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In continuation of my clownery, I started a new DATV playthrough because my beloved Inquisitor looked so jarring I had to remake her and replay like 20 hours of the game. But hey, I made peace with the fact that I am playing DATV to wrap up Inquisition and get an ending scene at this point, I'm not currently foreseeing a second playthrough, so I gotta do it right, y'know?
Spoilers, and me complaining at extreme length, yet again, about my own personal expectations vs reality into the void. Please ignore if DATV negativity is something you prefer to stay away from, protect your peace & what you enjoy.
So I replay HOURS. I'm having fun killing everything as fast as I can - I don't know what it is about playing as a rogue in this game that has tickled my ADHD brain so much, but I'm surprisingly really good at the arrow bonanza and relentless enemy aggro?! This turn based bitch? I digress.
I see my bb Inquisitor Lavellan - she still doesn't look like herself, but I can live with it. She got some ill-advised fillers in Tevinter, she's been through a lot, let her LIVE.
This time around my strategy is pure lore hunting. I'm getting every codex, I'm SQUEEZING this playthrough for whatever lore/easter eggs I can get because idk if I'm going to play again. I got all of Solas' murals early on, got Mythal's essence before Weisshaupt even, I think. BUT WAIT! I have one more treat! The locked room in the Lighthouse! Solas' study! There must be something juicy for all the effort, right? RIGHT? :'D
I know it's been beaten to death, but PERSONALLY, the game still feels incredibly flat to me, jarringly so. If I'm in the Dreadwolf's home, I want to snoop. I want Rook to look through his library, his books, his garbage bin. I even remember the devs saying they wanted being in the Lighthouse to feel an old friends house, or something? I could be wrong, my brain is fried. It's not just a Solas thing - I'm playing this game because I'm desperate for info about the characters I love, but as Rook, we are IN Solas' HQ and I want to rip open the floorboards. I'm trying to RP as much as I can RP in this G.
Anyway, I was so thirsty for something more, something deeper than just these lovely environments I cant do much with, and notes on how Solas hoards raisins - so I collected the wisps and did all the things to unlock the second door in the Lighthouse, forever booboo the fool, thinking I would get an easter egg or something. Trying to stay positive.
No. NO. I got some gear, another empty room Rook has no comments on, and fine, some of Solas' observations on the anchor.
Back to backflipping and shooting arrows in the air, and wanting to grab Emmrich by the beautiful lapels to shake him and ask about the Pentaghast family. Where's my WIFE --
On to the Weisshaupt mission, which was actually ridiculously fun to play - until I was told Weisshaupt is gone haha wow great love that at least the Inquisitor & gang are keeping Southern Thedas safe *subtle foreshadowing* 😃🤞 weeee
I was SO MAD at myself for expecting more like the clown that I am, it was something dumb but just annoyed me all over again and got me all… opinionated 🫠
So, I'm mad again. I cannot begin to articulate my feelings about the incredible amount of storylines and lore we've lost with the decisions made in DATV's writing - they've already been written so eloquently by much greater minds than myself. SO I'm just laughing my way through the pain 🤡
People pleaser that I am, I see other creators I've followed and loved for ages defend the game's choices, tell others they lack media literacy, that your criticisms mean you have rose tinted glasses about the previous games - whatever, your opinion can be valid without tearing others down. So, I genuinely thought something was wrong with me for being so hung up on details. But I can't even engage in fan theories anymore because I'm so jaded at this point. When I see new deep dives into lore-based theories on the game, 99% of the time my mind goes "There is no deeper meaning. They just wanted to wrap it up." Why do you think this thing happened? What do you think that thing is hinting? Nothing. And this is coming from someone who played all the games, owns all the novels, art books, World of Thedas I and II, the bloody Inquisitor lamp from the BioWare store LOL, I was primed and ready to engage in these conversations, but I can't. I have nothing to say that won't end in a cynical answer, and maybe that's because I'm also jaded by working in the game-adjacent VFX industry.
The factions are, yet again, fun but shallow, the logic confusing, and lack much of a backstory for Rook (I think Grey Wardens and Mourn Watchers seem to be the best developed from other reviews and playthroughs, I've only played extensively as a Shadow Dragon, to be fair). Why are you a mage in this one faction? Why are you a rogue in another when it doesn't make sense without a story to support it? It's all this beautiful candy floss that melts away the minute I stop and think about it. And then the cynic in me thinks - these are probably vestiges of the live service part of the game that EA was pushing for. I have to slap myself and stop looking for deeper meaning within corporate decisionsssss there is no swimming pool behind that closed door you needed 7 wisps for 😃
I desperately did not want this to be the case. I was hyped. I preordered the game and organized vacation around it, I'm too old and dealing with way too many crappy personal things to just be a hater for the sake of being a hater. Gaming and Dragon Age are my comfort spaces. But for the LIFE of me, I can't imagine playing DATV again once I finish, let alone more times than I can count like the previous games. Or imagine listening to 4 hours of Youtube videos of party banter to analyze, or even imagine how companions would react to certain things because they feel so stiff. Everything is beautiful, but sterile.
