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About theseus’ guide: When Ford gets his first wanted poster, does Bill and the gang throw him a surprise party or what?

they absolutely do and he just sits in a chair head in hands the entire time . they stick a party hat on his head . tries to put a drink in his hand but it just falls over

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Günter Spitzing - The Focal Guide to Effects & Tricks - Focal Press - 1977

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@userdramas event 18: cool @userdramas get to know me bingo: character, actor or actress @userdramas creator bingo: font pairing (better vcr/zpix), camera raw, template (based off of one of the main 永夜星河 weibo posts)

yu shuxin in her incredibl(y cool and amazing) performance in love game in eastern fantasy (永夜星河) ✧ 2024

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'Piranesi', Susanna Clarke (2020)

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March Madness was a pretty underwhelming episode (I don't know enough about sports to know or care about the demon thing, since it wasn't doing enough on its own apart from yet another blinder of a performance from Matt Berry), but it brought home to me just how much the show has completely dropped Guillermo's fighting prowess. It bothered me in episode one when Jerry got him by the throat, but it's even worse here where it's Colin beating him up. Did we just forget that Guillermo is capable of slaughtering an entire theatre full of vampires and can beat Nandor in single combat? Maybe he doesn't want to alert the office to his almost supernatural slaying abilities, but he should at least have been able to hold Colin off.

I guess I don't mind the show moving on from slaying being his main focus (though it was my favourite Guillermo plotline), but I don't see why they seem to be retconning him to be just some guy again.

Guillermo is still my favourite character, but it really feels like they don't know what to do with him anymore (or any of them tbh). His desire to become a vampire that clashed with his slaying heritage was really compelling, especially when paired with his complicated relationship with Nandor. Now they've resolved the wanting to be a vampire thing and forgotten about the slaying thing, and he barely even speaks to Nandor. Whether their relationship is going anywhere I don't know, but removing their dynamic to the extent that they have really hampers their individual characters and the show itself.

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Favorite Angela Moments 25/∞: CityWalk the Musical at the Dynasty Typewriter

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Mike Hawthorn guiding Louise Collins to their plane to go home to England after Peter Collins death

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sorry for my lack of art i promise i am working on things!!!! have some shots from my current project which def wont be done in the very near future BUT i am determined to actually finish and not leave rotting half baked in my files for all of eternity

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Sky: Ecliptic Chaos

Everything is normal.. until it isn’t.

Masterpost / Chapter 1

“Come on…”

“Young one, I already made myself clear.”

“Do me this one favor, man…”

“Was my statement not clear the first time.?”

“Pleeeeeaaaaassse Koru.. if I don’t something to keep Aki busy, she’ll drag me and Maestro all over the realms just to get a small article.! Everyone else already turned me down, and you’re the only one I can turn to…” Regulus pleaded, hoping their gamble would SOMEHOW work. They already had to traverse the realms in hopes of finding something to keep Aki from getting herself into a near-death situation- with them and their Sound Expert included. That was the LAST thing they needed before the Eclipse dawned over the Kingdom in about two days.

The Prophet of Light Koruden (or simply Koru) was already familiar with this routine and shook his head, replying, “It is already a misfortune that you’ve resorted to my prophecies to keep your friend busy, but I’m afraid I have to decline.. again. I have a class to teach, and with the Total Eclipse coming up, I cannot afford to waste any time.”

Regulus got up from the ground. “At least give me SOMETHING for her to chase on her own- without getting herself nearly killed, anyways.” It might not last her the whole wait, but if push comes to shove, I can always lock down my Nest, they thought. “Besides, it’s a recess period.! Everyone else is busy running around the realms right now!

All I’m asking for is one tiny prophecy, not some HUGE, KING OF IT ALL-” -they pointed to the biggest Mural- “-GOLD-BOY-BECOMES-THE-KINGDOM’S-END prophecy. Like- a small fortune. What’s gonna happen today that might catch her eye for hopefully the rest of the countdown so she can stop trying to get of front row seats to another situation that we have to bail her out of.”

“A small fortune..”, Koru pondered.. if it got the Camerman out of his hair for a while.. after a short moment of silence, he answered, “Alright, fine, but it will only be one fortune. No more, nothing else, yes?”

“Wait, for real?!” That got Regulus to stop his whining as he perked up, eyes glowing brighter behind the mask. “LET’S GOOO! You are a real one, man! This is why I got your pendant!”

Koru made a small hum of acceptance, before putting his hands together and closing his eyes. He then muttered something Regulus couldn’t make out, but knowing Koruden, it was probably he wouldn’t understand even if he could hear it. A few moments passed before yellow markings appeared on Koruden’s arms, their glow getting more intense as he continued to focus. A normal thing to happen when he sees into the future. But whatever he was seeing into, Regulus realized, was that he wasn’t seeing a small glimpse like he said he could.

