#i have no idea what to tag this as

[groovygladiatorsheep]

Why can’t everyone just go away. Except you, you can stay. 🎵

I’m very mentally ill about the relationship between Doodle ( Past Ink ) and Ink. Very ever so unhealthy in love with the idea of it, if you will…..

I swear I’ll expand on them, I have one more art I’m working on right now :3

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* Credits

Ink and Doodle belongs to | @comyet <3

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[s-h-a-s-e]

sometimes tiktok is kinda funny

[covetkisses]

by the time kamen rider geats finished syndication in 2023, i remember feeling so many things. it was my first season of rider that i watched in real time, so i got to experience the highs and the lows of not knowing what comes next and i got to react to what was happening with hundreds of other people at the time. i didn't really live blog my experience, but by the end i had the motivation to do something i hadn't done in years-- i wanted to make an oc as a response to the series, and that oc ended up becoming cordelia león.

this post by all means is not meant to be a total master post of thoughts that i have with my sweet girl. but i wanted to make it to get a few important ideas across that may or may not be found in the oc google doc that i am working on for her. and to get this out the way too-- i found myself in various stages of grief and frustration while making cori because i really wanted her to mean something to those willing to listen. i wanted her to leave an impression that would speak to those who may have had similar experiences consuming geats, or perhaps kamen rider as a whole. sometimes the peak of these frustrations grew as recently as gavv's syndication, with the jellyfish character and other similar motifs of acceptance and unconditional love. this will definitely be a moment for me to be like i(we) did it first, and not only hold myself up but the people around me who have been nothing but supportive throughout my creative process.

to put things plainly, i did not think geats was a flawless season. as much as i loved it, there were too many things that i felt like were incomplete, rushed, or could have been resolved or explored more carefully. this was especially so with kurama neon, who i believe ended up suffering a lot due to how bloated geats was and was not allowed the proper screen time to explore the depths of her nuanced situations (eg. the abuse and manipulation she had with her parents, and identity issues). cori was made to a foil first and foremost, and eventually as i developed her wanted cori to have chemistry and impact with the rest of the crew.

this will be a "short" documentation of what i can to introduce people to cori and eventually the whole way i decided to reimagine geats.

for starters, cori is a mixed girl from hawai'i who had a normal upbringing on a small island, up until her mother got diagnosed with cancer. this change in her life caused her to act up, as she no longer had the comfort of her small island, and surfing to help her through this change and loss. from there she was uprooted a few more times, and eventually lost her father too to health issues he was too afraid to speak of. living with her extended family on her father's side exposed her to abuse and neglect because of how her existence was viewed as unnatural and the like; she was a threat to maintaining the lineage and traditions. i will spare the details, but it was enough to push her to run away and pursue a career of marine biology in japan.

from there she meets ukiyo ace (prior to the events of geats) and forms a friendship with him that eventually turns into an affection. ace was the first person to make her feel wanted and accepted in a long time, and given that this was before his celebrity wish, did not have the pressures of the DGP or his Star of the Stars of the Stars status to bog her down. eventually i wanted there to be consequences to ace's wishes, as a response to the fact i didn't like how easily things fell into place for ace. and soon enough, cori would become a player for the DGP, as most people who encounter ace end up being dragged into that world.

exposing her to that world began to warp the idea, and the love she had for him. she wasn't sure what truth to believe, especially if he was living a double life. and then when his wish is made, she is further isolated from him. did anything she do with him matter? how significant was she truly? and more importantly, did she matter to him at all?

she already had to deal with the conception of being stupid (or a "bimbo”), and undeserving of the few opportunities she had by the people in power (professors, managers, some DGP staff) around her. that, and her original home was a small island with a population of less than 7,000 persons. she knew everyone, everyone knew her, and the law of the land was to help everyone you could out, because everyone was family. compare that to japan, where the fast pace of it all doesn't guarantee she will be meeting the same people she runs into every day. her presence in people's lives has no meaning, despite her best attempts to be seen by people whom she wants to connect to.

these ideas are then reinforced by her own sponsor, who was made to be a satire of "toxic shippers" within fandom. cori was picked for the dgp season to be an accessory to ace, and thereby removed of her autonomy despite being a very skillful, if not masterful tactician. none of her feats are truly recognized unless they end up making ace look cooler.

