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[ceilingfan5]

new quiz: what kind of party would fix you?

16 questions, 36 possible answers, no quotes/lyrics/colors/mean answers etc. have fun!

[greykolla-art]

You guuuuuuuyyssssssss!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I’m so happy to see all this appreciation for my Asterix art ! 😊

I’m seeing a lot of people being reminded of something nice from their childhood, and that’s precious.

Especially nowadays when everything seems bleak as hell. Gotta get your serotonin wherever you can get it 👌

You’re all lovely and inspire me to draw more!

[pidgydraws]

I'm thinking of getting into arcane, I've seen a few episodes, like the dynamic between jayce and Victor - as someone who's seen it... Do they have a happy ending? I'm ok with spoilers, I know vaguely what happens, but I don't want to get super invested in the show if the ending is like, unambiguously sad... Basically, what am I in for if I continue watching? Thanks so much for your time, I love your art! 💜💜💜💜

oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my... that is a COMPLICATED question. cuz... like, since i don't know what you personally look to invest in, or how strongly you feel things, or what you consider "sad" vs what i do, it's a bit hard to answer in way that i think can be useful??? but i'll try!!!

for me, i have zero regrets about the fact that i've watched the full show over twenty times now. does it cause me a lot of emotional anguish every time still? yeah. it's pretty much "emotional anguish" the show. but i am also someone who describes themself as "empathy poisoned" so, like, i very easily feel too much~ to the point where i need to just NOPE out of stuff if it hurts me too much. (i'm looking at you Jujutsu Kaisen) and that might not be true for you. but i also think it's ABSOLUTELY a show worth sticking it out for. even if it's only for the animation and the music! but! even better! every single character will take you on heart-wrenching emotional journey in their own way. just, some definitely get happier endings than others.

but as for Jayvik specifically - would i have liked there to be a world where their ending is more... just... UNAMBIGULOUSLY a cut-and-dry love story??? obviously! i'm a wretched little queer who wants to see their boys get EVERYTHING - but i also don't begrudge the show the very, very beautiful ending that they did get.

throughout the show they both fuck up so much, make the wrong choices so often, and get manipulated by people and forces so far outside of their control that it's little wonder there's so much AU and fix-it-fic written about them. you desperately want better for them. but you also see exactly WHY people ship them. their connection is UNDENIABLE in so many ways and across so many facets. and in the end, Jayce and Viktor choose EACHOTHER over LITTERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE. and it's so beautiful that i absolutely sobbed my eyes out.

do they ever say the words "i love you?" or kiss? no. and what becomes of them is intentionally left super ambiguous. so, in the end, you're really just left with the intense melancholy of knowing that all they want - forever - is just to be together. and that's so fucking beautiful that i just can't help but say it's worth it. 100% absolutely worth it.

[deakwithit]

I dont subscribe to the house has secret debilitating empathy for people hc..i think he cares, and doesnt want all people to suffer, but he doesnt experience day to day empathy like someone else would. i have next to no empathy and it makes me just a little happy to imagine house having no empathy, because he isn't represented as someone who does only bad despite his lack of empathy, just that his motives are different from "well, ill feel bad if i dont" or "but society says i should care" (this, he would probably call selfish, anyway).

i think he recognizes his lack of empathy but still does the good thing anyway, not because he cares all the time, just that hes not evil, and can make nice choices for others.

[hresvelged]

♡ ( i heard ferdinand's asks got dusted so this one is for him )

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@nobilisseoblige

"Ferdinand is insistent on viewing me as a rival. Anyone can see this. He has even introduced himself including that very epithet to others right before my very eyes. Must he continue these challenges? If he wishes to prove something, there are better ways."

"He often repeats similar sentiments, saying declarative words of protection and other such sentences. 'Do not distance yourself from me.' 'You are just you.' I'd like to know, then... Just how much does he believe in what he speaks? Will his actions always match the spoken declaration? If he wishes to rise and be by the emperor's side, he must prove this as truth."

".. It's clear he is nothing like his father. I doubt he knows the fullest extent of that man's crimes, either. It's possible he never will. Could he accept it? Believe it? The current Duke Aegir must be removed from power. I only hope Ferdinand is prepared for that day."

