#or maybe as a release date

[rawliverandgoronspice]

:D

I have finished the lineart of Thralls of Power Episode 1!!!!!!!*

🍾🥂✨

(*safe for a couple of reworks I want to do and also the end credits that I want to actually animate)

The current time for the episode is 40'19 and the current approximate number of frames I have drawn (minus a couple that are not in the actual episode, and some I have in double for Reasons, and some I haven't counted which have been done several times but I can't be arsed to do the maths right now) is 1168 frames (!!!), which, even if a lot of those are small adjustements, I AM going to pat myself on the back for because!!!! hell yeah!!!!!! heck yeah!!!!!!!!

the problem with lineart is, it's not super shareable without solid render, but have a Celebratory Messy Dorf as a bonus!!!!

(I have also finished the soundtrack EXCEPT for one track, which will be the most difficult to tackle, so !!!! oops, also my computer that can do music is dying and I need to learn a different music software but I don't have the time, so OOPS, truly Thralls has killed like, 2 different computers, maybe two and a half, insane)

[spock-adoodledoo]

wtf this poster for nezha is really cute (source). ao bing wiping away the tear in his eye ahskldjglkw

edit: if you’re reading this go check if a local theater has nezha 2!!! go watch it!! <3

[o0kawaii0o]

Spring's Harvest!

[mosaickiwi]

Heyyyy MOMO!! 💖

Can you write me Teo fic?/silly /lh

lol jokes apart, but I have had this lil headcanon of artist Redacted and their muse angel. Or a WEBTOON creator redacted and their editor angel, slow burn pro max hehehe ✨✨

Blowing you up mwah mwah 💥 🖤🖤

forgot my own formatting WHATEVERRR

💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤

Unsociable Webtoon Artist Ren yayyy

"Thank you for supporting us! Enjoy the rest of the con!" With a bright smile, you wave away the two attendees and sit down. 

The man beside you gives off a grumble as he loudly slides your chair closer to his. "Finally. 'Thought they'd never leave." He practically drapes himself over your shoulder, pink hair brushing against you. [REDACTED]'s lips press to your cheek, chin, then find a favored spot on your neck.

"You're gonna get us kicked out," you whisper, but make no move to get away. 

"Don't get my hopes up."

You let him be. It was your last day in the artist alley. They'd done almost everything to keep people away from the booth, but the allure of Always With You merch and an autograph from the (disgruntled) creator was enough for a few devoted fans to approach.

Some even stopped by more than once. 

"Heyyy you guys!" came the voice of a patron you'd seen plenty over the weekend. They wore an obscure cosplay each day, and today's outfit was a sight to see.

You stood up as they came closer — both of you ignoring your partner's tch of annoyance. "Oh my god. A Gloomy cosplay??" You scrambled out of the booth to get a closer look.

"Yeah, I just had to after yesterday. It was rushed, and I didn't really do too well with the wig—" They shake their head to let the dark bangs fall over their face. "—but I think it looks great, right?"

"It's amazing!! Ren, we've gotta take a picture!" Excitedly, you turned back to him. 

He reluctantly stood, dragging himself over to you as if pulled by a leash. "We're not supposed t'leave the booth unattended, Angel. Regulations."

You give him a look. The gall of him to say that after running sabotage all weekend. "Okay, nerd. Make it quick then."

[REDACTED] pushes up his glasses and pulls out his phone. As you scoot beside the cosplayer, you suddenly remember his… horrible picture taking etiquette. "Actually, let me do it."

You take his phone — despite the screen being cracked to shit, it did have much better photo quality than yours — and nudge him towards your number one fan, then line up the shot.

The fan wore a huge grin, completely opposite to Gloomy's character. But someone had to be smiling in this picture. "Rennn," you goaded him. 

He managed to draw his mouth into something more presentable than his trademark frown, and gave a sarcastic thumbs up.

It was the best you'd get. You snapped the photo.

💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤

You spent another twenty minutes gushing with the fan about AWY while [REDACTED] openly sulked. Having someone else around to match your non-stop-yapper energy had other attendees coming up to take a look. In spite of your partner's menacing aura, the cheery atmosphere of your booth didn't drop when the Gloomy cosplayer left. There was even a line for a little while.

By the time the artist alley closed, you'd sold way more than you expected. But you were exhausted.

