#important assignments

[jerry-the-leech]

im fuckn trying ok???

[technically-human]

First meeting

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Beware the Whisker Wizard!

(Based on this post)

[violetwolfraven]

The timeline of the Tinkerbell movies is so fucking funny like Tink was out there getting bullied attempting to fundamentally change what she is and revolutionizing the talent of tinkering all within like. A week tops. of her birth. At the queen’s revue Queen Clarion goes “Tinkerbell sweetheart has no one explained?” (about tinkers not going to the mainland) and it’s like!!! No shit they haven’t explained!!! Homegirl was born yesterday!!!

[chamerionwrites]

Aside from the Ghorman Massacre and the leadup to it (whew) the part of Andor S2 that most hits for me personally is Mon's extraction from the senate. Partly because it's a pretty solid tense-espionage-plot sequence and that's my jam.

But primarily because, on a spiritual level, that's a Rogue One Hallway Scene to me. Literally none of it works without a double handful of small, brave acts of resistance lining up exactly right. Mon never even takes the senate floor if Bail and that other senator aren't working the procedural rules. Nobody outside the chamber even SEES the speech if a couple of unnamed maintenance technicians aren't acing the malicious compliance game. It's possible Luthen never even sends Cassian on the mission if Lonni doesn't warn him there's a mole in the other extraction team. Cassian never gets close to Mon if her aide (on a technicality because she FIRED him like two hours ago) doesn't lead him through the building and loan Cassian his credentials. It's possible nobody gets out of the building alive if that same aide doesn't (1) put himself in the line of fire to distract the ISB agent and then (2) pick up her blaster and volunteer - in his formal civilian robes and slightly shaking voice - to stay behind and hold that gun on the guards and delay the moment they call in Mon's escape.

Something something collective resistance, something something revolution as a relay race, something something Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere and even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward...Remember this: try.

[ace-disgrace-from-space]

Imagine you are Akutagawa. You wake up a blank slate- knowing simply your name and your purpose: protect the princess. Protect the commoners. Those are your only thoughts. Your only duty.

And so you do.

You must slay the evil that threatens the princess. Slaughter it so that it never darkens her doorstep again. Destroy it so that no commoner must fear again. But what you find is not simply the evil, but someone else. He seems to recognize you, but you cannot. He calls to you, afraid- you don't listen. Who is he?

No matter. He is a commoner, which means he must be protected. That is all there is to it. All that matters is destroying the evil in front of you. Nothing more. Nothing less. That is your duty as a knight.

You clash with the evil, a blur of blades and power and sparks. You fight to protect and to serve and to succeed.

And then you fall. You don't quite know how, but you fall nonetheless. You are prone and bleeding and hurt. You are lifted into the air, pain and anger and the voices: Protect the Princess. Protect the commoners. Protect the Princess. Protect the commoners. But you cannot move. You cannot fight. You accept your fate as a knight should. That is all you can do.

A weight crashes into you, heavy and deliberate. You feel yourself fall again, but this time it's different. Because you see him. Arms outstretched. Arm. Arm outstretched. He saved you- protected you. He let himself hurt for you. Die for you. Why? Why would he do this? Who is he? What is he? Why?

Why?

Why?

"Consider us even. Away with you..." he smiles at you, turning to light. "...you fool."

And you remember.

And you remember.

And you scream because that is your partner, your other half, your fool. The man you found enough to hurt for. To die for. To protect because he is Atsushi Nakajima and that was reason enough.

And you remember.

And you scream.

[novembueri]

Lucanis in the style of Disco Elysium

[moisthairyfarts]

I have too much free time

[fight-for-what-you-love]

♪You're The Reason - Victorious Cast, Victoria Justice

Now. I'm not saying Cody wouldn't learn to defend himself on his own... but... I'm also saying that couples that spend a good amount of time together tend to learn from each other. Have you ever heard of the Michelangelo Phenomenon? That's what's going on here.

