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ngl i hear people talking a lot about lestat but i think i'm even more obsessed with whatever the fuck louis has going on
#this character so consumed by his own need to morally justify himself#while aware that he can never be pure#all while knowing deep down that he will do what it takes to not be alone#including terrible things#and in the company of someone who is his equal he'll find enjoyment in that#it happens with lestat and claudia#and he's not numbing himself he's forcing himself to think and feel#which makes it all the more intentional and meaningful#i mean the whole book so far is him doing a vent sesh#in excruciating detail of all the horrible things he's done#it keeps him up at night#but he's not going to like. stop.
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Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intent to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.
#this is about tenko bnha#but it is also about dahlia ace attorney#watch the nezumiVA videos on ace attorney trilogy they're great#anyway dahlia saying she (at like. 6 years old) apparently convinced her father to abandon her sister. hmmm#also everyone including herself thinking of her as the manipulator in control with terry when she was 14 dating a 20 y/o#anyway these characters both did do terrible things but feel the need to pile on more and remove nuance from where it exists#to convince themselves that this is what they really want. that they chose this.#it's about the loss of control it's about being a victim feeling worse than being a villain#at least if you were the bad guy you had autonomy#shimura tenko#shigaraki tomura#dahlia hawthorne
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a quick sketch of sidon's office and the absolute state of his desk
he's doing taxes but like. from the other end i guess. probably. who can tell, really ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i just know it's something extremely unfun
#botw#totk#sidon#loz#zora#i am getting howl vibes from this whole desk situation#he's not the best at keeping it tidy and it's kind of terrible in combination with the arm fins#there were many accidents#but its mostly just the lack of time and sidon kind of deeming too many things as important and necessary to keep close#also people just keep gifting him inkwells#i only included two#but theres a whole collection behind the palace miniature
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plotting out the timeline of some of the horrible things that happen to Tim and my god the 2000's fucking had it out for him
Batman #618, Oct '03 - Jason comes back and slits Tim's throat
Robin #129, Oct '04 - Tim's friend Darla gets shot in front of him
Identity Crisis #6, Jan '05 - His dad dies
Batman #634, Jan '05 - Bruce tells him Stephanie's died
Teen Titans #29, Dec '05 - Jason beats him up again in Titans Tower
Infinite Crisis #6/7, May/June '06 - Conner dies
Batman #657, Nov '06 - Damian shows up and tries to kill him
Flash The Fastest Man Alive #13, Aug '07 - Bart dies
Final Crisis #6, Jan '09 - Batman dies
Red Robin #1, Aug '09 - Dick makes Damian Robin
Over the course of 6 years irl, and almost certainly way less time within the comics, Tim just absolutely gets his shit rocked and I'm positive theres stuff that I've left out or forgotten
#of course other bad things happen before and after but DAMN was a lot of that just one after the other after the other#edit: added in darlas death omg i forgot about that#also fixed the steph one‚ it was in Batman not Nightwing#tim drake and the terrible‚ horrible‚ no good‚ very bad decade#the panel i included is from when tim finds out barts died#dc#tim drake#robin#red robin#shut up tiffy
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the lamb smiling up at the wolf with unsettling passivity etc etc
#i already made the first comparison but i will do it again#humans who arent normal about how vampires need to take human life to survive 🙂↕️#humans who do terrible things and are bad people embracing vampirism 🙂↕️🙂↕️#humans with incredibly skewed morals who want to consume humanity and be with their immortal companions forever 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️#theres something extra i wanted to include but couldnt really because of how i feel its more implied rather than outright stated for daniel#how madeleine mentions she got food and cigarettes in exchange for sex with the german soldier but what she craved was comfort#and how daniel hides his desire for intimacy by telling himself sex with men was something he had to do for drugs and survival and thats it#iwtv#madeleine eparvier#daniel molloy
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Animals! Brutal! They deserve no mercy. Strike them down! Follow them to their base and kill them, all of them!🔺I did not realize similarity was required for the exercise of compassion. They are afraid. We wish only to do what we can.
