#the other pic i drew is a casual look

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Ortho flying with three floating tablets (representing his parents and Idia) behind him is such a MagiCammable moment, according to Cater and his sisters lol

Family means Nobody is Left Behind or Forgotten.

"Oh my gosh! Who's this little cutie patootie?!"

"W-Wah...!" Ortho scarcely had any time to formulate an appropriate reaction before he was accosted from both sides. They had leapt out from the Queen of Hearts' statue, like jaguars pouncing on unsuspecting prey. The three tablets floating beside Ortho were sent spiraling.

"B-Bwah?!" Idia sputtered from his end, eyes bulging at what his video feed was picking up. There was his poor little brother, smothered by a pair of flashy women. "A normie sneak attack!?"

To Idia's horror, he could see painted nails studded with jewelry running all over the boy's face and hair. He leapt out of his gaming chair, seizing his computer monitor with both hands.

"C-Calm down, Ortho! CALM DOWN, DON'T PANIC!! Y-Your big brother will help you out of this pinch... e-except I don't know how to deal with 3D women!! Th-There's no dialogue selection option IRL...!!"

"You're the one panicking the most here, nii-san..."

"Now, Idia--" their father began--cool, level-headed.

"Hold on, dear," his wife interrupted. "Don't you think it's too soon to intervene?"

"... What are you saying?"

"I mean, these girls are only appreciating Or-kun's cuteness, right? I don't think there's anything wrong with acknowledging that! In fact, the world should be more familiar with how adorable both of our sons are...!"

"B-Betrayed by the mom?!"

"Ahahah... Sorry, Shroud fam~" Cater called as he, too, stepped out from his spot behind a statue. He didn't look particularly apologetic, not with that growing grin tugging at his mouth. "It looks like my sisters took an interest in your youngest. I guess it's not every day you see a bot as advanced as Ortho-chan is, but still!"

"J-Just what I needed... Another sparkly extrovert to complicate this scenario!!" Idia moaned, clutching at his forehead.

"You have to get a pic of us together, Cater!" one sister pouted. "This is too cool not to! Be sure to get the tablets in the shot too, okay?"

"Alright, I'll try." He casually produced his phone. "Everybody has to smush together first though, and Idia-kun's kinda out of frame--"

"Are you, like, for reals a robot?" the other sister demanded, ogling Ortho's metallic body. "That's not cosplay, right?"

"Hehe, nope! I'm one hundred percent custom built by my nii-san."

Idia loudly snorted, far less amused than his brother was. "Cosplay? Are you blind? I'm insulted that you'd even suggest such a stupid idea. Check out the rocket boosters in his feet, the complex circuity in his chassis, the artificial intelligence with a limitless capacity to learn. It's all Ortho."

"That's right! Our Idia built Or-kun from scratch all on his own!" Mrs. Shroud chirped. "Ahhh, our sons are our pride and joy! Aren't they, Papa?"

Mr. Shroud drew out a sigh. "... Yes, dear."

Their tablets drew close and snuggled (or attempted to). Idia could only imagine that his parents had embraced one another on the other end of the line. Hot pink and neon blue twinning.

"Oh, bleh." He rolled his eyes. Mom and dad are being gross and mushy in public again.

Suddenly, his video feed jerked down. Idia got a chunk of pavement, then an eyeful of twinkling makeup and nails. The first of the Diamond sisters had seized his tablet, posing with it in front of her.

"Is he, like, in frame now?" she asked Cater, who flashed her a thumbs up.

"Perfect~ Now everyone else can squeeze in!"

At Cater's direction, his other sister rushed over. Ortho was tugged along like a balloon on a string--though he didn't put up any resistance. The Shroud parents allowed their tablets to lower to the appropriate height for the picture. Cater held his phone out, the camera flipped.

All eager for the photograph except for one.

"D-Don't I get a say in this?!" Idia weakly protested.

Cater laughed--and it sounded a little mean to Idia, as light-hearted as it was. "Sure, you get a say in this! I'll let you know what to say: cheese!"

CLICK!

The selfie was taken. The Diamonds and the Shrouds, immortalized in a shared image.

[dat-town]

lowkey the one you need

Characters: Myung Jaehyun & female reader

Setting & genre: college au, friends to lovers

Summary: Your friendship of three years with Jaehyun has been shifting lately but you can’t quite explain why. Until you do.

Warnings: mentions of pushy guys, alcohol consumption and cliche games at college parties, jealousy

Words: 1.9k

Author’s note: happy bday to our beloved puppy leader! (no matter what he says there’s nothing wolfish about him... 99% of the time); title from nice guy English version,  header pic of Jaehyun from mint

@restlessmaknae thanks again for bringing these boys into my life! without them my writing stats for this year would have been quite poor but now look at me, bday stories for all of them? who would have thought?

The weight of Myungjae’s arm around your shoulders was familiar. Welcomed even. Warm and comforting, a feeling you could sink into on movie nights, it was nothing new.

And yet, there was something different this time. Something like butterfly wings scratching the surface, a tickling feeling, heart racing.

“Is there a problem, babe?” The boy spoke up, casual as he drew out the endearment as if he called you that every other day but his usually bubbly and bright voice was serious and stern, something threatening hanging between the syllables. He shot a dubious glance at the guy in front of you before finding your eyes, his gaze softening as soon as it settled on you. You smiled, relieved, grateful, but  somehow nervous because you felt exposed and vulnerable as if looking at you too long would have exposed too many secrets. Secrets you weren’t ready to uncover.

“It’s okay. I was just telling Hyuntae that I’m not interested,” you said as nonchalantly as you could, not wanting to make a scene.