Anyway, for ONCE it's not all about Noah and Cody! Alejandro and Courtney really connected last episode! They understand each other and help each other out in different ways, what with their similar drives for success and mutual understanding to get there. Not everyone understands them, though. Shame it was a double elimination.

Notes on the episode under the cut!

* Courtney and Alejandro spend the trip to China talking and getting along in first class over their wedding cake (though Courtney’s the only one eating).

* Noah and Cody are asleep in a stupid, uncomfortable looking position. Heather and Tyler comment on the absurdity of the position before Sierra gets up and walks away in silent rage.

* Cut to Sierra in the confessional. She’s racking her brain trying to figure out how this (noco) happened, and where she went wrong. She doesn’t know what to do. Someone needs to tell her how this happened.

* Noah snags the bike, but only because Cody reached Ace the Donkey first, that jerk. He doesn’t argue though, just pets Ace and tells him to be nice to Cody.

* Sierra gets the pogo stick, Alejandro gets the skateboard and Courtney gets the tricycle like canon.

* Tyler insists he can run the wall on foot. Indeed he does, and he makes it to the gong exhausted.

* Heather gets a pair of roller skates instead of the traditional sandals. She’s not great with them, so she grabs the back of Alejandro’s shirt the whole race (after Alejandro convinces Courtney that sticking with Heather can give them an extra vote).

* Heather, Alejandro and Courtney keep pace with each other most of the race. Heather notices how well Alejandro and Courtney get along and she’s filled with an anger she can’t quite explain.

* Sierra and Noah reach each other in the race, and Sierra takes the opportunity to ask him how he did it. How exactly did he get Cody’s affection so easily when she couldn’t? Noah responds sarcastically: “By being a normal human being, maybe. What a concept, right?” This prompts Sierra to hop in front of him and jam her pogo stick into the front wheel of his bike. Noah almost flies off the bike as Sierra insists on telling her what he did to "win Cody over". Noah, scowling, simply says he was his friend first. “Have you ever considered that maybe he just wanted a friend?” This leaves Sierra thinking, giving Noah the chance to bike away.

* Courtney gets got by a land mine halfway through and gets blown past the wall. Alejandro moves to help her but can’t catch her before she falls.

* Noah passes out before making it to the gong and is disqualified from the second half of the challenge.

* (The prize for winning the second half of the challenge, other than immunity, is being able to take someone with you to first class. This will continue to be the case for every challenge moving forward.)

* Eating challenge time! Their first meal is the donkey meat. Cody refuses to eat what he assumes is Ace, and gets disqualified and sent to the loser bench for it. He sits next to Noah, who pats his back sympathetically. Four remain.

* Their second meal is the live meal worms. Heather does not finish her bowl before everyone else, and gets disqualified. She notices Courtney with her mouth full on her way to sit down. Three remain.

* Third meal is the starfish on a skewer. Heather notices Courtney and Alejandro dive under the table one after the other and interrupts the meal to call them out. Alejandro tries denying anything but Courtney’s mouth is too full to defend herself. Alejandro is disqualified for cheating.

* Tyler and Sierra are the last ones standing. They get the inedible slosh as their final plate and they’re both very not into eating this. Tyler plugs his nose, closes his eyes and starts shoveling the food in his mouth. He manages to swallow a few spoonfuls. Sierra is about to take her first bite when she notices Tyler hesitate. He has a spoon and a mouth full of food but he’s not moving to swallow anymore. Sierra sees this and puts down her spoon.

* Sierra starts teasing Tyler, telling him things like “It’s so warm and gooey, it looks like someone already ate this and threw it back up, the solid chunks really compliment the thickness of the broth” etc. Noah and Cody pipe up and try to convince Tyler to tune her out and finish the bowl. There’s silence for a few seconds. The spoon rattles in Tyler’s hand. He’s shaking and sweating. He turns and pukes. Sierra wins the challenge.

