#this is the comic relief we needed

[big-boah-2]

Rockstar giveth, and Rockstar taketh away

[justafriendofxanders]

the problem with any buffy reboot casting is that spike could truly only have been played by a baby-faced man in his 40s, and angel by an abercrombie model who then rapidly underwent a second puberty after the first season

[ot3]

Thots on Larry Butz? Do you prefer fan works that imagine him, Nick, and Miles as a trio or for him to be mostly shoved into a corner and forgotten about?

i prefer i middle ground between these two things. as evidenced by the fact that i have spent the past 4 years drawing a comic that sidelines him pretty significantly, i'm not too concerned with acting like he has some deep meaningful friendship with those two. but i do enjoy him and think he's fun when shows up to just kinda be lame and goofy. i think its funny that edgeworth and phoenix's childhood besties to star crossed lovers bullshit comes with the added baggage of And Then This Fucking Guy is also here. he's good flavor. he can hang out. but he is absolutely a third wheel and this isnt really a situation where there's a meaningful 3 person dynamic.

[thedrotter]

not-yet-dead-person

silly comic of a conversation in-game i thought was too funny not to make something proper for instead of a doodle ww

(timelapse + wip images (thus silly process commentary in read more if you like artist commentary :3)

i think the sketch looks silly and goofy and funny so i find it important to share with you the mere presence of the faces i drew on it. i drew it on top of the boxes without staying inside its borders because i find my proportions can get wonky if i draw them cropped in a restricted space. and I feel trapped otherwise and i will draw BAD!!! give me spaceeeee to go wild!!!!

the head circles are there for emotional support

very low res speedpaint because truth is the canvas was much bigger than the space where my comic was placed. i didnt account when exporting my timelapse in 720px that that tiny space would look so pixelated ... but it's able to be percieved, so its okay.

(i will now comment on my process and it is not brief sorry)

usually i would try to clean up my sketches and figure out what goes on top before jumping into linework, but since there are multiple panels and drawings i chose to jump into inking right away for the sake of brevity. i just went in with a brush that uses pen pressure and drew what was needed. i added extra line thickness and contrast in areas around the face because it helps direct your eyes there more easily that way.

according to her equipment rei has a chain belt but i only remembered it existed once I was going to color, and i did not like that discovery... I chose to ignore it to maintain my peace. i already have the color palettes for these characters figured out, and i didnt really want to think about a new element at the moment www I tend to overthink those things a lot so i skipped it

the rest is rather straightforward! not that anything else wasn't, but in here i could turn my brain off and sing. linework and sketching require mumbling so i cannot turn my brain off. just block in the characters with a solid color so i can have a mask (something along those lines,) where the color can stay inside. then just color in !!!

Base colors just had slight cell shading on the skin, and for the hair i airbrush a bit of the skincolor in low opacity near the forehead... I'm not sure what it means, but i can look at the faces easier with it somehow. i like the gentle subtlety it adds even if you cant really tell. it makes things look nice.

background was just me blocking in the color of the wall and floor, shade the wall a bit, then slap a noise and free use wood texture on top. work smarter not harder ! yet it took a bit to make it look stylistically fitting with the characters, and even now i think bottom middle panel looks odd. whatever!!!

for the middle panel i thought itd be funny if the background was a solid silly and colorful one to contrast the next panel's sketchy black one. a contrast to how the word widow is seen. on that note my handwritting is not pointy. i gaslighted my hand into thinking that it was indeed pointy in that moment so i could write "not-yet dead person" in letters that didn't seem cute. my hand did not fall for it but it complied anyway

that's basically it! I'm not sure what else i could say that doesn't feel barebones because it really is that straightforward. if you're curious I used clip studio paint for this. only special brush used was for linework (a brush named Lemon Brush), the rest used were just the default. my computer gets the least credit. it was trying to convince me a 20mb file was going to nuke it all the time and hardly let me save multiple times so i do not appreciate it

[annabelle--cane]

saw a comment on a livejournal bh meta post from 2013 that sent me on an internal hero's journey about sexual misconduct and gendered power in being human

[ginsoakedgirl80]

this just in: local man stunned by how capable his teenage wife is

Just domming and negging her way into his heart. ah, young love

they are so proud of her \:'D/

hahaha

[just-sp-in-inginthevoid]

