#this was the most delightful ask

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Congratulations to TEAM CHEESE for winning the popular vote on the Charcuterie poll!

[aroaceleovaldez]

one of my favorite recent recurring convention/cosplay things is Zagreus Hadesgame cosplayers and Nico di Angelo cosplayers excitedly referring to each other as brothers

[sweetmeaty]

nami coloring page (non transparent, transparent) for anyone who wants to play with me

by @arqdyke

by @peapodsinspace

[thought-42]

Obsessed with how even when Nate's drinking is at it's worst near the end of Season 1, within the first like, five minutes of the Juror #6 Job, Nate casually orders Parker and Eliot to do things they don't want to do that are not strictly job-related* and they barely even argue. Importantly, in both situations there's implied buy-in from one or more members of the team to back him up, but like. These are not dramatic life-or-death situations. These are just above the level of inconveniences. Parker could have said 'no' and Hardison would have gotten her out of jury duty. Eliot could have said no and either Nate would have actually explained why he wanted him to go with Parker or Parker would have figured it out on her own. I just think it's a fun and interesting dynamic. *Getting Eliot to go help Parker is job related but Eliot doesn't know that and Nate barely does

[chiptrillino]

Hi, hope you're well. I love you art so much!

Is that Kuruk and another spirit I see in your pfp? 👀👀

Thank you!

I am getting back to the flow of things :D

I want to point out that kuruk was a last second after thought and I have no clue how to draw this man yet. The blue spirit on the other hand is possessing my head...

[serpentface]

interview question for Hibrides: what kind of thing makes you laugh?

"I mean- the attitudes of these animals, it makes me laugh.

Like when they feed the birds at the river temple. Usually it's just the ducks, but sometimes you'll see a- a whole troop of geese. Moving in formation. Strutting over with their chests puffed out and chins held high like little noblemen. They look absurd."

[bearimba]

Silver doesn't need another father. He's already got one of those, technically, but the man turned out to be a weak, cowardly bastard who couldn't face his own problems let alone raise a child. The way he sees it, there's no need to set himself for more disappointment. He's got a roof over his head and food to eat, and that's far more than he could ever depend on in the last... however many years he'd been living on the streets. Lance and Clair are annoying as hell, but while he's training in the Dragon Den, he doesn't exactly have much room to complain. Not out loud, anyways.

Lance doesn't particularly want to be a dad either. He's already got too much responsibility on his plate as Champion, and this kid clearly needs so much more emotional support than he feels like he can provide. Simply convincing him to move into his guest room was enough of a struggle, and it only really worked because Lance had promised Silver he could "earn" his keep. What the hell is up with that, anyways? He's not sure what Silver's past looks like, and he's not about to go prying, but the bare minimum he can do is make sure he doesn't have to rough it out in the woods anymore. At least Clair seems to be having fun training him...

Clair is more than ready to be an aunt. The other two refuse to admit to caring for each other, but unlike them, she's not afraid of something as stupid as her emotions. The brat's slowly but surely been mellowing out during his training, and her idiot cousin has actually been taking care of himself for once in order to be a "good example." Silver has even caught on to calling Lance "old man" like she does, on account of those ugly-ass reading glasses the all-mighty Champion has to wear, and she couldn't be prouder. Best part is, she doesn't have to spend a dime except to treat the kid every so often! That's a win in her book if ever there was one.

[emry-stars-art]

Have you ever heard the noises axolotls make? its kinda quiet blub!, when they reach the surface of the water to gulp down some air. Anyway any time i see JellyNeil my mind immediately goes to Neil just making that noise

I HAVE NOW. wow I made a reel for the first time in forever just so I could get this across properly, here you go

(Audio from this YouTube video)

Find the mer au masterpost here 💕

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

They arent marrige chopsticks

Like no hate to zhongchi and tartali shippers or the ship itself

But the chipsticks thing is horribly misinterpreted based on lack of research and cultural understanding.

Dragons phoenix pairing has two meanings

Auspisiousness and harmony

And

Joyful celebration and harmonious union.

They are gifted to newly weds because of these symbolisms but giving someone dragon Phoenix chopsticks does NOT inherently mean marriage. Its just a common thing to give.

Not only that but dragon phoenix things are also given between business partners for the same reasons. If you want to have a long lasting and harmonious business relationship with someone or continue to have one, then you can give them many things, but dragon phoenix gifts are just as common.

