#talk to me hudson

[laurapetrie]

- her voice, like cake and vanilla and cherries.

Eve Babitz, Black Swans

[barnesiove]

help pls I’m begging is there anyone left in the Crave fandom in 2024 because I’m late but obsessed😭

[roe-and-memory]

i really love thinking about the potential of lightnings childhood. we have no idea what happened, but its up for interpretation, and i think thats great.

neglect - a common headcanon - seems to make so much sense for him. he hates help, he hates being told what to do, but also hes so lonely and in such desperate need of approval and validation that he’ll take the harshest words as long as theyre coming from someone who, at the end of the day, will give him at least one pat on the back for doing something right.

i think this, as we all know, is a major part of his character, but the idea of doc, taking this kid thats been so awfully treated his entire life - who isnt used to affection or any kind of positive attention, who hates being bossed around because he thinks he knows better and can be trusted more than other people would - and essentially finding a midway point so he can be lightnings crew chief in a way that both introduces the idea of gentle help (telling him when to pit, etc etc) and doesnt infringe on lightnings fear? hatred? of being told what to do and how to do it? its perfect. it introduces to this kid with severe abandonment issues the idea of sometimes needing or even just wanting help, and helps him change for the better without forcing him to immediately conform to the idea that oh, he HAS to need help.

lightnings previous crew chiefs are so much different than doc, because while doc takes the time to get to know lightning, to discuss ways they can work together to get around these issues he has while also being able to enforce proper rules within the sport, his crew chiefs before never did this. they didnt get to know him personally, they didnt care. they just knew he didnt listen and had a flaring temper, and it was never really that fair to lightning that they didnt give him a chance. obviously, not all blame is on them, because as much as they didnt put the effort in to find a groove that worked for their driver, he also didnt try to put this effort in (although, really, as an 18 year old with issues surrounding this job that are KNOWN it was never really his job to be the one to initiate finding a solution - hell, he probably didnt even know what the issue was.), he was ALSO the one to fire these people, so they’re both at fault for this in a way.

but, again, i love thinking about this whole childhood thing because not only is doc opening up the help that lightning was always consistently refused to the point he believed he just didnt need it - that all those times he wanted help when he was young was really just him being dramatic - but hes also opening up the option for Family that lightning never had either. doc takes all the awful morals that lightning taught himself (or that harv taught him) because he had no one to teach him the true ones, and flips them around. he becomes the father lightning never had and the guidance that no one had ever given him. god i love found family guys theyre literally father and son

also nobody imagine how silly the first time doc ever ruffles his silly ass sons hair is. lightning freezing because oh, no ones ever done that before, and doc being like ? how badly do i need to kick the shit out of your parents? that is like the most average father appreciation Ever wdym ur dad didnt do that to you at least Once.

[ganondoodle]

not sure if i have talked about this before but i also really hate how gorons are treated in totk

they are one of my fav and i know they are unpopular and were always kinda slot into the "big fat stupid rock people" role, but i do think totk is one of or the worst case yet; all regions get some life threatening event (ignoring how stupid it is to put the issues you need to solve in the exact same spots as in botw with most changes being also reversible so the actual changes to the environment of the map are largely some small rocks sprinkled about) and they get .. drugs (haha)

like i dont wanna downplay anything but their problem being that they are obsessed with eating (>_>) some drugged rock that makes them mean and lazy (even if the reason is fine ... if i remember right and didnt make up that they had to dig elsewhere for food bc of death mountain losing its lava flow, the execution is my problem -like the vast majority of this game is a ok to great idea with passable to horrible execution of it) and arent even a danger to you (which i thought at first when you approach goronia the normal path and two gorons start to walk towards you if you come near saying creepy shit- i thought they are gonna attack me or lure me into a trap but again .. only to find them wanting me to pay to be let through (i think??) and all other drugged ones are largely just ... eating or lying around ........

