#man. i almost wanna write a script for this actually

[whatlurksbean]

Hello! I’ve been reading WLB from some time now, and I am still absolutely loving this comic every time.(on my 4th reread lol) WLB has inspired me greatly along with WC content and (also great!)creations by other creators to the point that I am almost about to script my own comic, with a few scenes that WLB had a huge influence on. Though, I can’t help but be a little overwhelmed when I actually think of creating one, mostly because of the fact I lack the skills to draw comics. Believe me, I am shit at panelling lol. But also l‘m a bit scared because even if I actually end up making my own series it absolutely could end up flopping and that would probably make me lose enthusiasm. I don’t necessarily want to make money out of my comics but rather show others my stories and characters that I love, but I have a history of making and posting oc art just for nobody to watch and kinda giving up.(even though I’m aware of the fact that this happens to practically everyone all the time, it still hurts) The (real)question is if there is some advice you can give to beginner/wanna-be comic artists, and how did you feel when you first posted The Recruit if that’s your first comic. I’m sorry if this sounds like a vent, and feel free to pass this if you want-just know you’re a great inspiration for many people. Stay safe, remember that YOUR well being is number one, and Love from Korea♥♥

Hello! I'm very glad you've enjoyed WLB!

A webcomic can for sure be a daunting and overwhelming thing. Most artists are a one man show, and knowing how to do Every Aspect Perfectly is an impossible task. I think it's important to remember everyone starts somewhere, and it is hard to get better unless you Start.

I mean, the first comic pages I drew digitally looked like this.

The comic lasted 6 pages before I got tired of it, and then I started The Recruit.

(which was over 430 pages long and started and had quite a style/writing change throughout the 7 years I worked on it)

You learn so much by just doing. There are a lot of helpful free resources online now a days to make the learning faster! There are tutorials on how to panel! And I think just reading comics in general is a great source of learning. Pay attention to the things you like (paneling, simplification process, color palettes ) and implement them in your work!

I think it's really important to figure out the level of detail you want the comic to be. I don't think it's wise or sustainable to put 100% effort into every aspect of it. It will burn you out. It's good to consider what level of shading (if any) you'll be willing to do for hundreds of panels, what level of background detail, how many colors the characters should have, and figure out what your focus is.

I've met a lot of comic artists over the years, EVERYONE has a different method or different focus. Creating is not a universal experience!

As for having your work be seen, it is honestly a lot of luck. Back in the day for TR I would just submit to all of the deviantart warrior cat groups and people would find it that way. deviantart groups are pretty dead now so I am unsure if that is any good now.

I personally really think ComicFury is a wonderful place for new artists. It's default page always shows the latest comic, so everyone always has an equal chance to be seen. You can be on the front page every 12 hours (i think, it might be 24..) and with a striking icon and consistent posting, you WILL find people.

It's not the largest site, but it is my favorite for comics.

I do not like the mindset of a comic "flopping." I think it takes time to build an audience. It is very unlikely for people to find your comic overnight, it will very likely take at least a few months of consistent posting to find a few engaged readers. I know it sucks to feel like no one is seeing your work, but it's just something that takes time.

Cat comics do tend to find readers faster though, so if that is your goal, I do hope you find success!

You could also post your updates in comic/art related places, like discords or post panels on bluesky or instagram. really any site or app that posts an image.

I also think consistent uploading is a strong key to building an audience. And to do this, it really helps to have a backlog. Meaning you draw like the first 10-20 pages of you comic (or however many) and upload one or two pages a week. The more your comic is seen popping up on their feed, the more likely people will be to finally click it. I usually do not click on comics I see once or twice, it usually takes a few weeks of me seeing it pop up before i decide to check it out. (talking about on Comicfury to be clear)

Once you've established you are dedicated to your comic, people do not mind if you take breaks. (and if they do, fuck em)

Also, having a community of friends or creators is a huge motivator. Show your work to friends! Share in a community of comic creators! Some things my friends have said to me about my comics has lifted my creative spirit more than anything.

This is turning into some 3am ramblings but to summarize my points:

•Find a style that will work for you to sustain a comic. (do not make 100% effort art pieces)

•Upload on comicfury (great comic site, equal opportunity for new comics) (I would also cross post to other platforms and link back to CF as a primary comic site)

•Work on some pages in private, so you can upload consistently once you begin your comic! (I would update daily for maybe a week and then switch to weekly pages, just to get the best chance of being seen + consistent posting. so that would be good to have at least 10 pages of backlogs. 7 for the first week, plus 3 weeks of backlog at that rate)

and the point most dear to my heart;

•Don't be scared of change.

I know a lot of folk wait and wait to make their comic until they are perfect artists or writers, but like, you'll never make anything if you wait for that. Change is so natural and normal in webcomics, in all art really. I think if you shade for 10 pages and decide you hate it, it's okay to change how you shade or drop it entirely. Change your art style. Change how you panel pages. Change how you do backgrounds. Change anything and everything you want. Enjoy the process and tell the story you want to tell.

Best of luck on your comicing journey, I hope you really enjoy it.

[moonsaver]

hi hi double yandere anon again -- thought i'd put this in a separate ask :] this is only if you wanna write it, but normal sunday with a yandere reader is giving me some great thoughts. like, reader flipping the script on him, usually so composed and with everything in control, and sunday has to deal with being entirely at their mercy. idk having usual character dynamics reversed is always fun to me, so! again tysm and have a great day!! :}

Hello anon! Since both of these inbox messagws are from you, hope you dont mind that i coupled them lol. Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Im glad to know you liked that piece!

Anyways, this is a very interesting dynamic in my opinion..

Sunday x yan!reader.....

Listen. You might actually be able to convince him to a degree. Lets be for real, this man is probably STARVED for some good loving. But like almost all hsr characters, he'd be unnerved by it at first. The most repulsive situation isn't the fact you're obsessed with him, but rather that he doesn't have control over this situation. You, somehow, do.

Sunday himself is a bit.. intense in my opinion. He's had his fair share of suitors, but most likely not many or any lovers at all. He's isolated to a degree, and doesn't feel like he's desperate for love.

But when yan!reader shows up, proclaims having oh so much love for sunday.. it turns the cogs in his head a bit.

Our dear yan actually has a good chance of winning Sunday over, depending on how you might present yourself inititally. It's like when you finally get a taste of something you didn't want, but realise you've needed almost your entire life.

He's reluctant, as.. minorly expected? But not for the reasons he should be. It's the control factor that's holding him back. His secondary concern is actually more logical – he doesn't know you. And it does unnerve him slightly when you give him the tip of the iceberg of how much you might know.

But, somehow, someway, if you manage to render Sunday unable to defend himself, or kidnap him, or strip him of his reliable abilities?

Boy he is freaking. Out.

He's speaking with a strained voice, his eyes almost blown wide open, his breathing is heavy, slow and shallow, as he desperately tries to stay calm, but every alarm in his head is about to burst from the signals at the loss of control. He's like a rabid dog that's shown a glass of water. Almost snarls at you. Hates hates hates this situation so much, and it's not too soon before he settles quietly with a glare, his mind working relentlessly to weave out of your trap.

But it's a strange pull. He protests and threatens you when you even try doing something – even if its harmless and he would allow you to outside of this situation. But then you wear him down, and you're so gentle with him. You kiss his face and hold him so close and warmly, you listen and even understand his ideals when he talks about them to gauge your personality. This feels as though it's the first time someone truly sees him – scary as it might be, to lay bare all your self, but the very fact you can love him so well makes him.. delirious.

Oh, but he still despises you (for the lack of a stronger word) because of the control aspect. However, instead of planning a heavy punishment for your crime of kidnapping him after he finds a way out.. he may form other methods of payback.

[arminthada]

Hello!!

Hmm after watching ep 7, I’m not sure I want Kan and Thiu to end up together 😅😅 I can’t believe Kan severely injured then killed Boss so that Thiu doesn’t find out the truth about his mum. I’ve been empathetic towards Kan’s perspective about euthanasia but I feel killing Boss goes against his own view.

