#ur style for them is so fun op

[evercelle]

who are ur artistic inspirations/fav artists?? i loove the compositions and the flow of your work so much and wanted to know what sort of pieces inspire u :0

i feel like i have so many, even though i don't draw like them at all haha... well, this list from earlier this year are still the first names that come to mind, but just for fun here's a bunch of links to posts i saved in the ole inspo folder, so we can all admire these works! together!!

(eyeballs emoji) pose + gorgeous contrast in values and palette

love the feeling of luminous lighting from the combo of de/saturated colors in OP's style

the retro color palette and composition with so many little details to look at... fun!!

lively motion and bg design elements in this one create such a complete, visually appealing image... but also their whole media tab! adore the clean, expressive style and lovely draping of fabric

bold style and enchanting use of abstract/surreal elements to create rich compositions

gorgeous limited palette paintings and so emotive...!! how 2 paint like this....

[bthump]

hey op!! just wanted to say i love your blog and i love being able to see berserk through the lens of ur analysis 🥺🥺

can i ask how you think griffith would react in a situation where griffith is made to understand that guts isn't leaving because he is disgusted by griffith and guts also is made to know that griffith doesn't look down on him, but he still leaves anyway? in my mind the likeliest outcome is that griffith follows guts, but situations like one where guts leaves for his dream but lets griffith know he'll most likely come back to him since he wants them to be equals is just as well interesting. what do u think?

thanks once again for sharing your meta with us and for reading this ask!!

Thank you so much! Glad you like my blog and I appreciate you saying so 💖

Hm, while generally I don't think Guts would still leave if he was assured and believed that Griffith didn't look down on him, I imagine that if he did still choose to leave despite that, it would be because he's bought into Griffith's dumb philosophy about The Importance of Dreams. So even if he's an ~exception~ from Griffith's pov, Guts doesn't accept that - maybe because Griffith can't offer an explanation, because he doesn't know why himself - and feels he still needs to prove his worth.

So in that case I think Griffith would let Guts leave relatively peacefully, but maybe a little bitterly. Ideally I think this would lead to some self reflection from Griffith - if Guts is an exception to him, why is he an exception, why does Griffith feel like he's already an equal, why would he rather have Guts at his side than pursuing a dream to be his best friend, etc. Realizing he's in love with Guts. And also maybe starting to realize that if Guts is an exception, then maybe his dream philosophy doesn't really make sense, and maybe it's not a noble philosophy but a post hoc justification for irrational feelings of guilt.

Okay, maybe he wouldn't get that self aware lol, that's a hard sell to me. But yk, maybe it could help plant the seeds of that realization.

And then when Guts does come back, either for a visit or because he's super good at sword fighting now, maybe he'll be in a better position to really explain himself and convince Guts to stay.

But that's the ideal version lol.

I think it's more likely that Guts leaves, Griffith lets him go while burying how much it hurts and telling himself that it's for the best because dreams are the most important thing after all, and refocuses super hard on his own dream. Then ironically when they meet again however many years later, they're both too closed off and distanced from others to even connect with each other again on an emotional level. They greet each other with friendliness and joy and declare their friendship now that Guts is his "equal" but it's surface level - they no longer know each other and they no longer love each other. There's a sorrowful undercurrent to their interactions that neither can really identify, but it's the loss of their younger selves' potential to love.

OR maybe a happy medium? Griffith buries his heart and pursues his dream while Guts pursues his, both fall out of practice wrt opening up to people and live lonely lives for a few years, and when they meet again it's awkward and weird and shallow. But then one or the other nearly dies (or something) and there's an outpouring of emotion and they realize what was really important all along in classic romcom style. But yk, stretched out and built up to and written well.

Thanks for the ask, this was fun to think about!

[jetsimpersonator]

hallo! what's ur favorite scug and why? :] mine is spearmaster

OH HI I think this is the first ask I've gotten so that's neat

I'm not sure if I have one favorite scug, but my favorites are hunter, rivulet and spearmaster

I'm a spears and rivulet main (spears mostly for expedition, particularly co-op because spears in co-op is actually really useful, they're definitely the most support style scug imo even if it sounds odd) but I love hunter a lot because of how like . I found their campaign relatable in the weirdest way possible? But I don't know why honestly, hunter's just a sad brogirl to me and I cry whenever I think about them too much

Spearmaster is just really fun for me to play (even though eating can get so HARD in some areas) and I like seeing uncollapsed moon, also it's fun being able to eat pole plants and snails and monster kelp and everything and anything you can eat it all. Yummy

Rivulet is cool because . They're rivulet for one that's like, awesome, and also I like seeing moon be kind of slightly more okay and I also like how you can just take the rarefaction cell without even talking to pebbles it's so funny the little rat can just steal supercomputer organs and get away with it (I'm mean as shit to pebbles though and that's a personal bias I have)

Also I like to think about their group dynamic because I think they'd be a cool best friend trio given that hunter is healed

Tl;dr uh. Helping moon good. Scugs helping moon means I like the scug

[6okuto]

🍙 for @satorisoup from my fruits basket :3

Long Post. but i (Rlly) summarized the questions for viewing ease 🫡

1) life & school

i Am nervous about school hbdfhbg i’m a sociology major!! ^^ love soc but i switched to honours so i have to keep my gpa up, and most of my classes this year are really reading/writing/presentation heavy.. plus i'm trying a full course load for the first time so doing my thesis next yr will be easier, but i'm already easily stressed and burnt out.. lol.. ;; it's probably fine though

life’s getting busy.. and i’m not sure my cosplay will get here in time for my con but it’s ok tbh! the good outweighs the bad for those things. i wish i had money for the con outside my grants/loans but LOL that's life 

2) celebrating my birthday with keiji :3

tmi maybe. i haven’t had a great birthday since i was 15/16 to be honest FBHBDJ i'm so burnt out and depressed in dec that the past few years i haven’t done anything at all LOL but hearing this,, keiji makes it his mission to give me a good one ^^ ! 

he takes the day off and makes sure the day is just for us! practices making heart shaped pancakes and cooks breakfast.. i walk in on him in the kitchen super focused and accidentally scare him LOL he wanted it to be a surprise but it’s ok!! i watch and talk while i wait

it’s usually cold so i don't go anywhere ;; but we still have fun!! it’s nothing crazy,, we just talk, put on a show while we work on a puzzle or bake… play some co-op games.. order dinner.. yeagh

if it isn’t awful outside, we might make a little snowman or snow angels at the park nearby :]

he gets birthday gifts separate from his christmas ones.. since they're so close my birthday’s kinda overshadowed & i tell people to get one gift or none but keiji refuses!! he writes a long heartfelt letter, commissions art of us & our cat, and buys custom matching necklaces + little crochet accessories + ribbon 🙂‍↕️ (also macarons. i rock w macarons.)

3) favourite aki scene :3

his morning routine changed my life. they didn’t have to do that (not in the manga) but they did… my beautiful domestic soft morning dreams… it’s so Aki… and then i think about how he’d include u in his routine when ur together the way he does with denji and power… ouh..

4) art app + ur new stylus :0

looks down and kicks rocks. krita user over here. not that anything’s wrong with krita. i just feel lame when i see brushes i want because of course they’re never for krita. but it’s cool! how's ur new pen!! bro sometimes krita’s pressure sensitivity doesn’t work on start-up and i didn’t realize i could just restart the window settings . i kept reinstalling it. it’s fine but Wow i was miserable for so long (Months. like a stupid poopoo head)

5) Secret Art Opinions.

olivia wilde nodding gif. smoking duck gif. no one knows what i know no one’s seen what i’ve seen. BEAUTIFUL!! PERF!! i love his smile and jewelry (🤯) and hair and EVERYTHING!! your art style is SOO lovely cutieful lene!! and a 17 layer max seems nonsensical?! HELP.. how big is your canvas.. what app are you using bc isn't there ones made for what u want to try.. I believe in U!! no matter what i’m sure it will turn out awesome!!! he would be so flattered. his lips would wobble and he'd gasp/whine and hug and kiss u like WHAT!! FOR HIM..?..!!! yeah.

