#I think I need a second to process this

[valyvinny]

I knew Caleb’s storyline was going to be dark but HOLY SHIT. I am shook??? He’s so yandere. This man is POSSESSIVE and OBSESSIVE over MC. Definitely not the Caleb before the blast. I personally have always had a soft spot for morally grey characters. Like Guy Fawkes from V for Vendetta, Jin Sakai and Vincenzo are some of my favorite characters of all time. But I’m still reeling from the new main story chapters. Ngl he’s was scarryyyyyy. The trailers hinted at some more darker themes but WOWWW. I’m kind of impressed that infold delved straight into a true yandere trope. I love myself a good dark romance, so I’m interested to see how this plays out and how Caleb’s storyline will advance. But my guy is unhingedddd.

edit: I MEANT V FROM V FOR VENDETTA

[bluegiragi]

some studies with soap and a few screenshots from portrait of a lady on fire. I've been really trying to put some concerted effort into working on my rendering recently...

[lizardbrainlabs]

Your interpretation of Hector talking with Bauhauzzo post-game (if you can see that happening) would be neat!!

oh the horrors of knowing no one can fix the problem except for you

[darkwood-sleddog]

spend any amount of time in the comments on the dog side of instagram on a post of a perfectly reasonable (if not really nice!) day routine of an older puppy owned by a working person (multiple walks! training! home for lunch time potty and enrichment toys!) and not only will you will begin to immediately understand why some pet dogs you encounter are overstimulated, neurotic, reactive, separation anxiety riddled POS (babes they are TIRED let them rest), but you will also understand the effect dumbass shelter requirements (home all day? most people do not have that ability...) has had on dog culture as a whole.

like do these people genuinely think working line dogs of any breed do not rest? what do they do with their dogs when they have an injury or illness? old age? i guarantee they have never seen dogs in true WORK (vs sport) where there is often a lot of necessary downtime the dog must be capable of navigating.

[hellsquills]

A thought: Stan wasn't a booksmart kid, but he was great at reasoning. Meaning, he wouldn't understand the usual explanations or memorize definitions, because they're just a bunch of words put together. However, some things just seemed to click for whatever reason or they would just make sense all of a sudden when he gave them some thought on his own.

This is: Stan at an art history class.

“Stanley?” “Yeah?”

“Do you think you can tell me the answer?”

“I…” I don't think I could even if I knew what you're talking about. “I didn't get the question, sorry.”

“I asked, anyone knows why art movements occur? Why does art change?”

“I mean…” Don't embarrass yourself any further. They're already laughing. “No, nothing.”

“Come on, say it.”

“No, it's stupid. I don't know.”

“Stanley, I've heard a lot of different things over the years. I doubt anything you say will be stupid.”

“Well, I'm a box of surprises, what can I say.” That's it, make them laugh at your jokes, not at you.

“I insist. Go ahead, please.”

“Fine. I mean, the way I see it, it's pretty simple, isn't it? Their parents and grandparents do things a certain way, and doing the same is just more of the same boring stuff. After a while it becomes like... imposing? And art isn't meant to be imposed, 'cause there's the fun in that? So they create something new, something that will make them stand out and as different as possible from what they know. A new style of art, or writing, or… I don't know, architecture? Whatever it is to make them free.”

“…”

“Or, I don't know, maybe they are just petty. I don't know.”

“No, Stanley, you're right. That's a perfect way of explaining it.”

“… it is?”

“Yes. Art evolves because it's creation, and creation is a living thing. Just like you kids don't dress like your parents did because you find it outdated and not personal enough, right? Art evolves because people do.”

“Right.”

“That was a brilliant explanation Stanley, congratulations.”

“T-thank you.”

Stan is wide-eyed as the teacher continues explaining something. He's awoken by his brother's elbow on his side. When he turns, Ford's eyes are shining.

“Stanley, that was amazing! You nailed it!”

“I… did?”

“Yes! She said you did great! No one was laughing, they were so impressed. And so am I, that was incredible!”

