#throw them in a blender idk

[monochrome-stars]

just a little something i drew for @astroneertical :-]

[art-question-mark]

love love love andor…as its own show. not as a rogue one prequel.

because tell me why we are brutally assassinating our main character’s whole story + characterization, and completely undermining the whole plot of rogue one?

[mayoiayasep]

guy who cannot stop thinking about aoi kureha

[hsnlv]

morning chaos | s.jy

pairing: jake x reader

synopsis: a sleepy morning in the kitchen turns sweet as jake teases you about your wild curls. when you mention straightening them permanently, he launches into a mix of playful banter and heartfelt reassurance, insisting your hair is part of what makes you, you.

others: reader has curly hair in this story (if that isn’t obvious🤭)

wc: 946

a/n: honestly, idk if this is a weird concept to write abt since i rarely see people write stories like this! but i love this (and i love how this hits so close to home) and i hope you’ll love it too!

the kitchen smelled like freshly brewed coffee and a hint of maple syrup. you shuffled in, bleary-eyed and wrapped in an oversized hoodie that hung past your hands. your curls were in their full, chaotic glory—sticking out in random directions, defying gravity like they had a personal vendetta against you.

jake was already at the counter, humming some unrecognizable tune as he flipped pancakes. his hair was still messy from sleep, sticking up in tufts, but somehow he managed to look like he belonged in a morning coffee commercial. it wasn’t fair.

he turned when he heard your footsteps, his face lighting up in that way that made your heart do a little flip. “good morning, sunshine.”

you mumbled something unintelligible and plopped down at the kitchen table, burying your face in your arms.

“wow,” jake teased, setting the spatula down and walking over to you. “you’re absolutely radiant this morning.”

“shut up,” you grumbled, your voice muffled by your sleeves.

he laughed, grabbing a mug and filling it with coffee. “here, this should help,” he said, sliding the mug in front of you.

you lifted your head just enough to take a sip, groaning in satisfaction as the warmth seeped into your soul. “you’re lucky i love you, or i’d throw this coffee at you for being so chipper.”

“noted,” he said, grinning as he leaned on the counter, watching you with that soft, amused expression he always seemed to have around you. his eyes flicked to your hair, and he tilted his head. “your curls are extra fluffy today.”

you groaned, tugging at one of the unruly strands. “don’t remind me.”

“what? they’re cute,” he said, reaching over to twirl a curl around his finger.

“cute?” you echoed, giving him a deadpan look. “jake, i look like i stuck my head in a blender.”

“a very stylish blender,” he quipped, his eyes sparkling with mischief.

you rolled your eyes, but a small smile tugged at your lips despite yourself.

“i’ve been thinking about getting a rebonding treatment,” you said, breaking the comfortable silence.

jake froze mid-reach for the syrup. “a what?”

“a rebonding treatment,” you repeated, playing with the edge of your sleeve. “it straightens your hair permanently. no more frizz, no more wild curls…”

he blinked at you like you’d just suggested shaving your head. “wait, wait, wait. you mean… you’d straighten your hair forever?”

you nodded, taking another sip of coffee. “yeah. i mean, it’d be easier, right? less maintenance, less… chaos.”

jake set the syrup down and walked over to you, crouching so he was at eye level. “but why would you want to do that? your curls are you.”

“because they’re a pain to deal with,” you said, gesturing at your head. “you don’t understand, jake. every morning is a battle. half the time, i lose.”

he gave you a look so serious, it was almost comical. “but you win the other half. and that’s what makes you a champion.��

you snorted, trying to fight the smile creeping onto your face. “jake—”

“no, hear me out,” he interrupted, holding up a finger like he was about to deliver the world’s most profound speech. “your hair is like… a majestic lion’s mane. wild, beautiful, and full of personality. do you think lions wake up and think, ‘ugh, my mane is so annoying today’? no. they wear it with pride.”

“jake, i’m not a lion,” you said, biting back a laugh.

“but you could be,” he said with a grin. “and honestly, your hair matches your personality—fun, unique, and kind of unpredictable. and i love all of that.”

you felt your cheeks heat, but you tried to play it cool. “you’re ridiculous, you know that?”

“ridiculously in love with your curls,” he shot back without missing a beat.

you groaned, hiding your face in your hands. “oh my god, you’re so cheesy.”

“cheesy, but correct,” he said, gently pulling your hands away from your face. “look, i get it. if it’s really what you want to do, i’ll support you. but i just think your curls are perfect the way they are. they’re part of what makes you… you.”

you looked at him, your heart squeezing at the sincerity in his eyes. “you really think they’re that great?”

“i know they’re that great,” he said confidently. “besides, where else would i get this much entertainment?”

