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[kiolilo]

Bare with me, my English is a little rusty but you will get what I mean

It makes me so sad and leaves me without words when someone who is gay, kingdom hearts fan and A SORIKU SHIPPER says: “yeah but disni won’t allow the ship becoming canon”

Context: I work at anime conventions (I’m an illustrator) and a fellow artist and I were talking about kingdom hearts (actually the whole classroom were talking about kh) and I was saying stuff about the neutral pronouns they use (chain of memories) in Japanese and how the English translation messed it up.

And at some point he said that Disney won’t allow… and everyone got quiet (everyone that was present at time were soriku shippers, even my mom) before that, everyone was having a good time talking about sora and riku and how the games are cool etc we even talked about how Donald is the most powerful wizard in the kingdom hearts universe

Even with all the information I have about the games, things I discovered in my wonderful time on twitter with the soriku community. I couldn’t say anything that time and made me realise how people still think “straight is the key” on media…

But even with all that Disney allowed representation on their stuff:

Star vs forces of evil

Owl house

Luca

Onward

Zootopia

Beauty and the beast

Finding dory

Toy Story 4

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Cruella

Lightyear

Strange world

It’s not impossible

The games are telling us a lot of things. There’s no way we are being played

SORIKU ENDGAME ACTUALLY

[poohflo]

Hello guys!

Hohohoho I finally joined Tumblr today , I am an artist who posts WMMAP fanarts only on Instagram. I'm also a webtoon artist.

My first webtoon is "Daily Diaries Of Crime Partners" which is available on Tapas and Webtoon Canvas.

I will start posting new wmmap fanarts and og drawings of my webtoon here along with some old artworks which are already on my Instagram (@pooh_flo) .

Lucas WIP

I hope yall will like it♡

Btw I like chatting with fellow artists and lucas fans so feel free to DM!

[germhammy]

“Steakhouse”

Enid: oh, this place smells so good. Thanks for bringing me, Wednesday

Kent: we both know you would never forgive us if we came here and didn’t bring you too

Enid: -chuckling- true. Hey. Isn’t that Lucas and Bianca? Kent go see what’s going on.

Kent got up and walked to the host at the front of house. Lucas did not have a reservation. Kent told them they had room at their table and walked back with them

Lucas: heyo, Wednesday. Kent said we could join?

Wednesday: of course. Bianca

Bianca: oh my god. This is nice to be away from Nevermore and away from Xavier. He won’t let it go that I cut him from the squad going to Ilvermorny

Wednesday: oh no. I have to tell him to postpone our date for one more week!

Bianca: Wait. What? Why?

Enid: he was pestering us at dinner the other day. And Wednesday agreed to a date.

Kent: and? I got permission from Mr Tennant and Ms Strode! I can attend girls night in your room!

Wednesday: great. Enid. I do not have Xavier’s phone on me to text him. Can you text him?

Bianca: I’ll do it. - texts Xavier telling him his date with Wednesday is postponed for a week because her co captain forgot that was the weekend they were traveling to Ilvermorny for the fencing tournament-

Wednesday: thank you

Dinner was delicious. Wednesday paid for Lucas and Bianca as well. After dinner they rode back in Lucas’ car.

Bianca: so, Kent? You and Wednesday have any wagers on Ms Hamilton’s assignment ‘wizard/witch lore’?

Kent: I would buy Wednesday something from Uriah’s Heap if Xavier incorporated Wednesday into his story

Wednesday: there is something I’ve been eyeing in Connie’s shop

Bianca: well. Our annoying whiny resident tortured artist wrote about a fellow who trekked into a spooky forest to seek out an old witch who made him a love potion

Kent: any description of the fellow?

Bianca: of it was definitely himself and the small girl with braids definitely Wednesday The spell was a hoot though for what the witch mixed ~Add the Infusion of Wormwood. Add the Powdered Root of Asphodel. Stir twice clockwise. Add the sloth brain. Add the Sopophorous bean's juice. Stir seven times anti-clockwise.

Enid: wtf? That’s the Harry Potter Draught of Living Death spell! Wednesday? What did you write about?

Wednesday: a discussion my Grandmama and Granny had when I was little. It started off with them arguing over what was better potions or charms and ended up with the two of then cackling over all the people who came to them over the years with preconceived notions of what a spell/potion/charm could do

Lucas: well here we are. Nevermore Academy. I enjoyed tonight. We should definitely double date again! And you’re welcome to come too, Kent. I enjoyed your company. Let me know the next time you wish to come to Pilgrim World. I’ll hook you up. Just let B, Wednesday or Enid give me a call/text.

[steddiebang2024]

a stout heart, a good bow, and a merry life | M | 75k

Author: @cuoredimuschio

Artist: @hereforanepilogue

Banner Artist: @hellfiredemon

Beta Reader: @readerofportrait

[Link to fic]  |  [Link to art]

Pairings: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham, Lucas Sinclair/Max Mayfield, Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Past Chrissy Cunningham/Jason Carver

Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham, Lucas Sinclair, Max Mayfield, Wayne Munson, Jeff, Gareth, Unnamed Freak, Eleven/Jane Hopper, Mike Wheeler, Jason Carver, Steve Harrington’s Father, Minor OCs

Tags: Alternate Universe - Medieval, Alternate Universe - Robin Hood Fusion, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Meet-Ugly, Mutual Pining, Falling In Love, Action/Adventure, Minor Violence, Betrayal, Supernatural Elements, Borrowed D&D Lore, Archery, Minor Character Death, POV Steve Harrington, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Trans Male Character

Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping, minor gore/violence, minor character death, implied transphobia

↳ Keep reading below for a summary!

After faltering under the weight of expectation and failing to live up to his family’s formidable reputation once more, Steve is sent away from the kingdom of Hawkins. To where, his father doesn’t care, so long as it’s far enough that he cannot inflict any more damage upon the now-sullied Harrington name.

