#please perceive my boy

[turtleblogatlast]

I still think about how Leo’s ideal day out for the fam’s venture into the Hidden City was basically just an effort to get some rest and relaxation because boy does he never get that ever.

[bara-izu]

Could we maybe get some more Toma and Griffin doodles? 👀 (honestly I love seeing them so much, absolutely blesses my feed 💜)

You most certainly can!

Did a little redraw of one of my first doodles i did of them 'together' back in 2021 when i wasn't sure on shipping them on not :'D

I'm also going to take this moment to introduce these idiots to my tumblr as many of my followers here may not know them:

Meet my main squeezes:

(main OCs that give me brainworms and i won't shut up about)

Griffin- The black and blue haired elf, Arcane Trickster, high mantainance pain in the behind. He's a retired veteran adventurer, who got dragged back into active service after some shinanigans started happening in the city.

Toma- A Changeling, bloodhunter cursed with an erratic case of Lycanthopy. They came to the city with their son hoping for a new start, but things started to get weird as they settled in.

They're a bad influence on each other and are the subjects of my current comic project!

[lovinnelily]

Y'all do know you can't make Jason be NOT white without changing his whole character, right?

For other characters, yes, because their physical appearance are not that influential in their story, on how they are viewed by people, on their personality formation — you can have a black/asian/indigenous/arab/brown/latino/etc Nico and yes, the hate he gets will have a undertone of racism but at the same time nothing significant on his story, motivation or personality will need to change. This is also true for other characters: Clarisse risks repeating the "aggressive WoC" stereotype but the character itself doesn't change.

This isn't true for Jason, whose main character trait is how he is perceived by others and how he showcases himself to others based on that perception. (specially with how little effort Riordan put on him besides making him perfect-er Percy who's somehow also weaker and less important than him).

Let's not pretend a black, Arab, indigenous, Asian, Latin man, etc, in the USA would ever be treated with the universal reverence Jason gets from New Roma, you can't have the illusion of perfection and most of all, of invincibility they have about him when you see him suffering racism or xenophobia in the middle of a mission. Nothing in his life has ever gone wrong, that's his image, destined to be king, he is supposed to have no weakness on his peers eyes.

He is not trying to prove people wrong, he is trying to prove them right; he isn't worthy despite their prejudice, on the contrary, he only tried to make himself worthy to fulfill their expectations. He can't be a woman or an immigrant or have a visible disability or any other thing that strays him from a perfect ideal by western society standards, and be that same character.

[picturesofashe]

sometimes you just gotta

[b4kuch1n]

I'm not gonna screenshot it bc 1/it really doesn't matter that much and 2/the person who made the comment is a kid but: a while ago I made a comic that's supposed to be a genuine study and reinterpretation of someone else's sprite comic (made in the spirit of authenticity too - to recreate the vibes of the sprite comics from that era, iirc very specifically because it's funny) and I got a comment on that comic's post that's like "glow up"

which is a compliment obvs. and the commenter probably didn't mean anything by it, it's a common expression. but I've been trying to find a way to gracefully put that comment away ever since it appeared lol

I just very much don't want my art to be taken as trying to one-up someone else's art when that's not the piece's intention. especially when the piece that inspired my art is perceived as "low effort" or "shitpost" or stuff like that. I did mention in the tags of that post that my considering it a study is entirely genuine, and I can legitimately write pages about the cool stuff I find in it other than and inherent in the haha funneys, but that's not for you guys that's for me. I just think that approaching art competition-first like that is a miserable way to do it, and (tipping into overthinking here if the whole tiny-comment-got-stuck-in-my-brain-for-almost-a-month part hasn't given that away yet lol) I really don't want that to be the takeaway from my own art. at least generally. if I actually think the source material is trash and what I'm doing is genuinely categorically better I'd just come out and say it lmao

[sealrock]

—Achille Thidrek

I was tagged again for this awesome game by @archaiclumina, so this time I'm gonna showcase my boy. tysm for the tag!

please note: since my ocs are constantly in flux, I'm currently in the process of looking over achille's current backstory and may end up doing another overhaul. any information shown may end up being outdated

not tagging anyone else since it looks like everyone has done this, so this is an open tag :)

—BASICS

Name: Achille Thidrek (adoptive surname) Nicknames: Shelley (Paris' nickname, once used in an insulting manner), My Love (Patroclus' nickname), Smalls (Nel's nickname, no longer used) Age: 24 (post-endwalker) Nameday: 20th Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon (August 20th, 1556) Race: Midlander Hyur/Elezen Gender: Cis male, uses he/him pronouns Orientation: Gay Profession: N/A

—PHYSICAL ASPECTS

Hair: Natural redhead, dyed blond. Rough to the touch and dry due to lack of maintenance and overuse of hair dye, chin-length Eyes: Dark red Skin: Pale beige Tattoos/scars: One tattoo near his right eye, multiple scars across his face. Various scarring across his body

