#this hyperfixation has me in a chokehold

[nylarac]

more of them <3

[grey-viridian]

[im-resident]

Midshipman "Dylan" Sharp. Sketch and Colour Concept.

[lightsresonance]

I just watched both parkour civilization movies and I have so many thoughts about block game

Parkour civilization was restructured so that everyone begins at the bottom layer and makes their way to the top. The other main changes are that the route to the top is neither impossible nor barricaded by design. Failing a jump isn’t an instant ticket to perma death. There’s a universal safety net for so players can keep trying. 

But providing actual ways for the lower levels to advance, does not change the fact THAT THERE WAS A LOWER LEVEL WITH UNACCEPTABLE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE FIRST PLACE WHAT OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE BOTTOM??? Are the noobs still kept on the verge of starvation?? Is food now free or do you still jump to eat?? Who farms food now that the pros don’t have to work?? Blocks are free for masters what about noobs & pros? And even if anyone at the base layer can make open attempts at the climb, are they provided the practice arenas of the higher levels??

Evbo’s ‘equal opportunity advancement’ solution also doesn’t address the other glaring problem of why parkour civilization was inherently flawed. Some people just suck at parkour! It’s simply not for them and their talents lie in other directions. But being a promising singer, builder, fighter, redstone engineer, or writer doesn’t matter because parkour is the ONLY valuable skill. You don’t like to jump but there’s only one route up. You could be at the bottom forever because your passion is worthless in Parkour Civilization. 

Evbo fails to dismantle anything besides the most obvious, corrupt flaws of the system because at the end of the day, he still successfully climbed said system! (With some cheating & help to bypass the locks ofc). So his idea of fairness is having everyone else climb too. But providing people access to his way up doesn’t change the fact they have only 1 way to climb. And that they have to climb in the first place.

See, the other thing that haunts me is the implanted memories. Evbo KNOWS there’s a lifestyle outside of parkour 24/7. Evbo remembers endless land, buildings, crafting, and mining. Resources gatekept by parkour once used to be open to obtain by anyone. Sure, the memories are fake but the dream didn’t have to be. He was champion then god. Evbo knows about the endless ground but didn’t consider making that idea a reality even with endless power at his fingertips. Because he’s so entrenched in this society. 

His dream was seeing endless skies and once he got there, he failed to share it with anyone else.

The sky used to be free.

TLDR Shonen protag works within in system they’re given and when system shows its flaws of corruption the narrative solution is to power up, beat up the big villains, and become the most op kid on the block instead of actually addressing societal flaws that accommodates and creates said villains

In this fanfic I will-

[geekdom2005]

Probably the reason JC and WWX view their parents blatant favouritism so differently is because JC sees him as a true sibling and gets hurt when his father gave more of his love and attention to him but WWX only saw himself as a servants son so he believed that no matter how much love and attention he'll receive he won't be more than JC

This hits especially hard when you realise that WWX is right. His fathers last words to him were, "look after my kids", but on the other hand JC actually loves him like a brother and in spite of his jealousy of WWX still gives up his golden core and life for him

The dichotomy between JC and JFM is so poetic as JFM constantly showered WWX with love and affection, but in his final moments saw him as lesser than his children, and JC spent those exact same years being jealous of his brother but never loved him any less

[cucumberbroooo]

Slow mornings

[dysabria]

“and if we burn this to the ground, i’m happy to do that with you.” something about childhood friendships. something about knowing a person through the passage of time and being able to watch each other grow. something about shared habits and identical laughs and a sense of humor that only thrives when the other person is near. something about the fear of change, and constantly messing up, and rough patches that feel insurmountable. there isn’t much in life to hold on to, and people drift apart and stay that way so often, but being able to find each other again and make something even greater than what was previously had? that’s the stuff of dreams.

[barnowlive]

dragon au jmart fluff!!!!!!!

[syntaxsta]

do people still draw Evil X? I don't care. *shoves this drawing into your grubby little hands*

[banditblvd]

Turns out that when you draw different things it helps improve your art faster! That’s news to me!

Completely unrelated but I redesigned Grian again

[idyllicchaos]

Knee deep in a new TLOU/Joel Miller one shot that quickly turned into "not a one shot" because I'm seemingly incapable of writing just one chapter... Anywho! I'll maybe post a little teaser blurb soon :)

[echo-of-the-eye]

artists who draw riz with aro and ace rings I love you

[grey-viridian]

First time drawing something other than rise woohoo lets go!

[head-empty-joy-full]

k people have definitely said this before but i’m rewatching sanders sides and seventh grade me never properly got how awesome thomas sanders is as an actor like!! he can do so many facial expressions in like two seconds and he gives each character such distinct voices (talking AND singing!!) and mannerisms!! idk i think it’s super cool and salute the guy for all he does

[aka-indulgence]

ARE YOU WRITING SOUNDWAVE X READER??? 😍😍😍

WHAT. WHO SAID THAT. Writer??? Don’t know her!!!! I have never heard of this fanfiction thing, and definitely don’t know what a transformer is-!!

… My lawyer has advised me not to continue :::)

[clowningcrows]

i’m working 5-9am doing freight stocking shelves and literally all i can think about is agathario. oh my god.