#me but in a clown wig

[s-tellans]

my best friend art the clown is the funniest guy i know

[mercymaker]

also you guys saying you can't wait to see my dragon age OCs as if i haven't been considering just making mal: the dragon age edition like

[auroblaze]

...Now I may seem to be completing doodle pages rather than the several WIPs open but I swear I’m trying to get those done as well @v@

[sonicranger1]

I am cringe but I am free (Click Image(s) for better quality)

And the sketch ✨

[kookygobbledygook]

Laying out my iwtv bets

I don't think Armand went after Daniel due to Louis' interview.

I think amc switched the timeline.

I think Armand and Daniel had a thing first - maybe Armand was sick of being Loius' rebound for Lestat and found some comfort in Daniel- and Loius found out about it. So that scene where Loius makes contact with Daniel in the bar was deliberate, sussing out his husbands' side piece.

Then when Armand entered the bar it was a "oh no, my wife and my mistress!" moment.

Afterwards the only way to keep Daniel safe from Loius was to block out his memories.

It's a pencil sketch of a theory but I believe I have the root of it.

[imminent-danger-came]

Hm. I've decided that I don't like the fact that MK and Mei fight at the beginning of 2x10, even as a joke/training. "Monkie Kid, so it's come to this!". Don't like that Mei calls MK "Monkie Kid". It's just seems like some pesky foreshadowing. Okay. Titles are important in LMK. Okay.

Mei was reaching for the sun on MK's behalf there alright ("Soon Monkey King won't even need to come back from vacation!", and Mei grabs the sun, visually implying that MK has successfully reached for and gained the Monkey King's power, which has had sun symbolism on plenty of occasions). Look. I'm not wrong. You can't prove it. Look-

[luliho]

I'm down 7 million Neopoints and 7 real world dollars but it's a small price to pay for my Sad Clown Blumaroo

[scarletslippers]

Okay, I've been thinking a lot about the curse and how much of how the curse works and manifests is really dependent on how we define love.

Part of love is feeling, chemistry, attraction, yes, but more importantly, love is action. Putting another's good above your own, wanting the best for that person no matter what. Love is making choices that help do that.

So to understand the curse, we need to take the perspective of how the curse caster understood love. AKA, Temperance. Diving in under the cut because it got long.

Temperance did not understand love. Yes, she seemed hurt and betrayed when she relayed that Cora Down turned Charity and Charity's father against Temperance, but I think the root of that was more that they were no longer hers to manipulate. Even her mother's love for her child was not unconditional and about Charity's welfare. She states that from the beginning she was only concerned about Charity as a means to an end.

"You made your daughter into a key."

"I gifted her with a destiny."

Temperance calls Beckett Dow a "pedantic drip" and shows disdain for Charity's feelings for him. But what Beckett did, was truly incredible. This man, as his wife lay dying, brutally separated her soul to keep her safe for eternity, and then turned himself into an immortal terrifying heart-freezing entity as an insurance policy to make sure that Charity was never harmed. The man lived 150 years alone in a cell awaiting the day he would maybe have to live that purpose. Nancy was right. "It's always been about love." Sacrificial love, that is.

Circling this back to Nancy and Ace, Nancy fully understands and employs sacrificial love. She tells Temperance, "I can't let you destroy Horseshoe Bay. No." She sacrifices her future to keep the town safe - which Temperance didn't see coming because Temperance didn't understand Nancy's love for Ace or for Horseshoe Bay.

"Blind spots, Temperance. I choose this."

And then we see it all over 3x13 and 4x01 where Nancy avoids telling Ace about the curse or her love because she's dying to keep him safe and the best way she knows how to do that is to keep her distance.

So let's examine the curse:

"It will kill Ace if you ever act upon your feelings for each other."

What does 'act upon feelings' mean? That's the big unknown, right?

Nancy chooses the no contact, no discussion route to be totally safe, but really, isn't choosing to keep him safe an act of love?

Not by Temperance's definition.

Nancy spends every inch of 4x01 telling and showing how in love with Ace she is:

"I can talk about a platonic friend who I have to keep alive by never letting him know that I'm in love with him so that we don't act on our feelings for each other and activate a secret death curse."

Asking Bess and George how Ace is every chance she gets.

Telling Ryan "It's like my compass is off. My sense of true north."

Writing Ace's name on a paper stuck in a bottle for a town tradition so that "lovers' souls separated in death can find each other."

And yet none of those trigger the curse or a curse warning. Because all of those examples are on the intellectual, sacrificial side of love - wanting him to be safe, making sure he's doing okay, mourning the loss of him as a partner and friend in a relationship where they make each other better.

It's only when Nancy and Ace physically act on feelings from the chemistry/attraction side of things do we get curse warnings - almost kiss one, almost kiss two, almost kiss three, shirt grabbing, nose brush, forehead touch, etc. These all fall under Temperance's definition of love. And really, by her definition, you can see why she thought love was weakness. She prided herself on being someone in control of herself, her emotions, and the world around her.

