#lackadaisy: rocky beloved

[kolektsiakomah]

lil man dislocated his arms to see what would happen bless his dumb little heart. aunt nina is fucking DONE

[THIS WAS SO GOOD ¡¡¡¡ THE LIGHTING ¡¡¡¡ i really love how it looks they are SO SILLY thank you lackateam ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡]

[daisymaycries]

✨ jailbird ✨

[showtoonzfan]

Let’s GOO.

[tohot4u]

I did a thing

[pocketpen]

Finally learning how to draw Rocky

(Based on an old recording of Discord shenanigans here)

[lackadaisi-tiktok]

To the greatest animated pilot on YouTube, I tip my hat 🎩 and my Sunset Rose Cocktail 🍸 to the LackaCrew. I am excited to see Episode 1!

[moonflower-pies]

So… That Lackadaisy pilot, huh?

Brave of heart, dumb of ass Rocky, my beloved~ 💜💜

More under the cut

Also, can’t forget these two either:

[shadowoffandoms]

new hyperfixation coming on fast watch out

[lackadaisy-headcanon-supply-unit]

Hiiii!!!! Can I please request a headcanon home brew with the reader being friends with rocky? It can be angsty or fluffy or whatever you prefer! Thank you 😁

Took a more lighthearted direction with this, to offset a particularly angsty romantic oneshot that’s eventually to come… One must maintain a balanced diet of their illicit beverages and all. It also ended up a bit specific. Hope you enjoy!

So you’ve become friends with the notorious poet, eh? Congratulations! There likely wasn’t much effort needed on your part.

He’s naturally talkative (and how) as well as sociable (though lacking the skill), but you had to have bumped into him several times in the same setting before a true habit was formed of it.

Being a regular at the café or the speakeasy is the setup that most easily lends itself… maybe one before the other, though he wouldn’t bring you downstairs unless you were explicitly interested. The criminal scene might not be everyone’s cup of tea, after all.

You’re less probable to find out about the Lackadaisy from him, either; it’s likely Ivy told you first, seeing how much you two get along as well as finding you genuinely personable and interesting. But if you end up undeterred by the revelation that he works for a bootlegging operation and would like to take that trip downstairs some night, he’ll be glad to have you see him play with the band!

Speaking of, if you were also an artist, he’d be elated.

The stanzas shall flow like water from an overly tenacious tap regardless of your expertise, of course. Uneducated listening ears are better than none, and he’ll appreciate even surface level analysis and positive feedback if you bother with such. Don’t fret if you don’t understand all of the words or get tangled up in an abundant array of alliterative allegories. You’ll learn to adjust accordingly. (Or so he assures.)

But! If you’re a kindred creative soul, it’s a common ground he’ll hop onto with utmost eagerness.

A fellow poet or writer? He’d hinge on your every word of appraisal. How did you like the flow of this one, (Y/N)? You could practically feel the expressionistic scenery enveloping you with this picturesque wording, could you not? What about that one metaphor about the stars, (Y/N)? Surely it conveyed his message on the sweet transience of life? (Y/N)? Oh, (Y/N)! Please answer him, (Y/N), he’s begging to know.

Don’t worry, it’s not one-sided. He’s always all up in your literary business and half-finished drafts in return, asking plenty of questions and insisting on being your first audience for everything. He’ll listen to you talk yourself out of plot holes and come in handy as a sentient thesaurus whenever you get stuck on the synonyms.

(Though I cannot guarantee he’s capable of providing a distraction-free environment. Any environment truly free of distractions is one where he is absent.)

A musician? Oh boy! Your instruments may not be the slightest bit compatible, but that could never stop him from making the most splendorous harmonies together with his dearest chum!

Teaching each other songs you know is a must. Beloved classics like Vivaldi as well as local tunes from either of your lands of origin; he’s an extremely quick learner, as you’ve found out, with a keen ear and significant thirst for knowledge, especially when it comes to things dear to your heart.

You’ve observed how deeply serene he appears to be when playing a certain song or two with a gentle folk-like ring, as if in a trance of reminiscence. He claims not to understand what you mean when you bring it up… so you play along in silent understanding, earning a smile back when your eyes meet that is, for a change, admittedly softer.

Or perhaps a visual artist? Painter? Comic strip illustrator? Cartoon animator?

