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Toy store gift wrapping is great, but you know what would be even better? Putting together the toy after bedtime the night before to avoid, "is it ready yet? Is it ready now?"
#okay but if the store put it together and THEN wrapped it?#or i should have gotten the train set#setting it up is how you play with it#real life shit
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spire of deceit & truth: soul revue
#for heroes there are trials#for saints there are temptations#for me there is you#//#me thinking about anything: how can i make this about revue starlight đ#i wouldnt say theyre kuromaya coded buutttt#pureshadow final battle is a play sm sets up and pv is forced to go along w/#that paints sm as the hero and pv as the villain trying to steal his âsoulâ.. only to have his soul AND heart stolen at the end :3c#the reality is ive just been dying to draw a ship as kuromaya soul revue for like several years now#<- the party ended 2 years ago and theyre still here#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#crk#shadow milk cookie#pure vanilla cookie#vanilla milkshake#shadowvanilla#pureshadow#my art#clip studio paint#2024#its 2am goodbye
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Steve had always wanted to be a skilled fighter. The schools that churned out the best fighters all happened to be schools for holy warriors. It was possible that Steve maybe sort of lied a little (with the help of his friends Robin and Dustin) to get into this school by claiming he was full to the brim of religious fervor but hadnât decided who to pledge his sword to yet. It shouldnât have worked, if he were honest with himself, but by some stroke of luck it did, and he finished his training as one of the top combatants.Â
The issue now was that he had to pick a god whose crest to carry. There were all sorts of gods. Gods of water, gods of air, gods of agriculture, war gods, cat gods, plant gods...the list was endless. And while Steve was one of the best fighters around, he was most definitely not one of the best researchers. Thankfully Dustin and Robin were very clever and knew where to find details about the many gods in existence.
âSo what kind of god do you want to follow? Maybe we can start there,â Robin asked.
âUhâŚa good one?â
âYouâre no help at all, you know that?â Dustin grumbled.
They suggested a local god known as Carver who stood for righteousness, but Steve turned that down. It didn't feel like a good fit. They suggested a love god by the name of Chrissy, who valued love of all kinds, romantic, platonic, familial...Steve had been tempted, very tempted, because Steve had always carried an excess of love in his heart. Robin had vetoed that one stating that Steve was already too reckless with his love and she wouldn't stand by and watch him break his own heart over and over again.
Dustin suggested a god of knowledge, Clarke, who blessed and guided those with curiosity, imagination, and a knack for invention. Steve shot that one down immediately. He was never one to be overly imaginative or curious; he preferred to deal with concrete things. Out of their quickly dwindling list, Robin reluctantly suggested Hargrove, a war god favored by a nearby kingdom, but if Carver was ill-fitting, then Hargrove was outright repellent to Steve.
"C'mon, Steve, you gotta pick someone!" Dustin huffed in frustration.Â
Robin thunked her head against the table in the library where they were looking up deities. She was obviously at her wit's end too. Steve, however, just dug his heels in with a particularly stubborn scowl.
"I can't just pick anyone!" Steve said. "If I'm going to pledge my sword to someone, it has to be someone...someone good. Someone that, I don't know, someone I can believe in, even when--no especially when things go wrong. Thatâs the whole point!"
"Yeah, I get that," Robin sighed, a mix of fond and annoyed, "but this is the eighth book we've gone through and the only one left here is called the King of Darkness which is hardly going to--huh."
Robin paused mid-rant to look at the page more closely. Steve and Dustin both huddled around her to peek into the book as well. Dustin also made a sound of curiosity.
"That's weird," Dustin said.
"Right?" Robin asked enthusiastically.
"What? What's weird?" Steve didn't get what caught their attention.
"This god only has a couple of sentences," Dustin explained, "And they don't really make sense. Something about dark creatures and the undeserving? The grammar and structure is all weird though."
"It looks like a half-assed translation," Robin added with a nod. "We should find the original text."
"Yeah! And if we can make a better translation, we could get it added to the next edition and they'd have to put our names on the book," Dustin said excitedly. Robin's eyes lit up at the thought and they both rushed off to the stacks to track down any original sources.
"Guys! Guys, what about my..."
The librarian hushed Steve, irritated. Steve groaned in defeat.
"...godly choices. Yeah, fine," Steve slumped back on his seat. "I need to find non-nerd friends."
Two days later, Robin and Dustin finished translating a slim, dusty book. They were nearly vibrating in their seats as Steve reviewed their notes on what they found. Dustin gripped his arm and gave him a shake.
"So? What do you think?" he asked excitedly.
Robin slung her arm across Steve's shoulders. With more tenderness than Steve expected, she said, "I know it doesn't seem like it, he doesn't really fit with your whole style, but it could work."
"Yeah," Steve said with a hopeful smile. "Yeah, this feels right."
