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#I drew the first version and then realised two hours later that I almost missed an opportunity#On another note I need to get better at drawing kohga poses#too sturdy#not enough pizzazz#Maybe I should try more magical girl type stuff#... actually that might work really well#master kohga#yiga clan#art tag
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Day twenty three! This counts as an outfit because I want it to.
#this is definitely one of those that i would love to spend more time with#it’s a solid drawing and i could push this lighting even further#but i need to lie down and down some more cold medicine#it’s lovely enough as is#usagi yojimbo#miyamoto usagi#pizzazz art#artists on tumblr#anyway yes. totally counts as an outfit. forget that i planned out all these prompts in late march; let the ill person have this one#edit: yeah that’s meant to be the grascutter sword in his hands
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I am once again reiterating that Leo could and should be a figure skater because what are ice skates if not twin blades? What is dual blade swordsmanship if not a dance-like performance? Using the skates as blades themselves could let Leo make portals be his ice rink no? I rest my case. ⛸️
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rottmnt headcanons#rise leo#would also like to add that he loves glam rock and unicorns! and what’s something glam rock unicorns and figure skating share#that’s right ✨glitter baby✨#(his glam rock look unironically fits right in with figure skater attire ngl)#I also mentioned his incredible ability to hold a pose before which helps him here#plus his fighting style in general can easilyyy incorporate figure skating elements#I am this 👌 close to animating a quick gif to show what I mean by those ice skate portals#and I do specify figure skating over hockey because 1) hockey is CASEY’S thing 😤 and 2) hockey just. doesn’t fit Leo? not enough ✨pizzazz✨#episode where the A-plot is Casey Sr showing her love for hockey and ending up playing a life or death game against yokai#she brings Raph in for help (since I like Casey & Raph friendship) and he gets the rest of the fam to help fill out the team#Casey Jr is especially excited but he’s never actually played hockey before#Leo tries to join and immediately accidentally makes a portal with his skates when he tries twirling to show off#the gang wins the match and the ep ends with Leo finally making it back completely beat up from accidental portals#the gang: wow we won! haha let’s go get hot chocolate it’s cold in here#leo: *desperately twirling over an active volcano* THIS IS THE OPPOSITE PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW#actually to extrapolate on this more I really adore the idea of the boys’ abilities needing to be retrained as they grow#because their powers have the opportunity to grow#Mikey just randomly floating off and needing to be tethered down until he gets the hang of it lol#and stuff like that
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soon.......
#finally starting the new form (which will mostly be copying and pasting the old form)#last year was rough on me and i got a lot going on in december so i'm opening sign ups sooner than last year and little longer too#also because last year i really wasn't sure if i *was* going to host it because i was not feeling it#but!! it's something i really do like hosting so i'm giving myself more time to get things ready#i think i had the sign up period for two weeks in prior years but i think ten days is long enough#this looks extremely basic so far but it will have my usual pizzazz when i'm done
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WOAH, HE'S BIGENDER? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!
