#like the concept of it???? the characters????? the story????? the lore??????

[awsugar]

tin hat fully on, completely convinced there's gonna be an album. that announcement was too extra to just be for ten tour dates. esp with the inclusion of the secretary character from the last tour. also i still just really don't think a band that made a song with the meaning of foundations would let that be their last ever song. either way so hyped the tour is coming.

im a little hesitant to say for sure i think there's an album because we've been through this before! foundations was over 2 years ago. when it. some out i was sure there would be an album. i've always been skeptical of new music but that sounds like the first song of an album like it HAS to lead into something else. but now the time for that has passed. i even thought that when the tour started and the swarm merch came out like surely one day we'll understand what all of this means! we still don't. and this clearly is something different. if this video was really reminiscent of the black parade concept or the caption wasn't like super. new lore that i don't really think has anything to do with tbp. i mean clearly it DOES. but it's obviously after. and i don't think it has anything to do with the patient obviously. that's just a completely separate part of the story. this black parade is clearly not like a death procession. it's a military band. same name different story. but i know that gerard has definitely connected the dots.

but anyway like before. there was a lot of stuff involved in the promotion of the last tour and nothing ever came of any of it. but it was at least some familiar imagery? like all of the teasing before the tour announcement that used an established witches alphabet. we're familiar with reapers and skeletons being associated with the band. and there was no explanation for any of the swarm stuff. a summoning was a huge thing but it made sense to announce their big us reunion tour. and it called back to their history.

but now! they've created their own alphabet. there are clear characters. characters, might i add, that gerard has clearly been working on for a while considering his outfits in the 2023 final leg being tests for this. and the outfit he wore at the last 2023 wwwy show being military. AND the whole caption that obviously has deep lore and stuff that we must be getting context for at some point if they went to all the trouble to do this and write it out and create this new concept. like what is MOAT what is DRAAG , who is the secretary character, did the 9/11 themed drum heads that went along with the outfits he wore tie into this? why is "long live" in quotations? is it because it's a new album title by the black parade? remember how canonically the black parade were an italian band? there are so many more questions created with this than there were with the things that went unanswered before. i can't even conceive of this now happening and us not getting answers. and i can tell it's not simply a black parade anniversary tour cut and dry and it will likely be SO different from wwwy. that was a tribute. this is different. this is a departure. a reimagining. i believe it.

[smallishzine]

very important official zine stuff for real this time guys please spread this around

we realized we haven’t asked you what you want this zine to be, so here is poll with some different options for things we could do, but this still won’t set things in stone cause we’re aware that we’re working with a relatively small albeit amazing awesome and extremely appreciated audience, but it’ll give us a good idea for what direction you want the zine to go in.

some examples of what we mean for added coherence, please read before voting unless you wanna be like that guy in the Simpsons movie:

an eras tour zine (yes this is a Taylor swift joke shut up if you’re judging us you’re wrong) would be like different pieces dedicated to each, for lack of a better word, “thing” that Joel has done. @/inthelittlezine is a great example of this concept, except the mod has far better organizational skills than we ever could hope to

tourism brochure would be like we pick a specific thing Joel, such as esmp 1 or 2, or x life, or one of his hardcore/survival worlds (I haven’t listed Hermitcraft season 10 cause that’s still in progress but if you guys really really wanna, that too), and make an in universe guide to it expanding upon the lore and characters and builds and stuff. @/scarland-artbook is an amazing example of this, though of course we would be a much smaller scale of a project.

do you wanna tell a story? Or ride our bikes around the halls? We can’t help with the second one, we’re not very sporty people, but this option is both the most difficult and dangerous to the success of the zine, and the one that intrigues me specifically the most. Like, guys, I know I’m polling this, but I’m secretly hoping that this one wins. Like all the hoping. Ever. But I’m not gonna just say yeah let’s do this because if like only three people also wanna this zine will never get made and I will be really, really sad. This option is basically do we wanna take something Joel has done and work together to create an original universe/story based off of it, each contributing a small part of the story in comic or writing form. Unless you’ve been living under a rock and/or this post broke containment sorry if it did I assure I’m usually mostly sane, you probably know where I’m shamelessly stealing taking inspiration from. We heart you @/hotguycomiczine. If we went with this we would obviously create our own universe and storyline, and we’d try to base it off of one of Joel’s characters if possible. Also, if we went with this, we’d start the mod and application process and stuff and once we knew everyone who was going to be in the zine then we’d all get together and start working on the story, and this is the part I’m worried about because if we’re all stumped then I guess the zine is out of luck and I’d be sad. Also even if we did do this, like preemptively temper your expectations I am no where near as good as the legends at hotguycomiczine at organization and promotion and story writing and all that good stuff. However, if you have an idea for a story and want to share, send us an ask cause we might just end up using it.

I think the last two are mostly self explanatory.

please reblog for reach.

[lets-try-some-writing]

Help, I am getting stuck in this cycles over and over without actually finish any story that I want to write.

