#let's try to get through them all

[spores-and-petals]

Rai's Sketch and Doodle Dump 🍂

OH WOWIE, it's been like a month since my personal (Rai's) sketch dump? Sheesh-

I've been a bit busy with school and other stuff and absolutely forgot to share anything BUT TODAY I BRING ART- kind of. Sketches!

Here's a wild Tango trying to get some hacker ideas down after SOMEONE (Scar) lost his vault key.

NEXT UP! These four are continuation of those small portraits i add to our reference sheets to fill the space on the page <3

(Bdubs, Doc, Etho, Impulse)

((I promise you'll get some full references soon guys :>))

AND THERE'S MORE!

YES THERE'S MORE

(A tiny little Grian from a potential scene)

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST-

Them <3

(Grian, Jimmy, and Pearl)

Thank you for coming to this doodle dump from yours truly! I'll try not to forget to post my doodles, I promise!

- 🍂🐾

Oh and here's a complementary Chicken for the wait <3

[oh-dameron]

The more confidently certain Murderbot is that no bots have genders or any interest in sex or romance the less likely it sounds. Really? None of them?

Like how bot pilots can only communicate in images?

Or how a human could never really be friends with a bot?

Or how SecUnits are never friends with each other?

It keeps making these sweeping generalisations about things it doesn't have a lot of data outside of its own lived experience to support, and its experience is not universal.

At this point I would not be surprised if Iris hit MB in the face with the revelation that ART hates Holism because they were involved before Holism fucked around and left it for Sum Total.

[casscainmainly]

Duke Thomas Character Profiles!

This is a compilation of every Duke Thomas character profile I know of and could get my hands on. This is an easy way to get to know him if you're not diving into his comics yet! I'll also be highlighting any inaccuracies I spot in these descriptions.

We Are Robin #4 - 2015

REALLY good profile for his personality at the time! Writer and nerd Duke is VERY important to me.

Batman Character Encyclopedia - 2016

Most of this is good, but the 'debt of gratitude' section is wrong - Bruce saves Duke before Duke's family saves Bruce (NOTE: ACTUALLY THIS IS CORRECT I JUST HAVE NO READING COMPREHENSION. Duke's parents did save him before Duke meets Bruce, it's just told non-linearly!). I like the 'powers and abilities' section, as well as the summary of his backstory! Also I BELIEVE IN 5 FT 6 INCHES DUKE THOMAS!!

DC Comics Encyclopedia All-New Edition - 2016

Sorry for the quality I couldn't find this ANYWHERE this is a screenshot of a YouTube video 😭. Idk why The Nest is in 'enemies' (The Nest was never really an enemy even if Duke didn't fully trust it). Also, I'm pretty sure Joker did not attack Duke's parents because they helped Bruce? It's implied Joker chose Elaine and Duke because of their meta gene in Dark Days. Although I guess both of those could be seen as connected reasons for Joker attacking Duke idk (I'm not the hugest fan of the attack being targeted at all).

Anyway I quite like this one, describing WAR as an "underground youth movement" is GREAT, also "grass-roots anti-crime crusaders" yessss. The description of Duke in Zero Year is also nice!

DC Comics Encyclopedia New Edition - 2021

This one labels his light powers as 'extrasensory', which was correct at the time but is outdated now (it's photokinesis). Also this seems to rip some of the 'allies/enemies' from the previous character profile, because the Nest (and WAR honestly since this is post Secret Files) shouldn't really be here. Also the same issue with last one about the Joker selecting Duke's parents because they helped Batman, which may be correct but I don't think is explicitly substantiated in the comics.

But this summary of Gnomon is quite good, and the timeline is generally accurate (though idk what they mean by "lone street vigilante"; he basically jumped straight from WAR to Bruce). Also Robin as an ally my Damian-Duke crumbs :))).

DC Power 2024 - 2024

The most egregious thing here is Elaine and Doug being deceased (they're not?? if a comic writer reads this and thinks Elaine and Doug are dead I'm suing DC). No mention of Cousin Jay in "Known Relatives" either. Also, Duke discovers his mother has metahuman powers, not his father. (Unless they mean Gnomon, but that doesn't make sense since Duke discovered his powers before meeting Gnomon). I'm also unsure if the comics ever said Duke's powers were amplified by the sun, but it's a cool tidbit!

Besides those inaccuracies, this summary is great and the most detailed on this list; this is the one to read for the full Duke journey!

Anyway that's all I'm aware of!! Have a good day and read We Are Robin :).

[b6d11f]

at my best, I'm a sacrificial lamb at my best, I am something you could handle

[egophiliac]

I have never been more concerned for a JP update from your art than I am seeing a Cheka knowing the context of Leona’s dream.

My bois ok right?????? My sweet nephews ok right??????

well

uhhhh

I'm sure the real one is fine :)

[boarloved-art]

ghost girl wip.....ghost girl wip....ghost girl wip......

