#maybe I'm going insane tho

[sorrinslays]

This might be a bit of a "hot take" (if you can even call it that) but I don't think Winter King was evil. At least not in the way I've seen the fandom sometimes describe him as.

Let me explain, I don't think Winter King is evil in the "I'm gonna give the insanity curse to someone else mwahahahaha!" but in the "I'm so desperate to get my sanity back that I'm ready to sacrifice anything and everything, even the sanity of others".

I think he was desperate to get rid of the curse by any means necessary, to remain in control of himself and his actions. He needed to be himself. He couldn't be Ice King so he tried everything to be himself. I don't think his first thought was giving the curse to someone else, I'm sure he tried to find other, more humane, ways to get rid of it until he couldn't deny that transferring the curse to someone is the only way.

In my opinion, he wasn't an "evil" version of Simon, I think he was a more selfish version of Simon. He put himself above others. He saw his actions as justifiable and after he experienced the relief of getting rid of the curse for even a minute he wanted more, which is why he kept on transferring it to Princess Bubblegum/Candy Queen.

In conclusion, I think that chalking Winter King up to an evil villain takes a lot of his complexity away as a character. I don't think any version of Simon could be evil, if I'm being honest. Plus Winter King didn't give me evil vibes either, at least not "sinister evil" vibes. Was what he did still terrible? Obsoletely. Did he have it coming? Yeah. Was he evil evil though? No, he was desperate.

[calliopeslyre]

I keep rewatching the Patrice & Frank scenes.

There's just something about them. The dynamic between them, the way they look at each other. The fear in Patrice battling with his devotion to Frank. And then the connections to River. (What if it had been River at Patrice's place? If, in a different timeline, River would've grown up at Les Arbres?)

Especially the scene with Molly in the background sticks out to me particularly.

We have seen Frank hurt Patrice before. Hell, Patrice is clearly expecting to be hurt now, and somehow, the casual violence with which Frank treats him, comes suddenly. The quick mood change from pulling at his hair, to gently grabbing his neck, to pulling him into a hug is jarring, especially with the dialogue not entirely matching Frank's actions. It's harsh and it's not, there are two different things going on here. The physical one and the emotional one. (Just look at his expression when they hug. There is so much pain behind those eyes)

And later, when Patrice is chained to the radiator, staring up at Shirley and begging her to "Do it. Do it." I don't think he wants to die, not really, but I think he wants to face Frank even less. He's grown up as a child soldier and has spectacularly failed his handler, of course he can't face Frank anymore. I doubt it would've gone well for him if they had seen each other again.

[foresakencryptid]

Some people have gender envy, but I just want to steal everything that Charles Rowland has going on

Which is to say that I also have gender envy

[tetraandtheapples]

Erm!! I did more art!!!!!! My art style is so inconsistent I want to draw more realistically but I'm goofy goober at my core....... Gehahahaha

Also???? Pony Error under cut??????? (and a few error sketches!) Hidden slightly because I'm still a bit unsure about the design RAHH

I think it'd be cool if he had strings all over his body like he was some mangled stupid hasbro official pony plushie...... but the strings were like insanely last minute LMAO so I want to redo it again with that in mind.... when the pony takes me over again.

Transcript for Pony Info (because my handwriting is a bit messy)

PONY INFO!

Strings run along entire body

Used to have a cutie mark, but the file is "lost"

Horn sparks & glitches dangerously when using magic

-> Not harmful to him, but strong emotions can cause it to flare up (basically when the horn starts fuzzing a lot you know he's close to a full-on reboot)

Whatever the hell this thing is core -> (pic of very stupid looking Hasbro official Princess Twilight Sparkle plushie with brushable hair!!!! Batteries not included)

↓ WARNING!!! STUPID IDIOT BELOW!!!!!!! 🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☣️☣️☣️☣️☣️☣️☣️🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 ↓

[businessmango03]

HAPPY 5/5 DAY RAGHH

I'm alive again for only THIS day to come. I rushed it but I really love James so much he's been in my brain, that fruity ass train.

Extra doodles of him *twirls my hair*

I wanna draw more Edward and James but idk, please help me guys...

Anyways live laugh love James <33

[camellcat]

just finished crush on my s5 rewatch and oh my god I NEED to know what the general opinion was when that episode first came out. how did y'all og buffy fans react to that??

[molalom]

shellendorf musical is crazy man. i was listening to the soundtrack just now and got flashbacks to shucking yoko binder cap'n cuttlefish

[neonwizardheehee]

Soo I'm finally back from my family and can now properly answer and think <3

first of all tysm for tagging me in your 2024 reviews @mapofyourstars and @cherikdogfood I've not had that happend before and sometimes have a hard time making friends for a longer time bc i'm so prone to fandom switiching

RIP mcyt fandom i still ove u so much, i wish i knew what happened with me but .. i've seen the treebark zine and it made me cry so much bc I'm so prouf of us but also i was so detached it makes me so scary (1 con to ruin in apparantly i used to not be that weak UGH BUT i digress!!)

Being SO back into the x-men fandom was so not on my bingo card but I couldn't be happier: the amount of nice and insane people in here? all the amazing fanfics and ideas on here?? (srsly I've read 400 alone on ao3.... PLEASE cherik only came bc of deadpool & Wolverine 6 months ago and 257/446 are about them KSKSKKSKS <3<3)

so yeha you two had a lot to do with that (bc i also actually talked to you guys KSKSKSK) but yes much thanks and love and all the best wishes for your new year and i hope i can enjoy your company again :33

@the3rddenialist happy new year to you here too and i hope you had a good time - i love seeing your current drift and vibe so pls imagine me cheering on you even tho i have no idea what is going on /pos

@funky-lady still can't believe we actually met !!! sry it had to be the con where stuff happened unfortunately and i wasn't the best friend to you for SURE but i still wanna say this and appreciate what u did and tbh you're so badass for flying out and doing that fr fr (also happy new year ofc!!!)

@evil-mop-eating-sponge you're the goat for reaching out to me and that's so cool of u and i hope i could kinda do that justice even tho i barely contribute stuff but i still wnated to let u know i think about u a lot and your little notif bubble makes me smile and i just wish u esp all the best braincells for your exams soon <3<3

tagging also my secret favs on here bc i love what you're doing and i SO so appreciate you for that and i can't believe the amazing things u guys do and write <3<3<3: @lordansketil @star-lights-up @stinkrat-aleks

also huge mention to my twelfth doctor bloggers out there I LOVE YOU and it's so insane that the love suddently is spreading hahahah

ANYWAYS: super thankful to be welcomed with open arms into the cherik fandom (I'd NEVER thought i'd finally get comics i am SO fucking happy about that, krakoa i owe u big time!!)

big hug for everyone and ty for reading ik i'm not a writer or an artist and don't have much time anymore but i still love you and this site that brings me peace like nothing else <3

[art-from-the-pantry]

I am not dead! Hi! Have this sketch I made during the last 2 hours of class

[vaguely-concerned]

it really is hilarious how little objective quality has to do with how much I'll love an RPG. larian makes games that are objectively very good, but don't really resonate with me personally when I play them, for whatever reason. bioware makes games of wildly erratic levels of quality that cause my soul to vibrate at pitches heard only by dolphins and god.

[timelessbian]

cannot believe i have to just go about my life like a normal person after this i fear i need 3-5 business days to process my thoughts and recover!!

[silusvesuius]

nelvas and elenfric are concrete Proofs that love is real and blooming

[hajihiko]

Not gonna lie, I saw somebody say polycule? no, poly ecosystem and my first thought was what you had going on here because like, everyone is connected somehow, some way, different connection for each individual but still has a place in the whole group and there's an "Apex Predator" wherein, oh, you can take them away, sure, but it Will change up the dynamics a lot because they're intrinsically connected with each one even if there doesn't look to be a solid line between them because their very existence helps keep the balance just by being there.

Poly-game of Mikado, pull out one stick and the rest teeter on the brink.

[tizzymcwizzy]

watched the ml movie

that sure was smth that happened on my screen for real uhuh

[nobodybetterlookatme]

I don't care if the texts are about what you're eating for dinner, I'll take all the crumbs I can get !!

LMAO yeah okay here you go. And upon reading them this morning it wasn't that funny so idk why I was laughing almost hysterically last night about it ahskalslal

[xproskeith]

I'm making anime opening credits in my head for Twenty One Pilots' lore, mostly with albums in mind.

So that's where we are.