#hey. hey. im just saying. he LITERALLY 'transed his gender' in a diagetic bit in orange. and if that wasnt enough.#in blue he disguised himself as squid jenny specifically with larry's powers (the only thing hes done with them on screen)#got caught by his god-assigned roles-obsessed caretaker. and was given the label of being something intrinsically unescapably deceitful.#while 'pretending' to be trans girl.#like. if i wasnt pretty sure it was all an accident i might even call the allegory here slightly heavy-handed.#with the nccts emphasizing a theme of 'youre not just what people say you are#you can be more than one thing at the same time' with crim#i think crimson can have boygirl swag. some bigender pizzazz. i think he deserves it.#is it REALLY a cpu kerfuffle arc without a subversive narratively relevant gender-transing.#am i supposed to believe the spirit of deviance himself is cis? get fucking real. grow up. /silly#also a lil crimtoinette in there. just for flavor. because i cant help myself.#also sidenote the nccts have given him this cute lil tendency#to tip his hat down to hide his face when hes trying to be Genuine or Thoughtful or Poignant. and i enjoy that little touch#i maybe like this guy a little too much. hes most of what ive drawn for months.#but what do you want from me. i read him as a queercoded villain deconstructed at the metanarrative level.#am i just supposed to be normal about that.#me and zia talked about this in dms and discovered. we came to a lot of the same conclusions. completely independently. lmao#cpuk crimson
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favorite scenes in once upon a time | 1.01, pilot
#ouatedit#ouat#emmaswanedit#emma swan#faveouat*#do i know if i will actually persist with this! no!!#does this little interaction still make me laugh 12 years (oh god 12 years) later you bet it!!!#when i go on my rants about how post 3a ouat lost its pizzazz with emma i am talking specifically about scenes like this#she gets too used to it there's not enough of her shit being rocked by the cheesiest dialogue ever#***
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A few days ago I watched Shadow of the Vampire, a movie that makes up a secret history of Nosferatu where F.W. Murnau hired a real vampire to play the titular character. It's a weird movie, treading the line between horror, comedy and tribute to the era of filmmaking it depicts, but it also features a spin on the vampire archetype that's pretty rare: not a (super)human, not a vaguely zombie adjacent monster, but a weird third thing that has lived so long it has forgotten how to be a person, or at least a person who lives in a society, much less modern society.
It jumped at me how it is the only piece of Dracula meta I've come across before the Dracula Daily experience (Shadow of the Vampire was released in 2000) that explicitly comments on the part where Jonathan spies the Count setting the table for him. Except that for "Max Schreck" it was a very sad scene, because Dracula "had no servants", and probably had to figure out by himself how to cook food he had long forgotten the taste of.
And within the context of the movie - a movie that definitely has some grotesquely funny moments, and mostly featuring that character - it worked! You get why it would be sad and lowkey disturbing to see Dracula perform as Count and servant from the vantage point of someone whom immortality has rendered detached from humanity, except not in a "I am above mortals" way, more in a "I vaguely remember I was a man; I am now a rat who once met Socrates" way.
Truth be told, the movie as a whole wasn't perfect (it got a 3/5 on letterboxd from me, for what it's worth), but I really liked how they clearly sat down and thought about the vampire character, and how these choices can connect back both to the original Nosferatu movie and to the Herzog remake ("can you imagine enduring centuries, experiencing each day the same futilities?").
(btw this isn’t a dig at Sexy Draculas I love Sexy Draculas I just find this particular way of looking at an immortal character fascinating!)
#my least favorite kind of vampire is the semi-zombie one#like it's just a fanged monster running after you after dark#i mean okay some nice stories came from it like i enjoyed the strain well enough.#but ultimately it's a version of the trope with little or no pizzazz you know#shadow of the vampire#vampires#dracula#dracula daily
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Serot's own arsenal of spells and generally how he applies necrotic magic differs from modern day Anactaci. You can clearly see the foundation he laid, but it has been over a thousand years. The order has evolved considerably in that time. There's also the fact that he was reborn at level one and has structured his skills to suit his present needs, but [hand waves]
There are different sects and roles within the Anactaci who call on the Plane of Death in different ways, but certain generalities can be relied upon. Their magic is largely geared toward what would be considered divination. They are the bridge between this life and the next, the messengers of eternity. They commune both with the souls of the dead and with spirits — chiefly spirits / entities on the Plane of Death but spirits of all types, including those like Refhremmit. Indeed, every City of Eternity has one Anactaci dedicated to communing with their patron. It is a sacred office.
Beyond that, their magic is deeply focused on the soul and the threshold between life and death. They are adept at identifying and countering curses or maladies of the soul. They are adept at identifying and addressing possessions or spiritual attachments. The skilled can manipulate the ravages of time on a body or object (a skill shared with the Manthu). The most skilled of all can leave their bodies behind to inhabit ritually prepared objects; these become the teachers of the Anactaci and keepers of the deepest mysteries.