cori, already battling depression and the like, is also battling the concept of her reality when her memories are constantly being changed or erased due to the nature of the DGP. alas, this also ends up influencing the relationships she builds with others, more particularly neon, as the stresses of the world unconventionally and unintentionally inform the way people react with cori. neon for instance, assumes throughout all the times she vents or spends time with cori, that she could never truly understand her pain and pursuit of love and happiness. she also assumes that cori would judge her for the things she has done to try and achieve it. i really wanted them to be foils, because they ultimately have pretty similar wishes.

and given that her love revolves around ukiyo ace, it's messy, it's very very messy. LOL.

it isn't until the the jamato takeover that chirami decides to call cori back for a redemption / chance to have her wish granted. he does this in attempts to boost their ratings and keep control of the situation despite that being very much not the case. much like neon, keiwa and michinaga, cori gets a chance to confront her sponsor, who has been meaning to punish or get back at cori for consistently embarrassing her throughout her performances in the dgp. it's ultimately a rigged game, cori's determined thinking allows her to defeat her sponsor, but at the cost of her life. this was a match that was televised, so everyone understood the poor hand of cards cori was dealt not just in the match, but consistently in her dgp career.

her relationship with michinaga and keiwa are more up in the air because i had less problems with their writing than i did with others. i will say michinaga has been rather cruel to cori in her attempts to connect to him though, but ultimately cori's attempt to help dgp players survive their DGP season mirrors michinaga's attempts to "save" riders by liberating them from being players-- to cease the role of kamen riders to begin with.

keiwa and cori relate to each other because they both end up feeling as tools of the DGP. in reality, everyone recruited to play a role in the DGP is a tool, but the lengths in which they were used to be entertainment are deeply impactful, and i hope that cori's death is one to help haunt the narrative and the characters.

throughout cori's life she has consistently felt like an outsider, and she wasn't just looking for love, but acceptance from the people around her. she wants to connect with people, which is something i make a point to write within her relationships and dynamics with the geats cast. unfortunately, that is not something so easily given to her, and cori dies knowing that she had no place in the world.

those who know me also know that i love to explore social problems from our world, within fiction. so in addition to those narrative problems in geats, here are some other things i wanted to explore with cori.

being a foreigner in japan / xenophobia : i would argue that this is less in your face than i think it is, mostly because this point bleeds into the following point

stereotypes and fighting majority perceptions of yourself : cori's hot, i don't know how else to put it other than bluntly. LOL. but this overview is what informs people's (both fictional and real) initial perception and impression of her, which often works against her. that and, if anything the beauty standards in Japan are wildly different. because of that, people do not allow themselves to see cori for the empathetic and intelligent girl that she is, feeding into this cycle of isolation that she experiences throughout geats.

jellyfish theme : i decided to give cori a jellyfish theme for a few reasons. for one, it is an aquatic animal, making it stand out among the land dwelling animals chosen for other characters in geats. thematically, it further shows how different and isolated she is. when in captivity, they require very specific conditions and care to survive. secondly, jellyfish can be argued to be barely registered or recognized as "alive". i also wanted to tie her in with a little mermaid theme, not just for her desperate need to be part of a world or people's she knows she cannot belong to, but to put emphasis on the love she feels for ace (i want to be clear as well, that it is up to the audience to decide if this love is one sided or not).

a performer made to fight : cori was not built for fighting, and this shows in her fighting style that is rhythmic and dance like in nature. that, and she dances and performs with animals at her day job in the aquarium. she loves the art of life, and too wants to be accepted the way art is in the world around her. and of course, she is better meant to strategize the situations she is in, rather than fighting her way through brute force like others within the DGP. in contrast, ace is a fighter made to perform.

and those are just some of the basic ideas that i have for her !! i encourage any criticisms or commentary, so feel to leave them here or in my inbox. thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read this nonsense, and thank you to everyone who was willing to support me here.

stay tuned for the in depth document that i have in the works for her, that will detail her backstory and other stuff within her place in the narrative (including how i aim to shift roles that characters like tsumuri had, etc).

[bimbosanddolls]

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Dark Sorceress

You stand outside the door to the Midnight Cathedral’s throne room. Inside, you’re certain that you will find the Dark Sorceress Narcissa. The very thought of her sends a chill through your body. For years, Narcissa has tormented your kingdom. Tales of princesses being vanished away, curses placed upon entire towns and villages, and countless other terrible stories are whispered throughout the taverns and castles alike. In an attempt to finally cast the shadow of Narcissa away once and for all, a group of promising heroines were assembled and trained to become a new Order of Witch Slayers. You are the fifth Slayer to be tasked with Narcissa’s defeat; the first four having never been seen again after storming the Cathedral. You shudder as you think of your fellow Slayers before taking a deep breath to calm your nerves. You would be the one to finally end the Sorceress' reign of terror and avenge your sisters. With a renewed sense of purpose, you summon a blast of wind magic and send the heavy onyx doors flying open. Inside the throne room, your bold entrance has fallen surprisingly flat. Four veiled figures turn their heads and, though you cannot see their eyes, you can feel their gaze on you. It feels familiar but unfriendly. You’ve interrupted something and they are not pleased. You notice that they are nude; their lithe bodies in stark contrast to the sheer, black veils they wear. Between them, dressed in a long, black gown, sits the Dark Sorceress herself. Her eyes are also fixed on you, but you do not sense any concern in them. Instead, you see her blood red lips curve into a wicked smile as Narcissa stands from her throne and takes a step forward. “My my, what do we have here?” her words are heavy and sensuous. “Had I known we were expecting company, I would have dressed the girls in something a little more… appropriate.” You can feel your blood begin to boil. It’s clear she doesn’t see you as a threat. You reach for the blade at your hip but freeze when your eyes dart from the Sorceress to her attendants. A look of disbelief washes over your face, and Narcissa responds with a knowing laugh. “Oh? Did you notice your friends? Or, forgive me, were they your sisters? I never did bother to understand the structure of your little Order.” You look past her again, taking a moment to focus on each woman still kneeling by the throne. Narcissa wasn’t wrong; these were indeed the missing Slayers. Each of them is recognizable to you, yet different. The fire that previously burned in each of their eyes is now doused. Their toned bodies appear softer, and more inviting. You can’t tell whether either is the result of the Dark Sorceress’ magic but you suppose it doesn’t truly matter right now. Your mission is clear; slay the witch. Rescuing your allies would have to come later. You reach for your blade again, determined to finish this once and for all. If Narcissa is worried at all, her expression does not show it. “Oh darling,” she purrs, “do you really think that cheap piece of steel is going to do anything to me? It doesn’t need to be this way, you know. You could join me, join the others."

She gestures back towards your sisters, "Don’t they seem happy? Does it really seem as though I’ve harmed them in any way? I know you all consider me to be some sort of ‘Dark Sorceress’ but I assure you I am a very kind and loving Mistress.” You say nothing but your eyes shoot back to the former Slayers. Could it be true? Or was this just another one of Narcissa’s evil tricks? Perhaps seeing your hesitation, she takes the opportunity to elaborate. “Think about it, dear. They took you from your families, trained you to little more than tools for their cause, and denied you the chance to make your own path. All I’ve done is offer your ‘sisters’ a choice. And now I offer you the same. You may join us and experience a life of your own, a life that the people you mean to defend have hidden from you. Or, you can fight and feel the fullest extent of my power.”

[galakianexplosion]

So i may or may not have customised a pullip doll to look like Flash

Yes he has a yukata on while i get the materials to make him his actual outfit😔

Flash doll and home-made mini flash

[virgil-upinthestars]

got to yell for a doctor on an airplane today (the guy was fine but we got real freaked out for a second) and lemme tell you i might as well have set off a fucking beacon. within a few seconds we had like five people all over this guy checking his pulse asking his wife if he had a diagnosis getting wet paper towels for his forehead like i'd summoned half the cast of a medical drama. these guys got there before the flight attendants. they popped outta the fuckin walls

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Things to note - from a "popular" fandom blogger

I absolutely memorize urls of people who are in my notes regularly

This wasn't always the case, but now tumblr tells you who is following or a mutual. I extra love those people

BUT I also have a special place in my heart for the lurkers or tumblr users who never follow, but regularly visit my blog

Yes please spam me with notes. This is not Instagram, note spamming only effects us positively.

