#this took forever to sort out

[milkywayes]

It's been a while since I last plugged my print shop and ko-fi tipjar, and my follower count has doubled since then, so for everyone who's new here:

Hi! Thank you for wanting to keep up with my art, it means a lot! If you've ever wanted to support me beyond likes and reblogs, the print shop offers a variety of sizes and options and I can always add a print you'd like that's missing from the lineup (just shoot me a message!) Or leave me a tip on ko-fi if you want to make my day :)

I'm a small fry as far as tumblr art blogs go, and I don’t have it in me to spend my art time chasing trends and drawing for more popular fandoms that aren't my one true love, Mass Effect. Any small gesture of support means the world <3

[kbsd]

eugene sledge & robert leckie // "station to station"

it's too late to be hateful the European canon is here

-> WATCH ON GOOGLE DRIVE

(i've been thinking about this video for a long time, but this gifset by meg @ww2yaoi really inspired me to finish it. i also drew a lot of inspiration and themes from where to begin by ama @warriorgays. thank you both!)

some content warnings under the cut:

i wanted this video to be a really comprehensive dive into both leckie’s and sledge’s arcs, which meant including the particularly horrible parts of the war: namely the dehumanization of japanese people, the way the marines used that dehumanization to justify their actions, and how it eroded their own humanity in turn. as such, i included a lot of elements of the show that i wouldn’t normally put into a video and that i don’t often see in visual fanworks, so i wanted to content warn accordingly. this video includes (in addition to the usual canon-typical violence and discussion of ptsd):

canon-typical racism including racial slurs, desecration of corpses, animal cruelty, frontal nudity, and suicide

[putschki1969]

Wakana’s Talk Garden #18 Video

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Wow, this was SUCH A PLEASURE to watch. I am beyond grateful that she decided to make a video of this. I am a visual person so these things always hit harder if I actually get to see them.

I did not expect Wakana to cry THIS MUCH XD Poor baby!! Above, you'll find a compilation of some of the most touching moments of the podcast (with subtitles provided by yours truly - don't ask me how long it took to figure this shit out). I found myself breaking into tears almost as often as Wakana. I just can't see my girl crying without tearing up as well.

Now I REALLY regret not submitting a message for the episode. January was just way too stressful so I wasn't in the right mindset to sit down and write anything decent. Even on good days, I struggle to come up with something so when times are hectic, it's almost impossible...*sighs*

On a lighter note, let's all appreciate this cute little face here⬇️

She was asked if "Wakana" was her real name or just her "artist" name. Excited by this question she had never received before, her response was => "NAMAE DESU. FIRST NAME DESU"

[pocketgalaxies]

So, having finished the episode, thoughts???

ugh. SO GOOD. everything i was hoping for and more!! marisha was so so fucking incredible and stunning obviously. and matt did such a great job (as he always does) portraying a troubling parental figure, with all of their complicated love and selfishness and failures

the thing is. having an emotionally unavailable parent is such a common struggle, even if it takes on wildly different shapes and sizes for each person, and there are parts of the ep that i feel tied to in vague or inexplicable ways too. which makes my feelings harder to put into words and actually analyze in this moment lmfao

but ofc marisha did so many things that just made me ache. "that was a good fucking idea to handle a situation with a daughter that was clearly just wanting your fucking attention" and "i thought a dad was supposed to stay by their kid when they're having a fucking hard time" say SO MUCH about what beau's struggle was always rooted in. a girl who just wanted her parents to look at her and actually see her for once in their fucking lives, and making them proud was nothing but a guilty pleasure pipe dream. little eye rolls and head shakes when they both fall back into their shitty clueless habits because they will never fucking get it, even when she shows up at their doorstep drenched in rain and spits it in their faces. and "maybe i'm the one that's sent to humble you." because if i'm to be defined by the words of some random woman in the woods and not by my actions or my words or my efforts, then maybe they will also explain why you seem incapable of loving me.

other marisha things that hurt me include: trying not to listen when they were at the evening nip and nott and cad are telling jester "of course your dad loves you – what's there not to love?" still making sure to yell "mom! i'm going, mom." before leaving so she doesn't leave without saying bye. the waterworks as soon as TJ hugged her. OBVIOUSLY "well some things never change, do they, dad?" so many more. ugh marisha is so fucking good.

anyway at the end of the day, it honestly doesn't really matter how much your parents love you if they never fucking do anything about it. and it was neat to see m9 recognize that these people do love their daughter and perhaps they can do better by her in the future, but also recognize that their actions have made beau feel almost irreparably unlovable in her own home. and really interesting to see jester say "it's not worth it to carry this poison in you" while yasha says "maybe it's worth it to destroy this place, if it'll show you what you destroyed to get it." such an interesting contrast in reactions that says so much about these two characters too! WHAT A FUCKING GOOD EPISODEEEEEEE.

