#this applied to all the verses i draw them in

[dorkousloris]

thinking about anita having to go through the stuff i have to relearn myself through them i- so prior to this, i was always see myself as simply nonbinary / enby, and that's it. i was comfortable in that and then i am re-learning myself once more-

back in 2019-2020, i designed anita to kiss a favourite RO- didn't have any solid ideas for them, they were there for me to draw my favourite ship i still came back to draw today. but they're still enby, but that's it- a soft but very sensitive OC that wears binders occasionally and was much more softer that i look back and goes 'huh, oh i forgot u were like that-'

2020-2022? top scars and short hair for neets is me wanting it, so drawing them in that had allow me to develop them more- from that soft little guy to still a little guy, but this time, who is tired, annoyed, and can be soft but only with close friends and people they care- i have the most fun drawing them with these new revelations and it also lowkey make me feel happy to simply draw them with top scars, and in that progress, it fits them.

and last year to this year, it truly fits them when i recently embraced being transmasc so was neets. they just tug my sleeve and ask me that they want to go on T. so they did, and i am. once again re-learning myself more. its... a someday dream for me. for now i enjoy developing them in this new path once more.

and now, they're not that soft baby i used to call them, they're a confident little shit- still tired, still annoyed at peoples bullshit, but most of all, they're quiet and thoughtful and. more angrier but also more grumpy, and still soft- but for people they love and cares for.

and well, still a little guy but more developed this time around.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Oh, so we're all about 'I love my wife - I'd kill for my wife' guys here until it's Stonn?? My man Big Pebble????? [Patreon | Commissions]

[sinofwriting]

Conversations - Max Verstappen (I ❤️ MILFS verse)

Words: 614 Summary: Direct follow up to ‘Protective’ (Part of the I ❤️ MILFS verse)

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Max has always taken care of how he approaches certain conversations with Pan. Not just because he cared for her, but because she is a mom and that brings a whole host of other conversations he himself had never imagined having to have before seeing her for the first time.

But this isn’t a conversation he’s taking much care with. There is an anger burning in him, a fury, and perhaps he should take a bit more care, but he knows that as soon as he speaks his tone will be gentle, words more gentle than they have to be, but he can’t ease into it, find a segue.

“You never told me.” He normally would wrap his arms around her, bring her close before pressing kisses all over her face, delighting in the smile it gets him. This time he just gives her a small kiss.

She frowns, “about being called a whore?”

Max winces at the word, at the word being applied to her. “Yes.”

“Oh,” her brows furrowed together and once again it hits Max how despite her being older, having a kid, that he’s the more experienced one when it comes to relationships.

“Could we talk about it?” He asks, guiding her over to the couch where they both sit once she nods.

“When was the first time?”

“I was eighteen. I had gotten called other things before that, especially with Logan being around, calling me mom, but it wasn’t until after I adopted him that I actually got called a whore.” She smiles, but it’s small, barely there. “It was actually me getting him into karting. Some parents thought that I had slept around, y’know. And then father’s of some other kids, team principal’s and owners when I wouldn’t put out would also call me a whore. Funny how that works.” She laughs.

He hears the laugh, but his brain is focusing on the team owners and principals.

He knew all the team’s that Logan had been a part of. Knew a good majority of their team leadership either by name or from having met them. And more than one, more than a few had tried to start something with her and then when she of course rejected them, they called her a whore.

“Which ones?”

“What?”

“The teams, which ones?”

She sighs, leaning forward a bit. “Max, y’know I can’t tell you that. It wasn’t anyone from Ricky Flynn though or Carlin or Prema.”

“That leaves about eight other teams.”

They stare at each other, unwavering and after a moment she sighs again. “The one that was really a problem was the team owner for the first karting team Logan was in, ITN.”

“They aren’t a thing anymore.” “No. They didn’t want to continue after they lost the championship in 2017 to a team that had cheated and didn’t get banned.”

Max raises an eyebrow.

She shrugs, “I stay caught up. The owner now has a small stake in McLaren.”

“Arrow?”

“Both. All.” She shrugs again, “I didn’t look that deep into it, just saw the news. I’ve seen him in the paddock though.”

“You’ve seen him in the paddock.” he repeats, blinking slowly. “Okay.”

He smiles at her, leaning forward. “Thank you for telling me.”

She smiles, pressing a kiss to his cheek. “Thank you for listening.”

As he pulls her into his arms to cuddle, she doesn’t notice the clench of his jaw, his eyebrows drawing together, as he thinks about what he’ll be bringing up and doing in tomorrow’s meeting. There were a few more things Red Bull as a team could do than just no longer allowing Sky Sports to interview and talk to them.

