#I LOVE COMFORT BUILT CHARACTERS?!

[l0ganberry]

@wally-darlinglol To answer that question..... It's because it's the way it is. BUT I LOVE THAT IDEA!!! IMMA COMBINE BOTH SOMEDAY!!

(here's the post where I got the comment.)

#I LOVE COMFORT BUILT CHARACTERS?! #this was also my first time drawing Frosty so thank you. #I even rewatched the movie and the other one called “Frosty returns” or something like that. #But we all know the first one is the og one. #I do wish there was more of him but at least he's not being THAT milked for content. #I would though love to see reanimated content of the movie. #Like..... The Sonic x one and some indie music videos like that. #You know the ones. #But #Yes!! #I would also love to see both Barnaby and Frosty best friends ngl. #They would both make great friends!! #Anyways #traditional art #rambles #welcome home #artists on tumblr #barnaby b beagle #cute #frosty the snowman #I will combine both the characters someday. #Barnaby the snowman??? Maybe??? #laughingstock #Off topic laughingstock

[mechanical-aristocrat]

[OOC:]

Okay I think I'm ready to talk about that leaked light cone now:

I can criticize the potential continuity error it creates all I want, but god fucking damn it this image is too compelling for me to be even a little bit angry.

THIS is how you do a fucking light cone, THIS is how you take advantage of the inherently interesting concept behind them to deliver a deeper level of characterization. Very few other light cones in the game do that anywhere near as well as this one does, and I'm going to try my best to explain why. (although forgive me if I'm still a bit scatterbrained, this image makes me so goddamn emotional that it's genuinely difficult to think clearly)

It seems very safe to assume this is depicting Screwllum soon after he became sentient, experiencing the beauty of life and existence for the first time. The thing is, it isn't an entirely positive experience; he's noticeably damaged with moss, plants, and fungi growing all over him, which can't be comfortable (just imagining what that must feel like makes my skin crawl). He was probably left in this forest by some one (or some thing) that didn't give a singular fuck about him, that wanted him to deteriorate and be forgotten about.

And yet, his body language and the overall tone of the piece suggests that he doesn't mind. He's incredibly calm (the butterflies wouldn't be there if he wasn't, he's made himself a safe place for them to rest), looking at the viewer as if the "camera" has placed us in the POV of a small woodland creature, the way his head is tilted to the side implying a sense of curiosity and/or fascination.

The tone of this image and of the character as a whole is one of awe and wonder that doesn't shy away from the negatives. It's what makes Screwllum the perfect foil to Emperor Rupert I, because while they both began their sentience in a similar manner, abandoned by a cold and uncaring universe and left to rot, Rupert was consumed by its hatred and motivated by revenge, whereas Screwllum was able to see life for what it was, imperfect but worth cherishing.

The most impressive part about it, however, is that all of this can be inferred without even having access to the light cone's name or lore description (at least as far as I'm aware). The light cones I would have considered my favorites previously, "Something Irreplaceable" and "Shared Feeling", partially rely on the descriptions to be compelling, especially with the former example because the description is honestly my favorite part. The visual storytelling in this leak is on fucking point, and I can't wait to read the description because it'll probably make me love it even more than I already do.

Screwllum nation is winning with this.

#also I saw a couple people in the comment section of the reddit post comparing it to the Iron Giant #which...holy fucking shit yeah they're right #that explains a lot about most of my comfort characters actually. robots built for war Choosing to be forces of kindness and love is just.. #GOD it's so fucking good #(for context The Iron Giant is my favorite movie of all time and it has been since I was like 8 #if you've never seen it before go watch it it's amazing) #honkai star rail #screwllum #honkai star rail leaks #ooc | out of character #hcs | headcanons

[harmoniouseclipse]

Kaejean..... KAEJEAN!

#genshin impact #genshin fanart #digital art #jean gunnhildr #kaeya alberich #kaejean #artists on tumblr #my art #when the ship is tragic and has traumatized characters >>> #i love them dearly #my 2nd roman empire 🥺 #kaeya typically not feeling guilty in the moment he has to off someone but then the guilt catches up and jean is there to comfort him #because shes been living with the same guilt for YEARS #im just saying #i dont even have the time to talk about the ragbros incident #just. they give each other unconditional comfort and love built on understanding and friendship and its enough to make a grown man cry #im so normal about them

[coolauntlilith]

So I finally watched Sense8. I regret not watching it sooner for a couple reasons. But I'm so glad I finally watched it.

