#thank you so much for this ask 💗

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

Hello 💗

Quick question that could 100% be solved by a Google search but I much prefer your storytelling

Why on earth is Alex known as mr snarl? <333

hii lovely 💗 omg i am MORE than happy to tell the story of mr snarl! make yourself a cup of tea, sit back and relax, and let’s get started:

as you might already know, “mr snarl” is the nickname that’s usually used to describe alex’s persona during the am era. allow me to provide some prime examples of mr snarl:

basically, mr snarl is characterised by the slicked-back, cool, arrogant charisma that was typical of alex’s performances during the am era. he’s not friendly or approachable, he’s deadpan and snarky and all edges, and is generally seen in sunglasses and black leather.

a great example of mr snarl in action alex’s 2013 brit awards speech:

(but also you can find him in literally any performance from 2013/2014)

my favourite thing about the story of “mr snarl” though is that the name originated from alex himself. in an interview from 2022, he discussed his old stage personas:

he has a name for his performer ego, which has always snarled and sang with the corner of his mouth turned up in disdain: mr snarl. “sometimes mr snarl shows up,” turner explains. “we’ve just been rehearsing some old songs for the upcoming shows and it’s weird what feels right and what feels contrived when there’s five of us in the rehearsal room. it feels completely insane to embody this guy singing to a carpeted room. there i stand, singing at the carpet and wondering how do you sing a damn song like ‘teddy picker’?”

what’s interesting to me is that obviously ‘teddy picker’ was written way before the am era, so maybe alex’s idea of mr snarl includes the eras before am too - or maybe he was thinking of how he performed it during the am era. either way, as far as i’m aware, everyone in fan spaces like tumblr seems to solely use “mr snarl” to refer to alex’s persona during the am era (anyone reading this who has a different view, please feel free to jump in and correct me!)

mr snarl might be all cheekbones and snark, but underneath it all our favourite little deer-eyed dreamer was never far away - especially if miles kane was present!

[sugarpasteltmnt]

*twiddles thumbs*

..i made more art because ur fic is real good 👍😊

i can’t stop won’t stop this fic literally possessed me./pos

also WHY DOES TUMBLR DESTROY QUALITY.

AWWW OMG THANK YOU 🩵💞💖💗‼️‼️heheh he's on his way to GET you >:3

[twisted-wonderland-shenanigans]

Past Me: *-struggles for months on end to figure out how to write the next chapter of Kaiju!AU-* "I know what I want to write and I have the scene in mind, but how do I get it on the page????"

Today Me: *-decides to do a web diagram of potential scenes for said chapter after seeing the success I had with a different story's plot point and suddenly has a new plot device to give Yuu a bigger role in the story-* "????? How????"

Soooooooo...yeah, I've been productive, I swear, just words being stubborn with me 😅

[soracities]

To the anon who shared her experience after turning 32. I'm in my early 30s and still not married, haven't been able to graduate from university and working but not even sure if I'll be able to work in that job for a very long time. I still live with my parents and my mother urges me to marry someone. I think we all move forward in different ways and different time lines. There's no specific time to experience the events of life. Even though I feel pressured in every aspect of my life, I'm glad to know what I want in life, and I don't see myself as a failure. I hope you take time for yourself and don't feel pressured.

!!!

[kamboree]

I LOVE those bimbo designs you did, they're adorable!! Would you mind an art request for a total bimbo-core Roxy or Fef?

can I get an amen

[nicoliharu]

Have you seen Ruggie's new card??? He looks so CUTEEEEEEE 🥺💕

Here he is ✨

Why is he so cute?? Whyyyy??? 😭

I WOKE UP AND MY WORLD WAS TURNED UP DOWN!!!! I can't deny that after his Tsum card I was craving for much more, I couldn't stand seeing the same characters for so long '' oh but that's hypocrisy because if you had Ruggie 3x a year you wouldn't complain '' YES??? LET ME LOVE HIM IN PEACE!!!! 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

But at the same time that I'm happy, I'm also worried? I haven't seen the info yet but basically this is the dream he'll have in book 7? That means he'll return to reality... And that's going to be extremely sad since we know the reality of how Ruggie grew up... So, happy but scared. SOMEONE TELL HIM THAT HE'LL GET EVERYTHING HE WANTS IN HIS LIFE 😭😭😭‼️‼️

Now about this card, do I really need to say anything??? HOW DOES HE LOOK SO CUTE WITH THAT OUTFIT THAT SUITS HIM SO MUCH, AND THE GLASSES????? LOVE HOW CAN HE BE SO BEAUTIFUL???? Not to mention the composition of the scene with the hyenas in the background, ribs and HIS TAIL IS SHOWING!!!!! I'm going to give him all my savings, everything I have is his 💗💗💗

[uhohdad]

SO I HAVE THOUGHTS. THE FIRST THOUGHT IS HOW DARE YOU

H O W

DARE

YOU

(affectionate)

SECOND.

:C

THIRDLY.