--
It took longer than Steve would've liked, but eventually he managed to track down a small, crumbling shrine. It was an alcove carved near the entrance--no more than a crack in the stone really--of a cave at the edge of a lush forest. He almost missed it, it was so drowned in overgrown crawling vines and weeds. It bore a modest statue, no bigger than Steve, standing atop an equally modest plinth. There was a spot that obviously held a plaque once, but it mustâve been dug out by thieves at some point.
The sight of it made something in Steve's chest twinge; a strange pang of melancholy at seeing a god so forgotten and abandoned. It surprised him as he had never been particularly religious, but there was just something about this one that drew him in.
It was the middle of the day, so Steve quickly made camp and took advantage of the light to begin clearing the shrine. He started where the plaque had been, scrubbing off the dirt and moss that had filled the indentation. He knew a good smith; he could commission a new plaque to be made. After that, he weeded the immediate area around the plinth where worshipers would typically lay their offerings and pray.
By the time he finished that, it was late afternoon and he decided that was good enough for today. He had to eat and get a few hours of sleep so he could be alert once night fell. When he curled up on his bedroll, he couldn't help the grin that spread on his face. He was going to offer himself to his god tonight, and with any luck, his god would accept him.
--
He woke to a multitude of high pitched squeaks and the sound of many, many flapping wings. The sun had just fully set, and the stars that could be seen through the canopy burned brightly. Steve took his time to fasten on his armor and scabbard properly, and fixed his hair so not a strand was out of place. He took a few deep breaths to calm an unexpected bout of nerves before going to the shrine and kneeling.
His god had no official prayers. Or rather, the prayers for his god were forgotten. Robin and Dustin did their best to find anything prayer-like but it had been in vain. They suspected that most of the god's holy items and lore were purposely lost. Lacking that, Steve decided it was best that he introduce himself.
"Um, hi," he started and immediately winced. "Sorry. I'm not used to...this. I couldn't find any of yourâŚholy words? Prayers? The right ways to speak to you, I guess.
"I'm Steve. Steve Harrington. I'm a fighter. I finished my training a few weeks back. I was the top of my cohort when it came to combat. I'm good with my sword and I know how to take a hit. I can turn just about anything into a weapon if it's needed."
Here Steve paused for a moment, straining to hear but there was nothing other than the typical sounds of a night out in the woods. Steve took a breath and plowed forward.
"I want to be more than a fighter, though. I don't want to just wave a sword around for nothing. I want it to...to matter. So I spent a lot of time trying to decide who to wield my sword for. It took me a while, but I found you. I want to be your shield and sword, if you'll have me."
Steve stopped again to listen. Nothing. Robin warned him this might happen. Gods didn't always accept warriors who offered themselves to them, and forgotten gods weren't always reachable. It was fine, though; heâd try again tomorrow night. Steve turned in just before dawn, eager for night again.
--
Steve worked on clearing the vines tangled around the statue's legs and feet. He yanked out the thick, scraggly vines, and carefully picked apart the prickling thorny ones. There was a particular gnarl of vines that didn't seem like they had a stranglehold on his god's statue. They were healthy and strong, and the way they curled and grew looked more like a caress than an invasion. He decided to leave those on, though he gently rearranged them while removing the more invasive vines so they looked more decorative.
When night arrived with the sound of squeaks and wings, Steve went to kneel at the shrine. He introduced himself again, gave the same spiel as the night before. Still he heard nothing. He scratched the back of his neck in mild insecurity.
âI guess I should tell you I didnât find you on my own. My friends Robin and Dustin helped me. Theyâre way smarter than me, you know? Total nerds. I can swing a sword like nothing, but books and research? Yeah, that never works out for me, so they helped me look up all sorts of gods.
âThereâs a lot of them. Way more than I thought. Dustin and Robin both recommended me ones or vetoed others. They were getting frustrated with me because I kept rejecting the ones they gave me.Â
âThen Robin found you. Kind of by accident, to be honest. But she did her research thing and I knew that I wanted to carry your symbol. It took me forever to find this shrine. Robin said this was probably the only shrine you had left, so I had to find it.Â
âDustin kept saying it was on the other side of the forest, but obviously he was wrong. Not that heâll ever admit it, the little shit, but whatever. Iâm sorry your shrine was abandoned like this, but I promise Iâll fix it up. Iâm good with my hands, I can do it.â
There was no response to his admittedly disorganized ramble. It was fine, he told himself. He needed to be patient. Heâd come back the next night.
â
Around the statueâs waist there was another tangled mess of vines, except these vines had died and rotted to dark sludge. There was fungus growing on it, and it reeked. It was gross. Steve scrubbed at it for hours because the rot had stained the stone. He was able to get rid of the rot and most of the stains before going to catch a few hours of sleep in the afternoon.
