#anok ask

[onlysushicat]

wait do they even need condoms. Like troll biology is different they may not be at risk of STDs. either that or they are carrying some fucked up troll STD that can carry over to humans and honestly i think thats funnier

(it was fun to draw that, hehehe)

BUT for example in my Andy AU some trolls CAN get pregnant like in the Omegaverse type of lore. So imagine one of them could get pregnant and need condoms for that🥴

And even if that wasnt the case, it would suck so bad if I stick my penits inside an alien hottie but their fluids burn my whole shlong in a second 😬

[ask-devildice-brothers]

do the siblings (luci and jack) have a pet?

Meh, they used to have a pet, it was a Firefox, Made by Satan. It name was Mozi, and I have some drawings of Mozi on my main blog (this and this)

But I did some drawings of Mozi soooo.... Take it.

Silly fox

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Hey! here’s a wiki of every witch in the series including the witches of the other quintets! I think you’d like some of em:

https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Category:Witches

I thought Tumblr ate this ask 😭

Thank you the link! I'll definitely be checking it out.

I really wanna know more about who came up with the designs for witches and what their thought process was. Every single one of them looks so different and iconic :O

[iononmichiamo]

Inizia per m, è davanti un tribunale, ci esce una ragazza super carina.

Vedo che lo hai guardato per bene il mio Instagram, ma è facile così 😉

[seilnakyle]

opinions on people (including myself) imagining selina as only zoe kravitz and anok yai? i think its perfect imo they both look like her exactly if i pictured her as a human, and the fact they’re both black fits perfectly cause personally i see selina as black and hispanic :P

Zoë Kravitz IS Selina Kyle!!

She is such a perfect casting, we are blessed to have her as our Catwoman, and I’m so so excited to see her back in the suit, her general style is also so perfect for Selina *chef’s kiss*

As for Anok Yai, she’s absolutely gorgeous and a great fan cast for her, though she isn’t an actress and is a little young for someone I’d want playing a dcu Catwoman. But the fashion, the hair, the elegance and beauty, she is soooo Selina, I absolutely see the vision!!

She would be a great fan cast for Absolute Universe Selina too! Since Absolute Selina is currently in Egypt, and Anok was born there and speaks Arabic. My personal favorite fan cast for Absolute Selina right now is Taylor Russell, I’m sooo excited to see adult Selina in that universe!!

I’d really love to see a black and Cuban actress portray her in the DCU… and I’d also love for the comics to remember her Cuban heritage and quit white washing Maria Kyle!! But yeah, I love these “fan casts” for Selina ♥️

[ca-suffit]

I kinda want someone with super dark skin to be Akasha. My fantasy would be someone like Anok Yai.

she already dressed like her once too!!

[definitely-rubbish]

I just read your clint/noel fic and oh my goddddd it was so hot but so sweet at the same time! I’m so excited for the reunion fic thank you for sharing your writing with us

omg anon YOURE so sweet thank u sm!!! honestly i still can't believe anyone reads my writing, and every reminder of the contrary fills my heart to the brim with joy and adoration

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

i don't know who sampo is but he seems to be pretty mammon coded (minus the very obvious adoration for mc, it seems)

😭😭😭 PHDKDJKDDJ …….. i kinda get what you mean ………. i think sampo is a lot slimier than mammon though . one of them is a cutie tsundere the other is Conartist of The Century <33333 but they’re united in being absolute losers

[whimsyfullyloaded]

Posts with infinite HATE to see you coming

MOTHERFUCKER I ALREADY ANSWERED THIS

[princess-lointaine]

“I’d only a few minutes before the lineup to test the weight of the dress and completely forgot to ask for a higher heel to hold the dress higher off the ground,” Anok explained. “The moment I entered the runway, my heel repeatedly got caught, and by the time I recollected myself it had been too noticeable.”

She wrote that she had to pick up the dress and walk, “all elegance and grace out the window.” She wasn’t feeling great about the walk, so she impulsively decided to get into character, “from elegant bride to defiant bride.”

[marie444girlblogger]

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Here is a little about me!!

My name is Marie😝😝

I’m Mary Lisbon’s age and I’m from the Netherlands but I’m currently living in Tokyo

My favorite artist is Lana Del Rey and my top albums are Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and Blue Banisters (Ultraviolence is always no.1 but the rest usually changes) !! My fav Lana unreleased songs are YOUR GIRL, A star for Nick, cult leader, tired of singing then blues, put me in a movie, raise me up, children of the bad revolution, live or die, and moi je joue (but again, it always changes)

I also love Addison Rae, Mazzy star, Ethel Cain, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Hole, Deftones, Mitski, etc.