You wrote so much for us and so well omg I hope you get some rest. Your hands must be sore from all the fire they're producing.

This is my favourite series. I keep coming back to reread the other parts. Part 3 was my favourite of the series. It was so nice and sweet. A fun little breath of air. The waterfall? Perfection. The ending? Had me wanting to throw my phone across the room ┻⁠┻⁠︵⁠ヽ⁠(⁠`⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠︵⁠┻⁠┻

I can't wait to read the last part :') :') :')

Sending you lots of love and encouragement 🫶🏼💕💖✨

i hope you know that it literally means the world to me that my work means this much to you. i’m over the moon that y’all see my works the way i see them fr. it’s actually bonkers <3 🥹🥹🥹💗🩷💞💕

Been working on The Aftermath a lot today!! sorry if i haven’t been posting enough writing lmao just tryna crank this baddie out. so honored y’all are excited for it 😭

⌜ KONIG X READER HUNGER GAMES AU ⌟

[thatmooncake]

I don’t know why but your moon in a cage posts reminded me of this old movie called Gremlins. Used to be a favorite of mine even though the green little goblins gave me nightmares

Moon is kind of like Gizmo with the fact that they both can’t be in the light lol (and I suppose both of them can’t touch water ether? But some people see moon as waterproof so maybe not)

But anyway just wanted to say that you have lovely art and your posts have given me a good laugh! Happy holidays btw

Oh he’s a gremlin alright!

[hedwig221b]

Rereading Predators again (it’s my complete favorite) and just thinking about how grateful I am to have found your account. Thank you a million times over for writing for us 🩷

Sweetheart, baby angel, darling, thank you so much! I cannot put into words how much this kind of message means to me. I wouldn't be here, writing, without your love and support 💗 It is a pleasure to write for you!

[spookuzm]

So I saw someone do this earlier uh

U made me motivated enough to draw so I drew ur boi, Crust

Thanks for the motivation and for this super cool character

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

I see your tags on the Wocky and Alita art, I would love to hear your thoughts on Alita actually!

I only need one person to show interest in what I have to say for me to talk forever and ever, thank you. HAHA Okay, in seriousness, this won't be as thorough/long as the Klavier post because... there really isn't much to her, but I find it extremely interesting how Alita falls into the same category of witnesses as April May and Dahlia without being — and I mean no offence to her when I say this — stunning? Like, with April and Dahlia, there's a very clear mass appeal to them which most people point out. Contrariwise, Alita's appearance is really only commented on by Trucy, and just glancing at her portrait, you can see that, without her slightly outlandish fashion, she's frankly nothing to write home about.

So why am I discussing this? Surely it's a little reductive to analyse female characters beginning with their appearances? Usually, yes, but that's the thing about this category of witnesses: their pretty faces aren't just pretty faces.

For April and Dahlia, their beauty is part of their arsenal. It functions as both their defence and their weapon of choice; they know how to wield it to bring people under their heel. Alita being ordinarily pretty instead of drop-dead gorgeous deprives her of that weapon and leads you to wonder how she became a mafia heiress to begin with. It also parallels her to Mimi Miney in a way that goes beyond the 'murderous nurse who worked for and killed her awful boss' comparison you get on the surface. Presumably, Alita, like Mimi, only got to where she was because she managed to fool the people around her into believing she was less dangerous than she actually is. Mimi did this by feigning stupidity and inviting people to underestimate her. Alita seems to do this by showing them what they want to see.

When she first meets Apollo and Trucy, Alita stays quiet and spends more time listening to them than she does talking. Once she has a hold on who they are, then she slips into her persona, and I find it interesting how she doesn't even attempt to come across as particularly delicate or lovelorn? Instead she goes for the relatively typical role of a distressed, indulgent loved one earnestly entreating Apollo for help. I'm inclined to say she does this because her read on Apollo makes her realise that he'd likely be exasperated or annoyed by such a person; but it's also almost as if she knows she doesn't have the disposition to pull off that frail, damsel-in-distress archetype and has resigned herself to being ordinary. Like how she looks. The next time she has to reapply her persona, Alita's appearing in court, and again she makes subtle adjustments that best suit her situation. The judge is old, so she takes a chance on expressing her dedication as a wife while balancing her dedication as a righteous citizen, which works. But oddly enough, despite her successes, I don't think Alita is actually good? At donning disguises? Everyone I've seen discuss this case has been able to guess almost immediately that she's the culprit, and maybe we're just prepped by past characters like her that have appeared, but I don't think she's even that convincing in the game.

Both the identities she assumes are risky manoeuvres that happen to fall in her favour, and she's not particularly dedicated to maintaining the front. When she asks Apollo to be Wocky's defence, she admits that marrying him is largely a chance at a more exciting life than some great love story; Plum Kitaki straight up says that there's a darkness in Alita she doesn't like, despite how docile Alita behaves in front of her; and Wocky has moments where he slips up and calls her things like, "imposter" and "fallen angel", implying that at least subconsciously, he knows she's not what she makes herself out to be. Even her general mannerisms don't greatly differ between her actual self and the mask who's blunt her claws — nothing is ever overtly coy or cutesy — and when Apollo brings up the fact she was Wocky's nurse, she drops the facade almost immediately. There's no waffling, no, "Whatever do you mean?"s or, "You're scaring me"s, just the statement, "I don't know what you mean by 'meaning', Mr. Justice!" delivered in a sudden cool, frosted steeliness.

