#one for jack too just for fun

[hellspawnmotel]

I finished wild arms yesterday! what a great game

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

[minnesota-fats]

I saw a dc x dp post somewhere where Jack Fenton is a meta with super strength and now I have a scenario in my head that i cant shake.

So this is where the Fenton parents know Danny’s secret and accept him.

Danny, while smirking: no wall can stop a Fenton. *phases through the wall*

Jack, beaming happily: You're right, Danno! No wall can stop a Fenton! *punches through the wall in the most destructive way possible*

Jazz, who inherited her fathers super strength: Just because we can doesn’t mean we should! *proceeds to follow her dad and brother, picking up large chunks of rubble to help the non super powered people with them get through*

The BatFam follows with even more questions.

[xdeewolfx]

tried replaying some tales but the game just didnt want to let me pick anything during one of the quicktime events </3 so i made art about it

[heroesriseandfall]

Oh yeah sure Bruce made a glass case with his dead son’s clothing in it and that was weird and all. But what about when his next son copied him and made FOUR glass cases, one for each person he was trying to resurrect and/or clone? That. that was weird.

Teen Titans (2003) #43

Teen Titans (2003) #44

[nabhx]

LJ JUMPSCARE STAND B A CK

These have been in my files, dusting up LJ core BUT!! That's because I got STUCK at some point and put it to the side, and when I got back I was like. Do I still like these at all?? And the answer is yes, but not in a 'yeah I'll use these for suuuurre' type of way y'know-

So what are we looking at 🗣🗣 LJ concepts ofc!! And an Isaac mostly for scale, but don't look at him for too long he's not important rn. The idea was to have three LJ forms/phases (actually four, I was super ambitious idk), but here we see just two; Rainbow and LIAR!! >:((

Rainbow speaks for itself, that is fresh LJ, dare we say baby LJ- Tried to put some old clown inspiration into his fit here and there, the deranged amount of colours might throw it off a bit, but tbh! I like that!! Adds to the whole 'he LOOKS like he could be from here, but if you stare too long it starts feeling a lil uncanny' ig? Same way his facial features and general proportions are pretty human, but again, if you look for too long?? Hhmmmmm.

Moving on to LIAR!! Basically his whole deal was that he's supposed to be the form LJ takes when being a big ol liar, basically. Docile and non threatening for the little ones DESPITE HIS SIZE (I actually scaled him down, he was even bigger ffgvhbb), with more doll-like/silly proportions. That's really all there is too it, just a less scary form for deceiver reasons.

And here's where I got stuck! LJ's default, let's call it that. The form he's in when going about his business, whatever that is, potentially hanging out with his fellow creeps and pastas, those sorts of things. I just could not settle on what I wanted to do?? Something that made him creepier, still kept some design elements from the previous versions, but wasn't a simple (taller) copy and paste either- Focusing on his face for all of that would NOT have saved me I was COOKED smh 😔😔

So I'm allowing myself to start over! Sort off!! See if that helps idk, but I sure hope so?? I'd really like to have a LJ that I enjoy drawing repeatedly-

[justarandombrit]

Me: I'm not going to make any more LotF art.

My brain: Jack's let the blimmin' fire go out.

[paper-daisy]

I've come to the conclusion that every great fictional team needs at least 1 (ONE) unhinged American on it for that certain je ne sais pas that really makes a story pop. It's Rick O'Connell in The Mummy, John Crichton in Farscape, Jack Harkness in Doctor Who/Torchwood, Quincey Morris in Dracula.

Too many Americans and it gets a bit much, but one insane stars-and-stripes man who starts fights, makes bad plans, gets the shit kicked out of him, loves his partners and tells jokes no-one else gets is what you really need to make something special.