I do love Emmrich - I'm enjoying his storyline and romance, it's like the loveliest most whimsical Vincent Price Pixar romance, but still, something is always missing with the characters even as some do grow on me. I can't imagine anything close to just the party banter ALONE between Solas and Iron Bull. Cole. Fenris and Anders. And to be clear - the whole DA was GRITTY and DARK, DAO supremacy - NOT ME. I love all the games but they have always been whimsical and silly, cringey at times, and did not take themselves seriously. I remember doing the quest where Hawke is running around trying to keep Aveline's date with Donnic from going south, cracking up at how ridiculous it was, and just thinking - gods I LOVE this game.
Speaking of romance, while I'm enjoying how sweet the romance with Emmrich is, when I see others complaining about lack of spice... ahem. I still cannot get over the art style when it comes to characters. This is subjective, and a me problem - I still find it jarring. I don't like the proportions, the bloom, how smooth everyone looks. They still mostly look like cartoons to me, with no body hair and the big heads, and I find everyone's hands so distracting because they look like plasticine. I'm ok with no spice between these characters with their current designs lol let me leave it at that. Ok, except for Felassan and Solas, chef's kiss, no notes.
Solas and story elements directly around him still mostly hold the familiar weight, for the most part. I think credit goes to his amazing VA and the strength of what was likely written for his arc from the very start, before the rewrites and dev hell the game went through. I still have opinions, obviously, but even as a ride or die Solavellan I don't like having the Solavellan angle hijack conversations, so I'm not going to go there. If I'm going to criticize stuff I'll do it as a gamer/DA fan first, egg lover and apologist second.
As I reach the end of Act 2, the game continues to makes me feel like I'm stripped of all agency after a lifetime of playing choice-based games. I talk to companions when it allows me to, then they are relegated to set dressing. My conversation choices all feel the same, or don't match what I'm choosing sometimes. The Lighthouse does not feel like the vibrant hub it was sold as. I am on quests I mostly cannot accept or reject. I cannot interact with my surroundings unless it is gameified (light a candle, move a crystal). The companions abilities are all just - platforming? I know I sound hyperbolic, but it's all I can see currently.
I played Persona 5 from end to end, twice. I played FFXVI. I loved both, had no issues with their linear storytelling, and how the game led you to their end points. Those games are not DA, they did not have the expectations you would have from a BioWare title 10 years in the making. You were not lured in by tales of an incredible character creator, teased about what might be coming from previous games, told this was a sequel to an immersive fantasy RPG series in a beloved fantasy world where the defining studio mechanic was CHOICES MATTER, even when they changed a lot of other things from title to title. In P5/FFXVI you were Clive, you were Joker, you were playing out their story. They were not direct sequels to anything. I'm loathe to be seen as a mindless critic who just wants to shit on things, but a part of me does feel emotionally manipulated for $$$. I still resent how much hype was built for the game by maligning the previous ones (we're fixing Inquisition's mistakes!!).
I'm back to my mission of finishing the game I paid for, enjoy what I can, and get my Solavellan ending scene cause I'm down BAD for literally the only ship I have ever shipped🧍🏻♀️I appreciate that it was included. But also - wow does it exacerbate what wasn't included for everyone else's choices.
Something I hate is how everyone immediately jumped on the Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons - BG3 was a life changing game for me, but it's not perfect, and the comparisons are not fair. The one thing I will say is that when I first played BG3, despite its issues and the later criticisms of how Larian reacted to pressure from fans, I remember my earliest impression was - it feels good to be respected as a player. I didn't feel the game was talking down to me, and I got SO much for what I paid for (700 hours baybeee). Jaheira and Minsc were included as companions in homage to the previous games. Yes, they did Viconia dirty, nothing is perfect - but for example, Jaheira would tell you about her husband Khalid from the original games, which came out in 1998 and 2000. There was a lot of world building/easter eggs that not everyone was familiar with or even noticed, because not every player played BG1 and 2, or were familiar with DND 5e - but it was included. Drizzt Do’urden was mentioned ffs, they didn’t overthink about who read those books or not. I’m aware of my biases and I may very well be looking through rose tinted glasses, but I did not feel like the information was presented like I was dumb, or "ah they'll never understand this - SCRAP IT". It just feels like it’s there to honour the past and out of love for the world Larian were playing in.
—> edit to say that I do notice and enjoy the codex entries, callbacks to Tevinter Nights, Masked Empire, the older games. I wish that care and detail was woven into the main story and overall end product and not just background fluff. I know others are satisfied with those additions, wish that were me. I saw a tweet saying that every callback to a previous game or storyline actually pissed them off even more lol, I relate.