“entertainment?” you repeated, raising an eyebrow.

“yeah,” he said, his grin widening. “like when you get mad, and that one curl right here—” he reached out and gently tugged on a strand near your forehead—“sticks straight up like an antenna. it’s adorable.”

you swatted his hand away, laughing. “you’re the worst.”

“but you love me,” he said smugly, leaning in to press a kiss to your cheek.

“unfortunately,” you teased, though the warmth in your chest betrayed your words.

“seriously, though,” he said, his voice softer now. “i love your hair. i love you. and if you want to change it, that’s okay. but i think you’re perfect just the way you are.”

you looked at him, his messy bedhead and his hopeful, lopsided smile, and you felt a surge of affection so strong, it almost overwhelmed you.

“thanks, jake,” you said quietly.

“for what?”

“for being the weirdest, sweetest boyfriend ever,” you said, leaning forward to kiss him.

he smiled against your lips, pulling back just enough to say, “you know what they say—find someone who loves you and your crazy curls, and you’ve hit the jackpot.”

“nobody says that,” you deadpanned.

“well, they should,” he said, reaching for your hair again.

you laughed, swatting his hand away. maybe your curls weren’t so bad after all.

© all rights reserved | hsnlv 2024

[loolilyumm]

I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR CAP 3 PLEASE MORE IF YOU WOULDNT MIND???

JUMPING UP AND DOWN IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED I WILL SO HAPPILY YAP ABOUT HIM

THIS IS AGENT THREE! Most of the people in the NSS call him “Three” or “Captain,” but his real name is Reese.

(SIDE NOTE- I really have to do proper character sheets for them. Please stay tuned for that!!)

He was 15 when he was hired by Cuttlefish and 17 during the events of octo expansion. Now he is a mature 20 year old inkling. So so mature.

He mains the E-liter and typically uses chargers or shooters.

Despite his “cool guy” persona, agent 8 brings out a different side of him… the loser baby side…!!! In Splatoon 2 When the two of them fell underground, Reese was actually the one to find 8, and he had to rescue her from sanitization chambers (you know, the octoling selection screen at the beginning of octo expansion?) but couldn’t save her in time to restore her memory. But she was (relatively) okay! And since then he’s been really protective of her. 8 was registered as a test subject and Reese had to stay behind and watch as she went through rigorous testing.

At that point Reese was really descending into a dark place after realizing that he wasn’t really the big hero he thought that he was. But 8 helped him through it and they formed a really close bond deep in the underground. (Cuttlefish was also there third wheeling. LOL) Reese started to feel flustered and shy around her. He’d never felt that way before, and definitely didn’t expect it. And it CONFUSED HIM!! He was like wtf? Why is this happening to meeee waahwaahhhhh ueueueuee

And then y’know……the rest is history! The blender incident happened and it was the scariest moment of his life. Reese was about to lose the only two people he had ever cared about. He has a tendency to throw himself recklessly into dangerous situations, so he just THREW himself at the blender and well. It worked! In my version, he never got knocked out, and he travelled upwards with 8 and cuttlefish until about the 4th phase. Then he and cuttlefish got separated from 8 and attacked by Tartar - that’s how he was brainwashed.

The battle between agent 3 and agent 8 was BRUTAL. Reese harbors extreme amounts of guilt for what went down - he blames himself a lot and thinks he should have been stronger. 8 got really hurt but she managed to save him and THEN save the whole world. #girlboss! Period.

The two of them are working through the events of octo expansion together! If you want me to yap about 8 too I will gladly do that. (Also maybe I should write a fanfic about it. I am cringe but I am free.)

Cut to 3 years into the future - During splatoon 3, Reese becomes captain of the NSS. He doesn’t think he deserves the title but is honored to accept it.

The new agent 3 that they recruited reminds Reese a lot of himself. Her name is Margot. She’s the quiet kid that he used to be. He sort of takes her under his wing and teaches her how to defend herself and her comrades. She is like a younger sister to him. They bicker and bond just like siblings. I LOVE THEM.

I actually haven’t really thought through what happens during the events of splatoon 3. I’m running with the idea that agent 4 and agent 8 go missing during the events of side order. (I know it’s all virtual but like I might add other things to it IDK IDK) I don’t really know yet. But Reese is a good captain and he can find them ☺️☺️

BUT YEA. AFTER ALL THT IS SAID AND DONE - they’re the NSS! And they are all besties.

Thank u for coming to my ted talk.

