#the text in the speech bubble says “yeah” and in the box it says “the end”

[just-emerald]

According to Google, most hearing aids aren't waterproof, and it got me thinking about how Mariechan would want to go to the beach with Komaki but wouldn't be able to go swimming with him🥺And how Komaki would definitely problem-solve and find a place where they can hang out in a shallow area. I drew this comic a few years ago but it's still cute💗🏖️🌊🐚

[sinnabum45]

Regrets and Apology

Link to help Palestine and other resources! 🇵🇸

[Plain text: Links to help Palestine and other resources! (palestine flag). End plain text.]

[Image description: Black and white digital comic of Ace Attorney characters Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth.

Page one: Phoenix is facing away from the viewer with a speech bubble: “I was angry that [red text] you didn’t even bother telling me [end red text], or anyone, that you were suffering so much…” A memory of a tired Miles looking to the side saying, “I’m tired, Wright. I feel as if… something inside of me has died.” Phoenix’s hand is holding Miles’ crumpled resignation letter. Phoenix: “But the truth was that [red text] you did. [end red text] You did tell me and [red text] I left you to deal with it alone. I even hurt you. [end red text] I just… Couldn’t take the fact that [red text] I could’ve helped you, but I didn’t. [end red text] Finding a reason to blame you was a lot easier than facing the fact that [red text] I couldn’t save you [end red text] from your past.” Phoenix is on the far left of the page with an angry expression. Pearl is holding onto his arm and looking back at Miles. She has a worried expression. Miles is on the far right of the page. He is holding his right arm with his left hand and looking down with a hurt expression. Page one end.

Page two: Present Phoenix is smiling sadly, facing away from the viewer at Miles. Phoenix: “haha Pretty pathetic, huh?” Miles reacts with an uncomfortable shift while looking at Phoenix. They look away from each other in silence. Miles, facing away from viewer: “You’re not pathetic, Wright.” Phoenix twitches with a guilty expression. A memory of Miles sitting at his desk with crumpled paper all over the desk. He is crying with a blank expression while holding a pen over a sheet of paper. Miles: “I was too deep in my own pain that [red text] I justified disregarding everyone and everything else… I was a coward and ran away without saying a word. [end red text] How can one not feel grief from such selfishness?” Page two end.

Page three: Miles, facing away from the viewer, looks down. Miles “… Wright, I’m sorry for running away. I’m sorry for abandoning everything I used to be… For abandoning you.” Phoenix is surprised. Phoenix then puts his hand on Miles’ shoulder and Miles looks up at him. Phoenix: “I’m sorry for abandoning you, too, Edgeworth… And I’m sorry for saying those horrible things to you.” Page three end.

Page four: Phoenix starts to lean closer to Miles with tears in his eyes. Miles’ expression stiffens. Phoenix: “ I… I don’t want to lose you again.” Phoenix is right in front of Miles’ face and a tear falls. Phoenix: “I’m glad you came back, Edgeworth.” Phoenix hugs Miles and they start crying. Phoenix: “ I missed you…” Page four end.

Page five: Doodles of different scenarios. Top left: Miles is holding Phoenix’s arm while looking away and blushing. Phoenix is shocked, but smiling. Miles: “W-Wright… Would you like to have dinner together?” Phoenix: “HUH?! Oh- um… Yeah!!” Top right: Miles is looking away and holding his right arm. He looks pained. Phoenix is looking at Miles with a worried expression. Miles’ thought: “How could I have done that? He must be so disappointed in me… It’d be better if I wasn’t here.” Phoenix’s thought: “Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re stronger than you think, Edgeworth.” Bottom left: Phoenix is facing the viewer with a scared expression, sweating. Miles is glaring at Phoenix from behind with a menacing aura around him. Text: “Hyping himself up to talk to Phoenix [arrow pointing at Miles]” Bottom right: Phoenix is wearing his beanie with a stubble. He is talking on the phone with a smile on his face and his eyes are closed. Trucy is next to him happily yelling something. There is a split to where Miles is. Miles holding his book and smiling while talking to Phoenix on the phone. Box text “They’re not perfect, but they’re trying.” End description]

This is supposed to be a part 2 of the comic where Miles spirals. You don't have to read that one to understand this one, but I'll link it if you want to see it! (TW// suicide ideation, graphic depiction of suicide attempt) Link to the comic

Some of my opinions/thoughts below! I tried my best to make it make sense-- 🙇🏻‍♀️

There was supposed to be a whole scene where Miles calls Phoenix, they talk over the phone for a bit, and decide to meet up. I didn't know what they'd say and I didn't the energy, so I skipped to their conversation-- 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Also, I was skimming through case 1-5 again and I noticed that Miles was actually very open and communicative about what he was feeling and going through. Even Phoenix (and everyone tbh) noticed how badly Miles was suffering. They saw it with their own eyes, too. I hear a lot of people in the fandom talk about how Miles doesn't communicate his feelings at all, so I was surprised to see that.

Although it doesn't excuse Miles hurting his friends, it made me understand more of why Miles probably felt alone and had to deal with his problems himself. It'd be hard to trust people/ask for help when they've either betrayed you in some of the worst ways possible, ignored you, minimized your feelings, or is a literal child. I love Lana, but imo she was probably one of the worst person at the time to be the one telling Miles to trust people. From Miles' POV she just betrayed and traumatized him, so I find it hard to think that Miles could listen to her about trust even if he wanted to.

Even with Phoenix. They're not close at this time and so far, no fault on Phoenix, Miles hasn't had many good experiences with Phoenix in adulthood. Yes, Phoenix solved DL-6, which Miles seems really grateful for, but he leaves Miles to deal with the aftermath alone. Of course, it's hard to know how to help someone suffering with trauma. (I really don't like the whole "saving" Miles from his trauma, cuz you can't just do that?? Like they both say that... 🤨) Regardless, Miles didn't really have anyone he felt like he could trust there. At least according to the games, Phoenix drops everything because Maya left. He didn't get in contact with Miles until case 1-5. Throughout the OG trilogy, Phoenix thinks a lot of things, but rarely says them out loud to comfort/reassure his friends. It's common for people to be uncomfortable with having to verbally comfort others so they choose to not say anything at all, but that will have its consequences, too.