"Ugh, I'm so glad we're not tabling tomorrow," you mutter as you shove the remaining merch box into his car. 

Your blue eyed companion gave a smug smile over the open trunk.  "Never goin' to a con again?"

"Not what I said." You roll your eyes and lean against the car. "Come here."

He slams the trunk shut, all too happy to have the ordeal over with. As they step closer, you're tempted to collapse into his arms. 

Instead, you reach up to ruffle his pink mop of hair. "You survived another ten hours of people who aren't me. Good job."

The sudden blush creeping up his neck betrays his outward calm. "... 'S fine as long as y'had fun."

With a quick look around the parking garage to make sure no one was around, you decide to tease him further. "Who's my good boyyy?"

"Me," came his instant, proud reply. He lets you go on a bit longer before leaning down to bump his forehead against yours. "Ready to go home, love?" 

"Oh good you're still here!" The smile on [REDACTED]'s face melts away into pure disgust, and you turn around to find the source of his mood. 

The Gloomy cosplayer waves as they run over. "I forgot to give you my socials so you can tag me!" Surprisingly, they approach your notoriously unfriendly partner. 

You can see the angry gears turning in his head as they hand him a crinkled napkin scribbled with their information. 

They seem unperturbed and continue talking as he stands there with a frown. "I can't wait to see the picture! And for the next Always With You chapter. Gloomy is such a great love interest! He really compliments the main character so well and — I mean I don't need to tell you that but honestly they're my OTP!!"

"... … … … Thanks," [REDACTED] eventually replies. You stare in amazement. He hadn't said a word to them all weekend.

Someone across the garage shouts for them and they hurry away. "Bye!!"

Confused but somehow satisfied with the interaction, you take the paper from his hand before those unhealthy urges get the better of him. You both get into the car. [REDACTED] mulls over his thoughts, biting the corner of his lip for a few moments.

"I coulda ripped that stupid paper up in front o'them just now," he suddenly says. You nod. "But I didn't." 

You nod again. "Yeah, you didn't."

He confidently nods along as he starts the engine. "So I deserve more praise n' head pats when we get home."

"That's not how it works."

[ovaryacted]

Real shit tho, I’m not gonna shut up about this movie anytime soon fr. I mean, the fact that Pedro is this rich man of color who is handsome, romantic and passionate, and like Dakota’s character says “a unicorn”…it means so much to me. Like I’ve been said I wanted to see Pedro in a romantic movie in a lead role, and this seems like such a perfect role even if he won’t get picked in the end cause sure, choose the brokie I don’t really care. I just really hope he’s in the movie for a longer period of time and I feel more confident that he might be after watching the trailer. But ugh, he’s written in a romantic narrative by a woman and I can’t wait to gobble it all up. I manifested this sooooo bad. He’s all I care about and I’m so serious. FAWK CHRIS EVANS AND HIS DEEP SIDE PART!

But I better see the fix-it fics for his character. Let that man happily be romantic by someone who wants him as much as he wants them! And I already know y’all are gonna have a field day with the sugar daddy fics, I can’t wait for that!

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2025: OVERGROWTH by Mira Grant.

Plant-astically delighted to report that I received an ARC via Tor (Nightfire) and Goodreads! I love Seanan McGuire's writing, and my first foray into her work as Mira Grant was INTO THE DROWNING DEEP, which was phenomenal (think all the best parts of Michael Crichton--the Science, the Speculation, the Consequences--but women and queer people are Entire Characters)(we love a good sci-fi horror paced like a thriller in this house).

The premise of OVERGROWTH is basically "the pod people are coming, they've been warning you about it for decades, and no one has been listening." Stasia, our main character and (first person, past tense) narrator, has spent her whole life telling people that she's "the vanguard of an invading species of intelligent alien plants," which is confirmed via a broadcast from space.

And the chapters are time-stamped "X days pre-invasion."

Yeah.

This book was an absolute delight and all around a lot of fun--the tone was the perfect balance of funny and heartfelt and relatable and dread-inducing, and it very much read like a love letter to the genre with lots of cross-pollinated references (Seymour? Little Shop of Horrors? War of the Worlds? Jurassic Park? Hello????).

