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Does anyone wanna hear me talk about why I love grilled cheese?
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A little indulgent treat for me- my wife and I as Harvest Moon/SoS characters! This was a fun style to try to emulate, though I'm not the best when it comes to regular graphic design... OTL
#harvest moon#my art#harvest moon oc#story of seasons#story of seasons oc#the pixels are tale of two towns items! I did not bother scaling them up properly#I'm quite happy with my new sona design...
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does this hellsite have an award ceremony?
and more specifically, is there an award for "Cutest Tumblr Couple?"
i would like to formally submit my most beautiful Madame Curator and myself for this award
#i believe we have a strong case#i think we are quite adorable#petition to make the tumblr award ceremony real if it is not already#i volunteer myself and madame curator as tribute to make it real#hellsite hall of fame#hellsite hall of girlfriend#madame girlfriend’s bullshit#tales from the void
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For me, the best way to come up with an interesting Beauty and Beast retelling is to focus on the character dynamic between the main couple, especially if it's one you don't often see in retellings of this fairy tale, and especially if it gives Beauty traits that are often given to Beast, and vice versa.
Some of the dynamics I've found interesting are:
Beast is cheerful and talkative and Beauty is serious and introverted and cranky and can't stand him.
Beauty is a feral gremlin street urchin, and Beast is an extremely refined upper-crust gentleman who is worried that his curse might have to be broken by a woman who eats with her hands.
Beauty would marry Beast in a heartbeat just for his money, but Beast can't bring himself to propose to someone so disgustingly mercenary.
Beast is afraid of Beauty (while she doesn't fear him at all) because he thinks she's somehow in league with the enchantress who cursed him.
#adventures in writing#fairy tale retellings#beauty and the beast#there's also a fun dynamic involving beauty's father but it's not quite the same thing as this list#i may work my way to finally writing a romantic comedy if i can make this work
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undying tales - red panda (1/15)
#unsatisfied and a couple hours late but. i am doing this. on god. doing it scared#learning process. i learned from this. gripping my desk so hard the wood splinters. this is important practice.#it just hit me. doing this grey scale makes it look like a raccoon and not a red panda. bruh#ALSO MY GREY MARKERS FUCKING SUCK DUDE#didnt quite realize till trying to colour this 😭 my sketchbook paper cant handle distilled india ink so ive just got shitty grey markers#anyways.#undying tales#red panda#undying tales project#inktober#<- i know its not actually inktober but it is in spirit#id in alt text#my art
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My top 10 nonfiction reads of 2023 (the asterisked ones are in French with no translation as of yet) :
Belle Greene, Alexandra Lapierre
The Indomitable Marie-Antoinette, Simone Bertière
Reporter: A Memoir, Seymour Hersh
Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, Erich Schwartzel
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Patrick Keefe
Servir les riches, Alizée Delpierre*
La Comtesse Greffulhe : L’ombre des Guermantes, Laure Hillerin*
Le Courage de la nuance, Jean Birnbaum*
The Book Collectors of Daraya, Delphine Minoui
Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement, Hawon Jung
#book recs#i haven't finished the last one yet but it's been good so far! i really admire these women's resilience and solidarity#some inspiring stories of political activism + insight into aspects of korean history i didn't know about#i wanted to do a half-fiction half-nonfiction list like last year but i've read mostly disappointing fiction this year :(#my favourites were probably kivirähk's the man who spoke snakish & catherynne valente's radiance; though it wasn't as good as orphan tales#i'm reading jacques abeille's les jardins statuaires right now and it's quite frustrating because on the one hand#it's well-written and interesting with original worldbuilding. on the other i'm 300 pages in and there have been#2 female characters. the purpose of both (so far) was to have sex with the male protagonist and only 1 has a name#which makes the read feel less original and more ''same old shit as far as i'm concerned''
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What do u think Kiran is
How do u think the order sees kiran
*slowly sits up in my chair*
I think Kiran is a very normal person. This is someone you and I have met before. Be that from the other side of grocery store cashier, waiting in the same elevator, or walking by on a crosswalk. Kiran is a civilian from our world trying to roll with the punches of being warped somewhere completely alien. And you can see it in how they conduct themselves.
