#dorothy the dog

[hokkaidossoul12]

Recently requested a commission from someone who has given me permission to upload the comic to tumblr. This comic was made by @paprikaries , they did a really great job at making this comic and put a lot of time into the sketching.

This is what I imagined the interaction between Dorothy and Dice would be before the events of "Down and Out". Dice is left feeling hopeless after losing his job when an distant acquaintance, Dorothy, catches his attention. But, she eventually catches him out and goes to check on him, sensing a genuine sadness within him. She, like everyone else, was a fan of Dice but kept it secret from him, knowing he was probably at a time of hurt. If you are interested in the work itself, please go check @paprikaries out. They still have commissions open as well as a discount until July 6th.

[hag-darling]

🗣️ ❗

[madammasquerade2]

About this blog (might edit later)

Hi, this is @hokkaidossoul12 and I have created a backup blog solely for me to help rely a story of characters which I have worked on and tried to fix up over 12 years of my life. I am slowly but surely polishing up this story in the order it should be and to help me keep it in order I have made this blog. I may have to delete this blog at some point in time but meanwhile this will be the place where I properly introduce my characters and the story involved. My longest developed character would have to be Dorothy the Dog:

She is about 2.7ft or 83cms in height (on all fours).

The next main characters are still in development (probably):

Carol the Cat

She is 1;5ft or 45.7cms in height (on all fours).

Riely The Rabbit

She is 1;3ft or 39.6cms in height (on all fours)

Piper the Pony

She is 4;8ft or 146.3cms in height (on all fours) And Dustin the Dragon

He is 13;5 or 411.5cms in height (on all fours). I will be adding more ocs in a different post once I have fully designed them. As for my main villian oc, I have already uploaded his newest design to my main blog.

[simplysparrow14]

Listen, as someone who's favorite movie of all time is the Wizard of Oz, seeing the OG OZ gang with Dorothy's book canon silver shoes makes me fucking cry with joy.

Never in my life would I ever thought that I would see Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and Toto again on the big screen.

I am officially the happiest person in the world

[konako]

beautiful furry child immortalized in bronze for the 8 year anniversary

[teenytinyapprentice]

You found a... ticket? Halloween is tomorrow and I'll have trick or treaters for the first time in like... years. Excited to see all the costumes!

[citizenscreen]

Dorothy Sebastian and Flash the dog tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood circa 1927.

[foursidecity]

Dorothy and scarecrow and the dandy demalion !!

Second batch of my wizard of oz retelling designs!!! They are very silly and fun...

[o-uncle-newt]

We don't talk enough about the Petherbridge/Walter adaptations of the Wimsey/Vane novels.

(Well, we probably talk EXACTLY enough about Gaudy Night, which is really pretty bad, but besides for that...)

(Sorry, just a warning, Richard Morant as Bunter is fine but I won't have much to say about him here. I just really like this picture.)

The casting is basically perfect, especially Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. I no longer see the book character in any other way- the only notable difference is that in the book she's noted as having a deep voice, but Walter's has a distinctive enough tone that I think it works regardless. She is just so, so, so good- captures the character beautifully, sells everything she does whether mundane or ridiculous (probably the best/most realistic reaction of someone finding a body I have EVER seen in Have His Carcase), makes the most of every limited minute she's on screen in Strong Poison and leaves her mark every minute that she isn't... and she looks AMAZING doing all of it. Just perfect, could not imagine better casting.

Edward Petherbridge I don't hold up to that level of perfection- I think that, try as he might, he's not really able to capture Wimsey's dynamism (possibly because he's a bit too old for the role) and is a bit overly caricatured in many of his mannerisms. But overall he does a pretty good job, in addition to looking quite a lot like how I'd imagined Wimsey- but in particular, I think he does a really lovely job of selling a lot of the emotion that he has to convey in some scenes that feel like they SHOULDN'T be adaptable from the book- specifically the scenes of him and Harriet. Him proposing to Harriet, him being disappointed when she (completely reasonably) turns him down... those shouldn't work on screen with real humans rather than in Sayers's calculated prose, but it DOES work and in no small part because he's great at selling Wimsey's feelings as being genuine even when his actions seem over the top. And, of course, Harriet Walter sells her end of the scenes right back. All in all, I think I have mixed feelings about Petherbridge as Lord Peter Wimsey the detective, but I'm a fan of him as Peter, the man who has feelings for Harriet.

