#oh and thanks for sticking around

[aromaticbugle22]

Hello Again!

I am - once again - checking in to say that I am still kicking around on this ball of dust we call "home."

.........In case anyone was curious (they weren't), I've gotten up to a fair bit in the last few... uh... hm.... let's go with 'a while.' I've started college, for one! That's neat. I'm on a fast-track to my associates and I'm not looking back!

I've also started learning graphic design, which I'm hoping to use to help improve this blog a fair bit! I'm really enjoying it so far, and I'm excited to see where it takes me.

Lastly (and probably the only thing you really care about): I plan on posting more to this blog! I have so many fun facts I've had bottled up for this almost two years?!? what??? I've been gone, and I'm excited to share them with you all! That's all for now, but stay tuned for more info and news, and keep an ear out for my call!

[skrimbloz]

Happy 1 year of tumblrposting to me :D

[daily-odile]

AUGH I’d love to see more time looping odile if possible,,,,, how do you think she’d like; “devolve” over each of the acts as compared to Siffrin over time :O

ok im gonna be honest i did like portrait edits months ago and just never finished them. so here you go

act 3:

act 5:

[kittysquire]

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEN!!! 🎃🔥✨🫶

(This was totally posted yesterday istg)

No but jokes aside i saw THIS ADORABLE LITTLE ANIMATIC and had to imediately draw another set of Hiiro and Aira… it was so cute hnghrgggrrrrr *chews on phone

Animatic in question!!!

Hope everyone stayed safe this halloween, and had a good time!! 🫶

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Names revealed and returned. (context)

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[myreia]

✦ F F X I V L E V E L 9 0

—compendium

[sergle]

How's Hugo? May we have picture of the Boi? 🥹

he's good!!!! he's long suffering, his life is very very difficult bc nobody loves him or ever does fun activities with him. he works very hard at being a dog every single day. here are some pics proving that he never gets to go anywhere or have ANY fun!

[graveposting]

me when

me hwhen the------

the brainworms-

[hplonesomeart]

Hey!! So turns out a video I made between a certain “well beloved but highly sensitive/emotionally reactive T.V” and an “orange haired inkling-turned-human” has managed to sweep my YouTube channel and accumulate 100k VIEWS!! THAT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY?? My most widely viewed video EVER to exist in this moment in time?? AAAAA?? Not even mentioning the various comments and staggering increase in subs! It’s so much more then what I expected or even prepared for—might even be the most impactful thing to happen for me this year <3

…aside from graduating high school + the social connections I’ve been fortunate to make lol

BUT THE POINT IS I’d been closely monitoring the YouTube growth through the entirety of October. It’s make me smile like a dork, gawk in astonishment, dance frantically in my room from the energy boosts, and grow courage to stop being so selective/self-conscious with what I wish to share with the world! It’s kept my ambitions going!

I needed to find some way to celebrate the occasion and express my thanks—because I can’t NOT acknowledge this milestone jksjskp. Typically I try to avoid getting tunnel visioned focusing on the metrics/numbers. Mr. Puzzles had already demonstrated how much those things can mess with the minds of creatives. Caring too much about chasing views or placing your artistic value in attention seeking gets damaging. But at same time…it’s hard to deny the sense of pride the 100k achievement has filled me with. I understand that reaching 100k views doesn’t immediately make me any “better” or “worse” then I was before. I’m still just me! It only helps me feel seen by others—and that’s all I really needed. To hear some nice words & receive reminders that my ideas are cared about. So thank you SMG4 fandom for that, seriously thank you.

Please accept this Mr. Puzzle drawing as a way of sharing the happiness around. He’s so entertaining. Love him for simply existing. So glad we can all collectively be super attached to him (and the rest of the SMG4 cast of course). Can’t wait to see more incredible artworks from the fandom :)

Just incase anyone is confused by my vague description over which “animated video” I’m referring to here—hopefully this photo will help clarify lol. It’s this one!! Sorry about not outright stating the title at the start, I got carried away with writing!!

