#thevoidwatches

[theothin]

it hides the person you reblogged it from and shows it as if you’re the OP

I haven’t seen this with anyone else’s reblogs, just yours

@thevoidwatches how do you keep eating posts

[astranyx]

So I'm sure you've all seen this picture before:

It's gotten a surprising amount of use here on Tumblr. So allow me to regail you with the tale of how it came to be.

A while back, (like five or so years) Facebook would not stop inundating me with an ad for a "build it yourself" Hurdy Gurdy kit. Naturally I complained about it to my friend group since it was absolutely ridiculous. Well after about three or so months I finally broke down and bought the damn thing. This immediately prompted my best friend @thevoidwatches to make an edit of the popular Garfield propaganda meme to read "You are not immune to the Hurdy-gurdy." And we all had a good laugh about it. Void ended up helping me build the Hurdy-gurdy which was a very fun time, even though the cursed thing sounds like a dying cat. But even still it's a very beautiful to look at piece so I keep it around.

A bit of time passes and @theshitpostcalligrapher opened their askbox to get some good good shitposts to make calligraphy of, and naturally I had to get the meme immortalized. However I didn't remember the wording void used for some damn reason, and ended up submitting "I am not immune to the Hurdy-gurdy"

So why am I telling you all this? Well 2023 just ended and my friend group did our holiday gift exchange. And when I opened up my gift I found out that my best friend @anonforlackofabettername commissioned shits to make me a truly curséd thing.

BEHOLD:

A new and improved version of the infamous "I am not immune to the Hurdy-gurdy"!

Apparently anne got pictures of the damned Hurdy-gurdy to send to shits for the drawing right in front of me, and I had no idea what their true purpose was for.

It goes without saying that I absolutely love and adore this gift. Now I just gotta find somewhere to hang it up.

[artfightdramaconfessions]

The “This Person Needs More Attacks” List, 2024 Edition by Artfightdramaconfessions

Like previous years, we are making this list for the last week or so of the fight in order to help spread positivity to those who may need it.

If you have suggestions for additions to this list, send us an ASK or a DM with the person or people you want to see added. Please tell us which criteria they fit under. - Has not been attacked yet (AT ALL) - Has gotten 5 or less attacks - Has gotten 10 or less attacks - Attack ratio is MUCH higher than Defense ratio

While you may DM us as many names as you’d like, please try and keep it within reason. Yes, you can suggest your own name as well as long as you meet either of the criteria above. It’s been suggested you don’t mention this blog when attacking them if this is how you found them- To keep it authentic. Keep that in mind! We will try and go through daily or so to remove any names no longer eligible, or move them to the correct new categories, etc.

Actual list will be under the read more

Players who have NOT gotten ANY defenses yet this year:

Stardust https://artfight.net/~GomezLeo https://artfight.net/~stuffyflowers https://artfight.net/~beaverlad https://artfight.net/~kattymaster

Players with 5 DEFENSES OR LESS this year:

Seafoam https://artfight.net/~koyoakizuki https://artfight.net/~LaeyneInTheRain https://artfight.net/~Bubble_Mix https://artfight.net/~Krynnibear https://artfight.net/~starboy7724

https://artfight.net/~NathanRedpants https://artfight.net/~xxmoon_drawsxx2 https://artfight.net/~NerdyNightOwl https://artfight.net/~Talmania https://artfight.net/~FroggyHare

https://artfight.net/~medinAJ https://artfight.net/~ElementTofu https://artfight.net/~galeu https://artfight.net/~Coffee5Cake https://artfight.net/~Shicklee

https://artfight.net/~FarewellToMrA https://artfight.net/~SkysUnivers https://artfight.net/~KirstenJoy0 https://artfight.net/~Sallillu https://artfight.net/~Devildaddie

https://artfight.net/~SaturnBanana https://artfight.net/~Sandi https://artfight.net/~sleepybee1729 https://artfight.net/~BigGulpy https://artfight.net/~CallMeVictory

https://artfight.net/~EzraLev https://artfight.net/~page_master05 https://artfight.net/~acid6000 https://artfight.net/~coldcanine https//artfight.net/~ultradew

https://artfight.net/~saucetail https://artfight.net/~shadowheart___ https://artfight.net/~stanheight https://artfight.net/~gl00mymoon