But Steve and his fellow travelers don’t make it more than a few miles into the gruesome, shadow-bound woods that surround Hawkins before their pilgrimage is set upon by thieves: the sort with sharp knives and little qualm about using them. Tossed from his horse, without a weapon, Steve is certain that he’s a goner. Until, that is, a bow-wielding stranger, who happens to be the current biggest thorn in the kingdom’s side, steps in and saves Steve’s life, changing it forever in the process.

When he’s offered a place among Kas the Betrayer’s merry band of ne’er-do-wells, he knows better than to accept it. But he has nowhere else to go and nothing left to lose. Little does he know, as he takes Kas’ hand and allows himself to be pulled into the world cast to the outskirts of the kingdom’s consideration, that far more than a new home is in store for him.

[sahsalart]

Star Wars: Pa’loa Skywalker

It has just occurred to me that I never posted any of the character reference sheets for any of my Star Wars OCs! I intend to do a complete rewrite of the sequel trilogy in novels/comics. Since Disney proves time and time again how much unoriginal and stupid bullshit they create for the franchise. With that said, I am taking inspiration and pulling from Legends and The Expanded Universe lore as well mixing in my own original work to, hopefully, do justice to the original story that George Lucas created. I’m still working on the storyline for each novels which will be followed accordingly as Episode 7, Episode 8, and Episode 9 as well as scouting to hire an actual author to write the novels! I wish to pour my blood, sweat, and tears into recreating the sequels for a franchise that I hold dear to my heart so I unfortunately will not write the entire novel series myself. I consider myself more of an artist than an author so help will be needed :)

We’ll start off with the main star of the show, Pa’loa Skywalker. She is the only child of Jedi Master and Galactic Hero, Luke Skywalker, and fellow Jedi Master, Saasa Raassiks. A half-Human, half-Togruta hybrid. Born three years after the Battle of Endor in 7 ABY on her mother’s home planet of Zullu, Pa’loa’s birth was one of celebration and joy as it meant a new start to not only the newly freed Galaxy, but a new hope for the rebirth of the Jedi. In the early stages of her life, Pa’loa’s parents discovered that their daughter had natural Force-sensitive abilities that matched the likes of her familial heritage thus she was trained from then on in order to control those gifts. Pa’loa was educated by her father, Luke, on her paternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, legacy as a renowned Jedi Knight in the Old Republic and his eventual fall to the Dark Side as the heinous Darth Vader in order to not repeat history. When Pa’loa hit an older age to begin formal Jedi training, Luke choose to take on his own daughter as his Padawan Apprentice with her Mother occasionally stepping in as well. Pa’loa is the firstborn and eldest of the Skywalker grandchildren, having 3 younger cousins by her Aunt Leia and Uncle Han.

Due to her mixed-species ancestry, Pa’loa does not resemble your “typical looking” Human or Togruta. The most notable traits are her soft-pink colored skin, lighter pink facial markings, and Montrals and Lekku that she inherited from her Togruta mother. Dissimilar to Togrutas, she has visible human-like ears that function as her main source of hearing, and only having body hair in the form of eyebrows and eyelashes. Her Montrals and Lekku function a little differently from full Togrutas, such as they remain the same shape and markings from birth and do not grow as the individual ages, the same goes for her facial markings. Likewise, she can use her Montrals for passive echolocation to detect objects but in order to do so her ears must be covered or else it cannot function. She is able to subtly move her Montrals to convey messages and express emotions.

[organ-market]

Unconventional Detective Games

Return of the Obra Dinn, 2018

The maritime mystery game Return of the Obra Dinn by Lucas Pope is almost entirely subversive for a detective game. Everything in the game from its core premise to  hyper stylized presentation, is all ambitious and experimental. Every person aboard the Obra Dinn has mysteriously died and you assume the role of an insurance investigator piecing together the horrific events using a magic watch that delivers to you a front seat viewing of a vignette of each person’s demise. Using these dioramas of death, you are charged with recording the manner of death of each and each crewmember and passenger aboard the ship.

Return of the Obra Dinn and its addictively satisfying detective puzzle gameplay left me hungry for more. Playing the game instilled in me a deep love for a good mystery and a desire to solve them. While I love games like Disco Elysium, which stars detectives as its protagonists, the investigation was never really the point. Moreover, a love for the unconventional detective was entrenched in my heart and as an interactive medium, video games are perfect for aspiring would-be detectives.

Overboard! , 2021

The year is 1935, aboard the S.S. Hook, Veronica Villensy throws her husband overboard under the foggy shade of night. In Inkle’s devilishly clever puzzle/visual novel, Overboard! you have eight hours before reaching the ports of New York and in that limited time you must relieve yourself from suspicion and guilt for your husband’s death at any cost. It’s a sort of anti-detective puzzle about getting away with murder which forces you to learn your fellow passenger’s schedules, plant evidence, and be consistently careful with your language lest your words betray you much later.

The DNA of time loop games such as Majora’s Mask and The Sexy Brutale is woven into the gameplay loop of Overboard! It’s a fairly short game taking around 2-3 hours to finish the story but at the benefit of allowing an immense amount of player agency. There is a wide variety of solutions to evading the mighty hand of justice, you are free to travel around the ship on a whim with no direction from the game itself. The only hint system is visiting the chapel and praying to God which is both cleverly diegetic and hilarious.

The nonlinearity of your objective incentivizes logical thinking and experimentation. The puzzle is rewarding much like learning each map and NPC routines in the Hitman: World of Assassination trilogy is. At first you clumsily trip over your words when Major Singh interrogates you but eventually you can get away with murder in style along with netting some pocket money from the life insurance if you pull it all off just right!

The nonlinearity of each puzzle in Overboard! is incredibly refreshing, it just feels organic and natural. Going achievement hunting in this game is its own little puzzle and I still haven’t figured out some of the little secrets it hides from us. It’s a game I can’t put down and haven’t yet been able to stop thinking about and I really recommend giving it a shot since it’s only $15 and only $6 if you catch it on sale.

