#how could i not darling

[cutter-kirby]

DEVASTATING episode btw. "i failed you" and "he is my friend" and "you're a good person" and "i didn't let him win" and noel and arthur's screams and "but his ears still work" KILLED ME KILLED ME DEAD

[rjshope]

elven princes for my dearest @magicshop🌿

[imminent-danger-came]

“I felt the red-winged man gaze, I heard him speaking. I know who you are, he said, there are two ways this can go, no, three ways. I don’t want to count the ways, I said, I just want to finish it. I need to get to the end. His wings lifted and sanked. Oh my darling, he said, you’re a long way from the end.”

— Anne Carson, H of H Playbook

[sketchy-tour]

Small little doodle dump cause why not!

First ones came from the idea a pal of mine had that their WH oc would serenade Poppy with country music and I quickly decided Dandy can play a mean acoustic guitar and be the best backup for country serenading moments. Enjoy the silly country fit!

OH AND A JULIE!!!! I NEED TO DRAW HER MOOOORE RAAAAAAH

[emimii]

omg i love love LOVE your art!! I was wondering if you could maaaybe draw Il Sistina tuggoffelees? its okay if ya dont wanna tho ! :D

THANK YOUUU!!!!!!!! i rlly lov some of the sistina designs :3 heres ur tugoffelees

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

something i've been thinking about:

Wally is set up as a sort of "main character" by the whrp. he's said in the site's description of the show to have introduced the main theme/lesson of the day's episode, and then the rest of the neighbors join him on his escapades. but then we have our first glimpses of everyone's actual dynamics and characters through the audios and you look at Wally and its like

first of all, thats an npc. second, nearly everybody else has severe main character syndrome

but its fascinating how Wally is just kind of... There. he doesnt talk much. he doesnt contribute beyond a couple of lines. its more like he joins the others on their shenanigans. he fades into the background. he's off to the side while everyone else holds conversations & leads the moment

Wally, despite being described as Thee character, is borderline background.

& whats even more interesting, within his individual secret audio files and interactions - he's almost chatty. not only that but the way he talks is more confident and faster paced. he's taking initiative. he can be kinda pushy. when talking to the qa/whrp/Us, he acts more like the character his descriptions portray. he acts more like a person instead of a puppet waiting for his next cue

I cant tell if - when around the neighbors - his tepid milk behavior is a purposeful act or if he's masking. and if he's masking, is it deliberate or involuntary? and in regards to both, why is he acting so different? It could be tied to what he's trying to accomplish. if he's trying to "restore" Welcome Home, it would make sense for him to act as he does around the neighbors - he wouldnt want to clue them in that he knows so much more than he's letting on, would he?

but then that begs another train of thought - what if he isn't acting or masking? if there is a time discrepancy between Wally's interactions with the qa/whrp/Us & the more 'official' audios, that could explain the difference in behavior. we could be getting glimpses into "future" (read: current) Wally, who's had much more time to figure himself out since we can safely assume he started out as a blank slate. we could be seeing a more experienced Wally than the one seen with his friends.

of course that line of thinking loses some merit when considering the 14 "bug" audios. or it could lend to it... if we're seeing a more experienced Wally but his friends are only seeing what he allows them to. it's still him, just... a carefully curated version.

in general it could really tie into the themes of identity and change and being other, to me. when you're so different - or you feel so different - that you can't bring yourself to be your most authentic you around your friends. when you feel like you have to hold back and be who you think they expect you to be, or what would be most palatable. most normal. will they accept you as you really are? there's always the fear and terror that the people you consider closest to you won't. or when you're so scared of change that you'll shove down & lock away parts of yourself so that you can keep things as you are. because once they know you've changed, so will they. and really, do you want to even accept that you've changed? what if that's what scares you most of all - that you're different, you've metamorphosized, you can't go back to the way things were because you yourself are no longer the person you were before. there is no reversing this no matter how much you try or pretend

[majimassqueaktoy]

Makoto's watch, Yakuza 0.

[imsiriuslyreading]

i made an 8 minute long tiktok talking about Kill Your Darlings and this was one of the comments

i have never laughed so hard in my life because babe what do you think?