Night fell and Steve was kneeling for the third time. He repeated most of what he said the previous two nights. There was still no response. He thought maybe he was pushing too hard. Heâd never been the super talkative type anyway. He could share the quiet night with his god, if that was what his god wanted.
A few hours passed when he was startled out of his near meditative state by the sound of snapping twigs. He leapt to his feet, hand on his scabbard. Someoneâa man by the look of itâstumbled out of the woods. He was pale and dark haired, dressed in ragged clothes that were probably awful even when they were new. He looked like a vagabond.Â
Steve stepped in front of the shrine, protectively. The stranger grinned at him and Steve could already tell he was not going to enjoy the conversation that was about to happen.
âWho are you and what are you doing here?â Steve asked firmly, cutting the man off before he could speak. The smile only grew wider.
âI could ask you the same thing, sir,â the man said, adopting the annoyed huff of a wealthy lord. Steve scowled.
âI asked first.â
âI asked second!â
âYou didnât ask me anything,â Steve responded, somewhat smug. The man paused and then snorted a laugh.
âYeah, okay.â He raised his hands in mock surrender. âYou got me.â
âSo?â
âSo what?â
âWhat are you doing here? Who are you?â Steve repeated shortly. The teasing grin was back, and Steve felt his scowl deepen.
âNothing and no one, mâlord,â the man bows mockingly.
âIâm not a lord.â
âHuh. Couldâve fooled me. Youâre certainly as demanding as any lord Iâve ever met.â
âOh fuck you,â Steve snapped. âIâm a holy warrior.â
The man laughed at him outright.
âWell that doesnât sound very holy warrior-ish. Are your type allowed to swear?â
Steve grinded his teeth and decided it was not worth it to continue this conversation for much longer.
âLook, if youâre here to steal, Iâve got nothing on me.â
âThatâs exactly what someone with something to steal would say.â
âWell, I donât! Iâm on a pilgrimage and I donât want to spill blood on holy ground. So.â Steve wrapped a hand around the hilt of his sword. âLeave. Please.â
âHoly ground? Here?â the man barks out a laugh. âDonât you know what this place is?â
âYes,â Steve says shortly, placing himself more firmly between the shrine and the man. âPlease leave. There shouldnât be violence done here.â
âOh, itâs far too late for that. This place used to belong to the King of Darkness. Itâs said he was so evil that nothing grew here until he was run out and defeated by the god of righteousness. You know the one. Really plays up the holier than thou thing by making his hair all gold and glowy? Gotta say, you could give him a run for his money though.â
âYouâre wrong.â
âNo really! Your hair is great. Way better than Carver, even with the glowy thing.âÂ
âNot that!â Steve said in frustration. This guy really liked the sound of his own voice and Steve was starting to get a headache. It was near dawn and all he wanted was to spend the last hour or so in the quiet night with his god.
âSo you agree your hair is better than a godâs?â The man tsks at him. âThatâs pretty blasphemous. Are you sure youâre a holy warrior?â
âNo! I mean, yes. Wait,â Steve growls at his own bumbling. âNo, Iâm not better than any god. But I am a holy warrior. Kind of.â
âKind of.â
âLook, Iâm working on it so I need you to leave. Youâve insulted him enough already.â
âYour god is the King of Darkââ
âCall him that again, and I will draw my sword,â Steve said, voice steely. âHeâs the Lord of Night, and I wonât let you insult him at his own shrine.â
The man goes quiet for the first time since he showed up. He looked almost surprised, his mocking grin gone. His eyes flicked over to the dilapidated statue and then back at Steve.
âLord of Night doesnât sound much different than what I called him,â the man said lightly.
âWell, it is,â Steve told him. âNow, will you please leave?â
The man stared at him for a moment before shrugging. âYeah, alright.â And then he left as suddenly as he had arrived.
The tension that had built up in Steveâs shoulders drained away. He went back to kneel in front of the shrine again when he noticed the barest hint of sunrise on the horizon. He cursed under his breath then was hit with a wave of embarrassment at cursing in front of the shrine and the whole situation that had transpired.
