#this is the definition is perfect <3< /div>
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one of the things that makes (movie) poolverine work so well is that i think wade is legit the only love interest in these movies that has not ever told logan who he is. like the whole "you're not an animal, logan", and "girls flirt with the dangerous guy but they don't take him home" deal. wade has never really done anything like that, in fact he's pretty encouraging of whatever the fuck logan feels like doing at any given moment.
#wade is both “my boy is gonna fuck you up” and “you're the literal definition of the perfect hero and moral standard”#santi talks#deadpool and wolverine#deadpool#deadpool 3#wolverine#poolverine#deadclaws#logan howlett#logan#wade wilson#hugh jackman#ryan reynolds
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....now considering whether I want to write a 'Find the shapeshifters' fic for SVSSS too
#the key thing would be deciding who all is in the party when the doubles happen#luo binghe#liu qingge#shen qingqiu#and yue qingyuan#seem like the most obvious candidates#so far the only 'telling traits' I can think of would be#1) Shen Qingqiu's 'Luo Binghe' is impossibly suave and hits on any female figures within a radius#which leads everybody else to say 'Yeah that's fake' because they all know LBH only has eyes for SQQ#and 2) I think Yue Qingyuan's 'Shen Qingqiu' is kind of ragged and underfed#even now#he can't stop seeing him that way. a little bit.#oh 3) luo binghe's 'Liu Qingge' would just be OFFENSIVE. probably his 'YQY' too.#4) if Shang Qinghua is in the group that's going to make things difficult#because shang qinghua's doubles are almost all perfect#except for Shang Qinghua's 'Shen Qingqiu'#who he definitely gets wrong in some way#because Shen Qingqiu is the only one here that Shang Qinghua did not create
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I absolutely HAD to draw something for @phoebepheebsphibs's DTIYS (based on this pose)! I decided to mix things up a bit by experimenting with a more limited color palette, which was a pretty fun challenge.
#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#pheebsdtiys#art#my art#my post#tmnt#alt text#dtiys#mikey#uify#until I found you#I don't actually know how clothing folds work#my “method” is throwing a bunch of stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks#which is basically my method for drawing in general I guess#trial and error#but I've definitely improved since I started so I guess it works right?#anyways#it's like 5am as I'm drafting this post#just finished feeding my daughter and waiting for her to fall asleep before I go back to bed#perfect time to draft a post and ramble in the tags right?#my schedule has gotten so weird with a newborn#but I make time for drawing turtles where I can#saw this dtiys and knew immediately that I had to do it#stayed up way too late doing it probably#but those 2-3 hour intervals where she's sleeping are a good chunk of my free time nowadays#and I am more than happy to spend them drawing uify mikey
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could you pretty please perhaps draw Richie x Jason 🙏🙏💗
kyle put him up to this
#jason jepson#richie lipschitz#jepschitz#hatchetfield#definitely art#id in alt text#big fan of jason and his 2 braincells#they would have the slowest burn because richie would wait for him to offer to carry his books and jason would take richie basically#on a date and be like “yay my dude im so happy we could hang out like friends yknow buddy :]” while internally congratulating himself for#being a good boyfriend. in my perfect world they went to homecoming together#and richie looked at him with moe eyes while twitching his fingers like “uh.. w.. what... does this make us...?”#jason looked at him with a blank expression and went “have we not been dating for 3 months”
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After the fifth time that Katsuki pops up at UA, surprising Izuku with Bento for lunch, calling him "sensei" in a cocky(affectionate) tone, Kouta just stops at Izuku's desk on his way out of the room and asks him point blank,
"So are you and DynaMight actually dating, or what?"
Izuku sputtering and dropping all of his paperwork and avoiding the question out of sheer dumbfoundedness.
Then, the sixth time that Katsuki barges in, as he is thrusting the bento into Izukus hands as usual, Kota raises his hand, and stands up from his seat and yells out,
"DynaMight, sir!! Pardon me, but are you dating Deku-Sensei??" And the whole class gasps and whispers. Katsuki appears just as dumbfounded as he looks wide-eyed at Kouta and the students.
"Kouta!" Izuku balks, but then Katsuki suddenly grins mischievously. Izuku doesn't trust that look...
"Well, brat, maybe I SHOULD date him, then I could make sure Sensei doesn't forget to eat every day, right??" Katsuki looked entirely too pleased at the louder gasps and chatter that came from the students. He has a wicked grin as he turns his sharp red eyes back to Izuku.
