazing and best of yet, they think of me as their friend (For now) Just.., Please, don’t ever stop breaking down walls and plowing forward, you fantasticly insane woman you. @nightmargin So, what feels like, not that long ago we were chatting about Ralph and OCTs, as well as other kids who are incredibly prone to accidents and damages and now, well, YOU HAVE A FUCKING HIT GAME THAT I CAN’T LOOK LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT SEEING IT’S LIKE BOOM! Go to MCM OneShot Cosplayers, Look at youtube videos either seeing your characters in the background or I’m seeing people playing your game! I went on a Discord chat and I saw someone sporting a Oneshot icon. I’m just, so, happy and proud and amazed by the how far you have come, it’s just, you were always a talented person, your comics, story and artstyle was fucking fantastical, I was soaked into every second of it, wanting to learn more and more with each new picture and then, just to put the cheery on this cake, you did music, but not just any music REALLY GOOD MUSIC, I remember going to your gallery on DevianrtArt just to listen to a song over and over cause it was so good, like, damn and now, you are like, HUGE, it’s insane, like seriously, someone took time to make a 3D model of your character, holy shit. I’m lucky to get fanart, but what this is, I just, my friend is amazing person, and I couldn’t be more happy for her if I tried, you should be proud of yourself if you are not, take time and just let the well earned reward sink in, your hard work has defiantly paid off. @blueskyesartic Okay, so like, You are amazing, I dunno if I’ve ever said it enough, but, you just are, there is nothing about you that I’m not awed by, you are just, so fantastic in my eyes, I dunno if that's putting you on a pedestal or not, but fuck it, this is my sappy list so I say what I want! Your art is beautiful, you yourself are just one of the most fun people I have had the pleasure to talk to and I miss it so damn much, are trivial pointless conversations that spiraled endlessly into jokes and deep discussions, are critical thinking on story telling and art in general, it was amazing, but.., either you are never alone or I’m not and, I hate that, I’ve missed you so much it sucks, like.., I have these great memories of us talking, drawing and spending time together, these perfect moments in time that I will cherish to the end of my days, cause I know you are going to become something, I can feel it, but I might end up left behind. I just wish I could spend more time, talking, chatting and just being with you, you are amazing and I’d love to run on to you on a stage at a convention, like we joked about, but no matter what happens, you need to keep being brilliant, every second of every day, you have to continue, cause you are great and everyone knows it. @taplaos HOLY SHIT HAVE YOU SEEN THE SHIT THEY CAN MAKE, IT’S FANTASTIC, LIKE, HOW DAMN!  Everyday I feel like I’m seeing new and more amazing designs for T-shirts created by you and it’s just like, wait, this is tappy right, maker of wonkey eye, how when, OH MY GOD, Your art was always so bright and colourful but, damn you’ve improved so much I feel like I need to stop and just soak in how much you’ve improved, cause damn, can I just say damn. I am so proud of how far you have come and I can’t wait to see what fantastic designs you come out with next, you are amazing Tappy, don’t let anyone ever tell you other wise! @dansome0203 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, GOD DAMIT, I have both talked to you a lot this year, but also not enough, or maybe I have, or maybe I haven’t, I dunno, but god dammit I wanna talk to you more, but you are hardly online when I am it’s so GAH! You are just, that amazing my friend that you are driving me insane! URGH, I feel terrible there is like, a shitton of things I wanna do for you, draw your characters being namely one, but I haven’t had time and just, URGH. But more importantly, the reason I wanna do all these things is just cause, you are fantastic, and I don’t just mean the way you draw boobs (mostly), you are such a kind fun person with so much great creative energy I just wanna, get inside your head, I have such mixed feelings on one side I really wanted to be in that DND game you started, but it’s also just a delight seeing the stuff that comes out of it, the curiosity building from it, that funny ass video you shared with us. Everyday I think I’ve seen the limits to your skill, charm and wit, then some how you change everything with new ways of being all that and more, it’s a tad exhausting. All I can really say that this year has been fantastic in what time we have spent together and I just want to spend more, I can’t wait for the next opportunity I’ll get to do so, maybe I should try asking you into a call or something, I dunno, please just, keep being you and keep being fantastic. @flunafloon & @spesiria & @spookydrawsI I didn’t wanna do this, but... I’m sorry, you guy are fantastic people I love your work, I love each one of you but I just.., I struggle to keep up to date with my own life let alone my friends, but three were such big important parts of me it feels.., no I feel like a shit for basically knowing nothing about what has happened, I use to message you each frequently, keeping up to date on your art, your lives and now.. Fuck I hardly even see you on my dash and I just, fuck, I can’t.., You are all amazing people, I should of been a better friend, I want to say I will be but it’s getting harder and harder and I don’t want to disappoint you, I respect and love the three of you