#she deserves to shine

[saetoru]

and before i part with you all once again i wanted to share that i have for the first time (and perhaps last time) 36 starred abyss

[crustyfloor]

A new pop-up store dropped for ALIEN STAGE's 2nd anniversary and wow. It's so sick.

It's Interesting what exactly these experiments are focusing on and monitoring.

Instrument practice

I found it interesting earlier that Till was so tame, more so than he usually is when he's going through experiments, but music, and making music is what he loves doing, So he was fully in his element here. This was probably the only thing he was made to do by the aliens that he at least tolerated.

(Additionally, judging by his collar (orange), he was at least calm. maybe he just isn't fazed anymore.)

//Side note, that head contraption looks familiar BUT this most likely isn't related at least i hope

(It puts me at ease, at least..)

Dance practice

This surprised me, but I suppose Mizi needed more skills.

She looks very startled here, and nervous(?) +It looks like she's doing this while singing. And with that face covering I assume this was a test monitoring her dance balance, precision, etc. At first, I did think it was odd, "Why would Shine put her through that" But alas I was reminded that even though Mizi is the flower of the group she was never untouchable, to Shine, this was the equivalent of teaching your dog to sit and stay.

(seeing this it reminded me of those scenes in movies where the people are dancing, and the music gets faster and faster until they fall. I wonder if she was doing through something similar to that)

Singing practice (?)

Similar to Till she also looks quite calm outwardly, if the machine around her neck is an iteration of the collars they have, then this process wasn't something she liked, or given how intense this experiment looks, this was a test of high-pressure to ensure she always stayed calm during performances (?). Then again this could also be a posture practice given all the structure focused on maintaining her position.

(What I believe was another form of this test was shown before so I think so)

(With her hands in a praying stance I wonder if she was praying to herself or singing a religious song (sweet dream?) It's also interesting that the machinery around her looks like a halo, and she looks so...angelic? holy?)

Image making practice

By image making, I think they made Ivan replicate expressions with his face. Whether this process was painful for him or not...I'm not sure. But it looked visibly uncomfortable, maybe that was the point. (His expression, even in this circumstance is so dubious..)

Ivan, among other things, needed to have a spotless appearance to be successful, his image was a priority given his skills were certainly guaranteed.

I assume the aliens eventually took note of his lack of expression, in the real world this can be a detriment to one's career, so the Aliens had to ensure quality was perfect. (To a more...dedicated level)

Superiority test

'Superiority test' Is very vague.

HyunA is very calm here too, likely sedated in that water with all the tablets on her. I guess this was a test to get an idea of a pet human's strengths and weaknesses, endurance, and temperament to compare and contrast them with others, testing who is more viable for Alien stage?

Another interesting, and sad part about this is that HyunWoo was there, watching his sister through her experiments.

(Also, it looks like both of her legs are normal, no alien leg yet.)

Heart rate variability

And finally, the most visceral of them all. The wording 'variability' makes this all the more sickening, the Aliens were testing his heart hours, testing it at different rates, speeds, and states. And he was in agony the entire time. Even the way he's clutching his chest, it gives me chills. This would've been a completely harmless test in a normal setting, as something quite similar to this can be performed efficiently in real life. But he's being tortured in the process.

This is one of the first times we've ever seen Luka's face so truly clear and unprotected, (understandably so.) He's even crying.

[crizztelcb]

checking youtube for dandadan is wild, everyone there makes it seem like okarun is the protagonist in the edits and such, dont get me wrong he is also a protagonist of the anime and i love him but the erasure of momo as the protagonist on the cool amvs and such is just annoying, she is the protagonist for god sake! quit giving her only the secondery character treatment you idiots and put her cool scenes there too!

[stellacaerulea]

HELLO INFINITY NIKKI

[lovenikkitimeprincess]

The Nikki games are so funny

"Ah yes, this is my friend Nikki, no, she has no passport and you won't find any information about her. She's not from this universe. And that's her talking not-cat Momo. What? You want to arrest them because they keep breaking into closed of buildings? No, fuck you. All the important famous people, from idols to political leaders and war generals, are here to stop you. Come on Nikki, we need your help to make political decisions concerning the fate of all of Miraland"

[hopepaigeturner]

You know what would be better...

