#stuff from 2016 to like 2018 😭

[ticken-chan]

Is there a specific reason you deleted most of your old dhmis art? You don’t have to answer if it’s a personal reason, lol (also this is just assuming you deleted it bc I can’t see any posts past like 7 years ago, I’m new to Tumblr so it might just be me)

Most of my old art that involved DHMIS made me CRINGE haha

[jadenvargen]

Hello!! About your artbook, I was wondering what will be in it? Like, would it have some of your old yugioh art in it, or is it art from more recently??? Thank you so so much!!

it's a mix of both, but not too much yugioh. it does have my 10page kaiba/jono comic (the in color one) ! it has a mix of art from mostly 2018-present, most of which has been posted online or has been otherwise exclusive to patreon. i'd say it's 60% finished art(mostly new, just by the fact that i'm happier with it, but some old stuff, even from 2016.... also the fact that my old computer ans the OG files for most of my stuff is forever gone😭) and then the rest is wips as well as comics (my kiraodo comic and the first wip chapter of my original comic hunky dory.) i want to try and offer discounts to my patreons but idk how itd work practically, i need to look into how.

[absolutebl]

Please help me find that one bl I watched but can't remember the name of it, I want to find and rewatch it do bad! So that's what I remember about the movie:

I watched this movie on YouTube and it was not Thai or Korean. There are two guys who are not brothers, the one with the parents adopted the other one. Gave him many things, like money and house. So they're basically step brothers. The adopted one is in love with the main boy, after some struggles that I don't actually remember, the main boy falls in love with him too. But his father doesn't allow them to be together. With this being the reason, adopted one faked his own death and the main boy was in pain for a couple of years (I think it was like two years? But I'm not sure tho) After some time, the main boy coincidentally sees his lover working at a cafe. And they have a happy ending.

I've been looking for it for a really long timeeee 😭😭😭

This sounds right up my alley so I should know of it. It's stepbrother trope which is one of my all time favorites. (After comment consults I think this must be Irresistible Love - see notes at end)

My guess is something early from China, pre 2018? It could also be from the Philippines or one of the other BL producing countries that I don't track carefully. I think... not Japan, that doesn't seem like the right tropes or narrative bent for them.

It's possible, if you saw it on YT it was a fan rip with an alter end (like it really ends sadly but the fan decided to not include that?)

But you said specifically not Korea so Diary of Heong Yeong Dang (Drama Festival 2014) is out, and that was my first guess.

My second best guess is Thai, My Bromance the movie (2014) or (more likely) My Bromance the series (2016)? But you said: NOT Thai.

So my final pull is...

Find You In The Crowd (China 2017) but this is a microfilm and it's sad. At last check it was on Gaga.

You're not thinking of The Promise (Vietnam 2022) are you? No, that doesn't have the parental stuff and it's very recent.

That's the best I can do. Sorry, the spreadsheet and my brain failed you.

Here is some homework:

There is a 3 Part series from Ellene Noire II of YT round-up videos highlighting VERY obscure queer, LGBTQ+ and BL content (they named title and country in the cards), perhaps it's one of those? It has clips so that might trigger your brain better.

I've had these videos saved to process into my spreadsheet for ages but haven't gotten around to it since they really are some of the MOST obscure and I know it just throws off my numbers with "can't be found" columns.

If you figure it out, will you PLEASE let me know the name and country? It really does sound like my kind of BL. And if possible I'd love to try tracking it down.

Meanwhile here's my stepbrother trope round up post.

Notes

movie on YouTube

not Thai or Korean

2 guys who are not brothers

parents of one adopted the other one (stepbrother trope)

parents give adoptee many things, like money and house

adopted one is in love with the main boy

main boy falls eventually falls in love back

father doesn't allow them to be together

adopted one fakes his own death and the main boy was in pain for a couple of years

after some time, the main boy coincidentally sees his lover working at a cafe

Okay after consult with comments (with the exception of the bold bits I think this really has to be Irresistible Love).

Irresistible Love China 2026 - 2 Parts! 2 Endings!

Irresistible Love: Secrets of the Valet

YouTube

Irresistible Love 2 AKA Uncontrolled Love

YouTube

I not-so-secretly love this BL: Kidnapping, whipping boy, obsession, mutilation, very hard fought happy ending (in one version). Absolutely classic Chinese BL pre-censorship. It's a wild melodramatic ride.

This 2nd movie installment has 2 endings, one unhappy and censored and one basically happy. This series is quite violent, lots of tiggers, whipping boy chassis.