Pentiment, 2022

Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment was my favorite game of 2022 and enraptured me for long nights as I obsessed over its rich dialogue and gorgeous medieval illumination manuscript inspired art. So much love and research was put into the historical setting, it takes place in 16th Century Bavaria within the town of Tassing is filled with life and character. You play as Andreas Maler, an artist working in an abbey on a hill and whilst attempting to finish your masterpiece, your co-worker and friend, Brother Piero, is falsely accused of the murder of a wealthy Baron who was staying in town. You are sprung into action as you only have a limited amount of time to clear Brother Piero’s name.

You are given a limited amount of time to wander around town, attempting to conduct interviews, deduce motives, and eventually gather enough evidence to bring the culprit to justice. Because of the impending trial, time is ever so precious in Pentiment and you will never have enough time to do everything you want at your leisure. Every moment dwelling on conversation or recreation is time you could have spent digging for answers. In order to pin a suspect you must hone in on what you think is most beneficial for your case like a true detective.

Brother Piero’s freedom is always at the cost of another’s conviction, in Pentiment you must push the blame onto someone else. During your investigations, you find that Sister Matilda, a nun at the abbey, had been assaulted by the late Baron many years ago. This is one of the clearest motives in the game but most physical evidence points in other directions, all the while every nun in the abbey will assure you of her innocence.

Saint John's Eve Festival Bonfire

Convincing the archdeacon (the head of the trial) of Sister Matilda’s guilt is perhaps the easiest of all the suspects to accomplish and Pentiment will not tell you outwardly that Matilda didn’t do it but it doesn’t have to. In a clever subversion, the game never tells you if you caught the culprit in the end. Pentiment, brilliantly, left me to wonder if I made the right choices as the totality of the lethal consequences of my actions weighed on my mind. You can easily convince the archdeacon of someone’s guilt but are you able to convince yourself?

The brutality of the executions should not be understated. You look on helplessly as someone you convicted meets an unwieldy end as they plead, cry, and eventually die. The executioner’s sword rises and falls as it lodges itself into the neck again and again until the head breaks free from the neck. Whether you like it or not, your choices matter in Pentiment and the consequences stare you down with a harsh disposition.

While playing Pentiment I was continually reminded of a line from Rian Johnson’s murder mystery film Knives Out. The titular detective Benoit Blanc (he’s so me by the way) notes that, “...the complexity and the gray lie not in the truth but what you do with the truth once you have it.” The complexity of truth is captured beautifully by Pentiment. In many regards it is a conventional mystery but by weaponizing the player’s need for clear answers it infected my mind for many hours after the credits rolled along with the minds of many others. There are fierce debates and chatter surrounding who really did the killing. Pentiment wasn’t as well talked about as it deserved, with all the games releasing it was overlooked by most. Well, it isn’t exactly for everyone but for the price of $20 it gave me a wealth of dialogue to mull over and wonder about.

Phasmophobia, 2022

A multiplayer ghost hunting spookfest is not exactly what you’d think of when discussing detective games but Kinetic Game’s Phasmophobia is deeply investigative by nature. Intense inspection is at the beating heart of the game with an important twist. Where ordinarily a detective chases after a suspect after the fact, here your suspect is reacting to your every move and can (and will) kill you on a whim. In the game you and up to three other friends venture into a haunted house and gather evidence and clues to determine which of the twenty four ghosts in the game is currently residing in your location. 

You and your team will wander out of the safety of your van and into cold, darkened rooms to find clues by checking thermometers, speaking into spirit boxes, and throwing salt all over the floor in hopes of getting the ghost to step in it. Not only can you gather evidence with your camera and UV lights but another layer in your investigation is the behavior of the ghost. Knowing how aggressive each ghost is or how fast it is, is a tremendous asset in your deductive arsenal. The more you know, the more you can whittle the possibilities down until you have your culprit.

But finding the ghost and gathering evidence is just one thing, surviving the ghost is another. Being in the dark and bearing witness to paranormal activity will deplete your sanity and eventually the ghost will target you for a hunt. The front door slamming shut marks the beginning of a hunt, the ghost will manifest physically and chase you down and kill you if you don’t hide in time.

Corpse of my friend, deceased. Moments before I run out of the house in terror.

Phasmophobia is a dangerous balancing act of facing your fears by delving into the darkness in order to find clues and trying desperately to find the ghost type as fast as you can so you can get the hell out of there. The reactivity of the ghost keeps you on edge as you wander the halls gathering data. Speaking into the spirit box may prompt a raspy whisper into your ear or the candle you just lit may be blown out moments after. More interestingly though, is the voice recognition AI that takes advantage of the communication players rely upon. Everything from saying you’re scared to a simple curse word can lead to the ghost favoring you as prey. Even players who stay in the van for too long get targeted by the ghost!

Within Phasmophobia is one of the most unique investigative experiences on the market and definitely a one of a kind multiplayer experience. The comfort of having a buddy to share your terrors with is stripped away when they stop responding to your radio! It’s truly unlike anything I’ve ever played and the developers are constantly updating it, two big thumbs up from the afterlife. 

The satisfaction from my first time getting away with murder in Overboard! and the despair when I find out I had the ghost type completely wrong in Phasmophobia are some of my most memorable experiences in gaming! And Pentiment proved to be one of the most well written games I’ve had the pleasure of reading. I sincerely hope you check them out if you haven’t already! They’re all pretty cheap anyway. And once again begging for recommendations in the comments/reblogs so if you know any good, and hopefully weird, detective games let me know! Thanks in advance everyone and I’ll catch you on the flip side :P

-Ghost Emoji 👻

[konako]

Show us the big guns (red snow/beauty/queen/warrior/kansas fic recs) please

Oh, you want them all? I can appreciate that hunger. 😏 Well, let me just send you here, then...

konako's ouat fic rec list

Here. I've updated this list a bit today. I've been adding stories to here since 2013, but I'm afraid a few of them might not be up anymore. BNBS, by @nooneknowshownerdyiam, for example, is no more. (It is, however, an original book, now! Do check it out!) You had to have been in the Red Beauty fandom at the time to appreciate the absolute, mind-blowing wonder of it as it was being written.

