#my interest is still strong

[soobadnoonecanstopher]

Way back when.

When I abandoned a few fics I got some rando in my asks who said

Surprise surprise you didn’t finish something

You never finish anythjng

and then I said watch this and I didn’t start anything for years so I didn’t have to face the possibility of not finishing something

and look at me now

I’ve finished something 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I’m so thankful that those of you who are here are beautiful on the inside

[rainyjays]

Slowly but surely coming out of burnout (just to jump right back in it with school!) 2 older OCs, Mojave and Bronze, kudos if you remember them.

2022 refs under the cut, Tumblr is being weird to me

[mrmeepsmadmind]

i love when ppl draw bumblebee like the happy little creachure he is but also i love when people draw bumblebee like he's had 500 beers in the last 1 hour and still the pain won't even ebb

[tunamayuuu]

looking for a doodle style that makes it easier to post often for the rest of the year, thoughts?

[tartppola]

the goober gets an ssr baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leciraofthewilderness]

So, despite some faults, I really enjoyed totk, and on its anniversary I want to say something about it. Other people have said similar things before but it’s really important to me and actually a big part of why the story of totk was meaningful to me, so I want to also say it:

Zelda needed to come back from draconification. The story needed that. It wasn’t lazy and just ignoring “consequences” because (imo) that was the *point*

The point is to feel like there are going to be terrible consequences and then say actually, no. You can come back from this, with the help of other people.

To me at least, that was the theme of the whole story.

If botw was about how the world goes on past loss and grief and starts to heal (how flowers grow in the ruins and the world can be beautiful again, be worth saving, even if it has changed)…then totk was about a more personal kind of healing.

The weight of the world should not be on your shoulders alone…you, alone, should not have to fix everything…you should not have to sacrifice yourself, but when you do, someone will be there to save you from it.

This turned into a really long ramble so:

You (Link) gained so much and now it’s gone. It feels like you’re back to where you started and yet you know you have to do it all again…you were weak and you failed and you’re weaker now…but

You go down to the surface. Monsters swarm across it once again. Other people are fighting them too though. You help, but it’s not just you…

You go to the Rito, the Gorons, the Zora, the Gerudo…just like with the divine beasts, there are friends who help you save each region. But this time, part of them comes along with you when you leave. It’s nice, you realize, the first time one of them protects you from a monster you weren’t prepared for. You’re still weaker than you were before, but someone has your back…

When you go up to the sky you see a strange new dragon there. There’s something about them that feels familiar. You try not to think about it.

You go down to the depths too. It’s terrifying at first. You hate it. You only want to get what you came for and get out of the dark….but slowly, the light grows. You get stronger. The dark feels like a challenge you can face (and someone has your back).

There are spirits down there. You don’t know when they’re from, but some part of you wonders…are these all the people you let die in the Calamity? (You help them find rest from their wandering. The weight on your shoulders feels a little less heavy).

There’s so much gloom. The first few times the sky turns red and hands chase you (a reminder of what you’ve lost, how you failed) you just run. Eventually though, you have to fight. It feels like the (second) worst day of your life again. But you manage to get free of the grasping gloom and stand and fight, as wild and desperate as it is. Beneath the manifestation of your worst fears, there’s another thing to fight, but this time it has a face (a voice in the back of your head says…you know this isn’t all on you and your failure…it’s really Ganon’s fault right?). You get through it.

At every turn in your travels, it seems like something reminds you of Zelda. Her passion, her curiosity, her kindness. You miss her.

At first, the tears you find reassure you. She may be in the past, but she’s safe. She’ll come back somehow…but then you hear the word draconification for the first time. You want to believe she wouldn’t do it but you know her and the fear sits cold inside you. (Zelda is a lot of things. She’s been allowed to be more of them, since she was freed from her hundred year battle, without her father holding her back. But deep down inside her, there’s a vein of self-sacrifice that still runs strong. It’s what saved the world before, after all).

She did it. She really did it. She’s gone from you (from Hyrule) forever, and it’s all your fault. If only you hadn’t failed so utterly in the battle (you can hardly even call it that) under the castle. If only you’d caught her. If only you hadn’t let the sword break. You should have protected her you should have been better it’s all your fault and now she has to live with the consequences, forever. Everything really is on you, you should have been better.

