#improvising lol

[sentimental-apathy]

I'm crying from laughing so hard, this improv is so damn hilarious omfg lol

[goldsnek]

'Sup! Started making a longer Radioapple fancomic, takes place some time after S1 ending.

CW :canon divergence,violence, pre-relationship, 7 deadly sins mention

I'll be posting 3 pages each time! page 4-5-6

[deeva-arud]

I'm diagnosed with Cater Diamond in the brain and there's no cure for it

[off-mozzarella]

Please read by opening each image, otherwise it makes no sense lol

This is the most stupid thing I've done all year but I was already too far into it when I started regretting it XD

I don't usually do this kind of thing but the concept had been rotating in my mind for a few weeks and I needed to get it out

I have a few ideas but this was already long enough and it felt like a good spot to cut it off, buut I want to see if people like it so 👉👈 hope you enjoyed it

Sorry if it feels a bit weird, I may be able to draw but not write lol, this is my first actual attempt at making a comic

[gloomy-prince]

my losers secret santa for @clownbrainrot!! sorry its a little late, it ended up taking longer than i thought even with the limited colors. hope you still like it!! : )

[starshower1215]

Edit: I vomited my take onto this post and in the process, deluded myself into thinking Levi was purple and Hange was green... This is why it makes sense, lol. Ugh. Apologies for this possible self-insertion into your post, @storiesofaot.

I've always wondered about this, too, because even with their designated colours, I associate Levi with purple instead, and Hange with green. I think the origins of purple being a colour of rich 'luxury' come from the very older civilizations, where of course as you said, it has a natural scarcity, and therefore, the dyes for purple clothing were extremely expensive.

I looked it up in some ancient notebook of mine, and it seems to be that purple dye was manufactured by the Phoenicians, a trade empire that was alive around 1100 B.C., and the home of Carthage, some very rich city of theirs. In order to make this 'Tyrian purple' dye, thousands of snails (the Internet says 'mollusks?' Whatever that is) were crushed to make just the tiniest amount, influencing the price and who could afford it. Thus, anybody wearing purple cloth or clothes was also rich or high-class, a concept that may have carried on to impact our view of purple today.

So, purple fits Levi's vibe to me, but character-wise, I guess, maybe it has a deeper meaning. Considering the... Olden days, lol, of ancient people who just ate, drank, pissed and slept, there wasn't a lot of room for anything besides hunting the next meal and survival. However, technological advancement decided that increasing the people's efficiency in completing tasks would give them more free time, from which new things were born, like art, music, the studies of the natural world, etc. This introduction of free time was what allowed human brains to keep growing and discovering, and now we're kind of, extremely sentient beings (??). This sentience is what I see often defines us as human, and not animals.

How does this relate to Levi? Well, in the world, but especially in the Survey Corps, death by titans is a just an animalistic death. Torn apart, eaten, shredded to pieces, and in the end, all you can process is your own pain until you're a corpse. Though it is difficult to articulate, the way in which titans kill especially reduces humans to 'animals' again. There's no respect for who they are, to titans, they're just the next meal. And there's also little to no conservation of the body, the vessel of who this person was in life, the thing that is so often treated with such respect after death due to this. It's the last piece of them remaining, and to titans, it's just the next meal. Any sort of 'luxury' that the person engaged in during life—what did they like, who did they love, what did they believe in—is essentially reduced to meaningless in that one moment, because all that is there is pain.

Levi, however, is completely dedicated to conserving this 'luxury' of theirs after death. He is entirely devoted to giving meaning to people's deaths, because he places such a high value on life, so the thought of a death being forgotten or something, of the person's life becoming forgotten or purposeless, is horrible to him. He does everything in his power to give their lives and their hearts meaning. That is his sole motivation, and that is how he embodies the 'luxury' of the colour purple.

In contrast, green, as you said, 'essentially embodies nature itself,' and therefore embodies growth. What is Hange if not the person actively seeking growth and the learning from mistakes? We see how they chase novel methods of approach all throughout AoT, namely in their persistent insistence on studying titans, and their most notorious quote, 'I want to look at titans from a different perspective.' They are 100% the person breaking the cycle of death when it comes to the Survey Corps, sparking growth in terms of technology, method, and hope.

These past few days I've been skimming through the book The World According to Colour by Jamie Fox, which shares information about the meaning and assosiations of various colours across different cultures, and in the world in general. I've always wondered why Hange is so often linked to purple in official art. Then I came across this part in the book:

Purple is a chameleon of colour. A mixture of red and blue, it is made when two ends of the spectrum come together. (...) it can rove from all-but-red to all-but-blue and never cease to be purple. It can be light and dark, hot and cold, belligerent and bashful – occasionally all at the same time.

I think that really feels like Hange, somehow - someone who, more or less, went through all of the above, who can switch from her composed and focused self to Titan-obsession mode in seconds. And she encompasses so many things at once. It fits so well.