6) akaashi and i’s song :00

wanna say i will by mitski but that’s gonna be in every self-ship playlist of mine. maybe home by reese lansangan.. hesitate to say it’s Our Song but it’s a good one!!

My bones are safe / And my heart can rest / Knowing it belongs to you / My world is changed / And it's cradled by / The comfort that is you

7) monster lover post + ones i like

i wish i had good specific hear me out's but i don’t consume a lot of media with them so the ones i can think of are super basic and boring… i’d need a list in front of me so i could smash or pass. (if u have any in mind let me kneow.) but

the teacher from the girl from the other side. Like it’s my fault. doting adoptive self-sacrificial father figure DON’T TALK TO ME. also i must mention tokoyami. + shirou from BNA if he counts

tai lung from kung fu panda just once. the plague doctor (scp-049) obviously

probably some transformers. i like bumblebee 🩷 THE PACIFIC RIM JAEGERS . gipsy danger of course. striker eureka of course. gipsy avenger & november ajax & valor omega (Sorry.). azure defiant omgg PILIPPINS! 🇵🇭🇵🇭

i can usually get behind a “hear me out” if it isn’t like.. super slimey(?) or spikey. they could all hurt me but anything Very sharp/spikey i’m like nooo owwww ouchie nooo..

8) JJK since hell started on earth (+ lenoso!)

I Have been keeping up. unfortunate for my happiness. but Dear God. finding that out two hours after a comm and on FORTNITE is CRAZY? I’m so sorry. I get it. there’s like 3 vids and 6 pics of me crying. …did u at least win the fortnite match. i thank god every day my main thing is HQ because i just watch guys play volleyball. the manga.. a bit exciting.. hoping for an Ok outcome… maybe if gege has love and megan thee stallion in his heart

9) demon slayer opinions (+ genya specifically)

i watched the first season of kny but dropped it after hebfhsbjb nothing against it, just not rlly my cup of tea!! but i know quite a few deaths and the manga ending.. i don’t have a fave demon though.. i liked tanjiro + giyuu + sabito (predictable x3). also fond of rengoku (predictable) and mitsuri/obanai (predictable). Is akaza awesome and beautiful. i don't rlly know genya but i’ve seen him and his brother!! I will like him In Ur honour!!! ur friend reporting u for an edit is crazyehsbfjhb STAY STRONG… GENYA! i’m sure he’s fantastic!!

10) bnha + izuku thoughts!

Who’s calling izuku ugly. ☹️ i get u btw Like it’s my fault i’m always fond of the main characters and want the best for them. i don’t usually read stuff for him bUT i fr see the appeal, and he can be soo super interesting/fun to write and read about!! AND HE’S NOT UGLY!! ☹️ he’s very cutieful handsome. grown up deku… vivid and beautiful in my mind… 

11) favourite food, drink, etc. :3

rice . LOL i don’t think i have a favourite food but i love pinoy chicken dishes! my mom's adobo + caldereta + niligang manok. also been eating chorizo de cebu lately.. yummay..

sweet drinks.. frappes & taro boba… i need to expand my palette but y'know. and my fav soda is crush

i said this but i Love Macarons. you give me a plate of macarons i’m inhaling that shit like kirby. also sapin sapin and cheesecake! a great cake in general is so yummayyy

big hazelnut creme chocolate fan. I Love hazelnut chocolate. started when i was a child with kinder eggs and purdys chocolate hedgehogs and here i am

fav cereal is kellogg's krave. obvious chocolate fan here

SUSHI VIBES IS SO INTERESTING i’m pretty sure i’ve never had a piece. like ever. i do like fish… do u have any fave sushi.. i doubt i’ll be trying any soon but for future reference!!

12) anything and everything else ^_^ (mammon + mlp ment.)

Lene i have stuff to talk about at all times and will overshare every time

YAGH! mammon is the avatar of greed and 2nd eldest brother of 7 in Obey Me: One Master To Rule Them All. i actually didn’t like him at first (I’m sorry.) but he grew on me real bad. it’s serious. he's very tsundere which is Not my type but. something happened. He's a softie.. he cares about you and everyone So Much.. he's very empathetic and emotionally intelligent even if he struggles with being vulnerable.. he can generally control his emotions better /gets angry less than his brothers… he gets teased/mistreated a lot.. he loves money and hates working but he loves U even more So Of Course He’d do/give up Anything 4 U.. he's insecure and has called himself worthless on his own Which Devastated Me So Bad i love this guy so much Let’s All Just. oh man.

i Did like MLP. i stopped watching at some point but i want to go back and watch it all.. predictably obsessed with princess cadance and shining armor. I wanted to be her and I wanted him. Predictably. i cried over BBBFF when i was little btw /pos but hm.. my fav show was gravity falls maybe. so good.

we finally fixed what was wrong with the water in the one bathroom in the house that has a bath tub. exciting because i’ve never taken a bath… want to see what it’s like… perhaps use a bath bomb 🤔..

don’t think i’ve processed we’re going to have another person living with us. wow

been thinking about p5 akira a lot. my stupid beautiful loser sopping wet cat idiot handsome prince guy. Do u think 13 year old me would be surprised i still like him or that my bff likes goro or that i ship akeshu. i have 150 ss's from the p5 vn. and when i say he's written like my version of akaashi keiji.. hah......

might deactivate at some point tbh. saying this because i don't think people will read this far so it's like a little secret convo but i feel like i've overstayed my time / don't rlly fit anywhere bshdjsd i'll click delete account and just Stare for a while. like at some point u think about it so much it's like.. girl stop clinging on and just do it. but i don't want to lose my stuff so it won't happen until i put it all somewhere else. which won't be soon because i'm lazy as shit so. that's life i guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️ def won't until i finish my event.. will see if i can at least make it to my blog anni if not my birthday 🤔 would probably come back at some point anyway. also my users... can't lose 6okuto r u joking...

been rocking with pleasure delayer by between friends & rock-paper-scissors by katzenjammer lately.

broken 3 nails this week and may unfortunately break a 4th. my stupid baka life. might just cut the rest and restart... they were all Even. 1/2 cm long bro.. why does this happen to me...

excited to call and ask about my joke bear plate in a few days. i'm 100% sure i didn't do an even number of coats for everything and it'll look wonky in places, but i think that's part of the appeal. the nia 6okuto joke bear brand

thank u for joining and asking lene!! 🙆🏻‍♀️🩷🩷 i like 2 talk so do not worry. would u like some q's back.. a similar amount.. less.. more.. let me kneow. meow

[herashifts]

For your Ghost dr I have a few questions!!

what will your shop look like?

what kind of witchy stuff will your shop be selling?

what will your style be like?

will you have any witchy powers or powers in general?

what sort of everyday things are you looking forward to in ur dr?

also will the newer ghouls be in ur dr too?

also will your shop have an upstairs living space cause I think those are so fun LMAO

I’m SO sorry for the amount of questions bwhaksh <33

OMG HI!!! NEVER apologize for questions, I love them sm!!! I’m actually going to answer these below the cut 👀✨

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆?

My shop is in a city called Grimsbury, a city in England that I scripted. The city has aesthetics similar to Edinburgh, like a dark academia type vibe. The store exterior itself fits that theme! It’s a corner store and it has one of those like hanging signs outside, like this:

(But it has “The Witch’s Inkwell” on it obviously jdjdbbft)

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈?

I mainly focus on witchy books for the public, but I also carry occult books and historical witchy texts for higher-end clients (such as Copia and the Ministry 😜😜😜). Of course, I also carry crystals, herbs, and other various spiritual supplies like candles and offering bowls. (I plan on making a sign that says “Any crystal can repel negative people if thrown hard enough” dhjdhdbbfbf)

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆?

I don’t know what this would be considered, but this:

(I’m going to stick out a little bit when I travel with Copia and the ghouls but that’s fine 😂😂😂)

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍?

Yes! As far as witchy abilities, I’m a powerful witch (but like the kind of witch here, if that makes sense!) and can easily feel energies and can tell what entity’s causing what vibe. Because of lore I scripted for this dr, I also inherited pyrokinesis! (What’s the point of shifting if not to be ridiculously OP? 😂)

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝑹?

Picking my outfit for the day, having breakfast with Copia, playing Uno with the Emeritus brothers, having coffee outside, cuddling with Copia, texting in the group chat with the ghouls, and so much more 😭💕💕

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝑹 𝒕𝒐𝒐?

I’m thinking about scripting that Phantom and Aurora will be summoned by whoever will become Papa V after Copia retires! I love them, but Aether and Sunshine are my besties and they're not getting replaced 😂😂😂

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆?

Absolutely! That was one of the first things I scripted 😂😂😂 My apartment has everything I need, and I like the idea of a cozy living space 🥰🥰🥰 (I also have an attic that I turned into a painting studio!)

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

hihi !! just wanted to say i love ur lil op comics w the ASL brothers. they are so silly and fun! your style is so perfect for Sabo, I feel like u get him right, i love the snake bite additions !! keep it up <33

Hello hello! Im glad you like them so, i try to make their sibling relations as silly and goofy as i possibly can.

I like the snake bites, too :) i hope you dont mind when they disappear and reappear randomly in my comics. I forget about them frequently.

[kingfakey]

is it ok to ask how u edit ur lookbooks? i love your style sm

hiii!!!! omg thank you 🥹

first thing you need to know is that where my lookbooks are concerned i'm not doing a whole lot of editing. that's my secret, i think. i do as much as i can in blender. which is why this is exceedingly flattering for you to say because i do not consider myself very good at editing (mostly compared to those ppl that do shadows and hair strands, that's not my bag yanno!!!) i also try not to get too repetitive, so this is all just kind of general. if you got specific lookbooks in mind, i can dig into it.

also to preface this, i'm not going to link to any specific tutorials, because i don't know your particular learning style and there are soooo many tutorials out there that i could take hours just finding one. so i'm sorry but i'm going to have to leave the research with you, and point you in the right direction.

i've been using the same PSD, more or less, for well over 10 years now. i tweak it a little every time. learning how to make your own PSD can be a game changer-- you can learn how to manipulate the colors the way you wanna manipulate them, and if you use it long enough (like i have!) you'll create a signature. i'm such a sucker for the selective color adjustment layer, it's how i get my pinks so uniform. 💗

almost as important as a PSD is the action you use. i also made that, just a little sharpening, very tiny topaz effect, and more smart sharpen. in doing this (either taking the time to learn to make your own, or finding one you like) you'll free up a lot of time by quickly filtering your images and moving onto the fun parts.

layers layers layers!!!!

blending options for your layer open up (little mermaid voice) a whole new world! whether it's text you're bringing style to, cool outlines, soft glows, you can have a lot of fun just playing around.

fonts. just collect cool fonts you like. lost-type co-op is one of my favorites. play around with making some typography. there's no right answers!! but if you're working in a bigger canvas, make sure to zoom out so you know it's gonna be readable when tumblr scales it down to fit its format.

if you're going the blender route:

get in the habit of doing transparent background versions of every shot. even if i don't plan on using them, i just have them, and it makes editing a lot easier, a lot less painful. don't even have to crop out the backgrounds, it's just done.

learning how to use the compositor is another game changer. it's how i bring a little bit of a glow to my renders and make them pop without even having to open photoshop.

turn on node wrangler. this isn't relevant to anything in specific just look into how to enable node wrangler and thank me later.

also turn on the ratio aspects in your blender camera settings. this will allow you to see if things are centered, or juuuust the right amount of off-center if, if you're into that.

[23meteorstreet]

@movepastit replying to ur sunny blog bc it won't let me reply to ur main?? anyway making this a separate post bc i waaay overexplained things (link to op for anyone else that's curious)

ive actually mostly just read stuff on here & on letterboxd (which I guess does have a few critics but I think i mostly just saw stuff from regular users)! but he's said that one of his reasons for making the film was that comedies (esp older styles of comedies that the film was influenced by) are going away. the types of films shown in the movie changed to completely different eras as the movie progressed representing how the film industry has changed throughout his career irl (credit to some ppl on letterboxd who were smart enough to actually have specific examples for that observation) and showing/poking fun at how they move through trends with franchises as the current trend. a lot of people online have talked about how franchises have influenced writing (& blame them for pushing comedies out of theaters), and i definitely think that some of the resistance to the aspects of the movie that were influenced by older films (like I mentioned in my last reblog lol) is showing that audience expectations have changed around this & similar modern writing trends.

also... I've seen a few older film fans online saying that they love the films he's influenced by & that they're pissed off that he'd compare his work to theirs... which to me shows that people love to complain that about types of films they used to like not being made but are resistant to movies/directors that try to do those things (or really, movies trying different things period).

hopefully i didn't overexplain that too much lol. both these are definitely things that get said a lot i feel. sidenote: the only reason I know so much stuff abt this is bc I was so worried I wasn't gonna like the movie that I went out and watched a bunch of stuff that was mentioned in interviews abt it to get a better idea of what it was (& I'm glad I did but I still missed half the references in it lol).

[jinxviolets]

tell me about ur comfort shows, movies and video games plsss 🥺🩷🩷🩷

ooooohhh okay i will try to be concise but i can have lots of things to say lol

shows:

the good place - i just love this show. it's about ethics and morality and also choosing to be good to others. and it's funny. what's not to love??

elementary - elementary is like a warm blanket i wear. it was the first show i ever started watching when it premiered and stayed on top of for the entire time it was airing. sherlock & joan are literally everything to me and i fell off my rewatch at the last season bc i didn't want it to end (again)

ted lasso - this one is pretty self-explanatory but much like the good place, it's about kindness and being good to others and it's hilarious. whenever i feel like shit i rewatch the christmas episode from s2 lol

movies:

the princess diaries 1 & 2 - i just love these movies so much. the humor in them is so good!!! i missed so much when i was younger. they're just as funny, if not funnier, as an adult now. maybe they're comforting bc of the nostalgia but i just love how familiar they feel

into the spider-verse - if i want to be entertained by a Quality Film, this is what i'll watch. when i saw it in theaters i wanted to see it again and when i bought it i watched it and then literally started it over to immediately watch it again. it's just phenomenal and i love every second, every frame. this movie has a special pedestal in my heart next to peeta mellark

captain america: the winter soldier - aside from movies i watched as a kid, this may be the film i've seen the most. i just think it's great. the music is so special, the pacing is perfect, and the dynamics between everyone.... this was top-tier moviemaking, particularly for marvel, bc it was before every mcu movie felt quite so formulaic.

video games:

animal crossing - i kind of don't want to count new horizons in this bc it doesn't feel the same but i spent soooo much time playing ac games on my nintendo ds lite and my 3ds. i just love going into the games to talk to all my adorable ass villagers.

the last of us part ii - so this kind of comes with a caveat. i only count this if i skip all the cutscenes. i really really like how the gameplay feels so sometimes i'll just hop into chapters or combat encounters to mess around bc i know exactly how they'll go and i challenge myself to harder difficulties (or just go OP with all the cheats on). the content itself throughout the story isn't particularly comforting sldfjksdfl

skyrim - i have a tough time playing it these days (i just got it again and am playing for the first time in like 10 years) because of motion sickness stuff that hurts my eyes but i love skyrim so much. this was the first huge open-world game i ever really loved and i credit this one and portal 2 for kind of opening the door to gaming for me.

portal 2 - i can't go without mentioning this one bc even though i haven't been able to play it in a LONG time bc i have it on xbox 360 and my laptop can't run it, this game is the first game i remember REALLY loving. it's so special to me. i don't remember how many times i played through it but i know it was at least twice if not 3 times, which is a lot for me as a teenager. it's a quality game with really clever levels, fantastic voice acting, hilarious lines, and a really fun style of play.

it's sleepover saturday! send me... whatever?

[charkyzombicorn]

What would thriller bark be like in your au?

If ur talking about the 'Brook joining' aspect, it was just Robin and Brook becoming partners

If ur talking about Moria and Kuma...

Moria's a shadow demon, he's got a lot of witches and Kishin eggs working for him under curses. Brook's infamy got out to Moria and Moria wanted him because (due to that spell cast on him and his band) Brook is theorised to be immortal

So he curses Brook, and the whole gang comes to rectify this, but Moria's got a huge plot of land he and his minions take up, so they have to split up

Brook and Robin are mostly exploring until Robin finds some witch trying to force Franky to marry her and Robin destroys her while Brook just tries to stay out of her way

Franky's there when an invisible witch tries to SA his sister, Franky makes sure there's no body to be found. Then the invisible witch's widow tries to force Franky to marry her, and Robin destroys her before carrying Franky off into the sunset bridal style (its beautiful)

Zoro fights a cursed Zombie swordsman with a Zombie sword and goes genie hunter for the first time with all three of his swords (this is pretty taxing but also pretty op)

Luffy and Usopp end up kidnapped by cursed souls trying to get uncursed that have been living in the woods around Moria's house. They explain that if they fail to take down Moria he'll kill Usopp and brainwash & enslave Luffy. With some convincing from Usopp (who saw all this was true), Luffy agrees to have a spell put on him without Learning The Hard Way from a witch who's been severely magically handicapped by the curse. What none of them said was that since the witch can't do any spells other than strengthening (like, say, pain relief) Luffy undergoes about half an hour of unstoppable incomprehensible Agony while Usopp watches. Then Luffy can't talk, can't focus, and his soul is in such a seizing, panicked state that only Usopp can properly wrangle him. But it works like hell, monster Luffy's baseline is a mangled version of Witch Hunter and all his ammo gets supercharged to basically tiny nuclear bombs

Usopp is not having fun, Luffy has no idea what's going on, but they defeat Moria while Moria's possessed Giant corpse is wiped out by The Crew.

Kuma was part of Dragon's cult but is slowly losing his mind to a curse put on him by the agents of Kishin. His orders were to kill Whitebeard's only grandson, to send a message.

Zoro tries the 'take me instead' thing but it doesn't work in this context. Kuma sees all the funky stuff going on in Luffy's soul still (since he's a meister with Kishin powers), Locks up Luffy's soul and then drops him like a rag doll and says out loud 'He's gonna die in another minute without any regulation anyway' all suspicious-like and then dips because he Pretty Much completed his mission. If Only There Was A Special Meister that could Work Through his flimsy little curse. But That Couldn't Possibly Happen, That would be about as likely as a meister that could wield a weapon with a soul like that in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

Anyways so Usopp saves the day by breaking through the wet paper of a curse, and guessing what "soul regulating" is on the spot. It works, Luffy's just happy to see Usopp because he's been trapped in constant agony in his own head for like an hour now but Usopp's Here Now!

They celebrate, Luffy no longer sleeps in his own bed ever, Brook is a-OK and Luffy no longer flinches at torture (|:')

[twink-catcoal-thing]

Hi op of sleepy post 👋 I was gonna block you before you reblogged the vers with your tag cuz I think it’s funny to make ppl tagged in my posts wonder why I blocked them (sorry) but then I saw ur art and was so delighted by your style I had to send an ask telling you how cool and fun and visually appealing it is instead ^_^ have a good day!

this is actually so fuckign funny im giggling

thank you btw!!!

[schwarzeneggr]

sorry op to hijack ur post this aint for you i tried writing in the tags but i got cut off . jusg wanted to ramble. first off just wanna say that contesting lupin isnt hard for fujiko. she is miles ahead of him. were it not for The Sexism fujiko would be the titular character. I wont get into the thousands of ways shes better than him for this psot is about luzeni BUT she does manipulate lupin bc it is easier to have ur little doggie bring back the journal from the front yard than going urself. if shes in a position to contest lupin he better squeeze his asscheeks tight because she Will get him.

To the main course.

I disagree about some of your hypothesies. Your post is based on the fact that the "blimps" of feral genius zenigata has would become permanent if he joined Lupin. I disagree entirely. It is because Zenigata is in opposition with Lupin that his full potential blooms. Its because Lupin is Zenigatas ultimate rival and vice versa. They push each other to their limits every time the game is in play. Thats how Lupins bouts of genius shine. Because Zenigata knows his every trick, he has to be creative with every heist plans he comes up with, on the basis that Zenigata knows his every move. And Zenigata does. He has studied all of them and some. He went as far as study french, how to ride helicopters, how to pull a bullet out of his own body, how to build gadgets and a thousand more practices that hes had to master in order to keep up with Lupin. You see Zenigata has to predict the unpredictable. He has to look out for possible moves Lupin doesn't even know he wants to do. They love each other, sure. They do very much. Fucking freaks if you ask me. But most importantly and what has been insisted upon throughout the whole franchise : they love The Game. Its The Game that is fun, exhilarating, frustrating and challenging. It is because their capabilities are matched that Zenigata Can follow Lupin and Lupin Can escape him. Zenigata would be bored to death were he assigned to other cases. He would solve them too fast, columbo style in his genius detective skills and stubborness. A hint of it happens in one episod of pt4 where Zenigata retraces a crime scene where Jigen shoots like 15 guys to perfection. and then goes well thats jigen and not Lupin so idc. And Lupin ? Hed be bored to death if Zenigata wasnt chasing him. Itd be like stealing candy from a free shop. They looooove giving each other a hard time SO MUCH that crossing the line between justice and crime has never even crossed their minds ever. Apologies to all the luzeni fics that see Zenigata joining the gang as a "good end". Its not. Its a bad end. Theyd be bored to death. Zenigata would feel bad, for he is egotistical but not to the point of swimming in the stolen retirement money of some poor familys bank account. He would never look at a rare painting and go wow i want it. And Lupin would be miserable as well. Zenigata is absolutely unique. Nobody would fall so many times and have the strength and endurance to accept failure and try again. Hed have a string of different detectives trying to arrest him but none with the distinct flavor of absolutely animalistic sadomasochism zenigata displays in his arrests. Imo they love to spend time together. Cozy in Zenigatas bed eating some take out and kicking each others feets. Those breaks are nice. A little date here and there. Car breaks on a way to the police station and suddenly they are in the middle of nowhere with no cell service and no car in sight. Its nice. They enjoy each others presence. They do love each other for real after all. Ngl id go as far as say they are unique soulmates but whatever If i start going on about this Ill never shut up. These moments are fleeting, rare, and unpredictable. And they LOVE that. Sure, it is a heartbreak to seperate, and they both wish they had just a little bit more time to enjoy each other, another day or two, but they enjoy the fleetingness of these moments. They like those short respites for what they are. Short breaks. But a break implies going back, and theyv accepted that, because more than anything they love The Game. The hardships, the analysis, the betrayals, the preparations, the subterfuges, the wins and the losses.. the UNPREDICTABILITY of it all. They love uncertainty. Its the spice that make their lives exhilarating. Lupin isnt looking for stability, or safety. He wouldnt chase Fujiko if he was. Sure there is some comfort in the fact that Zenigata will always chase him. And Zenigata comforts himself thinking there will ALWAYS be another heist. They know theyll always see each other a bit and kiss a little eventually. But they never know when, or how. FUCK I RAN OUT OF

i have unprompted lupin-esque questions pop into my stream of conscious, interrupting my day-to-day wholesale, and one of them is "damn. does lupin only have three companions because zenigata never caved and joined him". like what kind of question is that??

i think its one of the more recurring ones because the sorta lines in lupin tv/films that're like "kinda surprising you're a cop" or "you'd fit in real well with us" or, the wombo combo of the two, "your skills are wasted on your job" really dig into my brain and won't feckin' leave.