Every times he talks he lets his sentences linger, I hate him sm lol

Beside the fact he's the first to talk and bring up the 'enemy'-bit about Terasu (which I assume he 'heard' from Kongo altho why phrase it like that Goshiki istg-)(he makes me think as if he heard it from someone else. The fact a Yakuza boss died and left a 10 years old son behind (perhaps heir?) should cause a stir tho, so maybe the information comes from outside.. About whether the others knew about it too or Goshiki was the one to tell them right here tho, hm...) his words are also the most neutral? Kou, Satsuki and Torazo straight-up denigrate him, in different ways sure but still. Goshiki though, he's just like 'oh so it's you/him'. He's not letting how he feels about it shows? if he even feels something about it. His expression is the same as always, albeit toned down (his smile is smaller).

Shio is the first to talk to Terasu, then Satsuki and Torazo follow. Kou talked out loud as if Terasu wasn't here, and Goshiki really just talked to himself

Compared to the three others (Shio not counted), he doesn't outright attack Terasu. The use of the word 'enemy' is the only thing that makes it seem hurtful, but to as whether it truly was... uh. Plus, factually that's what Terasu's father was, and what Terasu is. Terasu's mom also called the Yotsurugi 'enemies' and so does Terasu at that time. That's just how it is.

Not talking about how every kids seem to be here but the rest outright just ignore Terasu at this moment.

And in parallel to that, his first second line in the chapter 1 as him talking about 'allies'. Why does he focus so much on allies and enemies. He's always the one bringing it up.

He (possibly) keeps an ear on the enemies, and keeps an eye on the allies. He's the one who sees how important connections are, if not being the one who uses them the most because he knows their potential.

Also, yeah, okay, he doesn't end every single one of his sentences with '...' but let me have this one

First, wtf was that reaction to Shio at the funeral? Him <- the face of a man who's absolutely serious about it but also absolutely not impacted by it. Sure Shio brings a chill because he's imposing and all, but Goshiki really couldn't care less look at him. Where does he feel threatened about Shio. He's so unfazed. Clown/Jester behavior honestly

And then Hibaru announces Shio isn't the family successor??? And Goshiki is the most expressive about it (we ignore Terasu rn bc that ain't about him, plus, different context)??? Sure, Shio's expression is quite something, that man is angry, but all the other siblings we see are taking Hibaru's speech lightly, they even seem to see through his lie(Shikaba) or to not care about it (/who would be named the next boss) (Taira) at all. And then there's Goshiki. Why would he be so surprised I don't know, but damn if it isn't hilarious

[ghostinthegallery]

Fall of Cadia is a banger for a lot of reasons (Rath is a great action writer and Trazyn is a shot of pure delight) but I think my favorite part of this book is just how twisted Cadian society was, long before Abaddon showed up. They turned their planet into a death cult then told half the people they weren't good enough to die. Of course there were chaos worshippers, and revolutionaries, and just as much rot inside as out. Of course their people were traumatized practically from birth. The planet broke before the guard did because Cadia was already broken.

This is the 40k grimdark that really works for me. The mundane, the chillingly real. The society that only feeds its people half of the rations they need to live if they aren't deemed good enough killers. Or aren't rich enough to game the system. This place was doomed...but that doesn't make the stories that happened there any less significant. The mistakes and the triumphs and the tragedies all mattered to the people that lived them. Which is so beautifully shown when the people that can make the choice, choose to live. Screw the Inquisition or the forces of literal space hell trying to stop them. Cadia was doomed, but it's people weren't. That's kinda nice to think about.

[mosneakers]

On his porch down yonder at Canyon Crossing, old Don Gooseman rocks gently in his old wooden chair. His old trusty hound, Gus, waits obediently by his old dusty boots, and his old faithful steed, Duke, isn't far behind, grazin' on some prairie grass nearby. He don't need no free earbuds, Don's got the symphony of the creaking floorboards, the fiddlin' crickets, and frogs a' hummin'.

It's a night just like any other ol' night, or so Don thought. But things take a curious little turn when Duke begins to neigh in a panicked frenzy and Gus starts to whimper. Don: [Looks behind him] What's gotten into you, feller?

