#i dunno why but yes

[mizzyislost]

so i heard it was a certain silly slug game's birthday

#yes i will keep harkening back to my first piece of rain world art all the time no you cant stop me #sorry i didnt have anything prepared for this </333 #i forgoet................. #anyways shoutout this game for being one of the best games i never played #double shoutout the awesome community im so sorry i stopped. doing anything rain world but you guys always hold a special place in my heart #honestly pushed me to draw and create more at a weird time in my life so. huge thanks for that #i dunno why im actually giving some speech here i just really like rain world crazy that its. 7 years old. what. #how did that happen #rain world #rain world downpour #rainworld #slugcat #yeah we got the slugcat tag theres a lot of those guys here #various meanderings

[sanfezu]

jk

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#post #edit #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #rise of the tmnt #have i really spent almost two hours on this? yes #ahem… #yep i dunno why

[skeletonlover69]

expression practice i made for sans!

#was this just an excuse to watch him. yes. #graphart #sans #utdr #undertale #i kept putting him on a sweater then on a shirt then on a sweater. idc. im also not cleaning these up. im done with them. #i love you sans but im done. surely you understand lazybones #the fear expression is so important to me. its the “it's all going to be reset” moment. i dunno why that stuck with me #I REALLY LIKE HIS SAD EXPRESSION. CAUSE. YOU KNOW. PAIN

[kyros-tha-soldier]

The OP dadverse is fucking underrated. Whoever is in charge of the spin-off OP doujins needs to make the next series about them

#Pic is not mine just for the record #God i dunno why Google's reverse search can't find these anymoooore #Instead they bring out a bunch of different pictures instead of showing the source of this one #Anyways we STAN daddies who ACTUALLY care about their kids #Also i just noticed that all these dads in the pic have daughters... Oda's self insertion into the dad-verse is crazy #And yes all the dad characters (with daughters specifically) are a reflection of his relationship with his daughters #But hopefully not Uta's and Shanks' because the ending was fucking painful #I'd say the more obvious self inserts are Kuma and Kyros #Kuma #Bartholomew kuma #Kyros #nefertari cobra #Shanks #Red haired shanks #Monkey D dragon #Rebecca #nefertari vivi #Jewelry Bonney #Uta #monkey d luffy #Cuties 🥰

[front-facing-pokemon]

#salamence #THIS one is a good one. someone else mentioned the chin and claimed they look like lord farquaad. and would say “why YES this is Divine” and #i didn't like how accurate that was. anyway dragon/flying 4x weakness to ice my belovèd. if anyone says ice is bad #keep in mind how much of the competitive landscape it totally nullifies. ice is like. probably my second favorite type. behind electric #even though none of this is about salamence. they've got the whole primary colors thing going on but minus yellow #red and blue. red white and blue. american pokémon? big red wings that're just Flat. i really dunno what's happening here i just know it's #supposed to be really good in competitive. and also they got a paradox form which i Guess TPC is trying to market as totally new unrelated #pokémon but i'm always going to call them “paradox hariyama” and such instead of ~iron hands~ or whatever they're supposed to be called #don't want my pokémon names to have two words in them……

[ironychan]

Today's explorations brought us a couple of new birds. The first one was only today on a technicality, because it was a very wee hour indeed when Valdez let herself into our tent and woke me up to tell me there was a really weird animal outside and she knew I'd want to see it. Kibwana refused to get up, but Reynolds and I followed her to an old log, where we found this:

It looks something like a cross between a crane, a grey owl, and an anteater. It and its fluffier offspring were crouched by the log, tilting their heads back and forth to listen, and then they'd lick out with long tongues to catch insects. They didn't seem to need to open their beaks to do this, and I'm not actually sure they could open - I never saw them do so. If the adult needed to pull more of the log apart, it would use the four-inch blunt talon on the end of each otherwise useless wing.

Reynolds says the way the feathers fan out around each eye is actually an adaptation for hearing - it funnels sound into the ears like a radio dish. The adult bird was clearly aware of us and looked directly at us several times, but since we weren't coming any closer it didn't seem bothered as long as we didn't make any sudden movements. Eventually it got its fill of ants and wandered off.

We asked Valdez what she was doing so far from our campsite in the middle of the night. She said she wanted to get further from the fire (which we leave smoldering so the wildlife won't get too nosy) in order to look at the stars. Apparently she's been mapping them. She's even invented several constellations based on tools and animals. I guess we all have our little keep-sane projects.

She was telling me more about it around lunchtime, while the two of us were scrounging for edible plant material, when we got today's second bird. This one was a bastard.

It was very tiny, mostly black on top with an ochre-coloured underside patterned with black v's, and a white mark on the back of its neck. It was also very round with tiny feet and absolutely adorable. I couldn't believe how lucky I was when it landed on my arm and put its beak right up against my skin. I figured it was licking up sweat for salt or something. I was wrong.