[chaifootsteps]

Something I've noticed in helluva boss that has been really bothering me (and IS an actual issue because of how the story has devolved throughout the episodes from 'dark comedy' to 'drama with some bad elements of comedy') is the 'pacing' of the dramatic stuff that's happening. One moment the characters are fine and suddenly 2 seconds later they're crying? And we're supposed to feel sad? Only for another character 5 seconds later to make the worst joke you've heard (that takes all little immersion there was away), and then we're bad at 'now be sad again'.

Everything always happens so fast (visually too, I couldn't count the times I had to rewind parts here and there because my brain couldn't catch up with my eyes). But yeah, the show is now a drama around Stol*s, at least Viv should have made the impactfull moments, idk, have some impact.

'There's a place and time for everything, but not now'. Not all jokes have to be there, allow the characters to actually feel.

I can't help myself, I keep thinking how bad that would look on other shows (like arcane for example). The sad, emotional moment to be interrupted by a joke, only for us to return to the sad part 3 seconds later.

It takes a decent understanding of what you're doing, what you're aiming for, and craft in general to balance tragedy and comedy. Viv throws them together like peanut butter and tuna salad in a blender.

[sleepdeprived-idiotlol]

me and @notterracotta have been thinking (read: throwing our shared hyperfixations in a blender) and thought, what fear would from the magnus archives would hermitcraft/life series members be marked by?

Well bigb is very much The Spiral, his personality and tendency to lie, gaslight and befuddle fit perfectly. also he built the backrooms. if that's not Spiral behaviour idk what is.

grian would at first be marked by the lonely and maybe the Web (all his teammates die, spider motifs in wild life) and then the watched (also would be the archivist)

mumbo would be the Web (paranoid ass man)

bdubs would be the dark

Scar and Jimmy would be The desolation (scar cuz arson, Jimmy cuz idk)

Lizzy would be the dark (ldSHADOWlady) and the stranger (idk vibes)

cleo would be corruption

notterra thanks false would.be the vast cuz of the steam punk goggles

doc would also.be the lonely cuz he often isolates himself as the villain, and his.base is rlly far out thos season

gem would be the hunt, and.maybe pearl too

also with the archivist's(grian) first meeting with the spiral (bigb) it would go exactly as it goes in tma but at the end, as bigb is leaving, it would go like this

bigb: *pauses* oh by the way, would you like.some cookies?

grian, confused and in pain: what?

bigb: cookies! chocolate chip and freshly baked! *pulls out a tray of fresh cookies from no where*

grian, scared to say no: I- sure?

bigb, placing them on his desk: good good! enjoy, and good bye archivist!

grian: *confused*

grian then trys the cookies like an idiot, and they are delicious and completely normal (suprisingly)

feel free to add any if you have ideas!

[wtfforged]

been scrolling on your art tag for a good 38 mins

(can you tell there's something desperately wrong with me)

and HOW DO YOU HANDDSSSSS ghhhhh theyre so perfect how like EURGHH chomp chomp delicious but HOW??? 😭 youre magic dude

OMG. OMGGG. THANK YOUUU WHAT THE HELL I JUST BLUSHED. and im glad u like how i draw hands hehe thats so nce... theyre pretty fun(most of the time) to draw for me(when i actually do draw them) so i hope it shows. idk if this is you asking for hand tips BUT EVEN IF ITS NOT. IM DOING IT ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HANDS are all about SHAPES!!!!! theyre just a bunch of wobbley squares and wonky cubes and sometimes triangles too depending on the angle.

and if the pose/angle is more complicated? break the shapes down into even MORE squares and cubes. They are your best friend. we love cubes. (sorry. these arent great outlines bc im using my mouse. but you get the deal)

and im still not great at drawing softer hands tbh, but if you want them to not be so pointy and tough looking, just round out the corners and throw in more slopes and squishes.

and now im gonna say something and youre probably gonna groan really loud but just hold on for a second. hold my hand. okay. i feel like my mind awakened when i learned how to make hands in blender. NOW im not saying you have to learn blender just to figure out how to draw hands. because i still dont know blender either. and hands still stump me from time to time. but just the act of building a shitty hand out of cubes put me on this mindset for the rest of my life. i dont even know if this is anything, but heres a good video of someone building a very simple hand in blender and maybe itll lock into your brain like it did mine.