minvember prompt 3: crowd
#babylon 5#minvember 2023#minvember#delenn#lennier#minbari#i was gonna write a whole spiel in the tags about how delenn's compassion connects to her past mistakes and her desire to atone#but anyway delenn is a fascinating character flawed desperate to do good but carrying this terrible weight with her everywhere she goes#the fact that she often just gets reduced to 'awesome lady doing awesome things' is actually criminal#the original concept for this was much more brutal and was going to include ordinary civilians and the like#and more markab figures too#but i was like... im tired and this is taking forever#and i wanted to get it done before minvember started up again
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Here's 3 minutes of Katya and Trixie acting like an old married couple
#speaking for the other#finishing each other's sentences#saying the same thing at the same time with the same gestures#telling a story together#casual physical affection#including a gentle foot kick#Trixie giving i am baby help me daddy#and katya giving fond exasperation at Trixie doing her terrible trump impression#all the same references#watching Tammie during this was like whenever they jointly interact with another ru queen#where the queen is looking at them like wow okay lesbians#Trixie mattel#katya#katya zamo#trixie and katya#the brians#the bald and the beautiful#grabby hands#lesbian dads#this video took me way too long but once I'd commited to it i had no choice but to finish it#special guest star Katya's Boston accent saying Elizabeth AH-DEN#you know trixie bought her those hideous red Camper shoes for her birthday#supportive besties#lezzing out#very compatible#the most husband sentence in this 'remember when I said that to you'#also Trixie flexing her neck and rubbing her shoulders and her knee is so relatable#shout out to chronic pain suffers
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something about jokes and truth [x]
#cockles#this concept got away from me a bit#also i didn't include things like 'so do i' cause that is way too genuine#she says as... yeah anyways#enjoy lol#they are terrible
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If the theme for AvA Season 3 is really "Your actions have consequences"...
I am genuinely curious to see what the consequences for Victim's actions will be.
Both Alan and Chosen are reaping the consequences of their actions. How is Victim going to reap his own?
How is all of this going to backfire on him?
And at what point will he realize he's gone too far, that he's made a mistake? That he's become someone he never wanted to become?
#*Pointing at 'The King'* I WANT THAT YOUR HONOR BUT CRANKED UP TO A HUNDRED#*sssniperthief voice* Oh well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions!#Jokes aside: I have a huge feeling that things WILL go sour for Victim in ways he can't control or didn't expect#Where he will be forced to confront his own terrible actions just as much as TCO and Alan will be forced to face theirs#And I believe that Victim will feel regret when he realizes he was wrong because AvA11 showed us he wasn't really a terrible person#I believe that Victim is still redeemable and I won't give up hope on that#Also a reminder that AvA Season 3 is supposed to go to Episode 15 so we have FOUR MORE EPISODES FOR SHIT TO HIT THE FAN#Also still holding out hope that Alan saves Victim in some way#Preferably in a way that is detrimental/harmful to Alan himself#Because that would be an amazing way to show - CLEARLY - just how much Alan has changed#and how much he's come to care for his stick figures - ALL of them. Victim included.#Just the idea of the Cursor vehemently protecting Victim; aflame with rage and viscous in its movement is such a delicious image in my brai#ava#animator vs animation#alan becker#Illmoraine Theorizes#ava victim
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SJ's internal changes (I recall it was the editor in chief, someone really influential) happening JUST at the same time it was announced the epilogue would be 5 chapters (same week) + the ending not bringing up huge plot points (where the other villains are, why theres no actual Himiko corpse and instead we got Ochako's grief over that assumption, what happened to Dabi, what was the All Might vestige, why the bkdk handhold was off screen when its a big deal for them, who is Deku's dad, etc), letting them linger in the air while trying to make an okay ending + that strange two week break because of "schedule conflicts" + choosing to end BNHA under even more pressure even tho its one of the most important manga in SJ + Horikoshi talking about the ending days after the official release and bringing up how grateful he is for being able to work in SJ, as in past tense (like he is grateful he worked here, but isnt happening again; I say this bc I expected him to say something around the lines of "I hope im able to create something good here again soon!", considering we already know he has another manga project, if I remember correctly)
Thinking about it.
Thinking about how he could let it as it is, or try to pick it up and confirm the things that do matter to his story.
Btw, im not talking about the handhold as a shipper -it was genuinely important for them, as it symbolizes both their new mutual understanding and an acceptance as the new All Might duo thanks to their respective heroisms. It wouldn't be weird to add it in the epilogue, especially considering so many characters hold hands in non romanitc ways, so to choose not to when its arguably the most important one... Idk, it felt really weird as it was the only thing I was sure would get sooner or later.
