#im so full of joy and whimsy rn

[stormbreaker-290]

Drew the boys with a limited pallet :3

@dangerousrebelbeliever I finally finished the thing I was telling you about!! :D it took way longer than I would've hoped but I think it came out pretty good <3

(close-ups under the cut)

[kodaclownbear]

No art today, but here's some pictures of flowers I took in my yard yesterday and today :}

[r0tt1ngb0y]

why do ppl act like age regression is so unhealthy ((which it isnt)) like bro i could be slicing my skin open rn but instead im simply watching bluey while full of whimsy and joy

[maxlarens]

I am so happy rn 😭😭😭😭😭

I have been saving for a few months at this point and was waiting for a sale

It finally came and I have bought like 7-8 dresses tops and stuff for myself. A full haul 🎀🎀🎀

ahhh i love online shopping!!! im so happy for u nonnie!!!! i am in the trenches with you saving for things, truly a struggle ssshh ignore the f1 hats i bought. anyway the clothes i ordered are coming by the end of the week. i will be so full of whimsy and joy when they arrive✨💗

[butch-chastity]

cass and I are best. friends. she’s like the barbie doll I had as a kid that I handmade clothes for. im literally brushing her hair rn. we’re so full of love whimsy and dykeish joy. dick grayson is locked in my basement

[gemsalive]

HIIIII IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED. just remembered joy and whimsy are free forever actually so thank u sm for your trust and for the excuse to elaborate

as ever this ran long so full details (especially re: baritone!) are hiding under the cut, but for a quick summary, if you would kindly direct your gaze to this helpful diagram:

now then! button for cool people ⬇️

hello cool person!!! thank you for joining me under the cut!!!

first of all, quick barbershop overview for the uninitiated: the four parts of a quartet are classically split up into the lead, the tenor, the baritone, and the bass. as you may be able to guess, the lead is the one who carries the melody, while the tenor and bass stay on high and low harmonies respectively. i recognize i have missed baritone i will get to that in a minute i promise

in the quartet in my brain i have mirabelle on lead — because she’s the party leader, yes, but more importantly because:

she’s versatile (little miss took-every-class-in-the-house), which a lead needs to be since they don’t necessarily always stay in one range, and

she carries herself with such a strong conviction in her own distinct character. mirabelle has a mirabelle-ness that cannot be shaken, and even if she’s still figuring out who mirabelle is she knows that it is someone she loves, an identity she is happy to stand firm and unmoving on, someone she wants to embrace wholly and without compromise.

in a genre otherwise all about blend — about changing oneself to meet the demands of the group sound — the lead’s voice not only needs to be versatile, not only needs to sets the direction and intention for the rest of the group, but it is also the one that is allowed and encouraged to stand out within the sound as uniquely, uncompromisingly itself. mirabelle, champion of the change belief AND of staying as true to oneself as one should feel, fills this need beautifully.

isabeau is on bass. again this feels obvious but please please stay with me stay on my wavelength keep humming w me i promise this is more than me going “oh, the most masc-aligned one goes on the lowest part”.

bass is about support; it’s about providing the rock-solid and steady foundation for the rest of your team to stand upon. there’s a post going around rn about how funny it is that odile is the massive damage-dealing firepower character instead of isabeau but like, the Point Of Isabeau is to be a tank, to defend, to be that foundation. his strength is devoted to paving the way for his allies; to setting up and standing back to let them absolutely shine, safe in the knowledge that if they should ever waver he’s got their backs and will protect them with his life. he has learned to be loud, yes, the bass always needs to be — but that’s not to draw attention to himself, it’s to be as powerful as possible a supporting and uplifting force for the voices of everyone around him.

i’m gonna complete this isabeau tank / odile glass cannon thing in a sec with odile on tenor, but since i did also consider her for baritone for a HOT sec, first i wanna go ahead and lay out the baritone part. and anyway i know yall are just here for the siffritone lore so dw we're finally getting to it here

the thing about the baritone in a barbershop quartet, right. the thing is that rather than being just another vocal range descriptor, the baritone part is typically the part that ends up getting all the pieces of the harmonies that didn't fit anywhere else, just... shoved into one line that, particularly when carelessly done, sounds ridiculous and unmusical in isolation because it is literally just all the detritus that the arranger couldn't work into the other harmonies.

the baritone line is designed not to be heard. it is a line that is audibly and obviously missing something, off-kilter and strange, when you listen to it in isolation, but that as soon as you hear it in harmony with the rest of its arrangement you realize that all along it has been the piece that glues everything together. it only sounds so strange because it is has been custom-built to slot into the spaces left by everybody else; it is completely defined by how inseparably it belongs to its greater whole, and it unifies the separate ideas of each of the other lines into something so much more than the sum of their parts.

