#Project Inspiration

[megamanxfanfics]

It’s done......

I can’t believe that it’s finally over.

I’ve been writing MMX Fanfics for 11 Years!!

This Project saw it’s birth in the MMX9.com Community in 2011 and shifted to Tumblr in 2013 once that site went down.  It survived the roller-coaster ride of collaborators joining and leaving with varied levels of interest and personal drama until I found myself riding Solo once again in 2014.  This Blog was my 3rd and Final attempt at Revamping the Project in 2015 and not only did I catch up, but I saw it through to an absolute End.

I am so proud of myself for finishing what I started.

I’m going to miss X & Zero a lot. I’ve enjoyed creating all of my OCs; whether gathered from background characters in any of the games or coming completely from my own head.

Actualizing the events of each game has been an absolute pleasure. It’s made me understand and appreciate the lore way more, that's for sure. And I love the games all the more for it.

I’m sure I’ll write more entries in the future, but this one is just meant to be a quick celebration for everything I’ve accomplished.  And to maybe explain why I bothered with all of this in the first place.

...Because it’s Mega Man X!  It’s awesome!!!

No, but really... the quickest explanation is - MMX caught me by surprise as an 8 year old kid, when it came out.  I’d played most of the Megaman games growing up and had a high appreciation for the format, but this was something different.  This was special, brutal, dark and mature!

And with it, I matured more.

X2 wasn’t as well received for me.  We rented it, but I wasn’t good.  I never beat more than a few Mavericks.  My brother might’ve made it to the X-Hunter Fortress, but we certainly never beat it.

X3...?  Forget it.  We couldn’t beat 1 boss...

But in 1997, X4 dropped and I OWNED that shit.  Not literally, I rented it. Every weekend.  But I just kept at it with X & Zero and easily got to Sigma on the Save File within the first weekend of having it.  The rest of our times renting it, it was all about trying to beat it.  ...maybe I did it with Zero as a kid, but I can’t be sure.

Then... I just dropped off.  I was under a rock for X5 & X6.

The only way I knew about X7 was because my best friend’s little brother had a copy of it in his basement.  But I never bothered with it.

Never knew about X8 when it was current...

But then, in 2006, the 1st MMX Collection came out!  And Holy Fuck was it a Reunion!  More like a Nostalgia-filled Revolution!! And THIS was where I became a Fanatic.  From this point forward, I just couldn’t stop playing the games.

Replaying X1 was a pure Nostalgia Ride. Beating X2 for the first time was wonderful.  I knew of the ending, but seeing it live was great. Beating X3 for the first time was such an accomplishment. X4 was another beautiful Nostalgia Ride.  Truly beating it with both X & Zero was fantastic.

I couldn’t wait to learn of X5 and X6, but... they were so disappointing. X4, part 2 and 3 they were not.

I learned to get over it in future playthroughs.  I got used to the cast, and respected X5 for being the Grand Culmination of everything Inafune had set up.

I began to appreciate X6 for being a true Epilogue Tale, despite all it’s rushed flaws in development and localization.

Getting a hold of good copies of the current PS2′s X7 & X8 were very difficult.  But I made it happen.

All I have to say is that I was so glad I didn’t play X7 in 2003, when I noticed it in my best friend’s basement.  I would’ve given up on the franchise altogether. Instead... I took the awkward 3D phase in stride, knowing that hopefully X8 is a significant improvement.  Axl was alright..  The story was... meeh.  But I did like that we were now thrust into the far future, after a long period of peace and rebuilding.

And X8, when I finally got a hold of that?  Beautiful.  Wonderous.  Worth it. But FUCK is that Cliffhanger annoying.

...and That is exactly why I stopped at X6.

Despite the last 2 games being good in their own right, they don’t have a proper ending.  While the first 6 games, when playing them over and over and over again, the story just made more and more sense, connecting the dots.

I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  I couldn’t stop playing the games.  It was getting bad.  I was also watching a Hell of a lot of anime at the time.

Until one marked day in April of 2011, I asked the X9 Community if they would ever want to see an MMX Anime.  And if so, what would it be like?

This was a HOT topic.  So many people chimed in.

And before long, it inspired me to work on an Anime Episodic Format of the MMX Series.

Fuckin Herculian Task that was..!  But I loved it, every step of the way.

It helped me channel this obsession and fanaticism for the series.  It brought back my writing creativity that I’d been missing.  And it got me to calm down about the series over time.

Retelling is no easy task.  And I’m sure I’ve made some missteps along the way. But I really loved working on this the whole time and dishing it out to you, week after week, month after month, year after year...

Lore-wise, I eventually knew that everything I had set up would end at X6.

There’s the tiniest strand of Red being around to set up Red Alert in X7, but... he barely cameod in X4.  And again, X8 is a Cliffhanger.

To write an X9... would be a True Fanfic in every sense of the Word.  And not only has it been done hundreds of times before within the community, [probably better than I could] but... I’m just not interested in that part of the timeline as much.

Writing the Series out made me realize, my most favorite parts of the franchise are probably X1-X4.  It’s what I knew the best.

X5 had disappointing presentation, but otherwise the story was solid. Realizing that most of my beloved OC’s would die was pretty epic and insane in it’s own right.  Putting my own spin on Dynamo was a lot of fun. (I never really liked him.  Not gonna lie.)

X6 is a fucking Nightmare..!  Pun Intended, I suppose.  But, it was always my End Goal.  I really wanted to get to the Dystopian Landscape and write a broody, dark world that’s struggling to survive.

...only, once I got there...  I found it to be really... boring.

I’d hate to say it, but every time X had to lay down and recover, it got tougher and tougher to keep it fresh. Especially since I didn’t want to get caught up in the filler of building up new OC’s and potential Red Shirts.

I think I handled it well though.

Before long, the Original Spark ignited, and I had a set of new OC’s with distinct personalities as a backing crew for X & Family.

And here’s the most poetic thing.

In the big picture, I was inspired by Berserk.  Guts & Griffith being the closest of friends, but clashing into a Hellish Rivalry wrought with betrayal.

I knew I wanted to tackle some sort of theme like that, and ultimately tell the story that... Friendship Prevails.

But like Berserk, not only did I portray that theme, but also the Berserk 2016/2017 theme of New Beginnings.  Without intending to ride on it’s coattails, there’s definitely a parallel of X finding trust and love in new teammates while Guts did the same.

But enough of the comparisons...

I could go on and on, and I’m sure I will again from time to time.

But for now, I’m really proud to have brought this to you.

I hope you’ve all enjoyed Any of the Seasons, let alone X6.

There will Not be a Season VII for the main reason stated above - it leads to a Cliffhanger.  But also, that game is just awful...! Not to mention, with everything I’ve set up w/ the Guardians, it’d be very hard to write them in or out.

Speaking of which...  there will Not be an MMZ Anime, so please. Don’t even think about it. If the Epilogue isn’t telling enough, I start to get very shaky when we get into the far-flung in-between Lore of the MMX & MMZ series.

I just can’t do it guys.  I don’t get it. I’m not invested enough.

I played through all the MMZ games, and they’re cool.  They have my respect.  But certainly not the love that I have for the X Series.

I’d be churning out an awful product and it’d be chorish at best.

Lore-wise, what happens next is really cool and intriguing though. I definitely enjoy hearing all about what happens in “The Gap” as I like to call it.  But at some point I get lost and I really can’t follow it.

A replay of the MMZ Series is probably due in the future. We’ll see how long that lasts... lol.

Anyway, that’s enough from me, for now.

A True Analysis of the 3rd Arc will follow soon.

[3dmiranda]

A day at the Lowe Museum ✨

@artleaguemdcnorth

[josepkempart487blog]

The introduction of Buzz to woody almost verbatim in the camera direction. that I want for the first interaction between My young eraser character and the elder Ink Container character.

The use of a slow panning upshot followed by a momentary closeup and then followed by the previously main focus (Woody) displaying fright or confusion at their existence.

I may also use a setup similar for when my eraser character first reunites with their artist.

Focusing on trying to establish a size and presence dynamic between the two entities.