#grrr talking#I could picture him + his team deciding to not include so many things bc they dont want to waste them so quickly#i dont want to give hope to ppl who dont need it#but it felt weird to end it like that even if I can try to explain it away#the ending wasn't terrible but it skipped huge plot points#and I believe he wanted to explore them much better than 5 chapters#bkdk#dkbk#bakudeku#dekubaku#when he talked about being content with what he has drawn refers to the backstories of the OFA's users#literally in the same phrase he brings it up#plus he generally does that -he doesnt expand into everyone's backstories in the manga even if he knows the whole story#this isnt about making an open ending its about skipping big topics and themes on purpose#he could leave it as it is sure but if he wanted to actually write having more time and pages to work with#he could#again this isnt about backstories or explaining their world -its about themes he decided to skip like Dabi's and Himiko's fate#he directly didnt bring them up#he could have made the todoroki family visit a grave to finish his story but he didnt#he could have made Ochako bring flowers to a place implying thats were Himiko's corpse is but he didnt#he didnt close their stories#he implied spinner's but didnt close theirs#and the handhold it wasn't he secret he wanted to make them hold hands to symbolize the hero duo#so why not showing a small panel of it too instead of implying it?#shippers would eat it up dudebros would still see it as platonic and heroic
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I really do get that if your favorite character dies it's difficult and sad but I really have to reiterate that in the context of actual play, and especially with the CR cast, who have all pretty openly embraced high stakes and have only ramped them up with C3, Daggerheart, and Candela, you gotta let go after a certain point. You do not ever have to like it, but the idea that a show should be a vehicle for your personal self indulgence is always terrible and I think is at its worst with, unsurprisingly, shipping and character death.
#i also just find the idea of bringing a character back bc they were a fan favorite to be a truly garbage approach to storytelling#fans have terrible opinions all the time myself included#i feel honestly this is why fandom as of late has become a popularity contest for your faves and it's like. that won't save them actually#and that's a good thing#cr tag#this is also tbh about like the general hey if you got into a show for gifsets reasons and built up an idea in your head#and the actual show isn't like that. that's not the show's fault.
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Akasha, still mortal. Designing her was challenging given the lack of extant reference, but this is what I came up with:
Apparently she was turned in 4000 bce, so I based my research in the Uruk Period of Mesopotamia (which was named for the Sumerian city of Uruk, now Iraq, where Rice said Akasha is from). In 4000, Kaunakes we’re not yet in style for Sumerians, instead wearing more straight-fitting kilts/net-dresses. I believe those also conformed to the rule of higher status =ankle length, lower class = knee length, so that’s what I did
On the fabric color—I read a paper that posited the ‘net’ of the net dress shown on the cylinder seal linked above/attached below, was actually a dyed pattern. The cylinder seal is dated @ ~3000 bce, BUT there is evidence of ochre-dyed cloth from Çatalhöyük, in Anatolia, from at least 5700 bce, so I think fabric dyeing in a less complicated pattern sounds feasible for 4000 bce.
Given 4000 was also the Chalcolithic Age/Copper Age in Mesopotamia, I wanted to include something copper. While I couldn’t find extant copper jewelry-jewelry, I did find these pins, and iirc Sumerian wrap-clothing was held with pins anyway
Re: necklaces, Akasha’s is based on this one.
I went with Iraqi-Lebanese actress Zahraa Ghandour as (partial) facial reference
Some assorted refs I don’t think are included in the links:
#I say ‘lack of extant reference’ bc everybody and their mother wants to talk abt 2000 bce onward. including me!!#I wanted to draw one a them leaf/feather headdresses:(#my art#iwtv#interview with the vampire#tvc#vampire chronicles#queen of the damned#qotd#akasha#historical dress#as for whether she should have a head covering for cultural reasons/just for the climate. I don’t think so.#I pirated a 200 page paper abt it so. I don’t think it was a thing yet for men or women#I think she should be fatter bc apparently Sumerians were stocky. but the page that said that was wrong abt something already#so I didn’t trust it/haven’t found another source#did make her a historically accurate shorty tho. which I love.#mother of all vampires wreaking terrible havoc. from 5 ft above sea level
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listening to my silly lil podcasts at work like
#podcasts#the magnus archives#the silt verses#malevolent#red valley#janus descending#the secret of st kilda#listen i wanted to include more transcripts#listen i know four of these are from tsv#but I have terrible memory of what happened in what specific episodes#since some things I wanted to include i listened to last year#like white vault blood crow stories primordial deep#but i just think it's funny i'll be sitting at work#tapping my foot or bobbing my head as a form of stimming#and i realized it probably looks like I'm doing it to the beat of music#comic#my art
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Pariah Dark is turned into a toddler and entrusted to the care of the Ghost King aka Danny.
He can’t keep him in Amity or the Realms so he goes to the next best choice: Gotham.
I originally thought about it with Pariah “PD” Dark as the toddler and with Danny being the tired single dad following his child, fixing his messes and giving apologies.
But Danny is so tired that it doesn’t even register to him that what he just apologized for was actually a Red Alert emergency for the Bats.
An unearthly screaming ringing in Gotham, an eldritch being took the entire town into another dimension.
An emergency in which Danny just went up there to the source of the screaming, crouched down, full named him and gently but firmly told him to put it back like he caught him with his toddler hands in the cookie jar.
And then everything went back to normal.
Just like that.
(This next part is shitposting)
A few minutes earlier(?)
