#they're all a mess anyway

[thewomanwhoboughttheworld]

Last night, I was talking with one of my favourite people and I think I've figured some of Good Omens characters's zodiac signs.

Jim, short for James, short for Gabriel: I think he's a Libra, because Libras tend to maintain balance (that's basically his job, to keep balance in Heaven), he's detached while dealing with situations and has a great sense of aesthetic. But I think he's a Scorpio rising, which means he's also a little bit mysterious and tends to hide his emotions.

Lord Beelzebub: definitely a Scorpio. They're rebellious, passionate, revengeful. They're not one to mess with as they can be fairly aggressive. And they're definitely a Libra rising, since they still need to avoid conflicts and keep a certain balance in Hell. Plus they mirror Jimbriel and I just love that for them.

Michael: that's a tough one, but I think Michael's a Virgo. They're perfectionists, they want everything done in the way they decide and they're so, so cunning. I think Michael is possibily a Leo rising, as they want to be in charge, they're proud and have a strong self esteem.

Uriel: Uriel's a tough nut to crack, I'd say. I like them as a Cancer, as every Cancer I've known is usually calm and poised, fully trusting in the righteousness of the situation surrounding them. But I think they might be a Capricorn rising, as they tend to be cold towards the other people and have an excellent self control.

Maggie: I think she's a Pisces. She tends to think about the others first, she's very sweet and sensitive. She loves love, romance and everything sweet and is just a general sweetheart. (It helps that my friend is a Pisces too and she checks some of these boxes). I don't know what her rising could be, though.

Nina: I like her as an Aquarius. She wants her freedom, she doesn't want to be restrained and is very independent. She's different from the others and doesn't matter, she doesn't care what other people think of her as long as she's true to herself. Same as Maggie, I don't know what her rising could be.

Aziraphale: my sweet boy's a Pisces. He's very similar to Maggie in some aspects, sometimes he forgets about himself just so that the other can be safe. He's a dreamer, he gets lost in romance (as we see in S2), he's clever but sometimes his tendency to live in a nice fantasy takes over. He's a good natured person who's always tested by negative situations. But he's also a Taurus rising, meaning he loves material pleasures, mainly good food and good music, he's patient, faithful, loyal.

Crowley: my precious baby is a mess, that means he cannot be anything other than a fire sign. I like to see him as a Sagittarius, as he's so joyful before the Fall, he gets excited for everything that's laid in front of his eyes. Even after the Fall he's an optimist, he believes that everything will turn out fine in the end but is constantly faced with the brutality of reality. He's ironic and he often turns to irony to hide his discomfort. He's a rebel, an independent soul who will turn to loneliness as he can't find anyone who goes at his own speed. But baby's also an Aries rising, he snaps, gets easily angry and an overall impulsive person.

I don't know about the other characters, I should dig deeper, and I don't know if it makes sense but oh well. I like how it turned out, I think these signs represent them quite well.

Master post: here

[aethersea]

I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

[jamiethebeeart]

Lineart by @ovytia-art which was such a blast to color - I love the entire vibe of all of them hanging out together so much @green-with-envy-phandom-event

[off-mozzarella]

(From the body swap AU)

Hii! I'm very happy to see that my body swap comic was so well received, so here's a little something as a thanks for all the support <3

I'm excited to keep sharing my drawings, I hope you like what I make!

[demaparbat-hp]

soooo… any news on the kyoshi warriors au?

The girls are fighting

[naturecalls111]

[random-lil-illing]

who you gonna call?

THE DEAD POETS!

This is inspired by a post from @blakenation1 , where they talked about modern! dead poets dressing up together for halloween :] i hope you like this!

no speedpaint this time, unfortunately, since the video of it is too big to upload :(

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Gabriel and V1 from Ultrakill in super-saturated, pixellated colors. It seemingly takes place during phase two of his second fight, judging by Gabe's bright yellow-cyan wings and the consequent blush shining through his helmet. Gabriel is pictured on the left, facing the left side of the screen with his head turned to V1, preparing to strike them with the bloodied spear in his right hand. Small but frequent splatters of blood dot his armor and outstretched wings, fabrics torn through in places. V1 is on the right, aiming its piercer revolver at his face. Their arms are stacked in pairs on either side, idle Feedbacker and Knuckleblaster on the left and Whiplash tucked atop their default arm on the right. Both parties are stylized to resemble insects, Gabe with beetle wings and a halo in the shape of antennae, and V1 with the four wings, four arms, short antennae and bristles expected of a dragonfly. End ID]

woah.... happy 1 year anniversary to gay people

also a couple alts (background removed, just gabe, and just v1, respectively) in hopes it'll be a little easier to understand what's going on and all!

additionally once again: special thanks to @magnumopos and @muzzleroars , neither of which I have actually spoken to in my life but both of which are credited with partially inspiring this! (dedicated section under the readmore due to the fact I do not generally tag people at all ever and wasn't sure if I should, but thought it was worth mentioning!) The former for giving me the wonderful idea of dragonfly V1, the latter for drawing V1 like a strange little creature + for the feedbacker plate, I enjoy both your works :]

(retroactively, on march 27th of 2024, assigning them a full bingo with credit to deep-space-lines. ehehehehe)

[vynnyal]

Turns out Sunlit Trail isn't quite done just yet, so after all that they just send you to a dead end 😂

[pureanonofficial]

The worst feeling is actually liking a character who the majority of the fandom hates for completely justifiable reasons, who has absolutely done horrible and morally twisted things, very much He Would Fucking Say That, but you sit there like, "But Papa, I love him."

