#this game is prettier than...

[simminginstars]

isla paradiso has always been that girl

[udearmia]

Infinity Nikki favorite outfits ✦ Daughter of the Lake (evolution one)

[your-unfriendlyghost]

sodapop patrick curtis thoughts on my desk by the end of the week or ur DONE /j

How I feel about this character

  Uh like he’s perfect and should be my wife i think

  Nah but fr Soda’s one of my favorite characters ever. He’s sweet and all, but he’s so much more than that. Pony says he’s movie-star handsome, that he can go from gentle one minute to “blazing with anger” the next, that he gets drunk just on living, and understands everybody. Soda’s a Kerouac-style “mad one”- “mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awww!”

He’s a guy who’s sensitive but strong, a “bawl baby” who’s tough, he’s probably got ADHD and dyslexia, the school system failed him. His folks died and left him holding his brothers together by a thread. He’s pretty but not pretty enough for Sandy to stay. He might end up dying in Vietnam, and thank God that isn’t canon, but it’s still there. He’s happy to live life simply, behind a white picket fence with a wife and kids- hell, he’s thrilled to. But that’s not gonna happen, at least not for a while, because Soda is a tragedy. But he loves his brothers and his friends so much that he becomes a beacon of hope despite it all.

  I love Soda. Honestly, this barely scratches the surface of how I feel about him. I haven’t even touched on the adrenaline junkie stuff or the ways he’s sometimes so relatable to me that it hurts. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Steve, and sometimes Evie. 

  I’ve found I’m a friends-to-lovers enjoyer, so Stevepop scratches that part of my brain lol. To have someone who’s got your back through thick and thin, aware of your flaws but in spite of them- well, ain’t that the dream? The angst of it being the 60s makes it interesting to me too, because there’s a lot of ways to handle that. Man, when I first read the book I didn’t get the hype for them at all, but idk. It clicked. I get it now. 

  And then Steviepop is my roman empire lol. It’s all I love about Stevepop, but Evie adds even more complexity. I like her a lot and I love writing her, and I love writing her with characters who I also love. There is absolutely no canon anything to back this ship up. But dammit that’s the point of fandom.

  I will say though that I like exploring Soda’s dynamic with Sandy, but I don’t really ship them. I think the fact that Sandy left him (and I mean cheated on him, even if that can be read ambiguously) implies that there’s something about him that could be undesirable, romantically. I don’t mean cheating is good or that people deserve it, just that in this case, the idea that Soda’s an imperfect boyfriend adds layers to a character who is mostly just positives. We’ll never know Sandy’s POV on it, and I don’t think Soda will either. Sandypop to me will never have closure. That’s what makes it hurt so much. That’s what makes it relatable

My non-romantic OTP for this character

  I mean honestly? Steve. I know this isn’t really fair, since I like Stevepop and all, but idk, there’s no one else who I think it could be. 

  Steve’s a character who’s cocky and troubled and prone to assholeish-ness, but even he loves Soda. He knows about Sandy and gets angry on Soda’s behalf at Pony for mentioning her, which means Soda can tell him- angry, tough Steve Randle- about sensitive stuff. And Soda, who I think is a little in love with everyone he meets and could have anyone he wants, sees this bastard and sticks with him. He sees the parts of Steve that Pony can’t. Parts that make him worthy of being his best buddy.

It’s been said before, but no matter how you look at it, romantic or platonic, they’re each other’s person. I don’t think I could put anyone else in this slot.

My unpopular opinion about this character

 I have a few lol.

1- I see a lotta fics and takes where the whole “drunk on living” thing is a lie Soda feeds Ponyboy, and while I like that take, I do also think it’s totally possible and even plausible that Soda really doesn’t drink and Pony’s view of him (in that aspect) is right.

  I dunno, I mean, I know firsthand what it’s like to just get drunk on adrenaline/excitement. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug, and the rush from it is better than any other high I’ve had. Thrill rides make me act as stupid as someone drinking- when I’m excited, I lose all ability to filter thoughts or fight impulses. I’ve done all sorts of dumb moves- climbing onto tables, singing loudly without knowing or caring if it bothers people, play-fighting my buddies so hard we both get genuinely injured, standing up in a convertible going down the freeway... (This is obviously anecdotal and not real evidence or anything, but like, duh. This is an opinion piece lol.)

  I guess what I’m saying is that there’s a lot of interesting things that can still be done with a Soda who genuinely doesn’t drink. (Or at least not much.)

2- I love darker takes on Soda. I love when people dig into his addictive personality, his temper, his relationship with his looks/self image, all that stuff. I love his flaws, and I especially love when they co-exist with his earnest sweetness and genuine sensitivity. In a few of my fics, I’ve explored some slightly darker Sodas- Sodas who are impulsive, pent up, semi-narcissistic and occasionally manipulative. I haven’t delved deep into it or anything, and I usually keep his character wholesome, but I love it when other folks don’t. 