[ingoodjesst]

one thing i really like about the apothecary diaries is how fluidly maomao moves between high- and low-class society, between the rear palace and the pleasure district, allowing us to see the parallels in the power dynamics. in both settings, we see women trying to make the most of their relative stations with whatever tools available to them, which are often shared. much of the politics of the series centers women and the ways they try to navigate the world through seduction, marriage, beauty, fashion, manipulation, etc, because these are the things they're valued for. their appearance, their social graces, their "purity", their marriageability, their ability to bear children, and beyond - these all lend political, economic, and social leverage to themselves and their families regardless of class.

the mystery angle in particular enables the story to closely examine what tools and motives are available to women in the apothecary diaries in a way that's contextualized and humanized. it's also how the series highlights said women operating with a keen awareness of society's expectations and systems. whether that's applying deathly white powder to maintain impractical beauty standards, faking illnesses to deter certain visitors, using parlor tricks to subtly punish callous men, or wearing ostentatious outfits to hide a certain truth, each mystery we encounter reveals more about what it means to navigate the world of the apothecary diaries as a woman in addition to revealing their cleverness (or lack thereof) in doing so.

maomao is no exception to the rule, often weighing similar questions of propriety and power before she acts - although she does engage from a unique position. she's a literate woman from the lower class with special circumstances surrounding her birth, versed as an apothecary, and favored by highly ranked members of the court. this, plus her marked lack of ambition beyond medicine, gives her a lot of mobility between and (relatively) unbiased insight into both the high- and low-ranked parts of society. in turn, we readers are given a fantastic protagonist to explore what i consider a core draw of the series: seeing how maomao chooses to move through the world, highly conscious of her own social positioning as well as that of all the other women around her

[mask-of-prime]

MTLK: White Lions

((Same rules as before: Put spoiler warnings on the very top of your comments before commenting spoilers. The film is still very new this time around and I , myself, have not seen it yet, I'll see it as soon as I can, though. Once I do, there will be more fanart based on knowledge I have of the movie after seeing it. This drawing is a byproduct of the things I already knew.))

As a (slightly late) celebration of the long-awaited release of the Mufasa movie today, I made 2D-verse designs of the main members of Kiros' pride we were introduced to via this clip.

Design process below:

I felt that Kiros needed an update to his design from the last time I drew him. I felt I was following the features of his photorealistic counterpart too much and came up with a way too detailed lion who didn't quite fit the 2D-verse. I still went for that ice-themed shape language for his design, such as sharp points and slight hexagon shapes. I referenced Mads Mikkelsen's features just as the creators of Kiros' design said they have done, themselves. I can tell they went for that same technique that Andreas Deja once used when applying Jeremy Iron's features and expressions to 2D Scar.

As you can probably see, Amara and Akua instantly reminded me of Zira and Vitani, respectively. As soon as I saw the preview featuring them, I instantly got the vibes of already-existing lionesses based on their designs and personalities. They also gave me, like, Tarantino villainess vibes a little. Something about these femme fatale assassins working for the greedy and conniving big bad guy made me think of something out of Kill Bill.

I'm still uncertain which one lioness is Amara and which is Akua, or whether these are even their names or not at all. I heard these are Kiros' sisters? I definitely see it in Akua, she looks like she could be his identical twin.

Alternative Kiros eyes:

[the-meme-monarch]

Okay so, in one of your comics about Dandy's world, one of the people in said in the comic something about Delilah and souls? How are the toons made and why was that said?

(btw I love how your art style it's just ahahahhdhsbdhssn ya know?)

the post this is in reference to

HEHE those were my ocs from my original oc-verse talking abt her :] mimi and matthew. but yeah my headcanons abt how toons are brought to life Preceeds dandys world so i like applying it To it ! so the following is headcanon and prior Original oc world building being backwards applied and is Not Canon To Dandy’s World👍

i like to keep the actual process of making toons unknown, but they require the power of your soul ! (yknow how they say that all your ocs have a piece of yourself in them :] but for real now). it’s taking an intangible thing, literally the concept of a person, and your connection to them and making them real. it’s drawing from your thoughts and ideas of who they should be and Making them physical and bc they have to be a person it also draws from like, your other base knowledge. they gotta know how to walk and talk and Do things and Know things ! so making a toon is kinda really taxing on your soul. it makes you tired and physically weak for a bit. but this is completely reversible ! literally just Dont make another one for a a few months. the lethargy/weakness only lasts a day or two, but your soul won’t actually repair itself for a While.

so that’s why mimi talks about ‘i made like 8 in four years, and she made upwards of 30 in like 2 years’ and how it’s a wonder delilah isn’t Dead. the ‘maybe she just more soul to go around’ comment is bc making toons whittles away at your soul, so if she’s made so many in such a short timeframe she’s either got a lot of soul or she’s figured something out to be Not Dead. delilah didn’t give herself the time to recover. currently I’m thinking bc she was using ichor instead of ink, and the ichor, being the word for ‘the blood of the gods’, just sort of made her think she was fine to continue at the rate she was. unbeknownst it Is still taking a toll on her. even people who suffered Regular toon fatigue didn’t deal with Ink replacing their blood and staining their skin !

[class1akids]

People are saying he's gonna die eventually, that the next chapter is gonna be the Todoroki family sending off Touya before pulling the plug… and I'm like WTF??? Do you think that's gonna happen??

I think people are jumping to conclusions. We literally have no idea what we are seeing:

It could be a tank or a room behind the glass. It could be for life support or for recovery. The wires could be keeping Touya alive or rebuilding his tissue. The bindings could be to restrain him or compression to help him heal, or both. The stuff around his head could again be restraint or a mask because they fixed his jaw.