[ananinidraws]

This was a school project i made this year, for my animation class. I was pretty proud of how it came out so i wanted to post it here as well <3333

It's just a cute lil story between two long distance partners meeting for the first time <3333

I'll expand on details in some reblogs with more concepts for these characters uvu

[umbracirrus]

It has taken forever for me to get this done (or at least it feels like forever!) to get a solid design down for Elyse's parents Edwyn and Ingja.

Have I ever mentioned that though I love making characters, I hate designing them 😅

[kalied0skull]

Just started your Soda playlist, and oh my GODS first song on is come on Eileen and it’s SUCH a song Soda would bop to, you need a have an opening scene or a more rp-ish scene with Steve or Cola or some with him listening to it and dancing. ITS SO HIM. It might clash with the timelines a bit but there’s also Aliens so.

AHAHAAH I'M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE IT !!! it's one of my favorite "soda would dance to this" songs i have in there ! :D

since I'm taking a momentary break from the soda blog (just woke up too so y'know) I'll write something down here just as a little snippet like their typical clips!

@sodapopcurtis-dx-asks

Soda wandered outside of the DX into the autoshop to find Steve working roughly on a car.

The noise from Soda's stereo radio was enough to get Steve to slowly roll out from under the car with a firm frown.

He held a stereo radio to his head with a firm hand, blaring the song. Soda was cheesing hard as he swayed side to side. “Hiya, Stevie!” He placed the stereo down on a work table, now giving himself more freedom to dance with both arms and legs.

“Soda, what're you up to? I'm tryna work her—” He was cut off as he was snatched up off of the creeper by Soda, getting dragged up and onto his feet to dance with him.

“Dance with me!” Soda laughs, holding their hands close to him as he tilted Steve side to side with each extended arm.

Steve grumbled trying to pull away and sit back down, only to end up accidentally kicking the creeper back under the car. “Soda– hehe– quit!”

“Poor ol' Johnny Ray! ” Soda sang in his face, twirling Steve around and pulling him back in.

It took Steve's breath away for a second, being spun around and pulled back close. His face was close to Soda's for just a moment, the words being sung to him at a loud volume at close proximity made Steve laugh.

Sounded sad upon the radio,

But he moved a million hearts in mono!

Our mothers cried!

Sang along

Who'd blame them?

Soda swayed them both side to side, rocking on their feet and swishing to the beat. He giggled, focusing on the floor as to not stare at Steve much. “ Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye... And we can sing just like our fathers! ”

Steve groaned, he wasn't truly annoyed but he did want to get back to his work... unfortunately for him though, Soda's dancing powers were too hard for him to overcome. So, he gave in finally.

They danced together until the end of the song, spinning in circles and pulling each other in and out, dancing until their legs hurt and the song changed to the next one.

At the end, they both plopped down straight onto the floor, giggling and shaking their heads. Steve sprawled out, Soda criss-crossed.

“You gonna let me get back to work now that y've tired yerself out?” Steve probbed Soda with a finger, accusingly so.

Soda burst out giggling, getting up and grabbing his radio. “Yeah, yeah. I'm goin'!” He smiled wide.

“Don't say you didn't have fun with me though!”

And with that, he skipped back out of the shop to go back into the DX. Leaving Steve out of breath and laughing to himself as he searched for the creeper.

“God, he's gonna kill me with that smile one of these days.” He cursed, trying to rub the blush off his face.

[luminique]

Hello, I'm the translator Anon. I know we don't have much information about the outside world, but I would like to know if you have any possible ideas for a Reader who is part of the Sons of Calydon and what role this Reader could play.

We see in the story that each one plays a role within the group, such as Lighter being a bodyguard and Burnice selling drinks. I tried to think of something for a Reader from the Sons of Calydon, but I couldn't think of anything, do you have any ideas?

