#penis references

[gh0st-4ss]

chasing the direction you went

[official-penis-posts]

i like to think that you're some sorta unknowable penis divinity. writhing mass of phallus or something

Like a rat king of dicks. Yeah I like that

[neoduelverse]

Has anyone ever noticed how Maddie Kim from Pantheon and Peni Parker from the spider verse comics look exactly the fucking same?

[prolibytherium]

There's a LOT of things people do wrong when constructing fantasy beliefs in pantheons of gods, but one of the more specific is having only one god related to fertility and it kind of being just a horny sex thing.

Like you'll have one in the entire bunch whose sphere is listed as fertility and it's basically like Yeah this is the sex one. She's always depicted naked (but not TOO naked because censorship and/or the writer's own skittishness). She's going to have the exact body type epitomized in contemporary western beauty standards and there's usually no chance in hell that she's gonna be fat (unless MAYBE they're referencing 'venus' figurines). Her thing is fertility, which means having sex and making babies. Might be a goddess of beauty or love or marriage too, because these are kinda sex things, but that's probably it. And yeah that sort of thing is virtually nonexistent in real life.

Like the concept of fertility is so fundamentally important to the function of most societies in human history in ways that it is just Not in industrialized imperial core countries. Most people are getting food from stores, and not having to worry about harvesting crops or breeding livestock or foraging for food or having enough animals to hunt, so fertility only really comes up as a concern if you're trying to have kids (and there is certainly societal pressure to have children, but your wellbeing and survival is rarely going to Depend on it). And I think writing only from that perspective and not even trying to learn about WHY fertility is so conceptually important is why you see this trend.

There's no absolute universal statement about how people believe in gods but it's broadly accurate that systems with many deities will Usually have more than one deity associated with fertility, and these associations will certainly include human reproduction but also the fertility of livestock/hunted animals, plants, the land itself.

Some fertility deities may also be heavily associated with seasonal changes or environmental factors that agriculture or foraging is dependent on (spring/summer/fall, seasonal rains, seasonal flooding, rain itself, sunlight, good soil, rivers, wetlands, etc). Some certainly might be related to love, marriage, sex, and beauty, but that's VERY RARELY going to be the sole way the concept of fertility is embodied. And they'll often will have other associations not directly about fertility, or related to fertility in culturally specific ways.

[olwolo]

spider people from a lecture

[kurakuradon]

guy’s been standing in front of the atm for hours someone tell him to fucking move

[junimoonyart]

PENI DOODLES

Also wanted to draw her plugsuit from the concept art

And her cool jacket!

Also, have an extra Gwen!

(pose from ITSV concept art)

[angelbambisworld]

This mf just doing anything

Anyways if I was Shannon I would force this man to be my housewife. Fuck being in the hottest band in the world, go make me another grilled cheese sandwich.

[kittenofdoomage]

Yes, Etsy. What I'm looking for is an uncircumcised penis in a scarf to hang on my Christmas tree.

[mangomagicaart]

Spiderverse sticker sheet! These movies are a huge source of inspiration to me so I'm excited to make this official

I forgor to shade Gwen's hoodie at some point so I'm glad I caught it before I uploaded it this time hehe

[syn4k]

pretty sure the worst word mix up i ever made while writing was confusing "prostrated" with "castrated" because i thought "prostrated" was the same thing as "prostate" so there's those wires crossed. anyways the only reason this got caught is because my friend hit me up like two minutes after i posted the chapter like "HEY UH DUDE THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT WORD MEANS" and saved my balls. unlike those poor people before the edit who got castrated.

[bubzterr]

(baba consulting her orb) LOL be emo bitch 🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️

[twilight-deviant]

What is your opinion of the Wilson Fisk version of the Spiderverse animated movie?

I like him all right. ¯\_(◡‿◡)_/¯ I like Fisk, so seeing Fisk at all is what I like. Haha.