Just because Hori likes to draw horror when it comes to Touya, I think the question of whether he survives solely depend on the fact if Horikoshi wants him to survive. Central Hospital has Ujiko's tech, so they can fix him if that's what the narrative wants.

So I think, it's more interesting to look at the different themes of the family and what kind of ending would make sense for them.

Shouto's is about "giving help that's not asked for" being applied to his family, as well as a deep belief that anyone has the capacity to change with the right push.

Touya's is about wanting a meaning for his existence, and wanting to see the family change.

Endeavor's is about how you can atone when the past never dies and how he can step up as a father after all this time:

Going through absolute hell and drag Touya back from the brink only to "pull the plug" as a mercy killing works for none of these arcs.

If Hori wanted it to be a classic shonen tragedy, he would have let Endeavor take Touya in a murder-suicide like no doubt many readers and in-verse the public would have liked it to happen. The abuser and the victim-turned-villain dying together in a last act of self-sacrifice, Enji dying with his "mistakes".

Horikoshi didn't want to write this ending though. Because this still makes it all about Endeavor - his rules, his sins, his reputation, his choices, his mistakes.

He decided to make the way the family changed matter more. This ending my work for Enji and Touya, but it sure as hell didn't work for Rei, Natsuo, Fuyumi or Shouto.

If Touya just dies here, getting pulled with a plug like old bathwater, because the family decides it's better - how is that a different from being left behind again?

Isn't it more meaningful if the family faces that "pure hell" Natsuo mentioned together?

And maybe find a solution together...

[000marie198]

I love it how in the movies and shows, it is never explicitly mentioned that Hiccup and Snotlout are cousins but it is shown throughout the franchise in little moments so accurately that when you tell a fan they are cousins, there is zero doubt. Their whole dynamic screams cousins, whether it be them trying to freaking destroy the other in the funniest ways or caring about the other while still throwing around insults.

That aside, what I really wanted to point out is how similar some of their skills are. A proof they are cousins is that they share some very specific talents that most people on Berk don't have, talents that match in almost a familial manner.

You guys all know Hiccup's perks and personality and talents right? Well, lemme point out some of Snotlout's and see how they match his cousin's.

A strange combination of Loyal to a fault and Rebellious to a fault. This perk doesn't just apply on Snotlout, Hiccup is like this too but in his own way. It depends on the situation and person and their mood most importantly. Hiccup would sneak out to hunt for trolls and go into forest or try and train dragons or sneak out to go on flights when he's not supposed to etc. And Snotlout would trust and listen and have his team's and leader's back even if he doesn't seem to like it at points. He cares about his friends so much (seriously, go watch the entirety of the DreamWorks Dragons series)

Inventive and artistic. Snotlout works at the armoury at the beginning of RTTE, he also invented the sheep launcher. He's also pretty good at stitching. And I'm preeeetty sure he's able to forge his own weapons and armor now same as Hiccup.

Amateur writers who're actually pretty good. Hiccup's narrations are always fun to listen to and they also indicate that he has a knack for being a writer. In an episode of RTTE, Snotlout wrote a book that the gang found to be pretty good. And while Hiccup has artistic skills in drawing and painting and sketching, Snotlout is good at designing and aesthetics.

They both have a strange tendency to go and get hit on the head by lightning. Actually, lightning really seems to love these two.

Interestingly enough, Snotlout is also shown to be pretty persuasive and encouraging to others when needed, whether it be giving a scared kid a peptalk or talking some sense into someone who's being reckless and stubborn.

Tendency to plan something extremely reckless and crazy when there's a time crunch and those plans surprisingly work. Yes, both Hiccup and Snotlout do that quite often.

They love dragons! And yes, I'm aware that by now, the whole gang loves dragons but Hiccup loves them even more. He is obsessed with them and wants to keep them safe, he cares about these creatures so so much! While the other riders love their dragons more than anybody else but not as much as Hiccup, Snotlout cares about dragons almost in a similar way to how Hiccup and Valka do. He sings lullabies to baby fireworms and is so gentle with them. In The Eel Effect, he went into Hiccup mode with a terrible terror (just before he shook the poor guy but that besides the point) and was giving a speech to start a dragon revolution because he appreciates these creatures and genuinely believes they should be treated with full respect

That is all to say, even if it isn't directly told in the movie-verse, it is shown throughout that Hiccup and Snotlout are cousins and both even have some traits and talents in common

[the-smallest-star]

Here are some tips I learnt being on here;

Don't be a dick. Seriously. One, its not nice at all. Two, you don't actually know the people behind the screen. You don't like? You don't follow.

Don't pressure people. Even if you REALLY want to try a thread and rp with a specific blog, they might not want to. Respect that if they say no.

Apply boundaries. Having rules and following peoples rules makes the experience fun for everyone. Don't be afraid to reinforce yours.

Be careful about vent posts. A lot of people join the role play community as a hobby or escape, constantly posting negative things about your life, or yourself can sometimes make followers feel awkward. Not to say don't do it, but just be careful about it.