[thescentofnorthsore]

Undoubtedly, the idea of a craft workshop is not something extremely innovative or new these days. Therefore, it is significant to make The scent of Northshore odour workshop stand out from the others, which a diverse and unique scent range would be one of the elements to help it become outstanding. In the past, a large proportion of Northshore Hamilton now was known under the name Yerrol or Yarrol to the Aboriginal community (Kerkhove, 2021). It was described as “Hamilton’s pocket of rainforest”, which referred to a riverine, subtropical rainforest that was home to many animals and vegetation (Kerkhove, 2021). Inspired by the area’s flora and fauna, especially the variety of plants and flowers, the workshop’s essential selection for candles, soap, and essential oils will include the scent of Northshore’s unique vegetation.

Reference

Kerkhove, R. (2021, May 3).An inset of Baker's 1843 map of Brisbane, showing the original 'scrub' and the pathway that curved around it, which later became Kingsford Smith Drive.

Kerkhove, R. (2021, May 3). Report & Recommendations: Northshore Indigenous History. Northshore Brisbane.

[sanamustdie]

🇵🇸 ZINE FOR PALESTINE GOING LIVE 🇵🇸

ZINE4PALESTINE.BIGCARTEL.COM

Z4P is a non-profit artistic initiative aimed at raising funds for Care For Gaza, an organization providing direct support to families of Palestine. The zine showcases exclusive creations from 10 French artists from diverse backgrounds, all contributing their talents to support Palestinian families.

with the participation of @heuffopla @towwypng @1bt1cem-blog and many others who don't use tumblr

Aware that many of you would like to contribute providing humanitarian aid in the face of the atrocities Palestinians are enduring, we've chosen to create art. This way, you can still be a part of it –essentially, you make a donation by purchasing, and in return, you receive cool art made with love while helping a great cause!

Individual prints of the artworks are also available on the website —reblogs and shares are deeply appreciated!

[soapyakships]

idol akito for the funsies

[flamingpudding]

Glitterbombs for rogues

A/N: I got sick over the holidays. So I did not do any of the writing I originally wanted to do. So instead of that Christmas Story you get this Mark Rober inspired little tidbit.

Tim had a new favorite Engineer Youtube. The boy was a bit younger than him but a genius Engineer judging by the hand full of videos Tim had marathoned through. According to the listed self-introduction part of the video, Danny was currently an engineering student in Gotham with the goal to work one day for NASA. (Tim held out some hopes that he maybe could snag the kid for WE if possible. He had already sent out an internship offer after the third video he had watched)

Either way, Danny had potential and ideas that borderlined on mad science. But made his videos of his little projects even more entertaining and interesting to watch. Tim's favorite so far was Danny's explanation on how he reconstructed his toaster so that it would launch itself into space after the third his roommate burned toast with it. He did buy his roommate a new toaster at the end of the video though.

Still Tim liked this guy and his videos. So with anticipation he clicked on one of the newer videos. The title having caught his attention: 'Why Glitter'.

Instead of the usual introduction bit with little highlights of Danny's previous project the video started out with a big fat warning in red letter to not attempt to replicate anything in the video. That had Tim very curious already, but then a little video clip following that had Tim spitting out the coffee he was just sipping from.

Thankfully he missed spitting on his phone, still he jumped out of his cozy bed where he had been watching YouTube on his phone and hurried over to his laptop. The video, meanwhile, was continuing playing. He could hear the usual music from the introduction part as well as Danny's voice explaining his reasosn -which were valid, Tim had to agree with some of them- once that part was done.

By now he had fired up his laptop and was researching. The video in the background was explaining how Danny had build his Glitterbombs similar to the once another youtuber had but slightly modified them since he was not going to use fart-spray. Tim eyes widened as he found the first correlating news articles, wondering how they hadn't seen them sooner, but a glance at the date revealed that they were only posted a couple of hours ago.

Danny in the video was no explaining about his fist chooses victim and Tim dived onto his bed from his desk to get his phone back in his hands. Wide eyed, he watched as Danny obviously with a GoPro strapped to his head, crawled through what looked like an air vent. Once he reached an opening he looked through the slits into what appeared to be Riddlers hide out. Danny took the Camara of his head so that he could grin into it making the sign for silence as he barely contained his own chuckles. The other then waited for a moment, the camera work now getting wonky and the video even glitching out but a second later Danny was back in focuse before pointing down and then directing the Camara to his view. There in Riddlers hideout now sat Danny's self engineered glitterbomb.