Stardust https://artfight.net/~flingpossecule https://artfight.net/~soul_hypernova https://artfight.net/~SmrTim https://artfight.net/~Stellar-Amberly https://artfight.net/~pistaccchios

https://artfight.net/~Indecisive_Katz https://artfight.net/~horikless https://artfight.net/~Picochu https://artfight.net/~LuckyRaptor https://artfight.net/~Unlike_september

https://artfight.net/~KasonArt https://artfight.net/~Zbojceq https://artfight.net/~chemically_unstable https://artfight.net/~samspike https://artfight.net/~Xekka

https://artfight.net/~xue_ling https://artfight.net/~kaibi_bear https://artfight.net/~cherrydmg https://artfight.net/~arionbw965 https://artfight.net/~mchngrl

https://artfight.net/~cemetery_venom https://artfight.net/~imaginealpha https://artfight.net/~Aer0_CS https://artfight.net/~Chromatique https://artfight.net/~Deadly_Seraphim

https://artfight.net/~eeveecrow https://artfight.net/~theVoidWatches https://artfight.net/~Lightning_Jay https://artfight.net/~ringos_left_hand https://artfight.net/~fg66

https//artfight.net/~Verati https://artfight.net/~NightKing https://artfight.net/~CreatureMoment https://artfight.net/~voidkin

Players with 10 DEFENSES OR LESS this year:

Seafoam https://artfight.net/~ZemmaDragon https://artfight.net/~PatiSilence https://artfight.net/~elusetta https://artfight.net/~sweeterthanmydreams https://artfight.net/~LavaCake

https://artfight.net/~Freminolas https://artfight.net/~RiggyMiggy https://artfight.net/~Blueberry_Bubble https://artfight.net/~CAPR1X2 https://artfight.net/~millie

https://artfight.net/~Cryptic_Coward https://artfight.net/~WeirdTrip https://artfight.net/~CatPotato https://artfight.net/~Spitfyaa https://artfight.net/~al3xxpony

Stardust https://artfight.net/~M4rs_attacks https://artfight.net/~astral-abyss https://artfight.net/~docilecub https://artfight.net/~SmokyCinnamonRoll https://artfight.net/~Starlight_0ne

https://artfight.net/~seleyu https://artfight.net/~mvds https://artfight.net/~River_Waikato https://artfight.net/~Necromite https://artfight.net/~calvinsghost

https://artfight.net/~Starkid

Players with a HIGH ATTACK RATIO this year:

Seafoam https://artfight.net/~dimwit https://artfight.net/~thatartist32

[thesillyexpresser]

Whelp here’s my final, 50th, art fight mass attack of 2024: Redrawing every* character I drew in the 2024 ArtFight (*there was one with a deleted profile so I just didn’t do them)

As you can see, they’re a lot of characters, so I’ll only be tagging/linking those with a Tumblr but you can see the character list on here ✨✨

Anyways tagging go brrrr @thespectralkitsune @ririrules60 @micr0machine @buttercup-illustrations @gamegirlx @webzazes @majickss @paratants @fvturum @stupidpotatocat @indecisivekatz @strangegrave @cherrydmg @britishraptor @thevoidwatches @aquabeats @the-backdoor-garden @kaibi-bear @soulhypernova

[idontunderstandwhydoyouneedmyurl]

I posted 15,147 times in 2022

That's 5,740 more posts than 2021!

