#jamble ramble

[neon-ufo]

Song for July: The Raving Light of Day by Megaton Sword

~~~ I feel like social media with its algorithms is becoming more and more hostile towards artists, which tbh is making me a little worried about my own future. The internet used to feel so secure back in the day, but now the uncertainty online is making me want to see how I can apply my skill to make my work stand out offline.

Recently I finally picked up miniature painting, a hobby I've been interested in for years, and I'm having so much fun! There are a few other creative hobbies I want to try after I'm done with college responsibilities, and I honestly can't remember when was the last time I felt this excited and confident to try and learn new skills.

[jamblesoup]

If you fucking boops me thine shall taste my wrath

[doug-meat]

grace chasity is the anti-ted: a ramble

so i was rewatching some hatchetfield stuff and i came to. a realization.

grace chasity and ted spankoffski are practically eachother’s exact opposites, and it makes both of their individuals stories so compelling. i wouldn’t exactly say they’re narrative foils, because we never really see them interact in canon, so they’re more almost… parallels.

for example, ted spankoffski proudly accepts the moniker of “horny bastard”, and plays right into it, not hiding his sexual urges. grace chasity’s belief that her sexual urges and fantasies are sinful put her through so much distress that she winds up killing somebody.

on the other hand, ted spankoffski is ultimately very concerned by murder and violence. grace thinks nothing of it, even going as far as to gleefully dismember a body and hide it under floorboards. queen!

grace valued her chastity most of all, but she gave it up to save her friends and ultimately the world. ted, however, thoroughly enjoys sleeping around and being a total sleazeball, but was willing to give it up for another chance with jenny (although he did try to use these sleazeball ways to help him achieve that goal)

the most important comparison is something that isn’t Entirely canon but i feel as though is Implied. i believe that in every timeline, ted spankoffski will die. i also believe that in every timeline, grace chasity will kill. again, directly contrasting eachother, but in a much more drastic way. there are many other parallels between the two i just can’t think of specifics rn

additionally, in the nerdy prudes must die timeline, grace goes on a murderous rampage against all “dirty dudes”, fuelled by the lords in black. and what is theodore spankoffski if not the dirtiest dude of all? there’s no way he’s making it out of that.

i think that the only time grace and ted’s paths will ever notably cross in any timeline is when grace kills ted. this thought is made even More Impactful when you consider grace’s kind-of-friendship with Pete.

ok that’s all thank u guys for coming to my TED talk (hahahahahahaha get it get it get it g)

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

random but it struck me that age is just another parallel/anti-parallel that Jon and Jaime will share. Jaime was 16/17(?) when he made the fateful choice to kill Aerys, which forever besmirched his honor and caused him to be “the Kingslayer” (deragatory). Jon was about the same age, 17/18, when he made the fateful decision to march south against the Boltons, something that will undoubtedly dent his already shaky reputation and could cause him to be “the deserter” (also deragatory).

We always talk about how Jaime stagnated and wallowed in his nihilism after Aerys’ death, never growing or maturing past that point; in a way, he was always mentally stuck at 17. Jon could very well die given the wounds he received during the mutiny, and though he will be revived, he will be always be physically stuck at 17, never maturing past that point. But I think Jon has been more successful in a way that Jaime never was in that he figured out quite early (when he was 15) that though he may lose his honor, he must keep pushing for the greater good. He understood the concept of “a bastard’s honor”, and is even more fortunate to receive Tyrion’s lesson of using one’s lowly position/lack of honor to his advantage, which he has been doing to enact what he considers to be the moral goods (ref “bastard” “guilty of that, at least”). P.S: I also think it’s funny given Aemon’s advice to kill the boy in order for the man to be born. Ironic that Jon will always be a boy physically.

Jaime grew physically but not so much mentally. Jon grows mentally (it’s actually his strong suit as a character how much he matures with each book) but he will have sacrificed the ability to age normally as a boy would. Jaime lost his honor at ~17 and is characterized but years of (mental) inaction. I think Jon, on the other hand, will lose his honor but will be more and more prone to making decisions, because to hell with it all.

[universalthaumaturge]

so. chapter 5 huh.