I’ve been in an odd place mentally when thinking about it. Wondering to myself if any of the attention is deserved considering it’s not even fully colored and could be dismissed as “low effort” content (despite taking several days making it). It’s easy to get into a trap of comparing yourself to others and questioning how much of the videos success is based on your skills, sheer algorithm luck, or only because you used popular characters and catered to a specific fandom. And then judging yourself by looking at other peoples videos. I’ve seen several artists post higher quality works then my own but it somehow gets less views. So why did mine succeed when others (who should have gotten just as much attention if not more) didn’t? Sometimes you feel like you’ve unfairly robbed them of that chance to be seen. However I’ve realized that I can’t ever expect views to be consistent—and comparing is pointless. So why worry about it or feel inadequate? I mean it’s pretty common for funny cat videos to go viral, so who am I to question the system lol. “Popular” YouTube videos can range from a passion project which took 7+ artists…to a clip of Toad singing Chandelier or a nonsensical Vine sketch. Anything can happen when it’s the internet! And just-so-happened my video was chosen. I should stay glad about that and get rid of all the overanalyzing. So that’s what I’ve chosen to do :)

[hello-universe-lovers]

The continuation of this post so let's go!!

SLAY THE PRINCESS: THE FIRST DRAFT AU (part 2)

As usual, spoilers ahead))

Edit: ITS DONE NOW

The DAMSEL/BELLE:

We have reached further into this Construct. While Shifty has plenty of perspective to wake up, the Long Quiet still slumbers. He stirs in His sleep, but He can't get up yet. So off the Player goes to find more Voices and Perspectives.

While one would expect affection for the Damsel, there is only a bitter contempt, due to the circumstances you get her. If the Narrator is willing to take over like that, Ley has less incentive to do what he says, but it means her apathy is higher, enabling the Voice of the Cold to appear. Both of them are driven by the curiosity of setting the Princess free, rather than any real desire to save her, and it doesn't help that she's not explicitly expressing her wants beyond what "you" want. This angers the Narrator, and causing him to describe the cabin door slamming in their faces. However, he still can't force Ley to stay in the cabin, and she can leave...so out of sheer curiosity, she and the Princess swapped clothes. As expected, the Princess was freed and the world didn't end, shocker/s. She even let her take the Blade so that she couldn't kill herself. Not that the world is really all the appealing...

She stayed in the cabin, with the Cold and Narrator as a companions. The Narrator keeps urging her to leave, she refused, and Cold reiterates her stance. He is willing to stay here, since it's clearly pissing Him off. Time passed, and the anger turns to worry. Ley was human, a mortal. She should need food and water and such. But for some reason, she doesn't care. She asked questions, the Narrator refused to answer them, and she refused to leave the cabin.

Time passes

And more time...

And more time...

Until one day, He stopped talking. Not even to describe the passage of time.

Once He's gone, Ley gets up and leaves the cabin, noting the waste of time it was go expect any answers from Him. When she got out, the cabin was surrounded by a field. On the porch, was a lady in her old clothes, and holding a basket of apples, waiting for her. The Princess--the Belle, she called herself now, tells her all about the things she did while waiting for her to come out. All of the farming, building, crafting and all of that, and now that she was freed, she could enjoy it! Ley asked why she didn't just leave. Belle replied by saying she remembered her saving her, despite whatever compelled her to kill her. She never abandoned her, and so how could she abandon her "Hero"?

That made her really touched...surprisingly. and so she sat on the porch, enjoying the apples, until the chilly night crawled in...

And they were back in the mirror. Cold has little words to say, only that no one sane would have just suffered isolation like that willingly, just for answers. He likes her, and hopes that she continues to be...interesting to watch. He has no reaction to being taken away.

The BEAST/WILD:

Her decision to get the knife cost Ley her first life. In her second, she tried to negotiate, now that the Princess was much more feral. Broken appeared out of the fear the Beast put on her. There is no reasoning with a wild animal. But Ley wanted to try.

And she gets eaten.

That...aside, the Wild did tried to assimilate her. But she just...couldn't!! Ley wasn't her other half, she was an outsider. But to kill her is to repeat the cycle she claims to have discarded, so she just left her tangled in the Network, connected But not integrated. This is where Narrator shows concerns, rather than his usual urgency. HE has to be the one to wake her up, since Broken was nowhere to be heard.

When she did, escaping from her prison was as hard as ripping off bark from her body. It's Broken that got her to pause. Since she IS part of the Long Quiet (and her general attitude), integration was easier. Her legs and head were almost gone. But Ley pried her out still. Of course, not before talking to her. She realized that...though fucked up, she understood what the Princess was trying to hide the pain, to try and forget it and be something greater. But they can't be greater than what they are now. The Princess is hurting, and she now needs to help her. She pleads Broken to help her too, since she could understand. She is with her right now, feeling everything. Including the pain the Wild's heart tried to hide.