With his side pressed against yours you could feel the way Jaehyun’s body tensed at your answer, his hand sliding from your shoulder to your arm, pulling you closer gently. The movement was simple yet it was halfway between protective and possessive. You weren’t sure how much of it was acting, just him being a good friend trying to scare off a pushy guy who seemingly didn’t understand no. It wouldn’t have been the first time. But this time around it made your heart flutter.

Something was definitely different this time. Something like the taste of cherry coke on your tongue and the smoke in your lungs that made you cough. Getting fresh air was never about clear night breeze at college parties after all. Still, you had rather inhaled the nicotine of strangers’ cigarettes on the crammed balcony than to watch Jaehyun kiss Younha in that stupid game of Truth or Dare. It tasted more bitter, the tang of jealousy, so you excused yourself and that was how you got yourself here, between your best friend and a guy who thought it was lame that you weren’t drinking.

“Uh huh and which part of that is hard to understand?” Jaehyun tilted his head at Hyuntae who scoffed in response.

“Chill, dude, I just offered to get her a drink,” he rolled his eyes, mumbling something nasty under his nose before disappearing back in the crowd of the living room, leaving the two of you and the smokers out on the balcony.

Your shoulders visibly relaxed but Jaehyun didn’t let go even then. The hand he had over your bare arm traced feather light patterns over the skin, soothing and caring. You could barely suppress a shiver and not from the cold.

“Are you okay? Do you wanna leave?” He looked at you in concern, his big brown puppy eyes warming your soul.

“What about Younha?” You muttered, thinking back on the last of what you saw of him, sitting in a circle among Intak and the others, the empty glass of beer landing on him.

“What would be with her?” Jaehyun frowned, looking genuinely confused and you weren’t about to spell it out for him, that it looked like the girl wanted a lot more from him than a chaste kiss in front of others as a dare. So you opted for phrasing it nicer.

“She seems to like you,” you shrugged like you didn’t care, like the sight of her heart eyes didn’t stab your heart with thousand thorns.

“She doesn’t even know me,” The boy dismissed your inquiry like it didn’t matter and it was terrible how triumphant you felt over something insignificant like that. But Jaehyun didn’t let you dwell on it too much, instead he grabbed your hand with his always warmer ones and pulled you towards the door. “Let’s go before you catch a cold.”

You didn’t argue, just said bye to your friends and let Jaehyun steer you out of the apartment, covering your shoulders with his denim jacket. It smelled like spring and sandalwood, like a safe place, but you resisted the urge to pull it tighter around yourself. You started walking three blocks down towards your place side by side and it somehow sent you off on the memory lane, wondering where it all began and where it changed.

You had been friends with Jaehyun pretty much since the first day of college. At least since your first Economics class where he happened to sit next to you in the lecture hall and asked whether you thought the professor looked like a dinosaur from Jurassic Park too. It had been history since. He was the fastest friend you ever made but it was impossible not to get swept up by the force that was Myung Jaehyun. His energy was unmatchable and he never failed to make your smile or at least feel comforted when you were down. Without him your dreaded college years would have been far less colorful and fun while he acted like you were the miracle in his life with homemade meals you brought him because you knew he tended to skip breakfast and for ‘putting up with his loud and clingy ass’ (his words) as if that was such a sacrifice. Really, you wouldn’t have had it any other way.

You got close quickly, never running out of topics, going to concerts and to the movies together, becoming each other’s support system. It was all good and platonic. You didn’t remember thinking of him as anything but a good friend, until lately it started to change. You couldn’t tell when though. Was it when he went on that date with that redhead from his Finance seminar? Or when he fell asleep on your shoulder during your Disney marathon and you noticed just how cute his squishy cheeks were? Or when you saw him help a kindergartener find his mom in the mall?

For the longest time it didn’t make sense and you felt bad because what kind of friend were you to be envious of his more exciting love life? Not that his dates led anywhere and he blamed it on not feeling the spark with any of the girls he went out with. So it was even more unreasonable and you started to wonder whether it was all in your head, just because college was ending soon and you already missed him and all the times you had together before becoming responsible and busy adults.

“And then Sohee was like… Hey, are you listening?” A soft nudge against your arm and you ducked your head, feeling embarrassed getting caught.

“Sorry, I’m a bit in my head tonight,” you mumbled and you wished you could blame it on the alcohol even though you didn’t have any. Jaehyun wasn’t angry at all though, not with the way his mouth pulled up into a smile and you could tell he wanted to cheer you up, probably because he felt guilty over dragging you to another party you weren’t exactly fancy of.

“Aww what’s on your pretty mind?” He cooed and patted your head gently, waking up those sleeping, traitorous butterflies in your stomach. But that was the thing, Jaehyun was like that with everybody: overly kind, touchy and affectionate.

“Nothing,” you shrugged, avoiding his eyes and biting into your lip. “Just… Ah, nothing.”

You gave up with a sigh, like a coward. After all, how could you tell him anything of what was going through your head without ruining your friendship?

“You’re so cute,” Myungjae commented with a boyish grin and poked your cheek to stop you from pouting before resuming his story about getting lost in one of the Han river parks with Sohee the other day.

Listening to him telling stories was always fun, so now that you focused on him, the rest of the walk went by quickly and you didn’t even feel the cold of night breeze until the warmth of his jacket washed through you as you stepped inside the building. You tapped your door card against the sensor and in your haste, you managed to stumble over the mess of shoes left in the tiny doorway courtesy of your roommate. You would have probably fallen very unlady-like if Jaehyun wasn’t there to steady you with a gentle hand on your waist.

“You good?” He asked, concerned and politely quiet, not sure if your roommate was back already or still out on this Friday night.