57 posts created (0%)

15,090 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@missy-mistress

@thevoidwatches

@mommymayi-iwillanyway

@bitchyeahmagnets

@sheshatefulandsoami

I tagged 2,143 of my posts in 2022

#i have an excellent sense of dramatic queueing. and good hair. - 523 posts

#da - 175 posts

#critrole - 147 posts

#gideon the ninth - 119 posts

#one piece - 111 posts

#critrole spoilers - 74 posts

#goncharov - 72 posts

#my text - 56 posts

#exu calamity - 55 posts

#ofmd - 48 posts

Longest Tag: 124 characters

#a damn shame this doesnt even have the 'british imperialism to us imperialism to 9/11 to mcr to twilight' branch of lore thk

I sent 1 gift in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Of all the days to wake up with a headache. It had to be the day of the Snip

7 notes - Posted September 19, 2022

#4

And very abruptly I feel like Xerxus is getting played HARD 😬

8 notes - Posted June 3, 2022

#3

I have slept for most of the day now and the saline they gave me is making me have to pee 5000 times but the Snip is done and now I never have to worry about pregnancy ever again!!! 💜💜💜

17 notes - Posted September 19, 2022

#2

"I don't look the same to everybody...they used to say i was the most beautiful. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So now I look like whatever is the most beautiful face mortals have ever seen" Brennan quit making me cry over a betrayer god

22 notes - Posted June 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Got tagged by @sheshatefulandsoami for this prompt: combining this picrew and this uquiz!

Yeah I can see that LMAO. This picrew didn't have the best hair options IMO so I did my best to represent my super grown out roots and faded bleached ends

Im tagging @glitterandmoondustofficial @tridentariism @condemned-titan @mommymayi-iwillanyway and anybody else who sees this and wants to do it!

22 notes - Posted October 12, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[theothin]

...huh?

this has to have been from that mutants and masterminds game I was in, but fuck if I remember the context

@thevoidwatches does this ring a bell

[mandaloriandy]

For the fic-writing ask: 4, 5, 9, 23

4: Tell me about one of your abandoned WIPs. Why did you abandon it?

I have a completely unedited but technically complete FMA:B time travel AU from 2019’s NaNo, featuring my favorite time travel trope, where the entire world somehow gets zapped back in time but everyone retains their memories. So Ed and Al are toddlers, going with their Ishvalan mother Tirzah to go get her medical treatment from the Rockbells, since she’s sick and can’t go to an Amestrian doctor. And who do they run into as they’re entering Ishval but Tirzah’s cousin! Who is a priest. And no longer has a big scar on his face, because time travel. And does alchemy.

It needs some major rewrites before I ever let it see the light of day though, and I do not have the time or energy to do those.

5: Share a snippet that you’re proud of from an upcoming fic/chapter.

From an eventual fic in the Obi-Wan’s Horrible Life AU:

Ben opens his mouth to reply – and closes it. That, more than anything else, raises the hair on the back of her neck. Satine knows how Ben looks when he changes his mind about something he's going to say. She knows how he looks when he cuts himself off, worried of spilling too much. She knows how he looks when the situation changes, and his words change with it. Now, even over the holocomm, Ben looks like he does when he tries to speak and somebody else shuts his mouth for him. "I don't know," he says, finally, even though he knows she can read the lie in his voice. "I don't…" he trails off, looks away, closes his eyes. Satine traces the outline of his face, the set of his shoulders, the way his hair falls differently, shorter now than it had been. She burns this image into her mind, holds on to it tightly, keeps it safe and secure for the hard times to come. When she thinks she can manage it again, she speaks. "What else do I need to do?"

9: Are there any fics you’d love to see but don’t want to write yourself? What are they?

Hmmm I already answered this earlier, but I’ll answer it again with another fic I want to see but don’t want to write myself: a reincarnation AU where various Star Wars characters wake up in the universe of A:TLA, scattered around the world; all the force-sensitives are benders of various types. Shmi, a sandbender, raises airbender Anakin, but needs to find a teacher for him; they eventually find waterbender Qui-Gon, who’s a member of the White Lotus. I don’t remember all the details of it except that Ahsoka was a Kyoshi Warrior (can’t remember what kind of bender she was), and I think Rex also got to be a Kyoshi Warrior, because he deserves nice things. Obi-Wan was a firebender, and ended up as Azula’s teacher, which was a very weird situation for the both of them but did end up with Azula being... mostly less awful?

23: What’s one piece of advice you would give to anyone who wants to start writing or posting their writing online?