It was also very much a book about the distinction between being human and being a person, and about alienation and belief and trust and friendship, and about queerness and neurodivergence and belonging. And, y'know, mimetic plant aliens, in myriad shades of green.

I was initially surprised by the choice to tell this story in past tense and first person (because DROWNING DEEP was patently not that, and most of what I've read of McGuire hasn't been either), but it turns out that was The Only Correct Way To Do It: For most of the book, Stasia didn't have the full picture of what was going on, but her partial understanding + our readerly perspective from inside her head carried both the relatability and the horror. It was a really interesting and cool way to do an alien invasion book (from the perspective of the invader's plant)(ahaha, botanical pun). Also, the narrative frame made me pterodactyl Hunter shriek my way through the last two pages, which. OOF. WHAT A RIDE!!! I'll be rotisserie-ing over the late-game twist (page 396/465 in my copy) and the ending for a long time.

I loved that the aliens felt alien and all too much like people; I loved Toni and Hunter; I loved the biology and worldbuilding; I loved the botanical quips ("salad bar" is, in fact, the best possible term of address to an alien invader, no notes); I loved the shady government agencies and unethical experimentation; I loved the "we are the monsters you have made". I stayed up way past my bedtime several times for this, and it was worth every second. Do recommend, check this out in May!!

Half-assed spoilery content warnings under the cut (I'm not good at these because I have a weird concept of what necessitates a warning, so please do NOT consider these complete in any way shape or form):

on-page toddler death (graphic, in prologue, signposted with "look away"); transphobia (toward beloved trans character); spider (alien); bug-adjacent (alien); vampirism/blood drinking; other usual horror/alien invasion type tropes etc. (body horror? do people tag body horror?? i was an animorphs kid i'm sorry i don't know what a normal amount of body horror is but i love it all)

[bitchfendi]

layton's appearance in the direct

[kyo38]

bro school is eating me alive n I’ve had art block for over 5 months😭😭

I drew Anderson with head n shoulders bc it looked like Alucard was spreading dandruff

Then 2025 vs 2024 I think we know who won💔💔 idk why girlie looks like that, it’s genuinely so terrifying and I physically recoiled when I saw it😭😭 I’d put a spoiler on it bc it’s so scary, but idk how to or if it’s even possible

[hanafubukki]

Lilia Vanrouge’s Armor

I haven’t really seen anyone talk about this but there’s a scene in book 7 finale that had me questioning what happened to Lilia’s armor. 🧐🤔

In the scene in the Wild Rose Castle, Lilia tells Silver and Sebek that their weapons and armor are made from mystium which is a rare metal these days and he wishes that such weapons didn’t need to be used nowadays but there’s no choice.

But what I find funny? Is how Lilia tells Silver and Sebek that they can melt down their armor and get a pretty penny for it. They’ll get enough money to buy even a mansion or two. He’s say it so nonchalantly and both of the boys say they’ll never do that rather loudly. 😂😂

But do you see where I’m going with this? This scene had me pausing and going “wait a minute.” Because we’ve seen Lilia’s weapon and we know what happened to that weapon before it was discovered in Lilia’s room at NRC (it was used for chopping wood lmao).

But what we haven’t seen? Was his armor. They might have kept it secret to surprise us for his general card, but he also doesn’t wear it to the party either.

We don’t know anything about it or what happened to it. And with Lilia saying what he did during this scene…

What if he sold it?!? 😂😅😆

I mean…how else would he know how much it’s worth? Is this how he funded going on all those trips?!?

I assumed that he got some money from Maleficia for his services or he accrued money from his time as the general, but what if he sold his armor?? 🤣🤣

And that’s how he funded his trips abroad?? Had food and such for home? Used that to buy souvenirs. Etc.

It would explain his constant spending and all his electronics and they haven’t mentioned his income in the game so…

What if he really sold it?!? 😂😆

[waywardmillennial]

wow my brain took too long to realize this: Puppet History s7 is premiering Jan 10th which is exactly five years to the day of the very first episode

[pip3dream]

cannot wait to see this fandom spring back to life once twp releases.

[silksongeveryday]

Drawing hornet everyday until Silksong comes out - Day 333

Request by anonymous!

I think I’ve gotten out of my art block a bit with this one

[toxarts]

Another update + sneak peek: Finished all of the programming heavy coding and now I'm moving onto writing (a LOT) of dialogue! I'd say I'm maybe 2/3rds-ish of the way done with what I wanna do before I release him.

