#sorry for anyone in my dms!

[wolfpup026]

The 'back cover' for A Desperate Play for Control, an Avengers AU Lokius fic!

Written by the amazing @in-my-loki-feels, who had the idea for Mobius holding Loki's helmet and I liked it so much I had to do a second cover illustration for it 💕

More art in this series: Cover | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Epilogue

[iceagebaby]

obsessed with @mudpuddless king halt au, ive been thinking a lot

crowley is in denyal, he is just hibernian RIGHT?

i also have some skeches of halt in regal clothing, but im not a fan of them, and i cant find accurate irish royal clothing to use as reference, what i drew was just making it up as i go

[finneyneilperrykisser]

I'm on break !!!

[royalarchivist]

Tina: It smells like [Bagi] in here. Kinda awesome.

Tina: [Sniffs] Mmm. Bagi's smell.

[jinkamuraisqueen]

@karmablacks requested this but i figured some of you guys might want to see it too, that's why i'm posting this here! so here's alan, leo, and ren's casual / pajama fullbody!! ft. kaito.. in his boxer.. (under the cut)

it's actually so fun to play around with their expressions since the range of motions on their face are so many! i personally love to make them blush (by them i mean my husband, jin HAHAHA)

but moving their body parts?? that's pretty hard for me, at least manually (it looks awkward). praying that when i have the time, i can play around some more because currently i'm being beaten by life

[tall-willows]

by the way I am kind of shy so I don't usually talk to people first but I would love to yap about fight club to any fellow soapshipping enthusiasts. I need people to unleash my insane thoughts onto so I don't just flood my page with unorganized thoughts because it is Getting to a Point

[leoppipi]

I take Mashita's hand and step by step, proceed into the darkness.

[in-a-bucket]

god i just love fangans so much man. seeing people coming together to create something inspired by something they're all passionate about, seeing everyone have different takes and ideas on a similar concept is just so cool and amazing and i hope people never stop making fangans or if they are in the middle of making one they don't give up, because i love them and i know thousands of other people love them too :D

[astraystayyh]

was having a lil crying sesh by the window while listening to long for you and i swear as soon as the violin picked up in the outro so did the wind and it was very magical and it made me giggle through my tears

[causenessus]

all my homies and i get seasonal depression in the cold months of winter but trust that we will rejuvenate as the flowers start to bloom again

[nina-ya]

poking my head in, hi everyone! I apologize for going MIA for the last week or so, I have this thing in my little brain that if I don’t have any writing for you guys, I need to stay away from tumblr!! And I know that’s such a stupid thing but I can’t help it!! So with that I’m deeply sorry that I haven’t put anything out in a second, I’m working on some fics currently, I might come back later with a WIP, but I just thought I’d offer an explanation for why I went offline for a bit! I love you all and thank you for understanding 💕

[polysucks]

hii!!! i just wanted to ask if it's okay to draw the starks as indigenous, as a non native myself? I wanted to draw lyanna in atla katara's animated style, and I understand that the water nation is heavily inspired by Inuit culture.

Oh my god, Hi!

I'm genuinely very sorry to turn your question into a whole thing but I think you have opened a door for a conversation that needs to be had and I am so so so excited you asked!!!!! I also have fatal yapping disease!!

I am so honored that you came to me to ask if it was okay for you, someone who self identifies as not a descendant from the land's first peoples to make art that depicts the culture of the land's first peoples.

I am not an authority on what is respectful, or disrespectful when depicting any culture.

No one truly is.

tl;dr at the bottom of this I prommy.

This post includes links to references and educations that go to websites outside tumblr, and are best viewed on desktop devices and with adblockers. Nothing malicious, I just linked everything from my desktop with a variety of adblockers in play lmfao

When it comes to the design of the Northern and Southern Water Tribes of ATLA, there's alot of mixed opinions! But the consensus, from what I've seen, seems to be that any representation that goes beyond the surface zeitgeist caricature and doesn't feed into harmful stereotypes is positive representation. Everything boils down to the roots of representation.