[nialls-gorgeous-colors]

Shawn and Niall's public dating history doesn't match the themes and narratives of their songwriting

Mannn… if you actually take the time to look at Shawn’s and Niall’s dating history…. Where are these passionate songs coming from if you buy into the general public narrative 😭 Shawn’s literally supposedly dated 2 people 😭

And it didn’t start until 2017 😭 which albums are typically written A YEAR AT LEAST before they are released. Shawn Mendes Self Titled was released on May 25, 2018. Illuminate was released on April 20, 2017.

And then he’s singing about hoping someone will be by his side and being with someone “who cares if they approve”…. The media and fans were wanting him and C to get together… where are these obstacles of being together 😭

Niall’s dating history is so weird, like, don’t even get me started. It’s so full of PR and short bursts of being with someone?? Women who have even issued statements and denied when asked that they were anything romantic??? Where are all of these passionate songs coming from?? Who is he showing up at their door soaking wet? Where are these obstacles??? Wedding song???

Why is he needing to tell someone there’s “no judgement” (it’s romantic with a “mate and… you know”. No, it’s not about Harry please stop?) when they’re together??? Who is he missing so much he needs a “new angel”?? This Town: Who is he saying “if the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you” about”?? Why wouldn’t anyone he’s been with be accepted???

There’s so much that begs to be said about all of this. Shawn invalidating his whole discography (saying it’s all about Camila???) in his documentary still makes me so incredibly sad. That doesn’t make any sense. It doesn’t all line up, nor do the themes match up with his life history with her. Please 😭

Make it make sense. 🤨😭 whomever made him say that had no idea what they were doing. They expected the fans to just blindly accept what came out of his mouth.

I have talked with his fans who believe that he was writing so many songs about her… and to believe it, you have to think that he’s just sitting on the sidelines for years just pining away for her while she’s with other guys??? That doesn’t even match with his songs???

I know I’m going back and forth between the two but there’s so much of Niall’s that don’t make sense either. It starts with Barbara Palvin, who was starting out her modeling career who was connected with Niall in 2013-2014. If you don’t think he stunted, then what’s this?

Amelia Lily (yup another Amelia) 2011-2012. There’s later an article about her DENYING anything went on and that she was actually dating an electrician dude.

He was connected briefly with Ellie Goulding who would greatly benefit from the clout boost in Aug-Sept 2013. Meh. Standard music industry stuff.

Melissa Whitelaw, an Australian student, Feb-June 2015 so says a DM article. There’s papwalks complete with the weird backseat photos. Her looking out the window while Niall is awkwardly trying to cope with what he’s being subjected to, see below.

And there’s Celine Helene Vandycke, yet another student. This time she’s Belgian. They show up at events with his arm around her shoulders. They’re only together about a month or two in 2016. Again, here’s the customary car backseat photo published in DM.

And then there Hailee Steinfeld, in 2017-2018. Niall never confirms it but there’s really awkward (while walking across the street?? Like??? Wtf???) kissing pics that exist. She wears his merch. She shows up to a m&g during his tour. They “breakup” then the narrative is she released a song called “Wrong Direction” but denies it’s about him. (Great PR move, Hailee.)

Then it brings us to Amelia Woolley, pandemic lockdown lady. Met in Apr 2020, UK lockdown started in Mar. Dramatic story how they met in tabloids. Niall tore her away from her electrician boyfriend. They now do papwalks and she shows up at golf and events. Everyone forgets about her.

So….. I repeat…. where’s the kind of longterm love along the ways that’s sparked their work and matches the themes of their songs??? Please let me know if you find it???

And yes I know there’s some typos, the timeline also isn’t exact. But that’s the thing about these “relationships” that are arranged. Dates are messy because no one actually knows them. 😂

[sageistri]

I remember seeing this in jimin's tag and didn't read it knowing fully well the outcome of it😂

"Shippers think if these men were dating that they would be so absorbed with their relationship that they would be going through the trouble of sending signals to each other... For whom to catch? Shippers?"

I Remember someone saying jikookers think they are the main characters in this ship and every thing they do is to "send" them signals 😂

Like they do not give a fuck about you😭 if they have been dating for as long as they claim they have which is years, why would they need to be doing all that still?

They think celebrity relationships are so different from real life relationships and it's weird. If they actually saw them as humans and not just characters in some bl romance story that they've created in their heads, then they would not say these things.

I've come across taekookers interacting and they'll ask those Taekook analysis accounts questions like

"please give us a timeline of taekook's love story, when do you think they started dating and how is their relationship?" and these accounts would literally reply with answers and say stuff like the started dating in 2016 and got married in secret around 2018... Like??? How do you know that?💀

Every move is a hint, every action is linked to their romantic relationship.

