#not to mention ashamed

[fluffyyymocha]

don't really know what death mark is about but my friend asked my to draw mpreg of this guy and i was bored, though i drew the wrong guy on accident, my hand slipped

he said /j but i took it very /srs

[marciaillust]

bro fuck it im workposting. i did illustrations, i storyboarded, i directed. I did many cool things in 2024 and millions of people all over the world saw em. that has to count for something

[surreal-duck]

some business to take care of

[sunclown]

Opgotchi: zoro (and sanji) visit an island

[skullsemi]

Topolino comics are so crazy because the relationship between two characters could be one-way-only for the longest time, but then there's that one Italian comic making things impossible happen

In this case, Mortimer, who ALWAYS made fun of Goofy, bursting into tears and ugly crying on him.

Context here is that Mortimer threw a fancy dinner on his house, chaos happened but Goofy was the only one who had fun. STORY CODE I TL 3318-2

[sysig]

“It could be that the loss of her children drove the Queen deeper into her darker desires...but, I don’t believe she was fighting against them that hard before that particular tragedy. No monster does.” (Patreon)

Bonus:

Hmm, wonder what he could cover those holes with :3c

[bumblingbabooshka]

When the only person who might understand what happened- understand. Not sympathize or empathize or comfort you but understand what happened, isn't there anymore. Or: 'A Man Made Me Do Something I Didn't Want To', for when you can't talk about it or look it in the eye [Patreon | Commissions]

[cabinetduo]

I love how kinda shit Tina is with kids it's incredible to me. like she thinks the eggs are adorable and fawns all over them but when it comes to like practical stuff she slips up a lot and freaks about the responsibility. When she's unprepared she's super awkward like when she first met em she spent most of her time overthinking and panicking. Or during the date when Richas started playing pretend with her and Bagi, Bagi adapted pretty quick but Tina had some trouble playing along. And she's hyper aware of to. Shes very insecure about her parenting abilities and swears up and down that her first meeting with Empanda was a garbage fire. She is, however, determined to do better. Shes actively trying to become a better parent and is holding herself to it. I just really like that she's not immediately settling into being a mother. Not everyone immediately acclimates to parenthood and it fits super well for her character.

[silusvesuius]

feeling their exceptional inherent goatedness in my blood after finishing re-reading a good book

[rakkuntoast]

on a more positive note i'd like to share one of my fave songs called "hasta la raiz" from natalia lafourcade

while its common for people to mistake it for a song about love or a loved one like family or a partner (which is not a bad interpretation btw!) it's actually about the "importance of talking about your origins and roots no matter how much you grow up. to not forget what builds us as a person" a quote from natalia in an interview she did with the CNN

in some sort it is a song about love, but the love you feel of who you are and where you come from and the connection you have to your roots (she talked as well that this song is about her connection to her mexican roots and lationamerica)

growing up in a space where it was mostly built of white americans it was definetly hard to feel proud from where i came from, and with the years a lot of shameful comments passed by about how bad my country and my people were, definetly didnt help that it was hard for me to come by colombians cuz we're def not the majority in some internet spaces haha

still coming by the qsmp and reconnecting with my people, my language and my roots has been a healing experience. having people ask me about my country, my culture and my language just makes me proud now rather than feeling ashamed. its not a perfect place but its my home, and i love my home even with all the imperfections :]

[bookofwambs]

some of you have pissed me off and i would like to remind some of you again of how zionist these two individuals are. i truly hope noah and that bald headed loud loser never get booked for anything ever again. evil individuals. this is islamophobia. this is zionism. this is propaganda. this is advocating for the genocide of palestine. i don’t know how else i can say this but if you support either of these us, you are just as bad and are complicit. you should be ashamed of yourselves for putting your favourite show or ship above the lives of millions of innocent people.

stop babying noah. he is an adult. 19. old enough to vote and make decisions. this is who he is.