He would so brag about having an animator friend (even if only aspiring). To the surprise of no one, he’s a great fan of those whimsical hand-drawn moving pictures. Some may find them silly, but in his vocabulary that’s a staple of high precedence.

Yes, he has been to the movies several times, and a shared interest would provide a stellar excuse to accompany you there. Unfortunately, he both refuses to let you treat and is perpetually penniless, so he has the two of you sneak in by less than rule-abiding means. You’ve gotten thrown out before. (Likely not the first time when going out somewhere with him, and neither is it the last.)

But let’s suppose you’re a painter instead. Likely you’re creating in the chiefly popular styles of the era; impressionism, surrealism, the like. Even if not, he still praises you for sticking to your individuality. If you’re a misunderstood artist like him, he reassures with genuine conviction that you’ll make it into the galleries someday, current trends be damned. (Maybe you both are simply ahead of your time.)

The contents or perceived quality are entirely negligible, because he will find a way to compliment your work. Usually his criticism is focused less around your technical skill and more so his emotions and ideas sparked by the sight that are occasionally heavily abstract or several degrees of detached from your original intent. Still, the different perspective can be… well, interesting to hear out, at least.

When you’re coloring or shading certain parts in certain ways, like circularly or with a soothing curve of the brush, he’ll trail off in whatever he was doing or prattling on about and watch quietly for a bit as you work. It’s only embarrassing when he was in the middle of telling you something; he might even lose that line of thought. (Far from the only time that ever happens to him, so you’re forgiving by now.)

Listen, stimboards didn’t exist in the 1920s. He’ll take what he can get.

As for him, well, his personality isn’t the only thing that stopped substantially developing at the age of twelve. His visual art skills might begin and end at silly-looking scribbles caricaturing himself and the people he knows, but he’s satisfied nonetheless. Ambitious rhymes and ornate metaphors are more his department.

He’s still gotten a chuckle or two out of you with his humorously misshapen efforts at drawing you, so he considers that a win as well.

I’ve mentioned lands of origin. If you’re from a state he’s yet to have visited, he’ll surely ask a number of questions about your experiences living there. But if you’re from overseas? Another continent? Nation he’s scarcely heard of? Square that number and multiply by ten thousand.

It’s exciting to hear about different cultures, alright? He likes to understand you better. In any case you make an easier job of it for him than the other way around.

He’d likely have a lot of respect for you for learning English so well, even more so if mostly by yourself. (Viktor’s intimidating disposition and inclination to punch him at the slightest provocation are not the only reasons he never corrects his phrasing.) If he’d said some difficult or rare word you don’t understand, he wouldn’t have to hesitantly accept your complaints of confusion as exasperated mockery for a change and instead could take the time to kindly explain. Probably in an even more troublesome way. You go through like five overcomplicated synonyms before one of them finally rings a bell… but he’s patient.

Expect spontaneous “hey, how’d you say that in your language?” inquiries in the middle of a conversation, out of sheer curiosity. You may only laugh at his clumsy mimicking of your pronounciation once, because he adapts to the unique sounds of a foreign tongue scarily fast. He greets you with the everyday words you’re rather used to hearing around your hometown thousands of miles away and it’s downright uncanny how natural it sounds. (Which is why you’ve asked him not to do it without warning.)

You can’t quite hold conversations like that yet, but you reckon it’d be fun to annoy everyone else around you with if you ever got him to that point.

The others at the speakeasy are mostly baffled by the fact you’re willingly sticking around, especially if you’re not a colleague, for Rocky’s company. Not many people can, well, tolerate him. He’s honestly a bit much sometimes.

But you liked him when you were running from the cops together in scant apparel covered head to toe in dirt as the flames digesting some poor sod’s patio crackled distantly and you wondered how a starry night walk by the riverside had so inexplicably devolved into acts of incidental vandalism, and you continue to like him nowadays.

He’s your friend, after all. The adventures born of questionable choices are part of the deal. And like his soft-spokenly reluctant cousin (except less so motivated by guilt) you’re there with him through it all to make sure he doesn’t get himself in serious trouble… much.