"K-Kacchan, what are you doing?!" Izuku stammers, beet red and grabbing his arm. "This is not the time for--"
"If you don't want me disrupting your class, then stop leaving your Bento in the fridge!!" Katsuki scolds Izuku before swinging himself back out of the open window. There was a fresh wave of gasps and excited murmuring at the insinuationthat the two lived together. "We're ROOM MATES, OK?" He adds hastily, pointing his finger at the noisy classroom of kids.
He drops out the window and blasts off.
Izuku is left, stood at his desk, hands planted and hanging his head, trying to collect enough of himself to quell the riotous theories now flying around his classroom.
Kouta stands at his own desk amidst his unruly classmates, eyes narrowed as if he had just realized something, "I knew it!" He hisses.
"You're the worst," Izuku texts Katsuki later.
"I know" katsuki replies.
"Now eat your fuckin food or I'll stop making it for you."
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I think I was inspired by this art post ^^;
#bakudeku#post epilogue bkdk#post epilogue drabble#deku sensei#dynamight and deku sensei#in this one they are definitely room mates :3#oh they were roommates#kouta knows the trope apparently#he is familiar with it#kacchan prepares meals each day#izuku forgets to grab his sometimes#so Katsuki flies it over to UA before going on patrol#gives sensei some grief#some days more than others#izuku now understands why aizawa is so tired all the time#kids are rowdy especially when they get wind of some tea#its ok kids katsuki is waiting until the perfect opportunity to ask izuku out#when theyre both heroes again#when theybshoot to the top of the ranking#just give it time#the class starts shipping them#izuku doesnt always remember to grab his bento even after that bc dude is tired#but kacchan always brings it and riles everyone up#its almost as if he likes doing it#likes flustering Izuku#aizawa is not pleased#he worried about the learning environment#hes this close to forbidding izuku to accept kacchan brining his lunch on campus at all#his problem children continue to be his problem#and for this drabble i am assuming that the windows in the UA classroom can open
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I've come to some conclusions about where space westerns fall when it comes to "more space" and "more western"
#star wars#cowboy bebop#high noon over camelot#trigun#firefly#I love space westerns <3 my favorite genre <3#hnoc is the perfect space western in my taste bc it is the perfect medium#between space and western#I could see cowboy bebop and trigun getting scooched around#but star wars and firefly are definitely the end poles#this is just my silly little takes
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Wait so how do you know for sure the sprite is Ralsei? No hate, I do believe you haha, but I too am a lore scientist and I wanna know your evidence. Does it show up in-game? I could definitely believe that I saw it in-game and forgot about it :P
YES. Finding legitimate sprites directly from Toby Fox games can be surprisingly difficult. There are so many fan-made character sprites, that it can be hard to differentiate from the real ones!
Guess how many are NOT fan-made? .....only one 🗿
...(please don't question why google is in italian)
Official Websites like Spriters Resource (Ralsei's Offical Sprite Sheet) are very helpful in this regard :)
They may even include unused file graphics. Like this unused face of Ralsei.
Sprite legitimacy is a big rabbit hole that I personally don't have enough knowlege on :( ((BUT OH MY GOSH The internet is notorious for reposting fan-spriteworks without sourcing. It can be really hard to find the original artist.))
It's also HILARIOUS how many people have redone Ralsei's sprite. It is quite obvious from my Ralsei poll and through his mass of fan-redesigns, that many people in the Deltarune community REALLY LOVE his Chapter 1 sprite more.
Ralsei sprite fan-art is amazing and I personally want to mod it into my game bc it looks so good. Below I have some really cool fan-sprites I found and the artists who made them!
Left (Ralsei Ch 2 redesign- metr0nix727), Middle (Ralsei based off Ch 1- larituca), Left (Full Ralsei Chapter 2 Sprite sheet with Hat- artist unknown**)
**this sprite sheet was submitted through Sprites Resource but I traced it back to TaxeisNotOkay, who I presume to be the original artist. I could not find any other information regarding the full sprite sheet, so feel free to correct or inform me if you find anything!
Looking back at Ralsei's Chapter 2 head sprites..... they just don't look as good as they could in my opinion. I dont like them :(...uhhh NO HATE OF COURSE!!..ahklasdkflansdf I'll go jump in this hole now.
