#so satisfied with it im so happy heehee

[skybrightpixie]

this is Moondrop Delight and she is my CUTEST mlp oc, in my opinion. real mrhoneystreak famous top 10 character-design-choice hits.

Moondrop is Sundance's "best friend" (likely more than that 👀) with an immense love for the night sky, represented by her cutie mark. she is well-known for being a daydreamer, always chasing shooting stars to the horizon. she's also an optimist, always having hope in situations where she needs it most, though sometimes it’s to a naïve degree.

[lynn-tged-posting]

tged webtoon ep 157 spoilers and thoughts but also a good amount of panel dissection that might be overanalyzed but i couldn't stop thinking about it so just let me yap okay it plagued me all weekend

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i am so serious when i say this entire episode gave me like. so much worry and anxiety over the characters that i made myself upset thinking about it . the only thing saving me is everyone's fun expressions in this and specifically this panel of javier

HES SO SILLY CUTE PLAYING WITH THE SUMMONS THEYRE ADORABLE EEHEHEHEHE

anyway . to the brainrot

i think this panel of lloyd turning his back to javier, immediately after telling javier to go on break for a while, was the first little indicator of "oh no" for me

it really worried me that he said this, especially when they've been working together so much on their journey, so this was tiny little moment of "oh boy whats going on,,," for me,,, idk if anyone else felt the same but i had a feeling i would Not be ready for this ep. and i was right i was absolutely not ready

and then we hit the montage of javier going around the estate and observing how much the land has changed, and i really loved that!! it was really heartwarming seeing everyone, smiling and achieving dreams and stability in a way that the fronteras hadnt seen in a long time (hell i was convinced "oh everythings fine nvm" 😭)

some of my favorite panels in that sequence heehee bayern and his kids this was really really sweet WAAAHH

JAVIERS EXPRESSION HERE WAS SUPER FUNNY TOO absolutely gonna use this as a reaction image

ALSO THIS STATUE OF LLOYD ADHAHAHAHAHDFAHA IM PRETTY SURE IT IS RELATED TO IF NOT THE SAME AS THE STATUE IN CPSM they do have different poses so it mightve had to be rebuilt or something but either way . lloyd statue where he's near naked for some reason in the middle of frontera estate. a wonderful center piece good work team

AND MY BABY BOY SOLITAS he finally managed to create something im so proud of him GOOD JOB BUD!! THE CARVING IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

it just hit me as im typing this that they also say "[project name] complete" not sure if this is a translation thing or if it's something they picked up from lloyd saying "construction complete" but if its the latter thatd be REALLY CUTE

also that panel of tordes by the mines he looks genuinely . satisfied and happy?? the guy punished to work for the fronteras for over 100 years is having a great time LMAO

AND THIS PANEL OF JAVIER

THIS MADE ME SMILE SO WIDE

it's really really pretty, and javier can see that. he can see that the estate has grown and changed into a strong and capable place, and he echoed this in the last chapter but it's really worth celebrating this. so many accomplishments, in so little time, with so much efficiency. frontera estate has been raised from the ground up and seeing it all accumulated was so so beautiful,,,

so seeing this panel absolutely devastated me

the contrast is STRIKING. all of the brightness and light and warmth of the street javier is in is only seen in partial rays streaking in. lloyd is alone, surrounded by books and in a darker corner of the panel. isolated, facial features unreadable and working by himself,,, refusing to see or ignoring all of the accomplishments behind him.

it's like he's falling back into old habits. that workaholism that kept him alive when he was only kim suho in korea. in order to survive, to keep up, to stay afloat, to stay ALIVE, you must keep working. go to the next project, the next problem, the next assignment, and everything will be fine. only then will freedom be yours to have. only then will you be free of this responsibility you bear for those you love.

but he really doesn't need to do that anymore! he has a whole estate of people who will follow him to the ends of the earth, because he's proven himself to be capable of protecting them. he has parents who love him, despite his changes, despite his past, who have grown to believe in him.

he has his beloved knight, who is waiting for him to call for aid. who only needs a glance or a word to lend a hand. who is waiting for him to come outside and just SEE all that he's done. to celebrate, to have peace. to enjoy home. to simply be at home, together.