While I enjoyed the few sweet and domestic moments between Kan and Thiu, a relationship with a foundation of lies realistically won’t last. They’re both gonna be hurt, especially Thiu. I do hope Kan decides to tell Thiu the truth in ep 8 though. I didn’t read the novel and I’m wondering if Kan admitted the truth about Thiu’s mum to Thiu in the novel?

on a side note, I’ve been really impressed with JJ and Tor’s acting and have enjoyed their chemistry. I know this might be unlikely but I hope they pair up again in another series, preferably a rom-com so I don’t get stressed on a weekly basis 😂😂

hope you have a good day ahead! 💛

Hi nonnie (┬┬﹏┬┬)

Right!?!!??!??!1 I totally get you nonnie. I really hope you don't mind me spoiling the novel below the cut with you.

Soooo where we at in the series is very similar to where Kan and Wasan were at the end of Book 1, Kan is still hiding secrets from Wasan - Wasan finding out his mom wasn't 'killed' by the serial killer but he's ignoring that anyway to live his life blissfully with Kan -> leading to them being boyfriends but still having that huge wall of secrecy between them (both hiding things they know from each other) and Book 2 addresses that by having Kan faced legal consequences for some of his actions and there's a really dramatic arc where Wasan finds out about Kan euthanising his mom and Kan begging for his forgiveness.

The series has adjusted so much, taking some things from Book 2 but then not adapting some stuff. I really can't tell you if they'll be able to adapt that dramatic scene where Kan begs for Wasan's forgiveness because he's still hiding secrets from his boyfriend in this ep.

Your feeling of not wanting them to end up together is exactly correct because they shouldn't be together yet. How can they be happy together with all these lies between them ಥ_ಥ I think the novel did well in having them end up together but it's after many other events that the series has yet to covered and when they have undergone massive character development and mindset changes.

I too sincerely hope Kan tells Wasan everything in EP. 8. Like Mr. Doctor do you know that you have only have ONE episode left sirrrrrrr 😭

Yea I think it's unlikely that we'll meet Tor & JJ in another project soon since they're independent actors but I'm very glad they came to deliver this work because it's so rare to witness Thai series touching controversial topics, much less for it to be a primetime series with an excellent cast.

The writing for SMYM may not be perfect with obvious illogicalities or flaws here and there but the design of the characters and certain details have been almost immaculate and I must thank the strong cast for salvaging this script and keeping me absolutely hooked each week.

EDIT: because I completely forgot your OG question is about the ending of SMYM. I think One31 has had a streak with giving their OneD originals sad endings this year so I'm actually very mentally prepared for the ending of SMYM since it definitely can't be as bad as the two last ones I've seen (re: the leads dying from being executed or being shot dead) from One31. At most, Kan and Wasan will break up and you know what I'm also fine with that, serves Kan right for keep lying to man you wanna date.

[kaleidosouls]

im too lazy to put the vpn on to tweet so im gonna tumblr post; talk watch abt the amazing digital circus ep 3 (spoilers ofc) [Edit: i had more thoughts i guess il put it in the replies bc tumblr has those now? maybe itll be more accessible for my twitter generated yapping disorder)

finally some appreciation for my man and favourite character kingler like he goddamn DESERVES. i actually have not enjoyed tadc very much theres so much i rly dislike abt it but its like super well produced and indie so like you watch to be on the loop (i wish it was actually rendered closer to the quality of cd games from the 2000s that it seemed to be referencing but like, it looks how it looks and thats how it is), i rly disliked the script for the mpst part in the first 2 eps but ive loved kingler from day 1 so having an ep with mostly just him and pomni (i have mixed feelings on her too but w/e) was great great great and we had some lore n stuff but rly like i could smell a fellow traumatized man whos a bit wacky to cope from miles away and im glad to be proven Right

sorry im older man fucker so he rly hits all the boxes bc hes actually so sweet and helpful hes just mentally unstable (love him for that) and a lot of his endearing like caring nature comes thru in the physical aspect of the character and with less dialogue, rly the less dialogue the show has the better, idk who does the scripts and i dont wanna diss them but like oof i fucking hate it shkdh like its not like its never funny but its just, off, ive still not been able to properly explain to my wife the way that its off to me, and it bothers me to not be able to cohere those emotions! anyway

kingler so cute so very handsome and uwu so gentle and kind 💖💖💖 i love how gentle he is and good to pomni (ofc ppl are gonna call it fatherly or god forbid grandfatherly when hes like 40, and now if you ship them ppl will say its incesty when theyre two grown adults but w/e) like idk i just love a kind mentally unwell man!!! im simple!!! him just overexposing at the near end in dialogue was rly awkward in the writing like man they just, the dialogue is so not good. but in theory his character is so good and the thing abt the darkness and such was sweet. like hes just always been so endearing and the ep just gives a lot of free real estate kingler screentime to drink with my eyeballs, it doesnt change my opinion on the character at all bc ive always loved him this much

the rest was ok just the typical fare for the most part, like tadc rly often makes me so dissatisfied bc it has so So much potential but the ways it kinda just ends up like a dumbed down typical cartoon is really meh. i do love caine though and more proof that hes a non malicious (although maybe harmfully ignorant) ai. his gags almost land for me if they werent really Really lampshaded, i love how much he cares but is incapable (yet) of improving, i thought it was sweet zooble was so earnest with him. like, the whole tadc def improves the less mean spirited it is, for me. which is hard bc the most favoured character is rancid mean disney purple guy.

gghh why is this show so agdidhsifirh (gestures of anger) like its like, much worse ENA or smth but i know theres more that bothers me abt it than that, and i cant grasp it. im stil in hell irl so i cant cohere a lot in general so w/e, i need to chill and let go. i did like the horror trophy head designs of everyone that i could see (i wanted to get a better look at kinglers but i couldnt find a good frame from watching on my phone) like they were super over the top and fun. i wish the settings they travelled to still felt like, even remotely circusy? they truly feel like just we’re in a different cartoon. but its ok i only hate 749374947493 things abt the shows style choices

i want a framed photo of kingler so i could kiss it. or maybe i could trt to makena plush of him. he is my beloved to hurt/comfort. hes wacky and nice and traumatized and has memory issues and i wuv him

[e17omm]

Ranting about Natlan part 2 (act 2)! Whohooooo god I am dying from heat.

Its actually not all negative this time. Its less just ranting and more thoughts of the Archon quest.

I ramble at the lack of stakes or tension at the end. That part's actually me venting frustrations.

TL:DR; quest is disappointing because it could have gone in a very fresh and tense direction but it doesnt because this is 2024 Hoyo.

Music is chill nice vacation music.

Conversation is about the country's constant war with a cunning immaterial enemy that has been fighting them for 500 years.

Nice to see that Hoyo completely succeeds at tone. (Sarcastic)

2. PREDICTION TIME! Kachina is actually gonna stay dead because the resurrection thing is gonna fail and Im meant to feel sad because this character that speedran her character arc in 1 hour and that I've only known for that hour is dead.

3. Traveller casually knows the song????

4. what a surprise! Kachina is (supposedly) dead. My money's on that she was captured or is hiding or something.

She "died" off-screen and Ive known her for an hour. Come on.

5. Oh? We're gonna investigate with the Archon, Mondstadt style? Im game.

I still dont care about Kachina, because again, Ive barely met her. But investigating with the Archon has been a while. I welcome it.

6. Damn, Mauvika just beat the shit out of him. The fight did turn into flying anime line battle, but the music was jamming.

7. aaah damn we arent gonna be investigating with the Archon. Shame. That would've been fun.

8. Did the Pyro Archon legit just send us to go to the Night Kingdom with a stone we can only use if one guy happens to be at the settlement at the time and we can find these fetch quest items he needs?

Who wrote this script? The Archon talked as if she had a way to go to the Night place and she doesnt? ANd now we are on a fetch quest to eat up time? Come on.

9. EVERYONE has sob stories in Natlan jesus christ.

I just wanna clarify that theres nothing wrong with sobstories in themselves, but they wont make me care about a character unless it actually matters to the story.

10. Man I hoped they would be pissed that we broke the thingy. Fucking Hell Hoyo games needs to have character conflict brought back.

11. oh we are going with the Archon... Oh yeah nevermind ignore point 8. I write these points as Im playing.

12. Oh I almost forgot, but yeah Kachina is alive. No surprise there.

13. Pyro Archon is a bitchass mf. Venti can barely fight and he still traveled with us. You can fight and you're not coming with us? Lame. (Im being half serious here)

14. This friendship and fighting with my friends arc feels incredibly cheap. Probably because its been 4 hours long.

15. and we ALMOST had an incredibly interesting plot direction.

Almost.

