#it flows better anyways

[labcoated-lunacy]

eroticism of the machine this, eroticism of the machine that. what about the AROMANTICISM of the machine. what about the electric comfort of looking at a beautiful turbine engine and knowing that it is just like you. what about the urge to cut open your chest to prove your heart is made of wires and your ribs are made of steel. what about that

[da-shrimping-station]

"I was told these flowers bring good fortune. So I got you a bunch of them!"

Happy Lunar New Year 🎉

now gimme my ang pao

[wanna-bee]

making beats for a boring dumb bitch fucking GNARLY

[king-candybug-backup]

Kill Switch: Part Three

Much to Ralph’s utter shock, the stance King Candy had taken in front of them was, without a doubt, protective in nature. The brightly-coloured hybrid even held his talons in front of Vanellope to obscure her from his counterpart’s view. When Sinistar began circling the trio, King Candy matched the other bug’s movements, making sure to keep himself firmly shielded between his opponent and the smaller two characters at every step.  “Well… isn’t this a surprise.” Sinistar’s reverberating voice hissed, scarlet eyes narrowed to slits. “I never thought of Turbo as the soft type.” “I never thought of you as the ‘being alive’ type, yet here we are.” A wicked grin stretched across King Candy’s face as he took a challenging step towards Sinistar.  “Let’s change that, shall we?”

Read the full chapter on AO3!

Part One | Part Two

Sinistar design courtesy of @lv-tangle-universe-blog! :D (Here is the fan-art)

I ALSO wanna shout out these other fan-arts because OH MY GOSH I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, YOU MAKE ME CRY

Fan-art from @victorgraves of Candybug being a menace and of Vanellope teasing KC

And another Sinistar fan-art from @badbugbotblood!

[heyclickadee]

Oh hey it’ll let me post the video version of that WIP now (tumblr was freaking out before):

[banghwa-moved]

HELTER SKELTER (2012) - dir. Mika Ninagawa SIREN by SUNMI (2018) - dir. Choi Yongseok

[arcanescribbler]

You'll Grow Out Of It

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails That's what little boys are made of

And don't you mind the pigtails pulled "That just means he likes you!"

Now little girls They're sugar and spice And everything nice

And don't you mind the bitter almonds Buried in the bake

They say: this, or that Snails, or spice They say: boys are tough! "Boys don't cry!" They say: girls are nice! "Girls don't fight!"

They say They say They say "You'll grow out of it"

And make a world That grows you in To fit in a box

Pink or blue Girls vs boys "Action figures" or "dolls" Arbitrary schisms

And I think of a cousin And the toy kitchen set That he loved so much That it stuck with him Forever

And I think of the toy guns Sitting in a drawer That my mother never let me have Until I bought my own

And I think of the baby blankets Crocheted with love For a cousin's child not yet born

I think of the square of gray wound with rainbows Harder to stain, easier to clean That I cursed at And grumbled over And packed in a shoebox Ready to gift

And I think of the lurid pink bobbles My grandmother works slowly With her tired hands Barely begun

I think of sitting with my cousin In my room Picking out colors

I think of my young hands Swift if clumsy And the hours spent

And I think of that pink blanket Barely begun Having waited to know An arbitrary pair of chromosomes Before the work could start

And I think of a baby not yet born

And I hope that they grow out of it.

[vertin-is-the-frog-guys]

i really quite like the relationship between vertin & argus

it's nice seeing vertin interact with someone who she doesn't feel the need to be the timekeeper for or knew when she was younger, and it's nice seeing how argus slowly goes from bossing her around to following her command thru trust

i love the parental relationships vertin has with many of adults but it is nice seeing one where it doesn't have that type of dependency

[tricoufamily]

say money but it won't get you too far, get you too far

[egophiliac]

I was wanting to try doing an art piece in the style of the signature spell poster art pieces you create. But I’m not really the best at coming up with a composition for such a thing.

Do you have a process for how you come up with the compositions for them?

oh, awesome! it is an INCREDIBLY enjoyable style to work in; I hope you have fun with it! :D

I'm not great at putting my thought/art process into words, so my apologies if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'll try! my first step is always to do a LOT of thumbnails to figure out both the idea and how I want to show it; not trying to do a real sketch or anything, just little doodles to figure out what exactly I'm trying to portray. (I also call these "garbage passes" because they're not meant to be any good, they're just there to throw things out. aha. ha. ...anyway.) I think it's important during that first stage to really focus on the idea and the layout and not to get too bogged down in the actual drawing yet!

I tend to save my final thumbnails, so I'll use 'em as examples (I posted the ones up through episode 5 here if you're interested!) (and, uhhh, spoilers through episode 5 also in this post, hopefully that won't be an issue!)

the main thing I try to think about in composition is balance -- not necessarily in terms of symmetry, but in where each element is placed and how much space it's taking up. remember, empty space is still space! it's also really important to think about the parts that don't have anything in them, as much as the parts that do!

personally, I like to divide things up roughly by both halves and by thirds -- there's a lot more in-depth info out there on why the "rule of thirds" in particular works well visually, but in short, our brains tend to focus on things that are placed closer to imaginary division lines, instead of in the exact center of an image. so even when I'm doing something that is very centered and symmetrical, I try to keep that in mind and generally aim around those for landmarks like faces/eyes (or...where they would be, anyway) and other focal points.

it's not a formula of "the character's face should be in this division of this grid" or anything, more like "our minds like to focus on these areas, let's think about how to use that", if that makes sense! and of course rules are made to be broken, art is lawless anarchy, and so on. but it can be a good starting place for deciding where you want to put things!

