#thank you guys for the very nice comments :)

[directdogman]

Commenting on DT fan OCs!

Alright, I'mma take a look at some DT fan OCs! I've been sent quite a few, so I'll try to keep my comments for each one short 'n' sweet!

great name, snappy dresser. diggin' the bowtie! the pins are also a fun accessory!

Another snappy dresser! Tied well to an existing location in-game and the idea to explain the stickers is cute! attire is unique/memorable and the blues/browns compliment each other well. solid design. I do appreciate him!

Yo, this guy was in the last one! what is this, a crossover episode???

the bandage on side of face is a nice touch! digging the pinstripe pants too! graveyard shift at a convenience store is also quite an authentic job for a DT side character to have too! very nicely done.

Solid OC! well-drawn, unique job and her fit's stylish (it probably goes without saying that i'm a sucker for TV heads with dogs on them. that's gotta be a given, right?) The stickers on the back of the head are also a nice addition! well done!

Stanley's a real cad, huh? pizza delivery guy with a novelty pizza phone head is genius - making him flirt with milves on the job is just inspired though. i almost wish i'd come up with this guy, as i can totally imagine people around town talking about him. excellent job!!!

he's aptly named for an arcade dude! dig the fit too, especially the black + purple fingerless long sleeve gloves! the decals on the phone are neat too!

I approve of his activities but the lack of a visible mouth threw me off, since i've seen these old toy phones before, ofc.

i was about to ask "how does he drink ocean water without a mouth", before realizing that id been bamboozled into asking the fandom-favourite question of: 'how does he eat without a mouth?', only to then remember that practically no DT characters have visible mouths.

i hope you know that you've strained my weary brain today. cool OC, though.

banana phone's a fun concept! also, i must say your username's quite fitting. crept up on me from my peripheral as I gazed upon the banana phone, like a bizarre centipede of some sort. well, i'd assume so. in hindsight, most centipedes i've encountered have been pretty straightforward with me. i guess i should be grateful for that.

i like mary's fuzzy phone matching the trim of her dress but martin's really got my attention. cool name, neat quirk (he kills people, that takes moxie. hell, even pizzaz too, dare i say?) The dial being a lil clock is a neat touch since it ties his interest into the design. also quite like the cord tail matching the phone head's colour. solid design!

i like his head-type and the attire/pale skin gives a nice bit of contrast!

hard to say how randy'd feel about him, as someone who's only seen his design and 2 lines of dialogue (as someone's personality dictates randy's opinion on them far more than their appearance.) if you feel they'd get on though, you're probably correct! (randy isn't too picky, after all!)

Funnily enough, one of the earliest sketches for crown has a similar bolted plate stuck to a mostly intact phone head. it was even sticking from one of the sides. or corners. i'd have to dig up the notebook, as it's been like 4 years since I came up with the character. Sorry, just made me remember since the earliest sketches had one too.

Copper phone head's a neat idea. Contrasts well with his attire as well (nice and complimentary.) if only his attempts to deter jesse from the za worked out as well, eh?

Alright, that's it for me! thanks for the submissions, these were real creative! good job, everyone!

[spaceorphan18]

How an animated series saved Remy LeBeau (again)

It's a bit of a hyperbolic title, but catchy, non?

I was looking over my comic collection as I've decided to reread X-Men's 60 year history over the course of the summer. And it got me thinking about a dead period of 616 canon that I've never actually read. Around the time Rogue hooked up with Magneto and scooted off to the Avengers, I decided I'd be done with comics for a while. And didn't start again until Rogue (and Gambit) came back to the X-books in 2017's Astonishing X-Men. But it made me wonder -- What happened to Gambit in that time??

Well, after his solo ended, he flitted around to X-Factor and hung out with X-23 and then kind of went 'poof' for a good long while.

Why? I can only guess the same reason this is a running motif with Gambit. There's something about him that drives the X-Office crazy. I'm not here to speculate what or how or who of it all. I don't know enough about the back end of Marvel give concrete answers. But I think what has surprised me (recently) is that he's definitely a fan favorite character.

[Yes, I know he can be a divisive character. Yes, I know elements of his character from the 90s has not aged well. Yes, I know there are those of you who can't stand him. Don't really care - you can get off my lawn, thank you.]

Which got me thinking -- Gambit's original popularity, I believe, stemmed from the original X-Men Animated Series. He had just started showing up in the comics at the time, and had barely any kind of page time. And the X-Men TAS swung and was a hit. And so was Gambit.

I don't really know that Gambit would be around today if TAS hadn't done its thing. Would the X-Office have kept him around? I really have no idea.