[ophernelia]

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series questions

thank you for all the love on the series! i'm so happy to hear you guys like it and how you're looking forward to part 2. thank you thank you thank you!

the next part isn't season 4, it is just part 2 of season 3. it's meant to be a bit more slice of life/fantasy instead of the dark fantasy we've been doing.

i agree, owen and grey are a mess. i wouldn't be surprised if they broke up.

yes, melissa is still coming to visit in november. idk if she and ame will cross paths, but wouldn't that be interesting?

yes, ernest is a gorgon! his appearance is inspired by a rattlesnake.

no, he and eloise did not sleep together that night he stayed at her home.

blender questions

i use blender 3.6. i talked about my render settings in this post.

my (unfinished) render tutorial is here.

sometimes i download a scene, other times i'll make my own scene. i just find random ones on like pinterest to use. i have some that i've paid for by architecture sims and ehsims. would highly recommend ehsims. love the quality of the scenes. the lighting is always always good.

yes, blender content for dulce (now jade & marie) will be paywalled. it's not meant for ts4 at all. not rigged for ts4 and will use none of its assets. if i do release anything from the brand for ts4 it will be free. i don't fw making y'all pay for cc. no early access or anything either cause i hate waiting just like how y'all do. but rn it's meant to just be a digital brand for me to practice 3d modeling with.

general questions

the shots of sav's apt and ernest's room were taken in-game.

the reshade preset i use is personal. i only make my own and i usually switch things up with every shot.

i use srwe to get better in-game quality shots!

the glow effect is a mix of relight and the arcanebloom effect.

typically i make my own builds, but lately i've been downloading a few. it's a lot harder to do now since the switch to dx11. i have to run all the cc through the patcher, so it takes a bit longer to get builds in game. i haven't branched out too much lately but i'm looking for more alpha cc builds! i've got a few now from bean's builds.

wcifs

the jm bags are a recolor of these bags.

i get all my cars from breeze motors. they're high poly.

ernest's hair is by estrojans. it's the dee cut. find that here.

i made the light in kaila's home. i can put it out if you'd like. it won't be as neat as an official MA post, but i can throw it up on s4s in the next few days.

ceres' locs are all by khadijah! love love love her work.

i haven't finished ernest's room but i will do a full lookbook for it soon. the computers are by hanraja!

his snake terrarium is by sg5150. the light inside of it is just a relight effect lamp.

imogen's skin is a mix of things, so it's hard to give specifics. i also use the color slider mod. all of the cast use some variation of skins by thisisthem.

the roses eloise is holding in the blender scene are by solethesimmer. they are for blender only.

imogen's orchid earrings are personal. i made them. i haven't posted them publicly.

[thebestbobaflavour]

no one asked but i will write about it bc of the mythal post. idk why i am afraid to post anything that can be labeled as My Thoughts but its 3am and I have slept poorly for days so I am just going to... do it.

PLS NOTE that this is just my personal take of my fanon. not forcing my beliefs on what you should think abt her or establishing this as canon.

-

Mythal's first and foremost thing is that she wanted to be loved. She herself was a lover, she loved Elgar'nan, her children/"children" and none of them reciprocated her love in the similar way. Either they saw her inferior or superior.

Eventually seeing Andruil growing close to Ghilan'nain she reached her breaking point bc she saw even clearer what she was missing. Not necessarily like she longed for romance, there was really no labels or societal norms for feelings since they're essentially spirits themselves. But she yearned for intimate closeness.

So she turned her attention to her closest spirit-friend with whom she shared mutual respect (possibly ever since they were both spirits) and what she thought could carry over and become love if only that spirit would come to flesh and be with her and see for themselves.

Of course it would not work out. She made Solas for herself, at this point in desperation, as a last resort. (note: Solas kinda even resembles Elgar'nan – he has the chin thing and just overall similar features, at least in my opinion. subconscious or not since she did want Elgar'nan to love her like she loved him. i really think mythal made his body and not Solas himself.)

But she did not know it was a folly. She tried to take everything she knew about love, the companionship she wanted with Elgar'nan, the love for her children, the innocent romance of Ghilan'nain and Andruil, and throw it all into blender and thus Solas came to be. With vallaslin, bc she wanted him to belong to her only. And of course that was one fatal mistake.

And yes. Solas did love her so very much, but it was not right either. None of it was and it was Mythal's tragedy. Solas loved her like a dog loves his master and it was not enough for Mythal who wanted an equal partner then didn't know how to be one. She ended up hating that kind of love and felt terrible for inflicting it all upon Solas who did not even want to have a body. But because he loved her, he did anyway. And now he could not go back.

So yeah, the whole relationship was ofc extremely toxic from start to finish. Is Mythal immoral (on our modern standards that didn't even exist back then) and deeply traumatised and fucked up: yes. She is a slaver. She can be cold and ruthess. But is she evil and malevolent? Not really. At least not when it comes to Solas, bc he is everything to her and she tries to live with the quilt and wrong kind of love. And then Solas betrays her and its worse than anything she has endured before.

Goddess of Love who could not be loved or even define what love meant. I think she is tragic af.

Justice becomes vengeance, love turns not into hate but indifference. I LOVE MYTHAL SM. A character ever.

