#yada yada yada “ you know the drill by now ”

[poptartregreteva]

how do we feel about this art ,,

[ I FOUND THIS ON PINTEREST, SO, SORRY IF THIS IS A REUPLOAD

and for

fucks

sake if you, yes you, the original creator of this (that is if theyre actually seeing this), ask for credits,

YOUR FUCKING NAME/HANDLE/USER IS IN THE GODDAMN CORNER

cough anyway glad thats out of the way ]

[moeblob]

Sorry for liking to stick Alear in shirts calling them old.

[phoneyboris]

mb for the lack of art guys I was just sleeping

[maranull]

over a month's work

I'm doing so well at writing rn

I totally don't want to take my brain out of my head and start yelling at it

[deathdetermineslife]

my selfship in pngs template !!!

yall know the drill by now, pro.ship dni, you can tag me or link the template to use, yada yada

here is an example (this took me two fucking hours to fill out bc I'm picky with pngs help) ((sorry if its compressed as fuck I had to screenshot it to upload it here bc its 4 MB too big)

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

august 2024 episode of octavinelle + 4koma update

You know the drill by now!

Spoilers for the 4koma and the Episode of Octavinelle chapter 12 below the cut. As a reminder, the Episode of Savanaclaw won’t be updating again until winter.

🫵 THERE THEY ARE…

THE SMOOTH CRIMINALS…

The poses in this opening page are so good; Leona sat all lax like a boss who knows who’s large and in charge, Ruggie leaning against the chair and swinging the keys to the vault around on one finger… The posing perfectly captures their personalities and roles in relationship to one another.

Once again, Azul makes many fantastically desperate and despair-filled expressions this installment 😭

Falling to his knees???? Laying flat on the floor??? Man is UNMATCHED when it comes to theatrics.

I like this shot of Azul and Leona’s gazes lining up; it really helps give you the sense of two rivals sizing each other up.

(Side note: you can also tell how much painstaking detail the artists went through to include their eye makeup in these close-ups. Hats off to them for the extra effort, it looks great!)

… WHY DiD THEY hAvFTA mAkE HIM So smUGHERE 💀

damn i wish i was that stack of contracts

… I mean what

sorry

Sorry

SORRY

I got distracted there, what were we talking about again????

AYO they always make Leona casting King’s Roar look so darn cool in the manga 😭

My favorite panel in this sequence has to be the one with the text bubbles. He looks so nonchalant and a little stern as he speaks the chant… The shadows on his face add a lot to the atmosphere of it!

This chapter is the part where Leona gets to sanding Azul’s hard work away! Look at how beautifully drawn Azul’s reaction is ✨

The particle-y effect of the contracts melting into sand is nice 😌 It feeds Azul’s tears… Tasty meal…

MOU YADA IN MANGA FORM IS PEAK

lmao Azul for real threw a tantrum, flailing his limbs and everything 🤡 Love that even Leona and Ruggie have NO idea how they should respond to this.

Oh no, here comes the OB…

The anguish Azul’s experiencing is really coming through. He’s sweating so much and his entire face is so. Er… for lack of a better term, twisted.

I think seeing the blot leaking out from each of them helps to illustrate that they’re truly being overwhelmed and consumed by their own inner darkness. It’s sad to see 😔

We cut back to Yuuta and co. squaring off against the twins!

I wanted to point out and comment on these parts with Jack. He’s not a character that I usually pay much attention to, but I gotta commend him for fighting back so hard and trying to shield the picture even when he’s clearly got no chance of winning. Jack bearing his fangs at Floyd with pupils contracted… 🫶 Very good and loyal pupper! I get the Jack appeal now, lol

I LOVE THIS

It reminds me of the similar Azul-Leona framing earlier in the chapter, though with a different context. I like that this shows how the twins are in sync and coming to the same terrible conclusion.

Not long after, they rush to Azul’s side—which makes me think that these two worry for his wellbeing 😭 THEY DONmT SAY IT OUT LOUD BUT THEY CARE

Oh yeah, here it comes… OB Azul has arrived!! 👀

I MEAN YEAH it’s not good for his health, but I’m so hyped for the battle and flashbacks to his childhood! Baby!Azul shall NOT escape our sight…

The 4koma this month centers on Jack, Vargas, and others (Jade, Kalim, Deuce) talking about using transformation magic for racing.

dhejeveiwhwuow I would say more, but I actually didn’t find this 4koma that remarkable. It’s a generally the boys chatting about animals and their different activities they excel at.