I am a vigilante doing a stake-out at the farmers' market in Gotham. They sell a huge variety of stuff, including fresh shrimp. Today a toddler walked by the shrimp cooler and started chanting "SHRIMP! HEAVEN! NOW!", emphasis on the "NOW!". Eventually leading his father to say "Please PD, we can't keep doing this." What is Shrimp Heaven? Why does PD need it now? What are my responsibilities in this situation, if any? I'm confused and delighted by this sloganeering child, but I fear something darker may lay under the surface.
#dp x dc#it also could've been Dan and make more sense in some ways and less in others#but I also really just wanted the dimensional displacement tantrum#like Dan becoming a toddler and being a menace is correct#and having really terrible tantrums checks out#but there wouldn't be take the town out of town with him#just a take everything including the town Out tantrums#i don't know much at all about toddlers but this one article says some things and i extrapolate to my convenience
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the second season of a sci-fi tv show canonizing its lesbian couple (a law enforcer and the deuteragonist red-haired sister of the other series lead) weeks after a woman loses the us presidential election to donald trump...surely that's never happened before
#supergirl#arcane#sanvers#caitvi#the more things change etc etc#i still haven't actually watched arcane. i have however watched The Scene#anyway. storytelling is one of the more powerful weapons we have against fascism. and storytelling includes bad girlboss cw television#natsuki's terrible disco pants
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I think on this fine Saturday afternoon it's a good opportunity to take a breather and remember that there are really no ethical paparazzi pictures. Every single one is inherently exploitative.
Just because photos were taken on a movie set, when someone is 'working,' does not make the practice any less invasive and creepy. Imagine just going about your day, doing your job and having some weirdo snapping pictures of you to sell without your consent for others to endlessly repost online.
There are thousands of pictures of your favourite actor online already. Plenty taken with his knowledge and consent. I'd really like to see more of them on my dash, rather than the creeper shots.
And don't get me started how disseminating these pictures directly leads to people going to said sets. What starts off as admiring how good someone looks has real world implications.
No, hanging around a movie set and disrupting people doing their jobs is not harmless fun or a way to show your appreciation.
If you hang around a movie set, you are a stalker.
Don't tell me that it's okay to take your online admiration for someone offline. You may admire him but he does not, and will never, personally know you. He will never be your friend/boyfriend/daddy. He is a stranger.
The only way meeting your favourite actor is going to happen is at a convention or maaaaaybe a movie premiere if you're incredibly fortunate. You know, places they appear specifically to meet fans (or not in the case of premieres, where the purpose is to promote a movie. Which is also completely understandable if actors don't stop. You are not owed an interaction).
Of course, you cannot help it if you randomly run into someone you admire in the wild. Even then, consider that they probably won't be all too thrilled to be approached in public by a complete stranger. It's up to you to gauge the situation, but remember there is a person at the heart of all of this.
Boundaries and respect are a kindness which deserves to be extended to each and every human being regardless of their looks/talent/fame/wealth.
Fandoms blur those lines a little too often for my liking and I think just scrutinising what you're interacting with, or what behaviour you could be possibly falling down that slippery slope towards is nice to do every once in a while.
I mean no malice with this post and it is not directed at anyone in particular. It's something I cannot help but feel strongly about because I've seen this destructive cycle time and again in fandoms over the years. It's not healthy and it makes us all a little bit more disconnected from our humanity for it...
#not naming names but....... screw it#pedro pascal#pedro pascal fandom#accepting you will never interact with or meet this man will set you free from misery and jealousy i promise#he's great! if you think he's great watch another movie! write about a character! edit some photos of him! make gifs!#there are many MANY ways to engage with his work which don't include reposting creepy invasive photos taken without his consent#it's bs that this is just 'part of the job' because WHY... why should it be any different than any other job??#i know we always venerate talent and put people on pedestals.... that's a tale as old as time#but seeing him blow up last year was wild to witness and some of the behaviour from newer fans is very disheartening to see#he's just a human who poops and farts and is a dick sometimes like the rest of us. let's not treat him like a god thanks#spud rants#a lot LOL#i've bottled this up for a bit because the way this developed in real time to people actually going to the set is. what#and don't 'if pedro was in your city' because NO??? i wouldn't STALK SOMEONE? there's 0 justification for it#i have far better things to do than stalk people#i may be an autistic flop but i'm not a CREEPY STALKER autistic flop thanks x#anyway like i said this is truly not @ anyone in particular and i don't think you are a terrible person if you interacted with the photos#but please just remember there is a person at the heart of all this#a very talented and attractive person yes... but a person all the same#i would truly hate to be famous it gives me so much anxiety just the thought of the constant scrutiny#good thing i never will be LOL#fandom wank#discourse
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