“Uh… Ay, Koru, buddy.! I think you’re seeing waay more than a small fortune right now, if I read the.. increasingly terrified look on your face right.” he noted, fighting the urge to poke the guide’s arm as it would probably result in him getting attacked out of reflex. There was something about this particular reaction he was getting that made him wonder what the Prophet was seeing.

Koruden, on the other hand, was regretting his decision. The vision was that of another child entering the kingdom, one without wings, but a soul of flame instead. The child had white pupils, as if a miniature sun was shining from those eyes, but there was a red aura coming from the child. Almost the same as the Blood Moon.. but that wasn’t the worst part.

The child’s gaze sent painful shivers of souls still lingering and echoes of sentences that were repeated since Stars-knows how long: ‘Our spark, our Empire, laid to waste.’, ‘The bird must be no more!’ ‘I just want to go home..” ‘Out of all of her successors, the sixth deserves SUFFERING.!’

The echoes grew louder, angrier. The child started gripping their head as the aura began covering their body starting from their feet. It was too much to bear- the voices, the overwhelming aura, the presence of many despite there being only one- it made Koru wince in pain more and more.

Then all of a sudden, everything went quiet. He opened his eyes and stared into the abyss that was a future he couldn’t comprehend. “What.. what are you..?” he whispered.

The abyss stared back.

And it had a few choice words to tell him.

Suddenly, a sharp pain struck his very soul, prompting a shriek of pure anguish. The more he saw into the future- the chaotic abyss, the more it hurt every part of his body, but he couldn’t even try to look away. He couldn’t stop staring, it had forced him to peer at it, almost as if it was saying, “You wanted to tempt fate’s hand, now be SUFFOCATED BY IT.” He could even hear it call his name, albeit faintly.

Koruden. It was almost like a whisper directly into his ear. ‘Koruden.!’ It became louder , more familiar, until-

“KORUDEN!”

He finally snapped out of it, realizing that A. He has fallen to his knees, B. Regulus had been shaking him for what he could assume to be a good while, and C. The other Prophets, and their students, returned. He took a moment to catch his breath. That vision, whatever that.. THING was, it wasn’t like anything he seen before. It was wild, sudden, it was-

Unpredictable. Just like the previous Prophet of Light with the King, his fate could only be read so far before it was hurled into a never-ending mess of outcomes and chaos. But instead of someone foretold by the Light… this one was chosen by the void.

His thoughts were interrupted by the Prophet of Fire, who crouched down towards their fellow teacher. “Koru, you saw something bad right..? What was it?” he wondered as he helped Koruden to his feet.

Koruden, after a long while of silence, came to one conclusion. History is going to repeat.

“Send the students back to their rooms and gather the rest of the Guides immediately.”

And he CANNOT let that happen.

Elsewhere, a young boy, no older than a year, was lying on the shores of an Isle. The boy had lost his energy and he let the sea carry him away. He didn’t swim the entire way, the majority of the journey was spent on a ship, but for reasons that could be understood as a split second realization, he jumped the vessel and swam for his life. All he had to show for his boat ride was the very cape he stole from its captain, and for where he came from, a torch made of iron.

A ringing sound stirred him up from his slumber, as he slowly took in his surroundings. After a few seconds of surveying the alien landscape, he got to his feet and with a hoarse voice, he broke the silence that hung over the air.

“Where.. are we.?”

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Queening the Pawn Act 3 Part 13

exposition reveal! poor the guide :(

Acts 1-2

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14

(ID in alt and under cut)

ID: 1a. Close up of an open book with ragged pages and handwritten script, Guillermo's hands holding it open on the table and finger tracing along the lines. Partially cut off by the panel, it reads: '...ouncil made the...what they most feared...wast troubled by this and...mine own concerns about gran...wretched, snarling beast of a slay...to execute the punishment mine own se...wot fate would'st befall the thing I saw...become of the Council after its escape. Blood wast blood, and mine own brother would'st... withal emulation an he knew I got to taste a van Helsing. I sank mine own fangs into its throat and drank deeply - the taste wost that o' paprika burning in mine own nostrils, but I carried on until the deed wast done and mine own blood wast down its throat. I wast congratulated and we retired for the day. I awoke to a stake at mine own heart and the creature's eyne glinting in the dark. I could hear its heartbeat thundering, strong and alive. The creature had somehow resisted the transformation! I did not have time to observe it for...it knapp'd, and mine own dear Bianca... if not for thy letters folded into mine o... The verbose nature of your love hath... at the hands o' the foul...' Dialogue from present Guillermo, back in the library doing the talking head, is overlaid: 'Turns out the Guide did remember something.' 1b. Close up of Guillermo hunched over the book, pages reflected in his glasses, eyes focused and intense as he presses his palm over his mouth in thought. His present dialogue continues: 'She says Van Helsings started drinking vampire blood more than 300 years ago. I guess they got the idea from the whole thing with smallpox - take the poison in small doses, only get a little sick, and eventually you don't get sick at all.' 1c. Zoom out, Guillermo sitting at the bar as the Guide comes up behind him, face drawn and worried. He turns with a start as she quickly pats him thrice on the shoulder. 1d. Close up on the Guide as she explains her experience, hand up in a pinching motion. Guillermo's voiceover continues: 'You get inoculated, or variolated, I guess. And seems like it was effective enough that, generations later...'