SO YOU SEE THE VISION, RIGHT.

so — yeah, as much as my heart dreams of an odile bari reality to represent odile’s ability to pinpoint and accurately fill niches and master complex lines and also to represent the hot low voice she has in my brain, the siffrin baritone narrative is just too good to turn down. so like… waves my hands around… odile blasts are ummm the high notes of the tenor voice. brief powerful supercharged bursts that cut straight through the curtain of sound to make their point and make it undeniably. the tenor is the odile is the mass damage dealing glass cannon of the barbershop world <- man, the things this webbed site just lets you say

if you made it to the bottom of this post thank you so much for indulging my nonsense. have a dumb doodle for your services feat. my favourite classic barbershop standard that’s weirdly fitting for isat

on second thought the fact that i haven’t and will not have the ability to work on Projects for another couple weeks is probably for the best for everybody atm (vids from the 2024 barbershop quartet nationals finished releasing last week and i have been 🤏 this close to making the world’s most inside baseball isat post for me and me alone ever since)

[cloakofred]

an intro to little red:

that’s luna garnet walking down the street, the twenty-three year old, who looks like madelaine petsch. here in apple peak, they work as a server at bella notte. some say she acts like red riding hood from little red riding hood, since she can be courageous & kind, but also a little bit naïve & credulous.

okay listen folks! i’ve put this intro off for a hot minute bc im the worst and haven’t figured out every aspect of her character just yet but i wanna get her up so i can get plots and things goin!! so pls luv my bb red even if shes a lil unfinished

mother said, straight ahead — not to delay or be misled

her full name is luna cleopatra garnet.  (her mother was a fan of fantasy & whimsy) though she often goes by her nickname, red.

the history of the nickname is a story of the chicken or the egg.  red is usually donned head to toe in the color, for it is her absolute favorite.  she can often be seen about town in her famous red cape, first gifted to her by her grandma when she was a little girl.  she loved it so much, that every birthday after her granny stitched her up a new one after the old one had been worn, and torn, and outgrown.

her grandma will say she made the first cloak because little luna loved red so much, but luna will claim she loved the color because it was the shade of her favorite red hood.

red is the child of a single mother.  she was raised by her mother and her granny, who loved her dearly.  it was a supportive household, filled with kindness, tenacity, and joy.

she were never very well off, luna’s mother worked multiple jobs to support them, and luna starting doing small odd jobs of her own as soon as she was able.  she would pick flowers in the woods and sell them to her neighbors as a young girl, and would eventually log many hours babysitting, cleaning, or gardening for others as a teen.

she was always an adventurous and independent child, and that carried into her teens and young adulthood.  she liked to explore, make friends, and lived in an innocent world.

ABUSE TW: when she was in high school, she was involved in an abusive relationship with a boy she didn’t love, and one who didn’t love her, though he had always claimed otherwise.  but that wasn’t love, she would soon learn that.  for the first time, she was lying to her mother, to granny.  she walked through the world hidden under a red hood.  and when she eventually broke down, had had enough and came clean, it was the women she loved who rescued her, who patched her up and gave her strength. ( end of tw )

i should have headed her advice, but he seemed so nice

she currently lives with her grandma.  she takes care of her, and she is her very best friend.  

her mother isn’t around rn (I HAVENT SUPER FIGURED OUT WHY YET so i’ll let you guys know)

she works as a waitress at bella notte to make some money.  she enjoys cooking and baking herself, and dabbles in it from time to time.  her favorite recipes are ones she can make with fresh picked ingredients, especially ones she can find herself in the woods.

stops at the tea kettle like once a day at least to get sweets for granny okay

can’t find her? she’s probably sitting in a field of wildflowers, under a tree in the middle of the forest, riding her bike through town – the front basket filled with warm pastries, or reading at her grandmother’s side.

but what a change! no cloak of red — no silly hood upon her head.  she said “hello, and please do note: my lovely furry wolfskin coat.”

red is courageous and adventurous.  she likes to explore.

she is often lead astray, she is easily distracted by the beautiful and intriguing, which can get her into trouble.

because of this, it is often hard for her to stay focused on one task or stay dedicated to a single project.  

she is fiercely loyal to those that she loves.  she will literally do anything for you.  SHES GOT U SIS

has a love for flowers and nature, and shes very drawn to the moon.  that was probably her mother’s fault for naming her luna, but she feels a deep connection to it.

a certified gay™

she considers herself an optimistic realist.  she is generally very kind and generous, but she sees the world for what it is.  she’s no longer the little girl wandering through the trees alone, she protects herself.  at times, she can still be a bit too impulsive, trusting, and naïve.  she is trying to be more cautious, more observant.  she doesn’t want that to harden her though.

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” 

i know things now — connections

friends friends!!! give her all the friends!  people she grew up with, went to school with, work(ed) with, met on a long walk in the woods idk

romantic stuff old & new

people who are regulars at the restaurant???

IDK IM BAD AT THIS HMU WE’LL FIGURE IT OUT !!! 

[stormbreaker-290]

I fucnfikn,,,, love,,,,,, drawig,,,,,,,,,,, <333

[stormbreaker-290]

GUYS. IM. ONE MORE SLEEP TILL I CAN GET FNAF HW 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO HYPED AKHXJSNDNXJAJXNNSJSJHXNSBXHAJHDJD IVE WAITED SO LOOOOOONNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG