#it's perfect because they are a bean

[turtleations]

HIDE Inspiration Talk 50 (# 24 - 26) - Translation

Eyeball

The first ring with an eyeball-motive that I bought was from a ring shop in New York, where the uncle from the shop said, “This artificial eye belonged to a terribly unlucky person, so if you wear it, you will be free from misfortune from now on,” so I bought it and put it on. I don’t know if he was lying or speaking the truth, though. I started collecting them afterwards. I’m into gross accessories. Because when Gene Simmons wore a scorpion bracelet and a spider ring, I thought, “Oh, cool!”

UFO

When I was a child, I thought of space as the place where the so called monster graveyard that made whirring noises from Ultraman, Alien Baltan and the like was (laughs). There was a period when I was engrossed with UFOs. Starting when I read the book of Yaoi Junichi [*1935, journalist specializing in UFOs], I thought, “Aliens exist for sure. The Soviet Union and the US are covering it up!” I said, “There is a base on the moon. The VIPs are migrating there one after the other,” and made the others read the book as well (laughs).

When I was in elementary school, we would also go looking for UFOs. We’d meet on our bicycles, go up the mountain, and make a base that we filled with anything connected to UFOs. There, on a flat open place nearby, we would all hand-in-hand say, “Venturer, Venturer, space people”*, and “Won’t you come here?”, all bringing our cameras with us (laughs).

[*) A chant commonly used to summon a UFO from out of nowhere. The translation “Venturer” is an educated guess made by me, picked as the most sensible, though not the most obvious choice for transcribing the word ベントラ. I have been unable to find an official transcribtion.]

[On a different note, this is the only quote from the collection that has an actual line break in it, so I suspect that those two paragraphs were taken from different interviews.]

America

When I was a child, I thought of the US as the country where KISS lives. Now it’s a place that’s good for music production. That said, I only know L.A.. Music aside, I’d call it a city of zones. Whether it’s for work or for fun, there is a certain degree of division into zones, which allows you to tell which areas are dangerous and which are safe. Therefore, although it is a functional city, you could also call it a cold city.

[sleepnoises]

i think i should be able to open a time portal and get my cat(s) out of the past for the week. unfortunately the disappointments continue

^ my argument

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo has a lot of love for his comics, constantly rereading them (mainly for the art) and overall having a lot of sentimental value for them, especially because reading them is something he likes to do when he’s just existing in a space with his family.

And then the Shredder happens. And then the invasion happens. And then life in general happens. And, suddenly, most of Leo’s comics are either too damaged to fix or gone entirely.

But it’s fine! He’s growing up, so he doesn’t need them anymore. So what if it’s one more bit of childhood lost? It’s fine - it’s fine.

Enter Mikey.

Mikey, who is so, so empathetic and cares so, so much about his family - he notices, and he decides to do something about it.

Unfortunately, most of the comics are vintage, and completely unavailable in any form but digital.

Good thing Mikey is an artist.

So over the course of a month, Mikey secretly takes the time to painstakingly recreate Leo’s favorite Jupiter Jim volume. It’s hard, matching a style like that with only grainy online scans to go off of, but he manages.

He gives it to Leo on a mundane day, out of the blue, with a sunshine smile on his face.

Now- Mikey does all this secretly.

But Leo is very, very perceptive, especially in regard to his brothers hiding things from him. So of course he finds the unfinished work in progress comic about three days in.

He does NOT cry. He doesn’t.

Just as he doesn’t cry when Mikey presents him with the finished thing, nope, not a tear in sight.

His eyes are just wetter than normal as he gives Mikey the absolute biggest hug he could possibly give.

(And if Mikey finds the fridge and pantry always stacked with special ingredients only found in specific parts of the world whenever he so much as mentions wanting to try them, that’s neither here nor there.)

[fantasykiri5]

BEHOLD! Smallidarity

[creativesplat]

I would also like to see some miphlink, if that's okay!

I was really struggling with what to draw, and then I remembered your ask from ages ago (dang ADHD brain...) anyway, sorry its such a late answer, but Miphlink inspired by Dicksee's La Belle Dame

[peachiibon]

what if i combined both of my main interests right now. what then

warning for a mile long rant of cookie flavor speculations in the tags

[thatweirdguyinthebushes]

too many people in the atla fandom just like. complete ignore zuko being a bad guy in the first two seasons. its actually kind of baffling. hes literally a colonizer. hes like one of THE colonizers. hes super racist and super for the colonization and genocide of katara sokka and aang's people! yes he is misinformed but he is still doing those three characters and more active harm by believing it. early seasons zuko was not a kind or understanding person and portraying him as such while removing or ignoring his behaviour is so strange and offputting to me. especially when its coupled with the idea that the gaang were too harsh on him in the early seasons or that he didnt deserve their hatred. how does a fandom manage to wax poetic about how good a redemption arc is every day for years and still manage to remove all of the aspects that actually needed redeeming from a character?

[robfozdarling]

Me: wow I should start drawing some other welcome home characters besides Barnaby!

Also me:

Hey guys guess who my favorite welcome home character is

[puppetmaster13u]

The first robin (& Nightwing) for Mothman. No clue if they'd still be called robin, but honestly I think it'd be hilarious for a bug-themed vigilante to have a bird name to confuse people not in the know.

Basing him off a Blue Day Moth. Also I just think that all of them having caterpillar-themed hoods on their costumes as kids is fun. Combined with their capes they look like giant grubs when laying down.

Pictures gotten from google.

[mokeonn]

I think something that is REALLY fun about having a small animal that needs to live in a habitat is making it a hobby to try to make the best possible habitat for them. Like there's nothing more fun than planning and executing different ways create paradise for an animal with a brain no larger than a peanut.

[linkedspirit-fanartfunart]

[Image Description: Colored drawing of Ocarina of Time Adult Link (Bean) and Majora's Mask Link (Forest). Bean is looking up at a butterfly with a smile, reaching to let it land on his finger. He has a case for the Ocarina of Time and the sage medallions hung on his belt. Forest has a hand on his hip, looking to the side. He wears a tattered green tunic and a blue vest. He has scars based on the Fierce Deity markings, and flowers in his hair. End ID]

I decided to adjust my ootinks a little, I realized I COULD pull oot adult Link if I wanted to because I make the rules. SO Forest has been deaged to 11 and "Grasshopper" is now Bean, and both younger AND older. Same personalities, just messed with their ages

[tielforest]

hey girlies

can i interest you with a smut fic about oabwan's first time on that couch?

[mwolf0epsilon]

I would like to give the Fives' bean little chin scratches on his goatee

Anon, I will do you one better and give you a toothbrush. That way you can do something to the effect of this:

Fives Bean loves his brushies!

[athenaefilia]

thank you to the person who recommended i read sweet bean paste when i asked for some wholesome book recs — i've passed that book on to more fiends and finally attempted (and succeeded!) making dorayakis today

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

I am going tovplay Baldurs Gate today. I want to play it I am going to play it.

...I cannot guarantee I will be continuing my Act 2 Durge,

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

aqshfjf it's THEm!!!!! the boys the legends the sweethearts<333

i still can't believe i didn't see the updates to COLORS of LOVE before today i am in utter denial</3 well to make up for that some fanart for this awesome comic!!!

colors of love belongs to @kotikaleo

studio au is by @zu-is-here