“Yeah, thanks,” you mumbled, turning towards him, fighting a shiver as his hand slid off you. Like this you noticed just how close he stood, his worried eyes boring into yours and his breath fanning over your cheek. Only then did you get a sniff of the soju in his breath which made you furrow your brows.

“Did you drink?” You blurted out, giving way to your confusion because usually he opted for beer instead of harder liquor since he was a lightweight.

“Ah, you know, the game,” he muttered with a shrug as if it should have explained it all.

It took you a moment however to put two and two together, to understand what it meant, that he had rather drown a shot than to kiss Younha like he was dared to. It shouldn’t have made you feel as relieved as it did, just how his closeness shouldn’t have accelerated your heartbeat so terribly but still enveloped in his denim piece, you suddenly felt hot.

“So you didn’t…” you trailed off, your gaze unconsciously falling to his lips before tearing them away.

“I didn’t,” he confirmed in a whisper without you having to finish the sentence, like he could read your mind. For the sake of your sanity, you wished he couldn’t.

The two of you stood there unmoving by the door for too long, so the motion sensor-based light flickered above and suddenly darkness washed over you. In the dimly lit hallway you could only make out Jaehyun’s lines and the moonlight reflecting in his doe eyes, then he moved so suddenly you could barely process what was happening before his plush lips landed on the corner of yours, chaste and sweet, so quick that it was over before you had a chance to close your eyes.

“Shit, sorry,” Jaehyun blurted out, voice panicky, immediately pulling away, his movement frantic enough to switch on the light again. “You are just so pretty and…”

“Do it again,” you cut his apology off in a breathless voice which left Jaehyun bewildered.

“Huh?”

This time, it was you who leaned in but the boy met you halfway. The kiss tasted like cherry coke and plum-flavored soju, like summer days full of laughter and the warmest hugs on autumn nights. Then his fingers were on your jaw, gently probing and you found yourself gripping at his plaid shirt, sighing against his sweet mouth when the back of your head hit the wall.

“Gosh, I like you so much,” he murmured against your lips with a smile which you couldn’t help but reciprocate. It wasn’t enough for Jaehyun though, not with the way he nuzzled into your neck, pressing his cold nose to your jawline when you didn’t reply. “Yah, say it back. Don’t leave me hanging.”

His dramatic whining made you chuckle and you realized that you liked it all: his closeness, his puppy eyes on you, his pout, his comfort, even him being so quick to pretend to be boyfriend to scare away random dudes at parties.

“I like you too,” you told him, heart fluttering in your chest at the way Jaehyun looked at you. Maybe things changing between you wasn’t that bad after all.

[ggghoulish]

Also where do you get references for good elder scrolls casual clothing? Because I'm always at a loss at what to put them in.

Genuinely, I just walk around in the games or search up NPC pics ! Almost all the outfits I drew are straight rips from the games. The Skyrim one is based off the brown noble clothes that you can wear, the Hammerfell one is the dancer outfit I got for free in ESO (lmfao), the Cyrodiil one is I believeeee based loosely on Colovian noble clothing from Oblivion, and the Summerset is based loosely on NPCs from ESO.

Since each province takes inspiration from either real life cultures or other high fantasy media, I like to reference outside of just Elder Scrolls sometimes but not much or it loses that TES feel. Knowing what each province is based on helps, i.e. Morrowind is the most out there one in terms of aesthetics but it was based very heavily on Earthbound and Dune so I can look to those for inspo.

Hope this helps !! It’s all about knowing where to look. I wonder if there are any concept art or “art of” books for the TES games cause I should probably look at those.

[snooblesgoobles]

Joy and kim and and im glad i have a decent IDEA of kims design tho everytime i draw him they dont look exactly how i imagined, i drew this rando months ago in September yk the third pic and i was like "wow i like this face ! This should be kim" but i can never truly recreate it, kim likes dsbm used to be a big negative nancy, and wants to get better at guitar, only roughly creating strained melodies, Kims not the best person, desensitized and casually jokes abt fucked up things but hes not Joy levels of terrible, hes just misguided, and unlike joy he wants to harm themselves not others, hes very timid and soft spoken, actually p well spoken and smart, and waits for any opportunity to infodump on bands but never takes it out of embarrassment nor thinks people would understand, Joy bullies them but kim always or USED to think of that as good fun. Its whiplash that when kim got out of the psyche ward Joy is STILL the same person if not worse...

[yappingwithlaney]

What I can’t get over is how casually Odessa is dressed 💀 can she not read the room? You’re at a W mag party with some of the biggest stars, drew is in a suit and everyone around her looks so glamorous (like look at Mikey in the pic w drew compared to her, lol) and even if you’re not featured like they were you… dress up? She’s wearing a canvas tapestry purse for God’s sake 😭

she does this at every event 😭 she dresses homeless to several of her own movie premieres and it astounds me. i totally understand if she doesn’t like dresses, but there’s other ways to dress up without wearing a dress 😵‍💫 she literally does this constantly it’s awful.

i don’t have a big problem with her outfit at the event mainly because it’s hard to even tell what she’s wearing. it looks like a nice black sweater which in that case i don’t think is that bad. it’s definitely an upgrade from what she’s worn to these events before! but i can barely even see what she’s wearing so i can’t really judge anything 😭

[octahedral-chaos]

Remember that Angel in a dress pic I uploaded ages ago??

Well, your question there about whether her dress was inspired by Indian clothing got me Thinking™, and I want to do an actual design for her for Eclipsed that pulls inspiration from that more deliberately.

I'm planning to pull some inspiration both from Indian clothing and from Native American clothing, since both were in the back of my mind when I originally drew that, but I want it to actually be more intentional and deliberate this time around.

