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Friendly reminder to everyone that there's going to be a lot of people who won't watch the new TADC video on time due to the YouTube boycott- be sure to tag anything related to the new episode you post as spoilers after you watch it, or even wait to post spoilers in the first place!

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You give severe ocean vibes.

Like-

Waves against the shore make up your being.

The sun reflecting off the sand reflects the warmth in your heart.

A light breeze blows away worries, and the clouds hurdle memories of a time you once had. Whether that be good or bad.

I don't know if this sounds quite right so I'm putting this on anon lol

You're just super cool and summer beach vibed -w-

hghhfghdf thank you??? This is so nice oh my goodness-

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Happy blackout day!

Reminder, August 13th YouTube blackout folks!

This will only work, if a LOT of people boycott using YouTube for a bit.

A fuckton of people use YouTube, so the amount of folks who stand up, for this policy being taken away, has to be SUBSTANTIAL, for them to notice! we can do this!

Reblog to boost!

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Okay so bad news for everyone on YouTube right now

Starting the 13th, we will have an AI determine if we are children or not and if you are a child, than you are forced to send your ID, send a selfie or a credit card

This has the obvious cons of having your privacy being revoked from you and and in case there is a security breach, major identity thefts.

So what do we do in this scenario?

Well right now I have real idea as this is relativity new to me, but I do have two plans

Plan 1. Bug the shit out of them, send letters and send emails about how much of bad idea this is.

Include why the AI will mess up and target adults who watch cartoons, include privacy issues, censorship issues, anything you can think of that relates to this. I want you guys to bug the hell out of YouTube until they reverse this idea

Plan 2. Blackout.

Since the thing is coming out on the 13th.

The plan will be to completely avoid YouTube at all cost for that day, no watching, no sharing, no uploading, no nothing.

Download videos before things go down, watch Netflix. Whatever you do, don’t touch YouTube.

That’s all I can say right now, I also want you guys to let YouTubers know of this situation cause if it’s important for everyone on the website to talk about this immediately

Spread this stuff around, let people know of YouTube’s upcoming policy and how it’ll hurt everyone

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Dragon Zooble my beloved...

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New art blog over at @thistles-den! Feel free to check it out :)

Thing I made over hiatus while listening to really loud breakcore

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RIBBITRABBIT SWEEP PLEASSEEEE!!!

Vote ship name here

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Full disclosure the car is traced

Happy make a terrible comic day 2025! Turned out less terrible than I hoped, guess that's what I get for doing lineart and colors.

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I would be drawing so much more of them if I didn't have to get ready for Artfight

Redraw this in your art style if you like Jax X Ribbit.

Also, we NEED to adopt this nickname for Ribbit. It’s so silly.

SHIP NAME VOTE HERE

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Hiatus over this is more important

My take on Ribbit! I hope we learn more about him in Jax's episode

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Oh my god no wait that makes so much sense

Maybe the one time his friend needed him most the door was locked. Maybe by the time he found the key it was too late. Maybe Ribbit's death could've been prevented if they already had it. Maybe when Jax got in, his abstracted friend ended up hurting him. Maybe that's why he ran away so fast and hid the second he saw Kaufmo abstracted. Maybe, in the scene where they were looking down into the cellar as they lowered Kaufmo in, Jax was looking for his friend.

Maybe he blames himself for what happened.

Jax Headcanon: Him having keys is a coping mechanism. He was too late to help his friend & probably couldn't get the door open too 😞 he was sprinting to, Ribbit's room.

It implies he really does care. Wouldn't be surprised if he routinely checks on everyone when they go to sleep.

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I'm goinf fucking insane holy shit

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Okay, so, the TADC episode 5 teasers are absolutely crazy so far, and I'm gonna share my thoughts on what I think is going on here.

The theory that I've seen floating around that's closest to my theory is that Caine's trying to please everyone with his latest adventure, but everyone keeps complaining, which causes him to switch the premise of the adventure over and over. My take is similar, but I don't think it's necessarily everyone complaining.

In fact, I think it's just two people: Ragatha and Jax.

Okay so hear me out: In every single episode, we see them arguing with each other, sometimes multiple times in an episode. It's a running joke at this point- Ragatha yells at Jax, Jax denies he did anything, and they argue until one or both gets distracted. Heck, even in their character introductions, they look like they're about to start fighting after Jax trips Ragatha. And, given that this episode and episode 6 are supposed to be their "spotlight episodes", it's not too far fetched to say they'll be fighting a lot- especially since the two sharing their spotlight episodes probably means the episodes will be somewhat focused on their character dynamic. 

Now, lets look at the four adventures we've seen teasers of so far: Safari, Office, Baseball, and now Mafia.

The most obvious pattern I see here is with the first and last: both are violence-based adventures, with Jax front and center for their advertising. The safari one in particular only had Jax in it, except maybe Gangle getting mauled. Office and Baseball on the other hand, both seem to lean towards Ragatha. In the office promotional, Pomni may be the subject of the image, but we can see Ragatha in the background having a great time, in contrast with Pomni. As for baseball, we saw Ragatha try to teach Gangle how to play, so it's not too crazy to suggest that Ragatha might be planning to ask for a ballpark adventure.

In summary, I think the episode will be about the two fighting for control over what the adventure is, since they learned they can get Caine to change the adventure last episode. Given this episode is the "silly before the storm", I predict lots of antics and hijinks coming soon! :] All the negative feedback surely won't be good for Caine, though.

(I also think, in terms of character development, that the most important scene will happen in the baseball stadium setting, just because it's what we've gotten the most foreshadowing for (The shot of the unfinished stadium in that one promotional video, Gangle learning how to play softball). Maybe that's the adventure the two will settle on, or maybe the Big Character Moment like we've had in previous episodes will happen here? (Pomni's talk with Gummigoo, Kinger's talk with Pomni, Pomni helping Gangle and Gangle's scene in the parking lot... Hm, maybe it'll include a heartfelt one-on-one conversation of some kind with Pomni...) My bet's on Ragatha, if we get a Big Character Moment in this one, since the episode spotlight list originally divided her into episode 5 and Jax into episode 6.)

Tl;dr: I think Ragatha and Jax are going to be fighting over the adventure plot the whole time, and Caine will be doing his best to deal with it. I also think the baseball stadium is gonna be important.

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Beginner artists I love you. Artists who have wobbly lineart and clashing color palettes and no sense of anatomy and that white line around your fill-bucket coloring, your art is beautiful in a way I cannot express.

Art like yours fills my heart with joy. Keep going. Make your fanart, your complicated OC worlds, anything you want! You've started on an unfamiliar, wonderful journey, and it's gonna be great.

It might be hard sometimes, and you might think your art sucks, but it doesn't suck, and it'll get better. One day you'll look back on these drawings fondly, and be glad you made them. It might take years to get to where you want to be, but art is amazing and delightful and every day is worth it.

Art is beautiful, yours is no exception, and you will grow with time.

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your art. is so squishy. i want. to cuddle it. to death. /vvvvpos

Aw, thank you!!! ^^

Hugs granted!

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My tumblr turned 1 year old a few days ago, apparently! Been on tumble dry for forever...

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I love this little cat guy!!! Thanks for using my abstracted designs ^^

A lot of splatz lore

The abstracted character designs I based off of the ones made by @thistlebriar-tags

Shes an interesting creature. Some people think she already went nuts, others..