#because while i do like the disasters

[thewapolls]

I'm not sure if it was intentional or not but I always thought the Disasters' design looked like it was based on Lord Blazer from WA2, which felt like a neat nod when his epithet has been The Blaze of Disaster. The wings are centered on the torso rather than the head, and what was a crown is more of just a hat now, but the general silhouette feels similar.

They do also sort of remind me just a little bit of kachina dolls. Where as Lord Blazer had his 90s sword&sorcery fantasy anime regalia, the disasters wear what looks like a more south western native attire, at least under the fantasy armor chest plate. Shame they were all just recolors of each other. It would have been neat if they each had a unique pattern on their cloth, or a unique headpiece to set them apart, even while reusing all the same animation.

I also just love the idea of there being anti-guardians, and them being manifestations of natural disasters. Earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, wild fires and hurricanes, etc... has kind of a dark shenron in Dragonball GT thing going for it. The innate negative energy of a planet abused that the benevolent guardians don't embody in their own. Like a reservoir of karma building up against humanity as the planet and the guardians' power slips away.

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

[thatpunnyperson]

According to NBC here in the US, the missing titanic sub has been found. As debris. Off the bow of the Titanic wreckage.

And it looks like the sub suffered what we all suspected, and what was undoubtedly the more merciful of the two options: a catastrophic implosion from the pressure.

Also, more info has come to light about the fishing trawler with the hundreds of migrants that sank cataclysmically off the coast of Greece, indicating that the greek coast guard knew about the vessel AND how much trouble the vessel was in, and were towing it at a speed that made it capsize, at which point they unhooked the tow line and watched the trawler sink without helping the passengers to safety. Despite a bunch of other ships trying to help as well throughout the whole ordeal.

So a lot of people are dead, all because of regulations (and the lack thereof) regarding sea-faring vessels and rescue protocols. People shouldnt be allowed to make a business charging a ton of money for a ride on an uncertified, unsafe, un-seaworthy ship going deep into the ocean with no distress beacon or tether to the mothership. People also shouldnt be allowed to enact laws that criminalize the ferrying of refugees, which then force the refugees to hitch rides on fishing trawlers, and which also prevent people from helping those fishing trawlers full of refugees due to fear of legal consequences.

Hopefully BOTH of these events spark changes on an international scale in terms of what is legally allowed to be sailed, who is legally allowed to be the passengers, and what the rescue protocols are in the event of disaster for any seafaring vessel, illegal or not. It shouldnt be just the global 1% who get 24/7 search parties and remote-operated submersibles helping rescue them.

[novelconcepts]

Y’all. Y’all.

[re-colligere]

Having a childhood ship have a resurgence and making art for them now older and with new skills is honestly what life is all about. This is just a message letting you know you’re winning with drawing disear keep it up and tysm <3

HAHAA YEAH exactly, it truly is something special and I'm definitely having the time of my life over here. Thank you so much!! Glad to hear people are also enjoying my silly stuff for them.

[raddestrose]

I am Chu Wanning in the sense that I can’t keep my room clean

[moeblob]

New OCs

(briefly, humans and supernatural beings have to team up for building better relations with each other and all the supernaturals can shapeshift and take on human appearances but also have their 'original form'.)

OK so I was GOING to draw fanart today - I had a fun idea and everything! But health anxiety (and anti-anxiety meds) wore me out so I kinda .... slogged through OCs as a treat to me. I am going to go to the doctor tomorrow so HOPEFULLY it's all okay.

[loopyarts]

Pen doddles of Sanji, Ichiji and his other brothers and random au ideas that pop into my mind.

First page a Pokemon au. The more I learn about Sanji and his disaster family. The more it make me think the Eeveelution line is perfect for all the siblings. Think about it Eevee has unstable genes, can evolve into multiple types like how the Vinsmokes have cotton candy hair and kinda unstable given you know there asshat of a father used them like lab rats hmm 🤔. I picture Ichiji with Espeon and Sanji with Flareon because sun and flame, I love a good parallel. :3 also Reiju Sylveon, Niji Jolteon and Yonji Leafeon.

Second page I got this idea inspired by a post by https crepes-suzette-373 who had theory on the idea of Sanji possibly having Kitsune heritage in his family and it got my brain cooking up an idea. Did little bit of research on kitsune lore and found out some stronger types are white, gold or black which got me thinking Ichiji has a white theme going on in his design and Sanji has a black theme. So I thought what if Sora secretly a white kitsune and two of children turn out to have inherited her kitsune side.

That’s all I got so far but I like idea of perhaps Sanji thinking he only one with kitsune powers because Ichiji is hiding his kitsune side and In whole cake Sanji see a white fox and thinks of mother when it just Ichiji wondering about at night unbeknownst to Sanji. Why is Ichiji a white fox like his mum because I thought it be cute for him to take after his mum colours. Also I love parallels cannot forget that.

[dimdiamond]

Part 2 is dedicated to all the Dancing Queens out there!