too much for that, I’m sorry for being such a useless shit, you guys, are fantastic and leagues above me. @doodlediddy MY FRIEND IS HAVING A BABY, MY FRIEND IS HAVING A BABY! LIKE, HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE ANOTHER PERSON GROWING INSIDE YOU, LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, It’s beautiful, horrifying and just, I can’t believe that someone I know, someone I met on the internet, had close conversations with and more or less stopped me from doing something, VERY stupid, is going to be a parent, like, WHAT. While I am above the moon happy for you and your bundle of joy, I do know this means we probably aren’t going to chat as much, which hasn’t been that much as it is, which REALLY super sucks, I miss you, like, OH so much, I miss are chats, are discussion.., heh, I still remember when I stayed up super late just to send you Toradora, one video at a time, god, that was so funny and really bad for my sleep schedule actually. Still the best romcom ever. I really miss you, I’m so happy for you, I hope we get to talk again, love you, you big christian mamma. @lou0 There are many people I would attribute to me being here right now, from saving my life, to being a mentor and some just being shoulders to cry on, but none of them.., were the person I obsessed over.., wait let me rephrase that. When I started as good old Clock-workable, making steampunk rip offs of Unknown Peron’s Karl, you were some I admired, you were a kind, passionate and amazingly creative artist, AND HOLY SHIT MAH, SHE’S IN BRITAIN, I COULD POSSIBLY MEET THIS WONDERFUL PERSON. Sadly that never happened, and I’d openly admit I feel very intimidated talking to you, I dunno why, shame? Guilt? I feel like, I don’t belong, that I’m not good enough for you, that there are better people who deserve your attention that I do, despite just how, fun you are to be around and just how important of a person you are to me, so I admit it, it hurts, me seeing you down low like you are, I wanna pick you up, be the motivation you were to me, but I also have to accept that I can’t be, all I can do, is try to be a good friend and be there for you. You are, the most amazing, creative person I have ever known, I’ve wanted to Commission you for long, to collab with you, to have one of my characters drawn by you, hell just be noticed by you, cause you are just that important, I mean, I dunno what I am saying here exactly... You said you don’t see a point, but you to me, your are was the biggest point, it was bright, colourful, sexy, scary, amazing and just filled with so much character, everything you drew and draw has just so much life to it, I wanted to capture some of it and have it for my own. I dunno if what I am saying is meaning anything, but your art reflects you and to me, you are colourful, sexy, scary, amazing and just filled with so much character, every second has been delightful and if you will let me, I would love to continue to enjoy it more. @jabbage I find it funny how, no matter which minecraft server I joined, I never got as far in building a base, than I did on your server, as short lived as it was and despite no one ever joining it, I never joined a server where I got as far as I did on that server, like, I dunno how but there was something about it, maybe it was the fact that I really wanted to build that clock tower. I miss that, I hope you are well, you beautiful human being, It sucks, cause I know that, out of everyone, i feel like I spent time with you the least, which is stupid, cause all I can think of, when talking to you is good memories, which is like saying I stopped talking to you because you were too nice, which is dumb, the truth is i just got busier, and busier and it sucked. Cause I remember thinking how I really wanted to get o know you, cause you were a fun person, I’ll try to be better from now on, cause deserve it, you are a fantastic human being, smart and caring, not just trying to butter you up to make up for my.., terribleness, but I will try, to be better, for you. @shadowscarknight You fantastic mate and I know, it’s been hard, I’ve not been avoiding you, I really haven’t, but, it’s just hard you know? The way, that ended it probably wasn’t easy being you, I dunno if you even know why the two of us stopped talking to each other, hell I dunno why, but that isn’t your fault, specially after you commissioned me, which again, I happy you enjoyed it. You are a great guy, funny, witty, charming and your designs, fuck off they are that good, but you do come up with a lot of them, but then again you get inspiration and you do what you love, so no one can fault you on that, unless your making another ask blog that you won’t update, hehe. I promise to talk more, cause I’m so proud with how you are improving, cause just like, wow, every time I see you look away, it just gets better and better, I should really ask for some tips off of you, cause damn mate, your leaving me behind. I hope you don’t stop being fantastic mate, You are a joy the world can never do without. @totalobelisk I know where you hang out!... So it’s not excuse that we haven’t been talking as much, fuck mate I’m sorry, I don’t hate you or anything, no, fuck no, you are great, it’s me, I’m just.., fucking useless to be entirely honest, I’m terrible at communicating with people and I’m surprised you haven’t just unfollowed me from everything and cut all ties, cause, fuck, I’m just so.. I’m sorry, you are a fantastic guy and we’ve been friends for too long for me to neglect you like this, I’m so sorry, I hope I can start talking to you more to make up for