#I want to reiterate I do not hate people who like Ralsei's Chapter 2 design. But I myself have MANY criticisms for it-#I have a lot of other criticisms for Deltarune in general!! And thats okay!!! No game is perfect. <3#But Being able to voice my criticism definitely makes me feel less alone.... I want to feel comfortable expressing my thoughts and feelings#.....Idk I think its important.... QwQ...ahh sorry...anyways....#You got me rambling again uwu#This was a super interesting deep dive into sprite work! SO thank you to whoever asked!! <3#deltarune#deltarune fanart#sometimes its almost like the community itself makes better content and i get....conflicted... idk man..... :(#deltarune sprite#fanart#ralsei#ralsei deltarune#deltarune ralsei#ralsei sprite#bread#bread rambles
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i love everybody because i love you
#klance#vld#voltron#lance mcclain#keith kogane#heynhay sees keith and is like DOCTOR!!!! TAKE THAT MANS PATHETIC CAT AURA OUTPUT AND INCREASE IT BY TEN THOUSAND!!!#i need you guys to listen to the linked songs. tell me you do that#because i cannot make it clear enough that i dont just choose a similar ish song. when i link a song in the desc it means from start to end#i had that song in mind. or even playing. definitely looped it several dozen times#and this is an easy one too! one like everyone knows! i didnt even go niche this time!#(strawberry blonde was just too perfect)#it was a hard choice between this and I Want You though for RFSNCIB#anyway thats 3/6 mitski albums represented.#can i keep doing one a day til i finish? dubious. but possible.#just for the record. after this keith like lit a building on fire or something#he couldnt fucking take it anymore#caption is a bit misleading. keith would not love everybody bc he loves lance.#in fact i think mostly it would drive him to threaten others with violence#but for a split second. this split second.#...maybe he does#art#my art#mitski
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So, how rare ARE Ford's extra fingers, anyway?
I'm not gonna lie, at first I was skeptical of Ford's claims that the Weirdness Magnetism had an effect on him. Like, yeah, the whole having six fingers thing isn't exactly common, but it's a naturally-occurring event. Stan describes it as a birth defect, and there doesn't seem to be a noticeably great number of people with those in Gravity Falls. It wouldn't be all that farfetched for Ford to think he was just Built Different, for like, at least 7 reasons, but then you start actually thinking about it.
Polydactyly isn't exactly common. Approximately 1 in 1,000 babies are born with some form of polydactyly. While it's true that postaxial polydactyly (extra digit is past the pinkie) is the most common form, which is shown to be the kind Ford has in the x-ray at the beginning of AToTS, there are several other extreme circumstances.
Extra digits in polydactyly aren't usually found on all limbs. It can occur on hands and feet (and Alex has confirmed that Ford does, indeed, have six toes on both feet) but rarely does it occur on both feet, or both hands, much less both hands and both feet. And even when it does occur more than once on one person, the extra digits aren't usually fully-formed. Oftentimes they don't even have bones. When they do have bones, they're usually much smaller, or barely opposable (if they have joints at all). When they're big enough to be maneuverable, they usually interfere with the structure of the hands/feet in negative ways. All this means that an extra finger or toe which doesn't direly require a surgery to remove the extra digit within the first year or two of life is incredibly uncommon.
And let's remember: that's just for one extra digit. Ford has four.
For Ford to have fully functional polydactyly on both hands and both feet, to the point where it's basically impossible to tell which one is finger x without x-rays... the odds of that are astronomically unlikely. Never-before-recorded, one in a kazillion, borderline medically unfathomable sort of rare.
I think I do believe the Weirdness Magnetism could've affected Ford, actually.
#I don't think the same about Dipper and his constellation birthmark tho#I have freckles on my arm that make a perfect right triangle u ain't special#while such a large birthmark is certainly rare it isn't unheard of#the actual structure isn't technically any more or less likely than any other random arrangement of dots and lines#unless the fact that it's a constellation makes it special in some way which would make sense but we never saw any supernatural connection#i definitely think that part is just Ford being like “look at my grandnephew :) he is a Special Little Guy I love him he's great”#which is extremely adorable but not indicative of any weirdness in a scientific sense of the word#i can't believe i just typed “weirdness in a scientific sense”#gravity falls#journal 3#gravity falls journal#gravity falls spoilers#ford pines#stanford pines#dipper pines#gravity falls meta#i think#is this what meta is?#am i metaposting?
