#screaming into the void for these two

[proxycrit]

Salvaging the Ship of Theseus au! Posting on the sketch acc because i haven’t decided on anything permanent yet.

Emmet’s having a grand time guys.

He’s doing great!

On a side note, here’s Ingo!

Ingo’s fighting very hard to retire from Wardenship after seeing a whole train fall from the sky and land on the other side of Hisui. Unfortunately, this is a track he can not disembark until either him or Sneasler become permanently indisposed.

He’s also doing great! Don’t worry about it!

[distant-screaming]

we don't appreciate fucked up sibling dynamics in media as much as we should. what if this was the person who knew you the best in the whole world but also didn't really know you, and they were everything you wanted to be but also the worst parts of yourself reflected back in a way you couldn't help but love. and you looked at them and felt apathetic and overwhelmed with emotion at the same time and you would be someone entirely different without them. they were a part of you and it hurt. what if the most important person to you was also the one who caused you the most heartbreak. what then

[blacklegsanjienthusiast]

i’m never not insane about how opla luffys first impressions of zoro and sanji mirror each other, how the first time he sees them both he watches them fight and out loud comments “good fighter” and then later, in his first proper conversations with them, he tells them both that they’re “a good guy” which he saw in zoro protecting rika and sanji feeding gin…like yup…those are his wings…his strongest fighters and two of the best people you will ever meet…

[regardstosoulandromance]

quick list of mirandy fic recs that I've read in the past two weeks that have made me feel insane

She Likes A Prizefight by Telanu // Oneshot, Set after the film. Miranda Priestly doesn't give up without a fight.

Sink With Me by Guardianrock // Oneshot, HOT HOT HOT. Andy made the rash decision to leave Miranda in Paris. Miranda made the calculated decision to keep her, no matter the cost. Is she ready to pay the price?

Nice Girls Don't by Telanu // Oneshot, AU of the film. Andy and Miranda aren't doing anything wrong. Really.

Gravity by janewestin // Multichapter, 35,942 words, Andy reconnects with Cassidy Priestly 10 years after the film

Two Weeks' Notice by lears_daughter // Oneshot, 20,532 words, Miranda demands Andy's last two weeks (I finished reading this then immediately scrolled back up and reread it)

Unladylike Behavior by StupidSexyCopShows // Multichapter, 47,011 words, When First Lady Miranda Priestly is accused of killing her husband, she hires her former law student turned hot shot lawyer, Andy Sachs

[femmeleatherface]

the love which i feel for the design of erik in phantom of the opera: the graphic novel. endless.

bonus:

[stargirlintermission]

I think that Thundercracker is taller than your average seeker, which means than more often than not he feels really bulky among his peers. It also means that he doesn't know what to do with himself when Skyfire carries him as if he weighed nothing. It's such a weird feeling, being treated like he's the most delicate thing in the world.

But he thinks he can get used to it.

[astro-cattus]

A Change of Perspective

I was not expecting so much attention on my latest Flatland artwork, as I´m writting my biggest post so far it´s about to hit 400 notes.

Thank you to everyone for sharing my artwork, following me and thanks to everybody leaving comments on them, I truly appreciate what you have to say about my work!

So, I wanted to write a little about my personal relationship with this novel. Although small, it did help me create a point of reference for my growth over these years.

I knew about this novel since 2016, after the 2016 Bill Q&A mentions Edwin A. Abott. Of course my curiosity got the best of me and I decided to figure out this world. I ended up falling on a 4th dimension theory and Mathematics rabbit hole.

Since a lot of conversations surrounding the book where around theories on the 4th dimension, rather than giving political comentary on the book. As it´s rediscovery was made in the year 1920´s, one could imagine why that was the case. For the most part, due to Einstein´s main interest being how Edwin A. was able to somehow predict the 4th dimension´s existence.

Thanks to this, I didn´t take Flatland´s themes into consideration, and just read a few chapters out of order.

July 2024, The Book of Bill releases. Once again, there´s a reference to the novel in one of the pages. And for old times sake I decided to revisit Flatland. Curiously it´s when I got recommended the 2007 Flatland movie to no end, I eventually, after a long weekend of College work, decided to watch it as I animated.

After that, I decided this time I would finally give myself the time to finish the novel. With an older and more open mind I was able to finish the book and understand it´s themes; critiquing bigotry and seeing the world through a whole new perspective. Makes me wish little me finished the book instead of taking its message for granted, could’ve helped get over some mayor denial I had back then.

I believe things happen a certain way for a reason, maybe it was for the better that I didn’t finish that book back then, at least it gave me the opportunity to better appreciate it :^]c

I hope this community keeps on growing. And I hope to see more people create more content for this interesting world!

[coffee-and-cake]

Those damn storyboards got me fucked up y’all

Not just cause of the even more ruthless divorce scene but also-

- Orion showing his more nerdy side when he talks about the plants on the surface as well as his quick thinking with the fight with Astrotrain

- D-16 going by Tron and apparently being the leader of the group as well as him being shown to be more physically playful with Orion

- B-127 and his fucking lil ears!!!!! like shxgansfugebxjd

- Megatron about to possibly break B-127’s voice box before Optimus showed up and him going “Orion?” I’m going to throw up!!!