Do you have any recommendations on what elements to borrow, or what/where I should look to for reference? (Cuz google can be... ahem, unreliable, if I don't give it just the right terms. ChatGPT is marginally better, but still). Really any advice on the subject, since I'm much less familiar with it and I don't have a great grasp for filtering out good vs bad references.

(Also, please bonk me if this comes across as rude or inappropriate, I was...not sure how to phrase this.)

Okay so since I'm Desi, I'm going to talk about East Indian wear. But for Native American stuff... that's a tiny bit iffy I believe, as there are many groups and... Well... I'm not well versed in it so I'll allow any indigenous peeps here to chime in with advice.

Okay so first thing first, types of Indian clothes.

There's the most common ones: Saris!

They're basically a really long cloth that is wrapped around the body. They're usually a lot of different styles, and the most common way to wear them is to wrap them around the waist, then drape one end over the shoulder. They also come in a lot of colours too!

They are also worn with a blouse, and may have mirrors and embroidered patterns on them.

Also red or pink saris are used for weddings... so please keep that in mind.

Next up, Salwar Kameez

These are basically a combination of several clothing articles. Comprising of the salwar (pants), kurta (blouse) and sometimes dupatta (Basically a scarf or shawl).

Salwars tend to be baggy. The Churidaar, however, is fitted. Both are used for casual wear I believe.

There are others, but these are the ones I'm most familiar with (Plus I assume that you might want traditional Feminine wear... so for more references to basic types of clothing, here's the Wiki page)

So for our favourite Angel here, we could use a sari, as the blouse can be backless, which we could easily incorporate the wings here! Plus it seems pretty easy for a starfolk with a large halo and wings to put on and off. Plus, many of the fancier Indian wear tend to have mirrors (AKA little gems of sorts) and embroidery attached to them.

Indian embroidery styles tend to vary a LOT, and can be extremely complex too. The basic pattern seems to be a lot of dots, squares and triangles, with combination and such being very common.

Hope this was helpful, although this might be worded weirdly. It was really fun to look at cultural stuff in a new light in all honesty.

[livewireprojects]

Old Solaris Twins Refs(Lost Prince AU/Butterfly Effect AU)

This is kinda why I finally worked on the post for the Butterfly Effect AU so I could finally post this cause the post explains stuff.

This is an old ref cause I've edited post-reboot Mephiles's design & I plan to edit Iblis's casual outfit.

Here's how post-reboot Mephiles looks now for context

I'll explain as best I can but I'm going to try keeping summarizes & stuff for a remake of the designs when I get to them.

Just so there's some sight context before I eventually summarize them in a redesign ref post Iblis is cheerful, a little like Sonic, likes to tease but is a caring person. Reboot Mephiles is calm, kind, tries to be gentle & sometimes worries about his pre-reboot actions as he's a different person now that still remembers the past.

Soleanna outfits:

I got some inspiration from Cylent-Nite on DA for some of this.

Originally Iblis was going to be male & look similar to Sonic but I went with this after seeing others' art of Iblis as a Mobian. While still having quills similar to Mephiles/Shadow, her quills are also based on her original form's spike/horn things. She also has some features(claw hands, third eye & sharp teeth based on her original form's mouth) that come from her original form kind of like how Mephiles still has his eyes & is mouthless.(And in the redesign his quills are more like his crystal form's quills)

Their outfits are based off of Elise & her dad's outfits because I attempted to look up Elise for outfit ideas, these outfits are for when they're suppose to be doing royal/guardian business or have to dress up.

Casual outfits:

I drew outfits for Iblis & Mephiles when not doing their jobs/traveling, Iblis doesn't travel much but she still has an outfit.

Iblis got an outfit meant to be a mix of Sonic's & Blaze(also a little based on Marnie from Pokemon Sword/Shield because I've become obsessed with her outfit recently), might fix it up some when I do a digital version of the ref. Mephiles got a remake of Shadow's old outfit before I gave him a biker outfit, he still has the old outfit but for special occasions when not in his royal outfit.

Iblis is hiding her 3rd eye(but also making sure she can still see threw it) because she worries she'll scare people.

Alt forms:

I might repost this pic to the redesign post cause I hate drawing these forms because of all the details that go into them. It's hard to draw these two like this.

So pretty much the two have alternate forms that are pretty much Mephiles's crystal form & Iblis's 3rd form in a more mobian form similar to crystal form Mephiles

They don't go into these forms that often but they have them especially if they need more powerful forms or something.(I dunno where I was going) Mephiles sometimes uses his second form as a Halloween costume, his son thinks it's cool, his wife thinks it's funny he cheats by using it.

Link to master post for Lost Prince AU

[nostalgia-tblr]

This is not a shallow post, honest

Reading Thor-era MCU fic of late I noticed that a few writers drew attention to Loki being very covered-up clothingwise, and at first I was like "...is he?" because he's not abnormally covered compared to men you might see in the street, but he is by MCU standards, isn't he? Not that I've bothered to been able to check before writing this post, but I feel on fairly safe ground saying that most of the MCU Leading Men had got their tits out shirtless by about the end of the second Avengers film, or failing that had spent much of their screentime wandering about in unusally tight t-shirts. By contrast Loki doesn't even have naked arms until... whenever. When he got shirtless in the Loki show (thanks for the confusing title there, Marvel, it makes discussions so much easier) it was because a robot...thing?? stripped him, not because he decided to do it himself. And I, of course, have A Theory about this, based on not much more than conjecture. Don't worry, though, I shall include some pics in this 'essay' to keep things lively and entertaining.

Hang on, I need to Google something.

This is taking longer than I expected it to. Please wait.

Okay, fuck it, this'll do. Sorry for not having sufficent sensible images of these characters on my PC.