I don't feel that respect for the player in DATV, I'm sorry. There is love there, but as hard as I try, it feels like it's there despite of the overall design of the game, not part of it. I keep remembering interviews before the game was released and things that were promised, and I don't see it. At all. No more meaningless fetch quests!! Most companion-focused game! The quests are largely boring or formulaic, but addictive and fun because they are so packed with mindless combat that my brain enjoys. Sometimes it feels like filler - we didn't know what to add here, FIGHT! You unlocked a poignantly named gate in the Crossroads? NO STORY MORE FIGHT! And I'm eating it up, let me not be a hypocrite, I have 80 hours in the game. But personally, it feels designed to pad out this beautiful, sometimes fun, but bitterly shallow game. I can't even go into companion specifics because I have nothing to say, no story I want to analyze. Some have grown on me, but there is no bite or nuance to the writing that compels me and I have no urge to know more. In the previous DA games I would take the long route wherever I went just to get more banter from my companions, and I was instantly interested in them, even if I disliked them. I've seen the comments, I tried, I don't think it's because "I haven't spent enough time" with the DATV companions.
The level design of long narrow corridors, which do remind me of DA2 and FFXVI, has become so predictable to me that I almost always know exactly where I'm going to find loot. So it becomes this admittedly satisfying run of grabbing and fighting to the end point, getting the dopamine hits of collecting pointless stuff, but not really taking in the environments and enjoying the adventure. The level design is not immersive. These do not feel like real cities or real people, and that was intentional. It feels like “levels”, not a World. No one reacts to a single thing you do. Even in the ultra minimalist style of Zelda BOTW, townspeople would react to things you did. Sometimes I walk up to yet another obvious fight arena where the enemies are just chilling, waiting for me while standing still - almost like they're on shift at a haunted house LOL. I can imagine the Venatori stubbing out a cigarette, "C'mon guys, she's here, showtime". The funny part is this has all been seen before in older games, and it never bothered me. My own expectations and overhype might be to blame, but it feels like a big step back when so many games are stepping forward. Me = clown
I keep going back to my first reaction when the disappointment hit me. It feels like being given Persona 5 Strikers or Hyrule Warriors, and told that it's the sequel to the actual RPG. It's fun, it wears the skin of the thing you like that makes you happy, but stops there.
Other things I shake my fist at
Cheap ass The 6th Sense ass Varric death. Yes, yes, Solas villain arc whatever - it was cheap. Way to honour a multi-game beloved character and the player, even if the time had come for him to die in the story.
No, I cannot find a single redeeming reaction from a companion that makes Varric dying make sense in hindsight, except that they are all made of cardboard. I saw comments saying on a second playthrough it's clear Harding is in mourning - sorry, I don't see it.
So. Dorian, the Inquisitor, Charter, Harding, your party, Maevaris, Isabella, list goes on - not a single one of them asks about Varric or mentions his death? Expresses condolences? Nothing? Cheap. Even if Solas was playing with your mind, doesn't it make the overall characters in the game seem even more wooden and unrealistic to the player? It was not the gotcha they seem to think it is.
When the novelty of the cameos and the emotion associated wore off, they were just flat and felt random. Cassandra should have been there, doing Seeker shit (my WIFE). Ok no cameo? Casual dialogue with Emmrich about having a Nevarran in the Inquisition (or as the Divine?!) Lucanis info dumping about Josephine as an Antivan, Zevran as a Crow, nvm, time for a coffee joke. Merrill, eluvian queen, how is she a nonentity? Habibi Fenris should have been in the Shadow Dragons, spitting on the ground after being approached by Solas to join his uprising (lol what uprising amirite). Ok I'm cooking hire me Bioware 🍳 but at least they can remain untainted by the Isabella Treatment (tm)
This leads into the yeeting of the Keep, world states, choices, and hypocrisy around claiming to want to level the playing field for new players. No, all I can see is - it was treated as a buffet that they picked from as it suited. This is the one disappointment I will never let go of. Facsimile's of beloved character cameos were tossed in, you could not really talk to them outside of what limited dialogue you were allowed. Certain world states are now canon apparently - Dorian being recruited in the Inquisition, Morrigan drinking from the Well etc. You want a reboot and you've committed to tossing the choices and burning down Thedas (literally)? Go down with GLORY! Have all the previous main characters/companions alive. Have them all mentioned, even in passing. A portrait on a wall. Say goodbye to them, get your reboot. Honour what you built your business on. But yeah, Emmrich and Harding get to have their picnic in Fereldan fml bye
The argument of: well, the games are old now, it shouldn't matter. Ah - not too old to capitalize on the IP and DA name? Not too old to use some cameos to lure old players? The argument of - it was too many choices to track. Ok cut them down, but don't go scorched earth? 3 choices, mostly irrelevant to those who don't care about Solas (could never be me), and then literally telling you everything else in the South and Weisshaupt is now razed to the ground. But also the illuminati did everything.
