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[tothepointofinsanity]

Scribble dump...Wanted to give the golfer a more gender neutral appearance even though that has always been my intention (I also toyed with the idea of more skin tone variety because I'm South Asian)...

Greener Grass girl employee. I think she's very silly (more aggressive and adapts to dodge your soulball).

[cloudinal]

Happy birthday, Math Man!

[cowboy-robooty]

im not going to lie i have an illuminati type theory that fanfiction has gotten so fucking bad recently as yet another consequence of the pandemic

[thatonecrookedsmile]

Remember. Conceal. Discover. Illusion. Regrets. Reel Life. Submit. Reject.

Past. Present. Future.

Danger. Unstable. nettogrof tfel retteb era sgniht emos

- Just another ghost inside a game -

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this is the sort of project that I end up procrastinating for a good time and has to Lock-In once the deadline starts to aproach but thanks goodness I was able to finish this in time.

the idea never really went beyond a weird collage. Nothing really connected, a certain chaos to it. It wasn't really cohesive, but I think it still works. And I like the way things were organized (at least, organized in the best way for a project like this).

you could argue that the chaos in this drawing is a good representation of the nature of SOTM and its updates.

Riley is the only part of the drawing done traditionally. Not really confident that I could execute the idea exactly well in digital. It still works well. And doesn't look too out of place with the rest,at least for me.

I'll want to post the background stuff separately and without the filters/lights. So people can see it better and so that the details I added to them don't go to waste. (This goes for Ink Demon and especially Dumdy).

today was… weird. I feel weird, ngl. But despits what my head says, I'm glad I did this drawing. I'm glad I finished it and posted it. And I hope you like it too.

Happy 414. Have a good night folks.

(good luck to whoever finds the easter eggs (hard mode difficulty) in this piece too)

[spark-circuit]

quite satisfied with how much i've been improving with my chain dashes. if you ignore all the blunt force trauma and fall-related injuries.

[taruruchi]

Since I'm reading Pride and Prejudice then took a break

Reference under the cut

[clumsypuppy]

i feel like. theres designing a character with certain themes and motifs in mind, and then theres making a gijinka for the water bottle on my nightstand

[elitadream]

I hope you don't mind me asking this but I'm confused about something. Did you only do Mario art because it was a popular thing? Because it seemed like you thought a lot about it with headcanons and such

Quite the opposite! I ultimately stopped because my blog had gotten too big for my personal comfort, and also because it was occupying too much space inside my mind. 🥲 I was intensely invested in my personal vision of these characters; so much so that I was putting aside important things to accomodate time and energy for it.

And that wasn't healthy.

The previous communities I was in were very small by comparison. Private discord groups for the most part. I was still very new to sharing art with a broader audience when I joined the Mario fandom, and like I mentioned in my update, the effect that this had on me long-term was sadly far from beneficial.

I've always loved discussing headcanons and other concepts regarding the subjects I'm passionate about! And I still very much do. 🤲 But now I aim to do it in a way that feels more reasonable to me and doesn't obstruct my every day life. 🌱🌤️

[noctilu-uca]

ffffhfhfhhfhhhggghh

THE GUY EVER

[sodapopcurtis-dx-asks]

Stevie’s a cutie, can ya give me his number Sodapop?

BAHA! Y'know what?

Yeah, sure. I think he needs a good call right about now. 'Specially after last night.

He clicks his pen, and scribbles down a number at the bottom of the paper with an underlining underneath.

Hey, it's his birthday. So if ya do call him, make it somethin' extra sweet! ♡

[pulim-v]

[darkdragon768]

Do you think it would be evil to do one whole comic in codes? Do you think people would hate it or love it?

[zoeology31]

Ok, post-series/post-homestand recap time because the Twins are sparking joy again:

Holy shit, dude. Like, I expected them to climb above .500 eventually, but not this fast. 10 days ago their winning percentage was .394 and now it’s .512. And the majority of those wins have been either in a tough road environment or against one of the best teams in baseball. They’ve been tight, hard-fought wins too — only one blowout and the other seven have ended in a save situation. It’s precarious, but at the same time feels kinda sustainable.