If you want to role play with people, reach out to them. A lot of people on this site are very anxious about role playing, and not sure about reaching out. The worst thing someone can say is no.

Always check someone's age before engaging in NSFW. In the UK the legal age of consent is 16, but its higher in some other countries. Make sure to confirm they're 18+.

You don't need to have a fancy blog. Some people have real nice looking blogs, fancy graphics, text and icons. You don't NEED them, they're nice to have, but you can still have good role plays with someone who doesn't.

Respect ships. A lot of blogs are multiship. Always assume, unless specified otherwise, that they are held in separate verses. You may feel a little jelly when someone has a ship going with someone you're shipping with, but at the end of the day, you have no authority to dictate who they ship with. Respect it, and gush about your blorbos instead to your ship partner. CHANNEL YOUR JELLY INTO LOVVVEEE.

This one has happened to me a few times; DON'T FOLLOW OR INTERACT WITH SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO DRAW ART OF YOUR CHARACTER DURING INTERACTIONS. A few people who draw on this site also make money from drawing, so if you get butthurt that your character isn't being drawn, then you followed for the wrong reason. Follow someone because you're actually interested in the blog itself, not free art. For me? This is a personal pet peeve.

[crownedinmarigolds]

Hello all! Since there was some interest - I am going to try and put together a little World of Darkness Secret Santa for November - December! I think I will create a place to submit applications, keep it open a week, and then close it to prevent confusion and keep things orderly. The work allotted time would be for a few weeks/month after!

I will happily make a legitimate post closer to the date I'm thinking of, but I think rules are - you provide your World of Darkness OC you'd like artwork done for, and submit the appropriate reference materials for them with your application. I think submitting multiple OCs in one application would probably be fine for the receiver to have multiple ideas to pick from - but I wouldn't pressure anybody to draw group portraits unless they so chose to. You would be getting someone else's OC to draw! I think write ups would be amazing but I do know that writing would probably take a lot more planning work - so if you feel like writing that's awesome but I understand that's a little tougher to manage for Secret Santas! You'd probably really have to know the other person's OC.

If anyone wants to help out with some collecting and application management that would be really cool, feel free to message me! I'm afraid I'm not well-versed in collecting multiple applications so if anyone knows of an efficient way to keep track of doing that, I'm all ears!

No rush for anyone to get to work or to apply or anything! It's over a month away for my application date so please continue enjoying your Octobers! I just wanted to give a heads up!

[fallen-jpg]

hi you are cool, what was your art-learning process like? how did you find your current style?

hey, ahhhh ty!!!

off the bat i want to say i went to art school so i'm not a self-taught artist. i learned foundation stuff there and i still study art in this traditional, academic way in which i read a bunch of art textbooks and try to apply those words to my art

for my current style, the start of things was i saw the first spider-verse movie and wanted to emulate that but for dc characters. and i did that privately for a year or 2 until i made this account

but the driving factor is that i suck at line art and i realized that pretty early on. so instead of trying to lvl up my line art, i dumped all my skill points into color and shape instead. then i realized i suck at anatomy so i focused on backgrounds.

that combo is what you are currently seeing as my style. colors, shape, backgrounds. i've completely given up on line art but i do want to work on anatomy and characters more

my prof said that personal style comes from weaknesses and how you deal with your weaknesses. thinking about it in that way relieved a lot of pressure bc i have plenty of weaknesses, weaknesses galore! and instead of hating myself for my artistic weaknesses, ive been using them as my guiding light for drawings

i hope that helps you too

[cl0udam0rsea]

Y O U—

HOW THE HELL DID YOU MAKE AIDEN SO CHARMING- I’VE BEEN THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT THAT SILLY BOTANTIST RECENTLY AND EVERY DRAWING OF HIM MAKES ME FEEL GIDDY AND BLUSH ALOT AAAA- HES SO ADORBZ- PLEASE, GREAT CREATOR… I CRAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIM!!!!!

You don’t have to if you’d like, I just happen to have a thing for him hehshehehe

ALSKALALSL

I love him too >< Im happy you like him too!!! :oD

Ill give his more miscellaneous details for the funsies!

Aiden is Chilean! Hes Trans and Bisexual :oD

Aiden loves his garden! He likes to talk to them and give them the best he can give!

That includes his upstairs garden, where he houses his poisonous and carnivorous plants (these are his absolute babies, but don't tell the others!)

And above all is his pitcher plant, Chamomile! They are about 6 to 7 feet tall but acts like an absolute baby to Aiden! They are VERY protective of him and finds it funny to pretend like shes gonna eat his guest, but he wont!

Aiden loves taking notes on his plants, how they digest, what they like to eat, everything he can learn! That goes for his neighbors too! He likes to be well versed and so he'll scribble notes on his neighbors so that he doesn't forget! Mathew calls it creepy, Aiden calls it being a good neighbor and friend!

He hardly talks outside his garden, most of the neighbors for a long while (lets say months even) didn't hear his voice. Howdy was the first to hear him talk and that was during his deliveries to the Bodega!

