#lackadaisy flimflam

[tenmillionthfirefly]

Ivy Pepper, surrounded by her three dads and her dads' weird henchman (1921)

[ollenotter27]

Heya friends! I got bored so Yei :)

Full credit for the lackadaisy art to lackadaisy and the other art full credits to its creator

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[tenmillionthfirefly]

Wow

wip from today!

[tenmillionthfirefly]

My Lackadaisy OC Atlanta!

Her card reads:

Born: November 11, 1894 Atlanta, Georgia

Named after her birthplace, Atlanta carries the heritage of her Puerto Rican parents with her Spanglish-speaking tongue. Her 32 years have seen her live in a variety of places—Puerto Rico, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, the Carolinas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and New York—before her journey brought her to the bustling streets of St. Louis. Atlanta diligently works at the Maribel Hotel, washing laundry with her meticulous touch. Despite that, her heart remains untainted by the illicit activities the hotel is known to host. As a devout minister, Atlanta’s true calling lies far from the underworld’s reach. Atlanta views St. Louis as a fleeting chapter in her life’s story, since she hopes to travel abroad as a missionary as soon as she can afford it.

Atlanta is currently preoccupied with folding laundry, navigating a xenophobic world, studying the Bible, singing, stretching a dime, using her charisma to get her way, and preaching.

[ollenotter27]

Enjoy this drawing of the ginger bow tie boi, Freckle! I wanted to do this as a redraw of my first attempt at drawing him and I'm pretty happy with the results!

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[tenmillionthfirefly]

Oh no, I said "steamed hams"! That's what I call hamburgers!

Commission for @isbeingused!

They asked for a redraw of a screenshot from The Simpsons

Thank you so much for your support!

[flimflamfandom]

Room Mates (vignette)

Ivy Pepper stared at the wall in her dorm room, and grumbled as she wiped the chalk off with cloth. “You’re lucky I took a picture of this, Helen, or my homework would be RUINED!”

“You’re lucky I even let you write up there in the first place!”

Ivy furiously scribbled down notes from her notebook, after VERY quickly getting some fi;m developed. She grumbled to herself as she worked. “Stupid Helen...bet she can’t even SPELL Nodal!”

Ivy had been working hard at a few problems her projective geometry teacher had given her, all to do with Self space dual curves. She HAD been working the math on the wall and writing the shapes onto graph lined paper. But Helen, the STODGY WENCH SHE WAS, had demanded she wash the wall off. So, she was back to work, trying to get her numbers down. 

Helen looked over her shoulder at her work. “That Y should be negative.” “I know it should be negative.” “Then why didn’t you write down that it was negative?” “Because I KNOW it’s supposed to be! You already bungled my process once!” “...is this really about that boy?” Ivy scoffed. “What? No. I don’t care WHAT you think about him. But I DO care that now I have to waste notebook pages like some sort of PHILISTINE!” “Yeesh, what is it with you and the chalk anyway!?” “The boys won’t let me into the workrooms! You know how boys are.” Ivy sighed. “Mathematics is a woman’s world and here they are, traipsing around like they own the place because every other science BeLoNgS to them.” She grumbled. “Makes me wanna hurl ‘em through a window.”

Helen shrugged. “I never knew anyone considered Math a girl thing.” “Sure, Emmy Noether?” “...who?” “The woman who figured out Commutative rings?” “...whats?” Ivy sighed, and opened up another sheet of notebook paper. “Commutative rings,” She said. “Are any ring in which multiplication is commutative.” She wrote a few things down. “So AB=BA for any B or A value.” “...You lost me at rings, actually, where do rings come in?” Helen turned her head to one side. “It’s a nonempty set with 2 operations and fulfilling certain requirements!” She began to write something down. “Here’s what you need for a ring.”

She hastily wrote, her tongue out, her eyes determined. Until she came up with...

1)  If a∈R and b∈R, then a⊕b∈R.

(2)  a⊕(b⊕c) = (a⊕b)⊕c

(3)  a⊕b=b⊕a

(4)  There is an element 0R in R such that a⊕0R=a , ∀a∈R .

(5) For each a ∈ R, the equation a⊕0R=a , ∀a∈R . a ⊕ x = 0R has a solution in R.

