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[imbalancedphilosophy]

So there’s a little detail about Glass Onion that I haven’t seen anyone talk about

In the movie when Benoit is giving his huge dramatic ‘Miles is actually an idiot speech’ they cut to various instances of him misusing words throughout the course of the story to show us how ‘yeah he’s fucking dumb’

There is however an even more damning piece of evidence for ‘he’s dumb and doesn’t know shit’. Its when he’s talking about the Mona Lisa early on. I distinctly remember that he claims that the reason the Mona Lisa’s expression seeming to change is thanks to Da Vinci developing a painting technique that leaves no lines when painting. I felt jolted when this claim was made because its bullshit.

You see the Mona Lisa’s expression is the product of Da Vinci developing a new technique, but its not something nonsensical like ‘not leaving lines’. To paint the Mona Lisa Da Vinci did extensive study into the field of optics and how the human eye works. He then used what he’d learned through extensive study to create the incredible optical illusion that is the Moan Lisa’s smile. Form what I know he primarily took advantage of two things. 

One was the difference between how things look in your peripheral vision and how things look when you focus on them. When you focus your sight on her face her expression will appear one way, but then as your focus shifts across the painting to take in other details her features shift from the center of your gaze to your peripheral vision, to which her expression is subtly difference. Then as you notice this change and shift your focus back to her face to try to figure out what changed you are back to perceiving her features through the center of your gaze, meaning you are back to perceiving it the way you originally were.

The other big thing was that he painted the mona lisa using an absurd number of incredibly thin and mostly translucent layers of paint. Were talking hundreds of layers of paint that were so lightly tinted light could pass through them much more thoroughly than traditional paints could allow. This use of thin layers allowed him to make his edges softer and hazier to better replicate the way we actually perceive 3 dimensional objects. This also means that he was effectively painting a very flat sculpture in existence. As a result much like how a sculpture viewed from the left looks different the same sculpture from the right, the mona lisa viewed from one angle will appear different from another, but since its a thick painting instead of a actual 3d object the effect is greatly diminished and damn near unnoticeable.

Anyway all this is to say that Miles was such a fucking idiot that even for something so apparently important to him as the marvel that is the Mona Lisa he still failed to truly understand it.

Also there’s something deeply poetic to me about him failing to understand that the Mona Lisa is the result of hundreds of near translucent layers, much like there a glass onion is made of many translucent layers but still allows you to see through to the heart of it. I’m sure there is all kinds of fun metaphor and symbolism to be extrapolated from that but I am tired and my brain is being non-cooperative so ill leave that for all of you to ponder and pick apart as I go pass out

[bulbabutt]

Raphaella Meets His Match

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7

getting on the same page

[jrueships]

tbh tho i think my art is fugly af LMFAO

[everyones-least-favorite-bard]

tagged by my most esteemed western au colleague @foxpunk to make myself in this picrew + post the most recent song i listened to

beaming uhhhhh @not-a-kelpie @ciboriaadastra @toast-of-eden @solcarow @buqbite and @rusquared go off gang

[fandomkingsblog]

Ripped AU: Raph and Mona Lisa

Raph:

-Raph is a bigender pansexual! Her pronouns are he/she. He was the third brother to come out, after Mikey and Leo.

-Raph is severely dyslexic. He often has trouble reading, especially small text or text on screens. She will usually use text to speech when reading texts from his family, but prefers phone calls. He likes comics because they are easier for him to read.

-Ever since being possessed by the Kraang, Raph has had consistent migraines and headaches. They are usually triggered by stress or deep emotional distress, but can also be brought on by sudden loud noises or flashes of light.

-He lost her arm and eye due to infection after the Kraang possession. Donnie made the prosthetic arm for him, even though he tried to refuse it at first.

-She has a pet kitten named Rose! He found her in the dumpster one day while they were on patrol, and refused to give her up despite Splinter's protesting.

-Raph met Mona Lisa during his trip to the Hidden City with his family! The two of them did not meet again until after the invasion.

Mona Lisa:

-Mona Lisa is a non-binary omnisexual! They came out when they were a young teenager.

-Mona's Mama owns a martial arts studio in the Hidden City, where they grew up training and learning different techniques of fighting. They are now a martial arts specialist just like their Mama, but did not want to take over the studio.

