#I'm scared for the future of artists and art history

[die-rosastrasse]

I love you bad art, I love you amateur art, I love you self learning, I love you cheap art supplies, I love you journals, I love you crafts, I love you art available for everyone, I love you second hand art and objects, I love you free museums, I love you handmade gifts, I love you childish drawings, I love you art that nobody ever saw except for the artist, I love you taking time to learn a skill, I love you art history, I love you free tutorials, I love you art as a school subject, I love you things that took a long time to make, I love you art studies that are considered useless, I love you the human need to create and change the world around you to be more beautiful and more meaningful.

I hate you AI art, I hate you generated content, I hate you singe-use images, I hate you mindless consumption, I hate you stealing from artists, I hate you reposting without sources, I hate you lying about using AI, I hate you pretending like art is something unachievable and reserved only for the chosen ones.

Make art!! Make "bad" art that is actually special because you took the time to make it. Make art for yourself that you show no one. Make art for others that they'll cherish forever. See how your whole world changes, see how you start noticing beautiful and inspiring things all around you. Make things with love and devotion. Fuck AI.

[neurospiczzzziee]

Moon Light

"Moon Light, just a little bit longer. We'll have these unwanted 'Guests' evicted in no time."

This piece is a continuation of a comic WIP I sketched inspired by an art request I received from @nikispade

Comic WIP: "Burdock Bur"

Takes place right after a mission

Blitzø: dinner gonna be soon! Stolz check on Loonie!

*Stolas slides the screen door to the balcony to join Loona*

Stolas: Mind if I join?

Loona: sure

*awkward silence*

Stolas looks down and notices a tick in her fur.

Stolas: ummm. . .Loona. . .

Loona: yeah? What?

Stolas:. . you seem to have a burdock burr in your coat. Mind if I help you remove it?

Loona: Oh shit. Those suck. Yeah that would be great. Thx.

*Stolas proceeds to remove the tick effortlessly. Takes out a lighter and lights the Tick on fire*

Stolas: get fucked little one!

Loona: !!!!!!

*starts to shake*

Loona: EW EW EW!!!!! STOLAS PLEASE CHECK ALL OF MY FUR!!! HELP! EW! OH GAWD.

Depicting Stolas' Strengths

So I made these art pieces to really show Stolas' Strengths as a character, how he is a really good father figure.

Because of mastermind and Sinsmas Stolas has been in a very fragile. I wanted to depict Stolas' strengths as a character and hopefully how we will see them in the future of the show. Stolas at the end of the day is a really good father and I know he'll be an amazing bonus dad for Loona. He has a history of raising children and working with scared children. I think he would be fantastic in a situation like this. He would know exactly what to do to comfort Loona and calm her down. Especially coming up with a clever lie so she would not freak out at first. The idea is she got the tick from crawling in some bushes on earth (This is low-key inspired from my own fear of ticks. Whenever I have a tick embedded in my skin I literally cry and freak out). So Loona doesn't immediately freak out Stolas tells her that she instead has a burdock bur stuck in her fur and asks her if he can remove it.

The finalized drawing is after Loona finds out about the first tick she has Stolas check the remaining parts of her fur to see if there are any more unwanted guests. I like the idea of them specifically moving towards the door so they can use the inside light to see better.

Once again I love wholesome Stolitz Family content and I really enjoyed drawing this art requests. For my friends who sent me requests. I did not forget about y'all! I am working on them!!!! It just takes time!

Some of them might be used for future collabs in the near future 👀👀👀👀

As always if you have any Stolitz art requests my asks are open!!! Also any fanfic writers/artists who are interested in collabing. I'm down to clown just reach out to me through Tumblr dms. Because I have a helluva boss brain rot and I'm trying to survive until the next season. 🤣

✨Shout out time!!!✨

Thx @theradiodaemon and @larryisnotagirl for helping me come up with Stolas' wording to Loona and for ur friendship!

@dishrack-holygrail thank you for the moral support friend!

[weakkness]

hellooo ฅ^. ˬ .^ฅⳊ happy opening everyone!! i'm apple [ s/h 25 gmt-5 ] and i write for jeongmin and sohee. i have info and plot ideas up for them already, but still allow me to introduce them briefly.. i haven't been in a group in a hot min so i'm kind of buzzing hehe + like this post and i'll come bother you.

eun jeongmin, the bloodline

20 years old, 2nd year philosophy undergrad.. also 2nd year rep for student gov

leo boy from a family of real formal academic types. his dad is the dean of the school of humanities actually..

really strict formal upbringing, never had time to develop into his own person. is starting to figure out what he likes, what he wants to do.. rebelling in small ways

tries to be a gloomy nonchalant type but he's literally leo sun + moon.. like dude ur NOT him (sasuke)

does the half hand raise with the tree fingers you know the one

track team captain + chess club + ophiuchus

he's also minoring in classics + ancient civilizations which is lowk where his heart is.. he loves greece down, can't get enough of those gods.. tsk

in general i'd say he's mostly interested in ancient philosophy, greek history/mythology and religion

intellectual to a fault. a true victim of intellectualism. academic and real booksmart but that's it. very much empty anywhere else. he thinks he's hard, though

very small group of friends.. he's charming in a very fabricated way but he's nottt sociable. he's kinda mean when he's not pretending, actually... but that rarely happens around people anyway

going off of that he's kinddd of.. elitist? not like, fully understanding what it means and choosing to be but just innate privilege type like that's really all he knows

looks for little ways to rebel against his parents aka just have fun like a normal twenty year old but is constantly worried the curtain will fall on him

pint board!

go sohee, the mirrorball

art history grad student, instagram nail artist, lotus fm late night dj and dungeons & dragons girlie

she's kinda all over the place.. she wants to be everything ok you cannot tie her down

only in grad school bc she was being a very proficient neet and her parents gave her the go back to school or we're cutting you off ultimatum

they're paying for everything.. she lowk has no idea how money works so she doesn't think anything about it. she makes nails just for love of the game

former neet like real online niche micro celebrity isolated double monitor cinnamoroll chair has never paid for her own dc nitro type. she doesn't want to talk about it

ok so going back back.. both of her parents are real serious corporate lawyers that decided they wanted a kid in their late 30s.. ivf baby.. only child.. very lonely and desperate from attention since the start

desire is all she's ever known. she's never really had anything, all she's left with is want 😔

closeted (?? lesbian.. kind of? like she just hasn't realized she's gay yet bc she's desperately trying to make it work with literally any guy but it's like babe.. you're gay omg

not the smartest girl ever but not dumb.. she just doesn't really care for grades and is not worried about her future. very much just living in the moment, one day at a time

lovesss her rpgs.. one thing she won't let go from her neet era is her obsession w them games.. nier, er, bg3, ff, rdd2.. don't play w her. though rn she's a bit of a love and freakspace victim.. it's peak to her

very dedicated to her hobbies.. mostly bc if she doesn't busy herself with something she's scared she will relapse. rn it's nail art and d&d

she doesn't reek of desperation exactly but she has the eyes of a neglected pou if you know what i mean

also!! she's the lotus fm late night dj host. you up? with go sohee from midnight to 3am every weekday. don't miss it!!