"No he didn't..." Tim muttered as the video cut to a different scene. Danny was now walking through the sewers, humming cheerfully while explaining why he chose who he choose.

Another cut and... Tim spluttered. How the hell did Danny manage to just walk into Arkam?! So he hadn't seen wrong at the beginning of the video.

Growing paller with every cut on how Danny delivered his self-engineered Glitter bombs, Tim started to fear for his new favorite youtubers safety. Thankfully he had already done his work on Danny's person when he sent the internship offer. Now he just needed to get Danny to freaking safty.

He dragged himself to his laptop still in disbelieve as various clips of the rogues getting glitterbombed from the bombs perspective started playing. And yep, he definitely didn't see wrong now in the beginning. The Joker was one of Danny's chooses victums. Aside from the fact that he was so going to download and save that video for eternity as well as share it with his brothers and friends, (because as funny as it was that most of them were Gotham rogues, Luther and another millionaire by the name of Masters had also been made victims.), he still had to figure out how to ensure this definitely insane youtubers safer from the warmth of 90% of their rogues now.

Great newly discovered favorite youtuber has just painted a big fat red target on himself.

Tim was just about to call everyone in when a bonus at the end of Danny's video started to play.

He recognized that safe house.

He recognizes the weapons displayed on the walls also.

Oh... that's...

Still laughing Tim still sent out a message to everyone. When asked why all he did was sent them the link to the video with to timestamps.

The first one of the Joker getting glitterbombed

The second one being Red Hood getting glitterbombed.

[wasyago]

the brainrot won

[chiricat]

is it a crime to steal your heart?

[critterbitter]

Introducing! ELESA, the new kid on the block! She's a tiny bedraggled child from Sinnoh and not all that familiar with Galarian, the spoken language in Unova. (One day she'll be amazing. Right now though, she just wants to go play in the mud. And maybe get a better set of hearing aids.)

When not bitterly lonely, she’s scheming to run back to her old home. Or chasing the local patrat. Or watching nervously from the sidelines as other children play on the swings. Oh elesa. (loosely inspired by @/noxstrages' incredible comics about elesa's origins! Ty for the food.)

Masterpost to my submas comics!

[usachxxn]

Finally got around to sketching up my ninja designs 🔥⚡️🧊🪨

[ao3commentoftheday]

Do you have too many WIPs? Do you want to clear some of them out?

It's easy to start a new WIP but not so easy to go beyond that. This is a periodic reminder that not everything needs to be finished. It's also a reminder that sometimes you can go back to an old WIP with fresh eyes and what was once impossible to write now seems easy.

Choose one of your WIPs and try these steps to see if you can clear it out.

Before you open it or reread it:

How does this work make me feel?

Why did I stop writing it?

Do I want to open this document and reread it?

Why is this work still lingering in my "to do" pile?

Delete or abandon or orphan or give away any WIPs that you don't actually want to write.

After you open it or reread it:

How does this work make me feel?

Can I identify the problem I had or the reason I was stuck or why I lost my motivation?

Do I know what needs to happen next (or later in the story)?

Will a time jump or skipping scenes help?

Can I write a disconnected scene that interests me right now?

Can I write a transition?

Can I edit what is already there and make it easier for me to move past my block?

Do I want to do any of the above, or would I rather abandon this work?

Do this for 1 WIP or for all of them or something in between. Any works that are still in progress, you can either continue working on actively or put away until your next review. Any that you don't actually want to write, you can delete or abandon or orphan or give away.

Note: If you are writing for a fandom event, contact the organizers and let them know that you won't be able to complete your work. Events usually have authors lined up who are willing to "pitch hit" and complete a work if the original creator isn't able to.

[monstermonger]

The chalk cliffs of Rügen, a popular tourist spot to catch a glimpse of the alabaster dragon migration.

[artianwen]

ALL OUT ATTACK! ☆ WONDERHOYYY

I didn't know if I was going to post this bc I made it for my sibling's birthday but!! I think it stands as one of THE coolest things I've made recently sooo here it is for everyone else as well!! One Emu Otori prsk all out attack!!

[copepodkisser5000]

whether you make one or buy one, you need to cuddle them!!!

[transformers-synergize]

weird robot alien