I cannot imagine how miserable it must be for shippers because I doubt they can even enjoy content, because how do you get satisfaction from anything your fave does if it isn't linked to another member. You get angry when they don't interact with that member in a video that has all seven members just because that was all you were searching for.

I just wish they would leave Jimin out of that madness, he's not dating any of those men.

[sungbeam]

more crusty quality photos, pt 3 and perhaps the final part of the cat lore bc i really can't find more cat pics they're lost in the void of my mom's phone data (which has thousands of photos i can't comb through them and not lose the shreds of my sanity)

remember whiskers? these 3 are her kids! one of them looks like oreo lmao (oreo had a few kids but they lived at the end of the street so i don't have photos of them)

the one that looks like oreo was very shy so she would hang near me but take her time to get comfortable before allowing me to pet her. the brown one was jumpy asf for no reason (i honestly think he was cracked) and then the white and brown one was my fav cat of all. he was friendly asf and i don't think i named him bc by that point there were far too many cats to name i just called them stuff like oi! and pspspsps (or smooching noises lmao)

if i recall correctly, they stayed until we moved in 2018 (these photos are from 2016). it was hard to say goodbye to them but by that time, i had developed some severe cat allergy. i had no idea i was developing cat allergy until it was too late lmao and you'd think one of these poor cats caused it but no-

it was my fucking parrot that ultimately caused all my health problems that followed💀 to sum it up, i couldn't touch cats anymore without sneezing like 10-20 times in a row and my face my skin would flare and my eyes would turn extremely red and watery. did that stop me from petting random cats? no. did i regret it each time? yes.

parrot lore next (i love her to death btw but it was NOT easy lol)

LMFAO THE CRUSTY QUALITY PHOTOS MAKE ME SMILE AHAH and i totally get the sifting thru a ton of phone data for photos, literally me w my data 😭😭

oi and pspspsps r so funny as just cat names tbh 💀 i feel like if met as many cats as u have in ur lifetime i would def run out of names and resort to noises and exclamations BAHAHHA but it seems whiskers's kittens gave u the full range of reactions going from super shy to cracked to friendly !!!

NOOOO OMG THE CAT ALLERGIES i would honestly be quite upset but do u still have those allergies now or have they subsided a little...? ik quite a few people w severe-ish allergies and it's kind of concerning how none of y'all r as concerned abt ur own allergies KSNFKDNFKFN

OKAY BUT CANT WAIT FOR PARROT LORE !!! birb time birb time birb time !!!!

[grand-romantic]

the rebuttal blog is reblogging old posts of you i guess being snappy with people in like 2018-2019 ????? also they reblogged selfies of lee's from like 2016 like WTF is going on. they bitch about not holding station to stuff it did forever ago but we're supposed to care about tumblr fandom drama you got into 6 years ago? 😭

Weh weh it just wants attention. No one cares about 8 year old drama. It's only doing it to get me to talk to it (never gonna happen) and because it knows it has nothing else on me to try and cry about. I don't regret a single thing I did or said on that blog. I know I was pretty harsh, but I was an angry kid who was sick of racism and abuse apology in the fandoms I enjoyed and I wasn't afraid to tell those freaks to shove it.

So yeah anyway kc this isn't gonna do anything and I don't care what you do.

[vampstel]

Hi Vampstel, I hope you are doing well!

This is gonna be a bit all over the place and I am so so sorry.

What inspired you to start making art? And what influenced your art style?

I can’t remember if you have said this anywhere but I’ve been a long time fan of yours and you are why I’m now posting my own work on tumblr instead of crappy Twitter (No offense to anyone uses it it’s just really mean to smaller artist like myself and it’s hard to get stuff out there especially original work)

I cannot wait for your next video. I love your Draw with me series. I’ve been enjoying watching your work every time I need a helping hand with lore or just general background noise to keep me entertained

You have no idea how much I inspired to be like a inkcreable artist like you (Yes the pun is intended I think you would know what the ink is referring to. (For anyone who doesn’t know it’s Bendy and the ink machine. I love Alice Angel so that’s how I kinda know that franchise)

I remember when you made your oc Laurence Winters? I think that’s the character inspired by Sammy Laurence. I am so sorry I can’t rewatch to correct myself I have terrible memory. As soon as you had said you were into demonology I was shocked when you grabbed the Bendy reference. It isn’t often I find an artist that likes the same stuff I do. So that was cool to know!

I am so sorry that this makes no sense and it’s all over the place. I really love your work and I really hope I can learn more on how to story write from you in future draw with me video. I really hope you will keep going (Make sure you rest and take care of yourself don’t overwork yourself!)

