#and cyber alien vibes idk

[adrienaline-rushed-art]

Why haven't I been drawing ML stuff when I had this hiatus as a chance to catch up? Well, you see... Right when I was intending to get to drawing and writing again, you won't believe this-- a challenge/contest emerged! ksfjsdf If you know me, I had to enter. And well, here it is. By bbno$ but idk if he has a Tu- WAIT IS THIS ACTUALLY HIM?? @bbnotumbl At first the time limit was 2 weeks and i was READY to tackle the challenge, but then it was expanded to 4 weeks luckily because my vision was way too ambitious for someone with as (relatively) little as 3D experience, and let me tell you a LOT Went wrong. I probably would've just scrapped some concepts/scenes or effects (mostly physics sims if im being real) if he never extended it tbh but I'm glad I got to see it through! All 40 seconds of it :,D I'll be mostly back on my ml game after this, can't wait to get back on track and so greatful to bbno$ for indirectly reawakening my 3D animation tendons. Hope you all enjoy <3

[astrangeghost]

i like moonlight jewel's dolls but uh.uh. venus in cyberpunk is kinda the complete opposite of her character RTFGH

[coyoteincense]

ooo! i have a new interest rn so new scent requests! one for fox mulder and dana scully/general x files vibes and then one for aliens in general! i think it'd be super interesting to see what you come up with :]

omg so sorry for the late answer, my bf is visiting right now so i haven't had a lot of time to reply yet! but here are my thoughts :) note that i haven't actually seen xfiles so this is based off of vibes

for scully:

jasmin rouge by tom ford!

she really gives me a tom ford house enjoyer in general vibe but i learned her actress stated she wore this during an interview and i can absolutely see it. classy as hell and perfect choice imo

now for mulder ... :

french lover by frederic malle

im ngl choosing a fragrance for mulder is a lot more difficult to me. i feel like he'd wear some sort of leather and/or woody heavy fragrance if he were to wear anything

leather by acqua di parma is another choice i'd pick for him! idk why exactly, i just could see a guy like him wearing this

lastly, i recommend indie fragrance maker CherrkasTrunk on Etsy's fan fragrance for him - Files Fragrance

aliens / x-file vibes in general:

okay this is where i can work a little easier because i can get the general vibes and aliens without show knowledge i think (i do really want to watch this show though ik so many people like it...)

fantomas by nasomatto

just....bizarre. smoky, plastic, warm and confusing, like discovering something you feel like you shouldn't have found.

electric dreams by miguel matos

metallic, sweet, plastic. inspired by 80's cyber-futuristic stories. unfortunately it is incredibly hard to get your hands on, which is a shame because it's perfect for xfiles.

blanche bete by les liquides imaginaries

warm, milky, musky. makes me think of a living creature beyond typical human comprehension

matrix metal by the harmonist

clean, soft, yet strange. somewhat ethereal yet grounded in nature simultaneously

the ghost in the shell by etat libre d'orange

citrusy but unsettling. has a clean almost soapy, smooth smell that makes you feel unsafe when it should be comforting. the unknown in a bottle

i hope these give you some ideas!! <3

[antirepurp]

ok im ready to sit down and give some real thought to frontiers beyond nonsensical first-impression fueled gushing let’s go gamers

im not here to discuss the gameplay tbh like it’s good and fun and all that jazz but im more of a story kinda guy y’know. anyway.

reflecting on the story while watching the credits gave me sort of similar vibes to the first sonic movie in the sense that, all the building blocks and the ultimate vision were there, but the pacing was just a tad too fast to explore everything to their full potentials. the beginning felt definitely more fluent in that regard, thought this could also be just my experience in wanting to explore/get all the memories and THEN do all the plot shit in one go lol. i do think the ending needed a little something more special, i was hype to be in space but then it lasted a grand total of a single cutscene which was... not as cool as it could have been. same thing with sage, and my goodness i have a lot of thoughts about her

i seriously wish they had explored the whole corruption thing more! it seemed like such a huge deal but then it sorta. got thrown aside at the last moment. like okay fair how else would they have solved this issue without using resources to like idk create new playable characters for a single segment in which they save sonic or something? but i would’ve liked more, hm, spice in the whole situation. maybe the corruption overtakes sonic and, for a while, the story would force us to act against our friends. perhaps sage would be the one to stop sonic when he begins to threaten eggman’s safety, perhaps she is the one who gets shlorped into the corruption to stabilize sonic, perhaps the two of them are, for a brief moment in time, the same entity, and defeat the... whatever the final boss was together uh. it was some, corruption shit right? was that ever really addressed like the mechs and shit were ancients’ tech and there was another threat which was the fucking thanos planet or whatever?? and that planet was like possessing the mechs through cyber space?? did they actually address this or did i take too long fucking around to remember the plot anymore

