#oughh I'm so happy with it

[cassmouse]

This vinyl player is the greatest thing I own I'm utterly infatuated with this thing

I just keep wanting to watch the records go round and round and round and round and the AUDIO QUALITY???

I'm so so so happy with it y'all 😭 in love

[icewindandboringhorror]

Some (late) holiday photos of the boye~!

[sealrock]

halcyon days.

[zu-is-here]

YOU-

Your animatic had absolutly no effect on me.

Blue!! ( ；∀；) Oh wowie— I'm so flattered to hear that this inspired you to draw, thanks a million for such a wonderful work! ♡

[beeholyshit]

I'm so crazy right now, someone help me

[cloudsrust]

Alright uh random but- Flesh Maze Tango came up in my playlist and it made me remember goddamn italian Dedan and I'm absolutely losing my shit because-.. yeah it's funny when you're imagining the stereotypical italian-english accent... but personally actual italian swearing scares the hell out of me.

So imagining an italian Dedan, especially an angry one, just makes him 10 times scarier to me... I both hate and love it oh noo,,

..God now I want to draw him speaking italian ough,,

Alright alright this is all for the absolutely random OFF re-emergence gfdg

[supercantaloupe]

headache worsening right before choir. another one of hashem's funny little tricks.

[slayersins]

tomura fled the country actually and he is living with me now, sorry for not telling you guys sooner

[greenscreen-dress]

Artefactober Day 3: Axe of the Screamin' Void

"A legendary axe that never stops shredding."

Possibly the artefact that inspired me to start this whole challenge, because the OG sprite is lovely but the "Axe" aspect really fails to live up to the epicness of its name ^^;

Prompt list: here

Design ramblings, a question, and no bg version under the cut:

I'm VERY happy with how this one turned out!! I used Xisuma's actual guitar as a reference (Ibanez Universe UV70P-BK, shout-out to his website for having a handy instrument list), and then just strapped the biggest most unwieldy pair of massive RPG battleaxe blades to the sides and it looks just like I imagined aaaaaaaa... It is genuinely MASSIVE though, really pushing the limits of the 48x48 pixel canvas I'm using for all of these. Literally the longest straight lines in the axe blades hits two edges of the canvas, and the headstock hits the top,, yea it's a big boi :D

Also! I need people's opinions on this: do you guys prefer the version above, or this one here where the artefact looks more integrated into the image? Like so ↓

I'd still have the no-bg version down here so ppl can see the colours of the thing without a blendy blue gradient over the top, but I'd love to know if ppl have a preference or don't mind either way.

Here's the no-bg btw ^^

...Oughh 20 mins to midnight again, it's been done for a few hours but I got distracted by Tumblr and Cub streams and now GIGS phasmo... There's always something going on 🫠

Anyway I appreciate anyone who read all this rambling!

[demonstars]

plans for drista to be in youtube videos with dream and sapnap and not anyone evil or demonic is healing me.

the reclamation of drista as part of the drinematic dream druniverse has been bittersweet at times But I'm so happy she wants to be part of dream's new series oughh

[crimeronan]

OUGHH just thought about Luz realizing this probably makes Hunter look really bad to her mom so she tries to privately gauge what Camila’s opinion of him is later and is SO DEEPLY RELIEVED when Camila’s just very understanding. Like she’s obviously not happy about everything that’s happened, but I feel like she would say something like “He’s just a boy who grew up in a very scary and dangerous place,” and Luz would fully just collapse because Finally Someone Else Gets It

WAH. YEAH...

i can imagine that after All Of That, luz just writes off hunter and camila's relationship as a lost cause. she's like okay there's no way my mom will ever trust him now. the best i can hope for is that she doesn't shut him out completely or hate ME for not shutting him out

luz figuring it's her job to reassure camila about all this, so she pulls her aside in private to be like. i'm sorry about all this i'm sorry about him. i promise i won't let anything happen to my sister your daughter. hunter won't go behind my back, not about this, i Promise she's safe

and camila is like oh honey. i do appreciate that a lot. but i never thought he would in the first place.