it kinda came out of nowhere. mostly bc no one wanted to take up that time slot and she wasn't sleeping anyway so she decided to just give it a go. she really just plays whatever she wants and yaps about whatever is on her mind.

tends to get super intimate and vulnerable because not a lot of people are listening and if they are she has no idea who they are BUT she knows they kinda gaf about her so it feels like a safe place

pint board

like i said i have plots for both of them on their respective stat pages but i'm super down to write anything like please put them in situations okay thank youu (^.^)/~~~

[hyuneskkami]

IF U SEEK AMY ! ִ ࣪𖤐

stop ahhh 1. im so proud of you !! 2. you deserve literally every litte follower ngl 🦘

Here's my description, I guess: I can't stand social media, but I use it every day. I've been obsessed with Greek mythology since I was a child—I can't live without it. English is my third language, so I'm still not great at it, even though I speak around seven languages. I'd say I'm a pretty extroverted person. I don't have any specific hobbies, but I enjoy engaging in art a lot since I go to an art school.

My favorite artist is probably Caravaggio, and when it comes to music, my favorite artist is Lana Del Rey. I love her dreamy, melancholic style. I enjoy reading, especially books related to mythology and history. Some of my favorite books include "The Song of Achilles" , "Circe” , any murakami & rick riordan book and “The Secret History”

I'm passionate about learning and exploring new cultures, and I hope to travel more in the future. I’m also interested in psychology and how people think and behave.

I'm turning 17 this year, and I'm so freaking scared about what the future holds... i think that would be all ( btw im a straight female 🙌 )

⊹ ࣪ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

HENRY WINTER ⭑.ᐟ

⟢ “but if you send for me, you know i’ll come; and if you call for me, you know i’ll run!”

I think henry winter (tsh) would be the best book bf for you (:

he’s such a grandpa when it comes to social media. you teach him how to operate on insta, youtube, etc.

you guys probably definitely met in julian’s class and it was not love at first sight at all—he was jealous you were so good at greek; so much better than him

but slowly, as you started hanging out outside the friend group, he finds so many similarities that he can’t help falling for you

the time he confessed to you was surprising and funny—he had said it in another language, hoping you didn’t speak it (but how stupid was he to take chances with a polygot like you?)

you compliment his introvertedness with your bubbly extroverted personality

being greek students, you both loved visiting museums—for the statues and the art; so expect a lot of museum dates!

also, library dates!!!! since you both love greek mythology and reading, why not? because you both definitely debate on key themes in many retellings and have a great time doing it

you share the same favourite artists—in art and music—driving you even more together

you guys go on a world tour for your two year anniversary!!

whenever thoughts of the future overwhelm you, he’s always there to reassure you that no matter what, you’ll face it together

+ both of you probably definitely grow older together and become heads of the psychology departments in two different ivy leagues <3

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@sunnitheapollokid @jgracie @zurisworld-com @cinemaconrad @mqshido

@flowers-for-em @aezuria @thetunnelunderoceanboulevard @cherigall @percabethluvr

@pjoverseluvr @maybxlle @sweetnnaivete @riordanness @starlitszn

@metyouattherighttime @a-beautiful-fool @sequinsnstars @ssparksflyy @fayvpor

@iheartgirlzn @nomournersnofunerals @over-the-ocean-call @seaglass-and-string @cer3lia

@lara20aral @bloophasarrived @xoxochb @auroraofthesun1 @sophiesonlinediary

@solangelotus @brodieland @s1utlvr @imasimpdealwithit @waitingonher

@nqds @skyrigel @daydream-of-a-wallflower @hermidastouch @catastrxblues

@moon-drop18 @d4rkdi0rrr @hopelesslyromantic-shark @saltwatergirl6 @hope92100

event masterlist

[astrobymarwa]

I'm sending in again cause I think my ask didn't send through. I redraw this chart from a different website 🫠

Love: you might have relationship trauma. You would be attracted to people who are considered unique or people from a different culture/polyglots. You like people who are dreamy and in their own world. You also like people who are somewhat mysterious and secretive and discovering who they truly are as you get to know each other more.

You're assertive in relationships, not scared to voice your opinions, stubborn, and wouldn't settle for what is less than you deserve. You're also sweet and tender to the one you love. You appreciate the aesthetic parts of a relationship. You would like a lover that takes you to beautiful places, and a fashionable partner who takes good care of themself. You could date someone from a different culture/country or meet your future partner in a different country or city than the one you're from/live in, or meet your partner while you're travelling.

Your future partner is someone who's artistic and has good taste. They're good looking. They're also someone who values equality and fairness. They have the traditional ideal partner traits and you'd make a lovely home with them regardless of if you end up having children or not. It's the closes thing there is to a perfect relationship.

Career:

You'd be good at learning foreign cultures. Could love history or foreign cultures. You could work in art related fields. You'd love a job where you express yourself and your thoughts. You would like a job related to politics and/or social issues. You could also have a job that is considered "unusual"

Your career would be very important aspect in your life, and you might make lots of money in the future.

Possible jobs/fields: teaching a foreign language. History teaching. Writing. Painting. Political sciences. Linguistics. Technology. International relations. Social sciences.

(Tysm for requesting and i hope you like it🥹❤️)

[the-s1lly-corner]

okay here we go (I added in images to characters you might not know)

Mild crushes:

Brassius (left) and Hassel (right)

Larry

Lord Milori (still kinda like him)

Sir Pentious and Lucifer

Used to take over my life:

Grillby

Gaster

Brett Hand

Lukas

Mordecai Heller

Kinger

Adam (most recent)

ALREADY HAS ME DEAD DJJSKX:

Clopin

I used to like him before back in January, but after listening to the soundtrack of this movie again, I frickin fell in LOVE

The obsession got so bad that I’m now researching Romani history and culture, watching those “the making of (movie name)” videos, interviews (which there are SO FEW OF) of the VAs or Alan Menken, the composer of the soundtrack

I want to know everything when I like a character lol

I actually have more, but it already feels weirdly personal to confess some of them so thank god that this is the silly corner :]

SCARED TO SEND IN BUT HERE WE GO

Mo need to fear this is a no judgement zone! Also I lost my right to judge people when I wrote mpreg a few weeks ago/lh

Rubs hands

The first two!! Obligatory "I've never gotten too deep into pokemon and the only game I've played start to finish is shield, and I'm like. Partway through brilliant diamond" soooooo! I know nothing about the personalities of these two so we're going off of looks!! And I say!

Valid!

Brassius gives off either old and exhausted punk or old exhausted gay artist but those two can overlap!

Hassel Looks yummy I love me a good longhaired blonde man AND he looks a little on the older side? YUMMY!!! He looks like he'd either he a grade A douchebag rich guy or a total sweetheart

Larry! Hey I know you I saw your dick on Twitter!!!/ref mo but real talk I can get the appeal! I already know that's hes a tired working man but that's about all I know!! Hes valid, I'd give him a big ol kith

Milori looks interesting! I don't know wheres hes from so once more we rely off of looks! He looks vaguely like a broken man . I can fix him. Valid!!!