[pricetagged]

All of the 141 collectively shed a tear when craigslist personals was shut down.

I just know that Captain John Price was frequently perusing the 'w4m seeking sperm donor 4 natural conception' posts :/

[on-my-way-to-the-woods]

I've been mulling on a thought, so I'm curious

Guidance:

I am using a broad definition of disaster here. You do not need to go look up whether an event was officially declared a disaster or not. Does it seem like it should be a disaster? Then go for it.

For the purpose of this poll "been through a disaster" means 'been in the area in which a disaster is occurring.' If a tornado touches down in your town, but does not hit your house (which you were in at the time) then you have been through a disaster but you did not necessarily sustain damage

This poll is asking about your home and/or the building you were in at the time. If you were not home during the disaster, you still get to count the damage done to it.

Home/Building... eh, define it how you will

Pick the closest answer, disasters are a big category and I'm not going to be able to fit in good answers for every variation of them

[javierduffy]

another drawover because they help my brain not be evil

[seiwas]

sellllllll it's meeeeee. hehehehehehehehehhehe

so for ur writing exercises.... deku + light? please? pretty please?

:3c

heheh heheh hehe niku. this will be the death of me. me writing izuku for the first time 🥲 i will only do this for you </3

contains: established relationship, spoilers for the end of the manga, aged up deku but sometime in between the final outcome (he doesn't get the h*** s*** from bakugo yet), mentions of sex and scars

deku + light

izuku only sleeps with the lights off.

it isn't uncommon; many people you know can't sleep with even just a sliver of light turned on somewhere in the room. but the difference with izuku, you learn, is not that he's unable to stand the light―it's that he refuses to.

you quickly pick up on it the first few times he sleeps over.

he fidgets in bed, pretty badly, actually. the nightlight you sleep with glows a warm yellow, illuminating the side of your face and coating him in its afterglow. you chalk it up to nerves, how he pulls at his sleeves and adjusts his position constantly; he is, after all, one of the most anxious people you know.

and this relationship―it's new. heck, even you feel a little jittery with his arm wrapped around you.

the rhythmic tapping on your hip only increases pace. you don't think he realizes it, so your hand gently reaches for his, intertwining your fingers as you turn around in his arms.

he's close, nearly touching you nose-to-nose; the proximity leaves you fuzzy, a little ticklish, so you giggle, a soft "oops," as the freckles dusting his face almost glisten under the warm light.

"hi," you whisper, meeting his eyes; they stare back at you wide in surprise, "can't sleep?"

he looks almost guilty at your question, as if you’ve caught him with the one thing he's been trying to keep from you.

"just—" his voice comes out louder than intended, prompting him to chuckle nervously as he readjusts his volume, "just winding down, sorry."

you inch closer, nuzzling his nose lightly, "it's okay."

"did i wake you?" he asks, cheeks flushing pink as his eyebrows furrow in immediate concern. his expression is something caught between stifling a grin and feeling sorry.

you shake your head against the pillow you share, strands of your hair tangling with his. "just winding down," you tease, watching as his gaze turns softer, eyelids drooping heavier.

sometimes, you think, izuku holds the world in his eyes―a deep, dark green, the color of life. most times, they look at you with wonderment, bright and alive; photos from inko tell you they're the eyes of his inner child.

on nights like this one, however, they hide a depth in them weighted by what you can only assume is time, and all that has happened to him in such a short span of it.

you try your best to understand what lies beneath them, knowing full well he'll never tell you outright what truly bothers him.

"is it the light?" you bring up, some time after laying in silence.

"hm?" he clarifies.

"do you have a hard time sleeping with the nightlight?"

his eyes widen briefly once more, as if shocked that you've caught him again. these split second reactions are ones you've learned to be attentive to when it comes to izuku.

"no," he tries to lie, but you know better as you turn to your nightstand and reach for its switch, "you don't–"

"it was hurting my eyes," you quickly make up an excuse, tucking yourself closer under his chin as you cut off his attempt to deny it again.

finding out that the light was the problem was the easy part—

you'd begun to notice much earlier on that izuku was barely rested on the nights he'd spend at your place. it was only when your old nightlight broke that you began to notice him waking up much later than you did, groggily rousing from a deep sleep.

—what was hard, was figuring out why.

at first, you suspected it was his scars.

"s-sorry, it's not—" he'd warned you, right as your hands gripped the hem of his shirt the first time you were about to have sex, "—it's not nice."

you didn't care though; you still don't care, and you've made that abundantly clear to him since. you love izuku and all his parts―all the nicks and jaggedy pieces of skin that make up who he is.

when you eventually ask him about it, with a request that he be honest with you for once, he tells you that it is and it isn't―the reason why he exclusively sleeps with the lights off, that is.

it's an odd, comforting relationship he has with his body—that he is simultaneously grateful and sorry for how its become a canvas, both painted and marred to symbolize japan’s historic last stand.

you find out the real reason when you catch him staring at his hands.

he does it often, when he thinks you aren't looking—his fists bunched up in the same way he used to watch the power of one for all course through his fingertips; the same way he used to prepare them in battle.

there’s a faraway look in his eyes that lingers, you notice—a little wistful if anything.