[susansontag]

I’ve become sort of more chilled out about the way I am. embarrassing to say that the judgement of peers (and honestly also my mother…) growing up had an actual impact on me but I just wasn’t accepting of the fact that the things I’m interested in are not only absolutely fine and adult interests but also are the things that now paradoxically seem to make people like and appreciate me… I just thought I wasn’t acceptable somehow but like who cares. I enjoy reading about complicated economic matters and knowing the names of birds and I like stuffed animals and animation and music no one has heard of (julia holter I will spread your influence…) and being very intense about women’s issues and being overly pedantic with my words and men’s clothes and learning about ecology. I don’t like makeup or going clubbing often or crowded spaces or tiktok or being in the city all the time without easy access to the countryside

none of these things themselves are remotely strange but it really did feel like everyone else was the opposite growing up. I just didn’t really know any weird quiet people at school it felt like I was the only one and I even found it hard to fit in with the nerdy crowd lol. really they were much more comfortable in who they were than I was and seemed much more confident and outgoing… but literally who cares I’m tired of being too embarrassed to play my own music out loud in my house or decorate my space without fear of judgement it’s exhausting. the amount of normalcy I feel I owe my mother is insane like she is straight up not nice to me at times and I know this is true because I have conversations with friends who had much less judgemental parents and the difference between some of them and me is crazy so many more little things make me way more anxious. maybe she actually shouldn’t have made me feel weird about the clothes I wear or how I spend my own money into my adulthood… when did I become such a pushover. I’m not trying to be resentful but I’m an adult she’s literally not allowed to say some of this stuff to me in the way she does… my brother had to stand up for me before when she asked me why I’d bought a man’s knitted vest like genuinely enough… enough !

[bonefall]

Do you have a design for Bright Storm? I'm fond of the wise older figure thing you're doing with her

I do NOW

Made her, as well as a revamp of my old Thunder Storm design (I last drew him like a year ago!!) in preparation for some character summaries I plan to bang out after finishing a couple drafts, but Bright in particular gets requested so much (anon you're like the 4th person) that HERE, lady girl and her son be upon ye

I'm thinking about doing the BB!DOTC character summaries in "family" posts, so they're all grouped together the way I plan them to act in the story. Every family is telling a little mini-story of its own, in a way, from the Frost family and their inventing prowess, to the Heart family and how the kits react to Bumble's exile, to the Storm family and how they grapple with Clear Sky's influence.

I wanted to make sure Bright Storm was very large and powerful looking, but in a round, kind of "humble" way. She downplays her strength, her intelligence, and even her better judgement.

So she has these big cheeks, fluffy primordial pouch, poofy tail, keeps her head low-ish. Tends to deny compliments.

I was commiserating with my partner the other day about how intelligent characters aren't allowed to be thick-bodied. So between my fat, beloved Bumble the translator and Bright Storm the wise woman battle strategist I'm feeding us both

I needed to "finalize" their stripe pattern, because I actually plan for TIGERSTAR to have the same one. I'm probably going to update my Tawnypelt and Bramblestar designs to have it too; if they don't look better with Goldenflower's.

I just like the irony and bitterness of it. That these ancient stripes, once so associated with compassion and righteous fury, turn into a "legacy" so divorced from what Thunder Storm and Bright Storm stood for.

Becoming a symbol for the idea of modern ThunderClan and the culture of the new times, not the principles it was founded on.

Also I HAD to do the design thing where Thunder Storm's stripes look like top surgery scars lmao, my beloved transmasc boy

Anyway, I've decided that Thunder Storm was a REALLY dark orange. It bugs me a little, especially in-canon, that he looks nothing like either parent. So in BB he's not too far off color-wise from his mama.

I also removed the old "mane" and replaced it with combination white chest + his father's shoulder burls. The mane is going to become a Forest Cat trait, which is why it's going to get so prominent in ThunderClan.

Instead, Mountain Cats have a REALLY high concentration of ear tufts in their genes. They're also huge and generally hairy.

Funny enough though they're also "oily." They come from the Lake Cat population which was pretty water-resistant because of constantly dealing with the lake, and they haven't lived in the Mountains long enough for natural selection to get rid of it.

It's going to become SUPER advantageous for those who move to the River Kingdom, but become less prominent in the other populations.

But for now, Mountain Cats are kinda... well, naturally 'stinky.' That's not a BAD thing to cats who are animals who LIKE strong smells, but it is a notable trait that I'd like The Wind Runner in particular to comment on.

Thunder Storm: "Well? What did she say?"

Bumble: "Ummmmmm......"

Thunder Storm: "be honest"

Bumble: "she says she smelled you coming when you were upwind. rudely."

99% of the time when I'm changing character eye colors, it's to make them NOT blue because there's too many blue-eyed characters in WC imo. BUT.