I always have a lot of fun writing Kiran’s dialogue because their casual modern speech almost feels like a dialect in comparison to the more formal fantasy tone everyone else speaks with. An “ain’t” will never exit Alfonse’s mouth, you know? And there’s a difference in “Do you have gold?” vs “You got gold?” To me, this gives Kiran an air of unfamiliarity to anyone they interact with. Let’s use Grima as an example, because it doesn’t sound like this grammatical change would make much of difference until Kiran has the audacity to hit Grima with a bro mid sentence. But that’s just how they talk. And as sweet and friendly as they are, there’s always moments like that to remind that no one has the cultural context to fully understand Kiran. Except for the audience, who can realize that Kiran let the customer service voice drop to talk to Grima like he’s an actual person.
And that’s just about how they talk! This view is only emphasized by every other thing about them! They’re a lovable goof, which is normal chill person behavior in the audience’s eyes but feels REALLY ODD to the characters of FE’s medieval fantasy war setting. There is this air of unknown about them that the more socially perceptive will pick up on and will try to come to a conclusion about. Example, I imagine Soren would interpret a lot of this as a dangerous and deeply annoying lack of intelligence from someone he has the displeasure of sharing a tactics table with. Or looping back to the Grima example, he would totally think Kiran has greedy ulterior motives behind that pleasant facade. It takes a lot of work for those types to realize that the discrepancy present isn’t really any of those things. But I also wouldn’t be too surprised if Kiran doesn’t try to directly prove any of those assumptions wrong unless they have to.
Why? Well now it’s time for the implications! Oh how we love the implications.
Because the Summoner is a different story. No one has any fucking clue what that is.
I can tell you what Kiran has pieced together so far. Summoning people from across time and space is apparently not easy. It’s not some school of magical study that some mage could pull off with enough time and research. Trust, Eitri tried. It’s a lot of complex moving parts. For example, the contracts. The contracts Kiran automatically binds their summoned to don’t even compare to the ones Veronica used in book 1. They are far more intense and infinitely harder to break. The only way out of them is if Kiran wills it so. Not even death is an option, because Kiran can come in for the revive. If they had to guess, it’s an older, more completed version of the art. Something lost to time. But no matter the case, Kiran has the ability to take full control of whoever they manage to summon. From a lowly farmer to the divine. And their power only grows.
In a similar vein, if there was any character to canonically see the hud, I think it would be Kiran. It’s genuinely part of their power set. I have previously described Kiran as the party mage until Veronica shows up to be the actual mage, but it would be way more accurate to call them a mystic/seer. They see the map, everyone’s stats, and is doing a fast amount of math to give the combat forecast. Then, upon processing all this information their enemies couldn’t dream of having at their disposal, Kiran can telepathically communicate any change in plans to anyone under contract. Kiran is not inherently some great tactician the moment they touch ground in Askr; they simply can do things no one else can. They’re learning the actual tactics part on the fly. This makes them simultaneously the largest ace up the Order’s sleeve and potentially its biggest liability. If they fall, it could cause a whole system cascade. By that same token, some of the biggest threats the Order has faced are the ones who do their research and rightfully target Kiran.
Now. Thinking critically about all that. That’s downright terrifying. A ridiculous amount of power has been dropped callously into Kiran’s lap and they have to work extremely hard to be moral with it. It’s terrifyingly easy not to be. It would actively take less effort to ‘take the reins’ as it were. But in order to be able to sleep at night ever again, they go the extra mile to not invalidate the will of their summoned. To take over like that. To make a colony of worker bees out of people. Because oh dear god they just summoned a child and the fact that they could easily force them to fight and die for them, only to be revived and do it all over again, is HAUNTING. No. No the Order has an in house orphanage now. This kid is getting adopted and cared for god damnit or Kiran might just pop a blood vessel. And sure that child is going to be a child and there will never be a world where they get along with everyone else, but that’s just going to need be a problem they address when they get there and not an excuse to use Hubris; the power set. Now replace the word child with everyone they ever summoned and you have the wider philosophy they apply to the entire Order.
They’re hyper aware of the power imbalance. They hate it with every bone in their body. They work really hard to correct it in whatever way they can.