With great effort and great pain, Broken wanted to be free, and the separation was painful. Leaving her legs as nothing but roots that could barely function like actual legs. So Ley carried her to the Heart of the Wounded Wild. Pristine Blade in hand, she freed her too, looking to end this cycle of violence.

It was a struggled to carry 3 broken people. But together, they made it out.

The cold was like a soothing balm to her aching body. Broken wasn't afraid of the other side. In fact, the biting cold was almost gone. Instead, it's more like breeze, passing through the trees, supporting her trembling limbs. They looked at each other, and Broken correctly assessed that she was like the Wild once, trying to forget a pain so great that she wanted to hide away, but she couldn't. She had to confront that pain, one way or another. And she has helped Broken, in that way. She is hurt...but she feels like she will be OK...ley sends her goodbyes, before the Long Quiet cradles away another Voice.

The SPECTRE:

Surprise, surprise/s

Actually doing what the Narrator wants SUCKS. So, after ONCE AGAIN not getting any answers, Ley decided to jump into the void to kill herself. That was admitably a lot scarier than she anticipated. Hence Paranoid.

He is not happy to be here, and he increased Ley's anxiety, as they walked to the cabin. The anxiety is lifted...somewhat, by the arrival of the Princess. Once again, the Voices in her head agreed in a course of action: do NOT touch the ghost (unless it's to slay her). But ley is not having it and talks to her, with her body protesting the chill rattling her core. The Spectre laid out the deal: she wants out and needs to hitch a ride. And after trying to swing at her to shut Paranoid up (and getting frost all over her face as a result), she agreed.

The possession was not clean. Her limbs felt heavy, her very being felt like it was buried in 10 feet of ice, and her heart, lungs and vision were an all time low in capacity. This is where Paranoid helps, since she is so committed to helping the Princess. And so he works together with the Princess

"Nerves...Lungs...Arms...Legs"

"Heart...eyes...arms...legs"

Taking over her body, with extra effort on her arms and legs, the 2 piloted Ley up the basement, the stairs and finally out of the cabin. The time was long, the journey longer and Ley was about ready to pass out. But she didn't get the chance to.

Paranoid greeted her in the mirror, glancing wildly around, as the Long Quiet cradles him, as a contrast from the earlier voices. She greets back and she thanks him for helping her bring the Spectre home. Paranoid was...happy to hear that. He didn't expect to be thanked and that made him happy a little. So happy he almost forgot about the textureless nothing trying to take him away! He screamed, but Ley tried to reassured him. Saying it's ok, and that he won't be alone in the dark. After a promise, Paranoid joins the Long Quiet.

The STRANGER/STAR:

(Ey beta Connie design!)

Perhaps the many lives has caught up with her, or the Shifting Mound is influencing her. Regardless, she walked away from the cabin, which lead to the next world...a world not even Shifty was sure she could breach, so late into her journey.

But the Contrarian awaits, and so she ventured forth into a tunnel with no light.

Taking the Blade with her, she descended the stairs, but dropped the knife, somewhere in her journey. Then, so did the rest of her followed suit. Falling through what was herself unraveling at the seams, witnessing everything and nothing at all, like each layer of her soul was peeled back more and more and more and more and more and more and--

She was at the bottom of the stairs, the Princess's cold stare gazing at her, with the only thing glowing...was the Pristine Blade she dropped earlier.

Contrarian was...affected, to say the least. And clearly asking this princess question seems to make MORE of her, Ley decided to let HER...(they?) What to do next. They have the blade after all.

Everything happened all at once. The stabbing pain, the sting of dying, the warmth of a hand, more and more were happening again. She didn't know when, but she heard both herself and the screams of an infinite voices.

Then...nothing

She was in nothing.

There was no woods, no Narrator, no pathway, no cabin, no basement and no princess.

Contrarian was still there, though. Trying to act like what the went through didn't happened. But it did, and not even her mask could hide her agony.

Without truly knowing her, Ley hugged the fool. And helped settled her spirits.

Connie makes a joke about overloading the Princess with her choices. Or lack thereof. Ley laughed and said to do nothing was also a choice. A choice that hurt someone she didn't knew.

Contrarian could only agree, dropping her mask. She disguise the act by testing to see how deep their void went.

And like a supernova, something explodes to life. A brilliant bright light that blinded them. And before their eyes was a planet, a sun that held the Princess's gentle face. She spoke in a voice far away and echoing but close and mamy all at once.

She thanked Ley, for carving a new path from a seemingly dead end. She was never to exist, and but thanks to her, there was a new Hope, a new Existence. A star alone cannot shine the night, but one of many becomes a galaxy. She even forgives Contrarian, making her tear up.