#i dont know why it got canceled #but it ended well for being canceled #AND ITS SO QUEER. ITS SOOOOO QUEER #two confirmed bi women. amanita had bi colored hair but being exclusively wlw the whole show she could be lesbian. a trans lesbian!!!! #all the men are queer. they are. i love how comfortable they are with each other. and RAJAN IS A GODDAMN KING. ID DIE FOR THAT MAN #sun and mun 🥺🥺🥺 omfgggg i love them. i kinda headcanon sun as demi- or gray-aroace and mun 😭 HES A FUCKING KING TOO #and diego 🥺 and felix 🥺 and Rileys dad 🥺 and Caphaes' mom 🥺 and amanita's parents 🥺 nomi's sister 🥺 and Kala's parents 🥺 #SO MANY CHARACTERS WERE AMAZING!!!!! #also lowkey still in awe that there was a polycule through the whole show and then in the end theres a second one??? whaaaaat!!! amaaazing #ALSO ⚠️ BEFORE ANY YELLS AT ME FOR MAYBE MISSING A DETAIL ⚠️ Im human. maybe i got up for a drink and didnt pause. #bc thats a crime i commit often lol. so if im misinterpreting something dont chop off my head ok? i saw polycules you didnt have to #i saw an aroace reading. i dont totally know if i sit by that any more bc i think sun x mun is built well. like dont attack me over musings #ok. done for now #sense8 #aunt posting

[aria0fgold]

Was scrolling through the comments of Sirius' Heart to look for the rare english comments in a japanese video and then I saw one that said the morse code part was like a heartbeat and yaknow what, yea I'll incorporate that into my already rewriting brain chemistry. I need to write that into my stories now, it's a mission, I need like 2389456 more stories bout this song with that new information I've obtained.

#aria rants #maybe then my stories will finally stop being bout characters looking up into the night sky. but later-- #after i write bout the characters looking up at the night with varying metaphors that i wont run out of any time soon #seeing that new possibility legit shot me back through sifloop again. i need another sifloop fic but about their heart now #maybe that new knowledge can finally stop me from writing bout mainly angst cuz the entire message of the song is practically #built upon saying i love you to the stars after a loved one passed but now its like more lighthearted cuz the morse code has #been compared to a heartbeat-- im soooooo Normal (lying) bout heartbeats in writing. im so Normal (lying) bout it #what else can be more intimate than putting your ear against another's chest to listen to their heartbeat? and by listening #to their heartbeat. your own heartbeat syncs up with it too. like thats so intimate to me ya cannot believe how much i love that #listening to your loved ones heartbeat in an assurance that theyre Alive. theyre Safe. theyre beside you. and the very comfort #of that is enough to allow your own heartbeat to sync up with theirs. two hearts and a single synced heartbeat

[akkivee]

when you listen to hayama-san perform batfs, you can hear that he intentionally adjusts his key to better harmonise when he’s singing with sakakihara-san or takeuchi-san, and he even does this when recording songs, like in united emceez he was recording after ichiro’s parts so he made sure matched well with him and idk how to explain that’s such a kuukou thing for him to do but it is a very kuukou thing of him to do lol

#vee queued to fill the void #semi relatedly i love how the bat seiyuu know how to sing with each other lol #like the harmonies in noctiluna 😩🤌💜 and hayama-san’s harmonies in batfs are built on his comfort performing that song at this point lol #more relatedly lol it’s giving kuukou operating in the bg to bring out his team’s potential lol #like i still think about kuukou feeling kinda upstaged in their 3dcg lives but reasoning it’s just nice seeing his team thrive on their own #it’s like a weird acceptance that he’s not the main character and it’s neat to see hayama-san also give that in his performances #idk if it’s intentional in terms of character lol like i wholeheartedly believe hayama-san does perform with a shit ton of layers #but like……… am i in wrong to believe that lmao #i’m choosing to ignore that feeling tho lol hayama-san told us he was worried about looking stiff performing division rep battle #WHICH MEANS HE BE THINKING UP THERE LOL so imma say he does take in account of kuukou’s ninja tendencies lol

[oathofkaslana]

i love playing klee in co op it gives me a reason to be a lil ball of energy and run and jump around.

