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fruitsofhell · 8 months

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After finishing She-Ra 2018 I'm trying to work on my unified theory for why CatDora bothers me as the endgame ship. Cause as CEO of mentally ill cartoon women, there's something about it that feels a disservice to Catra's psychology and trauma. She is genuinely such an interesting character to watch because they so clearly lay out the abusive dynamic that informs her entire character, but by the kiss, I feel like they lost steam with it.

The biggest thing to me is the simple fact that Adora is basically a trigger for her. Adora's personality as someone who is constantly self-sacrificing and forgiving is something Catra has a deep hatred for because she believes she is worthless and unforgivable, and when people try to help her she feels they're using her to look better while she fails to get better.

The fact that ADORA herself was the one in that original dynamic that traumatized the hell out of her makes me uncomfortable with how Catra eventually just... stops getting set off by things. I just can't imagine how what happened leading up to their kiss would desensitize Catra enough to that trauma response that she'd be in love with her. Like in that same season she was fucking death gripping the table at hearing Adora's name, and in seasons earlier she straight up like dissociated when people brought up her heroics. Not only the unearned healing, but the "I've loved you all along" feels a bit patronizing to her past. That all her emotionality was complicated romantic feelings, and not... having really nasty childhood trauma.

#shut the heck up #she ra #that damn cat #show was good btw #not a masterpiece - it was kinda corny in a bad way sometimes - but was fun #it felt like it wanted to be there and had ideas it was interested in #and i really like catra she is my fave as you can see #mentally ill cartoon women #im actually still getting my little pea brain around it cause her trauma and dynamic with adora is a lot #i like that the show was patient with her i wish it wasnt patient just cause it wanted her to kiss adora #imo she should be with someone else who is willing to stick up for her as adora does but isnt her #isnt the woman who's name and face can send her into self-destructive hysterics #something that is bad and needs ro change but she needs more time for than was given #wheres she-ra future where we recontextualize the casts trauma and show happy endings still need more time?#tag talking #media analysis

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sydney-carton-of-sour-milk · 8 months

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📣ANNOUNCEMENT📣 THE BIG 2024 PROJECT

At long last, I'm announcing what I've been working on🥁

Starting February 6th and continuing every other Tuesday through at least mid-December, this blog will be highlighting the work of various illustrators of A Tale of Two Cities over the many decades since its initial publishing!💫

As it stands right now, the archive will span from the very beginning in 1859 all the way through about 1992 (with a heavy density at the turn of the century) and will contain just under 500 individual illustrations by 20 individual illustrators — in styles ranging all the way from pen to painting and abstraction to realism✍️

All of these numbers will continue to grow, however, because this is an ongoing project! In fact I expect the queue to continue through a good portion of 2025 as I keep finding and archiving more and more — there's just so much out there! For this reason I am not posting these in a sorted order — I looked at what I have right now and ordered them to feel random and balanced, with some themed for certain months😎

Also! A large percentage of these (about half of the artists and well over half of the total illustrations) are coming from sources difficult or impossible to find on the Internet and are instead coming from my own scanning work: When I would discover in my research editions that I knew to have work by new illustrators whose pages weren't available for online viewing, I would seek out and buy those editions for super cheap online and scan them on my own printer's scanner — so for a lot of the old illustration work that this blog will be posting, it will possibly be the first time some of these have ever been uploaded for public view on the Internet!🤩

As far as keeping the archive organized on this blog, the organizational tag for these posts will be " #illustrators ", and I will also tag each post with the highlighted artist's name and with the decade in which each set of illustrations was initially published (as far as my research tells me)🏷️

On the off-weeks, this blog will be posting its usual miscellany, with a sprinkling of behind-the-scenes and extras for this specific project. But starting next week and continuing every other Tuesday* through about the entire year, expect a new post highlighting the work of a given A Tale of Two Cities illustrator — and be prepared because sometimes the number of illustrations on a single post will be in the tens/dozens since Tumblr increased the max image count for a single post to 30! *with the exception of April, which is going to have a special schedule for reasons you'll see when the queue gets there👀

I'm just so excited to at long last get to share this incredible archive here! I sincerely hope you enjoy this fascinating and often breathtaking look at these tiny, beautiful pieces of art history!🌟

#A Tale of Two Cities #AToTC #illustrators #classic literature #dickens #charles dickens #victorian literature #illustration #heads up #blogress #text #it really is happening this is so exciting!#i...actually still have a lot of work to do for it to be ready (the queue doesn't. Actually exist yet lol)#because this last week I needed a break from this project so I tried playing the indig0 disk dlc for p0kem0n scarlet and.#i. underestimated how long it would take. i'm still playing it actually. so. once that's done then it's back to this #i mean i'll definitely have next week's post done in time but just wish me luck trying to get the whooole queue set up by then too!#regardless. WOO-HOO! YIPPEE! HOORAY! HUZZAH! HECK YEAH!