luz, who is used to people assuming the worst of hunter: .....why not?

camila: because he's just scared. people aren't the worst things they say when they're scared. and also because he loves you

luz:

[shopwitchvamp]

The long awaited POSITIVE reactions post is here!! Let's look at all sorts of good & nice things people have had to say about my blazed posts like these ❤

First off, we've got the "I approve of this blaze" crowd:

Then there's the people that caught a blaze but already go here:

If nobody got me, I know these ones got me:

This collection I can only call "Things That Make You Go OUGHH":

We've also got the people that yearn:

And finally, those that can NOT be contained:

😂 I love to see it. I really wanted to take the time to make this deep fried screenshot jumble and thank everyone that leaves nice comments and tags on my posts/blazes! I read all of them as they come in, and appreciate them so much. I know I'm usually just memeing on the haters when I post comments & tags, so it may seem like that's most of what I get. But there's WAY MORE people that are so happy to see what I've got to offer, and even happy to have stumbled across a blazed post. Seeing people's enjoyment and excitement truly makes my day! Thank you all so much, -Jessica (artist/owner) 💜witchvamp.com💜

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

Hi 👋🏻 you generously offered to give me some fic recs once you're back home if I gave you some more details as to what I'm looking for. Basically, anything tedependent that's close to, around or after canon. Open to personal favourites that deviate from this, though. Thanks in advance. Seeing the tags made me so happy! ❤️

oughh sorry this took forever, long story short getting back home ended up being a 24 hour comically terrible disaster and then i was just. tired :( but HERE I AM NOW!!!!!!!!!YAY

okay! OKAY.

tedependent

near/around canon

i'm going to assume leaning away from nsfw since it wasn't specified

no preference towards complete/incomplete, but i tended for the former

let's start with a ⚡LIGHTNING ROUND⚡!

these are fics I think at least somewhat fit your description (not sure I'm a great judge of 'close to canon') that i don't have any extra commentary to add about (that's not a bad thing!) they're all good!

A Mighty Nice Shine by turingpatterns - oneshot (complete) (trent's daughter! cute fic!!)

For As Long As We Can by ShutUpGwen - longer fic (complete) (post-canon getting together, kinda)

All Publicity, as they say by JessJessTheBest - medium sized fic(?) (complete) (very cute and funny social media centered fic)

if music be the food of love, play on by literary_lesbian - medium sized fic (complete) (great author, mae pov deserves more love)

Take My Whole Life Too by ItsClydeBitches - oneshot (complete) (adorable valentines day fic)

it's nice to have you here by foxwatson - longer fic (incomplete) (excellent 'there's only one cottage' fic, not s3 compliant as it was written before s3)

Holding Pattern by Wildgoosery - oneshot (complete) (honestly worth it for the ending alone--not that the whole thing isnt' good)

Nothing’s as Easy as Riding a Bike When You Don’t Know How by r_n_g_are_dead - long fic (complete) (trent falls in looove)

closer to your request (i think)

richmond is for lovers by confessionofaking- series (complete)

[summary for the first fic in the two-fic series] “So you do laugh!” He heard himself shout. Trent blinked, and then he was standing. “But you don’t do it until page—,” he crossed the room and peered over Ted’s shoulder “forty-three? And it wasn’t even a big laugh! That was more of a loud nose breath,” he paused, trying to recall the proper word. “An exhale.” Ted put a halt to his nervous rambling in a matter of seconds. “Hey, Trent, look. I know folks are divided on the actual police these days, but all human beings are opposed to the laugh-police.” or, the 'laugh police' scene fix-it fic, except i made it worse.

notes: an eventual post-canon fix-it, as well as a fix-it for the "laugh police" scene. excellent fic, excellent author (HI CADE!!!! HI!!!!! ILY!!!!) i would also reccomend from him... well, any of his fics, but for a quick round-up of a few more sfw tedependent fics of his:

twist of fate

red light

i’ll catch you, darling

just can’t get enough (more nsfw in themes but very cute)