Now, as far as representation goes, I am NOT a good person to ask--I am white passing. So much so that I have red hair. I can throw a stone and hit five pieces of media where I feel I can see myself (I mean, why do you think I latched so hard onto Sansa?) But I'm someone who exists severely intersectionally and that is what representation means.

"...positive representation can build self-confidence in individuals. It offers them role models to look up to and people and characters to be inspired by ... They can be the superhero, the doctor, the actor or whoever they want to be...We all benefit from learning about different experiences and expanding our notion of what is “normal”" - What Exactly Is Media Representation, Anyway? By Yasmina Tawil for the Arab Film Institute blog

When depicting any culture you are not rooted in, or have any personal experience with, the ultimate question is: what are your intentions?

because, baby-- the fact that you even asked in the first place means you already have respect in your heart.

Okay, sure, you may have asked because you're an artist and you don't wanna get cancelled. It's easy to get cancelled as an artist, today's society hates artists (that's fascism for you, but like, not gonna touch that one rn lmfao)

I'm not assigning that mentality to you. I'm not assuming anything about your intentions.

But I am mentioning it because alot of us do think that way, because the fact is that this type of thinking is extremely common and way more widespread in our current environment than we would like to say. This mindset is detrimental to our human way of thinking, our sense of community, and prevents art from being made long before the idea is even formed. There are too many artists that are too afraid to ask. That are too afraid to post their work. Because of Woke.

Okay, jokes aside-- we're afraid of being cancelled.

We're afraid of being disrespectful.

We're afraid of stepping on toes.

And the easiest way to combat this-- both, the overwhelming fear and shame, and the possibility of doing a disservice to a culture-- is to have an open heart and mind.

Cultural Inspiration

Lyanna Stark in similar garb to Katara is (personally) SOOOOOOO on-brand bro. Not even joking.

and there's soooo many parallels I could write a whole essay-- man i just might holy fuck dude what a concept

I base alot of my personal headcanons for Northmen and First Men fashion off of native Athabascan cultures, which are adjacent and/or descendant of ancient Mongolian cultures via the Bering Land Bridge. but I also get jiggy w it as far as man, this is fantasy. If you can mix pirate culture w viking culture for the Ironborn, you can mix european medieval fashion with indigenous talent and taste.

And at first glance (Idk I gotta do more research into this one tbh) this seems to be where the artists for ATLA also got their vision for the water tribes!

Thanks to Meemawdean's amazinggggggg requests, I drew a series of NDN Stark Depictions (Lyanna) (Sansa) and a couple of other scragglers that spawned a FUCKTON of questions pertaining to indigenous culture and how I depict it in my art that alot of people were too embarrassed or afraid to ask publicly. But I will give you the answer I give everyone. Online, and IRL:

It's not that serious.

Get jiggy with it.

Like for example I was getting my hair did back in october. and I was talking to the [white] stylist about being native and how my hair is sacred.

She got so upset about touching it, about how I asked her to cut it and style it. She was so scared to fuck it up.

I told her that if I didn't want her services--whether she "fucked it up" or not-- I wouldn't have come here. That just because something is sacred, doesn't mean you can't use it.

Even if she did give me a bad haircut (which she didn't!!! My hair looked amazing) I wouldn't be upset because it was with good intentions. Hair is temporary. It will always come back.

I honor my hair as sacred. That doesn't mean I can't cut it, dye it, burn it, style it, lose it, or play with it.

I do all of that out of love for myself, love for my body, love for my hair, love for my ancestors, love for my culture.

Some can argue that I'm doing my body, my culture, my ancestors a disservice, that I'm being disrespectful.

But any expression of love for your fellow man, no matter how misguided, uneducated, or rooted in opinion or ignorance it is, as long as it's with the pure intention of love, is sacred. and should be regarded as such.

So make art!

Have ideas!

Cut your hair!

Tattoo your body!

Ask questions you're afraid of being called stupid or insensitive for!

whats the worst thing that happens? Your feelings get hurt?