-Mona Lisa is a bounty hunter, having started the job when they were 18 years old. They had been first applying to become a Hidden City police officer, but after trying to help a turtle mutant escape the law due to a mishap, they decided to take a different route.

-They have one younger brother, but the two of them have not spoken in a few years. Mona currently does not know where he is.

-They weightlift in their spare time as well as train.

-Mona and Raph have been partners for a year in the Ripped AU timeline! Definitely soulmates.

[alltingfinns]

I post one Calvin and Hobbes comic to a whole 11 notes and then I post another with as much fanfare and tagging to 400+ notes exploding my phone for the last 24 hours.

Algorithm? This site doesn’t even have a formula! Post popularity should be used for random number generation honestly.

[starkeysprincess]

I definitely see stepbro!rafe spoiling you with all the cute girly things you could ever want, of course including clothes, but he isn’t afraid to be absolutely heartless if he’s upset with you. Let me explain. I am a visionary so there’s details.😌

Ok so he calls you into his room, right? He’s got certain pieces from each outfit you’ve worn over the past week. He explains that since you enjoy his other punishments so much, he has to be more harsh, and these are all the things you’ve worn lately that he deems slutty. He picks up your loveshackfancy skirt you walked around showing the entire country club his ass in, rips it right in half. The for love and lemons milkmaid dress you wore to happy hour that had Topper and Kelce shifting in their seats, torn right down the front, buttons flying everywhere. and he keeps going as you’re standing there crying begging him to stop, until he gets to what might as well be the the Mona Lisa to you; your vintage pink Dior denim miniskirt that as far as you knew, was the last existing one in the world that you had went to the ends of to find.

It was also what you were wearing just last night during Rafe’s party when you were drunkenly dancing on top of the counter, flashing everybody within sight your bare cunt before Rafe hurled you over his shoulder and brought you upstairs to “put you to bed.” He was so beside himself, he told you you’d both deal with it the next day too, and now here you were, about to watch him destroy your most prized possession.

Within a split second you’re trying to run out the door and screaming for Ward, and he yanks you into him by your hair as he claps his hand over your mouth. “Will you shut the fuck up?” You obviously keep fighting and squirming until he turns you around “ALRIGHT ALRIGHT…look, kid, be quiet. I’m not gonna rip it. just don’t get me in trouble and I’ll buy you all new shit. Same stuff. Right now, yeah?” When you nod and sigh in relief he takes his hand off your mouth. You make him promise but he also makes you agree to take an extra punishment “otherwise I’ll rip the shit right in half and you can cry to my dad all you want” and you’re begging and pleading telling him you’ll do whatever he wants, just spare your precious skirt.

“Okay,” He’d say. “Well then you better pray to Dior himself that you can handle an hour of this tonight while everyone’s sleeping” smirking and pulling a magic wand out of his night table. “Fight with me and it’ll be til fuckin’ morning.” All you can do is stare in dread.

nonnie, thank you for being a visionary 🙏🏽

his mean ass would pull this shit and when you’re starting to cry because those are all of your favorite pieces, his dick is twitching in his pants but as soon as you’re trying to run out the room to yell for ward, he’s yanking you back into the room, his chest pressed against your back and covering your mouth, telling you to shut the fuck up

telling him you’ll do whatever he wants is practically fucking music to his ears because that’s exactly what he was hoping you’d say and you know you’re in for it when he pulls out the magic wand, goosebumps littering your skin from the last time he used it on you

[daistea]

sorry I know I’m know I’m mithrunning my mouth today but

I wonder how the anime only watchers feel right now……. Are you prepared for what’s to come? Are you aware that you’ve just been introduced to a beautiful complex cathedral of a character that is also somehow just as funny as the rest of the cast? You may think he’s cool… wow look at that guy so stoic and edgy… You got a big storm comin.

Are you aware that you have met peepaw? The most beautiful precious man? The old guy you see wandering around the grocery store at midnight in slippers and ripped sweats? The mona lisa of anime? I’m so excited for you.

[contentloadingandstuff]

Anal headcanons - Mondstadt + Sumeru Girls!

CW: Male!Reader, slight cbt, dom/sub dynamics, oral.

Characters: Amber, Lisa, Jean, Eula, Noelle (aged up ofc), Mona, Rosaria, Nilou, Dehya, Candace, Faruzan.