I get ideas or AU that make me interested to write -> realising that i need to lay down some setting or background to make story worked, so I started plotting -> executive dysfunction/ procrastination kicking in because I have trouble of putting ideas in my head into paper and due ‘perfectionism complex’ I get boggled by detail -> I stared at empty document for several day -> I lost interest and motivation in writing for several day/week -> cycle started over again.

I can’t exactly force myself to write because it will extend the period of “I stared at an empty document for several day -> I lost interest and motivation in writing for several day/week” to months. Any suggestion how to deal with this cycle?

I do actually have some suggestions! I have several, in fact.

One: If you are suffering from creative burnout after being overwhelmed, try just giving it a break. I know this is the simplest option, but seriously, step back and engage with some new media for a few minutes. You may get ideas, or at any rate, your mind will have the chance to unwind for a bit. And do know, that sometimes some things do just have to cook. I've left fics for months at a time and come back with a banger chapter after letting it be and getting my mind sorted out for a while first. If you really love it, you'll be back eventually.

Two: Play into that need to make it right by hyperfixating on ONE aspect of the thing you are working on. It may sound counter productive, but I've found that by bunkering down with one specific detail or plot piece or even bits of the lore, it can actually help spiral out into other subjects that need to be addressed. Like, while working on lore for an au, it can get really overwhelming to think about ALL of the world. So instead, I'll pick one character, one time period, one plot point. Then, I'll expand on that one thing until it starts to tie in with other points. From there, I'll just move from point to point, connecting the pieces of the web. Here's an example:

Premise > supporting premise > supporting premise > tie in lore.

Starscream is Winglord of Vos > He was forced into the position and separated from his brothers > He is a brilliant leader but bitter because of his role > He joined up with Megatron after Vos burned in a need for revenge.

Once you hit the tie in lore, you can swap focus to begin working on the other character or subject. This will help you tie everything together in a cohesive manner (at least it helps me). Being able to make everything connect up may fight that feeling of being overwhelmed.

Three: Talk to someone about it. I cannot stress enough how brilliant some of my friends have been in helping me refine a concept. Find a willing victim Friend, and tell them about your concept. Let them give you feedback and ideas. The more fun you both have, the better. More thoughts and ideas will give you more to play with. And if nothing else, even if you don't continue with the idea, you won't feel quite as defeated because you got to talk about it.

[changeling-droneco]

There’s a few reasons people would pay for your design

1) they like the design and it would be easier to buy the design then make their own version, likely due to how complicated the design is

2) if you already have a following as an artist, then it can be a sign of prestige or bragging rights to your fans to have one of your designs

3) they want to try and flip it and sell it for more money then they paid, this is usually frowned upon pretty heavily

4) they like the story or concept that comes with the design

5) the design is dirt cheap so like, might as well throw five bucks at a simple design that’s giving you some inspiration

6) it’s a closed species thing which is a WHOLE other thing but tldr; some people will make fake species of animals or aliens or whatever and be like “you can only make an oc of this species if you give me 50 dollars and follow all these rules for the design” and while some are super detailed with lots of lore and a big community others are like “I gave this cat a turtle shell, if you draw a cat with a turtle shell you’re stealing from me and I’m going to harass you about it”

7) they may not be a very good artist yet and want designs for their characters that they cannot draw yet,

8) it’s just kinda fun to trade designs, it’s connection building and socializing

So I'm thinking

What are adopts and how do I get money off of them??

[asteriuszenith]

It's been years and yet my mind still keeps coming back to the VT and Montauk ARG. Your girl was fucking OBSESSED with the entire thing. Pretty sure I was even participating in events sacrificing my data while out on business because I couldn't miss a single second of it. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE DO WITH SHITTY TRAVELING BUS INTERNET WHEN I WAS ON THE WAY TO ONE OF OUR ONSITE JOB STUFF TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT.

[skeletalheartattack]

have you posted about gelato before :o ?

honestly, every mention ive made of Gelato in the past month or so has just been through the tags of some posts ive reblogged on here, it's only been until now that ive gotten around to showing him off!

this is Gelato, a Flamingo/Secretarybird mix that my friend @meetthehelper put together!

for a while, i've been wanting to figure out a bird fursona for myself, and i wanted one that had a similar silhouette to that of Scratch (i.e. Scratch & Grounder), and the bird that seemed to make the most sense to me was a flamingo. it was Helper's idea to mix him with another bird species, and i really like what she ended up with :)!

[starrspice]

I just made them to get their designs out of my brain but now they have lore (which is under the cut)

A handful of poses come from Mellon_Soup's amazing pose references

Marina is the lovely princess of a small little kingdom. The subjects of her kingdom expect their greatest royal Knight Edric to eventually ask Marina's hand in marriage and become the kingdoms next ruler

Little do they realize that Marina is in love with the Outcast witch Aria who lives at the edge of the kingdom (and that she often sneaks out at night to visit Aria and learn some magic herself)

While Edric has his eyes on the Court Jester, or more accurately, the court jester's imposter

As the real court jester eloped with a woman from a band of traveling minstrels. Leaving his sibling (Colette) to take his place in hopes of keeping up their position in the castle so that they can care for their sickly mother.