Part: 1 / 2 / 3 (Speech bubbles in alt text)

[qoldenskies]

i think a lot of people pretty openly acknowledge that leo is someone that self-aggrandizes and acts reckless in order to compensate for his insecurities, which is true and it's very clearly spelled out especially in the movie, but i don't really see people acknowledge the fact that donnie is the EXACT same way (outside of people who specifically like to write a lot of angst for him. leo is forever designated sadboy of the fandom). which is sad, because i think it's the most twin-like thing about them!!

it's a trait they share pretty openly. same flavor of daddy issues, although leo is always wanting to look down, to be the BEST at something, to be admired and respected and trusted, to be above other people, while donnie is always wanting to look up, the whole approval from a parental aged adult thing is the largest example but i also think about his desperation for CAMARADERIE in the purple jacket, and also like, lol the entirety of mind meld. he wants to be understood and acknowledged and praised and he practically begs for it with everything he does.

both of them desperately want to impress! but i kind of interpret it as leo trying to make a point to himself more than to other people, because he is so caught up in his own self-judgement. it's why he can act rude or try to step over the others (raph especially, although early on there is some mutual toxicity in that relationship) in order to prove that point.

but donnie has a lot more self-security because he knows what he does! he knows he's good at it, i don't think there's any denying that. but under real praise he gets starry-eyed or he softens. he makes a big point out of presenting new things because that's what he's looking for. and i think that makes him so averse to the potential of failure. it's why he'll shrug it off or outright deny it when its brought up to him. he sucks so bad at taking responsibility lmao.

i think mind meld in particular is a very telling episode, especially the beginning of it. he gets rash and upset when he feels like he's doing too much on his own. he feels ignored and disrespected for his efforts, and makes bad decisions as a result. and between that and donnie's gifts it's very very obvious he is projecting the fact that he equates his usefulness, his role, to his self-worth as a person. a lot of that crowing confidence is not real. he is MAJORLY overcompensating just like leo is. (and i would also like to point out the kind of things he makes shelldon RESPOND to in smart lair before he's reprogrammed, like leo's ribbing)

idk, i just feel like donnie wants to be seen and leo wants to be able to see himself, although there is some overlap there and the two problems can bleed into each other.

(and i do think a big point of leo's arc in the movie is for him to genuinely stop being selfish. his insecurity gets in the way and he's thinking about himself when he acts, and that's what hurts people. all of them have the potential to be self-centered, but leo's behavior was putting people in danger, and he had to look past all of that because he has ALWAYS been a strong and capable person and a good leader, but he was afraid of it because he was setting the goalpost for himself too high, and it was RAPH'S thing. it all felt too daunting. he's never going to feel ready if he only thinks about himself. at a point it's just not about him. as dubious as his sacrifice at the end was, that was the point. get him some therapy for that blunder though)

and i think it has a lot of potential to make them clash in a really interesting way. donnie's like,,, got his THING!! leo is not CONFIDENT in his thing!! and he can't ever be better than donnie at his particular thing, so he LEAPS onto any chance to get one over on him, which clashes very badly with donnie's issues of easily feeling dejected or unappreciated. he's going to take that personally, and then leo is going to take donnie's bad interpretation of that behavior personally, because like... why doesn't donnie trust him? :((

anyways they are majorly twinning they are both dramatic unconfident bitches with self-worth issues and they both get louder and meaner when they feel hurt about something. its why i keep accidentally writing angst of the other when i try to write angst of one. ahaha lol oops

sorry ive had this blog for only a few hours i just needed to get my thoughts down mostly for myself. for writing purposes

[martyrbat]

something for your rizzless Bruce Wayne agenda

[ID: Batman getting hit on by a beautiful young woman with an open blouse. She presents him a piece of evidence as she says, “Sad case, huh? Here's Ridpath's address. After you scope it out, drop back for a nightcap.” Batman brusquely replies, “I don't drink.” END ID]

autism be damned, my boy can cuck himself !!

[kingkatsuki]

What are your faves doing when you show them that comparability chart that says you’re not perfect together?

[teet-feet-two]

SPY TF2S NONSENSICAL WAIST COAT IS NOW REAL

I already went off on this post about how spys waistcoat has to work to get that silly little slant (boy is it something)

But here is that concept now realised

BEHOLD

YEAH BABY THERE IT IS THAT SILLY FUNNY SLANT

Could I of just attached a fake waistcoat slant to the inside of the (yet to be made) jacket? Oh yeah for sure

Would that of been easier? Very much so

BUT I WANTED IT TO BE REAL

Now on to his even more choice jacket :)

[dennisboobs]

talking to macdennis shippers makes me realize how much more i enjoy charden lmfao

[organised-disaster]

I like this combination. For a song I'd never even conceptualised of it pairs surprisingly well with this unfinished drawing

@randosfandos DARED to suggest drawing the girlies with musical accompaniment so now I'm FORCING them to view this muahaha >:]

[queennai714]

Random hcs I have because I may be cringe but I'm free part 31 (Rottmnt)

Hey! I'm finally doing one of these for rise again, woohoo! 🥳

Anyway, when it comes to the MCU, Donnie is a huge Iron Man fan (for obvious reasons), and Leo is a huge Captain America fan (for only slightly less obvious reasons). Meanwhile, Mikey likes Spider-Man too much to care about the main MCU storyline, and Raph really adores Hulk but is kinda neutralabout everyone else except for maybe Hawkeye. So, when Civil War rolled around...

Yeah, it was chaos. Every other scene resulted in an argument or pillow fight or wrestling match starting off to the side, while Raph just reprimanded them anytime they swore or got too rough, too disheartened by the loss of Bruce to get as excited as the others, but still interested enough to get frustrated everytime they had to pause, and Mikey just being annoyed with both the characters and his brothers...until the screen lit up with that name, "Queens". From that point on, every remark he made had the name "Spider-Man" in it, sometimes shutting down entire arguments by screaming that Spider-Man was talking or on screen or whatever, which the twins thankfully still had enough self-control to respect, even as Leo felt the dynamic in the room shift once it was established that the spider in question would be fighting on Tony's side, and Donnie threw a smug arm over his little brother's shoulders. The distraction couldn't last forever though, and the climactic final battle brought with it a whole new wave of energy that even Raph couldn't quell. Splinter could hear screams of "KICK HIS ASS, TONY!" and "C'MON CAP YOU KNOW THIS NERD'S GOT NOTHING ON YOU" from his room, which he was originally very upset about, but after catching a glimpse of the TV room, he wisely chose not to interfere.