The Lasso Effect by earlybloomingparentheses - oneshot (complete; part two of a series)

Dating Ted Lasso is a wonderful thing. There are, however, certain downsides. For example, Trent no longer has control over when and where he smiles. He apparently cares about Roy Kent's opinion of him now. And he's been having the most ridiculous urge to tap dance. It's the Lasso Effect.

notes: there's several bits in this for trent's characterization that live in my brain rent free.

number four was always you by thefaceofno - long fic (complete)

Ted’s phone rings. He looks away from the window, where he was watching the tree sway in the wind, to see Beard’s face splashed over his phone screen. He thinks about not answering, but if he doesn’t answer then all he’ll have done today is run to CostCo for no reason. He doesn’t need eight pounds of almonds, but he has eight pounds of almonds. a.k.a. the post s3 fix-it where Ted does some intense mental healing.

notes: THE post-canon tedependent fix-it. excellent. please read it immediately.

constant as a northern star (constantly in the dark) by laiqualaurelote - medium sized fic (complete) (technically part of a series but this is standalone)

“I just met Ted Lasso,” Sachiko Crimm says bluntly when her ex-husband picks up. Trent is silent for a while. “And?” he says finally. Sachiko gives it five seconds, and then she bursts out laughing. “Stop it,” says Trent wearily.

notes: one of my favorite incarnations of trent's ex-wife ever. also always a sucker for pov outsider. also, excellent author, and you should absolutely read their post-apocalypse theater/shakespeare au. please.

nothing worth doing comes easy by pocky_slash - medium sized fic (incomplete)

First Ted Lasso is a joke, then Ted Lasso is a story, and then, suddenly--mortifyingly--Ted Lasso is something more. (Or: Trent doesn't want to be Ted's friend.)

notes: excellent, loving it, basically, to quote the author's note, "trent's deeply awkward gay spiral in the [s2] finale". however, word of warning: it is, tragically, unfinished.

Architecture With a Human Element by ItsClydeBitches - oneshot (complete)

“There has to be something,” Trent muttered, furiously scrolling through his feed. Each suggestion he found was debunked by the next post, with many parents swearing up and down that certain techniques made the whole thing worse. Trent stopped on a video of a mother taking scissors to her daughter’s curls and bit down on an actual sob building in the back of his throat. It was right before Trent let it fly that his mobile rang. Coach Ted Lasso (from America). Trent couldn’t say what possessed him to answer with his throat thick and his eyes prickling, but his traitorous hand had already swiped while his mouth said, “I have to shave my head.” Or: 5 times Ted got to touch Trent's hair and one time he returned the favor.

notes: losing my mind at the tenderness in this one. ough (positive)

time may change me by rockinhamburger - oneshot (complete) (part of a series)

Trent’s writing a book, so he’s in the room, generally, whilst [AFC Richmond’s magical season] fucking happens. These are the kinds of days when he curses single fatherhood. Trent debates whether he can just skip work for the day, but the West Ham match is a mere week away. Nothing else for it. “Mia, how would you like to come to work with me today?”

notes: very sweet, good series. this particular work is pre-relationship, but i love crimmlet so much, and their interactions with the team.

Independent by TheBasilRathbone - medium sized fic (complete)

Trent Crimm might only recently be an independent journalist, but he's had no one to rely on but himself for far, far longer. And most days, it feels like he's barely keeping it together. So it only seems fitting that the conclusion to the worst period of his life is for the whole thing to go up in literal flames.  Luckily for Trent, help comes from a (not so) unexpected source.

notes: one of my favorite tedependent fics, not gonna lie. just. wow

some all-time favorites!

a man arrives on thursday by clementines_and_colorful_things - medium sized fic (complete)