[dentos-wife]

Just saw Sonic 3 a second time which allowed me to put this into writing.

After sitting on what it is I like so much more about movie Shadow than the game one (who I also enjoy don’t get me wrong) and I think I hit on two things

Maria feels much less than a plot device and Shadow’s grief is much rawer.

I go over them below the cut and warning this is really long

1) Maria feels much less than a plot device.

Yes she’s no longer ill-*as far as we know* but her illness isn’t a defining trait anymore. In the game project shadow is tied to curing her illness he was created for her and thus you could argue they’ve been tied together since the day he was born which is wholesome and has platonic soulmate vibes and it’s great BUT I like choice. And this whole movies theme is choice. They hammer pretty hard it's all about making the right choices in the end. Well Maria fits that theme too.

In Sonic 3 she of her own volition choose him. We don’t know why she’s with her granddad, she could still be sick and that’s why he takes her everywhere with him we just do not know. But that is no longer important what important is she sees Shadow floating in that little tube and goes over to him, draws a little bunny face. She places her hand on the tube and decides he’ll be her friend and that is so powerful for him when everyone looks at him as some kind of alien freak. She kidnaps him from all the tests they do on him, is the only one who sees him as he is. She even mentions choices when they're looking at the stars after she sneaks them both to the top of the base to look at them. (I don’t like him no longer being a lab creation but I’ll live lol. I still think Black Doom created him, that comet he came down on is very much a Black Doom reference)

But back to Maria. She is also given a character now, she likes music, likes to roller skate, enjoys movies, gets into trouble, makes a little fort it’s very base character to go off of yes but it gives us so much more of a look at the girl she was and the influence in Shadow’s life she was. She’s no longer a protect the planet martyr we know nothing about she’s just…a girl. A young girl with a big heart who meant the world to Shadow and she’s gone. I did enjoy the interactions in Shadow Generations as well and it was about time but Maria in that still feels like she exists to die, to further Shadow's story and in the movie, I don't know how to explain it but she feels more like a real girl than a character trope.

2) Shadow’s grief is rawer and he doesn’t know how to handle it.

In the game Sonic Adventure 2 Shadow is living out a lie, we find out his memories are manipulated by Gerald and once he finally remembers he sacrifices himself to protect Maria’s true wish to live a life filled with purpose and protect the world even if she has to die (and then he was so popular they brought him back yada yada you know the drill)

Again, there’s nothing wrong with it. But so much of it hinders on Maria being this purer than life heavenly lamb that gets sacrificed who we know next to nothing about which eh isn’t a trope I’m fond of. In the movies this is changed to you are who you chose and you're my friend Shadow which I prefer, makes the relationship feel more grounded and real.

Sonic 3 Shadow has no memory manipulation at all. He sees the one person he cared about, the one friend he had die from a tube of his own chaos energy. Yes I do agree they are cowards for not letting her get shot and making GUN not as much of an antagonist, we’ll get to that; but how they had her die instead? From Shadow’s own power? That’s a great compromise. He doesn’t even have time to think about it and is automatically thrown into a liquid prison for 50 years. Who knows how many times that memory played over and over on his head? He says it's all I known for 50 years. Imagine seeing the one person you care about die over and over again it's almost like Shadow was in his own personal time loop but he had no control over anything.

So edgy mcedgestr wakes up in what’s basically a brand new world after suffering for 50 years and everyone is after him, he’s in pain doesn’t know why, is pissed off can’t trust anyone including the blue thing that looks like him; Sonic stepped out of a GUN helicopter he knows he will NEVER trust GUN but he recognizes Gerald who says they’ll get revenge so he follows him because it's familiar to him, and Gerald knew and was close to Maria too.

When Tom is on the brink on death (Which would NOT have been as powerful if we didn't see Tom and Sonic bond for two movies before this so well done) Sonic is PISSED, Shadow feels validated and he sees himself in the other hedgehog; he knows Sonic will kill him because he knows exactly how Sonic feels. He loses to Sonic who kicks the emeralds out of him and accepts defeat- allowing Sonic to take the revenge he wants. And Sonic stops. Sonic who has the exact same rage refuses to give into it. He makes the choice to not kill Shadow out of revenge. Shadow is confused he thought he figured everything out. Sonic's one choice changed his world view.