âIâm sorry about that,â Steve said, abashed. âIt wonât happen again, I promise.â
â
It happened again.
now with an additional snippet here and here
ps: i do not do those reader tag list things. if you'd like to keep up with my stuff, follow my writing tag: trensu tells stories
#trensu tells stories#stranger things#steddie#steve harrington#robin buckley#dustin henderson#eddie munson#i don't even know what to call this#it's an idea i'm playing with but i don't know how well it works#if you're curious about the setting so am i!#if you figure it out do me a favor and tell me what it is#i have more written but it's not done#i'm hoping to post it as a oneshot on ao3 when i finish it#IF i finish it#we'll see i guess#ETA#came up with a title/tag for this#stasis in darkness
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not drawing for others. not drawing for myself either. playing video games. okay? yay
#some more screenshots from my hardcore world <3 it's going good#built that tree from the last two pictures today :3 it's no bdubs level of course but i like how it turned out!#i think im slowly getting better at custom trees and building in general! happy#that building on the uhhh 6th image is my favorite so far! it houses my bee farm and it's so cool and vibrant and funky!!! loving it#the building on the 3rd image is also pretty good. it's an inn with a restaurant on the 1st floor and villager housing on the 2nd!#it's cozy in there but on the outide i think it could do with a bit more dress up. that part of the town is still in development so im sure#it'll come together eventually! like. with another house across the street and maybe some banner lines between them it's gonna look great#i also took that screenshot with my normal playing fov and not the low-good-for-screenshots fov so. yknow#welp. that's it for now i think#mining and building and also crafting#<- made the tag for it finally! check it out if you wanna; there's the previous set of screenshots as well#yagotalk
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DP x DC: Puppy Love
Waiting for my friend in the emergency room(theyâre fine, weâll not fine obviously but not actively dying) so might as well write on my phone
So if there are two things Iâm adamant about itâs that Alfred should still be alive and that DC SHOULD GIVE JASON BACK HIS DOG
For those poor souls that do not know, Jason had a dog name, and this is 100% true, Dog. Jason is canonically bad at naming things so he named his dog Dog. And the storyline between him and her is actually really touching. He rescued her from a dog fighting ring where she was used to bait dogs. Jason earned her trust showed her kindness and she loves him for it and it makes me emotional. GIVE JASON BACK HIS DOG YOU MONSTERS
Sheâs not dead just got written out by giving her to someone, but still, that man loves and pampers Dog, gave her an engraved nameplate and everything
But consider Cujo, the ghost of a dog being trained to be a guard dog, put to death long before his time wanting the thing that made him happy in life: his toy. Danny finds him, bonds with him and helps him get back the thing he loves most, and Cujo loves Danny for it.
A story as old as time, a boy and his dog, or in Dannyâs case a boy and his ghost dog.
So imagine this: Danny moved to Gotham with Cujo and things are going great, except for one thing.
Cujo has a little crush
Now normally this wouldnât be a problem, but Cujo is a ghost. Aka he can walk through walls. So when Cujo wants to visit his lady friend, he just bolts right through the wall, and leads Danny on a merry chase.
Meanwhile Jason is confused to come home to his penthouse only to find Dog cuddled up with a smaller green dog that isnât Beast Boy. The other dog is friendly and gets along with Dog, but itâs driving him crazy wondering how he got in without tripping an alarm. Then thereâs a knock on the door
Jason opens the door to find an out of breath guy about his age with black hair, blue eyes and windswept hair that might have been intentional if it hadnât been for a few leaves stuck in it.
And thatâs how Jason met Danny
Cut to this happening a few more times and then turns into organizing little âdatesâ for their dogs and the while falling slowly in love with each other romcom style
Thatâs right, this has been a romcom about two dog owners falling in love because their dogs are literally obsessed with each other
Bonus: Danny giving Cujo âthe Talkâ
Danny, wagging his finger: Donât make a rosemaryâs baby, understand?
Cujo: Bark
Danny: ... good.
#danny phantom#dp x dc#dp x dc crossover#dp x dc prompt#writing prompt#dpxdc#Jasonâs Dog#Dog named Dog#dead on main#I just want a cute Danny and Jason plot about them falling in love while organizing doggy play dates#which turn into unintentional double dates#donât you tell me Jason wouldnât set up a lady and the tramp moment for them#serving Dog and Cujo a plate of dog safe spaghetti and meatballs#meanwhile Danny who canât cook out on a fake mustache and is playing music for them#and Jason just looking up from the two dogs eating by candlelight and seeing how the light flickers across Dannyâs face#and realizing he wants to kiss this ridiculous man
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Still emotional about Fy'ra Rai and Opal, actually. Thought dump time bc i. dont have the energy to cut this down effectively.
Because at that point in the episode, Opal is doomed. Not in the fun little "oh things are getting worse ;)" kind of way we'd been experiencing leading up to the fight, or even IN the fight. At that point in the fight, Cyrus is dead. Dorian and Dariax have their minds twisted, bodies clambering away from the fight. Morrighan has felt, firsthand, just how far gone Opal is, holes in her mind, her friend broken. The heartbreaking sentence of. "You can always come back." understands that she is gone already. She's lost already. Opal has forgotten Ted. Opal has forgotten herself.