I like to think that they did apologize to each other or something. Phoenix seems to put in more effort to verbally show his concern and comforts Miles. He even thought about "hugging it out" with Miles when he thought that Miles would need it. That scene was so cute 🥺

I get that realistically, a lot of people struggle with proper communication, but people have the ability to learn and grow, so I want to portray these characters with that in mind. They don't have to be perfect, but they don't have to be completely toxic either. I like it when characters like each other (romantically or platonically) and actually show it. Which I do notice that AA portrays a lot! I do think the characters could be a bit harsh to each other for no reason, too, but that's just me cuz I'm sensitive-- 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ lol I haven't gotten into AJAA yet, but I did see some scenes. I love how Miles and Phoenix could just have random conversations now. They seem so much more comfortable with each other than the earlier games. I want to see more of how the all of the characters' relationships changed over time throughout the games! 😆🤲 (Might take forever cuz my brain is already bursting with just part of the 1st trilogy)

If you have read until here, thank you for your time! As always, I love seeing people's interpretations/thoughts, so that's why I want to share mine, too. If you want to share your thoughts on this post, feel free to do so! Just please be respectful 👍

[purpdrawsthings]

HIS REFERENCE SHEET IS REAL CHAT ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥

Yippee less goooooo, you can now know how the hell this man's outfit finally works now.

You guys can actually make him, with ✨COLORS✨

Honestly, making colors that would match him was really hard. It took me about a week to actually figure it all out just because of how hard it is and how I wanted it to be close to a star aesthetic.

Buttttt I got it all sorted out and to be honest, the result isn't too bad if I do say so myself.

After finishing the colors, it went all easy thankfully, I didn't really have to think that much about his Mario recolor form.

FUN FACT : He came right after the Revelations arc ended =3333333

Relationship chart because yes

Some of the characters uhhh text things are kinda meh cuz my brain ain't braining rn.

Sadge =[

But heyyyyy, at least y'all can now know his relationships yippee =DDDDDDDD

ALSO DO NOT MISTAKE HIS PINK ARROWS AS AFFECTION HE JUST ADMIRES THEM

But I don't really mind if you actually-

Uhhhhhhh deez nutz he can be shipped with anyone, as long as it's not someone he hates, like a certain tv someone =3

So now that that's done.... LET'S HAVE AT IT SOME FUN FACTS!!!!!

He was actually meant to be a silly villain, something like Storms oc, SMG8 =3 buttttt I saved that for later and changed him into a different character.

That human form you're looking at right now ain't even his true form, his true form is that weird star thing!!! Crazyyyy

Speaking about his star form, while in that form, he only speaks in speech bubbles, and is inaudible.

He was meant to be a ✨blondie✨ but after a test I found out it wasn't really the best color so why not use that uh.... Random ass hair color =D

He's got powers to fend off viruses ofc, but I'll do that for a later post, maybe I'll link it from here if I post it =]

Anddddd that's about all =DDDD

I'll probably think of more and probably update this post behind yalls backs lmao

But it'll probably not happen soon.

Anyways, you can now draw him, AND ask question for this man through my ask box, yippeeeeeee =DDDDDDDD

And uhh.... Yeah. Yeetus!!! =3

HAH! YOU REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END?

Naive people /silly

I actually just wanted to add some special thanks for some people that deserve to be here for a sec =3

@strange0-0storm

The first insp for this man!!! He helped me form GSP the most. I remember that one post he made and I think it was a question thing. I think the question was how did he make 8 or something. Idk I don't remember it much.

But in that post, he stated that he made 8 by making an opposite or something, and that sparked an idea for some reason lmao.

You can see some opposite accessories from him that are opposites of both 4 n' 3. Like the weird ahhhh shaped hat, him having glasses, him actually wearing a suit or something, and him having long, beautiful hair ✨

I uh.... Explained that terribly did I? AHSOSHSOSHISHEISHS THIS IS WHY I DON'T EXPLAIN STUFF RAHHHHHHH

Oopsies I'll get back to the thing =3

Anyways, yeah, as you can see, 8 was a big inspiration for this man, even sparking the idea of making him the same silly lil villain like 8 =3

I thank Storm so much for the huge insp, really helped make him!!!!!

@tiredsmashbros

This man was literally inspired by TSB... GUHH... This man is everywhere I swear....

BUT SERIOUSLY THO TSB WAS ANOTHER HUGE INSPIRATION BESIDES 8!!!!

TSB helped me arrange some of the colors, especially taking some inspiration from the orange and yellow =3

Funny thing but I sometimes accidentally draw GSP with a propeller like TSB on his head because I sometimes mistake him with TSB kshsisuwosossh

The name 'GSP' was also inspired by TSB! Seeing as the name meant TiredSmashBros, I thought if using PurpDrawsThings but when I realized that didn't fit, I just made up random shit lmaooooo

Sooooo yeah! Thank you Tomm for TSB helping me on how to arrange colors and also making his name =3

@its-a-me-mango

Not really seen here but when I said he was supposed to be a blondie and it didn't fit, I suddenly thought of Mango's hair 😭

I was like "Am I really sure I wanna use that"

Then I tested out different hues... Saturations... Andddddd nothing worked 💀 so I was like- "y'know what? Fuck it. I'mma just do it."

Sooooo uh... Yeah! Thank you Mango for helping me make his hair and relationship chart idea lmao 😭😭

Anddddd that's how his hair was born ❤

Also another huge thanks for Mango is insp for the relationship chart! I remember Mango's relationship chart having some text so I decided to do that =]

And that's about all!!!

Like actually fr this time.

These three were just huge inspirations on making him, and I can't thank them enough 😭

THANK YOU 3!!!! LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!

anyways, I'mma go and rest my fingers because I feel like they're actually breaking /silly

YEETUS MY BEANS!!!

[ace1diots]

you WILL look at my gay minecraft fanart

(Comic ID & Transcript of text under cut!)