Howdy is really the first one Aiden gets close to before he talks to Wendy and the others! He supplies Howdy with his harvest as soon as they're ready!

As a funny I like to think Howdy chews on Aidens leafs when he's not paying attention or even funnier that Howdy plucked a leaf from him and thats how the neighborhood found out about his leaf growing back on top of his head!

Thats another thing!

If you pluck the leafs from Aidens hair, one will grow at the top of his head! Pluck that one, the other two come back ^^ pluck one side and the top one will still grow! Keep plucking and Aiden will trying running away!

Aiden is very strong, he carries those crates of fruits and vegetables by himself after all! Him and Eddie jokingly arm wrestle!

Mathew is only scared of making one neighbor mad and it's Aiden! Something about not wanting to be fertilizer to his freaky plants?

Aiden does not like sweets X, he likes fruits! And hell like a pastry if its subtle in sweetness. But sugary stuff are a no go! He likes savory and spicy in fact!

He also loves climbing and hiding around, hes not the fastest at running around but hes agile!

He does not know how to swim ><

He knows how to cook! His drawings are... not the best! Ha-ha!

The flowers in his hair react with him! When hes very happy, they bloom and sprout petals! When hes upset they lower! And when hes in a real bad mental spot, theyll wilt

This also slightly apply to his leafs! His leafs will wilt and when hes angry, I like to imagine they fray ><

Aiden works very hard, he hardly takes breaks! He can sleep standing up! Which is very funny when you happen to his garden and see him standing there motionless with a hose at night!

He likes to stare but only when no one is looking! You look at him and hes avoiding eye contact.

He has a hard time registering emotions within himself and others. But he tries real hard to be a good friend so he often airs in the side of caution. With that, he has a hard time saying no if you need his help, even if his hands are full ><

Oh! And he can speak spanish!

His favorite color is green and his favorite fruit are strawberries, pomegranate, and mangos!!

I like to represent him with either strawberries, or pomegranates in terms of fruit ><

I think thats all I have for now? Thats all that popped into my head sphere....

[dragonnan]

Fanfic writer interview

tagged by: @sinvulkt

Thank you so much!!

What fandoms do you write in? Primarily Sherlock, MCU, and Sandman. IF inspiration hits hard enough I may drift into other fandoms but for the last few years those have been my primary genres.

How many words have you published in 2024? 49,696 - though that isn't all fanfic as some applies to fanart as well as sometimes quoting other authors in gift art.

What is your greatest achievement this year? Honestly? Managing to get a job lol! But in fandom - nothing really in writing. However I've produced more fanart in 2024 than I created in the last 5 yearly counts.

What are your top three fics you've written this year? Given how little I wrote these are literally the ONLY fics I published/updated in 2024 lol:

🪽 Sed Diabolus (MCU Avengers): My long running WIP, this is a fix-it that simultaneously repairs the events of Endgame as well as makes things so much worse. The incredibly talented @kitcat992 gave me so many ideas and helped so much with the outline that I have given her author credit.

🪽 Sharing is Caring (Sherlock): A short story including all of my favorite elements - hurt/comfort, humor, caregiving, friendship and banter, etc.

🪽 Choice (Sherlock): I had written this story several years ago. However I hadn't liked the theme so it remained unpublished until I finally dug it out and changed up a bunch of things. The result is a cute backstory of how Sherlock and Mrs. Hudson first met.

What was your biggest pit of despair moment? They kinda all run together tbh. Writing has been next to impossible - despite having lots of ideas. Partly why I made so much fanart. Drawing is always easier than writing.

What have you learned? I learned that it's okay and even desired to return to the same story themes over and over - that if it's something I love there are also going to be readers who love the same thing.

Did you beta any fics? I did several years ago but I haven't had the time nor energy for a very long time.

What three fics have you read this year that you love? THIS IS AN EVIL QUESTION!!

Identity Within by KitCat992 (@kitcat992) 160,514 words

It’s been one year and some change since Tony planned to introduce Spider-Man to the world, and instead put a ring on the finger of the capable, qualified, trustworthy Pepper Potts. One year and some change later, and the invitations have finally gone out. Meanwhile, Peter’s never been more excited for something in his entire young life — and he and Ned once got to spend the day at NASA. Nope, Mr. Stark’s wedding easily topped that. Heck, he may be more excited for the wedding than anyone else, including the bride herself. After the crazy year they all had, it felt good to finally have something good happen. Nothing was going to mess this up, Peter would make sure of it. He just had to handle the rings. Wait, the rings. Crap, the rings! Where’d he put the rings? All he had to do was find the rings, and then everything would go off without a hitch. Absolutely nothing could go wrong with him trying to find the rings, right? This wedding was going to be perfect. (Or: Tony swears the universe is trying to keep him and Pepper from tying the knot while Peter’s having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Seriously, who let Norman Osborn into the church?) Act 1 of 5 completed. Part 3 of Identity Saga

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by sgam76 (@sgam76) 23,052 words

John's friend is coming to dinner, and bringing a problem along. That's fine. That's what he and Sherlock do. But he didn't expect that "problem" to be an eldritch being. Or for said eldritch being to be sad, and pissy, and a little too much like Sherlock for John's comfort. Or for him to bring news of the potential end of the world. Part 9 of A Sharp, Dressed Man 'verse

at least two miracles by apocryphal (@the-apocrypha) 15,948 words

Hob is a hedgewitch. Dream is fae. And Orpheus is the best of them both. Part 11 of Cottagecore

Shout out to two ASTOUNDING comic creators who've both had me by the throat since early last year!