Pentious is valid but I'm biased because I also had a crush on the character!! Pathetic men are just so silly!! Probably also has my favorite design of the entire show!!

Lucifer is also valid I can see the vision!! Caring but mentally I'll man who distances himself for one reason or another despite deeply wanting a connection my BELOVED

Grillby also had a choke hold on me when I was into undertale!! I'm so sad that there werent many grillby x reader fics out there- if I was still balls deep into undertale and deltarune like I used to be I'd 100% give writing the characters a shot but unfortunately I doubt I ever will <\3 unrelated theres a surprising amount of buff bara art of him

Gaster!! I can also get behind!! Mysterious creature that hardly has any lore iirc, fandom either portrayed him as a mad evil scientist or a loving father to sans and papyrus, at least with my experience with the fandom.. valid!!

I never watched inside job but I've heard good things about it! Brett looks like a sweetie, so I can understand the appeal! He looks so silly.. just a guy.. valid

Lukas!! It's been so long since I've heard someone talk about MCSM! Obligatory I dont remember much of Lukas, just that he was kind of an ass in the beginning I think.. but I can see the appeal! I was more of a ivor girlie

Surprisingly I have not seen lackadaisy yet! Surprising I know, since I'm huge fans of other indie animations on youtube!! Going off looks I can see the appeal, he gives old grumpy grandpa vibes but I could be totally off! I like his eyebrows :3

Kinger is another valid but again I might be biased because hes my baby girl- cant wait to see more of him in future episodes especially since hes hardly had any screen time so far <\3 he seems so sweet :(

Adam!! I can see the appeal again but his personality isnt really for me <\3 hes valid though!!

AND CLOPIN! It's been so so so long since I've seen the movies but omfg I remember I loved him a lot! Yummy design as well as a nice personality I wish we got more of him <\3 VALID VALID VALID

[kobedivision]

The clock had struck past midnight, signaling the end of Ren Nakashima's birthday. Currently the musician was putting away the freshly washed dishes as everyone had gone home for the night, Kaiji and Nagisa had taken Max, Ryōhei, and Ayano over to their place for "after afterparty" as Kaiji had put it but really it was so Ren could have the house to himself for the night.

Wiping his hands dry, he heard the doorbell go off which immediately set an alarm off in his head, not only because it was late and you'd be hard press to find anyone outside at this time but Ren was no stranger to the occasional stalker or crazed fan who thought it would be a great idea to break into his house.

Taking a knife from the sink, Ren walked up to his door and opened it, fully prepared to scare the person away (or do worse god forbid) only for his eyes widen and nearly drop his weapon to see the love of his life and future wife Saitama's Kureha Koizumi standing on the other side holding a rather large present.

"U-uh...hey, Vox-Ren! Sorry, I mean Ren! Ahaha...sorry, force of habit..." The bluenette sheepishly shifted her weight and Ren had to keep himself from losing his composure and grabbing her into his arms god she's just to fucking cute.

"I'm so sorry for bothering you and I know it's super late but I just finished this art piece I made for you because I know it's your birthday or well, it was your birthday, I would have given you this sooner but I wanted it to be perfect and I had to restart three different times-"

"Do you want to come in?"

That immediately gave Kureha pause, she couldn't help hut stare at Ren with big cyan eyes and dumbly let out a "Huh..?"

'Lord give me strength' Ren thought, trying so hard not to let the completely lovestruck expression overcome his face. "I know it's summer but it's still cold out and I don't feel comfortable knowing you're out here alone there's...not so good people out here, you don't have to if you don't want to."

Kureha nervously smiled as she gripped the gift a bit tighter. "Uh, yeah, sure."

Stepping aside so that the artist could come inside, Ren bit the inside of his mouth and willed himself not to immediately lock the door after, no no, he could not mess this up, if he let his excitement get the best of him, who knows what would happen, he'd rather not have history repeat himself.

Taking a seat on the couch, the two artistic prodigies got comfortable as Kureha situated herself to face her favorite musician, she cleared her throat as her cheeks flushed in embarrassment. "U-um...Happy birthday, Ren, I really hope you like it, I know it's a bit generic but I can't help it, every time I see them...I think of you."

Gingerly taking the gift, Ren carefully tore open the wrapping paper to reveal a beautiful painting of a rose and thorns.

Happy Birthday Ren! 🖤

“Wow Kureha…you never cease to amaze me, this is beautiful and I’m so grateful you’ve taken the time to make this for me, thank you so much.” Ren beamed at Kureha who tried to will herself not to melt right on Ren’s couch, the bluenette cursed herself for letting herself swoon over a few words of appreciation but still she smiled brightly anyways at her idol. “It’s nothing, really.” She rubbed her arm out of habit, Ren gently sat the painting on the table and turned back to her, pausing for a split second before opening his arms out as in invitation.

“I wouldn’t call it nothing, you worked really hard on this and it shows and I’m really honored to spark such motivation for such a beautiful project, don’t sell yourself short, take pride in your work, I think you should be rewarded, would you do me the honor of giving me a hug? Consider it an extra birthday gift.”

Kureha couldn’t help but laugh softly but still shifted closer to the musician so that she was close enough to wrap her arms around him lightly, she yelped when she felt Ren’s arms wrap around her immediately after, her face flushed crimson as she felt him burry his face in the crook of her neck. Ren, meanwhile, had his self control dangling from a thread, how was it possible for someone to smell so good? He could faintly feel the leathery texture of her burnt skin and was overcome with the desperate need to comfort and pamper her, his poor Angel, he couldn’t imagine the hardships she had to face, he swore he would get rid of those that had or will hurt her.

“You’re so good to me, Angel, I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you.”

🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙

[pokeastros]

#PokemonAstros

#Journal43

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Winter, Ursatine, $502

Thursday, Trinos 26, 2025 9:49pm

Sandy Shores, Subtropica, Calnova

Freezing, Windy, Snowing, Cloudy Skies.