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i finished up that aether i bought a few weeks back <3 her name is morning wish
#fr#flight rising#dragon share#my dragon#aether#fr aether#morning wish#i am so excited i actually got this accent#bc i messaged the person about it back when i first got her#and just now got a reply#i wasn't sure if i was gonna be able to get it#but i am so so happy that i did#because it is PERFECT for them#anyway i have the prettiest aether on site and no one can tell me otherwise <3#i win at dragons#smoke was definitely the right decision#it looks so so good
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halloween in pallet
#pokemon#rival silver#trainer lyra#trainer ethan#pokemon hgss#soulsilvershipping#hc that each halloween blue+ leaf hold a gigantic dress up party at theirs … lots of dancing and drinks :p#lyra wearing her ultra cute team rocket fit silver wearing lances iconic e4 uniform and ethan as… goku lol#silver originally wasnt gonna dress up but ethan said straight to his face “dude don’t be a fking loser for once” lol#plus i think both blue and leaf take costume parties VERY SERIOUSLY they are matching every year lol#so if silver DIDNT come dressed up they would chew him out all night & probs for months after (until red told them to shut up lol)#lance suggested his old uniform since it’s a perfect fit and ethan and lyra both loved the idea#ethan is definitely on his 6th fireball + coke and it’s only 9:30 he’ll be throwing up by half past 10 easily lol#also if it isn’t obvious this is my timeskip designs lol lyra 20 ethan 21 and silver 23 me thinkkksss#all of their cute lil features too! ethans freckles silvers short hair and scar#had so much fun with tiny background details that are hardly visible but yknow what!!! its fun for me!! lol#lyra pokemon#ethan pokemon#silver pokemon#hgss#pkmn#pokemon art#pokemon fanart#my art <3#johto au
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i also like to think that as children javier and og lloyd got locked in a toxic cycle where javier felt like he had to. make up. for og lloyd's bad behavior. like a part of him recognized that his presence in the household was causing og lloyd to act up even worse than he already did normally and he tried to make up for the trouble he 'caused' by being as good of a kid as he could. and this in turn made og lloyd hate him even more because he saw it as an attempt to make him look like a worse son by comparison and that made him act up even more. and then the cycle repeats.
#i talk a lot <3#tged#javier asrahan#og lloyd frontera#also. at the beginning javier's perfect behavior was definitely also him trying desperately to make him staying with the fronteras worth it#to arcos and marbella. like. he's painfully aware of how tenuous their relationship truly is and he's terrified he'll lose his second home#because him being there is causing more troubles than he's worth#so he thinks that maybe just maybe if he's a good enough kid if he makes them happy enough that will make it worth keeping him around#of fucking course sending him away was never even an option to arcos and marbella but he's a kid and he lost his parents#and he was left to fend off for himself for a good amount of time so he's just. scared. he won't be good enough to keep.#if he's anything less than perfect.#he would eventually grow out of that but the impulse to be a good kid so he can make the fronteras happy never really goes away#it just shifts to him feeling guilty he caused them more trouble with og lloyd and feeling like he has to make up for it#THIS IS NOT CANON I'M JUST MAKING THINGS UP DO NOT FUCKING @ ME#og lloyd was truly terrible tho that one is actually canon lol
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Say hello to my objectsona that was worth my time, AND I’m very proud of (wow I’m actually proud of this art guyz this is so rare)
(Time taken: 3hrs, 9mins)
Uhh hello bookmark in my new artstyle!!
+ with a small color redesign
+ with different povs
+ with more info about her design, lore, and just character study overall:
(I recommend to click on the img to read the text better ^^)
And uhh
Old vs New design comparison (+ artstyle)
Purple -> Pastel Blue
Sky Blue -> Off-White
Yeah idk I lost my excitement after stimming for a good 10 minutes!1!