Hi Katie!! I’m doing very well actually, and I hope you’re doing the same too ^_^

No need to apologize about the messy ask hehe I don’t mind at all!! But to answer your questions…

A lot of things have inspired me to start drawing. It’s mainly my passion for cartoons that drove me to pursue art. I was really into Spongebob and Tom & Jerry as a kid and would regularly draw them whenever I could during school. I started interacting with fandoms pretty early on in my childhood and seeing so many big artists (specifically those on Tumblr, Deviantart, and Amino) made me really interested in learning digital art.

I think I started drawing digitally around 2016 but only took it seriously during 2018. I wasn’t all that good with drawing so I used Gacha Life as a base to help during my first years. Which… I guess you could say my art style is inspired by it? I don’t know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It’s really hard to say what influences my style since I don’t have heavy inspo you can point out. Honestly, any artist I follow or talk about is someone I’m inspired by. LavenderTowne and Dreamalgia are the ones that come to mind first though since I adore their work :P

I’m really glad my content’s entertaining and helpful to you!! It’s always a delight when people say that especially since I doubt my own capabilities with content creation sometimes lol. After all, I kinda just throw crap at the wall and see what sticks. I’m the most unprofessional YouTuber ever 😭

But yes, Lawrence is my OC that’s inspired by Sammy!! I think it’s very obvious since they’re basically the same person, but just in a different font. Bendy has been a longtime special interest of mine, actually. I’ve been fixating on it ever since the first chapter of the first game came out. A lottt of my characters are inspired by the characters in Bendy. Joseph Sinclair, for example (and I’m sure you can tell from the name alone), is inspired by Joey Drew. Especially when he used to be a sleazy villain archetype until I changed him into a dorky mess.

I have another character by the name of Thomas Huxley (again, obvious name) who’s sort of inspired by Thomas Connor. I’ve shown him on Twitter before but here he is since I’ve never shown him on here before!!

Honestly, most of my characters are just inspired by other existing characters lol. But Bendy is definitely the biggest influence I have on my work. Literally love that franchise so much I could ramble about it all day if I wanted to.

Other than that, thank you so much!! I won’t overwork myself but hopefully (fingers crossed) that Draw With Me will come back soon. I have tons of ideas for the comeback of that series and I can’t wait to show it all soon :3c

[stars-and-birds]

honestly any !! maybe more spidey stuff??? idm i've only read the hawkeye comics tho KFDHSFKDH

shjsjsjs alr then here’s a few comics i like! (it got pretty long sorryyyyy i just get excited talking about comics)

in terms of spidey spidey: freshman year (2019) is pretty fun! it’s a more modern version of peter and it’s not just the classic origin story

the original miles morales comics are pretty good ngl. Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man from 2014 i think? if you’re into miles or enjoyed the movie :>

kinda related to miles but the champions is honestly one of my fav superhero teams. it’s primarily nova, ms marvel, and miles and a few others. their adventures (i would read the og comics from 2016) are super fun but they also deal with some heavy stuff like human trafficking.

maybe you’ve read it already but if you liked the clint hawkeye book then hawkeye: private eye (idk the name of the actual run but that’s the first collected edition) is about kate bishop on her own in L.A.! i sound like a broken record but it is really fun lolol

and if you’ve already read that! the west coast avengers (2018) is a continuation. it’s less good but i like it. it’s a fun mix of heroes working together in the most disasterly ways

… andddd if you’ve already read that and are looking for more kate bishop… young avengers. actually you should probably read young avengers anyway. i loveee the comics (the original ones from 2005) are soooo good. this kate bishop is a lot different (don’t even get me started) but it’s >>. idk maybe that’s just me so if u do read it lmk what u think

a quick tldr of other comics that are good: ms marvel (2015), runaways (2017), marauders (2019)

AHHH SORRY THIS IS SO LONG!! lmk if u have any questions and ofc don’t feel obliged to read any! if you decide none of them are interesting or ur looking for something else tell me and i will open the other can of worms lolol

ILL REVLOG WITH LINKS LATER IF U WOULD LIKE BUT I HAVE TO EAT DInner😭😭

[starredanise]

approaching my tumblr 10 year anniversary next month?! so for fun i browsed through my art tag to categorize what kind of art i’ve posted 🫣 and out of 186 #my art posts:

most of them (41) were original - self portraits, drawing from life, ocs, school stuff, et cetera.

the month with the most posts was january 2016 (11) after watching fullmetal alchemist brotherhood and star wars: the force awakens that winter break. close behind was october 2014 (10), when i attempted inktober for the first time.

i’ve made the most art for percy jackson + heroes of olympus (22) which is fitting given that’s how i got into drawing! by sketching the characters from the books for my friends in middle school.