Mondstadt

Although anal is fun, it's also quite inconvenient, Amber finds. You need lube for it to be pleasant, and carrying a bottle of it on patrol would be… risky, to say the least. It's also much harder to contain her moans. But it's just too much of a treat to pass up! Amber still enjoys it with you, just within the confines of your shared house. 

Eula isn’t into anal that much, really. She simply doesn’t enjoy it - the feeling is uncomfortable and painful, which are the opposites of what she wants in bed. She does, however, like some tongue action. The feeling is intense, but in a good way. You need a strong pair of arms if you want to rim, or do any oral with her in general - Eula gets quite squirmy when you do it, and with those thighs being choked is a real possibility…

For Jean, anal is a neat addition to your bedroom repertoire. It adds that little bit a spice for when you’re feeling more adventurous. She doesn’t like it when you go deep - in fact, she prefers to keep all the play right at her sphincter. The feeling of being forced open is what she likes the most, so plunging more than your head inside her is overkill. It’s a little complicated to pull off, sure, but the sensations are beyond comparison when you manage! 

Lisa feels very lukewarm about it. Personally, she doesn't like it. It's too rough, too unrefined for her tastes. Lisa is all about precision, just barely licking your head until you beg and quiver, or teasing you with her pussy lips by rubbing them along your cock… Anal just doesn't hit the right buttons. If you enjoy it, however, she's more than okay with treating her good boy with her ass once in a while. 

Throat or ass? It's such a dilemma for Mona… On one hand, fucking her throat makes her such a mess - drooling, moaning, gagging and absolutely filthy, perfect to take pictures of. On the other, her ass makes her scream and whine just like the slut she is… Ultimately, the anal videos you record take the cake for the best masturbation material for her. 

Being the curious, but very shy girl, Noelle will surely bring up anal at some point, red faced and stuttering. She’s still just beginning to explore her likes and dislikes, and there is not a better partner than you in the world to help her along. She’ll prepare herself with plenty of gentle play using toys and fingers before the main event. When Noelle decides she’s ready, you’ll find the lube and condoms already prepped. With how gentle you always are with her, she will surely grow to enjoy it!

Rip open those fishnets and get to work - you wouldn't want to displease mistress Rosaria, would you? Anal is rough, anal is painful, it makes her fingers dig into your body and extracts the best groans and cries. It's intense, just as she likes it. Rosaria likes to get creative with her asshole - you'll do it without prep, or she'll get you to lap up all the cum leaking out of her. And don't you dare half-ass the fucking, or your balls will regret it… 

Sumeru

The dom gets to do whatever they want to the sub - that’s the rule you and Dehya established back in the day. As it happens, Dehya doesn’t mind ass play. For her, it doesn’t matter whose ass will be used - she’ll be happy either way. A nice, hot, hard and throbbing cock almost begs to be put inside her tightest hole. Don’t slack off on the pace - Dehya likes it hard and rough. If you treat her just right, who knows - you might just see her squirt. The extra weight of the lube bottles inside her backpack is well worth the effort to take on a longer expedition, that’s for sure.

It’s not Candace’s thing, really. She doesn’t find any pleasure in anal whatsoever. Worshiping cock and vanilla fucking are her preferences, and she hopes you like those as much as she does. 

As much as Nilou would love to simply dive into the bedroom and get her tight little ass stretched, it’s far from that simple. Her body needs some solid foreplay to relax and slowly open up to your cock to derive any pleasure from it. It’s bothersome for her, and she’s a little worried that you might find easing her into anal boring. Still, she can take a smaller dildo or a few fingers like a good girl. A plug is not a problem either - she has one in her butt most sessions to spice things up a little. 

Faruzan is far too traditional to try anal. She enjoys vanilla play the most, but with some logical arguments and a fair bit of persistence, you might be able to make her consider it. If she ends up agreeing to your proposition, she’ll be the top for better control of the pace. But don’t treat her agreement as a given… yet.

Thanks for reading!