"Feelings make your blind spots bigger."

Being so out of control so as to almost kiss someone three times even though you know it means certain death for them? Yeah, that kind of seems like weakness.

All this to say, I think it's going to be interesting how we see this play out this season, given Kennedy's comment about Nancy and Ace leaning on each other like never before. It seems like the curse isn't wired to prevent emotional intimacy, and now that the feelings are all out in the open, I can't wait to see where that goes.

[revenantghost]

"Join @trigunbookclub!" I said. "It'll be so much fun!" I said. "We'll have a blast reading together!" I said.

And I was right. But also.

[redtrospective]

happy international clown week to anyone still hoping for canon finnpoe in the new rey movie 🤡

[ofcowardiceandkings]

truly my inner shaking little ratdog ripping apart slippers is showing through the cracks today lol

already kind of oversocialised and on edge

sad because one of our travelling cohort is leaving today & the supervisor makes me nervous (shes lovely but i always feel like im being annoying) & next week our cohort has an Unknown person and an Annoying person

"woke up" a little later than i wouldve liked because i had a second morning of sleep paralysis bullshit

smashed my cute little cafetière trying to clean it out in a hurry

had a fight locking our accommodation because of the shit key safe

put out my supervisor a bit bc we were late leaving according to her OCD clock (it was fine but i get it)

got sun spray with dust in my eye and mouth

got weird gender-checked in the blokes bogs because i was wearing a scrunchie ("oh this is the mens right?" [me turning with disasterous facial hair and a deeper voice] Yes)

awkward paperwork check session because theyve decided to start that now

get quizzed about a sample i handed off and didnt lose AGAIN

get given a leaving deadline because im always late apparently

want to doodle but brain is fried, ye olde art constipation

the truck we're travelling back in uhhh sucks actually its got fun features but its steering and suspension are awful

travel headache

transphobes being shitty about the olympics, would gladly fist fight them at this point

coffee order is wrong, didnt get my bun, asked for it to be sorted ... get blamed for it by the barista (i didnt know cinnamon bun syrup was a thing) AND overcharged

lose where we are in the car park and accidentally cross in front of another car which was speeding

feel like a tit

still 2 hours left to travel

possibly broken traffic lights ahead of us ???

i want 2 be home like 5 hours ago

[krytus]

the tfp dvds on my bookshelf are looking at me like this btw

[supercantaloupe]

the problem w trying to be an italian romantic opera hater for me is that when i don't care for like 90% of a composer's output there's almost always one in there that gets me so hard in spite of everything

[maestro-of-miscellany]

I hate capitalism, like it's one thing for swifties as a fandom to be clowning a rep tv announcement but why are companies getting involved? like auntie anne's I don't think you ARE ready for it actually

[imminent-danger-came]

hiiiiiiiii im so mentally ill abt the swk-mk relationship from 1x09 into ROTSQ. wukong literally goes from having this “oh shit i Care about this kid” moment in 1x09 to Not Being There when mk faces off against the possessed dbk in 1x10. and then at the start of RotSQ they sit on that damn cliff again and wukong, for the first time, invites mk in, and we get to see just how lonely he really is. and mk’s about to leave, hesitates, realizes this, and Chooses to spend time with wukong. im so #normalgirl about them

(and also there’s tiny little origami versions of the original pilgrims in wukong’s little new year’s setup. and that’s just so everything to me)

GOD.

There really something about that ROTSQ scene. The way Wukong comfortably turns as MK's stammering and trying to leave. He seems so...at ease in his loneliness.

I also lose my mind that their mini 4x12 training sequence takes place at the same temple:

Sun Wukong: "I've been alive a long, long time. I've fought along side the Brotherhood and the great Companions, and now you. You may not believe it but you are all stronger than you know! Every one of you is already a hero—together you can do this, we can do this! Are ya with me!"

((*cough cough* "Just believe in yourself! Even a smidge makes all the difference." *cough *cough))

The contrast (and similarity) to their ROTSQ convo:

Sun Wukong: "I got you where I wanted you, by putting myself where you wanted me. It's called: misdirection." MK: "Seems like a shady lesson." Sun Wukong: "Too soon, buddy." MK: "UGH, I'm never gonna be as good as you." Sun Wukong: "Pst, not with that attitude!"

Their whole strategy in TEW was getting Azure where they wanted him, by putting themselves where Azure wanted their team. Really #normalgirl about it all

[dozenssporks]

It's All Fun And Games

*the video begins with a closeup of Vash's face, his eyes covered by his glasses. He is drinking a pouch of blackcurrant-apple capri-sun. The camera moves slowly downward to reveal a second pouch sitting on Vash's chest as he reclines. The second pouch has the straw poked through the back*

*milly speaks from off-camera*

MIlly: so, Mr. The Stampede, how are you today?

