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attack dogs shouldn't bite the hands that feed them
#vandermarston#john marston#dutch van der linde#rdr2#red dead#artner#im finally making the decision to vandermarston post on main bc ive seen some other ppl actively making content for the rarepair#im excited !!! i wanna contribute !!!#obligatory disclaimer that ik dutch/john are unhealthy toxic yaoi etc etc but thats sort of the entire Point#the main storyline of rdr is about how dutch manipulates vulnerable people into following him and how he wields affection like a weapon#to coerce his followers into endangering themselves so he can protect himself and satiate his greed and his ego#and he canonically has groomed john into a life of crime that john spends the rest of his life struggling to break away from#so uhhhhhhh i think of vandermarston as a natural extension of themes present in the source text.#where its about power dynamics and cycles of regret and affection and manipulation.#my intention was to frame it like that in this art piece.#lately ive been drawing hand studies and ive gotten rlly into the idea of hands as a visual motif for control and power. like puppeteering#w this art im trying to focus on johns emotional turmoil with dutch as a shadowy powerful figure that stands above him.#yknow ?????#anyways. thats my rambling artist statement on it.#totally understand if this ship makes u uncomfortable (that is the Point) but i will be posting more about vm in the future.#feel free to blacklist the tag 'vandermarston' in advance of that#art#pardner posts#🤠
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Even if Capcom didn't plan anything with the writing and Project W wasn't a thing until RE5, I still love the fact that the reveal recontextualizes Wesker's line to Chris in RE1:
It's meant to be all smug he's like "I've always been with Umbrella 😏" But now knowing Wesker's backstory it's quite a sad and ironic line. Like he really has always been with Umbrella... This is one of my roman empires my guy thought he was chilling as Dr. Frankenstein when instead, he was actually Frankenstein's monster.
#some ppl hate this backstory apparently but i kinda like the irony that the mastermind obsessed with power and control is actually just-#-someone else's puppet and has an existential crisis over it. thats just the plot of re5 to me btw bros having a massive breakdown#resident evil#albert wesker#chris redfield#rebhfun#re
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Just spent a very enjoyable half hour exploring your color guardians universe! How much flexibility is there in their color palettes? Like could a blue end up leaning more teal or indigo, or darker or lighter shades? Or are they pretty much locked in on the palettes you've given them so far? Also has Anita ever accidentally crossed paths with her family since coming back from the timestream and how did that go? (Angsty, I assume.)
wait firstly, Anita did track down her family upon returning and she does gently stalk them. Generally she avoids them cuz it hurts too much to think about. She doesn't have plans to reveal herself to them until she knows the Colorless are completely gone.
secondly
the colors can absolutely go darker and lighter, but the hues don't vary all that much from what you've seen. This is true for all the Color Guardians. They can't really combine colors, based purely off how they were created. However they can wear each other's colors as accents!
-some examples! Red has healing abilities, and if an injury is severe enough Red can leave a healing star which functions like a magic bandaid
-Orange can force people to tell the truth and whenever she does so it usually looks like the affected is wearing orange makeup
-Pink has mind controlling abilities, but can embue this into objects however she sees fit
#ask#color guardians#that blue guy there is a scrapped blue guardian idea i had back in the day#scrapped because i made him as part of the 'sequel' cast but there isnt a sequel anymore in my head#basically his lore was that a Colorless mind controlled him so hard he was basically a puppet for them whenever transformed#in order to gain his autonomy back pink had to make him the headphones#which become permanent fixtures of his uniform#even tho that storyline is scrapped the idea of making objects that embody their powers in some way was not scrapped#theres a character i havent posted about on tumblr thats got the whole magic item thing locked down tho
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redrawing my favorite gba chain of memories scenes with my own interpretations part 1(?):
“You’re thinking about me… You’re afraid of the darkness I command.” (NOT SHIP)
#beep boop you want fries with that#kingdom hearts#riku#ansem#GBA CHAIN OF MEMORIES IS SO GOOD. please play it over the remake im begging. it also plays a lot better too.#every ansem scene is better in gba com because i dont have to listen to richard epcar attempt to be intimidating#they altered so many scenes in the remake and a lot of the changes suck !! just straight up !! i will never forgive them for changing#this scene and the previous lexaeus scenes. like why did they have riku get possessed for a second only for the next cutscene to#literally be about riku trying not to get possessed. like that makes no sense. its just cheap shock value and just treating lexaeus#like shit. at least he mentioned zexion. ok if i knew how to do rom hacks i could literally change the dialogue myself to mention zexion.#ok sorry for complaining. uhhh#the composition is clearly ripped off from the owl house. sorry. season 1 belos scene.#and the background is just the original gba bg of the scene but blurred to look less pixelated#sorry the anatomy sucks. i know rikus arms shouldnt be that long but too late. kms.#this scene is so good because augh. this is the first time in this game we come face to face with the real ansem. not just diz pretending#to be him to just shove down ‘darkness bad’ down his throat. this is why mickey comes to save him in this scene. because riku is in#real danger here. thats also the reason why mickey sends his power again when riku is being dangled like a puppet BECAUSE ANSEM WAS THERE#FOR REAL THIS TIME. anyway yeah i know ansem’s sprite doesn’t appear when he says that but the portrait is a silhouette so i went#weh. why not !!#anyway im obsessed w/ cryptid ansem. ghost inhabitanting a fallen kingdom. continuing the fucked up experiments like if they never stopped#OK IVE ALREADY RAMBLED ENOUGH AND THIS SHIT IS GOING INTO RE:KH TERRITORY. (hunter voice) BYEEEEEEE
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I was thinking about TMA in relation to Fnaf because of the similarities between Nikola Orsinov and Eleanor, and I came up with a Fnaf au where roughly the same plot happens but under TMA rules, and I made the MCI kids' fate even sader. William made them into Avatars as part of his attempt at creating the hunt ritual, and now they're required to go around killing and traumatizing people so their god doesn't eat them from the inside. And they have more of their memories than their canon counterparts.