FINALLY - the Inquisition should have been in charge of the hunt for Solas, hill I will die on. Fine, have Rook, but Inquisitor should have been the other protagonist. The people... who knew Solas best and betrayed by him... who were in an organization to save the world... Why did we have that cunty dagger stabbed into the map of Tevinter cliffhanger to have the Inquisitor reduced to a pyjama wearing husk BIOWAAAAAAAARE
It's this stuff that builds up, and makes me think - does this game hate its fanbase and source material that much? I very obviously need to go touch some grass 🤠
I keep engaging with Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter - all to my detriment because it makes me feel like there's something wrong with me for not loving it, all over again. I also desperately have a fic in me I would love to write, an ode to the story in my head from years of loving the world of Thedas, a love letter to my Lavellan and others - but idk what to do with the post-DATV world atp. I just want to get through Act 2/3, get my Solavellan smooch, ignore the ~secret Illuminati ending, and be grateful I'm not a Mass Effect fan so I don't have to go through this again 🐣
#bioware critical#dragon age critical#i scream here to function out there#trust me i want to get over it#came to fix solas now he needs to fix me#veilguard critical
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Caf shop, Coruscant, 1:00 pm
previous chapter (<-)
No way. You won't believe this. Today Commander Fox marched into the caf shop, ordered his caf and came DIRECTLY to my table! No need to be so tall towering and intimidating... Trying to work outside my atelier maybe wasn't a great idea 🙈 Aaand teasing him in the message, calling his caf „Spicy YOU“ without thinking twice made it even worse…
I don’t know why, but he didn‘t stop grinning and he offered to invite me to as much ‚SPICY FOX‘ (...caf ☕️? Of course you... mean the drink, Sir?) as I want if I drew him smiling instead of tired like the first time.
And it’s not necessary to overemphasize that kriffing caf blend like! that! 🙈 Almost hissing... showing canine teethhzzzss 🦊 ... with that glare
I'm an artist. I AM professional mostly. I stay cool and sound. Hrrmph!
Bold clone trooper! I‘m trying to pay my fees with my art and you can‘t just rush in and SPICY FOX (??) me and think that‘s okay. It‘s not. Why am I doing it nevertheless??
He‘s obviously not used to pose, to hold still or even smile. Way too tense, it‘s quite difficult to draw this man.
I‘m not sure if some ‚Spicy Fox‘ I MEAN THE CAF BLEND, SIR! is adequate payment…
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Now look, the poor little artist reader is losing it slowly but steadily and HE KNOWS IT! 🦊❤️🔥 Hehehe! Screech 🦉🥰
Amber, this is way too much fun! 🤩🫶✨ You can‘t just keep on FOXING me and think that this is not coming back to yoouuu 😁 Hehehehe now YOU get FOXed! Follow me down hehe 😎 🫠
Fun unforseen side story to this drawing: I was sitting in the train on my way, drawing and giggling, irritating teenies so I showed them this drawing for fun. They couldn’t believe that I do TCW art, I guess I disillusioned them, being 30+ with my wild locks, heavy boots and fun excitement, not caring about indignant elders in the train, which would gasp if they knew that I‘m heading to play graphic design boss for some office dressed business peers in glass buildings ✨ I love this, indulging in my betweens like that because I LOVE THE STORY-ART-COLLAB-WHATEVER-MAGIC-MOMENTS. Thank you so much 🥰🙏 I guess creamy caf will never be innocent again hehe 🔥☕️✨
Magic moments between is how to deal with real life, my dear folks 🫶🥰 I'm getting faster drawing, planning, writing, tagging, ALT-texting... all thanks to you all ♥️🤩
My personal ALT text mission (1 additional ALT text for a previous artwork with each new art posting!):
Another clone clowning with his face, but inmidst chaos 😆
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Stay FOXed 🦊🔥: @ghostymarni @foxwithadarkside @feral-ferrule @nika6q
#star wars#the clone wars#commander fox x artist!reader#the spicy fox#trying to draw a smile of that bold tease#commander caf#caf shop in coruscant#crosshatching with bliss#fanart of fanfic or fanart of fanfic of real life WHATEVER#i love this#fanart for fanfic#fanfic for fanart#coffee shop stories#commander fox#cc 1010#clones#tcw#drawing study#facial expressions#sketching#storytelling#storytelling with lines#drawing with words#writers on tumblr#magic writing#amberowl24#artists on tumblr#my art#eobe
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Can't believe I'm gonna fucking do this
#less than 2 months now#i haven't cosplayed in 4 years cause of health and the pandemic#same with going to cons#styling this is gonna be a bitch#i only ever styled one wig#my reno (ff7) one#i dont know if i can spike long hair#without fucking it up#if anyone has tutorials or tips lemme know#my self concious ass needs to get over itself#this will be fun even if i look like a clown#pretty obvi who imma be#at least if i look like a clown itll be somewhat in character#been waiting for this wig for 3 months
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if you see absolutely anything that has kabru in it. And are unable to stop yourself from making it about L/abru (even when Laios doesn’t even appear or is irrelevant to the content in question!) and reduce kabrus entire deuteragonist-level character into wanting to fuck laios. I’m stealing something out of your house!!!!!
disclaimer: If you ship l/abru and gaf about kabru and don’t do this then this post isn’t about you 🤓
#I love kabru so much but finding content of him is so painful bro I cant#Flames flames flames up the side of my face!#I constantly consider just nuking my account and forgetting I ever read or cared about dungeon meshi many times bc of this lol#I care him so much. More than I care about dungeon Meshi as a work as much as I respect it and it’s fun to create for#I can’t be normal about this genuinely I never get like this but I turn into A.M from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream#Laios and kabrus connection is really sweet in the end and I don’t ship it but like the ship it’s so inoffensive in abstract just not for m#But in reality every day I get jumpscared by the things people are doing to my angel#Like just do laios self shipping that’s clearly what you daft cunts actually want why puppeteer kabru free my boy#I promised I would never post like this but like it really makes me so mad lol. And want to just go back to not looking up anything online#And I already specifically curate my experience to a crazy degree.#But the way that this fandom revolves around babying laios is crazy dude#Like every single thing is about poor poor laios#like he’s the main character but it’s insane even people who LIKE him have to put disclaimers when saying even jokey mean things#Because then 1000x idpol white autistic people will descend upon them otherwise#And I say this as an autistic person of colour it’s annoying asf lol I do not respect any of you! To put it mildly!#If the only way you can engage with characters or stories is through vectors which You can personally project onto and relate to#I’m doing a lot more than fucking stealing something out of your house!#It’s the most normal thing on earth to not like the main character of a series but I feel if you genuinely hated laios#And are not just “guilty” of criticising him or appreciating his flawed character. Then the legions of cornballs will descend on you#The only good spaces are small pockets of people engaging with each other together. The rest lol nuclear devastation#but I suppose that’s the nature of fandoms lol why complain about clowns at the circus 🚶#Like there’s literally characters whose main purpose in the story IS their relationship/dynamic with laios. Kabru is NOT JUST THAT!!#He is a deuteragonist!#Treat him like one!#Like why are people talking about labru on my freaking kaburin and kabushuro posts dude free me
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i know astrology is fake but i'm not too keen on how a lot of people on this website seem to be clowning on it as a hobby a bit too hard. i swear the woman who thinks it's neat how she and her friends with the same sun sign are all similar isn't trying to say that you are who you are born as and there is nothing you can do to change it. it's a hobby. an interest. what happened to finding meaning and joy in the small things. does it affect you if someone enjoys tarot reading or crystals. does it make you upset someone has interests that they enjoy.
#im not saying astrology/tarot/crystals/etc. get clowned on so much bc theyre hobbies mostly enjoyed by women But....#i saw a post about some astrology study and made the mistake of opening the notes on that bad boy#not fun. and that reminded me of that old post that was basically like ''liking astrology is transphobic''#anyways idk maybe its just that my bestie is very much a ''crystal girl'' but like. stuff like that are such neat hobbies#she makes some cute little jars with pretty rocks and they make her feel better bc if you believe in something you can make it happen#when it comes to small things#like yeah if you pick up a stone that's like ''this can help you be more open with your emotions'' and you are like ''oh hell yea!''#ofc that will be on your mind and the item will be a constant reminder and actually help you with your goals#and its like. ok what really stuck with me was when i was talking with my bff and i was like ''i think all this stuff is interesting but i#feel bad bc i am superstitious and believe in some signs like lucky numbers but i know that logically its just. if i pick a lucky number of#i pay extra attention to it but i want to believe its lucky but i know how human brains work in that aspect''#and she was just like. ''so? those things dont have to exclude each other'' and it clicked#if i have a little tigers eye with me it does not make me feel more grounded magically#but if i decide (or believe) it's grounding then it will b bc it's a reminder for me to calm down#and stuff#like. ah idk how to put my thoughts into words#but i just think its unfair that a few rotten apples have ruined the perception of fun hobbies for a lot#not every astrology enjoyer is trying to sell you mlm essential oils or genuinely believe peoples entire lives are dictated upon the stars#or something#idk i just feel like these things are v misunderstood even tho im not personally like super into them myself#but ppl super mean about that stuff arent invited to look at my medieval themed fortune telling cards#idkk im sleepy and cant articulate my points someone else say this but better#leevi talks#im just saying. i dont think its bioessentialism to decide to believe you personally have a season for growth when the stars are in a#certain position or whatever
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okay consider this
#kaeya#rex.png#genshin impact fanart#kaeya fanart#kaeya genshin impact#this is a render of my sister's sketch who supposedly hates kaeya. like okay girl have fun with your low contrast symmetrical blond girlie!#no hate. just think she needs to be realistic#+ the thing to consider is baby kaeya. but in rui prsk clothes. because i dont know anything about sekai but i think the clowns are so fun#my main idea for this was someone saying to blend characters into the bg to make it look more like an oil painting#like idk why or who it was even but i cannot stop thinking about it because they were so right it looks so good
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Some brry sketches from last month
#baroryuu#the art of a lemon wedge#they were actually for brryweek but that was like the height of my burnout and i started to hate every thing i was making#that middle drawing was actually baised off a painting#i thought i would be a fun study#bUT THEN GOT MY ASS HANDED TO ME BY THAT FORSHORTENING#did not help my drawing tired mind lol#anyways#looking these over again#theres some things i do like even if i m#not totally into them#aLSO DO U KNOW THE RESTRAINT I NEEDED IN ORDER NOT TO TURN THAT DANCING PIC INTO CLOWNS???????#ahahahah#barok van zieks#ryunosuke naruhodo
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I don’t usually make posts like this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-intellectual junk lately, and I really think we need to put the word “pretentious” up on a shelf until people learn what it actually means.
