#the ultimate discord server

[thealexandriaarchives]

FeydPaulChaniIrulan is fantastic OT4 with absolutely killer harem drama nonsense but we're missing out on the golden path if we don't call it The Paulycule

[benjimarii]

This old art is not related (I just like these fellas), but it's a new year! So I'm reposting the link to my Ben 10 Discord server! If anyone wants to join in the chaotic little server, feel free too! It's where I'm most active, and where I share most of my art that doesn't go on my socials! Also, everyone on there is super chill, so if you want to make friends that also gush about Ben 10, feel free to pop right in :) Anywho, have a great day, and here's the invite! https://discord.gg/KZ2H8vyAYb

[ultimate-spiderman-stuff]

I think that Peter knows morse code and since Ben's his clone he knows it to.

Ben: *tapping table gently*

Peter:*taps back*

Coulson: what are they doing?

May:morse code

Ben:*aggressively taps table*

Peter:*slams his hand on table* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-

I think that Ben automatically knows stuff that Peter took an interest in at school. Like math and science but he doesn't know how to read because Peter hates it. So instead of teaching him to read, Ock put a AI in his suit. Kinda like how MCU Peter has Karen.

[ll-but-its-random]

Lorien Legacies x Heroes of Olympus crossover where the 7 are going from California to Greece and they come over West Virginia just in time to see a HUGE alien warship blow up a mountain and they're like 'What on the tip of Olympus was that???'

So they find a bunch of (severely injured) other teenagers with superpowers and after all the 'checking they're not monsters or smt' they talk to the Garde, who are all like "You guys haven't seen the news in the last 3 weeks?" And the demigods stand there because no, none of them dares to touch a TV or phone and they had no idea the world just flipped upside down in a few days.

Bonus: One of the Loric recognizes Percy like: "Aren’t you the guy who was mysteriously kidnapped when he was twelve and made national news?" They legit thought he was one of them at some point and just really bad at hiding.

[dayurno]

my advice for anyone whos growing more and more frustrated with the state of aftg and fandom at large is that arguing is fun but you need to be happy. ok. you need to. its hard when bad faith takes are dropped to your doorstep but you need to be happy and enjoy yourself and have fun or there's no point in anything at all ever. ok. fandom is not real and nothing is worth more than your enjoyment. i love you please make sure to have fun and reach out to a friend today. for me

[hazele-omega]

haven't posted art in a while because of the whole Tumblr scraping thing, but I'm really proud of this one so I will be brave today

Presenting: good Zed art yay

[theenderwalker]

three years since sad-ist dropped dawn of the 16th, an animatic that, in as many words, literally changed my life

[aurosoulart]

the GREAT PATREON SMUSH

I was going to make an advertisement for this with bright colors and maybe animated sparkles but 1) I hate making ads and 2) we are all so exhausted by bright ads vying for our brain chemicals that I just don’t want to do that to you anymore!!!! I’m TIRED of things grabbing for my attention in an unending assault on my senses and I’m sure you are too!!!!!!!

if you’ve been doom-scrolling and need a break (a nice beverage, a stretch of the legs, etc.), take this as a sign to do so now. if you’ve got the energy for a little reading, though, and want to learn about my work - keep going!

ANYWAYS I’ll get to the point: ALL of my patreon benefits are now available to the lowest ($3) tier.

in fact, there ARE no other tiers anymore. they’re gone! scrunched! smunshed! stirred up all together into one big super tier soup of everything I offer now and will offer in the future!

everyone now gets:

over 100 4k desktop wallpapers

early access/wips

25% discounts on prints

livestream voice chat

art votes & art suggestions

commission slots

and access to the Art Grotto discord, a friendly and chill server with a small community of creative folks. we share art, writing, pets, memes, and also come up with fun art ideas together! 🌈

why am I smushing the tiers and giving up the higher pledge amounts?!

because capitalism sucks, we’re in a recession, and I’m lucky enough to have a full-time job that allows me to make art without being reliant on Patreon income. anyone who has sat in on one of my livestreams knows that I try to be a calming force in an often-chaotic world, and that I’m always looking for ways to make art more accessible to everyone. I want my Patreon to be a place where I can give back to those who are supporting me in this mission!

this tier smush is just the start of how I hope to transform this space! I have a bunch of fun ideas about stuff I want to do in the future, so keep an eye out for more announcements like this 👁

that’s all!!!! thank you if you’ve read this far, and here’s the link to the Patreon if any of this interested you!

[verumking]

OOC ⸻ Back with another inbox call ! Give this a like if you would like an unprompted ask , especially if you're a new follower or if we haven't plotted before ♥

[ssaalexblake]

the internet continues to make me lol in the most mirthless of ways by seeing an ad post for a discord server saying No Proshippers Allowed for a ship that is, quite frankly, problematic as fuck (that's why it's fun).

like i refuse to play part in pro/anti discourse because people cannot be trusted to Not have problematic definitions of the word problematic and therefore the entire concept of the argument is flawed and worth nobody's time (for other reasons, also, but the bottom line is kind of that problematic as a term is subjective and if everybody is going off a different definition then literally All of this is bullshit discourse that means absolutely nothing).

And the above is mostly just an example of that.

[kokouro]

Is there a discord server where it's about rareships or crackships from Super Smash Bros??