Zantos Beach

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Will: "Before I got to Zantos beach I levitated on Starthem for 15 minutes, then we took a break and ate beef jerky. It freaked me out how starfish pokemon ate their food. When we were done we levitated away. Throughout the whole time in the sky I thought, why is it snowing? This shouldn't be possible, what is going on? Then i kept flying till I found mounds of Starus and Starthem surrounding a group of people lighting an emergency beach bonfire. Everything was Misty. I asked my Starthem if it felt comfortable entering this territory and possibly fighting and it gave out sad no energy. We levitated to an empty cliff. The snow became heavier. I called officer Jenny on my pokegear. I said "Hello, officer Jenny, I found the trainers, record my coordinates, my Starthem is not powerful enough to take on hundreds of these wild Starthems-" Officer enny shouted on the pokegear "Hundreds!" I responded "Yes, Hundreds and I think I spot more and more stranded groups of people scattered around the beach. I'm on a cliff, attached to my Starthem. I'm scared to let go." Officer Jenner "Okay, You have my call to cast a battle raid and I will amplify the area range. I will also call in Pokemon masters. This is nuts! Don't draw attention to yourself! Stay out of everything!' and she hanged and texted me "Coordinates recorded." And I scanned my battle raid card with my pokedex. It said hoards of Staryu and Starthem, alerted about 1,000 qualified pokemon trainers nearby. 28 responded right away. 8 teleported with their pokemon. We all alerted eachother on the cliff and grouped up. It was:

Me:

Willard Werey, the Artist

Trainer ID:PL36TB312007

Summer Trinos Venenas

Male, He/Him

Age:18 Ht:5'8" Wt:128lbs

Blood: O- Allergiens: None

Donor: No POR: Sandy Shores, Calnova

Gym Badges: 0

Elite Cleared: No

Machine License: 2023-2033

Academia: Art/Art History/Carpentry

Starthem: Cosmic/Water, Lv17

Power Gem (Rock)

Recover (Blood)

Confusion (Psychic)

Bullet Punch (Steel)

Distortion (Cosmic)

Foresight (Light)

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Benjamin Sector, the Bug Catcher:

Abra: Psychic type, Lv28

Teleport (Time)

Hypnosis (Psychic)

Dream Eater (Psychic)

Heracross: Bug/Fighting type, Lv 38

Take Down (Normal)

Close Combat (Fighting)

MegaHorn (Bug)

Arial Ace (Flying)

Harden (Bug)

Night Slash (Dark)

Yanmega: Bug/Flying type, Lv 36

Agility (Normal)

Dragon Grunt (Dragon)

Air Slash (Flying)

Bug Buzz (Bug)

Detect (Fighting)

Ancient Power (Rock)

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Marciano "Mars" the Dojo master:

Queba Ralts: Psychic type, Lv20

Teleport (Time)

Confusion (Psychic)

Protect (Cosmic)

Queba Gallade: Psychic/Steel, Lv 229

Future Sight (Psychic)

Psycho Cut (Psychic)

Bullet Punch (Steel)

Brick Break (Fighting)

Poison Jab (Poison)

Hone Blade (Steel)

Canda Hitmochan: Fighting/Ghost, Lv121

Dizzy Punch (Normal)

Ice Punch (Ice)

Fire Punch (Fire)

Thunder Punch (Electric)

Shadow Punch (Ghost)

Sucker Punch (Dark)

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Michelle Sofistiquez, the Lass:

Unknown: Time type, Lv 3

Teleport (Time)

Hidden Power (???)

Mean look (Ghost)

Aveon: Flying type, Lv 48

Fly (Flying)

Hurricane (Flying)

Bite (Dark)

Swift (Cosmic)

Mist (Steam)

Lick (Ghost)

Phanteon: Ghost type, Lv 47

Rising Dead (Ghost)

Mistic Thunder (Steam)

Shadowball (Ghost)

Bonemerang (Ground)

Will-o-wisp (Ghost)

Double team (Normal)

Ecteon: Bug type, Lv 46

Acrobatics (Flying)

Signal Beam (Bug)

Toxic (Poison)

Megadrain (Grass)

Whirlwind (Flying)

Twister (Dragon)

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Jade the Biologist:

Calnova Togekiss: Psychic/Fairy type, Lv150

Teleport (Time)

Fairy wind (Fairy)

Air Cutter (Flying)

Protect (Cosmic)

Psychic (Psychic)

Return (Normal)

Galvantula: Bug/Electric type, Lv 148

Electro web (Electric)

Nuzzle (Electric)

String shot (Bug)

Signal Beam (Bug)

Cross Poison (Poison)

Magnet Rise (Electric)

Calnova Braviary: Flying/Dark type, Lv 47

Close Combat (Fighting)

Shadow Claw (Ghost)

Feather Dance (Flying)

Dark Pulse (Dark)

Drill peck (Flying)

Roost (Flying)

Milotic: Water type, Lv 59

Surf (Water)

Aurorabeam (Ice)

Twister (Dragon)

Moonlight (Fairy)

Ionic Coat (Ionice)

Magnitude (Ground)

Hidestra Orthworm: Steel/Blood type, Lv 20

Dig (Ground)

Wrap (Normal)

Recover (Blood)

Transform (Blood)

Iron Tail (Steel)

Sandstorm (Rock)

Artikus Steelix: Steel/Lava type, Lv200

Fire fang (Fire)

Thunder fang (Electric)

Ice fang (Ice)

Magma Splat (Lava)

Rustic Air (Steel)

Magnet Rise (Electric)

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Red

Xetas Xatu: Cosmic/Psychic type, Lv5

Teleport (Time)

Peck (Flying)

Plastic Nest (Plastic)

Pikachu: Electric type, Lv900

Thunder (Electric)

Volt tackle (Electric)

Iron tail (Steel)

Electroweb (Electric)

Quick attack (Normal)

Nostalgia (Time)

Ursatine: Dark type, Lv 58

Crunch (Dark)

Slash (Normal)

Dark Pulse (Dark)

Rest (Psychic)

Sleeptalk (Time)

Dream shield (Time)

Absol: Dark type, Lv 30

Hone claws (Normal)

Cut (Normal)

Rock climb (Normal)

Future sight (Psychic)

Play rough (Fairy)

Chronic dash (Time)

Vaporeon: Water type, Lv842

Acid Armor (Water)

Hydropump (Water)

Ice Beam (Ice)

Fog Machine (Steam)

Iron Tail (Steel)

Swift (Cosmic)

Xetas Charizard: Rock/Dragon type, Lv 125

Rock blast (Rock)

Wing attack (Flying)

Steel wing (Steel)

Draco meteor (Dragon)

Earthquake (Ground)

Propulsion Beam (Combustion)

Legendary Buddy: Pafisca Mew

Transform (Blood)

Ionic Wave (Ionice)

Plastic Shock (Plastic)

Steam Gun (Steam)

Holograph (Light)

Sing (Normal)

Will: "It took me a while to realize Red was an International Trainer Superstar but i kept my distance and respected his privacy. I knew because i can see Infared light and can see the outline of Pafisca Mew follow him around. I can also feel the intense energy emitted from his small pikachu. Red departed from the group and flew on a mysterious Pigeot that appeared from the mist but I knew it was Mew.