regardless im overall fine with the story though! i can see why people would have issues with it, it’s far from perfect, but still a step-up from the 2010s sans sonic boom. i loved the interactions with amy and tails specifically, seeing the former become a more fleshed out character from what she’s used to and having a lot of things with tails addressed as well, especially forces. knuckles was a bit more history focused i feel but i think that fits him honestly

sage though... i was left craving more interactions with her and eggman, more direct ones anyway. the egg memos and the occasional cutscene was fine sure but i feel like something is still missing. either way im a sucker for sentient AI characters, i love how both her and sonic operate morally grey grounds for the most of the game and both see one another as enemies more or less (even if sonic is a lot friendlier towards her.) she’s a very interesting character and i do want to see more of her, im very much a fan of the implication that she might return in the future, and that it’s implied that frontiers leads up to a more cohesive narrative within sonic games from what we’ve had! i mean it would be a fucking shame to throw a character like that away, especially with the character development she brings out in eggman as well.

im not entirely sure how i feel about the ancients being aliens, it’s a bit... well, we had aliens before so did we really need more of them i guess? that said i am fucking obsessed that since the ancients are related to chaos, and chaos is related to chao, that chao are just heavily fucking mutated ancients that became babies it’s fucking hilarious to me akjsdhajds

the last thing that like actually bothers me is the goddamn mural that appeared in the sky and in the end on eggman’s machine, i severely wanted it addressed but we never really got that? i mean it has something to do with cyber space and the ancients but the hell is it? also i lowkey hate that every time i see it i read it as “up” but that’s just me aksjdhd

ah. i probably will have more thoughts later on after i’ve let my brain soup sit around for a while. but frontiers is good, pretty fucking good. and sticks confirmed please show her in a mainline game soon i miss her so much

[alexmanesairstream]

Okay. Time for my ramblings. You're all free to not read a word of this but I just needed to put my thoughts out there. So. Going into s2, my only reason for watching the show was seeing Alex Manes (bc Tyler is one of my all time favourite actors and also just ALEX MANES). But after seeing the promo and fan chatter before the premier I admit getting my hopes up and becoming a little more open to the entire show as a whole again. I had hoped that s2 would be a huge improvement in terms of writing, consistency, good representation and overall storytelling. Anyways, here’s just some thoughts I’ve had after the first episode if you care to read it. I've left the Malex (and Maria) thoughts to the end bc I wanted to speak about the entire episode first. The Malex part is right at the end if anyone is reading this and only wants to read that part.

Firstly, the episode felt very disconnected. I know there was a time jump but that also left so many questions unanswered.

Kyle and Alex are well aware of the alien secret, so it made no sense that they were in the dark about Rosa being alive and Max being dead. I would've thought that both of them would've been made aware of it immediately.

This may be more of a personal preference but I've always been more interested in sci-fi aspects of the show since I always find supernatural elements on shows to become repetitive and far fetched (yes I know it's supernatural but I've always liked when there was a scientific or logical explanation behind something). Ep1 (and I know Carina said this season would explore supernatural elements and not the sci-fi aspects of it) hinted a very big supernatural storyline which I wasn't too keen on- it just gave off some big vampire diaries 'the other side' vibes. I really wish they would've explores a more unique and original storyline rather than something so repetitive with regards to Max.

Now for the science and little sci-fi parts, I know they're strained for time so there's a lot that they have to leave out but most of the science seemed far fetched or rather lacking any good grounding explanation. I get that it's a show but I would've liked for it to have made some sense rather than the random stuff Michael and Liz would say that seemingly came out of thin air. Especially when they were having their science Bro moments and interacting with substances etc- where are these substances from? What to they do? How did you get it? Idk maybe I'm being overly obsessive over this but it irks me bc I always lose interest when I can't coherently follow a storyline with logic

Rosa being back. I don't have much to say on this. The sister dynamic is kinda cute. I really don't like this weird supernatural connection thing she has with Max. Like I said, very vampire diaries like and it's just not making sense (maybe I didn't pay close enough attention idk). Also, can we get some clarity on her age. She was 19 when she died. So she should be 29 in the present day. But she mentioned something about being the hottest 31 year old when Liz told her to get a license in California. So what's up with that.

Isobel pregnancy : Yeah there's a lot I could say here. I'm assuming they're trying to do a storyline on abortion and a woman's right to her own body which I would be eager to see but at the same time, Isobel being pregnant with her dead abusive rapist's baby seems a lot like it was done for drama (sigh). It also has me wondering how since it was clear in s1 that Isobel didn't want children while Noah did- obviously she may have changed her mind after their reconciliation after she came out of the pod and also bc I accidents happen (do condoms even work with aliens???).