I LOVE Letterboxd and anything movie related. My fav movies are The great Gatsby, Mustang, Helter Skelter, Black swan, La La Land, Amelie, Priscilla, Babylon (the list is endless)

My fav books are the book theif, Emma, animal farm, twilight, and the shatter me series!!

My icons are LANA DEL REY, ANNA KARINA, Addison Rae, Alana Champion, Lily Rose Depp, Taylor Russell, Anya Taylor Joy, Sharon Tate, Natalie Portman, Brittany Murphy, Audrey heburn, Cindy Kimberly.

I love fashion!! My dream is to be a fashion journalist. My fav models are Tanya Dziahileva, Snejana Onopka, Kate Moss, Ruslana Korshunova (rip), Anok Yai.

My celeb crushes: LORENZO ZURZOLO, Hayden Christensen, Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, and James Franco!!

My favorite season is Autumn and Winter (winter has my heart) and my favorite colors are light pink and dark red

I will post lots of random things onto this account such as girlblogs, random thoughts, poetry, etc!!

Also if I don't follow back you can message me privately and ask to be mutuals!!

Please be kind

Thank you🤭💗💗

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[andredeyemii]

A B O U T M E P A G E : :

: : name : : Andréa Zarhiya Adeyemi <3

: : nicknames : : zandra, dréa, or zarhia,

: : call me whatever idcc lmaoo

: : genes : : half filipina; half nigerian

: : ENFP-A : : a girl : D

: : baby manifestor; been manifesting since xmas

A C C O U N T : :

this is a digital diary where I talk about self-concept, manifestation through law of assumption / attraction and ofcc SC through success stories and asks!! cuz y'all, these manifestation tumblr communities are all about advice but it's the same generic tips we need more success stories skdjdjdk.. also the subliminal community is lost, we HAHAHA

F A V O R I T E S : :

gold jewelry, travel vlogs, beaches, waterfalls, skyscrapers, y2k, shopping sprees, money; stan tyla seethal, adrianna lima, and anok yai y'all !!

a masterlist for my girls <33

[dear-indies]

hi!! im back again w another fc help question... do you know any fc lists/directories of dark skinned black women?? ive been struggling to find a black fc for my oc... somehow. (shes very bright & bubbly & energetic and dresses like the disco era; heavily inspired by naomi/trinity fatu but my oc is younger than naomi (the oc is in her 20s) so i cant use her 😭😭)

hi, cat!! can you please help me find a young (early - mid 20s) dark skinned black female fc? i can find a lot of black women, but i would prefer one with darker skin!

Hey there! Since I got two similar asks I'm going to list every darkskinned and darker skinned black woman I know of so everybody has a list and put an emoji on the ones that best work for excalumbras' ask!

✨Bree Runway (1992) Ghanaian - is queer.

Birgundi Baker (1992) African-American.

✨Nyakim Gatwech (1993) South Sudanese.

✨Moonbear (1994) African-American - is queer.

Keeya King (1994) Black Canadian.

Karen Obilom (1994) Igbo Nigerian.

Simona Brown (1994) Jamaican.

✨Little Simz (1994) Yoruba Nigerian - has spoken up for Palestine!

Duckie Thot (1995) South Sudanese.

Mouna Traoré (1995) Afro Haitian and Malian.

Ryan Destiny (1995) African-American, 1/4 White.

✨Tkay Maidza (1996) Zimbabwean.

Khoudia Diop (1996) Senegalese.

Assa Sylla (1996) Soninke Mauritanian.

✨Joy Sunday (1996) Nigerian.

Vivian Oparah (1996) Nigerian.

Chinenye Ezeudu (1996) Black British.

✨Zuri Reed (1996) African-American.

Precious Mustapha (1997) Nigerian.

Anok Yai (1997) South Sudanese.

Nia Sondaya (1997) African-American.

Shanelle Nyasiase (1997) South Sudanese.

CHIKA (1997) Igbo Nigerian - is bisexual.

Jayme Lawson (1997) African-American.

Coco Jones (1998) African-American.

Yandeh Sallah (1998) Black Swedish.

Aweng Chuol (1998) South Sudanese.

Lovie Simone (1998) Ghanaian / African-American.

Ama Qamata (1998) Black South African.

Corinna Brown (1998) Black British.