[kolektsiakomah]

theres more chemistry between nico and mordecai in the comic than in the pilot i feel like 💔💔💔 however hellerby is real in both cases

[abootleggerstale-webcomic]

L.C Kovac

L.C is one of our main characters and the first one to be featured! She is a fierce woman and mother of our beloved Jean. She grew up in Murmansk, Russia and has a husband working fishing boats off the coast of Norway. She moved to America to help Jean have a better life of sorts and plans to move back when Jean turns 21. (More specific info below)

First Name: Loretta “LC/Lori”

Middle Name: Calina

Last Name: Kovac

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 42

Height: 6’ 6’

Birthday: February 6th, 1884

Zodiac: Aquarius

Species: Eurasian Lynx

Father: Artyom Kovac

Mother: Vivianne Beaumont

Siblings: Alexsei Kovac

Lover: Roger Haugen

They met while she was training in a port city in Russia and he was a young boat captain. They did not have enough money to get legally married at the time, so they decided to get married officially when she returns from America. He is still working as a boat captain and sometimes carries cargo to New Orleans or New England when he comes to visit.

Children: Jean Kovac (19)

Pets: N/A

Lives: Originally in Murmansk, Russia. Now lives in St. Louis.

Mental Issues: PTSD from a large explosion near her house. Her brother wasn’t the most stable cat so he was sent to America for therapy after setting off many explosions nearby, causing several deaths.

Physical Issues: Worse hearing in her left ear from the explosions

Disorders/Disabilities: PTSD

Weaknesses: She loves wolves. As a child she rescued a couple of wolf cubs and a pack trusted her and helped her home whenever lost in the woods. She could never hurt one.

Universe: Lackadaisy

Job: Assassin and now helps out the speakeasy.

Future job: Retirement

College: She trained at a camp in St. Petersburg to be an assassin.

Origins/Nationality: Russian

Special Abilities: She is good with a gun but even better with a dagger or throwing knives. As an assassin, you need to know these things to kill someone in a less noticeable way.

Personality: Stoic, Calm, Brave, Extremely Intelligent, Responsible

Fav Flower: Lilacs

Friends: Roger, Verna, Viktor, Jean, Mitzi, Rocky, Jack, Arthur, Alexsei, Freckle, Ivy, Margot, Charlie, Angie, Connie, Simon, A majority of V’s family

Phobias: Spiders, Loud Noises

Fears: Cats lying to her, Slight fear of thunder

Languages spoken: Russian, English, Bits of Norwegian

Sports: She did soccer as a child

Hobbies: Cleaning knives and/or guns, Knitting, Making Pickles

Talents: SHE CaN JuGgLe!!! And survive well in the cold wilderness. Also can carry really heavy things.

Random info: She is actually a teetotaler

[samantha-and-her-chaotic-desires]

I don't know if I should have sent this, but I have no one to tell about my AU, so here it is. Mermaid AU, where all the characters are mermaids and the action takes place in the underwater world, I made this universe from the category of "why not?", so it is not fully thought out, the plot in Mer!Lackadaisy is similar to the comic, but instead of alcohol they they sell human things (or cat things???), I couldn’t think of another alternative to alcohol, I didn’t choose alcohol because for me it somehow doesn’t fit with mermaids, okay, let’s move on to the next one, instead of the Lackadaisy bar they have a sunken ship under called Lackadaisy, something like that. Here are characters as mermaids here

1. Rocky: Dolphin, I decided that just mermaids with scaly tails were boring, so I decided to base them on real sea animals, it’s more interesting, I decided that Rocky would be a dolphin, because dolphins are smart and dexterous, and they’re also funny, like Rocky and dolphins can be cruel and cunning like Rocky so I thought this would be the best option, honestly I can't imagine Rocky as any other sea animal other than a dolphin when I thought of Rocky as a mermaid, it was a dolphin something like that, and well, I also chose a dolphin for Rocky, for some reason, now you’ll understand why

2. Freckle: Tiger Shark, I chose this because it fits Freckle's aggressive side and since dolphins (Rocky) are intimidating to sharks, I think you can see why I chose this option

3. Ivy: Sunflower sea star, I decided to make her like this because she had an orange color in her palette, similar to sunflower sea star, and I chose this option because of the symbolism of the star on her clothes

4. Mitzi: Matano Crab, originally I wanted to make her a jellyfish, but then I changed my mind, I wanted to make a reference to the Krusty Krab

5. Zib: Seahorse, I think it's obvious, but I made him a seahorse because of the saxophone

6. Wick: Narwhal, honestly, I don't know why, I just decided to choose him

7. Victor: Sperm whale, initially I wanted to make a bull shark out of it, but then I chose the sperm whale not only because of its character and large size, but also because sperm whales intimidate killer whales, now you will understand why

