#Mirror girl

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The X-Cellent #5 (2023)

Marvel

[dragoncityinteriordesign]

When I started this blog back in May, it was with crappy Viki/YouTube screenshots, no idea what I was doing, and, like, three followers. But that was then and this is now, and as such, I think it's time to circle back to some of the very first things I did on this blog.

So let's take another look at Mirror Girl's Bathroom!

Of new note:

Green marble counter. It's just so green -- and green in a way that nothing else in the bathroom is. In fact, between that, the grey-blue wall tiles, the grey trash can, and the terracotta floor, this bathroom has a lot of ideas about what colors it should be, and none of those ideas line up with any of the others.

The llama ... air freshener? At least, I think that's what it is? This is the ceramic purple thing on top of the shelf with all the piles of fabric that probably aren't beach towels. It looks friendly.

All that floor space. Okay, I mentioned this before, but I'm still on it: This bathroom is nicely big, but not usably big. There's a whole lot of unused space in there, such that I find myself pondering what the bathroom equivalent of a kitchen island is. It's still giving me converted warehouse vibes (even if the real vibe is "room enough for a camera crew").

Pink metal lantern. This one's over on the shelf by the tub, inside the shower cubicle. It's got little filigreed cutouts in the metal that a candle could shine through. Add another random background lantern to the list!

Right-side-up trashcan. It simply has a foot pedal that opens the lid. I'm sorry I misunderstood you before, trashcan.

Hello Kitty basket. Hello, kitty!

Set continuity. The bathroom, the main room, and the bedroom are all clearly the same set While we never see through the door between the main room and the bedroom, we do get shots looking into the bathroom from both those locations. And in case folk are having trouble making sense of the layout, I made a shitty MS Paint map of the apartment!

It's a cute little set, even if it does leave little things like food storage and prep a complete mystery.

[manonamora-if-reviews]

Mirror Girl by Bellamy Briks

A Single Choice Jam entry.

Entry - IFDB - More by Bellamy

Consequential Choice? Unlike most entries in the Single Choice Jam, Mirror Girl offers the player the choice at the start of the game. A binary choice before you are even introduced to its context or potential consequences. It makes for an intriguing experiment, a bit of an anxious one as a player. The rest of the game is fairly short, only a handful of passages, providing snippets into the life of a young girl with a strange ability. Hidden at first, and then (ab)used, the girl resigns to her role, as no alternative path is offered to her. She does not have a choice. She never truly had a choice. Children rarely do have those choices... I think a detrimental aspect of this entry is its reveal at the end of the playthrough. It honestly didn't make me want to play again knowing that. It think it would have been more powerful if the reveal happened during of after a second playthrough (as in visiting the other path). While I thought there should be a bit more contrast in the colour of the links, I thought the addition of illustrations for both the first and last screen were pretty cute. And also a bit sad. Fits with the game quite well on that aspect.

This is a me-problem, but my first impression of the itch title image for the game was waaaaaaayyyyyy different to the actual content of the game. Not what I expected for sure.

[why-i-love-comics]

X-Cellent #4 - "New Blood, New World IV" (2022)

written by Peter Milligan art by Michael Allred & Laura Allred

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[amc1851]

The Impersonator in disguise, fooling everyone with her perfect looks, but can she hide her true self forever?

This is a commission from user Vale202, and I got to say, this is a very fun project to work on!

Pentel Mechanical Pencil 0.7mm, Mono Zero eraser and Sketchbook Pro for color and art.

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Esta es una comisión del usuario Vale202 de DiviantArt, el personaje es "The Impersonator" del juego Danganronpa, aquí la joven está disfrazada de alguien más, pero, le será posible seguir escondiendo su verdadero yo?

[thejawdroppers]

Jaw Dropper of the Day: Sara Natividad

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Mirror Palais’s 'Forever Yours' collection.

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The X-Cellent #5 (2023)

Marvel

[dragoncityinteriordesign]

Revising more old posts, let's go back to Mirror Girl's Nerd Bedroom!