* Chris counts six votes: three for Alejandro and three for Noah. A tie. But... there’s seven people, how are there only six votes? Turns out Tyler got food poisoning and made a total mess of his vote. Noah and Alejandro try to argue, but Chris cuts his losses and hands them both a parachute.

* Before they jump, Sierra tries consoling Cody, telling him how it's just soooo sad that Noah got eliminated again, but at least he'll be comfortable in first class tonight!! Cody turns to look at her. "Who says I’m sleeping in first class?" Sierra hesitates, not expecting him to talk back to her. "I... did...? I’m bringing you with me...??" Cody responds: "I’m not going to first class with you."

* Sierra insists. "But… I won the challenge. I get to pick someone to come with me, and I’m picking you!" Cody stands his ground. "I’m not going with you." Sierra starts losing her patience. "Cody, don’t be difficult-" She grabs him by the shoulder, but Cody shoves her away harshly. He stands and takes a step back to create distance. "I said NO! I’ve had enough of you treating me like I’m anything but a person, so NO. I’m not going with you! Leave me ALONE!!"

* Sierra is left startled by his outburst. She relents. “Fine. I’ll take Heather instead.” Heather’s shocked, but she’s not about to turn down first class.

* Cody turns to say goodbye to Noah, but Noah hugs him before he can say a word. "That was amazing!! I’m so proud of you!!" Noah keeps going, saying he’s made it so far already, and he knows Cody can make it to the end. Cody can’t help but smile. Before he can say more, Alejandro grabs Noah and throws him out of the plane before jumping out himself.

* For goofs and gaffs, I like imagining the post credits bit of this episode being Alejandro and Noah plummeting to the ground after jumping out of the plane. Alejandro pulls the string of his parachute, only for soup bowls and chopsticks to fly out. Noah grabs onto Alejandro and pulls his own string (which opens an actual parachute), saving them both. Alejandro comments, disgust apparent in his face and tone, how being with Cody made him soft. Noah just tells him to shut up before he changes his mind and drops him.

[rainbow-cadenza]

he's trying

[speech bubbles are from lovely texting template by daydreamsonacloudyday]

[legayllyblonde]

last but not least: shih-na sunday!!

final day of @aainvestigationswomen :-D these were so much fun, i loved playing with the poses and bg shapes! taking a break now to work on some zine & personal art, but i might be back soon to do some of the guys in this format... wolf man and eddie are calling to me...

[artisnotourstrongsuit]

Gricko-centric doodles, Frost (my wife), and a wip i can confidently say I will never finish because Torbek is so hard to draw 💔 like i drew THREE entire sketches before i scrapped all of them and just drew that one

also I need to talk to my therapist about my obsession with drawing men with fat tits in less clothes than usual that coincidentally expose the tits in question

(i lied, i dont have a therapist)

[blighted-elf]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Mass Effect 2 - Jack 1/?

[rockyteriyaki]

started a bit with my dear sister about the potential ramifications of the disney partnership and it ran so far away from me

Max avoids his driver’s room like the plague.

Money has been put down on him being assigned to be Elsa, and Daniel of course being Anna with the matching Scandinavian braids. At first Max didn’t mind so much, because Daniel would probably actually like a wintery costume very much, since he is always cold everywhere they go, but the idea of being pretend sisters with Daniel has him dragging his feet all the way through the paddock.

Anyways stalling like this gives him time to inspect the rest of the grid’s corporate-sponsored, frilly misery. George has already donned his Belle costume and is banging on Alex’s door with his yellow-gloved fists, because Alex is Jasmine apparently and they have not granted him the same regal modesty. Kimi and Ollie are convened outside of the Haas building and doing something to do with seeing if they can rip their sleeves just by flexing, but both of their princess dresses are too forgiving for it, or they’re too skinny and teenaged for it to work. Their hysterical laughs echo off of the aluminum walls of the motorhomes.

When he passes the Red Bull camp for the third time, he bites the bullet and throws open the door to his room, like the white Elsa braid is going to be flipping around like a snake and lunging at him.