Reblogs over likes yes, but I will be equally happy if you like 20 posts in a row even if you don't engage

Please engage though. Ask culture dying. We (usually) love when people ask us our favorite headcanon or for clarification on canon facts. If someone doesn't want asks, they usually say so. When in doubt, send in a comment. It's always welcome.

Just because I didn't respond within five seconds doesn't mean I'm ignoring you. I do have a life. But also, sometimes it's hard to respond for whatever reason (thanks autism) I do see your kind words and I love them. I'm not mad at you either. I'm just exhausted 24/7 However please understand that I do not owe you my presence all hours of the day. Yes, even if we are close friends.

Please treat me how you want to be treated.

I have almost 90,000 posts, mostly reblogs, but I have a lot of content and I do not mind you doom scrolling. In the same vain, do not assume I was the same person that posted one, two, five or ten years ago. Going through my blog to find "problematic" content only wastes time and tells me you think people are incapable of growth and change. Do better.

Keeping a schedule is tantamount to keeping people engaged and them building a following. Whether you post one a week or daily, or like me--almost hourly--people will come no matter your content if you give them a Reason to come.

No matter how unpopular the thing you are blogging about it's there is ALWAYS an audience. It's never a wasted effort to be creative and put your voice out there. Please, the fandom gets stale without new creators and ideas.

On that note, you are not stealing from another for making the same or similar content. That means you should gif that show that's already been gif'd dozens of times over. You should draw that comic of a popular headcanon/ship. You should write your story. As long as you are doing things in your own words/style and not outright copying word for word or sketch per sketch, you're fine. Two cakes are ALWAYS Better than one.

Being angry and spending your time hating/attacking/vague blogging about other creators only hurts you in the long run. jealously is a normal emotion, but when you let it take over your happiness you're only falling deeper into a pit that's already hard to get out of. (trust me)

Please, please, please do what makes you happy. Life should not be wasted on anger. You don't need popularity to be happy, sometimes it can be hella stressful. (take my word for it) Don't become the bully you wish you where in middle school. Spread kindness, support artist and creators. (this includes gif makers, image editors, amv makers, writers, OCs, etc)

Just. Have fun.

[kneelian]

cerulean toro digital / photoshop 2025

[jumpstartfactoftheday]

In September of 2021, Briar Mitchell, who worked as an artist on various JumpStart games, particularly during the early 2000s, made a blog post titled "Deadly BABY!", detailing some of the time she'd spent working at Knowledge Adventure during the development of the game JumpStart Baby (2000). The post then goes on to claim that after the Knowledge Adventure catalog was distributed in the California prison system, some inmates would take CDs and snap them in half to make shivs, with JumpStart Baby being a particular favorite. It's unclear how much of this post is meant to be taken seriously (if at all).

[jewish-microwave-laser]

ngl i kinda love going into surgery or whatever, because everybody's just dedicated to making sure i'm safe and comfortable and my job is to just lay back and answer whatever questions they have and let them poke on me. so so good

[plural-affirmations]

Here's to systems who overwork themselves!

It can be hard to take a step back when you're so used to being in the driver's seat, so to speak. Today, we acknowledge the struggles the average system goes through, and how hard they work to be functional.

Shoutout to:

People who try to front longer than they know they should

Plurals who have to front longer than they're supposed to

Systems who struggle with switching, even if they try

Those who ended up splitting off a part for chores, school, a job, etc.

The ones who feel like they're barely making it right now

People who have to face ableism daily

And anyone else who's just having a hard time at the moment with the current state of things

I say this a lot, but... I love you. Truly. I don't know you, and you don't know me, but I know what it's like to be constantly at odds with the world, and... I see you. I see your efforts. You're doing much better than it seems, I promise.

It's not going to be like this forever; the sun will shine, the birds will sing, and you will be loved even if you don't know it. I'm one of the ones who will, if no one else does.

Stay safe, ok?

🖤💜💙💚💛

[eternitas]

OCtober Event

Ask Squad 4 for life advice!

Originally i had planned to draw a banner for this but ofc i didnt manage in time.

So what is this? In short it's an open Ask event that runs through all of october, where you can ask Squad 4 (or if you want specify any other character) for some life advice. Can't say it will be good advice, but it will be advice. I will do my best to make a small sketch for every answer, and if i do end up drawing the banner later I will add it ofc. You can ask any form of advice from "what should I eat today" to "my friend is down and I would like to help, what can I do?", all form of ask for advice is welcomed.