The capture of a friend prompts notorious outlaw Ted Lasso to take on the crooked leadership of Nelson Road, Kansas, with his motley crew of castoffs, cowboys, and criminals. When English-born historian Trent Crimm finds himself unwillingly swept into the fast-paced world of Lasso and his outlaws, he gradually begins to unravel the enigmatic Ted Lasso’s complicated ties to Nelson Road’s most prominent players. Tensions run high as Ted evades arrest and plots the downfall of those who have wronged him, and Trent worries that Ted will meet the same abrupt end that most outlaws do: with a length of rope and a rather short drop. — A Ted Lasso Wild West AU

notes: a very good cowboy au from a very good author. not close to canon by any means, being a cowboy au, but very, very good nonetheless.

read our constellations by ShowMeAHero - long fic (complete) (series)

[summary of the first fic in a four fic ongoing series]

And Trent’s not a mess! He’s not. He’s got his life entirely together. He chose to reveal his source and give up his position with The Independent. He chose to start chasing book authorship as his new branch of his career tree. He chose his flat, and his car, and his life, down to the brands of tea he buys and the sorts of people he spends time with and the sheet sets he puts on his and Beatrice’s beds. He’s an adult man, for Christ’s sake. Of course, he’s got his life together. Everything is under his control, and it’s all fine. It’s entirely, completely, fully fine. Taking one last steadying breath, Trent opens his eyes and looks over the line of seven tests on the counter: the first he took a few hours ago, and the six he just took since. Each and every last one of them says he’s pregnant. Some have plus signs, some have two lines, some simply have the word pregnant. All of them may as well come together to form a little sign reading, Congratulations, Trent! You did it! You’ve finally made a goddamn bloody mess out of everything! Just wait until you have to tell Ted! Trent’s stomach turns for more reasons than one.

notes: what is there to say??? one of my favorite fics from one of my favorite authors. it does somewhat follow along canon, with a pretty obvious deviation of their relationship and trent (a trans man) getting pregnant. but i truly cannot recommend their fics enough. another lightning round of their more sfw tedependent fics:

to seek solace (exploration of trent and past abuse that makes me wanna bawl (positive))

you'll never walk alone (HEARTWRENCHING soulmate au, happy endings all around, i adore it)

you know (i love you so)

darling, i love you

come what may

birdhouse in your soul

[nullio]

Spoiler for Alyssa Wong's Deadpool comics and whatever the next issues were

So anyway yeah, Deadpool and Valentine breaking up isn't cannon, I'm actively deciding it isn't cannon just becuase some transphobic dickhead didn't want to deal with they/them pronouns

I really really don't care if there's no other evidence that this author is transphobic, choosing to break up a perfectly happy couple and give no other reason than

"oughh they saw deadpool as a bad partner"

Then never show the character ever again like they never even fucking existed??

Thats certainly a choice.

This decision better resolve in some "They had to pretend to be broken up for saftey reasons and are secretly still together until it's safe" thing

What a god damn waste of both a writer and a character, the blatant lack of respect is fucking astounding. How hard is it to just write a character

[prince-liest]

oughh your writing for alastor is always so painfully good. Everytime he puts up walls only for the consequences of his actions to knock them down again and just how you write his reaction to it RUINS ME EVERYTIME. physically i coil up in distraught seeing him run towards his sense of danger only to quickly realize it consists of what the name suggests. just in every fic youve written of him makes me want to shrink bc of his own ego. BUT ITS SOOO HIM thank you author i have grown to adore him because i wanted to train my english through fics on shows i like and just so stumbled on yours tldr: love how damaging he is to himself in ur works

AH, thank you so much! A lot of the fun of writing Alastor is the way that his own ego genuinely fools him a lot of the time, which actively hurts me when I see it happen in canon but is much easier for me to write when I know what the consequences are going to be, haha. I promise only happy and hopeful endings for all of my story arcs! But yes, he's someone who just, like, has so much ego going on that he doesn't necessarily want people to see but also is not the best at navigating himself, and his stubborn refusal to consider himself as fully human tends to backfire tremendously. I'm really happy it resonates with you!!

