#and there's like. a block you can use and it shows the layout of your town. kind of like a merge of roamers‚ mca‚ and minecolonies

[spaciebabie]

wish there was a mod like minecraft comes alive but more sims-y where i basically help manage a village and make sure the inhabitants are happy + have all their needs filled

[kxsagi]

LMAO I JUST VISITED NEW YORK AND HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE BUT THERE WAS A BIG FUCKING RAT THAT SCARED TS OUT OF ME💔 Was wondering how it would be for the bllck boys and reader if they visited new york for the first time as it ain't for the weak

“𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟”

a/n: never went to nyc before, but i’ve seen enough vlogs to know what it’s like

still wanna go there and live my city girl life though 🥰 (even if i'll always prefer tokyo)

ft. isagi yoichi, itoshi rin, itoshi sae, bachira meguru, nagi seishiro, mikage reo, kaiser michael

isagi yoichi

you land in JFK and isagi’s like a golden retriever let off a leash. “it’s just like the movies,” he says, eyes sparkling. he takes photos of the skyline, the pigeons, the trash can. 

within ten minutes he gets his foot trapped in a subway turnstile because he didn’t swipe fast enough. 

“baby… baby, i’m stuck.” 

you’re already dead laughing as new yorkers trample past you like war just broke out. 

isagi tries to thank someone who held a door open and gets hit with a “fuck off” so hard he physically recoils. 

“why is everyone yelling? did i offend them?” 

he says sorry when someone steps on his foot. 

he wants to be brave, he really does. but then the rat shows up. 

not just a rat. a large, wet, half-eaten pizza-dragging city gremlin who stops, looks at isagi, and hisses. 

isagi SCREAMS. like full chest, jumps into your arms, screaming. 

“BABY. TAKE THE PICTURE. TAKE THE PICTURE OF THE RAT SO WE NEVER COME BACK.” 

but then you get him a halal chicken over rice platter and he eats it like it’s his first meal after battle. 

“okay, maybe new york isn’t so bad.” 

(he posts a story of the skyline with 🗽💙 and everyone thinks he’s thriving. no one knows he almost cried on the Q train.) 

itoshi rin

lands, looks around, and immediately mutters “overrated.” 

the cab driver says “welcome to new york” and rin gives him a blank stare like he said a slur. 

you take him to times square and he just stands there, unblinking, like a soldier during war. 

“is this supposed to be… fun?” 

a man in a spider-man suit tries to hug you and rin blocks it with his body. 

“don’t touch her.” 

you thought he'd hate rats, but when one scurries across the sidewalk, he doesn’t flinch. he stares it down. 

you swear you saw the rat flinch first. 

refuses to use google maps. walks in the wrong direction for twenty minutes, then blames the city’s layout. 

eats a dollar slice of pizza and goes “i could make this better.” 

does not say thank you to anyone. does not hold doors. does not care. 

but he’ll still hand you his jacket when the wind picks up and wipe sauce off your cheek with his thumb. 

“i don’t like it here. but i like you. so i’ll deal with it.” 

itoshi sae

lands in private terminal. 

no, really. this man takes a private jet to la guardia. 

wears sunglasses at night. asks the bellhop if they have imported water. 

glares at you when you suggest the subway. “you think i’m touching something that 400 people sweat on daily?” 

takes a black car everywhere. scoffs at traffic like it’s beneath him. 

you drag him into a bodega and he looks personally insulted by the smell of bacon egg and cheese. 

“this sandwich looks like a violation of health codes.” 

then he takes one bite. then another. then eats the whole thing and throws a $100 bill at the cashier. 

gets chased by a man selling knockoff watches. “SIR, GUCCI! GUCCI FOR CHEAP!” 

“do i look like i wear fake gucci?” 

a pigeon tries to land near him in central park and he deadass glares at it for a solid minute. 

later, you find him quietly photographing you by the skyline while you laugh. he looks at it like it’s art. 

“maybe it’s not the worst place. with the right view.” 

bachira meguru

he treats new york like a playground. swings on subway poles like they’re monkey bars. 

high-fives a man dressed as batman. compliments a breakdancer. raps with a guy in union square. 

sees a rat. CHARGES AFTER IT. 

“THAT’S MASTER SPLINTER!” 

you have to tackle him before he follows the rat down the tracks. 

eats everything. pretzel? yep. hot dog? two. mystery meat skewer from a cart with questionable hygiene? still yes. 

buys you both matching “I ❤️ NY” shirts and takes selfies with a selfie stick. 

when someone catcalls you, bachira turns, smiles, and yells, “THANKS BRO SHE’S MINE THOUGH!!” 

gets invited to a random rooftop party. takes you. ends up freestyling with a DJ named slicebread. 

“i think i’m gonna be mayor.” 

wakes up the next day spooning a traffic cone. doesn’t question it. 

nagi seishiro

jetlag hits. he sleeps through the flight, customs, and taxi ride. 

you’re literally carrying him into the hotel. 

looks around the city once and goes “too many steps.” 

gets stopped by a tourist asking for directions and says “no english.” 

he can speak it. he just doesn’t want to talk. 

eats a street dog and stains his hoodie. doesn’t notice. 

tries to sit on a sculpture in central park and gets yelled at by a cop. 

“didn’t know art had rules.” 

almost dies jaywalking because he’s too busy playing games on his phone to see the taxi speeding toward him. 

you scream, yank him back, and he just goes, “huh. close one.” 

sees the rat. nods at it like “i respect you.” 

buys you a pretzel. says “this city’s kinda nice when i don’t have to walk.” 

mikage reo

most delusional tourist. 

“we’re gonna hit soho, dumbo, greenwich, then rooftop dinner with skyline views!” 

wears designer shoes with zero arch support. regrets it in three blocks. 

every time you turn around he’s buying something off a street vendor. 

“don’t worry, it’s authentic. the guy said it’s real yves saint laurent.” 

(you watched the man peel the YSL sticker off a water bottle ten seconds ago.) 

sees a rat and straight up SCREAMS. jumps into your arms like a victorian maiden. 

“BABE, I SAW ITS TEETH.” 

tries to be romantic on brooklyn bridge, but slips on gum and nearly sprains his ankle. 

insists on carrying you in central park, then gets winded 30 seconds in. 

“this city needs more elevators.” 

still buys a “just married in NYC” shirt for you both even though you’re not married. 

posts a full photo dump. caption: “she’s the skyline to my heart 🗽💜” 

kaiser michael

says “i run this city” the second he gets off the plane. 

aggressively flirts with the TSA agent. gets flagged for a pat-down. still smirking. 

“they can’t resist the charm.” 

rips his shirt off in central park. flexes. takes selfies. 

when someone bumps into you in soho, he dropskick levels of angry. 

“did he just brush your shoulder? are we fighting? i think we’re fighting.” 

beefs with the pigeons. at one point, it’s just him and a pigeon locked in an intense staring contest for 45 seconds. 

when he loses, he says, “next round.” 

tries to climb a street sign. yells “LONG LIVE THE KING OF NEW YORK” before slipping and getting a parking ticket somehow. 

ends the night in a rooftop bar, leaning into your ear like, “this city’s wild. but not as wild as how i feel about you.” 

you roll your eyes. but you’re laughing. 

© 𝐤𝐱𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢

[mistercrowbar]

What advice would you give to someone who wants to start draw comics?

Read comics. Try to absorb the layouts and lettering - there’s so many ways to tackle it! Also even in published comics you’ll see that the art is messy and scrungly and you can take that as permission to be messy and scrungly too.

Comics are about efficiency and Good Enough. If you try to make each panel a masterpiece you’ll be there forever. Reasons why I mostly do simple pencil comics.

Start small. Do a scene or gag comic at a time. Get a feel for the medium and all the steps you have. If there’s a step you hate, find a way to emphasize the steps you love. EG I hate laying down flat colours but love shading, so I make my page form comics painterly greyscale with a gradient map to spruce them up.

Thumbnail!!!!! Figure out your page or panel layout before you start pencils. It can just be chicken scratch and sticken figures but it will help make sure there’s a clean line of action carrying the viewer from panel to panel and that your lettering fits.

don’t skimp on lettering. you can have beautiful artwork but if your dialogue is time new roman on half transparent ellipses or somehow unreadable it’s gonna drag everything else down. Blambot is a great source for free and affordable comic fonts and even has guides from an industry pro.

There are a huge bajillion elements to making comics but once you’ve made like, literally 100 pages you’ll start just intrinsically knowing things like the 180 rule, how to place a speech bubble when the first speaker is on the right, and that you can draw one nice background and then have gradient colour blocks carry you through most of the page/scene. And then you’ll still keep learning. Always learning!