As for the gif above, I'm showing off another main feature I wanted to do back with Yes Man + ED-E, but didn't have the technical know how for: taking user inputs and using them in dialogue to "remember" things about you! He'll ask you questions about a lot of things, and it'll come back up in later conversations!

[queercowboyinspace]

OMG!!

[front-facing-pokemon]

ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE DIRECT TOMORROW :D

oh! i forgot this was happening. i suppose so! i imagine it's just going to be, as they say, Somewhat Nothingburger Bullshit and then maybe a trailer for plza or some such. maybe i could do a restream of it with some commentary. would anyone be interested in that? what time even is it. lemme check. ok 6 AM pacific which. i'm eastern. pretty sure that means i'm three hours ahead… soooo… 9 AM? eastern time? i can do that. that's right around when i wake up. i'd prolly start it at 8:30 so we can warm up and such before the direct actually starts so i can get any technical difficulties worked out. maybe! if enough folks are interested i might do it. sound off if you're interested

edit: perhaps also a watch party in the discord, if more folks over there are interested than here!

i've heard this one many a time! especially back during the first round of the dex. which, yes! i've leaned into that a bit as time has gone on, showcasing pokémon from angles you wouldn't typically see in official art or in-game

thiiiis makes sense! the pokémon company is indeed a japanese company. well actually i just checked bulbapedia which says this:

which also makes sense. unfortunately i am not vladimir pokémondesigner but anyone who is maybe we can ask them

this is. so ominous. i wish i could say this is on purpose because it's kindof awesome?? new furret fakemon evo just dropped??

this is cool. i don't know about futurama at all besides the gif of fry with the money and the tumblr post about shampoo but a wooden metagross would be a really cool regional evolution. maybe it could be grass/psychic or grass/ground or something. or for some reason i have this image in my head of a wooden metagross that's like. on fire. because it's from a very arid and hot region. and it could be grass/fire and have scary glowing eyes and a glowing mouth like a jack-o-lantern

YEEEAAAH LET'S HEAR THAT ENTHUSIASM!!! WOOOOO

i was about to make a gif of torterra as well but then i realized i already made one on the original round of the 'dex! so there you go

credit is appreciated, but not necessary! go on ahead

ok that's all. have one of my favorite gifs i've made:

[camelspit]

Keeper Sexymen 2025: Artist Portrait Signups

The Sexyman Contest is back for its 3rd year! Each year, artists sign up to make portraits of all of the men for the Keeper Sexymen Contest. This form will be open from Nov 21 - Nov 29, and I'll release the portrait assignments on the 30th. You will have until Feb 9 to complete the portraits and turn them in!

(alphabetized) List of men + Info about portrait submissions and rules below the cut! If you have any questions, feel free to message me :).

Alden Vacker

Alvar Vacker

Barth the Reaper

Behnam Aria

Blur

Boobrie Dude

Coach Bora

Bo

Brant [REDACTED]

Councillor Bronte

Bullhorn

Cadfael

Cassius Sencen

Councillor Darek

King Dimitar

Durand Redek

Elwin Heslege

Councillor Emery

King Enki

Ethan Benedict Wright II

Fallon Vacker

Fintan Pyren

Gethen Ondsinn

Grady Ruewen

Greyfell

Iggy

Jurek

Councillor Kenric

Kesler Dizznee

Marty

Mr Forkle

Mr Snuggles

Mr Sweeney

Councillor Noland

Prentice Endal

Quan Song

Quinlin Sonden

Ruy Ignis

Sandor

Councillor Terik

Tiergan Alenefar

Timkin Heks

Trix

Watson

William Foster

Woltzer

Wraith

Yuri

When you finish your portraits, you can post them and tag me in them and/or message them directly to me! The choice is yours <3 as long as I get them sometime before or on Feb 9. If you think your submission might be late or you need to drop out, please message me as soon as possible!

RULES:

I dont care how big it is but please use a SQUARE canvas. This makes the posts a lot easier to format <3

Portrait is a broad term- you can draw however much of the man you want in whatever post you want, whether it be full body or just the head

It does not have to be entirely canon accurate! You can add your own hcs (ex. poc vackers), it just has to be identifiable as the character

Have fun!!!