#i think im overdoing this

[uruimipaints]

can you guess who's next on the omor fanart list?

[archivebottles]

"You don't need to worry about me. I can take care of myself now."

[moeblob]

[bowyooo]

hello

please accept this humble kim kitsuragi in 2003 Dolce & Gabbana Black Leather Cropped Buckle Jacket

[8rujaa]

y’all think if i got her a little succulent instead of flowers for our date would that be too much?

[mediapen]

THE WAY A BOY CREATES HIMSELF WITH A PAIR OF KITCHEN SCISSORS AND HIS PARENTS' DISMISSAL — ↳ CS55 ++ dante émile, 'sharing a cigarette with joan of arc.'

[dustykneed]

what was the first piece of Star Trek media you consumed? :)

Anon you have fallen for my nefarious schemes once again... (rips off disguise with an evil flourish) I may look like a trekkie, but I am actually.......

A trekkie who is a huge nerd at heart xDD. I got into Star Trek mainly through assimilating fanfic into my conciousness. I've heard my characterizations are surprisingly solid (YIPPEE) for someone who only vaguely knows what happens in canon. But I've never actually had the pleasure of going through any official Trek media yet! My one flex is that I have no qualms against spoilers of any magnitude lol.

I know this isn't Trek media explicitly, but in the spirit of responding to the sentiment behind the question, ngl, I'm going to have to go with Mythbusters. I honestly didn't really pay much attention to the Trek segments when I watched it for the first time (that being said, I *need* to go back and watch the gorn cannon episode again omg). But Mythbusters was so formative for me because it gave me that push to get excited about science again after spending so many years defining myself as only an art/literature nerd when I was so excited about science when I was a kid.

I think in a sense, my interest in Star Trek is directly descended from the impact Mythbusters had on me-- and I think that's pretty neat :]]

[kairospy]

KEVIN DAY

the absolute love of my life, savior, and only sovereign

nothing i wouldnt do for this man. nothing.

[thekidsfromyestergay]

Hesitant alien on my mind today

[voidimp]

have i shown u gnik yet. here they are

[bonetrousledbones]

getting a sudden resurgence of art motivation is such a blessing and a curse tbh. bc on one hand im drawing a lot and having a lotta fun doing so but on the other hand i wanted to make Even More secret stuff for atbb that requires drawing so i told myself i would make a few very sketchy things that would have to be quick and don't have to be Insane Awesome Quality since they'll be blurry as hell in the final product anyway and i have like less than a week / a couple days at most to get it all ready in time

so anyways now it's 3am and i just finished the first of what i still want to do after 3 days

[lavenderedhoney]

Thinking about seizing the back of her neck and sinking my teeth into her shoulder while she was cumming underneath me the other day

[small-spark-of-light]

day 10 was to draw something with 1 pt perspective

[acoraxia]

Me, trying to identify the common thread between Wukong’s relationships with Tripitaka, Macaque, and Erlang - is it the self righteousness in the face of all evidence to the contrary? Is it the unwillingness to see Wukong’s perspective or even see him as a person? Is it the hurting Wukong until they need something from him?

Oh I know! They need to either improve their behavior or be kept far far away from him!! (And that’s being generous)

Me sliding into my notes after taking my final exam for my psych course: well then

I find it interesting how Sun Wukong’s relationships can be separated into three categories involving these 3 specific characters: Fatherhood, Friendship and (at the very core) Brotherhood

Tripitaka was seen as a father-like figure to Sun Wukong and the use of master and student dynamic further proves this in the sense that Tripitaka was someone who Sun Wukong wanted to impress. He sees him as someone of higher status than him (“You’re the great monk!”) and the whole overarching moments in the book where Sun Wukong cries or tells Tripitaka that everything he does is for the sake of pleasing his master and wanting him to be proud of him. 

And while Tripitaka was not actively choosing to be awful to Sun Wukong he certainly did his damage in not taking Sun Wukong serious when he should have and listening to others (Zhu Bajie) when Sun Wukong warned him about dangers. Because remember that Tripitaka’s first experience with Sun Wukong was seeing him as a demon who was trapped and then freed and then he murdered right in front of him — and we know that Sun Wukong did not know that, hey, murder is bad so of course he was proud of that moment and didn’t understand why Tripitaka was so appalled by this.  

And this is a reoccurring thing with them: Sun Wukong getting punished and called out by Tripitaka but never told why his actions are bad and why he deserved his punishments. 