Page One:

Panel one: Viking is large and on the left side of the screen, facing right, while avid is crouching to place a shulker box down. Avid says “Haha, you’re the worst!” and Viking replies “Oh yeah? Well you wanna kiss me sooooo bad it makes you look stupid!”

Panel two: Avid (large and on the right side of the screen) looks up and turns towards Viking and says “HA! Well maybe I do!”. The “do” is underlined.

Panel three: Viking, with his hands on his hips, winks at Avid and says “Prove it then.” as Avid walks towards him with his hands behind his back, laughing and saying “Haha, Ok!”

Page Two:

Panel one: Avid has cupped Viking’s face in his hands. Viking, who seems to have not expected this and has eyes wide in panic, says “Wait just a-“ before getting cut off.

Panel two: Vikings last sentence was cut off by Avid kissing him. Viking, who can no longer talk due to being kissed, just makes a “Mmf!” noise. The speech bubble has little hearts on the edge of it. Viking looks incredibly surprised and very flustered. His eyes somehow get even wider.

Panel three: A wide shot of Avid and Viking kissing. Viking has his eyes open and is pulling on Avid’s coat somewhat forcefully. Viking’s tail is pointed up, and he seems to still be somewhat in shock. Avid has his eyes closed, is still cupping Viking’s face with his hands, and has put his left leg between Viking’s legs. Avid’s monkey tail is somewhat shaped like a heart. There are several small hearts drawn around the two of them, and a somewhat long squiggly line with heart shapes at the end of it near the two of them.

Panel four: Avid and Viking pull away from the kiss. Viking is out of breath and breathing heavily, still looking shocked. Viking says “Avid?”, but stutters a little. He’s still very flustered. Avid has his eyes open now and is looking somewhat smug, but is still cupping Viking’s face in his hands. Avid says “Haha! Look who’s turn it is to be all flustered now! Ahah….”

Panel five: Vikings face (with Avid’s hands on it still” is large and in the left hand corner of the wideshot panel. He still looks to be shocked, nervous, and catching his breath. Avid, for the first time in the comic, has a shocked expression, like hes only just processed what he did. In the middle of the panel, Avid and Viking can be seen still sort of holding eachother, though Viking’s hand has moved fully to Avids waist, and they are looking into eachothers eyes. Neither of them says a word until Avid says “Huh? Oh.” While stuttering a little.

Panel six: Viking and Avid have moved apart from each other, looking in the other direction from one another and both clearly very flustered. Viking has his right hand over his mouth and his left over his chest, and is facing the left side of the screen. Avid has fully burrier his face in his hands and is running to the right of the screen. Avid sputters saying “Oh my gosh I’m so so sorry um um I’ve got things! To do today!”. Avid continues, saying “I’ve got to go to my base now!”. Viking replies “Yeah, um. Me too.” and then follows up with, “Do you want to um. Do this again sometime?”. Avid responds “Yeah yeah, um of course!”

[cerealforkart]

Dungeons and Daddies the Manga Lesson 35: Apollo Four Teens

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Transcript reading guide / key

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Moving On (Page 137)

[Link]: Scary, this isn’t a real marriage okay? (It’s important to me that you understand that)

[Terri]: What…?

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[Effect]: POOF!

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[Link, internal]: The fight was just a fight… Chris will forgive me… This new marriage is real.

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[Text box]: Time Rem: 36 Hrs

[Effect]: zzz…

[Effect]: POOF!

The Crush of a Woman (Page 138)

[Hero]: I can help you for a price. I need you to get me a date with Taylor. 

[Normal]: Oh! Okay!

[Hero]: I want him. 

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[Normal]: Taylor, can I see you in the hallway? This vending machine has pocky in it!

[Taylor]: Strawberry?! Strawberry!?!! Green tea??!?!

[Terri]: Since we’re married, we shouldn’t have secrets anyone!

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[Normal]: Hero! I’m back! (Sorry I took 12 hours)

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[Hero]: I changed my mind. I’m into Link now. 

[Normal]: What?

[Text box]: Time rem: 24 hrs. 

Team Stunt Teens (Page 139)

[Effect]: Roll

Roll

Roll

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[Terri]: Did I hear, “Get sponsored by Red Bull?”

[Normal]: Taylor! You were saying something about the Red Bull guy?

[Taylor]: Ah. Felix. 

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[Normal]: So that's what you can expect from all three…All four of us!

[Effect]: Poof!

Hero’s Journey (Page 140)

[Normal]: So I found out about the whole “Chosen One” thing…

[Hero]: Yeah, the first child of the ones who summoned The Doodler is supposed to bring balance back. But I just don’t…wanna…

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[Hero]: Our parents are really unhappy, they’ve been training me since I was a kind, and I don’t like it!

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[Hero]: I know you think you’re a worthless piece of shit, but youuuuuuu… You’re fine!

And you found something I didn’t with your weird horrible support system.

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[Normal]: You aren’t just saying that like when we were kids and didn’t want to wash the dishes, and you would say: “Normal, you’re so good at doing the dishes, you should so what you’re good at…!”

[Hero]: Things can be multiple things.

Transcript provided by @confusedfoam

[kentokrazy]

a/n: something i wrote because i love texting fics !!

content warnings: none! maybe ooc choso

choso x reader (i tried to get it as gn as possible!!)

teaching choso how to text might've been the worse, or best thing that's ever been done. it's sweet, really. the half curse hadn't been around since the end of the 19th century. sure, being able to used cursed energy and technique was a feat in itself- even today - but the idea that you could hold a magic box and send a message that could be received instantly instead of a few days, somehow was mind blowing.

he doesn't ever say if it's magic or instinct, but he somehow has a way of knowing. moods, behaviors and habits. he's observant; a care taker. he cooks, cleans, walks on the side closer to the street, carries the grocery bags and whether it's misogynistic or genuine; urges resting after even the most minimal movement.

teaching choso to text means getting hourly texts requesting updates on the day. which is sweet in itself. but it almost means enquires of worry. when a text isn't answered in appropriate time, with a word he doesn't know or seems particularly unhappy.

it's... human.

it's endearing. this his worry can go so deep that even a period can riddle him back to his human nature instead of the intimidating stature of the curse he is. because deep down choso is a sensitive and deeply loving guy. one that... what's that noise?