“Silence over there.”

“Sorry, miss.”

Stan feels so happy that when he goes home and Stanford tells their parents about him leaving the whole class speechless with his answer, he can't stop smiling. Not even when his father mutters something about it being a stupid art class and not something actually important. He doesn't care. His brother is impressed! What the hell!

[sydmarch]

i don't even remember where the screencap i used for this study is from i've had it saved in my potential references folder for so long.

details:

[spieluhrzeit]

y'know... i don't often like thinking back to that time, but i just had a thought.

what if schneider's statement wasn't just that? ofc he did address the things that were going on at the time, but part of me feels it's something more. he never explicitly said these words, but what if his statement was a quiet plea for till to come home?

come home... the sun shines over eichwalde. we're all enjoying the warm weather eating watermelon. olli is hosing you down like a dog as he eats. we are all young and happy.

come home... as i put on a purple bra i watch as you and paul wrap your dicks in duct tape. we're calling it "ficken2000." "am arsch hangt der hammer!" we all exclaim. jonathan davis is gonna be so confused, but we're doing it together and that's all that counts.

come home... you're laughing on set as my face starts to melt. we've been performing with these prosthetics and suits for a while, it's only natural they start to wear a bit. but we laugh and laugh as i try to fix it.

come home... i'm in your dressing room tapping my sticks on my lap. you sternly call out for me to stop, you can't concentrate. i devilishly and playfully ignore your request. later, you're waving the german flag around as loud as you can as i speak to the camera. i guess that's the law of equivalent exchange! 😅

come home... we miss you. you're our bandmates, our singer and our friend, but we don't know where this till has come from all of a sudden...

come home... the people you surround yourself with are not your friends. all they want to do is see you hurt, and then walk away when you need first aid. they don't look out for you.

come home... we're worried about you. where did those new cuts and bangs come from? why are you doing this to yourself? we hate every single moment of it. but not you.

come home... are you lonely till? we're right here. we're here for you. please... talk to us. we can help you. just stay with us please.

come home... richard made you doughnuts. he always said they were your favourite. and speaking of richard. if we were able to fix ourselves in mutter, we'll be able to fix things here. please come back to us, for all of us. please...

come home till. we miss you. this isn't who you are and we're worried.... please...

thumbs trembling as i type, i cut it all out. words the world will never see. but maybe, within this band, this family we've made, we can sort it out together...

---

perhaps he couldn't say those things. luckily, i don't mind being a conduit for things i feel like he would say. because i would say them too.

[tekitothemagpie]

My sun 😔🤲🏼

[sombreset]

Saw another post w/ this picture of Morph and went to try and find it in the series, and it’s SUCH a blink and you’ll miss it moment (episode 3 after Jean gets through to Madelyne)

And I literally mean this shot of Morph in the corner is visible for maybe half a second and they don’t revisit this at all

In retrospect, I feel like they handle Morph’s PTSD with the sentinels and Sinister in more of an… obligatory fashion, rather than a gentle one? Like, Morph only is in distress in moments that I feel like the show writers went “oh yeah. Morph had bad times w/ this we gotta mention they’re upset because that’s their character,” but they don’t… stay with it ever? It’s almost always used to inform the viewer about something (what happened in TES usually), and never to go over HOW Morph is handling it these days.

What’s really messed up about this episode, is Morph already was distressed going into this situation because it meant directly confronting Sinister, as well as someone under his control (something they obviously have first hand experience with). Madelyne actually BRAINWASHES Morph briefly and has them attack the other X-Men, something horrible for Morph specifically, since this has happened to them before and is the main source of their trauma.

What’s the result of all this? Do we see Morph snapping out of it and realizing what they’ve done? Talking to Madelyne afterwards and making sure she’s okay? Anyone talking to MORPH and asking if they’re okay?