in a lot of iterations, jigen and goemon meet lupin when they're tasked with killing him. fujiko's essentially his other rival. and yet, despite whatever the rest of the gang may be doing or whoever they pledge themselves to or whatever other jobs they might take on they always wind up right next to lupin again. on the same team, even.

and then there's zenigata. the sole obstinate holdout. they truce, they save each other's lives, have an avengers bonus credit scene shawarma lunch, etc etc. yet he isn't *with* them. he dips after they stop some evil billionaire from blowing up a city for some asinine power/profit grab or whatever the fuck, shouting that he'll "get them next week" while comically shaking his fist at the sky, and jigen rolls his eyes for the dozenth time and goes "that guy'll never change, will he". no jigen, he won't. when things calm down he'll sit alone in his office and do paperwork for all the property damage he caused with lupin & co. like he always does.

lupin and zenigata prefer it that way, obviously. they know their roles and how to play them. zenigata's too good to be a cop but he's also too good to be with lupin. lupin will kill in self-defense whereas zenigata will *not* kill, period. a la "life is a much more incredibly significant thing".

and then there's the *other* obviously-- the adversarial aspect. they can only *truly* challenge each other if they're on opposing sides. jigen stuck around after lupin beat him. goemon pledged his allegiance to lupin after he bested him. fujiko cozies up to lupin because it's easier than outright contesting him. but lupin is the best criminal and zenigata is the best cop. of course they'll never swap sides. they have the most fun from where they are.

"but tackyyy, what if he *did* join them?" you may ask. well whether it'd be cathartic for zenigata or not aside, there's some other q's that come up that deserve some consideration.

would the gang finally be "complete" if zenigata finally shed his inspector title? what would that look like, how would it work out? what does that even *mean*? is lupin just collecting people he thinks are neat? if so, if a hypothetical (realllllllly emphasizing that hypothetical btw) fourth-- someone with skills on the right level and surprisingly good chemistry with the gang-- came along, would lupin welcome them? or would lupin look at zenigata and go "nah, i'd rather have *that* guy"? lots of stuff to explore.

but at the end of the day there's one thing that really gets my brain gears turning. i think zenigata's higher-ups imagine him on lupin's side and shudder. i think *zenigata* imagines himself on lupin's side and shudders. i think the only way his full potential can be realized is if he's with lupin *permanently*. those blips of unbridled feral skill wouldn't be blips anymore. they'd be normal. and devastating. and the five of them would be unstoppable. and maybe that'd scare him, finally knowing exactly what he's capable of. maybe it *already* scares him, knowing he's the only one who can decide what happens.

[tfw-no-tennis]

tfes thoughtz

not quite a liveblog as I am wont to do but ruth and I watched tf earthspark so I figured id write down scattered thoughts bc who KNOWS when the next eps are dropping and id love to remember what I think of things whenever that rolls around

so let me start off by saying this show is banger. we rlly like it so far awww

still also gotta say rip cyberverse, that show was SO good and died too soon :( 

but yeah I like this show a lot!!! I rlly dig how it looks, I wasn’t sure about the art style/3d animation at first but it looks really good. better than cyberverse if I'm honest (sorry cybv your budget probably wasn’t as good its not ur fault)

I loooove that we’re starting off at an interesting point in which the autobot-decepticon war is over and has been for a while, and megatron is on the same side as the bots, but there’s still conflict....LOVE IT 

cyberverse was also based for having the war going on but in a different way than shows usually did, and having the sides kind of aware of how fruitless the fighting was, and then eventually w the quintessons the two sides had to unite. anyways I have a whole separate post on cyberverse so I should chill 

the human characters are great. I feel like there's the right amount of focus on them and I really dig the family dynamic we’re getting. the kids are cute and fun and I love their relationships w/the bots...I love that mo calls OP “mr optimus” awww

I love the parents also. alex husband of the year he’s so great. and dorothy is so cool and I LOVE her and megatron. they’re like platonic malewife-girlboss. power bffs. 

LOVE how she doesn’t like OP but like megatron. SO funny. 

I really enjoy that the robots aren’t ‘in disguise’ either - the world seems to be aware of them and their existence and the war that went on. that’s cool! I like that a lot; ik the tagline for tf is ‘robots in disguise’ and all but if u think about it they weren’t really hidden in g1 even

Love that there’s comics about the tfs in canon too

I really like this bumblebee!! his design is so cute and I really appreciate that he isn’t ‘the kid’ in this, and has to assume a more mentor-like role. very cool and entertaining

ok and the terrans are adorable. theyre just babies and I love them. I looove how they were adopted into the malto family its so cute. I’m enjoying them and their antics and I feel like there’s a great mix of cute hijinks w/them learning how to be tfs, and also with other plot stuff 

LOOOOVE the plot implications. JUICY!!!!!!!!!! GHOST is so fucking sketchy I LOVE THAT. I love that OP is working for them, and has a sense of ‘I’m doing this for the greater good/this is a means to an end (the end being peace)’ but OP seems to know that GHOST is sketchy as fuck - with him hiding the terrans’ existence and bumblebee being alive from them...but also he tells megatron to give them a chance, which is very OP of him, so that makes sense, but I’m curious if it’ll blow up in his face ((it totally will))

megatron was RIGHT in that one ep where he was trashing GHOST. them having all those cons locked up is bad news. and ruth pointed out that we haven’t even seen who’s in charge of GHOST which is pretty concerning.

also I can’t believe that one agent guy isn’t voiced by will arnett bc he totally sounds like him 

I super loved the flashbacks of the cybertronian history that were animated in g1 style :’) it reminded me of in tfa where they used clips from g1 as part of the history lesson 

I loooove megatron in this show he’s so cool. he gives me some mtmte megatron vibes - he basically says that he agreed to join GHOST/the autobot side in order to protect the cons from worse consequences. I’m interested to hear more about the war and what went on. I’d love some war flashbacks personally

I like that he clearly doesn’t want to hurt the decepticons or hand them over to GHOST, and also the cons think of him as a traitor, but it seems rough for cons out there. what else are they gonna do?

I think it would be epic if they paralleled OP and megatron - with OP joining up with GHOST bc he think he’s doing the right thing for his species and humans, only to discover that GHOST is fr bad news - and megatron binding himself to service w/GHOST and the autobots in exchange for supposed safety (?or something? Not super clear what the cons/megatron got out of that bargain) for the cons, only to discover (as he basically already did) that the cons aren’t doing great out there and they think of him as a traitor

also mandroid is actually pretty interesting for a human villain. I was expecting not to like him (espec at the beginning, he reminded me of silas from tfp who ended up being a nuisance and didn’t really have a point in the plot imo) bc tf human villains are more often miss than hit but he’s interesting 

I like that he has pretty legit reasons to want to get rid of the “invasive species” (as a biologist I love that phrasing), after he got drafted into the war and then injured in friendly fire

LOVED the part where he talks about this and dot is like ‘yeah I also got injured in the war and that sucks for us but I’m judging you based on your actions and YOU suck’ that was so epic she’s so epic and cool

and he knows alex??? ?? fruity ????? are they exes??? whats the vibe. I bet alex used to work for GHOST and that’s how he and dot met

having a whole ass giant robot arm is wild tho. no way that’s how it works bro 

also what happened to swindle. he was so funny. he sounds like meowth from the 4kidz dub lmfao 

SOUNDWAVE BRO I fucking love him. icon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO happy that his cassettes are here and actually turn into cassettes and not other more modern stuff. I love that anachronism sm 

thank god frenzy is here. I hope rumble shows up too (tho bumblebee talking about how one of the cassettes exploded ???? hi????)

we saw starscream for like 0.2 seconds but I’m ready for him to cause havoc like the annoying bitch he is <333 

super interesting that the world is cut off from cybertron and has been for quite a while. I think OP also mentioned that the cybertronians on earth are likely the last of their kind - I’m curious if that’s true or if there’s a bunch of them on cybertron a la the 1984 movie. I bet there is, no way cybertron is empty. pleaseeee I want hot rod and ultra magnus and all them I’d cry 

also congrats to skywarp and nova storm and frenzy on the transgenderism <3 

oh yeah and I LOVE arcee. she’s like Question Authority Barbie. Bite Chomp Kill Barbie. SO good. I love her design and alt mode and how she taught the kids not to blindly follow the people in charge. ICON. 

the 3 new bots are cute, but ruth and I couldn’t get over the fact that they were born and then IMMEDIATELY thrown into a conflict before even getting alt modes. omg 

ruth: ‘they already have blue hair and pronouns tho!’

