#my take a while to get done though

[nightmaretherabbit]

Ok y'all I'm doing art for my sideblogs

[eldritchstormisanartblog]

SALVATION,

DAMNATION

[lucky-fy]

For the Laicion nation (aka, me and three other people)

I had this illustration commissioned (a big thank you to @lunehowls) for my werewolf AU Laicion fic (still a WIP).

The general pitch is as follows :

AU in which Laios never got to meet his sister again, putting his life on a whole other path, a more desperate one. A military deserter with barely a coin to his name, Laios hitches a ride on a boat to one of the elven continents, where he learns about magical tattoos that binds one’s soul to a wolf’s, effectively making them artificial werewolves. Illegal magic be damned, this feels like the answer to… everything.

In the process, he learns about the existence of an illegal fighting ring in one of the elven cities, where beastmen gladiators gather. Freshly tattooed and without anywhere else to go to, Laios decides to head there, where he meets Lycion, an elf and artificial werewolf gladiator. If they first bond over a simple shared meal, by spending time together (sharing the same room in the barracks, maybe the same bed? gasp) they find that they have a lot in common, notably a shared distaste for the body they were born in, a dysphoria partially remedied by becoming a werewolf.

They bond :)

NB: I commissioned another piece, go take a look :D

[mossy-paws]

Dopplegänger

Uh oh.

(Og Photo:)

[deoidesign]

Doing master studies the only way I know how: Stealing them and making them my guys.

(Barberini Faun)

(The Fallen Angel - Alexandre Cabanel)

(Covent Garden - William Bruce Ellis Rankin)

[reksink]

How Art Thou Fallen, Child of Endless Starlight

Another Comm From Other Realms 💚 (Click for better quailty)

[appystruda]

Small ramble about my art

[chiarrara]

who up happying they new year rn

[not-brionnnne]

hey has anyone ever considered doing shinjiro smut for after the fade to black but he lays you across his lap, like has anyone ever considered the canon praise kink with him more—shinjiro who scolds you, calls you trouble and tells you to stay close to him like a "good girl", shinjiro who acts tough, pretends to be fed up with you pushing him around (he loves it, but that doesn't mean you're not gonna hear about it), ignoring what he wants, so two can play that game, and you think, god, he's not holding back anymore, he's going to kiss me, finally, we're going to— but no, he settles on his bed and pats his lap and tells you that you need to "take responsibility" for teasing him like that, messing with his feelings — "be a good girl." remember, you started this.

[blimbo-buddy]

Mobilewashing AU button explanation

Not too long ago I made these buttons alongside two more of the characters from my Mobilewashing au. The symbols in the hearts were a last-second decision but one I'm proud of due to the further symbolic meaning, which is the topic of this post! This will not go in any particular order, just whoever comes up next

Shinsuke

An easier one to explain, the Lug-nut for Shinsuke is what represents his love and passion for machinery of all kinds. Vehicles, planes, motors, boats, gears, anything that is involved in mechanics is something that Shinsuke highly likely has extensive knowledge in. Something as simple and tiny as one little lug nut is enough to make his heart swell with joy. It’s his life’s passion and thus what his heart is centered around.

Jim Co-Pilot

The Fire Axe in Jim Co-Pilot’s goes a bit more into symbolic/metaphorical territory. The axe itself plays a large role later in the story; it represents his violent side, a fire axe chops down and destroys things, but its purpose is to help during emergencies. Jim is the kind of guy who wants to help, but his anger always gets the better of him.

Every meltdown, argument or shouting match started by him is breaking down potential good relationships with the crew. That is what his heart is based around: his use of a deadly but intentionally helpful item.

Nurse

Both a mix of very surface-level stuff and symbolic meaning. The Medical Cross is self explanatory, Nurse is the freighter’s medical staff, so she is associated with the medical cross. But deeper meaning is the fact that this is all she wants her identity to be. In the past she’s had hundreds of hobbies and jobs and yet none of them gave her joy. The only one that did (Gardening) make her feel the closest to happy got ripped away from her and she never looked back.

Her family had her pursue medical school: she was almost inhumanly good at it, so they pressed her to continue, so she did. It did not make her feel joy but it did not make her feel empty, it made her feel like she was doing something. It’s why her name is Nurse , not just because of CC company error but because this is what she worked for, she felt she was doing something, she didn’t feel joy but she didn’t feel empty; it was better for her to feel neutral than to feel empty. That’s what her heart is based around; she is a nurse so you will call her Nurse.

Swanz

Also relatively self explanatory with familiarity of Swanz’s past, the Fixed Heart represents his efforts to mend his broken relationships with his family, therefore fixing his broken heart and hopefully starting new.

It’s vague on whether it’s tape holding it together or medical staples, but the point is that the fix isn’t clean, far from it. It’ll take a while to get use to the jaggedness of the cracks or the deep emotional pain Swanz is stabbed with, but it’s better than nothing. He still loves his ex-wife and kids, he wants to be better and is making an effort to. That is what his heart is based around: mending together the things he’s broken.

Riley/Ray/Rye

Somewhat similar in concept to Swanz, the Patchy Heart represents Riley’s own patchy, barely-holding-together relationship with his kids and sister. He hasn’t been a very present father in his kid’s lives, they don’t get to see their father often because of how many long shifts he takes at Canary Cargo. He is passive in his sister looking after his kids; his passivity is starting to tear a hole in his relationships.

