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gn vro🩷

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unemployment is fun for like 3 weeks but having your own money and not having to rely on anyone financially is so much better

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i'm in kyiv for the week for the first time in 4 years.

russia launched 300+ drones at ukraine last night over the course of 5 hours; one of the biggest attacks of the war so far. the explosions were constant, some of them so close that our building was shaking from the impact. i could hear the buzzing of the shaheds overhead; normally, russia sends around 5-7 of these drones to kyiv every night, but last night, it was around 40. by the time the sun came up, the cloud of smoke that hung over kyiv was so dark that you couldn't see the sky.

but being pulled out of bed at 2 am under threat of ballistics and drone attacks has been an average experience for ukrainians for over 3 years now. they're used to it, they say "I'm from sumy/zaporozhzhia/kramatorsk, this is nothing". it doesn't matter if they're tired or they've been bombed out of their homes, they still have to get up and go to work or school or run errands and do all the things that make their country function while russia tries to grind it down by turning their peaceful skies into fire.

don't forget about them. don't forget about what's happening here in ukraine.

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twitter request / 2.5 I love the guy so he get his own post

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sending asks is so scary what if i sneezed on my keyboard and mistyped my entire adress and misgendered everyone and mispelled every single word and also typed my password into the message. what then. once the ask is sent who knows what it looks like. i couldve tyepd anything

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on that day, humanity recieved a grim reminder...

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v... vincento naitorei....

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dust control trio

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Oz & Alice & Gil based on Klimt´s “Family”

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is that what you wanted, daughter of babylon?

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Pandora Hearts spoilers ahead.

Hear me out: Gilbert had it the worst.

Gilbert starts out his childhood by being sold to the circus because of Vincent. He then runs away with Vincent and they live on the street. He never leaves Vincent (this part is his fault) because he feels like he has to stay and it keeps him on the street. When he finally gets to a happy place, he's immediately brain washed. He never gets a chance to get the brain washing removed because of the ceremony going wrong. The ceremony had him being slashed across the back and almost killed before staying in the abyss for ~100 years.

Then he gets out of the abyss and has a good five years of life. Oscar treats him well, Oz teases him but treats him well, and Ada treats him well. He's got his little found family arc. Then Oz gets tossed into the abyss after he's slashed across the chest. He knows Zai did it but no one listens. He's quickly taken advantage of by Break and whisked away from his found family to years of abuse.

Gilbert is now with the Nightrays and gets abused. Vincent loves him and Elliot, despite refusing to admit it, likes him. That's it. He's also stressing about Pandora, stressing about Raven, stressing about Vincent, stressing about Break, and avoiding Oscar because he's ashamed of being a traitor. Thankfully he finally gets Raven and everything should be good now. Right?

Wrong. Alice gets Oz out of the abyss. Gilbert did all of that for NOTHING. He lost his family and the only place he's been safe for nothing. Ten years of abuse for nothing. And the worst part? Oz is going to die. Gilbert failed to save Oz in so many ways.

Now, many people died and you can say that's bad. Break is gone meaning Reim, Sharon, and Sheryl have lost him. All of the Nightrays have gone and Elliot left Leo alone. Ada no longer has family. But Gilbert is going to watch them all die. It's implied he may have even watched the other Baskervilles die. Vincent dies in his arms.

And when Oz and Alice finally return, he's nearing the end. How long will he even have with them? Maybe 50 years, maybe two days. Who knows?

He waited ten years and barely spent time with Oz, during which multiple people died. Pandora Hearts probably took place in a few months and all of those people died so fast. He waited 100 years and watched everyone die just to barely spend time with Oz.

Gilbert had it the worst.

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two lonely rabbits, two hearts beating as one 🐇🖤🤍 (animated gif) now on inprnt !

old sketch from march I decided to finish <3 usually when one of my sketches (intending to become a completed drawing) gets put on the backburner, it never surfaces. I usually have to prioritize other drawings and then months or years pass and once I have time, I lose interest and start other drawings in their place... but I'm glad I mustered up the energy to finish this one, ESPECIALLY since I strongly felt I needed more gothic pieces in my gallery hehe

the relationships between characters in this series are so interesting, because there are so many character parallels. I actually had to change the personality of white alice from the sketch to the final, since I .. think I misinterpreted her story! (so I think it turned out less gothic horror than desired but you know what I'll take this <3) I first read this story when I was 14 and I 1000% BET I'll still be finding nuances and new details in the writing years into the future...

I had a lot of fun with the animation albeit just being a blink animation 😩👍 but blinks can be animated in a variety of ways! in terms of my animation skills, I do consider myself on the weaker side. so if i can integrate more animation frames into my illustrations, it'll help me become more familiar and comfortable with the medium. I especially like the difference in how many frames it takes for dark Alice vs white Alice to blink. I think the blinks came out fluidly and I'm quite satisfied with how this drawing came out!

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the rumbling

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how much can you change and get away with it, before it turns into someone else, before it's some kind of murder?

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tbh the longer u think about polle being a vessel/mouthpiece for anyas pain (like bro their text colors r the SAME COLOR. in a game that assigns everyone unique text colors) and her hatred/resentment toward jimmy and the fact that would mean hes aware of what he did to her on a subconscious level and haunted by it (literally personifying it as a giant pursuing monster) and yet he STILL refuses to regard her as a human being. filling her in his mind as a mascot

the 'ive found myself sexually attracted to cartoon horses'

the fact that anya places her sleeping bag underneath polles statue, who is motion activated... likely as a way to protect herself...

the final speech polle gives. 'poor you. caged and alone'

and importantly. when jimmy tries to throw anyas words back in her face - 'our worst moments dont make us monsters-' polle cuts him off. 'HOLD ON! WAIT A MINUTE! if thats true... why are you still so concerned with HIM' accusatorially... like THATS who you feel sorry for? THATS what you think your worst moment was?

anyway sometimes the relationship between a woman who deserved better and a little cartoon horse mascot is so beautiful. to ME