It is not, and there is also no white Elsa braid, or any glittery blue fabric to be seen. All there is is red pants and a black headband with the circle ears on it. Great. He has to be Mickey, the ringleader of this whole twisted operation. Simply perfect.

He puts the ears on cautiously and then, before he can take the rest of his clothes off, a heeled foot stomps over the divider into his room.

“Yoo-hoo!” Daniel says, and then does a weird laugh. “Hello!”

Max’s responding hello gets stuck in his throat a little bit, because Daniel has been put in a polka-dot skirt with matching ears like Max’s, only there is a big bow stuck in-between them. Daniel does a silly little spin, then a curtsy.

“Mickey has a sister?” Max says, once his mouth has stopped being completely dry.

“Nah, actually, I think we’re married,” Daniel says, kicking a leg up to adjust his heel, which also has a bow on it. “Rat married. Also, like, the evil bosses of all of the princesses?”

“Rat married,” Max says, staring at the waves of Daniel’s leg hair being perfunctorily slicked down by the nylon he’s wearing. And then, because he’s still unsure of the Mickey canon beyond his personal vendetta: “are we actually evil?”

“He looked evil in that photo,” Daniel says, referring to a picture of Max with a person in a Mickey costume that had gone viral because of how Max had been caught looking very, very disturbed.

“Well he is of course evil,” Max says. “But the girl one—“

“I have a name,” Daniel says, affronted. “It’s Minnie.”

“Minnie is nice I think,” Max says quickly. His eyes keep getting stuck on the little scallops of white under the hem of Daniel’s skirt, the ones that had flared out when Daniel had done his twirl. He wants him to do it again, but he doesn’t think Daniel will, even if he asks. “Minnie isn’t—she is like, oh, it’s time to stop being evil now.”

“Like,” Daniel says, pitching his voice higher. “You’ve been scaring kids all day, time to come home.”

With the heels, Daniel is just taller than Max. And he knows when the cameras come, Daniel is going to take his big heavy coat and wrap it around the dress and probably also take the heels off, because it is silly in the bad way that makes Daniel so twitchy and awkward. But right now he is standing here, and they’re rat married. Max is staring. Daniel is staring back.

“Do you think,” Daniel says, and his voice is still a little stuck with Minnie’s, hovering between girly mouse and Aussie man. He kicks a leg back again, and then clomps it back down. “Minnie stays home, yeah, while Mickey goes and does his thing? Like a Santa and Mrs. Claus situation?”

Max doesn’t get why Santa is part of it, but he nods. Daniel nods too.

“Yeah. I think she does,” Daniel says. “Stay at home, I mean.”

“In the mouse hole,” Max says.

“In the clubhouse, wow, okay. Have you seriously never seen that? Mate, you have to get dressed. Goofy is waiting to escort you.”

“I don’t know what the fuck that means,” Max seethes, and starts unbuttoning his pants.

[beneathsilverstars]

i was gonna say which ISAT character i think has the most autistic swag but tbh i don't think i can choose

isabeau has the "i'm gonna study Being Social so i can get a good grade in masking" and "very fast at mental math" autism

mirabelle has the "please let me infodump about my fandom special interest" and "non-human characters are neat" autism

odile has the "sometimes i ignore social rules on purpose, other times i genuinely don't realize until i've already fucked up" and "deadpan everything" autism

siffrin has the "i hate when my routine is disrupted" and "carefully copying normal behaviors from the people around me" autism

bonnie is the only one without an obvious autistic reading to me, i think it's harder to get a read on them bc the quest is an even more unusual and stressful situation for them than it is for the adult members of the party... but I could see them having "people my age think i'm kinda weird so i end up making friends with adults instead" autism, lmao

also. it's soo real for autistic people to end up in a mostly-autistic friend group bc they struggle to communicate with non-autistic people. and then STILL struggle to communicate w each other.

[spiderziege]

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