8. Mordecai: Killer whale, now you understand why I made Victor a sperm whale, I think there is no need to explain why I made Mordecai a killer whale, this is the only animal that suits him

9. Niko/Serafina: White shark, no explanation needed

10. Asa: Leo Fish, since he was based on a lion, why not? Simply put, a reference to prototype

11. Atlas: White humpback whale, because it is more interesting, and because I associate Atlas with the spirit of the crocodile, so the white humpback whale

As for the rest of the characters, I haven’t figured out who they will be in Mer AU yet

Nico and Serafine are def white sharks fr

OMG OMG ZIB AS A SEA HORSE!!!!! :DDDDD AND NARWHAL WICK!!!!!! I LOVE!!!!!!!

and I love the reference to the Krusty Krab with Mitzi LMAO (Dolphin Rocky my beloved <3)

also I'm SO sorry for answering these late, I haven't been able to answer the longer responses due to time framing issues.

[fluffyselfships]

Ok so I’m kinda getting into this game called billie bust up and there is this character called fantoccio and I love him so much omg

(Photo of fantoccio my beloved)

He is a silly lil dramatic theatre kid with a big ego

He is also voiced by the same VA that voices rocky from lackadaisy (one of my other f/os)

(More info about my beloved fantoccio)

Also he has a song which I listen to on repeat

I love him so much it’s insane lol

@thespidergeek -

OMG I LOVE BILLIE BUST UP !!!!! IVE SEEN THIS LIL DUDE BEFORE hes so shaped

dude omg he loves you so much!!!!! idd love to see ship art of yall👀👀👀👀

[candyheartedchy]

Ok so there is this game called billie bust up and in the game there is this character called fantoccio

(Here is a picture of my beloved fantoccio)

He’s a silly lil theatre kid with a big ego and I love him so much omg

How much I love this goober is insane

He has the same VA as rocky from lackadaisy (another one of my f/os)

(More info about my beloved fantoccio)

He also has a song that I love so much

Hopefully I didn’t gush too much lol

@thespidergeek -

I seen his character around here and there! He has a cool design!

And that’s great that you got him as your new f/o! :D

[lackadaisi-tiktok]

BRO WE’RE GETTING AN EPISODE 1 YESSHHHHHH I’M SO HYPED

[animationstation66]

LACKADAISY (Pilot)

LACKADAISY is a 2D animated film pilot based on the 2006 comic series by Tracey J. Butler, directed by Fable Siegle, and produced by Iron Circus Animation. Released only 2 months ago as of June 15th 2023, LACKADAISY is a labor of love animated by over 160 artists around the world! The pilot introduces us to St. Louis Missouri in the year 1927, prohibition is in full effect and the impending doom of their beloved bar looms over the characters heads. Those characters including Rocky, Freckle and Ivy, three cats trying their hardest to smuggle alcohol into the city despite the challenges they face.

My Thoughts:

!!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

What else can I say other than this film was phenomenal! I was incredibly impressed by how smooth the animation is and I love, love, loved the character designs! All of them were unique and had their own sort of spunk and interest while keeping a cohesive look. Let's take a moment to appreciate the artwork for this show shall we?

This image here is an excellent example of creative character design within a certain art style! Shape language, body language, facial expression, and color are all used in subtle ways to express the character's personality!

An important detail to remember is that LACKADAISY was originally a comic, so some things had to be changed to translate it from comic to film.

The original comics primarily used warm, detailed pictures that focused more on shading and texture rather than color. The artwork has a similar warm, almost brown tone that some film photographs from the area take on. Whether that is on purpose I have no idea, it was just something I noticed. These images are from the comics, just to give you a better idea of what I mean.

Even when color is added that detailed artwork and focus on shading remains. Giving the viewer stunning scenes to look at, like these.

Gorgeous right?

But one thing you notice right off the bat is that with the animated pilot, the detail and the emphasis on shading have decreased significantly. But that is to be expected with an animated show, as those things are well... hard to animate. However, what is lacking in detail and shading is made up for in color! The animated pilot is packed full of color and light, which I really enjoy.

Personally, I believe they did a really good job adapting a comic into an animated pilot, if you have anything to add or any animations you want me to look over let me know in the suggestion box! Anyways! be sure to send the people behind this amazing pilot (and comic) some love and support! signing off for now,

-N.Ink