He remembers Maria’s words about the stars as he sits on the moon with Sonic learning about grief how it never leaves but you live with it and the memories he has aren't a bad thing if he chooses to keep the love in them, a light shines even though the star is gone, the new main quote, VERY different from the game but it works here very well. This time it’s about how those gone are still with you and you can always cherish those memories instead of dwelling on them and yes we all know this it’s the most basic of basic messages but Shadow needs to learn it! Maria, his star is gone but her light still shines on everyone she touched. That’s the beauty of this quote and it works so well with what they did with Shadow.

I would argue that’s why Shadow didn’t have his, “is this what you wanted Maria…” line it’s no longer about what she wants, though there is a great line where he questions what Maria would have wanted, but in the end it’s about the choice Shadow makes what Shadow himself wants, and Shadow decides to accept his feelings. Live with his guilt, live with his grief, live with his happy memories of Maria and use everything in his power to save the world from himself and Gerald’s revenge. Yes in the end he does think he’s going to die, but he’s sacrificing himself with a purpose and understanding for himself, not Maria though she’s still the catalyst. He spent the whole time alive figuring out what he wanted and, he would have died at peace instead of dying vengeful.

But he survives unlike in SA2, (remember to stay for the second scene in the end credits everyone) so we don’t have to give him some silly reason to come back to life. He’s alive and now he can live not for Maria’s wish but for himself. He’s alive and will always feel Maria’s absence, some days will be better than others and he probably needs a good cry but he made his choice for himself and he’ll continue to make more and live in the world. And I think that’s a damn good arc.

As for the rest I do think the movie would have been more powerful as a whole if Gerald wasn’t a loon and they went more into Shadow’s military purpose, showing a change in Gerald over time was he always batshit insane? I like to think he went mad with his grief of losing his granddaughter and feeling used by GUN. Or maybe at 104 he just lost what's left of his brain. But all he wanted was vengeance and he'd use anyone to get it. As he said it's not about what Maria wanted but it's about punishment. Gerald could have even had Ivo who thought the world of him but that wasn't enough he made the choice to value punishment over everything else. This parallel's Shadow in a way Shadow accepting grief and all the feelings that come with it. Gerald refuses and will kill everyone and himself first

GUN was...lol. I do like they don't confuse Shadow and Sonic anymore that was always hard to take in in SA2 but Walters had the lamest death ever if he's really dead. Rockwell they had to set up to dislike Team Sonic and I got the vibe she didn't jive with them since the beginning. So yeah this stuff was meh, Shadow was practically perfect though so I can forgive it

Anyway as a Shadow fan who always wanted more on Maria the person I love this change and I love how much it focuses on not just the choices Sonic makes (and hits you over the head with) but the choices Shadow makes which all comes down to the ultimate choice that started it all. Maria choosing Shadow.

[incorrectmahabharatquotes]

Third nickel, yada yada. You know the drill. (But only for this scene, the rest of the time he's mostly being a Status Quo Loving Bootlicker™.)

You know how you all voted to make us watch this show? This video is entirely your fault. I take no responsibility. My hands may have used Premiere Pro but it was YOU who made it possible. Do you regret it now?

-Mod S

[ranticore]

I'm curious, what about the name stealing trope do you dislike?

in my mind it's strongly associated with uhh for lack of a better term pop culture 'The Fae' tropes. things like different seasonal courts, one-note malicious tricksters, an inability to lie and wilderness imagery that places a wild state of nature in opposition to humanity. basically if you can imagine it in a YA dark romance novel or a Witchy Vibes tumblr blog it's probably this flavour of fairy story and i'm not interested in it. this is a type of fanon - people not engaging with the source material but instead just cyclically iterating upon what they see in other 'fanworks' like a game of telephone until rather than a fairy story, what you have is a symbol which points to the fanon concept of a Fairy Story with familiar tropes and characters - i can say something like "the court of the summer king" and you already know what i mean, i barely need to say anything other than that, you know the drill, yada yada yada. now if i told you a fairy encounter as experienced by my uncle, you would have no touchstone for it, you would be wandering around that cattle field late at night with him, lost, groping blindly past the whitethorn in search of an exit gate that you just can't find anymore, and might never again

so i find that although iterating on and engaging in mythology is fine, the pop culture stuff usually serves as a kinda lazy signpost which just goes You Know Fairies, Right? when you're really not supposed to

[missmiseryguts]

Okay now I've lured you in with epic art let me explain my idea for this level. CACKLES.

