#so true to themself

[thisisallthehattersfault]

No, bro -- listen. Man, listen. Body horror is beautiful. No, listen, hear me out. There's something intimate about it. Something erotic, man. It's like the transformation of the flesh representing the transformation of the self. No, come on, it comes down to autonomy man. It comes down to making peace with yourself. The person who accepts or even orchestrates their transformation is not suffering through it, even when it's painful, even when the thing they turn into seems grotesque, right? Because body horror is only horrifying when it's being done to you, without your consent, you know? Otherwise it's like. Transcendence. It's like a moment of pure, unflinching honesty about who and what you truly are, all your ugly, fleshy bits on display. And it doesn't matter that people see you and cringe and recoil, right? Because if they peeled themselves open they'd look just the same as you, and you know that even if they're lying to themselves about it, and your skin never fit right anyway, so like. Why should you keep wearing it, you know? If you can live without it, and it's squeezing you too tight, why should you keep it on? Because seeing the pull and pulse of your tendons might make someone uncomfortable? They've got tendons too, man. All those ugly, wet, fleshy bits. They've got them too. No, man listen, listen --

[craftbreak]

My favorite loopchat is definitely "did you know your eyes are two different shades?" but tbh i haven't stopped thinking abt the one where siffrin asks if loop is a star and they say some shit like "I'm more like a mirror. It'd be boring to be the real thing" ever since i finished the game w twohats

Like loop's favorite activities are being vague as fuck and foreshadowing. So it's entirely possible that loop starts saying star to mean like. Actor (star of the show, the star of a play and stuff like that). And they just like. Answered that at least half honestly just bc siffrin would be like "? What are you blinding talking about" and the true meaning would fly over his head bc he's still thinking about stars (celestial bodies). + it would add to a lot of stuff loop says to you not really being lies like you might think on a first impression

[dang-dood]

ruby having to watch rouge and the doctor mack while she contemplates her impending death 😭

[anistarrae]

I've had a Kirby hyperfixation since my childhood and your art and super good animations bring back even more of the joy the games gave me. The lighting captures such a sweet mood in all your stuff also as someone who tried animation briefly... Chefs kiss to all of your animations anyway if just thought I'd join in on thoughts about u and ur stuff <3

HI HI im so sorry for not responding to this for a month :sob:

this is EXACTLY how i want my work to feel to others! a brief feeling of joy, something to make you think, something to make you feel something. anything can be artwork, but my favorite kinds are ones that makes you think or feel something, anything. to be able to convey that through artwork and have it work, it feels so special everytime :') i really appreciate your words, i kept replaying this message in my mind, thinking id respond then forget😭.. you get a small part of a bg in an animation im working on as an apology............

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

How could you firgure out that someone was a Controller

And what sort of odd "Habits" Might a Controller have

It's actually an important plot point in the series that there is no way to tell. Like, people who are around controller-versions of their own families can't spot it.

That's part of why Tobias and Ax spend all day every day following known controllers (mostly Chapman and Tom) to see if there are any places they visit every three days. From there, Tobias can figure out yeerk pool entrances, and from there, he can narrow down who's more likely to be a controller based on who also visits those places every three days. But that method is imprecise, to say the least, and he makes plenty of errors (e.g. #23, #45).

The only other method that seems to work is spotting someone you already recognize in a place only controllers are likely to be (a Sharing full members' meeting, the yeerk pool) or doing something only controllers are likely to do (flying a Bug fighter, shooting a dracon beam). But even then, not every controller's a Sharing member and not every Sharing member is a controller, and we see plenty of controllers with guns and helicopters. Sooo... there's really nothing.

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

can not believe i forgot to post this sorry all for my grave error

[porcelainvino]

last piece of my portfolio 😵😵😵

[worstloki]

People in Israel will say you don’t know the fear of having to run to the nearest bomb shelter because sirens went off and that’s why it’s justifiable to destroy Palestine (and every other country around them)

[dairyfreenugget]

(Going insane boinkinh one AU in my head)

Hey hey hey

May I interest you in

(Slowly slides my FaaF AU towards you but void just Disappears without a trace one day before the accolade)

Teehee

[butnotbubblegum]

using the tags to vent my current emotional state into the void bc ig story feels like a bad plan for this, don’t read them if you’re having a bad day, they’ll probably not help in the slightest.

[thirdtimed]

unfortunately if i ever developed the lifeseries orv au in my head in earnest i would in no capacity whatsoever manage to be normal about it at all and like. i mean it

[unproduciblesmackdown]

omgg lol [guy who won't stop going "more like scapeGOATED" voice] now hold! on!! lmao [same guy just saw encanto voice] Hold on!!!

[patchwork-crow-writes]

62 - Unfinished

You begin as a faint outline, gentle strokes traced upon ghostly white. A familiar face taking shape amid a fluffy blizzard, and a smile that exists just for me.

I'll dress you up in your favourite colours - a dash of pink here, a cascade of green there. But let me leave a space where your heart will go, and I'll fill it with nothing but boundless light and love.

Your horns shall gleam red to match my own, but these ones can't be taken off before bedtime. You are fully your own creature, and shall stand proudly among your friends. All who see you shall adore you, my prince - for you there shall be no misery.

I've coloured you in so much that the green's been worn to nothing. Your flourescence shall light my way in dark times, a beacon of joy and comfort that I'll always follow home.

And now for your heart - but oh! The lesson is at an end, and you've been taken away by hands bigger than mine. I cannot call your name before you're put away with all the other drawings, lost and afraid with a black space where your soul should be.

I cry for you on the way home. I feel a piece of myself is missing, the life and love I poured into you wasted and discarded. Mom says you'll be hung up on the classroom wall tomorrow, but I don't know if I believe her or not.

I hope I'll see you again soon - perhaps then I can finally give you the heart you always deserved.

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The Dark Menagerie No. 62

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[soulsxng]

Name: Hope (Elpis)

Age: ???

Species: Spirit/personification of false hope

And so it was Hope that saved humanity from the evil and miseries that were unleashed from the depths of Pandora's box...or so some would believe. So Hope themself wants to believe. In actuality, the story is a bit more complicated than that. After all, Hope emerged from Pandora's box just the same as the others. There's a good reason that other stories suggest Hope is just an extension of suffering.

An extension of Moros, who wants to reclaim them. To make them realize that the "hope" they give is just as vicious as the things that he, himself, could inflict.

But they will never accept that. Not truly.

They tell themself that the hope they spread amongst the people is good. That it's better for them that way, to deny and ignore their destinies until it's finally claimed them. Everyone deserves comfort. Deserves to believe that everything is okay-- that they are okay.

Even if it's only a beautifully woven falsity.

[bastardsofravenkroft-blog]

tired of everyone saying gway is such a good writer blah blah THEY’RE NOT. it’s just neat aesthetics wrapped in half a concept with a sprinkle of actual content. that’s it.

[zukkaoru]

gin & ryuu + "can i ask you something?" :)

“Can I ask you something?” Ryuunosuke looks up from his book to find Gin standing before him. She’s looking at the ground, idly fidgeting with the zipper of her jacket. It’s strange behavior for her, though Ryuunosuke can’t imagine what sort of question might make her so anxious. “Go ahead.” “Do you…” she hesitates. “Do you ever…wish you were a girl?” Ryuunosuke blinks. “I do not. …Why?” Gin sighs. She plops onto the other end of the couch, pulling her knees to her chest. “I don’t know. I think there’s something wrong with me. I just…sometimes, I feel like I wasn’t supposed to be a girl. I never really thought about it before, but now that we don’t have to worry about getting food and clothes and stuff…” She buries her head in her arms and mumbles something Ryuunosuke can’t make out. He isn’t sure what to say. It isn’t something he can empathize with, and he has never been particularly apt at sympathy. But for Gin, he would like to try. So he reaches over, across the distance separating them, and places his hand on her arm. “I do not think there is anything wrong with you,” he informs her. “I do not understand, but if you would like to share more, I am willing to listen.”

send me a sentence + a ship (romantic or platonic) and i'll write the next five(ish) sentences