the phone chimes again. the slight vibration rattles against the desk then lights up. it's midday, almost lunch when it's time for the hourly choso text.

work has been busy. very busy today, meaning that on your end, it's choso's worst nightmare.

lack of texts.

because, to choso, the sweet boy firmly believes that any thought, any feeling should be communicated immediately. especially with the blessing of texts and phone calls. not only that, it's gives him the direct answer to any question he may have, the chance to speak to the one he cares about most and when that open line is stunted, it's leaves him muddled with stress.

it's time to relent to the beast.

with a heavy yet affectionate sigh and work set aside. it's time to check the array of messages from choso.

chichi 💜 (2:17pm)

did you eat lunch at least?

the answer was no. lunch had gone untouched. email after email, meeting after meeting there was no time to stop and eat the homemade lunch. choso, bless the lover boy, had gotten into the habit of cooking lunch. naturally, he had fallen into what could be classified as a stay-at-home boyfriend. every lunch was delivered with a heartfelt kiss, nourishing and fresh expecting for the bento to come back empty. but today, it was untouched and choso's heart would break completely.

chichi 💜 (12:34pm)

is everything okay?

again, sweet, sweet choso. his worry is palpable. it's so simple, the easiest question possible and yet knowing him, knowing how he operates the image of him trembling as he texted imbued a seed of guilt.

chichi 💜 (10:08am)

did you get to work okay?

a deep sigh and the guilt blossomed into a flower. an inhale and the speech bubbles popped up instantly. fingers hovering over the keyboard in anticipation.

chichi 💜 (now)

can i please call you?

a break couldn't hurt. absolutely couldn't have a grueling first half of the day. listening to choso, eating lunch together. it could wrap up everything and bring relief, for the both of them.

a simple yes and his name is flashing across the screen. a simple yes and choso, in all of his goodness instantly calls.

when the call is accepted his voice is shaky. "are you okay?" he asks. "is everything okay?"

"yeah, yeah choso, i'm okay."

[nanistar]

do you think we could get a sneak peak of saltburn's clan production? like the scripts or the sketches? (of pages already posted of course) i really like seeing how different people approach the comic making process

sure thing!

so i usually post the next 2 sketches on my patreon for the $1+ tiers on tuesday or wednesday, so they get an advanced little view of it before hand. so the ones here are all gonna be older pages.

my entire script and notes i keep in one long google doc. and i send myself feverish notes on discord to be copy/pasta'd into the doc later. i also have a rough estimation of my progress in the story and how much longer i have per chapters, since im trying to keep it to about 30-36 per chapter. i don;t want to spend longer than 2 years on this comic (though im not gonna speedrun it or anything if it ends up going long, im just hoping it stays shorter lol).

i don't script things line-by-line or like a stageplay. i tried doing it early on but i found i made too many deviations depending on how i placed panels and looking back at the script was really annoying.

earliest script i have^

i tend to do dialogue on the fly when actually sketching out the pages, because i know what i'm looking for, so unless i have the specific dialogue that i want to remember to add, i don't write any of that down. although sometimes i get on a roll writing and dialogue flows, so i write it down and change it as needed. i have scenes in my head rather than pages, and i translate those notes later when i need to work on that scene. i very rarely get actual page ideas in my head, but i will say today's update with saltburn flying thru the air and recalling some memories i;ve had in my head for months, along with the one where salt sees the angel i had planned for a while. (i'd LOVE to be able to get a ton of pages sketched at once so i can not worry about it, but the nature of the way that i work is that i just can't think in that much detail far ahead of me. so i can only really do 2 at a time)

^so it tends to look more like this, fast back and forth dialogue to get my point across that i will make fit their voices later on. also i don't use linebreaks or anything just because im lazy so my notes are a fuckin disaster

my god.

as for the actual drawing of the pages, i literally just do it i dont know how to explain it. i sketch things as fast and loose as possible , i try not to have the same size boxes next to each other unless i'm showing the passage of time or a very minor detail change between panels. large panels for establishing shots. ect. sometimes if needed i will do a secondary sketch to figure stuff out, like i needed to do a bunch when working out the first few coyote drawings since ive never drawn dogs in action before. but usually i just whip it out

nightmarish.

this one is still my favorite, and despite looking much better than my normal sketches i did whip it out like normal (i just looked at refs for the other critters so it looks nicer lol)

additionally, i do every single page in the chapter on the same canvas because i love it when procreate crashes. i do all my panel boxes, and any "weird" shaped speech bubbles by hand. i only have one layer for flats, one for BGs, merge them together and do one overlay layer. if i need some extra definition i will add an additional shading layer but i dont like to. once im done with all the art i merge every layer together, send the page to myself on discord, and open it up on my 'puter and do the remaining text and normal speech bubbles in clip studio.

oh yeah people sometimes ask why i do 2 pages instead of one per update, or just do a bunch and upload it less often and the answer is because i don't want to be working on this comic for a very long time, and 2 pages gets me thru faster. if i spend too long working on a scene it starts getting boring for me and im more likely to cheese it which i dont like doing, but if i do two at once i can get stuff done faster. additionally, i cant just do a bunch and upload them all at once because i like the feedback, and it's better for readers to have consistent updates. i have the deadly autism/adhd combo, and my life is literally scheduled week by week and i have to stay consistent or i will die.

but yeah. my process is nightmarish and fast (despite spending like 4-8 hours per page) and loose and crazy but it works for me and keeps me engaged.

[meteor-crew-after-dark]

I'm sorry I was annoying you, it wasn't my intention to be a hater. I'm not "seeing the characters one dimensionally," I acknowledge this side of Karkat exists — like when he asks Dave if they'll still be bros after meeting John. It's just that we didn't see this side of him nearly so much in canon as here, and I find it kind of exhausting to see this many vulnerable or sad moments with the guy. A lot of the comedy that came from Karkat entailed his being more guarded and sarcastic, and that made the moments when he was vulnerable mean more. Like, the Vriskagram scene when he's lying there comfy with Dave meant more BECAUSE we rarely saw Karkat like that, you know? I like the blog and I really like your depictions of the other characters. I only sent two asks about Karkat being soft btw. I mean I sent other asks but they were silly, like about Kanaya and Vriska arm wrestling or w/e, nothing that could be interpreted as hatemail. Sorry again.