Wolf & Raven by Dominion_of_Dust1886 (@wolf-and-raven-dreaming)

Fan Comic originally posted on Tumblr and is still ongoing. What if Hob Gadling had saved his Stranger? Well, this is a common trope. Yet a trope so easy to contribute to. However, this fan fiction is presented in comic format and dives right into the story. Mind the tags as you dive in.

Centaur Dreamling/ Horse Girl Hob Gadling by @amielot

In which horse girl hob attempts to earn the trust of a wild and unfriendly Dream (who does not like humans one bit)

What ideas are percolating for 2025? I desperately want to get some solid progress (complete???) Sed Diabolus. I also have a story I've been developing for The Sandman and would love to start publishing fics for that fandom.

Who do you want to thank? @kitcat992 @mamahanu @mrs-n-uzumaki @estelkenobi - my beautiful chat group who I'd NEEEVER survive without!!!! Saying I Love You on repeat is a paltry expression for the absolute adoration and devotion I have for you guys. You are my people!! My feral humans!! My clan I daydream of sharing a home with whatever reality may claim (fuck reality with salad fingers!)

@sgam76 @helloliriels @sevdrag @7-percent @vanillacokefireants @teejaystumbles @totallysilvergirl @tj-dragonblade @amielot @the-apocrypha @theleftpill @ceruleanmindpalace @cuubism @englandsgray @ariaadagio @aelaer @disappearinginq @gabessquishytum @kitten-kin @barachiki @bovivinator @blogstandbygo @medhes @mid0khan @wolf-and-raven-dreaming @softest-punk @im-not-corrupted @embroiderling Some of you I've known for years - others I've recently met. ALL of you have shaped me in some way (not even necessarily for evil!). I am so honored to count many of you as good friends and others as friend-in-progress haha! I really can't wait to see what 2025 brings to the fandoms we love!

There are so so many I know I've neglected to tag. If I follow you/you follow me just know you all matter to me so incredibly much and I'm endlessly grateful to you!

tagging: @sgam76 @helloliriels @sevdrag @kitcat992 @gabessquishytum t @the-apocrypha @theleftpill @ceruleanmindpalace @cuubism @englandsgray @ariaadagio @aelaer @disappearinginq @totallysilvergirl @tj-dragonblade @amielot and all others who want to participate!

[dustcollectingbones]

Intro post time!

General stuff:

Hi I’m Dust Collecting Bones a.k.a. Thomas! I’m like a court jester except I’m also attracted a little too much by bones.

I also now have a sideblog for my manic rants and ramblings, she’s called @manicassandra!

Please block this person, they are a horrible person and have ruined my life and will likely ruin yours.

You will often see me reblogging cool stuff, ranting about strange things, or getting much too invested in random posts. I don’t like to participate in many controversies or extreme beliefs and even if I did I will likely not post about it.

Fun facts:

I am Bisexual/Pan-questioning and Grey-Ace

I am okay with all pronouns, but female ones are preferred (very small preference)!

I speak English and Mongolian, am learning Japanese and Korean, and know a small amount of Russian and Spanish

I play the piano (quite badly mind you)

Despite spending the majority of my life in none of these countries, I speak with a mix of Californian, British, and Irish accents

I have audhd, and probably other undiagnosed stuff

Warnings/non-fun facts:

I am extremely queer and proud about it

I (though you likely won’t see much posting about it) sh and have an ed

I have an ed, sh, and several anxiety issues so please tag gore/sh/ed/su1c1d3 related content and use tone indicators!!!

I don’t have OSDD, but function in a similar manner (if you really must know dm and I can explain)

I am very defensive of my moots and will not tolerate any hate towards them

Dni:

Nsfw and porn accounts (though I can forgive posting about it I won’t interact with accounts solely centred around it)

Transphobes, homophobes, TERFs, racists, queerphobes, and any other uncool people

Adults in dms

Interests:

I dibble and dabble I’m several fields of study, such as physics, both quantum and applied, engineering (though one could argue that’s just really applied physics), chemistry, medicine, psychology, biology, and many more.

I love learning about new strange things so feel free to send me just cool stuff you find out about. I also have an extensive collection of useless or obscure information you’ll likely never need.

Music taste:

I love almost any genre, but my favourite musicians are as follows in no particular order:

Will Wood, IDKHBTFM, Waitress, Liability Luke, Changeline, Machinery of the Human Heart, Issbrokie/Shteppie, Lightnin’ Luke, Crispin de Sade (a.k.a. @outlying-hyppocrate), Kendrick Lamar, Femtanyl, That Handsome Devil, Shayfer James, Isiah Rashad, Dib Dooley, Teddy Hyde, Bear Ghost, and Aaron May.