So at that point in the fight, we know Opal is doomed. Us as the audience, the cast, the characters. Aabria is running through each of the other crownkeepers and it is more of a goodbye than a round of combat. Defying the Spider Queen invites death, with zero hesitation- Cyrus's body as physical evidence of that. The terms were very clearly set: You leave Opal, you let her be lost. Or you die. (Leaving Opal anyway).
and Fy'ra Rai then. Grasps the crown, understands intimately that she can break it off and it will kill Opal. (I will free you, if you want me to. We would lose you but you would not be taken). And asks, what do you want me to do. What do you want.
and Opal says, I want you to leave. (I want you to live.) and Fy'ra Rai functionally says. No. Sorry. That's not one of the options.
If you wanted to go. I will do that (your blood on my hands). If you want me to stay, I will. But I'm not going to leave you.
There was the point where Fy'ra Rai broke into the communication and I felt my insides sink because. Look. Lets be real, Aabria had already demonstrated the stakes here. The gesture would not be rewarded for the gesture alone. The Spider Queen's terms were: You leave Opal. Or you die.
And Fy'ra Rai said: no.
I don't think I'm overstepping to assume that if Fy'ra Rai had failed the intimidation check, she would have died. This entire thing hits me so hard because I think Anjali knew that too. I think Fy'ra Rai knew that too. Yes, Fy'ra Rai convinced a Betrayer God to negotiate. She carved a third option out of a non-negotiable situation. She knew what would happen if she failed and did it anyway, with no fear, no regret, no waver in her resolve. She had lost enough sisters. She wasn't going to lose anymore, no matter the personal cost. That's part of why it succeeded, I'm sure, but.
Just. Fuck me. The amount of resolve. The amount of love. The amount of conviction. "I am. A protector." You know your friend- your sister- is doomed. So no more negotiating away from that. You step to her side and you grasp her hand and say- doom me with her.
And in some, sideways way, this saves you both, at least for a little while.
Because this story is a tragedy. This ending is a sad one. We know this already. But think about- Opal, under Lolth's bidding, alone in the dark. Think about Fy'ra Rai, alive, intimately aware that she had failed to protect yet another sister.
And think about what we got, instead: the two of them, in deep darkness, danger encroaching- holding hands. Someone they love at their side. A champion. And her champion.
This is still a sad story. But it's not the same one. Fy'ra Rai stared down a Betrayer God and made her change her mind. She stared down a Betrayer God, and her love and conviction changed the nature of the story. It shouldn't have been able to. But she did.
Fy'ra Rai chose to doom 2 people instead of one, and the sheer strength of her love and will managed to save them both, at least for a little while. Isn't it funny how that works? Isn't it devastating? Isn't it. fucking incredible?
#critical role#cr spoilers#c3e93#opal#EVERYONE CLAP FOR AABRIA AND ANJALI AND AIMEE BC I GO MORE FERAL THE LONGER I THINK ABOUT IT#character meta#fy'ra rai#fy'ra rai meta#opal meta#spar speaks#i had to get this out bc i cant Stop Thinking About it.... god..... she really Did That...#its not just about refusing to leave its understanding the consequence and facing it so unflinchingly that the narrative flinches first#UAHHHGGHH.#anjali bhimani do you know how much i respect you for this move. aabria iyengar do you know how much i respect you for setting up the stake#so clearly that this success(?) Hit the way it did. Aimee carrero do you know how much i respect you for how truly and devastatingly#you played opal while keeping the core of her character so poignant.#what the fucmkc. anyway im fine .#anyway this is why a lot of my devastated wailing is going to be reserved for dariax. and dorian. and cyrus.#my meta#FORGOT. I HAD THAT TAG. gotta go back and retag
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Something I really like is that Aprilâs constant stream of odd jobs she goes through is somewhat reflected in the boys as well. Like, you have April working at random pizza places or getting a crane license or being fully willing to apply for a job at a place clearly made out of cardboard. Then you have the boys as well who do anything from working as a basketball mascot, building a massive dog park, being waiters, getting a whole band gig at a theme park, etc, etc-
Main difference is that April actively applies for these jobs (and is hopefully paid for the short time sheâs in them) whereas for the bros the jobs usually find them (and they practically never get paid.) It doesnât even stop at jobs either, they just seem to casually amass skills in general.
I donât know, I like how both April and the turtles are just so ready and willing to do things. Sure, theyâre not always good at these things, but they do them readily! In a way, being heroes is just another job (well, more like volunteer work/vigilantism/another fun activity) that they initially took on because of their general sense of âwhy not?â
Theyâre very willing and open to trying out new things despite their tendency to revert back to what they enjoy (and how commonly trying new things ends up going wrong), and I think that adaptational interest of theirs really helps them be well rounded in multiple regards.