BASICALLY. it takes place on a spaceship that's cruising towards the moon, they're all in space, moon penguins are all doing stuff. Mu drops in, Grooves tells her the script isn't done yet and for her to just explore the ship, yada yada y'all know the drill 🫶 then when Mu is close to the end of the ship, it suddenly stops, everyone's in a panic, and someone yells that the PILOT IS DEAD. OH FUCK OH SHIT OH BALLS.

The pilot is fucking dead. And you know who has to solve it??? That's right!! MU!!! *yippeee sound effect*. I haven't been able to think of uhh, who the CAW agents will be this time, or what the little. cardboard cutout will be. but I got the basic idea down!

And then the next level is called Space Rush!!, yk, train Rush but space. And basically, grooves felt a little wee silly and yk.. SENT THE SHIP ON A CRASH COURSE BACK TO EARTH. So Mu has to scurry the ship, unlock doors, solve puzzles, all with a time limit to get to the front and stabilise the spaceship so they all don't FUCKING DIE.

So those were my two concepts for DJ grooves' levels I made on the way to wicked... Oh and you know the false detective achievement in game? I was thinking if Mu didn't find any evidence, or find them in time, the killer (obviously in shadows so you don't see who It is) would 'kill' her too for prying too much, but obviously it's fake because it's a movie HELP. BUT MU WOULD PROBABLY THINK SHES IN MORTAL PERIL 💀 poor girl. L. So those are my ideas.. <3

Also blood moon sacrifice is a low-key working title??? It might change, I just thought it sounded cool HELP

[killerandhealerqueen]

Okay F1 fam (and those who watch Indycar), I need you to help a girl out because I have a fic idea that is plaguing me and if I don't ask questions for it, it's not going to leave me alone. So...does F1 and Indycar race at the same time? Not on the same date and same time, obviously, but like...do they race in the same states? Like, whenever F1 is over state side, do they share like the same racing schedule as Indy or do they have a different race schedule?

The reason I'm asking is because my fic idea is one where Logan and Oscar kart together when they're younger, but instead of them both joining F1 (or F3, whatever the name of the junior racing academy is), Oscar goes to F1 while Logan goes to Indy because of lack of funding or something like that (I'm sure this idea has been written before but I wanna write it anyways). Anyways, they part ways and don't see each other until they're the ages that they are now, with Oscar in F1 and Logan in Indy. They meet at a bar after one of the races (this is why I need the schedule, I need to know) and they don't recognize each other cuz the bar/club is dark until either like a strobe light flashes over Logan/Oscar's face (I kind of want it to be Logan's face) and they both kind of have an epiphany of "holy shit, it's you".

Then they do the whole "we need to catch up, do you still have my number, if not give it to me", yada yada yada, you know the drill. Then they do the "invite each other to the other's race", maybe they try out each other's car (i know the cars are designed with their driver in mind but like...come on...who doesn't love shit like this?)...

Idk. It's just an idea and like I said, it's probably been written before, but I wanna write it anyways because it has not left my mind and it's going to bother me unless I talk about it/write it out

[justanisabelakinnie]

If you’ve only watched partially, then feel free to choose from one of the “yes” options, I didn’t feel like adding a “yes but only some of it” option.

And no the title isn’t weird. It’s supposed to be a combination of “LOL” and “rock”. So if you’re judging it based off the title alone, then I suggest you don’t.

Lastly, if you haven’t seen the show yet, then please give it a chance. It is really good and a Season 3 is on the way! This is secretly code for “I have very few LoliRock mutuals and I need some more to talk about the show with me, please. 🥺”

Anyway you know the drill, say what you voted for in the tags, yada yada, until next time, bye!

