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[theothin]

Is it weird to have an OC and know they aren't straight, but don't know their specific identity beyond that?

why would it be?

[bunnymajo]

No Cure Marine?

I like Cure Marine, she used to be my favorite when I was just starting Precure

I just like other characters more now

Here, have this incredibly old art I did of Cure Marine & Cure Blossom in 2011. I think this was my first precure fanart?

[theothin]

NEVER

You have strong opinions on Magic the Gathering?

yeah, my opinion is that whatever strange symbiote alien that took over the brains of all my friends would release them and let them be sane again

[huandamonia]

The Mild Robot becomes greyscale, 2024.

I’ve only ever seen @magic5ball draw him from the side, so I don’t know if it’s completely accurate. How’d I do?

[thecaffeinebookwarrior]

Do you know any resources for writing non binary/ trans characters?

Hello! As a matter of fact, I have a masterpost of resources for writing nonbinary and genderfluid characters, right here. 

As for other trans resources, I have two compilations in the works of what I consider to be the best sources for the depiction of trans men and trans women, respectively. I’ll be publishing them this week. 

In the meantime, I hope this helps, and happy writing!

[houseki-no-suffering]

This will definitely be an unpopular opinion, but I actually consider Cairngorm's fate to be worse than Phos'. Because for all the torment Phos is experiencing, at least they have FREE WILL and more importantly, REALIZE just how screwed up their situation is. Admittedly I'm biased, seeing how I strongly value free will, but seeing Cairngorm, a character I loved, reduced to a trophy wife... I'd rather be free and in pain than happy in bondage.

but do they?

phos has free will, but that will has been redirected and exploited from day one in order to lead phos to the most excruciating (and convenient for the lunarians) conclusion.

cairn started off with little free will and ended up embarking on a journey of self-discovery which they think has led them to become free but that just resulted in them becoming a trophy wife

in the end, both of these characters willingly became aechmea’s pawns. we can just hope that they change their mind eventually

[pozpopiliz]

My problem is, as cathartic as the vengeance is, when it comes down to it it really just is playing right into Achmea's hands. Doesn't help that, as sympathetic as Phos is, setting the firing squad on one of the few gems that has been a consistent alley (Padparadscha) feels really twisted to me.

@houseki-no-suffering got an ask that I think explains phos and padparadschas situation in the most hopeful way- "phos' will to die is loud and violent" that ask, if anyone remembers it- "phos understands Pads will to die, and while pad is quiet and contemplative, phos is loud impulsive and violent" or something like that- it stuck with me because phos does stare for a second and pad and rutile. If it implies that phos and pad both have a death wish, that would be acknowledgment between them that soon they'll both be free from their own personal hell.

Removing that- it's an incredibly brilliant way to show how far phos has fallen. They go from being traumatised by shattering (the amethyst twins), to injuring a gem who's in their way on accident (bort on the night raid) to indiscriminately attacking everyone in retaliation. The decline is slow and gradual at first but due to the earth gems escalation of the situation, phos hopped afew steps and went straight to revenge. but it was always there, and this is just how broken and different he is from who he was before.

The fact that this falls into Achmea hands should be detached from phos' actions. He isn't mind controlling phos, and while he planted the idea of getting his eye back (it's amazing bc this is the only time phos actively tried to recover any piece of himself-) it was ultimately phos' choice to come down and rain hell fire, and the actions of the earth gems that gave phos the idea that peace was never an option. I find it unnerving that Achmea has never given phos a direct order, but has always gotten his desired outcome. Its annoying that Achmea is getting his way, but Achmea is still giving phos the choice to go through with these things.

I cant say don't be annoyed by it, but it shows how intelligent and manipulative Achmea can be.

[capripian]

Thank you for reblogging my post! By any chance, have you read the novella it comes from? It's quite good!

I have! I have!!!! It’s so good!

For the followers: All Tomorrows is a short story about the branching of humanity into countless fractured species over billions of years. It’s quite morbid but a very good read if you don’t mind some body horror.

[monsterbroth]

Thank you for reblogging my art!

: D!!! Thank you for making such great art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cursed--alien]

Thank you for reblogging my picture. It means a lot to me.

No problem! I love aliens and speculative biology stuff!

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Out in Bethlehem they're killing time. Filling out forms, standing in line.

Oh no they haven’t!  They’re doing the’t  not!  “Since when can’t I stand in line?” they cry.  Oh no they can’t!  [confused cat body noises]

Not in line?  You didn’t know that Jesus would turn out to be a walter de selden mad  “No no no no no no” kid, they’d think.  That’s one you’ve won.  No matter.  All you have to do is buy a Bible or waggish and steer clear of movies, and you’re pretty good.

[theothin]

If you had kept up with Whale Weekly, this is the week you would have finally finished.

oh wow. how many years is that?

[bunnymajo]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you become so interested in Japanese history and culture?

Hm, I dunno it just kinda happened

I like learning about history & cultural stuff in general, so when I became a huge anime nerd in elementary/middle school, wanting to learn about Japanese culture itself just seemed like the natural next step

[fipindustries]

What is Worth the Candle about and what makes it an amazing work of fiction?

ok, lets play this game one more time.

worth the candle is the ultimate most complete examination of the ttrpg culture, why its great, why it works, why people like it, all the corners and nooks and crannis of the medium and the tropes associated with it and most important of all, of the mentality of the kind of person who would be into that. as well as one of the nerdiest most grounded explorations of how many common fantasy rpg tropes would look like when implemented in real life.

but beyon that i think i love this book because its the most thorough and loving rendition of the kind of mentality you have when you are a very specific kind of nerd who is interested in logic, game design, philosophy, sociology and just try to think reasonably about things in a slightly deconsructed socially detached autistic way, which is to say, how i think.

never before have the characters so perfectly echoed my every thought and feel, having the exact same reaction i would have to every situation they encounter.

also its filled with fucked up women, holy shit so many fucked up women. also ts just such a granular story of ascention, is the classic story of guy starts adventure at level zero and grinding and farming and going through the quests one by one he manages to level up and ascend towards omnipotence, i think it does for that genere of literature what worm does for superheroes

[huandamonia]

Day 18, my friend @magic5ball challenged me to draw something that wasn't a cartoon character. So here it is!

[houseki-no-suffering]

I love how on the volume 11 jacket, Benitoite is the only one having the appropriate reaction to what's going down. I swear, whereas every character has revealed a secret dark side over the course of the manga, Benito, in my eyes, has weirdly become more and more likeable by virtue of having their crap together. Also, their relationship with Neptunite, though distant, is the healthiest relationship in the manga.

i’m not sure about that last part, but Beni is definitely the least weird pebble of the bunch