The hatemail wasn't from you, I got people crawling up my ass for different things.

Though I will say this comic leans more into slice of life than the laser focus of canon homestuck would allow. Canon homestuck is stricter with screen time and so we miss a lot of details about the journey of these developments for the sake of pacing.

I as a fan author writing a fanblog don't hold myself to that strict efficiency and I enjoy exploring in depth parts of the characters canon sort of glossed over or didn't spend much time with.

While I'm generally canon compliant with a few exceptions, I'm not seeking to keep characters in their little carefully guarded boxes.

There are a lot of emotional Karkat bits and there's also a lot of bits where the mask is up and he's being a funny little asshole, even to Dave. Slices of life are inherently going to contain multitudes and glimpses into a wider bredth of character so yeah they're all gonna have their ups and downs.

Just because Karkat I'd sad or soft in one post doesn't mean that's all he ever is on this blog. And I'm gonna be real with you, even in canon his mask was never that thick, he was depicted as an insecure softie in his introduction. The contradiction between a hypermasculine attitude is clearly a deflection for his more feminine interests in romantic comedies.

Additionally, from a logistics standpoint I avoid having Karkat, Dave or any other character "go off" as it's considered bad form in traditional comics to have giant walls of text. One rant would take like 20 speech bubbles and surpass the image limit if done well. Paradox Space seems to follow a very similar rule in this regard likely for the same reasons. Verbosity just isn't super compatible with the format.

I put a lot of thought into this shit. Believe me.

[ashleys-doodle-corner]

You got a new toy, “Crayons”!

So I stumbled on Meg’s Monster via an ad on my work laptop, played the demo and fell in love with it, before buying the game and finishing it within a day. This particular scene really jumped out at me, specifically when Roy turns around to stare at the drawings before answering. I’ve been really into doing comics lately, so I illustrated it!

[id under a read more because the old post editor does not allow alt text to be inputted; the post consists of 11 images]

[image id 1 start]: A cover of a comic page that is mostly white except for a lime green horizontal line passing through the middle. In the middle of that are three crayons of red, yellow and green. It seems to be selected. The caption reads "you got a new toy! 'crayons' - a comic by @ashleys-doodle-corner. spoilers ahead for Meg's Monster". [end image id 1]

[image id 2 start]: The first page of the comic. Panel 1: Roy approaches Meg who is offscreen as he speaks, eyes closed. "Okay, kiddo, time for bed-" Panel 2: There are impact lines from behind Roy as he yells "WAIT, WHAT THE HELL?!" Meg is drawing on the wall, though you can't see the drawing. Panel 3: Meg turns around and says "Look, Roy! I drew-" before being cut off by Roy shouting "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOIN', KID?!" Panel 4: Meg frowns, facing Roy fully, and says "but you said-" before being cut off again by Roy, who shouts, "I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD TRASH MY WALLS WITH WHATEVER THIS IS!". Panel 5: Nancy, suddenly bursting through the door into Roy's house, points dramatically and shouts "STOP RIGHT THERE!" Roy turns to look over his shoulder, scowling. [end image id 2]

[image id 3 start]: The second page of the comic. Panel 1: Nancy massages her forehead with one hand. She says, "You really don't have any idea how to be a parent, do you?" Panel 2: Roy glares down at her. He says "'scuse me?" Panel 3: Roy puts a clawed hand to his chest as he speaks, "you come bargin' into my house, and now you wanna lecture me?!" Nancy stares at him, arms crossed, unimpressed. Meg stares at Roy blankly. Panel 4: Nancy replies "o, just shut up and come here for a sec" as she gestures to a corner of the room. Meg and Roy look at her, though Roy stares at her with more of a frown. Panel 5: A shot of Roy and Nancy's feet as Nancy speaks, "now listen up..." [end image id 3]

[image id 4 start]: The third page of the comic. Panel 1: Nancy begins the start of her long winding speech, a finger in the air as she begins. She says, "When you discipline a child, you need to be VERY careful to not let your emotions take control." Roy interrupts, "Again, who the hell even ARE you?" She continues, "The goal is not to make the child fear you. It's to make them understand WHY what they did was unacceptable. Got it? I know it can be tricky at times but it's quite possibly the most important thing when it comes to a child's development". Roy grumbles. "Lady, seriously, I didn't ask". Panel 2: Some time has passed, and Nancy keeps going, "-and then another thing you want to be careful not to do is to never compare them to other children. When you do that, most kids tend to-" Roy mumbles, mostly to himself, "but I never did that though..." Panel 3: Nancy keeps going. Her speech bubble fades into the words- "-that being said, if you ever REALLY need to reprimand your child... like, for example, if they ever put their own life in danger, or hurt another child? In THOSE situations, yes, be stern, but also remember..." She continues to speak. The end of the page shows some darkened boxes to show more time passing. [end image id 4]

[image id 5 start]: The fourth page of the comic. Panel 1: Nancy crosses her arms, tilting her head as she finishes her speech. She says, "you got that?" Roy, though looking away, replies. "Y-Yeah, I think so." Panel 2: Nancy's eyes widen, eyes landing on something out of frame. Panel 3: Meg is asleep on the moss floor, her drawing behind her. Nancy speaks, "oh dear. I got a little carried away with that, didn't I?" Panel 4: Nancy crouches down, smiling with her hands in her lap. "What a cutie... teehee..." she giggles as she watches Meg sleep. Panel 5: Nancy tilts her head again as she speaks, the perspective changing to look at the drawings Meg made, which are child drawings of Roy, herself, and Golan. Nancy speaks, "and look at these drawings too..." [end image id 5]