Nope, literally the aftermath of this scene is handled by a half second frame of Morph curled up in the corner in the BACKGROUND of a shot. I think that really kinda sums up how they handled Morph’s past in 97– obligatory, just part of the “motions” of the show. I dunno. I really think they could have handled it better?

[deliriousblue]

THE HEART KILLERS (2024) episode three

[dimitriblunt]

okay. so if we were take the incident at the grove with the black tide to be like the disaster in nagazora.......

"i'll also try to... heal the world."

what if he actually Did pursue medicine before becoming a sage himself and founding nousporist?

with what the livestream mentioned about anaxa, he's trying to uncover the ultimate truth to amphoreus. using his chance with cerces as merely something akin to a stepping stone in his path to said truth, even if it doesn't align with his beliefs or ideals - because he doesn't care for that. doesn't care if people shun him out for being a heretic or bizarre.

adding a line now because i am once again talking A Lot

su is Still alive. spiritually rather than physically, and has been playing chess or whatever with an unknown entity.

user dimitriblunt will begin to sound a little insane now; imagine if anaxa is literally just Su. like flat out. and somehow, someway, he's turned into anaxa and got shipped off to amphoreus or something. there have been theories that this entity is actually nous, aeon of erudition. that wouullld tie into nousporist - if we were to look at this from a "amphoreus is cut off from the rest of the cosmos and doesnt know about the aeons" type of way. like, aside from the Actual anaxagoras and not-the-aeon nous. because yeah, that makes sense with his character since he is literally based off of the guy. and it would also give at least SOME context as to why anaxa's ultimate looks suspiciously like the dimension su entered at the end of his physical death (that is, IF the entity su got roped into playing games with was actually nous the erudition. which to be honest, i would hope so but that hope is very small)

as cool as that would be, yet still farfetched, i do think this is just another parallel to su, rather than him legit being su. the real su is still likely playing games in that dimension since we don't have any updates on how he is currently, other than him just being spiritually alive. anaxa would likely already know the fundamental truths beyond amphoreus, too

parallel to su, in the sense that yeah. maybe anaxa also got roped into some weird ass dimension at one point. perhaps when he pulled that "inverted horizon" hsr equivalent and sealed the black tide creations in the grove away, giving away his soul to warn others, and died physically, then got brought back to life by cerces. which perhaps would sort of explain why his body is so???? voidlike????? and cracking as if some porcelain doll. rather than just his actual corpse, william afton fnaf style or whatever

much like how the entity had told su, if you can win against me, then i will tell you what you want to know - cerces told anaxa if he could help them figure out the truth to the "what exactly are we?" question, then they would return willingly return his body and dissipate. so perhaps his void-dimension-like body is a result of cerces implanting the coreflame into him; like a result of them sharing his body for now, that dimension is the common mortal plane for them to converse

and anaxa seems highly confident he can uncover it soon, despite the encroaching (second???) end he'll face soon because his body is decaying

taking me to this lovely post, which talks about a small theory regarding anaxa potentially holding the truth of amphoreus inside of him.

perhaps it's possible that when he does uncover the truth, likely while he does the trial of reason, it WILL be inside of him. he'll have the answers for himself; the truth of amphoreus, and what that means for humanity there

[ladyloveandjustice]

It's actually so hilariously hypocritical of Zuko to scoff at Aang when he talks about not taking revenge and not wanting to kill, when he went out of the way to try to save Zhao right after the man nearly succeeded in killing him. And also spared Zhao's life during their little Agni Kai. He repeatedly refused revenge and murder. I hope Aang finds out about it one day and gets his ass.

It honestly almost seems like he became MORE pro murder post-redemption, which is funny, but it's more like he'a pro righteous murder as long as someone else does it. Not him.

Notably he's all "Aang you have to kill my dad" but he didn't actually kill Ozai when he had the opportunity. He's all "it's the Avatar's destiny!" but come on. that was an excuse. He just didn't want to do it. Which is understandable, even though he knows Ozai deserves it, it would still be extremely traumatic for him to kill his father. So he passes it off to Aang. And then berates Aang for not wanting to kill his dad, the exact thing he didn't want to do, like a loser.