It doesn’t describe someone who likes artsy-fartsy deep meaning media. People who are pretentious are fake. They’re posers trying to be sophisticated and unique, not like other girls. They pretend to only like stuff they think will make them sound cool when they talk about it. They want to act like they know something you don’t, and they want attention for it.
By definition, if you genuinely enjoy something, you can’t be pretentious. If it resonates with you, and you analyze it, and you don’t care what people think, that’s the polar opposite, actually. If you love obscure experimental prog music, if you watch underground high concept indie films through English teacher eyes, if you spend hours in a modern art museum reading each piece as a vessel for storytelling, if your backpack’s full of poetry books that inspire you, if you play underrated games that were someone’s passion project, if you have an interest in studying the classics or the masters, you are not pretentious.
Of course, some people just don’t like some stuff, and that’s fine, but that’s not what this is about. Don’t let anti-intellectuals shame you for enjoying things just because your interests are inaccessible to them, because they refuse to be brave and put effort into critical thinking. You’re not stuck up for refusing to overlook the craft of artists.
#anti intellectualism#media#movies#books#music#critical thinking#my friend who primarily listens to one very popular band once said that people who listen to obscure music are annoying and pretentious#which rubbed me the wrong way because 1 she knows that I listen to obscure music and 2 it’s such a cowardly consumerist take. anyone can#make music and hey a lot of the people who do make GOOD music. and this goes for all *obscure* media#this post was mostly inspired by people talking about Barbie and those anti pick me girls like the pick nobody girls who insist thinking is#for boys and having fun with an empty brain is for girls. Greta gerwig is an artist. I haven’t seen the movie yet but I know it has a deeper#message than haha cute pink! I’ve seen the summaries about the true meaning. the pinkness and popularity doesn’t negate the narritive.#though in the notes I saw a lot of tumblristas comunistas shitting on the film for being one big ad that people *fell for* which tbh is#tbh almost as anti-intellectual. don’t get me wrong they milked this film to sell hella shit but I don’t believe kids who play with dolls#are the target audience as these people claim. Barbie is a culturally iconic symbol almost archetypical of societal expectations for women#you say barbie people think unblinking perfect plastic pink girly. reminds me of the poem The Last Mojave Indian Barbie. yeah yeah you all#hate brands but this one carries undeniable significance and makes for a powerful literary device. it’s been used many times before#sorry for writing a tag essay about a film I haven’t even seen but I’m tired of internet people focusing so much on proving others wrong#that they end up oversimplifying everything just as much as the other person. god I saw people doing this to Nimona saying transphobes were#looking too deep into her character and they’re reactionary clowns for making that jump. like for once the transphobes are right. she is#trans. it’s a queer story. and irl the first people who notice queerness are the bigots who can tell you’re different. sick owns telling#them the story’s not that deep is harmful and it’s like they’re ignoring the real message on purpose. okay enough rambling hehe! thanks#barbie#nimona
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SEVEN DEADLY SINS : CHARACTERISTICS
bold whatever applies, italics what sometimes applies, strikethrough what doesn't apply. repost, don't reblog!
LUST
desire for connection . pursuit of pleasure . emotional intelligence (not in a healthy way though). obsessive . lovesick . one-night stand . seductive encounter . flirtatious conversation . erotic party . seductive attire . revealing clothing . passionate gaze . provocative makeup . sensual expressions . suggestive gestures . flirtatious smiles . lingerie . love letters . perfumes . provocative behavior . love poems . erotic art
GLUTTONY
indulgence in experiences . savoring moments . hospitality . generosity . hedonism . culinary expertise . wine ("") tasting . excessive snacking . overloaded plates . excessive portions . bloated stomachs . messy eating . greasy fingers . full tables . indulgent spreads . overflowing cups . satisfied expressions . wine bottles . can't get enough . fast food wrappers
ENVY
motivation . competitive spirit . strategic planning . observational skills . bitter . rivalry contest . envious gossip . resentment-filled argument . social media jealousy . furrowed brows . clenched jaws . side-eye looks . pursed lips . tense posture . whispering behind backs . crossed arms . gossip magazines . keeping up with the Joneses . the grass is always greener . feeling inadequate
GREED
resourcefulness . entrepreneurial spirit . negotiation . materialistic . aggressive investment . lavish spending spree . resource hoarding . get-rich-quick scheme . auction bidding war . property acquisition . piles of money . overflowing wallets . luxury items . locked safes . penny-pinching . rare collectibles . selfishness . unwillingness to share
SLOTH
calmness . stress management . nonchalance . relaxation techniques . lethargic . apathetic . inactive . lazy weekend . binge-watching marathon . neglected chores . skipped workout . long nap . lounging on the couch . missed deadline . unkempt appearance . messy hair . pajamas . blankets . slippers . procrastination station . self-care routines
PRIDE
confidence . self-assurance . self-respect . dignity . public speaking . self-promotion . arrogant . conceited . egotistical . self-important . vain . boastful speech . puffed chest . raised chin . smug smiles . spotlight . tooting your own horn . showing off . refusing to admit mistakes . feeling entitled . personal branding . leadership development
WRATH
assertiveness . decisiveness . strength . intensity . boundary setting . courage . indignant . heated argument . road rage incident . physical altercation . angry outburst . clenched fists . glaring eyes . tense muscles . raised voices . reddened faces . aggressive gestures . stormy demeanor . intense frowns . destructive actions . broken objects . punching bag . out for blood . fists . simmering anger
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#dash games.#a demon whose name is lust and gluttony (expected) hdjsk though i see him far more as gluttony#this list just doesn't really characterize gluttony the way it should be - it's not all about food 🤷#in fact most other sins can be a branch-off from that one. i expected to be bolding everything dhjd#in terms of seeing him through the lens of sin he's a study in excessiveness of indulgence - a simple want hyperbolising into a need#out of his sheer unsatisfaction with measure and restraint#And yeah sloth's Not It - it's just a nothingness - a stagnation - in his eyes#same with greed - not materialistic and blows money like leaves (even in verses where he grows up poor he's not dumb enough to assume money#would solve all his problems. his poverty/hunger's always been about everything else he was deprived of) 🤷#THIS WAS FUN THO!#neat lil look into his fuckery#truly a man who's down to clown anytime for any reason
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Day 12 of monstertober!!!!