it, or just hit me up sometime so we can chat, cause you deserve better from your friends. @velkro-bitch & @fivirr & @a-trashcan-in-a-corner Am I cheating by grouping you three together, yes, maybe... BUT I ALSO HARDLY GET TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU GUYS AND IT FUCKING SUCKS, CAUSE YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL LOVELY PEOPLE AND I WANNA SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH EACH OR EVERYONE OF YOU! (Or maybe I’m just secretly trying for a four way polyamory) But Jesus fucked by a pogostick guys, how can you three come into my life, be amazing shits and then just leave me! You are all such wonderful, thoughtful and delightful human beings that every second with you felt like an eternity, I’m a naturally defensive person, I have a lot of barriers in place to keep myself emotionally safe, and all three of you tore those down! (your gonna have to pay for that) AH, And to make it worse, when you shmucks do show up it’s very late and I gotta go to bed, REVOLVE AROUND MEEE DAMMIT, I WANNA SPEND TIME WITH YOU GUYS, it’s so hard I love being with you all, but it’s so infuriatingly difficult, I feel like giving up half the time, but I also don’t want to cause I love you all so much, god you three drive me mad, but it’s what I enjoy about you guys and I hope we do get to spend more time together. @phantomdotexe I honestly do not know where I would be without you right now, for you it may seem like all you did was re-post my art, credit me and commission me, but you also introduced me into a large friendly community that I didn’t even think I had the right to be in, I was and still very much am the new kid to all this, but everyone you introduced me to accepted me with open arms, artists and writers whom I thought I’d never get the chance to speak to talk to me casually nearly everyday. It’s all thanks to you! You amazing person you, I know you beat yourself up, ALOT, when you really shouldn’t, you are so amazing, not just in your writing talents, but in your world building and characterization, but even then that isn’t there is all to you, you are.., the most, charismatic, funny, playful and down right enjoyable person to be around, you are infectious, you have touched so many people in so many ways that you manged to build a community of friends and fans who want to build upon your foundations, I dunno if I’m even speaking the right words now, haha.., But you are fantastic, so when you struggle we all want to help, we all want to see you grow as a person, as a writer and an artist, you brought so many wonderful people together, you should deserve to see how truly wonderful you are. @horrorjuice Speaking of people I don’t deserve to be friends with, I’m just.., fuck where do I start, well, I will say it’s not entirely my fault you are hardly ever on Discord and I don’t like Facebook, but Bubby, my bubby, I miss you! I miss your explantions, your ideas, you concepts, your worlds, your beautiful bubby brain like GAH, I remember our chats, are long wonderful chats where your dog would bark loudly, the beautiful horrible slobber monster that he was. I miss you Bubby, I really do, I wanna chat and talk like we use to, I wanna hear your beautiful amazing ideas and see your brilliant art work, god I miss you, but I hope you are well and that you are being just as fantastic and brilliant as the day we first met, you wonderful human being. @valbey-the-girl Fuck you, you lovable asshole! How dare you be such a wonderful insightful human being who has had my back for so long, I remember when we became roommates for University as a somewhat after thought, we hung out but we were not exactly ‘friends’, but now, I dunno how I could of survived with out you! You are a wonderful source of humor and opposed thinking that I enjoy, you agree and don’t always agree with me, which is the best sort of friend, someone who can challenge my values and viewpoints, but at the same time doesn’t belittle me..., mostly, you twat. I am so happy that we’ve stayed friends for as long as we have and that I invited you more into my world, with regular games of DnD and other video games, as you prove to be time and time again a great person I love to have at my side. I hope we get to hang out again person to person, because I miss you mate, talking on chat gets stale fast specially when your friend is as great as you. @whatever-i-feel-like-rebloging I struggle, so hard to understand us, that it hurts cause.., I want to be friends, but I just always feel like I’m being pushed away from you, and it hurts. I’ve spoken to many friends about the troubles we have had and many of them have said to drop you, but I don’t and I dunno why, maybe because, I’m scared? Or maybe cause I’m unsure how or, perhaps I’m just very hopeful? I remember a time where we’d talk all the time and I loved it, it was great, we never discussed or mentioned how we didn’t like each others thing, we joked, we flirted and it was fun.., but now, all we seem to do is give each other little comments and snap at one another and I hate it, I hate it more than anything I can imagine. I wanna be your friend again, I wanna laugh with you, joke with you but, I feel like I’m just being singled out and removed, that I am something of mock and ridicule, which I hate and I dunno what to do with myself or you anymore. I hate, disliking this, I just.., I just wish I had never liked you, because I feel like that was when everything went down hill, cause we use to be such good friends, but now, I feel like we are more, acquaintances.., it sucks. @grittysugar HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. That’s all... ... .. Okay okay, but fucking seriously, you went from some gal drawing redhead accident prone children flying goats and tall noodley men with green hair who probably shouldn’t be to fuck. TO DO FANTASTIC CREATIVE ANIMATIONS ON YOUTUBE, LIKE HOLY, GUM DROP SHIT, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA-, I wanna kiss you I’m so proud, like, GAH, I still can’t even put it into words, like it was..., uh ... .. . EIGHT YEARS AGO, that we were opponents in a tournament on the internet and now your, I’m so happy for you, and I SUCK cause I haven’t bought any of your merch yet... (but I will), And if I can I’d love to see you at a con so I can give you a big ass hug, but that might be another, I dunno, ten years. Also I’m a shit head and it’s occurred to me I have never asked for your Discord information, which now is probably high protected FU-, God I dunno, if you still count me as a friend, or even a blip on your radar, but I just wanna say, I’m happy and just, SO proud of you, I want you to keep growing as a person, an artist and just, be fantastic. @clauseart OH MY GOD HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR COMIC GOING! And shame on me for not staying in touch more cause holy shit, you are on fire, your colours, designs, panels it’s just, WOOF, it’s blowing me away, I’m so proud for you, every time I see you post a page, all I think about is how I need to catch up because my comics currently in the dust, while yours steams ahead. I honestly can not wait to see where things are going, and to see how you go with it, I may not be the best of people at times, but I’ll be damned, if I won’t try to follow along the best I can, cause you have only just begun and I’m so excited to see you be yourself and just wow everyone around you! OH and Please most some stuff from your DnD game! I’m curious about what you guys are up to these days, hehe. Be fantastic. @funktrash The girl was essentially my fan when I was a nobody is doing a webcomic better, quicker and more on time than me, AND IT’S GREAT, like, AH! I know, you beat yourself up, it’s part of who you are for such a long time but, you have to realise, YOU ARE AMAZING, you are fantastic! Like, seriously, you have a comic, your is beautiful and just, WHAT, I remember back when we made an rp group based on this thing! And now it’s something I can read and enjoy, and I’m enjoying it, seeing these characters whose stories I’ve only had the chance to glimpse at now brought to life with your beautiful colours and wonderful sense of humor, timing and pacing, it’s just, YES! I’m so amazed at you, you are fantastic, don’t ever tell yourself otherwise, cause you are a star, a bright burning beacon of awesome! @mortooncian-art FRIEND!... FUCK! Okay, so I’ve always known you existed forever and I’m always loved your work, I even followed your webcomic! Until it wasn’t a webcomic anymore, but sadly I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU, expect that you are so funny, your art is fantastic and I’d love more than anything to get to know you more! Cause like, I see your art, these lovely illustrations filled with so much character and life, I just wanna do the same, (If I only wasn’t very busy) Like, I enjoyed your stuff so much that I regularly looked forward to going to twitter just to see what you posted, either a comment or art, cause it was the highlight of my day, and I HATE social media with a passion, but you made me really excited just to see your posts, and I know a person who can do that with just their art is probably twice as exciting as a person, and I really want to get to know you more! So I hope you keep being a wonderfully fantastic person, whom company I get to enjoy in the future. @sunshinedrago This woman, single handily got me back into watching shitty anime again, and I love her for it, God dammit you are such a fucking fun person to be around, despite the damage to my ear drums I do enjoy our conversations from nerding the fuck out, to tearing things apart. I may not always seem that happy at times, but I’m naturally a miserable person so you will have to forgive all the BS you went through with me, but god you are intoxicating in your positivity, the characters you make are enjoyable to playground with, the ideas you come up with are very surprisingly engaging and your commissions, equally detailed and time consuming, haha. Like Jen I dunno how I have lived with out you so far, you are such a conversational delight it makes me feel like I’m a teenager ago, howling loudly in laughter as I watch awkward as shit anime and actually enjoying my life, but whats great about you is not just the fun, it’s also the insightful and thoughtfulness to you we all grow attached to, you have a great way of handling peoples pain, that I have only seen in a few people, being to be compassionate, reasonable and always to get a chuckle at the right time, I dunno how you do it. But please don’t change, it be a travesty if you did. @tuz-ohtopia TALK TO ME MORE! Tuzoh, you are a very busy guy like.., stupidly busy the amount of work you put into your DnD sessions are stupidly amazing and the stories you have crafted are fantastic, all I want is to share in it more, to listen to how you work, you scheme and plan, your creative thoughts, everything. But you are busy, which is what both I love and infuriates me about you, you have such a driven determined work schedule it puts me to shame, I never wanna see you slow down, because I know you are doing something that is just, wonderful, but at the same time I wanna talk to