besides “other fanart” (anything i only ever made 1-2 posts for, 18) the next highest category is avatar the last airbender + legend of korra (sensing a pattern with the formative media here LOL). before 2020, i made only 3 art posts for it and all of it in 2014. after 2020, that number is now 16! #renaissance

next is aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, with 15 posts (!!) clearly i loved that book and wanted to contribute to the small art scene for it.

i’m surprised that h*milton has the same number of posts as m*rvel (catch-all for comics, mcu, agents of shield, and spiderverse) with 10 posts each… sometimes you have to acknowledge your past to move forward 🫡 tbh i think drawing for both at least strengthened my skill in capturing real faces (vs from a book description or an already stylized animated face). that also reminds me, irls came too close to coming to this blog because the musical’s official accounts reposted my art because that was the year i started trying to crosspost to twitter SKSDJSKDK

longest time between posts is 508 days (between jan 14 2022 and jun 6 2023) whoops...

post with the most notes is still my s&seasian atla piece (~46k) and i hope it stays that way <3 i recently rearranged my shelf so I could put up the prints i made of it on display.

i think that’s it, interesting numbers wise. other observations:

overall, i started off posting more traditional stuff by way of sketches in the margins of my school notes or on the blank backsides of worksheets, and also i was in art class at the time. i did post digital art drawn on my tablet, but not as frequently as I now draw/post with my ipad since 2018 (and notably the app procreate since 2020, actually a gamechanger) and a lot more art in full color since too. i wouldn’t mind making more traditional but it’s more time consuming and now i want to post art that’s more finished-looking (quality vs quantity).

did i expect myself to still be posting art on tumblr 10 years later? probably not? i did try posting on twitter and instagram but got cold feet sooo now i’m still here. glad i’m still here! i’m glad i can look at old art with a fondness (though i would prefer no one else scroll or reblog that far back please 😭 just take my word for it that i posted all that PLEASE).

thank you for reading if you made it all the way here!! thank you to everyone who liked or reblogged or followed or commented something nice in the last 10 years! and thanks to the artists and writers and gifmakers and other creators who inspired me too! even if i stop posting on tumblr, i hope to draw for the rest of my life!!!!!

[tamedstray]

𝑴𝒖𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆

NAME? Nori

PRONOUNS? She/ her but not picky tbh

MOST ACTIVE MUSE(S)? This is my only blog, so just Vigor with occasional Cain-Brain <3

RP PET PEEVES? I always say accessibility for rules and bios, but it is always relevant and the only thing I feel kind of strongly about.

EXPERIENCE / HOW MANY YEARS? I started at about ten years old, but my time roleplaying has been sporadic to say the least. I haven't been on the rpc long term since 2018. That being said, I've been writing Vigor since January 2016 x

FLUFF, ANGST, OR SMUT? Angst, shortly followed by fluff. Gotta make it hurt to really make the cute shit count. As for smut, I write it when the mood strikes, and because I find those intimate moments very revealing about a muse and their partner's dynamic. However, I only find the foreplay particularly fun and need to just fade-to-black more. Writing smut is a fun challenge, but not my favourite by far.

PLOTS OR MEMES Memes as icebreakers to discover chemistry and dynamic, or inspired by plotting. Having a plot makes writing so much easier. While I try to balance out my focus between plotted and non-plotted, I will often write the plotted stuff first to get through drafts faster, helping me focus even when muse runs low !!

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES? I like to write at least a paragraph. I like the idea of banter, but need to add actions and reactions, otherwise it feels off. Overall, reply length just depends on the thread!

TIME TO WRITE? I'm a shift worker who works Tuesday-Saturday. I'm most active on Mondays or during the week when I have a night shift. My activity fluctuates depending on my muse, but also because I have two very needy cats, and a partner who I love dearly ♡ Also, I am not writing at work, unlike some of you lucky bastards 😭

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S) Cain? Absolutely not, apart from a little detail in his backstory. Vigor and I are both big believers in hope and there being a lot of goodness in the world, even if Vigor doesn't believe that goodness resides in him. We have very different upbringings, but I like to draw on what experience I have to add little details (hypervigilance, anxiety, etc.) Also, we're both lefties <3

Tagged by @notyetfixed & @musezieren (thank you guys ♡♡) Tagging @lunespariah @powerfought @tadbitfooled @forbiddenacademia & @stormsmerchant and anyone else who feels like it !!