It contrasts with Swanz: Swanz’s heart is shoddily put back together but his intentions are strong and true to becoming better. Riley’s heart is well-patched together with even a nice pattern, but his motivations to do so aren’t strong and ultimately isn’t making things better. But, he’s trying to patch things up, he’s doing his best, it’s what his heart is based around.

Captain

Where to start. The Family represents one of the core themes of Captain’s character: family itself. His attachment issues are ones not known by the crew, or at the very least, the extent of these issues aren’t known. The moment he saw that poster spouting nonsense about how a “Crew is like your family!” Is the moment it all clicked for him.

It’s unknown what happened to him in the past to develop such an intense fixation on having a family. But the bottom line is that to him, his Crew is his Family, they are all that he needs in his life. Canary Cargo is something he thanks constantly, for giving him such a wonderful familial crew whom he can care for, worry about and look after. That is why his heart is centered around this, it’s all he’s ever wanted, it’s all he needs.

[milfbrainrot]

i know other people are tired of female characters having stories revolving motherhood but god it is so nice to get stories about it that are actually... written with care? i imagine some of the fatigue around these stories is bc of how it's done with the assumption that all women must be or want to be mothers or it's done without any actual examination of the woman's characterization--and i also get tired of those! but there are so many female characters who specifically do not have or want kids as well these days, so i am glad that we can have a balance of ones who are fine without kids but also ones who are well-written as mothers??? idk. it makes me happy that we can have both, because parenthood will always be a thing, even if some people... equate their own preference of avoiding those stories altogether with automatic misogyny when a story does include it at all.

[ilkkawhat]

don't get me wrong, i do truly love re-reading my old fics but at the same time it just...saddens me when i remember just how like. easy it used to be for me to write. to write sometimes thousands of words a day. to have posted so many individual fics (even if some of them were less then 1000 words) and to still have all these ideas for chapter fics, sequels, new fics, etc and just....not being able to keep up with my past self just reminds me of what i've lost to deteriorating mental and physical health...and now i'm lucky to write even 100 words in one day

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

oh to have a patron god who unconditionally loves you to bits.....

//

[bonefall]

what’s Bright Storm like? Since she didn’t get fridged like every woman in the original dotc series

She was always curious and dependable. Bright Storm's the kind of gal who would give you the shirt off her back if she wore a shirt to give you!

Long before they set off on the Sun Trail, she would occasionally confide in Clear Sky how much she wanted to see the world. Travelers aren't unheard of; this was before the Tribe split into its 3 separate Wards and welcomed a lot of comers and goers, but it's not that no one had ever left before. It was more that she had friends and family she was committed to.

Clear Sky pressured her into it, reminding her of how much they'd see, how they'd raise their kits somewhere new, and that he'd be sad and alone forever if she didn't come. Every chance he got, he was bringing it up. He was always her weakness, she hated letting him down.

Her dependability was based on how good of a listener she was, even Gray Wing the Wise appreciated it. She was always keeping an eye out for people's wants and needs, making connections between little 'tips' she'd heard from one source or another. After Gray Wing's death, she found herself in demand for this ability.

She couldn't make a plan quite AS good as xem, but she was better at making a plan into a 'group project.' She'd brainstorm and encourage everyone to join in, putting their brains together until it all fell into place. She could be good at delegating authority based on it, too, though Tall Shadow had much more confidence than her.

And really it's her confidence that holds her back, and can you blame her?

She tried to keep Jagged Peak alive for a moon, but barely caught enough for herself, let alone him AND her unborn kittens. But how could she go back to the camp and just pretend he wasn't out here, dying?

When she goes shuffling back with her son in tow, it was humiliating, it was heartbreaking. It became soulcrushing when Clear Sky rejected her again. With just a few words, she doubted everything.

...was she capable of knowing if she was interpreting this sign correctly? ...had she done the right thing, or did she just make everything complicated? ...he's right, it must be her fault the other two died, if she hadn't--

Tall Shadow interrupted this thought spiral, but Clear Sky is like an infection in her mind. She'd tell you, in a moment of shame many years later,

"I wasn't strong enough to beat him. No no honey, I mean it like the truth. Clea-- Skystar now, he's powerful if nothing else, and he makes you believe it too. It's a special sort of person who can say no to that. I said a lot of his words before I even realized I still had his tongue in my mouth."

Bright doesn't realize how smart she is, because she's so smart she realizes how little she knows. And that can make her doubt herself. She's genuine and caring, but susceptible to more self-assured people making her doubt her own judgement.

But there's no one else Thunder Storm would rather have in his corner, that's for sure.

[icewindandboringhorror]

... why he sit like this

[anti-transphobia]

Everyone posts about how Stardew Valley is a cozy LGBT+ inclusive game but NO ONE mentions the lack of a platonic option for the bachelors/bachelorettes. Which would be good for aspec people and also just more pleasant for many casual players I believe but that's not even the point. I just want to become best friends with everyone and not only does that require me dating everyone at once and feeling like a sleazebag because of it (ik the bad cutscene can be avoided but I know in my heart they'd be hurt if they knew) BUT it also means the women flirt with me!!!!! Constantly!!!!!!! It makes me sick to my stomach. Truly ruining the characters I liked