Laura Kariuki (1998) Kenyan.

✨Rachel Chinouriri (1998) Zimbabwean - after educating herself quit SXSW in solidarity with the people of Palestine!

Imani Lewis (1999) African-American

Samara Joy (1999) African-American - has spoken up for Palestine!.

Adut Akech (1999) South Sudanese.

Lauryn Ajufo (2000) Nigerian.

Angelina Adhel Bol (2000) South Sudanese.

Nyadollie (2000) Sudanese - instagram does mention weight loss for anybody who finds that triggering.

Cat Burns (2000) Liberian - is queer, autistic and has ADHD - has spoken up for Palestine!

Lyric Ross (2003) African-American.

I hope this helps and please give me any suggestions to add!

[dearchose]

Two drawings I did for my art class. The teacher asked us to make desings for this project. It's for this project that she said the "ai is a tool" thing I mentioned from last post. still mad about that 😞

I might stop being mad at her one day but not today... Anyways, there should be more finished eventually :)

Ref image by Anok on twitter

[ribroses]

VS SHOW FASHION REVIEW: PART TWO

THESE ARE WINGS: Joan Smalls

I don’t love the top, and the underwear is okay, but theeeese are angels wings. I also love her hair, it’s does give angel goddess, while also being different than a classic blowout.

As a side note: I love the classic VS blowouts, but I don’t love the criticism some people are giving that everyone needs a blowout. One of the big problems with original VS was trying to make every model look like a white westerner. It looks beautiful on the people who want it, but I love that they finally let some POC models letting their natural hair shine. Again, I am the LAST person who is anti blowout, but I’m glad the models who have come out saying they will only walk with their natural hair can join too.

This is also very general criticism, I know some people just wanted more blowouts, and aren’t pushing for everyone to have a blowout. 🤍🩷🤍

VS PINK: Blesnya Minher, Taylor Hill, Devyn Garcia, Awar Odhiang.

I like that they added dresses and skirts this year, some missed the mark, but I think they will get better as the years go by. One of the dresses that did work was Blesnya’s. I love the fringe that was flowing as she walked. Her hair and makeup are gorgeous, the lip color is perfect.

Taylor Hill, I’m a little iffy about this one. I always love a classic VS pink and white stripped look, but this is a little….meh. I think it’s one of those looks that I have to ask myself, is it beautiful, or is the person wearing it beautiful? I do like the bra and although the wings are a bit modest, they’re cute. And I’m glad they let her wear her short hair, it’s beautiful.

I love Devyn’s cross body dress, the bra and wings are a little basic, but still cute.

AWARRRRRR, she was given this overcoat and she WORKED it. It’s pretty in general, but she knows how to wear it perfectly. I couldn’t see it on anyone else.

MY QUEENS: Imaan Hammam, Jasmine Tookes, Anok Yai

I’m a little biased, because these are some of my favorite models–Jasmine has always been one of my fav angels, but I do love these looks.

I posted about Imaan right after I saw her, she was the first person to walk after Gigi opened. She looks stunning. I love the hair and coat (could you call that a coat? lol) I like that the show started and ended with a big coat with more simple lingerie.

JASMINNNEE, my queen. I hateee that they didn’t give her screen time!!! They showed her for like .5 seconds when she’s a literal angel…one of the reason I was watching was for her lol. I do like the light blue on her, I’m not sure how I feel about the wrap around her body, it’s another situation like Taylor Hill’s, where I don’t know if the wrap is beautiful, or if it’s just Jasmine being able to pull off anything. I wish she had bigger wings too…maybe some tall, wide wings with the blue fringe.

Anok…my queen, my love, my beloved. I loooove the hair and the shoes. It’s a small detail, but I feel like the strap on her wings look very pretty lol.

FINAL FAV: Maty Fall

I’ll end it on another one of my favs of the night. I absolutely adore Maty’s top and sleep shorts. She looks so angelic. I don’t love the wings, they look a little cheap, but with different wings, this look could be perfect. I also think the top and shorts could be worn to a fashion show as a regular outfit.