And fittingly, only time he seriously tries to murder someone was when he hired Combustion Man to kill Aang in peak desperation and even that was "someone else should do it. I don't have to be there or think about it. I didn't technically kill him someone else did"

(You can also argue that him being so passionate about helping with the righteous murder of people who were agents of the genocide is driven by a sense of guilt too, which is why he's so extra about it. It probably is. On top of that, I think he very much dragged his own mom issues into helping Katara specifically)

So yeah I also hope Aang finds out about his opportunity to kill his dad and roasts him like he deserves. Man who says murder is okay really means "it's okay if you do it".

[kindahoping4forever]

Ash via Perola Navarro's IG Story

[sealochs]

keep feeling unsure how bothered this man is about me & then he's all i made us pizza dough yesterday, it's rising now do you want to come over to make pizza tonight ???

[rawliverandgoronspice]

:D

I have finished the lineart of Thralls of Power Episode 1!!!!!!!*

🍾🥂✨

(*safe for a couple of reworks I want to do and also the end credits that I want to actually animate)

The current time for the episode is 40'19 and the current approximate number of frames I have drawn (minus a couple that are not in the actual episode, and some I have in double for Reasons, and some I haven't counted which have been done several times but I can't be arsed to do the maths right now) is 1168 frames (!!!), which, even if a lot of those are small adjustements, I AM going to pat myself on the back for because!!!! hell yeah!!!!!! heck yeah!!!!!!!!

the problem with lineart is, it's not super shareable without solid render, but have a Celebratory Messy Dorf as a bonus!!!!

(I have also finished the soundtrack EXCEPT for one track, which will be the most difficult to tackle, so !!!! oops, also my computer that can do music is dying and I need to learn a different music software but I don't have the time, so OOPS, truly Thralls has killed like, 2 different computers, maybe two and a half, insane)

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia!

I was wondering what your writing schedule is like and how you plan things…like do you have a certain day you set aside to just write or is it more of when you have a spark of creativity and motivation to write? Also do you tend to write ahead multiple chapters or again is that one of those things where it really depends? Also do you plan what’s going to happen next in each chapter and then write it or do you just think about it as you write? I’m not sure if this is an odd question but I’m really curious!

Hi anon!

Due to chronic illness (and many of them), I'm too disabled to put days aside for anything. I just never know what my health will be like on any given day, and I'm frequently too sick to write or edit.

As a result, instead of daily goals in writing, or a daily minimum wordcount, I have a monthly minimum wordcount instead of 25,000 words per month. It's less about a spark of creativity or motivation (imho the largest difference between a hobby and a pro writer is that the pro writer has learned how to write without motivation, knowing that it will come and join in along the way. Hobby writers don't have to learn to do this.) It's pretty much solely around energy levels. Like, motivation helps, but I don't feel motivated to write every time I write.

I'm writing ahead on every single story right now except for Palmarosa and Smoke in Autumn. (Basically the stories that aren't on my official schedule I'm not ahead on - people get chapters as I write them, or close to it). Some stories I'm significantly ahead on (I've finished Underline the Black), and some I'm only one chapter ahead on (Second Star to the Right, Underline the Red). The rest I'm a mix. I do prefer to have a buffer for the sake of consistency, as folks who love Palmarosa and Smoke in Autumn can tell, if I don't have a buffer, I simply can't be consistent with my health (and also the many stories I'm working on atm).

I write (or edit or do other writing-related work) on the days I'm well enough to write. Sometimes that's a whole two weeks of writing, sometimes it's very patchy for the entire month. Realistically it's in blocks of 2-4 days with recovery periods.

Also do you plan what’s going to happen next in each chapter and then write it or do you just think about it as you write?

It's not an odd question because I've gotten questions like this before! But I do think it speaks to folks not really understanding how writing works sometimes, so I'm going to explain how it's really not a binary like this.

