#( As if I wasn't going to reply to that... )

[egophiliac]

I loved your drawing(and I love your style in general) with Leia in your recent post! If/when you have time can we see more of her in your style? I get so happy whenever I actually see people mention/talk about her and she’s not just forgotten because we didn’t get to see much of her. 😭

thank you! 💙💙💙 Leia/Leah/Lea/whatever is fascinating to me. she is the ultimate unknown. what was she like? how involved (or even aware of any details of the invasion) was she? Silver's basically a physical carbon copy of his biodad, so what did he get from her? like, I understand why the two of them kind of have to stay as these super vague and mysterious figures -- the whole point of them is that their story ended 400+ years ago and they're not really relevant anymore (and. well. the more that gets explained about them, the less that can just kinda be handwaved as "oh the politics were Very Messy") (we can sit here and theorize all day but let us acknowledge that, ultimately, canon gave us almost nothing about them post-Meleanor and we'd just be making things up). I do still wonder about her though! RIP Lea, we never knew you and we probably never will.

actually you know what, as long as we're here, I think I WILL go ahead and just make some stuff up about what Silver might've inherited from her instead.

[evelyn-and-art]

TORSO STUDIES (extras): Kotoha, Shizuka, Tsubakino and Endo

Art Studies with Eve #2

The studio welcomes three lovely queens 🫶

...and a snake 😕

And that completes the torso studies! Thank you for the positive feedback on the first part and for waiting for this one 🫶.

Part 1

[wosospacegirl]

I am in love with your fanfictions but you take too long to update them 💔 it's difficult to keep up with writing like that. That's why most of us read complete fanfictions it's annoying to wait for the next part

Ok, so I think some people forget that writing fanfics is a hobby?? Not a job?? Writers don't owe anyone updates. We share our work because we want to, not because anyone is idkk entitled to it. And writing is hard, sometimes you go days without writing a single word, other times you put out a 4K fic in one go... Writing is something we do for fun. I don't feel like anyone gets to demand when or how that happens, you know?

If your preference is to only read completed fics, then that's fine, your choice. But keep in mind that ongoing fics are cool because we get to connect, leave feedback, and build a little community around the story, the plot and the characters.

And honestly? A lot of writers stop updating and writing because they feel like NO ONE is reading, or just passive reading (which is also kinda of bad). So....yeah, if you love a fic, just support it. And I don't mean it by leaving big comments, just a "I like it" or sharing, makes writers feel really happy and supported.

[royalarchivist]

Mine: Refer to me however you want!

Mike: Yeah, for me too. I think I use all pronouns too.

[They high-five and fist-bump each other]

Mine:

[via @barbmine]

[yes-no-maybe-soo]

⚠️Timelock Key Spoilers⚠️

Ok so visuals first...

The contrast between the previous card and this one is just... so impactful

The used and abused little boy has come so far... a sovereign on his throne, grown men kneeling at his feet.

And speaking of his throne... and of men kneeling before him... we've seen both before

As you can see, Kinglus has been canon all along 👑😌

And as you can also see by looking at the thrones side by side, they're very similar. The steps leading up to a platform, the color, the curved armrests, even what appears to be a large window behind both, a large object swinging like a pendulum overhead. So while not 100% identical, I do believe they are meant to be the same.

Which is in my mind significant to the – as always beautifully written – text and to placing the Timelock Key to a particular event

Bear in mind that this is all just my interpretations and that I am in no way claiming them to be accurate, but I believe that this is meant to represent Sylus' takeover of the N109 Zone. Partly because of the throne, but also because I feel like it's what makes most sense with the current information we have.