[gooutandtouchtherain]

i just rewatched svu s14 e13 mother‘s legacy ((aka the episode-with-peter-scanavino-before-he-became-carisi)) & remembered that when i first saw it i already knew him as carisi so up until the last minute i thought he was an undercover cop & waited for the reveal & his addition to the squad

you wouldn’t believe how confused i was when they sent him off to prison as if they’ve never reused actors before

but also his performance was so good!! he seems like a completely different person, it’s not even that weird to watch him as someone else on the same show

[babs-babbles]

No one has noticed the color choice I used for Ahri's dresses in the sketchbook chronicles plot

First I did pink in the beginning of it all. When Ahri was more unaware of Sera's staring but picking up on it. I use pink as Ahri's main color in my art when it comes to clothes. To me it kinda represents her idol status in Seraphine's eyes. So Sera sees Ahri in pink = admiring idol Ahri and not friend Ahri. Sera is fangirling basically

Then I chose blue for the next part to represent Seraphine (I hc it's one of her main colors) and Ahri took notice and used it as something to keep her attention, because subconsciously she's doing that thing where you'd wear your crush's fav color so they'd notice you (tho in Ahri's mind she's not aware of her own crush, but is being flirty friendly to get to the sketchbook)

Then for the final(?) part I chose a very light green. Like a "gotcha!" moment. Idk this time I saw it a nice happy color for the ✨kiss scene✨ it seemed like a good neutral color that could represent them both, seeing that Seraphine's top is colored to match a bit

I didn't use any already existing color theories with this series. I used the way I see the characters and their own personal connections to color. Thanks for listening to me ramble on about them again

[f3rn-is-strang3]

Sometimes it really rusts my gears when I want to be friends with someone so I normally try to talk to them (respond to insta notes/stories when they post a common interest, etc...) then I think that im disturbing them of whatever they are doing.

I wish I could shove those thoughts into a box deep within my brain, but they are so strong that they are like Pandora's box,,, except,,, Fern. Fern's box.

[heronsky]

I have never been more motivated in my life bro I gotta draw I gotta paint I gotta play guitar I gotta do everything

[arr-jim-lad]

i cant even properly explain how it emotionally affects me when my cat comes up to me for cuddles. small creature walks up to me, a giant, in search of a gentle touch, because he trusts me completely. that is what love is. that is what the universe is built for. i want to cry

[neon-ufo]

I always forget to bring up some of my sources of income, so here's a quick self-promotion post.

I finally went and updated my inprnt store with some of my favourite monthlies, as well as the Falin and Laios prints. My best Jojo stuff is also still available for purchase in quality art print form!

❥ https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/neonufo/

I also sell keychains and stickers (and posters) in my own store, if that might interest anyone;

❥ https://neonufo.bigcartel.com/

And lastly, there's my Patreon, where for $3 you can view WIPs and finished pieces sooner than they are shown publicly. $5 Patrons also get priority requests on request streams.

❥ https://www.patreon.com/neon_ufo

☮️

[jamblesoup]

Stole this from some random tiktok if someone knows where I can find the gay albatross documentary let me know

[theboyofalltime]

In a Daniil Dankovsky mood today. Let’s see what’s in my closet to see if I can dress like him!

*Walks two paces across my room to my clothe hanger to see one suit, one skirt, one binder for cis people, three pairs of ripped jeans, one fancy Daniil bag, one bag made out of ramen packets, and work trousers.*

Damn.

[seraphicccs]

He was stupid and sucked ass, wtf was I talking about “greatest achievement” girl stfu omg

I taught my boyfriend how to play Hotline Miami and honestly that’s my greatest achievement.

[crispycreambacon]

🪱 Intro Post: Take 2 🪱

Mellow-Yellow-Welcome to my art blog!

My full name is Chris Pycream Bacon, but you can call me Crispy! Others have bestowed upon me Chris P, Chris, Christopher and Bacon which I very much welcome.

In here you'll find, well, art! Not just from me but from others as well because sharing art is caring. I also sometimes post reviews, opinions or just jamble-tamble-rambles.

You can find me in other places, namely in AO3 where I post my writings and another Tumblr blog where everything is a little less organized and rambley :P

This is an inclusive place, so POC, LGBT+, disabled/neurodivergent and non-Christian people are welcome here!

If you are discriminatory towards any one of these groups or are just a contemptible being, you're getting the boot :}

With that out of the way, you can learn more about me and find my tagging system under the "Keep Reading" section!

I love drawing anything from comics to illustations to OCs to fanart. I just draw whatever my heart desires at the moment. One day, I'd love to be an animator or a comic artist, but I'm open to whatever art career welcomes me with open arms!

Other than visual arts, you can find me indulging in writing, singing, acting, listening to music and yelling about whatever interests me in the moment. I also have two cats named Takoyaki and Sashimi, a dog named Miso, and a dinosaur plush named Dinosara that I adore very much!

I'm a non-binary trans person and am very annoying about it in a silly way :3 I'm also a bisexual aroace in a queerplatonic relationship with the most specialest, most girlypop fish in the world <3 (Arden if you're reading this HI HELLO WELLOW!!!)

Here are a list of tags to keep things organized!

#chris p fried art - My art

#chris p fried rambles - My commentary

#chris p fried writings - My writings

#artists cooking gourmet - Art made by other artists

#chris p fried doo doo - My shitposts

#chris p fried answers - My answers to asks

#people frying stuff - General posts made by other people

#clowns burning the kitchen (affectionate) - Funny posts

#a nice warm soup after a long day - Wholesome posts

#alphabet soup matters - LGBT+ posts

#important - Awareness posts (Can potentially be triggering; view at your own discretion)

I try my best to trigger tag posts. If you'd like anything to be tagged, feel free to shoot me an anonymous ask or a message, and I will do so for you!