I think it was another tiny waste to have the narrative constantly stressing Clear Sky's blue, blue eyes, almost like they're hypnotizing, and then they never really comment on what Thunder's eye color signals to other people.

So I've got an idea; instead of amber, Thunder Storm has ELECTRIC BLUE eyes. Almost green, like his mother's minty ones.

Intense as his father's, but more focused. Sharp. Shocking.

Side note: in my research I actually learned it's easier for tripod cats to RUN than it is for them to walk. They can "canter" like a horse, but when they go slow they have to hop. Taking this into consideration.

I put a splash of white on the little bit of lower limb that Thunder Storm has on the leg, so it sticks out a bit more. I don't want it to be hidden I want it to be prominent

I also figured out a hilarious trick for Bright Storm to pull on Sky's Clan at some point lmao

Thunder's crew is in conflict with Sky's cats and the attacks are getting more and more frequent. They decide they need some extra time to carry out some kind of hunt or diplomatic mission, but Bright Storm only has a small group of cats to pull off a stunt with.

She knows she can't fight them head on, but she NEEDS to buy her son more time, so she hatches a plan.

Clear Sky values his intelligence and his ferocity very much. To a fault, even. He loves to outsmart his opponents and overpower them-- so Bright Storm gets all her cats to build a very large, very tall, nearly impenetrable wall out of briar thorns. There's only one way in; the well-guarded tunnel they've constructed in the front.

It would be a challenge for a lesser cat. But Clear Sky, clever devil he is, realizes they've made a fatal flaw; they've built their camp right next to the trees. His fighters don't need to jump over the wall or push through it, the oaks are their allies!

So, while Thunder's cats are all surely sleeping, he gathers his best men and come through the canopy. In well-trained patrols, they swoop down into the camp and prepare for battle.

and no one is there.

You see, there was only one way in... and only one way out.

And Clear Sky and his best fighters watch with HORROR as the tiny crew of guards seals that entrance up like the neck of a bag. There are no trees to climb INSIDE the wall, and it's too tall to hop out of. It won't hold them forever, but it will hold them JUST LONG ENOUGH.

Bright calls this little plan "Operation Timeout."

[cnl0400]

"How are they going to make Thirteen/Mephistopheles/Raphael dateable If they aren't interesing in the MC"?

>A take made by someone who hasn't played S4 or any of the Memory cards/events that feature these three, or have gotten the Birthday calls...

It's even funnier with Raphael, because he's probably the one who states the most that he wants to get closer to MC, where do the "no interest" thing even comes from??

Even If you read all this cues as platonic, It doesn't mean that they can't become romantic later. That's what development Is for?????

[demiboydemon]

My new therapist: your mental health isn’t perfect, but it’s nothing to be ashamed of :) if you broke your arm, you wouldn’t be ashamed of that

Me, internally: bold of you to assume I would be unashamed of a broken arm

[cowboah-baby]

Im gonna try and ask this of all my fav writers who write about Charles, but what is a fantasy (doesn’t have to be nsfw) that you Charles is embarrassed of? Or simply what gets him embarrassed the most?

i have been thinking about this for days...

i think the biggest fantasy (in how i interpret and write him) that he doesn't even dare to imagine (or does feel shame for when he entertains it) is being happy and wanted. charles has lived a rough and harsh life and there is an undertone in his behavior that he somehow thinks he deserves to be alone and hurting; according to his own words that's why he thinks he was born.

in that desperate and depressed mindset, allowing yourself the fantasy of the opposite of suffering feels like self-betrayal.

imagining yourself happy, content, loved and wanted is in such stark contrast to how you view yourself and your destiny that it feels foreign and shameful.

nsfw thoughts under the cut

it's the same thing when it comes to sex – charles wants to be so wanted and loved it's overwhelming.

i think if charles went further and let himself fantasize about consensual non-consent, that would definitely be shameful. BUT. i think it could work well with the whole "someone wants me so bad they can't help themselves" fantasizing that drives people to rape/vampire/abduction fantasies. if we want to be a little sillier about it, maybe charles WOULD like to imagine being whisked away by a handsome outlaw "against his will" because he's so wanted and adored.

modern charles reads bodice rippers and imagines himself being wanted like that and yeah it's a little shameful but it feels good. he hides the paperbacks under his mattress.