[sexisbetteronthemoon]

Dude, a question popped into my head and I had to ask it before it disappeared into the ether again

Out of all the Putting-Keith-In-A-Blender scenes you’ve written so far in SIBOTM, which one is your favorite? And which one is your least favorite? With reasons. Please. Thank youuuuu! :]

(reading all the Keith angst is oddly therapeutic- like mentally I get the kind of same feeling as squeezing a stress ball anytime he’s in danger)

thanks, man, i had to skim read my fic just to remember all the times i sent my special magic k8th ball down the stairs.

it's actually really hard to choose. the reflexive answer for my fave is: always the next one.

bc then i am IN IT. i am actively tossing him. and that's always fun as heck.

but after rereading and thinking on it for a while, my favorite time is when Keith gets his ears fucked up by the screaming deer.

Gathering Lance up, Keith stumbled his way back to the treeline.  He dodged past several trees before finding a velvet tree low enough to the ground.  His brain became discombobulated, and spots began to appear in his vision. The flash bomb went off. Keith threw himself feet first into the roots, sliding beneath the tree.  Once in, he turned over and draped himself over Lance.  And once he covered his ears, all of the deer had joined in the screeching as the stampede began. The noise crescendoed as they barreled forward, and the ground began to tremble as hundreds of deer began to rush through the trees, getting away from the flash bomb.  Lance whimpered, and Keith felt it against his chest.  Pressing one ear against his head, Keith dropped his hands to cover Lance's own over his ears. The racket was piercing right through his skull. Keith gritted his teeth, using his shoulder to try and block his other ear.  It was not enough, and his head began to ache like it would explode. The ground shook and shook, and Keith curled around Lance as hooves began to slam against the velvet tree's roots, wood snapping and shattering with the force. All around them, the deer whooped and screamed as they ran. This went on for what seemed like forever. Keith was ready to throw up when the rumbling earth finally settled.  He stayed still for a long moment, panting harshly as he attempted to regain his bearings.  He was nauseated, and his ears were ringing fiercely. He hated those fucking deer.  They were the worst. Then he breathed out and lifted his head.  The roots of the tree were splintered and damaged.  Keith raised a hand and placed it against the tree in apology.  In his peripheral, Lance lifted his head, lowering his hands.  He spoke, and Keith could not hear him. “No use,” Keith said, unsure of his volume as he glanced about the outside.  “I won't be able to hear you for the rest of the day.” — Sex is Better on the Moon (Chapter 5)

Lance is, in a word, helpless at this point in the story. while he's been trained to defend himself, that was in a safe environment where his sparring partners never aimed to truly hurt him.  he's never had to truly fend for himself. he's still struggling to accept the reality of his situation and he's too unwilling to kill or hurt others. he's too hesitant.

so Keith's the one undoubtedly in charge. he's the only thing that stands between Lance and Lance's death.

and yet, even knowing that he's all that's keeping Lance alive, Keith made the frankly stupid decision (objectively) to protect Lance's hearing over his own, putting himself in an extremely vulnerable position in a dangerous environment. it was an illogical choice.

but it made Lance experience the doki doki, so i guess it's all good in the hood.

as for my least favorite, idk man. the flower pollen probably.

mostly bc a lot of people misinterpreted what happened and it made me feel like i failed. it's a chapter that's supposed to make you doubt what's real and what's not (logic and the understanding of the characters as presented so far is supposed to solve that puzzle), but i succeeded a little too well and more people were confused than not it seems.

it's just a bummer, personally.

otherwise, idk. maybe the corrosive caterpillar?

bc Lance took a huge risk and had to deceive Keith in a very big way, and he hated every second of it.

anyway, i love putting Keith in situations.

[kintatsujo]

something I've been thinking about on and off with regards to Legend of Zelda is the ways in which it gets fantasy religion very right, despite the fact that it kind of started as "we don't understand Christianity" and careened into "let's throw in what we're familiar with and make it something of its own"

in fact, perhaps it gets its fantasy religion right in the ways that it does BECAUSE this is how it started

and the core root of what Zelda gets right about it is...

Hylia and the Three Goddesses don't have fixed character designs.

Think about it. Your average jrpg, you're almost certainly fighting God at some point, and he almost certainly has a specific character design because of course he does, and a LOT of fantasy settings just use that same basic character design throughout all the iconography

but how do you always know it's Jesus in Christian art? He's every skintone a man can have, and while most White Jesuses (Jesii??) look like Cesare Borgia I don't have to be told when a picture of a Black man is meant to be Christ.

Or how do you know it's a particular polytheistic god, or a character from a folk tale, or whatever?

