#they are special to me okay

[dcmainlybillythoughts]

Imagine how awkward it would be for Billy to introduce the Shazamily to the JL. Especially pre identity reveal.

Because I can imagine they had heard of strong lightning themed heros from Fawcett but each time they just chocked it up to Captain Marvel and didn't think about it again. Then just one day some calamity tragedy happens and Marvel decides hey let me just call them up. So now there are six of him running around and the blue one is really nervous about working with them.

Then afterwards Captain has to awkwardly explain they're his siblings and he proudly introduced them to the JL. And you already know at least one person is gonna realize how mixed this bag is and ask if someone was adopted.

They then awkwardly have to explain "Actually none of us are related we're actually just foster siblings." And nobody would be prepared to hear that

Yk I should write this...

[smoshmonker]

wrote a somewhat sweet fic for my favorite smosh characters benny jean and cletus <3 (thank you to ana for encouraging me)

words: 876

If there was one thing Benny Jean loved in this world, it was his flamingo, standing proudly on the lawn.

There wasn’t much else. He never settled down, he hated loud music and all of the fancy, newfangled things that took the world by storm these days. In fact, most people annoyed him to no end. Most annoying of all, of course, was his greatest and only friend, Cletus.

Cletus was loud and stupid. Benny Jean could tell him something four times and it would go in one ear and out the other, which led to a lot of arguments, but Benny Jean could never bring himself to fight with him for long. No matter how old they got, Cletus’ eyes were always so bright and innocent. He looked up to him.

Staring up at the sunset, Benny Jean breathed in the early evening air. It had been a peaceful day with Cletus gone visiting his parents. Surprisingly, he found himself feeling a little uncomfortable with how quiet it had been, and even more surprisingly, found himself relieved when he could see a camouflage shirt appear in his peripheral.

“How’s it goin’, Benny Jean?” Cletus asked, sitting in his designated chair beside him. “Mighty nice night outside.”

“Yep,” he agreed, allowing himself one sideways glance for a moment before returning his gaze to the sky. It was streaked with purple, but would only stay that way for a few more moments before it became completely darkened. “How was yer trip?”

Cletus sighed, placing his hands in his vest pockets. He seemed to hesitate before continuing. “Same old. Ma still don’t like that I never found a nice wife, had kids. Pa was drunk the whole time I was ‘round. Barely got a thing outta him, besides…”

Turning his head, Benny Jean took Cletus in for a moment. He’d always known his relationship with his parents was rocky, but he didn’t usually talk about it. Quietly, he encouraged, “Beside what?”

“Callin’ me dumb, like usual,” Cletus responded, looking down at his hands in his vest pockets.

A string of curses ran through Benny Jean’s head at that moment. He was never good at this emotional crap, but he didn’t have a choice here. “He don’t know what he’s talkin’ about.”

Cletus frowned a little, perhaps confusion on his face as he looked up at him for the first time. “But, Benny Jean, you call me dumb all the time, too.” When he didn’t have an answer for that, Cletus sighed again. “Look, I know I ain’t smart. I just wish I didn’t hafta hear it from my own family.”

Slowly, Benny Jean tightened his grip on the armrest. There was a fire in his chest that he wasn’t used to, and it made him incredibly uncomfortable. “He don’t know what he’s talkin’ about,” he said again, more firmly this time. “You may be dumb, Cletus, but you ain’t stupid. All my ma ever talked about before she died was why I never settled down either, but ya know what? We don’t owe ‘em a damn thing! Just ‘cause they raised us don’t mean they get to choose what we do with our goddamn lives. And I choose to sit here, with you, and my pet flamingo.”

Cletus stared at him with his usual wide-eyed expression, but there was something more to it now. Perhaps it was the slight shine to them. “...You really mean that?”

“As sure as a hungry raccoon in a dumpster!” Benny Jean stared back at Cletus, then sighed. “And…I’m sorry for callin’ you stupid all the time. I didn’t realize it hurt ya.”

For a moment, the only sound between them was the sound of crickets at their feet. Then, Cletus broke into a wide smile. “Benny Jean, I think that’s the nicest thing you ever said to me!”

“Agh! Don’t get used to it, Cletus!”

As he was regretting saying it, however, he noticed Cletus’ smile turn a bit more genuine as he looked up at the darkening sky again. “For some reason, when you call me dumb, it don’t hurt as bad. I reckon it’s ‘cause you’re my best friend.”

The fire in his chest made Benny Jean’s heart skip a beat. “Best friend?”

“Yeah, best friend. Ain’t we?”

Biting down on his lip to hide his smile, Benny Jean looked up at the sky, too. “Guess so.”