There are much more mind you these are just my most prominent listens (pls feel free to dm me for music recommendations).

Hobbies:

Music writing

Piano & singing

Reading

Cooking

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Writing

Drawing

Coding

Fandoms:

I consume podcast dramas at a voracious pace but if I could name my favourites it would be TMA/TMagP, The Penumbra, The Silt Verses, Hymns for the Road, Midnight Burger, Malevolent, We Fix Space Junk, and Ch&T especially

Other fandoms include: Rick Riordan books, Good Omens, Doctor Who, Arcane, Pokemon, Devil May Cry, Fear and Hunger, Mouthwashing, etc

Why Dust Collecting Bones?:

It's both (at the risk of sounding self-absorbed) clever wordplay and a vague description of my hobbies. It can mean bones that collect dust (i.e. old bones), or dust (as in myself) that collects bones (my Vulture-esque habits), and bones (as in myself) that collects old things (also my strange habits).

It's mainly because I have a fascination with all things old, dead, or in various stages of decay. From collecting antiques, to preserving specimens, if it's old, I like it!

User boxes under the cut!

[latterdaydaisy]

How I Practice My Faith and My Craft as a Mormon Witch ~ daily (the basics)

I start my day with a prayer.

After I pray, before I do anything else I do a quick devotional study. I use the We Believe app and the RiseXP app for this.

After I have prayed and I do my devotional, it’s time to cleanse, recharge, and protect myself! I’ll draw a bath meant for cleansing myself physically and spiritually. The stuff I put in can vary, but I typically always use at least these items: clear quartz, salt, lemongrass, and a drop of some blessed water I’ve made for purifying myself/items. After my bath, I’ll put on a fresh pair of garments and my veil for protection (and a reminder to humble myself). Then I go out in the sun to charge and I’ll sip on some chamomile tea charged with my intentions for the day. I’ll say a prayer of gratitude during this time as well.

Once I feel sufficiently filled with light, it’s time to begin my day! I go inside and begin my devotional time. I’ll light a candle on my altar for Jesus, and do a quick tarot reading to see what God would have me focus on learning and doing for the day to help me progress along the covenant path. Once that’s done, it’s time for scripture study! I like to open with prayer and a hymn. I’ll ask God to lead me by the Spirit in my study so I may know what He would have me learn and how I can apply this principle in my life today. Currently I listen to one general conference talk and read a couple chapters of the Book of Mormon and the New Testament. I’ll do devotionals in my journal for a quote I liked in the talk and a verse that stood out to me following the SOAP outline. (Scripture, Observations, Application, Prayer. I leave space at the end of the page to reflect on my experiences applying what I learned at the end of the day.)

Now I’ve completed my morning routine, it’s time to move on throughout my day! As I go about my day I continually pray, try my best to keep my baptismal and temple covenants, and look for opportunities to be kind to/serve/and share the gospel with others. As an offering to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ I consecrate all my efforts to Them. I also try to make time to be still so the Spirit can speak to me, usually by taking a minute to breathe and be present (even if I’m doing chores). I also make an effort to listen to uplifting music/podcasts while I work on my chores to uplift my spirit. When I’m doing chores is also when I’ll usually cleanse my house of any energy/influences not of God. (Note on my house, it’s been blessed by the missionaries at my ward as well as myself, and I have wards set up)

Whenever I feel inclined to pray about something, I usually do a quick spell alongside the prayer. This is mostly to get me in the habit of practicing every day in small ways, but it’s really helped me to be less robotic and more sincere in my prayers. Not anything super fancy. It can be as simple as putting amethyst in my purse on the way to institute to calm my social anxiety, a bay leaf sigil burning, or just visualization. If I feel inclined, I’ll also do spell work for those I pray for. Note: something I’ve learned is crucial whether you pray, cast a spell, or do both- remember this pattern: ask, believe, act. Pray/spell cast, choose to believe all things are possible with God, and do your due diligence relying on God’s grace to bring about the things you prayed for (this is when the Lord works miracles).

When the day has ended, I’ll begin my night routine. After I go back on my morning devotional study and reflect on my day, I’ll cleanse myself once more, put some crystals charged with my intentions for the next day under my pillow, spray my peace essential oil mist on my pillow, and end the night with a prayer of gratitude, repentance, and asking for a good sleep to be prepared for the next day. I also keep my veil under my pillow for protection since it’ll fall off when I sleep.

I’ll make future posts on how I connect with Christ and some spells that I do, but here is a general outline of what my day as a Mormon witch looks like! (Might make another post on my sabbath days because those look a little different). Thanks for reading!

[ironstakes]

Any extra details of Tango’s design in CTiB? 🙏

I’ve been thinking about this fic a lot today, and the drawing is helpful but I’d love to know more <3

Yesssss oh boy do I! So this is all non-official and subject to change unless it is specifically noted in the actual fanfic. I try to keep those depictions vague and and open to interpretation so people can get creative and envision whatever they think is coolest.

I don't think any of my designs are standard. It doesn't help that these are from across 3 or 4 years? Anyway. Have fun!