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sysig · 5 months

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DAX is just so expressive ♥ (Patreon)

#My art #SCII #Helix #DAX #Lol #Have I mentioned I love him lately #As if I ever stop talking about how much I love any of them lol #Okay but genuinely these were really nice as warmups they were really easy to just knock out one by one #He's very expressive as Dexter! *handwaves about human neurochemistry and expressions* lol #I had to make his Neutral look extra dead inside to make up for the rest haha #Funnily enough I have actually been watching a series of streams of like VAs and visual artists and writers and stuff #And they are constantly uptalking 2D talksprites as mood-setters for dialogue #So it was really fun to make these with that in the back of my head like ''Yeah! :D They /are/ good at that!''#Very cool expressive medium :D #See if you can spot the first drafts for a few of these :3c #I'll give you a hint: Scared and Sad(? Regretful ig lol) were from some posted doodles #His grumpy one was also a doodle but I didn't post it so it doesn't count lol #Oh yeah and and a lot of these had little accessories like the fear bursts and the little sigh bubble lol I just...forgot them here lol #They're there in spirit please feel the grump lines and sweat drops in your heart <3 #I had a heck of a time trying to keep his face consistent with different angles lol aren't VUX nervous to move their necks me #Just gotta actually get into 3D modeling properly smh #I keep finding myself wanting to make more now that this set's done but I'm not sure what expressions! Confused? Focused? He's so subdued #Oooh he'd suit an expression meme wouldn't he <3 Now there's an idea #Might even open an ask game for that if I can find a good one :3c Hehehe

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maxiwaxipads · 4 months

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Knights Who Carry Objects Around

Arupek - “How am I able to carry it all the time?” “That’s easy~! If you like something a lot, a little pain isn’t going to stop you.” Arupek - “But I have a department right inside my jacket! See?”

(Arupek, approaching you like a dealer in an alleyway)

Arupek - “Heheh… Would you like one of these bad boys!?”

Arupek, who opens his jacket to reveal multiple water guns!

He takes off his hat to reveal a smaller water gun...!?

He takes the card out of his sleeve...

…to reveal another water gun!?

Tuxam - “It’s retractable.”

A simple answer—as expected from an inspiring gentleman!

Chaco - “You can ride it. You can sit on it. You can even ram SEEDs with it.” “If you approach them in a certain angle… bwamnh! Skin and insides—everywhere!” Chaco - “Bashing it senselessly into a SEED is also an option, but I don’t want to harm the painting job, no?” Pikero - “I’ll have someone else carry it.” Hangyon - “Lili isn’t an object~” “For your transgression, the interest rate will be 100%!”

Badobarm shares the same sentiment.

Kurode - "It's the cost of being an iPad kid." "I have to carry it around forever. It can never escape my hands."

Merold - “(Sigh) I don’t know what I was thinking—carrying around such a big baton...” Merold - “But look at me now. Without the pains of having to carry a big ol' thing all day.”

Rimicha - "Heheh... I thought about this before~ So I added belts to my outfit!"

#i debated writing “arupek approaches you drug dealer style” but I releneted...#fragaria memories #it was a lot funnier in my head #Is Tama Badobarm's 2nd in command?#i tried thinking to myself how would rimicha speak?#but the first idea i had was “he'd tell me to kys” /s #and then the second idea was “he looks like a stress toy where his eyes pop up every time you squish him”#it was originally noir bouquet but why the heck not you know? :D #from my impression of rimicha? he seems like a character where his payment is praise #He reminds me of Hazakura from The Everyday Maintenance of Shinozaki-kun #Where she literally helps out the protag with changing a part of the tax system because she wanted to be the highest paying tax payer #her payment for her services is also praise #i should really find time to read it...

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airyairyaucontraire · 7 months

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re: Bill the malcontent in NASA mission control: nobody's MAKING you work at NASA mission control, Bill. You can always quit your job at NASA mission control, Bill. I'm sure there are at least several people who'd apply to fill that vacancy at NASA mission control, Bill.