Disclaimer: It has been a little while since I watched the movie. I should do it again sometime.

I do often have problems with Spider-Man using Fisk. (Yes, I know he's a SM villain first. But hear me out... he's a DD villain, okay?) I find that DD keeps him a lot more grounded (he is just a guy, a regular, non-enhanced guy), and SM wants him to be as big as the series other villains. Spider-Verse is definitely guilty of that, having Fisk at the center of accessing multiple universes and breaking them, but ah well... Most important, they still humanize him. That's what matters most to making a good Fisk. [Unspeakable Evils 🤝 Caring for Loved Ones] Having him do it all to bring back Vanessa and Richard (the most any Fisk has ever cared for Richard? lol), I like it.

More thoughts below...

I think they did a kind of interesting thing having Liev do a more "New York" accent in the voice acting. (Sounds like a Brooklyn accent, I think? Even though Fisk has always been very Manhattan-based. I could very easily be wrong though.) I don't know that I agree with the choice, but I find it interesting. It drives home Fisk's lower-class roots. I only disagree with it because a big part of Fisk's development from childhood is leaving that behind, reading a lot and bettering himself to come off as someone higher-class and more educated. He likes rubbing elbows with "old rich," pretending he's one of them and always has been, and he hates reminders that he isn't. Like... really hates it.

[Daredevil (1964) #290]

(He kills that man. Over the top? Yes. Makes the point? Yes. And yeah, he does speak other languages, but I get what they're saying here about "academic" phrases.)

I know it's obvious I like Vincent's Fisk in the tv series, but I think they do a lot of it right. He frequently uses big words to show he's intelligent (almost intentionally-- to impress), but he doesn't know "basic rich people things." He has to have Wesley suggest wine to drink at dinner, he can't tie a bowtie, etc. It's nice. It's subtle. It gives the impression of "nouveau riche" with higher-class ignorance and overcompensation. I think that is truly the best way to handle Fisk. If he had an accent perceived as lower-class, he would get rid of it posthaste. Nothing against the Spider-Verse decision though. Sometimes, variety is nice too.

ANYWAY! Actual character design of Spider-Verse Fisk? 😅 Well, I think every joke has been made. Haha. Obviously, as established, based on this Fisk:

[Daredevil: Love and War (1986)]

Seeing him in Spider-Verse can be a lot to take in at first with a lot to criticize, but I've come out the other side with much better opinions.

At first, you think seeing such a ridiculous shape of a man dehumanizes him a bit, which is fair and (I still think) a little true. But I've opted instead to not see it as a literal physical manifestation of Fisk so much as a symbolic display that he is "The Big Man." You can look at the wide shot in the comic above and see that even though he is massive, the big open room makes him feel small, vulnerable. It somehow makes him appear more powerless to help Vanessa. (So much strength but he can't fix her, blah blah blah.) But most of the shots in Spider-Verse have him taking up the screen. He's supposed to come off very strong, very scary, and very in charge of the situation.

In his less villainous moments, he takes up less screen.

Him being peak vulnerable? Thinking about Vanessa and Richard's deaths? The widest of wide shots. Him smol.

So I do believe the character design is a good choice overall, but I think for its greatest impact, you have to think of his size as symbolic instead of physical. (Granted, if there's one thing no artist can agree on, it's how big to make Fisk. I could make a whole post just on how severely his size fluctuates across the comics. lol) Also about his design in the movie, I'm into the black silhouette. Voids are cool. 👍

Side note: I like the pen clicking habit when he's stressed. Wilson Fisk is never beating the autism allegations.

I hope that answers your question, Anon. I think I'd have to watch the movie again to give greater commentary on this Fisk. I'm curious what your thoughts on him are. ♥

[tboyblaze]

drew this while listening to the sonic rush ost

[annahxredaxted]

Milo “yeah? Hes happy to see you” Greer

[miss-wizard]

if you want to get past me, you'll have to suck my riddles three!