[clancykisser]

Isn't it reductive to lump all LGBTQ identities together? We all have different experiences and you don't have the right to speak for people who's experiences you haven't had, such as lesbians. Being LGBTQ+ should be treated as the status quo, as it is completely normal and natural, and saying we are not is very hurtful and only backs up conservative ideology that we are broken and wrong. We should all work together of course, but treating us as a monolith is reductive and hurtful. You should listen to all lesbians, not just the ones you agree with, as you would with any minority.

i don't believe in lumping experiences together, nope. and i'm not stopping those who disagree with me from believing w/e they want. lesbians who are women, trans and nonbinary and cis and anyone, who love women are 100% lesbians if they identify with that label and have a right to feel how they feel. if they don't identify with that label that's fine too!

everyone experience is unique, so don't go speaking for other ppls gender and experience either m8. I'm allowed to support and cheer on ppl I care about! and it's ok if u don't like that!

bi/pan lesbians are still lesbians if they identify with the label and should be included in the experiences of lesbians because! they are lesbians )b

[aclockworkreader]

hi hannah👋👋 i wanted to ask you when were you the happiest?? like during school when we had a structure in life maybe??because I do really miss my school days and how I could see my friends everyday and laugh and talk about most random stuff with them

i wouldn’t say there’s ever really been a specific time for me. but i’ve always been happiest when i’m pursuing something i really love. having a passion and drive for something is what makes me truly happy.

[not-poignant]

Hello Pia how are you? Not really an ask but more sending thanks and love for all of your writing. I've been a reader for over a year now and am still in awe of your skill (and speed!). I've been getting back into writing and struggling with feeling inadequate or like my stuff reads childishly, as a result I can barely get out 5k aha, but I'm working viewing it as a lifelong dedication to improvement. (On a side note: your work got my teenaged self to snap out of purity wank, forever grateful!)

Hi anon,

It is so awesome that you're getting back into writing!

Honestly, it is a sign of a kind of growth to notice the things you don't like in your writing, because if you feel it reads childishly (and I bet it doesn't all read like that, or most of it doesn't), that means you have skillsets already to aim towards. You can see how you want to get better. This is a skill!!! It's a more painful skill, and it's not a good one to listen to all the time, but it's a good skill to have.

When it feels dispiriting you can balance it out by intentionally looking for and writing down your strengths as well, and writing more of those. It might be only a few lines, or it might be all of the dialogue, or it might be the descriptions, but there will be strengths too!

Also 5k is impressive! Everyone writes differently. It took Mark Z Danielewski 10 years to write House of Leaves, and I love that book a very great deal. Quantity =/= quality, and you also have to remember I've been doing this in a pretty focused way for 10 years! Trust me, if you did this in a focused way for 10 years, you'd be in a different place with your output (which isn't obligation to do this for that long, just that...things take time <3 )

I'm glad you were able to snap out of the purity wank mindset anon, it's a tough one to be in, because it makes you feel like you're not safe in your own mind, and after a while it shuts down curiosity because it feels like everything you're interested in has to be examined just in case it's a moral trap or says something 'terrible' about you if you show interest in it. And that's really hard! It makes sense to me why so many antis kind of really lock into what they think and believe, because they've gotten so used to treating themselves with paranoia, how can they not treat others that way?

And that's a miserable way to live. It's the opposite of benefit of the doubt.

So being able to separate from that is incredible! And that's a tribute to your own curiosity in the world, and interest in exploring different ways of doing things, and I think that's really cool. :D

[somebodytoundress]

love love love that you write rhaenicent as butchfemme lesbians! so much discourse on hotdtwt regarding hc and canon and your fics are always very nice and reassuring to read thank uuuuuu

thank you <3 butchfemme dynamics are very important to me as a femme4butch myself so i'm sure part of it is definitely projecting, but im glad it resonates with other people as well! i think butch representation is so important and rhaenyra models such fun gender ideas within canon and being played by a non binary actor as well adds such a layer to it that's really fun to explore in my writing! i think people often forget that fandom is supposed to be fun!!