Overall, though, both are, I think, very successful in capturing these characters- the fact that they take these people who even in the book can sometimes push the boundaries of likeability (which to be clear, is part of what I love about reading them) and make them eminently watchable is a great achievement. And also, in addition to their really looking like their characters individually, they're very well matched as a pair in the way that one pictures them from the book. They're even of very similar height and build, which we know is canonically true from Gaudy Night, and thus at least a somewhat relevant element of their dynamic.

Now, the adaptations are very uneven, and that's even without talking about Gaudy Night because, while it has about as good a rendition of the punting scene as I think we were ever going to get, most of the rest of it is crap and massively expands on what I think are serious problems to Peter and Harriet's relationship that the series as a whole had (not to mention cutting the character of St George, which is a travesty). None of the adaptations are perfect, and mess with aspects of their relationship in negative ways- for example, the ending of Strong Poison is exactly backward in a really awful way. I'll get back to this.

But when the show gets the two of them right, it gets them RIGHT, even when it's adapting Sayers's text/creating new dialogue. There are scenes in this one that I love almost as much as the canon text, like this one:

I don't think any of this is in the book, and there are things that happen here that I don't think Sayers would have ever written. But at the same time, a combination of the dialogue and the actors makes it COMPLETELY believable as these two people, and it captures a moment that is just really key for Peter as he faces his limitations and his feelings- something that in the book is conveyed through a lot of internal narrative on Peter's part that would be impossible to adapt as is, but that in the world of the show needed to happen in a much more visual and narrative way. Not all of the dialogue that this series chooses to fill in those gaps works, but even when it doesn't the actors do their best to sell the heck out of it, and when the dialogue DOES work it is seriously brilliant.

Probably my favorite of the adaptations is Have His Carcase, and scenes like this one are a big part of the reason why:

They change the location, but otherwise it's EXTRAORDINARILY faithful to the equivalent scene in the book, and honestly it shouldn't have worked with real people doing it and yet it does. It's just acted perfectly, given just enough arch and silly humor (particularly with the spinning door) that we don't attempt to take it too seriously, while also conveying the relevant emotions so well. The actors in the scene through only their faces and ways of speaking convey subtext that Sayers, in the book, conveyed a lot later on as actual text in the characters' thoughts, and there's something pretty great about that.

Other Have His Carcase scenes are less good (the dance scene is mediocre at best, I think), but if there's another Have His Carcase scene that I think illustrates how great Walter and Petherbridge are at selling the human sides of their characters, it's That Argument- seen here:

The Argument is a pale imitation of that in the book- the one in the book is, in fact, probably unadaptable as is- but it is still just so good because the actors are so good at selling it. Walter is just brilliant in the role and utterly inhabits it while also imbuing it with her own spin, and makes us feel Harriet's pain- and Petherbridge, through some relatively subtle facial expressions and reactions, is able just as well to make US understand what all of this means to him and how he feels. It's actually really remarkable that, just like how Sayers writes a relationship dynamic that only feels like it works because she's the one who wrote it that very specific way, this scene feels like it only works because these two actors play it in this specific way. Could two other actors do it? Very possibly, but it would feel super different and I wonder if it would feel this authentic. (I do want to note though that this scene made me really wish that we'd seen a Frasier-era David Hyde Pierce in the role of a younger and spryer, but equally posh, witty, and vulnerable, Wimsey. It just gave me vibes of something that he'd do beautifully.)