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt headcanons#like not even just jobs these characters just like to go out and do things!#even if theyâre initially not interested theyâre so curious and stuff that theyâll do it anyway#I wonder if April being as curious and incredibly open minded as she is rubbed off on the boys growing up#and they likeâŚosmosisâd this personality trait from her to be like âyeah sure whateverâ to any antic#I also just think that theyâre bored teenagers with a TON of time on their hands so they like to just live it up#I think the boys always had the desire to go out and apply themselves but meeting April likely pushed them more#yâknow I wonder#what if April narrowed down just one job when in college and she actually managed to keep it#likeâŚalmost as a form of growth - she narrowed down jobs and careers and schooling as she hit early adulthood?#itâs kinda reflected in raph as well - originally so open and for goofing off but now much more singularly focused on hero stuff#kinda a sad way to look at growing up but it works here#because you have the three younger sibs still readily doing other things#not as focused on responsibility or singular paths#itâs sad because adulthood absolutely does not mean not being open to other things#but at that time in your life sometimes thereâs a pressure and unwanted responsibility to pick a path yâknow?#and itâs a relief to learn that actually there was never just one set path with one set trail you always had to stay on#and I think thatâs reflected in how raph at the end of the movie opens back up to playing around and doing things for the fun of it
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Tetris Fanart.
I've been playing tetris while listening to horror podcasts. and yeah
#text#art#eyestrain#cw eystrain#bright colors#cw bright colors#tetris#nintendo#god i dont know what to tag this with. i dont wanna tag it with the podcasts themselves cuz that feels disingenuous. swagever#i actually started this piece a while ago. ok yeah looking at the date that was almost 3 weeks ago wow#but i finally decided to bring it back and finish it#ive been getting back into digital art and its been really nice. its nice having finished pieces.#ive been trying to get weirder with my art. like this piece was weirdly 'personal' in a sense#its been my unique experience listening to these pieces of media. the game in the bg is jsut as important to my experience as the art itsel#the looming sense of dread these podcasts give fit weirdly well with the high tension of some of these games of tetris#i wanted to have that sorta weird ominous vibe to it. have even the pieces feel loud and threatening.#and the gameplay being Past the ds itself is something i thought could be neat#ykno the tetris effect? where you play a bunch and then after you see the shapes everywhere;you play it in your mind?#that was part of what i wanted to channel there. but also like; how your attention works with this stuff#i might be looking straight at the ds but my attention is elsewhere; my brain is in another world#the game is still inescapable tho. tetris effect whatever. these stories stick in my brain just as much.#its all given me some. very very annoyingn anxiety. but i have to go back to them. like a moth to a flame etc. hince the moth climbing out#but uh yeah. that set up was my life for a few weeks whenever i had free time.#the main podcast this is about was magnus btw <- not typing full name so im not on the tag#and uh.#objectum#yeah i think. i think yeah.
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I know what you are.
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#su she#lan jingyi#lan sizhui#jin ling#ouyang zizhen#nameless red disciple#Yeah that's right we are still getting a play-by-play of LWJ's fight#I have to set up the punchline somehow. another 'wait a bit and it will come' moment but I think I've build up a reputation now#My goal is to not let anyone get comfortable here. Always be on edge as to what poorly-draw-mdzs migh inflict upon you next#8 more days till the next anniversary post btw. Let that marinate and fester.#children and teens can sense aspects within you that not even you are aware of#i love how there is a clear shift within LJYâs opinion of wwx after this.#its small but apparently the realization that hanguang-jun trusts this guy with his money was enough#jin ling has always been on team âyoure gayâ but slowly heâs starting to mean it in a less homophobic way#happy pride đđłď¸âđđ
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Emmrich Fics
Figured I'd put all these in one pinned post, since this is what I'll probably be working on for the near future! Linking below the series of one-shots I've been working on, which detail my F!Rook's background working with Emmrich in the Mourn Watch in the years leading up to DA:TV. [Author's Note] 1. Thrown In The Deep End - Rook's first day in the Mourn Watch with her new mentor, Emmrich Volkarin. Things don't go as planned. 2.5k+
2. Annum - Rook's first workiversary, 2k+
3. Guard - Emmrich is gravely wounded in the Necropolis. Rook handles it about as well as you'd expect. 5k+
4. Substitutionary Satisfaction - Rook unravels a bit after sharing a tent with Emmrich in the Necropolis. 4k+. **18+ for sexual fantasy and explicit sexual content
5. Exquisite - Rook tries to find some way to express to Emmrich what he means to her. 2.5k+ 6. Death - When Rook is wounded while patrolling the Necropolis, Emmrich is forced to take drastic measures to protect her. 1.5k+
7. Tipsy - Rook and Emmrich share a night at the opera. Emmrich POV, 2k+
8. Appearances - A chance conversation with Myrna yields some unexpected revelations. Emmrich POV, 1.5k+
9. All Things Go, All Things Grow - Changes are happening in the Mourn Watch. Rook doesn't take them so well. 4k+ 10. All Things Go, All Things Grow Pt. II - Emmrich contends with the consequences of his decisions. Emmrich POV, 3k+ 11. Dilemma - The more things change, the more they stay the same. Emmrich POV, 5k+
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You Who Know What Love Is - @racheloleo asked if Emmrich ever fantasized about Agnes. Emmrich POV, 4k+ 18+ for explicit sexual content.