Make!! Friends!!!!

Make friends who will let you talk endlessly about your stupid AUs and then say “hey you know you can actually write that, right?” Make friends who will keysmash at you when you write something awful just for them. Make friends who will reblog that horrible wonderful “write three sentences” post and make you write three sentences, and then you’ll reblog it from them to make them do it, and then they’ll reblog it from you again and it’ll be a whole spiral of writing. Seriously I hadn’t written anything for months and months and then I started chatting with @willowcrowned and suddenly I have over 20k in this AU I’ve been writing.

(Fic Ask Game)

[cryptocism]

What's your favorite design of Cassie? If you were to redesign her, what would you go with?

short hair cassie is best cassie imo, and I’m partial to the t-shirts and jean jackets she wore in her earlier appearances, although the black crop top and red pants in the later issues of yj were also very good

as far as redesigns go, the only major change I’d really want would be figuring out something cool with her gauntlet/sandals. I know her backstory was retconned so that she went from Regular Gal to a demigod, but I like the idea of reincorporating the gauntlet of atlas/sandals of hermes - if not as actual magical items then just as cool looking easter eggs/armor

i think i do actually like the idea of her outfits being modified wonder-woman merch, like it communicates that she’s a fan of superheroes while being a superhero herself, shows off some personality and stuff. also if i remember correctly, cassie doesn’t have a secret identity and so doesn’t really need a superhero suit.

tbh the character who should’ve been known for just wearing a t-shirt for a costume should’ve been cassie not kon. he looks like a superman fanboy, which he pretty decidedly isn’t? whereas cassie actually is a wonder woman fangirl, so it makes more sense to me idk

[anonforlackofabettername]

@thevoidwatches come get your quote

req'd by @anonforlackofabettername

your circus, your monkeys

text: I'm a victim of the Kermit-enjoyer to in-charge pipeline

[thesillyexpresser]

MASS ATTACK SHADING STUDY THING 🗣️🗣️🗣️💥💥💥📢📢🦅🦅⚡️⚡️

(Characters by @thevoidwatches, @aquabeats, @the-backdoor-garden, samspike, stuffyflowers, @kaibi-bear, Chromatique, and mchngrl)

[siderealscribblings]

Lukanette isn't an interesting ship, agreed. But what would it take for you to write Marinette/Kagami/Adrien?

For some reason, despite liking all the components of this ship, I’ve never had the muse to write it. 

[tmitransitioning]

BG: I've been on estriodol for about 4 months, and in the last month have also been taking spiro. From what I've been told, when your breasts start to grow you'll be able to feel a kind of hard lump - I don't think that's happened, even though I'm pretty sure mine are starting to grow. Instead, my nipples are just getting generally hard and sensitive. Is that a normal possibility? Or might I just be misunderstanding where the link is supposed to be?

generally, the first part of breast growth is discomfort with the nipple area.  i remember in first puberty mine felt bruised and were tender from any kind of touch/bumping.   what you’re experiencing is normal, early changes associated with your hormonal breast changes, and you should be getting more fullness soon.  congratulations! 

mod mayhem

[astranyx]

This is an interesting game! Unfortunately I couldn't quite follow the rules since the first 6 images are all of Jason Voorhees and I didn't want that, so I have one of him, and then the next 5 photos that came up that weren't him

Thanks for the tag!

I'm gonna tag @anonforlackofabettername @thevoidwatches @plaguedocboi @small-dragon and @drbarty

Pinterest Core

Start a new post and go to pinterest and type [your name] + “core” to show your aesthetic, then post the first 6 images.

Thank you for the tag @doublesunsets!!

Tagging: @morethansky @corundumb @annwayne @waves-against-a-cliff and anyone else who wants to do this

(You can reblog with your own aesthetic if you don't want to repost I don't mind)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

Can you please write "This is your daily reminder that you murdered Mr. Whiskers" so I can use it to drag my friend who accidentally killed a cat in a game of DnD once?

ofc, love everyone’s DnD jokes!

