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If you can’t reblog this, unfollow me now.

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Literally no excuse ^^^

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I wasn’t crazy about this piece so I wasn’t intending on publicly posting it again, but it keeps getting stolen every five minutes so I figured I’d put it here so people at least know who to attribute the original thing to lmao

[Digital illustration, Procreate App, 2020]

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my issue with the argument that "disliking ai art is inherently reactionary" is that it acts like pro-ai art people are somehow less reactionary on their views on art, when like the majority of defense's of ai art as like a higher form art are indistinguishable from the arguments people use to defend the art of like. hitler

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I feel like the big push for AI is starting to flag. Even my relatively tech obsessed dad is kinda over it. What do you even use it for? Because you sure as hell dont want to use it for fact checking.

There's an advertisement featuring a woman surreptitiously asking her phone to provide her with discussion topics for her book club. And like... what. Is this the use case for commercial AI? This the best you could come up with? Lying to your friends about Moby Dick?

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late-stage capitalism has created both a political and economic environment so fucking hostile that people are opting not to have families, and they have the gall, the temerity to ask why the younger generations are not creating more little soldiers for their pathetic colonist vanity projects.

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soundwave superior ai artists inferior

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in your opinion, is a bull a cow?

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imma say it. “kung fu panda” did more for body positivity and saying that  you can be fat and still be healthy and liked than ANYTHING any beauty companies trying to get your money.

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i hate when top wildlife predators are just lil babies teeny tiny babies

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[THE CIRCUS THEATER TROUPE]

"Leading an underground circus-theater, the troupe, consisting of Manyu Mochi Cookie, Fruitdrop Candy Cookie, and Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie, perform surreal shows meant to entice and disturb the audience. Performances such as the "Candied Music" of the Candied Music Maker: Fruitdrop Candy Cookie, the "Ghostly Monologues" of the Monologue Ghost: Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie, and the "Fairytales & Surreal Stories" of the Armless Storyteller: Manyu Mochi Cookie."

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@kawaiifan34 Hey! Remember how I asked permission to use Sesame Senbei Cookie as inspiration? Well, here you go!

What do you think?

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The Circus Theater Troupe of the Sato-Angura Circus-Theater (from left to right): Manyu Mochi Cookie, Fruitdrop Candy Cookie, and Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie.

Manyu Mochi Cookie, by name, is meant to be a pun. Manyu is a kind of Japanese cookie or confection, and so is Mochi. Also "chi", which means blood in Japanese, since her hands look like blood. Now, before anyone says anything, yes, she looks like a character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but she's inspired by an old OC of mine named "Misato Sora", who, too, is (loosely) inspired by the aesthetic.

Fruitdrop Candy Cookie is meant to be inspired by the Sakuma fruit drops found in those hard-to-open metal tins, which can be seen with her little purse. Aside from the candy inspiration, to any out there who are big retro-manga fans and/or have probably seen and/or heard of Suehiro Maruo's work, then you'll find her color palette and design SOMEWHAT familiar.

Marshmallow Wagashi, by name, is based on Hozui, a kind of marshmallow wagashi from Kyoto, hinted at the white emblem on the red ring of his cap and the gradient on his cap, too. His ghost-puppets, by appearance, look like Teru-Teru-Bozu, little handmade dolls people would hang outside their windows during rainy days in hopes of sunny weather. Well, you know how later on in modern media, Teru Teru Bozu have become enemy-types in certain games centered around Japanese mythology, set in Japan, or just have a Japanese aesthetic? (The examples that come to mind are GhostWire Tokyo and Bo Path of The Teal Lotus, where the Teru Teru Bozu are enemies and a boss.) Well, Marshmallow Wagashi is filling that trend by having ghost puppet/Teru Teru Bozu things be weapons, or simply put: Those puppets are literal guns.

But enough aside, here's a comic featuring all three of them, their potential gameplay abilities in how they work in OvenSmash (these cookies are made with OvenSmash in mind), their headcanon voices, and their lore. Along with random panels, two featuring some OC x Canon ships, while one is just Strawberry Crepe being fascinated with that one thing.

Hope y'all like them all! But for now, all I have is a poll...

Now then, to properly end it, have an incorrect quote:

Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie: Why is Fruitdrop Candy Cookie crying? Manyu Mochi Cookie: She saw a leaf on the sidewalk and- Fruitdrop Candy Cookie: IT LOOKED SO CRUNCHY! Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie: Please don’t say what I think you’re gonna say- Fruitdrop Candy Cookie: AND WHEN I STEPPED ON IT, THERE WAS NO CRUNCH! Marshmallow Wagashi Cookie: NO, NOT THAT!

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Four’s scouting mission: Prologue

let’s see what the hell happened

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Four’s scouting mission: Prologue

let’s see what the hell happened

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Four’s scouting mission: Prologue

let’s see what the hell happened

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Four’s scouting mission: Prologue

let’s see what the hell happened