#so i'm positively excited!

[ecoplasma]

All of your art is so amazing, even if it's just for a con I would really be looking forward to seeing jjk art in your style! (If you do end up drawing that) You rarely post for fandoms I'm in these days but it doesn't even matter, I just love staring at your art regardless of if I know the character. Congrats on getting the con booth and I hope you're doing well!

It's the big downside of drawing for multiple fandoms, a lot of people will end up disappointed if they follow for just one. So I'm always happy to hear when people stick around for the art no matter who I draw, so thank you very much for telling me this! About jjk, there is a character that's been giving me brainrot. Before I started, I figured I would probably have Gojo as my fave. but alas:

[myiliterallyhavenolifegoals]

i'm unwell!!! because in stede's eyes, ned low was right!! ned says "he [ed] only likes you because of your bumbling amateur status" and calls stede blackbeard's "pet" just like izzy did in series 1

so stede steps up as a captain, kills the man who harmed his crew, and suddenly, for once in stede's life, he isn't a joke! the gentleman pirate is taken seriously and welcomed into the pirate community!

and what happens less than 24 hours later? ed calls their night together a mistake, AND LEAVES.

yes, obviously the situation is more nuanced, and these old men are once again struggling to communicate, but i 100% understand why stede went a bit of the rails at the end of episode 7. stede's been so focused on trying to help ed, that he's completely ignored his own ongoing identity crisis and trauma, and after the incident at the academy in series 1, this meltdown was long overdue.

[sergle]

remembering waking up post-op after my breast reduction is SO FUNNY because it's such a wild thing to have a Fond Memory of. but I distinctly remember croaking "hell yessss" to my surgeon after he told me I was done and everything went great.

[avi-on-jumblr]

TU BISHVAT IS IN 5 DAYS EVERYONE LET'S GET HYPED. TREES TREES TREES

[anonyanonymouse]

I feel like I've been struggling to word anything more than usual lately, so bear with me, but I really hope fans can lower their expectations enough before the next update drops. We've had YEARS to build theories and ideas for how book 7 could end, and I'm just worried that everyone will go into it with a checklist of things they want to happen and be really upset when everything doesn't go like they thought it would

TWST can do a very job at throwing out what everyone expects to happen next and doing something totally different, and I'm just worried that it will actually completely ruin some people's experience if Lilia doesn't wake Silver up from a sleep curse or if we don't finally get a Silver Vanrouge line (as much as I do personally want that!!!!)

Now that we're closer to the wire and we have more context before going into the big ending for book 7, we're also getting a lot more fan theories that contradict each other and contradict old theories. The writers would never be able to fit in all these expectations at this point lol!!!

I think it will be a good ending as long as it's funny and sweet and I can take a lot of meaning and interest out of it, no matter how the writers choose to go about it. To be honest, I'm probably overthinking it lol I know it's really been a lot of fun to imagine how they're going to close out the most complicated family drama they could have ever thrown us!!!

[xinganhao]

coming soon on @xinganhao 🎨🎾🐈

[the-shifting-long]

like tying back to fandom misogyny (i know i know i've been on it for a while i'm sorry) not only is so much of the language around the hatred for Tower/the Shifting Mound misogynistic and, when people aren't straight up calling them bitches or saying they'd be more attractive if [x] or treating them like Objects, Prizes, Romantic Interests and saying they're Bad Princesses and the Worst Romance and the worst wife/prize compared to other princesses like the precious wecious Thorn and HEA and Damsel or whatever

they're mad at Tower/Shifty for a lot of the Exact Same Reasons they love Voices.

like the Opportunist abuses his power every time he has is, actively lies to others (though he isn't very good at it.) He is #1 Princess Stabber/Killer/Slayer. when he doesn't want to kill her, it's because he's getting something out of her. but he's a Male Character whose trauma is #valid unlike Tower who also likes to abuse her power to get something from the player and who was (checks notes) locked in a basement and then attacked with a knife by the first person she met.

Cold is another big proponent of "what if we stabbed her/killed her." and constantly shows up when you commit acts of horrible cruelty to the princess but he's a Male Character and him wanting to exorcise the Spectre was sexy and not like, a horrifying moment where she freaked out and wanted nothing more than to get away from him. him being unempathetic and generally uncaring/numb is a Fun Character Trait unlike the literal goddess of death Shifty. cold is great but the woman he's so similar to and who is, in many ways, kinder than he is? yeah she's rude and arrogant we hate her.