(blue - thirds, red - half)

and against the finished versions, because they do usually end up changing a lot (including the empty space of the border):

(...these actually lined up a lot better than I thought they would. :') it makes me look like I do things way more intentionally than I do.)

other stuff I just try to keep in mind is that our eyes like following arcs and paths, which can be a good way to guide the eye:

and frame and control the focus:

honestly, composition is one of those things I feel like I struggle with a lot, so I'm not sure how much of this is helpful or actually makes sense outside of my head. but hopefully it helps a little! it's all just stuff to think about while drawing and not anything hard-and-fast, so don't, like, stress out about making sure things are lining up exactly on the thirds or anything. again, it's more "our brains think these are the dopest parts of the rectangle" than anything else! take advantage of the cool parts of the rectangle!

NOW GO HAVE FUN DRAWING seriously though, it is always super cool that other people like this idea and style enough to want to do it themselves and for other/their own characters! thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[agentoffangirling]

Ik Raps says "and that's the Cassandra I became best friends with", but my brain autofills it with "and that's the Cassandra I fell in love with"

[luminique]

i bet that when lighter yearns, he yearns HARD. he can act all suave and cool around other people but when you come to mind while he's alone in bed he has to sit up and hold his head in his hands cuz he wants u soooo bad

but also he's just like me fr cuz he's got me giggling and kicking my feet from his voice alone (aleks le you god)

he just like me too frfr. also when i found out he was voiced by aleks le, i went full on NERD MODE (i LOVE knowing voice actors and their other works) and concluded that he would sound really good before i even heard his voice officially. aleks le my goat….

ANYWAYS !! i think he gets a little annoyed at himself for not being more straightforward with you. once in a blue moon, he’d go to new eridu and see other couples holding hands, and he’d yearn so hard to the point where he stops his bike and just rests his head on it. it kills him that he can’t do the same with you, he wishes that he wasn’t the champion just so that he doesn’t have to always act so cool and mysterious.

especially when you both get so caught up in your own errands, he doesn’t get time to see you. all he can do is just catch a glimpse of you before you’re gone again. he hopes that lucy would give him some odd job that allows him to be with you but it just NEVER happens.

at the end of the day, his playlist would go from something cool to slow, sad love songs. once he’s in bed, he wonders whether you’re safe in bed too. whether you think about him too, whether you have been missing him. maybe tomorrow he’ll be able to see you… even if it’s just for a second. he wants to see you, he needs to.

[donnyclaws]

Going tf through it. But here's wips. Mostly trying to prep for doing markets again w prints. my friend Bubba leatherface and the Titane zine that I've been bashing my head against for like a year 😬

[sunfloweraro]

Sky’s still got it

Sky plays a certain soothing tune on his harp to help Bunny get some rest. It works a little too well.

Tags: @thatonecrazysidekick and @tiredgaytheatrekid

✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .

Sky began to pluck the strings for one last song, his eyes slipping shut as he thought of his beloved back home, often troubled by nightmares after her journey, similar to the ones that plagued him. He would sit by their bed after a bad dream of hers, once he had comforted her and wiped her tears away with his thumb, and he would play her this song. Zelda would never fall asleep in the first play-through, rarely the second, but by the third, soft snores would always escape her despite her insistence that she wouldn’t be able to sleep again that night.

As Sky played the final note, letting it linger on the air sweetly, he opened his eyes, slow and calm. All around him, the Zora had fallen asleep, either leaning against each other or curled up on the floor. Four had drifted off against the railing, his relaxed features making him look much younger than he normally did. Time leaned back against the wall of the Domain, arms crossed and chin lowered to his chest, fast asleep.

And next to Sky, Bunny had slumped, his breathing deep and even as Sky had hoped it would be.

“Still got it,” Sky murmured to himself, pride glowing within his chest at having knocked out both their normally serious Smithy and the Old Man, and at having helped Bunny get some rest after such an eventful day.

“That ye do.” Sky jumped, raising a hand to his chest when he realised it was only Twilight, leaning against the railing of the stairs, staring down at him with a fanged smile. “Sorry, we didn’ mean tah scare ye.”

It was then Sky realised Wild stood across from Twilight, his slate out as he attempted to capture an image of Time, conked out against the wall. He snapped a couple before Twilight grabbed him by the back of the shirt and dragged him away.

“That’s enough. We need tuh wake ‘em up”—Twilight jerked a thumb back at the sleeping Zora—“and get this lot in bed. We’ve a busy day ahead of us tomorrow and the last thing I wan’ is to listen to the Old Man bitch about ‘is sore back.”