#for all mankind #was his conversation with Margo after Gene's death just building the theme of Margo feeling unappreciated #or signalling that Bill could be a security risk because he's disgruntled and getting sloppy #or heck it could be both!#hi I'm catching up on a show from 2019 #I have been spoiled for the fact that (spoilers)#(I'm not upset about this I don't need to be surprised by every twist and turn)#Margo will defect to the Soviet Union #but I have no idea when and why so I'm watching out for possibilities all the time #anyway BILL it's not bad on your part to find that you're unhappy in a job a lot of other people would love to have #you don't have to be grateful if you've discovered it's not really what you want (you had to try it to be able to know that)#but it's both a dick move and a dumbass move on your part to stay in it #and stay grumpy and miserable instead of clearing the way for someone who would appreciate it #also setting yourself free to find an occupation you might enjoy more!#I mean you are presumably a highly qualified aerospace engineer with NASA on your CV!#so yeah BILL there's your free career advice that you can't use because you're a fictional character from an alternate history

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kazuichikazuichi · 2 years

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peko again!! this time with cham-p, the roundest guy of all time!!! <3

(gundham heard that she wanted to befriend fluffy animals but tended to scare them off. cham-p is too silly to be scared, so gundham just put him in her hands then frolicked away majestically)

#stage play redraws coming soon hopefully!! :)#cham p is a perfect sphere to me #to be honest im feeling quite nervous abt posting art. my stage play clips blew up a lot and people followed me for them #and i dont want new people to be disappointed that i normally just post art lol😭 but oh well. welcome if you are new!!#anyway back to this post. peko my beloved #i love the devas they are so cute #four dark devas of destruction #gundham tanaka #i mean i know he isnt really here but he counts i think? if i should delete his tag let me know lol #peko pekoyama #peko is my babygirl i want to kiss her😌#peko's actress in the stage play is so pretty holy heck #sorry for peko rambles. just. i love her..#super danganronpa 2 #danganronpa #sdr2 #my art #i am still thinking abt the stage play all the time like theres just SO many scenes and photos i want to redraw

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doodlingwren · 29 days

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Hiatus

I am going on hiatus for a bit more. I really really hoped the stuff that have been going on lately were already "sorted out" but, uhm... they aren't. I need to take a bit more time offline once again, and try to work things out.

Thank you for your patience ❤

Wren

#EDIT: I've deactivated my IG for a bit because it wasn't helping at all. I'll be back there but I need time #wren text tag #somehow issues from mid July/early August have managed to get worse. Like I'm not even surprised bc I'm used to it but GIRL . What the fuck #“it's finally summer”+“can't wait to draw!” * gets 3 hiatus in a row * maybe drawing or summer isn't really meant to be 🤨🤔#I hate having to log-in to post a hiatus message and then dissapear again when I'm supposed to post my doodles n have fun #Feels like one of those jesters that appears at luncheon to entertain the royal court and then they go missing for the rest of the month #bc I'm trying very hard not to hide in my shell + having a bit more presence here to post my artwork #and somehow I fail at both like fucking heck. How can you be so bad at this.#but in short I won't be here to answer stuff and being silly or whatever people expect me to do #because if you're here for the silly stuff. MAN. I'm am sorry but I don't feel silly at all.#Somebody once said “the horrors are never ending yet I remain silly” but I forgot the “remain silly” part #And if you're here for drawings. I don't even have time and I don't feel like drawing at all. Idk which one is worse #The bakery hangs up the “closed today” so people know they have to go to buy bread somewhere else. Same here. But it won't last a day #idk why the bread analogy. Guess I'm a birb after all #this is also the closest thing to a vent post I will ever write and I managed to say nothing at all. Vagueposting about vent. Good job Wren #tw: vent #tagging in case somebody like me needs to have some tags filtered #the hiatus will go on also a bit longer because the last few weeks my mental health suffered a lot and I know my limit #also this post was queued. If I see I can still be active before publishing I will delete it otherwise see for yourself #also queue doesn't work ig like I programmed this for 9 pm hopefully it will be up by then and not any other random time

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mechahero · 2 months

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//A WHOLE bunch of pen doodles!