But they did try to get rid of him. That was the point of leaving him in Antarctica. And things were just never the same after that. Claremont tried his best in the early 2000s. And then Deathbit happened. Carey's run wasn't bad. But Carey clearly had an agenda for other things... And then, Gambit just kind of faded into the background. (I hear his run as a side character for Laura (X-23) was good - but I haven't read that.)

Bless Kelly Thompson (always) for sparking life back into him with (and his relationship with Rogue). And bless the fact that she actually married him to Rogue. Yes, I understand comics -- my god look what they did to Peter and MJ, no one really gets to be happily married except Sue and Reed. He and Rogue are now really tied together in a way that I don't think is going to be undone any time soon.

Even if the X-Office still isn't thrilled with the guy. Krakoa era has been less than ideal. (I can't comment on it fully - I haven't read much of it, as I'm behind on my comic reading.) But I've heard rumors that one reason Thompson was let go was that she didn't want Gambit killed off. And she didn't like the direction they wanted to take the character.

Which leads me to X-Men 97. Killing him off sucked. Really. As a fan, it really sucked. But - my god, the reaction to it. Gambit was amazing. And all I've heard lately is good things about the character. There's been a Gambit resurgence in the best way. He may have went out -- but he went out with a bang. X-Men 97 made an emotional impact with people. And that changes things.

Gambit is cool again.

And I love it.

What's even more exciting is the fact that the X-Office has changed hands again and Gail Simone on Uncanny who (if her Twitter/X feed is to be believed) is really enjoying writing the character. Which means (hopefully) at least another year or two in the comics of some (hopefully) great Gambit stuff.

And maybe there will be some changing of hearts and minds in the X-Office.

It's actually very exciting.

And, guys, I really (really, really) doubt he'll be completely gone from X-Men 97, too.

Because Remy LeBeau never stays down for long.

But as a fan, it's nice to see him be on top again. And I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon.

[lil-binuu]

“𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒆.”

Elias saves you from a creep

570 words

enjoy!

“You’re very skilled at this, how long have you been working here?”

You smiled, slightly embarrassed at the sudden compliment, “oh, haha, i’ve only been working here for a little while..”

As a result of the Brewhouse incident, the Warden set up another coffee house as reimbursement where you were guaranteed a job. You had only started a couple weeks ago, and settled in nicely with Elias and the Warden himself checking up on you to make sure you were safe at all times.

Most customers tended to be friendly, and it made the job enjoyable - especially since it was your strong suit; attentiveness and making good coffee. You always found it easy to interact with people and meet them halfway. Although, while it didn’t happen often, you’ve had your share of rude customers. It can be difficult to deal with, but you shouldn’t worry as your boyfriend protector would always be there for you.

“You know, it’s surprising that someone like you would be working in a cafe. With your looks, you could be on a magazine.” The man continued, trying to get your attention.

You could only laugh awkwardly, not knowing what to say. What you thought would have been a friendly interaction with a customer turned into unsolicited ass-kissing and it only made you feel uncomfortable.

“No, I’m being serious. You’re an attractive person.” The man insisted, “I wonder if you have a boyfriend, hmm?”

The question almost sounded threatening.

“Yeah, I do.” You replied. It was true. And while you wished he could be here, for now you could only hope that this would stop the customer from making any more comments.

You were wrong. He scoffed, “Oh don’t give me that. I don’t know why people these days always turn us nice guys down.”

Not sure how to respond, you turned around to sort out the drink you were in the middle of making.

“Don’t ignore me, you little bitch.” The man raised his voice. The sudden anger in his voice frightened you.

A sudden figure stepped forward. Elias’s furious eyes caught his, his strong arm pushing its way between the man and you behind the counter and forcing him to step back.

Elias towered over him, his serious face warning him to choose his next movements carefully.

“And what the fuck is your problem?” The man exclaimed angrily.

“My problem, is you.” Elias replied in a lowered husky voice. His narrowed eyes intimidating the angry customer, leaving him with no choice but to back down.

“Apologise.” Elias demanded.

The man scoffed again, “What? Who do you think you are?”

Elias’s grip on the man tightened. He swallowed, unsure if fighting was worth it.

“I don’t think you heard me, I said apologise.”

He tried to argue back but was shut down immediately.

“You think that you can just say whatever the fuck you want to them and get away with it?” His voice raised, filling the silence in the cafe.

The man attempted to push Elias back and after failing, hurried towards the door, cursing under his breath.

Elias turned to you. “Are you okay?”

You nodded.

He made his way around the counter. “Has he come in here before?”

You replied, “I think so, yeah.”

“You let me know if he bothers you again. Him or anyone else, you tell me okay?”