like it would have been cool if that drugged rock stuff made them actually agressive, like the friendly easy going rock people being turned into something akin to a starved animal after eating poison bc they were at risk of starving sounds alot more .. impactful and scary (even if it would still be about food, which idk about you but the only kind of fatter npcs, even if non human, being made all about food is .. hm, aside from other possibly bad implications from this, but im trying to roll with the idea of it)

and then poor yuno being put in a stupid (stereotypical?) wrestler outfit and hes LITERALLY being mindcontrolled is so ...... ugh (again, idea is ok but- you get it) and then him being told by two CHILDREN that that obviously not zelda might not be zelda and it not only being the only time that idea is openly said until its "revealed" that hhhwhat?? it was a fake one?? in the mid battle of the "story" and he doesnt even believe it (both bc haha hes stupid and cant understand such a thing and also link not being able to tell anyone ... even his friends ....... ) is just so disrespectful, its ok not to be the smartest guy in the room (tho in totk pretty much anyone is made so much dumber for no reason...) but it being so clearly the gorons that get treated like this just annoys me so much, you know no one of the other races would be treated like that

(not to reach a little but it also plays into how koga is portrayed, like i love him to death and there are things that largely the gameplay only implies of him not being that incompetent, but hes clearly meant to be laughing material, the boss of the band of 'evil' assassins being lazy, incompetent and 'childish' is funny right?? and although i hc that the either super thin or super beefed up appearance of yiga members are just an appearance like their disguises of normal people to seem more unified and less indentifyable- that is still only a hc and then koga being the only character that is visibly fatter (aside from ... the gorons and .. king dorephan??) it puts a pebble more onto the pile of pebbles of little annoyances)

also yuno saying, post mid "story" battle, that no one actually knows anything about ganondorf aside from him being evil and it going complete ingored and never mentioned again feels like the type of thing a games does when they are critized for soemthing and instead of changing it they put a line in the game essentially saying "yeah we know but we are not gonna do aynthing about it lol" (like thinking of the line ashe from league of legends, whos design has been critized alot bc shes running around in a stupid tiny dress in the snow lands of their world, got when her dialog was updated that made her say sth like "yes im wearing a little dress in the forever winter land, deal with it lol" which perhaps was supposed to be a joke but it just feels like a "lol we know, fuck you")

[sabretoothtrailcamserve]

Uncanny X-men #140

The Jamie-Heather-Logan roommate situation is so funny to me. The way they talk about them here is like they are yuppie couple and anxious rescue dog

[inkybirdy]

'cursed plot arm' this, 'return of an ancient evil' that, not my business - i'm a simple lad tutoring school children and sometimes helping my fishermen friends with home repair.

[dreadfulvampyr]

watching granada holmes season 2 episode 5 the abbey grange drunk on expensive stout on halloween is, i imagine, the goth autistic girl equivalent of snorting crack off the back of a toilet at a rave

[ageofwagner]

slash’s hands. send tweet.

[axlsbaby]

this. this is very evil of him.

[alicepao13]

In the promo for the next episode, I see that Rex is growling at Charlie’s dad. I remember that in S05E02 with his brother Jack, Rex was good with Jack even with all the tension. This probably means that things with his dad are even worse.

[necroticboop]

GARGOYLES : ↳ Types of Soulmates

[ghastly-poltergeist]

This is a WIP

Concept for cover art of the book I am currently working on

[roe-and-memory]

Was Doc among many of the drivers who unionized back in the 60's over saftey concerns? I ripped this one from Nascar's real history since you seem to love Nascar questions

great question! but no, i dont

docs crash happened in 1954, according to both himself and smokey (in cars 1 and 3 respectively), its stated that shortly after his crash and the piston cup associations refusal to let him race again, he left everything regarding racing behind.

compared to, if im not mistaken, this union/strike having happened in 1969. theres 15 years between the two dates, and i personally believe that by this point doc was already through med school and potentially in radiator springs already - maybe not - but i know that doc wanted nothing to do with the association and probably stopped beinh updated on it as well, considering he cut smokey, lou, river, and junior off as well. i think, at the time, he looked back on that era of his life with quite a bit of disdain and really wanted to stop thinking about it.

as mentioned in the movies, ‘06 is when doc was brought back to the racing world by lightning (aka the obvious tie breaker race etc etc we all know the lore), and because of these standings, i like to believe the only thing he kept from his personal racing era, having ended in 1955 (at this point is when he believed he was healed enough to race again and was refused - he promptly left shortly after this. hc not confirmed) was pictures, memorabilia from his friends (like the jackets lou and sweet pea had made for the group, maybe his smokeys garage jacket too), and his piston cups. everything else, aside from obviously the car, was wiped clean and forcibly forgotten about.

thank you for the ask!!