Hoyo keeps doing these fakeouts that I am actually yawning. Unironically, Im yawning. Whenever anything doesnt go to plan something always saves us. This happens in every one of their Honkaiverse games now. You can do a fakeout here and there, but not every time.

I hope someone understands my boredom with this. I lean back in my chair and go "and SURELY no one will burst in and save us from being trapped in the Abyss for more than 5 seconds, aaaaand there's the Pyro Archon. (yawn)" because it has happened so many consecuative times by now that its not tense or exciting any more.

16. I feel like Natlan would've been such a good story if we didnt JUST arrive here. It feels like there is a lot of sentimentality here, but I dont get invested in flashbacks and sob stories.

17. People claiming that the Traveler is just a spectator so its fine if they dont get stronger or have a character are sure is quiet after this quest.

This quest was pretty disappointing. Again, repeating myself over and over, but Natlan's biggest issue is that its the 6th region and Hoyo's baits never land so I've stopped grabbing at them.

You know what would have been a plot development that would have rekindled the fire of excitement inside of me? If we ACTUALLY got trapped in the Abyss, instead of having another bait of literally anything bad happening to anyone ever.

Can you imagine the plot if we got trapped in the Abyss for an extended period of time and had to survive and scavange for things to eat while trying to retain our sanity as we search for a way out?

Wouldn't that be fresh and exciting and something we haven't seen before?

But that would be something bad happening to our characters and we cant have that! No no boys and girls, nothing bad ever happens to the heroes! But we will sure keep baiting that it will happen! Are you still nibbing at the baits? Are you still worried for them? We will never actually do it but we will keep casting baits!

I want to be proven wrong so fucking badly you dont understand. Hoyo used to write stories I actually got invested in because at any moment, with a few wrong moves, something bad could happen to the characters. Not even death! In the [Seele] cinematic, Bronya could have been trapped in the Sea of Quanta and Seele would have had to go back in to pull her out (which is what she does, but it could have been a 1-chapter arc if Hoyo wanted to). But moments like that never happens any more.

We could have been trapped in the Abyss for an extended period of time before Mauvika found and rescued us and everyone could have escaped with their lives!

But NO! Instead we find Kachina right away, solve a small part of the problem, get baited with being trapped there before instantly being rescued and Kachina gets treated right away and SHES PERFECTLY FINE. THEY BAITED HER DEATH EARLIER TOO.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY IM NOT FUCKING WORRIED ABOUT ANYONES LIVES?!

IF THERE WAS ANY CONSEQUENCE AND ANY STAKES AT ALL KACHINA WOULD AT LEAST HAVE BEEN AFFECTED FOR A FEW DAYS BUT NO, SHES PERFECTLY FINE.

WHY SHSOAJD =IA^SPE DHUja9o'

Why should I care when the result is ALWAYS that everyone is perfectly fine and happy?

No one would have even needed to die or been permanently injured. But we get saved instantly.

Where's the tension and stakes supposed to be?

[thewhumperinwhite]

WKW: The Rose Queen, Part 1

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sorry for the, like, Actual Year Between Updates, and then this one is just set up. I've Been In Hell. Anyway, here are some Plans and Schemes.

...who is my taglist for this. are they still active. who knows. dm me if you wanna be tagged in WKW updates please

TW for: manipulation, just bc of Morden and Thorne's Whole Deal, but honestly it's pretty mild in this one.

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The first letter arrives a week after the taking of Colomur Castle. It is written in delicate flowing script on silk-weave paper, scented with rose oil. The envelope is filled with rose petals.

To he who has Called himself the King in Colomur:

You have slaughtered the Lion in his Den. It is a Feat, whether Good or Ill.  No doubt the Nobles of this country—none of them Lions themselves—now trip over their each other to be the first with his Tongue on your Boot.

I wonder if you might wish for finer company.

My messenger will wait three days for a reply.

Yours in Anticipation,

The Rose Queen

Morden’s eyebrows practically disappear into his hairline when he reads the signature at the bottom of the finely-printed letter. He paces in his chambers, alone except for Thorne, who knows best how to soothe his sudden, unproductive fit of rage.

He sends Tern out the next day, to find out who the hell this Queen might be. He doesn’t tear up the letter, as is his first impulse. Instead he sits at the Lion’s desk and spends far longer than he will ever admit crafting a letter clever enough to match.

To She Who May Call Herself A Queen, Morden writes, and then crumples the paper and throws it over his shoulder. It is too direct; this woman—claimer of a title as high as his own—will read the address and see the depth his pen has carved into the paper in his too-tight grip and know that she has angered him, and he will not give her the satisfaction.

My Dear Lady Rose, he writes instead. That seems subtle enough.

He thinks about cursing the letter. He could; could sprinkle black dust inside that would coat this woman’s throat and eyes and nostrils with choking smog as soon as she broke the seal; send her and her claims at Title to the Ice Under the Earth where he sent the Lion of Colomur. He doesn’t, though. He is, above all, curious.

The second letter arrives even before Tern’s return, delivered by an identical messenger in red livery with gold roses embroidered on the breast. The color is troublingly similar to the Lion’s royal crest. Morden glowers at the messenger almost without meaning to; the man, with some visible effort, does not wilt under Morden’s gaze.

My Dear White Crane, the letter begins, and Morden almost (almost) admires the elegance of the address—a clear response to his own, and subtle enough in its disrespect (she has still not called him King, a title he has earned and is due, and he has to consciously stop himself from grinding his teeth).

You Honor us with your Interest, the Rose Queen writes. We Thought to offer your Messenger Tea, but he Disappeared into the Brush before any Courtesies could be Extended.

My messenger will Wait three days for your reply. Prudence might suggest your reply be sent through this channel, lest others of your men also become Frightened.

Morden realizes that he is crumpling the edges of the paper in his fists, and forces his fingers to relax.

Yours in Hospitality,

The Rose Queen.

At the bottom of the paper, someone has made a small but elegant ink sketch of Tern, in his Falconer’s livery, seen from behind as he leaps into what appears to be a thorn bush.

Morden smooths the paper down on his desk. He gets calmly on his feet. Then he kicks the chair over and shouts for someone who can give him news of who the hell this woman is.

Tern arrives the next day, looking harassed and with his Falconer’s cloak slightly torn, but otherwise none the worse for wear. Morden meets him in the entrance hall with literal storm clouds gathering at his shoulders and his hands sparking with electricity. Tern has been a Falconer long enough not to be unduly alarmed by this; he knows that Morden is too clever to vaporize as talented a scout and spy as Tern for one failure, no matter how embarrassing that failure may have been. It helps, of course, that Tern is not returning empty handed.

Technically, Morden learns, first from Tern and then from three days of frantic shuffling through volumes of badly kept records and histories in Colomur Castle’s library, Hyacinth of House Rose has no more claim to the throne of Craetalia than he himself does. Or not much more, anyway. She has no blood connection to the Lion; is only leftovers from the Lion’s wife’s previous marriage.

“Of course,” Morden says aloud that night, in Thorne’s direction but really to himself, “none of that will matter if she is clever with her tongue and looks pretty enough riding her war horse toward my castle.” He runs his hand through his hair, not for the first time, and it catches on a knot he has worried into it. “People love a Princess,” he says, laughing bitterly.

“Not the way they love a King, Master,” says Thorne, who always knows what to say. Morden looks down at the bed, where Thorne is sitting anxiously upright, looking back with big, concerned eyes.

Morden laughs, feeling his shoulders loosen, and plops down on the settee with his back to Thorne, who immediately begins working the knots out of Morden’s hair, clearly relieved to be serving instead of speaking.

“Quite right, pet,” Morden says, reaching back to pat Thorne’s knee.

(Thorne sighs at the touch, the way he always does: somewhere between pleasure and relief.

(People do not touch him very often.)

Morden writes back the next day, over about an hour of dithering over wording. (There’s no one he can ask for help; Raven is too aggressive, Swan is too disdainful, and Thorne is too stupid.) The final draft is carefully crafted; a polite but distant declaration of some slight interest in further correspondence. He decides, after much internal debate, not to ask her what she wants. She wrote first; she won’t wait long before making her intentions clear, and he doesn’t her to think him too interested.

He's right, of course; she declares her intention within the month. Morden is not often surprised; he prides himself on reading people easily, on anticipating any and all schemes his opponents might attempt.

