#in a creepy context?

[eri-pl]

I looked at that "draw your fav in your culture" prompt in my drafts and I would have to do research :( but just think: Melkor&Sauron in a vague XIX century Polish village.

[typical Sauron and Morgoth stuff mentioned, including attitude towards women]

Melkor (I'm using that name because he's shapeshifting) in the classic Polish fairytale devil attire (= looking like a cheap German nobleman in clothing that is for some reason too tight), Sauron looking like a government offcial (ekonom... nie wiem czemu ekonom, nie wiem jak jest po angielsku ekonom), with some papers in hand.

All around them: white-painted wooden houses with thatched roofs, storks, hollyhocks, apple trees, a well in the background, typical rural landscape, a few cats and one dog barking really loud. Probably some chickens or geese.

Melkor is stealing apples from a tree, or stealing a cool piece of embroided clothing that's hanging on the fence or just sitting there looking bored. (Or looking at some village girl who will later, as it always goes, chase him away very effectively) Since we are already booting the setting away, he is limping, but without much scars.

Sauron is knocking at the door and talking with a pair of peasants who own this house, trying to convince them that yes, this paper is necessary to sign, if they don't sign they will be treated as traitors and supporters of uprisings, also at the same time this is nothing big, just the standard survey of fields or whatnot, also yes, they need to sigh in with their own blood. For reasons.

Melkor is not helping, until he comes and starts yelling at them until they completely panic. (Yes, he can canonically do diplomacy, but also I like the stereotype that he gets bored and leaves long talking to his lietuanant)

All this in the style of oil paintings. Or written in Mickiewicz-like poetic style.

That would be so cool.

[godslush]

Random observation that the game is somewhat inconsistent with implied character sizes, especially between 'overworld' sprites and battle sprites, and it reflects in how a lot of folks draw characters.

For instance, a lot of people (myself included!) draw Lyle as Very Large because his battle sprite takes up a large portion of the screen... but his overworld sprite is actually comparatively small, almost human-sized.

(also at some angles the cloak cuts off his googly eyes and makes it look like he's going >w< but that's an unrelated aside that just makes me laugh every time I look at the sprite)

This is presumably because he was intended to be recruitable, and Frankie mentioned on stream that larger sprites wouldn't work as follower sprites (after a comment about possibly having Masked Shadow as a party member, incidentally).

Meanwhile, most people who've drawn Spine (again, myself included!!) tend to assume it is relatively human-sized... but its overworld sprite...

.... is... actually pretty damn big...

Again, presumably towards a different end (to get as much detail into it as possible, which would be immensely difficult in scale with human characters), but as usual, I tend to think too much about these things.

I know it's nothing because for instance vehicles are drawn way too small for the purposes of fitting them in, scaling issues in sprite games will always be a thing.

[allastoredeer]

Aaaaah I love your Dark Luci WIP!! 😍😍😍 the fanfic with him like this are sadly lacking in the AppleRadio side of the fandom 🥲 I was really on the edge of my seat, wondering if he would grab Alastor to pull him out of the shadows or attack him!! Thankfully for Al, Charlie came bacl just in time 🫢

What I would do to get more dark!Lucifer fics. We all know he has a darker side

I WANT TO SEE HIS DARKER SIDE MORE

Give it to meeeeeeeee

Look at him! He enjoyed beating the shit out of Adam. He looks so unhinged! I love it 😍

I wanna see him be all unnerving and creepy. Especially when it's enough to make Alastor do a double-take.

[rameiixo]

“then what was it all for?”

( please no spoilers in tags! )

[creepymutelilbugger]

[sanders-sides-uncorrect-quotes]

Basically Roman and Virgil in my White Lies AU:

Roman, looking intensely in a mirror in his room: I just... Need someone to be my friend. Someone who will listen to and support me, who won't betray my trust and break down my confidence when I don't agree with them... Someone who also kinda hates Janus... Someone to binge watch Disney movies with me...

Virgil "chilling" in his own room alone in the dark side: *sits up and looks around suspiciously* I feel like something is calling me

[dear-ao3]

alright guys here's the katya indy ranking for this season so far:

using @tyresdeg 's tier list btw thanks

anyway send feedback if u would like and duel me if u have an issue w it

[ribbononline]

Atlus. Atlus. Atlus are you listening? Are you here with me Atlus. Atlus come closer. There's just one thing. Just one thing I need you to do for me Atlus. In P4R you are going to give Teddie a better translation. Okay Atlus? You are going to make it clearer when he's parroting stuff you are going to let him reference manzai just once. You are going to change 'scoring' to something more accurate. Atlus are you listening? Atlus- Atlus come back- ATLUS. ATLUS COME BACK ATLUS---

[whumpinator]

Hey writers! I need some advice.