[xsezzie]

Alright someone’s gotta ask for Genshin for the ask game

OF COURSE 😳🤭 Since I asked in DMs, I’ll do the Mondstadt characters for you (none of the child characters will be included) ❤️

who’s the most ticklish character

I think out of the girls, Fischl or Mona hehe, but of course with the boys it’s going to be Diluc 😌

who’s the character that most people would assume is ticklish, but actually isn’t

Razor - he’s developed that toughness from growing up in the wild and doesn’t even understand or feel the tickles when someone tries. He just thinks it’s a nice massage.

who’s the character that everyone gangs up on and tickles

For the Knights group, JEAN LOL. They only do it out of love when she’s been overworking and needs a break.

I think a lot of people would tease poor Diluc though (especially Kaeya and Rosaria)

who’s the character that somehow knows everyone else’s tickle spots and reveals them to others

Lisa of course, she knows everything.

who’s the character with one specific tickle spot that only one other person knows about

Albedo, because no one would dare to try and touch him. I think Eula is a strong contender too, because only Amber will tickle her hehe

who’s the most likely to win gang tickle wars

Lisa 😳 Though I think Kaeya would try and claim he did after being destroyed.

which character didn’t even know they were ticklish until another character tickled them

Noelle, poor girl is so focused on her duties she gets little interaction. Could also apply to Eula since she only has one friend, and Albedo who “did it for science��� 😂

which two characters have tickle fights all the time

The classic pairs 😌 Jean and Lisa, Amber and Eula, Fischl and Mona, Diluc and Kaeya, Benny get the one sided attacks from Razor and Barbara (rip)

Venti would probably assist Kaeya because they are drunk troll buddies 😭

[cakerybakery]

You know what I think is really impressive?

Artists that can sketch an outline and turn it into a drawing.

What’s also impressive is people who don’t do that and just, I dunno the word for it, freeform? Just draw what they want without outlining it first.

I’m also impressed by everyone who puts themselves out there with their art, regardless of it it’s their first piece and it’s mostly just a stick figure, if they’ve been drawing for years professionally, whether is a rendition of the Mona Lisa on a napkin with ketchup and mustard or digital or paint or hand drawn or a collage or knitted or quilted or finger painted or, or anything! You should always feel proud of yourself!

I’m also impressed by people who don’t. Who tuck a drawing away. Just hang it on their wall at home. Who doodle endlessly in margins of notebooks or on the back of a test paper, warm up sketches or something they spent weeks or years on, a mural in their bathroom so they feel like a mermaid in an underwater grotto, in sidewalk chalk to be washed away by the rain, a flower stitch on a patch on a knee of your child’s jeans to be played with as they learn math and ripped anew as they play at recess, those that make art for themselves or loved ones, those that never show it because they think they’re not good enough (you are) and those who just don’t care about if anyone sees it because they made it for themselves.

No matter medium, no matter the skill level, no matter the results, I think people are just impressive and deserve to feel good about creating something.

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

City of Death

Synopsis

While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Fourth Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered through time? And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?

Propaganda

even if your not a classic who fan, you have seen moments from this, “wonderful butler, he’s so violent”, “youre a beautiful woman, probably”, “if you wanted an omelette I’d expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef”. The location shooting, iconic, the music, iconic, the plot, so iconic I was once watching something (non doctor who) that referenced it as a fake historical event. Dare I say duggan is the greatest side character of all time. Romana’s outfit, the design of scaroth, the implication time lords can fly. it’s not my favourite overall, but its damn near close, it deserves AT LEAST the semi finals, AT LEAST. If you’ve not seen it or any classic who, go watch it, its so good, one of the best of the era. Also, how could I forget, the most watched episode on broadcast out of all of doctor who, including new who. (yes it was because itv was off the air due to strikes, but im glad its this episode that holds the record) (anonymous)

Doctor Who and the Pirates

Synopsis

All aboard, me hearties, for a rip-roaring tale of adventure on the high seas!

There'll be rum for all and sea shanties galore as we travel back in time to join the valiant crew of the good ship Sea Eagle, braving perils, pirates and a peripatetic old sea-dog known only as the Doctor!

Gasp as our Gallifreyan buccaneer crosses swords with the fearsome Red Jasper, scourge of the seven seas and possessor of at least one wooden leg! Thrill as Evil Evelyn the Pirate Queen sets sail in search of buried treasure, with only a foppish ship's captain and an innocent young cabin boy by her side! Marvel at the melodious mayhem which ensues as we sail the ocean blue!