He will admit this, though, to Thorne if no one else:

The Rose Queen’s proposal does surprise him.

[chibishortdeath]

I am in a really weird spot of life rn. Just kinda a stream of consciousness rant about things.

I’m stuck living with my parents for many reasons, mostly financial. Houses are expensive as shit and I don’t have a job. Jobs are stupid hard to find, especially because I don’t have a college degree and I’m not allowed to drive the family car. I barely leave the house.

I definitely want something to change. I’m definitely trying to make something change. But there’s always something that stops it from happening. Find a job listing for at-home work and it’s an obvious pyramid scheme. So are the next however many in the list. Find another job that’s basically a call center position where you just read a script to people and they require a certain collegiate degree. Like genuinely I’ve scrolled Indeed or whatever for anything hiring in my area and/or within what I can do and it’s primarily scams and jobs I’m not qualified for.

Want to draw something? Well there’s 5 steps you have to complete first before you can do it and now supper is ready and so is the laundry, so you don’t have enough time to do it anyway. Also if you ever post anything you’ve made, have fun trying to gamble with every website just to get more than 5 people seeing it and good luck ever making a career with those numbers and that slow pace, not that art is a viable career anymore. And then similar goes for other not job related things— want to play a video game? Nope, that’s actually too loud and too long and not the right game. Want to go outside? Not without someone accompanying you, not in this weather, not at this hour. Want to go somewhere further outside? Nope, you’re not allowed to drive the car (even though you have a license and would like to keep that important life skill). Want to watch something? Nope, that takes too long and you have to be available to be interrupted for a while. And I just don’t wanna do anything anyone in my house would disapprove of, not that I have a concrete idea of everything they disapprove of, there’s some really obvious ones like I unfortunately live with some uh Harry Potter fans if that makes sense, very unfortunately cause haha they would not like me if I was disappointing in that regard oh boy, but like I don’t wanna just go take a walk around the block and then get a ton of shit for it and end up homeless. In other words, I am not in the position to be able to fuck around and find out— 50/50 Chance the find out section is either getting disowned or, worse, still being stuck there but now with the added bonus of getting treated worse :/.

I feel like my life is a waiting room tbh. No wonder I don’t really have any drive for anything anymore, anytime I try to do something it’s shot down. Or I end up with a good chance to do something and I’m too fucking exhausted or brain fogged to take it. I’m running on like windows XP operating system man. I don’t think I’ve processed several years yet, and double clicking the MS Paint icon more times isn’t gonna make it load any faster. I genuinely feel like I am gonna be in the dust unable to catch up with anything forever, and that’s even without all the shit I’m not allowed to do lest I wanna jeopardize my living situation. It’s boring, it’s monotonous, it’s the worst shit to be stuck in when you have addictive tendencies towards maladaptive daydreaming.

Anyway in positive news, I’ve started writing again :). I haven’t since high school so it’s been pretty fun to get into that. I’ve been working on a couple fics, they’re not done cause they’ll be pretty long I think lol. One is about Reinhardt and Renon after the events of CV64 cause I had a dream about them having a conversation, idk that one’s been fun. And the other is my transformers Ocs :3, of which their ref sheet thing is almost done, I just gotta color a couple more bots. And uh hopefully these don’t end up another random project I never finish cause of reasons stated above augh.

[olivieraa]

y'know, I actually find Bakura's British accent fascinating lmao idek if I can explain why I find it fascinating specifically

like, I'm really into voices. I have been for a long time. I'm very much a Japanese VA fangirl but I'm fond of a few dub voices mainly for the nostaliga reason. and I've said this a MILLION times, but the YGO dub is one of the best there is voice wise (not writing wise)

like, I'll always watch the Inuyasha dub over the sub bc that was my OG. but......... despite the nostalgia of it, I can admit how bad it was. at least at the beginning. and most dubs are like that. you can hear them reading a script. they sound so unnatural it always makes me do this face when dub VA's, even when reading serious lines, end up sounding like Power Rangers when they're about to fight a battle

or esp when grown women voice young or teen girls. like, I'm sorry, you sound like a grown woman.

but anyway, yeah the YGO dub. I obviously love Joey's Brooklyn accent. and again, sounds like it naturally comes outta him. Eric's Kaiba voice is iconic, I mean--

Anzu was perf, no notes.

but Bakura...

I remember thinking this when the first Deadpool came out and they showed the credits.

idk why my immediate thoughts were 'Scar and Bakura' bc British villains are a plenty. they are the most stereotypical, with the lead hero mainly being an American man.

I mean maybe it was bc of the Abridged making sure to mention Bakura's Britishness the whole time that it was so drilled into me how damn British he was

but I'm thinking it was maybe bc I'd seen a post on here YEAAAAAARS ago, talking about the difference between Japanese Bakura and British Bakura. and it was pointing out that Japanese Bakura actually talks a lot like a punk, very similar to Joey. like he's part of a gang. and it makes sense, given his past.

whereas British Bakura sounds like an English gentleman.

now idk if it was obvious to anyone else, like maybe its really obvious but never talked about, or only I noticed it, but Bakura's British voice does change in the show.

obviously he's in the show sparingly from S1-S3. and throughout those eps his voice is very low and gruff.

almost Batman-esque.

BUT. S5, his "I'm finally in every episode" season, the gruffness disappears, and he just becomes so sassy and incredibly sarcastic. also he never shuts up, which I find hilarious.

this vid is the only one I can find that's full of his S5 quips

"I guess that means I can't participate, I feel so left out :'(" is one of my faaaaaves. I needed him and Joey to have a sass-off, cause Joey has lines like that all the time. that's the kinda duel I wanna see.

but yeah, it's just fasincating to me. and this line being so dub specific is absolutely brilliant

Joey walking by looking so downtrodden lmao

don't worry babe, the Brooklyn accent does it for me <3

[apollonouta]

What bugs me about this is less of: should my brother have to do this without any guidance at all

Vs

If he wants his check back, he has to do the work to get it thats legally required of it.

Hes an adult, hes 20. I can give him accommodations such as a script and a timeline. I know he has adhd. He can write it down. I don't mind doing that, but he has to have the initiative as an adult to WRITE things down. And REMEMBER things. And if he cant remember the information, then he has to write it down. Theres no changing that.

Hes not cognitively dysfunctional to qualify for someone to take medical power of attorney of him, nor can he have anyone else speak for him at these meetings.

Our mama straight up told me she would help me when i was 17 and i better pay attention bc she wasnt gonna do shit for me once i wad 18. And she put me out a week before i actually turnt 18.

Whether or not that was right of her isnt for debate, bc one thing my mama did was instill the sense of "this check is your lifeline" and she was right. My aunt was trying to say i thought he was too stupid to get a job, and i know ny brother isnt. But we live in an ableist society where people with different needs arent even tolerated in public spaces let alone in minimum wage jobs for long.

And i was asking him, do you want to be independent, do you want to be treated and live like an adult. Hes 20 and has to ask permission to leave the house. Hes grown. He has no legal obligations to anyone. I straigjt up want him to cut his grandma off bc like, why is he living like he 13? Hes a fully grown man.

And ofc my aunt kept switching it up, oh hes mentally 13 (no tf hes not. Hes mentally 20, going on 21.) Oh well nobody ever taught him that - im teaching him that. Oh well hes quiet because hes anxious. He needs to speak rhe fuck up

Standing behind me is someone who neither loves him nor cares if he dies on rhe street and they want to ensure that he neither gets the insurance or pocket change he may survive off of.

Then she was like youre not like him hes autistic and every argument oh he has emotional pain yadda yadda dadada as if i grew up with pockets of posies and sunshine and lollipops and never struggled with anything. I told her the last time i got hospitalized i was almost raped and murdered whixh also made her pivot bc that shit dont work. She knows shes called the police on me for crying and having an episode. She knows i tried to kill myself too. Like that schizoaffective disorder is on the exact same level as his autism. We both have low need of care. He can do this shit

Like how he faked not being able to tie his shoes and lied to mama everyday to stay out of school

Idk why theyre treating him like an invalid, but the fun part is that my aunt has these arguments that have weight to them. Her guilt tripping me about stuff my mama did in the womb weighs more than her lying and saying mama was an angel who never did anything wrong bc she's gonna want to use that again later

My aunt is a narcissist though, and it makes sense bc apparently both of my grandmothers were too. And my aunt donna and my sister shukira. So i mean ig its understandable but she has to be the biggest victim and if she can reference her supposed sacrifice and switch up her arguments every other sentence she will

But that doesnt help my brother! Which is the issue. James needs fucking help and age appropriate help. He cant answer basic questions about himself without someone giving him the answers.it was to the point where i was surprised he even knew his birthday.