(i’m answering old asks rn, the box isn’t open yet, im trying to get through a shitload of requests)

[anonforlackofabettername]

Sleepover ask: Re the Dragon Prince. I've seen lots of people who seem to think that Claudia is going to be the Azula of the series - others think she'll be the Zuko. What are your thoughts? Related, do you agree with the large part of the fandom which thinks that dark magic is evil/corrupting, or the smaller part that thinks it's not that black and white?

My only fandom interaction is memes and fanart so I'm pretty removed from any theories that are floating around. I have no clue what the fandom is saying and if what I'm saying matches up with something that's already been said. That goes for both parts of your ask, though I’ll get to the dark magic stuff later. Part of me isn't even sure what you mean by the Azula of the series or the Zuko since I’m missing that meta. The way I'm choosing to interpret it, is that by Azula you mean a character who is frighteningly competent, a direct antagonist to the main heroes, and is the lesser shadow of the main antagonist that nevertheless hangs over the main heroes more often and arguably does more damage. I'm choosing to interpret it that by Zuko you mean a character who is slightly incompetent, spends the majority of the early parts of the story as a direct antagonist and the shadow hanging over the heads of the main heroes, but by the end of the story undergoes a redemption arc and joins the main heroes, eventually turning on the main antagonist and without whom the main heroes would not be able to win in the end. 

(This is fucking long so I’m adding a read more)

That being said, I don't think Claudia fits either of these. Neither does Soren. I think they maybe might fit Zuko's role, but that's a bit of a stretch. And I'm gonna say why. Claudia despite being a lovable goof in personality is frighteningly competent when it comes to magic. However magic in this universe comes with a lot of complications and components. Thus we don't get to see her expertise as often as we saw it with Zuko and Azula's firebending. Also a thing to keep in mind is that Claudia and Soren are friends with Ezran and Callum. Soren has been told to kill the princes, true, same with Claudia being told to bring back the egg, but they both care for the boys in a way that Zuko and Azula couldn't because to them the avatar was a nameless figure. These people grew up together. They share relationships. Callum even has a crush on Claudia. Its not like the foe yay sexual tension of Katara/Zuko. These people up to the start of the series lived with each other and saw each other every day. Soren was training Callum and was captain of Harrow's guard. There is a familiarity that you can't ignore and which I think will be a major conflict for Soren specifically, when we finally get to that confrontation and he has to either kill them or let them go. Right now they are supposed to be on a mission to bring the princes home which is the exact opposite of both Zuko and Azula's missions to kill Aang. However, that being said, they are on a mission to kill Reyna. Soren and Claudia showing up is a threat because they are a) trying to stop the princes from returning the egg, and b) they're likely to try and kill Reyna in the process.

However, the main heroes don't even know that Soren and Claudia are trying to find them. Aside from running from their Aunt and the run in with Crow, they don't know who is following them and what will happen if they get found. So its not like in Avatar where every couple of episodes they had to bolt out of wherever the adventure of the week was because Zuko showed up and was hunting them. They're mostly trying to get the egg, now a baby dragon, back to the border and his mother as soon as possible.

And again you have to take the world itself into account. Within the world, elves are the bad guys to humans. They kicked humans out of Xadia. They've killed hundreds in the war. They literally assassinated Harrow, though it is unclear if Ezran and Callum have realized their dad is dead. In fact Callum was convinced that Reyna drank blood, thats how much elves are the boogeymen of the human kingdoms. Now we know that’s not true and the elves were justified for parts of it, and both sides are equally guilty.  If you want to compare the show to Avatar so much, then think of it this way. The human kingdoms are the fire nation, the elves the Earth Kingdom, and Ezran and Callum have just realized how shitty their people have been to the rest of the world. In this case, that makes Ezran and Callum Zuko in the middle of his redemption arc, when he’s working through his shit while traveling the earth kingdom to get to Ba Sing Se, and Soren and Claudia are Azula towards the end of that arc when she's like ‘help me kill the avatar and I'll make sure our dick of a dad lets you come home.’ Only in this case killing the avatar is returning the egg. Its not a great metaphor, and its been a while since I've watched avatar, but that's the feeling I get overall. Its Zuko realizing that the Fire Nation has done some fucked up shit and feeling helpless to fix it because he’s just an exiled prince.