“do you miss it?” you finally ask. he gives you the same shocked look he does every time, as if he’s been caught with a secret he’s been trying to hide.

he’s learned a fair bit about you now, too, though—lying to you is futile when you’ve perfected reading his truth. he stares at his fists again as you take a seat beside him, moving to give you space. you rest your head on his shoulder gently, waiting.

“sometimes,” he admits, but you know it’s an understatement.

“i think about the vestiges a lot. i miss them the most, i think,” he continues, clenching his fists tightly, “i always try to reach out to them, but i guess it doesn’t work that way.”

“i… i try to replicate the right conditions every night, but…” then he lets go, stretching his fingers out wide. the scars on the surface ripple through his skin, telling its own story.

you hum, acknowledging what he means. silence sits with the two of you as you take his hand in yours, slowly unfurling his fingers until his palm reveals itself to you. it’s rough to the touch, seasoned with hard work and all that he’s been through.

“is that why you prefer the dark?” you ask softly, after some time.

it's not often that you stay up later than izuku does. when you do though, you catch him shifting in bed, moving from side-to-side. you pretend you aren't awake, but you hear him mumble their names, dwindling in volume as he dozes off to sleep.

he stares at his palm for a moment before he admits quietly, "yeah." his brows furrow as if contemplating whether to say more, but he shakes his head, dark green strands swaying to the beat of his embarrassed chuckle, "nevermind, it's silly."

"it's not."

you intertwine your fingers, sandwiching his hand between yours. a slight sheen glosses over his eyes as he tilts his head up to look at you. he draws in a breath, before it spills over.

"it's..." he finds the words, and you squeeze his hand in comfort, "it's easier to believe it was all real when the lights are out, and that maybe it can happen again."

[laurellala-comics]

I may not be in the Percy Jackson fandom that much anymore but drawing purple Nico to represent angst and sadness is one of life's simple joys <3

[crittertalez]

its so interesting to me how everyone is like man kris must HATE tenna in like the same exact way people were saying kris must hate ralsei like idk . i think kris is going through a lot and they just feel awkward. they dont even seem to hate asgore despite the way hes just so. um. asgore. idk if they necessarily LIKE tenna in chapter 3 but i sure doubt they fr hate him

[deoidesign]

Idk who needs to hear this but time and time again isn't over!!!

Webtoon removed the "time and time again will return!!!" Banner and I don't know why, but it's not over!!! There's still another 1/3 of the comic to go! There's a lot more stuff that I'm working on and it'll be coming back soon!

Please be patient with me, I know it's been a long time... But the stuff I'm making is really good and there's a lot of reasons it's taken this long. I promise I want it back more than anyone.

I'm trying to come back around the end of October. I'm doing my best to get everything ready in time, so no promises, but I'm on track to do so! I'm just one person writing and drawing everything, and my editor was fired so I'm not even getting any notes anymore. It's literally just me. I'm doing my best I promise!

[insertsomthinawesome]

Chance meeting mishaps [No Romance Included]

[sukibenders]

The Ginny and Georgia fandom can often feel representative of the real world, specifically how certain parent/child relationships end up with the excusing of a parent's sacrifices being hung over the child's head, but never really allowing the child themselves to have their own problems because of it, otherwise they're being "ungrateful". And this rhetoric continuously shines through with how some Georgia fans talk about Ginny. They constantly belittle her and her problems (especially her self harm), call her dramatic for wanting answers from her mother, but never call out Georgia for overstepping Ginny's boundaries and reading her private diary, defending it by saying "Well, she partakes in reckless behavior and she keeps secrets too." Who do you think she learned it from? Like these specific fans will find ways to defend every act Georgia does under the guise of it being a "sacrifice", but can't even do the same for Ginny, a teenager who spent most of her life being uprooted before she could even make a place her home? Who had to deal with her parents' financial struggles (which caused her to be bullied mind you) on top of their tumultuous relationship?

It's also not lost on me how, during that episode where Georgia came to Ginny's therapy session, in which the whole point was to address why Ginny is the way she is, these particular fans sought every opportunity they could to villainize, not only, Ginny but her therapist as well. Especially when the therapist brought up how Georgia, as a white woman, might not be able to fully understand the struggles that her, biracial, daughter might experience/go through (like, what made her think dressing up as Scarlett O'Hara would not sit some type of way with Ginny?). Again, this session was to help Ginny, but these fans, not only, dismiss the very valid racial conversation taking place but fed into Georgia making the situation about herself. This is a big reason why I don't take people seriously when they say that they hate Ginny and criticize everything she does, but love Georgia and are ready to defend everything she does.

[arolesbianism]

Been working on some first run Chou sprites for funsies, here’s a handful of the ones I’ve done so far