After a second or two I realized a bead of blood was forming where it touched me, and when I took a closer look I saw that it actually had a very long, needle-like upper beak that had gone right into my skin without me even feeling it, and a very short lower beak that it opened to let its little tongue lap up the blood. I'm sure I took this in for just a split second, but it felt like I stared at for an hour, unable to move. The image is burned into my retinas. I keep seeing it when I close my eyes.

I hollered and shook it off me, and it flew away. Boonmee put some alcohol on the puncture and told me to watch it carefully for signs of infection. Other than that there's not a lot I can do but wait and see how many diseases the little bugger gave me.

We took several suggestions for the name of the vampire bird, but seem to have settled on Reynolds', which was White-Naped Syrinx. 'Syrinx' is a character from Greek mythology and also the root word from which we get 'syringe'. It is also apparently the word for a bird's voice box. This would be much more interesting to me if I didn't have a hole in my arm.

Somebody suggested calling the anteater bird an owlvark, but Vandebeek said 'aardvark' means 'earth pig' in Dutch, so a more accurate name would be 'aarduil'. When somebody writes a bestiary for this future, we now know what the first page will be.

#the last humans #speculative evolution #aarduil #white-naped syrinx #mariposa valdez #peter przybylski #yes the aarduil is inspired by my friend the mononykus #dunno why i picked this up again i guess i just wanted to draw creeshurs

[artheresy]

Thinking more about Ruan Mei and I am trying to grapple with the fact that on some level in a way I can’t describe, I feel super strongly connected to her and in a way either understand or even relate to her

But like, I can’t fully explain it properly

Something about even with her strong knowledge, she is still struggles to properly feel and properly express and understand certain emotions and it’s one among the many factors of why she ends up being almost like a hermit (which OOF I had joked to myself she’s just like me fr when they called her a hermit but after the quest its hitting a bit too hard)

Even in her mannerisms, I can’t help but relate and it’s also part of why I think I ended up liking her a lot. I’ve seen a lot of people consider her deeply like evil or something or like she’s very hateful and malicious when she truly never came across that way to me and I just.. can’t see that. I can see the mad scientist in her, there’s no denying that. But she comes across as extremely morally ambiguous and perhaps a bit obsessive regarding her research rather than actively cruel or mean and I firmly believe she’s intended to come across that way looking at her dialogue and the way she behaves. I just can’t see her as evil or anything, probably because there are parts of her behaviors I know well

And again a huge part of my love for her comes from how her story and character is tied to the Aeons, and I fucking adore Aeon lore, I am praying for more like PLEASSEE

Even this didn’t get out all my feelings or fully explain what I think about her but y’know maybe later I’ll find the words I need

#i want to add #every since i saw the thing about the nous like ‘genius individuals with autistic tendencies’ I have been firmly like RUAN MEEII #As someone who autistic #Ruan Mei reads as an autistic character to me #and that line about erudition from wherever it was from (the font and format are just like some of the other things) is an acknowledgment #autism in hsr and it leaves me like HMMM RUAN MEI IS #She is I feel it in my bones her relationship with her emotions is very… yes #man why do I have a thing for characters with obsessive tendencies that I read as being autistic #(ruan mei and yingxing) #my beloved ilysm get behind me #youre valid if you dislike her I dont think its incorrect to dislike her #i just dont like seeing people twist her into something she isnt to either justify disliking her or claiming its these false traits of hers #that they dislike yknow? bc thats not her thats not?? shes not out here being evil and cruel in the extremely harmful sense #i dunno i really like her #i need people to understand my faint insanity about her #ruan mei #hsr #honkai star rail

[dog-woman]

okay this but imagine it's made by someone who has ever edited a video before and i don't know has any eye for visuals.

house and cuddy and wilson and their whole thing

which is to say, when wilson says he needs you he means he needs us, we need you, you need us, us, us us.

someone do this again but better, please.

#hatecrimes md #house md #huddy #yes #but also #hilson #but actually #ot3 #he lets him be gentle she lets him be wrong they let each other be safe #he wants to be needed #she needs to be wanted #and he is just need and want #why can't it be october october october #in the early noughties we knew how to ship ot3s #i have never made an edit before #i am deeply unwell #if this song were longer and i dunno happier it would have all the wilson cuddy dates #and all the times they check her out together #but instead it is short and sad like wilson's life #anyway

[w1lmuttart]

Hey anon from today, I can assure you I was just as unprepared to turn this into a full illustration as you

#i drew this with only one brush fhfbfbdhdh dunno why I keep making things difficult for me lmao #so uhhh ye. it windy #linkeduniverse #linked universe #art #digitalart #digital art

[kaisertheadvisor]

Hey, at least he's doing his best.

#persona 3 #aigis #akihiko sanada #fuuka yamagishi #junpei iori #mitsuru kirijo #yukari takeba #makoto yuki #magiranger #yes this is a magiranger meme #i dunno why i made this post #but lets just say i felt like making it

[zestpunk]

Am I late to the party? Yes. But hey, I've never actually had the energy to do a New Years drawing before. So I count this as progress.

What am I hoping for this year? To accomplish all the shit I should have done last year and then some. Which is going to take a lot of elbow grease but hey...stranger things have happened.