We know that after the Chronorift Catastrophe, there were violent gang wars and feuds over who would rule the N109 Zone. Sylus' takeover was not instantaneous, but took 2 years (he landed in 2034, and established his rulership in 2036). This slow (for Sylus, who's raw powers should have enabled him to win the crown much sooner considering how he'd conquered whole planets before) process would be in line with what is written above about him slowly approaching a throne. Why it took that amount of time, I do not know. Perhaps his amusement in watching the populace scramble and fight for power made it so that he was in no particular hurry to end it, perhaps he was busy with other matters (founding Onychinus, hunting down Gaia/EVER researchers, looking for the Protocore Map) to give it too much focus or energy. Maybe a combination. Or something else. We don't know exactly what he was up to in the immediate aftermath of saving little MC from Dimitri, after all.... except being jumped by 13 consecutive guys trying and failing to mug him, and obtaining his iconic biker outfit (and presumably bike, as well).

Going back to the text I think the last part is very very important because of what it doesn't say. "A crown vowen from schemes and ambition gently falls next to his feet". Notice how there is no mention of Sylus picking said crown up? Of putting it on his head?

I think that this is very deliberate by the writers. I think that this shows how Sylus, for all that he has amassed power and influence, is ultimately not interested in it for his own sake or desires. He doesn't care about wearing the crown, because the crown itself is not the reason for his machinations. MC is. His takeover of the N109 Zone was all for her.

As Sylus himself tells MC, him landing in the N109 Zone was no coincidence. Nor is his establishing himself there. There he could safeguard the experimental data on MC left at the Gaia Research Center, keep an eye on Dimitri, and prepare a way for MC to find the answers that he knew she'd one day seek.

If power and rulership for their own sake was what he was after then he could simply do so over any of the literal planets he conquered. But that was never his goal. Sylus does not give a flying fuck about that, conqueror and sovereign though he may be.

His driving ambition has always been in service of MC. To ensure not only her wellbeing and protection, but also that she will one day know the truth about herself and be strong enough to face the people – or forces – coming for her (hence his desperation in LAR to make her resonance "as strong as possible").

This?

All for her. Not himself.

There truly is no love purer than his.

Now for tomorrow's Timelock...

There is only one thing that comes to mind when looking at this immense pain "We were like flowers. We were meant to grow together in the same soil. Yet you were quietly moved to another garden in a foreign land"

Hahahaha 💔... oh... tomorrow is going to hurt... 🥲

[crossbackpoke-check]

blessed be (lorscher bienensegen) | telling the bees (wiþ ymbe)

"Bees" [remixed, abridged], Claudia Emerson // "Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now" [remixed. abridged], Matthew Olzmann // "Letter to my Great, Great Grandchild" [remixed, abridged], J.P. Grasser | Len Redkole, Nina Weiss, Brian Babineau, Christian Peterson, Mitchell Leff, Dave Isaac, Megan DeRuchie

[inksandpensblog]

In the original Lilo and Stitch, there is no difference between Nani's custody of Lilo and what's best for Lilo's wellbeing.

Nani is not equipped to take care of Lilo on her own, and Cobra is right when he says that Nani's need to hold on to Lilo is blinding her to her own shortcomings as a caretaker where Lilo's needs are concerned; but over the course of the movie it's made abundantly clear that, while Lilo may need a better caretaker than Nani is capable of being on her own, she very much also still needs Nani present in her life, as her sister. Taking Lilo from Nani would deprive Lilo of the last remaining person in her life who understands her, and that would be incredibly damaging to any six-year-old child, let alone a possibly neurodivergent one, let alone one who is already grieving the recent death of both parents. Whether Cobra takes Lilo away or lets her stay, either way Lilo only gets something she needs by losing something else that she needs. There is no improvement to be had, only a question of prioritization, and Cobra has different priorities concerning Lilo than Nani does.

Adding Jumba and Pleakley to the household solves this dilemma, because Nani remains Lilo's primary caretaker but now she isn't Lilo's lone caretaker; she no longer has to choose between bringing her sister to work with her, where she may cause trouble, or leaving her sister at home alone without supervision, because now Lilo won't be alone without supervision if she's left at home. This allows Nani to find a good job, and also allows her more quality time with David (whom it's been established she is interested in, but was unable to pursue that interest while being Lilo's lone caretaker).

(I was never into the sequels or the tv series as much as the original movie, but one thing I do appreciate is that they gave Nani a job at a surf-shack. With it being implied in the original movie that Nani possibly set aside competitive surfing ambitions when caring for Lilo became a higher priority to her, it's nice to think that she was at least able to find work in a field that she'd previously found herself in, in a way that allows her to apply and share her knowledge. This is different in the remake, where being a surf-instructor is purely a job for her.)

What's more, not only does Lilo now have multiple capable guardians in her ohana, but she also has a friend in Stitch, someone she can interact with as a social peer now that he's not pretending to be a dog anymore. Stitch also begins helping out around the house, allowing the whole family to spend more quality time together now that the sisters don't need to concern themselves with as many chores anymore.

Nani keeping custody of Lilo was what was best for both of them, even if it wasn't fulfilling all their needs. Taking Lilo away to fulfill the needs that weren't being met wouldn't have helped her more than it would've hurt her, and it would've devastated Nani. The solution was for both of them to find more support, while remaining together.

In the live-action Lilo and Stitch, Nani's custody of Lilo and what's best for Lilo's wellbeing become opposing concerns at the hospital, when the social worker offers Nani an out from the unaffordable medical costs in exchange for having to relinquish custody.

Hear me out...this could've worked. They could've gone this route. It would've been really fucking difficult to do it well, and they probably still would've gotten flak for it, and honestly I'm still not sure it would've been wise to do it in an official remake of Lilo and Stitch when it seems more suited to a deeply personalized transformative alternate-universe fanfic that half the fandom swears by and the other half swears at, but they could've done it.

Just to clarify, though: the way it is, in the movie we got? It didn't work.

This should've been Nani's lowest point in the movie; not morally, but in the hero's-journey sense y'know? Her care for Lilo's wellbeing and her desperation to keep custody of Lilo have been one and the same up to this point, but now they're at odds for the first time ever and now she has to pick one.

It should've felt like a sacrifice, to pick one. It should've felt like a faustian bargain or a deal with the devil or whatever, to have to choose between the impossible options that this social worker is narrowing down her ohana's future to.

I haven't seen the live-action movie myself and tbh I don't want to, so bear with me as I'm mostly going by hearsay. And according to hearsay, what they should've done if they were gonna go this route isn't what they did. The impression I've gotten is that the social worker's ultimatum was portrayed as a blessing in disguise, rather than the tragedy it should've been.

The remake could've gone this route. But it needed to be portrayed as the harsh and tragic thing that it was. It needed to be portrayed as the predatory, manipulative, insidious move on the social worker's part that it was. That's where they should've put the realism they were so concerned about: in the emotions. Stories can be as fantastical as you can or can't imagine, as long as the emotional core remains grounded.

And then, Nani and Lilo should've focused on how they were going to uphold and maintain ohana now that Nani no longer had her custody of Lilo to underscore it with. Nani and Lilo should've be doing everything in their power to make sure that it doesn't end here with this shitty deal that Nani was given no way out of. It should've been the ultimate demonstration to Stitch that little, broken families can still be good, and still be somewhere he can find belonging. When all was said and done, Nani and Lilo and Stitch should've shown us that no, this is not enough to destroy ohana.

Being able to say that ohana transcends geography or space or the legal system or what have you, and being able to actually back it up with actions and demonstrable principles...

idk. I have no experience with the foster system. I'm not Hawaiian. I have no native friends that I'm aware of. All I can really talk about is storytelling. Presentation and narrative themes and such.

I saw another blogger (whom I won't name because I'm not interested in starting a fight or enabling people to gang up on somebody who holds an opinion they take umbrage with) saying that summarizing the ending of the live-action movie as "Nani surrenders Lilo to the state so she can be a strong independent girlboss who follows her dreams and goes to STEM college an ocean away now that she's freed from the burden of a little sister to care for" is a dishonest misrepresentation of the movie, and I see their point.

This blogger also emphasized not only the realism of the situation Nani was put in at the hospital-- of being unable to afford the medical care a loved one is in dire need of, of having to let go of a loved one for their own health and safety --but also the involvement and influence of the social worker in that situation; and I also see their point in saying that too many people are placing all the blame on Nani for her choice, while ignoring the role of the social worker in presenting that choice as Nani's only option.