And wonder why Evelyn still hasn't realised that very few stories have happy endings...

Propaganda

DOCTOR WHO AND THE PIRATES MY BELOVED Just. A masterpiece of somehow very sad nonsense with an entire episode full of Gilbert and Sullivan songs, all about trying to stop a young woman from committing suicide. Of course it is. The subtitle is ""The Lass Who Lost a Sailor"" which makes me feel emotions (HMS Pinafore's subtitle is The Lass Who Loved a Sailor). (@mischieffoal )

[anxresi]

Chloe Bourgeois and the show’s overall treatment of her...

To me, it’s like… imagine a scenario where Leonardo Da Vinci stood near the throngs of visitors at the Louvre screaming “STOP admiring my Mona Lisa! It’s just a stupid painting that’s now overshadowed the rest of my work! If you don’t stop… I’ll… paint a silly moustache and goofy glasses on the portrait… so NO ONE will like it!”

Sadly, what creators like Thomas Astruc don’t realize is that most people tend to have long memories, and won’t forget the former glory of their creations even if they ripped the originals into a billion pieces. Their childish pettiness and jealousy also has a habit of working to the detriment of their work, as it not only affects the target of their ire but also the rest of their product as a whole.

I mean, think of what we COULD’VE gotten with Chloe after S2. I’m not just talking about any potential redemption arc hopes now (which I accept have well and truly tossed in the garbage by this point) but the immediate aftermath… the tenuous bond she could’ve forged with the rest of the Miraculous Squad as Queen Bee the Anti-Hero, the parallel between that and trying to build bridges as a former bully with those she used to pick on and are rightly suspicious of her, the impact this would’ve had the other characters as they come to terms with the ‘new’ Chloe, the newfound loving paternal relationship she might’ve had with her dad when she stops demanding things every few minutes, her mother desperately trying and failing to bring back the ‘Chlorine’ she raised to be a monster to take over her fashion empire one day…

Sounds great, don’t it? ‘Well not for you, any of that! Let’s introduce a boring Mary Sue-type who’ll never have any development to take Chloe’s place! Then we’ll slowly turn her into more and more of an intolerable brat over three seasons, culminating in a flashback episode that basically retcons half the show and leaves Chloe 100% to blame for ALL of Marinette’s problems! Not only that, let’s see how many other supporting characters like Kim we can destroy and drag down with her! Who cares about them, anyway? It’s all a means to an end in ‘sticking it’ to the audience that we, THE STUDIO, are in charge, and not a bunch of dumb fans who like complex personalities and slow character burns! If we give you zero-dimensional sociopaths and non-existent continuity that’s what you’re gonna get! And you’ll LIKE it!!’

Actually, no I don’t. And in the headlong rush to smash up everything Chloe and Queen Bee-related to replace it with that featureless dollop of nothing known as Zoe/Vesperia, I actually think they’ve damaged Miraculous as a brand irreparably. Maybe not among the ‘target audience’, but certainly amongst a lot of older fans and leaves me thinking that this lack of ambition, along with plenty of other notably bad writing decisions, will consign this show to forever be considered as ‘mediocre kiddy fodder’ in the future rather than the animated classic the great premise would suggest. Talk about self-ruination.

Oh well, life goes on. Plenty of other good stuff to watch, so can’t get too down about it all. Thanks for reading, & have a nice day. 😇

[canonical-transformation]

Let's just assume that v5.2 is giving us a highly desirable 5★ Pyro character who is at least Raiden levels of versatile, and maybe Furina or Nahida levels of "changes what teams are viable". (I'll be using female pronouns but let's also assume it's not a Himeko expy. Expectation management etc.) Let's also assume no new reactions / buffs, etc. Worst of all, let's assume the "Pyro is passion damage" truism holds.

4 potential Pyro kits that I hope we don't get (and 2 I'm okay with)

1: On-field Pyro DPS

(Why I don't like it: power creep.)

You know the drill. Big numbers, Pyro infusion, low enough ICD (or fast enough attacks) for reasonable XQ+YL reverse vape setups.

Less shield-dependent than HT+Arle, less poise-dependent than Yoimiya and Lyney, faster than Yanfei and Diluc, and, idk, stupidly high multipliers. ATK buff that scales on ATK because why not.

