#please be nice to me 🙏

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

It might be a little while before I actually get the comic out, so here's a small title card for it or something to hold you over‼️

My post where I mentioned this!!!

[plateofpie]

Du hast es nicht vergessen, oder?

[fishystew]

they were in little league together

[blaiddraws]

been thinking of doing $5 (USD) ko-fi comms! $5 for a head/bust shot, +$3 for color, +$3 for an additional character. all you gotta do is drop by my ko-fi, send in a payment with a request*! feel free to dm me if you'd like to keep it private 👍

*same rules from my regular comms apply here as well; no shipping or suggestive, and i reserve the right to refuse something if i feel like it. I will contact you and we will discuss alternate requests you may have.

if you want to discuss with me Before you send money, that is perfectly acceptable, but i will only start drawing once the money is received

[akqrus]

Would I seem crazy when I say that Emilie closing the cabinet was symbolizing smth?? Like uh maybe her knowing that she's at the end and every door or opportunity for her to be cured is blocked. That she has no hope anymore, or that she has given up on believing she'll be cured? Maybe symbolizing that her death will cause the family's downfall and breaking up...

Bc what made Gabriel become Papillon?? EMILIE. What made Gabriel become more distant, colder, and stricter on Adrien? EMILIE. What caused his death? EMILIE.

HER LEAVING RUINED EVERYTHING AND LITERALLY MADE THE WHOLE PLOT BY JUST DYING.

[dseval]

I had this huge, ambitious plan two weeks ago that I am going to create designs for genderbend versions of Nightmare's Gang (+Cross), was halfway through Killer's then I just forgot I had the ambition in the first place LMAO im sorry

Anyway, forget I have plans. Here are small concept doodles of Fem Horror and Fem Dust.

My focus is actually asking the question "If they were girls, what would they wear?" And then answering them. Simply to avoid having to draw ecto bodies. (And to avoid using the 'simply add boobs to genderbend a character' hack)

Bonuses, since, well, I did drew headshots for these two, these kinda date back to a month ago though (I actually hate the designs rn, either way...)

[ @unlikelyluxbeloved this is for you fam ✊✊]

Horror Sans by SourAppleStudios (and the very briefly mentioned Farm Sans by Guinongtale_AU)

Dust Sans by Ask-Dusttale

Killer Sans by Rahafwabas

Cross Sans by Jakei

[mwagneto]

legit shaking crying i can't believe they're gay for real like they're gay for REAL like after all these years they're literally gay canonically like they kissed on screen on the mouth coz they're gay. like that really happened and there's no taking it back they're canonically gay in that scene and in every other scene also. when they're hanging out they're doing it gayly. when they're calling each other up they're doing it gayly. when they dress like that and act like that it's coz they're gay when crowley's trying to get aziraphale to run away with him it's coz he's in gay love and when aziraphale continuously puts himself in situations where crowley can feel useful it's coz he's in gay love literally everything they do is coz of gay love!!!!!! and that's mine forever!!!!!!!!! after i waited like half my life for it!!!!!!!!!!! oh my fucking god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strayheat]

At the end of s1 Jayce gave his chair to Viktor to sit in, which caused him to be slightly further away from Mel, ergo the protective dome couldn't have reached him. This is the protected area:

And this is where I assumed everyone would have been at the time of explosion:

And then I wanted to find out how close exactly Viktor was to the dome (comparing to s1 finale) and, uh

Apparently Viktor would have been entirely covered by the dome? And out of the three of them Jayce would have been the one closest to its center.

From here I see two routes:

Mel moved towards Jayce before the worst hit (they did wake up lying close together)

Mel wasn't the source of the dome (Jayce was??)

In both cases there's the question of Viktor moving out of the safe zone, which I'm betting on it being caused by the knockback of the explosion (in scenario 1. Mel could also be pushed to the side by this same force. maybe?)

Anywho, unexpected find so I wanted to share :*)

[himejoshiangels]

Hi steph hiiii cutiee

[myokk]

Imelda x Poppy🥹💓

[illustrationismyhaven]

doodle i'd chew off an arm and a leg to hear your thoughts about pn2. i feel we have similar gripes with it

No chewing necessary my friend I will admit first that I've always been a lot more generous with my PN2 critiques compared to other games I like because I'm actually. Lowkey scared of how the fan base will react 😭 just because Psychonauts 2 really is a good game! And I like certain aspects of it. And also a large part of the fan base really enjoys it. To say my positive thoughts first, I'm glad it exists, I'm glad it's here after a long wait, and I think it's fun to play. It's objectively a good game. A really good game.