Enjoy!! (I hope this doesn’t flop 😭‼️)
(Tagging some moots cause it flopped I’m sorry uhhwhgfdffadd omfg how much times will i jinx myself???— I’d love it if you rb btw/nf/nf/nf/nf)
@akalikestodraw @infinite-ticking-clock37 @galaxy-brushs-asks-blogs @knightobreath @solgavee @woodrocko @facelessthefreak @homobrainjuice @applesaucify @maxphilippa @chocolatespyro
SORRRYYYY :((
#my art#so before I drew this I drew smth shitty with a shitty brush and I got a huge artblock and hated myself for a good hour or two then I was#about to post about my art block and how I was going to take a break from drawing then I looked at my lineless art again and remembered how#much fun it was when I just drew it lineless. I only forced myself to find a perfect brush/art style when in reality the perfect artstyle#was the one that made me happy. So I went to my notebook and I saw my beautiful old sketch I drew of bookmark in different povs with the ba#sketchiness of it. So I got inspired. I colored in between the bad sketches. Redesigned the parasite. And smiled. This artstyle may not#stick for a while. But is sure made me happy and because of that. I love my art. And my style. And my ocs. And I definitely love you for#reading all of this/p. I hope this helps you too in some way! <3#thank you#golden#osc#osc oc#object show#osc art#object show art#osc community#object show community#object oc#object show oc#object shows#objectsona#Bookmark
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me: so let's read toa
my brain: okay cool. sure. we do love apollo. we know half the plot from the memes anyway. let's do it.
me: so... let's see. we've read pjo, hoo-
my brain: have we though?
me: yeah dude like last year-
my brain: 6th grade. you read them all on speed run within a month in 6th grade.
me: yeah, like I said-
my brain: 6th grade was 6 years ago. ever since then you've been retaining all the knowledge solely through content you see in memes and fanfiction.
me: i-
my brain: you do not remember *anything*, just the vague plot and vibes have been doing it for you-
me: ... in my defense-
my brain: go read the entire thing from beginning. now.
me: ...yes ma'am.
#pjo#hoo#toa#pjo hoo toa#percy jackson#scarlet rambles#scarlet will be going on a reading spree#is this their 3 am brain talking? absolutely#is it entirely possible that they give up on it after the first chapter of lightening thief? definitely#then again i did speedread the iliad this month and iphigenia in aulis yesterday so anything can happen#this is adhd's fault#adhd#and perfectionism#i literally cannot do anything if it isn't perfect
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Hi guys, this is usually what a doodle page ends up looking like <3 (oh, and @ancha-aus thought you might like this! Not writing but certainly fuel to my fire lol-)
This one is New Age filled!!! (Close-ups abd Lore beneath the cut!)
1) Night and Cross!
Night is actually very clingy once he's a teen. He doesn't usually realize it, but around the castle he'll snake to be closer to his Knights so long as there's no one he needs to keep his composure infront of is nearby. Cross is the one who's not used to physical touch (when it's not Ink ofc) so Night in his personal bubble makes his heart melt but also scares tf out of him <3
2) Error and Night's Meeting!
Error was carrying his whole life on his back and trying not to get arrested for unintentional property damage at this point, so when he saw the chance to get back at his brother and prove he was strong enough? Yeah, he got that on chance instantly. And was VERY smug when Nightmare chose him. (Also, Error is wearing gloves, so less Haphephobia)
3) Dream and Blue designs!
I think these are good tentative designs! Dream probably has a more regal fit, but he likes to play up that rugged exile look- He's inspired by Archers, while Blue takes on that classic Knightly-vibe. Their equipment is mostly stolen from Night's troops or brought with them from Blue's home kingdom.
Also, Dream is approx Killer's height at this point, shorter than Cross and *much* shorter than Apple!Nightmare. (Hc that Skeletons tend to be tinier in stature thanks to weird monster beauty standards. Horror and Geno's fam are outliers.)
4) Horror and Dust designs!