And I think that steel is what really makes her different.

See, the other women are all driven to crime by some defining trait in themselves caused by their circumstances. For Dahlia, it's her desperate need to be free of the Fey clan; for Mimi, it's grief over her sister's unjust death; and for April, it's her fear of Redd White. You don't really get that with Alita. Instead of there being something dark in her life that leads her down this path, she just seems... tired. Tired of being "pretty enough" but not "gorgeous", tired of being the obedient nurse to the corrupt doctor, tired of being ordinary. There's no predatory external force pushing her into a corner, there's no abusive family beliefs pinning her down. There's just an ordinary life, lived dull and ordinarily, and she had had enough. So what does this girl, who's tired and ordinary in every way except the steel that lines her spine, do to get out of this?

She gambles.

Marrying into the mafia was a gamble, seeking Apollo as council was a gamble, shooting Dr. Meraktis was a gamble. Every decision she's made since she met Wocky has been a series of high-stakes gambles that leave her life on the line all so she won't be second-best anymore. This time, she was going to be the one on top. No matter what.

... And I'm sorry for loving evil women, but girlboss?? Girlboss???

I've heard people say they're disappointed that her "breakdown" is just an extension of her usual damage sprite, but it's honestly one of my favourite "breakdowns" in the series ever? Just because it isn't really one? Everything Alita has done up till now has been reckless, calculated risk, of course being convicted for murder is no different than losing in any other aspect of her life. Of course you're not going to get more than her damaged sprite, because this doesn't warrant a more dramatic reaction. She's lived this whole time knowing it could all come crashing down around her, and it finally did.

She made a bad bet. You caught her. Oh well.

The frosted girl of steel, standing tall to the very end. It's kind of sad that, even after all that, she's still seen as only second-best, incomparable to mimi, dahlia or any of the other women who've stood in her place.

[weezerlvr228]

hello everybody and welcome to my 50 (51 thanks to ppsucker-69!) follower special!

[sugarpasteltmnt]

I had this exchange with my brother yesterday so naturally the next step was to procrastinate all other work to make a rough GIF for it. totally the next logical step. Hope you don't mind the boi abuse lol. Keep doing what you're doing! You're amazing :D

Have a great day/night :>

ASJDHDJAHDJAH BRO THIS ASK SHOWS ON THE APP BUT NOT DESKTOP WHAT????? BUT IM SO GLAD I CAUGHT IT!!! I LOVE IT!!! akskdhsk this is too funny he deserves a good flip-flop smack for his Crimes

also I’m obsessed with Him:

[gordisaquaberrymodel]

Do you have any hcs/interaction ideas for my oc Wren and your Matteo?? He's so cool :)

OMG I'm so glad to see your ask! 🥹🫶

Matteo is pretty close to almost every greaser (especially Vance) and he would definitely be a good friend for Wren.

Since Matteo knows about Wren's crush on Lefty, he doesn't even try to flirt with him like he does with many boys.

“You have a scar too!?”, that's the first thing Matteo would have noticed when he first met Wren :)

Matteo would often chat with Wren, since most greasers get tired of his chatter (Matteo is a terrible talker).

Matteo would often ask Wren to listen to his records, since Matteo loves music so much (and for the most part he doesn’t care what genre it is).

“I think you have to tell Lefty about your feelings!”, Matteo often says, wishing happiness for his friend.

and I finally drew Wren 🙌 (honestly, I wanted to do this for a long time, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t succeed 🙏). I forgot to say that Wren is one of my favorite bully ocs, he’s so adorable! ❤️‍🩹

Matteo, when he first saw Wren:

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

Please please please tell me that you’re as obsessed with the little sound he makes at 10:29 as I am :’) - just the little ‘mhmm’ and the way he sucks his bottom lip I CAN’T.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ZufuOHiz8&pp=ygUVQWxleCB0dXJuZXIgaW50ZXJ2aWV3

just seconds before the poor man got called a tart 💔

no for real though i am obsessed with it the way i am obsessed with all his little non verbal encouragers, and the way he kind of savours the sound of them as he utters them?? (he does the same with certain words too and i am if possible even more obsessed with that 😭) but yeah, i feel like there’s definitely an undertone of irritation or impatience here that gives this little 'mhmm' a slight edge - which, jesus christ. is NOT surprising given the literal everything about this interview. but yeah, i love how much expressiveness he injects into that one little sound. i love HIM 😭😭

[ravangie]

How? How can you do this too me. how can you just draw women so beautifully?

The secret ingredient is my immense unconditional all-consuming never-ending burning love for women 🤲💖✨