Anyways here's the clown counselor but he's a shadow!!!!! 😱😱😱😱
It was inspired by a Sprite edit that I will show right here ( it was back in March or something.....) :
Anyways this is a present for my friend
@deliscandystore
I hope you like it tho
#I really used crayon and markers just to make this one lol#anyways you know the drill#persona 5 royal#persona 5#maruki#dr maruki#dr. maruki#persona 5 royal maruki#p5r#persona 5 maruki#I don't even get why people hate clowns they're just silly people with silly jobs#but hey the counselor is a shadow!!! oooo scawy!!!!#monstertober#monstertober 2024#also I just wanted to draw his Halloween costume lol#but however I have a big announcement to tell you....#the reason why he's like this....#s because he got his clown license early#honestly I'm proud of him glad he's being a fool#maruki takuto#takuto maruki#my apologies if it looks bad I had fun#also I tried to make it look colorful but now it looks eye-strain-ich#so#cw eyestrain?#I kind of messed up on the clown makeup and at least it looks decent
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just watched a youtube video explaining the history of Mr Blobby... are british people okay? i'm going to have nightmares about it. i have regrets
#like okay bonzo is fictional but this shit is for REAL#anything on the doll/puppet/clown spectrum creeps me out and mr blobby is definitely... a choice#so fucking grotesque#also apparently he has a family and released a christmas song and also a whole album. you cannot make this shit up#he also got punched once and people cheered#and there's a fucking abandoned park. something with strong wonka experience vibes#brits who were alive in the 90s and listen to tmagp how are you coping#again maybe it's just me cause anything resembling a puppet and acting even slightly unhinged gives me the heebie jeebies#well. a fun new character to be featured in my nightmares!#jess.txt#the magnus protocol#i've been afraid to look into it until now... and apparently i had good reasons
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got lipgloss for the first time today :]
#i have weirdly specific feelings abt wearing makeup#i wear a bit of eyeliner and eyeshadow sometimes#but ive always had. really weird feelings abt stuff on my lips?#not just as a sensory thing but like. idk. it changes my face so much it lowkey freaks me out sometimes#i had a phase around 16-17 i did tons of weird creative makeup including clown looks but even then i only did it in a super specific way#and only ever black lipstick and ONLY on days i was doing weird shit with my eyes or cheeks#but since t and top surgery a lot of my body dysphoria is like. basically gone?#and i feel a lot more free to play with makeup and fashion and stuff#so im dipping my toes in#i dont think i'll ever become a Makeup Person#like. foundation makes my skin crawwwwl#but i can at least have fun making my lips look shiny
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i think it’s funny that death is, technically speaking, the only other person “present” with lucheni as he tells the story. everyone else is just a shadow, an illustration that lucheni is painting. but death is there, too. he shows up in the prologue. but he’s silent, he doesn’t offer commentary (aside from his solo in the opening number) and just plays his role. and i think that’s very funny of him.
luigi’s undoubtedly an unreliable narrator but death does NOT speak up to confirm or deny ANYTHING lucheni’s saying. either death’s had to do this song and dance a few time before an is INCREDIBLY bored with it and doesn’t feel like putting in more effort than he has to, or he’s bored and playing along for the lolz and just nodding his head in agreement. lucheni could say ‘and then elisabeth fought attila the hun’ and death would just be like ‘yep. that happened. what do you mean he died 1400 years prior. he was there i saw him.’