Now, as I said above, this doesn't get EVERYTHING right. In fact, quite a lot of their relationship ends up going pretty wrong- as I think a major mistake is their throughline which emphasizes Peter's continued pursuit of Harriet as not just reiterating his interest to make it clear that he hasn't changed his mind, but actively taking advantage of moments and situations in a romantic sense, taking a much more specific role in engaging with her physically, commenting on her appearance, saying how difficult it is for him to NOT pursue her more, etc. It makes the whole thing feel a lot more cat-and-mouse rather than a budding relationship of equals, and one where Peter acknowledges the whole time that they HAVE to be equals for a) Harriet to feel comfortable with him and b) them to be good together. In fact, however good the Argument above is, it's kind of undercut by this very pattern- he makes the book's point about him treating his feelings like something out of a comic opera, but he also at that point in the story has had a few much more oppressively serious scenes with her that clearly make her uncomfortable- nothing like anything in a comic opera. It's like the show misses the point a little.

I think the place where this really starts is at the end of Strong Poison. (I could see an argument to be made that it starts earlier, in a few smaller nuances of their jailhouse scenes, but I like those enough that I choose not to read into them too much lol.) After what I think is a great addition to the final jailhouse scene (one that I loved so much I repurposed it for a fic)- "it's supposed to be about love, isn't it" and some excellent reactions from Petherbridge- Harriet goes to court, her charges are dismissed, and unlike in the book, when it's Wimsey who leaves first (which Eiluned and Sylvia point out is a sign of his decency in not waiting for Harriet to thank him), here Wimsey is the one who watches as Harriet rejects him and walks away from him- the beginning of the chase. But nothing about their relationship is meant to be a chase! It's so frustrating to watch as that proceeds to be a continuing issue to a limited degree in Have His Carcase (where it's at least balanced by enough good moments that it doesn't matter so much) and to a MASSIVE, genuinely uncomfortable degree in Gaudy Night.

The only praise I will give it is that while the punt scene in the book is unfilmable, I think this adaptation did its best here and it's pretty good.

I'm not going to spend much time talking about Gaudy Night otherwise, because I'd need all day for it and also I'd probably need to rewatch it to make sure I get the details right and I have zero interest in doing that, but the way that it has Wimsey imposing himself and his feelings/hopes on Harriet to a really ridiculous degree, in a way that he never, ever does in the book, is just so so discomfiting and makes me feel terrible for Harriet. She doesn't deserve that. If I recall correctly, in that scene at the dance at the beginning, she's so happy just being with him and then he's all "oh so this means you want to marry me" and she just droops. He's so aggressive!

And that's what makes the worst part so bad, because not only does this miniseries not depict Wimsey's apology as the book does- one of the best scenes in a book full of brilliant scenes- it would actually be weird if it did, because this show doesn't imply that there's ANYTHING for Wimsey to be apologizing for! In fact, unlike in the books where we see Wimsey growing and deconstructing the parts of himself that had been demanding of Harriet, in the series we only see him get more demanding- until finally he wins. It's honestly infuriating and I hate it- the actors do their best to sell it (and apparently they were given bad enough material that they actually had to rewrite some of it themselves, though I have mixed feelings about the results) but it is just massively disappointing. Basically the whole emotional journey between the two of them is not just neutered but twisted.

For all of my criticisms of the adaptations' all around approach to their relationship, I do have to reiterate- Walter and Petherbridge do a wonderful, wonderful job. (Especially Walter.) When they're given good material to work with, and even often when they aren't, they are able to sell it so well- and particularly in the case of Walter, I genuinely can't think of the character as anyone but her rendition now. She IS Harriet Vane for me. And, for all the flaws that the series has, that's something pretty dang special.