Thats not autism, thats coddling and learned helplessness. He doesnt even wanna live like that anymore. Thats the part that makes me sick is that hes ALWAYS listened to me wjen i advocated for his autonomy and independence. His actual anxiety doesnt matter in this scenario, but instead his discontent with being robbed of knowing his own history is what we need to focus on.

He's gonna ne anxious for life. I am. We all are. Nobodys happy either. But giving up instead of working to achive happiness is how you die before youre buried. And ik for a fact my aunt is dead.

Its just argh. It pisses me off. Im trying to teach him how to fish but everyones saying theyll give feed it to him knowing theyre half way to the grave.

Its so funny i can successfully evade my aunts guilt trips by leaning into her same logic even when shes switching up her arguments by pulling up the "facts" by repeating what shes said directly

She was like "why are you being so mean ans talking about your mama like that she loved you, she never treated you like that she wasnt money hungry like that"

And i went "you know your sister. The same sister you said would steal diaper money from your dresser, you know what she was like" made her switch up her tune soooo fast

Cant manipulate me anymore ✌🏽🥰✌🏽

[anachronistic-falsehood]

ok. was thinkin about this during my workout. here's a concept for what genloss could have been if it stuck with the retro analog horror and the distortion of reality concept we THOUGHT we were gonna get

it's a sitcom. the title for the show is something generic and very nineties. the first ep of genloss is a 20-40 minute tv episode of this 90s sitcom. it's actually scripted and it's got some funny goofs and jokes and it's very 90s. ranboo is the awkward main character, like think 90s nerd archetype, and charlie is his outgoing but also kinda nerdish friend. they've been invited to Cool Guy Sneeg's house for a party or something and frank (played by a living breathing person) is his roommate (oh my god they were roommates). the characters from ep 2 of genloss are also there!! it's very simple easy to digest funny haha 90s sitcom!! there are some things that are Off but not acknowledged. ranboo wearing the mask for unexplained reasons. charlie walks into the room eating a bowl of what may or may not be red jello, but never says what it is. niki is crying in a corner somewhere and no one comments on it. ethan mentions that he wants to go home but can't because he's being told to stay here, and he's seen lying unconscious in the background in the next scene. the characters go to watch tv, and the screen has a lot of wires sticking out the back of it, tangled up in each other, making it so there's really no logical way this tv could ever actually work. all that's on screen is static. but they react like it's a show. just. little things that make it Slightly Unsettling. end credits roll.

episode 2!! begins the exact same as the first one. ranboo and his silly funny friend charlie are on their way to their good friend sneeg's house!! they enter and sneeg looks offscreen to talk to frank. there's just a skeleton sitting on the couch. ranboo's mask flickers off for a brief moment and they ask "hey, where's frank?" sneeg points to the skeleton and says "what are you talking about? he's right there." the mask turns on before ranboo can say anything else about it. niki is not just crying in the corner, she is actively sobbing and wailing and still no one cares. ethan is no longer there. austin is there to replace him. he's wandering around scared and confused, demanding to know where ethan went and where the heck he is and when he can leave. no one cares. he runs off. you can see his leg poking out from behind the couch in the next scene. no one cares. charlie is actively eating something that is clearly not just red jello. no one cares. sneeg carries around frank and talks to him like he's a person. No One Cares. ranboo's mask flickers on occasion so he can see what's really happening, but he can barely say anything before it turns back on again. the characters sit down to watch tv. static fills the screen. more wires stick out of the back of the tv and curl around the table it's perched on. it looks almost like it's trying to take some kind of form, but it's hard to tell what it is at this point. ranboo's mask turns off, and he has just enough time to say "this isn't right" before it's on again. end credits roll. austin's name isn't in it.

episode 3!! cue fun intro music! ranboo and his good friend charlie are on their way to their good friend sneeg's house for a fun little party! frank is gone. mask off. ranboo asks "where's frank?" sneeg asks "who's that?" mask on. jerma is there with his good friends rae and sykunno! sykuno doesn't speak a single word. rae is gushing over how fun the party is. the punch in her cup stains her teeth red. mask off. there's a tombstone in the backyard with the name frank on it. ranboo comments on it. jerma steers him away and offers him a glass of punch. ranboo doesn't want to drink the punch. jerma insists. mask on. niki is grabbing people's shoulders and screaming. mask off. ranboo asks if she's okay. she cries in relief and says she wants to live, begging him to help her. mask on. they go inside. her corpse is sprawled across the floor. no one says a word. mask off. ranboo is still holding his punch. charlie's jello(?) stains his teeth, his shirt, his hands. he stands in the corner and stares at the mess of himself. he tells ranboo he wants to go home. ranboo says "yeah, yeah we can go home. let's go, let's go." he makes for the door. jerma offers them more punch. ranboo declines. there's punch in his hand anyway. when did he take it? they turn on the tv. the wires are accumulating into a vaguely humanoid shape. there's a still image of an eye on the screen, crackling with static. the eye blinks. ranboo sprints out the door with charlie. they go back home, to their cabin in the woods. why do they live in a cabin? they don't even know. they think they've escaped, but we as the audience, can still see them. it's still part of the program. they both go to bed, tired and afraid. the lights blink out. the camera turns to the tv in their house. it's got wires hanging out the back of it. there's static on the screen.

[ddejavvu]

Blurb idea!!

Hear me out the bau has been on a case all week and at lunch at the precinct reader comes up to spencer and is like “wanna go get coffee somewhere?! :3” obviously trying to spend some time with him but he is not picking up on the situation at all and is like “there’s coffee right here, want me to pour you some?” Like he just genuinely thought reader had no idea there was coffee. Then she kinda lets it go and Morgan walks up to reid overhearing the convo being like “my man wtf r u doing she doesn’t gaf abt the coffee!!! She wants to hang out w u!!” And reids all like ohhhhhh and feels like an idiot and walks back over to her and takes her up on the offer 😭😭

Spencer's tired. He's been up for almost two days straight, eyes strained as he scans through mountains of paper at the speed of light. The unsub they're tracking was a proficient journaler, and each composition notebook gets more and more gory. He's just in the middle of reading about victim number three and her unfortunate demise when you step into his line of sight, placing a hand over the page.

"Hey Spencer," You grin down at him when he squints up at you.

"Hey," He hums, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah," You nod, bouncing on the balls of your feet, "You look tired, though. Wanna grab some coffee with me?"

His brain is still filled with violent visions, blood-spattered pages, and scripted writing pressed so hard into the page that the ink bleeds, and he doesn't pick up on your subtext.

"Oh, I'm okay," He hums, head ducked back down to the page, "I've got some already. It's in the break room if you want some."

"Oh. Uh, okay. Thanks, Reid."

He lets you leave with a soft 'mhm', but his head snaps back up when he feels someone swat at the back of it, hard.

"Ow! Morgan," Spencer glares at the man, rubbing the sore spot on the back of his head, "What's wrong with you?"

"Me?" Derek's eyes widen, "What's wrong with you?"

"Well my head hurts," Spencer gripes, "What do you mean?"

"She was askin' you out, man!"

Spencer frowns, "She asked if I wanted coffee."

"No, she asked if you wanted to go get coffee with her. She was asking to spend time alone with you, she was asking you out!"

"Oh." Spencer looks pleased with himself for a moment, then his brain catches up to him and he remembers what he'd said in response, face dropping "Oh."

He scrambles out of his chair, leaving the journal open-faced on the desk. He barely catches you by the shoulder before you can disappear into the kitchen, and you turn with a slightly defeated look in your eye. Spencer tries not to dwell on it.

"Hey," He speaks in a shaky, awkward voice, "Uh, actually, it turns out the coffee here is terrible. Are you still up for a walk to the cafe?"

All at once you brighten, Spencer practically feels the warmth shoot through your veins where his hand rests on your shoulder.

"I'd love to," You gush, grabbing his free hand, "C'mon, Spence! We have to get there before the danishes run out!"

Spencer sits back down at his desk an hour and a half later, $12 poorer, but a whole lot happier. And he pockets the note that Derek has slipped between two pages of the journal, dreading what punishment the man would inflict on him: You owe me big time, pretty boy!

