#+ rotating so many blorbos in my head

[seaofadventure]

What the heck peepaw birthday real! (+ his friends because old ppl trio :])

[thehappiestgolucky]

Odessa sweetie I’m so sorry I keep sending you on doomed salmon run shifts it will happen again-

[blue-knightshade]

Your tp link drawing has activated my brainrot switch but since it's so late I unfortunately can do nothing but rotate him around my brain as if he was in a microwave 💀

Jjhehhehj real

[mercuryhomophony]

got major fnaf brain rot rn and I hate it

[blorbocedes]

I can't believe that you, that are always telling to do what they want with their blogs, are admitting to not posting Lestappen here because you want to fit in with other people...Sad times

judgyyyyy are we

my problem is 2 tiered -- I really only like my interpretation of lestappen that exists in my head, so I barely even read their fic. it's terrible and elitist but 🤷

a lot of my friends don't vibe with it, so I don't feel particularly incentivised to talk about it

i think once racing starts, and hopefully we have Charles and Max battling it out in the front row and more content I'll go back to scheduled posting, but as of rn the dash is dry and barren....... my crops......

[incidentalblr]

does anyone have a masterlist of english language les mis adaptations? (other languages are welcome too as long as subtitles are available for my monolingual ass <3) i am asking because every godforsaken day i learn about a new one. i must collect them all like pokemon <333

[windfighter]

Okay so that one post made me curious how many different languages we are forcing the Frontier-kids to learn so if y'all would be so kind as to comment on/reblog this for science with any languages you headcanon them as learning, even if it was just for a one-off AU 10 years ago, that would be much appreciated :3

I'll go first so from me, here's what they get:

Takuya

Italian (because he moves there and becomes a famous football player)

English (because it's obligatory and also he becomes an internationally famous football player)

French (so he can flirt with Kouji's workmate (he learns french french though because it's the language of looooove~))

Kouji

Swedish (for DDH when he's digital adventuring with a bunch of Swedes)

French (the canadian version, because he ends up working with a person from there who refuses to speak anything else)

English (because he works with people from all over the globe)

Japanese sign language (a silly suggestion made when he was sick, but Kouichi forced him to go through with it)

American sign language (because he decided to force everyone he works with to learn signlanguage and they all agreed that ASL was the easiest to get classes on)

Kouichi

Swedish (For DDH as well)

Italian (he kinda had to because his partners (Junpei and Izumi) decided to move there so now he's a doctor in Italy because no way he's breaking up with them)

English (everyone gets english as a threat)

JSL (because it sounded like a fun thing to learn)

Italian sign language (to easier communicate with mute/deaf/other non-verbal patients in Italy without an interpreter)

Tomoki

English (because he's a gamer and games with people from all over the world)

Izumi

English (because it's obligatory)

Italian (actually she already knows that so does this count?)

Japanese (since I added Italian for her I guess I have to add japanese as well???)

Junpei

English (because it's obligatory)

Italian (because he moves to Italy to study music and wops now he lives there)

[marinehero-a]

still one of the most scenes ever to Me

[morzowo]

QUICK, THREE BLORBOS AND ONE SONG!

For science purposes

UHHH OHH i work horribly under the the pressure but yea ok if it's for science i'll do my best o7 so hmm Reigen Mobpsycho, Dio Brando, Shrek and Jun Togawa 'Teinen Pushiganga'

[ephemxras]

i’m having a moment

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

I need a new thing to give me brainworms and make me go crazy

[anidharker]

It keeps coming back to this. I have once again latched onto a character with identity issues.

[crazyw3irdo]

girl help i cannot stop fucking thinking about wkm

[stinglesswasp]

Hi! First of all, I think your art is gorgeous and honestly whatever words I put here, they will never be able to do your art justice. I love your visual storytelling! Now for the actual ask part. How could one start learning how to draw? I have a STEM background and I have wrestled many times before with the idea of trying to pick up drawing and every time I see content creators, such as you, posting their works, it makes me even more motivated to get some scenarios out of my head and place them on paper. Right now I do it in writing but I would love to do something graphic about it too. Problem is, it can feel overwhelming to start as there are so many resources and stuff and it can feel like a daunting task. So, how did you start drawing?

Thank you so much and I hope you will always keep your passion for this craft alive and well. Be it CoD or anything else.