(Zelda POV: you couldn’t call upon Hylia’s power in time, you were too content to let it wither and fade away from you, ready to be free of it. You shouldn’t have. He got hurt, the sword got hurt, it’s your fault…Sonia and Rauru help you channel it again, Sonia helps you learn how to turn back time…but you don’t save her. She dies because you couldn’t save her. Rauru dies not long after. There is no one left to guide you, once again. You could spend years trying to figure it out on your own. But you did that last time. It didn’t work. Self-sacrifice, stepping in front of someone you love, that worked. (You do what you can, to call upon the sages, to help Link in the future, first). And then you swallow the stone. You’ve come a long way, in the past five years, allowing yourself to exist. But in the end, self-sacrifice worked last time. It’ll work this time too.)

You (Link) go down beneath the castle. You were supposed to bring the sages but you didn’t. It’s nice, for someone to have your back. But no one else should get hurt to fix your mistakes.

They follow you anyway. They fight with you, against the hordes, against the greatest enemies you defeated together, along the way. They’ll have your back, even if you don’t think you deserve it.

You fight Ganondorf, and then the demon king, in the hardest battle of your life. You think it’s over and then the demon king decides it’s better to lose himself completely than let you win. You’re exhausted and afraid of yet another battle, but up there in the sky, when you’re falling, the Light Dragon catches you (you wonder why she changed her path to catch you, you wonder if there’s still something of Zelda left in there to save). With her help, you win.

And then you’re in some other realm. The spirits of Sonia and Rauru are there. You remember how the two of them and Zelda channeled such incredible power together. You think about Recall. Turning something back to the memory of what it was before, like Sonia said. You stand with them and you allow yourself to hope. Maybe the Light Dragon can remember the form she took so long ago, the person that she was.

And then you’re falling, and Zelda is falling, but this time you catch her. You catch her. She’s back home with you, finally, finally.

And maybe, one mistake doesn’t have to be the end of the world. You don’t have to be perfect. Sometimes, someone else can stand with you, and it’ll all turn out alright. (You can put the weight of the world on your shoulders, you can sacrifice yourself, but someone will be there to catch you, someone will be there to pull you back to yourself, when all is said and done).

[shi0n]

i thought i was finally free from my coworker as his winter holiday started but instead he showed up at my door without warning to give me a love letter containing a ring that is too big even for my thumb. i am not moon coded i just genuinely hate you.... love letter commentary under the cut

"I hope I won't scare you further away from me. every moment I can spend with you is precious to me." youve known me for like a month at best. EVERY MOMENT? like the two times weve hung out outside of work?? (against my will) "I may be blind but I see so much in you. certainly more than I should" WHAT IS THIS wwww. is this supposed to be romantic.. it just makes me think he sees more value in me than there actually is? almost like an insult? help maybe im reading this wrong. im number one idol prince shion shi0n so obviously there is much to be seen in me... (this is what happens when someone is not strict w me and lets my ego grow bigger) "I dont want anything in return. i dont even need an answer or anything like an answer, nothing needs to be different." he truly has a way with words.. well I want things to be different I WANT YOU TO DISAPPEAR. clearly you dont need an answer considering how many times ive already rejected you. "whats most important is that things wont be left out to fester on their own." what things. wh. what does this mean. "try not to drink too much on new years." i think ill become an alcoholic just to spite you. "you can throw this at a bird or keep it yourself ♥" (in regards to the ring) ?????? this has got to be the most unromantic line ive ever seen in my life wdym throw it at a bird???? a bird i dont know is a 100 times more dear to me than you

[appallinnballin]

these freaky godparnets used to put me in a chokehold. goonite

[cait-sith]

October 2023, Day 25: Decay

The Final Run.

[yasmeensh]

I have decided to stop meddling with this piece. It has to be done at some point, and here it is! I'm happy with how it turned out 😁 My last chimpanzee painting was two years ago, so it's time I make another one! Painted in acrylics and touched up with CSP. Shared some process shots too, just below :)

it was very messy.... and the lighting made a HUGE difference in the end!

[caeran]

Greg lestrade 🕺

[puppyeared]

its so hard to watch time pass when things like careers and assignments exist. what do you mean im supposed to take that seriously

[sysig]

Caughtcha, gotcha, not letting go ♥ (Patreon)

[mmpookie]

arcanatwilight inktober uhm day 19: Banquet (wanted to see Beau try on different Banquet outfit ideas teehee and their hair is slicked back)

[mj-thrush-gxn]

i might lose my dndads hyperfixation to lord of the flies. you guys im scared save me.

i just love it when a media has a queer coded character who is associated with religion, a bloodthirsty child, a set of twins who are basically one person, and they are cut off from the rest of their world and forced to learn how to live in a place foreign to them.

[envolvenuances]

lesbian masterdoc and the unforgivable damage of making people hear compulsory heterosexuality and think of "can lesbians have crushes on men?" (no) instead of "are heterosexual women settling in unhappy marriages with men bellow their worth because of economic and social pressure?" (yes)