#imported coal

[anupam123]

https://anupamfuels.com/

[teethlordd]

There are worms in my head

[charmwasjess]

Everyone wants to talk about the war crimes but not the fact that Dooku's solar sailer makes him the only green energy ecofriendly villain in the Star Wars saga.

[stealthkragen]

was briefly possessed to draw some wembley art again, featuring hastily redesigned freight! notes under cut

i tried to keep the futuristic vibe and make their designs more individualized. i also kept with slade's design prompt—no train resemblance, and little/no napier design language

why is lumber green? because trees are green and he's into sustainable logging. i was aiming for a casual park ranger/forestry outfit. he wears his suspenders properly when he's working, but they're otherwise down. he has climbing gaffs (insp by @/honey-dont) and wears high top skates w/ the tongue down for ankle mobility

porter is a woman because when i first heard of her i thought she'd be female. so my version of porter has transitioned (she/her)! i intended her outfit to suggest welder or mechanic. she has lots of minor burn scars! she also wears low-cut derby skates because she likes to be FAST. she zips up her jumpsuit when working

slick is relatively unchanged because i think the bulky athletic costume fits her quite well. it's slightly modified to more resemble a hazmat suit or oil rig uniform. she & hydra are both tankers, so they share some outfit similarities

hydra is blue because 1) they swapped colors w/ lumber, and 2) they're a cryogenic tanker, and cryogenic aprons are blue. also blue just works better because he's cold. he has the tail for balance and because he thinks it looks cool. they're hi-vis because they want to show off, and for safety, because you would NOT want to crash into a hydrogen tanker. also he's nonbinary (they/he)

thank you stex artists & writers discord because thats where i got the idea for green lumber & blue hydra from!!!! it is genius!

also idk if they still have their backpacks. probably only when they're working?

[zombiedogteeth]

I know you did coalecroux but more coalecroux please

Of course I can do more Coalecroux!

I will die on this hill that Kremy has big forearms like an actual chef would. He’s been cooking for YEARS so he was bound to develop at least a little bit of muscle. Maybe Gideon was a little starstruck the first time he saw him with his sleeves rolled up (It’s never lost its magic though).

Gid could still toss him tho…

[afrenomes]

goyish leftists will graffiti the most random-ass bathroom walls, skip classes to sit on their asses while barring Jewish students from accessing campus buildings, donate to obvious fucking scams that likely fund human trafficking, cut off their Jewish friends if they dare to have an ounce of backbone or boundaries or nuance, harass Jews and Jewish institutions, cheer on terrorist organizations that actively harm and kill both Jews and Palestinians, and even fucking rewrite historical events* before genuinely helping Palestinians, voting for the one candidate that would’ve most likely actually helped get us a ceasefire rather than fucking glassing Gaza, or even just shutting up and LISTENING to those who are most affected by this conflict.

*(remember when y’all called Oct 7th “exhilarating” and a glorious act of resistance? And now you’re all saying that no, actually, Oct 7th marks the day that Israel started genociding Palestinians, despite Israel not even responding militarily til days later? Or—wait no—this genocide has actually been happening since 1948! What’s the truth here????)

[way-too-obsessed-gamer]

Tbh if you are trying to find good irl references for Gideon's body type (at least the way i like drawing him) looking up "olympic weightlifting" or "olympic shot put" or even "strongman competition" are all good ones to look at. And avoid "body builder", since often they aren't even going for strength and instead just getting insanely low body fat percentages (cowards). Like here this is what I'm talking about;

Like you understand what I'm saying. Even with his new art on the shop he kinda already looks like this

You understand. You see my vision

[ouaw-facts-i-just-made-up]

Gideon had to relearn to ask for things, suggest things, say no to things, and even do certain things without permission or being told to do it.

After a few weeks of sitting and doing nothing whenever him and Kremy were done traveling or conning for the day, Kremy nearly begged him to do *something*, "read a book, skip rocks, I don't care, just stop staring at me for instructions!"

He started tinkering with what little tools Kremy had on him, and discovered he actually quite liked working on things. Upgraded his manacles, fixed up some of Kremy's broken items, he even liked making little paracord bracelets.

It was the beginning of his journey to relearning autonomy. He doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to, and he can indulge in things he likes to do.

[mpsansy]

I love how your acc has just kinda went "ghosts, but what if dnd as well"

It actually went from unruly god-like human venturing the underground, a ghost boy that cause a scene unintentionally in his hometown, and dnd of a bunch of fruity men who keep making unnecessary shitty deals (poor bastards don’t got a single brain cell)

Now that I think about it, these two kids would be the ones to save his ass. How embarrassing that he has literal children bailing him and his husband Kremy out of danger

[luna-the-cretar]

After the events of ouaw, I imagine Kremy would start Carnivale Lecroux back up (he would even promote it as “the NEW and IMPROVED Carnivale Lecroux!”, even though it’s just barely improved). He’s actually paying his employees in money now, rather than IOUs (because he would not like a repeat of last time, thank you very much). Granted, it’s not a LOT of money, maybe a gold piece or two every other week, but hey! It’s money!

As far as actual jobs around the Carnivale go, things are mostly unchanged.