you, get know you and build on our friendship, I feel like I’ve talked about you to more people then I have ever to you and it sucks, cause you are an awesome dude. Not trying to pity you and say just stop everything for me, I’d never want that, I’m just, so enthralled by your creativity that I wanna get to know the inner workings, maybe work with you. But no matter what happens please just keep doing what you are doing my friend, you are a delight and fantastic treasure, I can’t wait to see what you do. @knifetotheback WHERE ARE YOU! no seriously I mean it, you appear like, every now and again, but you are hardly ever around and it sucks, cause you are a fun wonderful person. You were always a delight to talk to and it sucks that we don’t get to chat as much, I hope you are alright and that you are still having fun with what you are doing right now, we miss you, I miss you. Keep being wonderful, where ever you are with whatever you are doing. @nickala OKAY, So, feelings, down in words,..., fuck this is hard, I dunno how to describe you, like shit, you are amazing, but beyond that, you aren’t just an amazing friend, you are a unique friend, a special friend, no wait, that sounds romantic, what I mean is.. I feel trapped so often, I hate it, my brain is flawed and wrong, I know I shouldn’t think like that, but I can’t help it, I speak and I make people mad, upset, annoyed or just.., I hate it, it’s the part of me I dislike the most, I just want to talk to people and say “HEY, you are beautiful, keep it up” But I can’t, but you, understand me, you help me so much with these thoughts and understanding the world in a way others could not and for that I will never not be thankful, but at the same time I feel shit, because, I know you are struggling, I wanna help so much, I wanna be there to make it easier, to help you through this rough patch, but I can’t I dunno what the right words to say are cause this isn’t a thing where one solution is the right solution.., but you have to realise you are amazing, your creativity is outstanding, the designs and creatures you create are far greater then anything I could ever come up with and I wish I could be on par with your skill in monster design and anatomy. You don’t have to compare yourself, to others cause you are already in a league others couldn’t even dream to reach, if only you could focus on that and draw strength from it, and I wish I could help you do that, but all I can say is that I will be here, the best I can, even if it’s terrible. @thelovelyghosty Is it possible to meet someone who makes you very calm and also incredibly nervous at the same time, YES IT’S YOU! I love you Jen, I am so happy that I get to have you as a player in my DnD games as well as be a human being I get to call a friend! It’s amazing just how open you are to everything as well as critical thinking, you are a breath of fresh air compared to people who only speak with their feelings and not just their thoughts and I enjoy every second of our conversations, yes even the dumb ones! I feel like you complete a part of social circle that I didn’t know was missing and that’s why it hurts so much I hear what you have to struggle through, but you amaze me, because despite all the bullshit you are still here, you are still a person whose company I get to enjoy, your strength is awe inspiring even if you don’t see it yourself, not to mention your brain, have I gone on about your brain enough, cause it’s fantastic! I wish I could just ramble on with you for all day and night, cause I imagine the discussions we’d get up to come be fantastic. You bring a fantastic fresh view you everything, even seen in your character, the Amazing Shield, they’ve hardly spoken but like you they have left an impact on me and everyone else that I doubt anyone will ever forget and as such it wants me to return in kind, you are an outstanding person and I want you to keep being outstanding, so I’ll always be there for you, no matter what, day or night. @altoblt5 Okay, first off, you are too adorable, so I will just have to kill you and second, thank you for joining my DnD game! I won’t lie, I was super fucking hesitant at you joining as I’m not good with people at all, expect all these friends above this text, ignore them for a moment. I am hesitant as shit, I’m nervous and I worried that anyone could be a potential threat to me or others, but you, came fucking tap dancing in with a stupid, lovable infectious character and personality that just, melded so well it made all my worries go away and the more I’ve gotten to know you the less regrets I have about you ever joining our game, you’ve only improved it by adding a dynamic to the group that we didn’t know we were missing from the start! I hope as we go on we can stay in touch, possibly do more games together and just chat more, cause we should really do some other stuff outside of DnD. @riyamilea I’ve been following you since Rise and I have to say, I’m so happy I did, and I was fucking ecstatic when we got to play in a DnD game together, like H.O.L.Y SHEEEET, that was fun for as little as it lasted, but I guess it was invertible a bit, there were signs, but out of it I finally got to make you my friend, and that's an experience I am so proud of cause like, YOU ARE AMAZING, you are so fun and insightful, I just, I’m so excited that I get to talk to you, cause just like, GAH I dunno how to put this into words, you are just, brilliant, that’s it, you are brilliant and I can’t wait to spend more time with you and hopefully, we can play more DnD together in the future, in the mean time, just keep being fantastic.

[thepictureofsdr]

Hi. I love your Thomastair art and your artstyle and was wondering if you could tell me a little more about your process (I assume you draw digitally)

I've only been drawing digitally myself for a couple of weeks so I'm curious how other people do it.

this is so FUCKING OLD but i told myself id answer it even if this info is useless to you now bc NO ASK GETS LEFT BEHIND IM SO SORRY IVE THOUGHT ABOUT TTHIS EVERY SINGLE DAY IM SO SERIOUS i was in an art block for so long 😭

i will cry tysm you’re so nice i really need to get back into it

YES DIGITAL ART IS SO FUN what program are you using? i use procreate on the ipad

my process is an absolute fucking nightmare im the person those art accounts warn you about it’s really bad

i start out w a really messy sketch, usually a colour blob to draw lines over and establish guides. i go over the sketch 2-3 cleaning it up until i end up w something like the right, just usually a little messier, i clean it up and edit and change colour as needed along the way. i kinda hate line art, i never do it, clean sketches work so much better for me.

for colouring, i block out the biggest areas w one colour, then use clipping mask on that section i block out smaller sections on different layers, like the skin is a different layer from the dress, this makes colouring a lot easier if youre not doing a more traditional paint style at least imo

then it comes down to individually colouring everything. im a HUGE fan of lighting so i start off w a warm overlay, ESPECIALLY for this one since its firelight but you can tell by anything else ive done that’s its usually the case. it looks really weird rn but trust the process. then i usually go in w a dark purple on multiply for shadows. i do it on multiple different layers, smudging some, some have darker opacities to have darker effects in certain areas etc etc and editing the line work where its needed and adding more lines for detail.

this is also when i sort a background out if needed to make sure the lighting works. then to continue the nightmare on even MORE layers, i do the lighting. some blurred and some lines, in places where the light would hit as well as some face details like blush now that the lighting colours are done.

this isn’t the best i kinda fucked up her face w the colouring i like the sketch sm more but also that’s part of improving and ive been out of it for a while its a new years resolution to stay on top of art, but this has been my general process for a while. its a literal fucking nightmare i use close to or over 100 layers on anything more than a sketch but its really helpful if you’re a bit anxious and want to be able to go back and switch things out. its kinda hard to maneuver with but its worth it for me. once again this is so old you probably dont even care anymore but i needed to answer it at the very least for my conscience im SO SORRY

[speedsitevox]

My neighbor totoro

However this movie spends an hour on children and then realizes something needs to happen as for the story to have some sort of tension by the point where you'd have ingrained the target audience into your brain and know everything's gonna be alright. Quite frankly, there's a lot of things intended for kids that are sweet, innocent and whatnot and have a point in their story, even if simple and meant for children to understand and teach them good values. Yes, and why would I watch something solely meant to display that. What do you mean "so what?", that's the point of the movie? The movie piles on a lot and a lot of scenes together for artistic value and to continuously display how innocent a child is. Why? Because it is mostly comprised of the children fucking around and showing off how well designed everything is, as well as put focus on what they're trying to display in the movie. Yes, despite the amazingly looking visuals that occasionally made me so impressed I forgot all about how bored I was for a short while and despite being 100% on board with what the movie has displayed, I still was bored. To the point where adults can watch it to feel like a kid again and children can watch it to be amazed by the movie's world.īut here's where my praise stops and my gripes with the movie starts. But I have to add, since its audience seemed to have been children, it has build an impressive world with imaginative designs in a realistic looking manner. But the reason it also has to be captivating it is because it's trying to display the innocence of children, which is the artistic goal of the movie. And I assure this was artstyle was very impressive if it still is today back then. Yeah, sure, anything has to be captivating, but in this situation, you have to keep in mind, the audience was intended to be children. You see there's a point to the art actually being this well animated and that is that its goal is to be as captivating as anything can be.

Anyway, up next I'm gonna talk about, more of the art, and rather, its significance in this movie. Ok, now the movie so far was 10/10 children cry real. The range of emotions displayed in a few frames was done as right as anyone could ever do them and I can't imagine someone outdoing this kid. It may seem a ridiculous thing to pick out the level of detail for animation, but that's what I found most impressive. All down to the point of starting to cry silently because she was upset then up to the outburst of emotion, screaming and bawling as soon as she was given attention again the way children do when they are given attention in these situations. However, in Totoro, when the child started crying I could see the range of emotions she went through and react realistically, the same way any child of that age would. Most people don't even put any effort into the way they display someone crying and see it as something simple and easy to portray. However, watching a child cry in this made me realize something. Have you ever seen someone cry in an anime? I will assume that most of the time, depending on what you watch of course, crying doesn't rise any red flags. As an example there will be some scenes with children crying.

The animation has plenty of small details throw in that makes each frame look lively and realistic. While the obligatory "for its time, it looks incredible" compliment must be said, I'll do one more and say that for our time, I wish people would pay as much attention to detail in animation as was done in Tonari no Totoro and would look at least half as good. Starting with the movie's strong suits, the artistic side of it is outstanding. So all I can present is what factored into my experience only a 5 with what the movie has had done and has not done. Tried to do because it was succesful in what it did. In this case, I don't have a lot to criticize on what the movie actually I usually prefer to criticize a show for what it tried to be but failed while presenting every factor I deemed important about the movie and why eventually it was only an average experience for me. Before the "what the fuck is wrong with you, a 5 on a ghibli movie, kill yourself" settles in, I want to assure you that the movie did everything that it set out to be outstandingly and if I was from that target audience, I would probably consider it nothing short of a masterpiece.