HI TRANSLATOR ANON !! i remember someone else came up with reader who’s a mechanic and i LOVE that idea.

especially after what happened before the tour de inferno, you made a deal with the Sons of Calydon to not only supply them with top quality parts, but also repair and upgrade their bikes. all this outside of the hollow? that’s too good of a deal to pass up on.

in the beginning, they were a little suspicious. you didn’t seem to have any ties to bad biker gangs and your bike that you showed them used parts that could never be gotten so easily in the hollow. caesar decided to take your bike out for a spin (lighter watching like a hawk to make sure she doesn’t get hurt), and she was laughing and screaming. once she was back, she gave your hand a firm shake and immediately went on about what sort of upgrades she wanted with her bike.

from that day on, you became the official mechanic for the Sons of Calydon. your work was clean and your service was fast. other mechanics and repairmen would take a few days, you only needed 2 days. even if you took a bit of time on their bikes, you would give them the keys to your bike so that they could still ride around the outer ring if they needed to.

if anyone wants a longer post (mechanic reader x lighter perhaps?), i will be more than happy to write it out ! it might take some time because i know NOTHING about motor parts but i will try to write something good.

[ask-misfits-of-war]

"Sure...likewise...? (is this some kind of trap..?)" "Did.. hold on were you following me through the bushes?—"

"Don't worry about it! Come 'nd sit, we can all chat!"

(Lodi is fascinated with this new stranger, Damascus has mixed feelings.)

[redbean-nom]

may we meet again in kinder times

Alternate versions below the cut

Less lighting effects

Red headdress

Lineart + lightsabers

[apoeticwasteoofspace]

Hi Eda!! Here are my suggestions for the random word prompts:

Pizza

and/or

Crystal

Also, how are you doing? I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day/night! 😁

hi!!! Thanks for the prompt!!!

I've already done pizza here 😂 but thank you so much anyway!

Crystal/between the meadow and the mountain (I went in a very different direction with this than the original prompt but it kept building on itself)

Between the meadow and the mountain, a flower quietly waits.

To see which one it will climb or fall, while it’s breath softly bates.

Will it go up the mountain, free to be happy and frolic around?

Or will it go down into the meadow, in the shadow of the giant, still waiting on the ground?

Will it fall into the valley?

The narrow little alley

Where the light chooses to leave

And it’s hopes and dreams can never be achieved.

For now, it sits there, roots digging in

While the grasses and the wind and the trees mock it, and it tries to drown out the din.

A lake, clear as crystal, sits beside the little flower, 

who gazes into it, wistful.

The little flower waits, while it’s breath softly bates

The petals dance in the wind, shifting and bending

The grass and the wind and the trees around it wending.

Then something unexpected happens

Another walks in between the meadow and the mountain.

They approach, and say,

“How are you, on this fine day?”

But the flower has no answer, except,

“I know not, for all I can do is wait.”

The other saw that it did not know it’s fate

But they knew that they could help make it great.

“Why don’t you come with me?” they said. “And I can help you see.”

The flower stood there uncertainly.

“But what if the others miss me, or worse, think badly?”

The grasses and the wind and the trees whispered, and the other one saw how badly their words had left the flower bruised and blistered.

“I think I can show you that sometimes you’re okay to be something else. They don’t know how much their mockery with water pelts

The small little fire inside of you.”

The flower looked back one more time, seeing all the others who used to say it couldn’t ever shine.

“I guess that’s my cue,” it said, “that maybe I should go with you.”

And so the other picked up the flower, gently and tenderly,

While the grasses and the wind and the trees watched bitterly.

The other showed the flower the world,

slowly helping it’s leaves and petals to no longer be furled.

They laughed and they cried, they sang and they lied, and the flower discovered that it no longer wanted to hide.

“Thank you,” it said. “You’ve helped me see the truth. None of me was bad, and it was really the others that were making me sad!” “It was a pleasure,” the other said. “The moments you’ve given me I will forever treasure”.

The flower never needed to go up the mountain, or into the meadow, or down in the valley.

Because there are so many ways in life to go that they could never all be tallied.

The important thing to remember is, that you must stay true to yourself.

It does not matter what you have, wether it’s power or stature or wealth.

It can be even more beautiful when you look for what’s underneath.

And wether you’re a flower or the other, or something in between.

It can mean the world

When someone is finally seen.

(I had a lot of fun with this as you can tell)

I'm doing pretty good! What about you? Hope you an amazing day/night as well! :>

[spikeisawesome456]

For the first time in like... a decade, I changed my profile pic.

Who even am I...

[wlhiafte]

💙 cassie rose! 💙

[autisticlalna]

wonder how the town of new salem is doing.

[greghatecrimes]

If I'm not around much the next couple days, it's just cause I'm absolutely exhausted from work + procedure. But I miss House and hanging out on here, so hopefully answering asks asap and more screencaps and rewatch this weekend :3 Maybe even some In the Dirt planning if I'm lucky

[praazlwurm]

i stay on my PurpleProseShipping bias