#modified meme by me

[schonheit-ist-in-alles]

everything is chips

[strandedtoodeep]

wade before meeting logan 'worst' wolverine

wade after meeting logan 'worst' wolverine

(original image from Doodlepool – Infinity Comic 001 (2024))

[sybeez]

OUT OF YOUR FRIENDS WICH ARE YOU

+ version with my agents bcs i can

[paragonraptors]

Before I say my thoughts, I want to preface that sharing/reblogging the work of artists you love is one of the best non-monetary ways to support us. That’s really indisputable. Word-of-mouth alone has done wonders for my career. I understand why not getting the reception on your work that you want can be discouraging and upsetting. It’s really hard out here and I don’t want to downplay that. 

That being said, I don’t care if you follow me just to lurk. I don’t care if you just exclusively “like” my art. I don’t care if you reblog without putting any comments in the tags. My output is not correlative to how many notes my posts get. I want you to like/share/comment on my work because you want to, and not because of some perceived social obligation. 

I appreciate anyone who comes across my art and gets something out of it for any reason, and I don’t expect anything in return for that. I see a lot of posts on this topic, and it makes me uncomfortable that people might avoid just liking or lurking because of a perception that I would be mad or upset because they didn’t reblog it. I want my work, as silly and not-groundbreaking as it can be, to resonate earnestly, and I want the expression of that resonation to be earnest as well. 

[wiverly]

JL Shenanigans

Oliver: Come on, everything can be fixed!

Hal: Everything can be fixed... Did you hear, Spooky? Everything can be fixed…

Bruce: In my opinion, it can't be fixed...

Hal: Spooky says that can't be fixed… Do you know what that is? It's like it's all a nightmare!

Oliver: A nightmare, yes!

Hal: Then I wake up and it's all over, huh?

Bruce: In my opinion it doesn't all over…

Hal: Spooky says it doesn't all over... This is the stress, I'm stressed! Then this period passes and it does unlock, huh?

Oliver: Yes, it's stress!

Bruce: In my opinion it doesn't unlock...

Hal: Spooky says it doesn't unlock… This is a reaction to badness, I was too bad! Now this thing will pass and everything will go back to the way it was before, huh?

Bruce: In my opinion, everything won't go back to the way it was before…

Hal: Spooky says everything won't go back to the way it was before... Look, Spooky, can you do me a favor?

Bruce: Of course!

Hal, walking away: Why don't you go fuck yourself? And one can even say a word of comfort, and what the fuck!

Oliver: But seriously, we do so much to cheer him up and you drag him down.

Bruce: So I have to make fun of him?

Oliver: Yes, come on!

Bruce, following Hal: Hal, it's all over, come on, it's all over!

Oliver, screaming: In this way he knows you're making fun of him, you idiot!

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Objects play their own significant part in expressing the emotions blocked by convention in a gritty, winter-torn 1950s Naples. Scorsese creates a cinema in which the screen itself speaks more articulately than the protagonists, tongue-tied as they are by the codes of their fictional setting, the powers of Hollywood sensibility at the time, and the norms of the gangster genre. Out of these constraints, Scorsese builds his film, while also using a typically melodramatic score to punctuate points and to accompany the tones and textures of the actors’ voices.

— Goncharov: An Articulate Screen, Laura Mulvey for Criterion

[shiawasekai]

For artist trademark I’d say I can spot your art by your thin sharp lines, while having soft shapes. Your lovely use of gradients really stick out. Clean crisp but creamy colors. Where you put detail also. It’s like it enfolds out. (Hope this makes sense 💕)

In answer to this

First of all, thank you so much Dolly!!! This is so sweet too 🥰

I find the soft shapes part interesting, as it's something I hadn't noticed myself! But I'm particularly happy to hear you talk about my colours in a positive way!!

Color is something I feel I struggle with a lot for reasons and something I feel really self-conscious about. I'm always second guessing myself about it, especially when it comes to shading and render.

I'm glad people think of the way I use color not only as distinctive but in a positive way! And that you find my gradients (I'm guessing you mean particularly the ones I use for shading) lovely. Maybe I'm not doing as badly as I feel (?)

Do not worry it made all sense!

[voluptuarian]

[bagadew]

Disco Elysium Spoiler

Disco Elysium Spoiler

Disco Elysium Spoiler

Disco Elysium Spoiler

INSULINDIAN PHASMID??!!