In spite of these many moods, purple is rare in nature.

Interestingly, this is the exact opposite of Levi's green, which essentially embodies nature itself. Hmm.

(...) purple doesn’t have a clear, elemental analogue like black (darkness) or red (blood) or yellow (the sun). Its most persistent meanings originate instead in our long struggle to possess it. Purple’s natural scarcity forced people to develop ingenious and elaborate manufacturing methods, lending the resulting colourants an aura of mystery and luxury. Over time, purple itself acquired associations with both technology and decadence (...)

Mystery, luxury, decadence - a hint at Hange's potential provileged background? Just a thought, it might be too far-fetched. And I won't try to analyse it further because I am not good at such things, lol. I just found the connections very, very interesting.

[wolfziedraws]

Alter Emos

[0vergrowngraveyard]

mobius’s most pathetic warrior 💔

[onionninjasstuff]

this is part one! | next

[bamboo-bees]

yes, i love my boys

[weisbrot]

angel grantaire perhaps? i've been rereading under my wings and i would love to see your take

shame on me but i havent read it yet so heres my best guess 🫣💛

hope its what you wanted dear anon and thank you for this request and fic rec!! 👀✨🪽

[mobius-m-mobius]

Owen Wilson and Tom Hiddleston at the FYC Emmys 'Loki' panel, April 13, 2024

[the-barefoot-hatter]

winter holidays at the mystery shack (party billiam edition)

Stan celebrates what he calls "Cash-mas", which is just slapping a cheap felt santa hat and a 300% Christmas special markup on anything- and several things he can't- get away with in the gift shop

more sincerely, the Pines do a fairly low-key Hanukkah. if the twins are visiting, they do a much showier double christmas/hanukkah celebration

And Bill... well...

No one is entirely sure if it's a Euclidean thing or just a... Bill thing. But he's SO enthusiastic!

HAPPY WINTER FUNTIME BOYS & GIRLS!

[flojouno]

i am posting this clip specifically for yall || from my valentines video

[babacontainsmultitudes]

So very genuinely I think the cast should get to go 4 for 4 (or possibly 5 for 5 counting Blake) in giving each player character a backstory episode where the other players have an unreasonable amount of control over the narrative. For better or for worse, Kelsey/Matt and Francis/Anthony should not get to be spared from this fate. I feel this way for no reason other than 1. I think it would be funny and 2. I just wanna see what happens. I do not care about potential negative consequences, but acknowledge that they are plentiful, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[hellsquills]

A thought: Stan wasn't a booksmart kid, but he was great at reasoning. Meaning, he wouldn't understand the usual explanations or memorize definitions, because they're just a bunch of words put together. However, some things just seemed to click for whatever reason or they would just make sense all of a sudden when he gave them some thought on his own.

This is: Stan at an art history class.

“Stanley?” “Yeah?”

“Do you think you can tell me the answer?”

“I…” I don't think I could even if I knew what you're talking about. “I didn't get the question, sorry.”

“I asked, anyone knows why art movements occur? Why does art change?”

“I mean…” Don't embarrass yourself any further. They're already laughing. “No, nothing.”

“Come on, say it.”

“No, it's stupid. I don't know.”

“Stanley, I've heard a lot of different things over the years. I doubt anything you say will be stupid.”

“Well, I'm a box of surprises, what can I say.” That's it, make them laugh at your jokes, not at you.

“I insist. Go ahead, please.”

“Fine. I mean, the way I see it, it's pretty simple, isn't it? Their parents and grandparents do things a certain way, and doing the same is just more of the same boring stuff. After a while it becomes like... imposing? And art isn't meant to be imposed, 'cause there's the fun in that? So they create something new, something that will make them stand out and as different as possible from what they know. A new style of art, or writing, or… I don't know, architecture? Whatever it is to make them free.”

“…”

“Or, I don't know, maybe they are just petty. I don't know.”

“No, Stanley, you're right. That's a perfect way of explaining it.”

“… it is?”

“Yes. Art evolves because it's creation, and creation is a living thing. Just like you kids don't dress like your parents did because you find it outdated and not personal enough, right? Art evolves because people do.”

“Right.”

“That was a brilliant explanation Stanley, congratulations.”

“T-thank you.”

Stan is wide-eyed as the teacher continues explaining something. He's awoken by his brother's elbow on his side. When he turns, Ford's eyes are shining.

“Stanley, that was amazing! You nailed it!”

“I… did?”

“Yes! She said you did great! No one was laughing, they were so impressed. And so am I, that was incredible!”

“Silence over there.”

“Sorry, miss.”

Stan feels so happy that when he goes home and Stanford tells their parents about him leaving the whole class speechless with his answer, he can't stop smiling. Not even when his father mutters something about it being a stupid art class and not something actually important. He doesn't care. His brother is impressed! What the hell!