(Added note: I also run @aishabellasbigblogofeverything and @princessefemmelesbian so if you’re a follower from there then please feel free to vote here. I feel like most people probably already follow all three blogs, but just to be on the safe side I felt the need to make this announcement. All right that’s all, I’ll shut up now lol.)

[winterdadandspiderson]

WINTERDAD AU #1

(part one because this got way too long. this is essentially the plot of an old fic i started back in 2020 and what would've happened of i'd continued it. i might try and write it again one day, perhaps, if i don't give up after 2 chapters. anyway here we go)

- mary parker was a shield agent when she met the winter soldier, both were on a mission. they fought, but never got as far as mortally wounding each other. mary would always slip away. it was like a game. bucky had been kept out the ice for a few weeks at that point, running a long job. but the longer he's out, the more he starts to remember little pieces, who he used to be.

- mary feels pity for him, seeing through the stone cold image hydra forged for him, to the person within. they fight. but then they also talk. they keep seeing each other while bucky scouts. eventually one thing leads to another and they develop a relationship of sorts. 

- mary later discovers she's pregnant but bucky never finds out. he's taken back, wiped and put under the ice once more. mary quits her job at shield so she can provide for her kid and keep them safe. knowing full well if anyone in shield or hydra caught wind that she was carrying the winter soldiers child, they'd never be safe.

- she's sad that bucky disappeared again, she knows hydra likely had him wiped and iced again. but she moves on, meeting richard soon after who she tells she's expecting a son, that the father disappeared without a word (technically not a lie) he tells her he'll love him like he's his regardless.

- when her son is born she names him peter james parker (during the few weeks they met, the last time they talked, bucky ended up remembering his first name, mary wanted peter to have at least a piece of him)

- peter ends up looking a LOT like bucky. he has the same shade of dark brown hair, facial structure which shows as he grows. but he has mary's eyes)

- the plane crash was really just an unfortunate incident. peter still goes to live with aunt may and uncle ben when he's seven. and then things go as they usually do in canon. the avengers form, yada yada all that stuff, you know the drill.

- when he's 14 peter is bitten by the radioactive spider. BUT. an important detail here is that due to the expiermentation bucky was subjected to by hydra and the enhancements which altered his genes, some of that, though remaining dormant, passed onto peter. but it didn't really do anything, it was just there. but it did keep him alive after the spider bite. without those enhancements in his blood peter would've died. instead, he gained his powers.

- uncle ben still gets shot, which as usual influences peter to become spider-man. and months after tony still comes along and recruits him to fight in germany. peter does.

- when he briefly faces bucky ("you have a metal arm? that is AWESOME, dude!") neither know so that also goes as normal. bucky is bewhildered by the kid who managed to block a hit with so much force behind it, while also shocked to know that he was just that, a kid.

- now one vastly different thing here is that while the avengers do split for a good year, steve and tony eventually talk and make amends. the avengers reassemble, deciding that they need to put the world before their feud. they're not on super good terms, but they tolerate each other. tony still refuses to forgive bucky.

- homecoming happens during the time where things are still rocky between the avengers so peter still deals with vulture alone. but he does see tony more often, stopping by for lab days to work on his suit among other things, to keep up the "internship" charade. tony grows fond of him, though he doesn't admit it.

its post homecoming where things start to go wrong.

[opal-owl-flight]

I'm going to pretend that your 3 and 4 were too busy/not mature enough at the time to be in love/develop those feelings back before 4 left.

They were just coworkers having fun, being more than coworkers (friends!), and making memories.

But when 4 came back, those feelings became so much more complex. And things only got worse and harder to understand as 4 and 3's relationship as coworkers and friends became strained, between 3's desire for 4 to surpass them and 4's self-loathing.

3's attempt at fixing things only made things worse, as those feelings became love for a friend, someone important, but not a romantic kind JUST yet. 4 was someone they couldn't bear losing. In their attempts to protect them, they invalidated 4's own feelings (which I'm pretty sure you covered), which resulted in the fight.

I think it would be safe to say that it was when 3 realized how much of the problem they'd inadvertently contributed to, that they also began to love 4 more than as a friend. But it's a bit hard to notice that when you're getting your face mashed up.

Post hospital stay, 3 finally realized that love and became super gay for 4, as seen by the inner 3 reactions.