[necrotic-nephilim]

au for the ask game: omegaverse where omega dick grooms ealry-presented alpha tim in "prodigal son"

dick is going through one of the worst periods of his life after breaking up his wedding with kory (maybe she, like a tamaran, couldn't understand the secondary gender of humans and during the breakup said something bad about dick as an omega) and then tim appears with stars in his eyes and believes that dick is the best human being on earth.

bonus points if the society has progressed enough and mating with children is strictly prohibited, even if they present early.

for the ask game!

gdfdsfdgbf anon i'm kissing you on the mouth. this is my favorite flavor of Omegaverse, especially for DickTim. i'm a proud believer in the dominant omega!Dick/submissive alpha!Tim propaganda. also a big fan of how terrible Dick's life is during Batman: Prodigal. and i just. man i love the Omegaverse concepts of alien characters like Kory not understanding secondary gender and it causing rifts.

what's fun about the Prodigal era is just how isolated Tim and Dick are during it. Bruce is off.. being fucking Bruce, and Alfred is also away, so it's really just Dick and Tim for a bit. they've always worked with each other and have a repertoire, but a lot of the conversations they have about each other's pasts are happening for the first time. so it's such a fun time for Tim to present as an alpha. and of course, his hero worship for Dick (especially after having to deal with Jean-Paul) makes it so *easily* for Dick to just. slip his fingers into. Dick's isolated from the Titans, he's lost Kory, he's on the rocks with Bruce, and so there's just something so nice about this kid who still holds utter faith in him. he doesn't see any of the societal stereotypes about omegas in Dick, he just sees Dick. and then, he presents and he trusts *Dick* with that information, lets Dick guide him through the most awkward parts of presenting. how can Dick not want to take advantage of that? a young, fresh alpha who he's currently in charge of mentoring, with no one to stop Dick or notice what he's doing.

it's still tricky, of course. Dick not only has to make sure he's not breaking the law, but he also has to keep Tim from noticing, immediately. Tim's hero worship crush is the most obvious thing about him, but that doesn't mean Dick can jump on him. it needs careful time and planning. Bruce might not be around, but Tim still has his dad who could notice the scent of an omega on Tim. so instead of marking Tim, Dick starts marking himself with Tim's scent. it starts small, using the same blanket Tim has used in the Batcave, grabbing a couple of Tim's oversized hoodies and wearing them. things with plausible enough deniability, but enough that Tim starts to subconsciously associate his scent with Dick. when he can't smell himself on Dick he feels like something is wrong. and when he's finally brave enough to bring it up to Dick, Dick is able to spin it on Tim. make it seem like Tim is the one coming onto Dick, assuming things. Dick plays it cool, pretending to be shocked by the idea of it. he gently explains to Tim what he could be implying about their relationship and Tim is *mortified*, apologizing and tripping over himself to try and fix it. but Dick just calms him down, promises Tim he isn't mad bc hey, Tim is a fresh alpha and he presented so *young*, it's difficult to navigate.

so you have Dick offering to help navigate this with Tim and using it to get closer and closer to Tim. grooming him into the type of alpha that Dick wants in a relationship. anytime there's behavior in Tim that Dick doesn't like, Dick can pretty easily redirect by dropping comments about how Tim just "can't help" acting like this because of his alpha nature, which instantly makes Tim scramble to fix it. Dick likes Tim for who he is, this cute, sweet kid who's such a handsome little alpha. but he's rough around the edges and Dick puts it on himself to smooth those edges over. he's playing the long game with this, and he doesn't mind waiting it out. and Tim can't complain when Dick pushes the boundaries, making him uncomfortable, because he doesn't want Dick to think he's a *pervert* for thinking that way. it's one big mind game.