Then, it was time for this star to die. The hands grabbing her were like a black hole, sucking away all light. And they followed suit.

Contrarian giggled, tapping the glass to get Ley's attention. She was so happy to had taken this journey with her. It was NOT what she expected and so FUN. Ley asked in return if she's ok. She waves it off, but thanks her for the ride and hope to see her again. The Long Quiet's silence muffled other sound.

The ADVERSARY/FURY:

The penultimate Voice, Cheated was not easy to find. But she was able to in the Route of the Adversary. Someone that small and frail shouldn't have been able to kill her. But she did died, taking Ley with her. That was enough for Cheated and oohhh was she PISSED. Cheated didn't even cared about the Adversary's desires, and granted, neither did Ley. But Cheated was EXTRA mad. Wanting to fight until she won, she kept pushing Ley over and over. And unlike with the Razor, there was no POINT to it. So eventually, Ley just REFUSED to fight anymore letting the Adversary killed in an unsatisfying way.

Now the Fury was PISSED at her so Ley has finally checked out of the situation. When she was unwound, she continued to not respond in a way Cold would be proud of. Cheated couldn't take it, and wanted to leave, but Ley was angry too. She was angry at her for putting her in this mess, so she didn't get to leave. Whether through her own will or guilt of seeing someone she was SUPPOSED to be on her team be unwound and unraveled, Cheated stayed, being torn, reassembled and put back together in grotesque ways.

Until finally, she was put back together, in a state that she was before her first unwinding. The Fury...she looked so tired. Everyone in that room was.

She collapsed, and Ley took the chance to sit with her. Fury admitted that she felt like there was something missing. A passion that wasn't there. A passion that SHOULD have been there. But it's not...and she projected it onto someone who was, for the most part, innocent. Ley's only crime was being strung along by 3 entities. Cheated stood nearby, ignoring her own aches and cried a sorry. Shouting it even, while ruffling her messy hair. Ley and Fury sighed, and pulled her down to the depression pile too. No one is OK, and frankly...they need to sit there and not be OK for a bit. The Shfiting Mound took Fury, shortly after. And Ley was left alone...

She gazed at the mirror with a Cheated trying so hard to make herself smaller. She couldn't meet her gaze. Ley couldn't either. Their anger blinded them to each other's pain, and now they were and are hurt. All they could do was...say sorry. And hope that next time will be better. Cheated didn't want to go, but Ley at least offered her comforting words. That was enough for her to stop struggling her trembling limbs and leaned back.

The HUNTRESS:

(I didn't had a picture on hand so have this sketch of the Huntress)

She was so close, even if this iteration didn't know it. But the fatigue was getting to her. So much that she forgot the knife in the basement, when she asked for space away from it all. And without keeping the basement door open, the Princess assumed she left her for dead. Luckily, she remembered and came back down for it, only to find a cut hand and an armed, angry Princess. She died soon after.

Hunted arrived to assure her something like that doesn't happen again. But the Princess was busy. Collecting an array of furs, pelts and traps, she was not a frail Princess, but a deadly Huntress. And she was looking to catch her favorite prey again. Hunted and Ley booked it to the woods. And huh, the Huntress could follow them out without ending the world...no time to talk about that!! She is on the loose. With a gun and hatchet and PLENTY of traps!

Ley had many choices to go from here. She could succumb to animalistic instincts and attack her like the animal she expected, trapping herself and the Huntress in a Den of Ouroborus. Ooooor she takes action, by not being an animal, but someone who can plan an attack, JUST like her!

Thankfully, leveling the playing field won over and with ingenuity, she lured the Huntress into kne of her own traps, breaking her legs. She was angry, but she must admire a fellow hunter when she saw one. She only asked to keep the bayonet, and make sure she was taken care of.

Then, she was taken away, bayonet included.

Hunted was scared, but he calmed down upon seeing her. She took care of the situation, not getting lost in the fear and Paranoia of prey, and rose as a predator. He's proud of her, and thanked her for keeping him safe. She asked him to do the same for the others, when he gets there. He couldn't understand exactly what she meant, but he can understand the sentiment. And so he let's the Quiet take him, leaving the mirror blank, entirely transparent.

But no...it's not transparent. There's something in the shadow. An eye, a beak. It's...

The Narrator...?

((Finally! It's done!