Now for the Malex and Maria part of it:

Since Alex was not aware of Max dying, wouldn't he have then made an effort to speak to Michael again in those two weeks since the finale. I would understand him wanting to give Michael space if he had known about Max dying but since he didn't know, did he just accept that Michael left him waiting at the trailer and leave it at that until after Noah's funeral? That just doesn't make sense to me but moving on

So Michael says that Alex told him he was going to leave the airforce to play music. Lol lots to get into here. Firstly, kinda strange that Alex would have told him that specifically that night in the trailer. Also, I was under the impression that what we were shown on screen was all that there was in that interaction. I don't see at which point Alex could've mentioned him leaving the airforce before Michael had to run out. Secondly, Alex leaving the airforce to play music? That just seems hella out of character and frankly completely unrealistic. Alex has spent the last 10 years gaining different skills, learning new things about himself, evolving and changing as a person. While he may have always had this dream about making music the fact is most people end up studying something or doing something in a different direction than their teenage self wanted. Alex is no different. While he may have wanted to leave the airforce it just doesn't seem plausible that he'd want to explore an entirely new career path as a musician. It would've made more sense for him to go into a career with cyber security and his skills in hacking, coding and programming instead. Also, unless he's got hell money from somewhere it's just completely unrealistic. He's a veteran (there are so many homeless, unemployed, uninsured, struggling veterans) who surely would need a stable income. It just feels like it's some a random storyline to have when there's been no indication of it, and it's completely out of character for Alex to decide to pursue music after 10 years in the airforce when we aren't even sure if he's done anything related to it in the last 10 years. Maybe I'm being harsh because personally I would've liked Alex to pursue something with the skills he gained in the airforce and also bc I rarely believe anyone is the same person with the same dreams and passions they had when they were a teenager. I mean, we all grow, evolve and change and that's okay. I would've really liked for Alex storyline to have been along those lines- taking what he's learned out of something he didn't necessarily want and taking control of who he is with those skills and his future (apparently in order to be a captain and also to be a code breaker Alex would've need to have gone to college while in the airforce). Idk maybe I'm bias bc I absolutely love seeing BAMF Alex Manes and how smart he is when he's working and code breaking.

Hmm Alex has a house. Like an actual house. And not a single person in the fandom knew this. In fact if Carina hadn't clarified on Twitter, we'd all be confused as hell. Literally everyone thought he lived at the cabin and rightfully so. It also makes me question why Alex had been at the cabin the day Kyle was there if he doesn't live at the cabin. But anyways small details. I'm trying not to be petty. I also really would like to know how Michael knows where Alex lives hmmm

I absolutely loved that Alex's first thought was to give Michael a guitar bc he remembers what he lost when Jesse ruined his hand. I am HERE for Alex Manes' kindness and wholesomeness.

Alex has PTSD. He would never be sitting with his back towards an entry point and music blaring loudly while he didn't have his prosthetic on. Carina responded on Twitter saying his PTSD is from childhood and not the war. I can't really understand how the war and losing a limb would not affect him and his existing PTSD at all. But again, I'll overlook this inconsistency

Michael's little confrontation speech to Alex- totally get it. It makes a lot of sense from Michael's perspective. I do however still have an issue with this thing of Alex 'leaving'. The ONLY time Alex actively left was when he enlisted. Any time after that was beyond his control. He was in the military. He had no choice. I really wish we could at some point see how all of this affected Alex instead of constantly seeing it from a one- sided Michael perspective.

And now Maria and Michael. Just a few words. What the fuck. I say all of this as someone who absolutely believes Malex shouldn't be together right now and who is fully on board with them just being friends right now:

- As someone who loved Maria in the first season and as a woman of colour, I fucking hate her storyline and what they're making her character do. It was cringe and desperate and humiliating for her to be running after Michael after one kiss. And also, SO out of character for her. Maria Deluca is her own saviour and would never run after someone who behaved the way Michael had in that ep. She would abso-fucking-lutely not chase after a man and put herself out there in such a desperate way like that.

- Secondly, has she just forgotten Alex exists? This is so not the Maria we know. Chasing after a man for something when he's not giving anything back in return and not even bothering to speak to Alex or attempt any sort of communication with him before she continues pursuing Michael. It makes no sense. I only see the Maria hate escalating at this point and I don't blame anyone for it. At this point she 100% deserves it. It's so so out of character for her not to have spoken to Alex and to continue pursuing Michael before speaking to Alex.

Honestly I've said it since the start- I hate love triangles and this one in particular rubs me the wrong way for so many reasons. I honestly don't see how we can redeem Maria's character after this mess. The whole Michael and Maria thing is just messy (and not in a cool dramatic TV show way), and is for a lot of us straight up character assassination for both Michael and Maria. I'm just so put off by both of their characters. If they were adamant about this storyline, I wish they'd done it and left Alex out from the start (I said Kylex rights!).