[lowballdemon]

‘Celebritism’ - Commercialization against Art

In 1993, Naomi Campbell walked down Vivienne Westwood’s Paris runway in twelve inch heels as part of the designer’s Fall/Winter 1993 collections. Halfway through, she slipped and fell - detonating the press and prompting other designers to ask her to fall on their runways. Campbell’s fall is just one example of the massive influence and commercial value that supermodels held. In spite of TIME magazine’s 1998 declaration that ‘the Supermodel was dead’, numerous iterations of models touted as the ‘new supers’ or ‘the next big six’ have continued to emerge, and in the case of the likes of Campbell, remained in the spotlight of fashion. That isn’t to say that the newer generations of supermodels aren’t as influential as those of the 90s just because designers aren’t asking models to trip on the runway anymore - but the target isn’t supermodels anymore. Linda Evangelista “wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day” in 1990; Anok Yai charged $15,000 an hour in 2024. Meanwhile, Beyoncé charges $100,000 to sit down at a show.  Yet, what isn’t discussed enough is the appropriateness of celebrity appearances. Just as it wasn’t particularly seemly for Valentino to cast ninety-percent white models for looks inspired by Maasai culture - celebrities can devalue and confuse a collection’s quality and coherence. Of course, fashion is a commercial industry. Collections may have wild artistic streaks and dazzling melodrama, but if product doesn’t sell, maisons go under. In contrast to bizarre casting choices, when customers see actors, singers, and influencers in the latest magazine editorial, walking down the runway, or seated in the front row, sales and attention for that brand are going up. The increase in prominence of this phenomenon in recent years is what I term ‘Celebritism’ - a focus on celebrity that directly clashes with the inherent artistry of the high fashion sphere similar to that of the ‘Supermodelism’ of the 90s. Instead of the appeal of collections being innovative textiles, original silhouettes or creative expression, much of the presentation of high fashion has cheapened into how many celebrities were casted in the runway - which in many cases actively detracts from collections.

Balenciaga’s FW2022 Haute Couture Collection is one of the most egregious examples of Celebritism. The collection as a whole is markedly inspired by Demna’s ideas of meta-fashion and his awareness of the cult-like following that surrounds him. The collection actively acknowledges such with the use of masks to cover the faces of its models through Looks 1-38, separating the concept of a wearer’s identity and the outfit - individuality as purely expressed through attire, yet that ego also perhaps being absorbed and erased by obsession with Demna’s brand.

Demna merged this with Balenciaga’s traditional house codes of attention to craftsmanship and material into the garments - highlighting that this collection attempts to bring Balenciaga and Haute Couture into the modern era. Masking the faces of the models not only drew attention to the specific details of the clothing, but also his desire to make Haute Couture more accessible, allowing the audience to project themselves into the clothing rather than just seeing it on red carpets, television and magazines.

With such a strong personal artistic intention and his fresh inspiration of Cristobal Balenciaga’s work and signatures through sharp, morphed silhouettes, detailed embroidered textures and innovative materiality - I think these ideas and appeals are very much diminished by its emphasis on the celebrity runway looks (that is, models whose main occupation is not modeling).

In a vacuum, Look 46 fits right into the collection. With a silver crystal-embroidered mini dress and detached train from the neck, which took 3,500 hours to make; Cristobal Balenciaga’s love of embroidery and rhinestones are shown in a modern context. The long train juxtaposes with the short cut to emphasize the unique shape and individuality of the piece itself - less so than hiding model’s faces under blackout visors, but achieves a similar effect. But the choice of Christine Quinn to model for the dress completely reverses the impact. Instead of expressing distinction through clothing, the focus becomes the fact that a Netflix Reality Star is walking down the runway at 10 Avenue George V. 

Cristobal Balenciaga Red and Black Sequin Embroidered Dress and Bolero, 1947. Demna references this crystal-embroidery motif within Quinn's look.

This jarring thematic conflict continues with Dua Lipa (Look 53), Kim Kardashian (Look 55) and Nicole Kidman’s (Look 56) styles. Though the outfits may be technical masterpieces and references to Cristobal Balenciaga's experimental materiality and draping. Dua Lipa and Nicole Kidman’s dresses, (though helped in no part to the flawed nature of the textiles) lack the same polished, smooth texture of the rest of the collection, only making the celebrity stand out more.

Cristobal Balenciaga taffeta dress and belt, 1951. He often used draping within his designs, and Demna's use of unorthodox fabrics in coated jersey for Kardashian or silver-coated taffeta silk for Kidman reflects the modernity that Demna wishes to inject into the brand. 

Kim Kardashian, wearing the ‘Body Dress’, which although could be a technical masterpiece appears in more or less her now standard celebrity uniform. It's disjointed and gimmicky, that the dress itself was not enough to warrant attention, and takes away from the theme of erasure of identity and self-expression through clothing by casting such loud and prevalent pop culture personalities.