[chayscribbles]

i think the titles of my gemini heist brainstorming docs are funny okay

[emeraldgreaves]

rules: bold the ones that are true and tag 15 other people to do it too!

thank you @morning-star-joy for the tag!! bold is the truth, italics is qualified truth

appearance:

i’m over 5’5” // i wear glasses/contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear make-up // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

hobbies + talents:

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

relationships:

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

aesthetics:

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sun rise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

miscellaneous:

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs

open tagging because mobile is a pain!

[idontlikeem]

this has been me all day:

So Much Geno Content

[lanasblood]

you don’t understand how happy and giggly I get when you reblog my silly little fics and say so many kind words!!! I don’t deserve you </3 I’m happy my amateur writing can make you fussy inside xP I hope I continue to improve!! sending you lots and lots of kisses and hugs and everything nice! <🦢3 ilysm

amateur who? amateur where??

awwww thank you for this sweet message!! it truly warms my heart to know my words make you happy. honestly you deserve all the praise 🫂💗 ILYSM toooo (i’m keeping all these hugs and kisses btw :p)

[vitrified-vitriol]

Still collecting the full alphabet of the “live, laugh, love” variants if anyone has some good examples.

Bonus if they can fit the “We can’t ___, _____, ____ our way out of this.”

[skaerdir]

[vexwerewolf]

If I could ask you for some advice, what do you think helps the flavour text of a mech or piece of equipment sell a player on the fantasy of using it?

I'm finding it frustratingly difficult to do so with my own homebrew content: I can come up with lore and backstory easily enough, but re-reading it feels dry, and I can't help but contrast it with how the descrptions in official content and other supplements is more evocative, at least for mechs.

Let's observe some corebook Lancer flavour text and examine the various varieties it comes in.

Purely Functional

While it's usually not the most fun type of flavour text, this just tells us what the weapon is, and - if it has any particular tags or on-hit effects - why it's like that. The Hand Cannon is a good example: here's what it is (modified pistol), here's why it does more damage, and here's why it has Loading.

The main advantage of Purely Functional flavour text is that it provides space for other types of flavour text to breathe. Flavour text is a great place for jokes, but it's not good for every piece of flavour text to be a joke - the pauses between notes in music are just as important as the notes.

Obfuscating Vendorspeak

The Bristlecrown Flechette Launcher this is a great example of dark humour that Lancer uses quite often: marketing fast-talk to cover up something really unpleasant. The joke here is based on us understanding precisely what the equipment does mechanically, and then seeing how the manufacturer tries to sell it. There's a bunch of dense technobabble here meant to obfuscate the fact that this weapon fires knives in every direction specifically designed to kill infantry.

Deadpan Weirdness

The joke here relies on describing something extremely weird like it's the most natural thing in the world. Wait, you're telling me that in a world where I can just print new parts if the old ones break, they put DRM on my fucking knife and I have to apologise to the fucking knife maker to get a new one? What the fuck, dude? Why are you acting like this makes any sense?!

My sword uploads fucking what to the Space Internet?!

Third-Act Twist

This type of flavour text disguises itself as something else - most often Purely Functional - and then hits you with Third Act Twist. It makes you go "wait, what?!" It's very classic setup-punchline stuff. You're telling me my mech can rot?!

As a side note, Lancer loves to use this for its NHPs.

WHY DID YOU PUT THAT IN SCARE QUOTES, LUCIFER

Worldbuilding

This is similar to the Purely Functional, but instead of just describing technical specifications of the weapons, it puts the weapon in the broader context of the setting's history. Okay, so we know what this weapon is and what it does - why was it built? What was the original use case, and why? Most importantly, what can the existence of this weapon tell us about the world that build it?

Whimsical Aside

This is the insertion of a light-hearted, humanising little insertion regarding how this piece of equipment gets used in the field. This serves to remind us that soldiers aren't cold, unfeeling killing machines: they can be as emotional, irreverent and silly as the rest of us, and they do things like name their mobile bombs...

... or call resupply drones "mech snacks."

The Ominous Out-Of-Context Quote That Explains Nothing And Only Raises More Questions

As I've said in multiple textmash memes, this is basically Tom and Miguel's shorthand for "this technology is Intensely Fucked Up in a way that it is more fun and scary not to explain." This is essentially Lancer's version of SCP's [REDACTED].

You might think this is the domain of HORUS, and you'd be right, but every single manufacturer indulges in these - although IPS-N had to wait until NRFaW to get theirs:

What the fuck do you mean by that, Lancer?