[dearcl113]

010 - Bukowski & A Clockwork Orange

When I was in school I mostly read if I wasn't working on art during class - I was that kind of student who'd never do lessons the right way or anything like that. All I wanted to focus was on art, for better or worse. I'd bring these books that my mom would always recommend - like A Clockwork Orange, Slaughterhouse Five, others and read them throughout the day even if I didn't fully understand them (such as books like Journey into the End of the Night). I really liked the creepy/abstract feel of all these literature books, A Clockwork Orange honestly scared me. I'm sure most people know the story so I'll just get into why it was interesting to me - in hip hop throughout it's history there's been a compare/contrast of growth of the rapper from one point, to another. In this book it starts off with Alex being the evil person involved in a gang, only for that same life to come back to haunt him later on after he had attempted to pay for his mistakes (though the rehabilitation wasn't perfect/was traumatizing). It's a very good metaphor for someone losing their sanity growing up a bad environment. This led me to Beatnik authors, so I tried to read Ginsberg, Burroughs - both of them I wasn't the biggest fans of. Kerouac wasn't bad but my favorite out of all of these authors of the time was Bukowski. I really liked how he lived an artistic life his entire life, despite not committing to art until he was much older. I liked how all of his stories were based off real life in some way just with artistic licenses, I liked the imperfection and the 'lore'. It reminded me of the show Californication just in the 1960s, a visual/text representation of an author's life down to the bones. Each book that Bukowsi wrote throughout his life represented a time period - this is something that I sort of do, maybe it's sub-consciously how I honor how much Bukowski taught me about writing. Factotum was his life-time working small jobs doing anything he can do to live a creative life and spend the night writing, Hollywood was his attempt at breaking into the industry and his experiences with it, Women was his experiences with relationships. I liked how he analyzed details of each relationship, how the bad wasn't always bad that sometimes it was just part of the story. Probably wasn't the best role model as a young artist - Bukowski wasn't the greatest person at all. I still think he influenced poetry more so than people realize - maybe even pop culture, his whole character. His books taught me to find the artistic value in everyday moments even if it was small. There were stories Bukowski would tell of dogs chasing him while he delivered mail, or how much he hated working at the post office - but they were all interesting. He definitely was the definition of a 'tortured artist'. The greatest thing about Bukowski is he taught artists what not do by showing an example of how it is if you don't take care of yourself for your whole life - if you let your depression and addictions beat you up time and time again. In a way I think the character Hank Moody is based off him. Both Bukowski and A Clockwork Orange have influenced my writing style - but they also taught me how to look at a whole story. How Alex's history influenced his present and potential future in a dystopian post-apocalypse, and how Bukowski's past influenced the man he became even through each little action. In my music I'm realizing this has influenced me probably more than I've ever admitted. I don't follow Bukowski's writing style exactly, especially in terms of my private/real life, but the influences are still there even if echoes by now. It's funny how things influence us even if we don't realize it.

[dustyratt]

15 questions for 15 mutuals ❤

I was tagged by @nell-le (thank you!! ❤❤)

1. Are you named after anyone? 

Not actually

2. When was the last time you cried?

I watched a Boston Dynamics video yesterday and swear I had tears in my eyes because of how advanced our technologies become with each passing day 🤧

3. Do you have kids?

No, I don't and don't plan them in the future

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? 

Yes but try hard not to do it in an excessively mean way 😅 I may not be polite sometimes which is a trait I'm working on right now

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

Never played anything. Mostly because of a health issues

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Dressing preferences! Clothes do not have to be expensive or popular, it just needs to look stylish and organic combined together. The second thing would probably be how the person moves / stand / look at something. I'll get my first impression judging by their movements

7. Eye colour?

Dark brown 💅 Looks almost black most of the time

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies with worst possible outcomes! I've had enough happy endings in cinematography 🤧

9. Any special talents?  

At age of 12 I was making money by hacking a poorly secured online game. Not so special talent considering that all materials allowing me to use that hacking utility were in public but still. What else? My special talent is to scare everybody with thin pale skin and bulging blue-green veins all around my body 👁👁

10. Where were you born?

The very south outskirts of Russia

11. What are your hobbies?

Besides all computer - related stuff you know from my blog I also enjoy reading (mostly: biographical, ancient history, theology, anthropology, archaeology), draw creatures (since I have Photoshop it's in the past) cooking and visiting places of interest like abandoned (or just ancient) buildings, also libraries, museums and churches

12. Do you have any pets?

I've grown amongst domesticated birds - chickens and ducks (we didn't eat them, so they were way more like a real pets). Had two of them as a pets in childhood (raised in my room like a cat or something 😂) , one is still alive by the way despite how many years have passed

13. How tall are you?

Around 180 cm or 5,9 feet

14. Fave subject in school?

English, Art, Literature

15. Dream job? 

Idk? A game designer? A creature concept artist? A lighthouse keeper? A sailor? A scientist? A field archaeologist? A submarine / helicopter pilot? A bodyguard? A defense attorney? -Yes

If you haven't done this ask in your blog yet - this is an invitation! Whoever read this: go and write some about yourself! Tagging is welcomed but not necessary ❤

[alcordraws]

This is incredible to think about because like. An alpha Zoroark would be so incredibly scary and dangerous and then you have those two scrawny kids (clearly would have died in the wilderness if left alone without their pokemon) that are not scared at all somehow and they're like "oh yeah that's kind of our mom :)" at which point you have to accept that somehow your life is insane now and you should just get over it.

Also do the people of Hisui think the twins are, like, creepy or something? Because of the whole Zoroark thing but also I can't help but think that there might have been tales and rumors about twins in Hisui? Like... "oh if you have two identical children it means one of them is a Zoroark" or something? Which uuuh wouldn't be helped by the masks. And they're so good with pokemon and strong which is SUS. And also Ingo and Emmet are so clearly neurodivergent which I think wouldn't be very understood in Hisui. Like... Are there rumors about the twins? Like "they're actually two Zoroarks who got stuck in human form" "they're actually ghosts" "they're corpses animated by the Alpha Zoroark to creep people out" "they're golems created by a god" "they're a new kind of pokemon that just looks human"... Things like that? Idk... Or does their oddness just gets sweeped under the rug of "at this point we just have to accept it"? Like they're just weird. Discovering another weird thing about them is like well just yet another weird thing lmao.

I'm clearly more invested in this au than I thought I was..... Sorry I guess? Wasn't expecting to get so attached.

(also, I really really like your art. It's awesome and seeing Zoroark with the twins just looks incredible?? You're really a great artist!)

I'm glad you're enjoying the au skghg it's the most self indulgent thing that's stuck to me and I love it

It's the Peal Clan who tends to have the most interactions with them, followed by Sabi and whatever Galaxy Team members that are brave enough to actually make it to the Alabaster Highlands and there's all sorts of stories that go around about the twins. I like to think that Unova is the region that's most superstitious about twins (considering the history of the Twin Dragons and such and I have my own mini hc that with both the submas twins in Hisui, the region is kind of. Freaking out. Just a little) but I love the idea of Hisui having it's own superstitions, especially with how different people's relationships were with pokemon in that time. Ingo and Emmet have cryptid status, which they absolutely do not help with their mannerisms (also I love the hc about them speaking Unovan/English while Hisui is in Japanese and only professor Laventon can really understand what's going on with them), but honestly it's more their adopted Zoroark mom that scares people away than anything they do or say.

