#The Lazy Critic

[lazy-filmcritic]

I never know what to watch but am really good at getting through lists. I subscribe to Netflix and there's thousands of shows, movies and clips to watch but get overwhelmed with all the decisions... Soooo I'm making this list my goal.

[quippso]

[tea-cat-arts]

Shen Yuan getting transported into pidw isn't "the system punishing him for being a lazy internet hater," but instead representative of "step 1 of the creative process: getting so mad at something you decide to go write your own fucking book" in this essay I will

[oddthesungod]

sorry i had to do this

[liltaireissocute]

i have an actual art to finish but somehow i ended up sketching molly

[campbell-rose]

Charlie Redesign!

I want charlie to look super out of place in Hell. I wanted her color palette to resemble the sky, as the sky can symbolize infinity and is usually associated with the place gods reside, high above it all. The main point is looking super out of place in Pride, which will carry over to Vaggie. I made her colors bright because i can’t be bothered to alter the colors of Viv’s hell to dull it down and from the trailer it doesn’t seem like shading is that important. Not shitting on that btw, i hate shading my drawings. 

The way I imagine this version of Charlie is that she helps do the paperwork side of things, since Viv’s hell is just earth but red, I'm just assuming her heaven will be similar. Charlie helps schedule things, she’s kind of a secretary and works under Adam to help make sure the Exterminations go smoothly. She takes stock of weapons, sees what was lost, tallies up the total deaths, general stuff like that, you feel me? She doesn’t like the Exterminations; she thinks it’s horrific and that the people in hell ought to have a chance to come to heaven. 

So it’s basically the exact same plot as before and her personality is the same because Charlie was the only character i liked from the pilot the others all had something that threw the vibes off slightly. Charlie’s relationship with Alastor will be a little different, because he’s one of her benefactors. He wants to watch the pretty little angel’s plans crash and burn, and she is determined to prove him wrong. Side note while I'm thinking of him, I’m changing the overlords – they aren’t sinners that got powers because sinners don’t have powers in this version. Well, no, they are sinners, just sinners that made contracts with demons and gained favor with hell during their lives, earning their own place in the hierarchy of hell. Speaking of which, it goes: Sinners, Overlords, Hellborn, Ars Goetia, Princes/Seven Sins. Overlords are given the power to torture other sinners (so it makes sense that Valentino makes Angel’s life miserable, it’s his job to torment other sinners) 

Once the show actually drops, I might add more benefactors in my rewrite. Like, since Alastor is backing Charlie, the cannibals from cannibal colony will be friendly towards her, things like that. Hell, maybe Val backs her, idk don’t want to jump the shark. 

Either way, i think Charlie being an angel sets her up for a better character arc with her naivete and attitude towards sinners. Also i think my design for her is literally beautiful she’s so pretty, she’s my baby i love her. And for the sake of making things easier, i fused her little goats Razzle and Dazzle with the key cat KeeKee because i think having three cute little pets is too many and R/D didn’t really do anything in the pilot. I’ve doodled them a bit, haven’t settled on a design yet. In my mind this little kitty is a cherub thing that Husk adores as his first hint of not being a complete ass. 

Any who. That is all. 

[hellhoundmaggie]

Shane StardewValley developing a novel ornamental chicken breed with rare blue pigmentation from common stock without any loss in egg production

[soaring-trash]

This chasm is an angst factory, I both hate it and love it so much, stuff is very very juicy 🧃🧃🧃

also having your girlfriends abuser a constant presence you can’t get rid of sucks a tremendous amount

[lazy-filmcritic]

I want to watch more movies and there are a lot of quality films that are available to me on HBO Max that I am not taking advantage of. Here's my list that I'll try to get through. All these movies leave the HBO Max platform in September!!!

[toastyghostcriticalblog]

Wait…

NAH Y’ALL SEE THIS SHIT

either this was supposed to be a messed up reference or another spindlehorse has to trace over something for the millionth time to draw Vivzepop god awful ocs

[lainalit]

The moment the fandom realized that they made up the bat boys standby archetypes for a misunderstood villain, a protective himbo and a mysterious emo boy and that their canon characters are just the opposite of said personalities by being a hypocritical nice guy, a violent drill instructor and a head-empty fvckboy is the day we as a society can move forward.

[mikasasrippedtoenail]

Most people are acutely unaware of the fact that educated individuals make up a very small part of the population. Your access to internet, online discourse, books and other resources is a privilege. When you surround yourself with the elite, you will inevitably have a warped narrative of the reality. This is why lot of women in the West believe feminism isn't necessary.

Their skulls are not bashed by their father for not wearing a hijab nor are they paraded naked as a war prize. Their bodies are not marred to make them ugly enough to prevent soldier rape. Their bones are not broken to make them unable to run away when their husband forces himself upon them. Their genitals aren't mutilated; they aren't stoned to death for going to school. They can vote. They can learn. They can flourish. Yet, most women in the world slave away just for the sin of being born a woman.

The haunting part is that they know. They are aware of the way the western society punishes them. They are aware of the damger that looms over them. They know that they cannot escape the inertia of patriarchy. Yet, they close their eyes and ears. They are willing to jeopardize billions of women to protect themselves and reap the benefits of the small power bestowed upon them, clinging under the cast of their elite class. Their selfish desire overpowers their gulit and thus is destroyed the female solidarity.

[oddthesungod]

Some light wizardly reading after a tiring day of teleporting a band of misfits across Wildemount 😌

[ghoulaxyart]

Percy

[avalencias]

home can be a person too

shoutout to @kienava for just suggesting drawing them in bed

[saturdaysky]

Sometimes sad cat wizards deserve to get swept off their feet by their narrative foils.

Many, many thanks to both @flappingduster-scribbles and @aboxthecolourofheartache for helping me un-weird the anatomy. Why did I need to un-weird the anatomy? Well, let's look at the reference below the cut...

Leyendecker painted a gorgeous little picture here! But if you look closely, you might notice that the gal in this painting has...no mouth. Also, no nose. She and the dude are just lamprey'd together at the face. It's pleasing and totally works in the reference (which is a crop of a larger painting), but it just looked really, really weird in my painting. So, I had figure out how to give Caleb back half his face, making a lot of stops in the uncanny valley along the way.

Here's the initial sketch! Essek's hair was a fun challenge.

And a bonus: Essek might seem pretty tall in this picture, but if you zoom out...

They make it work.