#these are not a few initial thoughts

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are here!!!

[ruporas]

can’t help falling for you

[mwolf0epsilon]

Ahsoka meeting Bean Rex for the very first time.

It takes a while for the clones to feel comfortable enough with the Jedi to share the existence of the Trooper Beans, but some had their suspicions that there was more to their troops than met the eye. Mostly because the Trooper Beans got up to shenanigans that left evidence of "unseen pests" on board.

When you have a living extension of yourself (that embodies both your emotions and personality) hanging about, it's not too unusual that you'd feel a little apprehensive about sharing their existence. Especially when these curious little beings are more often than not, the only remnant you may have of vode you've lost in the past.

Most Jedi don't take the initial lack of trust too hard.

[poepill]

happy belated valentines day quodo upon thee! originally posted on ao3 for the quodo minifest, this was my valentines for @chacusha, who organized the event! i had a ton of fun drawing them and im definitely looking forward to next year <333

+ bonus art based on the comic by Kate Beaton, Javert is in Slash Fiction:

[andoutofharm]

With the Fall Out Boy Summer Sonic shows approaching this weekend, here’s some information on show times!

Tokyo (Left, 8/19):

5:50 PM local time (JST, UTC+9)

4:50 AM (EDT, UTC-4)

3:50 AM (CDT, UTC-5)

2:50 AM (MDT, UTC-6)

1:50 AM (PDT, UTC-7)

6:50 PM (AEST, UTC+10)

Osaka (Right, 8/20)

6:20 PM local time (JST, UTC+9)

5:20 AM (EDT, UTC-4)

4:20 AM (CDT, UTC-5)

3:20 AM (MDT, UTC-6)

2:20 AM (PDT, UTC-7)

7:20 PM (AEST, UTC+10)

I very much recognize I did not include many timezones: I used this time zone converter to get these! Just enter your time zone and convert from JST.

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizontober 2023 | 29: beam

[bruhstation]

now’s your chance to become a hero, miss nassif.

[asksimonbelmont]

Cheers! 🍻 What, if any, dishes do you like the best? And, perhaps…? *gently slides the Ocarina of Time towards Simon* I dare you to play this. ;)

Food is the furthest thing from my mind at the moment…

Wha’s this?… How do I play this?

(Oh, they must be playing a trick on me...)

[aroacewxs]

vincent charbonneau is also aromantic: a personal interpretation and analysis from one aromantic

i'm scared of this not reaching the right people, but i just finished dead plate + got all the endings, and vince as an aromantic allegory is so relevant that it's driving me up the wall! keep in mind as you read that this is just my interpretation :)

the use of cannibalism as a metaphor in dead plate is interesting, as it usually illustrates a very obsessive love that someone has for another person or object, to the point where they let it consume them whole. however, i think you can also interpret the cannibalism as an obsession for trying to give the love that is expected of you.

"I've been told I don't cook with love -- which is a sentimental and meaningless review in the culinary world. I'm a professional chef, not a parent making a meal for their kid."

he can't cook "with love." i assume that he cooks by following precise formulas and measurements that guarantee flavour. flavour he can't taste. flavour he has read about, somewhat understands in theory, but can never experience for himself.

however, this doesn't mean his cooking is bad. he is critically acclaimed for his culinary skill. he opened la guele de saturne in his early 20's. it's no doubt that he's respected and feared in the world of food, but even with several awards to his name, he's told he's missing something. something supposedly crucial. something he doesn't give a damn about, but bothers him nonetheless.

"I can't stand eating. No matter the ingredient, no matter the recipe, everything tastes the exact same. It tastes like nothing, it makes me sick. But with… With you… maybe…"

there are several different interpretations of this scene, but i personally read it as vince living a delusion where if he keeps at it, keeps trying, forces himself to understand, he will eventually find what he's been searching for.

but he won't. it just doesn't work like that. not for him.