WHICH IS WHY I will now put the rest of my rambles under a cut because I'm going to be a little more honest with my thoughts. Keep in mind that these are MY thoughts, just ME, ALONE, MY opinion.

Warning that this is very rambley. I'm sorry. I go off a few tangents. I have a lot to say since my friends and I talk about it quite a lot in my disc and a lot of the points I bring up here are stuff we talk about a lot. Quite passionately, I might add lol

Btw This all entirely about the characters, storyline, lore, etc. This isn't going to be about graphics and the way the characters look between the two games okay?........ Because both of those are WRONG and RoR is PEAK- 🙌🙌🙌

I don't think there's much I can say about the interns that hasn't already been said. I think you already know what I mean by this. While I do like the interns (Adam my beloved ♥️) they really weren't used to their full potential (<- get used to that word here.) A lot of their friendship with Raz felt very forced, it didn't feel earned at all. And don't even get me started on Raz's personality switch.

I WILL ADMIT YES. He was very cute and polite in the first game just as much, amd he wasn't entirely an asshole. However, they took the "cute" meter and cranked it up to 100% in the sequel and it kind of bothers me. It's not only in Psychonauts either! We don't really get a lot of snarky and charismatic video game protags anymore. In my indulgence in late 90s early 2000s video games, both for research and, again, my indulgence, I have found that a lot of games from those times that later got sequels in the late 2010s- early 2020s (Crash Bandicoot and Ratchet and Clank for examples) had the protagonists softened a TON. Example #1 is Ratchet, who was very witty and quippy in the earlier games. But from what I've seen in the latest installment (Rift Apart) he's not as much anymore and is a lot more... "Professional" acting. #2 In Crash 4, Crash is still very cartoony and goofy like always, but it's played off more in a "cute" kind of way, and not as much in an insane, looney-toons Tasmanian Devil kind of way, y'know? Raz, unfortunately suffered the same fate I fear, where the snark was turned down, and the cute factor up. Which really sucks, because I love snarky protagonists! Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, I love those games a ton! Sadly, we don't see any games like that anymore. I really would have loved if Psychonauts 2 leaned into that! Raz would not put up with the interns shit if it was still the first game. And I think the dynamics between him and the interns could have been really interesting if he was able to keep up with them!

On that note, I feel like everyone is so hard on Raz in PN2. Like Jesus christ man, give my kid a break lol. Unlike the first game where Raz was funny because of stuff he said, stuff he interacted with and the way he behaved, a lot of funny moments are at Raz's expense instead. It also really pisses me off with how much the situation with the Lady Lucktopus is held over him. We GET IT. He fucked up, he really did. But FIRST OF ALL. So did the INTERNS. But they do not get as much shit for it as he does, and it pisses me off. And it's very clear that he understands it was wrong, he understands and will never do it again, but he's still getting beat over the head with it.

Another thing (that's more nit-picky if any) is that the environments don't feel as alive as the first game. In Whispsring Rock, it feels like you're actually at a summer camp. Not only is there plenty of wildlife scampering around, but you hear and see bugs and lizards too, you can hear the trees and rushing water, kids talking in distant conversations. It's such a nice environment and I love exploring and just getting lost in it. Psychonauts 2 environments are good, but they don't feel alive. They just feel like any other video game environment to me. It doesn't pull me in much at all, which is a shame because the environments are very beautiful.

Again, possible nit-picky and not really a critique, but keep in mind again that this is all MY thoughts and MY opinion here.

I really, really need to talk about the psychic 7. I have to get my thoughts out. I. I really don't like how much of the game is about the Psychic 7 specifically. IM SORRY. I LIKE THEM A LOT, I REALLY DO.

But, first of all, something about how Ford is connected to Raz's family is really... Huh? It's such a "Never meet your heroes" moment, but also... Did we not already have that with Coach in the first game? And it all feels so. Out of left field! I dunno! But I don't like it! Eghsgshs. It's one of those big story changes/additions that makes me go back to the first game and makes me feel icky when interacting with Ford. I miss when he was just a random a silly old man not a silly old man who fucked up my family.

