#I’ll make sure to continue this

[rollofthed1ce]

Naive Compassion

Ok before we start, let’s get some basics down first:

You are Y/N, the sixth and youngest ancient.

You are a magic class with extremely powerful magic. But due to your young age (being 6 years old) you can’t use your magic properly.

You learn extremely fast, but in return you have a weak body

You don’t know how your parents are, and don’t have a place to call home. So you just lived in random parts of Earthbread for a long while before being found near the Vanilla or Hollyberry Kingdom. This was because of random spikes of magic happening as well as some of the cookies speaking of a child with a souljam.

The first ancient to find you was Hollyberry, your first response to her finding you… was casting fireball and running away. Yeah you were terrified of her and didn’t take your chances. Tho that didn’t stop her from trying to get you over and over again. Eventually she tried a different method. She did this putting away her shield and trying to be friendly towards you… and offering a hug. Which worked!

After that, the first place you went to was the Vanilla Kingdom where a meeting was held to know what to do with you. You were originally with the ancients during this meeting but got bored after a long while. So you waited in the library instead.

you stayed with Pure Vanilla AND White Lily for a while. During this both of them basically home schooled you, Pure Vanilla teaching you how to control your magic and White Lily helping you learn about the world… that’s it.

They knew almost nothing about taking care of kids, so it came to no surprise they have to kinda rely on whatever knowledge about caring for kids they can find. While the other ancients do visit often (or as often as they can). It doesn’t help that they have their own different styles of parenting.

Hollyberry is practically like a mother to you, tho a bit overbearing. She had lots of experience taking care of children. So it doesn’t come to a surprise she treated you like one of hers. But there was a catch, you were a child with the powers equal to an ancient. So she had to be a little careful.

But that doesn’t mean she dislikes you, far from it. He loves you just as much as her kids and grandkids, some could say even more.

Dark Cacao is kinda like your father figure. He does treat you as one of his own, but that doesn’t really change much. He’s only really there to train you for combat… and to spend time with you, of course.

Golden Cheese basically spoils you rotten with valuable and expensive stuff, random from clothes to toys to even a book. White Lily and Pure Vanilla regulate out much stuff you can actually have. They may not be good parents, but they know not to spoil you too much.

Overall, it was a good life for you in the vanilla kingdom. Sure you are an ancient, but you were so young compared to a normal cookie (it’s pointless to talk about your age compared to the rest of the ancients) and needed to be cared for. 

But overtime you took notice how they got a bit… possessive over you. You didn’t notice at first. But when you were all together….

…you finally realized what was happening…

“What don’t you understand- can’t you see they’re far too young and unprepared for this world? They need to be prepared for-“

“So keeping them here is what you’d consider learning? If anything, it makes them worse!”

“Well it’s better than what you call ‘training’. It’s almost like you’re TRYING to kill them.”

“Well if that’s the case, then let me have them! My kingdom is the safest one there is.”

“AS IF! None of you know anything about caring for children as long as I have! If anything, they should stay with me!”

…yeeeaaaah, turns out the ancients saw you as their child instead of another ancient. I mean, could you blame them?

You are a child. You don’t know what’s going on, all you remember was waking up and barely being able to walk. Sure you were smart… but oh so so young. 

You didn’t feel safe after, not safe in the vanilla kingdom, not with them. So you left the kingdom… and went to the Hollyberry kingdom. It took a while (a few weeks) to get there, but you got there in a good enough state.

But when you found yourself in a town near the Hollyberry kingdom.

A baker took you under his wing, giving you a quiet life…

Oh don’t worry, I’m going to continue this, I just have a lot of other stuff to do

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

See, I think Charles’ annoyance and frustration with the Cat King really was just pure protectiveness and not any kind of jealousy - it’s understandable, because Edwin is not telling him what happened even though something clearly did, which is not typical for them. Edwin doesn’t usually hide things like this! Of course he’s worried!

Charles’ reaction to Monty, on the other hand, is difficult to explain in a way that isn’t jealousy. You could say he’s being protective again, but Charles shows no sign of distrust in Monty, and had no idea of who Monty was or that he might betray them - he was actually very chill with him, except in a select few specific scenes. You could say he just doesn’t like him because he got brushed off during their first meeting, but not only does that not seem like Charles at all, it also doesn’t make sense, since, again, in most instances, Charles is genuinely friendly and is happy when Monty compliments him and seems to have come around to liking him (it completely flies over his head that this is a petty jab at Edwin on Monty’s part but oh well hahaha). You could say it changes up their status quo a bit and that bothers Charles. I do think this bothers him a bit, but I think, unlike Edwin, Charles’ fear and frustration here is directed more at situations (the Cat King whisking him away for several hours, as an example) than others. He’s sociable and likes being able to talk to new people. There’s absolutely no way he’d begrudge Edwin doing the same - and he doesn’t… with Niko. Edwin and Niko hit it off and become very close and that never bothers Charles at all. He’s incredibly endeared to her, just like the rest, and for the most part, he’s chill with Monty too, and smiles pretty knowingly when Edwin confesses to him having awakened some feelings. The only exceptions, where he shows definite annoyance, are when Monty first shows up and gets really in Edwin’s personal space to show him the astrology chart he made, and when Edwin is so sucked into the book Monty gave him that he doesn’t hear that Charles is talking to him, to which he annoyedly says that they seem to have been “spending a lot of time together”.

