#god i hate this franchise

[penelopwgarcia]

the republic: don't worry we've sent our best backup team

*a 19 year-old with anger issues and reckless behaviour with a 14 year-old more impulsive than the older one*

[ollyollyaxe]

got you shackled in my embrace, i'm latching onto you

fem adam and lawrence bc ?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (non-transparent & closeups under the cut!)

[seyaryminamoto]

Fic-to-Art #38: Ozai carries Azula to the physicians' wing

This has been done for A WHILE now, but I didn't post it because the past days have been chaotic and not just on a personal level. For one thing, I really wasn't eager to drop this when people were losing their shit massively over the liveaction and its recontextualization of Azula and Ozai's dynamics, I didn't look forward to releasing this just to be told that whatever I've done in my story is somehow wrong, sooooooooo... that held me back, for a few days.

Then? The AI-Tumblr deal started to be talked about and I may or may not have freaked out about that too. Sooo... this is the first glazed and nightshaded piece of my creation, as consequence. The original, clean and proper version is available in my Patreon. Is this me being a dick to Tumblr-only people? Unfortunately, it very much isn't, I'm not trying to say that if you want the best iterations of my art, you should pay me for it... this is squarely, entirely, at staff/the CEO's feet. Obviously, there's the insecure side of me that goes "what makes you think they'd steal YOUR art when there are so many better artists out there!" but ultimately? AI is about taking everything en masse. It isn't a matter of developing a criteria about who makes the better art... it's just taking EVERYTHING and trying to repurpose it in whatever twisted way it needs to. Therefore? I think my choice is more of a matter of caution than anything else. Once AI bullshit dies out (and I really hope it does), we may just return to the same level of quality across all my accounts. For now, it is what it is.

ANYWAY! Point is this artwork is very much what my Patrons happened to vote for this month, a very shocking scene where Ozai reacted in the least foreseen way to Azula being attacked. Azula's confusion/terror comes from a place of not knowing what to do and being powerless to stop her father even if she doesn't feel comfortable with his help... but for once, Ozai isn't making a dreadful choice that will only devastate his daughter. He's actually worried about her health... and feeling genuine guilt over what landed her in the situation where she was in danger in the first place. Yes. I like me my complex Ozai who finally learned actions have consequences. He bores me to death otherwise :') if anyone STILL doesn't know that this whole situation is Gladiator-specific, then I shall clarify fully: this is artwork based on my fic. It's about a story that has been developing these characters for ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS now. It has nothing to do with whatever's going on in canon or in the liveaction, the scene in question was written almost two years ago and the artwork proposed and voted for several days before the liveaction aired. Ergo: there is no connection between this and that. Nor am I saying through this piece that Ozai is a good father. He is not. He can still be an interesting character to work with on a narrative level anyway :')

Alright. With that out of the way, hope you guys like this piece! The big one I haven't posted is ALSO finished, also glazed and nightshaded, but I think I might just end up posting it on the 26th if I don't have time to do anything big for our eleventh anniversary... yep, I'm so busy I don't even have a huge project in mind this time. Also? I have a lot to write and I'm finally happily writing it, and I would like to continue doing that...

Anyway! If you would like to be part of the creative process behind this piece, as well as see it in its proper, OG, less color-bleeding clunky version? A $1 Patreon pledge gives you the chance to join in suggesting prompts, voting for them and reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before a new chapter is released!

[dimdiamond]

I have mixed feelings for Toriyama but damn I find his attitude towards the fans fucking hilarious

Average DB fan: We want cool and powerful battles!

DB creator: I want cute and funny moments (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

[kyngsnake]

fallout tv show thoughts

Sat on it for quite a while because I didn’t want to be a cynical lore snob but all in all I don’t like the Fallout show. Inconsistencies and weird lore changes aside, I take the most issue with the show’s shallow understanding of Fallout’s core themes. Aesthetically the show was on point in a lot of areas, it hit a lot of surface-level tropes the franchise is well known for. For me personally, the show left a bad taste in my mouth because it felt like the writers didn’t care much for the source material. The Fallout tv show took a setting that invests a lot of time and care into human tenacity, hope in dreary environments, the desire to rebuild and form communities, imperialism and capitalism disguised as the American Dream, and turned it into “Look how wacky and evil the world is now because Capitalism tm!"

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me, praying to all the gods for some Saowon related tom fuckery to appear in the new Reckoning of Roku:

[the-shy-artisan]

On this day, 19 years ago, God of War (2005) was released on the PS2!

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

the prillya collab was incredibly disappointing to me on many levels but one of my sillier gripes was that none of the girls used as a magical girl ruler/general got any sort of exciting transformation outfit to match. however, im an artist so

a fun fact about this is that theyre all based off different types of magical girl anime/themes

[maxthesillyy]

do NOT hand me the aux or i WILL start playing this shit

[starz-nova]

⚠️SPOILERS FOR CLASS OF 09 THE FLIPSIDE⚠️

Sooooo how are we feeling about Class of 09 The Flipside? Cause I thought it was horrible like why was the game just 3 hours of Jecka abuse?? Why did the foot stuff and the trafficking ending need to be there?? Like I get the original had some pretty messed up stuff in it also but the Flipside just felt it was too much, ya know? I know the creator is wierd af. Justice for my girl Jecka

[squidkidnerd]

oh my god what is wrong with this fandom sometimes. just bc we're in the second half of splatoon 3's update cycle now doesn't mean the game is dying and nintendo is horrible and all that... look, i get side order was kinda disappointing, but in all fairness i don't think people had the right expectations of it either. it was never going to be like oe because oe had way more building up to it and side order just... doesn't. and that's okay! okay, guys? okay. literally just chill out, step away from your phone, and take a walk. splatoon 3 is fine. the world is not ending. there will most certainly be a splatoon 4 because nintendo wants to make more money. relax. seriously, relax.

[nyhti]

Thinking about these two tonight.

Batman (2011) annual 2

Arkham Manor #3

[ocamporain]

WHEN YOU CUT THE POWER,

"ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING HERE ARE DEAD."

EXCLUSIVE. LORRAINE "RAIN" OCAMPO. RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE.

Written since 2002, first Rain on the site <3.

[sleepingfancies]

can someone make a proper horror video game so we can stop this annoying ass trend of pretending chuck e cheese is prime horror material

[idlyingabout]

As Ace Attorney fans i think we need to recognize that if Capcom ever did make AA7 it would most likely be... bad... like really bad, they'll probably go in the same direction as with dual destinies and introduce some new underdeveloped gimmick or character to make it easy for new fans or whatever and it would be Bad. In my head the only scenario where AA7 could be any good is if it's a lovingly crafted fangame (or if by some miracle of god they get shu takumi and kumiko suekane to come back <- me being delusional)

[thrileikur]

im sorry but why is the thought of both finn passing and pb stepping down by the time of together again so… tragic?

its still ambiguous when in the tl the latter happens right? damn, parallelism and all that.

i can imagine the first person in ooo to connect these things starting to immediately fret, then the emotional chain reaction kicks off. yeah eventually some other hero rises but so much in the series happens with both of their involvement + the immediate happy ending ooo gets with pb’s orders being disobeyed, and theyre still work partners even to the end assuredly. like, who else would break the news that finn wouldnt be seen anymore? if “end of an era” ever meant anything to an in-universe like at’s its these things put together