I couldn't track down all of the amazing tumblr fics I've read over the years, I apologize! Please, fellow ancient folks of this corner of the fandom, if I'm forgetting anything, send them my way!

But, again, you can find the spontaneous, inspired goodies on @foxofthedesert's blog, under the Ruby Lucas tag. (don't worry about my involvement, I had nothing to do with those...)

@royalarmyofoz and @thegirl20 are Red Queen powerhouses. RoyalArmyOfOz has so many skills, each more dangerous than the last, watch out. TheGirl20 is the Fandom Mom, and her love for this little bubble cannot be overstated. I'm so incredibly grateful for the care, thought and attention she poured into this community for so long. She's a testament to how welcoming fandom culture can be. And I wish all the obscure, cracky ships out there were lucky enough to have her. <3 Thank you, dear.

Aaaand, for your angsty Red Kansas craving, search through @heartsways' drawers. (Who, by the way, should switch the settings of that blog view to the other one, so I CAN SEARCH THE TAGS, PLEASE. I'm dying here!!)

@lex-noctis, whose blog should be freed from the shadow realm by now, also can provide you with incredible visuals, for your poly, slutty desires. But he's included in the list above. Just tagging the Imagery Menace to make sure you don't miss some tumblr shorts!

I apologize once more for not having a longer list. With the Ruby Lucas Discord Server feeding me constantly, I've lost touch with the sacred habit of browsing and diving into AO3's fountain.

Clicking through the tags to fetch the links to my faves, however, I noticed there are MANY new fics added there! As recently as this year!! So, please, don't rely on my faulty reading routine as an indicator of quantity or quality! We have amazing artists/authors sharing their minds with this tiny, starved fandom to this day! And they deserve all the love for their hardwork. <3

[sunshine-tattoo]

There is something you Disney gays need to understand.

The Walt Disney Corporation never has, and never will be, your friend or ally.

Disney is a multi billion dollar conglomerate.

Their one and only goal is to make more money than they did the previous year.

That is it.

They aren't trying to help you or your community.

Any politics they have either reflects the best way for them to make money or it was because someone put political pressure on them to do it. Or it is a publicity stunt.

"But what about creators like Dana Terrace? Or the history of queer people in animation?"

Listen to me. Artists like Dana and others do not work at The Rat because they want to.

They work there because Disney buys up every other little animation company there is and shuts it down, ensuring that any money being made from the medium is going to them.

DreamWorks and a tiny handful of others are the only ones left in western animation.

I am not kidding.

Blue Sky, who made Ice Age, was one of Disneys latest victims.

They shut down all production, even for things that were nearly complete, on all products that did not fit their brand.

Such as the movie adaption of Lumber Janes, a queer focused comic by ND Stevenson (creator of the She-Ra reboot).

As for the historical guys, such as Howard Ashman AKA the father of the Disney Renaissance, they may have worked there and done amazing things but it doesn't mean they were respected by the company.

Howard and his fellow gay artists were only allotted the creative freedom to work because at the time Disney was nearly penniless and this was a last ditch effort to save the company.

Gay artists may have risen Disney up, but it does not mean that the company cares for them or us.

In the eyes of these boardroom execs, the artists are tools needed to make a profit.

And gay consumers are the fools who will buy the rainbows-colored sweatshop produced products and call the company woke.

So. What can we do about this?

Rule #1: Avoid giving Disney money at all costs.

I know this is really hard because they own literally everything. But do your best.

This also includes any of their streaming services.

Buy used DVDs or just pirate.

And before anyone gets their panties in a wad about wanting support queer creators like Dana Terrace, let me remind you:

Creators and animators are paid a lump some regardless of if something does well or not.

All that revenue produced by things like Gravity Falls or Luca goes to the execs and stock holders, not the people responsible.

Rule #2- Support artists directly

If you like things like The Owl House and Dana Terrace's work, make a lot of noise about it on social media.

Buzz absolutely is a currency and the more that is generated, the more likely that these things will get renewed.

Rule #3- Support Unions

Unions are what keeps artists from being treated like slaves.

And any union (regardless of background or career) is a good union.

Rule #4- Do not fall for Disney's bullshit

No matter how progressive they may seem, there is always an ulterior motive and always a catch.

They are not our allies no matter what.

[lizzy-bonnet]

How (a selection of) Jane Austen characters would fare on Taskmaster

Catherine Moreland - lateral thinker, always trying to identify the trick in any task. Opens every single door/drawer/box and flips every switch in a room and consequently finds clues that others miss, but sometimes also thinks something's a clue when it's just an object. Best team task teammate: Anne Elliot (she needs the practicality to balance her out)

Elinor Dashwood - Highly organized, strategic and excels at complex logistical tasks. Demolishes all the artistic tasks. Gets frustrated with teammates but doesn't show it. Consistently scores well, but too serious to go after the big laughs. Best team task teammate: Frank Churchill (keeps her on her toes, willing to be the slapstick-y one on the team)

Henry Tilney - Middle of the pack points-wise but fan favourite for his charming nature. Roasts fellow panelists but in such a wholesome way that they love him even more for it. Takes the film crew out for a pint after they wrap. Best team task teammate: Literally anyone, this man makes friends wherever he goes.