[queenofnohr]

OK ANYWAY. I guess I’m talking about Alice and Julius now and saving Rin/Rani + Leo + mayyyyyybe the end ???? for last (that might be two parts but w/e)

Alice’s arc was fucking Masterful. It really felt like they put all the budget into creating Alice’s storybook world and it was stunning. Visually, emotionally. Honestly, her arc was perfect.

Not to say there weren’t things that were like.......... weird (I’ll get to those in a second but rn i needa gush) but Alice’s tale was tightly done and even with the hiccups surrounding things not involving her, nothing felt like a waste of time.

Her arc had me bawling from the first shot of Hakuno telling her he’d be back and I swear to god I don’t think I stopped crying for the entirety of those two episodes. In fact, I swear I thought her arc went on for 3 or 4 episodes, that’s just how much good good content that furthered the emotion and narrative of the story as a whole packed in there.  Alice is a Good Girl. She was always a good girl, but I’m so happy they did so much justice to her and her story here. I’ll probably grail her in NA because it’s What She Deserves

That being said................ Amari? Shinji’s girlfriend or whatever? Felt like an enormous waste of time. I thought they were gonna have her stand in as the 4th floor Master since it’s hard to do with route splits but nah. She was just kind of an alcoholic and nothing really got done with her. Luckily her part is so small in the narrative and Alice’s stuff is truly, truly SO well done, that even though Amari’s character feels like a total waste, it doesn’t impact my overall feelings in regard to Alice’s arc. So good. Like, really so so good.

Julius was in a............. weird place for me. On one hand, Dead Face vs. Dead Face is a cool concept for me, and also Julius slapping the shit out of Hakuno (like slapping the shit out of in a very human way not even like ooooooh animu type battles) was fucking hilarious

And because Alice’s arc was just so good, coming off the tails of that I was still riding the hype train? Like Faith in Last Encore restored? So its flaws were easier for me to mitigate.

Also Hakunon’s bit and Nero’s backstory being told in Monogatari ending artstyle was fantastic. While I think Nero’s character on a whole and ultimate tragedy wasn’t as well explored as in EXTRA I still did enjoy them expanding on the tragedies of her life beforehand, and i think the artstyle chosen created this whole storybook vibe that worked really really well.

But! Back to Julius. His arc is passable because of the faith earned by Alice, finally really getting into the meat of dead faces, and being carried by Nero and Hakunon.

But Julius himself? Honestly........... they kinda done him dirty. While dead face v dead face was cool and ultimately something that needed to be explored, if they’re going with this whole “Master of the Past” type thing...........

Julius........... honestly shouldn’t even be here. Julius, and especially this iteration of Julius, was defeated, ultimately, by Hakunon’s kindness. Well, perhaps not even kindness. Empathy. Julius always seems to exist as a direct reflection of Hakuno. In the OG EXTRA, after being defeated, he turned into a cyber ghost “living” only off his pure hatred for Hakuno putting an end to his dreams, and because of that, his entire life being more-or-less lost to the world because he was never more than anything but a pawn for his family to use. Hakunon defeats him not through besting him but by witnessing his life, his suffering, his pain......... and crying for him. Being able to feel someone acknowledge his life is what finally lays his soul to rest.

Now, him existing as a dead face type being doesn’t entirely bother me since, well, as I said his role always has to somewhat mirror Hakuno’s own, and so him being a deadface as well makes sense.

I just wish we knew WHY. Did Hakuno, for whatever reason, not deal with him? Did he not come back soon enough to haunt Hakuno in the main timeline? Did he become a dead face because because the kindness and empathy he was shown was ultimately killed, and with nothing left to witness that pain, he “revived” and turning into a full-on dead face was the only way to continue his existence? I think any explanation can work, but depending on which happened, it needs to be balanced?

Because, in the OG game, Hakuno’s empathy in that moment is like....... one of the truly defining bits of the game, at least to me. In a lot of ways the Moon Cell Grail war is far, far crueler than a normal grail war. Masters cannot normally be saved. But in this small way....... even though she did kill him, she also was able to save him.

And having Julius’s end in Last Encore not have any reference to the empathy that did ultimately save him feels like 1. a missed opportunity, especially since at this point Hakuno isn’t just some HATE dude, and is growing beyond his role of “dead face” even while accepting that he is one. and 2. just.......... does Julius’s character dirty. We learn NONE of his pain and suffering or motivations, not even like the .3 seconds we get about Dan. It’s sad. Julius deserves much better than this.

[thenichibro]

Saekano: How to Raise an Atrocious Anime

I’ve seen a lot of shitty harems, but Saekano might be the most masturbatory, self-gratifying waste of my time I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Normally in a harem you get the standard character archetypes that aren’t any more than their cliché because the rest of the direction of their personalities are “I love the main character, he’s so cool.” And yet in Saekano, the author somehow finds a way to make such a bland, whiny, painfully obvious self-insert as the main character, and direct the entirety of the other girls’ personalities into revolving around him and him alone. The god complex on this author must be insane, driven mad from “being an otaku” or whatever the shit Tomoya says to be #relatable to the audience.