💧Going to splinter off on a mini-tangent here rq, but the curse too! After the reveal of the curse not being real, which is, y'know, in missable. dialog. Going back to the first game, but ESPECIALLY RoR at one point, feels weird to me! There's a specific scene in RoR near the end where the self destruct sequence is activated and the room begins flooding. The hands of Galochio appear and yadda yadda. But something about the way Raz is panicked about the water hands in that moment, how he tells himself "Don't think about the water curse" repeatedly is just. AUGH. GOD. I stay up at night thinking about it. To go back to those moments and realise that it's all not real is just... Man. And you know, I wouldn't be as butt-hurt about it if they handled they way it was reveal better. The way Ford just waves it off as "Curses aren't real, this is science!" Is like. Are you serious. Is that it?...

Another thing, on the topic of "science" is that Psychonauts 2 feels like it lost a lot of the like. Paranormal whimsy. It's all very... Scientific and straightforward. I don't know how to explain it? I just miss how in PN and RoR yeah, a lot of stuff in this universe is clearly scientific BUT there was also hint of something paranormal, and dare I say magical going on.💧

Okay, back to the Psychic 7 (or 6 or whatever idk I'm tired hsgsgsh) I actually like how we get to learn a bit more about the founding members of the Psychonauts and get to meet them. At least if it was a "bit more". What I don't like is how much of the game is centered around them at the expense of the original cast. New characters are good, and fun and all that. But... After PN1 I'm not left wanting to learn more about the Psychonauts and the founding members... I'm left wanting to learn more about Sasha and Milla, Lili, Coach and Raz! I'm left wanting to see real spy stuff! The mental part is fun too, I mean. It's literally the defining aspect of Psychonauts. But so is the spying. The Lady Lucktopus segments are my favorite because we get to be in that sneaky and stealthy environment and it is really frickin fun! I want more moments like that! Anyways uhm. Back go characters.

The original team, (Sasha, Milla, Coach and Lili. And Raz too I guess, but I'm mostly refering to these four.) who I will dub the dream team, were sidelined hard for the Psychic 7 and the interns. As I said before, I was left wanting more of them at the end of PN and I'll just say it, they were not in PN2 as much as they deserved to be. People waited 15+ years to see these characters in action again and they're just so- absent in the game! It's sad! This isn't to say that introducing new characters is bad. I think Hollis and Truman were done really well in this game, especially Hollis. I like the general Idea about the Psychic 7. But... They weren't who I wanted a sequel for.

But you know what large group of new characters I would have wanted more of that weren't in the first game? The Aquatos. My God, they are literally one of the biggest ties within the story in PN2 and yet they still went so underutilized. Dare I say, in favor of the Psychic 7...

Theres sooo much stuff in the Li-po doc about Raz's family and just the Psychonauts organization as a whole that I wish we got for the sequel. Oh man do I love the li-po doc. There's a lot of stuff from it that I prefer and enjoy much more than what we got in PN2. It's such a shame to see all those really intriguing story bits and potential lore go to waste, it really is.

I'm still left feeling unsatisfied at the end of it all, but not in the fun, "I want more!" Kind of unsatisfied like the first game. It's more like a melancholic, empty and unfulfilled feeling...

It has its own charm but its a charm so strikingly different from the original's that it feels almost disconnected entirely from the first game.

My closing thoughts are, that Psychonauts 2 is a good game. But in my eyes it's also a monument of what could have been. Of wasted potential. Of something that was great, but could have been better.

[guinevereslancelot]

Help Lizzie get a car for work!

Hi everyone! Due to recent events, I will be losing access to the vehicle I use to commute to work at the end of February, so I will need to somehow get a new (used) one by then. I am a Kindergarten aide, and I love my job! Working with kids is rewarding, (but it doesn't pay very much) and I couldn't imagine doing anything else. Public transportation or walking/biking isn't an option for me as I live in a rural community, too far to walk to anything and without public transportation services. My dad has been working remote for some time and until now, I've been using his car to commute, but he's a federal employee and will now be mandated to cease remote work and return to the office in person by the end of February. This means that I will be needing a new vehicle as soon as possible. I'm a broke teacher's aide, and this expense is quite sudden and unexpected. I will quite literally lose my job and be unable to get another one if I can't get to work so I really need a car, ideally a reliable one, but I'll settle for what I can afford. This fundraiser is intended to go towards my vehicle, but if by some miracle it exceeds my goal, the rest will go to my little brother, who also needs a car to get to school. Please consider donating or sharing my fundraiser if you can! Any help at all would be so so appreciated! 🙏❤️

https://gofund.me/81189667

[waspgrave]

I started this little office job a few months ago and was like 'sighhh I will probably be miserable' but now here I am looking up ways to stay here forever lol

[skitskatdacat63]

"Non paeniteo potitus."