[proodence]

I'm rewatching Alex Rider for like the 7th time but with my boyfriend and guys season 2 is so fucking good SEASON 2 IS SOOO GOOD

Alex being such a cheeky brat with the department and Alan Blunt losing his mind because Alex is being so clever and annoying

The slowly building mystery with all the pieces that gradually come together

Alex and Kyra being so cute with the washer and "survivors club" and "keeping score" of who has saved each other's life the most (and the end scene where he's looking up at her from the stage🥹😭)

Jack having her own storyline that actually serves the story and gives her character a purpose

Tom and Kyra both helping to progress the plot in ways that are genuinely required from them and makes sense for their characters

The subtle hints that Yassen is going to wind up helping Alex in the end, the way his character gradually becomes more complex with each episode

Alex just generally being so smart, so resourceful, so capable and just really encompassing his character, not to mention the genuine depth that comes from his trauma + him accidentally getting people killed over the course of the season (Blunt telling him he has blood on his hands)

The tension that builds within The Department as Smithers and Mrs. Jones start keeping secrets from Blunt about Alex

Damian Cray just getting absolutely dogpiled by Alex and the gang who just keep screwing over his plan again and again

Alex and Yassen FINALLY having a full conversation and it holds so much weight and hits so good

The part where Sabina cracks Anders over the head with her own laptop (honorable mention)

All the cheeky light hearted bits where the kids are just being shitheads with too much power, like cutting off the electricity to the whole postal code just to use the computer lab

And then on the flip the angst that comes from literally no one believing Alex about anything for like 60% of the season

It's just scene after scene of "oH THIS PARTS SO GOOD" and it doesn't stop until the very end

has it been long enough that I can say that season 3 just doesn't hit the same😭

[bacchuschucklefuck]

the never stop blowing up vhs is where cute twinks go to get harmed

[metamelonisle]

i actually know about kirby outside the context of smash bros or memes this makes me better than literally everyone i know irl and i am not joking

[thisearthycat]

some guilty bunnies

[agentcricket-art]

happy valentine's day!!! 😘😘😘

[krotiation]

sorry im about to vent off topic :i s2g if they hint on handsome jack in the movie and it is NOT dameon clarke im gonna lose my marbles. I feel like when they look at the success of the characters as well the VAs do so much heavy lifting to giving life to these characters. why they didnt just use the VA for Claptrap from B3 is beyond me why did it need to be someone else so it doesnt even sound right - they def went for name recongition over matching the characters - kevin hart is so tiny hes such a small dude and roland is large and also if roland is alive wouldnt thta imply that jack's also alive. like handsome jack is so successful because of dameon. he gave so many off the cuff lines. and if they wnated to make a movie why would they not choose the tales gang if thats the one that gave them so much credit? sorry i have so many feelings and i, also so SICK of seeing tiny tina bein g used for literally every borderlands merch thing recently

I'm fine with actors putting their own spin on characters they play and seeing how their writing can be interpreted differently but with handsome jack it becomes really tricky cause like... dameon clarke MADE jack who he is. Like a lot of people credit him for how good of a character he is so whoever WOULD play jack would have a whole lot of expectations to match. We already hate the casting (which is 100% just to get attention instead of accurately portraying the characters) so imagine how much more we would hate it if they messed jack up

Overall the whole movie just adds to what I said about gbox being out of touch with the fandom. We got randy already claiming he wants to make a sequel when the whole fanbase has voiced concern and disinterest about the movie just based on the trailers and they're just really trying to force lilith and tina to be fan favorites when they're... not? Like I love them, especially lilith like that's my homegirl right there, but the fandom as a whole would disagree that they're even well-liked characters

[libra-cant-just-dance]

Plot twist my whole ao3 is just a ploy to get an audience of people who like fictional characters grappling with self-loathing, trying to control dangerous magical abilities, and taking way too long to kiss each other so I can promote my novel to them once I publish it

[shallowseeker]

Zach I

Zach II

Zach III

Cas can DIE?! Say it ain't so!

Bobby, demoralized

Dean and Cas's mutual, pissy fatalism

Love blooming, personal space

You're not much fun, so why am I laughing so hard?

Dean's anxiety at being a vessel

Sam: Guess what? I'm a vessel, too! Everyone, please panic.

Recruiting Dean

So I don't lose them later...

Stupid amounts of having fun, though...