[officialtayley]

chcheek kiss in 2014 at the show.... damn crazy shit. also i still remember those ass slaps at parahoy 2016.. btw considering it + some other recent stuff now i would believe those rumours about them exchanging pdas back in late 2017 to basically 2022, cuz i used to think they wouldn't be so lovey dovey but now kinda seeing hayley radiating whenever t looks at her i would believe in them actually making out publicly sm (like it was said for example on plane, or at the backstage of linda lindas)

see things like the plane thing from 2018 and the late 2017 thing, i still like stay on the fence cause when u spoke to those ppl more about it they didn't seem to like it and it was like well why tweet it publicly for everyone to see 😭 the linda linda's one and also at the mwy show a year ago ??? i believe those like 100%. also the ass smack from 2016....... her doing that shit onstage was just so funny... also i'm posting it here since u mentioned it bc what a fun moment

🔗 cr: heather martinez (yt)

[lqfiles]

I'm somehow on the fanwars side of ncity and every time I open the damn bird app nothing good comes out of it istg and idk why but the purple pussies love to hate on nct (and literally every other group) and some czennies love to hate on skz like why can't we just be normal for one fucking day I'm tired of this shit istg 😭

No cause I want friends like that omg 😭 johnmark are so adorable and nomin are literally soulmates 😭 i also like yumark <3

I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH ABOUT HOW HAPPY IT MAKES ME TO SEE JUNGWOO STANS like i haven't talked to much but I love them 😭 my nct ult is Jamal btw but my main ult gotta be Jeonghan from svt like I don't play about him at all.

JFJAJA FR I'M STARTING TO SPEAK THE "back in my days" and "you kids won't understand" TYPE OF LANGUAGE 😭

Honestly i could never hate anyone from zb1 and bnd they're all so adorable 😭

Wait hold on wasn't 3rd gen 2012-2017??? And 4th gen was 2018-2023?? But anyways gotta agree with you i think 2016 was also the peak of k-pop music like they dropped the cuntiest tracks that year (read: the 7th sense by NCT U)

i used to get in fanwars i’m not even gonna lie but it’s so not worth my time these days 😭😭😭 i’m barely on ncity twt anyways i’m just on my priv account talking about anything..

i used to watch johnmark compilations they make me so happy like that’s family honestly, i was a yumarkist for a short time too i think? they were my top 5 mark dynamics at some point i think

i love jungwoo soooo much he is so adorable, just a puppy my snoopy (literally all i call him) 😭🥹 JEONFHAN WAS MY ULT ULT IN 2020 when i was like BIG carat, he is still one of my fave kpop men ever :3 i’m getting back into svt so i missed him fr (trust i don’t play either 💯)

i think so? tbh i’m not too sure about these gen stuff but i know 5th gen has already started but REALLLL 2016 WAS PEAKKK back when music was just peak… we need these icons back NOW

[missriyochuchi]

so... what's the watching order of everything sw for someone who wants to catch up with everything. i've seen episodes i-vi but have no clue about the shows -animated or otherwise. i might have seen some episodes of the clones wars on tv but i don't really remember, and all this sw hype on my dash makes wanna delve into it 😭

I want to preface this by pointing out that there are endless guides on endless websites re: the chronological order of Star Wars shows and movies (I like IMDb's because it's a running list that's broken down by even a show's episodes). I've always thought it was better to watch things in release order, though, because that's how most of us experienced the shows and movies and, regardless of its place in the timeline, every show and movie builds off what came before.

What follows is not a comprehensive list, but what I think are the most worthwhile shows and movies. Asterisked titles take place after the original trilogy.

The Clone Wars (2008) movie

The Clone Wars (2008-2020)

Rebels (2014-2018)

Rogue One (2016)

The Sequel trilogy, episodes 7 through 9*

Solo (2018)

The Mandalorian (2019-)*

The Book of Boba Fett (2019-2020)*

The Bad Batch (2021-)

Tales of the Jedi (2022-)

Andor (2022-)

Obi Wan Kenobi (2022)

Ahsoka (2023-)*

It's a lot! And that's just the canon! I absolutely recommend Star Wars Visions and Tartakovsky's The Clone Wars (2003-2005), both noncanonical animated shows. The former is an anthology series where each episode is produced by a different company and riffs on the SW universe; you see each company's country of origin and their histories reflected in their respective episodes, it's truly spectacular. The latter contains characters and events that overlap with the 2008 show, but where the shows differ is some great offbeat stuff.

A comprehensive book of the definitive SW timeline was released earlier this year, if you're interested. In general, it’s important to remember:

The Clone Wars takes place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, which is roughly 3 years.

Rebels starts 15 years after Revenge of the Sith.

Andor takes place before Rogue One, and the latter depicts the events immediately leading up to A New Hope.

The Mandalorian starts 5 years after Return of the Jedi. The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka are supposed to take place around the same time.