i do think, Dick would cave and sleep with Tim before Tim's an adult. he's smart enough not to mate Tim, and he's definitely smart enough not to sleep with Tim enough for Bruce, a beta, to notice what's going on. but when some sort of sex pollen incident triggers a simultaneous heat and rut for Dick and Tim respectively, it's the most convenient in that Dick needs. Dick acts like they're doing this out of necessity, that he's giving in even though he doesn't want to, just because of how Tim's acting under the aphrodisiac. it gives him complete control over the sex because Tim is so desperate to not give in to his "alpha ways" and hurt Dick by being violent or animalistic. Dick gets to pin Tim down, possibly even tie him down "for his own safety" and ride him until Tim is a crying mess under Dick. after the first time, if Dick orchestrates more scenarios where they end up in "fuck or die" situations well, it's not like anyone's noticing. at the height, he even manages to have sex with Tim without that sort of pretense, he just has to act like he can tell how needy Tim is and sigh, pretending he's the one doing Tim a favor "just this once" by letting Tim fuck him.

in the end, it's a long con that pays off. it takes until Battle for the Cowl but Tim's a legal adult. and Dick is Batman again, which really does feel like everything coming full circle. part of the reason Dick makes Damian Robin is to remove the pretense of Tim and Dick being sidekick and mentor. it makes it easier for Dick to insist he really does see Tim as a full adult (even if he doesn't, deep down. Tim is still a fresh teenager, just because it's legal doesn't make it any less morally questionable) and something more than Robin. Dick makes a comment about them being mates so offhandedly it makes Tim stop in his tracks. Tim, who's about to go on his Red Robin arc and isolate himself, now has a chance at being mates with his hero. a chance to smooth over their differences and be actual equal partners. of course, Tim jumps on it. maybe deep down, after they mate and Dick is all too pleased with himself, it clicks for Tim that this was all a set-up. he puts the pieces together while they're cuddling in bed. he knows deep down that Dick will never *actually* see him as an equal. but, the deed is done and if Tim is going to give himself over to anyone, of course it's going to be Dick Grayson.

[writterings]

me with my 18 year old students that i teach at a college

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - Symphony of Sorcery

[cementcornfield]

also like speaking of college joe'marr....one of my favorite headcanons is like, yeah, ja'marr probably hero worshiped/had a big crush on the new hot older super talented QB....but i also think joe had a very inconvenient little crush on ja'marr

like joe said himself that thought of his time at LSU as a master's/internship type program but for football instead of any real school curriculum (lol). he had just spent 3 years at OSU /not/ playing football and it was all he wanted to do. now that he had this chance at LSU he was going to buckle up and take it as seriously as possible (he took all online classes and spent as much time as he could at the facility, living and breathing football as much as possible).

so like, he did NOT plan on getting distracted by the cute freshman with the million watt smile and easy warm nature. this kid who would try to joke with him but never try to talk with him without justin or terrace around. this kid with all this god-given talent but no clue how to actually watch film and improve from it. but hey! nothing always goes 100% to plan!

[touchlikethesun]

i do think that the 3rd years must feel some pressure to be more responsible around the 2nd and 1st years, not to an insane degree but like it is there, and so it's really really nice when there's a scene with just them joking around with each other and being silly like they're high school boys they're kidsss they're so silly they're so funny suga's love language is screaming and violence daichi's kags impression is spot on i love them i love them a lot

[kakusu-shipping]

I wanted to mess with a new lining/shading style and accidentally ended up drawing a Self Insert I was originally gonna keep to myself... But whatever he's on the page now, to the world he goes

Info on another one of Regressed me's fucked up little self inserts under the cut, if you're interested.

You ever been in a social situation that you really didn't want to be in but your friends did so you went despite how uncomfortable it made you? That's this guy.

Emile's a collage introvert who got sucked into a friend group of extroverted popular girls on complete accident (They might actually just be bullying him). They like to dress him up like a girl and take him out to bars and clubs to see if any guys hit on him so they can all drop the "He's a Guy" bomb on the dude. They've also made it so Emile has to buy them a round of shots every time this happens to him.

In this particular club though he managed to get away from the group, running away to hide in a gender neutral bathroom he found upstairs, probably off limits to customers but getting thrown out would be better than going back to his "friends".

He sits in the bathroom, curled up and having a panic attack, until a man approaches him and offers him pills that "should help him calm down". Usually Emile's better about not taking pills from strangers in Clubs but, look, he's having a really bad day and he's in a state of pure panic. If this pill from this dude who calls himself The Doctor will help him calm down, then he'll take it.

And it does! At least, just enough to make him regret taking a pill from a stranger in a bathroom none of his friends know he's in while dressed like a girl. Oooh he's about it die, isn't he?

Out of desire to stay alive Emile follows this mystery doctor's command when he says to follow him out over the club's catwalks and into another room with a table and another much less human guy called The Dealer.

Honestly, the Dealer isn't so sure about this one but, hey, a player's a player, right? Well.. no. The Dealer very quickly realizes handing this guy a loaded shotgun is most certainly not a Good Idea for Anyone. But the contract's been signed and the game's in motion, it's too late to send the player on his way.

So now The Dealer's playing two games; Buckshot Roulette and Keep This Kid from Going off the Deep End in his Nightclub with a Loaded Shotgun.

He can manage that. Probably.