#turned it on on a whim

[fictionadventurer]

How did Treasure Planet manage to come up with the greatest aesthetic in all human history? Victorian elegance plus space-age flair, with just enough dirt and grime and wear and tear to make it feel real? A combination of traditional and computer animation that perfectly embodies the movie's blend of old and futuristic? How does it get any better than that?

[kasieli]

I have absolutely zero business imagining Yule Ball designs since I’m not even remotely close to writing that chapter (which I would like to but we’re not even two chapters in) but also I have zero self control so here have them anyways.

[bonefall]

Maybe I'll make a post on this at some point but like, something deeply fucked up about TNP and Po3 that people have totally forgotten about is how badly they try to whine that "Tigerstar Had Good Traits :("

Firestar does it, Brambleclaw does it, and they keep doing this after it becomes this GRAND irony that Firestar almost gets Tiger'd to death in a fox trap because he was too trusting. Bramble gets his pity award of keeping deputyship and then cries to his son about how No One Saw The Good In Tigerstar :(

And it's wiiiiild that no one else in this fandom has done anything with the fact that Leopardstar broke the Warrior Code to appoint Hawkfrost, who had no apprentice, an extremely aggressive and warmongering Tigerclone who says things like "Tigerstar wasn't the worst cat to look up to." ONLY qualifying trait was being kinda like Tigerstar.

And she practically did that the SECOND Mistyfoot went missing. And then Leopardstar continued to be one of the most violent and xenophobic leaders through Po3, joining with WindClan to attack ThunderClan.

What I'm getting at is that like, a few years ago, with books like "Blackfoot's Reckoning" and "Shadow in RiverClan" it's like they suddenly decided to retcon in a bunch of "redemption arcs" in hindsight. They just pretended like there was this grand high reckoning with TigerClan, when there literally wasn't, and if anything that caused SERIOUS problems for the cast that the authors didn't fully acknowledge as such.

And now ppl haven't actually read the main series and are just working with their recent memory of all these retcon books.

But TNP and PO3 are still there, and you can go and see the ACTUAL timeline where Leopardstar is really not apologetic at all, and Blackstar is a useful stooge for the very next wannabe dictator that strolls in, in spite of the new side content that COMPLETELY mischaracterized them for their plots to work.

[dragon-spaghetti]

"Future me would be real proud of you, I'm proud of you"

(Please click for better quality!!)

[excavatinglizard]

What’s an angelic being without a little body horror?

(Or, I actually inked this traditionally for once, because this manga was powerful enough to briefly drag me out of my burnout)

Process below the cut

[hihiimmimi]

Suntan. Caprisun. Sunkel. This super cringey side of me roleplaying as Sunny to character.ai Kel.

(Mini comic, screenshot of the convo, and processes of the drawing under the cut)

[charnel-doll]

how to live a healthier lifestyle and save money while still being a hedonistic pleasure goblin who has never meaningfully denied myself anything

[featherymainffins]

Me when the narrator is an external entity with its own motivations and agendas and the script it makes you follow is not the one you are confined to but be well aware that all folly has its limits and all relationships might sour

[socialjusticeinamerica]

The nation can’t survive under these circumstances. Oligarchs and their Republikkkan stooges are killing us.

[falderaletcetera]

foes and friends, if you really don't want to lose what's on your blog, consider this a reminder to download a copy!

desktop tumblr -> blog settings -> scroll to the bottom -> export

from previous experience, you'll get an email when it's ready to download. just a heads up that it will include all the media you've ever posted or reblogged, so you might need to make a little space for it.

(one benefit of having a copy of your blog on your computer is if you remember a bit of an old post but not enough to find it easily, you can actually search the copy for keywords and get a result. I found one that'd apparently been forgotten in the depths of my drafts that way.)

[aerialworms-art]

Spocktober + Trektober Day 17 - Survival Training

Their camping dates in The Final Frontier are everything to me :'3

(ID (+ bonus unedited version) under cut!)

I wanted to add the unedited version too because I actually quite like the scrappiness of it! Plus I find it funny that I've done 16 of these and somehow managed to switch the 'Spocktober' and 'Trektober' in the corners on the 17th and not like. the second. 😅

I'm sticking this one right up on my wall :3

[Image ID: A black and white drawing of Jim Kirk, Spock, and Bones from Star Trek: The Original Series. They are sitting around a campfire in a clearing in an alien forest; in the sky above is a crescent moon, a distant ringed planet, and a galaxy. Smoke rises from the fire, and it casts long shadows behind the characters. The forest and sky are drawn in white gel pen on black ink, and the ground around the characters is shaded in scratchy black brushstrokes to indicate the ring of light thrown by the campfire.

Bones and Jim are reclining on the ground, to the left and behind the fire respectively. They are wearing casual clothes; Bones is wearing a jacket and Jim is wearing a t-shirt with a button up shirt over the top, unbuttoned. Bones is also toasting a marshmallow. Spock is on the right of the fire. He is sitting cross-legged facing the other two. He has a blanket wrapped around him and is wearing a beanie with a bobble on top, covering his ears. Only his face is visible. He is scowling, and saying in a square speech bubble "I do not see how this activity provides adequate survival training."

Bones replies, also scowling, in a round speech bubble "Just enjoy the peace and quiet, Spock."

Jim's eyes are closed and he is smiling, basking in the moment.

Above the drawing is written "Trektober" and "Day 17 - Survival Training" Below it is written "@aerialworms" and "Spocktober".