Charles Bingley - Rushes into every task with unstoppable enthusiasm but does not always read the instructions completely. Having a lovely time throughout. Becomes best friends with the entire Taskmaster ecosystem, later goes on Off Menu podcast and says his favourite starter is white soup. Best team task teammate: Elinor Dashwood (let's face it, he needs a strong leader)

Elizabeth Bennet - Roasts Little Alex Horne constantly which LAH interprets as flirting and is intensely uncomfortable. Greg finds this discomfort hilarious. Does musical tasks poorly but with charming self-deprecation. Moderately competitive. Best team task teammate: Georgiana Darcy (will follow her literally anywhere)

Frank Churchill - Flashes cash, Al Murray style. Would absolutely pay £150 to take a pea to Slough. Very fully commits to any bit he's doing, probably the most likely to wear a wacky costume. Overdoes it on gift-giving tasks. Accidentally harmful towards Little Alex Horne. Best team task teammate: Caroline Bingley (focused and ambitious)

Henry Crawford - Cheats with some success (more Noel Fielding than Dave Gorman). Has a plan for team tasks and is good at wearing people down until they start to agree with him. Most likely to get disqualified for stepping on the red green. Best team task teammate: Mr. Collins (total follower, will do anything he says)

Caroline Bingley - Highly competitive. Somewhat conniving approach to tasks, possibly tries to cheat, definite doesn't succeed (Dave Gorman type). Tries to compliment Greg a lot but it doesn't work. Best team task teammate: Charlotte Lucas (practical, but ambitious enough to take a punt on a questionable plan)

Emma Woodhouse - Gets in her own way constantly, often by thinking she understands the task when she doesn't. Will be halfway through doing something totally incorrectly before she realizes her mistake. Best team task teammate: Fanny Price (analytical thinker)

Fanny Price - Continually nervous and dismayed. Strong Joe Thomas energy. Scores well because she reads the task carefully and follows it to the letter. Strong team player unless her team is trying to bend the rules. Hates watching herself in the studio sessions. Best team task teammate: Elizabeth Bennet (gives her secondhand confidence, is very encouraging)

Marianne Dashwood - comes up with a plan immediately and sticks to it no matter how badly its going. Not really attentive to her teammates in the team tasks. Has an Iain Sterling-style moment of uncomfortable self-reflection while watching herself in a task. Best team task teammate: Mrs. Croft (eminently in touch with reality)

[sweetdreamsjeff]

Obituary: The son who soared: Jeff Buckley

Date: June 6, 1997

From: The Guardian (London, England)

Publisher: Guardian News & Media

Document Type: Obituary

Byline: ADAM SWEETING

FEW ROCK business careers began more tantalisingly than that of Jeff Buckley, who has drowned in the Mississippi river, aged 30 (his body was found on Wednesday this week). In 1991, record producer Hal Willner, known for assembling imaginative, star-studded tributes to Charles Mingus and Kurt Weill, put together a tribute concert for Jeff's father, Tim Buckley, at St Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York. Tim had died of a heroin overdose in 1975, aged 28, but his early death ignited a slow-burning musical legend. It was founded on his recorded legacy in which soul, blues and jazz influences mingled freely, the process stirred by his arrestingly elastic vocal style.

His son Jeff, born in California during Tim's brief marriage to Panama-born Mary Guibert, had always been ambivalent about his father. Tim left Mary when Jeff was six months old, and his son was brought up by his mother and stepfather during a peripatetic childhood. 'We moved so often I had to put all my stuff in paper bags,' Jeff recalled. 'My childhood was pretty much marijuana and rock 'n' roll.'His decision to participate in Willner's tribute event launched Buckley Junior as a new phenomenon on the New York music scene, and simultaneously affirmed his quasi-mythic credentials, particularly when he performed his father's song Once I Was. 'It bothered me that I hadn't been to his funeral, that I've never been able to tell him anything,' said Jeff. 'I used that show to pay my last respects.'

Thus launched in public, Buckley was rescued from a string of odd jobs by joining the avant-garde combo Gods &amp; Monsters, which featured Pere Ubu's ex-bassist Tony Maimone and Captain Beefheart's erstwhile guitarist Gary Lucas. But it was more a loose group of individuals than a real band and Buckley quit in early 1992 to pursue a solo career.

He began performing at small Manhattan clubs, particularly the Cafe Sin-e, where record company executives and A&amp;R men were soon arriving by the limo-full, waving chequebooks. 'I went into those cafes because I really felt I had to go to an impossibly intimate setting where there's no escape, where there's no hiding yourself,' he explained.

Buckley's remarkable voice (his most obvious inheritance from his father) and movie-star looks left nobody in doubt that he was a star in the making, though the eclecticism of his shows confused some listeners. Buckley would pluck songs out of the air as the mood took him. It might be something by Van Morrison, the Hollies or Big Star, or a tune made famous by Nina Simone or Mahalia Jackson.

With a hippie-esque suspicion of large corporations, he turned down several deals before signing with Columbia at the end of 1992, apparently because he knew and trusted the label's A&amp;R man Steve Berkowitz. The company previewed their new acquisition with a live EP, Live At Sin-e, following which Buckley travelled upstate to Bearsville to start work on his debut album, Grace.

The disc was released in 1994 to instant critical adulation. The sleeve pictured Buckley clutching a microphone and looking poetically dishevelled, while the music inside was a cornucopia of rockers, ballads, hymns and even a bold rendition of Benjamin Britten's Corpus Christi Carol, by no means standard rock 'n' roll fare. His voice was wild, passionate and sensual. If his music was hard to describe in a soundbite, it was bursting with hidden depths and infinite potential. Grace won Buckley the Best New Artist award from Rolling Stone magazine in 1995.

Buckley's inquisitiveness and musical ambition earned him acceptance across a broad spectrum of fellow performers. Elvis Costello brought him over in 1995 to perform at London's Meltdown Festival, where he easily held his own among string quartets and jazz ensembles, and last year he featured on Patti Smith's comeback album, Gone Again. He was also a fan of Eastern music, particularly the Islamic devotional Qawwali songs of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Buckley had been in Memphis since February, recording new material. He decided to go swimming in the Mississippi, fully clothed and carrying his guitar, but was apparently pulled under by the wash from a passing tug.