"If everything so far has tasted nothing to you, what makes you think I'll be any different? If you're really doing all this just so you can taste again, when it turns out I'm just like any other, what will you do? You would have killed her. You would have killed me for no reason. Are you really ready to deal with that? If this is your idea of trying to make yourself happy, I don't think you'll ever be full."

and rody was right. it wouldn't have mattered which part of him he tore off, it would have all just tasted the same. the same nothing. the same wave of disappointment and frustration would wash over him again and he'd be left a hollow shell with the knowledge that he had killed a person, he had eaten a person, he went through the whole ordeal, and it got him nothing. any hope that maybe this will be different, this won't be like the previous, would be crushed under his own heel.

to me, vince's obsessive search for his sense of taste is an unending search for this something you will never get. in the same way he will never taste, i will never experience love or romance in the way everybody expects me to. this isn't to exclude aros who do experience romantic attraction or do have healthy romantic relationships, and it's not to illustrate being aromantic as something unfulfilling or negative. but you can't deny that this acceptance carries a LOT of weight, and sometimes, denial is sweeter than making peace with it.

vincent charbonneau is my personal aromantic allegory, and whether or not it was intentional, i honestly felt very seen in his character, and i think that is so so important :) hopefully this all made sense,, if there is anything strangely worded i will make it clearer!

[spirit-meets-the-b0ne]

"Always some monster. But my dear Percy, that is why the others are on this quest. I'm more interested in you." My heart pounded. I didn't want to answer, but her eyes drew an answer right out of my mouth. "Annabeth is in trouble." Aphrodite beamed. "Exactly!" "I have to help her," I said. "I've been having these dreams." "Ah, you even dream about her! That's so cute!"

I made a post about this scene and it since inspired me to buy a new tablet just to draw fan art for the first time in years. I tried to draw Aphrodite as a mix of what the books description was (tbh when I think the most beautiful actress I ever saw I go right to Beyonce in Austin Powers) and Leah. The blonde highlights I threw in for shits and giggles. I will admit this is the first time I've made digital art in almost 8 years so be gentle I'm still getting back into the swing of things!

Oh and a fun fact, the stars in the ceiling aren't all just random dots, I hid the constellations Libra and Perseus in there ;)

[abyssruler]

Sagau w/ an impostor would be so simple with me because the characters can easily tell the fake apart from the real

Mostly because the fake would probably be graceful n shit

Meanwhile the real one keeps picking up every single sweet flower, wandering around to random places and quietly walking past sleeping hilichurls because it'd be rude to wake them up!

Like the characters would have to put up w/ me cooing at the sleeping, snoring hilichurls 😭 like no way am I waking them up

No but really, I can't even ambush the sleeping once, if I need to kill them I at least wake them up before the fight akdhsksj

the thing is that the characters don’t really know what the (creator?) is like, so even if you and the imposter were entirely different people, it’d be difficult to see who’s real and who’s fake because, well, they don’t know you as a person. in fact, because the fake is so graceful and all, people would be more likely to think that they’re the real one.

though because i’m a sucker for drama, i think there’d be factions throughout teyvat, rallying behind you or the fake. some believe that the fake is real simply because they’re more elegant and ‘god-like’ in appearance, so to speak, all intimidating presence and authoritative voice. others believe you’re the real one because only the true god would be so in tune with nature and compassionate with all living beings, benevolent and empathetic and all the good parts that make you human. tho the humanity you have also serves as a double edged sword because it places you down the pedestal of what they think a god should be.

among the archons, the ones i see rallying behind you are venti and nahida. as for the imposter, it’d be zhongli and ei. (though i imagine zhongli would soon see through the fake simply because of how old and knowledgable he is.)

also, you’re a better person than me anon bc i don’t discriminate between sleeping and awake hilichurls. if i see one, i’m immediately throwing hands.

[stardestroyer81]

Gee, Peppibot Factory sure looks different today.

With the one Pizza Tower title card meme making the rounds lately, I figured I'd join in on the fun with my own contribution starring none other than the super fighting robot, Mega Man! This might just be my biggest sprite piece yet this year, and I am BEYOND thrilled that I was able to pull this off! 💙✨

(I highly recommend opening this image in a new tab for closer viewing if you want a better look at the little details!)

[oatbugs]

oh my god u rly are everyone you've ever loved !! for better or worse !! a part of you becomes them!

[oh-no-melon]

Sleep, sugar, let your dreams flood in.

I've been suffering from the worst bout of insomnia so I'm projecting HEAVILY on Agent Stone.

I'm really enjoying drawing these boys (I love Stone's smile and Robotnik's eyes) but THEIR HAIR GIVES ME ANXIETY. All those crosshatches...

[receding-tides]

Day 14 - song lyric Day 15 - oc you don't draw a lot Day 16 - angst

[dafry-shenanigans]

Every night where i think about the Qsmp, is a night where i fantasize in an alternate universe, SAD-ist, makes a suprise animatic based on it and then everyone in the world will literally flip out and explode from sheer excitement-