Feel free to interact or reach out! I'm not always the best in responding on time, but I do my best :>

Whether you're here for my art, my rambles or just wanna have a chill time with the funny demon, I hope you'll enjoy your stay! ^w^ ~ ☆

[thattimdrakeguy]

A Mild-Small Ramble-Jamble About Comics. Again. Yeah.

Look, I don't read comics anymore. I don't. At least DC Comics. Why would I? They're bad. You think they're popular 'cause of what the fandom makes you think? No, honey, what you think is popular is purely because most people who talk pretty about it will eat what ever slop they give you. Most people left. This is why characters that seem popular keep getting cancelled. There's no deeper reason than that. Most simply think they're a waste of time, and aren't very good.

Is that rude to say? Yes. I know it is. But I also do not care that much at the same time. Enjoy your slop.

Not everyone needs a five star meal to be content, you get what I'm saying?

I'm certainly not someone that needs a five star meal. I'm content with a two star meal honestly if that needs to be.

All I want is something that feels like it was made and properly prepared by someone who cared. In food, enough to have a nice enough taste. In comics it's that I want the writer to at least seem like they're trying their best to understand the character they're writing, and to give them nice new chapters and adventures that feel like they're worth reading and fit along nicely with the character.

All you have to do is give a shit.

Simply put, I'm fine with a person doesn't know what Tim Drake's favorite pizza is, as long as they know the sort of boy he is.

Someone forgets Damian Wayne doesn't eat meat? Well, I guess as long as they know who he is and who he isn't. It's not brought up that much in all honesty. I can forgive them not knowing one trait, that typically doesn't effect is personality in nearly every other moment not directly relating to it.

And gosh, if someone doesn't understand Superman that badly, why would I read anything they write?

Some characters like Batman have had such a varied existence as a fictional character due to the events in the industry that has forced changed upon him. Making his inconsistency, at least, to an extent, forgivable.

Others don't. They were made in times where comics have remained consistent beyond the tastes of the public changing. So when a character changes so violently, with no good reason, it's distracting and bad.

I'm not gonna be someone who'll let a writer making random changes be considered 'character development' when I know better. Character changes have to make sense and have some level of consistency with the character and the heart of their story to be actual character development. Treating someone's lazy work as if they did something good, only let's the poor work continue.

To me, if I have to convince myself I like something by lying to myself. I don't like the damn thing. That's harder to do when you're an active part of the fandom that takes up a good chunk of your personal life. Believe you me.

I'd rather read a mediocre comic that gives me the character, then a story that doesn't give me anything.

That has a soul at least. You could feel a passion then.

Yet, 'cause of the lack of anyone who cares remaining, we're left with writers getting their fan fictions published. And I have no problems with fan fictions, hell, technically every story written after the original creator is a fan fiction.

At the same time however, you'd be pompous and playing dumb if you couldn't admit the difference between a professional writer using his talents to create the new chapter, keeping good consistency, and general writing knowledge to create a nice bridge to a new era with a new imagination behind the controls keeping a steady grip on what works and what doesn't.

And a fan fiction where every character has two traits, and neither of them are right. And people only praise because it offers itself nicely to people who are fine only care about the superficial.

This is all made so much worse by the active 'fandom' obsessing over writers who took interesting new characters, who had so many different levels of complexities and eccentricities, and instead wrote them to have moments where they're written like a toddler, and can't keep the character's personality and motives consistent to save their lives, even taking part in making them do things that the 'fandom' themselves deem out of character, but they're willingly ignore because oh they gave the character an 'uwu' moment that's causing everyone else to leave.

Or relationships that make no sense when you actually read what came before, simply because they changed the characters to become tropes they didn't fit into before, that they happen to like.

Edgy characters, with boiling turmoil in their spirits that has potential for stories to last decades about mature topics, the other character in their super-hero 'family' couldn't tell, being turned into...well, just an edgier version of what another character used to be.

Highly praised character arcs ignored to make a character more quirky and pathetic, to seem more 'dateable' to a sect of people on the internet who I doubt would care about the character otherwise, and likely doesn't buy any comics to begin with.

Which, a lot of this sounding, gatekeeping, and I don't really want to gatekeep, and I'm not. If they enjoy themselves, so be it. I'd rather be grumpy and ignore something I used to like, over people who have nothing else because of the state of their lives to feel like they have to be lonelier. I'm well aware of how a lot of people can be.

I've been in similar positions before.

I'm just saying stuff I've already said before, but I'm saying again, 'cause it's all came to the top of my mind again. That's all really.

A company with creative properties that used to be at the top of their industry now laid to rest as soulless duds that sometimes don't look like themselves, let alone act like themselves.

Why purchase a product that's more offensive then something I can get for free? At least the actual fan fiction normally doesn't promote itself as actually being the next chapter in a character's life.

There's changing with the times, and then there's laying down and playing dead out of desperation someone might take pity on them.

Treating scraps like treats, when if they'd try a little bit harder the world's at their finger tips again.

Only reason I'm saying this again is the added layer of "Oh fuck, they're still like this?". It's more sad than it was before, and it was already pathetic.