How do you always know it's Hatsune Miku?

And the answer is pretty easy, right?

It's because of their symbols.

So in Zelda, we see a winged woman with her hands clasped, perhaps holding a sword, perhaps wearing a winged crown or headdress or a crown of light, we know that's meant to be Hylia.

And when the Three Goddesses show up, the Triforce symbol is usually involved, or we see spheres or indistinct figures of gold rising upward, light trailing behind them, or we see three feminine figures dancing together, or we see their individual sigils, that sort of thing.

And then there's even the Heroines from botw/totk, who are all depicted with the same form and figure but who each have their own symbol.

And another thing is that MUSIC is very important to the way the goddesses come up; Zelda has her own song and Hylia's song is based on it. The dragonsong of botw and the way it distorts when one of the holy dragons is hurt. The songs Link has to play for puzzles, the holy songs that are the whole key to things.

Zelda as a franchise in general just really understands how much music is part of people, and it especially shines when gods enter the picture.

And idk, all things considered, the Hylian/Hyrulean religions are sort of scant, they're not usually heavily gone into, but what the games give us, I think they get right, and it's just kind of interesting to me from a worldbuilding perspective.

Especially since for my own fandom shit I'm perfectly happy to throw the whole ass thing into a blender with the concept of schisms and regional faiths and hit puree, lmao

[rebouks]

Idk if you’ve already done this (newer follower and still catching up) but would you ever do a post on how you plan a post? Like what your planning process looks like with shots, poses, etc? You’re one of my favorite storytellers and I hope to get on your level one day but no idea what goes into a true story telling post

Ooooh hi hello, welcome! I don't believe I have ever gone into my process, no! but how interesting.. what better excuse! let's take yesterdays post as an example, shall we? 👀

First of all, we start with the premise/notes, which are very rough n' look like this in a word document...

Camping – the twins are fiiighting/being a pain, Oscar loses temper with em n almost says why can’t u be like ur brother?! throwing him into memories of Salton saying that to him all the time :[ he catches himself like no wait ur perfect I just gotta finish this, twins like wtf?? But robin ofc knows what’s going on with his pappy.. Oscar wanders off later n Robin sits with him, ur not like them u kno, what? Grandma n grandpa ur not the same, OUGH ;-;

2. I suppose this step changes depending on what I feel like, sometimes I'll make the poses/take the screenies first, then write the dialogue, other times I'll write the dialogue first.. I try for the latter since I can make more accurate poses, but time is usually my enemy here cos dialogue needs a nice quiet period to write lmao (let's call this step dialogue for now though)

3. Rip sims for blender, make poses, then head in game to dress everyone, set dress and take screenies, I take a LOT and choose the best ones but here're some unedited examples for you... In this case cos there was a flashback, I also had to remake Oscar/fam as a child n' whatnot, but luckily I have their old house saved so I plonked them all in an alternative save to take those.

4. Now we have our dialogue/screenies, it's time to throw it all together in photoshop, I usually edit the screenie first to fix any clipping etc, fix the lighting, sharpen it up a bit maybe.. but that's about it! Then I press my handy lil (custom made) storyboard action and end up with smth like this, to which I add the text! (this step takes the longest prolly.. cos it takes me forever to pick the screenies I wanna use my GOD 🙈)

VOILA! Once I've chosen all the screenies in the right order I go thru each of em in PS one by one to edit/add captions, then we're done! \o/

I realise this probably seems quite quick/vague or even streamlined if u wanna toot my horn lmaooo but I've spent a while doing this by now so ig I've kinda figured out the quickest way of doing it - still tho, I'd imagine the above still taking between 4-5 hours from start to finish! I usually spread these things over days/weeks in advance tho like.. during the week I mostly make poses/take screenies and write, then at the weekend I'll usually edit a bunch n' throw it all together, so it doesn't rlly feel tedious since I'm switching it up all the time/doing what I fancy.

[laggingbehindreality]

I’ve been thinking since I’ve finished the vestroia rewatch - what do you think Mylene wanted to achieve (like, realistically)? She shows a lot of initiative when it comes to plotting against Spectra and also is definitely not pleased with the rule of Zenoheld, so I suppose it was like… waiting for an opportunity to become the ruler? But also I don’t think that by the end if it when Hydron started killing the Vexos she had a real plan of how to proceed? Idk, just been curious about your take on her because out of everyone on the Vexos team (or maybe even in general?) she seems to be the most puzzling one to me.

With the hindsight that there were probably multiple writers who very much just had to fly by the seat of their pants to make the show before the deadlines hit, it does feel more and more like Mylene was a bunch of 'evil woman' tropes put in a blender and just added wherever possible.