#fnaf#tma#the magnus archives#five nights at freddy's#i assigned each of the main five different entities based on exagerating their traits#and it gave me some really fun ideas and stuff thats too graphic for fnaf#like Susie/Chica a flesh avatar having a flesh!Mangle because she tried to bring her dog back#also themes and stuff like cassidy and william both being hunt avatars#which is the Cop Entity#and stuff about the naunces of power and survielance#cause in fnaf you got all these cameras but so little power#in contrast to how survielance is depicted in tma#like charlie/the puppet is an eye avatar but they repersent the fear of seeing something terrible and not being able to intervene#/failing as a watcher
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Y'know what. In aftermath of revalator...
Someones gonna have to say it.
Thomas. Stop reusing the same names for things. There is repeated symbolisme and theming, and then there is whatever y'all are doing.
Your show is becoming increasingly hard to discuss without having to add asterisks and clarification to even the simplest statement.
Like it was already annoying to have to clarify "show or deus ex machina" when we used the phrase "miraculous ladybug".
But we have 4 lucky charms (spell, anti akuma amulet, adriens charm made for mari, mari's charm made for adrien)
There are 3.5 "amok's" in play, and they're all rings so you cant refer to them without nesding to clarify. (And 4.5 rings)
There is no real reason for Cerise to use the Hawkmoth moniker, but timetagger ensures we need to use it.
And now you're gonna recycle the name of Sabrina's akuma form? You and your writersroom have a problem. Heck even sentibug doesnt cannonically have a name besides 'ladybug', and previous wielders are all refered to in general as 'Ladybugs'.
#miraculous ladybug#Miraculous writing critical#Thats not even mentioning repeat akumas with different powers like puppeteer
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SPIDER PILLAR!!!!!
the friendliest neighborhood spiderman, swinging on his webs to...help you save on a can on beans?
yea okay its silly, Lemme have fun with this! I personally think he would make a GREAT spiderman, idk who he's fighting or what powers he gets other than the Spidey sense, but he looks cute in the suit!...
The only issues is he tends to get stuck on the ceiling.

he likes it up there.
#art graveyard#artist of tumblr#welcome home arg#welcome home#welcome home puppet show#welcome home howdy pillar#howdy pillar#spider man#spider pillar#across the spider verse spoilers#spider sona#honestly this was mainly practice with what to do with all his limbs cause WOW hes got so many#my personal idea is hes got a power to bite through anything#like how catapillars wat through leaves#lei nicknamed his lockjaw cause of that#also that firefly? thats dollie#shes new#original character#original art
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can we Puppet Combo fans just take a moment to appreciate the fact that these games have not fallen under the "used for shiddy and shady YT content" category? (stuff like Baldis Basics, Poppy Playtime, ect.)