[usoppinggg]

(hiiii sorry in advance if this is uhhh hard to understand? im not great at putting it into words lol,,,,)

i saw the post abt re-reading syrup village arc and it made me eager to re-read it myself and like i finished it a few hours ago and. i dont think im ever gonna get over the extremely obvious tones of like. priviledge and how it effects different ppl and how sumtimes it effects how you see other ppl and who your more willing to trust (yes this is in regards to kaya)

BECUASE. AUGH. the slap....... the moment kaya slaps usopp........... after EVERYTHING after he goes to see her day after day and makes her smile and proves again and again all he wants is to see her happy and be her friend and use his lies to weave interesting stories and be remembered. and it doesnt matter because kaya believed kuro (a privileged rich white person like her) over usopp (an under-privileged poc who was widely looked down upon in the community) OUGHHH. OUGHH..... ill never get over it,,,,,,,,,,,,, like i understand she came around in the end BUT THE IMPLICATIONS,,, THE WAY IT ALL GOES DOWN. idk maybe im just insane and projecting but its soooo fuckin. it speaks so much and it makes me just. so sad and angry and i hate her but i love her also (hate that she did that, love her generally lol). anyways i rlly love the syrup village arc it makes me fucking insane and i hope you have an amazing day<333333

Thank you for this because even before that post came on my dash I was thinking about how mad I was that all of Usopp's friends on Syrup were so quick to turn on him!

It's funny though because like, undercover Kuro doesn't even have (his own) privilege. Before his secret came out, Kuro had nothing. He ended up on Syrup with nothing but his fabricated sob story. Any and all privilege he may have had was granted to him by Kaya and her family when they took him in and hired him, and he was able to build his reputation because of that.

His image as a polite, responsible, well-off butler was juxtaposed with Usopp's reputation as a poor, trouble-making orphan. Kuro continued to sew seeds of doubt in Kaya's mind regarding Usopp's bad influence on her, which I think is what ultimately led Kaya to doubt Usopp during that dire moment.

I try to give Kaya the benefit of the doubt when it comes to her betrayal of Usopp because she was young, depressed, and manipulated, but I find it very difficult to do so. We know that Kaya has fond memories of Kuro and they presumably spent a lot of time together as he cared for her. But still, I can't imagine how that relationship could've been more important to her than her relationship with Usopp.

Usopp is her age and (as far as we know) her only friend! He came by day after day to tell her stories to lift her spirits! She was literally worrying herself into sickness, so Usopp's stories prevented her from getting even sicker. She even argued with Kuro when he spoke poorly of Usopp when she wanted him to visit! All of this points to their close friendship, and yet she was so quick to assume the worst of him when Usopp was trying to warn her of Kuro's plan to kill her. She was so angry that she slapped him. It's so unfathomable to me even now, and I remember how upset I was the first time I saw that scene. (She was able to slap Usopp when she thought he lied but was unable to shoot Kuro when her life was in immediate danger. I always found that interesting.)

Ultimately, I know that Kaya initially taking Kuro's side was all for the ~drama~ but as an Usopp stan, I can't help but be upset at her on his behalf. We all know that most of Usopp's "lies" are actually his dreams or are simply stories where he is the main character. He doesn't lie about important things. I think it's safe to assume that Kaya knew this given how long they'd been friends, and yet...........!

I'm sure that having Kaya (and the Veggie Pirates) disbelieve Usopp despite knowing him for so long was set up to contrast the way that Luffy and the others instantly knew what his plan was. But at the surface level, yeah, it just seems like Kaya valued the opinion of her privileged, fair-skinned butler over the words of her poor, dark-skinned friend, and it's so, so upsetting.

You said it well, I love Kaya, but I hate how she treated Usopp in this moment. The Syrup Village arc also makes me Insane so thank you for giving me a chance to ramble about it!

Feel free to hit up my inbox about any other One Piece thoughts, especially when Usopp is involved <3