Yes of course, they animate and preserve corpses, either directly or by calling a spirit to inhabit it. This is part of Meketi funerary rites. But, simply making dead things move is only part of their skillset. Indeed, it's the most basic part.
Anactaci are bound by sacred oaths to turn their magic to holy purpose and with a thought for balance always. However, a truly irate or unscrupulous Anactaci could do serious damage. Particularly if they are skilled. Insidious curses and nigh-undetectable possessions (i.e. slowly driving a person to madness with ill luck or nightmares; far worse curses are possible). Yanking a person's soul directly from their body, either holding it captive or causing it to become lost. Learning secrets from spirits or from souls that can utterly destroy a person. Causing them to rapidly age, turning to sun-bleached bone before their eyes, one limb at a time. Or causing them to wither, then return to their correct age, then wither, then return to their correct age — over and over until they don't know whether they're alive or dead. If capable of severing their soul from their body, they can possess others directly, influencing or totally overriding their will. They might not touch a person at all; they might sap all life from their home instead.
Fortunately, such corrupt Anactaci are rare — and swiftly dealt with.
#META / HC: WORLDBUILDING.#RE: ANACTACI#this isn't a polished meta#but I'm reading about Chosen so obvs magical abilities are on my mind#Serot's rain of blood and animate blood he learned as a ghul lord have the fucking pizzazz#but modern Anactaci are frightening in ways you don't think to fear til it's too late#or rather they have the potential to be if they forsake their oaths#which has consequences. Anactaci and Manthu both are literally bound by their oaths. those tattoos aren't merely aesthetic#but that's a discussion for another time#Serot getting angry enough to yank someone's soul directly out of their body tho . . .#he would have to be beyond incensed for that#and would feel absolutely disgusted with himself afterward. like might vomit type of disgusted#still. if Serot wasn't a moral man. he could be horrifying#he could make your blood boil you alive from the inside#he could make your own body turn against you while you're trapped inside helpless#he could keep your soul in a jar while he puppets your body#and allows you to learn whether the incorporeal can feel torment#he could call the Plane of Death into your very soul and watch it consume all life within you#and leave your body to infect anyone else nearby with the same fate#he could banish part of you to the Plane of Death so that the part of you on the Material Plane experiences that torment without reprieve#and must live from then on missing something with a searing ache that was swallowed by death itself#or he could banish you there just briefly and pull you back before you exploded. dangling you just above death like a pot of boiling oil#he could call down plagues. he could raise droves of undead their ranks replenished by their victims#he could drain life from the very earth itself#he WON'T but he COULD#well also it's gonna take time to get back to the power level he was at before dying in his first life#and frankly he doesn't want to be back at the level if he doesn't have to be#but y'know. first life. if he'd been a cruel man.
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i know we’re all tired of #girldinner but this is legitimately my treat yoself meal so idk what to do
#girldinner#for tonight’s selection we have trader joe’s style toum#a hunk of apricot white stilton#some garlic naan as if the toum isn’t enough garlic#and some uncured applewood salami#also did you know that two buck chuck is 3.50 these days?#three fifty chuck doesn’t have any pizzazz.
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Lights out au where Eugene is Rebecca, Varian is Martin, raps is Bret, ulla is Sophie, donella is Diana, and Quirin is Paul
#am I just putting characters I enjoy in media I watch#yes#yes I am#do I care#no#they vaguely fit and that’s good enough for me#my stuff#vat7k#varian and the seven kingdoms#rta#rapunzel's tangled adventure#Hugo could even be added in for extra pizzazz
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fight scenes should write themselves honestly
#this doesn’t feel long enough but i’m also wary of drawing something out for longer than is necessary#before anyone says anything—yes the entire fight scene is important#i’m trying to say something about these characters through it And it’s a first impression#ughhhhhhhhhhh#pizzazz speaks#tbs au
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I wish hair dried faster but like…….without using a hair dryer
#I’m going to smoke out of my bong and I am going to put kief on top for some pizzazz#then maybe?????#I’ll listen to music with my AirPods or soemthing???#also my dash is basically just dead now (fair enough it’s like 11:30pm) so i just keep refreshing my dash every 3 seconds#aaaaaaaaaaaaa#I’m still going to keep doing it too oops#I’ll be on here even when smoking/listening to music so :) feel free 2 keep sending asks for fun!!!