Firstly, I'll dump some old and new sketches with YCTiB Tango! I'll include some (one) posted here and some (the rest) not posted. Then I'll talk about ideas, thoughts, and the like that I've had and have.

Pictures!

Misc collection added to one pic for convenience (those white bg cutouts are the very first sketches of YCTiB Tango actually):

"Never touch a redstoner's redstone" ch 14. sketch (w-what if the redstone scars glow... O-o); red and blue outlined scar versions:

A fake screenshot attempt I gave up on halfway through based on a part from ch 6.:

The first real (and only) character page for Tango once I had a better idea of what I wanted:

And now words!

I felt that Tango's hair should be somewhat flamelike, largely as I feel as though it fits his personality very well. Very energetic and something humans enjoy, but only while its under control. Tango is as eldritch as any of the hermits. Sometimes the fire consumes everything. With all this in mind I used various fannon fire hair ideas and chose the general shape everyone else seemed to adopt that sort of mimics a flame (smooth at the wick/head and irregular at the top/back).

I personally kept his eyes a brighter red rather than a deeper more blood-like red. The symbolism of blood colored eyes doesn’t apply to Tango, hence my choice. I also think about his eyes glowing on occasion (redstone contamination?), but it is just a fleeting idea for me. I think the eye glow from a story pov should be more sharingan in nature for theming and such, but remember this is my constraint for storytelling! Everyone else is free to do as they wish.

Something NOT in the sketches that I have changed my mind about is that the pattern, if it even exists, would be on the outer greyish purple layer and not the high collared top. This is because I think it would fit in with the kinds of clothes in the Naruto verse more; the outer layers tend to be more decorative and detailed and I figured I could stick with that.

The metal cuffs he wears are mentioned in the story to go along with his kekki genkai. Something I was debating was the use of gems in this modded world and although they have been introduced, I am indecisive as to if his cuffs have any of the gems imbedded in them or not. Something I'll leave to the readers I think! But here were some rough ideas I had. TBH I'd probably change them based on whatever looked coolest at the time, haha....

On the gems- I've been thinking to use them in jewelry of all sorts to replace armor, so I was considering giving YCTiB hermits stud earrings? Just something innocuous, a deceptively simple armor. Tango could rock some white earrings and Etho might have a yellow set? Just something sweet and easily misinterpreted to keep the gag going :3

A huge change-idea I had recently was to replace the “ugly boots” with cowboy boots. I can totally see a cool boot competition occurring! And I mean, have you seen cowboy boots???? They are perfect

The card boots scream Keralis at me! These kinds of shoe design ambiguity opens up a lot of opportunity for cool design choices. These photos are of a boot book I picked up from the library, fyi; it’s called Cowboy Boots by Tyler Beard. An incredible person DMd me some fanart a while back and they chose the classic ninja sandals! Makes perfect sense for Grian, who is rather ninja-ish. It looked really cool. I’d not worry about the shoes too much, feet are weird yet full of opportunity. You could go a lot of places. The only thing specified in the story was that they were leather, and that can be a lot of things. Anything really.

I’ve observed that most Naturo characters have baggy or loose looking pants, or maybe the fabric just bunches up more than I’d expect. Regardless, the pants are always long on guys? So I figured I’d just yoink that and blanket apply it to the hermits. I’ve only seen shorts on women ninja (not civilians) and kids in the show that I can recall. That matches up with the hermit skins so it made sense to adopt (maybe with the exception of Pearl?). The pants going to the calf or to the ankles or being even longer than that isn’t something I have a specific thought train on.

Briefly, I considered glasses for Tango, but they are rather uncommon in Naruto so I passed on them. Nail polish is more common, but moreso for ninja than civilians I think. At least regular, working class common people. The fancy people might have nail polish, but I didn't take too much note of them and their details. Makeup is seen across the board but I'm too distant from make up to do anything with it, much less understand Japanese culture around make up and then extrapolate that into a fictional world. Not even touching warpaint or tattoos. I do image that the hermits would have no need for it though. I like to think that in their regular forms, "changing skins" lets them look however they want. So what is makeup to instantaneous physical alterations at will not limited to color?

He's got the inventory book and a few of the weapon/tool stick things on him. I might doodle up some of those later now that I think of it.

On appearance- the scars as described in the story don't match up with the images. I guess what I am saying is there is flexibility. It exists. I think I described one of the arms as having a large continuous scar? But for the pictures I focused more on making them look like explosions. On that npte, I was reading a bit about burn scars, and they can be shiny. That made me think about the impossible properties of redstone and originally, I thought it'd be cool if the edges glowed, but that sort of morphed into the edges being very glowy and the rest being regular glowy. No idea if this will appear in the fic at any point but it seems like a cool visual.

Anywhozle, remember that fun and creativity are key! Go find weird fun things and see if they fit with the characters/world from what you know and go nuts! I love seeing different ideas and interpretations of everything, including my own ideas. I hope my thoughts help and spark joy, but it's not the gospel. Follow your fun and thank you for asking! I enjoyed responding, but hopefully this avalanche isn't too much to parse through. Feel free to poke me for elaborations or with any new ideas :D