#assignment on decision making

[likesdoodling]

I have finished The Angst Version™~ (of chapter 50 of The Harrowing by @chthonion >:D) The bonus chapter added some stuff/re-inspired me, which is all to the good imo~ gotta get that Maximum Angst Factor AMMIRIGHT?? >:D (also. Mostly paraphrasing stuff just so you're aware~)

Then we got some of the conversation~ (without dialogue, 'cause a picture tells a thousand words~ >:D)

Then a sketch that was completely inspired by the bonus chapter-

It's not as 'polished' as the other ones, I just had thoughts about that tidbit and decided I absolutely had to mention it- so it got a drawing to match. :D

And finally, because I don't want to end this on too depressing a note-

:')

I'm not crying, you are.

My personal favourites include Extra Angry Maedhros + hands over the face Annatar, - then- actually. y'know what? I can't pick favourites. I like them all too much to do that. But that was the 'segment' that I experimented on - to try and convey the emotions through how chaotic/forceful the lines were, and it worked exactly how I wanted it to. Which is very satisfying.

>:D

(also, I don't think Maedhros was quite that visibly angry in the actual chapter, but it's supposed to be a mix of that plus Annatar's perception of him/what made Annatar panic. Make of that what you will. Eheh. Eheh. Eheh. >:D)

[shark-chicken7]

My thoughts on how kazuma sees ryuunosuke

[anglerflsh]

I need to talk more about Sophie my good friend Sophie God's most tormented autism warrior Sophie. wa

[bastart13]

Some cursed randomly generated fanchildren featuring retainers + generals, and MC + generals

[greenleaf4stuff]

(screenshots via cap-that.com) (my other trop memes) (my other trop edits)

...okay so I had *very* different plans about what to post today (well, kinda. You'll see what I mean eventually), but considering how many people enjoyed the "Adar in glasses" edit from yesterday, I got *inspired*. Have some food, you lovely people! <3 Which one's your fave?

[creep3r-chan]

I AM THE DEVIL ON YOUR LEFT SHOULDER!!!

[squirreltastrophe]

been really into fishges lately......... trying to get better at painting also :3c

[hp-lonesome-actual-art]

Sketchbook doodles with zero context, because my mind has been all over the place and he keeps inserting himself during my low moments to be a distraction. Or maybe I’m the clingy one in this scenario? I don’t know who’s to blame but clearly one of us is attention seeking and the other is desperate for human connection. A recipe for disaster probably /j

Bonus unhinged one which will not be disclosed further lmao

[sketchbonked]

ARCANE S2 SPOILER WARNING!!!

literally crazy that caitlyn beat vi with the barrel of a shotgun, left her for dead, started attacking zaunites and imprisoning them without any kind of trial, and used tear gas to suffocate people but somehow people make maddie the villain because she’s in the way of their ship

[pangaeaseas]

*takes deep breath* CHARACTERS aren't 'morally grey' their DECISIONS are

[winesharksea]

i think it's important that kit appears to straight up not know how to have a genuine conversation with someone. and a lot of that has to do with how he was raised, isolated with nobody really asking for his input or opinions, but for most of tda even when he's speaking to somebody he's rarely actually sharing his thoughts. and on top of that he's SUCH a people pleasing character, like beyond the initial snark he pretty much goes along with whatever people want or expect from him just for their attention or to make them happy. and on top of THAT, i think that tda is probably his first experience as like... a person among equals? i don't think it really occurs to him that the things he does or doesn't do impact other people because that's never been the case before, and obviously it leads to disaster but like i think he still just does not understand that his decisions affect people because he feels irrelevant and out of place among them. he can't feel accountable for the ways his choices affect other people because he just does not understand that he has the ability to affect people at all.

and like on ty's side i think even before the resurrection attempt he's very given to self blame, like when livvy gets hurt at the shadow market and he immediately blames himself for the injury. he feels an immense amount of responsibility to both livvy and to the rest of his family, and so many of his actions post-tda are rooted in this idea that he needs to do penance for the failed spell. (and here i'm also going to blame magnus a little for being really unnecessarily harsh at the end of tda when from everything preceding kit is literally just fleeing the country out of embarrassment and not really anger.) but he doesn't blame kit for lying to him or randomly dropping a love confession at him at possibly THE most inopportune time, he immediately put that back on himself and blames himself for being the reason kit left. there's also a lot to be said here about processing the world as an autistic person among an insular society of people who don't have the vocabulary or information to help you even when they want and try to, and how that affects the way you see your relationships with other people. ty doesn't blame kit for lying or running away because it does not occur to him that the fault lies with anyone but himself.

(also now i'm going to blame ragnor a LOT because listen if i was a 15 year old and traumatically lost someone i cared about i would probably not be making A+ decisions either but this man is a whole adult and also said not one word to anybody in a position to stop them or at least keep an eye on them)

so like at the end of the day i feel like so much of tda is about characters being so caught up in their own spirals of shame or self-doubt or pain that they don't notice what's happening to the people around them until it's already happened, and that even the people who love you will not always do it perfectly or even well, but as for these two hopefully that's the character growth we'll see in twp- kit now having a baseline of familial love, being an older brother, and finding self-worth to the point where he can hold himself accountable for the things he does and recognize his responsibility to other people, and ty growing in confidence and trusting himself enough to realize he doesn't have to punish himself or shoulder so much blame and that he can acknowledge when other people have not done right by him.

[bragganhyl]

I know it's been said a million times that Shepard's background should have more of a weight to things, but Shepard's background absolutely should have more of a weight to things especially the ruthless background

[quadrantadvisor]

Sometimes I still think about The Owl House Gang all trying to watch ATLA together but then Zuko's backstory in The Storm retraumatizes Hunter so bad they have to stop

[justablah56]

shit I need to work on my emis equivalent exchange art

[17intherearview]

[shock-micro]

time loop where multiple people are trapped in it but only one person remembers what happened in the previous loops at a time. eventually they realize it's not just what happened but also the sum total of all their thoughts had during the loops. at first they all try to ignore it out of respect but wouldn't blame the others for being curious. soon they're talking to each other across loops like it's some kinda weird group chat.

there's two options for an ending here. the tragic one, where the one to end the loop is trapped with all these thoughts from versions of their friends that no longer exist, and the other one, where the memories snap back into everyone else upon breaking the loop. the latter can still have an element of, damn, we were so close with the loop telepathy, but it's less of an outright downer