#but by golly was it worth it :)

[serendipnpipity]

The Magician: “The representation of pure willpower. With the power of the elements and the suits, he takes the potential innate in the fool and molds it into being with the power of desire.” (x) 

Not-so-little design breakdown below!

Of course Phil had to be the Magician. Take a look at his TATINOF and II segments—the literal reference is already there (and can be seen in his outfit, which is a mix of the TATINOF magician’s tuxedo and the II red button-up).

Not only that, the Magician is characterized as a “master manifester”. How many of this guy’s tarot predictions have come true? Talk about psychic manifestation abilities.

The wand held by the Magician traditionally represents balance, being a “perfect union” of two ends of a candle (x). What’s a more perfect union than PINOF itself, the pinnacle union of dnp’s channels in those first ten years? Hence, the wand in his hand became a Sharpie, and to mimic light emanating out of what would be a candle flame traditionally, I added cat whiskers in bright yellow.

The workbench in front of the Magician holds all four suits (pentacles, cups, swords, wands) to symbolize how everything can be channeled together to create (sorry, “craft”, taken verbatim from the website) new ideas and endeavors. The bench itself I stole straight out of the phouse (other side partial kitchen reveal yay), while the suits have been turned into dnp-project-related objects. The pentacle (glitterface pentagram) and sword (slime knife) are from DAPC, while the wand (Wii remote) and cup (Flame Susan mocktail) are from DAPG. 

This card, helpfully, is surrounded by plants; I chose some of their non-crispy houseplants for the background. In the back, obviously, is the vine creeping along the cool black wall in the kitchen area. In the front, the fronds are inspired by plants I could see in the background of the 2nd London apartment AP set, accompanied by two roses (orange, for the flowers Dan receives at the end of WAD… and the orange heart). 

I saw in the visual breakdown for the card that one site says the infinity above the Magician’s head represents “the equilibrium of opposites that The Magician requires to create”. That is THE most Dan and Phil thing I have ever heard, with all their cosmically coincidental opposite characteristics. 

When I drew that infinity on the background though, on the phouse wall, it hit me. This is the “forever home”. Of course, there’s an infinity sign plastered on top of it. This revelation was so strong, I broke down and texted @bewareofthenewphannie about it.

Oh, and ginger quiff Phil? Thank Misty for that one, they suggested it would be a good look if I wanted to combine past and present in one outfit/style.

All in all, I had so much fun making this! What a pleasure and an honor to be a part of such a beautiful project. 🧡

@dnptarot

[aurieeeeeenyx]

characters that act silly but can totally fuck you up

[the-owl-tree]

Bramblestar’s treatment of Squirrelflight is so bad, and his treatment of Leafpool isn’t much better. Like yelling at her for trying to help a cat literally bleeding to death in the middle of camp? Dismissing her concerns when she pointed out that Sunrise’s wounds may become infected before Jayfeather and Alderheart return from the Moonpool? She’s just trying to do her job. She is the medicine cat, HIS medicine cat and yet he constantly ignores and downplays her expertise for what? To cater to the xenophobic members of his Clan? Hell there’s a moment where it looked like he was going to PHYSICALLY ATTACK HER after she went to go treat Sunrise.

He doesn’t respect the authority of his deputy or medicine cat (but let’s be honest it’s mainly Leafpool) so it’s no surprise that ThunderClan thought Ashfur’s actions in TBC were typical for him.

The narrative is trying so hard to justify his actions from the fact he's stressed or betrayed or "being honorable in his own way" (yes. a real line. a real line they wrote as squirrelflight tries to convince him not to raid a vulnerable group of cats just because they're not clanborn). it's bloody painful, i get this is the conflict but holy shit they are just having bramblestar cross the lines way too much, too often, and too violently.

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

I am out of bed today

Which is a win

If I make it to all three classes and study for my exam I think that’s worthy of cheers and claps bc I am. So very tired.

[eddis-not-eeddis]

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[saoirseuwu]

Insanely beautiful commission by @opuntie ^^

Can't wait to play my witch with the slightly gone mad boy as their childhood friend 😂

[romanceyourdemons]

ordering my favorite show on dvd in preparation for losing the netflix account i’m mooching off of like a rat wrapping a tiny wedge of cheese in a bindle before abandoning ship

[goldkirk]

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[mudzdale]

its like. urrgh. httyd3 was so INSULTING. and annoying. like

httyd1: here is a boy who is without and is seeking his Purpose. he finds his Purpose in dragons. this is Good, and True.

httyd2: the boy also has another Purpose that he must fulfill, and he is able to fulfill it with the help of dragons. even alongside the new Purpose, dragons remain his ultimate Purpose. this is Good, and True.

httyd3: the boy's Purpose is not dragons. these things are childish and cannot be a Purpose, and frankly you, the audience, were kind of stupid for thinking they could be a forever-Purpose. he will now have different Purposes, and the dragons will go away. this is Sad, and therefore Grown-Up.