[image id 6 start]: The fifth page of the comic. Panel 1: A closeup of Meg's doodle of Roy, coloured in red crayon. Nancy's dialogue drifts out of the comic panels. "They're awfully cute, don't you think? Here's you," Panel 2: A close up of Meg's doodle of herself. Nancy continues, "and that's her," Panel 3: A close up of Meg's doodle of Golan, as Nancy finishes her sentence. "-and is that supposed to be one of your friends?" Panel 4: Roy murmurs to himself, "She was trying to draw me...?" Panel 5: Roy looks down at Meg, who makes a small "mmgh..." Panel 6: Meg mumbles in her sleep, "I'm sorry for doodling on the walls, Roy..." Panel 7: She turns over to face the wall, as Nancy and Roy look over her. Panel 8: Nancy gets up and shoots a stern look at Roy. "Tomorrow, you're going to tell her that she did a very nice job," she says. "Got it?" Panel 9: Roy stares at Nancy, silent. Panel 10: Roy turns to look away, scoffing, but he says "... fine". [end image id 6]

[image id 7 start]: The sixth page of the comic. Panel 1: Nancy giggles, pressing a hand to her mouth. "Teehee... that's a good boy." She says. Panel 2: She turns, waving goodbye as she heads for the exit. Golan has appeared at the entryway, a bit confused at Nancy. Nancy pays him no mind as she speaks, "Okay then! You two play nice, now!" Panel 3: A bust shot of Roy, equally baffled as he speaks, "why the hell did she even come here in the first place..." Panel 4: Nancy hums to herself as she leaves, while Golan heads in, turning to look at her with a confused expression. Panel 5: Golan scratches his head, starting "Hey, man", before bleeding into Panel 6, where he turns to face the door, pointing. "Who was that chick just now?" Golan asks. "Since when have you been the sorta guy to bring women back to the house with you-" Roy, with a deadpan expression, instantly replies "dumbass, it ain't like that". Panel 7: Roy asks, "why are you here?". The shot is focused on Golan's back. Panel 8: The same pose as before, but Golan shifts his shoulders and tilts his head slightly downward. Panel 9: The same pose, but Golan turns his head slightly to the right, though not facing Roy. He says, "... well, I just figured Meg would probably be asleep by now". The page bleeds into dark at the bottom right of it. [end image id 7]

[image id 8 start]: The seventh page of the comic. Panel 1: Roy cocks an eyebrow, confused. Golan speaks, "... listen, man," Panel 2: Golan grips his arm bracelet, sweating a bit as he continues, "I was just thinkin', man..." Panel 3: A shot of Meg's head, as she sleeps. Golan says, "the girl's asleep, y'know..." Panel 4: A shot of Golan's side profile, not showing the eyes. Sweat drips from his chin, a hand gestured in front of him as he finishes, "this might be our chance!" Panel 5: Roy looks down at him, shadows framing the front of him. "To do what?' he asks. Panel 6: Golan is still facing away from him, the background of the panel getting darker. Panel 7: Golan looks downwards just a bit, in the same pose. "If we just kill her super quick while she's asleep..." he says, "Maybe nothin'll happen, y'know?" The page, continuing from the previous one, is greyed out before descending into black at the end of the page. [end image id 8]

[image id 9 start]: The eighth page of the comic. Panel 1: Roy stares down at Golan. A shadow is cast onto his face to his torso. He says nothing. Panel 2: Golan quickly turns around, speaking. "L-Look, I get it-" he starts. Panel 3: He gestures with two hands, flinging them upwards slightly. "You're probably getting cold feet about it, right?" He continues. Panel 4: Golan bows slightly, hand with the arm bracelet pressed to his chest. "But don't worry!" he says, "I'm willing to step up and do the deed." Panel 5: A shot of Golan's back as he faces Roy, on the other side of the panel, looking at him as Golan finishes, "Why don't you just go on a nice, long walk, somewhere far away?" The page fades from black to the top back to white again towards the bottom. [end image id 9]

[image id 10 start]: The ninth page of the comic. Panel 1 and 2: Roy stares at Golan, and Golan smiles back, sweating a little. Panel 3 and 4: Roy turns away to face the wall, before speaking, "... that's the dumbest idea, I've ever heard." Golan, in the same pose as before, deflates a little, losing his smile. Panel 5: Roy continues, still looking at the wall. "Quit talkin' nonsense and go get some sleep," he says. "You need it". Panel 6: Golan looks to the side, not knowing what to do. Panel 7: Golan fully turns around, one hand holding onto his other arm. "... yeah." he replies. "alright". The page is now fully white again the bottom.

[image id 11 start]: The end card of the comic. Roy continues staring at the wall with Meg's drawings of him, her, and Golan. Meg is still sleeping soundly next to it. The word at the corner of the frame reads "end."

[xuanelle]

i miss them so bad

[id: comic panel of Jo Mullein and Syzn of the Cliffs from DC. They're covered completely in shadow and shown from behind as they are sitting on grass and leaning into eachother. There is a tall pink tree infront of them that is surrounded by thin pink circles that encircle the tree. Jo says "Oh. Well, yeah, of course." Syzn replies, "Good. Then let's begin." /end id]

[id: three more panels of Jo and Syzn. 1: a closeup of them kissing and Syzn is holding her hands in Jo's hair. Petals are falling down all around them. 2: black background with a speech bubble from Jo that says, "So, is it any different with feeling?" 3: A yellow narration box over a background of a building with a green trail heading out of it, the text inside the box says "Oh, yes, Jo. It is better. Much, much better." /end id]

[grotend]

Here's a little comic about a little alien who isn't very good at his job sometimes