Horrors - Lord Halkias makes the long journey to Nevarra City to inter his wife in the Necropolis. Although Johanna Hezenkoss tries her best, she cannot conceal his arrival from Emmrich. 3.5k+ When We Were Young - Things donât always work the way they used to when you are older. Rook assures Emmrich thatâs just fine by her. Emmrich POV, 1.5k+, strongly implied sexual content
Caught - Emmrich POV, 1k+, 18+ for explicit sexual content.
From This Day Forward - Emmrich and Rook consider what will come next after the Veilguard's mission is complete. Emmrich POV, 1.5k+ Aostrolf's Weed - After an unexpected discovery in the Necropolis, Emmrich and Rook are forced to contend with their feelings for each other. *AU, Pre-Veilguard, Mourn Watch origin Rook 20k+ wc, 18+ for explicit sexual content, available by AO3 link only
Love Is A Stranger - Multi-chaptered fic that pics up where Aostrolf's Weed leaves off.
Exquisite, Pt. II - Emmrich is reunited with Rook when he joins the Veilguard, but that reunion is somewhat less warm that he would have hoped. Emmrich POV, 2k+ __________
For anyone looking for the former pinned post with my Solas fics, they can be still be found at my Solas Masterpost, here.
#I may be wildly mischaracterizing him and setting myself up for a very disorienting experience when I actually play the game but you know w#i'm having fun#i have been working on that chaptered fit for so long I forgot how much fun one-shots were#emmrich volkarin#dragon age emmrich#emmrich the necromancer#dragon age fanfic
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Las nevadas concepts
#quackity#las nevadas#dream smp#dsmp#my art#Linktoo art#idk i just really like the thought the aquarium would be a big centerpiece and iw anted to do all the lights and scenery#you know. the aquarium that quackity put up to mock wilbur with the salmon#my big inspiration for setting design is like... theme parks. disney land. universal studios. disney cruises. atlantis hotel#and shido's palace from persona 5#yes ironically not inspired by the literal casino palace in persona 5 I find it not really lavish enough#btw funny question. if cquackity and cwilbur played chess who would play for white. who would move first#in the chess set i drew in this. i made quackity the white set bc like how aggressively the black pieces are played in comparison
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@doodle-ate-my-homework YOU GET ME. also thank you for the well wishes <3 here's that guy
#duck shuffler#buck ruffler#requests#i hope including it like this looks normal my diy request format#i technically had a super rough concept for this lying around before the 25th but i was so set on giving up on it. this request saved him#i love playing around thank you for telling me to draw this fool. i know how to do that somewhat#eyestrain#my art
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learning abt friendship decay and "not reaching out to your friends for months at a time unprompted is not neurotypical behaviour" has me feeling a certain way
#experiencing some BIG FEELINGS OVER THIS REVELATION#listen i have never ever been bothered abt not seeing someone in a while or making time to talk to them bc in my mind its like not thst muc#time has passed. i mean it with every fibre of my being that when im like 'oh its ok even though we havent talked in a while and have our#own things going on it doesnt mean we're not friends anymore since we left things on a good note 8 months ago' i sincerely believe that#and for the longest time i just thought everybody makes peace with it at some point and not automatically assuming the other person doesnt#wanna talk to me anymore or smth. my longest lasting friendships are with ppl who work the same way i just thouhght that was normal#whatever organ everybody has that makes them reach out to their friends and plan hang outs i probably dont have it#i was already hesitant to ask out Alex bc i spend almost every waking hour doing smth that isnt talking to ppl unless they happen to be in#the vicinity. and at first it was bc i planned on making sure i had everything set up so i dont get stressed out and do it one at a time#but then i find out theres a friendship decay mechanic? and after dating and marrying someone you lose -10 friendship points for every#day u dont talk to them?? actually ive probably been losing friendship points this whole time without knowing bc of this?????#and i notice a lot of my own habits are also reflected in how i play bc ive been avoiding getting close to pierre and marnie since its more#of a professional relationship. like i know theyre npcs but im approaching it the way i would in real life its fucking nuts#i think its a little relieving im playing /as/ a character than myself bc as im playing im just making up little interactions in my head#than approaching things the way i would myself so it takes a bit of the stress off trying to put myself in there as a spectator. but well#being in a relationship demands a certain amount of energy even more so when theyre things that already take up energy on its own#like making time to talk to your partner and make sure they know theyre loved. i dont always have energy to put all my mental focus into it#and this is true for real life so im not really bothered by not dating anyone. but when its a game and i want my character to be with someo#and i know its fully optional and i know i could just apply the same logic to this i dont /want/ to. sometimes i want to experience#the same things other people do at least to a certain degree without the same emotional andmental stakes#no offense krobus#yapping#stardew#stardew valley#puppy plays sdv#sdv#this game has me by the ankles man