You could say he’s unused to having anyone get in Edwin’s personal space like that, but, again, Niko. She’s very tactile with him and he doesn’t seem to mind all that much; they spend time together watching things. If it was just someone getting close with Edwin in general, not only would that be weirdly possessive for the character, but it would also mean he would show discomfort with anyone getting close, I think. Does Charles see Monty as more of a potential threat than Niko, seeing as he knows her and her personality and doesn’t know Monty? Well, maybe, but again, Charles shows no sign of distrusting Monty at all.

Monty is a boy. Okay. So something about seeing Edwin so close to a boy that is not him, getting lost in thought over something this boy gave him, really rubs Charles the wrong way. Charles appears to catch on just as quickly as anyone else that there is something (or it looks like something) between Edwin and Monty. He is not surprised when Edwin comes out to him in episode 6, and in fact, seems to have just been waiting for him to verbalize it. He smiles and is not bothered at all by Edwin showing (what he thinks is) a romantic interest in Monty - he just doesn’t like it when Monty clearly shows a romantic interest in Edwin. Um. Well. Well.

Charles is jealous. I really don’t know what else to say.

Look, when I first watched this show, I actually didn’t want them to end up together romantically - I love the idea of one having fallen in love with another who does not reciprocate and the two of them still loving each other just as much. That Edwin’s confession made them closer instead of making things awkward is such a beautiful outcome to this build up and I absolutely love it. However. On my two rewatches, I caught a lot more little details, and I think it would be very strange if the show did not follow up on this. That, plus the deliberate quality of these “jealousy” moments where the camera focuses on him, Charles’ Orpheus coding throughout the show, the fact that Edwin’s arc was far more about realizing his feelings for Charles specifically than just coming to terms with his sexuality, and that even the actors admit that Charles’ response to the confession kind of left things open, it really seems to me like the path leads to a romantic endgame for them, or at the very least, that this possibility will be explored in more depth.

**This is just my reading of it. Please do not use this post as a gotcha for anyone who loves them as a platonic duo or people who really love Crystal and Charles together (because let’s face it, they’re super cute too). I’m just doing my rambles. As per usual.

[gamerbeta]

When you draw OCs that you haven’t drawn in forever:

Never feel bad about making art for a different fandom than your used to or taking a break! A couple years ago, I drew a daily comic with no plot for around 500 days straight and in the end I started hating to draw my OCs I made in it as well as the comic itself. (I tried switching Cyrus over to a Pokémon OC, but that didn’t feel right either)

Now, looking back, I shouldn’t have forced myself to draw it to that extent. And none of you guys should feel that way either! If you start to feel like drawing something is starting to weigh you down, please take a break! Draw something else you enjoy or, if need be, take a small break from drawing in general!

I will still be drawing the Subway Masters primarily on here, and unlike the comic I made, I have been spacing drawings out with them a lot more, and it’s been a blast to draw Pokémon in general for me! (But those two are always goofy and fun to draw :3) However, I might post a couple of oc/ other fandom characters here and there as well. That way, I shouldn’t worry about despising my art like that again for a long while! :D

[wickmitz]

— THE ELECTRIC-FEVER REMEDY.

[six-of-bros]

maybe it’s not so bad…

[hplonesomeart]

Hey!! So turns out a video I made between a certain “well beloved but highly sensitive/emotionally reactive T.V” and an “orange haired inkling-turned-human” has managed to sweep my YouTube channel and accumulate 100k VIEWS!! THAT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY?? My most widely viewed video EVER to exist in this moment in time?? AAAAA?? Not even mentioning the various comments and staggering increase in subs! It’s so much more then what I expected or even prepared for—might even be the most impactful thing to happen for me this year <3

…aside from graduating high school + the social connections I’ve been fortunate to make lol

BUT THE POINT IS I’d been closely monitoring the YouTube growth through the entirety of October. It’s make me smile like a dork, gawk in astonishment, dance frantically in my room from the energy boosts, and grow courage to stop being so selective/self-conscious with what I wish to share with the world! It’s kept my ambitions going!

I needed to find some way to celebrate the occasion and express my thanks—because I can’t NOT acknowledge this milestone jksjskp. Typically I try to avoid getting tunnel visioned focusing on the metrics/numbers. Mr. Puzzles had already demonstrated how much those things can mess with the minds of creatives. Caring too much about chasing views or placing your artistic value in attention seeking gets damaging. But at same time…it’s hard to deny the sense of pride the 100k achievement has filled me with. I understand that reaching 100k views doesn’t immediately make me any “better” or “worse” then I was before. I’m still just me! It only helps me feel seen by others—and that’s all I really needed. To hear some nice words & receive reminders that my ideas are cared about. So thank you SMG4 fandom for that, seriously thank you.