[comicaurora]

Question, from one aspiring writer to another: how do you manage to maintain the drive to keep writing and how do you not lose interest in what you've created before it's done? Asking because I need advice.

Tricky question. I don't think it has a single answer.

For me personally, there are a few things that buoy up my enthusiasm:

Rabbit Holes - random deep-dives into topics I find incredibly interesting. Because I have so many outlets for my rants about highly specific cool things, I don't need to stifle any random hyperfixations because almost all of them can be turned into scripts or worldbuilding concepts. If I feel the enthusiasm strike, I chase it down as far as I can and take as many notes as possible along the way. However, these things work like lightning strikes and I can't just get randomly super interested in any one thing. Almost all of my longform videos start out as these.

Comedic Reframing - the bread and butter of the channel and the lifehack that let my poor brain actually focus on extremely long and boring books through college. It's easier for me to retain information and enthusiasm if I can find humor in what I'm dealing with on a smaller scale. When working on illustrating videos, for instance, the way I avoid burning out on individual frames is by making sure they have witty dialogue or fun character moments, because I genuinely enjoy drawing those a lot more than just "character moves into position" or "scene change" shots. Same goes for the comic - the more dynamic or interesting the pose, the more interesting the panel is to draw and the easier it is for me to stay jazzed.

Audience Feedback - I feel like this part is simultaneously understated and overstated in different ways. Creating art solely for the accolades it might garner is seen as generally both gauche and inefficient - it'll turn into an existentially draining losing battle like all pursuit of fame for fame's sake does - but any writer or artist will tell you that people losing their minds over their art is the number one way to guarantee they want to make more art. When drawing the comic, even when I'm lower energy, I'll often think to myself "oh man, they're gonna be yelling about this panel" and that'll help give me a boost. Early on in the comic I read through the discord discussions almost every day, but now I'm mostly sustained just from people yelling in my askbox.

Letting The Characters Run Wild - I've mentioned this elsewhere, but one of the most fun parts of writing for me is when the characters kinda tap me on the shoulder and say "hey boss, I really wanna do this". Their character-moment is almost always spicier, more complicated and more interesting than whatever plot-serving guideline it's replacing. Making the characters act as automatons that solely move the plot forward is less interesting for me as a writer than turning them loose and seeing the havoc they cause. Before I ever put pen to paper for this story, half my fun would just be playing out extremely fraught conversations and encounters between characters - no script, no plan, just "here's the premise and GO." Lots of stories start out as daydreams, and daydreams are like the purest form of energizing creation, existing only for the joy of the creator and thus flowing almost effortlessly; I think it's important to retain the heart of that when the daydreams start being set down on paper. If it's not a little self-indulgent it's not gonna be too much fun, and sometimes all it takes is letting the characters do the wild thing with consequences you haven't fully worked out yet.

In my experience, the thing I enjoy most as a creator is solving puzzles. I have more fun writing my story when I only mostly know where it's going, and I have to work out the most interesting consequences to my characters' unexpected actions. I have more fun drawing out a joke if the punchline didn't even occur to me before I started the frame, because the idea is fresh and fun and hasn't gone stale from sitting in my head too long. And my enthusiasm for my older work is reinvigorated when I see how other people respond to it, because it lets me almost see my own work through fresh eyes, which is a rare treat for any creator.

And when I get really worn down, I treat that like a sign that something needs readjusting. I don't force it when I'm worn out or can't bear to look at my tablet - I step back, take a break, take a walk, indulge in Floor Time, watch a movie, buy a coffee, do something that isn't trying to floor the accelerator when I'm stuck in a creative snowdrift. Sometimes that means putting a project down for months. Sometimes that means realizing I wouldn't actually be able to make a project happen because it'd be draining my will to live the whole time.

I sometimes use the metaphor that a creator's mind is like a garden. Its works need to be cultivated, but sometimes they also need to be left alone, or maybe the soil needs to be actively left fallow for a while. It may look like the project isn't doing anything, when in actuality it's spreading its roots and developing a much more solid foundation where you can't see it. Maybe two concepts cross-pollinate in an unexpected way and you get a new third thing to cultivate. But the most important part of this metaphor is that the well-being of every individual thing growing in the garden is heavily dependent on the heart of the garden overall. If you aren't doing okay, your art isn't going to be okay either. If it's feeling like a fruitless and nothing is growing, you might just need rain. Or nitrogen-fixers.

[attabxy]

Alright, alright, alright! I'm bored, so I'm gonna write down some Green Lantern Headcannons for my two favorite GLs!

Pairings: Hal Jordan X Reader, Kyle Rayner X Reader (separate, romantic, gender-neutral)

Media: DC Comics.

Content and/or Warnings: Just my random thoughts, language, probably OOC for both Lanterns, too much talk aviation in Hal's part.

H. Jordan - Green Lantern.

This motherfucker will take you down to Ferris Aircrafts and force you to ride shotgun with him.

"HAL PLEASE LAND THE JET!!!"

"Just breathe, (Y/N); the fun hasn't even began yet!"

I'm not even kidding there's a GL comic called "Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins 2005" where Hal and Kyle ride in a jet together and it's awesome.

Anyways, you eventually get used to him dragging you out to nowhere at 10 pm on a Saturday just to fly jets.

He even teaches you how to fly...

...in the smallest jet.

The both of you have watched Top Gun so many times that not only do you know the script off the top of your head, but you might be able to fly a fighter jet.

Moving past aviation, I feel like Hal makes really good blueberry pancakes.

Also, this man is canonically 6'2 (182 centimeters) and 186 pounds (84 kilograms), so expect this exchange:

"(Y/N), there's a bed for a reason."

"You're comfier, shut up." You muffled due to your face being buried in his chest.

Wearing his pilot jacket CONSTANTLY, especially in front of him.

That man will die happy if he saw you in his jacket

"Babe, wanna dance?" Hal asked, before the both of you horribly danced to some crappy 2000s' pop song.

Frequently patching him up.

"Baby, how did this happen?" You say as you clean a cut on his jaw.

"...ran into a stop sign."

He never lived that down.

He comes from a Catholic and Jewish (ayo fellow Jew) family, so expect the blending of religions

Ok, but just imagine you being part of one of the Lantern Corps and teaming up with him on missions.

Honey, you could be part of the Sinestro Corps and you'd both would raise hell together.

Anyways, both of you guys would take the piss out of Batman and The Flash

You guys have gotten whacked upside the head a few times.

Kyle Rayner - Green/White Lantern.

Let me just get it out of the way: This boy draws you almost any chance he can get.

Especially if you're doing something and don't notice him.

I feel like Kyle would also be into photography, so there's about 292737 Polaroids of god damn everything on the wall or in a box.

You, himself, both of you guys, nature, a cute dog he saw, space, a picture of a hot dog. Name anything, he has a picture of it.

Same thing with his art: It's all over the walls.

Oh, and if you just so happen to be artistic in the slightest? Hope you wanted to keep the puppy-of-a-man for the rest of your life.

I truly believe Kyle makes the best tacos on the planet.

Before any of you come at me, no I did not say that because Kyle is canonically half Mexican. I say that because I literally thought of it and I can't get it out of my head.

This guy lives like a college student without being a college student, so he knows how to make food with minimal ingredients.

Karaoke nights, but it's y'all and a few friends getting absolutely hammered and singing 1980s' songs.

"DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME!!!"

"DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T!!!"

I can't get this out of my head but Kyle would be best friends with Dick Grayson send Tweet.

Getting confused every time he comes home with a different Green Lantern outfit.

I ain't gonna lie to you guys, but I think Kyle would love to be the little spoon

There's this GL comic called "Green Lantern #154" where Kyle beats the actual shit out of these homophobic dudes that almost killed a gay man. Kyle supremacy.

Guys, get "80 Years of the Emerald Knight." It has your Hal and Kyle fix.

(A/N: Who was gonna tell me that Kyle paired up with Jason Todd and Donna Troy?)

[emjayart]

Love Between Fairy and Devil

i know this Drama was aired back in 2022, but one thing about me is that i'd rather wait until the drama is completely aired than to wait in agony for the next episode to come and translated (that thing is no joke); i've done watching this show last month and boy was i cursed after this, i saw the cover and title on Netflix and i was like "eeehhh probably just a typical Cdrama, nothing special about it" but then i started to have doubts about my own judgement and decided to watch. oh boy i was wrong.

