#tis still the season

[froody]

[kindaasrikal]

Nya put on the green ninja mask to protect Lloyd. Kai let go of the green ninja mask to protect Lloyd.

Kai and Nya both found their true potential when needing to save Lloyd.

The RGB siblings and their dynamic will always be interesting.

Edit: then there bloody Morro who put it on to beat Lloyd’s ass and reached his true potential who knows how long ago just to beat Lloyd.

[cetaceanhandiwork]

Eight years ago, Tumblr user @the-alligator-queen-blog​ began an annual tradition called Self Insert Week: a weeklong challenge/jam/etc where participants are encouraged to make fanworks with themselves as the main character.

This year, this storied Tumblr festival will begin on Sunday, May 5th, and last through Saturday, May 11th.

Why participate? Well, in its founder’s own words, it’s “a fun reason to make ourselves into the awesome characters we daydream up while going about our normal lives”.

But it’s also, in my view, a strike back at the common tendency to see fanwork – and creative work more generally – as such Serious Business that it’s not allowed to be openly self-indulgent. People worry so much, these days, about whether their artistic endeavors are “good enough”, or are a credit to their Brand, or whatever. I think that’s sad. Maybe even a little unhealthy, if we do it all the time. What’s the harm, really, if not everything we write is Serious Literature? Who said it had to be? Why can’t we embrace the cringe every now and again, so long as it sparks joy?

So this event is an upside-down festival for creative works: an excuse – carte blanche and imprimatur – to indulge in all the silly fandom escapism you’d eschew in a more normal week. Go smooch your favorite Stardew Valley bachelor in Photoshop. Tell us about your wacky adventures exploring the Island Dungeon. Go wild! There’s no sign-up to participate, no masterpost, nothing like that. Just write, draw, and post your stuff under #self insert week 2024 so that we can all cheer each other on. :)

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!

[fairyroses]

He was about to kill you, Lex. Or divulge something you didn't want me to know.

— SMALLVILLE, "Forever" (4.21)

+ bonus from "Arctic" (7.20):

[superfallingstars]

Snapetober Day 3: Haunt

based on "Sir Thomas Browne No.2 / Death and the Philosopher" by Gwen Raverat, below

[shepscapades]

shep I was talking to my brother about dbhc xisuma as one does and mentioned that ask about not being able to puzzle xisuma's face together mentally and my brother joked that the reason you put the spoiler bars and such on his face is cause you cant draw his whole face yet 😂

anyway I might have talked his ear off about dbhc idk tho lmao

LMAOO NOOOO!!! MY SECRET FINALLY IS OUT!!! /silly

[manderleyfire]

I will do all this, I will get all this blood on my hands, and you are able to plead naivety.

[lemonberet]

taylor really hit it out of the park right away with tis the damn season huh. “its the kind of cold that fogs up windshield glass but i felt it when i passed you/there’s an ache in you put there by the ache in me” bitch!!! what the fuck!!

[taxi-boi]

one thing im thinking about is how every team stuck together til the end.

every team stuck together, and every team died together. dying all within the same rough time frame

except team ties, who all died seperately,

Skizz died amongst the bad boys, after jimmy, before joel.

Tango died amongst the clockers, after bdubs, before scar and cleo.

Etho died amongst the nosy neighbors, after bigb and grian, before pearl.

Impulse died among the mean gills, after scott, before martyn.

Team Ties. their name symbolizing their connections and metaphorical ties to each other.

All died separately.

All died alone.

[burtlancster]

Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck in a promotional portrait for Sorry, Wrong Number, 1948.

[mimimar]

the main characters of an original short comic i’ve been working on based on the song ivy by taylor swift

edit: you can start reading it here!

[p4nishers]

oh my god bro im gonna say this one last time: the coffee theory fucking SUCKS it's bullshit and it'd be cheap writing and yall are fucking weak.

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

The Uncertainty of Love and its Torment

As my Bridgerton rewatch continues, I’ve made it to season 2, episode 6: the failed wedding episode.

Love is in the air as Anthony and Edwina face the day of their nuptials. Yet, as we know, it is not the bride and groom that share this love- it is Anthony and Kate that long for each other. It is Eloise and Theo, unsure of their mutual attraction. And, for those of us with a keen eye, it is Penelope and Colin’s love blossoming in the palace courtyard.

While Anthony and Kate fight their love for each other- the feelings between Eloise and Theo & Penelope and Colin remain uncertain in their reciprocation.

Eloise says something important about her relationship with Theo to Penelope- that she is uncertain of his feelings and the “thought exercise” of questioning said feelings is a “thrilling kind of torment”.

(And, during this scene, we can see Pen look longingly at Colin)

While Anthony and Kate’s torment is that they do love each other, it is the torment of the unknown that plague Eloise and Penelope’s infatuations.

Eloise, because she is not used to feeling attraction and is unsure what to call it. Penelope, because she has longed so long for Colin, and his friendship with her has left her confused about his affections.

While Eloise’s attraction was new and exciting, Penelope had been living in her state of torment for years. Both a kind of uncertainty that brought each their own torment. This starts laying an excellent foundation for season 3.

And what tortuous moment can we look to in season 3?

Colin’s first confession of feelings in the carriage.

As Colin himself says, his feelings for Penelope are a “[torture] that [he] cannot, will not, [does] not want to, give up”.

Here, Colin, in a way, reiterates the sentiment Eloise shared last season. However, unlike Eloise, he, himself, is certain of his own feelings. He’s had the experience with Marina to show him the difference between fleeting attraction and love. He knows what it was like to lose Marina and to have his feelings unreciprocated- which is wholly different than his love for Penelope.

But since their kiss and as of this moment in the carriage, Colin truly does not know Penelope’s feelings towards him. The uncertainty of it haunts him as we can see with Luke’s facial acting.

Eloise’s “torment” comment, along with the struggle of Anthony and Kate from season 2 add to the context surrounding Colin and Pen’s love declarations and makes this past season that much more special.

From the first carriage scene confession from Colin, to Penelope’s admission in the church scene, these two have been through their own torments to get to each other- ones that span all the way from season 1 to season 3.

[faerieomenart]

Autumn is really here and my love for Witch Hat Atelier is taking over my brain a bit hehe. So attempted to draw my persona in a style inspired some by Witch Hat Atelier and Studio Ghibli, because those two things are ultimate comforts for me during the chilly seasons. Two versions because I am indecisive.

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Brazilian Grand Prix - Jenson Button