[evviejo]

sometimes i wish i had less of a filter, so i could just tell people on the internet they are stupid, but alas, i was raised to be nice

[fuckmeyer]

hey bestie i'm finally here with that essay about jacob fighting for bella's humanity w/o being a love interest bc the potential that has! he's set up to be the perfect avenue for it! he's the warmth and sun that she loved from arizona; he's the community and family she could be deeply enmeshed in w/ charlie and billy; he's a childhood friend who grew up (which bella's going to lose the potential to do if she becomes a vampire! and she's going to forget that past!); he's someone who fixes up old damaged cars instead of having perfect ones, and they aren't the *same* but they're still good...he's literally thematically everything best abt being human that bella will lose, AND examples of the negatives she sees in humanity, (all the times she thinks abt how the wolves are fragile in comparison to the vampires)...and it would just be SO fascinating to see that played out w/out the romance. it would honestly be even more powerful! bc baked into smeyer's worldbuilding is that vampires prioritize their romantic partners above everything else and having jacob be the true contrast to that where he's a platonic connection that bella genuinely values equally and she has to think abt how becoming a vampire would cut her off from the potential of connections like that!!! i am thinking so many thoughts

BESTIE thank you as always for dropping the Jacob love in my inbox!

you're so right about Jacob being the perfect avenue to explore Bella's doubt about vampirism! the warmth & family & community & LOVE & acceptance & nostalgia she loves about humanity is all embodied in Jacob's character & in their relationship. she likes hand-me-downs & homemade gifts! she likes acts of service! she likes reckless stunts that remind her of her own fragility & weakness! she likes warm sodas & spaghetti dinners! she likes being reminded that she belongs somewhere! & THIS IS JACOB <3

the fact that their relationship isn't utilized to this end (or any end, really) is my biggest problem with Eclipse. Bella drops little hints in the narrative that she's nervous about becoming a vampire. there are so many opportunities— e.g. when Rose tells her story— for her to reflect on what she's giving up.

in the end, she doesn't sum up the argument in a compelling way & doesn't make her choice in a believable way.

in part because the event that kicks off her grand realization that she's not ready (AKA THE CONFLICT OF HER ENTIRE SERIES ARC) is ...graduation

big life event as a catalyst seems to make sense. but how relevant is it to her narrative? & once it's brought up, we don't we see her digging into why she's nervous. what about saying goodbye makes her not ready? what about getting what she wants terrifies her? what does she need to sort through? what plans does she need to make? we're left to wonder what's running through Bella's mind re: the biggest decision of the series...in a first person narrative. no!!!

Jacob, who embodies all these ideals of her humanity, should be the one to push her to this realization. the climax of her internal conflict should be focused around him: losing him physically/emotionally (or both), & everything he represents. there is so much weight that her relationship with Jacob adds to her choice if she's allowed to love him and Edward unconditionally! as a romantic interest, all Jacob's doing is pushing her away.

(& that's why this whole fucking triangle makes no sense. he loves her so much he remembers her from early childhood. he loves her so much he'll sit there for months & pick up her broken pieces. he loves her so much he'll spend every moment just doing silly little hobbies together. he loves her so much he wants to fight for her humanity "until her heart stops beating" AND EVEN AFTER. but he doesn't love her enough to respect her choices or opinions? he doesn't love her enough to know that by being an asshole, he's pushing her closer to death? imo this is where we see stephie's grubby hands moving pieces. Jacob loves her more than he's in love with her.)

& so, because the "i'm not ready" realization is tied to something Bella doesn't give a shit about, the realization that she is ready is equally empty

what makes her decide she's ready to become a vampire is GUILT & FEAR & ANGUISH. she's "ready" to become a vampire because she feels weak & useless. worse, this realization is not touched on as the event (the training sesh) unfolds. she has this realization OFF-PAGE & then shows up to Edward's proposal like "yeah i'm ready to become a vampire but first i wanna fuck :)"

& we're supposed to buy that? girl, you resolved nothing internally. you didn't show us what changed for you. you're making this decision out of fear instead of out of love. & we're supposed to believe this is what little miss "thoughtful & responsible" wants???

it's such a blatant disregard to all the growth she went through & the relationships she developed. you can't just turn Jacob in a fucking asshole & turn the choice into a non-choice & call it day. Jacob deserves better, Bella deserves better, & the readers deserve better!!

MAKE 👏 EVERYONE 👏 SUFFER👏👏👏

(in the name of love!)

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

all this boils down to I think is the fact that I'm just waiting to get chased out of the jrwi fandom the same way I was chased out of the j.se fandom. lmao !

[not-immune-to-propaganda]

Hey remember when a few months ago Pokemon Scarlet and Violet got raked over the coals because it was glitchy and unfinished even though almost everybody loved the character and pokemon designs and the story? And now the wizard game is getting great reviews even though from all I've seen and heard the story and gameplay are generic and the overworld textures looked rly good in Assassin's Creed like 10 years ago. And all that because you were hurt to read posts on the internet telling you to boycott it so you made it the ultimate gotcha to the sjws to cling to nostalgia for a franchise that lost its soul years ago.

No? Ok.

[bonefall]

do you have a discord server or something for the rewrite/clan culture?

NAH, I don't want to deal with finding moderators, vetting them, making sure everyone's safe and happy, make sure I'm not ghosting people when I don't feel chatty, let alone if dumbshit drama erupted and I had to break up arguments...

Too much headache, basically. I have a strict "Discord is for close friends only" policy for my mental health.