I don't plan/outline what's going to happen in the next chapter until right at the end of a story when I'm wrapping up plot points / character arcs - and that's only certain stories, not all stories need this. And when I do that it's usually only 1-2 sentences with room to delete/change/not do that thing. I've been a pantser (and rarely a plantser) for as long as I can remember.

I also do worldbuilding through Obsidian, which isn't about plot points so much as just, character and world details I might need quickly, for example, the graph view of the Underline universe (it needs desperate updating but it's still useful:

So for all of my stories right now, no chapters are planned. I do just think about it and write, and I spend a lot of time not at my computer, noodling on what could happen next in the story. I've talked about that side of my process here.

It's not as binary as you think, anon. It's not like a person 'sits down after not having planned anything at all and writes out of nowhere' vs. 'writes a plan down before writing.' There's also 'thinking about the story / the future of the story without writing stuff down before writing.' I do that. Nearly all writers do that. That is actually a fundamental part of the process of writing whether or not the writer is "writing down the plan" they're thinking of. There's a middle ground that allows pantsing and plantsing to be possible in the first place, and allows plotters to alter their outlines as needed.

I had a question like yours a little while ago re: outlining vs. 'just sitting down and thinking about it and writing' and it's just - this is not how writing works. It's not like I have a light switch I can turn off once I finish a chapter, where I never think about or imagine the story again until I sit down for the next chapter and the light switch comes on again. The light is always on.

Assuming that doesn't happen is like assuming artists don't think about what they're going to draw, or don't imagine different things they can draw even when they're not sitting down to draw. (And many artists work without a mock up or sketch first, that doesn't mean they haven't thought in detail about what they wanted to do). It would be like assuming people who cook never think about what they're going to cook, just because they don't use a recipe book. If that was the case, they couldn't go grocery shopping, could they? They wouldn't know what to do. But they buy the ingredients they're fairly sure they're going to need because they're thinking about the thing while not doing it.

The thinking part of the process - which happens often for many authors - is a vital part of the process whether an author is a plotter / pantser / plantser. It is literally part of the writing process. It is invisible to readers, which is maybe why you don't know that it happens! But for many creative hobbyists and professionals, the only way they create in the first place (and how much they do it) is defined by how much they think about the thing when they're not working on the thing.

I think about my stories every day, including the days I'm too sick to write. I think about them as I fall asleep. I think about them when I'm in a car going to medical appointments. I think about them in the shower etc. When I sit down to write a chapter from a story without an outline, I already have a pretty good idea of what's about to happen, because there's a really high likelihood I've devoted many many hours (sometimes hundreds of hours, and in some series, sometimes more) of just thinking about that story and what's coming.

Basically 'do you have an outline or not' makes sense, but 'do you have an outline or just sit down and think about the chapter and then write it' makes less sense, because it omits a vital part of the process for so many creative folks. The imagining of the thing itself - especially when were not sitting down to do it (or standing or however people do it) - is how creativity happens for so many of us in the first place. After all, no one would sit down and write a fanfic for the first time in their lives if they didn't imagine it was possible, imagine a subject, imagine the characters they wanted to put in a scenario, and then - days or weeks or months or years later - sit down to write it. And the person doesn't need to have an outline, and they still might have put hundreds of hours into that fic that no one ever saw or knew about beforehand.

That's what creativity is, that's why it's worth so much (along with the skills we build in execution), because what folks experience (read / watch etc.) is only ever the very tip of a very deep iceberg of how much effort people are putting into something.

(ETA: I read this out to my roommate to make sure it read okay, and he pointed out that I have a pretty good memory for very deep characterisation, details and story, which is why I can mentally carry the kind of stories I do. As I get older I need to write more down in terms of Obsidian and worldbuilding, back when I wrote COFT/GT etc. I had nothing written down and it was all in my head, but as folks asked me more questions about age / height and details I don't care about mentally as much, I began writing down worldbuilding notes initially less for myself, and more for other people lol, and then it became useful down the track).