LOTS of example stuff under the cut, mostly for lettering and layouts:

thumbnails vs finished page. The detail is just enough to remind me who goes where. You can see I mostly played with the last part of the scene, going from three panels in one row to making each panel an entire row across three rows. Panels on the same row have less “time” between them as the eyes skips from one to the other faster, whereas there’s a little more gap skipping back to a new row (think resetting a line on a typewriter). Here, the first thumbnail may have fit the artwork more neatly, but I wanted to give Astarion more time to deliberate his decision.

You can also see that I changed the top panel from a close up on Aldiirn to a wider shot showing both. This sets the scene, and the rest of it uses simple/abstract backgrounds until the final panel, which makes a nice bookend while making the overall load easier. One good environment panel will carry you for a while, but don't leave your characters in the void for too long.

Make a script before you start layouts but don’t be shocked if you need to cut things out to have them fit a page. Less is more, generally. This also goes for visual elements - what's most important to the scene? What's just extraneous detail you find fun but is creating clutter?

For the 4-panel comics I don’t put time into thumbnails unless it’s a difficult panel, but I always put the lettering and speech bubbles down first so they have enough room and nothing important gets covered. If you do this much you’re a step ahead imo.

This one I’m working on now and there’s a lot going on with four characters speaking to each other! It’s important to keep a clear line going for the dialogue. Astarion’s first line has the top left corner and clearly starts the conversation. The tail of the bubble carries over to where he whispers to Aldiirn, and we pick up Aldiirn’s lines. The rock wall on the right then draws the eye down to Shadowheart and Gale’s bubble at the bottom. I don’t think the tails on the bottom bubbles are 100% ideal, but it’s Good Enough.

There’s also slightly different points in time going on in this panel, because the art is static but it’s a long convo going on. Gale’s signature finger isn’t in response to Astarion whispering, but to his answer to Aldiirn that comes after. Think of how time works in your panels, especially when you got a big one because size = time.

You can use all sorts of things to direct the eye across a comic page, but I find the strongest things are the bubbles & tails and where characters are looking. Here, Gale’s “stop by” line breaks the panel line to help draw the viewer to him in the last panel, since otherwise the eye was likely to end up at Aldiirn.

I generally like bubbles to be tucked into their panels, either fully inside or up at the edges like “my condolences.” It looks neater than when bubbles are willy nilly over the edges which I see as a sign of poor planning. And! it means when you do break panel lines it can be more meaningful.

the 180 rule is a film/stage thing for composition to avoid confusing the audience, but the simplest way to put it is: if a character is on the left side of the scene, they should stay there until the action or whatever moves them. You can see here that Aldiirn is always on the right facing left, even when the camera is a bit behind him or a bit behind Gale. the 180 line is the front of Aldiirn’s tent, and the camera never crosses it in a way that would put Gale on the right.

I find it distracting when a conversation is happening in comic and a character breaks the 180 for no particular reason, though are times I’ve done it because a panel worked much better that way. The book Framed Ink has some great guides on composition and how to change the 180 line.

You can also see in the above comic that it’s arranged so that Gale’s always the first speaker in the panels he appears so there’s no criss cross bubble tails. Buuuut what if the first speaker is unavoidably on the right?

Stack the speech bubbles. You want the first speech bubble CLEARLY and undeniably the closest to the top left corner and then other speakers can go below.

the middle example above also has some examples of playing with the speech bubbles. Wyll’s “square-y round-y” bubble is the standard, the boxy ellipse. The tail has a slight, lanquid curve. He;s comfortable teasing the poor vampire. Aldiirn’s bubble is pointy! the tail straight! with urgency! And Astarion’s bubble and tail are burbling and grumbling through gritted teeth and pain. Varsh Ko’kuu, even though he’s speaking with a standard shaped bubble, has a sharp point in the tail that speaks to his assertiveness in protecting the egg. And Shadowheart has some hesitation with that wiggly tail.

Either hand drawing or using vector shapes for bubbles is fine, but I recommend staying away from true ellipses because they look static. Square-y round-y is where it’s at. Just make sure there’s enough space between text and edge of the bubble, usually enough to fit a capital H or W, but you can play with that spacing too.

The second panel here breaks the “first bubble goes top-left corner” rule, so it’s ambiguous if Gale or Aldiirn speaks first. However! In this case everyone is giving their responses in a jumble to Rath, so order matters less. I’m pretty sure every rule I’ve mentioned has a time and place to break it, but it’s still important to learn the basics first.

Key thing about comics typefaces: the capital I will have bars and the lower case will not. The barred I is used for I, as in, “I am not inclined to share” where the unbarred is used everywhere else.

When choosing a font, I recommend grabbing one that has Regular, Italic, and Bold/Bold Italic typefaces. I use Milk Moustache for my 4-panel comics because it’s very casual and similar weight to my own handwriting, but it doesn’t have an italic typeface and that drives me nuts sometimes. For the most flexibility, choose a font that has lower case AND uppercase type faces. I stick to upper case 90% of the time but lower case adds more options, like Aldiirn’s “really?” being so small due to his stressed state.

There are some official guides on what should be bold or italic in dialogues but they don’t matter as much unless you’re working for a big publisher with a style standard. Italics for thinking and whispering are common. I go with my gut, like Astarion’s speech is so dramatic I use italics and bold liberally, whereas for most others I may or may not just choose a key word to bold.

I think some programs will let you make text to fit a bubble instead of a square box, but tbh I just spend a lot of time manually making the text fit nicely in that bubble shape.

[ohno-the-sun]

Oh uh forgot to ask in the previous ask (the one with the digital piece of candy and scurrying and stuff)

How do you draw art so good

Like

Is there a method you use or is that just the style you've gotten over time?

you've activated my trap card

I'm just gonna preface that this tutorial is from someone who was not professionally trained and didn't have a lot of free time for art, so a lot of the tips I have is short cuts I use to get the best results quickly

If you genuinely want to get better at art then please look at references and practice that is always the best

However if you are like me and only really do art for fun but want to go faster then these are for you pfppt

Overall I'd say my style is influenced by speedpaints I would watch when I was younger, I like analyzing how people do things and what makes something look "good" to me

I always recommend watching them because they will often have techniques you've never seen before or do things a certain way that you can try out yourself

I consume good art, it feeds me

but seriously it can be super helpful when developing your own methodology, or just generally trying something new

Usually it starts with me pulling some references from artists I really admire and sort of sketching out how they do the things I like

For example 8um8le has like super good anatomy and poses so I focused on trying to replicate how they do that

venemous-qwille is super good at color and pulling focus so that's what I focused on in my study of them

In general I'd say my process is sketch -> silhouette -> color -> shading -> render

I really don't like doing lineart lol

I'd say for the sketch the most important part is using references and just kind of fudging it until it looks correct anatomically/physically

General rule of thumb is spend time on areas of interest, and keep non important areas light (like the stitching on his pants)

I don't do lineart because I think its unnecessary for most paintings I do

I naturally tend to put more time and focus on areas of interest (like hands and feet) and if you use a brush with opacity for the sketch, those areas are naturally going to be darker in the final sketch

Of course this is gonna be different for everyone but it's what works for me

Sometimes I do a really really sketchy layer underneath my sketch/lineart, just so I know where everything is going

Use thumbnails! They are great to help figure out the general layout of things and what pose I wanna do

Next is what I call the "silhouette" layer

This is super important for me cause it helps me refine the figure and make sure the pose/anatomy looks correct, also depending on what color I choose for the silhouette helps guide what colors I'm going to use on top

This piece is a good example of how it works. The silhouette shows me how the figure interacts with the background, how the pose looks and if its any good

The silhouette layer doesn't have to be super clean, as long as it follows the sketch decently well and shows where the figure is then its fine

I also sometimes make the silhouette layer multiple colors to help guide shading and vibe

Next is the coloring layer. I usually make this a clipping layer on top of the silhouette layer, or I change the silhouette layer to alpha lock, either way it saves me time on coloring everything in

Sometimes I am super rough with the coloring too, using like an airbrush or my fav watercolor brush just to generically block in color where I want it

Works out cause most objects have like a bounce light to them from surrounding objects, so this is sort of a cheat I use to get that effect without all the work lol

Also don't be afraid to have the lower silhouette layer shining through, having multiple colors sort of subtly shining through the piece helps lots

Next is the shading layer, this is usually another clipping layer, usually set to "multiply"

The colors I pick here is usually within this range, any color works, just depends on the piece and vibes.

Since this piece is set in a sunset forest I choose a more desaturated orange for the shading layer

I know there's a whole thing about multiply layer being a crutch (and it kind of it) but it is a useful tool when you just want some darker values across the piece but don't want to go through the process of color picking every single darker shade

Also in my opinion it looks better than picking a darker color and setting it to a lower opacity, idk I just think the color has more "depth"

Next is the hardest to explain, sort of the vibes layer

Usually its just a layer of more concentrated color on top of the normal color and I fudge with the settings and values until I get a result I like

Next is the longest step, is the "extra" or the render stage.

Usually I add a background before this step so that if I need to merge the figure better with the background I can

If I render with a white background but he's supposed to be in a dark forest, its going to mess with the lighting severely

Also this is when I add more "vibe" layers on top to get the figure to match the background better

Backgrounds in general I recommend checking out @/derekdomnicdsouza on instagram he's got lots of great tutorials for breaking down backgrounds simply

I'd say general rule for the rendering layer is to focus on the areas of interest and spend less time on areas you don't care about

I even blur stuff out on the edges I don't want people to see, partially to save time on fixing mistakes in areas I dont care about (oop), but mainly to help draw the eye to the areas I do want people to focus on

Theoretically parts of the background should like mesh with the characters, parrallel lines are a no no unless they are directing a viewer to look somewhere, things that are perpendicular help bring things together

tbh I'm still not the best at layout and probably need more practice, but overall this is what I like doing

Overall this is what my layer set up ends up being

Sort of a sandwich with the lineart/sketch as the "meat" lol

Color and basic shading below the sketch, clean-up and rendering on top

I like this method cause it's super flexible if I ever want to try something different or try to replicate someone's style

I can make each step less or more messy depending on the end result and can add a lineart layer if need be. Also if there's a part that is straight up not working or needs to be removed its super easy to do cause I can just paint over it on the "extras" layer, color picking from the surrounding area to get the same vibe

Generally rule of thumb for my style is: get the initial layout of colors, form and shading to look good, then the rendering should be smooth sailing

Really the best advice I can give to get better at art is to enjoy what you're doing and become very very obsessed with drawing a silly little guy

You'll eventually get very good at drawing them pfptpf

[atlantahammy]

Right, given @somerandomdudelmao request for clip brushes, and me being at work, y'all about to get one hell a scrappy resource post for clip studio, also Clip can import ABR files, which are photoshop brush files:

Free stuff:

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1930804 - Show style Ink Pen Mimic.

https://tamberella.gumroad.com/l/YLfEvh - City themed brushes, ie: windows, bricks

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fqEHk1LxtrQNbreu-AIO82QbwLJv4Rxw/view - Sooo someone attempted to re-create the block blender used in ROTTMNT had it on the clip store, but, like, cause they linked to the twitter I believe it got taken down, I thiiink this is the base version I have because I've been attempting to make it better. (Can drsg and drop this into your clip brushes or import it from the menu)

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1989496 - Body types of the boys as 3D Modles

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1762185 - Traffic lines

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1793198 - Bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1890997 - More Bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1922029 -Even more bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1726896 - can you tell I had trouble with bricks?

https://ruunin.gumroad.com/l/wuPpz?layout=profile&recommended_by=library - Yet more bricks

https://tamberella.gumroad.com/l/OXJRt?l - books

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1788819 - simple graffiti brush

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=2017520 - Stars that are similar to the effect stars

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1803788 - Chains

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1996420 - more chains

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1826539 - Highlights for hair I use.

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1938479 - Comic panel pens that I think go well with the mimic pen.

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1920392 - Ruined Building brushes

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1851086 - Street lamps

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1989018 - Windows

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=2013894 - more windows

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1993252 - Spray paint + 3d models!

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=2010437 - halftones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=2009279 - more halftones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1997395 - glitch brushes

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1998092 - scales

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1881515 Spray paint

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1702179 - electric poles

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1749838 - easy speed lines

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1948104 - pen I use to edit cass's comics (I'm sure you've noticed added limes or hatching)

https://porforever.gumroad.com/l/edags - metal textures, some post apocalyptic based brushes.

Needs Clippy/Gold:

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1997417 - Spray Paint.

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1673277 - Bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1776544 - More bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1983742 - Even more bricks

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1942640 - More bricks + wood

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=2010200 - Half Tones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1806325 - more half tones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1808513 - Even more Halftones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1772102 - lots of half tones

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1835699 - Caution Tape

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1820838 - Keep out Tape

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1822998 -Ruined Windows

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1950280 - Steel beams

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1977378 - Chains in motion

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1982838 - Rust

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1701296 - more rust

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1740528 - electric poles

Needs Real Money:

https://saturnsday.gumroad.com/l/scalebrushes?layout=profile&recommended_by=library - Scales

https://jasonpiperberg.gumroad.com/l/HcXtB?layout=profile&recommended_by=library - Half tones, and a nice halftone blender.

https://delta9.gumroad.com/l/MxjHz?layout=profile&recommended_by=library - More Half tones.

https://porforever.gumroad.com/l/ksemc?layout=profile - buildings, windows, etc

[witchygagirlwrites]

How Dare You-Part 3

Jay Halstead x Reader (nicknamed Deuce/surnamed Barlowe no first name used)

Once the first mission is over successfully, you make it clear to Jay that you two are nothing to each other off the field. Will he hold to that? Your team stands strong to your side regardless and aren't going anywhere.

Warnings: Violence, use of explosives, killings, drugs, gun violence, I think that's it?

You were standing, looking over the layout of the house. You’d managed to get your hands on blueprints from about five years ago when the city had forced a renovation of the house, thanks to Roxie. Next to it you had an aerial view map laid out to try to plan how the fuck you were supposed to get your people in without getting slaughtered before you made it to the front door.

The La Mano de Sangre owned the entire damn neighborhood. A solid ten block radius around the stash house was their eyes and ears. You wouldn’t be able to have a hummingbird land on a windowsill without them knowing.   “What ya thinking?” Marcel asked and you scrubbed a hand down your face “I’m thinking we need to get their eyes somewhere else. Set off timed charges here” you pointed to an area of the map “And here” then pointed to another area of the map. 

“Draw 'em out and take' em down?” he asked and you nodded “Exactly. Remember that time in Moscow? When we had to play by the locals' rules and it turned out they had pretty decent ideas?” he grinned “Yeah I remember”  You turned to face him “Talk to Morrison, he’s the explosives expert on Halstead’s Squadron” he nodded, started to walk out then stopped. You raised an eyebrow “Something wrong Cel?” he shook his head “Are you sure you’re up to using explosives electively?” you smiled slightly, thankful for having people who cared enough to ask. “I’m good Everson, really”

“Ok Deuce, I’ll go find Morrison and see what he can get his hands on as far as timed charges go” you nodded and he walked out of the room.  

You were spending so much time between your office and the base, they’d issued temporary ids to you, Marcel, Travis and Samantha just to make coming and going easier and it’d only been about a week. This would be the first mission of the op. Your stomach was knotted up.  It would be fine, you had three highly trained agents at your back and no matter how badly he’d ripped you apart Jay was competent when it came to shit like this. That much you could trust and you’d ran his team. They were all solid choices, they could hold their own in the field. If this was pulled off without a hitch it would hopefully be the first domino falling. That’s what you needed, that first little push to actually hit the ground running. That would calm your nerves and push Jay’s presence to the back of your mind. 

“Deuce” you heard Travis’ voice as he walked into the conference room that Nolan had basically given you the run of. You looked over your shoulder at him and smiled slightly. “Hey, did you talk to him about the fact that you’ll be with him?” he nodded “Yeah, he didn’t seem too happy about it but I reminded him that his squadron is second tier to our team and that you’re SSA. Your call goes and that I support your call one hundred percent” 

“Thank you, I know I’ve got to woman up and face him but I want to get this first one under our belt successfully first” why you felt the need to explain yourself to Travis of all people you had no idea. He walked up next to you, looking over the map before he said “You don’t owe him anything. What did he expect? You to run into his arms after what he did?”

You laughed despite yourself “Hell, I don’t even know why he resigned from CPD. I’ve looked over his record, I got Mouse to do a deep dive with Voight. He got someone else to call of course, he was on track to take over intelligence. What the fuck is he even doing here?”

“Show him how you run shit, show him you do this better than anyone. Show him why the army trusted you to step in and have a team at your back” Travis offered and you nodded and held out your fist, he bumped it with his own before you said “Line ‘em up?” he grinned “And knock “em down”

“Halstead, you’re with Bailey” you spoke, forcing yourself to maintain eye contact with Jay considering all of you were prepping to go into this raid. Your team would be waiting at one ambush point, Travis’ team at the other. Jay raised an eyebrow, mainly because that was the first time you’d spoken directly to him since the team was introduced but just said  “Take Davidson with you” you were thankful he didn’t argue or push it.

The forces were divided. Your team consisted of yourself, Marcel and six soldiers. Travis’ team consisted of him, Jay, Samantha and six other soldiers. After the timed charges were detonated you would either take out or incapacitate the guards. You would meet in the middle and move together into the stash house. Morrison had equipped you, Travis, Jay and Davidson with stun grenades as well as a couple other toys you’d brought in your bag of goodies from the fed supplied treats.

“Move smart, if you get in a tight spot let it be known and just push forward do not let them get you cornered. Do not go into any place that has not been cleared by the dogs” you ordered, looking around at the group. They all nodded. “Move out and everyone make it back” “Yes ma’am” was repeated around the room.

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You stood next to Davidson, your com in to let you know when Travis and Jay were in place. “Trav, you set?” “Waiting on you” you nodded to Davidson “Hit it”

The moment you gave the order both charges went off and within moments you could hear hollering, men’s voices and the clear sounds of vehicles being loaded up to respond “Alright boys and girl, here comes the fun” this was what cleared your head, clarity in the chaos. The cars got closer and you whistled to Marcel, he whistled back and the soldiers got into place. The cartel wanted to see a fucking ambush, they’d get a damn ambush.

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After incapacitating what guards you could and securing them to ensure they weren’t going anywhere, you moved the bodies of the others to ensure they weren’t found before pushing forward. You hit your com “Trav, talk to me”  “Pushing into the stash house, what about you?” “Heading your way” “Meet you in the middle”

The soldiers fell in step with you and Marcel, half took the west side of the street behind you, half took the east behind him. Franklin, the handler was right on your heels with Rex. A German Shepard. You felt Rex nudge at your leg at every corner. Franklin had told you that meant he didn’t smell anything out of the ordinary when he did that.

You slid around the corner and spotted Travis leading one team along with Jay leading the other. You held up a hand to halt the teams behind you then motioned for them to circle up “Half of you follow me to Bailey, other half follow Davidson to Halstead. We move as one on the stash house. When we get to it, my team will take the front, Halstead’s team will take the back. Are we clear?” they all nodded then moved.

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When you got to the stash house you nodded to Jay and motioned for him to turn his com on. He clicked it and you hit your own “You copy?” “Copy” he led his team around the back as you got your team in position. “Hit it” 

The knocker and the dogs went in first. Then the rest of you went in. You took out one man as he was aiming for Young, the other dog's handler. She nodded to you as the house was moved through, being cleared room by room. You were zip tying offenders as you went and had them lying throughout the house, some were laying face to face with their dead buddies but not like their dead buddies had cared about trying to kill any of you.

“Headcount” you called out and Travis called back “All accounted for” Davidson cut his eyes at you “Your squad and my team” he nodded “Oh” you saw Jay look your way at that. You weren’t trying to talk to him. “Ok, Someone wanna get the humvees so we can start stacking these assholes up and roll out?” you asked and Travis laughed “That’s her talk for good job”

You were back at the base, finishing up the reports on the op. Nolan walked in “Good reports Barlowe” you looked up “Thank you” he nodded “So, are you still pissed?” you nodded “Oh I’d strangle you bare handed if I was given a chance” he laughed “Remind me to not piss you off when we’re away from the base or your office” you grinned “Oh, of course”

He leaned against the doorframe, despite the fact that it was his own office you’d taken over “Have you spoken to him? Since he is leading the squad and you’re the Agent over this whole damn thing?” “Enough” you replied, signing the bottom of the report and shoved it into his hand “Have a good evening Johnny” “You too”

You shoved past him and stepped out into the hallway. Samantha, Marcel and Travis would be waiting on you in the conference room.  Considering you lived with Samatha and Roxie, all of you just drove the twenty minute commute to the base together most days.

You walked around a corner and slammed into a hard chest, cursing as you dropped your belongings. “Son of a bitch” you hadn’t even looked to see who you’d ran into. You were tired, starving and wanted some sleep. It wasn’t until you squatted down and Jay squatted in front of you that you realized your mistake “Sorry about that, I wasn’t watching where I was going” he spoke, voice low.

He reached to help you gather what you’d dropped and you shook your head “No need Halstead. Continue on your way. I got this” “We worked well together in the field” he tried and you nodded “That’s in the field, when the lives of your soldiers and my team hang in the balance. I won’t risk any lives, no matter who I have to work with”

He moved back as you grabbed your stuff and stood up straight. When you managed to meet his eyes you were proud of yourself. “We have to face each other. We have to work together. Beyond missions, we owe nothing to each other. We are nothing to each other”

“Deuce!” you heard Samantha’s voice and felt your shoulders loosen. She walked up behind Jay and purposely slid between you and him “C’mon. Roxie called, she’s making stuffed mushrooms. Your favorite” 

She slipped her arm through yours and the two of you quickly walked away, leaving Jay standing in the hallway.  

Part 4

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[teagballs]

how about dennis taking care of a sick reader? maybe the reader's got a cold or a migraine or a broken leg or something.

or vice versa! dennis would be truly insufferable if he were sick or had a migraine.

sick days

a/n: hihihi love this idea so much oh my god. i hope i did it justice 🤞 dennis would be the WORST

experimenting with a new layout AND doing imagines/headcanons today !! woo !! lmk how u guys feel abt it. reblogs appreciated greatly. love ya

word count and formatting: 758 words, imagine format, lowercase

fic under the cut

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when you're sick:

- dennis isn't entirely sure how to act when you tell him you're sick.

- as your boyfriend, he knows he should be concerned and doting and attentive. but as dennis reynolds? he doesn't want to get sick too, ew.

- you know him, you know he won't want to be infected by your disgusting horrible disease (a common cold), but you are bedridden and ask him to pick up a few things for you.

- and he can at least do that for you. he makes his way to your apartment, a plastic bag stocked with pills and soup in hand. but when he swings open the door, he crumbles, finding you curled up on your sofa.

- you tell him to go home and to not get sick but suddenly he's a nurse and he's tying back your hair and pushing the strands that stick to your sweat coated forehead out of your pretty face and cooing about how gross you look.

"you should've called me if you were this bad. this feels like neglect." he says as he turns off whatever stupid reality tv show you were dazedly watching and raises his cold, cold hand to your scalding forehead. you hum at the sensation. "you look like you're near death. did you eat? of course you didn't." he talks to himself, blocking out any protests you might have.

- he'd rummage through your cupboards until he'd find a suitable bowl to microwave the soup in. you'd watch in dazed amazement, still ensure if this was some sort of sickness inflicted hallucination.

- you knew he'd feed the goddamn broth to you if you didn't take the spoon from him.

- he rambles about how your sickness is a result of "not having enough vitamins in your system" and you "need to take care of yourself" and how tomorrow he'll bring down some of the supplements he has to fight the cold.

- you try to tell him that it is only a cold and it would disappear in a couple of days, but he only argues back about how he didn't want to get himself or anyone else infected.

- but truly, he hated to see you suffering. it broke his heart when he heard your nasal-ly tone or when you'd shiver from being too cold. and frankly, he'd do anything to ensure this never happened again. even if that meant force feeding you omega 3 supplements.

when he's sick:

- dennis being sick is hell. whiny, lazy, sniffling hell. he would be denying the fact he is sick - not wanting to appear weak, of course - while also begging for you to come help him.

- unlike when you're sick, he'd immediately call you complaining about how he'd caught something, how he felt like he was dying, and how he needed you to come nurse him back to health.

- used to his theatrics by now and also feeling a little guilty hearing his stuffy pathetic tone on the phone, you make your way to his apartment.

- mac had long evacuated the apartment. now that you were in the picture? his days of dealing with sick dennis were over, good luck to you.

"what the hell took so long?" dennis groaned from his bedroom. you walk in and gesture to your tote bag of supplies.

"i don't get sick, ever. i'm perfectly well," then after a moment of silence, "i think it's something like the flu or pneumonia," dennis coughs.

"i think you just have a cold baby," you say blankly. he tuts.

- he whines when you get up to leave. he whines at you to get stuff when you stay. he whines.

- in fact, all he has done is whine. he has made zero effort to get pills for his raging headache, possibly still in denial he was sick. so you grab him a small glass of water and set the painkillers in his lap.