But. That is an assumption I am willing to ignore for the sake of mental gymnatics (my favorite hobby) so going by what hazy memories I've got of her, she doesn't look at the bakugan like they're living beings, being the one to throw out bakugan she deems as weak in the face of those who have qualms (Volt), and welcomes the advent of mechanical bakugan with enthusiasm. However, she exhibits care towards Volt (warning him that he's putting himself in danger, but ultimately not stopping him) and at least tolerating Shadow and Lync enough to prefer their company over Spectra and Gus (who. to be fair. were plotting political murder at this point.)

I think she wanted political power and I think she was getting more and more desperate to cling to what little she had left as the situation worsened around her. She knew how to play conniving viser and ruthless warlord, but she wasn't fond of weapons that talked back. And besides, they're not friends of hers, they're not even vestal citizens, why should she be worried about the consequences of harming them?

Power of friendship is why. But at least, in the end, she died with a friend by her side, I suppose.

[avatar-legends-confessionblog]

Hi, it's the Rozin anon. Crawled out from my w40k obsession back into my ATLA phase because of Roku's novel. I love that little twerp, what can I say to justify myself? (Sozin too, mwah *throws him into a blender*)

Came here to complain again. Shocker, I know. And I think I figured out why so little people actually took Rozin seriously and haven't reduced into a fandom joke, like 90% of the fandom did. It's because ATLA fans don't see Roku (and Sozin) as characters of their own too. They don't take them seriously and even had shown their clear dislike for the characters. It's understandable in Sozin's case. A bad guy, an imperialist, a traitor, a closeted bigot. But I, to this day, had never understood the hate surrounding Roku.

Seriously, what did this guy do? Left Sozin alone after threatening him? Killing Sozin would've brought disastrous consequences, because he is a fire lord who, presumably, has already earned nation's loyalty to him. Killing him would've caused so much pain in the ass to the future avatars as well. Besides, this is literally exactly what everyone's beloved Kyoshi did with her fire lord problem. "But Chin the-!" She literally didn't do anything until he came to her land. How many people had Chin's army killed before she stepped in? How many villages and towns had he pillaged before she stepped in? I know the avatar is a human and literally can't be an omnipresent beacon of justice, stopping evil no matter where it is, but... Come on, girl! Also, I don't care what you say, but, that's not murder. I played Ace Attorney, I can prove Kyoshi's innocence whatever she likes it/agrees with me or not.

The volcano death? Volcanoes are fucking terrifying, man! The Yellowstone Volcanoes used to give me NIGHTMARES when I was a kid. Often times, the lava is not even the worst part. The ash fall, which would lead to food shortage and therefore massive famine, the lava coming into contact with water producing toxic gases, the area being a hell on Earth in the foreseeable future, the earthquakes, the tsunamis! And Roku had to keep track of ALL OF THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. Even if people were already on the boats, they could still had been hit by a massive wave generated by another eruption. "But Aang-!" His volcano was on land and a bit smaller. Also he had to deal with only one. Roku had to deal with two at same time, that were in the close proximity with each other, all on the same small island. No wonder Sozin came to help.

And, okay. All of the points I mentioned had already been brought up by other people when defending Roku. But, now we finally have the Roku centric novels! Yay! Finally, Roku fans won't have to read dumb shit being said about their favorite charact-

Aaaaaand people are now freaking out over the leaks! I'm not going to spoil anything here, but just... Guys... Can we PLEASE not gatekeep fucking BENDING??? Your fave won't die or become irrelevant just because another character can do what they can. Maybe focus on something actually unique and important of theirs, like, idk, their personality??? Their relationship with other characters??? How pretty/sexy they are??

Anyway, I'm pissed off and now I'll go and draw young Roku in a cow print bikini. Femboy Roku agenda, idc anymore, I'm anon, what are you gonna do to me?

X

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LETS MAKE SOME FUCKING STRAWBERRY TIRAMISU!

You only get ONE FUCKIN PICTURE cause this website fucking sucks and every attempt to put more than one into this has caused it to break. ANYWAY, ON TO THE FUCKING TIRAMISU!

This is an adapted recipe I inferred from an Easy Biscoff Tiramisu recipe i use all the fucking time! If you search for strawberry tiramisu on the internet I assume you will find some and i assume they will look really fucking similar to this, but I don't fucking know cause I never looked for any! But I totally admit I'm unlikely to have created something unique in the history of the whole damned world. Unless... Did I? Nah. Probably not...

Aight so first off we are gonna make some BOSS ASS MASCARPONE CREAM! You need:

MASCARPONE (Shocker!! Also: this is cheese! Yeah I had no fucking idea my favorite dessert was made with cheese but here we fucking are, anyway its delicious and even though you've never heard of it, you can find it at pretty much any fucking store!) You need about 8 oz!