Jeff Buckley, rock singer, born August 1, 1966; died May 29, 1997

[leomitchellart]

ATTENTION SPYRO FAN-ARTISTS!

2024 officially marks a new ‘Year of the Dragon’, and with it comes many fitting releases: The dancing toothless meme, HotD season 2, and possible mutterings and hopes of a new Spyro game. Whether the latter is true or not, what better time could there be for fans to come together in a fun, year-long art challenge? 

A fun fan-art challenge thought-up by myself and @my-world-my-stories (Be sure check out her socials if you love Spyro fan-art, especially great OCs). Simply drawing each of the chosen dragon elders from the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy. Corresponding to each month, as if they were pin-ups for a calendar. 

They can be in whatever style, medium, tone you choose: Fun, sexy, action packed or simple - all up your creativity. Once uploaded, share with the hashtag #YearOfTheDragonElders so everyone can see it.  

ALSO, as an optional bonus; you can choose, any time of the year, to draw your own Dragon Elder in the Reignited style! Could be any of the others missing from this prompt list, an OC, yourself, or a dragon from another franchise. Whatever takes your fancy. 

There’s no pressure to finish this challenge to completion. Whether you do one, two, a dozen or a baker’s dozen; This isn’t a race nor a competition with a set deadline. The purpose of this is to have fun in celebration of these characters and their brilliant designs.

Feel free to ask us any questions you may have. Now go, fellow Artisans! Looks like you’ve got some things to do!

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#YearOfTheDragonElders Official 2024 prompt list

JANUARY - NESTOR FEBRUARY - USENI MARCH - CYRUS APRIL - DELBIN MAY - MAGNUS JUNE - BUBBA JULY - BORIS AUGUST - TRONDO SEPTEMBER - GAVIN OCTOBER - GUNNAR NOVEMBER - RAGNAR DECEMBER - LUCAS [Bonus - Draw your own dragon elder at any time]

Challenge created by @leomitchellart and @doodling_all_day_24hours 

[genuinerio]

OH, DARLING! ↠ 「 Jonathan Byers 」

Happy Stranger Things Day! New chapters are coming soon for both this story and the Steve Harrington one! Apologies for such a delayed update, had awful writer’s block but I’m back. Also, will be revising the previous chapters soon.

Profile of Marianne Wheeler.

ABOUT ↴

FULL NAME: MARIANNE ACACIA WHEELER.

NICKNAMES: MARY, ANNE, MARI. (friends and family), FEMINIST QUEEN OF HAWKINS. (fellow students and civilians)

PLACE OF BIRTH: HAWKINS, INDIANA.

DATE OF BIRTH: 5 DECEMBER 1967.

ZODIAC SIGN: SAGITTARIUS.

STATUS: ALIVE.

ORGIN: STRANGER THINGS.

OCCUPATION: STUDENT AT HAWKINS HIGH. (formerly), WORKS AT RECORD STORE. (currently)

RESIDENCE: HAWKINS, INDIANA. (currently)

SKILLS: OPEN MINDED, STRAIGHTFORWARD, SOCIAL, OUTGOING, INTELLIGENT.

STRENGTHS: ARTISTIC, CONFIDENT, BRAVENESS.

WEAKNESSES: REBELLIOUSNESS, PARTYING, CAN TEND TO HOLD A SELF DESTRUCTIVE FACADE AT TIMES.

HOBBIES: PARTYING, DRAWING, WRITING, PLAYING BASS GUITAR, HANGING OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, FASHION, FEMINISM RIGHTS.

GOALS: TO DEFEAT THE DEMOGORGEN AND TO SAVE WILL. (ongoing), TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FASHION JOURNALIST. (ongoing).

FAMILY: KAREN WHEELER. (mother), TED WHEELER. (father), NANCY WHEELER. (younger sister), MIKE WHEELER. (younger brother), HOLLY WHEELER. (youngest sister), JOANNA. (cousin).

FRIENDS: JONATHAN BYERS. (current boyfriend, best friend), STEVE HARRINGTON. (best friend), ROBIN. (close friend), WILL BYERS. (like a brother), DUSTIN HENDERSON. (like a brother), LUCAS SINCLAIR. (like a brother), MAX MAYFIELD. (like a brother), ELEVEN. (like a sister), JIM HOPPER. (friend), JOYCE BYERS. (friend), BARB. (friend, deceased).

ENEMIES: BILLY HARGROVE. (former crush-by-on, deceased, formerly), TOMMY H. (former friend, currently), CAROL. (former friend, currently).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: UNDETERMINED.

LOVE INTERESTS: JONATHAN BYERS. (eventual boyfriend, in love with), UNNAMED GUYS. (ex-boyfriends).

AFFILIATION: STRANGER THINGS TEEN GROUP.

FIRST APPEARANCE: THE VANISHING OF WILL BYERS.

LATEST APPEARANCE: THE PIGGYBACK.

FACE CLAIM: ZOEY DEUTCH.

FACTS ABOUT MARIANNE:

1. The meaning behind the name Marianne means “Graceful and beloved,” the name originates from Hebrew. She is named after famous musician, Marianne Faithfull.

2. Despite what others may believe, Marianne is quite opposite of her peers in the fact that she cares a lot for those that matter. She had taken Will Byers’s disappearance very seriously considering she understood that it could have been Mike had it not been Will and the fact that he is Mike’s best friend.

3. Marianne holds a closer bond to her siblings and is always there for them, she wants them especially Nancy and Mike to know that they can always come to her and she’d never judge.

4. The eldest Wheeler child holds a very similar taste in music as that of Jonathan’s. She enjoys listening to Joy Division, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

5. Marianne believes that through her fashion style and writing is the best way that she expresses herself as it’s something that helps define herself and what she stands for.