I...do not expect anyone to read through all of this. I know this probably only appeals to me, and a few of my friends, but to the few that were interested in Ley...thank you. I got one more post about the ending of this AU, but that's for later. I am done typing for today. Please ask me questions about this au, if you have any. And if you don't care at all, that's ok too. Have a nice day

[muchmossymess]

au where ling comes to amestris early and winds up in dublith instead of rush valley, where he meets a certain greedy immortal...

[aeons-domain]

2023 me slayed here's to hoping 2024 me will do the same!!! 💖 ⭐️🎀🍒

(ok to reblog! 💖)

[jtownraindancer]

Ace's TURИ for Burn Rewatch: Washington's Spies

[bvckbiter]

Can you please elaborate a little bit on the gifted child Alabaster thing? I need it for my poor, burnout soul

imagine you've felt abandoned and misunderstood your whole life, only to find out that it's due to an inborn quality that you have no control over

with this new knowledge in mind, you find a community that hosts more people like you, except you're still not totally 100% accepted because of some stupid rules

you want to prove yourself, even with your oddities and peculiarities. you work hard, develop your specific field of interest and expertise until it's the only thing you do. you breathe it, sleep in it, dream about it, wake up still mumbling the last dregs of thought you had about it from the previous night.

unexpectedly, you become an exception among your newfound family, who are a faction wanting change for the better. you believe in their cause, and if there is a purpose for your talent, this must be it

your mother, your friends, and even other beings you can't imagine subordinating themselves to you are now subject to your every command. because you're good at what you do, and you worked to be good at what you do.

underdogs win in movies, right? messiahs have purpose. everything you've suffered and endured must have had a purpose.

and heroes never die.

except they do, and it turns out your strength hardly matters in the grand scheme of things - in the grand scheme of a prophecy, where some punk whose birthright has been handed to him by his father waltzes in and kills the champion of your cause.

underdogs win in movies, right? you can't be caught throwing your hands up unscathed; otherwise, what good is all your power in your hands? it would mean that you're worthless.

except you didn't count on losing. losing makes you worthless, too, and you've lost everything: your cause, your friends, your siblings...

you still have your power, though.

but what good is all this power?

heroes never die, but you get closer and closer everyday.

what good are you?

[icepip]

you were the EXACT person i had in mind writing tags for that post like you were the first person i thought of lowercase fics LMAO thats why im not like UGH blocked on any lowercase fic bcos ily and i would never and its worth reading ur stuff despite the lowercase <3

IM SORRY LMAOOO

it doesn't help that most of my writing starts as "this shouldn't be more than like 2 paragraphs" and then all the sudden it is far more than just 2 paragraphs 😭

[conartisthaiji]

It's award season (unconfirmed)! Give some of your mutuals silly little awards.

WELCOME TO LYZ'S MUTUALS AWARDS CEREMONY

@prick-love-for-pricking wins the Architect Committee Award (hands you a mini building that also stores post-it notes)

@pathos-logical wins the Number One Image Descriptor Award (cannot thank u enough for ur service)

@setsu-nana wins the WLW Anime Award (thanks for putting bocchi on my dash; it's why i watched it)

@literalliterature wins the Best Dndtual Award (how are keet and yonder doing btw)

@lovenergy wins the Lovetual Award (yes it's in the name but also ur so sweet like that is such a suitable url for you)

@ghostpot wins the Kuroken Award (your kuroken is still my fave <3)

@clementinecoastline wins the Number One Genshin Impactual Award (may ao3 user heartslogos continue to feed you)

@wormcoded wins the Number One Bugtual Award (gives you a moth)

@verytendou wins the Yuri Soldier Award (we're going to make runayachi win the hqfemslash bracket or die trying)

(we interrupt this program to ask if you have voted for runayachi yet)

@artiemisiaa wins the Vocaloidtual Award (i have learned so much about miku and the other vocaloids thru you)

@reineyday wins the Kuroyaku Award (kuroo and yaku will now kiss)

@snackzimmerman wins the Check Pleasetual Award (in all my years on tumblr you are the ONLY mutual who puts check please on my dash)

@mistarover wins the Number One Boy Grouptual Award (keep putting men on my dash)

@theirtheretheyre wins the Autism Award (congrats)

@monstrsball wins the Iwa(oi)suga Award (iwaizumi and suga will now kiss)

@kimbapisnotsushi wins the Bravery Award (you are genuinely so brave. and willing to commit to things. i appreciate it)

@huiplash wins Mutual of the Year (who else will have matching bios with me)

and all my other mutuals have won a big kith <3 thanks for being mutuals with me xoxo

thanks for attending LOL