LMFAO TRUTH. I LOVEEEE that nightshade goes by they/them :’) we didn’t expect that at all and it was such a good surprise 

also hashtag gay???? #GAY???? 

can’t BELIEVE that bot is named hashtag. immmmmm 

tho ruth and I both agree that the cast is full enough and having 3 new terrans might be too much, so we’ll see how that goes - I kinda feel like they’ll end up more on the periphery and only show up sometimes. we’ll see tho! 

holy SHIT the fight scenes bro. specifically in the last 2 eps, oh my GOD. SOOOO fucking juicy. I’m gonna make a separate post abt that but they were EXCELLENT. one place I think cyberverse was weak in was the fight scenes - in s1 I would say they were actively boring (sorry cybv ily) and they got better but still were a bit clunky and awkward and formulaic. I feel like it was due to animation/budget constrictions more than anything 

but yeah these fights scenes rocked. I especially love the 2d smoke and fire effects 

I just wanna know more about the war too!!! like mandroid got injured, it seems, from friendly fire - did Dot as well? is that why she doesn’t seem to like or trust OP as much? 

also megatron has been working w them for 15 years - what were the previous 15 years like? what was the war like? why were they fighting? what exactly made them stop? how many other tfs are on earth? when did GHOST start being a thing? are there gonna be combiners???? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. 

biggest Q is when are the next eps coming out. pls not in like 6 mos. 

also w the fight scenes. skywarp’s warping looks SO FUCKING COOOOOL I’m so glad. yesssss 

I feel kinda bad for the cons tbh. they seem scattered and lost, with no real leader, and they’re apparently disappearing (presumably mandroid) or being imprisoned by GHOST, who I'm SURE doesn’t have any ill intentions...I wonder if the show will continue to take a more sympathetic approach to the cons (kinda like mtmte, where they kinda had a point at the beginning before they lost the thread w/all the murdering and whatnot)

also I love everyone’s designs generally but I still think OPs face looks weird hgfajkdfksjndfkj whenever he has the faceplate off I'm like Put That Back On Please. 

I like that the humans are directly involved in the plot in a way that makes sense bc the human world has already been to war with/alongside the tfs, so there are a ton of different relationships that humans can have w/the tfs. this is way more interesting than st like tfp, which I think did a pretty bad job integrating the humans, or tfa, which had Sari w/a macguffin that was plot-important in order to keep her involved 

tbf that’s kinda going on w/the kids having links to the terrans but I like the way it’s played out so far. I love the suggestions of lore we’ve gotten too, w/quintus prime and stuff

also they’ve made a point of showing that symbol in the cave where the terrans were born MORE THAN ONCE, and it totally looks like those spiderbots, so I’m thinking there’s definitely a connection there. something weird is going on 

ok also SUPER fucking funny that wheeljack showed up and found out he kinda has a kid and IMMEDIATELY decides he’s a deadbeat dad hvbkjdsfbjksandfkl. I mean he came around in the end but that was so fucking funny. PLEASE SIR 

when they bonded by shooting at each other (lmao? classic tfs) and then twitch was like aww lets hug and he didn’t even notice lmfao sir plssss 

I wonder if the dinobots will show up and if they’ll still have been created by wheeljack (and ratchet) like in g1 

also kind of hilarious how megatron was like ‘no I don’t wanna hurt the cassettes’ and then when the seekers attacked he was like ‘fuck them kids’ and went all out fighting them lmao 

I’m super curious how the megatron starscream dynamic will be in this show 

oh yeah and ruth pointed out that it’s interesting that the three new terrans are bigger than the original 2 terrans and I feel like it’s bc they were created DURING an active conflict and basically got MTO’d into a fight. Ls 

firstborn vs secondborn vibes lmfao 

ok and quintus prime....r we gonna get quintessons. hello. I would LOVE that the quintessons are like my fav antagonists (especially in cyberverse they were so good. man I should rewatch cyberverse) 

I think the quintessons are perfect villains for cases like this where the autobots and decepticons aren’t fighting each other. I’d love to see the quintessons as the villains after GHOST is dealt with 

maybe the tfs on cybertron are already dealing w/the quintessons? 

omfg and the ep where bumblebee is trying to call OPs comm and megatron and then elita pick up instead ?? hello ??? polycule?????

I wanna see more of elita 1 too! shes so cool 

also I kinda belatedly realized that this megatron doesn’t seem to have the same dislike for organics/earth people as he does in a lot of other media (most notably in idw1). that’s interesting and I like that we’re exploring a different side of his character, and I like seeing humans hanging with him. he and dot are great and I hope we get more of them, including flashbacks

anywaysss that’s all the thoughts I have for now, tune in for more next time byeeee

[rottingsparrow]

Part 2 (redo) of Reading Lore Olympus

I am doing a test to see if more people see this if I only review ten episodes at a time. It makes sense, I wouldn’t wanna read that much either. So here’s episodes 11-20, I’ll be posting 21-30 shortly after. Here’s part one again

Ep 11

Touch count total: 7 lmao

Cat. kitty cat

Artemis jumps to conclusions so fast

Did artemis’ bangs grow

Ope and its short again

It would be different it it wasnt noticeable but like the style changes too

Why does artemis not have scissors

How is her hair perfect after a slice

It looks like she is pulling her skin when she is taking her clothes off

Is she wearing a bra?? Bc if she isnt her boobs shouldnt be sitting like that

Oh she is now

“Demeter is such a helicopter mom” i mean yeah but also i dont think the mortal realm has.. Yknow internet

Eros is pink now idk if i preferred him as a light purple

Maybe like a mixture thats cool

Ep 12

Artemis like true form looks cool but so normal yknow

Inside!

“No wings i just vacuumed” quick rachel how do wings work

I do like the cut out in the back of the shirt for the wings

Artemis feels like the mom that is like “put on pants ur uncle is coming over” like huh?? Persephone is just not wearing pants

Youre just soooo pretty persephone omg

Eros and persephones colors accidentally get so close ugh

“I dont” look at her face its so. Yeah

Is yoga for sex or

Is he holding a necklace i thought he was pulling tears and i was so confused when i originally read this

Ep 13

Did aphrodite get darker

She definitely did esp in the panel where she says “psyche”

I know they are family of love but i do worry about the possible emotional incest that could occur honestly. I dont think it happens but it gets close

Ok so he passes the underworld so it goes olympus- underworld- mortal realm or am i dumb

The pig is so cute

How did she not realize her veil thingy fell off

Was her family abusive in the og story or was this just so eros would fall even more for her

When did he get the bow and quiver dont just say magic

Ep 14

The little switches in time got me confused the first time i read it

Oh boy he got an apartment

If i were psyche i would be scared deadass

“The ugliest creature youve ever seen” ok thats cool its fun

Ep 15

Listen. How the hell did she adapt to this bc if i went to a diff realm and all of a sudden there was like. Indoor plumbing i would panic the hell out of my mind

Like shes even wearing modern clothes

“I'm certainly not the pig” hehe i like the pig

Why does he not hang out with her when he isnt busy like

Hookup count is 2 now

Ok ok this may be stupid but what if he just made her go by a diff name

Also your mother needs therapy

I would want to leave too

“Do you trust me?” thats kinda guilt tripping ngl

“Maybe i could have visitors” no they literally are from a different time now

Like i get the “i cant tell her no” but just explain the modern vs ancient world but maybe she could go visit them idk

Ep 16

Why are they not confused i feel like they are ignoring this whole thing rachel created

No her sisters have a point why did he not give her a name not even his real one

Dont hold the blade there is a handle girl

“How could you not trust me?” i wouldnt either gotta be honest

Eros is so melodramatic istg

Artemis and persephone are not having it and like mood

Artemis is lighter now

Yknow if she kept a color palette with just base colors and then did lighting it would work better but maybe im a lil lost

“Hey i got a phone” put ur name queen

Q&A 1

I wasnt gonna put anything for this but “i focus on details and seek out references for anatomy” girlie do you wanna. Start doing that again

Ep 17

Why is he just crying he can leave

“Woe is me” shut up Persephone

No it would suck to be sworn to maidenhood without her permission but also i dont think she understands what unrequited love is

“No one will ever love me like that” they might yall just cant do things

“And thats ok” is it??