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my mom randomly decided she liked taylor swift the other day because “republicans hate her and i feel bad everyone’s being mean to her.” this all changed last night after falling down a tik tok rabbit hole about how she’s a satanist and a witch and trying to corrupt the youth. now she won’t dare utter her name. i’m sadly being very serious it was a whole thing. she needs to be more like my grandma who occasionally refers to the effervescent “taylor smith”
#anyway. tik tok is rotting everyone’s brains what else is new!#i don’t believe she’s interesting enough to worship the devil that takes a certain amount of pizzazz that she lacks
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What's your favorite type of soulmate au? Mine is the Soulmate Goose of Enforcement just because I almost die from laughter everytime. I also read a really good soulmate au once where a person's arm had images that symbolized important events/interests of your soulmate and that changed as your soulmate changed too
ok so i do kinda like the soulmate AUs that mix every type of soulmate gimmick together bc it just adds to the world building and the diversity of stories you can get and shows how diverse love is itself with other people and— ugh, so good 😍
but if i had to choose…….
i’m going with the red string theory 🥰 (who’s surprised, raise your hands) just because 1) the art is *CHEF’S KISS SO FUCKING GOOD* just delish, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ALWRAP THE THREAD AROUND THE SHIP’S THROAT THAT IS THE GOOD SHIT RIGHT THERE—
2) i also really like how it’s a subtle kind of thing. you feel it’s tugging but the string isn’t pulling you to your soulmate.
also, there was this one fic i read (years ago in high school) where it applied the red string of fate, and while nobody in the fic could see their string, they could see the rings around their fingers like a tattoo! however, they wouldn’t know who their soulmates were (in the fic people have many soulmates and even have their rings color coded like dam) until making it physical contact with them.
ngl it was that fic that got me hooked to the concept of the red string of fate. I always enjoyed the trope of soulmates and this love has evolved to more than just the romantic kind of concept and it’s just nice have some kind of assurance that the people you meet and somehow click with we’re always meant to happen. like, in a cosmic “Destiny” kind of way, ya know?
#asks#imma include this in the ask game lol#Soulmate AUs get an A from me#i grade tropes#tbh the soulmate timers are a hit or miss#so are the 1st words#i do like the ones that have tattoos of some kind of special symbol that hints to your soulmate#(A- tho bc sometimes the marks resemble cutie marks and feel too obvious to me)#i DO like the ones where you have a tattoo of your soulmates thoughts (either thoughts in general or thoughts about you or goals)#the one where they play music in your head is super funny#and the bruises one is delicious for angsty reasons (comedy also works too)#tbh the only way you can make me not enjoy a soulmate au is by making the ship immediately be in love after the realization#where is the awkwardness???? the shock or annoyance at ‘this guy’ being your fated????#where’s the showmanship???? the slow burn pizzazz??? the angst at not feeling good enough or never feeling like a soulmate is for you????#gimme!!!!!#gimme the drama!!!!#gimme the tension!!!!!#make me throw my phone at the wall and scream!!!!
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The jealous Dazqi post was so cute and funny and the callbacks to his past self were fun and now i can’t stop thinking about cringefail teen Dazai with the biggest, fattest crush ever and not knowing how to deal with it
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THIS MADE ME LAUGH ANON I ADORE YOU FOR THE VISUAL.
cringefail teen Dazai so obsessed to the point where he is literally pointing a gun at the other recruit who's at least 10 years older than him because he complimented you on how your so mature for your age when it comes to leadership skills. (it's both an insult that he would perceive you in that way and also.... why the fuck is he talking to you at all?) he has to use his authority to further his cruelty.