I’ve gotten very off topic at this point. Um, I think going back to the Zuko or Azula thing, I think it depends. It depends on what happens when they finally catch up with the boys. If Claudia is Zuko, she’ll see Zym with the boys, recognize it as a sentient creature that deserves life and to be reunited with his mother and help the boys. If she’s Azula she’ll see Zym as a threat to Katolis that could one day rival Thunder and decide he needs killing. And of course there’s always other options, those are just two potential outcomes and they don’t even include Soren and what he decides to do about what his dad told him to do.

Your other question was about dark magic.  I don't know if dark magic is inherently corrupting. If it is, I think we’ll definitely see evidence within the show. In general when it comes to fiction magic is magic, no matter its source. Sometimes sources are inherently evil while others are inherently good but for the most part its meh and magic just is and how people use it makes it good or evil. However, in this case, you can't ignore where dark magic comes from. It doesn't come from negative thoughts and feelings like the dark side of the force. It doesn't come from shadows or darkness like half a dozen different magic systems.

Dark magic in TDP comes from the direct exploitation of creatures with inherent magic. To use dark magic you need a plant or creature with inherent magic that the mage then twists and exploits to do what they want. To find the Moonshadow elves Viren used a moth. For the switching spell Virin used the two-headed snake. Claudia crushed a bug to create fire at Harrow’s funeral. Nothing about dark magic is innate, nothing about it is natural, and in fact it comes from exploiting natural creatures and resources. You are using the life force of a living being and generally its dead afterwards.

This isn’t important for things like plants or bugs or whatever. Yeah Claudia killed a bug and used its life to summon fire. Whatever, who here hasn’t killed bugs before? It starts to matter however when you’ve got people like Ezran who can talk to animals and understand what they’re saying. I’m sure being a glowtoad there’s a spell that Claudia could cast using Bait. That’s not okay since Bait is a pet as well as a living creature but if it happened to another glowtoad I doubt anyone would care. But since Ezran can talk to the animals, he does care because he knows the animals are not consenting. It also starts to matter when you have magical creatures that are sapient and intelligent enough to put their foot down and say I will not let you exploit me like this.

So I don’t know if dark magic is inherently corrupting, but the idea of using creatures is an inherently dehumanizing and corrupting one. To dark mages, these animals, and even the elves and dragons and any other magical creatures that we haven’t met yet, are less than human and exploitable. To Virin and Claudia the egg wasn’t a baby, it wasn’t a person, the egg was a weapon. Because to them dragons, magical creatures, and the like are tools and weapons. This has got some serious race implications because the last time we thought of an entire class of people as tools we had slavery and it was legal.  

To use dark magic, you have to be in this mindset that people are tools to be exploited. I have no idea what dark magic using an elf’s life force or a dragon’s life force would look like. I’m sure its possible, and I’m sure I wouldn’t like the result. There is a reason the elves took one look at dark magic and said ‘not today satan’ and decided it was a severe enough crime to exile the entire human race from Xadia. They were not about to let themselves be used. There is a reason the elves are the boogeymen of Katolis and the rest of the human kingdoms and part of that is they’re the enemy and part of that is if they are monsters, if they aren’t human, then no one will care what abuses happen to them.

So no, I don’t think using dark magic is inherently corrupting. I don’t think the magic itself corrupts. However I do think that to use dark magic, one must look at the world through a corrupted lens. You must be okay with harming living creatures to accomplish what you want, and you must be okay exploiting others. Anyone who believes in the intelligence and personhood of all creatures and then uses dark magic is either ignorant or a hypocrite. When it comes to Claudia, I think she’s partially a hypocrite and partially doesn’t see how what she’s doing is harmful and wrong. She sees only the potential of dark magic, and hasn’t yet realized what she’s harming to get her way.

[demidorks]

Is the Burning Maze badly written, or does it have upsetting content?

It is that this is subjective and depends on who you ask. I would not say it's badly written but ...