"when will you be able to come here...?"

javier, protagonist that he is, sees all this light around, and it's peeking into this library that lloyd is in, wondering where the engineer is, but his nose is to a book. because he is working. and that's,,, scary to see. there's a level of distance already taking shape because of old habits, and i don't know if either of them realize it

and like you look at the panel javier is in one more time and you can see, there's kids playing as javier and lloyd! they even have matching hair, and the dog is colored exactly like ppodong. super cute! but it worries me that they're on opposite sides of javier.

said this earlier; this is probably an overanalysis and this probably means nothing. it really is a cute lil cameo of some kids in town! but the fact that they are split like this is eating at me. ppodong-dog is on javier-kid's side, when ppodong is lloyd's summon? and again, they're on opposite sides of javier, will they join back together and keep playing? lloyd-kid is ahead of javier-kid, will he run on ahead without looking back? it's so cute and yet it's making me anxious!!! am i overthinking???

anyway, this split and the two panels contrasting each other like this filled me with so much nervousness that i had to close my eyes and just breathe for a little bit

then we see arcos and marbella talking about lloyd and it's clear they're worried about him, still unsure of where these changes in behavior came from and yet accepting it nonetheless because god dammit theyre good kind people

and when we see lloyd he looks,,,

tired, and disheveled, and still only thinking about working on the next thing. he keeps going on too, like there's nothing currently wrong with this; he's probably used to it, handling everything without a moments rest. the count and countess even mention it at the end of the episode

and when he treats the formal frontera attire lightly and scurries off again, it's like a final nail in this sinking coffin. honestly, i think early lloyd probably would have said similar things to try and skirt the count's attention, but this scene in combination with lloyd being depicted as separated from lloyd, appearing exhausted from continuous work, as well as the following panels of lloyd leaving,,, it fills me with anxiety and dread.

face shrouded in the darkness of the hall, so his features are unrecognizable, just like the library panel. who is that? is it suho or is it lloyd speaking right now? where are you going, into that darkness by yourself, shying away from the light you've brought to this estate? you don't have to do this alone.

and this long, looming distance stretching between him and arcos and marbella. stretching further as lloyd marches onward and alone, working by himself, away from the moments of peace and celebration that his family and his estate bring. into the dark. it's a little haunting to me.

these panels did a really, REALLY good job at solidifying this growing degree of isolation that lloyd is putting himself into, intentionally or not (for lloyd and for the artist lol). he's getting out of reach in his desire to protect everyone, to complete this responsibility he gave himself for the estate.

it's almost,,, backwards? in a way? in the early webtoon, there's a panel where suho is shown trying to reach for a light in the darkness. he believed that if he kept working towards that light, he'll find a way out of this hell he's found himself in, and so everything would be fine. here and now, it could be that he still thinks that this is the case, when it's in fact the opposite. he's brought this light to the estate, but he's putting himself in the dark (and alone, at that) in an effort to reach for the "next light". i don't think he realizes it. this makes me really, really sad. jesus christ well done artist/adaptor

what is it all for if you won't even rest? if you won't turn around and look at all these people who need you around? and not need you as in doing work for them, but need you as in wanting to be with you, and cherishing you, and spending time with you, and simply loving you. yes, time is short and yes, fate is looming, but all this effort to fight those things is still making him lose this connection he has with the estate. he doesn't have to do this alone,,, he doesn't have work endlessly. take a BREAK LLOYD

and by the end of the episode it's to the point that arcos and marbella have realized that that's not lloyd frontera. that's someone else. and gods their faces are DEVASTATING

eyes shadowed, irises blank and lost. they're not frowning deeply, but i can feel the upset layered in. is it disappointment or is it grief? i can't really say for sure, but man,,, man.

anyway yeah i hope u guys understand why this episode gave me anxiety LMFAO

i am so so so sorry for the overthinking/overdissection in this post but my brain started connecting things . whether or not they make sense or if it's just being nitpicky is impossible for me to see so. yeah take this however u will

i actually also briefly saw someone on twitter say that this wasn't in the novel? which is interesting and also a little scary i hope lloyd will turn out alright AHHH

i really hope next episode everyone will be alright ,,, please i cant take this much emotional twisting and turning im gonna lose my mind

see y'all next week or in the next shitpost,,, whichever comes first

[nathandrakeisabottom]

hullo! saw you rb'd an ask game so thought i'd send in a question or two to my favorite nate pegger...