So Kiran might not jump on the opportunity to correct those who think lesser of them. It’s… oddly comforting to know someone is keeping a critical eye on them. Holding them accountable. Especially since so much of the order just thinks of them as this quirky yet well meaning host. And, really, what can they even do about that? They have gone over the contract with every hero they summon and despite that they still choose to stay. So, what, do they try to inspire more mistrust? The problem with that they would have to actually do acts that intentionally inspire mistrust. And even if that was successful they can’t just waste the extra man power because every other month there’s some new divine asshole who wants them all dead. And if they fail that means they have to start their life from square one and god they can’t do that again so—
Just breathe Kiran.
It’s fine. You’re fine. Just breathe.
You have work to do.
#Yay!!! Kiran Fire Emblem!!!!#In case it wasn’t clear from about the second to last paragraph onwards is Kiran’s internal monologue/thoughts on the situation#I started having ~fun~ because those two questions started to dig at what I find compelling about Kiran#but I can’t quite begin to convey without just showing you what’s going on in their head#In my actual opinion Kiran is that they’re still the ray of sunshine we see in the day of a life comics#But they are driven by the same loneliness that haunts every other main character#This combo makes their misery harder to notice#As for what the summoner is it could be really thematically resonant if Zenith’s pantheon made the thing that’s killing them#It certainly has something to do with Askr and Embla. the summoner’s powers are employing both of their domains#Unfortunately Loki is probably the only one alive to tell the tale and she has her own motives in this (Ted Talk for another day)#You can probably see why I think they should be thematic parallels to each other tho#Anyway to answer Kiran’s question ITS BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU TRYING YOU DUMBASS. THAT COUNTS FOR MORE THAN YOU THINK.#So yeah. My Kiran Fire Emblem headcannons for your reading pleasure.#I refuse to be normal about the character they could be if IntSys let them be one#fe kiran#feh kiran#fe summoner#feh summoner#fire emblem#fire emblem heroes#feh#feh ted talk
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Dale's smug little ordeal once he's arrested, which in itself feels orchestrated (loitering at the bus stop while he has a car, every note he owns crammed in cases, backpack like he's about to have a sleepover, longlegs outfit ON), stating his name and immediately asking for Lee. He knows they will inevitably be bought together. The weepy tone he uses with her that he doesn't with the prior interviewer... the single tear. You can never quite comprehend what's an act, what's an actual emotion, or if it's all so entwined it's basically negligible. Such a vessel for his religion that his attachment to Lee is undecipherable. Can a husk feel anything for anyone.? Is this an act, is it genuine? Does it matter. One million thoughts forever and ever.
#harker.. the herald angels sing. DALE FERDINAND KOBBLE WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU#completely nonsensical ramblings 4 tonite#longlegs#hes like... imagine bring your serial killer to work day and you have fucking DALE#dale kobble#lee harker#imo i do think he has an attachment for lee .. that's the specialest bettest birthday girl#pretzel talks#its almost like insane estranged parent with his tale about him and ruth discussing lee joining the fbi#except not quite obviously
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DWARF IN THE SHIRE HELL YES
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Finished it! The Amulet of Daylight, folks.
#tales of arcadia#trollhunters#The Amulet of Daylight#my art#my posts#fun with compasses#used water based ink and watercolor pencils for the color#this is for a longer project that I'm just about finished with#I'm quite pleased with how this came out
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The boys, concocting the world's stupidest workout routine
And the girls, judging them
#Tales of Arise#Alphen#Law#Dohalim il Qaras#Shionne Vymer Imeris Daymore#Rinwell#Kisara#Hootle#hello I've spent entirely too long on this and Kisara's armor made me rage quit but HERE IT IS#armor aside it was a lot of fun to draw the whole gang :)#finished
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Riku comparing Xion to Sora in the Days novel: a compilation
#*grips fist* i care them#kingdom hearts#kh riku#kh xion#kh sora#riku#xion#sora#sound of waves duo#seashell tale duo#on brand for me is noting he never does this with roxas once lol#he doesn't quite believe he's sora's nobody until his sleeping heart speaks#and even then he's still unsure about it. i am winning this jsyk.
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I'll drop another ask because your work is amazing.
