#big ol shrug emoji

[yellowocaballero]

how do you come up with your ideas?

Augury, mostly!

Haha, but no. Everybody has their own story ideas in their own ways. Mine would be no good to anybody else. I can only recommend the same thing that would generate any stronger story - consume a lot of highly diverse books, shows, movies, news, etc. Watch Hellraiser and the Seventh Seal back to back and have the weirdest dreams of all time. A lot of my stuff is built off a place of "this is a retro Kid's WB cartoon!" or "this is a Disney Channel Original movie!" or "this is a satirical war novel!" or "this is an issue of a vintage comic book run!". I have a PBS kid's programming Zoboomafoo-type idea in my head that would only work in a webcomic form that I can't write and it makes me SO ANGRY that I can never realize this vision.

In terms of me, personally, and how things end up working for me. Jokes with friends, overwhelmingly. Very often one idea will spring another - for example, I think I got the idea for New Wave when I was writing the prophetic spring and I ended up constructing a Steph & Bruce relationship that was a) really interesting and fun to write, and b) made me think about how Steph would have been fucking perfect as the first Robin for a million reasons. Covid puppy story was really as simple as a "What if...?" about a Batman arc in the 90s, plus a lot of jokes. Mostly jokes. TBH, most of the time, reading/watching something and going "this is funny, but it would be much funnier if...". Most of my fic is from consuming something I find vaguely mediocre yet enjoyable and riffing on it relentlessly until an actual full concept emerges. So often my brain is just "I want to write Spider-Man 2099 fic but I don't know WHAT to write" and I just have to. Wait til I find a good idea. Shit just happens.

But also I can't explain much. I read a volume of the origin story of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner and then my younger sibling woke up to 80 Discord messages about my perfect complete redo of Kyle Rayner and how I would write the best Green Lantern four season TV show of all time.

It would fuck. By the way. It would fuck hard.

[cinnabuntastic]

Examining my sexuality under a microscope again and realizing that honestly as much as I find a lot of guys aesthetically pleasing I don't think I'd want to date one, and I vastly prefer women in any situation.

[ria-starstruck]

was thinkin of angry vessels from @/foileadeux’s gjinka designs + animatic but i didn’t quite nail their expressions down until last night

close-ups + bonus under the cut!

[toytulini]

Omg did you play subnautica did you like it theres FISH

omg. Awhile ago i purchased subnautica and subnautica: below zero for the Nintendo switch, its pretty fun but ive Only played the first one on creative, and ive played the second one on some creative, and then some on survival light mode or whatever it is that forces you to craft things and breathe air but doesnt make u eat food. and i did that only to follow the story lol

[veiliisms]

took this in the middle of a zoom meeting oopsie. i looked nice and couldn’t help it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[starvingtongue]

ooc; this is my monthly Dusk is still alive post. I know I've marketed this blog as a low-activity, but I've not been feeling terribly motivated to be here rn (is it baldur's gate 3? is a lack of energy? is it because it finally feels like summer in the UK and I wanna be outside?! big ol' shrug emoji). idk if people wanna consider this as a little hiatus notice until the writing mood comes back, but I'll probably not be terribly active until the writing mood wants to come back. I do miss writing and the people here tho, big smooches to you all for sticking with me.

[rainyday-deer]

Lots irony in me giving an essay for Niss's familial relationships and then giving a big ol shrug emoji for his age LMAO

[ernmark]

I love nondescript, ordinary, human characters being nonbinary. But I will always have a fondness for nonbinary characters who are shapeshifters, who are alien, who are monstrous.

I love Odo, puddle of goo whose very name is a big ol shrug emoji, who modeled his looks after the solid being he spent the most time with in his early years, who unwittingly inherited that man's gender expression and pronouns and simply didn't care enough to correct people on their assumptions.

I love Stevonnie and Dax, each one more than the sum of their parts, each one an inherent blend of feminine and masculine, whose expression of who they are in the moment is unapologetic and respected without question.