I’m going to just sit in a corner and cry cause HGGGGGHHHHH I HATE THEM SO MUCH!!!!!

[kacievvbbbb]

I just know Crocodile brought on Mihawk because he thought he would be sensible, calm and collected, low maintenance. He thought it was going to be them against the idiocy that is buggy. And it is to a degree.

What he failed to calculate is that Mihawk is just as bad as buggy.

Worse even because at least Buggy can be bullied into doing paperwork. I just know everyday Crocodile is astonished by the absolute commitment Mihawk has to his aesthetic. Walks into his tent just to find that he has somehow converted this circus ass tent into a mid century gothic castle. Somehow carpeted the whole thing end to end is burning more that a 100 candles for “mood lighting”, has a fully open fire pit and a sewing machine in the corner.

Like Crocodiles essentially a mafioso he can appreciate the wanting nice things. Still won’t prepare him for the day Mihawk’s brings him a wine budget, a tailoring budget and an embroidery budget all painstakingly itemized.

Won’t prepare him for having to replace every single wine glass because buggy drank out of one and he can’t break up a set but refuses to use a cup that buggy’s put his mouth on.

He’s starting to think that the real reason the Warlords were disbanded was because they simply could not afford to pay for Mihawk’s upkeep anymore and decided they’d rather pay in cadet lives than see one more wine budget.

He is essentially being held hostage, in his own guild, by the whims of a bored middle aged vampire, and a fucking clown.

[kindlythevoid]

Finally properly starting Vox Machina after making it to (almost the end of) episode 28 and I must say, having watched the first three episodes, my two favorite things have GOT to be (so far):

Actual Anime Protagonist Percy (I counted at least four Classic Anime Protagonist moments, including the Flashing Glasses, and His Whole Intro, not to mention His Different Colored Hair)

Animated Matthew Mercer in every episode??? (Like srsly I have seen him animated as a background character in all three episodes I have watched and it is FANTASTIC like YES let the DM voice every third character and show up 20+ times in the back!!!)

There are definitely others but those are the ones I feel most strongly atm.

[critterbitter]

What do you know- I'm trying out the askbox *eyes*

anyway I just wanted to say that high-key I think I'd follow any content you make at this point bc your art brings me so much joy. That doesn't tend to happen super often since i am,,,, very much so a hyperfixation-focused person HAHA

regardless I'm not exactly quiet about it but I adore your art and I look forward to each new time you post :D

I WISH i had the capability of pumping out art like you do bc man while I love to draw and have so many ideas all the time picking up the pencil is Hard Dude.

Also! In a recent post you mentioned the whole Twin Dragons AU and HC that people love to have- I'd be super curious as to your opinion on it!

-( ╹▽╹ )

I SEE YOUR TAGS AND IM.

I’ll have to slow down at some point on that Submas Grind, but the hyperfixation throes are REAL. Thank you for inhabiting the tunnels with me! People that tag and cheer artists on are the real mvps of the art economy.

As for twin dragon aus!

I’ve always seen Emmet as more zekrom esque, and Ingo more reshiram esque. Is it cause the typing matches their starters? Maybe, hehe.

Ultimately though, the guys are too multifaceted for me to easily split them into truth and ideals.

I also see the legendaries as Eldritch Abominations Beyond Understanding, so having the dragons in my iteration become the twins would, uh, have consequences. The funny goofy story would dip into horror territory instead. (Reshiram demands only truths, and anything not Absolute will burn. And zekrom’s ideals are beyond human understanding, and trying to understand the mad tangle of thunder would drive somebody insane.)

(I’m a huge tma fan. Can you see it? Man.)

((Also N’s a scary mofo for summoning reshiram. I’m digging directly into the whole “twin heroes have a civil war and it destroyed unova” backstory that pokemon set up, and the more I think about it the stronger my dread mounts at the idea of Zekrom OR Reshiram casually flying overhead.

But this is also just how I see the legendaries of the pokemon world! Lugia sinks islands. Groudon covers towns. Arceus loves the mortal world, and mourns because its immortality only brings grief. Giritina hates, because it’s the ghostly remains of every one of Arceus’s mistakes given drive, banished into the distortion realm. Normal stuff!)

You sly dog, you got me monologing! But here’s the tldr: Not sure i’ll ever make my own serious Dragon AU that follows my internal world building for pokemon. I’m too attached to my favorite trope: “the smallest people can still initiate the biggest of changes”, and I’m too attached to my other favorite trope: “legendaries are actually gods and you Should Be Frightened.”

So that’s why, in this essay, if the trio gets turned into pokemon, I’d make them route 1 run of the mill rats. Because rats can do whatever they want.

(Plus, patrats and pachirisu aren’t banned from the subway battles last I checked.)