Okay, so: an attempt has been made. Not in a meme way, I mean I do think an attempt has been made in these films to make one of these men look smaller than the other even though the difference isn't as vast as fanfic turned it into. You know how in fic Loki's at least a foot shorter than Thor and all skinny and weedy and whatever? I reckon this partly comes from the fact that in terms of plot and character it does kind of make sense that Loki ought to look like he does in fanfiction. He should be weaker-looking, a bit shorter, a bit - dare one say - "drowned rat" next to Thor Whose Power Is He Carries A Big Hammer And We Go On About Him Being A Warrior. We invent a contrast because it feels like there's more of one than there actually is on screen. We all know what the wee shifty one should look like! If he doesn't actually look like that then we'll just say that he does!

And in costuming terms Loki is dressed in black (slimming! slenderising!), with diagonal stripes (narrowing!), a quite strangely-tailored flappy coat (significant in some way! i assume!). His shoulders are less emphasied, the arms that we later learn are fairly muscular are fully covered to hide any obnoxious biceps, and aside from maybe a bit of neck skin showing (whoreish!) we shall see naught of his actual body - he will not be getting his tits out shirtless until such time as he gets his own show and exists not in contrast to Big Beefy Thor but - at last! - as a proper MCU Leading Man. Because as soon as Loki gets kidnapped by the TVA, this happens:

No wait I didn't mean that one I don't even have that one on my PC why would I have that one of course I don't have it pretend you didn't see that.

I mean this happens:

Oh no, normie clothes! Normie clothes being a shirt with the traditional 'Marvel Dudes in shirts' fit (ie: a bit too tight) and the sleeves rolled up, and there's a tie (a TIE! how standardly manly!) and I reckon there are two factors at work here, aside from the aforementioned "we no longer need to pretend this man is short and weedy" thing:

Yes, they have made him look "normal." I know it's a common complaint and sometimes a bit... fervently expressed, but I do think it's a valid point. This show has obviously been made for a 'casual viewer' to some extent. They've seen some of the MCU, and they might feel a bit odd about everyone wearing capes all the time. Let's be real here: the Marvel-nerd audience was already going to be watching this show anyway. The people who know how many Spidermans (Spidermen? Spidersmans?) there are, and who can name well over two of the Avengers. Some of the aesthetics have been changed to appeal more to the 'casual' people, I do think that's what's happened here. (But as one of those people who can't tell you the correct plural of "Spiderman" I don't mind it. It worked! Here I am! Annoying everyone with my noobness! Hi!)

...shit what was the second thing again? Dang it, I've forgotten. Sorry about this, give me another moment to get my thoughts back together.

Oh, that was it: this is now the man we want the audience to think is hot. Some of them did before but we didn't necessarily want them to. And yes I agree that is a bit insulting, given that they did not cast an uggo here. Or even someone short and scrawny. On which point...

I don't want to say they should have cast someone who already looked they way they dressed him to look because obviously that all seems to have worked out perfectly fine in the end, but they could have. In some ways it is an odd choice, worthy of being remarked upon in long rambling tumblr posts that didn't have anywhere near as many photos as were promised earlier on. (Sorry about that.) There's a bit of a mismatch going on here between someone my granny might have called "a sneaky wee bastard" and someone she'd describe as "a six-footer." And this is why in a lot of fanfic this has been... shall we say 'corrected' in some way.

(Not-quite-an-aside: in fic that is specifically about the Loki show and not the other bits of the MCU, Loki usually does not shrink in height and width. This, I would argue, is partly because of the different visual reference points (AKA "we've seen his tits him in relatively revealing clothing") and partly because he's being paired off with different characters, and neither of the usual two (Mobius and Sylvie) are being contrasted as physically stronger than him. If anything those fic writers tend to go on about how tall he is. And now I'll stop before I say anything about obvious height-difference kinks and the fact that yes, your readers have noticed.)

In conclusion,

[batmanschmatman]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers♡

tysm for the ask!! I've been kind of bummed out lately so this is an important reminder that I should try to verbalize more of the good stuff that's going on re: being a human person, lol.

one: tea and sweets. I drink a lot of tea but I really love sitting down with a mug or cup with pot and a slice of cake or a scone or whatever. it feels like a special little treat even if it's just a couple digestive biscuits. I also like afternoon tea with savories too but I'm usually too lazy to make a whole spread myself.

two: casual cosplay. also regular cosplay, but I like finding excuses to get dressed up in more subtle ways because it's easier to pull off on the regular lol. I love wearing outfits that have references to stuff or are like functional pieces that look very obviously like a particular character's outfit or aesthetic. it does create closet space problems bc now I have things like a fuzzy princess mononoke vest from her universe that I rarely have reason to wear, but it makes me happy when I do wear it.

three: finally finding a thing you've been looking for for years on ebay/mercari/a thrift store/wherever. I have a lot of active collections and there is something so satisfying about finally!!!!! getting a piece you've been wanting forever but it's hard to find or usually quite expensive. I also love love love doing this for other people, like my brother broke his favorite mug - a long out of production dark blue disney mug with goofy on it - and being able to go online, keep an eye out for it and finally track it down was fantastic. one of my best friends collects nancy drew books and ephemera and I always send her pics of ones I find just in case its an edition she wants or something she's missing.

four: the fact that @heystovepipeboys has her 10 year green card!!!!! this is sort of silly bc she got it last year but the process was sooooo delayed because of covid and the department being understaffed and underfunded, so we were waiting and waiting and waiting and she had to take her passport everywhere and sometimes people wouldn't understand the documents she had proving she's a permanent resident. it still doesn't feel real that we're finally done with that whole process. if anyone ever has questions about the fiance visa process I am happy to give the rundown lol, 90 day fiance is not an accurate view of how simple the process is.