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could beat picasso any day
#seventeen#svtsource#svtdaily#svtcreations#svt#seungkwan#dk#dokyeom#hoshi#mingyu#wonwoo#snow.gifs#userngocchi#isaishi#userzaynab#my favorite painters#i love this video it's so cute#i had no idea how to color this though (i'm sure you can tell from the super inconsistent coloring)#very inconsistent set and also kind of ugly but it doesn't matter because i made it for fun#4th gif is bothering me though because if i play around with the color balance thing they end up looking green (esp wonwoo) but#if i leave it the way it is now hoshi looks sort of pink#idk how to fix it
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Some of you will see a character that is actively repulsed by romance/sex and heavily non-partner coded (sometimes they even actively just say that they do not want a relationship!) and y'all will still respond with "But aros/aces can still date and have sex!!" like okay bud it'd be so much easier for you to say you don't respect repulsed and non-partnering aros and aces. stop beating around the bush trying to pretend to be oh so supportive when you obviously feel uncomfortable about our existence even in fiction.
#text#aro#ace#aromantic#asexual#aroace#romance repulsed#sex repulsed#non-partnering#non partnering#nonpartnering#just admit that you don't respect repulsed and non-partnering identities buddy it'll be so much easier to block u that way#like do you realize how stupid you sound when you guys do this sort of thing?#all for what? shipping??? because being aphobic is fun to you??? because you dont like looking critically at your biases???#because you're so set on believing your a good person that challenging that to actually be one is way too hard and uncomfortable for you?#'people can ship what they want' yeah and people can judge you for it too#people can judge who you are and if they trust or like you based off your actions#shocking isn't it?#some of y'all sound like children going âbut but but if i cant ignore their identity then how will i have funâ like grow tf up#you have a million other characters that you can play with in the way you like#not having access to one is not going to kill you or ruin your life
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Iâve been doing some stream of consciousness thoughts re: Akechi and I think my final opinion on that whole situation is just⌠it sucks.
Like Iâm not going to say âwoe is heâ or anything because boy, what are you doing. What the hell are you doing. You doomed yourself!!! Because of your own stupid pride!!! Akechi.
But Iâm not going to say âcool motive still murderâ either because. Can you imagine. Being that lonely and that hungry for anything resembling affection and pride in your person that youâd shatter yourself into pieces just to find a shard that they like best because youâve grown up being told again and again that you are unwanted and unloveable as you are. Fundamentally. And all you have is this singular drive that makes you feel worse and worse about who you actually are inside so you double down on your fake image because at least fickle fame is better than nothing and itâs all youâre going to get at this point, but at the same time this drive is also the one thing you feel youâve had any power to determine or enact, and you did it all yourself when the world expected nothing of value from you, so yeah, of course youâd pursue it harder to the point of violently self-destructing - only for that all to get wrenched away with âyou never fooled me and I was just puppeteering you all along and I never needed youâ, pulling the rug out from under your vengeful purpose, your autonomous image, and your starved core desire, all at once. And then your asshole dadâs twisted headspace image of you shoots you point blank.
He dooms himself because he thought he was already doomed. Caught up in a cycle of cruelty to both himself and others, that he saw no point in trying to escape from, and didnât want to, because it would mean relinquishing the (it turns out) quite fragile image heâd painstakingly built up. Heâs a product of his environment, which led to him making god-awful choices, which in turn trapped him in a worse environment. How many people have died here or become grievously injured as a result of it all.
What do I even do with this. It just all around sucks.
#storyrambles#yeah sorry Iâm probably not going to shut up about akechi for awhile.#p5 writers really said hereâs a scene in which so many things will happen all at once. anyways. moving on#and Iâm still here like WAITWAITWAIT just hold on a minute!!!#tbh I think they shouldnât have dropped it all at once⌠things were foreshadowed nicely but I just kind of wish everything to do with#akechi wasnât just in like. two scenes. I think he shouldâve been more of a presence in shidoâs palace#wouldâve made the âyeah I donât actually need youâ so much worse#or maybe set things up with his cognitive self somehow? idk. just wish it wasnât dumped on us all at once#though I guess it kind of made the audience feel like the thieves and joker wouldâve.#confused on how to feel. upset and shocked. frustrated. etc.#story plays persona 5#p5r#goro akechi
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