The egocentric nature of the show, funny enough, is so prominent it’s how the show starts, and oh boy is it how it ends. The entire plot – the central, organizing premise is that Tomoya sees Kato one day and wants to make her into his ideal heroine. Immediately, her entire personality is now subject in the viewers’ mind with what Tomoya will make of her. In the first season’s beginning she plays the normal terse, little-patience archetype, but alas not even her gruff personality could hold out to the wiles of a constantly whining otaku caught already in the middle of a cat fight between two other girls, both inexplicably successful and inexplicably head over heels for him.

Even moreso as the show moved into its second season, they apparently looked in a book of “bad anime clichés” (that’s assuming the author didn’t also pen it) and found that being self-referential is really hip. So now the characters mention screen time and episode count, and yet the show doesn’t know what it wants to be – a wacky comedy about a guy stuck in the middle of mindless containers of fanservice or a serious romance dealing with the emotional struggles of a socially anxious high schooler and how wanting to put time into his hobby brings him closer to people he didn’t realize were so close already. No, no instead, Saekano takes the worst of both, and bookends the melodrama with sparse fourth-wall breaks at the beginning and end of the season. As if consistency in tone was this show’s biggest problem.

And finally, after so many blatant fanservice episodes, angry tsundere-talk, and talking about doujin games, we reach the final episode – the culmination of my detestation for this trash. Prior to the finale, Eriri and Utaha undergo some actual development, realizing they must put their own goals over Tomoya’s to succeed in their respective careers and dump his doujin team to work together on a AAA title, any and all hope I had for that to continue disintegrated. Firstly though, the end of the penultimate and beginning of the final episode are all about how Kato is now the true love, the girl that will stay with Tomoya, because even though he completely ignored her in favor of winning over Eriri and Utaha to work on his game, she still loves him just the same, as I guess “thanks” for mercilessly crushing any other personality she had into her final form as Tomoya’s ideal visual novel heroine. The author has molded Kato into what he wants, through the paper-thin veil of Tomoya as the main character. And because Tomoya is the harem main, he can’t not be loved, right? So after Eriri and Utaha make this decision, the end of that episode is Kato inviting Tomoya on a date, because there’s no way he could be without a heroine fawning over him, right? He’s the main character for crying out loud! It’s only natural! Flexing his power over the heroines in the story, he turns them away or brings them back to the main character as he absolutely pleases, with zero regard for any discussion of emotion or changes in character along the way.

And then we have the finale. Eriri and Utaha with their newly determined personalities almost got to leave the show less tainted then when they entered, and yet, of course, (following the first half of the episode being the date with Kato, with lots of #relatable “I’m a geek who doesn’t know anything about fashion!”), Tomoya stops the pair at the train station, as they’re preparing to leave for their new job. At this point I was honestly wondering what could make me detest the show even further, and then Utaha grabs Tomoya and deeply kisses him, bringing stunned reactions from both Eriri and me, sitting in silence with my head in my hands. Seriously – it’s not like I’m an upstanding white knight fighting for strong female characters – my favorite part of the show is the thigh shots anyway – but are you fucking kidding me? This is my central point in all of this: no character is anything but a romance choice - the entire show is a power fantasy apparently meant to satiate the otaku like Tomoya, but I would think all but the most disconnected NEETs could see this as nothing but attempting to gratify the main character and his creator. It’s pointless. Every other part of any character is just pointless.

Washed away in a torrent of spit and lipstick is any and all development Utaha (and of course Eriri) went through, confirming my view that this show is literally just masturbation material for its creator, dreaming of being an otaku who can also have a harem. While that itself might sound like a claim levied at any harem author, this is some next level writing, when you can not only make every girl in the show hopelessly obsessed with the main character around, but pointedly, specifically, directly make them sacks of the author’s favorite clichés and push them all on the absolute deification of the “self-insert harem main character” that is Tomoya Aki. Saekano is not for the fans, it is for the creator, and is that not a betrayal of what the industry about? I don’t claim to be a creative type in any capacity, but writing something so detailed to satisfy your own desires, and then marketing it in a mass-market a fashion seems to me like he should just write porn for himself if he wants to jack off to them. Hell, I’ve read porn that gives me more character development in 22 pages.

I despised every goddamn second of watching this show, and yet I stuck around for the artstyle, and because I’ve compulsively finished every anime I’ve ever started. Even with the stellar animation in both seasons, it wasn’t worth it. Not one bit. Sitting in fuming silence following that painful 24th minute at last ticking down, I was actually angry enough to put my frustration into words. This show is good for the gifs that show anything but the characters’ faces, so I don’t have to be reminded the disgusting motivations and empty personalities that lie behind their eyes. What utter filth.