five: cats, I love cats. have never met a cat I don't like. they're all so funny and have such distinct personalities and weird rich inner lives despite their walnut sized brains. we have two cats and they're both weird little beasts and I love them. C:

[clarktooncrossing]

Hey there people of today and robots of tomorrow! It's me, Clark, back at least with another #throwbackthursday, just in time for the highly-anticipated Across the Spider-Verse! With Miles set to swing across the big screen again, I figured how would be a good time to show off this piece I made in 2020 featuring my characters from 3K. 3K is set in the year 3000 (hence the super subtle name) where robots are as common as people. So much so that a group of them band together in order to defend the planet from internal and external threats. One of its founding members is AH, a robot who went blind after seeing years of war now fighting for peace. Yet in another dimension she is one of a handful of robots who is infused with the powers of a spider, AH herself dawning the mantle of SpidAH-Girl. She fights crime in New York City alongside her friend ERN-E (Classic Spidey) and EMIL-E (Spider-Gwen).

In case this pic doesn't make it super obvious, I am a huge fan of Mayday Parker's Spider-Girl, her series acting as a gateway for my eventual love of comic books. Having fallen in love with the Raimi trilogy around the same time I discovered Google, I stumbled across the cover for The Amazing Spider Girl #1 and my life was never the same after. May zigged in everyway her father zagged. While she wasn't as physically strong as Peter was, I'd argue she was mentally and morally stronger than her old man ever was. Where Pete thinks that someone dies every time he fails, May sees it as somebody lives every time she succeeds. Along with that she has faster reflexes, a keener spider sense, can magnetize surfaces with her adhesion abilities, and even inherited her mother Mary Jane's sense of style. This is most evident by the fact that she looks way better in Ben Reily's spider suit than Ben himself ever did. On top of that she's a big brother, which is also cool.

I have draw AH as Spider-Girl before, as seen with this sketch from 2019-

However, this pic didn't keep me up until 1 or 2 AM. What can I say, when I get an idea in my head, nothing stops me until I see it completed. Especially when the end result turned out so great. I liked how AH looks in both her super suit and casual clothes, not to mention her lil' logo was a nice personal touch. If I were to change anything now it'd be to swap out EMIL-E's Spider-Gwen outfit for MJ's Spinneret from Renew Your Vows. EMIL-E and ERN-E are supposed to be a couple and by now I've jumped aboard the Miles x Gwen ship. It's the one time I will ever ship a Spider-Man with Gwen outside of Spectacular Spider-Man. Otherwise the reason I drew EMIL-E like this was because of a Halloween pinup my friends SIM-N and I did for Halloween back in 2016.

Looking back now, I wish we had named these pin ups something other than Playbot. Chock it up to be being a dumb teenager. Speaking of dumb, hey tumblr, screw you and your limit on image size! This is an art sharing website, I should be able to upload files regardless of size! Especially when I wanna share these old Halloween pin-ups later this year!

For now though, there's other retro Spidey art to show! Such as this DUDEL I made for SIM-N back in 2016.

For those of you wondering, the robot in the Jessica Drew suit is Monova, a bad@$$ character he designed that he now criminally underutilizes. I'd ask him why that is, but he never gives me straight answers! However, he did leave this comment when he saw this pic:

Monova: Okay you two definitively need to get married soon

So, y'know, that was funny. XD

With all that said, I hope you all enjoy this nostalgic trip through my past Spider-3K work and enjoy Across the Spider-Verse when it comes out tomorrow! I know I will! Until then, MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

[abel-oc]

found another list of OC questions this one is nsfw because i like to have fun online. taken from user @/  impr0bablyhighrn 

1. When did they lose their virginity?

UNDECIDED may come back to this but it would have been casual 

2. Do they have any kinks or fetishes?

probably most things . besides supernatural figures hes probably a fan of bdsm most of all (both of them). probably gets off seeing himself in a mirror too . more im still thinking

3. What is the weirdest place they��ve had sex?

I doubt theres a part of the church hes missed. 

4. What is their favourite position?

probably a doggy style person no cuddling or looking at the other person is a plus

5. Are they dominant, submissive, or switch?

switch but with men prob likes bottoming slightly more but in like a sadistic way. Not very submissive but would be in a bratty way 

6. Have they had any one night stands?

thats his job babey ! 

7. Would they be more likely to do it in the bed, on the couch, on the floor, or somewhere else?

probably prefers the bed for normal people but for angels and devils etc you know he will do it right there on the floor with the candles still out

8. Have they had sex in a public place?

i dont think church counts because no one can see him so no actually onlookers dont get to see for free. hes probably done it in cars though but NOT bathrooms

9. Have they ever been caught masturbating?

no probably not he would do it openly if he was going to do it near someone

10. What does their favourite sexy underwear (to wear) look like?

I drew this a few posts ago !

11. How often do they have sex?

most nights 

12. Is there anybody right now they’d like to have sex with?

god

13. Do they like giving oral?

NOT for humans but will do it if he has to. supernatural people very much so though

14. Do they like receiving oral?

YEAH!! 

15. What is the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to them during sex?

hes not embarrassed by anything

18. Are they into roleplay or dress-up during sex?

extra fee but he wouldn’t mind it he probably likes cute outfits for it

19. Would they prefer sex in the tub or sex in the shower?

shower!