The Sequel trilogy takes place 30 years after Return of the Jedi.

Like I said, it's a lot, and of course, tastes are different. I'll leave you with my favorite take on Star Wars from the inimitable Rahul Kohli:

Happy watching!

Other things to keep in mind while you're watching (feel free to ignore this; it has more to do with what surrounds the shows and movies):

If you pay attention to the animated shows' credits, you'll eventually notice the name Dave Filoni. He worked with George Lucas to create The Clone Wars (TCW) and then wrote and directed a lot of Rebels, The Mandalorian, and Ahsoka. We sometimes refer to him as the Cowbay Hat Man because he wears a lot of stetsons. He and Jon Favreau are basically the current creative stewards of the SW universe.

Viewers hated Ahsoka in the beginning. Hated her with a passion. If you end up feeling the same way while watching TCW, hang in there. I promise her character arc is great.

The production history of TCW is sort of tragic. For five seasons, it aired continuously on Cartoon Network before it was canceled after Disney acquired Lucasfilm. Season six tried to tie up loose ends and was released on Netflix a year later. And then six years later, season seven was released on Disney+. If you pay attention, you can sense the differences born out of the hiatuses between each change.

The Bad Batch will end after its upcoming 3rd season.

Andor will end after its upcoming 2nd season.

You'll find people within the SW fandom who loved each show, but the normie consensus is that most of the live-action shows are underwhelming. Except The Mandalorian because of the cute baby and the sexy armored man, and Andor because of the writing and the latent politics of an entire franchise finally being made obvious and overt. I think all the shows have their moments, however few and fleeting, so they're all worth a watch.

I say this also in terms of Solo. It was a box office bomb, but even critics thought the performances were good. Lando isn't on IMDb's list, but as far as anyone can tell at the moment, the spinoff show is still a go. And Emilia Clarke sure did dodge a question about potentially returning.

And yes, they all connect to and reference each other. Characters show up in multiple shows, and plot details recur across the timeline.

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[@distinguished-turtle-enjoyer ]

i actually have not stopped thinkin bout your bb!edit like,,,, its so good and scratches my brain right

how long have you been doin edits for? do have any tips for someone, who hypothetically, wants to start doin edits too? what programs do you use? how did you do the cool animated bits?

im so sorry for all the qustions 😭😭 i just think youre very talented and inspirational and i hope you have a good day ^_^

hi firstly oh my gosh you're literally so sweet i am gently shaking you i love you so much /p. secondly, i apologize for the long answer! (it's all under the cut. this got away from me. i'm so sorry apparently i have a lot to say.) (also you're so good about the questions i would constantly be asking one of my professors questions during class to the point where she said i didn't have to go "i have a question" every time i approached her)

i've been editing since 2016! around march/april, i think? loved it so much i went into film & video production in college as a major so i could do editing for a living. (i have done more motion graphics for my classmates than i have done edits outside of class assignments, BUT!)

the program i use is after effects - i started learning it when covid first hit the united states because i had nothing better to do with my time (other than music theory but i failed that bc my professor focused more on the history aspects than the actual theory soooo) and my ipad kept giving me the "no more storage" whenever i tried to use videostar lmao. (vs has, apparently, gotten a LOT of good updates, so if you're looking to start editing and have an ios system, i'd look into it! only downside is you have to pay for some of the cool stuff).

also the program i use for masking (i think i explain this later dwdw) is superimpose. i've been using it since 2014 and it's SO nice bc i can use my fingers to erase backgrounds & stuff instead of hoping i can get it to work correctly in ae or photoshop (photoshop my DETESTED i'll use it but i'll complain the entire time).

for people who want to start editing: tutorials on how your program works and how to do specific transitions are gonna be your best friend when you're first figuring things out! i forced a friend to literally walk me through how after effects worked when i was first figuring it out, and when i had swapped to videostar back in 2017/2018(?) i had watched a Lot of tutorials. that and played around a lot and figured things out on my own - which is also always a good way to start!! it's also totally valid to look at other people's edits for inspiration - most editors don't really care, as long as you don't flat-out remake their edit (some people don't like that!). i have a style insp folder on instagram where i save edits that i like so if i need transition ideas or i'm doing a different style, i can look there for inspiration. at the end of the day, as long as you're having fun with it that's all that matters!

also, starting simple is always okay!! my edits for a year were just me slapping gifs & video segments together on a timeline in cute cut pro bc imovie didn't load them lol & it'd crash every time i breathed. ++ it never hurts to ask people for feedback/constructive(!!!) criticism/etc! (also not to sound like everyone else but practice? good. it's so good. if i showed my 14/15y/o self some of the edits i can make now they would've passed out on the spot bc i was still trying to figure out transitions back then. programs can also sometimes make a difference in edits, but usually it's not super noticeable until you start getting to the Complicated Shit.)