like if I ever see the driller in the same room as skibidi toilet I am going to shoot myself :) (i am joking but STILL)
#puppet combo#power drill massacre#txt post#but seriously fuck that whole shabang man#also sorry i just thought of this and had to put it out there :P#at least thats a thing to be thankful for this thanksgiving lol
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im combining my two favourite lesbian-cannibal series:
the locked tomb x yellowjackets
necro (cav)
II: Mel (Gen)
III: Shauna (Jackie)
IV: Travis (Javi)
V: Nat (Mari)
VI: Taissa (Van)
VII: Akilah (Krystal/Kristen)
VIII: Misty (Ben)
IX: Lottie (Laura Lee)
Resurrection Beast: The Wilderness
Lyctors: necros who survive to see the adult timeline (save taivan who create a paul scenario)
#GenMel 2nd house cuz they’re hunting and close#JackieShauna third house because you dont realize whos the necro at first and theyre messy but codependent#fourth for travis and javi cuz they had to be a duo plus theyre innocent anf dont participate#five for nat and mar because thats whete the political seat is#taivan had to be paul in the sixth house theyre solid and underreated#akilah for seventh house simce shes poisoning herself for magic powers and i taked crystal on there cuz shes dead#plus alikah puppets dead animals#misty and ben for eight cuz she routinely imjures him so she has a use and feels needed#ninth nuns for lottielee for obvious reasons#the locked tomb#yellowjackets
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i find it shameful that the leaders of a series of eastern european and balkan countries are choosing to either stay by israel or keep their mouths shut on this. we are countries which have no history of colonialism or colonial outposts around the world, in fact, we are countries with a long history of struggling against imperialism and opression from several bigger empires, and we know what it is to be opressed in this way, and we know what it is to have your people ethnically clensed and your lands stolen while your delegates desperately beg foreign countries to please help them and noone does shit bc bigger empires have split the world up amongst themselves (like the fall of romania to the soviets most recently). i find it shameful that romania, which was one of the first countries to recognize palestine in 1988, and which has been praised over years for standing by palestine and trying to promote a two state solution (okay not perfect, better than nothing this shit Is complicated regardless of what internet ppl say) again and again and support palestinian interests to the UN,,, is now largely choosing silence and through association with the eu, standing by israel. come the fuck on. in part im sure because romania (and bulgaria) are already on bad terms with the eu, western euro doesn't like that we are in it and were having issues w shenghen and corruption and plenty of other shit and our ""leaders"" probably wouldn't wanna throw more fule to the fire, in part because our ""leaders"" are mostly amoralistic self interested money stealing corrupt good for nothing fucks who barely give a shit about their own ppl even. either damn way, shameful
#also zelinsky numeber 1 american dick enjoyer can go fuck himself of course hes like hurdur israel u hypocrite this is only bc#ur hand in hand w the ue#*us#and im sure he realies hes just a puppet now for american interest and economic investments and military shit against russia in the region#thats the only reason america gives a shit about ukraine. and he chose to go w it bc he needed the military power to keep ukraine going. and#yet. still. hypocricy 🤷♀️
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I love NAE and I know he is a bit (well, more than a bit) of an antagonistic cretin, but it feels like his anti-social personality might be a coping mechanism for personal issues and insecurities he is struggling with. I could be completely wrong and he's just simply a bad person, but I feel like it's more than that. Either way I think he needs a therapy animal.
hoyly hell you've just given him characterization shots in so many directions that i don't know where to look first GJDSKLMCL
he's not exactly antisocial or anythin! antagonistic cretin he is, but that's just how he rolls, lil bit of a douche- have you seen that one vid with a guy walking his Emu hold on here- he embodies this in most situations
youtube
on one hand NAE is a lil shithead but he's a Fun shithead. cursin' up a storm is kinda just what some people do/how they interact. heavens know that when i bring out the curse n nasty words it means i'm havin a nice chill convo with someone
after this
he went and notified his own Admin/Mechanic about it so she could've go and help out Sparrows with things
if he was just Plain asshole stuff like this wouldn't happen
these two hang out, Euros gets a rise outta him by bringing up something painfully stupid, NAE calls him a fucking idiot with an apocalyptically low count of neurons and then they continue their hang out
he's neither a bad person or coping with his own issues/insecurities! he's just a tiny ball of rage who's rolling through life wishing he had one more finger so he could flip people off. bastard is prolly the best off outta the dramatic tragedies that are most of the Eo iterators
guy is guying 🤷♀️
n honestly he'd... probably kick an animal sooner than take one on for therapy reasons, he would Not have the patience
#spot says stuff#rw#oc tag#not callin ya stupid or anythin! gon say that to make sure since this could come off as such- everyone will perceive chars in their own-#-way n thats valid. just with ocs i do kinda feel the need to correct a wee bit since i know 'em best n have the power to do so#but nah NAE is kinda one dimensional in that he doesnt have much drama/tragedy going on#one of the main things about the characterization that he Does have is that he Would step in front of euros to protect him from smth#like imagine some other iterator givin euros shit in the off string post ascension au. euros is goin thru it with the rot in his puppet#hes tired he struggles with just standin n so on. its a lot without someone comin at him n yellin into his face. NAE wouldve traveled with-#-him to the Root since they are neighbours. yah hes putting himself between the two!#see Gem n Expiation r prolly the ones who get closest to bein villains. n thats by denying n ignoring Spores dire condition#the whole 'busting sparrows n euros' business is in similar vein like with candace in pnf the consequences dont really come to him for that