[merakiui]

thank you scalding sands event for reminding me of just how crazy rich kalim is... orz i often forget how spoiled he is and how willing his parents (especially his father) are to do all that they can to ensure he's happy. like remodeling the entire scarabia dorm to fit kalim's vision so he wouldn't be too homesick. or owning giraffes and elephants. or even having an entire private park attached to their already massive property. he is so rich. it's driving me insane. T_T

i wrote about the tweels using their family's influence to essentially "buy" you, but the real buying of you quite literally happens with kalim. you, the servant he's grown so fond of, will suddenly find yourself swimming in wealth. all of these things are gifts, courtesy of kalim. your family is spoiled rotten, and it's such a whiplash. you try to be humble because that's how you were raised, but kalim insists. take these jewels! take this aureate statue! take this car so that you can get yourself a license and drive him around in it! kalim isn't even trying to curry favor with you by drowning you in excessive opulence, even though he very well could. he just wants to give you these things because he likes you and wants you to be happy! but it's so suffocating; you have to thank him because he's your master. your family will forever be grateful to the asims. but it's so awkward. you don't want any of these things. you just want to work in peace.

of course you can't possibly imagine yourself in a relationship with kalim. he's very sweet, but you just don't see him in that way. the gap in wealth is too great, as is your social status. so it's shocking when his father personally visits your parents with kalim, where he gives his blessing for kalim to marry you. and in addition to that, he delivers a very expensive care package, a means of goodwill. "our families will be one now," he says with a radiant smile, "so please think nothing of this little gift!" and you try to say no, but your parents won't hear it. how could you say no to kalim al-asim?! are you foolish? do you not see how lucky you ought to be?

but you can't quite call it luck or a blessing. it feels more like a curse. kalim loves you, yes, but you don't want to love him for his money or his willingness to mindlessly spoil you. but you don't have much say in this matter. kalim's made up his mind and so has his father. the two of you will be wed. it's a nightmare. jamil would pity you, but he's known kalim long enough that any sympathy he might extend to you has long since shriveled.

[ginaporterr]

I guess I just need to figure out how to change the world, or at least my world. And right when I was starting to like my world.

SOFIA WYLIE as GINA PORTER High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | 4x01 – High School Musical 4

[snivel1]

What if I swapped their puppet types😳

[gameshow-host-wally]

*Metal pipe clang* HUMAN WALLY IS SO HANDSOMEEEE

Took this as an opportunity to draw Human Gameshow for warm up sketches

- Blu

[michyeosseo]

I want to become stronger sooner to help Master wipe out the miasma from the Immortal Realm to free the people from oppression.

[corrodedcoughin]

Eddie as a pottery thrower. He has his own business, teaches classes, has a set of four potter’s wheels so he can do side by side demonstrations with his class.

There’s painting stations for after they come out of the kiln. There’s even pieces he makes so people can just come along and paint if they feel like it. He has childrens classes where it’s all about getting stuck in and learning and just having stress free fun.

Primary school teacher Steve comes in to see if he can organise a class visit when Eddie is at the wheel, throwing a water jug, apron a mess and hair and face flecked with clay grey water. He looks up when he hears the door open and for the first time in a year the clay flies off the wheel as Eddie stares opened mouthed at this dream boy who has walked through the door.

[the1trueanon]

a silly lil guy sitting on a silly lil apple @:3 he's gonna teach you the alphabet, if he can remember all of it...

wally has some magical power where drawing his lil face destroys all sadness XD fr with the right inspiration and enough energy i could just sit and draw/paint him endlessly to my heart's content, and he could very well cure all depression -w- i love him so much

our darling wally belongs to the great @partycoffin :D

[velvetjune]

[video description: Doctor Darling and an assistant are being filmed in one of his labs. She is at the computers and he’s walking near a table. Darling playfully hits a newtons cradle with a pointer stick, while the assistant looks directly at the camera with judgement. End VD.]

[ID: Cropped text from FBC files between Hubert and Carla. The first from Hubert reads, “Hi Carla, Does it strike you as odd that Darling insists on having us appear in those bizarre videos of his? I mean, we just stand there, he doesn't even let us have lines or anything. Don't get me wrong-beats a day in the lab. Plus it's always great to work with you.” The second from Carla reads, “Yes, the video shoots are always interesting. I expect my availability for those to decrease in the future, however, as my analysis of this newly discovered Black Rock variant is reaching a critical point. I hope you will be able to attend them still. Darling seems to be under a lot of pressure lately, and I'm sure he would appreciate any support you can provide.” End ID.]

The tension here is atrocious. They can’t stand Darling’s fun and whimsical attitude