—FAMILY

Parents: Thetinne Greystone/Tauvane, the Godless; mother (45, alive) Pelleas Myste; father (deceased, 27 at time of death) Chiron Thidrek; adoptive father (65, alive) Siblings: None Grandparents: Ajax de Euyevair; maternal grandfather (deceased, 61 at time of death) Nerry Cotter; maternal grandmother (deceased, 28 at time of death) Osmund Fletcher; paternal grandfather (deceased, 37 at time of death) Gyda (née Lovejoy) Fletcher; paternal grandmother (deceased, 34 at time of death) In-laws and Other: Tecmessine (née Dafert) de Euyevair; wife of Ajax, stepmother of Thetinne (deceased, 38 at time of death) Heralette (née Euyevair) de Gaucine; maternal aunt (49, alive) Zeumont de Gaucine; uncle-in-law (54, alive) Apolloix de Gaucine; maternal first cousin (17, alive) Artemielle de Gaucine; maternal first cousin (17, alive) Helioroit de Euyevair; maternal uncle (42, alive) Pets: An aging chocobo named Talona, his traveling companion

—SKILLS

Abilities: Achille can absorb multiple hits from attacks to build up energy (most commonly electrical energy as he is naturally attuned to lightning). Once at his limit, he will unleash all the energy with deadly accuracy and proficiency, but he runs the risk of going 'berserk' if he pushes himself beyond the limit. Achille is also an expert in martial arts, making him a dangerous opponent in hand-to-hand combat and can attack the body's weak points without outright killing his attacker Hobbies: Sparring, meditation, yoga, gardening

—TRAITS

Most Positive Trait: His inspiring idealism Most Negative Trait: His crushing self-hatred

—LIKES

Colors: Brown, green, yellow, orange Smells: Fresh tea, garden herbs, sea salt, pine Textures: Wood, metal, soft hair, fine fabrics Drinks: Water, coffee, tea, juice

—OTHER DETAILS

Smokes: Once as a teenager, got caught and was punished. Never smokes to due his religion Drinks: Never because of religious reasons Drugs: Never recreational, only for religious/spiritualistic purposes Mount Issuance: Besides his chocobo, Achille usually walks to destinations or hitches rides from traveling merchants Been Arrested: Never

[kutiee]

Happy K Day ♡ 221021 

[welcometogrouchland]

I support the "Batman was unfairly biased to Stephanie for XYZ reasons" crowd so strongly bc DC claims that Bruce is a master planner who is able to understand anyone's psychology but he didn't realize that literally every single one of Steph's problems as a teenager would've been solved by her joining a shitty punk band. If he couldn't figure that much out then he didn't understand her for a minute

[captainqster]

Baby, I recognize you're a hideous thing inside

[virtuangel]

김준서 (KIM JUN SEO) 1st Mini Album [ECHOES of love] 2022.11.20 6PM (KST)

[synonymroll648]

oooh genderfluidity?

yeah i went to prom and i did makeup which i'd loved the day before when practicing for the real thing, but when i did it i looked in the mirror and felt super dysphoric and washed it off as soon as my partner i wanted to impress saw it.

and then i was like 'hey babe what are the signs of being genderfluid' and they were like 'well i judge it by liking my boobs one day and wanting to rip them off the other' and i was like 'ohhhhh shit you were right back in january when i cut my hair and told you about it and you said what i was describing was just like your genderfluid awakening weren't you-'.

to which they were basically like 'dude you're only just figuring out you're genderfluid??' and uh. yeah. i'm not sure about being genderfluid yet but it would definitely explain some things

[mochigobrrrrrrr]

More experimenting!

I was trying more filters again and this time thinking outside of the box, literally. I pushed my character out of bounds to get where I needed. Why? The pretty sun beams were better there that's why. Shot was worth it too.

[transselkie]

Trying to make a character playlist

Anyone have any songs to capture the feeling of “I don’t actually want him to love me back” or “I think I’m content to die alone because I don’t know that I believe romance has ever brought anyone happiness”?

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

Sorry. I meant cis ted.  I would never baby girls transman that would be offensive.

???? yeah i mean. i kind of figured you probably meant cis ted, i was saying I got distracted on the topic of feminization kink. also i mean. yeah it CAN be offensive but i was talking about how me, as a trans man, enjoys feminization kink on a trans male/transmasc character (in this case trent, sorry) bc i project a lot😩 and it's fun specifically because of the inherent contradictory na--i mean i did explain this? didn't i? i. sorry??

[languor-em]

🖌️ & 🧶

They are talking about arts and crafts ÚvÙ

Took a break from schoolwork to doodle this before crashing for the night,,, Wally my beloved. His ass DOES NOT comprehend apple pie.

[pinkkittysaw]

STAY

once again i am a child

in an instant, i'm back at the start

back to where i was

back to where i seemingly always will be

back to the little girl wading through the abyss

alone.

the truth is, i'm scared you'll see the rot inside and turn your back like everyone else

perhaps i bear my flesh and open wounds to you in the hopes that you'll reaffirm my fear

reaffirm that everyone leaves

yet you stay

when everyone else makes you feel like a mistake,

when everyone else makes you feel like you should be punished for who you are,

how could you be expected to feel anything else?

so i push and push and push and push and push and bear my teeth

like a ravenous animal

my mouth is drenched with your blood

i am draining your life away

i slice and scratch at your flesh til there's nothing left of your soul

like a child, i scream, i kick and i fight

i fight for you to go.

but you always stay.

you cradle my heart with a gentleness that i've only ever known once before

i can't offer perfection, i can offer me

i love you so much it scares me

vulnerability often feels like chewing glass or pulling teeth

it leaves me bare and defenseless

like the little girl wading through the water alone

but this time you're there

holding my hand, guiding me through the water

vulnerability often feels like chewing glass or pulling teeth

but it's worth it if it's with you

my house is cold but your body is warm

i'd like to make it my home if you'll let me