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I feel fandom would get along a lot better if there was mutual understanding that liking a character, agreeing with a character, and thinking the character is well constructed/executed are all separate (if often overlapping) positions, each with their separate tastes and subjectivities. Also: character portrayals are intended to make the audience feel things; this is separate from (if often overlapping with) analyzing/appreciating their actions and role in the story.
#I would queue this because it's truly not character-specific#but there is always something happening with a character so that probably wouldn't help lol#anyway I'm making this nonrebloggable because I am not interested in the tomato throwing atmosphere out there#do not clown in bad faith on this post or in my inbox please I will just delete it#op#it's just over time I do see a pattern of like “I think X character was wrong in this” and some reactions being “you *hate* X character!”#or that if you like a character you *must* agree with them and/or have such a deep an endless compassion for their faults and mistakes#that it comes all the way back around to removing their agency because HOW could they do any different#and if you do not give them this grace then it is antithetical to you liking them or enjoying them or even just being neutral on them#when this is often not the case#like as an Essek and Jonas Spahr enjoyer their fuck-ups are very essential to why they have any sort of “grow as a person” arc#characters *have* to have texture and foibles or they are stagnant in the story - let your fave fuck up a bit! As a treat!#and lastly I'll just say that my point here is NOT that everyone is always positive or that haterism doesn't exist.#Some commentary just seems to happen at different frequencies from each other and it catalyzes more angst than it needs to
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every time i see what the Duolingo owl is up to or whatever Arby's latest crazy crossover is i get war flashbacks to the Denny's tumblr circa 2012ish. we could have stopped this. we saw a fish evolving legs and kept shoving it back into the water and it kept coming back and now we're drowning in legged fish. we should have stomped it into paste.
#i got a message in 2014ish from someone who said they were on the dennys tumblr team#and they followed my blog specifically as one of the handful of “popular” blogs to get a handle on the posting style#i checked her blog and her bio said she was 20 at the time and interested in online marketing#i think about her a lot. there's a pretty good chance she's behind whatever the duolingo owl is up to now.#she said she waited until after the dennys tumblr “experiment” was done to contact me bc she legally couldn't b4 that
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AU where Eddie cracks his head off the ground and temporarily gets mind reading powers. He goes to school the next day thinking that this might actually be fun, and it is for a while.
And then he hears bloodcurdling screaming - except only he hears it so, “That’s in someone’s head?”
He follows the sound out down the hall, pass his own classroom. The screaming getting louder and louder until, “Steve Harrington?”
“Yeah?” Steve blinks back into reality in the back of his history class. The screaming dims but doesn’t go away. Steve’s still got those bruises on his face but otherwise doesn’t look distressed, “…You want something, Munson?”
“Um…um, no,” He says. “I - no. Nothing.”
Steve narrows his eyes and a whisper of a voice just under the screaming thinks Eddie is fucking with him.
Eddie barely acknowledges it because he’s stuck on how Steve looks normal. Not anguished. Not tortured. But normal. Bored.
“Well, uh. Well, I’ll see you around, Harrington.”
And Eddie means that too.
#Eddie tries to figure out what’s going on with Steve by reading his friends minds#but whereas it’s interesting that Carol is meaner in her mind than person and Tommy thinks way too much about his former friend i#and Jonathan’s mind is stuck in some OCD time loop about what he needs to do after school#and Nancy’s mind is just depressing as hell so he jumps out of there quickly#none of its helpful so now he has to befriend Steve himself (ughh)#post brought to you by me - mental illness in a trenchcoat#aka a bitch whose been screaming in their mind since grade school (something I found out 5yr ago was not the norm)#steve harrington#eddie munson
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through starless sky to blackest ground
#wof#wings of fire#wof moonwatcher#moonwatcher#wof moon#music#music art#art#artists on tumblr#wof nightwing#nightwing#model/actriz#dogsbody#maria#starlingfawn's art#2025#THROWS WOF ART ATBYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#i am rereading wof ^^!!! i had already read arc 1 a couple of times so i figured i'd start at arc 2 and it's so fun oh my lord#i love moonwatcher so much.... i liked her when i first read these books but now giving it a reread her pov is so interesting#i love the silly overwhelmed dragon with questionable inner voices....#anyways i am so surpriswd reading these books coming from wc that-- the characters have friends?? unique traits and personalities?? they#have individual struggles?? the side characters are all loveable characters on their own and aren't just a way to advance the plot#forward??? the characters have their own unique dynamics with eachother????#sure i might have my problems with the books sometimes but they're pretty neat tbh ^^"#anyways this wouldn't be a certified starlingpaw post without a lyric that has no resemblance to the art itself so i added a model/actriz#lyric. i cannot believe i've never talked about those guys but they're an amazing band!! def recommend checking them out!!