So, it's well understood that the courtesy of online commentary is if you see something you like, say something they like; AKA, comment, comment, comment.

I'm just wondering if there's such a thing as TOO much. Like, is there a line between "enthusiastic fan pumped for your content" and "Standing at your window, huffing on the glass" and is that line underneath fifteen thousand words of praise, general analysis and fan theories?

Asking for a friend.

[galaxynajma]

Mutuals I am poking you on the cheek like this

[robyn-goodfellowe]

this is to this day one of my favorite ahit concept art pieces purely because like. what the fuck did they mean by that

[iamnotdirtylaundry]

i LOVE how dandadan really captures teenage awkwardness and just the inherent embarrassment of your existence at that age. Those motherfuckers are DWEEBS. It's everything

[luccatodd]

Saturday of bases

If you ask me, Vine fell down a couple of miles ago and nobody noticed.

Nathan

Grande

Candy

Jason

Vine[He was there. Remember him.]

A little bird that carried a worm for its chicks

[quesadilla-day]

buddies :D yippee

meanwhile, in the fortress of meropide...

(stickerless under the cut)

[kylar-the-lonely]

I’m trying to get kidnapped but I hate cheating on my pathetic loser boyfriend so he never gets jealous enough to do it

Yes I know there are other ways, that’s just the fastest besides going into cheats & sliding his jealousy meter over lol

[victorie552]

I headcannon that after 3rd Kinslaying, and especially after Elrond and Elros left them in whatever fashion, Maedhros was a total dick to Maglor.

You know how sometimes old or sick people are nice to neighbours/nurses/strangers, but are horrible to their primal caretakers? That's them.

People aren't dicks to their caretakers just to be dicks - it's because they are often frustrated with themselves or their situation and don't know how else to deal with it or they can't deal with it the usual way. It also happens because, paradoxally, they feel safe around their caretakers - you can be a dick because you know they won't leave just because of that.

And boy, did Maglor cast himself in a role of caretaker (let's not kid ourselves, he wasn't qualified, and with his own problems to boot), and BOY, did Maedhros resent him for it. He did not NEED help, he did not DESERVE help, he's not another kidnapped child MAGLOR, I'M the older brother, I should take care of YOU YOU WRECK, WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO BABYSIT YOU GROW UP ALREADY and leave me Nothing is EVER your fault, even when you left me to Angband as you should Why would you care now, it amounted to NOTHING before, it's WORTHLESS

And about half the time Maglor just takes it, actually likes it even. Mostly because of his guilt complex about how he deserves it, but also because Maedhros is only like this with him - he's trying his best to pretend to be fine and be a leader to few followers they have left, because they deserve better and that's the only thing he can give them now, and their brothers are all dead and would always be Too Little to act like that around them anyway. Maedhros would behave himself even around Fingon, to make him think rescuing him was worth something. So by being a dick to Maglor, Meadhros sees him as an equal, a safe haven. Maglor basks in that.

But obviously no one could just take such abuse like it's nothing, and Maglor is a Feanorian too, is prideful and stubborn, with his own laundry list of complains about Maedhros, and also unwell, and also thought of a new insult while lying awake at night and just wants to yell too. So half the time Maglor yells back and their yelling matches would bring orcs to tears, with hate and blame dripping from every word. I don't have enough imagination to picture it realistically, and actually I don't want to, it's too heartbreaking.

And sometimes, one or the other just starts crying. They don't talk about these times.

After some time, their arguments and insults are just a noise, something to repeat endlessly to the point of boredom.

By then, what actually hurts are the words that were not meant to harm.

Example 1:

Maedhros: 'did an all-night inspection of their stores cause he couldn't sleep' I found a herb you always liked to wash your hair with.

Maglor: 'doesn't remember last time he washed his hair, no less scented them'

Maglor: 'choked up' Appreciated.

Example 2:

Maedhros: 'feels like he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him' You could go with the twins, you know.

Maglor: 'doesn't want to upset Maedhros today so decides to pretend as if that was actually an option' Vanyar would probably like my singing but you know they would get mad at you for having better battle plans than them.

Maedhros: 'now KNOWS he's dragging Maglor to damnation with him'

Maedhros: 'dying inside' Of course they would.

When love hurts, it's easier to be a dick.