I love Double Trouble, shapeshifter for whom gender is a costume to put on and take off when they get into and out of character.

I love Janet, cheerfully feminine, self-described hottie, but emphatically Not A Girl.

And I love them even when their creators don't make them nonbinary intentionally, even when they're cis-- because on some level, they looked at the whole of that character and created someone for whom gender simply doesn't fit.

And I love them because that layer of fantasy makes it easier to understand for people who grew up conservative (like me), for baby enbies (like I was), and lets them wrap their minds around the idea without having to guard against that secret fear that The Other might be closer than you think. After all, it only makes sense that a shapeshifter would be indifferent to gender, right?

And that makes them start to be less scary, less strange, less Other. And eventually, more welcome-- in their world, in their life, maybe even in the mirror.

[soapfcrce-a]

❝ it’s late, you might as well just stay here. ❞ (Clint -big ol' shrug emoji-) || @normaltothemax

It wasn’t like he wasn’t appreciative of the offer, it was just... well, feeling like imposing. Yeah. That was the feeling Soap was feeling right now and totally not the gnawing anxiety in the back of his head and throat because big dog. 

Sure, the dopiest of the big dogs that’d rather be a golden couch potato and maybe fart on command, but mild cynophobia didn’t tend to give a shit about that. 

“Nah--it’s fine.” He offered up his best smile despite the obvious discomfort and hesitation, holding up a hand. “Should go get yelled at anyways. Dinnae why but LT usually goes easier at night. Think he’s a bat.” 

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

All the heart asks for Aelwen 👀

Aelwen, you say! Gosh, I ought to write another story with her, ay? I do so love her. But also, because I've only written one story about her and whatnot, I actually haven't developed her character a great deal, so this was a struggle to answer lol

❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits?

Optimism, joy and faith.

🤍 WHITE HEART — what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits?

Stubbornness, very strong preference for her own company, self deprecating at times

💔 BROKEN HEART — what are three of your oc's negative traits?

Rudeness, impulsivity, antisocial behaviour

💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them?

After her faith, Aelwen considers her special places to be the most important. If she came to her favourite waterfall to be alone and found someone else already there, for instance, she would not be happy.

🧡 ORANGE HEART — does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends?

Family, as she does not trust easily and has few, if any, real friends.

💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

Only English.

💚 GREEN HEART — does your oc prefer being inside or outside?

Outside all the way.

💙 BLUE HEART — does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world?

No magic, sorry!

💜 PURPLE HEART — what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background?

Big ol shrug emoji. A lot of the story is introspection and how she deals with a crisis of faith lol

🖤 BLACK HEART — has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?

Nope.

[dimitrippy]

depending on the amount of shenanigans (rules of magic) the most logical way to get the girls back to remnant is to have raven make a portal

whether she does or even can do that is....

[fooltofancy]

so you mentioned sun motifs and mori a few days ago and all i can think about is how the sun can be cold and unforgiving so here’s a melancholy portrait of your kid @thedosian-cabbage, ‘cause APPARENTLY i have a brand to uphold,

[ilianquisition]

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LIKE…. I’m thinking it’s afterwards just because they seemed less familiar with Lathna in the SS prologue than Curran seems in her adventurer stories, but I feel like the events of SS are going to have me like why tf haven’t you two adopted her yet she just keeps falling into misfortune… keep her safe!!!

GOD right??? and yeah I’m kind of in the same boat in that I feel a little more like SS is before if only based on the spoiler warning, it’s just weird to think that the introduction in her stories doesn’t really acknowledge SS at all (unless we’re considering akasha as the one who briefly took care of her after her parents “left” (shady af. cygames what did you do to this child’s parents) and is now “gone”?) 

I should really just wait and see but here I am still wavering back and forth like “but what if its before”

[valgeristik]

a compilation gabriel voice: actually, conning your coworkers is a useful practice in our line of work,

[palegoat]

havent played overwatch since halloween and if the warranty company for my laptop ever decides to actually come thru ill probably get on and hate everything

[captain-fanattic]

i wish i was more capable.