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A-anime?
you know, sometimes I forget that Twst is actually an isekai that starts with the protagonist getting run over by an inexplicable horse-drawn carriage. and every time I'm reminded is a delight because that's AMAZING.
also. look. okay. there's a lot of very fun stuff in the trailer but I am obsessed with that Crowley surprised pikachu face. me when I spend all my keys and gems literally hours before they announce overblot SSRs and drop the anime trailer:
#twisted wonderland#twst anime#<- gonna use that for anime stuff in case anyone wishes to filter it#this is the point where i once again have to admit that i have not really read the manga#(i've liked what i've seen but it's very hard for me to keep up with stuff a lot of the time)#(the anime may actually be easier for me to absorb it in :')#god i GOTTA draw the manga yuus#i kept meaning to when yuuna got revealed but i didn't get around to it before 7-13 ate my brain 😭#anyway the bits they chose for the trailer are pretty interesting to me!#like i think chances are good it was mostly from that one sequence because given the timeline#they probably don't have a ton of 100% finished post-comp footage yet so they probably just took what they have#but also i'm thinking back to how deliberately vague all the game promo stuff was#and...okay again i don't really know how they did it in the manga but i am reminded of how overblotting was actually like. a twist.#a twst twist#like we were introduced to it in the prologue with the mine phantom#but riddle's overblot was an actual SURPRISE and like. an instant reveal that okay THIS is what the story's gonna be about#so i'm just kinda wondering if the anime promos might also like...actively try not to spoil everything#or if they're gonna go full anime-intro 'here's all the super spoilery scenes you can expect to see :)'#basically is the marketing gonna skew towards new viewers or established fans. both valid i'm just curious!#also excuse me for a moment as i reveal myself as a hugely pretentious snob but#oh my god the backgrounds actually have some texture and shape and are taking style cues from the game backgrounds#oh my god the castle exterior actually looks illustrative and fantastic and isn't just a 3d model they plopped in#it's hard to tell at this point how consistent that'll be since most of the trailer is in the mirror chamber#but i'm just SO happy to see it! hopefully this means they weren't crunched to fuck and are able to really go ham#(the pre-isekai scenes all look more generic modern anime so like...is that a conscious artistic choice they made)#(because that would be incredible. holy shit.)
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Continuing my agenda about Bruce and Jason becoming the most annoying and dramatic people after fixing their relationship, and making others roll their eyes, because, come on, we all need that. And because Bruce is as dramatic as others; he kinda technically was inspired by Zorro when becoming Batman, alright? That tells a lot.
Anyway, no thoughts, just Bruce and Jason annoying everyone with being the most melodramatic duo ever.
Jason, appearing in the Batcave out of the sudden, swaying a little: Hey Dick, worried: Hey. Are you okay? You rarely drop by like this... Jason, stopping by Bruce's armchair, dramatically slumping over: I... I came here today, because I lost my last battle... Bruce, who senses his bullshit, but plays along: Oh no, champ, what's wrong? Dick, activating mother-hen: SHOULD WE CALL ALFRED? ARE YOU- Jason, sniffling: Battle... Battle with... Loneliness. Bruce, with a short smile on his face: (theatrically puts Britney's Baby One More Time exactly on "My loneliness is killing me" line) Dick, groaning: YOU BOTH-
Jason, spawning in the middle of the day in WE, behind Bruce's back: Old man, protocol 222. Asap. You have five minutes. Bruce, standing up abruptly: Oh, okay. Bruce, with his stern father voice on: Jason, you are disowned. Jason: Fuck you!!! Tim, who was sitting in the same cabinet, watching as Jason storms off: Excuse me? Bruce: He is either watching some movie or reads a book about daddy issues, so he needs to get into a mood. Please, continue your analysis. Tim: ...What the fuck.
Duke: I was always a little curious... What was your father like? No pressure, you don't need to answer if you don't want to. Jason: Well- Bruce, popping out of nowhere: How come you don't know what kind of father I am? Duke: Oh, no, I meant Jason's biological fa- Bruce, frowning: I am his biological father. Jason, because he is no less shit: Yeah, damn, didn't want to tell others, especially to Damian, since he will freak out... But apparently Bruce had a one-night stand thing with my bio mama. It is kinda a secret. Bruce, very pleased: Yeah. It is a secret... but you can probably say that, considering how alike we look. Jason: (nods) Duke, absolutely believing this shit, because had you seen this fucking family: Oh. Ok. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Jason, beaming: Thanks, dude. That's why you are my favourite.