Anyway, for anyone who read through this whole thing and hasn't seen these adaptations, I DO recommend Strong Poison and Have His Carcase- but not Gaudy Night unless you're either really curious or a glutton for punishment. The first two, though, have very good supporting casts, are quite faithful plot wise (sometimes to a fault- another flaw is that they are really devoted to conveying the whole mystery with all its clues sometimes to the point of dragginess, but will drop sideplots like, for example, Parker and Mary- which is totally reasonable, but still vaguely disappointing as those sideplots tend to add some levity/characterization), and just generally are an overall good time. (Some standout characters for me are Miss Climpson in Strong Poison and Mrs Lefranc in Have His Carcase.) And, of course, the best part is seeing the little snippets of Peter and Harriet that come through- less so their journey, vs in the book where that's central, but so many scenes where we just see the two of them together as they are in that moment and it's so satisfying.

[hokkaidossoul12]

This is one of the redesigns of mine that have turned out better for me to work with ^^

[hag-darling]

doggy

[simhuman]

To go with their latest indie game taiyaki, GiGO Japan and Fangamer have a new set of 12 character coasters featuring:

Hollow Knight's Zote and Grimm

Undertale's Annoying Dog and Asgore

Deltarune's Berdly and Sweet Cap'n K_K

Omori's Sweetheart and Sprout Mole

VA-11 Hall-A's Dorothy Haze and Alma Armas

Ib's Ib and Garry

These designs will be available from September 1 to December 31, 2024, with purchase of "gamer-yaki" at GiGO in Shibuya.

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[orbot5]

mini art dump^_^ (canot rembebrr if i posted the wizard of oz one…andyway or rn e Frye one….)

[bks-blogs]

101 Dalmatian Street Season 2: Welcome Back (8/20)

Comic by @wanderer-w00lf, renzoXD2020 and PlayTopsYT

Everyone settles inside. With a long road to recovery...

[prac-ticalproblems]

Hello!!!! I often wonder what the mercs would do if a tornado came through Teufort. Perhaps they wouldn’t all get to the basement in time. Perhaps I can only really see this involving Engineer, Scout, and Heavy.

:)

OOOOOOOO THOUGHTS…….

I don’t know if you wanted this to be silly or serious so I will label it canon typical situation with realistic expectations, okay? ;3cc

SCOUT

“ey…. Yknow, ain’t never seen a dust devil like that before.”

Scout points, leaning off his seat on the roof, slapping at Heavy’s shoulder.

Notices the formation start. He brushes it off, cockily, saying he could easily outrun it. It’s spinning and has tumble weeds in it? So what? So does Soldier!

“Oughta’ give BLU a hell of a doozy, ey?”

He smirks until he feels his hat fly backwards from a sudden strength from the wind.

That thing was like a speeding train! Sounded like one too.

Wait…It’s coming from BLU side, but…. Right next to BLU’s base is…. Is…

Shit…. This is serious, ain’t it?

Scout races through the building at Heavy’s call, telling all inside the building to get underground, into the bunker.

After safely locating most of the crew, he shoves everybody down into the lowest level, and they wait it out…

Safely makes it back to base, (with all 506 of Soldiers raccoons as well)

HEAVY

“Scout… that. Is-is no Dust devil.. Get inside!” Heavy shouts, shoving Scout from his perch, and towards the doors to their base.

“Run! Tell the others to take cover!” He yells over the whipping winds, as he grunts, moving towards the winds, to the shed.

There was only one mercenary that was probably unaware of the whirlwinds outside… The collar of his vest blew against his chest, flitting on the tail ends of the wind.

“Engineer!” He yells over the sound of coursing air. He tries the handle but it’s chained shut, with a padlock. Of course…

“ENGINEER! COME TO BASE, NOW!” He bangs on the door, unheard and struggling against the high winds. He can barely keep his eyes open with the sand it’s picking up, and…

He tumbles, the air pushing him back, so far that he’s at the porch of the RED base, with a shocked gasp.

The shed was shaking against the winds, looking like it’d be ripped apart.

Before he could walk towards it again, Medic pulls him in with a grunt. “No- wait!”