Penelope being swarmed by suitors like the Queen she is.

@lgbtqcreators - creator bingo — parallels

hunting the season’s bachelor

[lesbiamano]

i stand with my cringefail wife

[maroisedot]

It is a CRIME how little I´ve drawn her considering she´s one of my absolute favourites. SO Vania appreciation post it is!!!!

Also the pic with harumi is based on this headcanon that vania & harumi were childhood friends. because... princesses.

aaaand the third picture is based on this post that had me giggling like a madman at one in the morning

[shadowbrightshine]

I do love boy Jerry.

But where's our love for girl Jeri? She had to be the mom to a giant monster. She has to deal with the shame in a way incredibly personal and she seems to have way more empathy for the campers. She regrets so much.

Where's the love for pink twin tail Jeri? I see the religious imagery we give to Jerry. Why not her? Where's the twisted Virgin Mary Jeri? Where is Jael Jeri holding a tent peg over Jerry's head as she tries to cope with the fact he also messed up? That thanks to him their camp will never be safe? That he's just as guilty as she is and yet she must bear the title of mother to the monster, something people see as worse?

Where is Jeri holding the axe her son now weilds in his hands and offering it to the child who grew far too fast to teach him compassion? Hoping he'd use it and chop up the trees to make himself a home. Something she couldn't do.

Where is her being shipped with Karen, the long looks in church, fighting herself because she's distracted during a time devoted to God? Where is the art of her? Where is the love for her amazing singing? Where is the angsty stuff about her cursing herself because if she had only gotten with Karen, this wouldn't have happened and now Karen was gone forever? Married to someone else, and she could never get married herself anymore, because she thinks she's too dirty to do it.

Where is the angst of her falling for Mark and wondering what it would have been like if she and Karen switched places?

Where are the oc ships with Jeri?

Where is the poetry?

Shouldn't we give some love to Girl Jeri?

[chickennoodlechailatte]

Adoraaaa

[moonyvvamp]

Sometimes I really do wonder how Cersei would have turned out if she had decent parents, not even loving just decent ones, just if like Tywin bothered enough to sit down with her when she was a kid and drew him a picture and be like 'That's nice, thanks' and once in a while go 'I asked them to make that roast pig you like, eat well.' (Like the Asian parent style parenting where he shuddered after vaguely showing any emotion but treated her like a human).

Because like this woman has potential to be a good person, it's just she was raised by an asshole then handed off to an asshole which basically amplified her own assholeness (emphasized all her negative traits) and here we are.

The woman has probably never been happy in her entire life and it shows. She's evil af and I'd probably stab her if I got the chance but afterwards I'd attempt to fix her because come on her life sucks and she just spirals down like a slinky with a mission.

I don't even like her I'm just fascinated and thus declare myself Cersei nation, do I think she needs a good slap for treating homegirl Sansa and Tommen that way? Hells yeah, do I think she should get a redo of life where she actually experiences some semblance of happiness? Also yeah.

[teal-bandit]

My one and only contribution to this fandom

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Ref. The Shining

[jmoonjones]

Who knew the Dread Trove would have so many uses?!

Nesta decides to find some answers about plot holes, story moments worthy of side-eye, and her own character arc.

She also has a list of queries from the others including Feyre’s thoughts about her pregnancy journey, and Lucien asking if he did anything to piss her off since his character arc has been quite unfairly mean to him

[featherlouise]

At this point I’m half convinced I don’t actually know what ‘simple cell shading’ looks like lmao

Also!! Lineart under the cut :))

Does it even count as lineart if it’s just a more detailed sketch

[aeroblossom]

sara chidouin alone could chokeslam every single danganronpa protagonist across the floor and kill them in one fell swoop back to back. btw

[comfied-chriterature]

Finished the Penacony story and my heart fr stopped at THIS MOMENT

THAT??? That’s love.

And then she LITERALLY died for us.