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wip but something really wrong with him. however i think he should be allowed to all things considered
#he really shuda put money towards like. idk. a hobby#but whatever man live ur life. anyway yeah he has an obsession with nhps now#i really wanan write stuff down but tldr tldr hes freaky more than usual and is trying to find the perfect nhp to break into#the perfect puppet he can exert his power over and in a sense. feel in control of his life and get back the things he lost#determined to be doomed -_- thinking he might accidentally get his hands on jules and this is like. doomsday bad bc jules is an extremely#unstable and lonely nhp whos desperate for connection#the cycle never ends til this guy gets like. therapy or something i dont even know man. he got better but he got worse ok#tbh the only thing that would snap him out of the obsession is again. realizing that sigourney was so completely destructive to his life#and trying to get her clone back into his life cant heal that wound. u cant love somebody for someone they arent.#thats not sloane to him thats sigourney so its really. not healthy
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during the finale was he possessed for a bit by the watchers or was it more of a puppet situation
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#secret life#the nether#asks#millythebat#-ah that-#-i dont think martyn has talked to anyone about that-#-bit i had been observing at that time-#-its impossible to tell what happened 100% from my outsider point of view but..-#-id say it was more of a puppet.. kinda?-#-watchers gain power in emotions-#-for some reason all martyns seem to have large connection with them. though i couldnt tell you why-#-my best guess is that they were using martyn and sort of suggesting thing he should do. in a sort of indirect manner-#-kinda like a strange urge-#-martyn did as he was told and gave the watchers more and morer power over him until they could basically overtake his mind-#-not completely but enough to push him to do more drastic things-#-and while i dont have proof for this-#-i do think that they might still have some power over him-#-thats just my thought-#-you probably have seen more of martyns time in lim life then i have. would you say this is somewhat possible?-
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Something abt shiv telling mattson she’d be his puppet and then the cartoon where shiv is puppeting mattson making him flip and then shiv at the very end sticking with tom the empty suit ceo……
#like shes gonna have to just be content with working behind the powerful man instead of being the powerful man#or something#i found it inchresting when she told mattson straight out hey id be your puppet! bc like okay so thats a lie#succession spoilers
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i want to make art BUT THE ART IS NOT ARTING !!!!!
#I WANT TO DRAW THE AVENUE Q PUPPETS WITH SWORDS AND FANCY CLOTHES#BUT ALSO I WANY TO JUST DRAW THEM CHILLING#AND I WANT TO DRAW MY OCS#BUT WHEN I TRY TO DRAW I JUST CANT ITS NOT STICKING#AND ALSO MY IPAD HAS NO POWER BUT THATS A SEPERATE ISSUE#AND I HAVE TO GO TO BED SOON TOO#AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#fish.txt#personal avenue q tag
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primrose's ch3 is GOOD btw
#fucking simeon bro.......#i cant yap too hard without doing spoilers so heres another tag to fill space lalalala#ot1 spoilers#octopath spoilers#ANYWAYYY it starts with primrose coming back to her hometown which is already pretty strong#seeing a guy Fucking dying which is a great way to establish the harm done by the obsidian people and establish their power#.because if they didnt have a great amount of political power simeons entire motivation would fall through#but in the flashbacks he was sooo fucking good the writing (+ eng translation) did a good job of creating a gray area#between 'nice guy who is also courteous because primrose is a noble' and 'creep who might have a slightly overbearing crush on this kid'#bc shes like. 8 right ? and hes old enough to work as a gardener w/o his parents also being in service of the azelharts#so probably 17 at least?#ok um. i just looked up his age on the wiki and i dont know what the fuck is going on there#i didnt spoil myself but why is he 126.#anyway i actually feel like thats worse 💀#and then his breakdown calling himself primroses one true love..#shes so good i love the contrast between everyonee calling her beautiful + whatever the fuck helgenish and simeon were doing#and her showing no romantic interest in anyone. romance repulsed icon tbh#3 people this chapter were like 'lady primrose you have grown so beautiful since we last saw you' and shes like 😐#coming back around to simeons twist villain shit they went OFF reinforcing primroses performer theme#'the crowd gasps' etc etc. DAMN BRO#a lot of her story is theatrical drama coded ime. like with the ending narration saying 'tragic or happy ending'#she does seem like a dark take on a princess archetype which is cool#anyway the actual use of the game is good here too#the dark screen after she gets knocked out with the perfectly timed music??#and the flashbacks and the use of the titles on peoples speech bubbles#because the shift from 'simeon' to 'simeon the puppet master' kind kf made me lose it a little bit#RIGHT BEFORE the flashback where hes just 'gardener' ? yeah thats a banger#overall this is fairly simple good storytelling but it all comes together along w the actual game mechanics to make one of my...#... favorite chapters so far. plus im really excited for her ch4 now.
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