20. If they could have sex with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?

god

21. Have they ever had a threesome? If not, would they?

Yes and would again

22. Do they/would they use sex toys?

all of them

23. Have they ever given someone a dirty text/letter/picture?

no pics but would sext (on flip phone) 

24. Would they have sex with their best friend?

He tried he and holly were really bored and she wanted to see if he was as good as he constantly claims to be. both got half naked and made out for like 5 seconds and then she realized she wasn’t attracted to men. He probably offers to crossdress and fuck when shes down about being single 

25. Is there anything they do after sex? (ex: smoke, eat, drink, cuddle)

he might smoke actually. probably mainly to look cool. no cuddling 

26. What is something that will never fail to get them horny?

power

27. Do they prefer morning sex or night sex?

night! hes not a morning person in general but night would be more sexy to him 

28. What is their favourite body part on the opposite sex?

boobs

29. What is their favourite body part on the same sex?

cock

30. Do they watch porn/read dirty magazines?

PROBABLY NOT but i think it would be funny for him to have one inside a bible pretending to read that . or the other way around as well 

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

In another edition of "BE A BETTER FUCKING LIAR", a guy we'll call... Sales (bc fuck 'im, he's not worth a good name)... hit me up on Facebook, which I hate but use for business-y shit.

First weird, bc I just set all new profiles everywhere bc my stalker ex had his friends bugging me and so it had like 4 business related posts and the profile pic was a cartoon of me that my extremely talented kid drew (who I'd be happy to put links for except he doesn't give them to me... @aceofenderafterdark though, he's great) and like a 2 sentence bio calling Damian the worst Robin and Episode 1 the worst Star Wars.

That was it.

Claimed my profile image showed creativity, and I'm like yep sure does... that of an 18 year old boy who helped his mom our by drawing it bc I'm terrible. Had a bunch of comic stuff, though didn't seem to get into my analysis of them but just like pics of merch. Which neat but I'd rather hear who you think is better Superman or Martian Manhunter and why it's 100% J'onn than see a picture of an action figure.

Made my no casual sex position clear. He claimed that no he really wanted to get to know me and a relationship.

Yeah, sure, never heard that before.

I'm asking him questions... getting like nothing back. He invites me to his place including some play, I said no.

I said I had given him the playbook, that I expected some romance, some wooing, some genuine interest beyond physical before I met and he hadn't passed the pre screen

He countered he'd be romantic in person. I explained that sweaty groping isn't romance and any guy not willing to put in the effort in advance isn't going to be -- they say it to get you there and then keep pushing your boundaries and standards hoping you'll fuck them on a whim.

"No I want to tease you before I fuck you."

First, confirms my opinion, second tells me you're gonna be a shitty partner since you haven't listened to what I like.

Asked me for the same damn thing I already said no to -- y'all, I do not stutter, I do not mumble, I don't waffle, I don't try to soften blows... when I say no, it is incredibly fucking clear.

He claimed he needed more guidance on what I was looking for in pre screening. I said showing genuine interest beyond physical would be a start.

He asked my favorite movie.

I'd already told him 3 times.

AND IT'S RETURN OF THE FUCKING JEDI, ITS NOT EXACTLY OBSCURE!

Some other dude tried to say men don't pay attention to that shit bc they think important things (bitch I am analyzing the entire planet at once and I can tell you how to make B's favorite chicken without doing it for years, remember his Chinese name I'm forbidden to use, how to make M tea I haven't made in 8 years, along with his favorite war stories even though they bored me, what game N liked at the casino and his favorite TV show... and they were years ago. I can also tell you Riveria's WS ERA in the 90s, and describe the phenomenon of the exploding fastball and how few pitchers have ever pulled it off, put forth a compelling defense of Pete Rose for the Hall even if he's a bastard bc he knows more about the game than any man living or dead.... I can cite constitutional theory and precedents for how all drugs constitutionally should be legal, though regulation is fine, give you an analysis of any philosopher taught at a college level that decimates the professor, discuss the comparative strength of every classic Godzilla film, dissect and enjoy Shakespeare and Sanderson with equal measure and thoroughness, BACKWARDS AND HEELS... Men have too much important to remember a movie. Bite my feminist ass.) And beyond that an extra question of "why?" would have demonstrated how I think as well a lot about my values and character (I take my Star Wars seriously.)

Honestly, I expect people to lie sometimes. I don't like it but hey men lying to fuck women is nothing new. But ffs, doing so badly is so goddamn insulting to my intelligence.

Get better.

[storyweaverofgondor]

Here’s my OC wives and Pouncival’s human moms, Amani and Michelle, all dressed up and feeling soft!

[yourkimjaejin]

A Closer Look At: Mark and Moxy (#MSquared)

Students of Degrassi Community School

Once Moxy and Mark became friends, they started spending more time together 

And when Moxy found out Mark, as a Canadian teen, had never seen Degrassi. She made it her mission to rectify this wrongdoing 

As soon as the two had time off. Moxy marched from her floor to the 10th and dragged Mark, in the middle of breakfast, from his dorm to hers.

Moxy pushed Mark onto the top of her bed “We are not moving until we reach season eight of TNG. We will begin season nine tomorrow.” 

“There’s more than eight!” “Oh you have so much to learn, young degrassian.”

They spent a whole seven days locked in Moxy’s dorm room to finish the series. 

(Degrassi spoilers ahead! You’ve been warned!!!)

While Mark shed some tears at Jimmy getting shot. Both rappers were sobbing when JT got stabbed. 

“But he just admitted he still loved Liberty. They can’t do this to them!!”

While Mark liked Emma's class, He ADORED Claire and Drew’s class. Mark found their issues easier to relate to and connect with.

Now whenever Moxy quotes lines in contents, Mark is the only one laughing at them

Moxy’s ghostwriter

Over the course of her career, Moxy has made it clear she Does. Not. write her own lyrics

While Moxy has one of the most interesting flows kpop she wholeheartedly admits to her shortcomings when it comes to lyric writing 

“For me the very definition of a rapper is writing your own lyrics. I don’t do that so I barely consider myself a rapper when many others try to convince me otherwise.”