Horror is naturally a very *large* monster. He's very malnourished when Nightmare meets him, but by the time he's a Knight Nightmare has made sure that's no longer the case. He actually loves comfy, simple clothes, but to play up the whole 'strong mysterious' bit he wears a more barbaric Knight's garb. He doesn't mind acting scary, it's more fun that way :]. Dust is very very small, and envies horror sometimes for his size, but his tiny stature let's him control his body and move a lot quicker. He's very much based on a rogue, and usually covers the lower part of his face w/ a black cloth, and the upper part w/ his hood or mask. Dust only removes both to bathe, eat, or relax in a safe location. (Ignore that I can't draw the stupid gaster blaster lmao-)
These last two were space-fillers, but Cross and his Borzoi (Windmill, otherwise known as Milly (Killer named her-)) and really bad first wips of Ccino! I think Ccino was a chubby, happy toddler, but lost a lot of 'weight' (bone mass? Magic?) due to stress and pressure and bad eating habits. So it isn't until a while after the Coronation that he starts to relax abd feel safe enough to eat normal meals (Nightmare used to guilt him into eating snacks together, but as his boss (and younger brother) he can encourage it more often). By the time Killer shows he's still not quite healthy, but he's better. As more weight is lifted off his shoulders, the better he is. (That 'beauty' most people saw was a more stereotypical slimness, but Killer never stopped seeing Ccino as beautiful-) I think he never looked traditionally underweight, so no one noticed, and it was only much later that Night processed it. (And maybe it's why Dream hardly recognized him later on-)
#new age au#I love showing mundane life things-#and also these designs beamed into my brain#I can't draw Ccino for anything but the others? yeag#Blue is definitely my fave. and just like every au I will draw Blue perfect the first time and draw Dust 6 billion times 😔#Horror is kinda banger too tho#makes me laugh to imagine Horror picking up Dust mid-fight out of convenience and Dust weighs nothing to him#(also this size difference is exactly why Dust and Horror fight in the non-magic training. and why Horror accidentally obliterated his#shoulder later on lmao- Dust needs to be able to dodge any enemy. Horror needs to aim for small and quick targets.)#(Meanwhile Cross is the newest and Killer the oldest and if Cross adapts to Killer then he'll adapt to the others more easily.)#oh! and Ccino w/ his arc? I think I really like the idea of a Ccino with a plump body-type. but that conflicts with my vidion of Ccino kinda#losing track of eating and being co-erced by adults to skip meals just enough to make him the 'right amount' of curvy#so when Nightmare takes over it's a habit he's so used to he hardly notices that he's doing it. but. Night picks up on it because Ccino is#almost akways with him. their relationship is very much Ccino giving his life to help Night#but it's also Night recognizing that and giving it back to Ccino along with more the moment he can#just smth smth this au is full of fit and exercized people and I think Ccino deserves some comfort and healing and positivity <3#also I am SO fond of Nightmare getting up in people's bubbles. he does it most to Killer and Ccino for obvious reasons but#god forbid a noble be talking behind his back because he *will* twist around and shove under his knight's arms or sides just to#read them the riot act or stare them down <3#and I think when he was an adult Night was... kinda like the big brother? like. not an experienced one by any means. but he wasn't *not*#affectionate then either. he was better at being serious about it and more discreet. but like#Nervous Cross escorting him in public? Night nudges his shoulder briefly with a Tendril to try and comfort him. Dust having a magic overload#? personal Training against just Night so there was no risk of harming anyone else. then snacks and tea after.#Horror is homesick? Woah look at that a scheduled trip back to visit with Crop and side-track back to Horror's village? huh?? wild...#Killer upset at all? Night will find a solution. just you wait. a cat. two cats. perhaps even a cat in a little sweater? or y'know. just a#chat or a combat?#Nightmare showed his affections but was just more distant about it.#Oh also. all four were used to tendrils lifting/tugging them subconsciously. usually during trainings to avoid them hurting eachother by#mistake in their early days. Killer misses it sometimes
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Skaia: *20d6 fire and 20d6 bludgeoning damage*
(page 756-758, again)
One day later, I can confidently say that WV: Ascend is the coolest thing Homestuck has done so far. There’s an impressive amount happening in just two and a half minutes of animation - it does a great job at advancing most of the storylines that have been woven throughout Act 2, and setting up some new mysteries for Act 3.
First and very excitingly, we get the coordinates of John’s neighborhood when WV’s bunker flies overhead. John lives at 47.362101, -122.054144 – a suburb in Maple Valley, Washington, about halfway between Seattle and Tacoma. It’s even near a lake, just like the one we see in zoomed out shots of John’s house. Real life pictures of this area look like a very generic suburb, one that could be copy-pasted from lots of parts of the US, so it’s perfect for his context. I really love the idea of John being so close to the ocean – a place associated with openness and freedom – yet so unable to access it.
John himself doesn't appear in the animation, only his home does. I think the same is true for GG. The coordinates of WV’s appearified pumpkin (coordinates p.733, pumpkin seen next to GG on p.665) are identical to those of the frog statue, where WV touches down. Every possible clue to GG only makes her more mysterious, and the idea that she could live in a place so connected to Skaia is no exception. If she has some access to Skaia’s potential, this could explain her knowledge of the future, especially in regards to Sburb. I’m guessing that this statue and GG both will play a big role in Act 3.
