#whoops almost forgot that one

[belfrygargoyles]

LATE game dungeon meshi spoilers

i remember before i read dunmeshi i saw all the caps of marcille in her dungeon lord outfit looking Supremely Unwell with only snippets of context. and i thought the deal was that becoming the dungeon lord meant you didnt need to/couldn't eat anymore and was like a trade off of all the power -> you are constantly nauseous and growing weaker and weaker because you can't eat. and thats why everyone was trying so hard to figure out what her regional dish was

iirc in reality it was that she became dungeon lord like IMMEDIATELY after a taxing fight and didnt have any time to recover her mana right? lmao

[benny-the-spaceman]

for everyone else who has been talking about the thematic similarities between the lego movie and barbie:

I think you all would greatly enjoy this video.

Not only does it tie in how the themes of robots also covers similar ground (that movie is amazing as well I really need to rewatch it honestly) but it's also put together so amazingly and I think more people should see it. Puts everything into words so well

[macabre-crab]

Sitting pretty in the prime of life I'm so tasty and the price is right Stewing in the black dope I'm filthy and I love it Studebaker all gold Got a shotgun in my pocket .

this was originally meant to be an icon for my ao3 pseud in which i had planned to post my story to, but then i decided last minute that i actually Dont want to post my entire series on ao3 and id rather officially publish the whole thing together so said pseud account is to remain untouched for a while LMAOO by the time i post there i might not even like this art anymore but who knows, for now it shall remain

otherwise, this is still art of my oc and any art of my oc is good and swag and cool and *drooling*

ANYWAYS dont be fooled, im not actually good at art in the slightest, i drew over this image of evan peters and my own hand 👍

also no i will not share information about my oc or my story unless you are already a friend and youre /srs interested bc i am shy autistic and also insane, you must be mentally prepared for such

[electrozeistyking]

Ghost Drone is an AU where the events of Murder Drones have been spread out some odd years and changed around (except for Episode 1, which remains the same as it does in the show). Alternate takes on Episodes 2, 3 and 5 have already occurred.

The first comic isn't canon to the AU anymore, but since it's the initial concept, I figured I'd include it. This entire post is basically my way of saying "Hey, this AU has been stewing in my brain since the 16th of November in 2023."

[yomi-art]

i went through hell for that damned jacket. i need to kiss whoever made it

[dumbasssportsboys]

nhl and reductress headlines [21?/???] i think i have 2 number 18s oops

[zishu-arts]

m more lesssbins bc i am obsessed with them

ahhhhHhHHHHHHHHHHHH they.

[hexxingcode]

somehow accidentally made an animatic(... ish.) so hey rain world downpour enjoyers come get your dubious neighborhood beverage if you want it. there's five pebbles in there.

[funny-friends]

it's their made for tv holiday romcom

[having-a-hyperfixate]

Don’t mind me sprinting to try and get this thought in order before the Anime Expo panel. I need it to be out in the wild Just In Case.

So, a few of the Gung Ho Guns have gotten reworked for Stampede, yes? To varying degrees.

Ninelives is apparently not a horrific flesh mech, Dark Souls boss thing, according to the end credits of episode 3.

E.G. the Mine just got a HUGE upgrade and didn’t get owned 3 seconds after he showed up.

Monev was an actual character with a fubar backstory and emotional impact instead of just Some Guy who trained in a basement for years specifically to kill Vash. (and Orange is SO EVIL for this)

Elendira is. *gestures futilely* There is so much going on there but yeah. She’s going to be terrifying once she achieves adult body and loses (drops?) the childish attitude. Also because of the whole Plant hybrid thing her nails truly are literally infinite sooooo.

So I have some thoughts about Hoppered the Gauntlet.

In Trimax, Gauntlet’s narrative weight comes from the fact that he makes Vash remember, which by extension makes US, the reader, understand what July really meant. Before that we had heard mention of it a few times as ‘a city destroyed in a single night’ and talk of there being ‘no survivors’ but we had no actual connection to it, and also no real idea if that was even true. But in Stampede, we saw July happen. We were there. So even if Vash’s memory is still shot afterwards, and he doesn’t remember Lost July, we the audience DO. So having the Dragon’s nest play out exactly the same isn’t going to have the same narrative punch in the gut that it did in Trimax. It can’t.

There’s also the fact that, given how we’ve met most of the major players in the story, or had them mentioned at least (hi Milly), it feels kind of Odd™ that we haven’t seen someone has emotionally impactful as Gauntlet yet.

Unless we have.

We saw with Rollo/Monev that Orange is willing to have the person’s regular name be one thing and then have a second Eye of Michael code name. I suspect that is going to happen with Gauntlet; either because EoM or because he has decided on his own to lie about who he was.

And yes, I do in fact have someone in mind.

I checked myself the translation there is accurate; the only change I would make is calling the gun ‘gaudy’ instead of ‘shiny’ but that’s not a huge deal. Also for the record, the original tweet is from Jan. 11, well before he makes his reappearance for the season finale. So when it talks about a ‘reappearance’, it is talking about seeing him again in July. Original tweet here, tweet containing the translation here.

I think Chuck Lee is going to be our Gauntlet. That he made it just far enough out of the city to survive, but that he was badly maimed in the process, and that his family didn’t make it. He’s the ONLY member of the military police with a unique design. He has an actual name, and the director himself tweeted about his backstory. His gun is so unusual that we would recognize it anywhere. Hell, I referred to him as ‘the gold gun guy from episode one’ when one of my friends didn’t recognize him immediately. His gun is so incredibly recognizable. Almost like we need to be able to recognize him by that alone, when everything else about him has changed.

THIS could be how narrative weight for Gauntlet is established in the Stampede universe when it can’t be done the same way as in Trimax. Taking a character who has, in a way, also been with the audience ALL ALONG, who was there with us for two pivitol moments, the beginning and the awakening, but who comes at it from such a horrifically different angle and bringing him back in such an agonizing way. Because he was very much in the wrong with his stunt at Jeneora Rock, but his rage over the loss of his family in July would be justified, even if we know it wasn’t Vash’s fault.

(Also, the IRONY of him ending up as one of Knives’s lackeys when Knives is the one that caused all of this? Damn.)

Footnote: I have Thoughts on why they can get away with adding Milly to The Squad late. That is a whole other Thought but tldr; (and also I haven’t actually written it out) Milly is the most perceptive of all of them she doesn’t NEED an extended intro to Vash to Know.

[sketchingstuff0]

okay I just had a thought that will keep me awake with how cool it is so I'm sharing it

Dark and Second are like polaropposites, but also have a lot of parallels. So what if, if you look deep enough into Seconds code you'll find a mission command that simply says [PROTECT] it doesn't specify what or who, so it would be the first living things Second meets. Their friends.

Thats why they are so worried about them constantly.

Thats why they get that sense of dread and light understanding of the danger happening in the sky block episode in AvM

That's why their powers awakened

Because they have to protect. Like how Dark has to destroy. I imagine it's like a compulsive need that drives them every day and leads their thoughts on needs and wants. They need and want to keep their friends safe, so they have to at all costs.

But Dark has the need to destroy and the want to be friends with Chosen. Those two things conflict and cause him to build ViraBots to destroy for him. Then he can focus his want. But when Chosen says no to the idea of the ViraBots and attacks him, his need takes over. His need to destroy Chosen.

(while writing this I fleshed it out even more in my head so it's a full headcanon now and feel free to ask about it cause I accidentally made it really complicated, whoops!)

[somegrumpynerd]

Time for a new toy!

Basket just barely pulled snatched the win this time, so tomorrow there will be a basket in the garden!

So, now that the polls are finally back to normal,

(Nothing option will still attract a cat)

[poyitjdr]

Decided to try out some new oil brushes with the disaster man

[a-physical-avatar-of-scribbles]

most normal guy ever. I Promise

[grasstimes]

Lots of Mira drawings! Cause I’ve wanted to draw her more

Last seal kiss (the seals are integral trust) by @sippybug

[happybirthday-unusannus]

Happy 3rd Birthday to

“We Pierced Each Other's Ears”