#<- yeah it became a thing

[technically-human]

HIHI!! I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I LOVE YOUR ART A TON AND YOUR STOBOTNIK POTRAYALNSHSJJD they sicken me /Pos

The way you draw Stone always makes me laugh, he looks like that one crying hamster

His truest form

ko-fi

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

if only

[doctorsiren]

“It would eat you alive, Sixer”

(Available as a print on my Etsy shop)

[arcanegifs]

Here are some Season 2 Arcane GIF comparisons before and after I color and sharpen them! | Season 1 Comparison GIFs

[o-sunny-day]

“Don’t… don’t tell him you think dingbat fonts are cool.”

AUGH @forgettable-au fanart :3 been on another roll with it (in agony constantly)

theres some untranslated wingdings cause i love translating it myself, hope others do too :D

not confident on how “canon” or in-character this is but- I HAD FUN this AU has really got me in the rendering spirit, I really enjoy taking inspiration but also adding mu own silly twists on it and AAA everything looks even more tasty now

I view this as them in New Home after getting something to eat (after the last page update) and heading back the same way since Alphys’ place is on the way to The Lab. The font convo comes back up again and then yeah

Alsoooo if youre interested in behind the scenes stuff heres the speedpaint :3

also i never poster about this- but i had another forgettable dream. it didn’t make any godamn sense. I woke up and drew the only scene I could remember:

Wingdings and Sans had a fight and ig wingdings killed Sans 😭😭😭 in a stairwell for some reason

and current Sans, Papyrus brother Sans, is like watching all of this and was brought here by Lancer like a Ghost Of Christmas Past type situation. Idk why. I choose not to attempt to make sense of this anymore. But i swear this is an actual dream i had 😭

[bigfatbreak]

BLACKOUT : destroys all light

so have you all been keeping up with Scarlet Lady 👀

[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

[occudo]

Would you look at that... another vampire AU... I wanted to make a more put-together vampire Gerry costume, but then my mind went to other places.

[a-spookys-doodles]

Being A Sabertooth Fan is just so much fun- I can’t defend this man. He’s a monster- but if not kitten- why kitten shape?

[fairyroses]

He was about to kill you, Lex. Or divulge something you didn't want me to know.

— SMALLVILLE, "Forever" (4.21)

+ bonus from "Arctic" (7.20):

[kingslionheart]

A good King relies upon good advice, Uhtred. I speak only as a man who has made mistakes before.

[officialmiintee]

im scared to take a breath, didnt want you to move your head

[my-name-is-apollo]

Why is Hera so hostile to Leto in a manner that she isn't with the other lovers of Zeus? I can't think of any other woman who was targeted so much by Hera. One could say she didn't want Leto to give birth because her children would be a competition to Hera's children, but why bother her even after she had already given birth? Is it because Leto herself is also a threat to Hera?

Sort of I guess?

I don't think Leto would ever be a threat to Hera's role as the queen of the gods but Hera might see her as a competitor for Zeus' affection, even though I think Zeus would not marry someone else and replace Hera.

The twins are definitely a big reason why Hera begrudged Leto - it is outright stated in the Callimachus Hymn to Delos that the reason Hera especially targeted Leto was because she was told that Apollo would be dearer to Zeus than Ares is. Zeus is very proud of Artemis as well. As he himself puts it, he doesn't mind facing Hera's wrath for children like her.

But the continued hatred even after the birth of the twins (like sending Tityus to rape Leto) could have been for different reasons. This wasn't like one of those affairs Zeus would have with mortal women where he'd leave them behind once the child is conceived. Neither could Hera, despite her many attempts, get rid of Leto like she did with the other lovers. Not only did Leto give Zeus children that he loves dearly, she also stayed on Olympus despite Hera's hatred towards her (which isn't directed to any of Zeus' other divine mistresses, btw). It might have also been because Leto herself is dear to Zeus, if the way she's treated on Olympus is any proof. In the Homeric hymn to Apollo, Leto stands next to Zeus - in the Olympian assembly - to welcome their son. Hera is completely absent from the scene, as if Leto had taken her place even if temporarily. Now you could say this is because Apollo himself is such a powerful and glorious son in a way that no other son of Zeus is, so of course Leto would get such an honor (the hymn itself presents it this way).