a lot of popular programs i've seen are ones like video star (ios only), alight motion (android only), after effects (i recommend 🏴‍☠️ing it tbh, i only use it legally bc i had to use adobe programs for school), capcut, and i think some people still use sony vegas pro & maybe cute cut pro (i've heard it may have actually gotten better since i last used it in 2018)? i have no idea. programs also depend on whatever device you're using to edit on! since i've been using my laptop, i'm able to use after effects (it's computer-only), but when i used my phone/ipad to edit i used ccp & vs.

for the animation - it's a lot of cutting up the image and masking! more complex animations, like the one i had of leo walking down that red 'hallway' have several different layers that have been masked. (i removed the background & filled in the spot where leo originally was in two different apps - superimpose (taking leo out) & photoshop (filling in the bg)) in after effects, the way i've done this was mask out the specific thing i wanted to move (like an eye) and then put that mask on what i've called a "base" (not animated), and then stick a solid behind the base to match the color of the object. (some of my layers are not named appropriately; base 2 is the left arm & the four "SIX_[...]" layers are the mask/bandana tails)

an example of this would be for any of the eye blink animations i did! this (above) is the same shot, with and without the eye - since it's masked out and i have the background solid behind it, it doesn't look too unnatural/have a black outline/mass where his eye should be.

what it looks like without the solid layer behind it ^ (the red lines are from the null layers - ignore that)

this is what my timeline looks like if it's a more simplistic animation - the only five things being animated here are leo & raph's eyes. (there's only this many layers bc it's two characters in one shot & i was also animating their pupils - typically, an eye-blink animation is about 4-6 layers for me (solid, base, mask, & null to animate with, 6 if i'm animating both eyes & 4 if just one))

in after effects, there's this really cool tool called the puppet pin that one of my friends (lovingly) yelled at me for not knowing about - which. yeah fair she wasn't wrong it's SUPER useful in animating, provided you chop up your image first. if you don't it's a mess.

(separated by layer vs i should've really put the mask tails & leo's head on separate layers and didn't bc that was the 2nd to last animation i had to do and i was losing my mind bc i wanted to be done with the edit lmao)

the way people animate depends all on their style (there's two common ways to do blinking animation - having the anchor point at the bottom of the eye, or the middle of it) and the program they use. it's been a while, but i could probably tell you how to do some basic animations on videostar still even though i've been doing them in after effects for about 2-3years now. ALSO the best way to have an animation be noticeable is to over-exaggerate it/make them Big - which, yes, can mean 'breaking bones' and having the limbs be a little wonky at the start. (if you want it to be realistic though go Just to the point where it looks uncomfortable lmao)

uhm. again i am so sorry that this is so long i THINK this is everything? if not: my inbox/dms are always open if you ever want to ask more questions, wanna follow up on something, etc etc!! (also if you ever start editing please send me your edits!!! i'd love to see them <3)

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Alr, for the ask game

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ask game!

evil today. is this what our marriage means to u 😔 (/jkjk i love when ppl ask to see my old art)

peep the horrors below the cut

^2016.

was supposed to be a pfp I think but I didn't know how image dimensions worked so the file didn't fit? No clue why it's been put thru the deep fryer (I THINK it's not even a compression thing and I was just drawing at a ridiculous resolution).

I definitely did digital art before this but it was with a mouse and i think all of it is lost media now 😔😔

^2017

Looks like I learnt how to size my canvas around here. Yes I had a steven universe phase.

^2018

TERRIFYING TO ME cus of how honestly close this is to my recent taste with the coloured lineart and subject matter?? But uh yeah my girls phase.

^2019

I had a rossdraws phase as you do and decided it was time to pick up digital painting. I still love ross' stuff and do abuse colour dodge when I feel like I deserve a treat but I wish I could go back and tell past me to figure out facial anatomy a bit more 😭😭

I think I had the mindset of "you HAVE TO study from realism" while still wanting my faces to look anime and ended up understanding neither 👍

But hey the colours are cool? And I still look back fondly on this era. I get a bit of a squick reaction at overly colour-dodged or filtered pieces now tho just cus it reminds me of what I used to do tho 😔

From 2020 onward I had a bit of an identity crisis between the paintings and the anime-style drawings. I think what I currently have is a nice in-between but who knows what it'll look like in the future LMAO

^2020 after watching DBS during lockdown. Not perfect by any means but still super proud of this 💪

^some more recent pieces where you can really see the crisis in full swing lol

and now i draw block men :D so uh yeah