#so pretty! literally a work of art

[sanjipussyindulgence]

watching the kaiju no. 8 anime and the kafka + reno dynamic is so top-tier. contrasting reno, a sterotypical edgy anime teenager, with kafka, a pretty regular guy in his 30s, has such endless comedy to it.

they're father-son coded but reno did the adopting. he saw how lame and wet kafka was and fetched the adoption papers out himself.

[collophora]

Do yourself a favor and go read the entire fanfic work of @fanfoolishness

(In order: Under sun and shade, Blind Side, and Breathless (patching up is one of my fav too, I just had no cool sketch idea for it)

[dammjamboy]

BETTER CALL SAUL!

[alaynestcnes]

Jon Snow and Sansa Stark in Art

Prince Ivan on the Grey Wolf / Viktor Vasnetsov A Foster Mother / Charles Sillem Lidderdale Portrait of a Young Woman (detail) / Pierre-Auguste Cot King Arthur (detail) / Charles Ernest Butler Portrait of a Young Girl / Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky Dante and Beatrice in the Garden / Cesare Saccaggi

[electricpurrs]

WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT?

[carpetbug]

ML Feline Blue Au Mini Comic #2 - Daizzi teaches Mylene about gelatin

I hope my handwriting is legible lmao 🫶

[reallyshinycrusade]

A part two (of this) but for Honoka! bc it would be a crime to have only one half of this duo.

In the same vein as Nagisa’s adult uniform leaning towards her armor references, Honoka’s look here leans into princess-y vibes with a touch of strategist/tactician/fighter.

The Breakdown:

Overall, her og design feels very Rococo with her light blue pleating down the center of her top, bows, and lace! (cure black may have ruffles and bows, but no lace)

Her hair ribbon mimics a royal headpiece

The top layer of her skirt that splits in the middle is probably what marks her as more princess-like than Nagisa, bc it reminds us of the two weird pillowy things that the og animated princess Cinderella has.

To go off on a tangent here, the floofs on both sides of Cinderella’s hips are actually loose references to either bustles or trains found on court dresses from the 18th century, but it’s hard to say definitively what the hell she was actually wearing bc they’re two symmetrical puffs w no train or anything in the back😵‍💫 (I can’t link it for some reason, but search “Disney Princess Historical Costume Influences Part 2”)

But that specific element most likely is a reference to Robe à la Polonaise, where the overskirt is bunched to reveal the petticoat underneath. The rest, however…

You can’t NOT see it!! The illustration is “Figure de mode— dame en grande parure de cour à la française, 1789”

Whatever’s going on w the drapery on her neckline looks like the shape of a ribbon, and the skirt design is pretty spot on!

[a-loose-collection-of-ants]

I love your depiction of Hamilton and Lafayette, it’s so funny! Lafayette is so sweet and happy and Hamilton just has beef w/ the entire world. I can’t wait to see more of their brotherly relations in ur AMAZING art style

God, they're so narrative foil coded

Seriously though, there's some fantastic contrast between them. They're just similar enough (both roughly the same age, both insecure and glory hungry, + their "shared father" or whatever Lafayette said) - and yet they manage to be exact opposites at the same time.

I could say more but I think this bit from Mike Duncan's biography about Lafayette basically gets at what I'm trying to say:

"Like Lafayette, Hamilton grew up without a father. He also lost his mother to a fatal illness at almost the same age Lafayette lost his. But where the tragedies of Lafayette’s childhood made him the heir of a fabulous fortune, the tragedies of Hamilton’s illegitimate childhood left him systematically cut out of his family’s inheritance. So where the dark clouds of Lafayette’s life were lined with silver, the dark clouds of Hamilton’s life were simply dark. Lafayette emerged from childhood buoyant and effusive, Hamilton cynical and reticent. But even though Hamilton started life a penniless bastard on the periphery of European civilization, and Lafayette started life an insanely wealthy heir in the heart of a great kingdom, they fell into an easy friendship. French was not the only language the two young men shared. The also shared a code of personal honor and a desire to prove themselves to the world." -Mike Duncan, Hero of Two Worlds, The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Now, I am not qualified to speak on the real figures, but I do like to write. So, there is a narrative opportunity here that drives me insane.

Like, cast Hamilton as brilliant, but overly cynical with a habit of assuming the worst in people, and give him a negative character arc where he comes close to recognizing the potential good of humanity but ultimately falls into his more authoritarian tendencies. Then contrast him with Lafayette who's more naive. He's not quite sheltered but unfamiliar with the sort of selfishness and greed he'd have encountered if he grew up in a more vulnerable financial position. In coming to America he, like Hamilton, is forced to reckon with contempt, greed, and the failings of democratic government. But, unlike Hamilton, still manages to come out of it with a generally positive opinion of humanity.

I'm just saying, if I were writing history to contain ✨themes ✨ they are a perfect opportunity.

[theredcuyo]

"Why would you do all of this for me even after all i did to you?!"

"Because i love you, the you that it's really behind all of it, the you that you fight not to show to the world but that i've seen before anyway"

Is such a raw line that i asure you, if it's present in a fic, not necessary letter by letter, but in sentiment, then that's a good fucking fic

Wheter platonic or romantic

[fl00mie]

i'm fricking tired of listening to every single song and relating it to utmv in any way😭 i don't lack the desire to make animatics i just need willpower istg

[felsicveins]

Someone asked for more of my favorite replies/ comments and I'll get to that but in the meantime here are some choice snippets from convos between me and @persistenttenderness

[tradingjack]

having fun with colors for once :P

thanks @creepycoffins for the awesome dtiys :D

[marcmorrigan]

According to the artist, when it was suggested that a smile might benefit the look of the finished portrait, Attaché Nohell reportedly replied, "I thought the purpose of this was to be honest."

Super fun commission of @waterloggedsoliloquy's OC Sicely Nohell (they/them) and their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lusus figure Commanding Officer.

[triona-tribblescore]

DRAGON IM GONNA SOB- WHY- YOU ALREADY MADE ME SAPPY ON TWITTER IM SO- /POS <33333333

@dragon-spaghetti <333

[salmonsaur]

I read Heaven Official's Blessing and then Dungeon Meshi (both I enjoyed), and now I'm back at it again with Lord of the Mysteries ~

[stormflute]

Hero & Partner Week Day 3 - Friends, Villains, Promise

I was never the same after getting witch hunted in Rescue Team. I have so many emotions about how guilty the hero felt the entire time, and the potential that they always could have gotten caught before reaching Ninetales.

@heropartnerweek