#i also love playing supports in co op which is ironic bc im severely lacking in the built supports department #shes also just a comfort character and using her makes me especially very emotive in text #which is great for like random co ops where you dont wanna aggravate anyone #personal

[girlyliondragon]

Sapphire isn't used to love letters much less affection in any way considering a lot of people want nothing to do with her nowadays or scared her away further into self-isolation. But the deeply suppressed hopeless romantic part of her sprang up -albeit reluctantly- as a result of the letter that somehow popped up. Who could it be???

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This does not involve any former fictional love I had in the past.

A personal doodle with vague self-ship implications as is intended. I don't date irl people anymore as I think it's best for others to not have to deal with me. But regarding the not-irl world I've had this damn bastard of a character in my head for... a month now? Even tho they've been my childhood during the late 90s - very VERY early 2000s when I was little probs because I didn't know f/os were a thing, and they've only just stated making me crush on them this year. Which is all well and good because I miss the feeling so much. But I don't really talk about them much at all and even less want to even hint at who they are outside of extremely vague shit that could apply to anyone else because frankly the only way I feel safe loving 2D in such away again without having people make me feel like I'm a freak who shouldn't feel negative emotions is to keep it all to myself.

Also this doodle takes an anti-social extremely misanthropic cryptid with relationship problems & believes she doesn't deserve any sort of happiness and pairs her with a sudden strange love letter and was an interesting combo because she's not trusting at all and is dealing with an array of emotions like I've been.

Art/OC: Mine

Do not steal/crop/edit/etc. Do not tag as kin/me

#Sapphire (Fursona) #Em Doodles #I take self-shipping very seriously because it's such a huge part of my life that shaped me to who I am #not to mention my brain sees and materializes the characters into a whole thing with them to where they literally feel real #to where I have entire lives with them. Like living with them. Socializing with them. Talking about them as if they were real and happy #plus I cannot love myself without it as it feels fake and performative otherwise #I don't like that I'm at the point of being afraid of a means to love myself in a coping-mechanism sort of way. #especially not if it was originally a thing to make me feel wanted that I'm now struggling to hold on to (I want this to be long term ffs) #and yet the fact that it's a problem for others shows me that people literally will not get me even when I explain everything #it's like hiding your s/o. I've already had to do that irl with my longest bf. it's why I don't like doing it with my fictional others #it's not JUST a coping mechanism it's literally my best means for a healthy relationship and I wish outside forces didn't make it difficult #real people have almost always hurt me while fictional characters never did. I do not care. I prefer the former over the latter ANY day #the only exception are those that haven't but they're very veeeeeery few. Like three fingers or something few #But oh well. Guess the only way to do that now is to keep it to myself #note btw that Sapphire is still a character built off my stil current extremely depressive state and thus won't be seen happy all that ofte #this is already pushing the line and even then I'm not comfortable still talking about stuff like this now #but between this and an extreme piece of bloody vent art I rather post this

[aphrodites-hipdips]

am i allowed to hc sirius & regulus as raised catholic but now ex-catholic???

#i don’t know if this is already a thing #but i like to project onto characters i love #and you they are both built perfectly to hold some good old catholic guilt/religious trauma #no comfort only hurt #i think it’s makes sense with their upbringing & context #+ i love religious imagery even if im agnostic myself #pls just let me project my catholic guilt? thanks xoxo #sirius black #regulus black #sirius and regulus #brothers black #marauders era #fuck jkr #hate her sm want to make sure that’s clear everytime i talk abt anything marauders #marauders #the marauders #catholic guilt #ex catholic #tw religion #tw catholicism #sirius black hc #regulus black hc

[casualavocados]

so uh there's been zero mention of ayan's dad ever... so what do you think? another person he's lost? (i'm so sorry i did this, hugs for ayan)

YOU TAKE THIS THOUGHT. AND YOU PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!