There’s been a couple times earlier this season where they ended a homestand on a high note and then promptly crashed back to Earth on a road trip, but what feels good about this streak is they finished a road trip strong and carried that momentum through a homestand. What also feels good is the manner in which they’re winning: the pitching staff has stepped up in a major way, both the rotation and the bullpen. The rotation has the best ERA in baseball after the first five games of the season, and the bullpen gave up only 1 earned run in 21 innings over the homestand. Even counting those bad early numbers, the Twins staff as a whole is 4th in baseball in WHIP and ERA and has allowed the fewest walks by a wide margin. Good pitching wins ballgames, and this pitching isn’t just good, it’s great.

As others have noted, it’s been a different hero every game during this streak, and that’s true of pitchers as well as position players. Every starter has contributed big, but I’ll especially shoutout Paddack and Ober, each with one grindy, messy start where they were still able to buckle down, give the team five innings, and keep it close enough for a comeback; and one absolutely dominant, tone-setting shutdown start. I’ve shit-talked Paddack a lot this season, both on here and elsewhere, but his start Friday was genuinely one of the best pitching performances I’ve ever seen in person, and he deserves a ton of credit for that. A no-hitter would’ve been both cool and hilarious, but regardless it was truly impressive and the perfect way to open that series.

The bullpen of course has been killing it, led by Duran and his .93 ERA and .98 WHIP. Unsurprisingly, our best reliever in a decade or so figured out the adjustments he needed to make in order to keep being our best reliever in a decade or so. I’m waiting on handwritten apologies from several Twins beat reporters, but he’s certainly not. Varland has settled in nicely, Jax is still a bit inconsistent but striking out the world, and Coulombe has been huge, giving the Twins solid lefty consistency for the first time since his previous stint here. Just the fact that our 2023 and 2024 7th-inning guys are third-to-last and last in the current bullpen hierarchy says a lot about the depth and performance right now.

As I said before, the most exciting thing about the hitting is there's still a lot of room for improvement, both in execution and in personnel. Buxton is having a wonderful season, showing off all five tools and being a player and person the team can rally around. France and especially Bader have looked like great pickups so far, France with clutch hitting and Bader being fantastic on both sides of the ball. Lee, Larnach, and Jeffers have all been coming on strong with multiple big moments during this streak. And Castro's versatility was sorely missed and has let the Twins make winning moves to close out these games. Iron out some of the inconsistencies, get Correa and Lewis going, and eventually add Wallner and Keaschall back to this lineup and the sky's the limit.

You never know just how they're going to win, but they've found a way to do it over and over, with just about every player. This whole thing kicked off with, yes, the Clemens home run in Boston, continued with Varland's shovel pass assist, Paddack's perfect game bid, and Vazquez's outstandingly clutch pickoff, and had its latest chapter written with the biggest hit of Keirsey's life. It's awesome to watch, to see win after win and to see these players succeed. This is what baseball is all about.

Let's keep it rolling this week. It feels good to believe in this team again.

[i-havenothingelsetopost]

genuine question, do you like maths?? i have a vague feeling i saw your post of tags or something that said something about it but i cannot figure out if it was in fact you or if it was even positive ahahah

Yeah that was me! I don't go looking for math problems, but when I happen to do them, I tend to enjoy it. Wasn't always this way — elementary school math was about speed and memorization and I hated that — but I had a really good teacher in upper secondary school, and it became about creative problem solving. It feels the same as writing a poem in meter or managing to untangle a really bad knot in a ball of yarn.

[m1ckeyb3rry]

went back to my dan heng era drunk posts to giggle nostalgically over them and how much i liked him back in the day and instead i came across one about MYDEI ?? why has drunk mira been lusting for this man since day one i’m crying i didn’t even like him when i said this i was just so absolutely lost in the cheap vodka that it Came Out…my heart spoke my truth or wtvr

[crehador]

i don't know if i think it's really funny or kind of a shame that many people are going to know tadaima okaeri solely as "the omegaverse bl" when it's actually such a sweet slice-of-life about community, family, the struggles of the older generation to understand the younger and vice versa, recovering from social isolation and how recursive that recovery can be, forging lasting friendships as adults, and so on. it's so wholesome and drama-free that it barely has any plot to speak of, but what it lacks in plot it makes up for in themes and man. what beautiful themes