#we have a theme going

[igotsnothing]

Hi friend. Saw that you haven't been feeling great lately, and just wanted to say I was thinking of you! Please know that I am here to chat, anytime. Take care of yourself, precious moot!!

Thank you!!!! OMG, you are too good to me, for this world, and must be protected at all costs! Life sometimes punches down and it can be frustrating when it's a crappy situation you can't fix or control and it affects loved ones. But I'm ok! It could've been so much worse! And I am so touched by your concern for me. ❤️

[egophiliac]

did this as a quick scribble at like 1 AM last night and...immediately lost all motivation to ever clean it up. ( ᐛ ) but I had to draw my son being the fanciest little flower boy who ever threw petals down an aisle. oh my god.

[sammy-bryant]

JACK ABBOT + PRAISE The Pitt | Season 1

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Who is this sassy lost child?

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[vaguely-concerned]

the strength it must have taken for illario to not immediately go full 'lmao since when have you even had a kiss hello lucanis' sibling violence mode during the café talk. inspirational. rook and lucanis really were doing all that right in front of his salad huh

[dreamdripdistance]

i know there's lots of different nuances to you and to me

[teratomatica]

you always land on all fours

[bittasol]

smile, iruma! | hey ive been here before

[dykedvonte]

I think depictions of Anya being cruel to Curly or drawing out his suffering are artful and chilling but completely miss the point of the story and her character.

I'm not saying she doesn't deserve to have that "I told you so" moment with him but not in something callous or cold. Even if that is how it happened, she'd immediately feel guilty cause at that point she's not tormenting her tormenter or even the person truly at fault. She's doing something cathartic, similar to how Jimmy likely hits Curly to release rage he can't against the rest of the crew. She'd see herself as no different when she'd come back from the moment and see Curly cowering at her. She wants someone to take responsibility but how does being cruel to the defenseless help? Why would she want the power Jimmy has over her over Curly?

The idea of her extending someone else's pain is just so against the struggles she already faces and how she can't even bring herself to cause someone pain even to help them. Her very desire is to release herself from her own suffering and I doubt she'd even fine some sort of guilty release in being cruel to another.

[aroaceleovaldez]

not to complain about the show again but genuinely I think people should be WAY more pissed off that s2 cast an abled actor as a character with Down syndrome - particularly a character whose entire arc and narrative presence is focused on the fact that he has Down syndrome and how Percy has internalized ableism and how Percy unravels that (and also chewing out Annabeth for her ableism).

Like. Tyson has down syndrome. This is a very core part of his character, because like I've said before: the entirety of the first series is centered around and hinges on disabled stories and themes. If you are having an abled actor cast as Tyson you have already failed step one. Cause either you are actively erasing Tyson having Down syndrome or you are having an abled actor try to portray Down syndrome and neither of those things are okay.

[egophiliac]

looking at next month's schedule and between the end of 7-12 and the wishing lantern event it's like

February is officially RIDDLE MONTH, brace yourselves to be absolutely blasted into ashes everybody

[laterreurofficial]

Is chat Blanc happening at some point in your comic ???👀

Theoretically, yes, but it won't be given a comic. At most, I might write a fic for it. It's not a massive priority of ours because there's nothing Chat Blanc would really serve in terms of the narrative we're going.

Chat Blanc exists primarily to give reason to prolong the reveal, which most people give weight to for the sake of shippies. That's not a concern we have at all, so strike one against writing it.

Additionally, the only thing it could feasibly add to the story is more pressure on Maribug, and that's something we can so easily get from elsewhere... because... her priorities in this comic don't singularly revolve around a boy?

Plus, with Adrien and Kagami already dating at this point, it would be weird for him to go berserk because of him and Marinette's relationship not working! He's not dating Marinette! He'd be crashing out over fumbling his girlfriend's girlfriend!

Of course, Chat Blanc could then happen for alternative reasons, but that still doesn't address how it would serve the narrative. Showing off Gabriel's assholery, giving Marinette more stuff to stress over, all of that can be done through much better means that actually fit the story we're trying to tell.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

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[fallofthecelestial]

Okay. Since we're going over all the takes on Mr. X at this point.. What if his powers really don't have a backside. What if (the state of) his normal life is the backside.

What if his normal life is akin to that of heroes where he has to pretend to be something he's not and follow rules that the people who control his life came up with to further their own goals. What if he can only be free of other people's beliefs and expectations when he's a hero.

What if in reality he truly is like everyone else. The other heroes. The ordinary people. All those who work themselves to the bone, who are tired and overworked and sick of all the exploitation...

What if when he's in the form of the number one hero.. when he becomes the most sought after product on the hero market..

Is when he gains the freedom to truly be himself

[intotheelliwoods]

Happy to have 2 Arms Left in the comp another year! While this isnt Sprouts first rodeo, its Poptarts first! Everyone give him a welcome :)

@tmntaucompetition

Bonus, featuring Poptarts bestie, because no one can convince me otherwise that Poptart will get overwhelmed with the amount of people- @dianagj-art

[fetidbog]

Obsessive ASOIAF theorizing misses the point of the stories, I think! George's goal is to tell us a sweeping fantasy with heavy romantic elements and really beautiful characterization grappling with themes of redemption, power, agency, identity, love, loss, growth, death, (re)birth, etc etc. He obviously has some big plot points and mysteries, but those serve to reinforce the themes (e.g. Rhaegar and Lyanna are there to talk to us about love and tragedy and cycles and identity). George isn't chucking in a mystery to just have a wild and shocking reveal, he's putting it in to serve a narrative point and when you lose sight of that you are losing the plot, quite literally.

To me, it's much more interesting to see how certain themes develop over time as George sits with them (e.g. Jaime's progression from the outline into his POV character form is a perfect example), historical inspirations (BUT not as a way to crack a code!!!), and literary allusions and references.