Their relationship wasn’t the best because of this, SWK wanting to protect Tripitaka and get praise from him but Tripitaka not ever seeing SWK as someone willing to learn and only as a cheeky, impish monkey. 

Macaque was supposedly Sun Wukong’s best friend and because we don’t know much of their dynamic it sucks that I can’t really fully go into depth with this dynamic but he does lose the sense of seeing Sun Wukong as just a friend when he starts putting him on this high pedestal and then having unrealistically high expectations from him since day one of his appearance. He wants Sun Wukong to go back to his old self, refuses to acknowledge that he’s changed and then proceeds to target everything around him to get him to bite back. 

He doesn’t care for how much his actions effect others and he’s not fully evil but he’s so blinded by the concept of getting his old friend back that it kind of makes him do the worst possible decisions in order to get there. 

There's some love there (platonic, romantic, whatever) because honestly if he didn't love Sun Wukong at some point then he wouldn't go this far to try and get a rouse out of him, try to get him to look at him or talk to him or even attempt to get in his line of vision as much as possible by holding up Xiaotian and everything else he holds dear to him to get his attention. But he doesn't know how to deal with these emotions properly so he instead chooses the most destructive patterns instead.

He’s the friend who says he’s the closest person in Sun Wukong’s life without realizing that Sun Wukong’s already moved on and wants to start a new life and he doesn’t try to move on as well so he can catch up to Sun Wukong.

Their relationship is equal to that of old friends who fell out and they both had a play in this but it takes time to mend it and while it is not broken forever they are still going to need more than one apology (both of them need to apologize btw) to make amends.

Erlang on the other hand is interesting.. because they didn’t start out as brothers. And their interactions are so minimal in the book (as far as i can tell they interact once before Sun Wukong meets him again to defeat a demon and then he’s never mentioned again) but if you add in the continuation of Erlang’s story with the Lotus Lantern, it’s much more interesting.

(I rechecked and Erlang is only written 80 times in my copy of the book: when he’s summoned by Guayin, when he fights Sun Wukong, when he imprisons him, when he burns down his mountain, when he fights alongside him and when his dragon wife is mentioned.)

From a perspective outside of the Heavenly realm, this quarrel between them can just be seen as two brothers fighting over who gets to be the one who’s right at that moment. It reads off as more of a dispute between who is “favored” more — because Sun Wukong was excited to meet Erlang, he praised him and said he heard of him from legends (similar to a little brother hearing all of his big brother’s accomplishments).

This is how Erlang learned of Sun Wukong:

‘The Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the monkey fiend of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, has rebelled. Because he stole peaches, wine and pills while in Heaven and wrecked the Peach Banquet, we have despatched a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and eighteen heaven−and−earth nets to surround the mountain and force him to submit, but we have not yet succeeded. We do now therefore especially appoint our worthy nephew and his sworn brothers to go to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit and give their help in eliminating him. When you succeed, large rewards and high office shall be yours.’ Erlang was delighted. [...]

And then their following interaction:

"Now I remember who you are," replied the Great Sage. "Some years ago the Jade Emperor's younger sister wanted to be mortal and came down to the lower world, where she married a Mr. Yang and gave birth to a son, who split the Peach Mountain open with his axe. Is that who you are? I should really fling you a few curses, but I've got no quarrel with you; and it would be a pity to kill you by hitting you with my cudgel. So why don't you hurry back, young sir, and tell those four Heavenly Kings of yours to come out?"  When the True Lord Erlang heard this he burst out angrily, "Damned monkey! Where are your manners? Try this blade of mine!" The Great Sage dodged the blow and instantly raised his gold−banded club to hit back.

Note that Sun Wukong is being cheeky here — if he genuinely wanted to fight Erlang he would have done so instantly but due to knowing his origin he didn’t want to. That and he probably didn't know it was bad manners since he is, in fact, a monkey. Meanwhile Erlang is the one who struck first and it sits with me that Erlang continues to strike down on Sun Wukong despite SWK no longer wanting to fight.

Their fighting is less of Sun Wukong instigating Erlang and more of Erlang wanting to beat him down for not being the “right type of god” that Heaven wants — which could easily be said about him, too. The passage of brotherhood these two go down on is always so interesting due to the fact that Sun Wukong doesn’t want to fight him and that Erlang is the one who calls Sun Wukong a sworn brother. The book can be taken in many ways of course but Erlang keeps breaking all the things that Sun Wukong holds dear to him (his kingdom, his monkeys, his pride and his generals) and then doesn’t apologize for it whatsoever. 