Example:

Press E to enter the Fiery Fire state, gaining a Pyro infusion increasing ATK by 50% of her current ATK.

Talent: after dealing a certain amount of DMG, deal a blast of AoE DMG.

Talent: when in the party in the overworld, if playing on mobile, all enemies move at 50% speed

2: Off-field Pyro DPS

(Why I don't like it: power creep.)

Example:

Press E to summon a Pyronado (20s duration 10s cooldown).

Press Q for a few hits of burst damage (Miko but 2× speed and homing), which simultaneously count as NA CA Skill and Burst DMG.

Talent: Elegy of the End

Talent: Alley Hunter

No ICD on anything.

When crafting Character Talent Materials, 50% chance to receive double the

3: fast weak off-field Pyro application

(Why I don't like it:) Burgeon is a niche, Thoma. I love and respect you but it's a very specific niche.

Example:

Press E to summon the Salon Des Dragons[...], which deals frequent Pyro damage and also coordinated attacks.

Talent: Burning can stack up to 3× damage and remains even after the Pyro or Dendro aura leaves. The Salon's attacks do not deplete Hydro aura. Overloaded pulls enemies in.

When crafting Character Ascension Gemstones, 50% chance to refund a portion of the materials used.

4: ATK buffer

(I.e. power creep)

You know, Pyro!Bennett. Less circle impact and more Navia's deal (or a Nahida sized circle). Swap the healing for damage prevention, perhaps, or follow Furina's footsteps and throw in some all-Element DMG% or Crit DMG% buff.

Green eyes optional.

5: Debuff (Pyro!Mona, Pyro!Lisa)

If Pyro is the "more damage" element and we don't want a Bennett 2.0, how about shredding RES better that Zhongli, or a less front-loaded Mona, or... all of the above?

Apply a debuff however we see fit. Nahida (E), Arlecchino (E), Mona (Q), Hu Tao (Q or E+CA), all have reasonable debuff triggers, as is a passive off-field effect. For wave clearing specifically(*), Yoimiya's target-jumping burst aura would also be pretty reasonable.

(*) after 4.1 (Peaks and Troughs) and 4.4 (Triumphant Frenzy) I think an endurance wave-clearing mode might be a viable endgame mode direction, RIP Nahida.

As for the debuffs, RES shred and/or DEF shred seem fine (the former being a nice boon for transformative reactions). Status curse that lowers enemy level if you want to be fancy :P

6: Off-field chip damage support

Consider our favourite leyline disorders, Smoldering Flames and Tracking Fire Ball, I guess this would... work? Arle+HT already do a little bit in the "DoT" niche but that's not their main deal.

E: Grant party a Curtain of Smolder. While under this effect, gain a Morning Star every 0.8s. If there are 4+ Morning Stars, consume them and launch a fireball at a nearby enemy (prioritising high HP) for stupid amounts of AoE damage. Whenever a party member under the Curtain of Smolder uses a Burst, gain a Morning Star. Whenever a party member deals DMG (max once per character per 1s), gain a Morning Star.

Q: oh yeah also all the enemies are taking ATK scaling Pyro DoT. Yeah it ignores defence. Yeah not removable.

Talent: While in the Curtain of Smolder state, the active character's attacks deal additional poise damage if they're not a Claymore user, additional fixed DMG if they're not a Bow/Catalyst User, and have increased ATK SPD if they're not a Sword/Polearm user.

When forging Mystic Enhancement Ore, 50% chance to receive 1 Primogem

[melonisopod]

I think it’s important that it was really the Mona Lisa. It just shows the culmination of Miles Bron’s greed and selfishness and arrogance and the ways it actively makes the world worse for everyone else. Because he wanted to be remembered in the same breath as the Mona Lisa, he wanted to be immortalized for something important and forever connected to her. Not because he appreciated a beautiful work of art and the artistry that went into it, but because it’s another pretty thing to show off in his mansion.

The real Mona Lisa, I believe, is kept in an airtight sealing in the Louvre that keeps out microbes and moisture from the air from deteriorating the painting over time. Miles’ casing can be removed at the push of a button, and isn’t even always active when it is working, so he’s exposing it to the open air because he “wants to look at it without the glass separating us.”