EDIT: You can find already answered asks as an example in this #ask squad 4 tag

For those who do not know: Squad 4 consists of my Ocs

Ava

Lorenzo

Sergey

Leonard

I would love to have some of you participate and I will get to answering all the asks in my inbox and whatever advice seeking you send in once I am more free mid october.

Have a nice OCtober, everyone!

[philistiniphagottini]

I need another good anime to sink my teeth into and write fanfiction for so I can move away from all these video games for a while lol. Any moots got any recommendations for some anime? There is currently so many good anime but its hard for me to choose as I've currently got choice paralysis from the overload. But I'd feel a little better if I at least knew someone in that fandom. Love to hear from ya!

[transrevolutions]

if it's close to one of the first three options, choose the closest one. the last button is intended for if you see it as something wildly different. feel free to include your answer in the tags!

[theallianceofcelestials]

Yapp time :3 also happy late birthday Moongleam! sorry for doing both of these late but some..family drama made me take a break

ANWAYSSS, ITS GOOD TO BE BACK AND ITS GOOD TO DO THIS AGAIN, HOPE UR GUYS'S DAYS/WEEK (or has it been two now? huh.) HAS BEEN GOOD x>

Thank you! :D I'm the one who starts this this time, so hehehehe >:3

We're also happy to have you whenever Sugarcube. Don't worry, we're just happy when you pop up!

As to the yapping, it's been fine for the most part. It's the same old stress, mostly because they made up some new stuff to torture us with, and everyday I'm regretting wanting to become a software developer worse and worse. But that's fine, I can just write fanfic to furries if all else fails

I mentioned this on the discord already, but we went to a sushi place today which is known for letting you eat as much as you can (with that running thingy that's also in factories) called Wasabi, and I'm not hungry anymore! :D I won't be for like, an hour or two more, which is great!

I also experienced shenanigans while writing my new thing, and now the Titanfall fic is becoming closer and closer to reality, as is For you slowly but surely (give me strength for that one). I just wish some random person who writes stuff exactly how I'd love it could just write these things already, it's getting old by this point having to wait for myself to do it :(

Sunray and myself are also idiots, but I'm not gonna elaborate further

Now I'm giving the mic over to Sunray

Hi! (orange Sunray text jumpscare) Good to see you Sugarplum!

As Moongleam mentioned, today we went to an all you can eat sushi place, and it was amazing. We spent almost 2 hours (like 1 and a half more) doing nothing but eating, it was so good. Getting up, and then going home with public transport though? Not so much

Also the running thingy that's also in factories thet Moongleam talks about is conveyor belt. I think she forgot the word for it, and I'm not gonna tell her, because I'm a jerk. >:)

I'm doing just fine, having fun with a Warrior Cats fangame (it's Clangen for anyone curious), having my two little Clans, one of them is called ShadeClan, and the other is FogClan. FogClan was somehting the clan name generator gave, which is incredibly funny cause I mentioned once or twice that I'm (very slowly, please someone hit me with a stick, I have so many work in progresses from even fandoms I'm not active parts of anymore!) on a Warrior Cats TSAMS AU, and one of the clans is called FogClan there too (they're kind of the chill, laid back clan, but also full of pranksters, because as the name suggests, their territory is constantly covered by fog of variable thickness, and they all have very light fur colours that help them blend in. They're also incredibly silent, so they like popping up behind other clan cats and spook them)

Also I'm currently scruffing Killer Sun and shaking him around in my jaws like in the Jurassic Park movie the T-Rex did with the lawyer. I love him. And I'm doing the same thing with Mirror SEA's cast too. Not Solar though. He is held gently like hamburger.

Also the envy towards shapeshifters grows everyday. If I could be a shapeshifter, or be an entity made of nanomachines, I would shed this awful human shell and fully become Creature. Would probably look like a trio of individuals from For You, who I already mentioned once in a Yapp Time thing, Peanut Butter, Jelly or Grape. They're very shaped, and I can't wait for Moongleam to finally write it and for them to show up.

Anyway, your turn Sugarplum! How are you?? :D