Cat Noir&Miss Hound #86 providence.
Maybe a little starry-eyed teen crush/affection/tenderness? I'm biased ^^
^^ Here you go! Chat Noir and Miss Hound with palette #86 (Providence)
I'm still not a super big fan of this palette, but I feel like I was able to work with it this time, so I'm fairly happy with the results. :3
Color palettes used are from this post !
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Please do not use or re-post my artwork without my permission. Thank you! (reblogs, however, are welcome and appreciated)
I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, nor it’s characters. All rights to their owners.
#miraculous ladybug#fanart#sabrina raincomprix#miss hound#adrien agreste#chat noir#cat noir#adribrina#houndnoir#<?#chat noir x miss hound#miss hound x chat noir#intended as: romantic#miraculous tales of ladybug and cat noir#limited color palette#color palette requests#it an ask!#clip studio paint#September2024#tearsofxion'sart#my art#tearsofxiondrawsMiraculous#what is their ship name as super heroes?#like i'm fairly certain as civilians it is adribrina#but i'm not quite sure otherwise#though i do wish to nominate 'sabrinoir' as the ship name for sabrina x chat noir#'cause i think it's fun to say#i have gotten so much better at drawing characters from side profile#makes me happy
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in honor of the Halloween month, i introduced my dear Madame Curator to my favorite scary story
i was shocked, appalled, and terrified to learn that she has never once in her life heard the words "man door hand hook car door"
#she runs a blog solely dedicated to the internets greatest posts#and has never once heard this classic tale#i love her immensely but i am quite disappointed#i love you sweaty#man door hand hook car door#hellsite hall of fame#hellsite hall of girlfriend#madame girlfriend’s bullshit#tales from the void
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like eve before you
George Frederic Watts, Eve Tempted (detail) • Vievee Francis, "Apologia" • Edmund Blair Leighton, The Keys (detail) • Maria Tatar, Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives • Angela Carter, "The Bloody Chamber" • Heinrich Aldegrever, Adam and Eve • Gustave Doré, Illustration for "Blue Beard" • Paul Dukas, Ariane et Barbe-bleue • Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer • Hans Baldung Grien, Eve, Serpent and Death • Erika Steiskal, Illustration for "The Bloody Chamber"
#web weaving#bluebeard#fairytales and folklore#fairytaleedit#angela carter#the bloody chamber#vievee francis#maria tatar#glen duncan#gustave doré#biblical mythology#eve#myedit#it is the key that leads to the kingdom of the unimaginable#AND RENDER ME MORE EQUAL!#there really are so many interesting ways to read through this tale but the eve connections specifically jumped out quite often#not my most coherent set but you get it right! all this to say that eve (and her literary descendants) did nothing wrong!#I can't believe this has been in my drafts for years at this point. lol#spring cleaning time etc
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Tress scratched the best itch for me, I’ve been craving a good fairy tale and it was just perfect. I kept slipping so hard into the fairy tale aspects that I kept getting caught by surprise whenever a cosmere thing stopped beating around the bush and revealed itself, actually. While I’m sure that wasn’t fully the intention, it was a really fun way to read some brandermansanderman coming fresh off of sunlit man and how intensely locked in I was with the Connections. Genuinely Tress is such a fun little romp. I love girls who sail in fucked up seas and this is a genre I want more of please thank you.
#it was so much fun I did have my suspicions about a few things because of fairy tale tropes but I didn’t get all of them!#I was taken by surprise by many things!#not...not the glowing woman being elantrian I did get that one especially with the floor map#I wonder if that changes actually#like does her cockship make aon-Connecting maps of the places she goes to so she can fuck around with locals?#what’s with space travel resulting in callus dicks manipulating the local planetary populations?#is this related to one of the many groups fucking about with the cosmere or is it just the nature of the people funding these excursions?#will zellion ever have sex?#all these questions and more to be added next year in bransandermanderson strikes again part five of ten alphabet assemble#I want to see the other seas now though ): the worlds are so cool that I’m never quite ready to say goodbye#I want to linger between the pages and sift the words between my fingers like sun-warmed sand#it feels too soon to say goodbye#cosmere#tress of the emerald sea#tress of the emerald sea spoilers
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