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saragrosie · 3 months ago

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Who can it be now?

This is @burntbrownsugar 's villain Stone design, aka Doc Rock! I post about him a normal amount

Bonus huehuehue the guy

#I can NOT stop drawing himb...#maybe I should separate these into different posts but I like dumping everything into one #as a treat #agent stone #villain stone #doc rock #stobotnik #understand that I forgot how mirrors work so I had to flip like. EVERYTHING. when I was almost done.#the spain #also burntbrownsugar I'm sorry for tagging u in every post I just want to make sure I cite my sources 😭they NEED to see ur art NOW #also I “missed” stobotnik week I didn't miss the art tho u guys are all amazing #I was just having a not too good week but I'm back! for now. the work week begins again tomorrow.#sigh #pls note u need to read the caption like the men at work song #who can it be knocking at my door?#*epic saxophone*#and so on and so forth #sarag art #changing my art tag to sarag tag because bots steal art with my art tag😐

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gotstabbedbyapen · 11 months ago

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It's always "Hades isn't bad or cruel, his deeds are just metaphors of the inevitable death" or "Hades kidnapping Persephone represent the premature death".

But when the argument "Zeus has numerous affairs and many children because he represent the fertile rain" is brought up, all nuance is suddenly out of the window and Zeus is just a womanizer who can't keep it in his pants.

#hades #zeus #greek mythology #greek gods #greek deities #cherry picking who should be condemned for their “crimes” and who can be excused because “their action is metaphorical”#just shows your ridiculous hypocrisy #if you're gonna judge the gods at least put all of them on the same standard #or maybe - i don't know - understand that you're not in the place to judge the deities from a different culture???#i admit i used to have a “Hades good/Zeus bad” phase too #but i'm growing out of it because in the end i'm only reading the stories from another country

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vaguely-concerned · 1 month ago

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do you think that when rook stumbles out of the fade prison and through the eluvian to safety, there's a moment of everyone standing around in joyous (and probably exhausted) disbelief, where lucanis meets their gaze and recognizes the look of tremulous, hesitant uncertainty in their eyes -- that tentativeness of someone who feels they stand on the threshold of madness and one wrong move can send them over, the terror of something finally breaking apart in your head in a way that can never come back together and be whole again; the helpless is this truly happening? is this real? are you really here? confusion that verges on pleading. (the last time they saw him, he was dead. the last time they lost someone, their mind fractured around it for weeks, months, to spare them the knowledge, and they couldn't tell. until they could, and by then it was all too late. how could you know it's not all happening again? how could you not fear that it might be?)

yeah, lucanis recognizes that look immediately and with an instinctive visceral wave of empathy. because it's how he's felt so many times looking at them. anyway. anyone ever think about isabela's comment that lucanis looks at rook like he's afraid they're a fever dream. me neither

#dragon age #dragon age: the veilguard #dragon age: the veilguard spoilers #dragon age spoilers #rookanis #rook x lucanis #lucanis dellamorte #oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar #it's so important to me that they are occasionally reality perceptually challenged 4 occasionally reality perceptually challenged #other than harding I'm not sure anyone else on the team would like. fully understand this element of what rook went through #(and for me she is dead by this point. infinite agony and suffering I'm so sad)#I'm thinking in a romance context here of course because of the person I am lol but also a fascinating dynamic in a platonic context #almost more so maybe in some ways #he just... woke up. and the wind was from the south moment there for lucanis probably. where he can help them #and more of a oh not mad let me not be mad moment for rook as they flash back to lucanis' dead body :')#again it's such a deliciously fucked up move from solas to add that little element of it. obsessed with it and him

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chimerafeathers · 7 days ago

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reading the end talks knowing how everyone feels about staying with each other feels like being beaten over the head with a hammer. the subtext that Siffrin is taking away from each conversation confirming his own expectations of the others' expectations, versus the subtext that each of them are desperately trying to convey back to him without coming across as weird and clingy because of their OWN perceptions of everyone's expectations.

Bonnie (regular): "Wait, that's such a long journey though!!! I'm not gonna go find you just so I can punch you if you're wrong!!! That's dumb!!! [...] Okay, then I'll believe you!!! Hopefully I won't have to walk forever to punch you!!!"