no but honestly thats something ive been so curious abt too like did he just...not ever have a dad? did his dad leave? divorce? another death? what's the tea

#i wanna know #the eclipse #answered #grapejuicegay #yeah its amazing to me how kind and generous and patient aye is with all this weight on his shoulders i love him #its because hes full to bursting with love and passion!!! #he is so strong in his beliefs and in who he is as a person that he can weather so much #and its bc of people like his mom and like dika that he got to grow up with that kind of support and comfort #to give him the confidence he has #as well as nurtured his curiousity and got him to grow up questioning society and forming his own opinions on whats right and wrong etc #like look at the scene with dika and the thai-english dictionary and the true meaning of 'equality' #like wat said everyone grows up consuming different kinds of art different ideas etc #ayan's such a GOOD character and so interesting and wants to help people so much #also i dont believe for a second hes going down the same path dika went #i think he was more sucker punched by his mom's care and worry #he doesnt want what happened to dika to happen to ANYONE and no matter how exhausted he is #he's gonna keep going because he has that love inside him that formed him and the love he's found for the world he built higher bc of it #I DID NOT MEAN TO GO OFF IN THE TAGS HERE IVE JUST BEEN THINKING A LOT. ok #thanks kk love talking to u abt this show <3 #its not just that he wants to help people its just second nature to him #hes tHOUGHTFUL. he OBSERVES. he sees what ppl arent saying and chooses everything he says amd does very carefully #he doesnt push beliefs onto anyone he picks the right words to make them question it themselves #he asks ppl questions rather than stating things as facts #HES. JUST NEAT. and needs hugs forever

[rainybraindays]

Why is no one writing hurt no comfort stuff, I need to feel pain

#happy ending #rainy talks #all i want is for one character to cheat and for there to beno happy ending or worse #a where the character cheated on tries to pretend everything i fine but they're this close to snapping #or one character dies in a terrible tragic way or worse yet is in a coma and the other refuses to move on or find any comfort #intead focusing entirely on their misery before they either give up or are forced into findin closure by those who care for them #the character in the oma waking up just to be ALONE ad the other has moved on and has a life and family but now they're being called #because they never took their name off the contacts because some part of them still hoped they'd com back but now they're torn #between the life they've built and the one they've loved for years #god if my writers block clears its OVER for you bitches #i hunger for hurt no comfort and I am famished

[branches-of-time]

the juxtaposition of me having a lot of alcohol-related trauma and having Venti as my comfort character is something that I don’t think I could ever explain

#venti #genshin impact #comfort character #tw alcohol mention #tw trauma mention #Seven's Genshin Commentary #because i have no idea #not a clue #you’d think he’d upset me. if he were anyone else he probably would. i can’t handle drunk people at. all. but #he’s just built different i guess #he just speaks to a lot of things buried deep down inside my character #he is just. so many profound things to me #he’s this loving God that i want to worship 24/7 #but he is also just a little guy that i want to protect and pack around on my hip #he makes me so insane i love it #he fulfills my strange and specific desire to be Unconditionally Loved by a God #y’know? #anyways. new fic that's very relevant to this topic coming up in a few hours #ehehehe

[wlw-cryptid]

STONE butch named SCHIST I love it so so much

it wasnt INTENTIONAL intentional but. i mean. i did do it in any case

#schist is the real hero type. shes got a lot to work through before she can feel truly comfortable w herself #her government assigned issues are being constantly scared she wont be strong enough when The Time Comes™ #i dont like playing but i do like making little characters and drawing my friends' #her heart is huge tho she loves openly and readily. and throws down readily #she also! loves fishing. open sea fishing. river fishing. id draw her in a ''man i love fishing'' shirt if she wore shirts #she speaks #anon #asks #the character i made first was Bay Wheyberk who is also a big butch but is instead is built like a Bear. theyre cousins. i think everyone #in the family is named and built like that. schist is only shredded bc she has some insecurity in her own ability #bay liked botany. found a little nerd girl in the woods. saved her from some spiders. saved her friend from a stalker. settled down #now shes soft and happy and dont talk much. she likes wearing the rings and necklaces and earrings and being called sir #oh man now i need to draw a dilf schist whose fatter and bigger and um. greying... somehow. despite the hair already being near white #im still up in the air on the pronouns situation bc i think bay is any pronouns but w schist i think its more of a she/her and he/him maybe #or maybe just she/her but w all masc titles/descriptors #much to consider