Feelings are temporary. They will always come back.

tl;dr

yeah man draw indigenous people. we don't really give a fuck, for the most part, as long as you do a little research and show some respect and love and like. give a fuck about what you're contributing to the image of these cultures :3

[stealingyourbones]

Ok! You've convinced me! If I want to be part of this community, I should explore the source material. I don't know if I'll like the artform, but if nothing else it's a cultural juggernaut I can research. My mom grew up watching Batman the Animated series, so I know that's an entry point I can try out, but I do like webcomics and manga, so I know that I might like comics better. It's an odd criteria, but is there a batman comic I can start with that's aesthetically pleasing?

Ooo aesthetically pleasing? That’s one I haven’t heard before. I’ll throw you a handful of choices of my favorite pretty comics!

Also I do 100% reccomend Batman The Animated Series which is my favorite interpretation of Batman to this day as it is for many, that and Justice League and Justice League United are WONDERFUL gateways too! (My favorite animated DC series of the time is Superman The Animated Series tied with BtAS)

I always recommend in order: Batman Year One, Batman Long Halloween, and Batman Dark Victory as it’s how I got into Batman in the first place and it’s a pretty good jumping off point. They also have movies of all 3.

mAN ok this is hard because aesthetic comics are SUCH a personal preference. Comic artists will constantly change around all the time. The current Batman/Superman Worlds Finest comic run is INCREDIBLY aesthetically pleasing and pretty as it’s drawn by Dan Mora so that could be a good go to.

- The Dark Knight Returns. It’s has a very fun gritty artstyle that I adore and it’s a comic that changed comics as we know it.

- Batman Universe is a wonderfully fun comic and his artstyle is fun so definitely check that one out.

- All Star Superman (2005-2008) has… ok artwork. But you get used to it and it’s story is one of the best written for Superman modern day.

- JLA Tower of Babel. Art is nice and the story is about Batman’s contingencies falling into the wrong hands. Good shit

Onto some Elseworld stories that aren’t canon but I LOVE the artstyles:

- Batman White Knight’s artstyle is BEAUTIFUL but isn’t a very good interpretation for your first time reading comics as it isn’t normal characterization of everyone.

- Batman Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth drawn by Dave McKean. It isn’t my favorite comic with it’s very edgy “hey what if batman is insane” (which yeah no shit he is insane) but the artstyle is uncanny and disturbing and beautiful.

- Kingdom Come. You have to know a bit about comics beforehand, I’d just recommend reading an article or blogpost critiquing 90s comic books, and behold the genuine beauty and glory that is this story. Painted by Alex Ross it’s one of the most beautiful comics out there.

They’re available online, your local library, or at your local comic shop! I hope you have a blast checking out the cool things comics have to offer!

[marsbars1714]

hey wtf.

Wdym all the votes have to be counted? Didn't trump already won by the time you posted that?

Hey no

Common misconception actually! The votes take literal DAYS to count, sometimes even longer and when I posted what I assume you are referring to (my Red Mirage post) votes were (still are) being counted

Last time, we saw the same thing. Bunch of votes for the right on the last day to send in votes (when they START counting, iirc) but it will take a while for everyone’s vote to be counted

Idk if you’re a doomerist (ie: just assuming that because the first chunks of votes were red that Trump won) or if you’re a Trumpie or are unaware of how the election works or wtv and, honestly, I don’t really care. We stay positive in this house. We wait until the final count

We will not let a “Stop The Count” happen again (unless trump is suddenly a Count of something /j) Every (legitimate) vote must be counted. Everyone who wanted a say and got to put their vote in should get to have their words listened to

[arachred]

i dont know how the communities thing works but to the person who invited me to the klance one Thank You because i forgot the password to this account and found out that i was still logged in on one of my devices thanks to the notification about the invite.

that said i am perpetually plagued with a complete inability to come up with anything vaguely funny and/or interesting to post and will probably fade into obscurity once more after this.

anyways guys who up klancing they voltron rn

[pseudophan]

tumblr please unshadowban the phookbook blog ill cry