The doors shut, with a board to lock against the winds and he’s lead down to where the others are stuck.

ENGINEER

He couldn’t hear a thing with his epic rock solo playing. Whoever was at the door should know to not interrupt a man’s tunes!

He thrums, the headset to his Walkman as playing as he works on one of his most inventive projects yet!

A second bolt here…. Some adjustments for the arm…

Maybe a touch of elbow grease… some spit shine and…

“Alright!” He exclaimed. He was a genius! He almost felt like he was floating when he stood up!

Man, it was glad to have that off his shoulders and off the idea emporium! He rolls his cramped up neck before taking a peek between the curtains of the window, expecting the warm sun and some explosives or something.

He’s not met with familiar orange sands. Actually, there’s a cow cut out staring at him as it flies past the dark grey whirlwind. Tumbleweeds, his sentry gun, Pyro waving, the Intelligence, some old trash…

HIS SENTRY GUN?

He throws the curtains open, in shock as he realizes where he is. And it’s definitely not on the ground with his two feet.

“Awh…shucks.” he sighs, sitting back into his bolted down chair, head in his hands.

Our new Dorothy.

(I hope this was suitable!)

[pleasepress1forfrontdesk]

Alright I'm making a universe list to organize everything, because this stuff gets complicated.

Note: These are just MY characters, but if you want your characters to be ADD to the list, DM about it please or reblog as well.

(All events in role plays happen in universe 1)

Universe 1 (everything is good + MAIN UNIVERSE)

Levi- was drafted into war at 10, for the Nimone war, had a snapping moment and comment many war crimes. Got arrested and became depressed before escaping and coming to Yokohama. He now walks freely and is living a better life.

Cooper: Levi's best friend, a mischievous boy who was chaotic and never took no for a answer. He was drafted at 18 before dying in Levi's arms after getting shot through the head. Now Cooper rests peacefully in heaven.

Ross- Joined the Nimone military at 18, became Captain and help lead troops in the war. Thought he lost his sister and hated Levi after Levi's snapping moment for almost ruining his entire reputation. Ross came to Yokohama in search for Levi. Now he has became a better man, found his sister, got a boyfriend and a few kids. He doesn't hate Levi anymore.

Ikari- Lonely 16 year old highschool student got drafted into being a medic for the war. Had no friends or family until he was assigned to Ross group after the war. Now he's adopted by Issac, found his long lost cousin, his friends are his family now, and life isn't so dull for him away more.

Dorothy: Help runs a orphanage, she used to take care of Ikari when he wasn't adopted. She stays in Nimone and sells great candy apples for events. Most of her time she stays helping the orphanage or the church. Now she's a sweet old lady.

Universe 2 (things could be better)

DNA- Same things happened to Levi except he never had his snapped moment. Therefore he never committed any of those war crimes and never got arrested. He became a cold captain after Ross died. DNA doesn't remind his actual name as Levi and he's emotionally numb. Now he's in universe 1 after a portal for quick transportation was made by a group of scientists ended them up here.

Cooper- Same type of Cooper from universe 1. Died the same as well.

Ross- He was the same like the universe 1 Ross. But unfortunately this Ross went to take a flight mission and ended up dying in a explosion after his fighter jet was shot down. The doctors couldn't save him.

Ikari- Same Ikari as universe 1, except less depressed and more mean. This Ikari is more athletically fit as well and lost a eye. For now he's left in universe 2 doing boring medic work.

Dorothy- same old sweet old nun.

Universe 3 (oh crap half of the world has been taken over)

Levi- Unknown right now

Cooper- Most likely dead

Ross- Scarlett killed Ross

Ikari: Same Ikari, committed sewer slide.

Dorothy: She's just Dorothy. Same old sweet nun.

Universe 4 (unknown)

Cooper- He didn't die in the war, but he was captured and brainwashed into being a submissive servant. Now he lives with Shibusawa after waking up in a field of flowers with no memory.