Contrarian is often so cruel to the Princess, doesn't really give a shit about her, is there for a laugh, and only regrets what he's done after he's gone way too far (Advy-Fury, Stranger...) and "too far" often means Literally Killing Her For a Laugh or multiplying her until the world itself collapses and she's a frankenstein of half-dead half-alive beings. so it's no surprise he considers himself "the worst part of us" but also he's FUNNY he throws the KNIFE OUT THE WINDOW he's a great character unlike Tower or Fury or Nightmare who toy with us the player! They're so fucking mean and unjustified and go way too far! Their buried pain is nothing while Contra's is valid <3

And then Stubborn! In the majority of chapters he appears in, he wants nothing more than to kill/fight the princess. Wild and Advy are the only exceptions...and Advy isn't an exception at all, just the only circumstance where the Princess actively wants an equal challenger and isn't permanently hurt by the fights the two get into. She's the only princess he cares about, and she's just like him. But yeah no Tower's selfish and the Shifting Mound wanting to fight us forever sucks and is rude but Stubborn? he's a badass he's awesome <3

i'm not going to get into All of the Voices because some of them are less inclined to violence than others, and lash out in different or more understandable ways, but so many of the voices above are fan favorites and they do just...horrible things to the Princess (by supporting a player who chooses to do the horrible things those Voices want to do, of course, and sometimes by acting on their own!)

and to be clear. I DO LIKE THE VOICES. but part of why i like them is BECAUSE they suck! they act in horrible ways that mirror the player's actions, the princess' actions, and when the bar is on the ground they'll help the player dig! it's fascinating!

but i also really like the princess-i like them way more than the voices-and think it's so blatantly hypocritical to hate on said Princesses for doing a lot of the same shit the Voices do for what are honestly much more understandable reasons. the voices are on a path in the woods and get a cool knife. the princess is locked in the basement of a cabin with no way out. these situations are not the same.

[gale-force-storm]

I realize this just comes standard with being a former gifted kid and neurodivergent, but Gale has such huge "This is great! I'm going to get a good grade in _________, something that is normal to want and possible to achieve" energy

[faelapis]

is it cringe to admit i'm genuinely excited for the wicked movie

[saints-who-never-existed]

A few more random snapshots of my beloved Cutty Sark. <3

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The circular wooden item with the holes was something I hadn't seen before - it was suspended from the ceiling and intended to hold drinks and bottles to stop them tipping over or sliding off the table in choppy seas.

Also - as embarrassing as it is to admit - I legitimately didn't notice the model figure up in the rigging (fourth image) until I looked back at my pictures later in the day... 👀

[donutdrawsthings]

A list of good things that have happened while I wasn't posting art:

I've naturally been growing facial hair

my wrist surgery scar has grown to look like a newt

I went on my first holiday abroad with friends and we had lots of fun and saw lots of beautiful things

My new internship place includes me as an actual part of the team

I saw a lot of cool bugs I hadn't ever seen before

I can sleep soundly with the lights off now, which I couldn't before

I ate new fruits and foods and enjoyed these new sensations heartily

I've been feeding pigeons from my bedroom window

I'm financially independent again

I've learned to cut my own hair and am finally satisfied with a freshly cut hairstyle

Grandma and I went out into the dark to look for toads in the rain

We also enjoyed looking at many van Gogh paintings.

I'm learning to be more vulnerable around friends and have never felt this loved in my entire life

It might be silly to share, but I just want you to know that the artist behind all these art pieces is very happy and doing well! Especially since exactly a year ago I was struggling with the health of my late cat and the possibility of never being able to draw again.

For me, when I look at someone's art, their art starts to glow more brightly when I know the artist is happy irl. So I'm hoping this post will do the same for you!

[outer-andromeda]

//I AM EATING YOUR ART ITS SO DELICIOUS

//You and phrog are like, two of the biggest reasons I'm slowly coming out of my little depressive slump and getting back into art :)

//gonna eat your art for breakfast

THANK YOU SO MUCH??? HHHHHH-

I swear to god I'm so bad at words when it comes to messages like this - but I'm truly honored my silly art can help people somewhat :'))) I'm really just doing what I love the most, and if it motivates people or makes them feel good? That's one heck of a bonus

[thesummerestsolstice]

Some Things I Loved about Rings of Power Season One:

The Harfoots, just everything about them

Elanor especially

The fact that the first people Gandalf meets and befriends in Middle-Earth are the Harfoots

ELENDIL (they really picked the perfecr actor for him)

TAR-MIRIEL

The way Numenor looks in general

Isildur (really excited to see how his character develops!)

Arondir and Bronwyn, separately and together

Adar and the worldbuilding + narrative possibilities he brings to the story

Khazad-Dum my beloved

DURIN AND DISA

I say again, Durin IV and Disa, and also their adorable children

Durin and Elrond's friendship

Robrond (he feels very kind)

The fact that Elrond has slightly different ears than the other elves

Elrond and Galadriel's friendship

Galadriel (I support women's rights and women's wrongs)

And of course, most importantly, Berek the horse

[uncanny-tranny]

I went to a local yarn store for the first time, and while I was there, somebody was talking about getting a beginner's knitting kit, and she inquired about when lessons were, and when she was told that they'd be happy to sit down with her and teach her, she was so delighted. She talked about how excited she was and how much she wanted to learn to knit, and it just... it made me fall in love with humanity. It was this pure, unadulterated happiness coming from somebody and it was so genuine and kind, and I couldn't help but smile.

I guess all of this is to say... every moment, there are tiny little joys like this all over the world, and it makes this life worth living. I hope you witness and feel joy this simple, this pure.

[t-errifier]

feeling a little down about myself & my blog lately, i cannot lie.

[knifearo]

seeing all those posts from ppl ab how miserable they are without a partner like sorry can't relate. i'm doing great and in fact i hope i die alone 🖤