“Little tart” good nickname tbh

Her eyes went blue but that will never happen again

Dont throw her list away eros

Emergency contacts you just got a phone??

“Im paying for everything so i get to pick” stfu eros

We will never see her wear this again

Do we ever see her wear the same outfit i cant remember

“Was he just humoring me” i mean hes also prolly busy

I know everyone says it but i hate that apollo is purple

Ep 18

Stop thinking of persephone like that its so weird hades

“As if she would want me to have her number” its not a business card made for you man

How do kings get banned genuinely like this is so wild rachel please show me the societal norm and class systems here

Haha so funny zeus is harassing someone -_-

What job would he give her honestly

How does the economy work you cant say that resell on gems is shit and not explain

Hades wow forcing them to accept a check youre so cool

This is locker room talk and i quite literally hate it

Ep 19

If hades doesnt want to discuss his sex life he is valid i wouldnt want to especially not to family

“Ok i can be a little bossy” this is a surprise tool thatll help up later

They are being good brothers here tho

Ew not the locker room talk again

Like even if she was his age or whatever its literally so gross

Hera!!!

Ep 20

Lil kore is so cute

I like their interactions

She has a point its disgusting

However, i hate, like loathe, the miscommunication plot device. Answer hades Hera so i dont have to deal with this

Also zeus shut up you dont speak for hades

Hera should know that she is getting angry at Zeus and then misdirecting her anger its so annoying

“Im well aware im a fool” can you guys just talk please

[pandapupremade]

canyou tell me about edgar....i don't know much about him but his design is SO sleek and cool 😎😎 i think hed look nice in different clothes..alt outfits are fun in general but i just wanna play dress up doll when i ses him HFHFHDHF

i would love to talk abt edgar!! first off hes genderfluid and actually does like dressing up!! He uses she/her and i alternate between them as a heads up if i switch around BUT he loves dresses and nail polish. everything has to be purple tho theres no gettinv around that. shes also blind tho so she Can not see how fabulous she looks but she still likes to look fabulous anyway

hes also marias dad!! and her brothers dad ofc. he isnt a shitty dad but he is not exactly a good dad either. Like. is she trying to do the best for her kids? absolutely. does she understand what is best for them is the opposite of what she does? absolutely not. edgar struggles to understand his opinion and thoughts are not always in the best interest of others </3

shes very good with magic as well, and has skilled swordsmanship. she is as i said blind but her style is more focused on senses beyond sight so she's still Very capable. in fact magic wise edgar is extremely op and this is unfortunate bc hes the antagonist of panda pearl HDNFBF

THANK U SM FOR SENDING heres ur shitty phone doodle of yesman

[therentyoupay]

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION from your lovely lovely tags!! @thelovelybitten

#WOW my brain exploded #you see I look at them in depth but this makes so so so much sense #it’s always how do they make each other better that I can never get a grasp on. #and especially looking at this now: I never even considered speech patterns in terms of emotion #like when elsa is upset for example—since she is emotionally anxious how would a (normal? stereotypical.) person respond to these emotions #plus how do you morph the societal normalcy of emotional perception into elsa that makes sense— #at least for her character that feels natural ??? #god ur mind#me sitting here on my phone writing down things I’ll need to explore before doing simple sprints #thank god I’m going to be an English major this might help me with my summer project LMFAO #this was eye opening OP just knows what’s up #MOVING ON LMFAO

SPEECH PATTERNS, SPEECH PATTERNS.

YESSS. 🔥🔥🔥

while i think we all to some degree can recognize that specific speech patterns, dialects, idiosyncracies, word choice, and quirks, etc., etc., are connected to the ways in which we present ourselves (and by extension, how we showcase different aspects of our identities with other people), i think the most formative experiences for me in really digging into this idea were my forays into EPISTOLARY writing:

questionable ; 

by therentyoupay for seevikiifangirl Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  (Teen And Up Audiences) 2 Oct 2016 | Hermione/fred, epistolary, accidental pen pals

check the pipes for frost ; 

by therentyoupay Fandoms: Frozen (2013), Rise of the Guardians (2012) (Mature) 18 May 2015 | Jelsa, epistolary, accidental pen pals

before writing these fics, i had played around characters texting each other (e.g., korra and tahno in personal record), but check the pipes for frost was totally exploratory and super transformative for me when it came to really leaning into improving my dialogue-only interactions.

the really cool part of writing ctpff was playing with two layers:

PLATFORMS AS (a) CHARACTERIZATION DEVICES AND (b) CONTEXTS/RULE-DRIVEN PLAYGROUNDS:

first,

jack and elsa's communications take place across multiple platforms. the progression of their burgeoning friendship (and, later, more 👀) is shown first and foremost in the progression of the media they use to actually communicate, which

(a) acts as a narrative device to indicate their growing fluctuating trust levels with one another (accidental postcards → emails → g-chats → facebook → selfies → skype → texting | can you tell that this fic is now a time capsule lmao), and

(2) provides the unique context-specific rules for how they can interact, namely, all of the specific features of digital communication therein, including but not limited to:

the nonverbal cues that are and are not possible with these platform choices (e.g., jack's emoji style is different from elsa's; what happens when elsa uses an emoji in a marked or notable way and how does jack react? 😂);

what kinds of email addresses do they use? (my favorite part is jack dragging bunny for still using hotmail in 2016)

what kinds of phones do they have? (for me elsa has always been iPhone and jack has always been Droid; this affects the way messages are presented and arranged on the screen)

what are their email signatures like? (fun fact: i copy/pasted a real disclaimer end note from my actual dentist for toothiana's professional email, which jack emails by accident lmao)

the immediacy or delay in replying in any of these modes;

the cultural connotations of taking a long time to reply or double-texting or Suddenly Using Punctuation to Indicate that This is A Serious Conversation, or using capital letters to indicate A Thing;

typos;

are they able (or willing) to send photos? gifs? memes? what do these things reveal about their comfort levels, confidence levels, trust levels, senses of humor?

what does someone share about themselves when they send a meme, and what do they expect from their recipient when they share this inside joke, or shared scrap of humor with the other?

WHAT DOES CAPSLOCK MEAN? who uses it? when?

can multiple threads of conversation occur simultaneously (e.g., direct messages/texts) in ways that are not possible in face-to-face conversations?

how do they react to a suggestive freudian slip of a typo?

what does miscommunication look like?

i could go on forever!

p.s. for those of you have read the story and you remember The Letter, well. 💕 YOU KNOW.

second,

within the contexts, constraints, and flexibilities afforded by these various media platforms, i also played with the following:

how do they write to one another when they are strangers who got each other's addresses by accident?

how do they write to one another when they're seriously contemplating the pros and cons of potentially trying to meet each other in person?

how do you convey degrees of distance/closeness at the word-, sentence, message-, and conversation-levels?

what happens to their typing when they are in the middle of a high-stakes argument?

how do they apologize when the other person cannot see their face?

what kinds of inside jokes can they create in texting or messages or emails that are easier to convey in writing than in speaking verbally in person?

what would they attach or include in their emails?

what would they do/say the first time they opened up skype for the first time to finally talk to one another in real-time?

what kind of conversations can they have (and what kind of turn-taking can they have) when they are writing long-form letters or emails asynchronously vs. synchronously in real-time through instant messaging or texting?

how do they sound if they accidentally send each other a message that was meant for someone else?