Moxy is always quick to give credit where credit is due. Most of her best lines in 127 and AG songs goes to Mark

Yes Mark has credits ALL OVER AG’s discography. Especially on the first album and their third mini album

Moxy had gone so far to name mark as in her phone as 대필작가 or ghost writer in Korean

Mark is also credited with writing Headphones for Moxy. While Mark will say Moxy helped him. Moxy disagrees

“I didn’t help with ANYTHING! Mark asked me to describe what I wanted to say. He worked his Canadian magic and I got an awesome song. I wanted to help produce it as well but he refused like the annoyance he is!”

Casually matching

These two somehow constantly match clothes and why does this happen?

Cause Moxy is the college girlfriend who steals her college boyfriend's clothes. With Mark being the college boyfriend who lets his girlfriend do whatever she wants 

M squared shippers always have a field day when they accidentally wear the same clothes. One time a photo of the two arriving at Music Bank in the same flannel went viral

#MSquared was trending for six hours. The tag was full of people tweeting and retweeting the exact same photo. 

Even before they officially became friends, there were Twitter accounts that documented how many similar articles of clothing Mark and Moxy had

One day Mark wore a black hoodie. The next day Moxy was posted a bubble pic in the same hoodie that she cropped herself

People began to speculate that Moxy was just raiding Mark's closet on a regular basis. Some went as far to say the two made up not being friends for so long

During 127’s first relay vlog, Moxy gave a good look at her closet. Fan with a degree in sleuthing confirmed that Moxy just owned a ton of clothes Mark also owned. Myth ≠ Debunked 

CUDDLE BUDDIES!?!?!

This is a fun section

Did you know that Moxy and Mark sometimes cuddle together???

Of course you don’t cause nobody knows

This is all fan speculation off of one moment 

During Jungwoo’s hour of the 24 hour relay, after Hannah had left, Jungwoo picks up a shirt

He looks at it off camera before saying, “Did Hannah leave this hoodie?” 

“Nah that’s Thea’s.”

And with three words the fandom went into a frenzy. Some even went as far to speculate that the two we’re together behind the backs of the fans

Contrary to popular belief, this wasn’t as big of a deal as people made it out to be

Moxy and Mark were doing some late night bedroom busking and they went late. They both ended up crashing around the seventh straight hour of singing 

The boys on the seventh floor have gotten used to Moxy eating breakfast on their floor after Mark and Moxy have passed out from exhaustion

Frienemies 

Fans have always speculated that Mark and Moxy don’t like each other and they’re both right and wrong.

Moxy and Mark didn’t spend any time together before she joined 127. They saw each other in passing but had no reason to interact

They both were in separate classes at SOPA so classmate interactions went out the window. They truly had no reason to talk until Moxy, Johnny and Doyoung joined 127

Even then, it took Mark some time to warm up to her, giving fans time to speculate and form opinions on a relationship they only see about 20% of

Alot of fan opinions are drawn from a couple of moments during Cherry Bomb era. Music show attendees frequently saw Moxy and Mark avoiding each other until the camera came on

Mark always sat far away from her during interviews. Moxy would look unhappy when placed on Marks team for games

Things changed after mark came back from the SuperM tour. Suddenly fans saw M squared smiling…….AT EACH OTHER 

Talking, laughing, playing games, taking selfies together, you name it. Fan were hit with blows left and right

Czennies never knew what changed until a brave fan asked on Vlive while Moxy was logged on. Moxy was telling the fans about Mark inviting her to dinner.

“We we’re out for hours. Taeyong had to call and make sure we were coming back cause we had a schedule in the morning.” Moxy scrolls thru the comments when one catches her eye

“When did you and Mark become friends?? We’ve always been friends!!” Moxy laughs at her own sarcasm. “Naw, Mark and I started talking while he was on tour with SuperM. He kinda texted out of nowhere. It was awkward at first but the more we talked and opened up, the less awkward we became. I know some of you guys were wondering what up but yeah! Mark and I are friends now!”

[sweetiechicauwu]

Heya guys! I decided to show off my Oc that I made for one of my friend’s series and I definitely love it so far. Business Co Inc Aka BCI is something I would recommend for sure for you guys to look at!

Anyways! Off to introduce my office gal OC. This is Pencil, she’s been exiting for a while and I decided to show her off finally. <3

Basically she’s one of the office’s graphic designer and errand gal assistant. She loves watching animations, doing some cosplaying, drawing Fanarts/OCs and starting to try video gaming herself. She’s mostly an ambivert and have high functioning autism. One of the employees she has to service for is Blazer, reasoning is because she knows something that others shouldn’t know. Therefore she’s now his assistant and running errands. She mostly has mixed feeling about him yet she’s secretly starting to develop a cursing crush on him. As well trying to now be humble with him and still having her current friends. Now for the extras! <3

~Drawings of Blazer and Pencil by Cuppy~

~Ponies Cuppy drew of them because I did Blazer Ponytown skins for lols and giggles~

~Then Here’s Cuppy’s Pencil Aka Penn with my girl Pencil I drew! I based her casual outfit off the second pic of Blazer and Pencil Cuppy drew. They may or may not be friends and she really likes his boyfriend Shaper as a friend too~

So yeah! I hope y’all like my girl Pencil here and try doing some more things to develop her! <3

@cuppykin

[houseofmad]

I drew this for uhhh Br-breast Day on Twitter (boob day? Lol)

I don’t think I understood what I was supposed to do property pfft but I tried to paint (also different expression. My sister asked me why Lavenza is mad lol).

I know I drew them like they’re looking at each other but technically they’re meant to be on different canvases and I was too lazy to separate the drawings.

Also this is their swimwear from the summer pic that I never finished so she’s wearing his casual summer outfit jacket if that wasn’t obvious