I don't know what we're supposed to make of how it seems that both Mirror Girls like tcotchkes -- though not the same ones. In fact, given how many decor items show up in multiple sets throughout the show, it's notable that only two items here appear to have any connection to any other item in the show. The first is pretty small: On the edge of the bottom shelf, right next to the unpainted phone booth model, is a little brown circle with a six-pointed white flower on it. I can't swear to it, but it looks like it'd be the innermost piece of the circular wooden set on the side table:

The outermost ring there shows up in a couple other places, including Zhao Yunlan's apartment, over by his bed. Only in their shared apartment does it come with a smaller inner piece, and I don't think it shows up anywhere with all three together. I can't even swear it's the third piece to that set -- but it looks like it'd fit, right?

The second piece that appears elsewhere is the pink lantern on the windowsill here, which I think is the same pink lantern in her bathroom. However, as far as they other pieces in her bedroom go, they're unique to that location. This is a little weird, considering how often other little set decor pieces get recycled.

Also, I completely misunderstood this the first time, but her not having a shadow is supposed to be on purpose. There's a couple throwaway lines throughout the episode about how Weiwei doesn't like to go out on sunny days, indicating that Mirror Girl's status is belied by her not casting a shadow. I'm guessing they were trying to set something up there, but it never went anywhere, as evidenced by how her missing shadow is so, well, missable.

Of new note:

Two of the framed photos. For a second, I thought the one on her desk and the one on the windowsill were the same picture, but they're not -- they're just of what looks like the same person, in the same outfit, in near-identical poses but in different locations.

Boxes and shelves on the balcony. She's got the same problem Shen Wei does with storing non-weatherproof items out there. The table and chairs are fine, but one good windy day, and all those paper boxes are just going to fly right off.

Little red not-actually-a-phonograph. It's a clock! I can't tell whether or not it also actually plays music.

Plant ladder. Right behind the mirror is a little wooden ladder with five little buckets for plants staggered up it, though only the top four actually have plants in them.

Two yoga mats. Girl likes yoga -- or hates it, considering how the mats are rolled up and tucked away neatly.

Very real-looking books. In contrast to so many other decidedly fake books throughout the show, the books on these shelves seem normal enough that I think they may actually be real books? Are those allowed?

So where did they get this location? It doesn't quite look like an actual bedroom, so it's probably a set they swiped from some other production for this sixty-second scene--

Holy shit. Okay, so: I know where they swiped it from, and that's the same building that Shen Wei's/Zhao Yunlan's apartment is in. Look at her window, and then look at the three-panel window in both of their apartments. It's even the same distance from the frame that sets off the far end of the room. The ceiling is also the same (and, hilariously, the thing I noticed before the far more obvious window).

I don't think it's the same room as their shared apartment space, if only because a complete redress of it would make no sense for, again, a sixty-second scene. (Actually, I just went and timed it: The scene goes from 24:27 to 25:30, making it a sixty-three-second scene. Accuracy matters.) More likely, it's just another nearby, near-identical set some other production had already dressed as a nerdy little girl's bedroom.

Wait! One more thing: The white cabinet out the doors and to the left on her inexplicable balcony is the same cabinet on the left side of Shen Wei's inexplicable balcony! And they're hidden behind the same white curtains! And they have the same woodgrain floor paneling! I can't swear that Mirror Girl and Shen Wei share the exact same balcony, but wow, they really look alike, don't they?

...And now I don't get to poke fun at anyone for how much time they spend on a sixty-three-second scene after writing all this.

[araneapeixes]

in the bathroom at the gay clubbbb

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are here!!!

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saw someone point out that annabeth would have multiple streaks of grey in her hair since she held the sky for significantly longer than percy. and now. i'm imagining our girl with grey highlights threaded through her natural hair.

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2017 -> 2024

Butchness is about becoming, lesbianism is about growth, life is about transitions.

Take up your space.

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