(6)  If a∈R, and b∈R, then ab∈R.

(7)  a⊗(b⊗c) = (a⊗b)⊗c.

(8)  a⊗(b⊕c) = (a⊗b)⊕(b⊗c)

...the rules for rings.

“...wow. That’s...a bit much, don’t you think?” “It’s not SO bad. It’s basic algebraic structuring, Helen! The building blocks of math!” “...sure it is.” Helen nodded slowly. “Oh, c’mon, don’t tell me you aren’t able to follow this! You’re smart as a whip!” “I look at stars and make charts out of them, Ivy. The math I know about is geometry and-” “Well, if it’s geometry you’re after, take a look at my homework!” “Not THAT sorta geometry!” Helen said, pinching the bridge of her nose. “I need some fresh air...you math people are bonkers.” Ivy crossed her arms and looked as she left. “Well, sure, go on and leave us mathematicians for your scientific breakthroughs and easy headlines! But when you need to calculate the trajectory of an asteroid, DON’T COME CRYING TO ME!” “I won’t!” Helen waved. She shut the door. Ivy grumbled.

Later that night, Ivy was still hard at work, and Helen came back in, with a few things. Looked like a brown paper bag of things. She looked over. “Still working?” “Mhm.” “Damn...Professor Holly really IS a jerk, huh?” “Yeah...I work better on chalk.” She said. “I guess I just...visualize it better.” “...” Helen handed her a small chalkboard. “It’s not the wall. But it’s there.” She smiled. “I also got you a coke. It’ll help you finish.” “...” Ivy smiled, warmly. “Thanks, Helen...sorry about earlier.” “It’s no trouble...so, self space dual curves, huh?” “Yep.” “How do those work?” “...I’m glad you asked...”

[lackadaisycats]

Serafine’s outfit from the trailer slays, of course, but I’m curious — just how common/realistic was it for women of her time period to wear suits? Was this something she’d have had custom made? Are there historical examples?

It wasn't especially common, but it was definitely not unheard of. Masculine-inspired styles for women were in fashion at the time in many ways. Drag shows were popular in clubs and theater venues. Actresses and female entertainers would dress in suits or tuxedos for publicity shots all the time. And trans and gender queer people did indeed exist. So, one could conceivably acquire a suit to match any body shape.

Of course, how easily someone could openly exist in society in garb considered unbefitting of their perceived gender depended a lot on their surroundings and station in life. On the other hand, you might be surprised by what sizable segments of society deemed permissible in the 1920s...that it later back-pedaled on in the economic tumult of the 1930s. Anyway, yes, Serafine would have had her suits custom tailored. Ordering relatively cheap, generic clothes out of a catalogue was becoming ever more popular in the 1920s, but people still generally had more custom-fitted clothing in their wardrobes than we do these days. Going to a tailor would have been a pretty commonplace thing. I wrote up a whole article about suits in this context a while back. You can find it here:

[tenmillionthfirefly]

I will be at work, doing my job, and this comic will randomly pop into my head. I will start giggling uncontrollably. My coworkers will ask me what I'm laughing at, and I'll tell them nothing. This comic is ruining my career. It's taken over my brain.

Canon

[tomthefanboy]

Whenever I get an update in my feed for @lackadaisycats I see the blog title "Lackadaisy Flimflam" but I HEAR IT to the tune of "Master Ninja Theme Song!" from Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[lycheeloach]

✿ If we can’t raise the dead, we’re gonna raise hell instead! ✿

Floral Flimflam is a small, 18+ (though not especially nsfw) Lackadaisy RP server for people who want to pretend to be cats online! Third person para RP, non-linear, shenanigans encouraged. 

taken characters: Mordecai, Viktor, Mitzi, Zib, Ivy, Elsa, Bobby, and Esther

please DM me for a server link

 * this server is not affiliated with Tracy Butler or Lackadaisy *

[chaoschenoo]

Tracy answered an ask about her inspiration for Zib and Viktor

So I had to draw Zib in the tub his domestic analogue was in. And I just like the idea of his sax blowing colored bubbles.

[kingtylerproductions]

I can’t believe that Lackadaisy reached 2 million!!! I can’t wait for season 1.

Thanks for everything!

[tenmillionthfirefly]