The second image is the same as the first, except several brushstrokes have broken the boundaries of the drawing's frame, and 'Spocktober' and 'Trektober' have switched places. /End ID]

[girltaintsweat]

Staying on my Couch

When you ask if I know anybody who needs a roommate, I offer to let you crash at my place for a few days. You tell me you don't need help moving, showing up at my door with two bags and whatever's in your pockets. I offer to take the couch, but you already feel bad about the situation. The first week consists of you trying to stay out of my way. It breaks my heart. I assume you're just getting comfortable and try to leave you be.

Your mood doesn't improve. The job hunt isn't going well, and you're hoping I don't ask for help with the bills. Finally I catch you, making you sit up so I can join you on the couch. You swear up and down that it's not me; I've been nothing but kind to you. But I feel like I could do better. I tell you to take a short break from applying to recharge.

The next few days I try more to make you feel at home. Insisting you eat with me rather than reheating my cooking, learning more about your life before you got here, and watching shows together on the couch. You aren't happy, but you're starting to be happier. Seeing those rare half-hearted smiles, noticing you tense up less when I'm around. It makes me happier than I thought possible. When you ask to see my bedroom I have to contain my excitement. I had been keeping it clean for days now, much longer than I did in the past. I sheepishly watch as your eyes dart around the room. You leave after a minute or two, content to not comment on any of my clothes or the posters on the wall.

Your phone not working catches you off-guard. You guess mom finally decided to stop paying for you. I don't want to pry, instead offering to add you onto my phone plan. You tell me you're very grateful, even if your contacts didn't get saved somehow. I never tell you I swapped the SIM card while you were asleep. Betraying the trust you have in me hurts. But I was so happy to see how soundly you slept now.

The nicer I am to you, the more comfortable you get around me. And the bolder I get. Your wallet's been empty for days now. The money went back to you, of course. Until one of those jobs calls you back, it's not like you need your ID for anything. I find some nice looking clothes I came across on clearance. They fit surprisingly well, even if some of them aren't your style. Once, we both fell asleep on the couch. I tried to apologize, but you laughed it off. It was the first time I heard that laugh.

On the day you ask again to see my bedroom, you hear me talking to somebody at the door. There's something familiar about the other woman's voice. I'm very sorry ma'am, but I don't know who you're talking about. She's gone by the time you show up behind me to ask. It was a missing persons case. Things like that scare me. I gently grab your hand. This is it. This is your chance to help me worry less. Your opportunity to make me happy, just like I made you happy.

[eliasdrid]

Curious

one last SAYER piece before the year ends

[a-little-unsteddie]

Early Mornings

written for @steddiemicrofic

prompt: hole || word count: 404 || rating: t || cw: first meetings, pre-steddie, uhh. zombies?

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The early hours in the mornings were usually quiet, a blissful reprieve from the usual hustle and bustle of the mid-morning rush. Steve loved working the opening, even if his days more often than not started at four in the morning. It was worth it to set up the displays and watch as the sky and, eventually the city, wake up.

Steve was sure that there was nothing more peaceful than his bakery at 5:37am, as he prepared the displays with whatever baked goods he was going to serve for the rest of the day. Steve hummed and swayed along to the quiet indie music playing through the bakery’s speakers, zoning out into the task. He was so focused on setting up the cups filled with donut holes that he didn’t notice someone standing at the door for several seconds.

It wasn’t until the person knocked frantically against the glass that Steve whipped around, prepared to be as bitchy as he needed to be to get the person to fuck off, because the bakery didn’t open for another 15 minutes. What greeted him was the sight of a tall, handsome man, looking desperate as he kept glancing behind him apprehensively.

“Let me in, please!” the strangers muffled voice came through the doors. Steve huffed and walked over to the door, glaring at him.

“We don’t open for another fifteen minutes,” he snapped, pointing at the hours that were printed on the door, right in front of where the man was standing.

“Please! I don’t know what’s wrong with them!” the stranger exclaimed, pulling harshly on the door as he looked over his shoulder in fear.

Steve rolled his eyes, figuring the man was being dramatic, and looked behind him. Something like dread started to fill his gut as he watched a horde of people stumbling towards the stranger. At first, he thought the man was being dramatic, but upon closer inspection, Steve noticed that one of the—people?—had a missing lower jaw.

Steve fumbled with the lock as he forced himself into motion, opening the door, allowing the stranger inside before slamming the door and locking it again.

“What the fuck?” Steve shivered, one of them had a hole through the center of their chest, and he was able to see right through it.

“Uh- I’m Eddie,” the man spoke, staring in horror as whatever was following him started slamming against the door.

“Uh.. Steve.”

[difeisheng]

love how the first thing li lianhua says in this entire novel is Aiya. like yeah that basically sums it up huh

[jfkisonthemoon]

they honestly couldve done so much with junpei beheaded/dismembered and im disappointed that it ended up just being mira. so much of his character and his relationship with akane is characterized by his lack of bodily autonomy, and him being openly beheaded during the nonary games would be the ultimate example of this. its perhaps the most brutal death in the game, and it never really gets explained or developed beyond the one puzzle that we get with it. junpei has been shown repeatedly to be subject to akane's plans or follow her blindly and i just think that would have been a really interesting angle to approach his beheading from. junpei has willingly signed up for nonary games in two different timelines just because he knew he would see her. he was infected with a deadly virus trying to find her. he grew desensitized to death as he took underground jobs to try and find her. his safety always comes second when shes in the picture, and his beheading wouldve been a prime opportunity to 1. exploit his willingness to let himself die/be injured for her and 2. make akane confront the fact that her confidence that junpei will always follow after her is not necessarily a positive thing.