[ID: A single page greyscale comic titled “Wandering Wex”. The first row has one thin, long panel. It features a half circle looking like a planet similar to Earth. Arcing across the top of that planet are the words “Wandering Wex” in block text font. The second row has one long, thin panel. It is the view from inside of a spaceship. There are three windows: one large one in the center and two smaller ones on either side. In the large center window is a planet with a ring similar to Saturn. Below the windows are control panels with many buttons. On the left side of the panel a jagged speech bubble is coming out of a speaker, saying “Landing at C47b in 10 minutes, Wex. …Wex?” Towards the right of the panel is the silhouette of an alien with a round head and antennae. There is a speech bubble coming from the alien that says “Zzzzz… huh? Oh, yeah, got it.” The third row has one long, thin panel. A rounded trapezoidal spaceship is docked on the left side of the panel. A set of stairs is coming down off of it. At the top of the steps is Wex, an alien with a round head and star-shaped body. They are raising their arms above their head and their mouth is open in a yawn. They are wearing a space suit and helmet. The fourth row is made of three square shaped panels. In the first panel, Wex is taking a picture of a shiny rock formation. A jagged speech bubble is coming from a box on their left hip that says “Don’t forget the water sample!”. The second panel shows Wex getting the water sample by holding a bottle in a stream. A speech bubble comes from Wex that says “Yay, water sample!”. The stream is surrounded by small sprout-like plants. The third panel shows Wex picking up one of these sprout-like plants. A speech bubble comes from them that says “Oooh, this plant looks yummy!” A jagged speech bubble comes from the box on their hip that says “Wex, you probably shouldn’t”. The fifth and final row on the page has three horizontally rectangular panels. The first panel is Wex from the shoulders up. Their eyes are spirals and their mouth has become a wiggly line. In squiggly stylized text above their head it says “Uh Oh”. The second panel shows Wex laying flat on the ground. Their eyes are X’s and their mouth is a straight line with a tongue sticking out. Forming an arc between the upper right corner of the second panel and the upper left corner of the third panel are four clock faces, showing the passage of time. In the third panel, Wex is standing up again. Their left hand is raised in the air and they are smiling. There is a speech bubble coming from Wex that says “I’m fine!”. There is a jagged speech bubble coming from the box on their hip that says “Oh, brother…”]

[quailfence]

[Image description: Series of drawings depicting an anthropomorphic wolf who struggles to maintain friendships. Image 1: The top half is the wolf shrinking in on themself and nervously glacing around from the middle of a chattering crowd. Text above reads "I don't know how to maintain friends". The bottom half is the wolf engaged in animated conversation with the silhouette of another wolf. The text reads, "(underline) Making (end underline) them isn't too hard. I can get along with people well enough, if I'm trying my best. Sometimes, I get roped into being around someone's 'group'."

Image 2: The wolf sitting on the ground, dejectedly looking to a window, behind which are shadows of people talking with one another. The wolf holds a blue writing utensil in their hand and has drawn a few waves on an open book in front of them. A box of juice sits next to them. The text reads, "But I always feel like an outsider, like I'll never fully understand their inside jokes, their sense of humor. I feel stunted. If I had to get the feeling across, I would say it feels like I'm a child hanging out with the 'older kids,' out of my league. But the last thing I want is to be treated like a child, or infantilized."

Image 3: In the top half, the text reads, "Other times, I connect with 1 person really well." The wolf talking excitedly with another wolf. Both their hands are raised in the air, and the connection between them is made tangible through a yellow beam between their eyes, the yellow glow around them, and the yellow speech bubbles above their heads. In the bottom half, the text reads, "But after a while of talking about anything we can think of, it feels like there's nothing left, so it just kind of fizzles out because I don't know how to interact afterwards." The wolf is sweating and twiddling their thumbs as they look towards the other wolf, whose back is turned to them. A text exchange is between them: The wolf: Hey how are you!! Other wolf: I'm good, you? The wolf: Yeah same haha The last message has the "seen" marker beneath it.

Image 4: The wolf is dancing, a pink heart on their chest. Pink thread weaves through their heart and the hearts of four other dancing wolf silhouettes behind them. The text reads, "A lot of folks I don't talk to anymore will probably be reading this. I would truly love to hear how you've been, even if we're different people now." End image description.]

@accessible-art

friends

[cerealforkart]

Dungeons and Daddies the Manga Lesson 30: Mrs. Swallows-Oak-Garcia’s Home For Peculiar Teenagers

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Transcript under the cut

Transcript reading guide / key

[xxxx] =  identifier of text source

- =  break between panels

(xxxxx) = text outside of normal speech bubble

The Anchor of Love (117)

[Link]: I just can’t anymore.

I don’t know who to trust…

But Scary, I can’t have you not with us anymore.

-

[Link]: I don’t want to push you away anymore. 

-

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[Glenn]: That’s love baby. 

[Dice roll]: Love, 17

All The Way To The Top (Page 118)

[Normal]: Mom! I’m home!

[Rebecca]: Normie?!

-

[Rebecca]: Where were you?

Your dads- I mean- your dad and your uncle have been looking all over for you!

[Normal]: We were in hell, it’s complicated. What’s going on?

[Off Screen]: Eeugk!

-

[Rebecca]: Your sister is out there, I don’t know where she is, and Willy has the whole town on lockdown to deal with The Mayor. 

[Normal]: Okay, so The Mayor’s causing problems? That’s what’s going on? 

(Idc about Hero)

-

[Rebecca]: That’s the story they want us to think. 

[Taylor]: You have my attention…

Aye (Page 119)

[Normal]: All in favor of expelling Scary from the group, raise your hand.

[Rebecca]: Or say “Aye.”

(In care there’s someone out there who doesn’t want to draw your hands)

-

[Taylor]: Aye!

[Normal]: Aye!

[Scary]: Aye!

[Link]: …

-

[Taylor]: Well- Wait- I’m not sure if that counts.

[Norma]: She can vote. Women can vote.

[Jodie]: Hermie. You have a vote too. 

[Hermie]: I’m protesting!

[Jodie]: You’re giving your father a new reason to be disappointed in you is what you’re doing. 

-

[Rebecca]: Three would be enough. Scary is expelled from the group.

History Repeats (Page 120)

[Taylor]: Is the International Space Station still floating around Earth?

[Nick]: Yeah…? Oh! Okay. I love this plan.

-

[Nick]: Oh. I just realized this is the first time we’ve done something as father and son.

-

[Taylor]: I have such a good relationship with my dad! 

[Link]: (I peed myself)

-

[Tally Box]: Close Family: II

Stampler Family: II

Transcript provided by @confusedfoam

[dafukdidiwatch]

And the Gauntlet was put down again

Well that was....odd. A bit cheesy, lots of cliches both actively and passively being used. And definitely took a lot of references from Anime/Manga of the time. Designs, themes, setting, jokes, etc. Not in a bad way, just a lot being thrown out there at once.