The Peregrine Mendicant, as they approach the ruins of John’s house and the apple shaped bunker close by, may also have a role. Since we know Sburb’s pre-punched card can contain a variety of items, and the apple and its tree were John’s, I’d guess that Rose’s item will be cylindrically shaped – as suggested by someone on discord, it could even be a can.
WV: Ascend really highlights the malleable and nonlinear role of time in Act 2, and takes us much further back into the past, and a little further into the future, than anything so far, radically expanding the scope of the story geographically and chronologically. I’m going to discuss time in Act 2 at length in an essay I’m currently planning, but for now I want to mention the meteor that collided with Earth in (apparently) prehistoric times. This happened before the Pacific Ocean was even an ocean, and the raptor flying overhead once it has become an ocean suggests that the meteor, Skaia’s power over Earth, and the frog statue built inside the crater, all far predate recognizable life on Earth. Page 545 shows us that Dad has been collecting newspaper clippings related to meteors for decades. This felt pretty huge at the time, but is made vastly insignificant by the idea that such meteors go back millions of years. Who’s to say it wasn’t the ‘creative potential’ of Skaia that created life on Earth itself????
I went through act 2 to find all the ‘psyche!’ moments, so here they are: PSYCHE cuts from Rose to Dave (p.308), OH SNAP cuts from Dave back to Rose (p.357), PSYCHE and OH WAIT – x2 DOUBLE PSYCHEOUT COMBO cuts from Dave to GG to WV (p.665) and finally, PSYCHE?? – UNPSYCHE. cuts from the fakeout end of act animation to the actual end of act animation.
Beyond just these moments, act 2 is very focused on transitions – fitting, as it begin with John’s transition from Earth to the Medium. Some others that get highlighted by the narrator or player are John to WV (p.270-271), Dave to John (p.466-467 and p.613-614) and John back to Dave (p.663-664). Cuts between John and Rose are never highlighted, perhaps due to the link between them as co-players making these feel more natural.
I’ve mentioned before that WV’s ‘Years in the future…’ pages have always been followed by Rose’s GameFAQ pages (p.248-249, 271-272, 439-440 and 509-510), creating a parallel between these two characters. Finding out that they are in the same physical space, four hundred and thirteen years apart in time, both vying for control over John Egbert, is such a cool payoff to this with a BIG implication. Does being a Sburb server player create a sort of ‘node of potential’ in that physical location through which it’s possible to control the corresponding client player? Does this mean John eventually becomes a server player? Does this happen so that Sburb guarantees that if something happens to a server player – for example, dying to a meteor while trying to enter the game themself – the client player can still be guided through the game? Are these bunkers really natural formations, as the animation implies, or are they formed through some kind of alchemy? A combination of both?
Both Rose’s mom and Dave’s bro appear in this flash, although their stories are still entirely tied to their charges, while John’s dad (Mr. Egbert? Clown Egbert? Can Clown be a honorific?) now has an arc of his own. All of the guardians seem to be in control of their own situations, but Dad is now far away, while Nannasprite has taken on the role of actively looking after John.
We already knew Dave’s bro was a scheming mastermind setting up saw traps for his brother, and Dave being colored in orange, pink and yellow as he stands on the rooftop reminds me of the red, pink and yellow of Rowlf in Bro’s ‘ironic’ comic (p.565) – but this is the first time we’ve seen Bro’s actual, non-silhouetted form. We’ve seen Rose’s mom before, but she’s now revealed as an equally high level mastermind, and it casts her actions in a whole new light. Mom did not erect Jaspers’ mausoleum in a ‘spirit of scornful IRONY’ – she was in fact concealing an escape hatch to which only she knew the passcode. How much she knew about the specific circumstances it might be used in is still up in the air, as well as why she waited for this exact moment, when Rose has already been in danger for hours, but I think there’s a lot more to her than being a (possible) neglectful alcoholic.
After this very beautiful animation, the curtains close on Act 2 (p.758) identical to those closing on Act 1 (p.247), and to those opening on the Skaian gates during Nannasprite's lore (p.422). Thanks, Act 2. I miss you already.
Also I still love that frog.
#homestuck#reaction#eoa2#chrono#acts 1 and 2 were honestly so different. i cant decide which i liked better.#probably act 2 has higher highs and more to chew on as a unit#but was definitely slow in places#act 1 was Tight and never dragged and a perfect setup but was also less experimental#and it didnt have the frog........#also i am going to hard word limit my act 3 posts.... this is the last long reaction post
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