Bonnie (friendquest): "...I'll miss you, Frin. ... I know you'll leave soon, but, um... Y-You should come by Bambouche one day! So you can meet my sister!!! So I can say... "That's Frin! They helped me a bunch! They're really cool!!!" So come and see me sometime, yeah? Promise? [...] I'll be waiting for you, Frin!!!"

"i know you'll leave soon" "that's such a long journey" assuming that Siffrin would never want to stay close by, that wherever he goes would be arduous for them to reach. ...and, maybe in Siffrin's interpretation, not worth the annoyance and exertion it would take to reach them.

Isabeau (regular): "I can't wait to go back to my old job, you know? Make sure to say hi when you're near Jouvente, 'kay?"

Isabeau (friendquest): "...I hope...I hope you'll at least visit sometime, Sif. Our journey is over, but don't be a stranger, okay?"

Isabeau, short and restrained after his aborted confessions. maybe keeping it brief and simple to not overcomplicate the triumph of the moment, hoping he'll have the chance to express himself properly later (they're all having dinner together tonight, after all! they'll have time for feelings talks then! why wouldn't they?). not wanting to overwhelm or assume. how can he ask for anything more substantial than a visit before Siffrin knows how he feels, what he might want, what Siffrin might want?

Odile (regular): "But now I can finally get back to traveling. [...] It'll be weird to travel alone now, but I'll get used to it again. Or I could just go home to Ka Bue... Hm... [...] Ha...I'll miss you, Siffrin. You're a little strange, but you're a good kid. Maybe try letting down your walls every once in a while, huh? And come to Ka Bue anytime. Maybe we'll meet again during your travels."

Odile (friendquest): "It was fun. Traveling with everyone. I will miss it. [...] I... I suppose everyone will go back to their homes, now... Mirabelle will probably stay here, Isabeau will probably go back to Jouvente, and we'll ask someone to accompany Bonnie back to Bambouche... And what about you, Siffrin? Will you be going back home? [...] Oh... Why no-- ... No. Sorry, this isn't any of my business. But... No home at all... I never knew. I'm sorry. [...] ...I'll probably be going back to Ka Bue soon. Our paths will diverge soon... But if you ever come towards Ka Bue... Please come by, and say hello, won't you? ...Don't be a stranger, Siffrin."

Odile, reinforcing everyone's assumptions, backing away from the opening Siffrin gave her out of respect for their privacy, and sharing more of her own hand than Siffrin may even realize—resigning herself back to the quiet of her own company after the warmth and noise of being with everyone else. but even as a fellow traveler, both ~obviously intending~ to continue their journeys, there's no suggestion that their paths may intertwine deliberately, only inevitably diverge and briefly cross by happenstance or on a whim.

Mirabelle (regular): "...You can be so nice, Siffrin. [...] You know, um, um... Um!!! I know we haven't known each other for that long... B-But I hope you know I really treasure your company! I do! I really really do!!! And so... Thank you! Thank you for accompanying me on this journey! [...] ...I'm sure you're excited to go back to traveling on your own... But don't forget me, okay? Come see me at Dormont anytime! I'd love to hang out! Promise!!!"

Mirabelle (friendquest): "I have a lot ahead of me, still. But I never would have realized this without you, Siffrin! S-So, whenever you're done traveling, or you'd like to stay someplace for a little bit... Maybe think about coming to visit Dormont? Just to say hi? B-But you don't have to!!! It's just an idea!!! [...] I'm glad we're friends, Siffrin. ... D-Don't forget about me on your journey, okay!"

Mirabelle got so goddamn close to an actual, straightforward invitation for them to stay with her. "whenever you're done traveling or you'd like to stay someplace for a bit" could be a long-term thing of indefinite duration! but then she anxiously backtracks to "visit," "just say hi," "you don't have to! it was just an idea!" out of fear of coming on too strong, imposing too much. she's the one afraid of being forgotten, here, worrying that she'll fade as easily from their mind as anything else, unmissed. trying to balance emphasizing that his company is something that she genuinely wants, but leaving room for them to back out without feeling awkward if it's not something that they genuinely want.

in every case, Siffrin's plans "to keep/go back to traveling" are assumed, the distance is assumed, the separation is inevitable. it's all Siffrin can hear, couched in polite, socially mandated overtures to keep in touch. everyone will be gone and they will be alone again, outside of brief, occasional reunions (and always reunions that he would have to impose to initiate—how can they choose to visit Siffrin if they have no home to visit?—how can Siffrin know if they truly meant it when they asked, if they'll still mean it as time goes on?).

it's all the rest of the party can imagine, too—of course their mysterious rogue will quietly disappear back into the forests and crowds, impossible to find or contact after it's all over. they're left asking, begging, through the clenched teeth of social restraints, not to be left behind or forgotten, either. please visit, they say. don't you get it? don't you know how important to me you've become, how much i want to keep you in my life? they don't say.

and now all i can hear when i read back these lines is

i can't ask you to stay/come with me, but please, please don't let this be the last time i see you.

#mypost #isat spoilers #in stars and time spoilers #isat #in stars and time #i was watching the kpop demon hunters movie and stopped during the climax to write this post.#it's a good movie the Thoughts just took over #for some reason i remembered watching my friend play through the game after i'd finished it #reaching the end and re-reading all these conversations and just inwardly screaming in agony #knowing EXACTLY what siffrin is taking away from it every time #and what each of them are actually saying-but-trying-not-to-say-because-that-would-be-weird #sorry bonnie's bit is short i feel like i'm very bad at talking about them. maybe that should be my next goal. understanding bonnie better #isat meta #isat thoughts

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uncanny-tranny · 2 years ago

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Basically, my philosophy around disability fakers is: I would rather a thousand people fake a disability than have one disabled person suffer without care, aids, compassion, or any help.

#disability #disability advocacy #and there's a difference not many people seem to recognize between faking and realizing you don't have [x] problem...#...such as realizing you don't have [x] disorder because it is instead [y] disorder...#...or you haven't completely understood your care needs/your symptoms/what helps you...#...and some people see ANY change in your understanding of your disability as proof of maliciously faking...#...when i suppose in my personal experience people don't *maliciously* fake disability...#...i'm not saying it could never happen but that i don't think it's the *only* thing motivating people called fakers #i just think (like most everything) this is complex and nuanced because it's a *human* experience #like for me personally i /know/ i still have a lot to learn about my disabilities...#...like... i realized recently that my hands shouldn't be in AGONY when warm water is ran over them when it's SLIGHTLY cold inside or out...#...and i realized that i likely have a Noticable limb difference that needs checking out. does this sound like i'm faking...#...or that maybe i just didn't really explore my own needs and body because of a variety of factors?#i can assure you it is because i haven't really thought before about how i deserved to understand how to best help myself

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thekittyokat · 1 year ago

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you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

#sorry i got really into my feelings about mark hoffman again #the very specific version of him in my brain that i really really wish i had the time and energy to properly share with you guys #saw #well until i muster the energy to explode all of my feelings out into a fic. if you want to TRY and understand #know that my three biggest hoffman fic insps right now are as follows #your best kept secret hoffman. a series of mistakes hoffman. and rushed like a dreadful wind hoffman.#there is a very clear throughline just know i am extremely emotionally compromised rn #thinking about theee fics vs the canon path hoffman spirals down #something something the absolute tragedy of watching a man's descent into madness #the transformation of a man into a monster #and what could have saved him from himself and kramer's corruption #sorry i'm rambling so much oh my god i was just having such a crying fit out of nowhere about this #do you think he could feel it happening. do you think he was aware he was losing his mind.#the script version of him fucks with me so bad. the crazed rankings and the longer hair and him not being well kept anymore #it's impossible to think he didn't know he was deteriorating #fuuuck okay i need to either chill or write a whole longfic rn #i project on that guy so much i truly don't know if i could properly write my vision of him #until i do something more substantial the full extent of my hoffman exists for me and my boyfriend only. they get me like no one else #well ginny and jenna also get me. please read best kept secret and a series of mistakes Oh My God #where am i going with this. i like tag rambling actually this is a nice way to do it without forcing EVERYONE to read my delirium #anyways if you've read all of this i think i love you? feel free to dm me about hoffman and my very specific headcanons and aus #maybe soon i'll try and start writing my fics about this tragic man #i could never say any of this on twitter btw they'd string me up for my opinions on him as a sad wet beast who could have been fixed #if only he hadn't been weaponized first #god i'm too tired to even be as embarrassed about this as i should be. thought i unlearned cringe already #but i've been spending way too much time on twitter and they HAAATE hoffman there #rip. i know it's not that serious but i'm sensitive rn and hate feeling lonely in my thoughts #ok bye for real otherwise i'll never shut up. i might tag ramble more often bc this was therapeutic in a way i needed badly #cat chat

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polkadotjohnson · 2 days ago

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Murderbot 9 - All Systems Red (3 of 3 )

#david dastmalchian #gurathin #murderbot #murderbot tv #murderbot spoilers #i had so much to say about this episode #hands down my favorite #and probably will end up not saying anything as always #maybe after a rewatch after the last episode #i really love his expression/reaction at mb's state #he's not happy or relieved that it's out of commission #he's worried and concerned #i've said before i'm terrible at understanding things that aren't obvious #but this one's obvious #i'll take another break #not an offline one #i'll be here just forgive me if i don't socialize

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screwpinecaprice · 3 months ago

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Alternate timeline where she didn't meet Steven. I may be exaggerating lmao

Yapping under the cut because I'm waiting on a line rn

Okey, so. Entertaining the thought: An introverted feral kid and a girl who gets a sort of high off adrenaline; but was taught to be polite and proper. You know, all that perfect girl stuff. We would also consider how her empathy level is questionable, based on how she just casually suggested cutting off his arm when it got stuck. (Still not sure if immediately being excited seeing swords is just amazement or 'OOH How convenient!') So perhaps she would learn to understand empathy in a practical (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for) way rather than in an emotional way.

Thankfully she was coaxed out of her shell and she had outlet early on. Also, to have genuinely learned friendship power! 😊

But what if she never got that outlet. 🤔 I mean, she could have gotten out of her shell in a different way. But, like. Imagine if she had to bottle it up all these years. It could go south or she'll be able to manage it because it ain't as bad. Just fun to think about the former.

She would be like: This thing I'm reading is SO morbidly interesting! I wonder what it feels like in a personal level though? Could I do it? Could I do it better now that I have the knowledge of foresight? But what if I still mess up? I can't have a negative record! And the curiosity and the adrenaline just mixes up together. Lol

Haha I'm not really seriously headcanoning that is exactly what's gonna happen. I mean at least not to an intense extent. It's so fun to think about.

#It isn't even as effective as what people made it out to be so she was going to dispose of it anyway. 😒#This poor girl is freezing up cause she got caught #Maybe if she pleads enough they won't tell anyone. They CAN'T tell anyone right?#So I guess she needs to amp up being socially nice to make them dismiss any negative correlation towards her from this. ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌#I think her parents are the ones talking to her here though so that may be not as hard.(?)#Connie Maheswaran #Steven Universe #Crack AU #Steven Universe AU #my shiz #If it's prime Connie you wouldn't know she has a barrel of acid. Probably.#And if you did she'll stare you down and confidentally say. Yes that's my a barrel of acid.#But like. You have no concrete proof she has a barrel of acid #SU AU #We get so much Steven POV. Or other POV's for that matter. Sadie has more screentime but that's understandable #Despite her role in the series this girl is a mystery to us and we can only fill up the gaps through analyzing clues and implications #It's amusing to think about Steven encouraging her to not be shy. She's so (⁠⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝U u U⸝⁠⸝⁠⸝! But it. like #bursts out in his face because she's so enthusiastic and oh so ready to take on something #su #skedoobles #Man boredom makes you think of random things. 😑#I got so much other stuff to do and I'm stuck in a line. i'm so hungry I wish I brought sum snacks 😭#Oh. Right. I was practicing drawing hands clasping together and just drew Connie around it .#One image with dialogue text count as a comic yeah?#comics #my comics #SU comics

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l4tchk3y · 2 days ago

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Rouge hears someone following her... I like the idea Rouge always knows where Espio is even when he's invisible because of her good hearing.

#sonic fanart #sth #espio the chameleon #rouge the bat #sonic rivals 2 #this is based off of the interior of mystic haunt in sonic rivals 2 #where rouge knows espio is following her and says her big ears aren't just for show lol #i'm feeling more confident in my work again so i am back on my bullshit #(niche game sonic fanart that maybe 10 people worldwide will understand the references without being told)#(though i do have an itch to draw some heroes and adventure dx art sometime)#it's been awhile since i've felt proud of anything i've done #still a lot of room for improvement but i like how i rendered rouge #my interests are kinda esoteric and i like things to look a bit messy and feel “nostalgic”#might not be to everyone's taste but i'm happy with it xP #i think i'm criminally addicted to backlighting and need to stop though

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fizpup · 1 year ago

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valentine, you're a horse ❤️