✍️ What's your writing process?

📚 Who's your favorite author (or a few of them)?

"To my favorite nate pegger..." :

😳❤️ Yes ma'am, thank you ma'am.... ❤️😳

✍️ What's your writing process?

You tell me!! Bye!!

📚 Who's your favorite author (or a few of them)?

This is so shameful to say, but I really haven't been a regular reader for ages, and when I am, it tends to be mostly plays over novels. The one exception are my lovely friends on the ol' dot org, especially @durrtydawg, @libertatias, @weltraum-vaqueroand, and @not-those-kids.

But as for my favorites of all time, I have to say I love.... uh.... not to out myself, but: Shakespeare, girlie. Tony Kushner (Angels in America) is incredible. Rebecca Stead has all the incredible, sharp brevity that I wish to utilize more in my own writing. She tells stories with the exact number of words they need, no more, no less, and the pacing is phenomenal for it. Pseudonymous Bosch. David Ives. Anton Chekov. My father. Chuck Tingle.

Okay, fuck it, top 2 writers are William Shakespeare and Lemony Snicket.

(Okay, for real, though) ✍️ What's your writing process?

Unfortunately for everyone, I am a moody booby artsy fartsy hippie dippy friend of shaggy, so I'm diagnosed disease of "waa waa I can't write because I'm not 'feeling it'" which means that for maybe four out of 50 fics, it came pouring out effortlessly in a brilliant whirl of inspiration. Maybe even shed a tear or two (in the acting world, that's how you know it's good).

But for all the others, it's honestly a painstaking grind. I don't really enjoy my writing until I'm able to return a week or two later and go "huh, this actually isn't so bad". Then, I forget, and the cycle starts again. Unhelpfully, my brain works in visuals, and a lot of the times it feels hard to capture moments in a way I'm satisfied with when you can't directly, exactly translate film energy into written fiction energy.

Don't burn me at the stake, but I'm also a "I psychologically have to make each sentence perfect before continuing" person and a "mostly writes connective tissue and struggles to let herself write the big, interesting scenes before it's time" girlie, and then I have the GALL to ALSO complain that there's no good word for balls.

But to be honest, a lot of my work comes simply from a longing for a piece of media I can find myself and my wants reflected in. For as far as we've come, there's still so much shit I'm *shocked* isn't normalized or as readily found in fiction. Especially nowadays, when some fucked up sons of bitches brought back??? gender roles??? in 2024???? gen z???? --- it feels like a survival and self-soothing tactic to imagine a world that dreams of dissolving that entirely. I wanna pay for the dates. I wanna buy him flowers. I don't want to be scared to walk down the street. And I want more stories about weird, messed up women getting happy endings.

also sometimes im just fucked up and horny heehee <3

-S 🧡 

[joyfully-it-devours]

*bows head humbly* Please share the secret to how you did that cool artifact/glitch/psychedelia thing for the tma drawing you did. I need it for science

Heehee! hey there!! I will do my best to explain. 

i use procreate and ibis paint.

i took a photo of a hand, i turned down the contrast, turned up the saturation, definition, etc until i saw it fit to use. i then drew a normal big knife hand like i would for micheal or helen, but on a separate layer i put the photo of the hand there. next, i selected the thumb and copied it. then i distorted it using the warp selection tool and the liquify tool. repeat this for the other fingers. 

Next up, the eyes. took a photo of a wide eye, played with the saturation like i did the fingers, slapped that into procreate! 

now that i had one eye and some fingers.. i copied and pasted them a bunch. pulling them, twirling them, turning up the noise as high as possible, making sure it was hard to look at. messed around with the duplicates opacities until i was satisfied. 

the tools i used most were the luqify/distortion ones, crystal and twirl mostly. i made sure to make dr. davids skin and hair and whatnot as desaturated and normal as i could, to contrast.