Please accept this Mr. Puzzle drawing as a way of sharing the happiness around. He’s so entertaining. Love him for simply existing. So glad we can all collectively be super attached to him (and the rest of the SMG4 cast of course). Can’t wait to see more incredible artworks from the fandom :)

Just incase anyone is confused by my vague description over which “animated video” I’m referring to here—hopefully this photo will help clarify lol. It’s this one!! Sorry about not outright stating the title at the start, I got carried away with writing!!

I’ve been in an odd place mentally when thinking about it. Wondering to myself if any of the attention is deserved considering it’s not even fully colored and could be dismissed as “low effort” content (despite taking several days making it). It’s easy to get into a trap of comparing yourself to others and questioning how much of the videos success is based on your skills, sheer algorithm luck, or only because you used popular characters and catered to a specific fandom. And then judging yourself by looking at other peoples videos. I’ve seen several artists post higher quality works then my own but it somehow gets less views. So why did mine succeed when others (who should have gotten just as much attention if not more) didn’t? Sometimes you feel like you’ve unfairly robbed them of that chance to be seen. However I’ve realized that I can’t ever expect views to be consistent—and comparing is pointless. So why worry about it or feel inadequate? I mean it’s pretty common for funny cat videos to go viral, so who am I to question the system lol. “Popular” YouTube videos can range from a passion project which took 7+ artists…to a clip of Toad singing Chandelier or a nonsensical Vine sketch. Anything can happen when it’s the internet! And just-so-happened my video was chosen. I should stay glad about that and get rid of all the overanalyzing. So that’s what I’ve chosen to do :)

[lckydog]

i’m strict as fuck when it comes to people disrespecting my gf regardless if they’re friends or not

[thymeskip]

lil continuation to this post from a couple years back!

[gio-cosmo]

No way. No actual fucking way

[dio-the-thot-exterminator]

Just finished my monthly rewatch of beast wars 😍

[halfratsalready]

Some little hints about my upcoming fic! ✨

It’s loosely inspired by this song.

The title comes from a line from this song (the line that inspired the fic the most).

It’s mainly Sara, Night Swan, and Jack-centric, but Disco and the other Just Dancers are there, too.

[swordmaid]

if shri’iia did not pursue the oathbreaker route, she would’ve killed herself lol. like woman who believes the reason for her existence - and all she’s good for - is her devotion, and now that’s been discarded and she has nothing to direct it to, what else is she supposed to do? a shri’iia who never considered an alternate path would not do anything besides beg for lolth’s gaze again, and once she learns that her goddess is indifferent about her she really has nothing else to live for. she is trapped in a strange land around people who she distrusts, her oath is broken, she cannot go back home anymore, she cannot go anywhere else - she is stewing in her own shame and denial - what else is there for her? what is she good for now? she has no reason to exist anymore. she cannot consider an alternative because there is no alternative for her. at best she would promise to help assist them to moonrise towers - that would be a goal to keep her going - but in the end if she’s still lost and without any purpose then she would just off herself I fear 😔. she cannot imagine a life outside of lolth’s gaze - the fact that she still lives after breaking her oath felt so impossible and wrong, it is only right that she fixes that.

[kowwpow]

How it feels to want to say smth but either no one knows what you’re talking abt or you don’t wanna bother the one person who does bc you bother them w/ literally everything

[i-am-church-the-cat]

just wanted u to know i appreciate the logan list and i am tuned in for updates

Thank you! For that, here’s some additions i made after i posted:

Addition to #69, Key Phrases: “Oh hell yeah” and “I think you’re a little lost here, chief”

88. Loves waffles but they are not his favorite dessert

89. Very patriotic (oh hell yeah)

90. Is the first American point scorer in f1 in 30 years, and the first to score on home soil since 1989

91. Went to see the Nets in NYC

92. Has only been to NYC once in his life and it was this October, 2023

Edit 11/2/23 08:32: Has been to NYC before but his first “official” time was April 2023 (before Miami) and he also went in October 2023 before COTA

93. Has a custom Miami Dolphins jersey with his last name on the back

94. Rumored to know all the lyrics to “Ice Ice Baby”

Also, update on whether or not he supports the Florida Lighting, I messed up. Florida’s NHL teams are the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, of which Logan supports the Panthers and has gone to see at least 1 game with his friend Kyle Kirkwood.

[the-travelling-witch]

happy valentine’s day, eveyone <3

i really wanted to answer this ask i got (looking at you ian) and finish/edit the last requests but my god does my hand hurt, so i might have to take it slow for real the next days ㅠㅠ

guess i’ll go back to crying about wiege now o7

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

what if i cancel my graduation and add a second major rn and just completely fuck up my plans and decide to suffer through more school but w a different major for like another 3 years