#my little pony #mlp g3 #wish-I-may #wish-I-might #ok so. I'm gonna ramble for a sec #normally when I post on valentine's day I complain in the tags about being single. but I won't this year!#I've recently realized I'm definitely somewhere on the aromantic spectrum. and that I'm perfectly content without a partner #in the past I've described myself as 'emotionally unavailable' or having 'commitment issues' but neither of those things were ever true #I'm a very loving and loyal person!#I've always been extremely affectionate with friends and family but unable to have the same level of love for potential partners #unsure if I'm just demisexual/demiromantic or actually aroace but I'm definitely not the default settings type of gay lol #I'm a big fan of romance and sex in fiction! but irl? 😅😬 idk about that fam! idk!#hypothetically I would like to have a gf one day and maybe fall in love but now I understand why that may not happen #or atleast is gonna take a while. and that's fine :)#tldr; if your top song on spotify last year was Cupid by Fifty Fifty it's time to do some soul searching lol #happy valentine's day!! 💕

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likesdoodling · 2 months ago

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Look guys! It's Menolly! (and Beauty) :D:D:D Been re-reading some Anne McCaffrey books. Dragonsong was the first Pern related book I read (wasn't allowed to read the 'grownup' ones till I was 15), and since my other favourite book at the was 'My side of the mountain' (running away from home and living in the forest kinda thing), Dragonsong had me hooked. But it's been a while so coming back to it after a few years was pretty cool.

#menolly #dragonriders of pern #never posted anything for this fandom before #honestly didn't really understand the concept of 'fandom' when first read them anyway #but now that I am on tumblr....#>:D #I have probably read dragonsong and dragonsinger like... ten times each..#like.#I had to force myself to stop re-reading it before I started to outright memorise stuff by accident #ye #still love the books #even if it only takes about a day to get through one #kinda forgot how short they are #or maybe I'm just getting used to reading absurd amounts of fanfic really fast #and this is just translating that to irl #anne mccaffrey #gotta look up this fandom after this~#completely didn't clock that was like. a thing. that I could do #till I was typing the tags #and 'dragonriders of pern' came up. as a proper tag and all #I've still got a full on comic strip story of dragonsong #from when I was like. 14?#probably the first fanart that I ever did now that I think about it..#eh. nah #lotr or the hobbit was probably first actually #wow. its been like. nearly eight years since then... huh.#time flies I guess #:D

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lightgamble · 4 months ago

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DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | 1.01

I refuse to believe that a tragedy had to destroy everything. But it did.

#Daredevil Born Again #Daredeviledit #Karedevil #Karen Page #Matt Murdock #Foggy Nelson #Deborah Ann Woll #Charlie Cox #Elden Henson #Not Revolution #GIF set #Mine #ddba spoilers #Daredevil Spoilers #I'd forgotten how to GIF. It's been that f**king long. But there's some muscle memory there. Some instinct brought on by #dozens of hours spent tweaking colours and snipping video and converting it to frames and going temporarily insane in the tags #It's coming back to me - I think.#I think I need to gif with this show. It helps me process.#Because I don't want to be disappointed. I waited so long for more. And it's not exactly what I thought I'd get. They definitely changed th #e recipe. But maybe I can get used to it and value it for just bringing me Karen and Frank back.#I don't even know how to understand Karen and Matt flirting in the bar - after everything they've gone through - but okay.#It's more unexpected than unwanted. I'm curious if there's something there that the writers feel there's time to explore?#(But for real. We don't have time for that. There are 9 episodes.)#NGL I do like that Matt and Karen are so hands on and close here and how sharply it contrasts with how far apart they are at the courthouse #And goddamn Foggy's last words to Matt were kind of devastating.#I like this quote because origin stories start pretty much with one bad thing happening that sets someone on a very different course.#And at first it looks like destruction. But it just leaves room for something new.

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egophiliac · 10 months ago

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So how’s ride kamens going for you as I just pulled my self together long enough to read the other half of the current main story

I've been working on catching up on the event stories since they announced the upcoming main story update! (I totally bombed the last few events...they're so fast-paced and I just didn't have time...😭)

and then of course they went and dropped THIS on us today

(you don't understand, I LOVE Tajador and I already love the two blurry frames they've given us of non-silhouetted Kelka, I'm ready to absolutely lose my shit come the announcement/reveal(?) stream on Thursday --)