First, let me give my respect to the screen writers who spent 3 YEARS in writing the scripts, their efforts and hard work paid nicely <3, so does for all the visual effects team, choreograph team, etc for bringing this drama came to life so beautifully.

You can smell the strong chemistry between two leads. great casts!! standing ovation for Wang He Di for his performance!!!

ever since i started to fell in love with Cdrama i have never saw "what great power looks like" you know what i mean? like Ye Hua in TMOPB he was considered the brightest and all that, but the show did not give me any chance to actually witness his power at it's peak, same case with my beloved Hanguan Jun (though i still love him), Wei Ying (almost at a peak if it's not for him to deal with the power biting his butt back).

DongFang QingCang (dfqc) showed up with style, arrogance, domineering, invincible, confidence, that air that makes everybody even the heavenly emperor tucked their tails between their legs when he arrived at that Waterfall Hall to safe xiao lanhua, he summoned lightning and darken the sky, his voice like thunder; even when he was fighting with ChangHeng and his buddy Rong Hao. that HELLFIRE is hella sexy!! I NEVER BEEN THAT HYPED when i see a villain is about to destroy, the music, the visual effect, choreograph for DFQC is superb!! one swing of that man sends ChangHeng the God of War got beaten up like a dough, he was left unscathed, no drop of blood, stand so proudly in front of his opponents, WORTHY OF HIS TITLE, RESPECT AND FEARED. "the only person who can defeat DongFang QingCang is himself" he can easily kill xiao lanhua, but he didn't, yet he opened to the new experience.

i want to talk a lot about this complex character and his development throughout the journey which thumbs up to the Production House to be able to put his whole development as a character fantastically though i hate why you guys left us like that for the last 6 episodes, you can you that 4 more episodes to give us more!!

the are soooooo many scenes that i love, so many comedy in this drama, body swap, but the peak of the comedy is in Human Realm, when ChangHeng & DongFang QingCang became sworn brothers lmao, when DongFang QingCang crawled through dog hole (I'm dead) and so much much.

but the one that hit me the most is when DongFang QingCang mourned for xiao LanHua, guys let me tell you, i watch that episode around 10 pm and watch i think one more episode before i decided i can't take it anymore, i was bawling for hours i'm not even kidding, the fact the DongFang QingCang can't accept her death so he would rather stay in his dream if it means to be with her broke me into pieces. no Cdrama has ever done that to me, not even Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (sorry Ye Hua and Bai Qian), i had that emotional breakdown for almost a week, i lost control over my emotional because of this show lol that i'm afraid to go out fearing i would have a breakdown in public. the effect are too strong on my emotions.

this drama is 11 out of 10!

as i said before, the only downside of the drama is how they did the story for the last 2 or 3 episode, too rushed, i wanted to see Goddess Xi Yun's devotion on nurturing DongFang QingCang's crescent moon spirit! i was so frustrated on how they end things, i want Season 2 of this drama mainly because i wanna see how great GLAZED FIRE is and i want to see that stupid heavenly emperor put to justice because honestly he does not deserved the crown!!!! never.

let's discuss in the comment on what you like and dislike and if i miss-mention something :)

[im-not-a-simp-i-swear]

Hello!! I love your writing! ❤️ Can I request a Brothers and side characters react to MC who is a famous Voice Actor.

Stay Safe and Take care!

I was actually already planning on writing something that involved this exact scenario 😁😁

Also thanks for the kind words!!

BROTHER'S REACTION TO A VOICE ACTOR MC

💙LUCIFER

- he was just passing by your room when he then heard a sniff coming from inside

- he of course gets concerned and decides to check on you, however as he grabs the doorknob he is stopped by your voice

- "i cant believe you.. after everything we have been through, youre just going to through me aside?"

- it sounds like... a breakup? But who could the future corpse be!?

- he enters the room as he hears cries come from the other side only to find you sitting on a chair and talking through a microphone that you got while being down in the devildom

- yep, this exchange program isnt going to stop you, there is work to be done!

- "MC what are you doing and who are you talking to?" He asks confused by your lack of sadness.

- you explain to him that you are voice acting

- now he is slightly embarrassed for interupting your recording

- he finds you to be a very good actor considering he actually thought you were breaking up with someone

💛MAMMON

- The avatar of greed was heading to your room for help, what exactly is this help for is up to our imagination

- however he stops infront of your door when he hears some weird noises coming from your room

- *donald duck noises*

-" what is that? ... omg what is that!?"

- he enters your room extremely confused but also a little bit scared, what if it was a ghost or something that shouldnt be in there?

- instead its just you makin impression through a microphone for some comic you are dubbing

- "wait... MC... that wasnt you was it??" He is so confused but also fascinated

- will ask for more impressions and will want you to say certain stuff in certain voices

🧡LEVIATHAN

- he had tried texting you to head to his room to play a game he just got but seeing you wouldnt answer he decided to go check

- what he proceeds to hear as he gets closer to your room is the voice of the one and only ruri-chan

- he ♡lovingly♡ kicks the door with pure violence as his ears cant believe it and for the most part he is dissapointed

- he caught you voice dubbing a ruri-chan comic

- while it isnt ruri-chan he does find amusing how good of an impression you can do of the character and he will totally ask you to do more of it

- he will also want you to read every single text manga that he owns since its just such good acting and he can feel the emotions when you read what the characters say

💚SATAN

- the fellow was just heading to your room to get back a book he borrowed to you when he hears you talking.

- however he is a bit confused at first since he heard some kind of narrator voice

- when he enters he finds you reading out a certain text while recording it on a microphone

- he is quite surprised actually, you almost confused him

- now he wants you to read to him everytime you two are reading together, not only is it you who is reading it but its also in an incredible voice

💖ASMODEUS

- just wanted to spend some quality alone time with you, now he is listening to you read the script for your job and wow is he impressed

- "MC, i need to hear every single voice you can do, i wanna know what you can do"

- loves your talents without a doubt

- is probably also trying to figure out your sex voice

- sorry thats all i can think about asmo i dont see much with him...

❤BEELZUBUB

- big boy was hoping you'd accompany him for a snack

- as he arrivee to your bedroom he heard your voice read out some kind of monologue, the only issue is that it was done in a very silly voice

- he finds it unnerving since perhaps it could be a skinwalker or shapshifter trying to steal yuur identity

- this man, knowing full well that something is off, barges into your room to discover the source

- it is you, but he is still going to probably lift you up and shake you until you confess your identity theft crimes

- when you explain to him that you were just acting he puts you down

- couldve been much worse to be honest

- he might just keep a close eye at you for the rest of the day... just to make sure...

💜BELPHEGOR

- he was heading to your room for a nap, your bed is comfy for him so.

- When he grabs the doorknob however he is stopped by an unfamiliar voice

- you should be inside right? Then who is this poor excuse of a chainsaw then?

- he opens the door carefully to find you reading the script you needed to read while youre in the call thata recording

- he waves at you and lays down on your bed, just listening, he finds it fun how you can do that funky voice

- once you finish he asks about it and so you explain thay you were just acting out a part that needed to be done.

- will fall asleep to you doing dumb impressions of characters probably

🤎 DIAVOLO

- after barging into the HoL to pick you up to go hang out, he catches you finishing a monologue that you needed to read and record.

- was a bit unsettled by the unrecognizable voice however, so of course he is going to break into your room ready to confront whatever fool was in your room

- is surprised to see you there pressing pause to the recording audio

- oop

- you'll have to explain to him what voice acting is because i doubt he knows

- you'll also have to act out every single character and impression you have done in your life because he is now curious

- "this is so fascinating! Who wouldve known you could change your voice like that?"

- will 100% ask you to teach him

🤍SIMEON

- is fascinated when he finds out

- you were just entertaining luke with some cartoon impressions when he walked in, and he loves it

- the ability to both recreat classic voices while also being able to create new ones calls hia attention

- will join in to see what else you can do and will totally ask you to redo certain voices just because it catches him so offguard with your appearance

- will love to watch you teach luke

💚BARBATOS

- kind of knew already but it still catches him offguard sometimes

- who knows, if you managed to do diavolo's voice right, and do it in the right scenario, you might just pull out a great prank on him

- will join the prince and you as you teach diavolo how to do certain impressions

- finds it both funny and weird at once

- like i just said, if you have enough expierence you might manage to trick some people

- otherwise doesnt really mind it

- its fun to listen you do certain voices

🖤SOLOMON

- teach him

- he was going to ask you to help him out with a spell but instead caught you doing a narrator voice and now he wants to do it

- oh the possiblities that you have given him if you accept to teach him

- the inner jokes will be great considering he too is a human, adding the fact that you can do voices? Oh the memes...

