#shoves them in my mouth

[sciderman]

I know you visit other ships, but what is it that draws you to mainly create Spideypool content as opposed to Spideytorch content?

well ya got me

by all accounts it doesn't make sense

i haven't made it any sort of secret that i think johnny and peter are just better than spider-man and deadpool in every sort of conceivable way - they're healthier, they have history - they complete each other and they're just... good for each other and they really, genuinely, wholeheartedly love each other. like, right there, on the page. like, all of the ribbing has never, never come from a place of genuine hate - it might've come from a little envy, or other kinds of pettiness - but peter and johnny hold so much love and respect for each other, from the very, very beginning.

the main thing i can say for myself about why i picked spideypool over other ships is - one, deadpool was my first comic book love. i love him so much and i love writing him so much, and i'd miss writing him so much.

and two - well... i just, i like how complicated it is. i like that wade and peter are fighting me at every turn. when i started writing the blog i had half a mind that wade and peter would never get together, and the whole conceit of it is that is doesn't make sense and it's a crack ship that shouldn't work out.

i think i kind of just wanted to take that crack ship in my hands and make it believable, somehow. i thought - actually. actually there's a way this could work. i'm going to make these two fall in love and they're going to fight me at every turn and sabotage and make it nearly impossible for me. i love it when they fight back - wade and peter just, kind of have a life of their own in my head now, and they very rarely do what i tell them to.

i think i love wade and peter being diametrically opposed in every sort of a way, but on an outwards and honestly, even inwards glance they're similar beasts.

i love spider-man being symbolic of everything wade kind of wants and hopes for, but in a way that wade doesn't entirely understand or examine deeper because he's too busy projecting. that's unhealthy, but interesting.

i love deadpool being symbolic of everything peter fears because, what, wade stole his schtick, and is reckless and selfish, and wears all the things peter's ashamed of like a badge of honour. completely unapologetic. peter hates it. it's unhealthy. but interesting.

and i love to see them both overcome, and start seeing each other as people, instead of funhouse reflections of each other. deadpool sees spider-man as what he could be, and spider-man sees deadpool as what he could've been...

i think there's just something i love about this being something that shouldn't work, and absolutely everyone (including wade and peter) thinking it's not going to work, but them just... still trying to make it work.

i had to work So hard to get them this far. and they still have to keep working so hard to get where they want to be. nothing for them is easy. it's all - it's all so...

i don't KNOW man there's just so much good fucking food here that a lot of people sleep on and i just love to sink my teeth into it. it's a greasy, greasy, unhealthy feast. and i love it.

[sari-rijin]

[shorthaltsjester]

the mighty nein - critical role

this is a place where i don't feel alone. this is a place where i feel at home.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

when you mentioned in your tags that there was hardly any laughingstock i didn't believe you at first, but holy shit ur right. YOU AND @krasytoonz MADE ME INTO A LAUGHINGSTOCK BELIEVER. I WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE SKRUNGLY FUCKERS SOON, MARK MY WORDS *shakes fist into the void*

no yeah Seriously though its just us out here, fighting for our lives in the fucking Trenches. in ten years someone is gonna use the word 'laughingstock' casually in conversation and im gonna have War Flashbacks

[barksbog]

if anyone wants to learn color theory i will teach you

are you ready?

make things look edible. invoke the desire for your art to be shoved in someone's mouth. it just works.

[whosyourcreepyunclenow]

"you're fucking hungry, ain't ya?"

[drbansick]

MY FAVOURITE LITTLE OLD MAN AND HIS DEAD WIFE

[troutsoup]

Gale's Revelation (cut scene from Early Access)

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Gale: (upon propositioning the player and being rejected in favor of another) I.. I see. He's a lucky man. Loyalty is such a... Such a very rare commodity.

Gale: Apologies, I really did think you and I... But no. Perhaps it's for the better. In fact I'll let you be the judge of that. After all, I still have a story to tell.

Gale: It is a story full of answers long overdue. It is the story of a man who fell in love with a goddess.

Player: Very well, I'll play along. Regale me, Gale.

Gale: Thank you.

Gale: Once upon a time, not quite that long ago, there lived a wizard in a tower. The wizard was what one might call a prodigy, who from an only age could not only control the Weave, but compose it, much like a musician or poet. Such was his skill that it earned him the attention of the mother of magic herself. The Lady of Mysteries. Mystra.