Before Don could finish his sentence, he turns back to see a pulsating glow coming from the window of the rental cabin. Now, Don's eyes ain't what they used to be, but in all his years, he don't recall ever seein' nothin' like that before.

Don: What in the buckin’ bronco two-bit tarnation?

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Why are people who look at comic books from a “critical real-world lens” so obsessed with identifying the one person who is “100% right”. That doesn’t even exist in the real world.

Lost Days wasn’t made to protest global issues. It is a comic book exploring fictional character Jason’s mental journey after being resurrected and regaining consciousness against his will and/or power. Now how dare this character, in his own story where he has his own personal objective, not go out of his way to make sure each individual child from the collective hundreds he saved from traffickers and the likes gets adopted into nice homes. Obviously we have to disregard any good he did or that he cares at all because all he did was kill the fucker at the top who was responsible. Winick also never fleshed out all 42 of the trafficked children into nuanced characters with their own thoughts and feelings which was apparently neglectful lol.

In regards to utrh, Idk what this person read but there were more drug dealers Jason didn’t kill than those he did. Not once did he ever say he wanted to eliminate the flow of drugs in the community. He took over the trade. Not to mention he explicitly stated control vs elimination is where his goals differed from Bruce’s pipe dream hence why he’s successful and Bruce is still failing. Obviously if you completely misunderstand the character’s motivations you’ll find issues that don’t exist.

People just don’t want stories to be about what they are about, huh.

[nanonews]

firstly, LOOK. First Orpheus beach scene and now this. I am not okay. [insert Kylo Ren MOOOORE gif]

secondly (more comics spoilers below):

Wanda's grave = A game of you storyline (early arc)

Wanda character is to be merged with Ruby DeLonge's character in the TV adaptation, as per the casting call description

Ruby = Brief Lives storyline (later arc)

in the original story, important aGoY events set stage for BL events

But Wanda = Ruby = Wanda means BL events have to happen *before* aGoY events

WHICH MEANS

Either they somehow wrote the script so that BL happens *before* aGoY, which would in turn mean they have to set up something completely different than Thessaly to be Dream's incentive to join Delirium's search for Destruction (which in turn means no Thessaly? I have to admit I thought I'd be happy about this because fvck Thessaly but now I'm not so sure...)

OR they scrap the events of aGoY alltogether except for the death of Wanda, including Hazel and Foxglove and George and The Cuckoo, and most importantly Wanda's relationship to Barbie isn't a thing, and so the sneak peak of The Land in Season 1 was a dead end, which means stuff like the origin of the Porpentine and Alianora never gets set up???

I don't know which of these I'm more afraid of happening

Gonna go with both

Or hopefully the third option that I haven't thought out yet which means we get all the stories and characters, anyone have any ideas?

Most importantly: Don't fvck this up Netflix

Addendum: Is Indya Moore the most perfect casting in this series yet? Because holy shit they look perfect

[sentofight]

ooc. the only good thing about p/4 aki. minus the weird cross whatever thing haircut he has.

[rose-tinted-kalopsia]

okay i feel really loyal to xavier still at the moment. but i still want to sniff sylus. also i just can’t imagine this man in that panda outfit?? playing kitty cards?? i am gonna beat his ass and make him cry in that. it’s just so funny how this game put such characters in those situations i love it lmao. the main story is so serious then you have them getting mad at the claw machine and wearing a panda suit

-🫐

ANONIE HAHAHAJDJJSJF YOU'RE SO CUTE i actually like. i get the vision. sylus in the panda suit is suddenly every bit of a need right now. just like. he's the type i want to force into all those silly lil outfits and things 😭 i'm so looking forward to seeing how game mechanics will be with him and what plushie shenanigans he'd pull 😭

[hurlumerlu]

The problem with Ray and Sand's music room fight is that I want to make fun of them for being dramatic but then I remember the time I almost gauded my wife into shoving me into a harbor as part of one of our stupid, not-together-yet push&pulls and the only thing that stopped me was that I had just bought comics and didn't want them soaked so I just sigh and accept I can't cast the first stone

[new-haven-psych-ward]

Kamen Rider Geats episode 36 poorly summarized via memes with as little context as possible: