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[tremendousdefendortragedy]

Uhhhhgggg @keferon your AUs plague meee, now I have Thundercracker and Marissa Faireborn in the mecha AU on my brain

Like, it makes sense? Kind of? Classic romcom opening: She's a hard-boiled, hard ass military operative doing her part in trying to defend her home from an alien threat. He's a transforming robot/fighter jet who deserted his post because he's grown disillusioned with the war.

He runs into/seeks out the organization who do the mech stuff (I don't know if they have a name or not), begs for them to hide him. they say "sure, i guess, but we get to research you". he says sure and becomes a government secret under the careful watch of Marissa and her team. Hijinks ensue.

So, Marissa's not too trustworthy of this giant fucking thing in the base. Obviously. She knows about about the Cybertronian alliance thing the military has with these guys, and that's fine. It's not her place to ask questions. BUT this guy is very obviously a part of the purple faction, which the guys from the red faction are fighting against. She doesn't care but this kinda seems like a breach in trust for their alliance for letting Thundercracker in the base. And what if he's a spy or some shit? So she's keeping an eye on him.

Meanwhile, Thundercracker's watching garbage reality tv while letting researcher poke around in his circuitry (like when your getting your teeth done for more than an hour at the dentist) and he loves it. He starts writing garbage screen plays. Someone brings their dog to work--best creature he's ever seen. He loves being a government secret! He has so much free time now!

He and Marissa talk sometimes too, and they start bonding (Romantic or Platonic, doesn't matter it's still very meaningful). She tells him about her time as a pilot before she got promoted to chain on command, he tells her tiny bits about his life that he's comfortable with. Marissa comes to uncomfortable realization that they're actually becoming friends, and what that means considering what the organization probably wants from Thundercracker.

So, when the research team and the higher ups start wanting to dig a little deeper and get some more useful intel on Thundercracker for making their own mechs a bit more formidable, Marissa suggests something else: integrating him into the pilot program. They were already doing something similar with Jazz and Prowl, why not do it again? (I might be mixing up information but just go with it)

Thundercracker is of course, not too thrilled with the prospect of going back into active duty when he 1. actively hiding from the Decepticons and 2. getting used to not being in combat anymore, but Marissa explains that this is probably the best case scenarios since the organization's research on him would get pretty non-consensual pretty quickly. So he's like "fine then, who's my pilot going to be?" and Marissa's all like "me, of course. I don't trust any of these people to be inside you" and he's like "Huh, okay, second question; how is this pilot program going to work?"

Bunch of fidangling later, they figure it out (i don't know how but whatever, figure it out in post (maybe i'll actually write something about them who knows)). It's really weird for both parties involved (Marissa: never piloted something that was alive before, Thundercracker: never had something organic inside him), but they deal with it--fighting Quintissons and aliens and maybe the odd decepticon. Classic mecha stuff.

They've got it all! Comedy! Drama! Military Corruption! Philosophical Conundrums! Dogs! Bad TV! Friendship! Love??? Who knows!! I've got more about them in my brain that's just soup rn but they make me go

[jjinpang]

I actually hate giving irl friends pics as gifts.

I did it once a bit back cuz they were going through a rough time.

it was special then, but now there is a weird expectation

and every time I give a pic as a gift after it gets less and less special

watching my arts' value drop off in front of my eyes is kinda too much ouch for me dog.

[saltpepperbeard]

One thing--when Ed is standing outside his little post-mutiny hut, I don't think that's Stede he's shooting at. It honestly looks like Wee John since they're so much taller than Ed in that shot, plus the hair color/head shape is all wrong for Stede. Can't wait to find out what THAT scene's about 👀

OH yeah I actually don't think it's Stede either. I was just poorly vocalizing my thoughts and emotions on Ed "Babygirl" Teach not being a murderer, and even if he is through technicalities, he isn't <3 JSKDLS

BECAUSE YEAH LIKE OKAY-

The more and more I look at it, the more and more I think it's a new character. I've seen speculation that it's Hornigold, and I've also seen speculation that it's the same man seen in blue in this shot here-

REGARDLESS of who he is, I'm currently leaning towards the theory that it's the same person, and that he causes a lot of chaos for the crew in some way. Like, if you look at that bottom screenshot, it looks like things are actually?? GOING POORLY LMAO???

I just said this elsewhere, but I'll say it again: I was so caught up in the mystique that is Wee John in drag that I didn't even really notice the surroundings. It seems like someone is tied to the mast, it seems like Roach is not having a good time, and it seems like Wee John's hands are...BOUND???

AND THEN ALSO LMAO-

There's a sort of desperation in Ed's eyes that leads me to believe something happened to Stede. Either Stede's in danger, he himself is in danger, or they're both in danger. Or MAYBE EVEN EVERYONE HSDJKS.

So my current running theory for all of this is: Said guy crashed a party on the Revenge, fucked with the crew, potentially did something bad to Stede, and then he got back around to Ed. And Hornigold would provide ADDITIONAL dramatics because that's his "former boss." Like, the idea of his past coming to the present to harm Stede??? BRO,,,,,,,,,,,

Also, the Wee John shot is followed immediately by the barrel shot, so I just hsdjks. I JUST THINK THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED TBH.

[beanghostprincess]

One thing I don't like about post-ts Nami is her long hair. Don't get me wrong, she looks gorgeous and it's a good change and all, and we get more hairstyles this way! However... I just think short hair matches her personality more? The way she moves and fights? It's- It just looks so damn uncomfortable to be running around with that hair while fighting with the longest fucking stick. I think the clima-tact has tangled in her hair so many times already- And it's just way more practical to have shorter hair! And she looks adorable!

[the-punforgiven]

Man fuck this alchemy shit I understand Elden Ring lore so much better now but how the fuck am I supposed to explain this shit to other people

[ghcstcd]

Gaymers, I've been in the Ghost fandom for less than a year. Maybe half a year. I don't even have designs made and finalized for everyone active in the current Era. Even Dewdrop's design I'm still finagling.

I do not have all the answers or 100% plotted and completed idea for everything in the Ghost universe. I shouldn't have to, because this is just a hobby, none of it is canon, and it's an outlet for me to continue to better myself as an artist.

If you don't like something, that's fine! Art isn't made to please every single person ever. This is practice for me, and I'm sharing it because I want to.

[somelazyassartist]

an itty bitty Harmony I sketched to help calm down after kinda a rough anxiety filled day

[hazmatazz]

love seeing a strange take that i don't agree nor disagree with. it's always the vague-est takes ever and it's just like.. ok 👍?

[loyalborn]

FC suggestions for Beowulf? I'm thinking dacre montgomery 👀

[imrllytootiredforthis]

i swear people need to start looking at peoples bios and limits, tbh if someone doesn't write smth you wanna see write it yourself lol, don't blatantly ignore peoples limits‼️

literally, it pisses me off so much. and then people ask me what i have against it-like that's literally not the point?? i don't wanna write it, i won't write it. i don't owe them anything and i don't have to explain myself if i don't want to.

i put way too much time into writing to write about something that i don't want to. and i think that people forget that.

[motheffigy]

actually that last reblog gives me a chance to actually talk about South Park because I find the idea of it having a modern Massive Internet Fandom with like stans of characters (pun not intended) to be EXTREMELY STRANGE AND PARADOXICAL TO WHAT THIS SHOW IS? South Park is absolutely the type of show that would make fun of modern South Park fans. I am not saying you can’t have your own version of enjoyment for South Park, like do your thing man. But like also the source material exists SOLELY TO BE raunchy, offensive and sometimes downright regressive and reactionary to the rights movements that you might very well support. I don’t know what’s in the intentions of the creators, but up until this very day the show has been, while it sometimes targets the right people, mostly targeting of people advocating for a better understanding of the experiences of minorities, and while it’s always super funny to see them bash Christians and Scientologists, you have to contextualize the occasional moments they pick their targets correctly around the times they VERY MUCH DO NOT DO THAT. If you’re going to be a South Park fan, you gotta AT LEAST take the time to understand that this cartoon isn’t a uwu omg look at he cartoon it’s fucking South Park it’s been a beacon of offensive shock black comedy since the fuckin ‘90s. And giving it a community like it’s not that is absolutely bonkers wild to me.