Comfortable silence fell between them, and it felt like the most natural thing in the world. When familiar snoring filled the air minutes later, Benny Jean glanced over at his best friend, his head thrown back against the chair, mouth wide open, hands still loosely in his vest pockets. Knowing no one would see it, Benny Jean allowed himself to smile as he reached back to grab the blanket resting on the cooler. He got up, placing it around Cletus’ shoulders, who mumbled something about possums before returning to his snores.

Benny Jean sat back down, his gaze lifting up to a bright crescent moon. He’d wake him to go inside in a few minutes, but right now, he wanted to enjoy this peace.

Cletus was his biggest annoyance, but at the end of the day, he was also his very best friend.

[nipuni]

Timelock 🕰️

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on december 1st!

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[egophiliac]

wait, hold on, I love them

[twslug]

have yourself a merry little christmas

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

I really like that scene in mob psycho 100 where those random guys try to bully mob, but then, before mob can even do anything, dimple makes the guy disrobe and ritsu tries to kill him and the body improvement club just kinda circles up and squishes him between their pecs until the guys beg for mercy and leave. because it's a very stupid scene. kinda the epitome of the show's goofy weird slapstick humor. and so when you're watching it the first time you assume that's the purpose of the scene--to be dumb slapstick humor. because it succeeds at that, so it would be perfectly functional if that's all it was.

but THEN it turns out that it's actually setup for two episodes later when mogami traps him in a mind dimension to try and turn him evil and he's standing in the SAME PLACE and he sees ritsu on the bridge but ritsu doesn't acknowledge him. and he gets bullied. and not only is he powerless to defend himself, he has no one who cares. the scene plays out an evil mirrored version of itself where it's straightforward. it's harsh. it's empty. mob gets beaten up, and he is alone.

and that would've been a good scene on its own, too. but to me the fact that you see the silly ridiculous version of it FIRST (the one that culminates in the body improvement club suffocating a guy with their man boobs) is really important to me. because then, later, you feel how much more it hurts for mob to be alone when you've already seen what it could be, what it is. and then on a rewatch when you see the goofy version of the scene you can't help but feel an undercurrent of dread and a sense of how dangerously close the absurd is to tipping over into something way too real and visceral. which is a feeling that runs throughout the entire show.

anyway.

[spiderziege]

kings and clocks and stories

inspired by @bellshazes Realisa Onum

[anemoflower]

Creating a self insert (who looks a bit like me) is the best thing I've ever done, as it makes me feel so much better about myself. I can be a person in the world of my fav media? I can have adventures with magic, superpowers or just hang out with my fav characters? And there are characters who like or even love me for who I am? Amazing <3

[feniksido]

What did they think was going to happen if they won?

[dailycupofcreativitea]

He got mad 😓

[jiaxxnscribbles]

i just remembered that i can in fact post Old Art so here is an album cover project from last semester

Details below!

This was the second project of my Illustration Intensive I class last semester, and we had to either design or redesign an album cover, so I chose The Mechanisms

During the project I took a 4-hour detour trying to translate the Red Signal chant into norse runes, aka I threw it through a translator and tried (emphasis on tried) via wikipedia to fix any Weirdness despite knowing next to nothing about runes so its probably. Incredibly wrong lol

[dontbelasagne]

"I have the whole universe at my fingertips"

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor

[caelanglang]

dear diary… one day I met the little prince…

but just as the storybook said… we got separated… all I know is that somewhere out there… we see the same stars…

ps. they found each other again...

[lastofthe20thcenturygirls]

maomao is so perfect like she respects the man who raised her will always listen to what he says. doesn't feel emotions strongly. hates her biological father just because. is forever loyal to the consort she served. loves money. bought a gift for that one girl who always shared gossips with her as she couldn't afford it herself liked seeing the girl happy and adored her as a lil sister even shed a tear when read her letter. is extremely good at connecting the dots. is always worried about that child consort and her heart was warmed to see the child found someone who cares for her. would harshly judge you if you didn't think the celestial nymph eunuch wasn't the most beautiful creature in the whole of creation. would run to save someone's life even getting punched wouldn't stop her. doesn't get affected by all the hanky-pankys that goes around her. might even give you her important hair stick if you are important to her. cares about her three sisters so much she'll make sure they end up with the kind of men they prefer. would hold a grudge against you if you chose her birth mother instead of her sister. very chill. can just casually wonder about the size of boobs of women the same way she always wonders about the missing equipment of the eunuchs. always thinking about abortion medicines is always making abortion medicines. loves experimenting with herbs and poisons. loves eating snakes would be extra happy if you locked her in a room with snakes as a punishment. wants to give birth once because she wants to eat her own placenta. very open-minded. always gives it her all

[egophiliac]

oh no, I love them

(super quick doodles done between other stuff, there will be better things later I promise :')