Strawberries! I hope you bought a 2 lbs box of these motherfuckers cause you are gonna use MOST of that 2 pounds throughout this recipe. But you only need about 200 grams right now. Yeah all of this shit is mostly done in grams cause i have a little fucking kitchen scale i use and its fucking great.

Sugar! Just a lil bit. I used splenda, but ya know, you can use sugar. 2 tbsp of sugar or about 3-4 packets of splenda.

A splash of fucking vanilla extract. Yeah i never measure this shit, i just splash a bit in, measure that shit with love, but if you aren't familiar with vanilla don't measure with TOO MUCH LOVE, ya dig?

Some Heavy fucking WHIPPING CREAM, I use a Trader Joes Vegan Alternative cause my wife can't do too much dairy and its got less calorie and it tastes exactly like cream, but do whatever the fuck you like, I'm not your mom. You're gonna 2 cups of heavy whipping cream for this part (and a teensy bit for the next part)

Aight so here's the fucking deal. You are gonna take 200 grams of those strawberries and throw their ass in a food processor or blender or some shit and you just murder those lil bastards, it should be juicy and not to chunky. (also keep the tops greens and all for smoothies or eating and shit, they are edible and good for you, don't waste that shit).

Now you got some blended fucking strawberries, you throw the 8 ounces of Mascarpone cream in there along with the 2 tbsp of sugar (or 3-4 packets of splenda) and a splash of vanilla and then you are gonna mix that shit up with a power mixer of some kind (or I guess put some real elbow grease into it? fuck man if you are that much of a masochist than go for it, i support you, you do you!). Don't mix too long just like 60 seconds or so... cause the Mascarpone can "split" easily or something? IDK man, thats just what the recipe I adapted said so im passing it along! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NEXT YOU THROW TWO CUPS OF THAT COLD ASS WHIPPING CREAM IN THERE AND WHIP THE SHIT OUT OF IT FOR ABOUT 1-2 MORE MINUTES UNTIL ITS GOT STIFF PEAKS AND SHIT!

Confucking grats, you got some delicious ass strawberry mascarpone cream in a bowl, go ahead and eat a spoonful because you FUCKING EARNED IT!

(I had originally intended to throw some zero-sugar strawberry torani syrup in that bitch to really make the strawberry pop, but turns out I didn't need it, but hey keep it in the back pocket if you like a lil fuckin strawberry in your strawberry, aye?)

Okay so next up you are gonna start making the FUCKING TIRAMISU! Heres what you need:

ALL THE REST OF THOSE FUCKING STRAWBERRIES

Vanilla wafers, I'm poor as fuck so I bought the amazon Happy Belly ones cause they are cheap af but you can do the like name brand ones if you're a fucking millionaire or some shit, or its like an anniversary or something, fucking splurge man, you fucking deserve it. Anyway, you are gonna need about 60 of those mother fuckers.

The rest of that goddamn cream!

Some sort of dish or dishes to put them in, I separate mine into two smaller rectangular dishes so i can freeze one for later (here's hoping it fucking works, I haven't fucking tried that before), but you can do it in one big one and have a great fucking week full of strawberry Tiramisu.

That big ass bowl of Strawberry Mascarpone cream.

Aight here we go, lets make this bitch: take those vanilla cookies and dip them in the cream and then layer the bottom of the pan for this, you want about one layer of them and then i just crumbled the shit out of some more and filled in cracks and spaces between the cookies with em and drizzled a lil cream in there. This will probably be about 15 cookies for two dishes and 30 or so for one dish.

Then you slice up some strawberries to whatever fucking thickness you like, and do a nice layer of those on top of the cookies.

Then you grab a fucking spoon and just spoon that shit onto the strawberries and spread it out nice and even (or not whatever, live your dreams). How much you use will depend on what kind of dishes you are working with. One dish? Half the fucking cream! Two dishes? One fourth the fucking cream in each. Get it? Got it. Good.

Dip some more fucking cookies in cream and do the same thing, layer them in there, crumble some more on top, I didn't pour any more cream on these ones but you probably could, idk, live your dream.

Another layer of sliced strawberries.

The rest of that fucking mascarpone strawberry cream!

Then I sliced some more strawberries on top again, but thats optional.

You probably have about idk 6-7 strawberries left from that 2 lbs pack, or less if you just packed those strawberries into that dish, good for you motherfucker, I love that for you!

Anywho, throw that shit in the fridge for a few hours or overnight or some shit and enjoy! 1/8th of the Tiramisu is a lil over 500 calories if you care about that shit.