They become sort of like the rift where they're this weird mystery that people get used to and just kind of avoid until the protag shows up and is charged with investigating the strange zoroark family that live in the caverns under the Bonechill Wastes and they get to find. Literally just a pair of kids from the future who really, really miss trains

[kaitosimp]

It's been a hot minute since I've posted Kaito art 👁👄👁 Once upon a time I posted a drawing of my talentswap bois with a new one I never got around to making, bUT I got in the zone a while ago to properly give him a drawing so here he is!! Kaito as the Ultimate Gamer 🕹✨💜

As always I have to say that I'm not that good at drawing but for once idc cause I had so much fun with this!! I love videogames and I adore Kaito so you can imagine how happy I was while drawing 🤚🏽💕 I think there's a total of 23 game/general gaming related references so truly, all the kudos and love to you if you can identify them all!! 🌚💜

He listens to Game Over by Falling In Reverse religiously and his one game weakness is horror games and I love him very much <3 True to my Kaito loving self I thought of some hc's for him which are below (finally figured out how to do the keep reading thing asdfghkl) but yeah hope you guys like him as much as I do!! :] 💞💞💞

-He will play any and all games

-Even horror games but he kinda sucks at them cause he gets scared all the time and dies

-Lowkey competitive and a perfectionist, he needs to get ALL the trophies and achievements but he enjoys the game and plot first

-Shuichi and Maki literally have to force him to sleep cause otherwise he stays up all night playing games

-If he had to pick a fave genre it'd be action games, fighting games or racing games

-His phone ringtone is the Super Mario Bros theme song

-Kirumi, aka mom™, always scolds him for slouching and corrects his posture

-Constantly browses the interwebs for new or rare games/consoles/merch/etc he doesn't have yet (someone help this man and his bank account)

-He has rows upon rows of games and don't even get me started on all the consoles he owns

-Besides playing videogames, he likes watching gaming documentaries and movies (especially the movies)

-His fave one is probs Wreck It Ralph and he cries a lot during the "I'm bad and that's good, I will never be good and that's not bad, there's no one I rather be but me" volcano scene

-His lab is literally designed after an arcade

-If he plays games with his friends he will literally only let Himiko, Gonta, or Chihiro win, the rest will get obliterated into next week (not even his sidekicks get the special treatment)

-He will fight you if you think yourself a superior/true gamer just cause you play action packed games and hate on people who play "cutesy" or chill games

-He ALWAYS has a handheld console and does not go anywhere without one

-He got scouted by Hope's Peak when he won a fuckton of gaming competitions

-He always commissions Rantaro for artwork of his game characters

-Likewise he always commissions Sayaka for character costumes he wants to wear for cons (everyone is talentswapped so Rantaro is the ultimate artist and Sayaka the ultimate cosplayer huehue)

-His hoodies are sacred and so far he's only let Shuichi wear them

-He started a gaming club in the school and they meet up every Friday to chill, play games, and have friendly tournaments

-"Press f to pay respects" is his mantra

-He happens to like outer space a lot since he would always stargaze with his grandparents

-Hence why he automatically loves any game setting in space (cue Rainbow Road being his fave course in Mario Kart)

-He can probably tell you the history of gaming from the creation of Spacewar and Tennis For Two to the modern day in one sitting but he literally goes like 👁👄👁❓ for a sec tryna remember what he had for dinner last week

-One of his future goals is to create his own videogame

-Loves interacting with people online/through multiplayer, he has an endless amount of virtual friends

[mini-yoongers]

My Pace-#1-Staying Feisty With Stray Kids

Welcome to My Pace, a series of articles about the different K-Pop music and songs that have changed my life and perspectives over the last 2 years.

For this first installment, I'm going to be talking about what Stray Kids does for their fans and how they helped me through more than one rock-bottom.

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The funny thing about rock bottom is you don’t realize you were there until months later.

By the time September of 2021 rolled around, the rock bottoms seemed to keep coming. My hip injury was drawing out unresolved for years. People around me were growing impatient. I wasn’t nearly recovered from my surgery, I had no source of income, and my mental health was about as solid as Casper. My relationship with my mother had become strained.

Now, I had to move out of the house she owned.

I know it all sounds very cruel, but I am a grown-arse adult after all. My mom was trying to do what was best for our relationship and future.

But even so: I was scared.

While I had built the best support system I could, there were a couple of ingredients missing. My other bands were between comebacks, and my family had little to offer in the way of support. Through most difficult times in life, music is all I have.

Enter The Kids

Stray Kids get a bad rap for no real reason.

But they are a loud, feisty, and brave group of young men.

To get through this life transition with my mental health intact, I was going to need some feisty.

My relationship with Stray Kids and their music has been feisty from the start. I started listening to their music out of spite. When I grew tired of the fan wars raging on Twitter, I decided to listen to Stray Kids. I wanted to know if all this talk about “construction music” had any footing.

As it turned out, Stray Kids had those two missing ingredients that I needed: that feistiness, and EDM.

I Know You Know Lee Know, But Do You Know EDM?

I had listened to Stray Kids songs before and didn’t much like them.

However, I have a long history of hating something at first exposure, only for it to become one of my favorites things. (hello Cat & Dog by TXT). So I was open to giving them another chance.

I listened to NOEASY a few times on a long car ride. What I found was a diverse, passionate, and satisfying mini EDM album.

EDM has always been one of my favorite genres and I’d recently been finding the American scene defunct. (Exhibit A: several “Best of 2021 EDM” Spotify playlists feature Blackmill songs that came out ELEVEN YEARS AGO)

Stray Kids filled a musical void I’d been missing. What these people were referring to as construction music, I realized, was EDM.

Electric Music Masters 3RACHA

Not only that, Stray Kids were doing it better than most artists in the genre. When I realized that the album itself, NOEASY, was a clapback to the people insulting their music, I knew Stray kids had me.

Say it out loud―noeasy, noisy. An earlier song, God’s Menu, has literal construction noises in it, and they bang pots and pans in the music video. This idea of taking the negative thrown at you and transmuting it into art was aggressively inspiring to me.

Deciding to go My Pace

I won’t make any crazy claims about Stray Kids defining their own pace when it comes to their careers. But I do believe in the statement of their song “My Pace." I think they operate within the confines of their career at the pace that works for them, as best they can.

What I mean by this is the volume of music they produce reflects their mentality towards their art.

Stray Kids know the best way to become incredible music composers is to make as much music as they can.

The Stray Kids song “My Pace” is an encapsulation of what this era of my life meant. My 20s were ending, I was dislocated, and facing the reality that I had to start defining a career for myself.

“There's no need to rush, my pace

Don't compare yourself with others

It's okay to run slower

Just follow my lane, my lane

Take it easy

Just look ahead and run

You ready? Let's go

I don't know where my destination is yet

I don't know

I don't know how I'd look like at the finish line, I want to know

But for now I run on the road ahead of me, I'll decide later

Until then, I'm not looking at others

Don't forget my speed, my lane, my pace”

Time to Run, Time to Rest - Chan’s Room

Stray Kid’s leader, Bang Chan, hosts a weekly livestream pretty much every single weekend. During Chan's room, fans can tune in for updates, questions, and see who’s pick-up lines can make him blush the hardest.