Why specifically chopsticks? Because it ties in with childes inability to use them. Theres no deeper meaning. It literally says it right there that he hopes childe will practice with them. It shows his thoughtfulness and attentiveness and giving a sincere gift like that just makes it all the better as a gift to give to someone who you want a lasting partnership with.

Like make as many headcannons as you want idc i can see how it got misinterpreted

But dont say its canon when its not and you dont know anything about chinese culture other than rumours and poorly researched new articles made by americans.

i knew this already obviously, but i'm posting the ask despite the tone just in case someone didn't know bc it's true some people just aren't familiar w this

please get some reading glasses anon, bc i said the chopsticks being given was canon, not the ship or the fact they're marriage chopsticks or anything. the ask was asking where the chospticks thing came from and if it was fanon, so the answer is no, it's canon, zl does give chopsticks to childe. like that's a fact, headcanon or no, marriage meaning or no. that- that was the point of the ask. you know that, right?

why are you getting pressed enough to send such a long ask over a fan gag on a random fan blog (of many) on a fan fic (of *many*) on a fan ship on something the game, given the company's track record, is very obviously using as ship bait...? unless you didn't clock that last bit in. in which case- uh. well nothing i can do there for you

[cyberdragoninfinity]

Courage and Power lead to a revolution for peace! Synchro Summon! Evolve! Life Stream Dragon!

So SO excited to get to share the full spread I did for @aygozineproduction 's Dragon's Den Zine! A celebration of medieval tapestries, my favorite 5D's duel, and one of my absolute favorite yugioh dragons ✨🌈

[i-like-forcefem]

Well well well The forcefemer has become the forcefemmee. On a serious note like especially as I’ve gone through my own transition I’ve used your blog to like envision and encourage myself to be more and more daring and it’s only made me happier and happier to be myself. So if it helps let the roles reverse if you’re comfy just post outfit combos and your ravenous followers will def tell you which ones go together if you’re not ask a close friend or partner if you’ve got one. I hope you enjoy being the one on the receiving end for a change ❤️! You’re going to look so cute once we figure out more outfits for you :)!

AAAAAAAAAAA, ALRIGHT ALIGHT ALRIGHT MADE A NEW BLOG Hope you're happy ><

[bartletslesbians]

I'm rewatching West Wing and Amy Gardner was just introduced.

I am trying very hard to like her but it's really not working. Please give me propaganda, she seems like a cool character in theory.

Ohhhh hell yes! I absolutely love this question (and I'm so flattered you asked me? You know I love talking about any of the women on this show but especially the disliked ones lmao)

Okay. Now I wanna say that I completely understand why she rubs people the wrong way. One thing I'd like to start with is that, in order for the show's portrayal of feminist issues to work, she has to be Like That, and that's really shameful to see? In the same episode where she's introduced, CJ is arguing about Qumari women's rights, and in order to not to have to dig too deep into the actual things she's saying, she is written to be so stupidly over the top and emotional and unprofessional for most of the episode, that even if you start out agreeing with her, she loses you because of the way she's acting. Similarly, the temp calling out Sam's comment in Night Five, written to sound as dramatic as can be, so her actual point doesn't need to be taken seriously.

Amy Gardner is the embodiment of that type of writing. Her whole character seems to embody the "angry feminist" who might have a good point or two, but you just can't take her too seriously because "she's always irate about something".

That framing means that if you just never vibe with her? Can't blame you. It's a major (and I don't think accidental) flaw in how she's written. It also means that my main suggestion is to try and look past that, in a way? See it for a writerly Thing, and not the character's own fault? I'm not sure how much sense that makes put into words.

But okay. Things I love about Amy Gardner!

One of the things I really adore about her, honestly, IS that she ruffles a lot of feathers with the way she acts and the things she argues. She knows what she believes, and she's not a part of the administration, she's working for several feminist lobbying organisations and such. This means it's not her responsibility to be nice to republicans or balance any budgets or make sure centris democrats don't get too offended; her responsibility is to make the white house listen to feminist concerns (and point out the myriad of ways in which they fail to). And she is not afraid, in any way, to be seen as too much, too unlikeable, too demanding, too ANYTHING, in her pursuit of real feminist policies. Which, even today, women are punished for being too loud, too mean, too aggressive, too anything, so quickly; I love that she does not give a damn. I love that unapologetic energy around her.

