#it's a nice distraction

[atherix]

Instead of working on either of the fics I should be working on i wrote a little more of my book

12k words of rough draft so far.... it's a first draft so it has issues, can't wait to iron those out and flesh the scenes out more and rearrange how and when the main character gets info :D

[jemichi90]

I watch anime when I’m sad

Some of you are aware that I recently lost my beloved bird companion Yume that I’ve had by my side for 15 years. It’s been a week now, so I can at least say that.

It was not sudden, she’s been sickly for a while now so I had time to “prepare” and she spent her last weeks 24/7 with me. Since I sleep completely still like a corpse and therefore won’t accidentally crush a small animal in my sleep, I even allowed her to sleep in my bed and inside my shirt where it was warm.

But naturally seeing her grow weaker every day was hard for me, so while I was spending quality time with my poor baby, I picked up Trigun to cheer me up and watched the 1998 version (I remember watching it years ago, but had no memory of anything that actually happens in the anime), which was the best decision I’ve made in a while. It really cheered me up by being silly and hilarious - most of the time. Vash also became a comfort character for me (I hope to find him at a con so I can give him a hug! As long as that’s okay with the cosplayer of course).

I also read the entire manga, which has a more serious tone most of the time, but was also helpful because it addresses death and grief from different points of view, and through my own sorrow even the infamous couch scene was somehow comforting in a really grim way...

And while the remake feels a bit too dark and depressing for me at the moment (does a great job at highlighting those aspects from the manga though), I haven’t ignored that version either. In fact, the opening theme “Tombi” by Kvi Baba ended up becoming like a theme song for my loss and while it’s not necessarily the kind of music I’d normally listen to, it’s really speaking to my heart in this moment. Maybe that means I’ll never be able to listen to it in the future, but right now it feels right.

So yeah, now you know what’s up with me recently (if you didn’t know already) and what’s up with my sudden fandom shift. I will be a crying mess for a while, but I’ll also keep rewatching the one anime that can still make me smile over and over again.

I definitely want to thank Nightow for the story and characters that have been and continue to be such a great help for me through this time of sadness.

And I apologize for the lack of art. I’ll get back to it when I feel a bit better. It will likely be about Trigun as well, at least for a while.

[verflares]

meteorologists report sky just a little bluer today, and it's because skyloft residents link and zelda are in love :)

also on inprnt :]

[dreadlord-mr-son]

Hey.

I'm not going to tell you "stop doomscrolling" or "get off the site until everything is over".

I'm just going to make your dash just a little bit nicer with some pretty photos I found on a free stock photo site.

ETA:

Flowers: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-lavender-flower-field-under-pink-sky-1166209/ Kitten: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-grey-kitten-on-brown-and-black-leopard-print-textile-45201/ Water: https://www.pexels.com/photo/body-of-water-between-green-leaf-trees-709552/

[silveme]

Back on my bullshit 🕺

[hinamie]

congrats on your recovery n all yuuji but unfortunately for you I thought the scars were cool >:/

[ruporas]

in a mood (ID in alt)

[screwpinecaprice]

Copying artstyle off of older Steven and Connie concept art for the heck of it. (And chibis. ┐⁠(⁠´⁠▾⁠｀⁠)⁠┌)

The proportions felt awkward to draw, I did end up stretching them a bit. Haha

[poobirdy]

happy bingge for gibsonrae1's donation to svsssaction! instead of amassing a harem, bingge becomes a cat dad bc happy cats make happy people! (even though the event is no longer accepting donations, perhaps consider donating to fundraisers vetted by gaza funds / gaza esims as supplies are very low!)

[monsoon-of-art]

ok I think i've gotten most of it out of my system

[ariadne-mouse]

Rashinna of the Golden Hammer

aka Leader of the Volition and overall badass. I was a little more organized than usual when putting this together and decided to try a couple stills with some outfit layers below.

@revvethasmythh come get your girl :)

Some further details under the cut:

Would she probably wear a better cloth layer underneath the breastplate and pauldron? Yes, but sometimes a girl's gotta show off her tats. Her armor was inspired by the official WizKids depictions.

Her arm tattoos are: a rock formation silhouette on her collarbone, a stylized Ruidus on her deltoid, the sun below and Catha in between; a small Exandria is on the reverse side out of sight, stylized dust clouds and dust-devils, and an old map for a tunnel system from her childhood which has long since collapsed. We can pretend this is the sketch she gave the tattoo artist lol:

[rosedavid]

Never moving on from this I fear

[1v31182m5]

The sessions get longer each time

[samijey]

Survivor Series: Wargames post-show (30/11/2024)

[fucking-relax]

Eye Focus Change

Look Up. Look Far.

...hi :> instructions to relieve eye strain:

set your finger a few inches from your face; focus on it

move your finger forward until your arm is extended, then focus on something beyond it for a few seconds

return focus to finger and bring it back to nose

slowly focus back out into the distance again before returning to starting point and repeating

ache still there or more prominent?

close your eyes (covering them with your hands can help, esp pressing your fingers into your browline, temples, and just below your eyes)

carefully roll your eyes, move them up/down and side/side too

listen to your body and keep resting/stretching as you need

Let's Look Up and Far Again

...hope you saw something neat :>

[hinamie]

quick lmhs itafushi because god help me i have Not been able to get the concept of yuuji smiling/laughing into kisses out of my head

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums