#guess i like chronological stuff

[theworldsownoptimist]

reading between the lines here (or just reading 😭), this seems to confirm that the writer's strike did affect the final like some people were speculating

[theygender]

I wish I could just play video games all day as my job bc I have so many things I wish I could do like playing all 19 mainline Final Fantasy games in order. Unfortunately I would never be able to attract a big enough audience to make a living though because I would be doing things like playing all 19 mainline Final Fantasy games in order

[ehlnofay]

just saw someone saying that the oldest language anyone could POSSIBLY name is sumerian. HELLO????? like from 5000 years ago??? five thousand??? the oldest one???

[teleport-teapot]

I don't know what came over me

it's been a minute huh

[obsessedgames505]

I think when I’m done with the Damien Revealed comic, I’ll make a masterlist of my Baldur’s Gate 3 content as well my Moondrop and Sundew content. I’m kind of starting to forget what is where and I’m sure it’d be helpful for everyone (myself included) if I organize my own posts a lil.

Probably not going to include my CRK content, haven’t been in a crk drawing mood since my last post. Sorry, cookie run fans.

[pestercide]

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[welcometobrightvale]

ok so i HAVE been going through the plot comic to edit it lol and. well i guess i can’t say for sure because we don’t know where it’s going. but either there are some plot holes or nyx is being incredibly suspicious

[rinzdets]

i'm so obsessed with my hecatean courier's playlist... gotta share it

[piratespencil]

I’m really curious which of my hyperfixation eras people followed me for lol. (If it was more than one, just vote for the main one!)

[slimepuparibaba]

Optimal Reading Order for Caleb's Storyline (with an infographic)

Last Edit: February 4th

The Old Days timeline was wrong, I fixed it 🫠🫠🫠

SO! I HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE CARDS AND HERE IS MY THEORIZED TIMELINE FOR PRESENT DAY CALEB! TRUST ME, WHEN READ IN ORDER THIS SHIT HITS SO HARD. CALEB'S WRITING TEAM INHALED SOMETHING AND I WANT WHAT THEY HAD.

THE TIMELINES

REASONING FOR PRESENT DAY (small tonal spoilers, you'll still be largely blind if you read this!)

I felt like I watched an entire TV Drama when reading through the cards in this order. Please read it in this order for optimal experience because you genuinely get to see the growth Caleb and MC get to have in this weird situation where they're adults trying to figure each other and their feelings out. I am a Sylus girlie (I KNOW I HAVEN'T MADE ENOUGH STUFF FOR HIM SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, SHUT UP, I THIRST FOR HIM IN PRIVATE, IT COUNTS) but even I have to admit, this shit? Fire. Actual fire. Caleb's writing team is beautiful, and I hope they have good things happen to them.

...also BEG INFOLD TO MAKE A FUNCTION WHERE WE CAN LIST MEMORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, THIS HIT SO HARD AND I WAS LUCKY I GUESSED RIGHT FOR MOST OF THE MEMORIES THE ONLY ONES I FUCKED UP WAS HIDDEN WAVES COMING AFTER MYTH, BUT ITS OK--

[wonderjanga]

Hi, I’m Billy.

Billy doesn’t even try to hide his secret identity. He didn’t even know secret identities were a thing to be honest. All of the Fawcett heroes know each other by name.

Marvel: “Hey, I’m Billy.”

Spy Smasher: “I thought you were called Captain Marvel?”

Marvel: “That’s my other name, but my actual name is Billy.”

Spy Smasher: “My name is Spy Smasher.”

Marvel: “Is that your other name or your actual name?”

Spy Smasher: “My other name. As for my actual name, I guess you could call me Alan.”

So yeah, he didn’t really think it was a big deal. He just treats everyone how he would treat a friend. He has no problems just sharing his life. This surprises the other non-Fawcett heroes because to them, this guy is so open for some unknown reason.

Superman: “I’m Superman it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Marvel: “Likewise! You can call me either Captain Marvel or Billy.”

Superman: *pauses* “Is Billy your real name?” *thinking there’s no way this guy just gave himself up like that*

Marvel: “Yes?”

or

Batman: “Captain, how old are you?”

Marvel: “Chronologically or physically?”

Batman: “Chronologically.”

Marvel: “Then let’s see… Uh 92? I think.”

Batman: “I see. I see.” *writes some stuff down in a file* “And your date of birth?”

Marvel: “23rd of December.”

Batman: “Occupation?”

Marvel: “Multiple?”

Batman: *writes down some more* “I’m surprised you’re giving me this information so willingly.”

Marvel: “Why wouldn’t I?”

Batman: “This is your private life, Captain. It pertains to your secret identity.”

Marvel: “I don’t have a secret identity.”

Batman: What-

Marvel: ���Or well, I do, but I don’t really try to hide it. It’s more just an identity.”

Batman: “…that is a little concerning, Captain.”

[mysteryshoptls]

SSR Ruggie Bucchi - Room Relaxation Voice Lines

I made sure to tell a buncha people it's gonna be my birthday... Pheeew, tomorrow can't come fast enough!

Summon: You better have somethin' to show when comin' to wish me a happy birthday. Don't worry, I already got a paper bag prepped to carry all my presents!

Groovification: I'm gonna get some gifts, and eat some good food... This year's birthday's gonna be a blast!

Home: Sure worked up a sweat today～

Swap Looks: Gotta get ready.

Home Transition 1: How do I set my hair? I just use a bit of hair oil and comb through it with my fingers, is all. I ain't got money to buy stuff like wax!

Home Transition 2: Riddle made for me a chronological table of magical history. ...Eh, it'd be a waste to just toss it, so I guess I'll use it.

Home Transition 3: I gotta chow down on the party food like there's no tomorrow. Can't let any of the other guys in the dorm devour everythin'.

Home Transition - Login: Feasts, parties, and presents, oh my...! I got waaay more excited about celebrating birthdays after coming to this school!

Home Transition - Groovy: Floyd-kun said he usually just buys stuff whenever the mood strikes 'im. Guess he doesn't know impulse shoppin's the worst possible thing for your savin's.

Home Tap 1: I get along pretty good with my roommates. Like they say, "one hand washes the other," so... Sheeheehee.

Home Tap 2: What should I ask Kalim-kun for, hm... This is a primo chance, so I wanna take full advantage!!

Home Tap 3: The oil from the Wildebeest brand's a product that's been sellin' good for a long time. From babies to seniors, this product's great to use on all parts of your body～

Home Tap 4: I tried to get Vil-san to give me some of his clothes he didn't need anymore, and he just said to, "become someone who'd look good wearing them, first." 'S not like I was gonna wear them...

Home Tap 5: Back when I first found these clothes, they were all baggy and fallin' off my shoulders... But I think I'm fillin' 'em out pretty nicely now.

Home Tap - Groovy: C'mon, here's your chance to butter up one of your upperclassmen!

Duo: [RUGGIE]: Floyd-kun, buy me some donuts! [FLOYD]: Buy it yourself, Sharksucker-chan

Birthday Login Message: Thanks for the birthday gift! Let's see what's inside... Oh, a T-shirt. I like practical things. Thanks. None of the guys on the Spelldrive team'll cough up a present without me naggin' them, y'know～ I'm not even gonna start with Leona-san... Eh, I did end up gettin' stuff, so I guess it's fine. On that point, though, you and Epel-kun got me somethin' without me even askin', so you both went up in my book. Sheeheehee! What, that gives you mixed feelings? Oh, come on～ It's fiiiiiine! Just think of it as us being buds foreeeeever!

Requested by Anonymous.

[rawjutsu]

HI :3 p2 of the ":3 with benefits" series

pairing: college aged loser yuuta x college aged lesser loser freader

summary: you run. he texts. you cave. ramen and doujinshi follow.

cw: eh none i think

you didn’t walk out of yuuta’s dorm—you fled. with your bra twisted, one shoe in your hand, and the ghost of his moan still ringing in your ears.

“your tits are so soft—i could die right here—i’d be so happy—”

you practically launched yourself into the hallway before he could finish the sentence. he was still panting, sweaty bangs stuck to his forehead like some sort of deranged hentai protagonist. you handed him your number just to get him to shut up.

“yeah haha sure text me”

you slam the dorm door behind you and don’t stop walking until you’re back at your own building. you delete the hinge app before you’ve even made it out of the parking lot, praying to whatever god watches over chronically online women that he never texts you.

and for a few days… he doesn’t.

you're just starting to breathe again when your phone buzzes.

yuuta 🤷‍♂️ hi :3

you stare at the message for a full minute.

you consider blocking him. you consider changing your number. but for some unholy reason—maybe you bumped your head running from his dorm—you reply.

hi

you stare at the bubble for a beat longer than you should, already regretting everything. but then he sends:

yuuta 🤷‍♂️ wanna get ramen with me? there’s this manga cafe that just opened n it has private booths and curry udon n a bunch of old school stuff :3

...private booths. doujinshi. ramen.

you sigh.

sure why the hell not

. . .

the manga café is cozy, cluttered, and smells like miso broth and freshly printed paper. yuuta’s already waiting at the front, still with that same sheepish smile, dressed in an oversized hoodie with faded black jeans and beat-up converse. the circles under his eyes are still aggressively present, but somehow it works.

“i got us the booth with the tv and the kotatsu table,” he says like he’s trying to impress you. “also, i preordered the spicy pork ramen. i didn’t know your spice tolerance so i got mild but you can swap if you want!!”

the booth is stacked with manga—classics, shoujo, even a few questionable titles you’d never admit to reading. you snort when you see a copy of that one infamous maid-themed bl doujin you’d bought on accident.

you stare at yuuta across the kotatsu table, chopsticks hovering in midair.

he's busy poking at his soft-boiled egg like it’s the most interesting thing in the world. occasionally he lets out a soft “mmm” at the flavor like he's a food critic and not the same man who had hentai girl posters on his ceiling.

the ramen's good. the ambiance? cozy. the playlist overhead is playing old-school anime ops. you should be having fun.

but you’re spiraling.

is this a date? can you even call it a date if you already got folded like a lawn chair by the dude three nights ago? shouldn’t this have happened before the sex? like, chronologically?

you sip your broth like it’ll clear your head, but instead it just burns your tongue.

yuuta looks up and smiles like you didn’t literally run out of his dorm like a bat out of hell the last time you saw him.

“i’m glad you came by, i was kinda nervous you’d block me lol”

did he just say lol out loud?

“i almost did.”

“fair.”

he’s honest, at least.

you glance around the café again, the soft hum of anime bgm blending with the slurp of noodles. there’s a couple in the next booth holding hands over a volume of my love story!! and someone solo-reading berserk with the focus of a monk.

you look back at yuuta.

“so... what is this exactly?”

he tilts his head.

“ramen.”

“no, like… us. this.”

yuuta blinks. his mouth opens, closes, then opens again like he’s buffering. you watch in real-time as his brain loads a response.

“i mean… i guess it’s a date? like, if you want it to be? or it can be just ramen? or like… a doujinshi meetup? with food?”

he says it so casually, like you’re not questioning your whole life and the concept of post-hookup social rituals.

you squint.

“do you normally date girls after railing them with hentai posters above your bed?”

he looks horrified.

“OH MY GOD I MEANT TO TAKE THOSE DOWN—I WASN’T EXPECTING COMPANY THAT DAY—”

you laugh. loudly. you’re not even mad you're just so bewildered. 

yuuta groans and hides behind his bowl, his ears visibly red.

“it’s okay if you don’t want this to be a thing,” he mutters. “i just like hanging out with you. like. you’re funny. and cool. and you knew the artist of that succubus doujin without even checking the spine and that was really hot actually.”

you pause.

that’s… kind of the nicest thing anyone’s said to you on a date. if this is a date. you’re still not sure.

but he’s looking at you now—not in the same way he did that night, all dazed and pussy-drunk—but like he’s actually seeing you.

“thanks,” you say. “that’s... weirdly sweet.”

he grins, cheeks still pink.

and suddenly you're just sitting on the floor next to a large bookcase, knees brushing, trading doujinshi recs with the guy who railed you within an inch of your life then asked if he could "hold your boobs for comfort."

it’s weird.

but it’s not... bad?

you leave the café with a full stomach, a new copy of succubus maid academy vol. 4, and a lingering feeling in your chest you can't quite name. yuuta waves at you as you walk off, still hugging his half-read bl anthology to his chest.

“text me when you get back safe okay!!”

you don’t promise you will.

but you do.

taglist: @isagistar sttaejoon-blog

[femmehaljordan]

You probably get this a lot but why do you hate Tim Drake? Like a detailed explanation. Not judging or anything just curious

Okay so. TLDR: both canon and fanon push him so much it gets insufferable and my some of my faves specifically are massive victims to it.

Probably going to be long.

First, Jason. My favorite character of all time from any media I’ve ever consumed.

Canon: there are multiple instances in Tim’s original Robin stuff from him AND others being like “Jason was reckless and got himself killed” and basically victim blaming a dead kid HE DIDN’T KNOW to make him look better. Like Tim literally hallucinates Jason telling him AND I QUOTE, “I killed myself, Tim because I couldn’t wait. Because I didn’t think it though” and this is just what I personally consider the worst. There was also a lot of “Jason was x negative trait that I’m not, because I’m better” Even once Jason came back there’s still a vibe of “Tim is better then Jason.”

Fanon: The insistence on making Jason either a brute who hates poor little Timmy for no reason, or making him Tim’s caretaker despite the fact they’re like two years apart.

All of it feels EXTREMELY classist to me tbh.

Next, Steph.

Canon: He SUCKED with how he treated her omg. The constant belittling and acting like she was incapable of helping and being a vigilante. Like even into her batgirl days when she was literally given Babs’ stamp of approval and was working directly with Dick and Damian??? Also he was a terrible boyfriend.

Fanon: she gets flattened into his dumb blonde bff as if she’s not EXTREMELY smart. Like does everyone forget the whole way she got involved with this was because her dad was kind of Riddler 2.0??

So. Misogyny.

Also Cass

Canon: now this is where the racism starts. Also ableism. He treats her as if her learning disability makes her lesser. Repeatedly acts as if she’s a child or animal. So double whammy of infantilization of Asian women AND disabled people.

Fanon: I have talked about my hatred of Asian Tim before. Because it’s both always pale East Asian, so people can basically draw him as white as well as falling into Asian stereotypes and there’s the addition of once again, making a woman a prop when you bring in the Tim and Cass are twins stuff.

Racism and Ableism! Yay!

The al Ghuls…..

Canon: oh God where to start. Chronologically I guess? Damian first. I have actually made a post about this before there are multiple instances of him being extremely racist to Damian. There’s the “on earth we call this a handshake” panel. where yeah he says this to a 10-year-old from a foreign country. And then there’s a part where he apparently has some contingency plan for Damian and Damian finds it. And Tim’s excuse is “his biology.” I don’t care if they meant that Ra’s was evil. Again saying that about a non-white child from a foreign country is insane!! Also every time Damian attacks him Tim gives as good as he gets

Onto Ra’s. My main gripe is the “sending his sister to assault Tim and get pregnant” RA’S WOULD NOT FUCKING DO THAT. Yes he’s a villain. Not that kind though???

Fanon: Damian is the “evil” “feral” POC who attacks the perfect white protagonist Timmy.

Ra’s is the evil Arab man preying (quite often sexually!) on the innocent frail white boy.

Like you see how that’s incredibly racist right??

There’s also some miscellaneous things like his general treatment of women, how Rose is written in Teen Titans 2003 (the comic, not the show) to harass Tim (racism and misogyny), as well as how fanon likes to ignore Babs and put Tim in her spot, the insistence he’s just so much smarter and better then everyone else, and the woobifying him and constantly making him the victim (ex: titans tower and the idea Dick tried to send him to Arkham) but I think this post is long enough already

[theblackparadeisdead]

can i ask why you dislike where are your boys? its been on my tbr for a while but i’m wondering if it’s worth buying

My main main issue with it is that basically every guy interviewed in it and also the author tried SOOO hard to pretend that the misogyny inherent to the emo scene was either nowhere near as bad as it really was or that it was nonexistent in the first place. The author is a huge huge huge huge Brand New fan boy and so there's this weird appeal to feminists in the prologue because he wanted to talk a bunch about Brand New in the book (a band which I do not consider to be integral to the emo scene whatsoever) and the lead singer (Jesse Lacey) of Brand New has many many allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The prologue has some bit where he talks about how just because someone did bad stuff doesn't mean we can discount their contributions if their contributions to art were meaningful enough and then specifically says it's about Jesse Lacey and then has some kind of weird patronizing thing about the victims. Also they talk about Paramore but don't interview Haley Williams but they DO interview the journalist who made an online poll over whether or not she was still fuckable after she got a haircut. Also they imply she's a misandrist who abuses her male employees because #feminism is evil. Also some guy makes the incredibly bold claim that no sexual assault happened on warped tour. Which. Well.

Also the constant Brand New plugging was so obnoxious because well who gives a fuck about Brand New. And the author implies that MCR either stole the idea or were directly influenced for their Black Parade concept album from Brand New because I guess Brand New also has a concept album. Even though it came out years after Black Parade and if anything mcr was copying Green Day and Jawbreaker. Like MCR literally used the same producer who did American Idiot and Dear You. It was just so weird and irrelevant and he KEPT bringing up brand new.

Also i thought the book was formatted terribly and the interviews weren't particularly chronological or coherent. He kind of just interviewed a bunch of people and then organized the book by which sound bites from those people were similar enough to be grouped together to look like they were in conversation and it was a little hard to follow and ugly.

Anyway I could complain all day <3 but I will not <3 and anyway Sarah @souryogurt64 has much more insightful and well thought out critiques than I do

[mortmere]

Final Thoughts: Due South Stacked Rewatch/Timestamp Roulette Art Challenge

Personal favorites (in no particular order):

Well this was fun. And it wasn't. Like most things, it was a very mixed bag. 

I started out in September wanting to see if I could develop a personal, recognizable lineart style, something easy-looking and confident. Turns out I wasn't very motivated to do that after all. Or maybe I'm so stuck in my ways that I don't want to put myself through the process of de-learning some things and learning new ways of working. I've always been self-taught in almost everything (just doing stuff intuitively my way) and get easily irritated if I'm pushed out of my comfort and skill zones. Not a great learner!

The one thing where I definitely did step out of my comfort zone and gained confidence in was posting stuff that's less than perfect to my own eye. Ha, got quite good at that, actually! I think I got over the fear that someone tells me "this is not up to your usual standards". I'm hoping - while definitely aiming to create stuff that gives people feels - that this will make me work quicker and post more happy-making art instead of sweating over whether a piece is good enough to be posted. And I truly hope that my shit-posting (as I've called my super quick doodle weeks) has given someone else out there a feeling that they, too, can post stuff that might not be perfect by some artificial standard. I keep saying that great fanart can be drawn with stick figures, too. 

One of the biggest joys in this project has been discovering oil pastels. They simply suit my way of working, the colors are easy to mix and I can work pretty fast (I'm impatient). One thing I've gotten a lot of feedback on is how much people love seeing traditional media used for fanart. I still don't know what to think of the difference between digital and traditional. Is there any? Don't I use my human hands to create digital art, too? What difference does it make if a piece of art exists in pixels instead of pigment (except that photographing the latter for online viewing is a pain in the ass)? I kept going back to digital art from time to time in this project, and certainly can't choose which I enjoy more, oil pastels or Photoshop. Probably will continue more with digital art for the simple reasons of less mess, no storage problems, available shortcuts to reach a better likeness, and endless editing options. The best medium for me is the one I actually bother to pick up to make art. 

This 38-week project was probably the largest-scale art experiment I've ever done - or will ever do, at least on a strict weekly schedule. I kept expecting RL stuff to throw me off schedule, but it didn't. I kept expecting I'd just give up at some point, but I didn't. I guess the joy of having even a small purpose in life (even if it was self-inflicted pain in the ass sometimes) was worth it.

Thank you for following this project - and super thanks to those who tried the actual timestamp art roulette challenge even once! It's still open - the instructions are in the first post here: https://mortmere.tumblr.com/tagged/*/chrono

(The link goes to a chronological view of all my art/crafts post from these past 9 months - it's been my "progress evaluation link" to see what I've managed to create so far.)