And then, of course, you get into the other factors that can influence speech patterns on a more foundational level (e.g., background, education, personality, manners) and...

a more temporary, local level (e.g., mood, comfort level, time of day. 😂 social battery. patience level.). and so on!!

the fic is here, if anyone wants to check it out: check the pipes for frost

TL;DR → if you want to really explore and play around with dialogue and speech patterns as characterization devices, i highly highly recommend trying out some EPISTOLARY works!!!! 💕 have fun!!

TRYP thoughts on characterization

jack frost // elsa | characterization considerations

PART 2 | OVERVIEW: the tl;dr of personality + dialogue choices

ground rules + intro

overview: the tl;dr of my personality + dialogue choices

deep dive: characterization, personality, + identity

shared ice powers (or AU-equivalent) + shared connections

questions/points to consider as you write

PART 2 | OVERVIEW: the tl;dr of personality + dialogue choices

(this was written super fast so tell me if i missed stuff)

for elsa, i look to create and explore moments that highlight her journey from fear to self-acceptance. i focus on her struggles with control, her deep sense of responsibility, and her moments of quiet reflection (or LOUD, powerful, FREEDOM). when writing her personality, i try to capture the sometimes contradictory variables of her reserved nature, her inner strength, her desire for freedom, and the way she often internalizes (suppresses, ignores, fights, hides) her emotions. i also pay attention to how she interacts with others, particularly the contrast between her public demeanor and the more intimate, personal side that she rarely shows. 

in terms of register, she adopts a more formal tone, more precise diction, slightly more advanced vocabulary. readers have described my elsa as generally varying degrees of:

“regal,”

“proper,”

“classy,”

“measured,”

“analytical,”

“thoughtful,”

“astute,”

“clever,”

“intelligent,”

“responsible,”

“introspective,”

“dignified,”

“determined,”

“guarded,”

“reserved,”

“funny,” and

“(deeply) passionate,”

although to suggest that she’s only those things would be to do her a disservice (we are all messy, sometimes!),

so it’s all about balance and context. (re: passionate: please remember that there is a physical and metaphorical storm inside of her. <3 )

for jack, i’m drawn to the contrast between his outwardly playful, carefree persona (his center, rooted in his pain and his inherent optimism and resilience born from trauma and perseverance and survival) and the deeper, more complex emotions he hides (ignores, neglects, doesn’t understand) beneath the surface. i look to emphasize moments that show his loneliness, his sense of duty (especially when it ties to his need to belong, to be loved or WORTHY of being loved, his feeling that if he does not do something for someone/if he is not useful then he will be abandoned), and the way he uses humor to create light, deflect from his pain, bring joy to others, and cope with what he’s lost. when writing his dialogue, i focus on capturing his wit, his tendency to tease, and the occasional glimpses of his more serious, reflective side. i also think about how his interactions with elsa differ from his interactions with others, showing the unique bond they share. 

when i write jack, it’s not as punny as chat from miraculous ladybug… i love it when his humor (and elsa’s!) is sharp and clever and fast. i love when he uses self-deprecating humor (but it’s usually layered; he’s saying it lightly but he means it heavily, and the humor and dry tone and the carefree word choice has a lot about ‘hiding in plain sight’, sometimes, i think). readers have described my vision of jack as,

“playful,”

“protective,”

“witty,”

“optimistic,”

“clever,”

“insecure,”

“smitten,”

“hilarious,”

“tender,”

“supportive,”

“impatient,”

“selfish(/selfless, depending),”

occasionally “possessive” (especially re: fear of abandonment/rejection/loss),

“covetous,”

“jealous,” “envious,”

“tenacious,” and,

in his own way, “guarded,” too.

in their dialogue, i aim for a mix of lightness and depth. jack might generally bring a playful tone to the conversation, but elsa can absolutely be light and playful, too, depeneding on where they are at in their journeys. 

elsa’s responses are often measured, thoughtful, and occasionally tinged with uncertainty or hesitation, reflecting her internal struggles and her cautious approach to new emotions. the dialogue between them often becomes a dance of words, where what’s left unsaid is just as important as what is spoken.

both of them speak highly respectfully to one another but (we are all human) can also occasionally lash out; one of the natural byproducts of getting to know someone so well is that you also create an arsenal of all the most effective ways to (intentionally, or perhaps not) hurt them. 

(at the center readers…. you know. 🥹  please please please no spoilers. 💕🙏)

OVERALL, THEIR DYNAMIC (DEPENDING ON ANGST/WHUMP/FLUFF/DRAMA LEVELS):

what fascinates me most about elsa and jack is the way they mirror each other. 

ISOLATION: both of them are, in their own ways, defined by isolation—elsa by her fear of hurting others, and jack by his literal invisibility to the world. 

IT IS ABOUT THE YEARNING: they both yearn for connection, for someone who sees them for who they truly are, yet they’re afraid of the vulnerability that comes with that. in my mind, their interactions are usually charged with this tension, a push and pull between wanting to get closer and fearing the consequences of doing so.

WHAT IS LEFT UNSPOKEN (UNTIL IT IS NOT 👀): when i write them together, i’m constantly aware of the unspoken emotions that simmer beneath the surface—the trust that’s slowly building, the attraction that both excites and terrifies them, and the fear of what it would mean to truly let someone in. there’s a kind of quiet longing in their relationship, a recognition of kindred spirits who have found each other in the midst of chaos. (pining. SO MUCH PINING.)

JOURNEYS: elsa’s journey is one of self-discovery, of learning to embrace her powers and her emotions rather than fear them. jack’s journey is about finding his place in a world that has long forgotten him, about understanding that he’s worthy of love and connection—and not just for the contributions that he makes to the Guardians, to the world, to the children, to nature. Just him. 

GROWTH: together, they challenge each other, push each other to grow, and in doing so, they start to heal the wounds that have defined them for so long. (well. at least when things go well. 👀 I HAVE ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO DABBLE IN ANGST.)

MUTUAL DEPENDENCE AND TRUST: both characters are strong (physically mentally emotionally) (and weak) in their own right, but they eventually come to realize that they are stronger together.

DEFINED BY SACRIFICES (*coughSISTERScough*): sacrifice is a recurring theme in their individual journeys and their burgeoning relationship (in any universe). both elsa and jack are a times willing to sacrifice their own well-being for the other—sometimes to their own detriment. jack’s determination to keep elsa safe, even at the cost of his own life/happiness/feelings, and elsa’s willingness to push herself beyond her limits to protect jack/keep jack/keep jack but also keep him away. however, this selflessness also creates a barrier between them, as they are both reluctant to fully admit their feelings (are afraid of being selfish, or of being perceived as selfish), fearing that doing so would be a distraction from their mission/duties/responsibilities, or a weakness they cannot afford (UNTIL THEY CAVE AND THE TENSION BREAKS AND THEY GIVE IN AT LONG LAST).

tl;dr

elsa and jack are two deeply complex characters, each carrying the weight of their pasts, their powers, and their responsibilities. their relationship is marked by a delicate balance of strength and vulnerability, trust and fear, duty and desire. 

as they navigate the dangers (emotional, physical) around them, they also grapple with their growing feelings for one another, feelings that challenge their perceptions of themselves and their place in the world. 

together, they form a powerful yet fragile bond, one that is constantly tested by the forces, pressures, and expectations around them and their own internal struggles. 

i love writing this story in so many (33 and counting?? universes) because their story is one of mutual growth, as they each learn to embrace their vulnerabilities and find strength in their connection.

🥹💕🙏