His spiel about Da Vinci inventing a technique for oil painting without leaving visible brush strokes and the way the woman’s smile is always shifting and changing sound like he riffed it wholesale from a museum tour guide’s speech or a brochure blurb, and a few keen viewers observe another of his paintings is placed upside-down, showing he doesn’t actually care about the artistry that went into them. It’s a display, it’s “Look how much money and power I have to get whatever shiny new toys I want,” He does not care about the hard work of an artist or the effort they put into making beautiful things. He wants all the beautiful things for himself, just because he can, and fails to appreciate what really makes them special.

When we see the painting burn it might be canvas but it could also be a layer of oil paint separating from poplar wood, which the real Mona Lisa was painted on. The idea that a beautiful famous painting would be permanently destroyed shocks us and it’s supposed to, it’s meant to. Something beautiful and irreplaceable was taken away because of one rich asshole’s greed. Exactly as he’d done to Cassandra Brand - someone beautiful, intelligent, and talented taken from the world because he wanted the company she founded all to himself. No one but Helen Brand would know the sheer tragedy of Miles Bron ripping her away from the world, but everyone would know that he took the Mona Lisa from us.

We do have replications of the Mona Lisa (I believe there’s a “prototype” copy of a sort that Da Vinci also painted, not quite the same but roughly of the same subject) but it will not be the real thing. We have Helen Brand, who can copy and imitate her sister’s mannerisms and accent but she can never replace Andi Brand. Miles Bron took Andi from the world, and no one would understand the full extent of that tragedy but Helen Brand. but the world would know that Miles Bron took away the Mona Lisa from the world.

[fabuloustrash05]

Can we have a bit of info on 2003 Mona Lisa and or headcannons about her if you have thought of any? It's okay if you haven't yet-

I'm still trying to put together her story consider I have not watch 2003 yet, so I wanna build her story around the canon knowledge and rules of 03's world, but so far for her story I came up with 2 ideas:

She was visiting TCRI on a school field trip and went off to snoop around. She ended up in a part of the building she should not have been in which led to her being in an accident that resulted in her being mutated.

She was an intern for Baxter Stockman (before he hired April), until one day she discovered his evil plans, he experimented on her which resulted in her mutation.

I'm thinking about going for the first option, but I also like the idea of her having a vendetta against Stockman too. Again, it's a work in progress.

Now for HCs about her:

She's a human turned mutant lizard and is a year older than the Turtles.

She's a science prodigy, very smart and has a passion for chemistry. Because of her intelligence she was being accepted into college early and was planning to go but then her mutation happened.

Mona is a plan ahead kind of person. As a human, she had her whole life planned out to a T. She knew what she wanted and her goals were set in stone. When things were finally going her way, exactly as planned, everything was taken from her in a matter of seconds. As a mutant her whole world is now different, with her having no clue what she should do now. She can't contact her family or friends ("what would they think of me?!"), she feels as if her identity has been altered/ripped away from her, and her future is now changed and she is scared of where her life will go now. In the beginning she's very bitter about being a mutant, but over time and with some help from friends she'll met along the way, she'll learn to love herself again and realizes that not knowing what will come next is the greatest part of living your life.

Of course her and Raph have a little thing. They like each other, but desperately try to hide it by arguing with one another and acting like they hate each other. *cue True Love by P!nk* Everyone can see the romantic tension between them and wonder "WHEN THE HELL ARE THEY GONNA KISS??!!"

I like to think that April becomes like a big sister figure for her. And if I go with the Stockman route for her backstory, this would give the girls something to bond over and talk shit about their ex boss.

Mona is good friends with Donnie too, and sometimes she hangs out with him in his lab and they do experiments together and brainstorm invention ideas. This often results in Raph hanging out in the lab "for no reason at all" and watches Donnie and Mona work. He's totally not jealous or anything.

Now for some other fun facts about her!

Her favorite color is pink (but she also likes red)

She was a part of her high school's gymnastics team

She's into kickboxing and wrestling

She dresses very feminine but she's a tomboy at heart

Her favorite food is pancakes with bananas and extra syrup

With her new lizard body, she can walk on walls and the ceiling

She loves horror movies and psychological thrillers

She doesn't think aliens are real and still refuses to believe it even after Donnie introduces her to Jhanna and she comes across the Utrom.