[jjinpang]

Right side, right handed, I write in 3 different languages, latin for the past week though???

did I run out of space in my coffee cup doodle? yes.

I drew the handle on the right side, but actually find drawing curves much easier facing the left. Because I'm right handed, my wrist naturally pivots along a left side curve.

I'm hyperaware of this cuz I know that makes me draw characters facing the left a lot, as left facing character places the curves to the left. I am constantly doing a balancing game in my head to make face alignment seem natural, and that everybody doesn't look like a flock of south birds. (yes that is a one piece reference) This is a commonly known phenomenon amongst the drawing community, enough that it's a gag that rears its head every time there is a joke about being bad at drawing. I've seen it in comics, animated, in listicles of "worst things you could tell an artist" etc. etc.

WHICH IS TO SAY!!!! I drew my cup handle facing right IN SPITE of my inclination to draw curves facing left.

I think it might be a image in head thing. Not only am I right handed and see coffee cups with the handle facing right the most often, the majority of people are also right handed, and also see right facing handles more often. So most depictions of cups are ALSO of handles facing right.

And if it's a collective image bank thing, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone drew cups with handles facing right, even the left handed people.

I need your help with a hypothesis!

For context: My linguistics professor and I got into a discussion after a test she did with us, and I was of the opinion that the reason for the results was different from the one she offered, so she encouraged me to test my theory.

What I need

All you need to do is draw a coffee cup (with a handle, not the disposable stuff) and then answer three questions.

I don't need to see the coffee cup. You can draw it wherever you like; on a piece of paper, digitally, in the sand, on a foggy window. Anything works. It does not have to be good. A doodle is fine.

You have to draw the coffee cup before you see the questions. This is very important. If you decide to help me with this, please doodle the coffee cup before you keep reading.

Assuming you have drawn the coffee cup, I now need you to answer these three questions:

On which side did you draw the handle?

Are you right-handed or left-handed?

Do you primarily write using the Latin alphabet or a different one? (please specify which)

More context

Most people will draw the handle on the right side. My professor says it's because most people are right-handed, so they draw the handle in the direction that would be comfortable for them to pick up.

I said drawing it on the right side just felt more comfortable to my hand and argued it's probably because we write a bunch of letters like that. B, b, D, P, p, R all look like a tiny "handle on the right side" and are all a straight line followed by a round one (so "cup first, handle second," like most people draw cups). The Latin alphabet doesn't have letters like that that face the other way, except maybe d, depending on how you write it, so it makes sense to me that people writing mostly Latin letters would go with the handle on the right side.

Which means that I need to know what Asians, Arabs and Greeks do and if the distribution of left and right sides of handles differs from the Latin alphabet group. Cyrillic seems to favor right, too, though it'd be interesting to see if there are differences.

If there are, my theory is right. Doubly so if there is a sizeable increase in a group whose alphabet has letters that benefit the left side choice.

So feel free to spread this to as many people as you like and put the answers in the comments or the tags of a reblog. The more answers I get, the better I can assess whose theory is better.

Thank you for your help!

[saltpepperbeard]

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[midydoof]

This was my request fill for the One Piece Fanwork Exchange back in April that I posted on AO3. The zosan prompt was "two pining idiots"

I've been debating for months whether to post it on tumblr since long vertical comics often don't look good in the thumbnails, still not sure I'm too happy with that bit.

[lonelychicago]

sometimes i truly believe im a lesbian with the only exception of louis tomlinson