He tucked hair behind your ear and kissed your forehead.

i’ve had the first draft of this in my inbox for absolutely ages without knowing how to write it out but i finally managed it!! honestly i don’t know how this happened lmao, originally i wanted to write something where elias gets jealous but then it morphed into this as i wanted to experiment with elias being more protective. thanks for reading, i hope you enjoyed!

[volcanocraft]

LOVE how ur minecraft art is literally just the minecraft skins,,, based

[l-tora-l]

Hello (again :6) !!!

[dawntheduckrb]

I'll stop posting wips eventually but it's been five days since I've said anything and I don't want anyone to think I'm dead/dying/stuck in a ditch and withering away, so here's 10% of the reason I disappeared (the duck is stuck in rendering hell) (and my little baby laptop is screaming at me every time I open up this file)

I might still be mostly lurking for a little bit so please be patient with me in the meantime 🙏🙏

[tardis--dreams]

Some of those doctors make hating oat milk their entire personality. I hate them. Cannot pretend to find them funny or like i give a shit. Fucking pretentious assholes

[howdidigetbacktowritingwhat]

hiii i want you to know i just consumed the entire fic and all your art so far and im obsessed. any chance you're willing to feed me a few crumbs :3

hiii anon i also want you to know that this was the final pushing point that helped me push through finishing the next chapter <3/gen/pos

SIX

[littleragondin]

Dragon!Mangkorn and Tiger!Yai, inspired by a still of one of their photo shoots and @scarefox comment that Mos looked very dragon-y in it (he did).

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[homosexual-fast-dancer]

Me rn:

[chalkrub]

hey since its happening soon i would like to ask if youll be participating in artfight? i would love to draw one of ur guys this year :]

hello!! YES i am wildly excited, art fight was so much fun last year, I've been looking forward to it since the last one ended lmao...here's my page!

anyone reading this feel free to drop your artfights in the comments/reblogs/whatever by the way, I'll have a look through and bookmark some characters!

[lovinglapislazuli]

Hi, I just found out you make text for Mia & Me season 4 and I wanted to thank you so much for that. I really wanna see it because it was part of my childhood and has a place in my heart. Take your time, no pressure, and have a wonderful day / night :]

Hi, thank you so much for your words, they make me very happy!! This type of kind comments make me feel my work is very worth it, thank you <3 Slowly but surely, I will keep going! :D

[villa-kulla]

shoot your shot was absolutely everything and I loved it to bits!

I can't stop thinking about Howard walking away from a safe and good life, burning all his bridges, into something that is objectively dangerous and will lead him further into corruption and violence but he wants it, because he wants Lalo! That he once again, this time metaphorically, puts the gun in Lalos hand, puts his life in Lalos hand, and Lalo loves him for that.

The fact that Howard knows how his days are in a way numbered, but he chooses Lalo anyway. Lalo brings him to this world of cartels, and he wants that Lalo is the only one who can touch him there, the only one who can take him out.

And the way they challenge each other, "i haven't yet" was just... perfect.... it's an unparalleled dynamic that you've written and it is incredible. great work!

Thank you so much!!! And so well said about Howard’s arc! For Howard, I took a lot of character inspiration from his scene with Kim in season 2 where he reveals that he originally did want to try to make it on his own as a lawyer and break away from the family business, and we can see there’s still regret there. I see Howard as someone who has definitely taken the ‘safe’ choice for most of his life (good job, wanting to stay married, etc) and it hasn’t brought him any real joy. So when Lalo shows up being the very opposite of a safe choice, he’s attracted to a lot of what Lalo embodies (and of course his literal body too lol). He wants Lalo, and also what he represents, and it's wrapped up in a very appealing package to him. To quote from T-Dalton’s favourite show Euphoria lmao, “He gave me just the right amount of attention at the wrong time.” It was the right time for Howard to be corrupted, and Lalo had attention to spare!