These three characters refuse to see Sun Wukong as a changed man and that’s where their problems lie, actually, and it’s interesting how it’s portrayed in three different types of relationships that are often different from the typical type of relationship seen in media.

[dinsfire24]

Amanita hummed happily to themself, gathering flowers into their arms. Why were they gathering flowers? Well, they had to give them to someone. They couldn't remember who, so they figured they'd better just give some flowers to everyone they could find. And everybody liked flowers, right?

A pair of voices sliced through the air. Ah, there were their first targets! Listening carefully, they recognized the voices as Caity and... and...

They saw the red-and-black clown come around the corner. Right, Clown. They picked out a rose and a sunflower, then darted up to the pair. "Hey!"

Clown stopped, his shoulders hunching. "Oh... Hi, Amanita," he said flatly.

Caity, meanwhile, smiled at them. "Hey, Nita! Whatcha got there?"

"I was... I picked flowers." They held the sunflower out to Caity first.

She accepted it happily, tucking it into her hair and telling them, "It's so pretty! Thank you."

Clown tried to slip away, but they quickly handed him the rose. "Don't..." They paused. "For you too."

"Ah." He shoved it into his inventory. "I like black roses better."

Caity shot him a look. Maybe confused? Amanita was confused too, but they started to realize something as he walked away.

They turned to Caity, frowning. "Why does Clown- Why does he hate me? Did I do... or, well- forget something?"

She hesitated. "I don't know... I mean, I don't think he hates you. I dunno why he would. But I don't know him very well."

"Hmmm." Amanita looked down at the bouquet in their hands. "Okay. Bye."

Then they walked away, collecting flowers as they went and thinking of a plan.

Someone who knew Clown better. They tried to remember people they'd seen him with. They thought he didn't have many friends. Maddie? Was she his friend? Or was it Kab...?

Well, they could see Kab right now. She was in a house. Probably her house, actually. They looked down at their bundle of flowers. She liked blue, right? She was wearing blue. This blue bell-shaped flower would be good.

With flower in hand, focusing on the thing they had to ask Kab, they walked up to the door and knocked.

"Oh, shit- Be there in a second," Kab called, and Amanita heard the sounds of several things being knocked over. Or shoved into a chest. Or both. They covered their ears to dull the noise.

Once it had ended, Kab opened the door. "Oh, hi, lil' buddy!" She grinned. "You've got a flower for me?"

They nodded, tossing it to her. "It's- I'm trying to... Uh..." Oh, the one thing they had come to ask. "Shit."

Kab snickered. "Aren't you, like, ten? Oh, you probably learned that from me... Pyro's gonna be pissed."

Amanita tilted their head. "But... Not important," they decided abruptly. "I remember. Why does... Yeah, why does Clown hate me?"

She stiffened angrily. "How am I supposed to know? Probably 'cause he's a stupid asshole," she snapped. "Don't- Just don't worry about him, okay? His opinion doesn't matter."

"Oh." They drooped slightly. "But he keeps... avoiding me. You weren't the- I was wrong."

"What's that supposed to-" Kab stopped herself, taking a deep breath. Her voice was strained, but calmer when she asked, "Wrong about what, lil' buddy?"

"I wanted- I thought you were his friend," Amanita explained. "Well, it kind of... I mixed you up. With, uh, Maddie?"

"Ah." Her expression darkened. "Right. Maddie is his friend! Yes, right, of course she is," Kab spat.

...She was definitely angry at them. But they weren't sure why. "Do you... Kab, do you hate Clown?"

"I do. I really do. I hate his smug fuckin' face and his stupid words and the way he's taking away my-" Again, she stopped herself. This time, she didn't start talking again until she'd turned around and went back to what she was doing before Amanita had come over.

They were almost going to leave when she quietly said, "You should stay away from him, Amanita. Maybe it's better if he doesn't like you. I don't... I don't want to know what he could do to you."

Some strange feeling congealed in their gut. Were they angry, too? "I'm... sorry. For asking," they told her flatly.

Kab's head snapped towards them. "Lil' buddy, wait-"

They ignored her, shoving their way out the door and running into the field.

There were a couple of people nearby. Pyro and Rae. They didn't think they'd given them flowers yet. But suddenly, they didn't even want to give out flowers any more. They just wanted to go lay down for a while.

[foxgirlinfohazard]

oh yeag so droneself has decided that theyre going to start inserting uwuspeak into their typing style, which. i think is kinda cute but at first ngl i was embarrassed lol