[starryoak]

every time I leave a long, thoughtful comment on a fanfic where I put genuine thought and interest into what the author is trying to communicate to me, and don’t receive any reply, I get more and more pissed about people whining about never getting comments.

maybe the reason you’re not getting any comments is that people see the wasteland of comments on your work that received no reply and think that it would be a waste of time to comment. you can make all the pinkie promises you want that you super duper appreciate comments, but if you don’t actually show that in your work or reply, there’s no difference between your week old fic with no replies and a fic from 2007 left abandoned and dead, and you’re essentially arguing that you both deserve engagement for existing, while also claiming you have no responsibility whatsoever to engage back.

maybe engage with your audience a little and your audience will engage with you!

[nihilisme]

I became a lot happier when I realized most things aren’t about me tbh

[merlions]

dou think that in tos, spock and kirk came up with that "green light" thing they used as code in the gangster episode - which was after the time kirk was imitated by an android and he had to make it say "im sick of yr [slur] interference" so he would know it was the android not the captain, and then the spores episode where he had to make spock mad and just LAID IN on everything about his half Vulcan ancestry - bc spock was eventually like

"Captain. Jim. I get these are important, delicate situations. And you have to get a message through to me. But can you try to be like...a TINY bit less racist. Do you think you can fucking try to manage like. 1% less racism. Just a TINY BIT. YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY IM A GREEN BLOODED [SLURS] COMPUTER FREAK. CAN YOU JUST FUCKING SAY THE WORD GREEN. I PROMISE YOU I WILL KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN."

[sycamoretrees]

I know nothing about luchasaurus and jungle boy, can you tell me about them?

i CAN and i'm NOT going to let the fact that i don't know much about them hold me back!!! for YOU anon!!!

disclaimer - i am relying solely on my famously unreliable memory so don't expect Facts AND ALSO the line between what is real and what is fake for wrestling is nebulous and i don't understand it

jungle boy aka jack perry (irl son of luke perry) - just a little guy/off-brand tarzan, i believe the lore is that he was raised in the jungle? BY luchasaurus perhaps? why were either of them there, unclear. his irl family has been canonically featured/referenced in the show which invites even more questions. his old outfit was little pleather tasselled hotpants and jungle(?) boots(?) but now he sometimes wears real clothes like a big boy. his entrance music is tarzan boy by Baltimora (you know, baltimora, the popular band baltimora) and the crowd sings along and waves their arms and i do as well at home alone in my room. in a cool sexy way

luchasaurus - he's like a huge dinosaur guy? idk. he's a Big Lad and he has tattoos and he wears a lizard mask. his tongue is green and also sometimes black i think? maybe blue? idk how he achieves this but i like to imagine him backstage eating lollipops before matches. Their entrance used to involve luchasaurus carrying jungle boy on his shoulders except jungle boy had to like hang down his back because otherwise they wouldn't fit down the tunnel. one time another team handcuffed him to the ropes (!!!) and cut the horns off his mask and it was great for me tumblr user sycamoretrees. he is a keen chess player apparently? and he said he has a masters degree in medieval history? and one time in a video jungle boy made a joke which I THINK implied luchasaurus was bisexual and i'm choosing to believe that extremely scant evidence because it brings me joy

we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe

they wrestled as the tag team Jurassic Express for ages (if you've seen this monster factory luchasaurus is the Randy Johnson of the team and jungle boy is the Toss Boy) (and i just remembered they did an episode with them literally as a wrestling tag team) and it was, to me, extremely romantic and tender and er*tic, extremely king and lionheart, lots of luchasaurus rushing bigly to protect jungle boy, gentle check-ins after fights and whatnot

THEN for reasons I don’t fully understand this canadian megachurch youth pastor-looking guy called Christian Cage sort of joined the team and THEN he got luchasaurus to BETRAY JUNGLE BOY. i don’t remember how or why but it broke my heart and it broke jungle boy’s heart and now we’re in a sort of heartwrenching and er*tic hinterland where luchasaurus is tearing jungle boy’s shirt off and standing on his neck looking huge while jungle boy squirms underneath him and jungle boy is taking flying leaps into luchasaurus’s arms in a mutually-assured destruction display of violent sexy anguish. (you could definitely explore a Captive Prince au if you were into that sort of thing and in fact you should)

i ASSUME that they will inevitably reunite because of ROMANCE and if not then love isn’t real

[dahldahlbills]

haha what if i just quit :)

[b0nelessdoodles]

#3: Kaleido for @star-hop!

[vagueiish]

i don’t wanna have to be the one to reach out to people i think are cool to maybe try and strike up a friendship

i want people to look at me and be like ‘aw, yeah, that dweeb is pretty rad, actually, i wanna be their friend’ and then actually talk to me and then become friends with me