#this came to me in my sleep-deprived delirium btw#I am very fixated on some post saying Wtf was Bruce actually jealous of Willis and that's why he kept truth about his death from Jason#like idk the thought of Bruce having a deadass beef with Willis who is DEAD is funny#random fact but telltale Batman actually made it canon that Bruce watched that stupid movie thousand times (his autistic special interest)#and I live for this fact.#jason todd#red hood#dcu comics#dc universe#dcu#batman#bruce wayne#batfamily#batfam#dick grayson#duke thomas#tim drake
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I love how you draw the chain with wolfie
Thank you!
Squish Wild! Squish 'im!
#the like spam was very welcome xD#linked universe#lu four#lu wild#lu wolfie#lu twilight#asks#I forget if these three have a trio name#I'm sure there are suggestions or something in the notes of the last time I drew them together#Wild and Four duo too! they're special to me haha#please consider- Wild is the only one allowed to use Four as an armrest#how their relationship may have changed post sunset is so so so interesting to me
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A selection of strange and cryptic personal ads from The New York Herald, 1860s to 1890s. 14/?
#in the 8 years since I first posted these they have updated from photocopy quality microfilm to scans#the blue veil one sent me down one of the most interesting research rabbit holes I've been down in a long time#which i will definitely be writing about once I have written the 47 other things on my list#writing prompt#victorian#history#personal ads#ny herald personals#1860s#1870s#mysteries#gossip#journalism#writing prompts#writing inspiration#writing
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#off game#off the batter#off zacharie#off sucre#haiii :^) im still alive#i just dont really have much interest in posting on tha internt nowadayz#im tired most of the time now but i still do kinda draw
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[Abandoned by the Lightners, his heart became cracked with hatred.]
Hitting a lil' too close to home?
#junie art post#ink sans#error sans#utmv#errorink#implied. but yea not the focus#this has been turning around in my mind for quite some time. im glad to finish it lmao idk if my ramblings make sense even.#so like listen. do you ever think about how similar the function of the utmv is to the dark worlds in deltarune.#in a meta narrative to fandom sense? idk the word#we are making exaggerated expanded worlds of the ordinary tools and entertainment of the real world and make it into something more#isnt that very very interesting?#and we explore every sort of possibility in that creation. both good and bad#and when all is said and done. every possibility found and the entertainment and secrets has all run out#we put it away. abandon and leave it behind#what is left? what happens to the world and characters we have created? can it sustain without us?#what of the ones left in the dark?#idk if yall saw me a few months ago but i reblogged comyet's old post of ink begging us not to leave him alone and to keep creating#yea that never left me#and seeing exactly THAT SCENARIO in deltarune made my brain iTCH#imagine an ink in King's position.... wait isnt that just underverse#mmmmmmm. darkner ink.....#also error is here too. not just for errorink or that i can't separate these two to save my life#but error is also one of the few people to be able to GET IT?? he can hear the creators too. ink cant#but hes pretty much programmed himself to avoid having a mental break down to this via reboot memory loss.#and ink has his own internal coping mechanism (hooray for short term memory loss)#these two idiots will do anything but confront truths lmfao#ahhh my favorite idiots. never change#mmmmm#deltarune
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got an impulse to animate a little
#art#animation#drawing#western#cowboy#ocs#honeybee#grimm#yarrow#looked in my animation tag like when was the last time. i posted anything there. four years ago#animation is like. i know enough about it to probably be semi-competent at it if i tried but it is not a medium in which#i feel any real call to express my ideas in. like i'm more interested in implying motion and movement in a static image#than actually creating said motion#plus if i feel the need to draw the same shit over and over i'll usually just make a comic hgkflhd#but! it's fun to play with in short little six-frame things that keep my attention#my art
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the girls that get it

#transformers prime#transformers#tfp#maccadam#reanimator#ratchet#ratchet tfp#tfp ratchet#herbert west#jeffrey combs#time for my annual first time tumblr fanart posting of a new interest#tfp shockwave#shockwave#shockwave tfp#my art
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doves x showtime