3- I actually really like the Vietnam War storyline. I mean it hurts, but it seems plausible. I hate the idea of him dying there, but I like exploring the idea of him being drafted. Hell, maybe he even enlisted. The military is known for being a good way to earn enough money to pull one’s family out of poverty, and this paired with the flawed ideas of masculinity and strength of the time lead to a really interesting version of Soda’s future.

  I’m real glad it isn’t canon though.

4- This isn’t technically unpopular but brown eyed Soda will always be canon to me. I like Rob Lowe’s Soda a lot but man….he coulda used brown contacts, yk? /hj lol

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Well I still think it’s a crime his emotional monologue got cut outta the original version of the film. Thank God for the full novel version, but man, still.

Woulda also have been cool to see him mentioned in That Was Then This is Now, but I get that SE Hinton wasn’t trying to make an Outsiders sequel really.

Idk, Soda served his purpose, I think. 

tl;dr- I love him

[pencilofawesomeness]

pleaseeeee give us the dragon fam bat fam WIP pleaseeeeeee

I didn't think I started this project that long ago but boy I pulled up the file and WOW that was 2022 actually and my line style is waaaay better now, I think. Now I must grapple with the urge to Redo This Entirely.

But here's a couple of the duos. I love outfit swaps :D

[coolbattlegirl]

Happy (late) Birthday Venti!!! 🍃🍎💚 🎂

Alt ver of him smiling ⬇️

[athousandyearstime]

Lotro spring fest will fix me 🌸🌿

[snoozaga]

🕯️.🕯️.🕯️

[moonlightflower-queen]

I just hope Moros's smiling sprite will be as cursed as Than's.

(And Nem's is drop dead gorgeous like Meg's, THEY'RE BOTH SO PRETTY IT'S NOT EVEN FUNY)

[bacchuschucklefuck]

I am honestly living for your worse manga au. Its actually so fucking cool :D i love the way you draw the action- and the idea of attacking (and being able to attack) a spirit is such a fun idea!

-Death Anon

thanks! doing this idly has been teaching me a Lot about choreographing fight scenes in a comic, which hopefully i won't have to do something serious with any time soon haha. and what it's turned out for this AU is a bunch of people who are really desperate to never be hurt again get locked in an arms race to find a way to hurt other people that won't come around and get them eventually, which does justify the magic i think, but also it does push for the magic to also be completely brutal and the visual behavior of spirits and souls to be the same as, if not worse, than the regular body. tldr all the shit marik pulls in canon (especially the scarab hourglass) owns hard and i want in and also for it to be worse and more direct. i'm glad this has wider appeal than to just me lol. cheers!

[petorahs]

what is it about avenday that makes me snap and go crazy with my art i wonder

[minhosimthings]

Moot game! Who is the first person you think of when I say-

Heeseung

Jay

Jake

Sunghoon

Sunoo

Jungwon

Niki

WAIT I LOVE THIS HELLO

Heeseung - @heeliopheelia and @jaeyunluvr are literally Heeseung wdym their blogs aren't run by Hee

Jay - @amazzwon @haecien and @wondipity remind me SO much of Mr America

Jake - @alvojake @diorsyun and @pockettwinzz mainly because I keep flirting with them AND THEY ARE IMMUNE TO THE MONA RIZZ HOW-

Sunghoon - @jaylaxies and @heeslut4life I just know they're such great visuals

Sunoo - @lilyuwon IS LITERALLY SUNOO

Jungwon - @candewlsy and @wonlvkay it's actually scary that I know a shit ton of Wonnie fans lol and they're all so squishy

Niki - @antonitty wdym Nana ain't Niki

[trailmixtime]

i may be WAY too aroace to do anything but despise valentine's day but when a build competition comes up in a minecraft smp and i get hit with inspiration. you best better believe i'm building :3. @gamechangershow

[gaylactic-fire]

The Sheikah tech decision in TOTK is still really odd and I don't quite understand it all. The idea of things like the guardians and beasts being taken apart DOES make sense to me. After all, they played a huge part in the destruction of / after the calamity, and I imagine the people of Hyrule don't want any chances at history repeating itself. Also I'm assuming maybe the towers and shrines returned back underground, in the state they were in before Link activated the plateau tower in BOTW.

HOWEVER. I see literally no reason why things like the resurrection shrine would be removed?? Is or is that not an extremely useful piece of technology?? And the Sheikah Slate?? I understand from a gameplay perspective, but unless the slate's runes stopped working, in no way does the Purah Pad serve as an upgrade for Link and Zelda. And it's only two smaller instances, but I simply can't rationalise them and it drives me nuts.

[uni-vee]

Co-op suits were still missing on Love Nikki global (in order!)

[clumsypuppy]

2 for the ask game because I think it'd be neat

2: show us a picture of your handwriting?

send me a number!! 💌

[ableedingpromise]

I'm upset! I wanna play infinity nikki