6. As a child, she had harbored a somewhat crush on a close family friend and Will Byers’s older brother, Jonathan as the two had became good friends but eventually, grew apart and her crush on him ended once she became friends with Steve Harrington in Junior High.

7. People oftentimes confuse and mistake Marianne and Steve for being a couple which they both deny with seeing each other as solely friends and nothing more.

[jaydokiiart]

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 Server looking for Novella writers

Ahoy, Strangers

We still have some roles open and ready for you to take!

Mike

Lucas

Argyle

Chance

Vicki

more OC's

More info about the server plot can be found here: link

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🎭 Musts for the roles:

Has an interest in deep plotting and character bonding

Likes to write HC's and comes up with ideas for your character's storyline

Mike: Interested in Byler

Lucas/Max: Is interested in having a complicated relationship with Max/Lucas, yet wants to fix things between them

Vicki, Argyle, Chance: Interested in making their characters more in-depth

Chance: In love with another OC named Mabel

📝 OC's

Bring your creativity to the table with original characters who seamlessly fit within the Stranger Things universe. We value depth and contributions to the storyline and even encourage adding interesting new characters. Let's discuss how to integrate them organically. In terms of relationships, OC's can connect with both canon and original characters. (NO Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's please)

Note: OC's can be shipped with canon characters.

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⚙️ Server Rules

A few guidelines:

Participants must be 18 years or older.

Advanced literate/novella writing, with detailed, multi-paragraph posts.

Be an active member and patience is appreciated.

Collaboration on headcanons (HC's) and story plotting is encouraged.

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🌟 What We Offer 🌟

Engaging Storyline: We care to keep the storyline interesting and engaging. We have monthly catch up and discussions to talk about the progression made that month and ideas we we'd like to see happen.

Character Development: We're dedicated to character growth and offer opportunities for deepening your character's relationships and narratives. We treat all characters (including OC's) equally. We care for the development and connections of a character and will do anything to help you in case you're in need of ideas.

Dynamic Wiki: Our ever-evolving Wiki keeps you informed about the ongoing narrative and offers a rich source of lore for your roleplay. Everyone gets their own Wiki page which helps get an overview of your character. (+ HC page)

Active and understanding Community: Join a lively community of like-minded roleplayers who share your passion for storytelling and exploration. We are also very patient with each other and understand that life can sometimes get in the way.

Detailed Writing

Diverse Ships: Explore a variety of relationships and dynamics, from canon to original characters.

Collaborative Roleplay: Connect with fellow roleplayers to create headcanons (HC's) and collaborate on story plotting for a truly interactive experience.

Art: We have some great artists in our midst!

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📩 Interested in Joining?

[screamingforyears]

IN A MINUTE: A NEW MUSIC ROUNDUP…

“LET IT GO” is the lead single/track from @americancultureofficial’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Hey Brother, It’s Been a While’ (5/3 @convulserecords ) & it finds the Denver-based quartet of Chris Adolf (guitar/lyrics/vox), Lucas Johannes (bass/guitar/organs), Michael Stein (guitars/lyrics/vox), & Scott Beck (drums/keys) linking up w/ fellow Coloradan @mercury_tracer to live that “C86ers that sound nothing like c86” lyfe across 5+ weary ass mins of mad_chestering meets college_radio_ing JanglePop.

@_fonteyn_ is here w/ a brand new standalone single titled “JODY” (@bornlosersrecords) & it finds the Salt Lake City-based UK native bringing 3 classically timeless mins of beautifully bewitching, warmly wholesome & richly retrofitted IndiePop.

@frailbodyil are here w/ “DEVOTION,” the second single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Artificial Bouquet’ (3/29 @deathwishinc) & it finds the Rockford-based trio of Lowell Shaffer (guitar/vox/keys), Nic Kuczynski (bass) & Nicholas Clemenson (drums) witnessing a loved one “coming to terms that their religious beliefs weren’t going to save them from their fate” across 6+ breathy mins of start/stopping RealScreamO.

“ROMANTIC WORLDS” is the latest single from @janeweavermusic’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Love In Constant Spectacle’ (4/5 @fire_records) & it finds the Liverpool-based artist “abusing, evading & obliterating” her way across a 3:52 clip of whimsically awash & retro-tinged PsychPop.

“A MATTER OF TACT” is the second single from @profitprison’s forthcoming debut LP ‘Gilt’ (4/26 @avant_records) & it finds producer Parker Lautenschlager’s Seattle-based project giving us exactly what we need across 3 ½ buzzy mins of throbbingly tactile & dark_disco_ing SynthPop.

[wonderlandinsalem]

TWST Playing IDV

Feeling somewhat nostalgic for the game I used to play (quit cause bad anxiety ;;). If I somehow manifested a TWST×IDV Collab, I'd be pretty shocked but I don't see that happening tbh

Heartslabyul × Savanaclaw × Octavinelle × Scarabia × Pomefiore × Ignihyde × Diasomnia

Ace:

I can definitely see him wanting to be a hunter main but he sucked so he ended up being a survivor main lmao

I see him as a Naib (Mercenary) main! He thinks that decoding is boring and would rather save people or do literally anything else

If he's playing with you in the same room or if you are VCing with him, he's definitely the type to ask for help once he's down because he used Naib's ability too often

If he's playing sui, I think his favourite characters are the ones who can "do damage" to the hunter (I forgot what the in game term is, it's been a few months djsjsjj)

I think other survivors he would love playing as would be Ganji (Batter), Emil (Patient), Kevin (Cowboy), Norton (Prospector), Andrew (Grave Keeper)

His first main is probably Lucky Guy since he can wish for an item or maybe Kreacher (Thief) since he gets to stun the hunter with a flashlight

I think the hunter he REALLY wants to main is Orpheus (Nightmare) because he looks cool or Philippe (Wax Artist) because he gets to shoot wax at people and make inappropriate jokes lmao