+ details & process

And, process !!

The jump btwn the second to last and last always surprise me whenever I make one of these because I always forget to take snapshots after I start painting. It's always like: oh yeah heres the lineart with some colors- BOOM fully finished✨️

What he's holding are the Austrian imperial scepter and orb, seen below:

I was going to draw the crown too but decided I don't hate myself that much(maybe some other day), and gave him a golden laurel crown, bcs I'm obsessed with that as a motif, and also its very remincient of the boy king statue that started this whole thing!

There's some symbolism of this, both intentionally but also just historically. I love that the orb represents that the monarch is holding the world in their hand, basically every old monarchy has one of those, and I think it's very cool for symbolism. But also bcs of that, I was forced to basically draw catholic fanart so, you win some you lose some. The star halo above him head is both to reference those religious statues with star crowns(I saw them a lot in Europe and they imprinted onto my brain), as well as: his four championships of course!

[shima-draws]

Hiiii I come bearing another OC design WIP, this time it’s YA BOY, the one and only protag boy (from this post!)

He’s a darkness/dragon elemental, the black on his hands and arms is permanent and happened due to an incident in his childhood. He was a bit self conscious of the way his arms looked at first but now he’s totally chill with it (and. When he uses his powers dragons scales sprout on his arms and glow and it’s sick as hell.) He is everything to me and I would die for him and he doesn’t even have a name. WHICH IS WHY I’m letting you guys pick since I’m settled on an “N” name but I’m indecisive <3

[shy-nightmare]

The Teddy Bear has returned 🧸

Hi! 😁👋 I know it's been a while since I've been haunted having dreams of our beloved boogle, but I had a dream last week and I thought I'd take the opportunity to share with you all while the memory's still fresh 😆

@weaselnerd and @lastofautumn, get ready to be destroyed by our baby bagel's intense cuteness 🥰! @spookiifi, @imaginarytoon1, @los-angeles-toon-patrol and @trashogram A.K.A. @mantisandthemoondragon, I hope this makes you guys laugh 🤣

So I had this dream based on this TikTok I watched posted by another Toon Patrol fan named Weaselstan2005 (WeaselNerd, it's your role model! YAAAAY!!! 🤩), and I was having lunch with Stu.

That's right. I had lunch with our baby boi in my sleep 😍👶! For some reason, we were eating at McDonald's and we were having a great time. Stu was stuffing his face in chicken McNugget goodies (GASP! Cannibalism! 😱), I was enjoying my drink while trying not to die from how adorable he was. And I failed 😂

We were chatting and goofing off...until I accidentally mentioned something about one of my chapters. And Stu, the sweetest and cutest McDonald's chicken nugget in the world, yells at me while slamming the table, "WHERE'S. CHAPTER. 11?! 😠"

Yes, this dream was based on that meme "Where's my food you need to be patient" 😂😆😄😂😆😄🤣😂😆🤣😄

It was pretty funny, but I felt really bad for making him and you guys wait for so long 😢

Soon, we had a conversation about it.

"Stu, sweetie," I said gently, setting my drink down to pat his hand comfortingly, "I know I've been neglectful, and I'm sorry. But you gotta understand that now I'm back on my schedule, I gotta provide a balance between work and fun. It takes time and energy to edit and post a chapter. I can't just multitask between so many separate things all at once, it's not good. It's not even health-"

And this was Stu's response.

Oh. My. God. He did not just give me the puppy eyes. Not the puppy eyes! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!!! 😭😭😭

*sighs* Welp, I guess since it's the start of the month, I gotta post Chapter 11 early this week. You know what? Screw it, I'll post it tomorrow morning at 8:00. You've all waited long enough 😅

"Yay! Chapter 11's coming tomorrow, guys! 😊"

STU, DID YOU JUST BREAK THE FOURTH WALL?! 👁 👁