As for 4's journey, it was very similar in that it wasn't until they were smashing 3's face in that they realized, in those moments with their hands covered in 3's blood, in the moments that they spent with them in the hospital, that some of their own feelings might be turning to love.

Of course, the main feeling during the fight was anger and then horror, but shit happens.

Sorry for the way too long ask, but I've loved your 4 and 3 comics (8 and 4 were super emotional as well, and I greatly enjoyed those ones) and just had to share! ^^;;

You got a lot of it right! Though, the gay doesnt come til after Project Piranesi/Oceanic Labyrinth -- 3's "I love you" in Break is a platonic one, a feeling they held ever since they met, and a feeling that never went away even when they parted.

The relationship strained bc 4 went off and experienced hell in college. She developed a self loathing, and took a break from there. SHe hoped that 3 would be able to fix the issue bc hey...they always know what to do with her (her thought here is "Make me a perfect agent, continue what youve been doing before")... but that didnt happen.

3, now the Captain, taken off the field and directly responsible for the lives of the agents, has become more battle hardened and strict in their duties. They drill the agents to make sure they dont suffer what they did (falling to Tartar specifically), done out of a place of care and love. Theyre scared, really, they feel all this responsibility, add the fact that they dont like acknowledging that they may not be able to save everyone like they usually do before (due to their disability).

They heard 4s pleas and tried to turn her to what she wants. Maybe more. They knew shed surpass them. Its inevitable.

They only wanted her to be the best self she can be. Protect her -- they finally got her back, theyre not losing her again -- even if their methods only served to strain their friendship further.

A huge misunderstanding of 3s motives leads to bitterness from 4. They were her best friend. Now theyre...just like everyone else in college. Disappointed in her (no theyre not). She strived to be whatever perfection they wanted from her. Maybe if she got there, shed stop hating herself. If she got there, maybe theyd love her again (they always did, if...not expressed properly).

Leads to the duel after 3 forced a Leave on her, yada yada.... they make up for lost time after, hanging out as friends again until 4 is confident/feels supported enough to return to agent duties.

In those further duties, 4 starts growing. Finally growing in the right direction. Her confidence swelling to be almost the same as before she went to college (but not completely). I think tje romantic feelings start here? Not sure yet. But its def after time spent together as pals and supporting each other through several of their internal struggles (4 and her self-image, 3 and their limitations)

The Captain's right hand.

The confession likely happens after 4 saves 3 from some situation in Project Piranesi! Consider it a knight saving her monarch from danger.

Thank you sm for the ask! Im glad I managed to get most of my points across in the comics wehe

[selfindulgentfandomstuff]

Errhhmmm Murdoc x Emmett Becker for this!!

This was super fun and you 🫵 can go do it too!! The template is linked here:

https://www.tumblr.com/deathdetermineslife/772346144784252928/my-selfship-in-pngs-template

[almost-nostalgic]

Chimera Falin wip that I'm worried I will ruin with too much cross hatching on her feathers lol. Only one way to find out. If I never upload the completed version, you know what happened.

Bug related chatter below, so cw/tw for creepy crawlies below the cut.

So. I've started volunteering with a landcare group now that I can't find a job for the life of me. Keeps me busy, makes me feel like I'm helping, yada yada.

Last Saturday I was part of a 3 hour effort to plant native Australian plants along a river bank. Someone drilled a bunch of holes in the dense, super dry dirt, watered them a little and moved along. Individual people, including me, grabbed a bucket of plants, water retaining fertiliser and a trowel.

I was doing my thing, planting plants, when I stopped at this one leaf litter covered hole. Not unusual, but I just had a weird feeling about this one. I use my trowel rather than my glove covered hands to move some leaf litter, and lo and behold, what I believe to be a strangely pink juvenile huntsman spider, approximately 4cm long from abdomen to head (or about 7 m&ms for you americans).

I am even more confused when it keeps holding up its front two legs, only to realise that they are... antennas...

I've heard that bull ants are big, but I didn't realise they were "the size of a finger" BIG, until this little beast makes eye contact with me. Let me tell you, that was the most terrifying eye contact I've ever made with anything. So she's sitting there, and then there's another. And another. These little ladies are obviously filled with rage at having me interfere with their renovation plans, so I make the only correct choice of leaving them the hell alone and finding myself a different hole to dig.