For the lost and lonely, the stray if you will, his weekly sit-downs are a lifeline. When I moved out of state, away from every security I’d ever known, Chan’s Room was a lifeline for me. Wanting to tune into the security and inspiration he provided every week was part of my motivation to start defining my own freelance work schedule.

Not only that, but his dedication to this weekly livestream taught me that going your pace doesn’t mean being lazy or lackadaizical.

Going your own pace means pushing yourself hard, but taking that break when you start to feel the gas tank get low. When he doesn’t have the energy, he tells us honestly, and we wait for next week.

The Hellevator Up From Rock Bottom

Without going into heavy detail, I hit several more rock bottoms through the course of that next year. The roommate situation not working out, my cat being sick, me being even sicker. Ultimately I had to bail and move back to Maine for mine and my pet’s health. This led to being jobless and homeless for over a month. At risk of sounding like a pity party, I faced the reality that all the people in my life I thought I could rely on failed me.

Except Stray Kids.

I can’t even tell you how many nights their songs got me through. Ballads like “Star Lost” and “Gone Away” spoke to and softened my loneliness. Songs like “Mixtape: OH” and “Sorry, I Love You,” fed me the love I felt I was lacking in my life.

These songs calmed my nervous system and put me to sleep when pills wouldn't.

This high-energy rag-tag group, literally known for being so loud their practices have interrupted other group's vlives, who antis accuse of making horrible, low-quality construction music, swept me up with their gentle voices and carried me through nights I couldn’t go to the hospital because I had no insurance and no money. Nights that once again, something was very wrong inside me and doctors couldn’t tell me what.

I had already learned awhile ago that life tends to be one hurdle after another. Just when you think you’ve finally risen up and found your voice, something in life tries to silence you again. Stray Kids taught me that sometimes, you have to get loud about what you need. You have to be feisty enough to protect yourself and your family.

Feisty enough to fight for the life and success you want, even if no one else wants you to have it.

Especially us stray kids who don’t have a lot of people to lean on.

Stray Kids Everywhere All Around The World

I’m well beyond the idea that these music groups are “just boy bands.” Especially in the context of the pandemic, groups like BTS, Stray Kids, TXT, and Twice were present for their fans, in a time where most people could barely get out of bed in the morning.

Stray Kids are a group who go to great lengths to stay connected to their fans. I feel their love it every time Chan turns on the camera on Sunday and gives Stays their “big hug” goodbye at the end. I feel it every time Felix posts one of his weird voice messages on Bubble. Every time Changbin offers a word of encouragement, or Seungmin serenades our aching hearts, or Hyunjin freestyle dances for us to show us his progress.

The members of Stray Kids have experienced rock bottoms themselves. From physical and mental health struggles to Bang Chan’s lonely trainee days to the battle that was the Kingdom competition. But they keep going, they stay feisty, and they stay loud.

And every time I think I couldn’t love them any more for it, I find I do.

°. *࿐

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Love you Stays!

[thelittlestspider]

WIP Thursday

i know this was supposed to be wip tuesday, but it got lost in my likes and i have been dead. anyway lol i was tagged by @themarcspector to talk about wip stuff. rn i don't have really an excerpt or anything because i'm on a break, but i do have some vague notes in my head about some of the characters from slasher, and what may be in store for them later.

this is a vague outline for a scene i was thinking about yesterday.

Some of the girls sit on the back porch smoking.

Roxanne: There's something wrong with this town.

Phaedra: I hear that.

Roxanne: It's like it's cursed. Rotting from the inside out.

Zelda: I'm from here you know.

Phaedra and Roxanne stare at her in surprise.

Phaedra: You're from here? Here? How?

Roxanne: Yeah, you seem weirdly well adjusted considering you live in like murder central.

Zelda: It's just a front, y'know, survival. If you act like nothing bothers you, nothing can touch you. But...I don't know how much longer I can do this.

Zelda looks down at her hands.

Zelda: Back in high school my girl...snapped. Her stepfather was abusing her and she just couldn't take it anymore. She dressed up in a clown getup, got a razor, and started carving up creeps all over town. It was in all the papers.

Roxanne: Jesus.

Zelda: She confessed to me, right before she got caught. Not because she felt guilty. But..I think maybe she thought if she didn't explain why, I would think she was a monster for what she'd done. That I'd stop loving her. Which I guess to her was worse than being locked up.

She's in the mental hospital now. I go visit her whenever I can.

Roxanne and Phaedra are crying. Mascara tears flow down their faces.

Roxanne: Oh God Zel...

Phaedra: Promise me something.

Zelda: What?

Phaedra: Promise me you'll get out of here.

Zelda goes to protest.

Phaedra: Promise me. Zel, you can't keep living like this. Your girl is not getting out any time soon, okay? You need to live your life.

Zelda: But I can't just abandon her!

Phaedra: Then visit! Fuck Zel, this place will kill you. You hear me? It. Will. Kill. You. You can't see your girl if you're dead!

Zelda storms off.

Phaedra covers her face with her hands.

Phaedra: Fuck...

Roxanne puts her hand on Phaedra's arm.

Roxanne: Hey, it's okay. Let her cool off for a while.

Phaedra: I'm just scared. For all of us. I keep feeling like something's on its way.

Roxanne stares off into the distance.

Roxanne: Yeah...me too.

so there's that. here's a little bit of backstory on the others:

- barbara, linda, sidney, lisa, and veruca are all from salvation, texas. (linda didn't really run in the same circle, so she didn't meet them until they ended up in the rental house at hell's gate u. the others were all on cheer squad together in high school. barbara and sidney decided not to do cheerleading in college, partly because they just didn't feel like doing it anymore, and because it would force them to spend time with lisa and veruca.)

- manny is from nyc.

- linda's family was possibly abducted by aliens.

- linda and janet met on a greyhound bus on the way to college.

future stuff:

- zadica's paintings try to come to life and kill people. (i just want to preface this by saying she and michelle leave after they graduate and zadica becomes an accomplished artist and michelle works in an art museum. so they'll be okay, i promise.)

- i haven't really figured out everyone's majors yet, but i think it goes:

Sidney - mechanical engineering

Michelle - art history (maybe?)

Zadica (Michelle's girlfriend) - studio art

Lisa - doctor (i know it's vague, i'm sorry)

Olivia - film

[husbandograveyard]

Wootwoot! We made it you guys! May 4th is my one-year anniversary on Tumblr. With some ups and downs and over 300 requests written, I'm gonna go ahead and say it was a successful year!

Monday until next Sunday I will do another Mini HC event, like we did for valentine! Open for all my fandoms, with mystery prompts to choose from.

Until then, I wanted to do a sleepover event. Unlimited asks and interactions for the weekend cause I feel like I haven't talked to a lot of you in a long while!

You can send me any classic sleepover question

Kiss, marry, kill

Would you rather

Top 3/5/10...

Questions about me

Questions about my anime, writings...

Theories (keep em spoiler free though!)

For this event, I will engage in a little bit of selfship talk if anyone were to be interested. Ask me about my F/o's and tell me about yours! Dynamics, habits... anything!

Questions about OCs

If you need some inspiration, I have included a couple of lists below the cut with questions id be 100% okay with.

Also, if you just want to chat, tell me about your week, a funny thing that happened to you, or a fun fact (i love fun facts especially if it's creepy or an animal fact)... A N Y T H I N G is welcome! There is no limit to your asks, spam me if you want! ♡

Look forward to talking to you guys!

Ps, I'll tag these #1yearSleepover if you want to block something against spam

Questions for OCs - Specify which one! Taken from here

1. How many different places have they lived?

2. What is their dream vacation?

3. What is their favorite color?

4. What is their favorite book?

5. Have they ever cheated on anyone before?

6. Have they ever been cheated on?

7. How many partners have they had?

8. What is their favorite food?

9. Are they a liar? Are they good at lying?

10. Introvert or Extrovert?

11. Have they ever been arrested and why?

12. Who would they sacrifice their life for?

13. What are their spending habits?

14. Do they like hot or cold temperatures better?

15. Are they religious?

16. If they could describe themself in one sentence, what would they say?

17. Do they have any overused catchphrases?

18. What makes them laugh?

19. Have they ever lost anyone close to them? How did it affect them?

20. Do they have a fast reaction time, or slow?

21. How do they react to praise?

22. How do they react to criticism?

23. Are they indoorsy or outdoorsy?

24. What are their biggest pet peeves?

25. Do they have any type of handicaps? How do they manage them?

Other ask game - taken from here

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?

4: how do you take your coffee/tea?

5: are you self-conscious of your smile?

6: do you keep plants?

7: do you name your plants?

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?

12: what’s your favorite planet?

13: what’s something that made you smile today?

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!

16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?

20: what’s your favorite eye color?

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.

22: are you a morning person?

23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?

25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?

26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?

28: sunrise or sunset?

29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.

33: what’s your fave pastry?

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?

36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?

38: tell us about your pet peeves!

39: what color do you wear the most?

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?

41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?

45: do you trust your instincts a lot?

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?

50: what’s an odd thing you collect?

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them?

54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?

55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?

56: what are some things you find endearing in people?

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?

58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?

59: what’s your favorite myth?

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?

64: what color is the sky where you are right now?

65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with?

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?

68: what’s winter like where you live?

69: what are your favorite board games?

70: have you ever used a ouija board?

71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?

73: what are some of your worst habits?

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.

75: tell us about your pets!

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?

77: pink or yellow lemonade?

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?

79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?

81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of.

82: are/were you good in school?

83: what’s some of your favorite album art?

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?

85: do you read comics? what are your faves?

86: do you like concept albums? which ones?

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?

89: are you close to your parents?

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.

91: where do you plan on traveling this year?

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?

93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?

95: what are your plans for this weekend?

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?

98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?

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Browns 50: A Conversation With Zawe Ashton

Zawe Ashton has worn a myriad of hats in show business — as a film and theatre actor, director, writer and late night TV host. Her career, which she began at just six years old, is multilayered and transcends traditional categorization. The London-born polymath boasts leading performances on Fresh Meat, Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw, the Broadway play Betrayal. Her own play, For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad, released in 2019, addresses the rampant cultural bias faced by Black women in the healthcare industry. The powerful drama feels more important than ever in the midst of the global Black Lives Matter Movement. Armed with a passionate drive and love for her art, along with a refusal to adhere to the structural limitations of race and gender, Zawe is only getting started. Fresh from the Browns 50 shoot, she tells us more.

What are your first memories of wanting to act?

I started when I was six. I knew when I started acting classes that I wanted to do it for the rest of my life. The Anna Scher theatre classes were based on respect and integration. Learning about poetry, history and the world was just as important as crafting ourselves as actors. I’ve never let go of the activism instilled in me there.

You’re also a playwright and screenwriter, and the author of Character Breakdown. Can you tell me more about the writing aspect of your career?

I started writing and reading poetry in my teens. I fell in with a group of artistic people in college. Instead of clubbing, we’d write rap and poetry. I won the title of Youngest UK Slam Champion when I was 17. Later, I began integrating writing into acting. I realized there weren't enough scripts for people who looked like me at my school. That’s when I wrote my first play, and from there, everything came.

Your play, For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad, released in 2019, is about the Black female experience confronting racial prejudice in health and pharmaceutical institutions. Can you speak on that — given the play’s ongoing relevance in light of the BLM movement?

I wrote it aged 25, and for 11 years no one wanted to put it on. It’s about Black maternal mortality, cultural bias, and Black female relationships that exist without a dominant caucasian character. People were scared to put it on because they were unfamiliar with the wider context. Now the mortality rate for Black women in the US is a hot topic, but people dying isn’t a hot topic. How many Black playwrights and screenwriters are waiting for the times to catch up with their experiences?

Your first novel, Character Breakdown, is a fictitious memoir about a Black female actor. What are some challenges you’ve faced as a BIPOC in entertainment and how can future generations overcome those challenges?

There’s a spectrum of different types of aggressions and prejudices. When I started acting, I’d be asked to come to set already done-up, because they didn't have people willing to do my hair and makeup. It was the same for many BIPOC actors. The trailer is this peaceful rite before going on screen, and POC get robbed of that. It has lasting psychological effects. In 2020 there are still models and actors calling people out.

I’ve also been yelled at in meetings about my artistic property. The question is, would this be happening to a white male counterpart? I don't think so. Both my play and book are about cultural bias, micro AND macro aggressions and the white male gaze. When we keep writing and talking about it, we make the next generations aware of their strength.

How does costume affect you as an actor? And what are some of your favorite TV and film fashion moments?

Costume has a huge effect on me as an actor. If I'm wearing the wrong shoes, I find it hard to fully embody the character. One of my breakthrough moments was the creation of the character Vod for Fresh Meat alongside June Nevan and Janet Horsefield. Vodd’s style embodied every era of fashion — ‘90s rave, ‘80s punk, afrofuturism, with some ‘70s psychedelia and Grace Jones-esque androgyny. The most stylish films are from the ‘50s and ‘60s Italian neo-realists, and the French Nouvelle Vague. Even an alien from outer space would see how they dressed and think they were iconic.

How does your style change according to where you are? Do you dress differently when in London than in NYC?

I'm incredibly affected by my environment when it comes to fashion. The American and UK styles are so different. We’re more experimental and confrontational here. In the US, things can feel a bit more… sexy and normcore.

Who are some designers you love?

I still wear designers who supported me from the beginning — The Vampire’s Wife, Stella McCartney, Erdem, Tom Ford, Christopher Kane, my friend Roksanda... It's nice to support people who also support me. Fashion can be kind, it doesn't have to be harsh.

What are some upcoming projects you’re working on?

I’ll be shooting The Handmaid's Tale in Toronto. I’m a Margaret Atwood fanatic and Elisabeth Moss is incredible. Talk about iconic fashion on that show… I’m also finishing a couple of screen projects and there could be a new book beginning to bubble up...

Zawe wears dress by Khaite from our exclusive Browns 50 Designer Collaborations.