Torbek’s been bumped up to helping Gideon with security, as well as the usual rescue/climbing on things. Sometimes he helps run the games, but he’s usually left alone in the shadows.

Gricko runs a miniature petting zoo, in which the animals involved are Hootsie and his spirits made corporeal. Every other hour, Gricko will pull out his ocarina, and the spirits will dance around and entertain guests while Hootsie is doing her little jig and looking cute (this is also the performance he does in the “Big Top” at the end of each night. He is by far the favorite amongst children).

Gideon’s role has been mostly unchanged. He is both the repairman and security (however if Gideon is currently busy with repairs, Torbek helps with the security aspect). He is almost never seen around the games or rides beyond either talking to whoever is running them, or repairing them. He also has a performance in the “Big Top”, which is a lot like his performance in the Witchlight Carnival (where he lights his chains on fire and makes a big show of it), and he is usually the last show of the night

Kremy is, of course, the owner, so most of his work is handled in his trailer (which is another improvement the Carnivale has made, though this only applies to each member of the Krew). He handles most of the ordering, profits, and the like. When he’s not doing that, he can be found wandering the Carnivale, talking to his friends, not-so-subtly watching his husband work, or bossing his other employees around (or being yelled at by angry customers). At the end of the night, while he does not necessarily have an act of his own, he does introduce each act before they’re performed at the “Big Top” (which, btw, is just a large ring in the dirt surrounded by cheap wooden benches. They used to have a tent, once, but, well…you have a lot of risks when your husband is a fire genasi and his main act is throwing his fire around. Coincidentally, this is also the same day where Kremy moved Gid’s act to the end, rather than the beginning)

Frost, like Kremy, works mostly behind the scenes. He helps Kremy with the legal paperwork (lawsuits and the like), since Frost seems to enjoy that sort of thing whereas it gives Kremy a headache. When Frost isn’t doing that, he is either in the local town grocery shopping, or is wandering the Carnivale and talking to Gricko or Torbek if they’re not busy. He doesn’t have an act of his own, but he will still be found by the “Big Top” by the end of the night, looking for any issues or suspicious figures, and mentally letting Kremy and/or Gideon know if he senses that something has gone awry.

As far as trailers go, only the main Krew have them. Frost, Torbek, and Gricko each have their own trailer, whereas Kremy and Gideon share a larger trailer (Kremy argued it was to save money, but considering the noises that come from that trailer throughout the night, they all knew that was a lie). There’s very little space in each trailer, but they serve their primary function (plus, it beats sleeping on the ground). There’s also a communal cooking pot in the center of the living area, though very rarely does anyone other than Kremy use it (and he usually cooks enough for just about all of the staff to eat at least one plate of food, so there’s very little complaint there).

[dannydevitosthiccdog]

Torbek's drawing

All credit goes to the TheGreat_Andini on twitter. I just made it digital, the best I could, anyway.

I'd buy a framed print of Torbek's art if the Avantris shop sold it.

[its-ironic-right]

Fantasy Vegas wedding 💒

Also what are shadows??? How do they work?

Click for best resolution because I fucked up lol

[sergle]

btw while I’m still being annoying, my favorite example to bring up in the “hygiene products that you can just pick up off the shelf at the store can have KNOWN carcinogens in them” conversation is coal tar. This one’s still crazy to me. It’s used in anti-dandruff products for its “anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties" but it’s also LIKE. a hazardous substance... but it can still go in your shampoo bc “aww but it’s only SOME poison, it’s not like, a LOT of poison, so we can still sell it and it’s ok”

[vampiric-succulent]

ouaw ep 10:

FROST AND GIDEON????? HERE?????? NOW?????? WITH THAT DIALOGUE????????? IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN??????????????

(Kenku part) “Luckily for us we are not those idiots” (they were in fact those idiots)

Mikey’s physical commitment to the bit in the Ferris Wheel scene when Derek asks the hamster to stop is impressive but worrying— he really slammed his whole face into the table and continued on. Like wow okay

Chaotic Bisexual Gideon (TM) (I feel like this has been cemented since like way before this episode but yet again he blazes his way)

Mace?????? Chill

Love me some Frost and Gricko Being Silly time (referencing many different parts throughout the ep, I just love the two duos of the party)

Do the duos have names????? Like are Kremy and Gideon the Crime Guys or smth? Ik ship is Coalecroux but like

(This is devolving into general rambles and such. I think I will end it here. I have about 45 min left of the episode and if anything shocking happens I will make a devoted note for that. Idrk how to do this exactly so ! )

[matejustshutup]

i think one of my favorite pieces of very important people vic lore is that their stepdaughter is the same age as them and they don't get along but she still goes to work with them, for some reason

[seaweedstarshine]

I love Amy's Choice and I love The Day of the Doctor Novelization, but something that only clicked for me recently — is that the reason the Eleventh Doctor is able to instantly recognize and brush past the Dream Lord when he appears — is because for as long as he's had this body, he's been hallucinating the War Doctor’s voice taunting him in a very similar way (minus all the jokes).

Similar like this:

Of course at the end of Amy's Choice, the Doctor sees the Dream Lord reflected in the console, looks distressed, and says nothing, and I just. I love how Moffat used that novelization to flesh out so many different elements he included in his run.