[canisalbus]

Fhskaksns, the bold clean lines of your are are so enticing! It give me the feel of looking at an art nouveau stained glass window. I love it so much 💙

Ah, I'm so glad to hear that! Art Nouveau is one of my favorite art movements of all time and I oftentimes consciously try to emulate it's style in my own works. Something about the strong linework, flat and mostly unshaded planes of color and the tight and ornate composition just sends sparks flying in my brain.

[igotsnothing]

🚀🌟 mission stardust! send this to all the amazing blogs that light up your galaxy! let’s spread good energy across the universe! 🌟🚀

Thank you, Teresa! You are always so kind and thoughtful! You deserve double the positive and warm energy you send out into the world! (This made me happy- seriously!)❤️🥹

[dudewhy3]

TOP 10 favourite AA fanfics? (if you have one)

hi there!

so i know you're well intended, and i appreciate you asking, but i really don’t like playing favourites. i have a favourite fic from everyone. we all have a place in the community, and i feel like these lists pity people against each other unnecessarily

[beevean]

Sonic Frontiers

Find Your Flame

[mymarifae]

i finished the 2.2 update in one sitting and it was so much longer than i was expecting it to be and i had to go to bed to properly absorb the insanity of it all and here is a concrete summary of my thoughts:

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[howlonomy]

Two things:

One: Thank you so much for being very enthusiastic about my work! I always see a few things that seem "off" to me, or that I think look "bad". But every time you always respond with either "Oh it looks great!" or "Yeah, it is pretty hard" and it always makes me feel much more confident in myself and motivates me to draw even more!

Two: Here's the next two drawings from my set of seven

Y'know, funny how I talked about the first point becaaaaaause yeah. This time it's the eyes for both, and also the little feather fluff around her neck. BUT I'm choosing to say that my inability to draw the same thing twice perfectly, thus making the fluff in the Geno fight much sharper, is ACTUALLY an artistic choice since at that point I had damaged her a lot, so I... ruffled a few feathers. Also I don't know if it's obvious, but I did kinda trace over the actual battle sprite for the head because I don't think I can do perspective quite that good yet (I also did that for the hair right on top of Ceroba's head, I've been sort of blending your design and the actual fight design together in these so far, it is very likely to happen again)

...I just realized I forgot about her eyebrows in the Pacifist fight... You know what? I'm claiming that to ALSO be an artistic choice since she isn't pissed off at Clover in that one.

Anyways enjoy! The next two should be interesting (another pair)

DAMMIT I FORGOT HER TAIL IN PACIFIST! AND THIS TIME I DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE I CAN MAKE! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I ALSO REALIZED I FORGOT IT WHEN I FIRST DREW HER WITH CHUJIN!

I will be mulling over this for quite some time

WAHOO YIPPE!!!!! MY GIRLRLLL MARTLET <333

AND ITS OK i think tracing is a good artistic tool!! and dont worry i am Contantly forgetting aspects of my own design when i draw them ABDJSK its bound to happen all the time!! and perspective (especially with the big ass beak i gave martlet) is so. hard. i dont even know how to draw it most of the time GDJCND i tend to avoid 3/4/front facing martlet as much as i can LMAO

BUT THESE LOOK SO GOOD IM SO HAPPY U DREW BOTH FIGHTS AAWUUGH MARTLET!!!!…!!!

[beast-of-mosss]

YO HOLLY FUCK ANOTHER MADARA FAN !!!?!?!?!?!?!?! HELLO GREETINGS SHAKING YOUR HAND [to be fair i still have to get up to the date with his stories and lore , but the little i know has been driving me insane ever since finding out more abt him , he gives me 0201039103mentall illnesses ]

HAAAAIII~♡!!

This freak is constantly in my mind. I need to study him. I need to shake him like a dogtoy. I need to bite him. I need to bald him. I need to wrap him in a blanket and do his hair. I need to pick him up and spin him. I need to-

I'm insane for this guy, this girl, this little silly nya nya!

(Don't worry, I'm still catching up on his story as well. I have a hard time sitting down and reading stuff so it's been slow Info gathering.)