And aww I’m so glad you liked their chemistry, it was such a fun surprise to sit them down and see what would happen! I wasn’t interested in a dynamic where Howard constantly defers to Lalo, and fortunately neither were they! I do think some of Howard’s pushback to Lalo is borne of obliviousness. Howard moved through life as a privileged, handsome, 6 foot plus, top-of-his-class rich kid, and while he’s not an asshole about it, I think in the fic he sort of just expects that of course he can stand up to Lalo and get away with it! He’s Howard Hamlin, star of the debate club, fraternity president, and whatever athletic clubs he probably did too! What’s the worst that could happen to him? It's given him a certain easy self-assurance, so sometimes he is a little bit more cocky than he perhaps ought to be when dealing with Lalo. But luckily for him, Lalo (mostly) finds it amusing and charming, and more fascinating than he'd admit. They are still in their honeymoon phase, and I think going forward there would definitely be moments where Lalo loses his patience and gets a little ~scary on purpose~ to remind Howard of who he's dealing with. But Lalo wouldn’t want Howard to genuinely stop…he likes when Howard gives way to him, but he likes it even more when Howard puts up a good fight. That just makes it all the more astonishing to him when Howard drops the sass and literally puts his life in Lalo's hands, in the two moments you mentioned. They both see each other very well and like to push each other's buttons to see what else they can get out! And of course beyond all the various psychological factors at play, I do like that they just seem to get along too lol. They could never be 'super domestic cutesy heroes' but there's a sense of connection there, and tentative partnership, and also a second chance at loyalty for both. They're each other's guy!

Thank you again!

[blujayonthewing]

I am in and out of the art discords I'm in now because I get on and off overwhelmed by being in a discord but I really appreciate that they're Nice To Be In and I like them very much

[themanwiththeplan05]

Hey everybody! Here's another

EXPMAU

Post! This time it's Coach Z's turn, and I figured I might as well add his picture above the cut this time for no particular reason! Here goes...

He's technically a siren (which are their own species in this universe) but he doesn't have the power to lure people. More info on his backstory will be below the cut as usual, and I can only hope it's sufficiently traumatizing this time around.

If this is as much as you care to investigate, then Rock On! \__/,

If not...

...then here's his backstory!

Coach Z (real name unknown) lived his life in a swamp with his group of sirens, where they resided in relative peace and quiet. Sirens naturally love singing, but Coach had aspirations to travel and sing around the world, which developed after meeting and befriending Champeen the Nomad (a young and inexperienced bard). Unfortunately, due to the sirens' already tainted reputation among sailors and Champeen's less-than-stellar description, others started going to the swamp to harrass and/or hunt the sirens. Thus, Coach was exiled from his group for causing the chaos, sent out in a suit full of water to live out the rest of his days being hunted by those who hated what he was and shunned by those who knew the truth.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. As Champeen was making her way to see Coach and tell him about the new lute she had obtained, the sky grew darker. By the time she reached him...

(I'll be honest, this isn't accurate to how the scene actually plays out but I made this sketch at 12 am so whatever)

It was already too late.

Coach was sent to Free Country for endangering his entire species.

So yeah, if you've read my other posts on this AU, you may have seen "[Character] was sent to Free Country for [reason]" and wondered what that meant. Free Country does not exist as an actual place in the world, instead serving as a sort of playground for higher beings where those few creatures seen as truly dangerous are sent. There's also a second determining factor for people to get sent over, but that's for another time.

In essence, the banishment works like this; once someone is sent over to FC, they get erased from everyone's memories except for one person: whoever the person involved was closest to carries the burden of their memory (though it's such a recent phenomenon that only a few people have been sent, and nobody, not even the creator of FC knows what happens after a memory bearer dies). For Marzipan, only The Hurricane remembers her; for Strong Sad (along with all the Brothers Strong), their parents remember, etc. The last full piece of info on this will mist likely be shared with Homestar's description.

Oof, that was a lot of non-Coach Z related info there. Here, let's get back on track!

Main Ability: Water Breathing

Secondary Abilities: Hydrokinesis (very weak), Regular Breathing (developed in Free Country), Swimming Boost.

And some extra fun facts to end things off!

Coach's accent comes from the fact that he lived his life underwater, where sounds don't travel the same. However, his particular speech patterns are quite exaggerated, even for his species.

Coach and Champeen had developed an almost familial bond before being separated: Champeen saw Coach as a father figure, while Coach always felt a sense of pride whenever he could help Champeen get some rhyme or tune just right.

Homestar reminds Coach of Champeen, which has lead to sobbing sessions by the lake.

Speaking of, this version of Coach spends much more time at the lake and much less at the track field & locker rooms. Smells much more fishy too.

Champeen misses him. A lot. If only she knew how much he missed her too.

Yeah, that's pretty much it for Coach! Next time I'll either be sharing sketches of plot points (because yes, there is an actual plot) or talking about The Cheat. Stay tuned!

[hellblaux]

hey guys thought it would be a good time for a lil life updateee i’ve been doing better the last two weeks but finding the energy to draw and create stuff has been pretty tough :-[ i’m working through it and taking it easy, but yeah i figured it would be nice to kind of let y’all know what’s going on

(also thank you sooo much for 200+ followers omg TAT i’m very grateful for all of you thank you very very much for the support and love on my little drawings heheh ♡♡ i really appreciate it :-D )