With his weird face thing, I made a pure black blob under the skin color layer. im usually against using pure black, but if it enhanced the effect, so be it. clipping mask of neon colors, and played with noise, liquify, pinch, expand, and twirling tools until i was satisfied. made a few extra blobs, copy and pasted the og blob and played with that, until it looked spirally enough. I also added an ‘old skin’ texture overlay to his.. well, skin. for another layer of hyperrealism.

For the lineart, i copied it a bunch, then distorted and twirled it and crystallized it until i was satisfied. same with the normal color layer. id copy them, do a clipping mask, play with neons and distort them, distort it even more until i liked it. 

The background, i did a simple hospital corridor, then used the grid brush for some squares, followed by! more distortion! used the warp tool for that one. I copied the background layer, turned up the noise a bunch, distorted that, repeated until I was happy.

almost done! I made an extra layer that was just a flat-ish grey color. turned up the noise over and over, liquify that bitch! it came out looking like smoke, and i liked that.

finally! the text. i picked a font i thought fit his voice, made about four layers of just that sentence, and repeated the methods i told you about until i thought it looked readable enough while still distorted. then you should have something resembling our good friend Doctor David.

[essentia-cibum]

🍣: Do you live a simple or fancy lifestyle? What is the underlying reason? Do you wish to change that? (Everyone)

Food Emoji Asks | Accepting

Tang Yuan: “Hm... I would say fairly fancy! I am a food soul associated with Festivals and Celebration! Tang Yuan brings blessings to all~ Tang Yuan would never want to change that!”

Juiniang: “I....I live a f-f-fairly simple l-lifestyle....” There was a pause “I-I d-d-don’t like the s-spotlight....s-so no I w-would never w-want t-t-to c-change...”

Yu Xiang: “I live a simple life. I read, I learn, I tell. I am the world’s Historian and I am perfectly satisfied in being that. I don’t need fancy things to remind people of what happened before”

Sakura Mochi: “My life is comfortably simple. I’ve never reached for anything more than what I have. As long as I can help people, thats great.”

Orange Juice: “My life....is surprisingly fancy. I suppose that’s what you get when you’re friends with a pop idol. I actually wouldn’t mind a simpler life where my face doesn’t end up in magazines just because Jello and I went to lunch. Don’t get me wrong! I love Jello, shes my best friend....but the fame is a bit draining you know?”

Milk: “My life is simple. I am a simple woman and I am fine with that”

Mango Pudding: “My life is amazing~ I am the sweetest, best food soul a master attendant could ask for! If I changed anything, it would be to have a MORE awesome life....like Jello has. To be famous~”

Cheese: “I do live a privileged life. I don’t really want to talk about it....and I have been actively working to change it”

Moon Cake: “My life is fairly simple. Im not super rich or anything...but I am awesome! If i could change anything it would be to be more awesome~ The best prankster around!”

Milt: “I live in what you would call the ‘lap of luxury’, That’s all I’ll say on the matter. I would love to live a simpler life...it would be safer. More boring but safer”

Foie Gras: “I suppose you could say I was born into the fancy life. I was fated to be that way, you cannot change fate. It’s silly to wish for things to change”

Tiramisu: “I choose to live a simple life to achieve my dreams. What my life was like in the beginning doesn’t really mean much to me anymore.”

Vodka: “Andre and I are simple people. All I need is Alcohol, all he needs is  clean perch and to be fed on time. Who needs more than that?”

Hawthorne Ball: “Thats a silly question isn’t it? HeeHee~ I live a simple life by choice. Things are easier that way and I have more time to make friends. I wouldn’t change it for the world. What about you?”

Cold Rice Shrimp: “My life depends on Mommy’s life. If they are rich and well off, then I am too. If they are a simple person with a simple life then so am I. Im happy as long as I’m with Mommy, so no I wouldn’t change anything.”

Seaweed Soup: “I’ve lived every kind of life you can imagine. It matters not to me anymore. Lifestyles are just a blur, a blink of an eye in the lifetime of someone a hundred thousand times reborn.”