Sky couldn’t help but snort, raising a hand to his mouth to stifle the sound. Wild had no qualms with bursting into laughter, quickly achieving their task of waking the Zora with their sensitive hearing. Grumbles were sent his way, and they received a half-apologetic wave before they dispersed.

“Ah’ve got this one,” Twilight said, already crouching by Time. Rather than shaking him by the shoulder to wake him, Twilight carefully picked up Time, carrying him effortlessly in his arms like Time was a toddler who had fallen asleep at a family gathering. Sky couldn’t help but chuckle to himself at the thought, turning back to Bunny and Four.

“How strong are you feeling today, my dear Champion?”

“We both know these two will weigh about the same,” Wild shot back. “Your choice.”

Rolling his eyes, Sky pushed himself to his feet, dusting off the front of his pants, a force of habit from the many times he had been knocked down on his quest that he couldn’t quite shake. He passed his harp to Wild to be stored in his slate for the moment. “We both know while our Smithy is small, he’s all muscle. I’ll ask again, how strong are you feeling?”

“In that case, I’m taking Bunny.”

“Ye jus’ wanna cuddle ‘im.”

“Perhaps,” Wild said as he scooped Bunny up into his arms, cradling him close like Hyrule and Twilight always did. “Oh. Oh, I see why you two want to carry him all the time. He’s so soft.”

Twilight grinned a fanged grin. “That ‘e is. Be careful with ‘im, yeah?”

Where he might normally take the words as offensive, Wild merely nodded, as if the weight and warmth of a real, breathing creature on his shoulder gave something to Twilight’s words he never heard when he was handling an item. “I will,” he promised.

“In the case,” Sky said, not at all upset he missed out on carrying Bunny when it meant he got to ensure his close friend slept somewhere comfortable and warm. He gathered Four in his arms, grateful he had thought to consider Four’s strength rather than assuming their Smithy would weigh next to nothing with his height. “Shall we?” Sky asked, holding Four closer, smiling when Four leaned his head against Sky’s chest in his sleep, hands reaching out to grasp at the front of his shirt.

“Let’s.”

[lazlolullaby]

Ok read this first, outlining the Night Fury as a Dragon eating species: https://www.tumblr.com/mist-the-wannabe-linguist/748455280269000704?source=share

Tl:Dr Night Furies / Deathgrippers / other Dragons that Eat Dragons have an ecological niche of Killing Alpha/Titan dragons. Because if they get too big, thet are damaging to the social order + even the environment.

I don't honestly think it was just Grimmel, he's famous for Night Fury killing, but I believe it was a concentrated effort between ancient people who made the Dragon Eye + hunters + Vikings to kill off/manage Dragon Predators specifically.

You know. Like what we did with wolves.

That fallacy of killing wolves meaning more elk for humans to have + protecting livestock. And then the overpopulation of elk caused stripping of grass, difficulty for trees to grow, rivers degrading + other impacts. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWblV23OeQc

So if you remove a predator from an environment, the prey will flourish. If there's no stress or hunting, that means that a dragon can be on its own and survive to massive scale. And if that dragon decides to continue hunting by itself or pressuring the other Dragons to hunt for it thanks to an Alpha or Titan call, it can intentionally or unintentionally force dragons to go into human territory to get food. Which causes more trouble for humans in the long run + a loss of life for Dragons.

Note that the Bewilderbeast that Valka befriended did not hunt in human areas - only attacked at Valka's command against trappers taking the flock.

If Night Furies were more plentiful, their social nature would insulate them against an Alpha command. And even the Deathgrippers have Venom that stops the command. They could drug other Dragons/each other out of the command. The Dragon predators would then take down the Alpha before it got too big or if it forced other Dragons out of the correct territory.

This prevents a situation like in HTTYD 1 where dragons can't fight back against the Red Death because of the Alpha call. It was only with Toothless + Hiccup teaming up to break the call.

So. Yeah. Humans and dragons have always been part of the ecosystem + affect it no matter what.

[a-most-beloved-fool]

McCoy/Spock + 11?

ask game (sorry anon, this is perhaps stretching the definition of "joy" a bit. like, he's happy, yeah, but he's also mad as a hornet. that's bones, for you!)

"You," McCoy said, leaning in to plant a smacking kiss on the crown of Spock's head, "are a damn lucky man." Damn foolish, too, but McCoy would yell at him about it later. For now, he'd just be happy that he was back safe.

"Vulcans do no-"

"Spock," McCoy interrupted, "if you tell me that Vulcans don't believe in luck, I'm gonna stab you with this hypospray."

Spock eyed it, looking wary. "I expect you will do so regardless."

"Smart," McCoy commented, then did exactly that, and if he used slightly more force than was truly necessary, well, that was his prerogative.

Spock opened his mouth as though to protest, then clearly thought better of it.

"You won't catch me saying this again," McCoy said, sitting, "so listen close: I'm glad you're safe. This ship wouldn't have been the same, without you."

Spock's eyes softened, just a little bit. "Thank you, Doctor."

"Good. Now that that's out of the way," he began, deciding abruptly that it was now 'later', "of all the stupid, pig-headed-"