Dazai does the most unhinged things behind your back, especially. it gets soooo dire that sometimes he has to recruit CHUUYA for intimidation purposes. Dazai thinks of himself as intimidating enough but thinks having the 5'3 gravity user pointing thousands of bullets at any person who made you laugh or smile or cry will add that pizzazz he's looking for. Chuuya smacks him upside the head after and remarks that you'd never go for him anyway.
one time, he begged Mori to let him 'supervise' your mission as executive, and it really just ended up with you doing your job and him standing by any large body of water contemplating if he should kill himself because he doesn't like what he's feeling for you. and if perhaps you don't feel the same? even more reason to wipe himself off this earth. but then you smile at him... and sometimes even give him a high five for a job well done..... and let's just say that was the first time he discovered alcohol. and alcohol poisoning soon after.
one time he saw you writing in your diary, and that very night is driven to insanity in your quarters searching for it, looking for any mention of him in it like a little rabid gremlin. you catch him in the act too, and he simply flings it onto your bed and crosses his arms in complete denial that he's hopelessly smitten with you.
"Dazai? what're you doing here? is that my diary?!"
"HUH? i'm not reading it, i'm literally not!"
"then what are you doing with it, huh?
and he just flashes you those hopeless loser ass puppy eyes when he realizes the jig is up.
"... do you like me or what?"
and you're just like.....
"of course i do, idiot."
like damn took him long enough. you kiss him on the cheek and he's like.... oh wow could it be i'm not delusional? but he can't even HANDLE YOUR DIRECT CONFESSION so he just self destructs and snorts like the immature little shit he is rolling his eyes and whatnot as he storms out of your room.
"yeah, well OF COURSE YOU DO. I KNEW THAT ALREADY."
then he giggles and prances alllll the way back to the shipping container oopsies.
#wasnt planning on another writing sesh but i COULD NOT pass this up#anon what's it like being famous to me#and so so so right and valid#pm 15 dazai the freakiest little guy ever no wonder he grew up into THIS#dazai x reader#anon#asks#pm dazai
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heyy pook :3 i saw you asking for desendants stuff SOO how about whoever you want with a reader who is like valedictorian or smth? just like rlly smart?
all love, 🌟
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! ; and I decided to go with hook w this one cause why not lol ; thanks for requesting 🌟! hope you enjoy!
JAMES HOOK ; valedictorian
summary ; as class valedictorian, hook is infatuated with you
warnings ; language
word count ; 280
masterlist
he loves how smart you are
he parades it around like a trophy for you
"well, my lover is smarter than you'll ever be. maybe they can conjure up a little revenge for you?"
"hook!"
"yes maam"
you're practically doing his homework atp
you're insanely smart (obv since you're valedictorian) so if he or the other vk's need help, he's sending himself/them to you
"these two are like, if sulfur was a liquid, right?"
"yup. more toxic than your behavior after a bad nap"
"y/n."
if you're an AK (auradon kid) then your relationship was definitely rocky at first
you kinda just deal with his friends cause he's ur boyfriend
he's nice enough to you at least
he's honestly super nice to everyone when uliana isn't around, he's gotta keep up appearances as a VK
but it's your brains that draw him to you
he's just so infatuated with you and how quickly you can solve a problem and how easily you find mental challenges
if you're a VK (villain kid) then you've definitely known each other long enough for him to have known you were insanely smart
he's always trying to get you a spot into conversation when the group is talking about a new prank or some sort of plan to invoke evil upon the AK's
"y/n, what do you think?" he asks, seeing you'd been rather shut out by uliana and hades
you shrug. "it needs more pizzazz"
"i agree" he shrugs, looking back at the debating duo. "add pizzazz"
"what does pizzazz mean in this context?" hades chuckles
"a spell, at least. whatre we planning? to shove them in a locker?"
he loves you
#lowkeyrobin#gn reader#gender neutral reader#they/them reader#descendants x reader#hook x reader#joshua colley x reader#valedictorian! reader#🌟 anon#descendants rise of red#james hook x reader
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