But here's another instance - in the Iliad, when Hera goes to seduce Zeus, he is obviously very smitten but before getting into the action, he lists some of his lovers (I believe these were his favorite lovers, as a lot of others are not mentioned):

"for never has such desire for goddess or mortal woman so gripped and overwhelmed my heart, not even when I was seized by love for Ixion’s wife, who gave birth to Peirithous the gods’ rival in wisdom; or for Acrisius’ daughter, slim-ankled Danaë, who bore Perseus, greatest of warriors; or for the far-famed daughter of Phoenix, who gave me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthus; or for Semele mother of Dionysus, who brings men joy; or for Alcmene at Thebes, whose son was lion-hearted Heracles; or for Demeter of the lovely tresses; or for glorious Leto; or even for you yourself, as this love and sweet desire for you grips me now.’ (Book 14, trans. A. T. Murray)

Notice how when talking about most of them, he also mentions the children they bore to him but when Demeter and Leto are mentioned, he doesn't bring up their children at all despite them being some of the most accomplished kids of his. What's more, he takes Leto's name just before Hera's. I mean, this is an interpretation but it looks like not only did Zeus love Leto the most out of all his mistresses - giving her a place second to that of his wife, but also his love for her wasn't necessarily only because she gave him two amazing children.

Nonnus does something similar in the Dionysiaca (but this time Zeus is enamored with Persephone instead of Hera) but more notably, when Typhoeus attacks Olympus and Zeus is discouraged, Nike takes the form of Leto to encourage him and it's pretty telling of what Leto meant to Zeus.

One interesting similarity between Hera and Leto is that they both had a giant try to rape them. Porphyrion tried to violate Hera (Zeus inspired him to do this) and Tityus tried to violate Leto (upon Hera's order). Though both of them were killed, only Tityus got an eternal punishment in Tartarus of having his liver/heart eaten out by vultures so Zeus seems to have taken a greater offense at Tityus trying to assault Leto.

Again, I don't think Zeus would ever take anyone other than Hera as his permanent wife - she is irreplaceable to him. There's an entire myth about Hera leaving him and Zeus winning her back. Their relationship is obviously complex and involves all kinds of emotions including love and hate. But Leto is continually dear to him as well and that's something Hera can't do much about.

[the-strangest-heart]

my favorite thing about stranger things is that it presents itself as a teen sci-fi show about monsters with standard hollywood horror effects for cheap entertainment, but it’s so much more. it’s about being different. it’s about the societal structures that cause people to choose romantic partners and friends for social validation. it’s about what real love is, both platonic and romantic, and finding the people who care about you regardless of what other people say or think. it’s about finding yourself, standing up for yourself. it’s about rejecting the easy love that everyone expects you to have for something greater. it’s about learning the difference between loving and being in love.

this is shown in a traditionally teen-flick way (love triangles) with characters as they’re growing out of adolescence into adulthood: in s1-2, it’s shown through nancy, steve, and jonathan, with nancy ultimately choosing to love the boy who was her friend first, and in s3-4 she chooses to be friends with the boy she loved first. inversely, it’s shown (albeit at a much slower rate) with mike, el, and will, with mike choosing in s1-3 to love the girl everyone expects him to. in s4, this expectation is shaken as he tries to figure out the difference between platonic and romantic love, that steve realized with robin and nancy in s3-4. the natural, cinematic progression of this will be concluded in s5, when he chooses to be friends with the girl he loved first and to love the boy who was his friend first.

it’s about the wheelers, who grew up in rigorous social norms and learn to defy them. it’s about the byers, who grew up learning love isn’t as simple as it seems and learn to accept that. it’s about steve, who thought his social standing lived and died with having a popular and pretty girlfriend he could marry out of high-school, and realizing he found his true love in a girl who showed him the purest love he’s ever known by defying social standings altogether and that true love can be platonic. and it’s about el, who didn’t really even know what love is, and she found it in a broken man who showed her simple kindness and unconditional love, which she didn’t think she was capable of receiving, and she projected that loss onto what she perceived was love with a boy who couldn’t even write it.

stranger things is about learning who you are, not who you’re expected to be. it’s about loving who you choose, not who’s chosen for you. it’s about all the different ways love is shown and accepted, and the struggles of those who think they have to find it conventionally. it breaks the mold of what it was initially intended to be by a big-buck studio dynasty driven by social norms, and if that’s not poetic cinema, then, well, i just don’t know what is.

[ai-the-broccoli]

enemies to lovers / but you'll never own my heart

@luzon-dove happy birthday, Quinn!! As a present, I decided to draw a piece fanart of your "blood in the walls of the yagami house" AU fic series, since I found it very well-written and full of super interesting ideas and concepts. I hope you like it!

[vialdovi-artstuff]

Some havik+shujinko