Vash, speaking around the straw: Please, call me Mordecai

Milly: I didn't know your name was Mordecai!

Vash: It isn't.

Milly: oh, okay! Now I just have a few questions for you, Mordecai--

*wolfwood speaks from behind the camera*

Wolfwood: first, I have a question, big girl: what's with the, uh, new style?

*camera pans out and over to the right where Milly is sitting on a closed toilet seat. The room, apparently a bathroom, is small and beige colored. In contrast Milly is wearing a bright rainbow colored clown wig and a clown mask that covers the upper half of her face*

Milly, speaking into a hairbrush like it's a microphone: It's for anomaly!

*a few seconds of silence pass*

Wolfwood: . . . do you mean 'anonymity'?

Milly: yeah!

Wolfwood: alrighty then, please continue

*Milly extends the hairbrush to Vash. The camera follows. Vash is reclining in the tub, fully dressed from sunglasses to boots. His legs are bent and feet braced on the wall in order for him to fit into the space.*

Milly: Mr. Vash, is it true what I heard? That you're responsible for the destruction of a small town in Canada?

Vash, taking the straw out of his mouth: unfounded rumors, Miss Big Girl. No truth at all.

Milly: Is that so--

Vash: for one thing it was Alaska and for another it wasn't my fault and for another another the only thing actually destroyed was a five story tall parking garage. Which again is not my fault. I'm being unjustly persecuted!

Wolfwood: You were existing in the area so it's probably your fault, needle-noggin

Milly: now now, Mr. Woowoo, this is an un-ballasted interview and you can't just interrupt with mean things

Vash: yeah, like she said!

*the camera dips down, as if the person behind it is lowering it so he can look directly at Vash and Milly*

Wolfwood: Ballast--? Biased? Um, Woowoo?!

Milly, cheerfully: yes!

Vash: you heard the lady, Woowoo.

Wolfwood: no. NO. do not. Do not even start.

*the camera leans forward and wolfwood grabs the shower curtain, throwing it across the tub, completely hiding Vash*

*the camera pulls back and focuses on Milly*

Wolfwood: you know what, big girl, how would you like a tell-all interview from an anonymous source that reveals the Humanoid Typhoon's bizarre and deranged sleeping habits?

*Vash sticks his head out from behind the curtain*

Vash: They are perfectly normal sleep habits! You're just ballasted!

Wolfwood: You were under the bed! You grabbed my ankle!

Vash: I was trying to turn off the alarm! It's not my fault your ankle was in the wrong place! You broke three of my fingers when you stomped down!

Wolfwood: don't be such a wuss, it was only your left hand, wasn't it?

*Milly moves her hairbrush microphone back and forth between Vash and Wolfwood, nodding and making interested noises*

*the bathroom door slams open and the camera swings wildly around and when it settles everything is at a tilted angle and a pair of small white shoes can be seen marching into the bathroom*

*all three of them scream*

*vash hides behind the shower curtain*

*the shower curtain is yanked back open. Vash lets out a high-pitched scream and clutches at the plastic sheet like he's trying to cover himself modestly*

Meryl: What are you--stop screaming! It's just me! What are you all doing in here?

Milly, from off screen: Just clowning around, ma'am!

Meryl: Then what're all these empty cans and bottles? Shampoo?

*all three giggle. the camera returns to it's proper angle, showing only the back of Meryl's head*

Milly: no, ma'am, that's booze!

Wolfwood: way to blow our cover!

Vash: narc!

Meryl: did you think there was even a chance I'd believe you were, I dunno, teaching them about the dangers of the grape and how it paves the path to sin?

Wolfwood: more of wheat and rye, but yeah.

*Meryl pulls back the shower curtain again and snatches the capri-sun Vash was trying to put the straw into*

Meryl, stabbing the straw with deadly precision and taking a long sip of juice: great, now I'm the designated driver by default because you guys couldn't wait fifteen minutes for me to pick up the snacks!

Wolfwood: why would you need to drive? just pop one open!

Meryl: because the cops are three doors down and we need to get out of here now!

*a moment of stunned silence broken only by Vash making sad noises and stretching out his arm to get his juice back from Meryl*

*all three scream while Meryl continues to drink her stolen juice*

Meryl: move it or lose it, people, the car is warmed up and ready to go.

*a finger jabs at the camera, apparently an attempt to turn off the recording, but it's unsuccessful and the recording continues, showing flashes of discolored gray carpet and beige walls of what is probably a motel room*

*distantly Vash can be heard crying*

Vash: um, my legs cramped and are locked into this position! Um, guys? Guys! Heeelllp--

*the lighting changes as the camera crosses over a threshold and goes outdoors. From the poor image quality it's hard to tell if the cameraman jumped over the railing into the parking lot below, or if they just dropped the camera*

*Vash is still crying when the screen turns black*