#//these are all sort of mh related as a self indulgent treat today bc why the heck not #//redrew swsc lambda from memory. i don't think he has sleeves on his jacket but that's alright #//also some concepts for skull sh.ores and day at the ma.ul outfits too!#//or rather a redo for his datm outfit i drew a really long time ago #//also took another crack at a g3 outfit. wanted it to have a slogan tee like the one seen in me.an gi.rls bc that popped up a lot when-#//-designing it #//you KNOW he'd have a flip phone from there too. another added to his collection #//his butt would fall for the stuff spec.tra posts on her blog half the time too. or well more than half the time. he's a tad gullible-#//-like that #//anyways i still stand by the fact that he would thrive in that environment! he would have the time of his life there i know he would fhbn #mocha's art

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freebooter4ever · 2 months

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"i just really think this is funny"

#jrnlsht #you know i think one of my weirdest super powers is that i never snap at other people #it takes a LOT to annoy me and even more to anger me #my dad was the same way and so were his parents #but watching other volunteers snap at each other #and when im tired im still very much an extrovert so as long as im around people i like and am not in pain #Im having a good time even if its a lot of work cause i just love being around people #I just dont really get angry #Like if a mistake happens it happens life goes on #But yeah lots of people get sooooooooo grouchy and like i tend to be able to diffuse it fairly well #But sometimes even im like dude take a chill pill #I also think that a lot of people dont know their limits #Like i see introverts working the full hours and im just like dude wait you need to take a break and sit alone for a while #But our society doesnt value introverts so instead they get forced into these long social situations that are inescapable 🙃#If we were just a little more accomodating i think we would all be happier #Even if it means people like me end up doing a little more of the front facing social stuff than the others #Anyway being an extrovert it sure as heck is ironic that i picked a very isolated career \o/

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dravidious · 6 months

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You're more amazing than catchphrases

90% of all Yugioh card effects are either "move a card from one zone to another" or "negate an effect" so I made a bunch of combat keywords so that monsters can actually be interesting on the field.

#asks #custom cards #also i managed to make them all different subtypes and get exactly 2 of each attribute so that's cool #anyway i'm barely even exaggerating about the 90% thing #“add a card from deck to hand” “special summon a monster” “destroy a card”#so much stuff is just moving cards between zones #and a lot of the rest is just “negate a card/effect” “effects can't target this” “can't be destroyed by effects”#just moving cards around or preventing cards from being moved around #how about actually caring about the battle phase?#yugioh's combat mechanics are really different than magic's so directly translating stuff like menace or haste doesn't work #but the difference also means there's so much opportunity for different abilities like Tricky or Stealthy or Guardian!#some translate fairly well like Vigilance into Resilient and Double Strike into Double Attack #and some are practically 1-to-1 like Deathtouch to Venomous and Trample to Piercing #Assist was an awkward one #the concept is so clear and simple and cool: it lets your monsters team up to attack together!#but mtg's Banding shows how that simple concept can be very difficult to translate into clean rules #even its spiritual successor Enlist had to specify “nonattacking creature without summoning sickness”#which i think is one of the only times that the term “summoning sickness” has appeared on modern cards #yeah i just checked and the only other cards that mention summoning sickness are stuff that involve creature-lands #i went back and forth on how exactly to word it before i decided to go the shortest and cleanest route of “spend this monster's attack”#which is also the most confusing wording if anything remotely unusual happens #heck it's not even clear whether it works while in defense position!#the idea is the same as Enlist: you can only use it if the monster COULD attack #so anything that prevents it from attacking also prevents it from assisting #but honestly if i were in charge i wouldn't even print this keyword because its wording is either too long or too confusing #also the Wrath effect appears on a few existing cards like Flame Wingman and i like it #Piercing also already exists in a kind of pseudo-keyword state #“if this monster attacks a defense position monster inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent”

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marypsue · 2 years

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Have I proselytised lately about My New Best Friend, Outlining? I feel like I haven’t done enough proselytising lately about My New Best Friend, Outlining.

#i resisted SO hard for SO long 'i'm a pantser! okay a plantser! I have to go where the story takes me! i can't know it ahead of time >#< it'll kill my excitement and I'll never get it finished!' bestie you weren't ever getting it finished ANYWAY #and you know what? figuring out a method of outlining that really worked for me #(which has largely ended up being. 'write down every cool idea you want to include and the ending you want to reach >#< then put them in order and figure out how to get between them by working backward and forward until you meet in the Dreaded Middle')#has actually only INCREASED my excitement about my writing projects! because now I Know I'm not going to get bogged down #staring at the looming Dreaded Middle coming up faster and faster in the windshield and having no idea how I'm gonna deal with it #when it gets here #honestly now that I'm outlining things I'm actually finishing MORE things and more quickly than I ever did when I refused to outline!#anyway this post brought to you by me ironing out a few of the last remaining wrinkles in the outline for former heroes #AND making a heck of a lot of headway on an actual outline for the ageswap fic #that's RIGHT the ageswap fic has an OUTLINE now and might actually get FINISHED #writing

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koishua · 5 months

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shining solo ep 8. my reaction rn 😐😐 took it a bit hard lmao