#think they're neat <3

[florbelles]

X. THAT WEEPING ROSE IN WHOSE SHADE I WAS BORN. varya x amara.

for @unholymilf xx

[soosoosoup]

critters

[x-i-l-verify]

Something that I've noticed ever since the Smiling Critters were introduced is that they can so easily be paired off into complementary duos, ones that are specifically designed to teach children fundamental lessons about life and self-care from two different angles. It's really interesting to me.

Like obviously you have Dogday and Catnap, with their sun/moon, dog/cat dichotomy, that stress how important it is to have fun and get things done during the day, but also that it's important to wind down, relax, and get a good night's sleep.

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Bubba Bubbaphant and Craftycorn were introduced as a duo in the Smiling Critter show's intro, and their dichotomy is quite obvious. They are basically the right and left sides of the brain personified. Bubba is the left side of the brain, logical, analytical, focused on math and science. Craftycorn is the right side of the brain, creative and imaginative, focused on the arts and self-expression. They represent learning and academia in all its forms, the different ways people engage with and understand the world.

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Hoppy Hopscotch and Kickin' Chicken form the sportsmanship duo. They are both portrayed as enjoying sports and the outdoors, but in different ways that highlight the different ways sports can be played and enjoyed and also what it entails to be successful at them. Hoppy Hopscotch may be loud and impatient, but she is also a team player, shown in her willingness to slow down her fast pace to make sure none of her friends are left behind. Kickin' Chicken, on the other hand, is laid-back, relaxed, and chill, the described "cool kid" of the group, but he's also described as having a ton of perseverance, more of a "slow and steady wins the race" type of person.

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This leaves Bobby Bearhug and Picky Piggy as the last pair. Fittingly, these two are all about how to meet the fundamental needs of yourself and others. Bobby teaches children how to nourish themselves emotionally through showing and receiving care from others, while Picky teaches them how good food is important to nourish the body and soul. Depriving oneself of either of these things only makes oneself and therefore everyone around one miserable, because those fundamental needs are no longer being met.

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Like fr, this is some pretty genius marketing right here. You have enough characters that every kid will have their favorite, but not so many that any would get lost in the shuffle, because the lessons each one of them would teach would be integral to the group as a whole. It really makes me that much sadder we saw basically nothing of the Smiling Critters during the game itself, because Mob Games struck gold with this concept, only to ultimately do nothing with it. :/

But I guess that's what fandom is for, eh?

[ferngle]

im soooo normal guys

[zivazivc]

summer and winter vibes

[fat-psychward-sockgrippussy333]

Shout out to the big belly gang 🫶🏽 i love you apron bellies 🫶🏽 i love you size 20+ folks 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 big bellies are lovely, actually 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[cake-warlock]

More Amanita Szarr doodles because I think she should have been a recruitable NPC that hangs out around camp and drives everyone bonkers. Imagine the possibilities of the group having to babysit a surly teen vampire who's been 13 for like 50 years and also is Cazador's canonical in-game niece who wants to murder the shit out of her uncle.

[westruun]

This may be my last night alive. I wanted it to be under a canopy of beauty and wonder. And with company to match.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

they were literally that one meme i can't i cannnnn't

[bbygirl-aemond]

the way that alicent and criston communicate to each other in this episode is so fascinating to me. when alicent is saying goodbye to criston she tries to hold herself apart from him, reverting back to this very formal and distant language. and criston indulges this, referring to both alicent and himself in the third person and matching alicent's stiff tone. he loves her and so he respects the line she draws in the sand between them; he loves her and so he calls after her when she turns to leave. and all he asks for is a sign of her favor, so that he may carry her blessings "in his heart," and it is not a demand but a question. i think it is because of this that alicent does not turn away from him and instead gives him her favor, which is literally kept over her breast heart. it is only after he allows her to keep her distance and accepts the love she is able to give him that she decides to grant it to him. i have some qualms about the way the sexual nature of their relationship was introduced but i do quite love the juxtaposition of their dynamic with regards to consent compared to literally every other man alicent has known ever.

[izloveshorses]

i just think they would be friends 👉👈

[cosmobrain00]

sketches for this week✌️

[mookmayor]

the original image will not get out of my head oh my gosh

[imagine-darksiders]

Choose your date.

Not me showing favouritism between my fandoms by putting so much effort into Darksiders fanart. :]

[thebigolbee]

Mr. House coming in clutch with the tax evasion swag

[fox-guardian]

[ID: A digital drawing of Oliver Banks and Tim Stoker on a pink background. Oliver is a thin black man with dark skin, locs half pulled into a bun, and eyebrow piercing, a lip ring, stud earrings, and cartilage piercings. He is wearing oval glasses on a chain, a red t-shirt, gray boxers, and white crew socks. Tim is a mid-sized Latino trans man with light brown skin, a lilac side-shaved mullet, a small goatee, body hair, and a cut in his brow. He is wearing rectangular glasses, a purple t-shirt, aqua boxers, and dark purple socks with lighter purple toes. Tim is sitting cross-legged and is holding a game controller in one hand, and Oliver is sitting behind him, leaning into him as he hugs him from behind, squeezing his middle and reaching for his chest under his shirt with one hand. Tim holds that arm with his free hand, and smiles as Oliver kisses at his neck. "Comfy?" he asks, and Oliver replies "mhm~". end ID]

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happy tim stoker tuesday have my rarepair being cute and gay