#another pigeon post! for that is all I'm interested in atm (cruel and horrible fate of mine)#vbs is the last in line... but maybe my procrastination wins (hopefully) and i distract myself with wof au (please)#anyways!time for the most important part: Tsukasa is diluted ash red t-check Danzig Highflyer with cravat. He's the reason why Saki has#those traits. Emu is a grizzled ash-red bar birmingham roller. Such a obvious choice. Birmis are small and they're rollers which are so ver#much Emu. The grizzle admitedly looks more like a fucked up lahore pie tho... Nene is a blue check chinese owl (primarily visual choice) an#Rui is a blue english magpie pigeon (because they're peculiar birds. Not to mention their tumbler origins which is something wxs (trust)#welp I'll head to sleep now#art#my art#project sekai#prsk#hatsune miku colorful stage#wxs#wonderlands x showtime#wondershow#tsukasa tenma#emu otori#nene kusanagi#rui kamishiro#pigeon#prsk pigeons
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that moment in tlh when annabeth has an exact timestamp down to the second for just how long she'd been looking for percy makes me wonder if she always has an internal clock for everything. and like. this is further reinforced when she's timed percy's morning routine with a minute to spare in cotg. or in tlt!book when she used physics to calculate the best time to jump off the boat in the thrill ride of love. call it "scheduling" and "time management" if you wanna. all i'm saying is owls have an internal biological clock and it isn't improbable to assume annabeth inherited that trait from her mother, the patron of owls herself.
#my hc is annabeth doesn't share this aspect of her ability bc it is essentially time management#plus it can technically categorize underneath battle strategy in dire situations#but in a casual setting she can tell you how long ago something happened down to the second and it is interesting#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo text post#pjo#pjo headcanon#annabeth chase#annabeth powers#i'm honestly not sure how this could be a cool thing for her#any ideas?
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yeah i don’t really know how we got here either.
hey uh. something occurred???? so yesterday i decided to try and resprite ralsei for funsies and i got really carried away. there’s 16 of these now. my friends are actively on their way to grab and shake me like orange juice. i have no self control.
this was partially a style test? i’ve got to get to the isat redraw sprites at some point (i promise i haven’t completely dropped the project) and i didn’t really like how Derivative the old mockups were? i wanted to figure out my pixel art style! and i think these helped! so that’s a win in my books. anyways go my sprites. there’s two because i didn’t have room for chara.
#marshdoodles#utdr#undertale#deltarune#contrary to popular belief i am not hyperfixated on deltarune! something’s just Occurred in my brain#a couple people joked that my special interest is actually redraws and. i refuse to comment#i need to do more pixel art its so enriching. im being tempted by the devil to just start respriting shit from isat rn#and i don’t know if i can resist the call this time#i think i could make some really nice background objects.#ANYWAYS. if you’re wondering why frisk and chara are here and lancer isnt#i forgot#and by the time i remembered him i’d already run out of space. im sorry lancer#also uh. sorry for not posting for like a month#i’ve been obsessed with ocs and thats kinda shoved my other interests out the way#i have been drawing!
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thinking about Nico adjusting to letting himself miss and long for the people he loves. based on these bits from the sun and the star:
" As Nico and Will followed the trogs, he thought about how much he missed Hazel. He was learning to make peace with that feeling. It was okay for him to miss people because that meant he wanted them around in his life. That idea was *very* new for him- he was used to either pushing people away or watching them recoil from his presence." *
" That was the most surreal thing of all... Was he happy? Nico wasn't very familiar with the sensation, but he couldn't deny that he felt wonderful in Will's presence. He even longed for the son of Apollo when they were apart. A funny thing had happened as the two grew closer: Nico suddenly understood all those cheesy, sappy love songs he'd always hated."
#its just. i like that they included that in the book yk. the fact that he prepared a certain distance between everyone#and thus isnt used to missing anyone#so its strange for him#this is probably set somewhere pre tsats just because i like to think it was one of the times he found himself missing and longing.#but it was one of the first times he actually allowed himself to feel that way.#took the feeling and held it instead of banishing it away#also yes letting himself unmask a bit#i like to think he just gets wayyy more expressive with his hands the more he heals#that and he unmasks more!!! more openly stimming!! more special interest rambles!!#just oughh.#anyways this was a huge comic to colour#big fuck you to tumblr who made posting soooo much harder#fuck u and ur updates tumblr#solangelo#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackon and the olympians#nico di angelo#will solace#the sun and the star#trials of apollo#they borrow clothes from eachother its real in my head okay#nico canonally bought will a stupid shirt as a joke tho and i love that for them
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