There was a super lot of text boxes speech bubbles everywhere. I think that works for 4 panel comic strips better because you don't need as much backgrounds when it's the characters in focus. But having a full page with no color and a lot of lore/info being dumped on me, it took a while to get into.

It also feels weird that we were right into seeing the set up for Mango and her story line since....yanno, it's in the title, Dragon Mango, etc etc. Then after the first chapter where she tries to get approval and success only to be just screwed over at the end unintentionally, we just jump into something completely different with new cast, new setting, new lore, new story line, new everything. You only know it's the same world because of Dragons and the end bit of "hey we need an investigative team to look into this other thing on DragonSlayer homeland."

I also want to say.....ok I cheated. A Bit. (just a tiny bit). I wanted to see if the speech bubbles were still a consistent thing with text/talking so I jumped to the latest page. 1) it is. But more importantly, this comic is still going on in 2024.....it has 11 chapters. That is not a lot of chapters. That's not even a Year per chapter. Hell if they did a page a day that's still only 2 years, not 20. I guess this comic is just a free time thing? Or they take a Lot of hiatuses.

I think on my Fibonacci scale I would give this a 5. It's hard because a 20 year comic probably suffers from the "Seinfeld isn't Funny" curse where they were ahead of the times but now everything ripped off of them. Which is ironic since most of their jokes/plots is just them taking reference to anime tropes of the time. Nice to see an all female cast, and the jokes still land when they can. But yeah, I've just seen a lot of this type of plot/behaviors so it just isn't new to me, so it isn't as interesting as it could have been.

So yeah, if I do keep blogging this, it will be for the novelty of saying I caught up to a 20year old comic that's just 11 chapters. But will still be awhile.

[fricklefracklefloof]

(1/5 slots filled)

HELLO HELLO!!!! SO! fun fact i am going to art school this fall. and fun fact that costs a lot of money. so . it is time for me to sell myself out for that sweet sweet profit. for a small price i can draw whatever you like as long as it's not messed up and it's within my means :) you can message me if you're interested and if you can please reblog! your support means a lot to me! thank you very much <3

[image description: five images describing my art commissions.

the first image is a drawing of me, taro, behind his drawing tablet. text in colorful bubble letters reads, "TARO'S COMMISSIONS", with hearts and stars around it. taro is a thin, light-skinned, mixed white and filipino boy with short brown hair and round glasses. his fursona awa sits on his head. awa is a white ferret with blue markings. the background is blue with pink clouds.

the second image shows a drawing of a character in various stages of finish. the character is a fat, tan-skinned, mixed white and filipino man with short black hair, wearing a hoodie.

next to a lined drawing of the character filled in with blue is a speech bubble that says, "LINEART". text next to a line at the character's shoulder reads, "BUST", and "$10". text next to a line at the character's hip reads, "HALFBODY", and "$15". text next to a line at the character's feet reads, "FULLBODY", and "$20".

for the drawing labeled "FLAT COLOR", a bust is $20, a halfbody is $35, and a fullbody is $45.

for the drawing labeled "SHADING", a bust is $25, a halfbody is $40, and a fullbody is $50. in a pink cloud in front of the characters, text reads, "+50% for extra characters, double for background".

the third image has three pink boxes over a blue background. a box with pink clouds labeled "I WILL DRAW" in blue bubble letters contains a bulleted list: "fanart, furries (anthro + feral), cartoon gore, you or your characters or whatever yeah". a box next to it labeled "I WILL NOT DRAW" in yellow bubble letters has a list that reads: "nsfw, mecha, hate speech". a box below this reads, "if you have any questions, just ask! i take payment via Venmo, Cashapp, & Paypal".

the third image contains a drawing of awa with a large pink speech bubble. awa is wearing a pink shirt, and he says, "please feel free to contact me if you'd like me to draw something not listed! my art is highly experimental so we can totally work out a price :)" a circle above him labeled "comic" shows an example of a comic i made with tma characters, and a heart next to him labeled "fursona commission" shows an example of a pallas cat fursona i designed for a friend.

end id]

[happyk44]

[ID: Digitally illustrated lineart comic.

1: Bear wears glasses and a hoodie. Smiling with their eyes closed, they tell Snake, "...So we decided to go on a family trip next month."

In a black box next to Snake, the caption reads in all caps white text, "Input: Information (Positive)"

2: The black box sits above Snake's head. Thought bubble indicators lead to Snake. The box has leading lines from the text inside to the appropriate text within their speech bubble, indicating which thought, or "command", aligns with their vocal response.

Smiling, Snakes grips the straps of their backpack tightly. Like a machine, their thoughts read, OUTPUT: REACT > Facial expression: Widen eyes.

Their eyes widen.

> Reiterate information. Outloud they say, "You're going on a family trip?" > Appropriate interjection. "That's great!" > Statement about your emotion regarding topic. "I'm so happy for you!" > Statement about [FRIEND NAME]'s emotion regarding topic. "You must be very excited." OUTPUT: CONTINUE CONVERSATION > Followup question. "Have you decided on where to go?"

3: "Yeah!" Bear replies. "We were thinking..."

The rest of Bear's response is blurred out as Snake thinks to themself, ASSESSMENT: > Did it sound too artifical?

The white caption box under Snake read, "She may as well be talking to a chatbox."

4: Snake stares down at their phone in a dark room. The text chat shows their friend has texted, "Something really bad happened... I feel miserable..."

INPUT: INFORMATION (VERY NEGATIVE), Snake thinks. OUTPUT: COMFORT > Appropriate interjection. They text back, "That's horrible." > Statement about your emotion regarding topic. "I'm so sorry to hear that." > Statement about [FRIEND NAME]'s emotion regarding topic. "It must feel terrible having that kind of thing happen to you." > Reassure > Pull sentence from REASSURANCE data pool. "I know you're a very strong person. It'll get better. I promise." OUTPUT: CONTINUE CONVERSATION > Suggest solutions. "Do you think you could try doing...?"

/end ID]

I have empathy I swear

But if you accused me of insincerity I don't know what I'd say