#sophie.txt#elisabeth das musical#biggest clown in elisabeth das musical is death bcs WHATEVER way u look at his character or motives#any option is incredibly funny#does he actually love elisabeth/rudolf? cosmic entity gets feelings for the first time. clown behavior#is he just messing around with them? cosmic entity ignores job to fuck with royals. clown behavior#was he actually not even there in that capacity and lucheni is just embellishing and death isn't even denying it? clown behavior#i say this affectionately btw#when i call him a clown i am giggling and patting his head like a kitten#also when actors playing death choose to glare at lucheni or shoot him a look when he says something. ugh so good#thinking about that moment in the 2004 revival when death clares at lucheni for making fun at elisabeth's expense in the opening#saying 'she loved heinrich heine' and then lucheni turning and FREEZING at the look death is giving him#SO GOOD UGH#SO MUCH to unpack there#rotating that moment in my head 24/7#also sorry for spamming the elisabeth tag im just having completely normal thoughts about it as u can see
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3, 8, and 22 for the ask game 💗
3- Scotland!!!! I would live in either a nice apartment above a shop OR a cottage on the outskirts of a town somewhere, literally my only ask would be that it was cozy, big enough for 2/3 people, allowed cats and was relatively close to some feild I could wander around in. And since it's like dream living scenario I guess somewhere without mold but quite frankly!!! That adds to the charm I wouldn't mind lol
8- Nope! I have plans to get some tattoos when I turn 18 and to get pericings this year, but I don't have any rn
22- I would absolutely kill a stranger to save somebody I loved. I would fell terrible about obviously it but if either way one person was dying I would do it & I probably wouldn't think about it too much, like my main goal would JUST be to save whoever it was and damn the consequences type thing. I don't think I'd ever be able to get over it though
#for tatoos: I'm going to get stars all over my body so im like. a walking glow in the dark ceiling!!!!!#and maybe something cute hidden somewhere like a teensy clown guy on the shoulder. that would be fun#and piercing wise im going for the ears and maaaybe a nose ring but we will see!!!#i just want to be able to wear cute jewelry tbh i think it'll help my outfits look more even#ozzie goes cosmic
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after my ✨️third✨️ attempt in the past 4 days to expose myself to standup comedy and build my lukewarm-jokes survival muscles i'll hereby conclude that jesus christ i'd rather fucking die
#like yes i'm sure there are actual funny standup comedians out there but#you people laugh at this shit??????#98.99% of standup comedy culture is quite frankly incomprehensible to me i've never not-laughed at something this hard#i love george carlin but then again i watch him for sociopolitical commentary not for laughing#a lot of standup comedians are really just. extremely angry and frustrated borderline hateful people#or people with 45 accumulated years of severe depression which i mean. is absolutely fine to me#like the way i want to sit the lot of these people down and go ''talk to me. You're alright; you dont need the subpar 3.5/10#socially acceptable veneer of jokes you can afford to have 2.5 seconds of sincere unscripted rage. maybe even cry a little.#you can do this i believe in you; cmon lets go''#like these people are.... insanely unfunny. as a funny clown with funny shoes i find stand up comedy abhorrent honestly.#no offence whatsoever to people who like it; i know 'funny' is very a very subjective experience#i just think that the funniest people alive are often people who dont directly aim for being funny; it's got a medusa curse#the moment you look at funny directly you become the unfunniest person on the planet#(i adore hannah gadsby too but again. watching for sociopolitical commentary not for fun)#oh and i've been thinking about Joker's business of being ''funny'' too; pretty damn sure my experience of mainstream ''funny''#is gonna play into that. oof
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One of my fave jackets is this green jacket with a fur hood im wearin rn because 1.) its green 2.) my dad gave it to me 3.) it reminds me of saejima. Who also reminds me of my dad
#snap chats#p sure i talked bout this jacket before but idc read my diary#sorry that every other middle aged man i see i say reminds me of my dad its a compliment#tbh love how i clowned on ichi for being on premium copium bout arakawa but highkey i woulda done the same bout my dad.. i get it ichi..#anyway :) i legally get to talk about my day with him now :)) HE SAID THE FUNNIEST SHIT UPON SEEING ME#HE SAID ‘oh wow we dress similar :)’ and keep in mind. he was wearing a latte brown coat with a black turtleneck and pants and shoes#meanwhile. i approach With Black Pants And Shoes Admittedly but then im in this goofy old ass jacket with a red scarf#and a crane-decorated dress shirt that i got two buttons undone on like DAAD you are senile. hes so funny#so fun my dad actually recognized this was the jacket he got me- it was one of the first things he bought for me after i told My Secret 🙈#also i finally asked how tall he was and i can’t believe my dad matches the criteria to be an rgg character he’s fuckin 6’1 like i thought#AH but today was really nice- i got to hang with my sis and her husband as well as my dad’s wife :)#it was awful tho cause the second my sis saw my dad’s outfit she’s just like ‘it’s so kdramacore’ AND SHES RIIIGHT 😭😭#we later found out dad’s wife loves kpop…. and she bought him his new clothes…. so we are no longer surprised….. AWFUL.#honestly i could write a drama based off my dad’s life i really could it has elements for it. i mean ig i kinda do that already dont i#i borrow. anyways. today was fun :) even if i almost lost my mind trying to take the train the first time#this train system was weird… it wa worth tho it was great seein popop again#yeah….. ugh i have to still drive home from the station. and hope my car is still there#i get very paranoid leaving my car alone so openly i dont like it…#anyways. bye bye :) i might nap til my stop or work on a fic i started#‘snap what happened to’ dont worry about it i need to look at something else or ill scream#ok bye 👋
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