This isn’t just Balenciaga either - the now infamous Schiaparelli SS2023 Couture saw Kylie Jenner wear the same lionhead dress that Irina Shayk walked down the runway in. The technical skill and time taken to create a realistic looking faux Lion head on a (what is supposed to be, as Haute Couture dresses are, one-of-a-kind) dress, its symbolic representation as the sin of Pride within the context of the collection’s inspiration of Dante’s Inferno, is completely overshadowed by the celebrity wearing the same dress in the front row. 

Marc Jacobs’ FW2020 presented the fading dream of New York City through clothing inspired by the many eras of New York City glamor. Each style showed unique textures, color combinations and silhouettes - until Miley Cyrus in Look 66. Aside from Cyrus’ complete lack of connection to New York City, the look could have been removed from the runway and nothing much would have changed - in fact, the collection would probably appear more complete. Which prompts the same question as with Balenciaga and Schiaparelli - what is the point?

There is an obvious answer to that: fashion is commercial and celebrities bring in attention, publicity and money. Nevertheless, fashion is art, and artistic value cannot simply be quantified by revenue. For the aforementioned collections, Celebritism at best detracts from a collection’s cohesion, and at worst directly contradicts the designer’s vision. 

That isn’t to say that celebrities and famous personalities have no place in the presentation of fashion - Hood By Air’s SS2021 campaign for its collection Prologue is a key example. Split into three themes, Mother, Veteran, and Merch, Naomi Campbell features as the center and muse for the first. 

The composition of each image with a wide, flared silhouette for the body, and contrasting lighting of skin against leather creates a triangular outline that emphasizes Campbell’s face as the subject of the photograph. If the theme was unrelated to Campbell, it would cheapen and detract from the brand identity and campaign, relegating it to a simple celebrity brand endorsement. However, Shayne Oliver makes clear that a large part of his collection is inspired by the maternal figures of his life, and that he views Campbell as “such a mother figure to [so many people in fashion] and has always been so outspoken about Black people in fashion, Black identity, and Black creativity.” The choice to highlight Campbell as the subject isn’t a shallow celebrity endorsement. It synchronizes with Oliver’s artistic vision and enhances the presentation of the collection. It’s coherent from both a creative and commercial standpoint.

Another example is the Illusion of Kate Moss at Alexander McQueen’s FW06 show, The Widows of Culloden. Drawing inspiration from Scottish history and the play of Macbeth, McQueen dealt with his identity and past, his definition of femininity and its interaction with his sexuality and the concept of the ‘ideal woman.’ Characterizing models as birds of prey through feather detailing and embroidery, McQueen creates the image of a powerful, animalistic, larger-than-life woman. McQueen references Scottish culture and traditional dress, comparing the historical bloody relationship between Scotland and England to that of women within a patriarchal society. While oppressed, and even in faking passivity, empowerment is retained. 

This culminated into a projection of Kate Moss wearing a white chiffon dress within a glass triangle at the center of the runway.

Kate Moss in an assymetrical ruffled silk organza dress for the finale of McQueen's show. Resembling a bridal gown, McQueen comments on the role of marriage within femininity.

The presentation of the dress as phantasmic and ghostly references McQueen’s inspiration from Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the appearance of the spirit of Banquo, a haunting figure throughout the play. The dress thus serves not only as a metaphor for the death, yet haunting presence of traditional Scotland, but also symbolically that female empowerment cannot be suppressed or killed and will always linger on. 

Alone, the dress and illusion is a powerful tool for McQueen to express himself. But the choice of Kate Moss adds more meaning. Prior to the collection, Moss had been embroiled in scandal with drug use, criticized by many journalists and dropped from contracts. McQueen, viewing this as hypocritical due to the vast majority of the fashion world’s use of drugs presented Moss as both a representation of female empowerment within the dress, and also used it as a form of support, showing that she was larger-than-life, that she would also survive and linger on. Again, Moss’ appearance doesn’t detract from the collection’s themes, but enhances and synchronizes with McQueen’s vision. While Campbell and Moss are models before they are celebrities, Shayne Oliver and Alexander McQueen exemplify appropriate ways in which famous personalities can improve a collection’s presentation. Fashion, more so than other art forms, is much more commercial. However, this doesn’t mean that designers should sacrifice a cohesive aesthetic vision - and the celebritization of fashion is a salient example of such. Celebritization has numerous times enhanced collections. Unfortunately, by and large, it feels like a cheap, tacky way to get sales up.