[unsteady-calcium]

My Breath of the Wild Slow Livin' challenge is in its third iteration and let me tell you it is the only way to play this game

[destiny-in-the-universe]

Whumptober Day 3

And we are back, baby! /platonic

Oh my god, so we’re now onto Day 3, huh? Whumptober has been an absolute pleasure to write, and it’s genuinely helped me overcome my limits and bounds, to be honest. The latest idea in my dumbfuckery features around the fandom, Cars (Pixar), and well — uh. This idea has definitely been done before but I simply couldn’t resist. At all.

This has to my biggest combination of prompts yet, and if everything goes right, I’ll be posting on time. If not, then sometime this week hopefully! Chapter 1 does have angst though I’m afraid it has nothing to do with the prompts, but that will come in a very near chapter! The vacation is coming to an end soon, and hopefully - despite some slight setbacks, I’ll be able to release everything in time!

Read below the cut for more information!

Plot/Summary

The Piston Cup Series had picked up again that year, and if anything, it should’ve been Lightning’s time to shine but an unfortunate accident causes everything to come crumbling down.

His team is left to pick up the pieces.

Prompts

No. 25: Surgery/Stitches/Being Monitored

No. 26: Nightmares

No. 30: Recovery/Hospital Bed/Holding Back Tears

No. 31: Asking for Help/Therapy

Extras/Teasers

Major Injury Recovery

(Adoptive) Radiator Springs Family

Alternative Canon for Cars & Cars 2

Multiple Characters Whump

and when you’re gone, who remembers your name? (who keeps your flame?)

Part 3 of Whumptober

[thatonecrookedsmile]

Through 2023, I've been sketching and conceptualizing my designs for the human cast of BATDR. Giving shape to some ideas, testing new ones, you know the deal.

And December of last year, I wanted to make some slightly more elaborate drawings ("elaborate" in comparison to the previous sketches in this case), with some of these designs. To sort of solidify these ideas better.

The result turned out quite nice, despite a few things. (why are noses so complicated from a head-on perspective) Last month I decided to bring these drawings + 3 small doodles to color. To also solidify how they look in color.

Obviously, this isn't the entire DR cast. There are only 8 designs here, it's a little less than half of the entire cast, I still have to show a lot lol. These above are what I chose to draw in recent times. For the rest of the characters, it's a matter of 1. fleshing out the designs (e.g. Angus Newman, Kitty Thompson) or 2. I still have to think of a design for them (e.g. Muncie Dunn, Telly Wester). When I have a better vision for them, I'll do something similar to what I did here. Make some more elaborate drawings for them, color them digitally and post them here eventually.

I don't know if the text I put is too big or too small, so here are the characters in each image, left to right: -Jane Todd, Kay Lee. -Grace Conway -Bill Danton, Lance Derby -Sally Newt, Hudson Doyle and Carl (one could argue that Carl might not be a real in-universe person, but I still wanted to do a design for him) There are still some details that have yet to be really set in stone, but even so, what we have above is practically the main vision for these designs solidified, so to speak,which I'm happy with.

At first I was only going to color the first three images, but I liked the other 3 mini drawings that I made at the time so I decided to put them here too. Eventually I'll make some better drawings with them, so the next time I show other BATDR designs, I'll post them together. Maybe in the future, when all the designs are finalized, I will make a digital drawing with all the designs, in one place. I tried to do something similar in the past with my BATIM designs, so it would be interesting to do something like this again with the Dark Revival cast.