In conclusion, it's a shitshow. The show is just all over the place and the writing doesn't seem to have improved from the inconsistencies and plot holes. There's a lot more I could say but this was all I thought about right now for that episode. I also have so many thoughts on what Carina has recently said but I'm not in the right space of mind to address that rn. She's hell problematic lmao. But anyways, going forward, I'm just here for my Tyler Blackburn and watching him kill it as Alex Manes and I'm kinda really excited to see him with his new love interest.

[threephantomrey]

my thoughts on Scooby the Barbarian/No Sharking Zone and Alien Invaders:

Scooby the Barbarian/No Sharking Zone:

• first thought was “omg this was when Daphne came back after 3 seasons of just Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy”

• i like Daphne being the leader in this group. i think she is a good leader and it makes sense for her to be the leader in this group of 4.

• i liked the part where Daphne had Scrappy stand on top of her head to reach the keys outside of the prison cell. smart. (in Scooby the Barbarian)

• Daphne being a reporter is cool imo and so is the fact that this is the first episode in which it’s revealed that her last name is Blake (in No Sharking Zone)

• overall, this was a solid start to the Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy part of the Scrappy era

Alien Invaders:

• really liked how the movie opens in space, i mean i know obviously it would since it’s a movie about aliens, but the way they designed it was really nice

• Crystal is a nice person. tbh if she was real i’d be friends with her, her vibes are great.

• unrelated but when Shaggy was describing the aliens that he and Scooby saw to the gang, i was thinking of that episode of Spongebob when Spongebob was describing the Alaskan Bullworm (“it was big! scary! and pink!”)

• didn’t like the part where Shaggy and Scooby were kissing after the “How Groovy” song ended. tbh i never found this joke funny idk why they’ve done it multiple times throughout the franchise. also really did not like the part where Shaggy ate food off of the floor after Dottie dropped it… Shaggy please don’t do that it’s gross and you should know this by now.

• “How Groovy” is a BANGER btw. so so cute and overall just a fun song. if i ever get married, i want this song to be played at my wedding.

• i liked Velma, Daphne, and Fred’s outfits in this one. it’s always nice to see them wear outfits that are different from what we’ve seen them wear in the past but still have their signature colors

• the ending is heartbreaking :/ i knew Crystal and Amber were going to have to leave Shaggy and Scooby because they’re aliens (their alien forms are amazing btw) and because i’ve seen this movie multiple times before but it’s still so sad to see every time i watch it. i’m glad Shaggy and Scooby were able to get over it though. and Fred crying at the end is such a mood. this was a great movie overall imo i enjoyed it.

will be posting my thoughts on Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts and Cyber Chase tomorrow :)

[suupersushi]

aesthetic/concept playlists!

I had fun making these at 1am! I really just wanted to create cute playlists...

Getting stuck in some futuristic, cyber, techno, neon, space video game located in some neo-tokyo timeline. You probably slept with some hot alien after clubbing with friends the night you defeated whatever evil alien tried to take over the city. Its 2am and the 4th moon is rising, you can see planets from the glass roof ceiling, the party starts again! The end of an odd cyberpunk adventure. This is your celebration playlist!

(Lots of future funk and dreams of teleporting to the local space pirate lineup)

Soft mornings on warm weekends. Maybe a walk in the park and you spot the cutest dog...or turtle! Go to the farmers market for once, snag some fresh produce and flowers to decorate your lonely apartment. Songs ment for quirky events with your gf/bf that lead to magical moments. The stuff that plays in the background of a cute kiss scene in indie european romance movies.

(Inspired by the many pauses i’ve made in my life to look at the sun when I woke up late)

The cute girl next door who wears tennis skirts and white blouses just asked you out to accompany her to a cafe! What are you going to do! You blush every time she smiles and your heart is RACING! She orders cheesecake and milk tea for the both of you, you can't understand what shes saying. All you can think about is how pretty and delightful she is. ANYWAYS! This is the music playing in your head as you awkwardly stare at her french manicure and realize how lucky you are.

(It gives me shoujo manga vibes lol)

You visit your local target during its closing hours trying to find the witch who works there to break your curse, she brings you to the bathroom after enchanting the door with pepto bismol. Walk in and find plants of every kind adoring the bathroom stalls and sinks, the mirrors become windows to the dark sky and air is cold. She gives you a tylenol and you throw up a god. It starts raining in the bathroom, music fills your ears, the stars cave in, you begin to disassociate. You understand the world now.

(This one is more like a playlist I listen too prior to sleep...maybe to study too...idk...its soft…and kinda magical…)