And I like that she does a lot of different things in that vein! We see her pursue that agenda working for Abbey, we see her run the Women's Leadership Coalition, we hear that she was a director at EMILY'S list, we see her work with that temporary democratic presidential candidate (and explicitly tell Josh that she pokes the President BECAUSE she loves him and believes in him, she just doesn't want to see him drift to the center too much), we see Santos call Amy for debate prep because he knows she's helped dozens of Congresswomen with their debates and campaigns. She has her loud opinions, but she's also spent a career putting her money and time and experience right where her mouth is. And I love that drive.

Another piece of propoganda is to ignore her relationship with Josh if you have to. I think they're a fun temporary thing, personally, there's chemistry and matching levels of insanity. But, especially from a josh/donna perspective, and the fact that it very obviously would not work longterm, I get that that's hard to enjoy! Amy's character suffers from being almost entirely written around being Josh's love interest (similar to how Andy suffers from not existing in the story outside of Toby's plots). Like, one of Amy's most loveable moments by far, in my opinion, is when she's having drinks with Abbey, CJ, and Donna, and Josh is not really talked about. Or when she's coaching Santos, and they don't have to talk about Josh. Bless Josh Lyman, but it helps to think about Amy as a person outside of him, immensely. (Imagine an Amy Gardner but she's single and a good friend of CJ or Abbey or Donna? Or still with Josh, but given more moments developing her character outside of him?)

And then, personally, I just love the chaos. Just like how I enjoy seeing Toby at his desk burning papers he's writing on, and the ridiculous lengths Charlie goes to pranking CJ, I love when these characters are a little over the top. Amy has more of those moments than anyone else, and some ARE bothersome, that's fair! (Which, imo, does come back to "she has to be a little insane, lest we take her policies too seriously", but alas). The dead fish? Overdoing it. But personally the phone in the stew? Like yeah, RUDE, but also it's immediately followed by her cutting her OWN phone cord, and it's followed by Josh getting her fired, so I love it as an example of how over the top both of them are willing to go to do their job. (Which is why they like each other, and why it'll never work). I think part of really enjoying her character is taking those moments for the dramatics they are and enjoying that. Where I think part of it, not to get back to Josh but, Josh clearly does not seem to mind outside of being frustrated over the issue itself. The phone and the job aren't the end for them, we still have a season and a half of their chaos to go, so I don't want to take it as more of an offense than Josh himself does? They're two impulsive and competitive people playing the game, and that's fun to watch as long as they're both vibing with it.

Some small moments I love with her: the fact that she plays nintendo, her practicing balloon animals for her nephew, giving Santos the advice of always keeping extra pantyhose in your bag, being SO direct about "are you dating your assistant?" and "are you in love with Josh?", resigning as COS of the First Lady because she knows when she's not in the right place and she's not one to pretend, the whole ice cream eating thing is cute as fuck, the way she's playing with Abbey's dress when they're drinking, the way she eats the shrimp during Process Stories, the fact that she runs a huge betting pool on election night. She is SUCH a chaotic character in this sense. I love watching her.

But in general, I think it really comes down to that she's confident and sexy and so loud about her opinions, designed to rub you the wrong way while having so much to say and putting in so much work for real important causes. She's a little out of her mind, she's ready to fight at a moment's notice, she's not trying to get anybody to like her. She exists so incredibly unapologetically, and I think that is my personal favourite thing about her. There is no attempt at making herself more palatable, and that will naturally lead to big chunks of the characters and the fandom disliking her, but I genuinely think it's fun and refreshing to see. She doesn’t give a damn, while caring a Lot about the issues that actually matter. It's admirable.

[chiropteracupola]

Boldly onward, never changing course.

[william bush, requested by @sanguinarysanguinity and @quatregats]

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

okay i can’t stop thinkin abt cowgirl curtis so may i perhaps steal her name for a transfem pony fic im writing…. (with credit to u ofc🫶)

oh MY god yes OF COURSE YOU MAY I cannot WAIT to see what you come up with EEK

[pushing500]

Hey! I just wanna say I binged the whole Mechanitor’s Message saga last night, I just forgot to like the posts as I was going through :P I love the Jones boys so much, I wanna draw Kwahu with his nice braid sometime <3

I'm so happy you liked the story, and I hope you'll stick around to see where things go!! ❤️❤️

If you do end up drawing anything, I'd love to see it if you're up to sharing! 😁

[citycrows]

🌟Takanashi Tsukasa🌟

Yanno the great thing about falling for a background character is that there are a lot more gaps for me to fill how I want compared to an mc