- have fun confusing literally everyone

- (sorry i cant come up with more for solomon xd)

[orange-waterfalls]

I Call This One: Bold & Brash!

The egos x artist! gn! reader

ty @pokemonpunqueen for the request!

A/N: I’ve decided that I’m gonna write for the egos when I can’t think of anything else or I need practice writing lmao. I mean I was doing that before? But I didn’t know it? listen it’s fine it’ll be fine but FOR NOW I thiiiink I’m gonna take requests. Just a few. I’ll stop when I think it gets too much. This is exactly what it says. I focused on like drawing/painting for “artist”, with some references to animation thrown in there. I did Darkiplier, Wilford, Yancy, Illinois, Google, Eric, and a Host thrown in there bc I love him and I miss him

Word count is 1.5k

Enjoy

Egos x artist!reader

Darkiplier

He’ll want to commission art from you

He makes comments about how Mark is a narcissist but also he’s a narcissist.

Oh look, Dark’s asking you for another picture. What does he want? He wants you to draw him? Again? For the fifth time this fucking month? Wonderful.

He likes looking at how you make art of him, be it stylistic or realistic

He will hang them up all over the fucking house so pace yourself

He’s fine if you draw anybody else

Except Mark. Never Mark. How can he tell, you ask? No fucking clue, but he does

Gets a bit worried that you won’t make enough money to live comfortably

Just because not everyone needs a fucking MANSION-

Will always buy things for you if you ask

Likes to be able to support your job or hobby

Sugar daddy? I mean maybe

Makes sure you eat, sleep, drink water, survive--

Leaves snacks for you at your desk for when you don’t want a meal.

Carries you to bed if you fall asleep at a desk

Recommends you wear comfy clothes at all times so you can fall asleep wherever

A bit of an enabler, he’s doing his best tho

If you take commissions don’t be surprised if he threatens to kill someone when they don’t pay or are rude to you

He loves you, that’s all

Wilford

Fucking elated

Draw him!!! Please!!!! Please draw him!!!!! He has coin!!!!! He can pay!!!!!

Ecstatic if you actually draw him like he’ll giggle for an hour straight just looking

Secretly commissions more art from you

So also sugar daddy

It’s always something so obvious so you know it’s him anyways

He likes bright colors and eyestrain for some reason

If you make that, he just. Stares at it. Unblinking. You have to snap him out of it (im not projecting what do you mean)

Gets extremely worried about you not taking care of yourself

Gets someone to fucking babysit you when he’s gone so you take care of yourself

When you get greatly offended by this he settles for texting you reminders

And when you ignore those he texts more

Don’t be surprised if you get spammed by several people and an alarm starts to play from somewhere in the house

You’re gonna be healthy whether you like it or not, asshole

Drags you to bed aggressively

He WILL NOT drug your food with melatonin because that’s illegal. B U T-

He’s a little confused, but he got the spirit

Will advertise your art to anyone and everyone and also on his show and threatens the audience with a gun

AGAIN, a little confused. he just wuvs u so much 

Yancy

I mean technically he’s kind of an artist too so he appreciates your skill and creativity

He’s very nosy and likes to look over your shoulder while you work

If you don’t like him doing that, he still does it, just more secretively

Likes to work in the same room as you. 

That is if you don’t mind constant singing or tap dancing in the background

He shows off your art to anyone and everyone and gets mad if they don’t immediately say it’s fantastic

May or may not have stabbed someone over it, you’ll never know

If you show him something you’re working on, he’ll show you something he’s working on in return

The law of equivalent exchange

You tell him you can make MONEY from things like art and dancing and he goes apeshit he gets so fucking excited

If you’re like an animator and offer to animate his dancing he might actually cry

He’ll deny it constantly every day until he dies

If you make things traditionally he hangs them on the wall Everywhere

You might run out of room

By which i mean you will run out of room as soon as possible

Will never tell you a drawing is bad ever unless it’s like Really Bad which it never will be in his eyes

He loves anything and everything you do u are so precious

You have a permanent support system within the man

Google

Used to see art as pointless

Then comprehended the chemical release it causes in the brain and thought that was fine

Then saw you get really mad with something you were working on and got confused again?

If art no make good chemical, why art?

He still doesn’t understand, but that’s ok

You tried to get him to make something once

He just. Kinda. Made a buncha ones and zeroes

You still framed it and hung in on the wall and he got embarrassed

If he could blush, he would

If you draw him he looks like he doesn’t care but it’s at that point he decides he would die for you

Primary objective: answer questions as quickly as possible. Secondary objective: make u happy. Tertiary objective is to destroy mankind

If you draw bing that will disappear IMMEDIATELY you have BETRAYED him

If you ask for a color palette recommendation he Always says the google colors. Always.

You might’ve thought he was going for an rgby type of thing. But then you realize.

He is in charge of your financing. He will tell you the most efficient ways to make money as an artist and you follow then

He is also in charge of making sure you FUCKING EAT A MEAL

“But isn’t an objective to destroy mankind?” shut up he’s not happy about it either

Despite his best efforts he loves you and that ain’t gonna change

Illinois

Doesn’t fully understand

He needs to be outside at all times and cannot stay in one place

And you’re like??? Required to stay still???? For prolonged amounts of time????? Disgusting. Anyway, whatcha workin’ on?

He might ask you to try and teach him

If you do try he gives up almost immediately

Sometimes you just get so into it that you forget to do basic things and he gets upset

(i.e. eating, sleeping, living, etc.)

He gets worried about you

He is a hypocrite bc he does the same

He will drag you to bed, motherfucker

Honestly he might lock your shit somewhere until you fucking take care of yourself. it’s like a hostage situation god

“Where the fuck did you put it” “I have no clue what you mean. I might know if you eat your dinner, though”

Asshole (affectionate)

Sometimes you like make faces when you try to draw a person and it’s hilarious and cute to him

He looks at your drawings the moment you walk away but acts like he doesn’t care

He cares a lot

Will support you no matter what but will also tell you without hesitation if he thinks something looks shit

Listen he’s out of line but he’s right

Eric

Loves you a lot and will support anything and everything you choose to do or make

Drawing? Awesome! Painting? Wonderful! Animation? Superb!

He often wants to buy you supplies or something but he does not know what anything is

Fuck is a chalk pencil???? What are gel pens vs normal pens?????? Watercolor????? What the fuck are you saying??????????

Will subtly drop hints that you could,,,, draw him,,,,, maybe,,,,, if u wanna 

And by subtly I mean he starts to ask and then starts crying

If you draw him he will cry again he loves u so much 

If he ever were to get a tattoo it’d be something u drew. Nothing else is as important to him at the moment

He enjoys photography and film, and likes to try and bond with you over artistic things

I mean. Some things overlap.

You could talk about a single drawing for hours and he’d listen intently the whole time

Don’t ask him for feedback, it’s always some version of “it’s perfect and I love you”

Even if he hates it

Which,,,,, he might hate it sometimes

He’s not a good reviewer. 2/10, very biased

He likes to take photos when you’re in the zone

If you tell him to delete them he will

While secretly making one his home screen

Host

Hey, he gets it

He writes, he understands the hyperfocus

Sometimes he wouldn’t move from his chair for a day because he was busy writing a script

That being said, you probably have to be the one to get him to take care of himself

Or you have to take turns

Otherwise you’re both gonna fucking die

He asks you to describe your art to him and tries to picture it.

He’ll tell you if he thinks it probably looks good or bad

You shouldn’t take it to heart because he can’t see it

He is a bastard sometimes

“Well, what do you think?” “I think it looks fantastic” “Thanks, babe” “...” “... you think you’re fucking funny, don’t you”

He asks if you can draw him sometimes

No, he won’t see it, but he’ll appreciate the sentiment if you do

He will ask for your opinion on his scripts sometimes

If you say it’s bad he gets really defensive

You work in the same room a lot of the time and forget the other is there

One of you has to preemptively order food or like set a timer so you can goddamn Survive

You’ll be fine