Edric is the only one to catch on to the Twins' little switcheroo and is delighted to have an excuse to get closer to Colette (often in the form of teasing and fake threatening to expose their secret)

Poor Colette often has to work twice as hard as they also have to uphold their position as a royal Hand Maiden to the princeas

[icewindandboringhorror]

finally finished all of one character's entire quests/optional dialogue/questions/etc.... 100,000 words... .... aughhh

[rayroseu-reblogs]

omg my twitter is full of those posts policing "dont simp for skelly hes 16 weirdoo" and im just!!🔥🔥🔥

[sunnibits]

is anyone else like a huge fan of various medias, huge fan of characters, loves exploring plots and themes and character development, genuinely very enthusiastic about storytelling in general… but like, somehow physically incapable of making plot lines you care about with your own original characters. or like straight up being unable to create ocs you’re actually invested in???

like, you know what you like, you enjoy so many stories, you spend so much time digging into and delighting in the themes and tropes you like, and yet every time you try to make an original concept yourself it’s just impossible to make something compelling to you???? which makes no damn sense bc it’s literally coming from your own head so wouldn’t it be as self indulgent and perfect for you as possible??????

or is this just a unique me problem bc I swear to god it’s driving me insane

[vaugarde]

havent gotten to dbz yet but truly the more i find out about dragon ball the more silly the "sonic maliciously ripped off dbz, everything parallels PERFECTLY" thing becomes to me

[starboy-squeakers]

Again not a dungeon meshi reader/watcher but every time I hear about that laois guy I get reminded of how my system had/has a hyperfixation on dragons so intense that we got that big fancy dragonology book and we treated it like the damn dragon Bible for like years

Now, obviously, we understand that there's different interpretations on mythical creatures, and no one interpretation on a dragon is necessarily gospel, but that multiple interpretations on the classic tale of beasts of scale and fire are completely valid and to be expected!

however if you call an Eastern dragon a coatl I'm going to come to your house and slaughter your family

[narwhalandchill]

btw if u equate childe and aventurines backstory in any fucking way please leave this blog and unfollow me <3 preferably block me while ur at it too uwu

[bestial4ngel]

Cookie run has me in such a steven universe-esque chokehold ughhhh

[retrowave-racer]

Can we have some lil/fun facts about Lord Of Darkness and Lord Of Light? Because I know you said only Odin can see em I’m just really curious about em!

I’ll be honest I haven’t thought about the sort of original versions I made for my LOL/LOD in ages. I still want to keep that tidbit of lore for Odin that he definitely sees a figure of sorts giving him cryptic messages and another inverse of that figure giving even more frantic cryptic messages and warnings. They take everything from humanoid form to that of horrifying shadowy creatures. A big thing with Odin I’ve had canon for ages is he avoids looking into screens or mirrors because that’s essentially the easiest way for these beings to latch onto Odin. What these beings are…has kind of always been vague. My oc verse tends to be a tangle of fantasy sci fi with monsters and aliens and spirits and fae and all the sort. That’s at least the vibe I want it to give off. Sci-fantasy! The entities attached to Odin I imagine are the blur between that. Are they demonic creatures that haunt him? An alien parasite? All seeing gods warning their chosen messiah of the future? Are they tied to Black Holes, are they good are they bad? This all haunts Odin he feels in a way he’s almost holding them back from breaking into reality in the off chance they are otherworldly creatures that would cause harm. They are also definitely very real and not hallucinations or visions. They are also definitely very much ambiguous as if they are good or evil, or just pranksters. Odin is never too sure and doesn’t fully trust them even in instances where they have advised him in genuinely helpful ways. They are very complicated. But none the less, both at best annoy him a bit, and at worst terrify him.

If you have seen their old designs I can say right now they definitely wouldn’t look like that anymore, and I also definitely want to design them to not really look like the actor who portrays the “Lord of Darkness” either. I want them to stand on their own! They probably have a sort of humanoid form they often take around Odin, but could appear as anything really.

It’s also I guess a thing I should say here that the whole light/dark aspect is sort of just a whole core part of Odin as a character. He’s supposed to represent that there needs to be a balance of light and darkness in the world. One taking over the other is just as bad. He’s I guess sort of the one keeping the balance with LOD/LOL, since his own personal theory is both entities are locked in a war to consume the world with either light and darkness.

It’s also very likely both entities were once the same person/entity/were once “whole” and split into two.

I hope this makes sense and doesn’t seem too contradictory! The whole point is they are meant to be mysterious and ambiguous and unsettling. I may change some aspects about them as time goes on but the main deal with them is creature guy things that get on Odin nerves a lot. Sort of a take on the angel and devil on the shoulders, is still very much kind of what they are meant to represent at the end of the day.

[loisiru]

Spent the past few days watching Layers of Fear (2023) walkthroughs