For all that fans of the original are upset that Nani surrendered Lilo to CPS in the remake, I have noticed that most of their anger seems to be directed at Nani rather than at the CPS agent who basically coerced her into it. I've been guilty of this too.

This blogger rounded out their commentary by sharing how gutted they were by this moment, due to its familiarity when compared to their lived observational experience, and how badly Disney missed the mark if their intent had been to portray CPS in a good light.

Again, I see their point. And they're right, we should be talking about that social worker and her role in Nani's decision more, as well as what she ultimately represents in the thematic conceit of this remake.

But with all that said, I think there's a reason that so many people are coming away from this movie with the reading that Nani surrendered Lilo to the state for college, even if that's objectively not what actually happened. Something went wrong in the storytelling somewhere.

And I think it lies in how the aftermath of Nani's decision to surrender Lilo to CPS is handled by the movie.

Nani should not be going to college overseas when her field of study is taught markedly better in universities that are already local. Nani should not be going to college overseas when those same local universities offer significant financial aid to native Hawaiian students.

Lilo should not be encouraging Nani to leave the island without her. She has no friends, Stitch isn't her peer, and Nani is her last remaining family. Where is the girl who cried when she thought her older sister might trade her for a rabbit?

Nani's shortcomings as a caretaker should not be concerning enough to make losing custody of Lilo a very real possibility if Tūtū was already around consistently enough to be considered a viable foster guardian once Nani has lost custody. Tūtū already replaces Nani in half the scenes anyway; if it's already established that Tūtū being present means Nani doesn't need to be present, then why is Nani's ability to care for Lilo even still under question? Why is Nani still in a position to lose custody of Lilo if Tūtū has already proven capable of providing the support that enables Nani to properly care for Lilo?

Tūtū fostering Lilo should not be treated as it if means that CPS doesn't still have the power to remove Lilo from Tūtū's custody whenever they please, and without any obligation to inform Nani to boot.

The movie chose to have Nani leave the island for college. The movie chose to have Lilo encourage her to do this. The movie chose to have both sisters want something for the elder that would end up with them being further separated.

The movie chose to have both sisters want something for the elder that wasn't framed as a possibility until after Nani surrendered custody of Lilo.

Those details add up. They add up to something outrageous enough to make everyone overlook that the social worker coerced Nani into surrendering Lilo to CPS custody.

Or maybe I shouldn't be talking about things I don't understand. idk

[redbootsindoriath]

Oh look what day it is again!

Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate! Here's a rushed doodle to assure you guys that I am in fact still out there somewhere on earth.

[kit-williams]

To the Anon looking at my posts from 2015...

Why?

I love it when people look at posts from 10 years ago and assume I'm still the same person This is sarcasm

Bitch why you digging up drama from a decade ago? Literally a decade ago! That's a whole child, marriage, pandemic, Bachelors, and Associates degrees ago?! Did it never occur to you to look at when that was posted and look at what I post now? Did it never occur to you that I am a very different person who has gone through character growth via living and growing and maybe a mental break down or two? Has it not occurred to you that I am also a human being who is allowed to have contradictory views, because I can be a multifaceted person who can have nuance on views.

I'm making this post to clown on the anon who has gone to when I was in my early 20s and tried to crucify me. Like for real why are you digging that shit up?

Consider this a strike of me thinking of turning Anon posts off

[jeepersdotjpeg]

[mirrorofliterature]

in response to a few replies about my post calling the jedi out for the bare minimum treatment of the clones -

a few people have brought up anakin and sure, anakin could have done more for the clones, but I think bringing up a situation like him not immediately sticking up for fives is a bit disingenuous because, like, fives WAS making some pretty wild claims. and I don't think anakin was ever trying to kill fives, and shaak ti's actions during that arc are a lot more questionable imo because she was there.

my main point was not jedi like anakin or, to take another jedi of equivalent/similar rank, aayla secura, failed the clones miserably - they did not really have the power or leverage to change the clones situation. these are junior knights with little sway within the organisation and I feel like if anakin or aayla or barris had been more vocal, they could have been censured by the jedi or differentiated as a 'younger radical'.

what the jedi order needed, vis a via the clones, was a unified institutional response that was like:

first, we did not order them, but we take responsibility for them because one of ours did.

second, we recognise that they are sentient beings and that, as slavery is illegal in the republic, we refuse to fight in the war until the clones sentience is legally recognised, with all the ensuing rights

this needed to happen at the top-down institutional level - not by anakin, or aayla, or barris, or ahoska. I'm talking about yoda, mace, fucking obi-wan, because people seem to forget so often that obi-wan was on the council

idk I just think it's a bit of an uncharitable reading of my post, explicitly about the jedi order as an institution failing to agitate for systemic reform to the treatment of clones in the republic, to just be like 'yeah! fuck anakin!' because no, the post is more like 'fuck the jedi council', like it's the fault of the jedi in charge, not the random junior jedi like anakin like learn how hierarchical power structures work thanks

[zackieboyo]

Idiosyncratic Eddsworld Shipping Names(that I could think of):

EddTom = Hard Cola (Reasoning: Tom is commonly associated with alcohol, Edd is commonly associated with Cola. Alcoholic soda is typically called "hard soda".)

TordMatt = Bulletproof Glass (Reasoning: Tord is associated with guns, and therefore bullets, Matt is associated with mirrors, and glass is part of mirrors. The term implies a level of Matt and Tord being compatible because bullets(Tord's recklessness/negative attributes), shot from guns(Tord), are something bulletproof glass(Matt) deflects(handles) well.) Or you could just call them the Tisming Twosome (reasoning: aurizzm)/j

TordEdd = BaconCola (Reasoning: Bacon Cola is a product introduced in the show, Tord and Edd are both associated with bacon, Tord moreso than Edd, due to Edd being primarily associated with Cola.)

TomTord = Molotovers/Molotov Lovers (Reasoning: is a play on Molotov Cocktails- an explosive: associated with Tord, using the bottle of a drinking alcohol: associated with Tom- and the word "lovers".)

PaulTord = CigLovers (Reasoning: both are associated with smokeables, Tord more often with cigars and Paul more often with cigarettes. They both love cigs(ie: cig-lovers) and are lovers, so it has double meaning.)

Poly main 4 = Lovefools (Reasoning: main 4 are dummies, and love each other.)

Poly neighbors = Lovejerks (Reasoning: neighbors are meanies, and love each other.)

[beneathsilverstars]

Every time i see people hc isafrin as close in age i experience shock. Once i saw older isabeau than siffrin and fainted, positively agog. i know headcanons are not universal but what do you meannnn you don't think isabeau initially sees siffrin as this cool older settled adult then discovers hes not that old. What do you mean you don't think siffrin has body hair and or shaves.

siffrin is 5'2" at most and closer to 30 years old than 20 😤 he's good at his traveler's life by now bc he's been doing it for a solid decade, maybe even and-a-half 😤 they're not pathetic like a helpless kitten who would struggle to make it out in the world, not anymore, they're pathetic like a weary stray who shouldn't have had to make it but they did, so they did, and they could go a while longer but haven't they already collected enough scars for a lifetime

[front-facing-pokemon]

F.A.Q.

what is this?

this is front-facing-pokemon, a tumblr blog (currently) designed to post every pokémon in national pokédex order from the least flattering angle possible!

why is it called front-facing-pokemon if not all the pokémon are front-facing?

because they used to be! we managed to get through the entire national pokédex facing directly at the camera, and as a result of a poll, i switched to this theme in order to keep the blog going and still post funny pokémon pictures!

have you done (x pokémon) yet?

search for its name on this blog! every pokémon is tagged with their name. since we got through the entire national dex for front-facing 'mons, i can guarantee you we've done your fave at least once!

will you do (x pokémon) next?

this is not a requests blog! it goes in national pokédex order

will you do (something that is not a pokémon)?

if it's not april fools day, then no! april fools is the only day i take requests, so if you see a post from me that looks like i took a request, check the date! however if you live in the eastern hemisphere they may show up as being april 2nd

when will you do (x pokémon)?

whenever we reach it in the national pokédex! find the national pokédex number of your chosen pokémon, subtract it from the national pokédex of the most recent pokémon you see, and divide that number by two, for two posts a day (minus mega evolutions and alternate forms), and you'll have roughly the amount of time you'll have to wait until your favorite pokémon arrives (again! because we've already done the whole natdex once)

how do you decide which angle is the least flattering?

you can vote on them in the front-facing-pokemon discord server! that's where we decide on angles for new posts (and technically this gives you sneak peeks of the upcoming posts like a week in advance!)

do you have a main blog?

yes, but i don't use it often! @kinogassa!

what are munchers, sniffers, bald, rock, etc etc?

silly names we gave some of the angles in the first discord call to establish the beginning of the queue to give names to recurring angles that tend to be funny on pokémon. and angles you'll likely see repeated!

sometimes i stream!:

[frowerssx2]

One of the problems I personally have with Asha is that she asks Magnifico to return ALL the ungranted wishes and gets angry/upset when he refuses. But yet, at the first opportunity she had to do that herself (which is what she kinda wished to do) she only asks Star to free her Saba's and mother's wishes. She only thinks about freeing the other wishes when Magnifico gets corrupted by the evil book and begins to destroy them. So, why couldn't she and Star free all the wishes when they broke into the Wish Chamber? Why did she say she was only going back for her mother's at her house and not all of them now she knows she can free them? She even says that Star won't go back to the sky until all the wishes are free so why didn't she do it in the first place?? She had all that time Star was looking for the two wishes she specifically wanted, to free them all. So why didn't she?

[misstictart]

What are Bob and Claryce's favorite kinds of kisses? :]

Oh boy I'll try to make this short because. I drew way too many doodles for this ask. Anyway. Thank you for your ask, it was a fun way to get out of my artblock! ♥

Surprisingly, both aren't huge French kiss aficionados! While they sometimes indulge themselves during intimate moments (or when they really missed each other after Bob spent a long time in prison, for example), you'll more often see them opt for softer, shorter lip kisses. More tender, less messy, especially in public - unless they want to bother their surroundings in purpose, but that'll be for another post. (I told you I drew too many doodles for this ask djklqjdlkjd) Recieving kisses: - Claryce is always weak for Bob's hand kissing (what a gentleman! 🤭) and her days can't go wrong when they start with her waking up to his morning kisses. :3c - Bob knows he's up for a good time whenever Claryce gets in a cuddly mood; she's quite the clingy type and will sometimes slowly lean against him, hold him close then give him a small kiss, then two, then three... until she starts peppering him with kisses. It later turned into a playful habit during which he'll try to keep on a straight face so she keeps going, but eventually he can't help but crack a smile. He adores this kind of attention. Giving kisses: - Claryce adores peppering him with kisses as mentioned above; but also she loves to call for his attention before gently cupping his face to plant a kiss on his lips. Being shorter than him, she needs to be on tip toes so she can properly reach his face (and she insists for Bob not to lean over), but eventually he'll always accompany her movement so she doesn't strain herself - either by placing his hands on her hips or, in some occasions, lift her up. This girl wants to climb him like the palm tree he is - Bob's biggest pride is whenever he can surprise her (he loves to impress), so he'll always wait for her to be distracted before kissing her; for him to see her eyes brightening up as she looks up to him with the softest smile... Yep. It's always a delight to him - a reminder that she loves him unconditionally - brushing his ego of course; but he'd lie if he said he didn't like to spoil her this way.

Now that this is said; allow me to illustrate this with a few doodles I've drawn for the occasion! I hope you'll enjoy them - I usually don't like to spam these kind of scenes because I end up getting self conscious, but fuck this, now's the perfect time to do so with this ask, so... here goes!

Anyway. As you could tell, I love them lots. ♥