- he would be so slow and dramatic. just staring at the glass before him.

"i'm not helping you drink the water, dennis," "no, i know, just give me a second."

- he eventually takes the tablets, groaning when the taste lingers on his tongue.

- he's even clingy when he's sick, not wanting you to leave again. he'll claim you have to stay over and watch him in case something horrible happens while he's sleeping.

- you make yourself comfortable by his side, stroking his leg over the duvet to lull his to sleep. you have to keep up the petting motion in one hand while the other scrolls on your phone as you wait for him to wake up and start yapping again.

[moons-of-dewclan]

could I ask how you draw the comic bubbles? Maybe a Speedpaint please? They’re very unique looking and I want to make my own comics. Also is it okay if I ask how do you draw that line less style? It’s very cute and I’m looking to convert my art to something more simpler so it’s less time consuming. I saw your tutorial on this before but I still don’t get it. How do you get the shapes to look anatomy correctly? Like when it comes to muzzles and bodies? That always seems to be something I struggle with. Sorry for the long questions I’m just very inspired. I haven’t drawn in a while and this gives me new ideas and such. I’m also sorta new to art so I want to find out how to do this because it seems like it will work best with what I want!

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UHAAAA do you mean the speech bubbles or the panels? either way, speech bubbles are just a blob and then i erase around it to make a better shape!

ANNND the panels are made with https://ittaimanero.gumroad.com/l/UltimateComicToolkit?layout=profile THIS LOVELY SET. (idk why i don't use the speech bubbles. just the.. panels. but yknow) i got it on a hefty sale a long while ago. makes cutting the panels out very easy

i'm sure there are free alternatives if you search around, too! then i just cut out random shapes out of the panels with the same tool to give the panels a fancy shmancy, yknowmsayin

LINELESS STYLE.. AAA i'm not sure how to explain past the tutorial, sorry! i'm not sure how else i could show how i do that outside of the speedpaint and step-by-step :(

anatomy is a whole different beast and not much to do with the style! the only way you can get anatomy to look correct or recognizable as the species you're trying to draw is to study it and actually know what you're drawing / how to draw it! studies and reference are the only answers. past that there aren't really any tips it is the old tale of 'study and practice'. i've been at the art thing for many years and literally just drawing over and over is the only way i've ever improved LASKDNLKASD BUT! there are definitely methods you'll have to find out on your own, that make learning easier and more fun. some tutorials don't help me at all bc they don't teach in a way i learn well from. others, BLAM, something clicks. but it's different for everyone

best i've found is, during a 'study', use simple shapes to trace some photos of real cats. block out their limbs and their bodies, and their heads and see what makes those simple shapes still translate as 'cat'! then use your studies as a reference while you freehand some stuff

things will look wrong without referencing if you don't already have an understanding what's been drawn, and EVEN THEN, they might still look wrong if you're very critical of your own art. so just keep gong for it!

[undermine-the-instinct]

BUT OH, HOW YOU BREAK ME

Prison!Vi x reader

CHAPTER TWO: HELLO SUNSHINE

Masterlist..... Read on AO3..... wc: 2K

Tags: Fem coded reader, foul language, weird uncle vibes from an Adult, Vi calls reader a bitch

“Rule One- Don’t touch my shit. Don’t touch dont look dont even breathe in the same direction of my shit. Got it?”

You peek a look to the toilet, with its murky, rank waters.

“Um….”

“Two–I don't need your help, or your company. Stay out of my way.”

“I-”

“Three-I don't like small talk. Don't talk to me even if you're dying. I dont fucking care.” She throws her towel-one of her few possessions, to her bunk after her sentence, huffing as she pulls herself up by the thin rails. Fancy.

“I'm taking top bunk. Tough luck princess.”

“I have a name,” you say. You lift your chin and your nostrils flare a bit.

"And I dont fucking care."

You make an affronted sound, a word underneath your breath, and Vi sits up to bear down at you.

"Got something to say princess?"

"Yeah. Thats not my fucking name," brave, and stupid, you dont back down.

"So cut it out with that bullshit right there." Vi fully sits up, swings her legs in front of you, where you barely dodge. She folds her hands in her lap, loosens her shoulders.

"It's either princess, bitch, or your number, so your choice, newbie."

There's a shake in your eyes, a gleam as you persist. "My name is--"

“Doesn't matter. Not here. You might get a nickname in this place, but you'll always just be a number here."

"I'm more than that."

"No, you're not. You're stuck down here with all the rest of us now. So remember your number, because that's all people’ll ever see you as.” She turns to lay back down, and looks over her shoulder to give you a glance.

“You better hope it stays that way. A pretty face can get busted up quick here.”

"Yeah? And you would know, huh?"

She has to pause, before a low laugh pulls out her teeth like a wince. A hiss. "What? Are you saying I'm pretty?"

"I'm saying you looked fucked up," You cross your arms, and it looks like a barrier put up between the two of you.

"And shouldn't there be gendered sectors here? Why is this a co-ed prison?"

"If we start making divisions starting with gender, next you'll have age and then species divisions, and then gangs, and then people start fighting, and everyone starts thinking their special," she laughs without humor. "Better to keep it as is."

"There's just...so many kids here. All ages. It's, it's crazy." And she feels her back tense again.

"That's the way it is here. So mind your business, and keep your head down. You're Benny's kid, one way or another, so don't give the old man any grief, alright?"

"So you know Uncle Benny?" You pull up till she can feel the breath of your words a second after they leave your mouth.

"Did you know him before this?"

This. This. What is this anyway.

Vi just snags her head into a tighter crook of her elbow.

“...Rule number three, princess,” she says, just as the guards shout “Lights out,” and the world goes dark.

Almost instantly, when the lights go out, so too does sound. She ignores you as you continue to stand there, before you sigh in defeat. She hears the sounds of you slipping into a hard mattress, tissue thin sheets.

It's a while later, and Vi is sure she isn't supposed to hear it, but she does. Tiny, aborted gasps, the kind where you're trying to be quiet, but you can't breathe.

Vi blinks in the quiet. It doesn't matter if her eyes are open or not, it's always been dark. But even the underground was never this suffocating.

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The tomfoolery doesn't stop though, because before she can barge out of her cell in the morning, a burly guard blocks her way.

“Hold on. You're forgetting something.” She tips her head to you, wide eyed, fixing your sheets like an overly polite guest in a hotel.

“What?”

“You gotta escort her. Warden's orders. Show her the layout, the ins and outs…keep her in one piece.” She grins at the hard set of her jaw.

“Take it up to the Warden if you have a problem.”

“Or maybe I should just shoot the messenger, here and now?” You raise your voice when the guard's grin drops.

“It's fine. I don't need an escort.”

“Didn't look that way yesterday princess.”

“Not my name. And that doesn't count because that's family-”

“You're family with Widows?” Oh, you dumb, stupid bitch. Why did you have to open your mouth? Common sense says that you keep your mouth shut, and eyes straight.

You seem to catch your mistake, the way the guard and Vi are looking at you.

“....You know I'm Zaun. No fucking clue they're family.”

“...Huh. A Piltie calling herself a Zaun. Alright.” Dumbass. The guard steps aside, and not too soon before Vi was going to push her out and catch another case.

“Remember your orders five-sixteen.”

“Leave me the fuck alone,” she mutters under her breath.

“...Are you coming or what?” Stupid, stupid, stupid. Because you stare at her dumbfounded, before finishing folding the towel you used for an extra blanket. You follow her with a hasty nod.

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“Here, you, take your problem.” She waits until Benny looks up, before she turns on her heel and storms off.

“Hey, hey hey! Don't go?” He yells after her with a hint of audacity, and she ignores him, and whatever he says to you that has you running after her.

“Hey, um, you? Unc-” Vi whirls on her heel so fast she sees the words die in your mouth with a grimace.

"Damn, I forgot, my ba-"

“Rule number four, princess-keep your mouth shut. This isn't a work office this isn't some random street or fancy theater. Connections here can kill you just as easily as they keep you alive.”

You take a step back, a frown pulling your face down.

“Benny's calling you.”

“Don't care. I don't answer to Benny.”

“Aren't you guys like, colleagues? Coworkers? I think it's worth hearing him out.”

Vi’s already turning in her heel and walking away. “No.”

“You know, you're rather bristly.”

Huh? She stops. “What's that supposed to mean?”

“Just what I said. Bristly. Like an alley cat. It'd be cute if you didn't get tired of it quick.”

“What are you getting at?” She turns and presses into your space, nose to nose. “Don't play with me.”

You don't back away, but you do shy. Vi follows. “I'm not. I'm just reciprocating a tiny bit of the energy you're giving me."

She pulls in closer, eye to eye. Your eyes flicker between her pair, before you settle and stare her down. You're actually taller than her, with more weight on your frame. Three square meals a day for years probably did you some good.

"You're a smart mouthed princess, aren't ya?"

"Better than a feral animal running around like its tail is on fire."

"The fuck? You-"

“And how are we doing today my flowers?” A booming voice, well, booms off the walls and Vi feels herself go ramrod straight.

The Warden's steps make the ground tremble, and when he walks with that fatass body of his, he takes up most of the hallway, trusty weapon always in hand. His grin is never friendly, it's sharp.

“Well? I asked a question.” He stops in front of them, and peers down at the both of them.

You wilt. “Um…Flowers?"

Oh, he laughs. HAHAHA so funny. "Well, pretty thing you are, I think yours is pretty self-explanatory. Five-sixteen here-"

"Warden--"

"Is named Violet," He continues on despite her angry protests. "Odd for such a prickly girl, right. So? How are we doing."

You look between her and the Warden, but she refuses to look at you.

"We're- doing as well as can be, sir.”

“Is that right? Well, we don't want you having a good time here, this is a prison after all,” he leans down and winks like he's telling a joke, and your face twists like you're not sure whether you think so to.

“And, you are here for a reason.” He straightens with a sigh.

“How is our resident five-sixteen treating you? You looked like you were arguing, though you don't look much worse for wear.”

“I-”

“What were you expecting sir?” Vi lifts her eyes, bright.

“Broken bones? A bloodbath?”

“Certainly a little more blood,” he peers down. “You're not known for your love of Pilties, flower. Or Zaun goons. Or anyone except that Powder you keep–”

“Sir.” She grins, tries to forewarn with her eyes but he just laughs.

“I'm still surprised you dont join the Vapers, but you are more solo than anyone else here.” He pays her head, none too gently, and she tastes blood on her tongue.

“Still, I need you to be on your best behavior for our newest member, alright flower? Pilties are fragile, so go easy on the young thing, won't ya?”

“I'm not Piltie,” you frown. And something about the way your eyes shine, like something pretty and adamant and pitiful.

"But you're a halfie."

"But I don't claim Piltover. I'm Zaun."

The Warden, he sees this too, because he laughs, again. He reaches out and pinches your cheek, shaking you side to side like a rowdy puppy. You whine in protest like one too and it sounds fucking annoyingly pathetic.

“Ha! Adorable! Really, try not to rough this one up! We'd hate to lose such a pretty one.” He lets you go, leaving your cheek red and smarting.

"I havent had to check up on you for a while, so the beds and blankets were a courtesy gift. Don't mess this one up, Five-sixteen. You might earn back some privileges again." And he turns, and he walks away.

Vi stands there, waiting and watching until his figure disappears around a corner and the world stops going blurry at the edges.

She breathes, and exhales in a sharp burst. Once, twice, until the blood stops ruching in her ears. You're still there when she opens her eyes.

"...Flower?"

Red. Red red red. “I swear to fucking--"

"Ay, he called me that too, okay? I'm just questioning." You sigh, putting your hands palm first to your forehead.

“You know what? I'm hungry. You want to eat?”

Vi stares at you. “...Breakfast is over. They don't let latecomers in.”

“They'll let me in.”

“What? Why?”

“So show me the way to the kitchens,” you nod, ignoring. “Come on. I'll get you something too.”

…What the hell are you talking about? “Listen, I don't know if you know this, but this isn't a fucking playground. Did you hear what the Warden said? Do you know what he means?"

Its irking her, how your expression barely changes besides a few muscles movements.

"I'm not stupid, or naive, I know Vi."

"So whats not fucking clicking?!" She jabs a finger to her temple with each word.

"You cant act like a fucking princess, act like things are supposed be one way or the other because you expect them to be. You don't act a certain way without people expecting something from you."

"I know that."

"So you're okay with that then, with this?!" She looks around the drab walls. "All of you Pilties think shits so sweet, when-"

"I'm not dealing with this, or with you. You seem to be going through something, so I'm out."

"Huh?"

And just like that, you turn on your heel and you're making your way over to a random person. She watches you in bafflement as you stop in front of this man, tatted in blue ink. “Hey. I'm new around here. Do you mind showing me the way into the kitchen?”

“What the fuck are you–” Vi and him speak at the same time, but you reach into your pocket and stick your fist out. “Here. I'll get you something more if you take me.” He looks down at Vi, then you suspiciously, before placing his huge hand under yours. You open your hand.

She has to hold back the small gasp when you hand what was in your fist–sugar packets. Sheer fucking gold in this place. Not some cheap syrup or the glop in the kitchens, actual, fucking, sugar.

The man's eyes widen too, and he looks again between you and Vi before shoving his pay into his pocket. He nods his head, and starts to walk. You take one look back at Vi, before you turn too, and follow him.

He is going in the way of the kitchens, but he could be leading you to an empty corner to run your pockets. Stupid girl.

Vi turns and goes the other way.

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[jealousmartini]

💌 She's an overachiever. "Pressure"? What pressure? ⋆₊˚⊹🔖

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My second year of college is coming in hot guys. And I'm talking the 3rd of September, in TWO WEEKS TIME HOT.

But you already know your girl has BEEN locked in with her subliminals for the next term, cus I've had a whole thing going on since my first term to my second yk. so come a little closer so I can show yall what my game is on

p.s.a!! I am an animation and games art student, so most to all of my work is research and art based. And when I say most of my work is research based, I mean there is an ungodly amount of writing that is expected from the students and it's not even just the amount it's WHAT you write about that gets you the grade and how well your art conveys your ideas.

Also "Ex." = Example

╰┈➤ " My average college day experience as an art student/loass babe " click here!

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"What? Like it's hard?" At the top of her class, always ontop of her work, never slacking off, always locking in.

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|| Perfect focus, super attentive, always pays attention and makes notes. I am never afraid to ask for help or advice and I always receive the answers I need to understand the work; no room for confusion here.

|| Very strong, clear memory, perfect photographic memory.

|| Studies so much, it's my hobby, never underestimates myself or downplays my work, has always prioritised my work and has always understood the importance of doing work at home. Studying has never been a struggle for me because I don't struggle with discipline. I actually find so much fun and enjoyment doing homework. I always feel so productive and proud of myself whilst managing my time and looking at the amount I have done afterwards. Especially with the amount of validation and points I earn from teachers. It is always so satisfying seeing my high grades after a complete project. It's like a treat.

|| Creative genius, always brainstorms with words or loose sketches; not a single idea goes to waste. Research enthusiast, I could never shy away from making a thorough, detailed, and well planned out analysis, moodboard or mindmap. And multiple of them at that. I always know EXACTLY what to write and never wastes precious time and space yapping.

|| The life of an art student is exciting, fulfilling, flourishing, inspiring and strict. In the healthy way of course. My parents and teachers are always understanding of my burnouts and art block which are very rare thank god; and it's a good thing I have my closest friends to comfort me through my work. They are always so supportive, encouraging and honest with me as I am with them. We always travel together to the college (when I don't feel like being alone) and we always travel back home together. I mean we are our own personal friend circle so of course we buy snacks for each other and meet up for lunch; it's not even like we need to worry about price since we have more than enough on us. College is 100 times better when my best friends are with me, everything feels so comfortable with them

|| Perfect, cunty, and ideal artstyles. Always chooses the ones most appropriate for a certain design, and never forgets how to convey a certain look. I know, understand and draw human, animal, vehicle, clothing anatomy and terminology, enviromental composition, colour theory and terminology, the 12 principles of animation, the 7 fundamentals of art (Line, pattern, colour, texture, tone, shape and form), and the fundamentals of character design like the back of my hand

|| I know how to layout a design page appropriately, I always know how to theme and colour co-ordinate. Written placement and art placement are always perfect to the T and nothing looks off. All together, I show off my own unique style of work and impress my teachers of classmates

Ex. Subliminals in my art student playlist

"Over achiever", "Desired art skills", "Desired (college) life"

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"Ugh she is always doing the most with her work😒-" And she always looks good doing it. She's got the looks and the discipline; she's got it all

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|| Gorgeous, curly, and ideal (3B to 3C) hair. My hair never gets greasy, dry, breakage, damage, frizz, dandruff, or split ends. My curls are always moisturised, soft, bouncy, and defined. I never experience a bad hair day, and my hair is super easy to manage. Detangling my hair is a breeze, and styling my hair is even easier; every style looks exactly the way I want it and never loses the volume or shape throughout the day.

|| Ideal, fit, slim thick pear. Short shoulders, small ribcage, medium-sized chest, 20 inch waist, wide hips and slight dip, long legs, fat ass but not too fat, chubby but fit thighs, slimmer defined calves and small feet. The perfect pear. And every outfit looks exactly the way I want; I never look awkward but I always look put together and stylish.

|| Craziest face card. Ms. Face economy infact. I have a round heart shaped face with dark brown bambi eyes and long fluttery lashes, a medium straight nose bridge, plump pink "keyhole" lips, and the clearest, softest brown skin ever... Yet I still put make up on- yes I do because it's fun and I like it, so it's always awesome knowing I can do my make up flawlessly and nail my looks perfectly

Ex. Subliminals in my ideal appearance playlist

"3C hair type", "Pear body", "Desired face", "brown caramel skin"

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I'll probably add smore later :3 k bye

[allyooops]

1 week ago I had the privilege of marrying my best friend. We put in so much time and effort, all so we could create an experience not just for us, but for all our guests to enjoy too. We've made so many things that rather than just bombard you all with everything at once I'd like to make a few posts to showcase a couple things at a time.

Today is the banners! For anyone who wasn't aware our theme was "convention" and we wanted to bring that energy to all our decor. We actually worked with a guy who does the banners, lanyards and things for Anime North 👀 and his quality showed through! For each space of the venue we rented out we got a custom banner made to show our schedule block. Including a special one for the bar showcasing our fancy themed drinks 😉

We also wanted to do something a little different for our guest book, and got a big fancy flag printed for all our lovely people to sign! Flux actually has a flag that's hung in our art room that has many (53..???) signatures from the people who worked on MLP though the years. We figure that we can showcase the two together in the room somehow ❤️

To my Husband (ah!! Wild!!!)

All the work you did with these shows just how talented you are. Your eye for design and layout made each of our banners look professional in a way that I was just in awe of. You're incredible, love you lots 😍

[olderthannetfic]

https://www.tumblr.com/olderthannetfic/766611758459879424/youtube-just-showed-me-the-most-dumb-video-essay?source=share

Youtube fed you that swill and you actually watched it? And then you read the comments?? That's why the algorithm is like this. Feeding people hateful garbage makes them stick around.

Log out (If you very much like features that are only available logged in, just make a second google account to use for youtube and nothing else)

Download Firefox https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/windows/

Go into the privacy settings and set Enhanced Tracking Protection to "strict"

Install an adblocker, I like ublock origin https://ublockorigin.com/

Optionally, install some more anti-track addons, like Privacy Badger or Duckduckgo's privacy essentials

Install the container addon and set one up to qurantine youtube away from everything else https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Now what you have is a box that has youtube in it and literally nothing else. No ads, no personal information, no creepy stalkerware, no ability for other websites to see in the box, or for youtube to see out of it.

And now the fun part. Use the adblocker to nuke the entire sidebar and endcard overlays. Just select these with the eyedropper from the adblock extension, preview it to make sure you're not blocking more than you mean to, and bam, it's like three clicks and and you'll never see it again, it's beautiful.

Do this and you can watch all the videos you please and will NEVER have the algorithm shove some misogynistic garbage in your face because it crunched some math and knows that users with your profile are stasticsally likely to spend time on the side when served that sort of trash.

You can also use the adblocker to get rid of the entire comments section, or to nuke any design element or feature that you find annoying or ugly. It's called an adblocker, but it blocks anything based on URLs and HTML strings. The posibilites are endless, freeing, and beautiful. I use adblockers for aesthetics and accesibility at least as much as for actual ads.

I do this with every website I use regularily, including tumblr (though only the worst few [including youtube] have dedicated quarantine containers). It's a few steps to set up, but once you have the extensions installed and know how to use them, nuking algorithmic feeds and making sure that you only see what you actually want to see takes like ten seconds.

And no, before you say you have to use the app, this does work on mobile. Download Firefox for mobile, install the adblocker, install the anti-trackers, and use youtube in the browser instead of the app because taking an extra three seconds to load and having a slightly less optimized layout is worth not being unundated with advertisements and hate.

You can also root your phone and install adblockers that work with apps, but that's a more involved process and takes more effort and knowledge than simply installing a new browser and using an eyedropper tool to select a sidebar.

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[axylotls]

⌕ s͟e͟a͟r͟c͟h͟i͟n͟g axyl's pg . .

zᶻ ( ABOUT ME ) ⨟ ♡

hi guys!!! my name is axyl / rivera — i don't mind whichever, but as you can tell my account is branded after axyl. i go by many nicknames such as river, vera, riv, ax, but i'll ask you to refrain from calling me any pet names ( babe, honey, love, etc.) as they make me uncomfortable! my pronouns are they / she / he btw if you choose to just use one please use they

i am nineteen years old, turning twenty this year on july 4 ('05 liner!!) and i'm from canada! canadian shifters please moot me especially if you're from ontario . . i'll let you know that i'm neurodivergent (undiagnosed but i'm like 99% sure i'm autistic so i simply say that most of the time) so i might react in ways that aren't conventional. also, i have extreme anxiety, so please understand if i'm a little intimidated by certain interactions

zᶻ ( MY LOVES ) ⨟ ♡

k-pop stan at heart forever and always!!! currently obsessed with zerobaseone and boynextdoor<3 my other ults are stray kids, enhypen, aespa, and njz. although i stan more boy groups, i listen to girl groups the most overall. i listen to so much music outside of k-pop too, but i'm not much of an "artist" person if you get what i mean—but i'm a big taylor swift and gracie abrams fan!!!!!!

my favourite tv show and comfort series is criminal minds (i haven't finished it yet ㅠㅠ) and my favourite movie is little women ♡ i'm also a huge fan of k-dramas and have just recently started delving more into j-dramas so i'm always open for recommendations if you have any :]

rapid fire of my other favourite things: the colour yellow. cheesecake. cinnamon buns. hello kitty. my frog plush. rei my beloved. books. heartless by marissa meyer. reading. books. have i mentioned i love books. spending money i don't have on books. writing. pink and green. brownies. baking. finding new recipes. my sister. shifting. astrology. witchcraft.

zᶻ ( DNI CRITERIA ) ⨟ ♡

basic dni criteria including bigots, homophobes, transphobes, misogynists, etc. anti shifters. race changers (srry not srry) - follow up: people who judge people for shifting with their cr morals - anyone who wants to come into my inbox simply for hating on me, my friends, or anything in general

i do not tolerate any sort of hate on my page so please take your leave before you even try, otherwise you will be blocked and possibly put on blast!

 layout inspired by hrrtshape

[mildcharacterenjoyer]

Mishap Mismanaged - Day 1 Fire/warning

I'm using both words in the prompt in my fics to see how they turn out!

Words - 564 -

Warnings: None

Tails! It’s an emergency!” Rouge’s panicked voice filled the kitchen of her apartment. “Omega is malfunctioning and I can’t put up with this anymore! Yes. I know you’re on vacation but can you cut it short?” Rouge’s eyes darted to Omega who was firing random weapons at irregular intervals from her dining room window.

“TAILS. I CANNOT CONTROL MY ARTILLERY SYSTEMS.” Omega yelled from his position.

“He’s involuntarily firing into the street! If it weren't for Shadow evacuating the block and putting up traffic cones, I’m not sure how many lives would be lost! 3 hours? Fine. We’ll manage somehow!” Rouge angrily hung up and adjusted the ear plugs she had in, making her way through the destroyed room towards Omega.

“Tails will be available in three hours!” She yelled over the noise of his weapons.

“ACKNOWLEDGED. UNIT WILL FIRE INTO DESIGNATED ZONE CREATED BY SHADOW UNTIL DETERMINED OTHERWISE.”

Out of the corner of her eye, a flash of red caught Rouge’s attention. Shadow zipped into the room.

“G.U.N. is here.” He dusted off rubble from his gloves and air shoes.

“About time!” Rouge sighed and followed the hedgehog outside. There were about two tanks and several cars that showed up, surrounding the massive hole in the road and yard in front of the apt.

“Rouge!” An angry blond-haired woman in G.U.N. uniform stomped up to her. “I can’t believe you went against my direct orders. This is why we don't let you keep Omega in your apartment!”

A pitiful pout made its way into Rouge’s face. “Aww. But Topaz, he gets so lonely all by himself at HQ.” Rouge batted her eyelashes.

“WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING…” A group of G.U.N soldiers began to unfold thick kevlar tarps around the wall that Omega was firing from. It was the only phrase he could repeat to keep those attempting to contain him from harm.

“Lonely is better than firing into the goddamn street for two hours straight!” Topaz’s shrill voice caused both mobians to flinch.

“Three hours actually.” Shadow deadpanned.

“Right.” Rouge agreed with Shadow. “And It might have been two hours or less if you had been here earlier!” Rouge quipped back towards the G.U.N. commander.

“So help me Rouge I will strip you of your rank!”

“Try me.” She grinned. “You wouldn’t dare.”

All Topaz could do was grit her teeth and walk off. She shouted some orders at the soldiers near the kevlar tarps. “Tear down that wall and load the war machine into the truck!”

“What?! No! That’s my apartment!” 

“Your apartment is littered with holes.” Shadow pointed out. “It was unlivable after five minutes of Omega’s onslaught. It's just a wrecked building now.”

“I liked the layout!” Rouge pouted. “Now I’ll have to move again!” They watched as the kevlar mats fully encompassed Omega and the G.U.N. soldiers loaded him into the heavily armored semi-truck.

“Maybe this wouldn't have happened, had you kept Omega at GUN like Topaz initially ordered you to do.” Shadow crossed his arms and smirked.

“But-”

“Face it, Rouge. You did this to yourself.” He pointed at her. “Call me when you want to move. If, there’s anything left to move.” Shadow flashed a rare, snarky grin and skated off leaving Rouge alone with her destroyed apartment.

Her ears lowered, surveying the wreckage she just knew she was going to hear from the landlord about. “Ugh. Fine.”

[1800pain]

PRIVATE SYSTEM SERVER.

Hello. As a show of my ability, I have created a private system server template for you to use. While "private" is in the name, I have included two access roles (Friend and Trusted Friend)—however I have not done any permissions for them. There is a Bot role that has permissions for them, like access to the System Setup category.

And, like the last template, only traumagenic systems can interact with this blog and use my templates. Endogenic systems and their supporters get blocked.

Note that not every single channel is in this gif, just the ones I deemed the most important to show.

Use the template here, however do note that the announcement channel and all of the forums channels will not copy over, and you will have to add them yourself: Private System Server Template

I am okay with you editing my template for your own use. Do not redistribute as your own.

If you need any help, you can leave an ask in my inbox.

Explanations for channels under the cut. LONG, BUT PRETTY DAMN IMPORTANT TO READ.

All forum channels are marked with a speech bubble emoji 💬 in front of them; those are channels that you will miss. The single announcement channel that also will be missing is marked with a mega emoji 📢.

#welcome - When someone joins the server, they will not see any channels, and you must give them a role so they can access this the server. You can see their welcome message here so you know someone's joined.

📢 update-status-fronting - If a switch happens, you put up a DNI, or want to otherwise warn people about your current state, you can update it here.

🔇 layout by 1 800 pain on tumblr - Feel free to delete this.

Text channels:

#bot - This is the only channel that has "Use application commands" permissions on it. If you would like to set it on other channels, you'd have to do it manually—or you can add it to the @​everyone tag.

💬 dms - In the title, I put "[DM/GC] Channel name" under the post, then write the participants. I have a tag system for this channel (see below).

💬 thoughts - Headmates' thinking time. I also have a tag system for this channel (see below).

💬 mailbox - Essentially, I create a channel with a headmate's name and there are two tags: Read and Unread. Read means they've read the messages people leave for them, and Unread means they have yet to read them. It's a simple way to communicate with headmates who are not fronting.

System Setup:

All servers here are unable to be chatted in; only any member with the Bot role can do that. I enjoy setting up my PluralKit work into a few separate categories:

#resources - Easy access to Simply Plural, Notion, Evernote, or various places I get PNGs to set up PluralKit profiles—things of that nature and related to it.

#pk-setup - For descriptions and things.

#pk-pfps (not in gif) - To add profile pictures and banners. I put it in its own space because it's a different type of spam, image-based spam, than pk-setup, which is mostly text-based spam.

#new-arrivals - For showing people who made their PluralKit account, mainly for documentation.

#pk-spam - Just general things that don't quite relate to the ones above; typically things like pk;r.

💬 image-resources - If you change your icons or banners a lot, this can help. I put icons/banners here with credits to the original artist, the original art, and the edited version we use in our profiles. It's tagged by Icon, Faceclaim, Banners, etc.

#pk-log (hidden, not in gif) - To store PluralKit messages. If you also would like, you can add a more general moderation bot (such as Carl-bot) to also store non-PK messages.

System-centric:

#to-do: Self-explanatory; got any plans? Put them here.

#sys-chat: More general system chatter.

#sys-work: Talk about... system work.

#headmate-observations: If you notice something about your headmate—such as a positive/negative trigger, a various quirk they have, or any idea how their role works—share it here.

💬 headspace: A headspace forum to talk about headspace. More information in the image below.

The collection of the channels that you will miss, check the images above for extended information:

📢 update-status-fronting (uncategorized)

💬 dms (in general category)

💬 thoughts (in general category)

💬 mailbox (in general category)

💬 image-resources (in System Setup category)

💬 headspace (in System-centric category)

[dianadeadwing]

Inktober Day 5- Map

TLDR - Here’s a map of the shops on Bob’s Burgers Ocean Avenue as based on the Bob’s Burgers Movie and parts of season 13. Extensive Notes to follow.

This is the map I alluded to earlier in the week of the storefronts with visible names in the movie. The dimensions of the buildings are based on the aerial shot from the end of “The Plight Before Christmas”.

There are inconsistencies between the movie and the series (as well as within the movie itself) as far as the color and location of some of these buildings. I’ve defaulted to colors used in the series but names from the movie. Several of these shops have had different names earlier in the series so I’m working from the movie onward for consistency’s sake.

1. Hotel- Unsure if this hotel has a name.

2. Reflections

3. Spoke of the Devil (Bike Shop) - Shop is named “Spoke of the Devil” the words “bike shop” can be seen as part of a neon sign in the window.

4. First Oceanside Savings Bank

5. Yours Truly, Stationary

6. Jimmy Pesto’s Pizzeria

7. The Petalphile

8. Unknown store front - This building is usually depicted as blue with a large front window indicating that it’s some sort of storefront but I’ve been unable to find a name so far.

9. From Here To Maternity (Pregnancy Clothes) - The movie depicts this building as being brown but the series almost always shows it as green so I’ve made it green on the map.

10. Fresh Off The Presses (Cleaners) - Shop is named “Fresh Off The Presses” with “cleaners” in a neon sign in the window.

11. Unknown Store Front - This shop has a visible name in several shots from the movie but I can’t make it out.

* Some shots from the movie show an additional pink building at the end and others don’t. It does not have a awning or large front window and could therefore possibly residential or a service (such as a lawyer). This building does not appear in the aerial shot so I did not include it.

12. Ocean Market

13. Needles to Say - This shop as well as the following three also appear in season thirteen and are particularly visible in “What a (April) Fool Believes”.

14. Walk All Over Me (Flooring Showcase)

15. You Were Framed (Picture Framing)

16. For Pete’s Cake

17. It’s Your Funeral (Home and Crematorium)

18. Bob’s Burgers

19. Store Next Door - The often vacant orange store front next to Bob’s.

20. Red building- This building is very visible in several shots but isn’t shown to have a name. It has three front doors at the top of some stairs. Because of its layout it seems most likely to be residential. (As we know this neighborhood has mixed zoning, such as Mr. Huggins’ apartment building)

21. Blue Building - The positions of this building and the beige building are switched in the movie. In the series it’s fairly consistently blue so that’s what I’ve included. It seems similar in structure to the red building and could also be residential, but we don’t get many good shots of this part of the street so it’s hard to tell.

22. Beige Building - This part of the street is most often seen from the alley. It appears to have a loading dock. This where Alice parks her food truck in “As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps” in season 8.

23. Liquor - This building has been depicted in different colors but has a prominent sign stating “Liquor”. I’ve seen it called “Oh La Liquor” but I’d like to see this in later season materials.

This is just what I’ve gathered as of ep 14.1. Please feel free to let me know if you have any additional information. (Or an official map) I’m absurdly invested in this.

There is also an aerial shot from the movie that shows Wagstaff in relation to Ocean Avenue (it’s also mentioned to be four blocks away) and I just wish I could take screen shots so I could study it better. I’ll make a map of this whole dang town.