Player: What did Mystra's attention feel like?

Gale: Love.

Gale: Perhaps it was not quite love, but, you see, the wizard was but a very young man. It was most certainly love to him. Mystra showed him the secrets beneath the veils. The gossamer veils first, draped across the Weave. The delicate veils next, draped across her body. 'Chosen One' she whispered, as she slipped them off completely.

Player: The veils draped across the Weave?

Gale: Indeed. What most wizards perceive is but the ripple of the Weave's surface. Untold wonders lie beyond. I enjoyed them for a while. As we enjoyed each other.

[uukipi]

girodoro!!!

[v-anrouge]

wyd if u wake up at night turn on the lights of ur room and when u look at the floor u r met with this

[artbyfuji]

honk if u love summer rose pin-ups 🍓🍫

[lovesickeros]

lord its so dark in here the sahara desert of tsaritsa content you are like a shining oasis. your characterisation of her compels me & mihoyo would be hard pressed to top it imo.!! caaaaan i humbly request yr thoughts on her first meeting w a reader of any kind, or maybe even multiple kinds (sagau, sagau god au, isekai, etc) if you so desire...

it really is like a desert here. being the fan of a character we aren't getting until the last damn nation is driving me up a wall but i will persevere bc if nothing else i support morally bankrupt women in media. we r in a severe drought over here but i do my best. unfortunately nothing i say is ever coherent so pull out your translation notes its abt 2 be messy

also this got out of hand but thats bc first meetings w the tsaritsa are tricky to write + a LOT of her characterization lies in deeper exploration then just surface level yknow...NOT A DIG AT YOU this is just my excuse for rambling. gently pats the tsaritsa she can hold so much complexity i do not have the word count to delve into it completely :]

gonna talk cult au for a bit here though because that's 99% of my content. and honestly? she thrives in sub au's of the cult au like villain au + imposter au. it's basically made for her. i mean, early days, the imposter au had been going around for a little while but one of the first few ideas was the Fatui taking reader in so like. it kinda technically actually was. pretty sure cult au Tsaritsa popped up because of the imposter au. a lot of it's writers kinda left though which. man am i getting old or.

anyway.

there isn't much of a chance her first impression is all that positive. at best it's usually neutral, imo, but rarely if ever positive. specifically because i view the Tsaritsa as someone who isn't as fanatical as most of the acolytes typically are towards the creator. she's not exactly going to worship the ground you walk on unlike a certain geo lizard. which is partially why i think she thrives in the sub au's i mentioned.

imposter au, for example. she meets you at your lowest. there's no gaudy extravagance or pampering from the acolytes waiting for you because your own acolytes have turned on you. for all intents and purposes you aren't a "god" at all. which is why i don't think she meshes well with normal cult au reader. the Fatui are made up of outcasts, basically, and imposter au slots right in just perfectly. you're weak, at your lowest, when you meet the Fatui in the imposter au. and the Fatui can help you, too.

a mutual exchange, really. the Tsaritsa sees a tool she can use to one up the rest of the nations and especially Archons, and she has no qualms about you using her and the Fatui in turn. you both want something out of it, after all. whether you just want to be safe from the rest of the acolytes, or you want revenge, or whatever else..she'll give you the power to fulfill it, and she gains the strongest piece on the chessboard when all is said and done.

the best way i can describe the first meeting is "practical", i suppose. she sees an opportunity in you. the ultimate gamble. because if she "saves" you, and you dont trust anyone else because they tried to kill you, well..she holds all the cards, doesn't she?

but the Tsaritsa, imo, is just as capable of being just as fanatical towards you as anyone else. she just won't worship you as the creator. but as yourself? clawing your way back to your divine power and taking back what belongs to you? the Tsaritsa is, to me, a character who's character flourishes in long-term fics more because she changes a LOT between "just met reader" and after having been with reader for some time. she's practically apathetic at the beginning but a lot of her character, in my characterization, shines through LONG after the first meeting.

[natimiles]

The :o troupe

Bonus: Vincent (he is trying to :o)

And then Seth trying too hard...

[reigningmax]

Max at Nelson Jr.'s wedding

[red-dia]

Not sure if it's been posted already but illustrations from that new hnk companion book have been leaking:

[thelifeinmyshadesofgrey]

SHUHEI HISAGI Episode 5 | Wrath As A Lightning