Deuce:

Survivor main because he thinks it's more fun

Loves to rescue chaired players and definitely will body block for you <3

He's a Luca ("Prisoner") main which I think is hilarious considering that he loves to rescue players but main someone who's better suited in the coding department 💀💀💀

I think if he put his mind into it, he would be a great Eli (Seer) main

Doesn't care for sui but joins in because Ace roped him into it

I don't see him playing as anyone else except for Eli and Luca for survivors because he's one of those guys who mains like 2 survivors

Even though he's a survivor main, he does pretty well as hunter

For hunter, I see him as a Jack (The Ripper) main

His first main was probably Freddy (Lawyer) because he had a hard time looking for the cipher machines

Trey:

Idk, I just see him as a hunter main

Doesn't mean he's bad at being a survivor though, he just likes messing with survivors more

He's usually a friendly hunter unless he's actually in the mood to be serious

Or if Ace and Deuce begged him to actually go against them

Wu Chang main and he's also one of those people who somehow got ahold of Burke (Mad Eyes) playstyle

Ace and Deuce accidentally set Burke's trap on themselves and Trey had a good laugh cause he didn't have to do anything snjsjs

His survivor mains are Orpheus (Novelist) and Fiona (Priestess)

His first survivor main is Emily (Doctor)

Likes sui because he doesn't have to play seriously

Cater:

Survivor main because chasing survivors is pretty tough

I think he'd really enjoy playing as Demi (Barmaid)

I think what he finds fun about the game is surviving the longest and escaping through the dungeon

He would still save his fellow survivors of course but that's not really his goal lmao

He had tried playing every characters at least once

His favourite hunter to play as is Joseph (Photographer) and I don't think he's a fan of slow moving hunters (Hell Ember, Gamekeeper, ect.)

The other survivors he loves to play as are Tracy (Mechanic) and Margaretha (Female Dancer)

Doesn't really care for sui but joins in to gain EXP

His first main was Kurt (Explorer) because he thought that becoming small was fun and he got to hide easily

Riddle:

Hunter main for the sole reason that being a survivor gives him anxiety (but he wouldn't admit that)

Mains Mary (Bloody Queen), ironic considering that he threatens to behead people and is maining someone who was beheaded

He's surprisingly good at being hunter

Doesn't care for sui and never joins one

I feel like if he plays the game more often, he would be the most menacing Yidhra (Dream Witch) player

But he doesn't so his other mains are Galatea (Sculptor) and Michiko (Geisha)

His first survivor main is Emily and he doesn't play any other survivors because he never play as one except for the first time round

Nearing the end of me writing this HC, I remembered that there are side games??? So let's just assume that they either never played them, didn't know they existed or they feel neutral about them. I mean there's barely anyone playing Black Jack back when I played the game often so it's most likely the case shshsh

I'll only write about the side games if something interesting happens or if I think the character likes that certain side game in particular! Also I always known that writing HCs isn't easy but this really ate a lot of my braincells so I'll probably continue this tomorrow or something sjsjsjsj

Like always, anyone is free to contribute to this HC ^^

[bitty-bytes]

Hi! I'm Bitty! My main Tumblr is rimeofthestars. I'm a 25 year old with she/her pronouns who is mostly straight, but a strong ally of LGBTQ+.

I am willing to share any and all of my F/Os! Ask me about my selfships, I can gush about my men all day!!!

♡Meet The Squad♡

Shieda Kayn (Source: League of Legends)

My main man. My skrungly scrimblo. He's everything to me. Oh and Rhaast is there too.

S/I: Tsubame, a fellow acolyte in the Order of Shadow.

Sett (Source: League of Legends)

Another very good boy! He could probably snap me in half like a twig if he hugged me too tightly but he's super gentle with me actually.

S/I: Mielle, a traveling vastayan medic.

Hades (Source: Kid Icarus Uprising)

A character I love so much that I wrote entire made-up lore for him! Yes, he's a villain, but he's just a silly little guy. :) {except he isn't but yknow} Probably my second largest selfship behind Kayn.

S/I: Persephone, a descendant of an ancient order that worshipped Hades in the past.

Guzma (Source: Pokemon Sun and Moon)

My punk crime boyfriend. He was one of my first selfships, and to this day, I love him to bits.

S/I: Laila, a Team Skull grunt who comes from a well-off family that treated her like a doll, to the point she ran away.

Niles (Source: Fire Emblem Fates)

One of my guilty pleasures is this guy. The more I learned about him through support conversations in the game, the more I fell for him. He deserves to be happy.

S/I: Honestly, I just live vicariously through Corrin.

Zelkov (Source: Fire Emblem Engage)

My boyfriend, who probably hasn't slept in a week. I was so sad they made his S support platonic. :( I really love this man.

S/I: Carol, a traveling artist from Firene who ends up being saved by Zelkov from bandits. Finds inspiration comes to her often with him around.

Lucas (Source: Rune Factory 5)

I love this man so much omg. I live for him being unintentionally funny yet also strangely wise and majestic in his own way. I immediately started romancing him as soon as I beat the main story. Bless this man.

S/I: Luna, a teacher and founder of an orphanage. At first fascinated by Lucas's sleight of hand magic tricks, she can't help but feel something truly mysterious and wonderous about him. Almost as if his magic 'tricks' are something much more...

Zenos yae Galvus (Source: Final Fantasy XIV)

At first, I thought he was a pretty standard antagonist. Then he removed his helmet, and I was instantly floored by how pretty he was. He's a little fucked up but I'm no stranger to that lol.

S/I: Ophelia, my character/Warrior of Light ingame. An elezen sage with a gentle yet strong heart. At first, she hated his guts... but she slowly fell for him over time. Definitely an enemies to lovers situation.

--DNI IF YOU'RE A N-ZI OR P-DOPHILE. GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE.--