2a. Zoom out to see both standing in profile, the main area of the club beyond. The Van Helsing lore is spread out on the bartop, some books open, some closed, some with page markers sticking out. There are multiple yellow post-it notes scattered around, including some plastered over Abraham's jar to cover the view of his mummified specimen. Guillermo, now standing facing the Guide, leans back with the weight of this information, one hand braced on a barstool and the over covering his face. The Guide clasps her hands in front of her and ducks her head apologetically, looking up at him in concern. Guillermo's voiceover says 'I'm completely immune. I can't be turned.' 2b. Repeat. Guillermo starts to shake with emotion and holds up his free hand as if to shrug off any sympathy. The Guide darts forward worriedly, arms out. Guillermo's voiceover says 'It was hard to hear. Again.' 2c. Waist up of Guillermo and the Guide hugging, her arms around his back and pressing his head to her shoulder where he willingly buries his face, his own arms clutching to her back. Guillermo's voiceover continues: 'But I'm glad I know now, at least.' 2d. Close up on the Guide's eyes over Guillermo's head as they fly open suddenly, irises turned to slits ringed with red as she inhales. Her face is cast in sudden shadow and spatters of blood begin to pile up in the background.

3a. Zoom out, Waist up of the Guide over Guillermo's shoulder as they clutch at each other. Her eyes are wide and pained, lost in some forgotten memory as her arms begin to shake. Behind her, some vague humanoid shapes appear, one with long hair and long skirt, one in a hooded robe, and another kneeling at the robed one's feet. The memory speaks, 'My Guide, the Council has brought you a meal.' 3b. Repeat, blood spatters once again beginning to pop up in the background. The memory continues, responding 'Oh! That is very thoughtful, Mistress, thank you.' and 'Careful, he's a struggler.' The Guide shuts her eyes tightly, chin wobbling as a tear pools in her eye. She squeezes Guillermo even tighter, now beginning to ask for the comfort she had been offering. Guillermo lifts his head slightly and asks, '...Guide? Guide, are you okay?'

4a. Repeat, blood spatters increasing in size and volume. The Guide ducks her head to hide her face in Guillermo's shoulder, full body shaking. She stutters out, 'I don't know.' The voice in the memory comes in again, glitched out and repeating itself in fragments, asking, 'How does he taste?' 4b. A brown wooden background shutters in to bring us back to the present with Guillermo doing his talking head. He is smiling sadly, looking down as he recalls what he just avoided sharing to the cameras. He simply says, '...She's a good friend.' 4c. Repeat, the full background of the mantel and bookshelf fading back in as Guillermo turns toward the camera and shrugs with a self-depreciating smile. He says, 'So...that's it. That's all I have for you guys, sorry. Still kinda figuring out the next steps.' 4d. Zoom out, view of the fireplace straight-on with Guillermo on one side and Greg the camera guy on the other. The top of the sound tech's head and part of the boom is visible in the foreground as they pack up. Greg is a thin white man with long blonde hair and a long blonde beard, wearing cargo shorts, a cardigan, and a purple Teen Titans ball cap. He lowers his camera and asks Guillermo off the record: 'You think you might leave?' Guillermo sighs and tucks his hands into his pockets, answering, 'I don't know, Greg. I'm pretty deep into the sunk-cost fallacy at this point, haha. 4e. Waist up of Guillermo from Greg's POV as he walks toward the door to the hall, turning back slightly to raise one arm in a shrug and say 'But things with Nandor are obviously weird right now. I kinda wonder if he'd even notice.' / end ID

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A quick look around Camera Obscura in Edinburgh, which is worth visiting just for the views over Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile 😍

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Skytober Day 8 Camera (Gallimimus)

My other Skytober drawings

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hey Genshin artists! i've got a tip for you!

TL;DR: In the current Fayz event in Genshin, on PC you can use the walking stance during time-freeze to "tick forward" time in tiny steps without cancelling the current animation. This can be really helpful for getting good reference photos with unique angles in each snapshot!

I'll be reblogging this post with a more detailed explanation and extra photos, but for this post I'm keeping it short and showing one set of images with instructions.

One note, though: you have to re-toggle walking after each time you "move". So the sequence is like this: Freeze time, take a photo, toggle walking, tap a movement key to unfreeze time, and repeat. You have to toggle walking each time you do this, because after each freeze/unfreeze, you're put back in the default running state.