#so again. 40 years

[stellacendia]

As a former employee of American Girl who was there for Courtney's launch I am greatly enjoying everyone's reactions to it this much time after it. If it helps absolutely no one in my store liked Courtney for anything except a couple of her outfits. I think the only reason she was successful as a character was because nostalgia for the 80s is so strong people will buy and consume objectively bad stuff for that reason only.

Oh by the way, my favorite fact about Courtney? If you look at the years of most of the other historical characters, each of their years ends in a 4 (1774, 1784, 1824, 1864, 1904, 1914, 1934, 1944, 1954, etc.) Except for Courtney and Nanea. Nanea's was 1941 because her story is all about Pearl Harbor. You know why Courtney's year is 1986? Because that's the year American Girl (Pleasant Company at the time) was founded. And that's part of Courtney's story. She relates a lot to Molly. They made a new Molly mini doll for her and everything.

Yeah, that's right, American Girl went "Hm, what significant stuff happened in the 80s? Oh yeah, us!!"

(I know the Challenger launch is important too but trust me that is not the reason the story is set in 86 lmao)

Hey, does anyone want to feel really old right about now?

[creativesplat]

absolutely 100% inspired by @mr-jack-letterman's post on young Stan.

[alien-girl-21]

Filthy dog experience:

[sideblogdotjpeg]

*crawling out of the ground* hello guys I made an animatic

[gravityfallsrenaissance]

pacific!falls au

Stan and Ford were drift compatible (maybe all twins in universe get tested on the off chance?) and Ford wants to study the rifts that form around the kaiju while Stan just likes a good fight.

Together, they make a really good drift team.

However, Ford starts to make big progress with his study of the rifts and how he wants to shut them down. So much progress in fact, that there’s talk of decommissioning them as a drift team since Ford is more valuable by himself than he is paired with Stan in a mech.

Stan is upset by this and accidentally breaks something on Ford’s lab before being kicked out of the program. Ford is also kicked out of the program for not being able to prove his theories about the rifts and its considered a waste of resources.

Stan drifts around the world after that, becoming closer to a normal civilian and dealing with the fear of living while there are constant kaiju threats.

Ford begins having dreams about the rifts and wants to test a theory but needs help constructing something (the portal).

Fiddleford is one of the technicians who upgrades the mechs and agrees to help Ford construct his portal during his leave (instead of visiting his family).

We know how this ends. The Bill equivalent of this universe is sending the kaiju through the portals and wants Ford and Fiddleford to construct one he can pass through. Fiddleford catches on, Ford summons Stan and ends up on the other side of the portal.

Thirty years later, Mabel and Dipper are drift compatible and sent to live with their Grunkle to talk about the process of drifting and to learn from him.

He teaches them about drifting, lets them pilot a mini mech as practice.

When they get Ford back there is an understanding that he and Stan will need to work together to defeat Bill, but they’re working under the impression they’re no longer drift compatible.

By defeating Bill, the kaiju incursions stop but at the cost of Stan’s memories.

To regain Stan’s memories, Ford finds out they’re still drift compatible and enters their shared mindscape to get his brother back.

[coquelicoq]

if we assume that each of the three pillars comes exactly three times for a total of nine times, and we know that the 7th time it was the 40-year guardian, and if we assume that was her final visit and the last two visits will be split between the 30-year guardian and the 8-year guardian, we can calculate how long ago the miharu family made that deal: (40x3)+(30x2)+(8x2)=196 years. 196 years ago it was 1828, but i think this is supposed to be set in the 1980s or 90s, so call it the late 1700s. that's the kind of thing matoba as the head of the matoba clan has to concern himself with - deals with youkai made by people 200 years ago from families that don't even exist anymore. it's an interesting contrast to the thing he says to natsume at the end of this arc, about the 9th visit, which is 30 years away, being someone else's problem. he's embroiled in the past but doesn't even think he'll get to have a future.

[secretly-a-trekkie]

I just remembered I don't know how to draw cities. brb gonna pirate some art books 👍

in other news... coruscant in survivor

[lillymakesart]

my new OC: cempaka!

she is based on the story/universe that my friend @haydardotjpg's OCs indra and yuwei exist in! pls go checkout haydar's art he is amazing!! his ocs can be found more easily on his ig but if you're lazy this is his oc indra (cempaka's one-sided love interest) and yuwei (indra's fated lover)

also, cempaka means "magnolia" in malay!! (she gets a flower name bc my name is lilly which is also flower c:)

bonus first iteration under the cut!

i accidentally had "poinsettia" flower in mind when i did this iteration instead of an actual magnolia, hence the color scheme. but yeah, this is as self-insert as it gets LOL like she's literally MEEEEEE but still very different and i love her as she is <3

[empoart]

Unfinished pages from an unfinished Eurovision 2023 comic

[manomeansshark]

I FIBALLY STARTED WINTER BREAK YAYYY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[skijumpingf1]

13 hours into 2025 and already read a book (okay I started it yesterday but it still counts)

[allseeingharlequin]

Thinking about Oscar calling Noel "Charles" and Noel being like "Charles???... Oh shit- Yes! That is definitely my name because that's what Charlie is short for"

The implication is that he's trans and forgot that Charlie is a nickname for Charles ... In case that wasn't obvious

Btw thank you @lordofthesoups for introducing me to the hc of Noel being trans

ALSO go look at his wonderful drawings of Noel with top surgery scars posted to @arthur-lesters-spinal-cord

[blushinggoku]

Been trying to read some goku x reader fanfics (because I love him and cringe culture is dead) but there's soo few out there it's insane. I'm disappointed in this fandom for not loving goku more

[duckyfann9871]

Kyle deserved to live

[bearbearhems]

Pookie pookie baby bear 🥺

[scientistservant]

Rewatching Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance again mainly for skekOk but also because the show as a whole is so so good

And even five years later I just wanna say fuck Netflix for ever cancelling this show