If i had to make a goofy crack dragon au though, I think this would be the result:

The whole story would just be the trio and historians trying to figure out what the hell the twins got turned into, and concerns of other people becoming pokemon as well. So far, people are convinced they’re a paradox version of an archen. (I mean…)

(Alternate take of THAT, where elesa gets turned into a victini.)

[ninjadeathblade]

OH NO

I'M HAVING THOUGHTS

WHEN CROWLEY WAS SAYING ABOUT NOT NEEDING SIDES

AND ALSO SAID THAT AZIRAPHALE WAS "Too pure to be anyone's bit on the side"

OH NOOOOOOO

NEIL YOU CRAFTY WRITER

THE DOUBLE MEANINGS YOU GUYS

[haedia]

So hey. Time for some midnight Dellamorte Thoughts.

We know that Lucanis is the son of Caterina's favored child. And that fact probably had at least some effect on how heavily she favors him over Illario. Bonus angst points if he looks a lot like her.

He's the last living piece of her, after all.

...

Knowing that, how much do you want to bet that Illario is the son of her least favorite child? Bonus angst points if he looks a lot like his disappointing parent, too.

Like, even if he were better than Lucanis overall, Illario was probably fucked from the moment he was delivered to Villa Dellamorte. Just an inevitable tragedy of some kind, writ on his fate.

[suegodvester]

One drink and straight to bed, he vowed to himself.

“A water?” The barman scoffed. “The poor man’s choice, I see.”

Wally chuckled. “The choice of a man who just got here from a trip longer than you can imagine. D’ya got any rooms free up in this place or?”

The barman’s face softened, and he laughed as he went to grab a glass of water. Returning, he leaned in as he handed Wally his drinks. “We do, but tell me, have you ever been here before?”

A blush rose up his cheeks as Wally shook his head. “To be perfectly honest, I’m not even sure where ‘here’ is,” he laughed awkwardly. He suddenly felt very looked at.

“Curious.” The man pulled back, then nodded to himself. “Gotham usually doesn’t show herself to people who haven’t been here before, well, unless she has plans for you. Or so they say.”

“Gotham?” Wally blurted out, eyes widened in shock. “I can’t believe I’m actually here.” He laughed, not because he was happy, but he couldn’t help himself from laughing at his own stupidity. Of course, with all the weirdness going on around here, how didn’t he realize this sooner?

He did it. He found the no-man’s-land that was particularly starting to look like an any-man’s-land to him. The place he had been looking for all along.

“You know, there’s some rumors about-” The bartender started, then stopped dead in his sentence and looked up behind Wally. Right then, Wally felt two, strong hands clasp onto his shoulders.

“You’re in my seat.” A deep, bouldering voice said, the two goons behind him snickering loudly.

Wally looked around him and noticed the two chairs besides him had indeed come up empty. Still, he shrugged and tipped his drink back. “And I was having a really good conversation.” He shot back, not getting off the chair. “Please, do continue.”

He heard a couple “Ooh”’s and “Shit”’s and snickers behind him as the saloon fell silent. All eyes fell on him, or well, them, as Wally shrugged the hands off his shoulders and leaned forward.

“Funny, kid.” The man all but growled. The bottle in his hand -some dirt cheap brand of beer, Wally guessed- came into his view as Wally skillfully -although accidentally- dodged the bottle when he turned the bar chair around. The glass made a painful shattering noise as it came into contact with the edge of the bar, sending shards everywhere.

His attacker staggered back, the intoxication visible in how he tripped rather gracefully against one of his back-up buddies. Immediately, everyone at the bar shot up from their seats and started screaming. Some people saw this as the perfect time to throw some punches around, and Wally winced as he heard the rough sound of a cracking bone right next to him.

It all happened in the blink of an eye, the way this bar fight came to be, but now everyone was in on it. Everyone, except for Wally. Shit, had he really just started this? He frantically looked around, hoping to spot a way out of this mess he had so swiftly created. Hells, he hadn’t even been here for over ten minutes and he already-

A hand slipped around his wrist, and the strong grip pulled him out of his thoughts as fast as he was pulled out of the saloon. When the cold night’s air pushed his hair out of his eyes, his mind cleared. Loud screams and thuds against the walls and floors, although a bit more muted now, made him look at one of the windows.

What just happened?

“You’re really quite something, y’know?” An amused, cocky voice startled him fully away from whatever was happening inside the saloon now, and he traced his eyes to the figure in front of him.

[soleil-in-retrograde]

Please note I am going for comedy here:

You know the Triumverate could have easily gotten Apollo in their clutches if Nero and Caligula just looked at Commodus and convinced him to be the slightest bit nice to Apollo.

Have him show up, beat up whatever monsters are there in a very obviously staged way, present Apollo with a bouquet of flowers, and compliment something about the Lester form he's insecure about. Then ask him out on a date.

Everyone would know this was a trap, even Apollo. Apollo would still walk right into it anyway because "omg Commodus likes my frizzy curls? /Giggles, twirls hair, kicks feet"

[stargirlintermission]

Late at night, when she is all by herself, Elita worries that she might hate Megatron more than she loves Optimus.