[palukoo]

okay I am interrupting my gonch posting to say. wtf dead to me that was the worst possible ending like. I quite literally could not have come up with an ending that bad what the hell

#my post #look. I am about to get into spoilers here bc I need to express my rage. so just #this is the warning. :/ #the fucking nuclear family ending??? with Ben???? #the way that the only way they built up Jen/Ben was through DIRECT parallels to Judy/Jen while refusing to acknowledge Judy/jen?? #like the fucking. number of scenes they basically copy pasted and then made straight ughhh #I KNEW Judy/jen wasn’t gonna happen I’m not stupid I just thought theyd still be together not Judy being fucking dead jesus fucking Christ #also a baby?? fr?? the only way you can justify jen having a baby to me is if it’s with/for Judy. not. to have a nuclear family with Ben #also just SUCH a disservice to Judy you literally let her resolve nothing just get cancer and die #like I will say it was kind of nice to have her like admit to Jen she had cancer and slowly get a little more comfortable with asking for #help and all that but like. you can and should do that without killing her! #they took my toxic codependent besties and did this?? like I always am like screaming about the ep 9s of s1 and 2 and how good they are and #I don’t even know this ep 9 I mean it’s fine yeah i think it was a good ep I guess with another little confession moment. but that finale! #literally what the fuck was the point of the first two seasons and the show if that’s the end #like it’s about them and their friendship and family not. Ben. oh and retconning him into the back of the car was stupid as hell #I’m sorry like the thing is I’m generally fine if :/ when shows end like. in a way I don’t want them too and I knew that I probs wouldn’t #like. love however it ended I guess? but this was so bad #it literally didn’t serve a single character (like. I’m sorry I’m supposed to believe Jen is just a happy satisfied gf and mother now?) #and it didn’t serve the plot or any themes or anything. I just don’t get how those were the choices they made. and it sucks bc like. #I like the show and the characters this was just really bad. like I could elaborate more but it’s just bad and upsetting #tagged

[zoskas]

so

#i despise vivziepop as a creator but i hatewatched hazbin as a distraction yday on some pirate site #been questioning for a few months abt being greyace and like #had a very traumatic experience yesterday #alastor being an asexual character is such a stupid comfort for me suddenly. #after everything happening #i dont want love anymore just put me in a qpp pleaseeee #sophie.txt #very mixed feelings that i can't put into words but everything kind of lined up #idk kind of cool to see an ace character that doesn't fit the washed out fluffy boy narrative. just a thought #even if his asexuality is just thrown around with jokes and prideflags #i think i've always loved the idea of sex but never the real thing #im very sex positive and there's kink i would love to participate in and adore in visuals and practice and theory (leather latex) #but im really not built for anything beyond non-sexual intimacy #my constant battle of am i just against penetration or am i greyace or have i not met the right person yet #i think abt myself in a selfship context and love it but i think about myself in a real scenario and i just curl. #i wish men knew how to court and ask consent instead of jumping but im glad i didnt get s/ad at the least christ #i wish men were real they used to go to war

[glorious-spoon]

i know we all laugh (mostly fondly) about the paper-thin plots in porn that only exist to make the sex happen, but i was reading some old stargate fic over the weekend, and i really think we're sleeping on the paper-thin hurt/comfort plot that only exists to force the characters to FEEL THINGS.

like, is this scenario realistic? no. does it make any rational sense? no. does it provide a built-in excuse for a character to collapse, bloody and disoriented, into the arms of his beloved/friend/partner? obviously, that's the whole point of this exercise.

i love it. it's my favorite thing in the world.

#writing #hurt/comfort #much like smut it operates on the assumption that we all know what we're here for #obviously you CAN write a fully coherent plot with hurt/comfort elements just like you can write one with smutty elements #and those are lovely too #but there's something so charming about fics that are like #'look we all know what you came here for. i don't have to explain myself.'