Hi, thank you for your kind words! I've been drawing since I was a wee baby wasp, but anyone can start at anytime. You're absolutely right that it can feel overwhelming, but I love that you're motivated! That's honestly half the battle. I can give some general advice:

Start small, like really small… I know it's tempting to immediately jump into drawing your favourite blorbos smooching (yes, this is the entire point of being an artist) but it's like exercise, you need to build muscle bit by bit before you can attempt any ambitious goals. Draw very basic shapes like circles, squares, triangles, followed by spheres, cylinders, prisms. Try to rotate/stretch/skew/slice them in your mind's eye and draw the result. Draw some simple objects around you. You'll find that all objects, including complex organic forms, can be broken down into basic shapes. Here's an example of the types of exercises you can try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6F5q_5HC3o

There are beginner's tutorials on every aspect of drawing, I'd recommend spending a chunk of time in each area, learning fundamentals like perspective, proportions, and lighting. There are easy rules that you can follow that will make your art look 'correct' and not 'wonky' which might happen if you try to wing it without really understanding what you're doing. This video (though more advanced) has tons of useful advice and a fantastic guideline to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T_-DiAzYBc (in fact I think this is one of the best art 'tutorials' ever 🤯)

Be patient with yourself!! Your brain literally needs time to grow new neurons because you're learning a new skill. It can be frustrating to be unable to draw what you're imagining, but go easy and build up a strong foundation first. The more solid this is, the more satisfied you'll be when you finally tackle the stuff you actually want to make.

I hope this was helpful! Just practice a lot, have fun, and be proud of your progress 🧡 (also, sit with good posture, stay hydrated and take regular breaks <3)

[nights-at-crystarium]

You know what, I assume that people always read my pinned, or notice the pointer "new reader? start here" in every new Fragments' episode. I might be deluding myself. So hi hello lemme TALK ABOUT MY COMIC.

Before I get too rambly (and I mean RAMBLY), here's a quick intro. Fragments is a comic focused on feels and slice of life, made by a queer guy, aiming to ~character study~ the main cast (Vivi, Raha, Alisaie, Feo Ul) and fill in the gaps in canon (or linger in canon moments that needed more air imo), the tone ranging from angst to fluff to meme. Good punches require a good windup, so please don't expect angst anytime soon :3c

The story's segmented (fragmented, heh) into episodes. Episodes 1-11 take place in ARR, you can enjoy them with no worry about spoilers. Episode 12 onward is ShB, with all the spoilers and lorebending.

My storytelling style assumes you haven't only played through ShB, but know it like the back of your hand, i.e. it's for nerds and thinkers. Of course there's plenty of silly moments that don't require any deep knowledge, but the overarching story does. Often I skip canon events, only hinting that they took place, simply because I don't wanna retell the msq 1:1, I've got plenty of original scenes waiting to be drawn. You're in for a treat if you like obsessing over emotional and moral implications of things. And, yes, this's a story about a morally grey mc. Don't expect to be spoon-fed "and this's why that thing's bad, kids".

Currently I've outlined all the main story beats up until post EW, so it's like, not being winged as I go. Yes I refine things here and there, but I know where I'm going. I'm going ham!!!! With the lorebending post ShB. Initially I didn't plan to, but the more I learned about Vivi and personally grew as a writer, the more courage I got to "divorce" from canon. The general xiv story may still be good wherever it's headed, but it's not suited for an established wolgraha, so I'm making food for myself.

Everyone imagines the lil scenes from their wol's life, I'm taking that a tiiiiiny step further. Fragments tells a cohesive story that's looking to be the longest project at least in our corner. I can and will hyperfixate on this for years.

I started out just like many others, being hit with ShB like a truck, I wanted to put a catboy under a microscope and rotate him forever. Although I'd already been drawing for decades, I didn't have the comic-making skills yet, or eloquence to write the dialogue, so I spent the first half of 2022 self-studying, just because I needed a mouth to be able to scream about my ship.

Vivi didn't exist prior to my obsession with Exarch. He was made for this, he started out as a reagent (or a foil, now that I know fancy writing terms) for a rich and fun chemistry, and keep myself entertained for years, first and foremost.

Me, a fool: okay let's make a guy that falls in love with Exarch in this particular moment, what kinda life must he have led to- Me: ....oh no

The chemistry quickly bubbled up and exploded in my face, involving not only Exarch, but other characters (first as a means to subtly tell about Vivi, then they also demanded their own screentime), and here I am, sitting with a massive script on my hands, drawing my blorbos every day. Thanks for enabling that btw.

I care about characters a lot. I ask a lot of whys and hows. I'm critical-minded and burned on many bad stories that did their characters dirty, and I wanna be an opposing example. What I'm doing is extremely ambitious and risky, yes, but I can only invite you to tag along and see if I stick to my word.

The internet's a cruel and unforgiving place nowadays, and here I am, pitting my passion against what feels like decaying humanity. I'm making this comic to keep myself happy above all else, being sincere and cringe because life's too short to be anything else.

Thanks for reading this, and if you haven't yet, read Fragments here!