So here's to a new year where I hopefully don't fuck everything up.

#happy new year #did I draw Kokichi Ouma as a dragon? #yes #why? #I dunno man sue me #Kokichi #kokichi ouma #danganronpa #art #fanart #zestpunksart

[orchideae]

A little unpopular opinion on something I've seen happen more commonly throughout November/December and wanted to address quickly for my own blog: Please never hesitate to reblog anything from me. You see me reblogging a sentence starter list that you like? Go for it and reblog it from me directly without any pressure on you whatsoever to send anything into me before doing so. You like a GIF-set or musing that I reblogged? Nab it from me, it'll brighten my day to see that we share an interest in something. I like to see interaction between me and anyone who follows me. I like to see that little activity notification light up.

Honestly, it simply reminds me that we're all part of a community, and more specifically, a fandom that consists of characters and nations that we all came to love and then share that amongst ourselves. And honestly, seeing a reblog happen shortly after me but it's from the source, creates (in my opinion) an odd sense of chosen disconnect between people that can feel awkward, it's as if we're walking on eggshells as to not rub each other the wrong way. But what's wrong about going 'Hey, I see what you reblogged, I like it too!', it even gives you potential common ground to start a conversation. We're a community, and I don't know about you, but I like seeing people interact with each other beyond merely threads and notes. It's the little things that matter, after all.

#[ psa. ] seeing isn't always believing. and if you can't trust your eyes; you certainly can't trust rumors. #[ i feel like this whole 'reblog karma' rule has scared people so much into stopping with behavior that... ] #[ i think was healthy. interaction; no matter how small; makes it so much easier and comfortable for people to... ] #[ interact because you almost become 'familiar faces' through these tiny little asks. ] #[ the amount of times i've entered dms kindly/respectfully after someone's reblogged something from me-- ] #[ and the person and i proceeded to just gush about the reblogged fanart in question. or something similar. ] #[ which then makes any further ooc interaction so much easier and nicer-- the initial anxiety people may face is lessened. ] #[ because you've already found common ground. ] #[ like i don't mean to force anyone to reblog from me-- but it's like it's so obvious so often when people... ] #[ see something from you but then reblog it from the source. i dunno if it's just me but it feels odd. ] #[ it feels as if someone thinks reblogging from me would step on my toes or rub me the wrong way and i don't see?? ] #[ why that's a thing? it's so silly. reblog from me; feel welcome to do so. we all love this fandom. we all love our characters. ] #[ and each others' characters. it's why we interact; right? ] #[ any way. hi-- yes. i just mean never feel odd to reblog from me. if anything i encourage it. ] #[ i'll smile and nod at you in my activity; and you'll also pique my interest to be like 'hey! good taste 💙 ] #[ any way; i hope people are having a good weekend! ]

[gatalentan]

thinking about it, i can't relate to the experience of people who HAVE to have their subtextual ship become canon to feel validated, who campaign at showrunners and the actors and get into ship wars with competing ships that theirs is The Most Endgame, can ONLY watch a show if they know it's canon, I just can't relate at all. i'm built different, i'm sorry. i'm built like jane austen character - two people glance at each other in a knowing way and i'm weak at the knees. they touch hands i'm grabbing the smelling salts. standing together with no personal space? i'm on the ground. the tension! the what-ifs! the what-could-bes! do i appreciate the few canon queer ships out there? sure. i have eyes. i am not immune to girls kissing. representation's pretty nice. but i'd rather watch a movie or series with real, palpable, lived-in chemistry between two "just friends" and explore all the possibilities and potential in the margins and have it never become a textual Thing than be beholden to whatever sexless, de-fanged version of queerness is deemed acceptable by a bunch of executives. it carves out all the pulp and leaves us with the husk instead of letting us forage for ourselves. that's SO boring to me, sorry. but not really.

#this is actually why i have avoided nearly all shows with canon queer relationships in it for the best part of about 8 years lol #i dunno. it hits different. or doesnt hit the same. whatever. #yes ive been thinking abt that queerbait graph from last night ever since i saw it why do u ask

[swift-kwikster]

Sonic when he was a kid.

Didn't know which version I liked more so have both!

Inspired heavily by Nicky from the Shogakukan Sonic manga.

His shirt is also that way to continue the 'sun' marking on Sonic's belly that was mentioned in a Sonic 3 documentary. His shirt at the moment only shows the 'sun' partially. Since he's younger and he's not quite the Sonic we know yet.

#sonic #trans sonic #pre transition #im probably going to change the shoes again - before i wanted to simplify the ones from the manga as #i felt i already made the design more complex than i wanted but #dunno if the simplified version is really doing it for me akjsdhfkjsd #'why do you make pre transition designs of characters' idk maybe i just find it comforting and inspiring #i did the rest of his family too! just in sketch form though so maybe they'll be here soon too #yes he ends up flipping that front quill back when he's older #dang glasses makes it hard to tell that he even has a front quill in that version of the pic arrrghh

[ibeewashere]

Brennan Lee Mulligan.

#that’s it #that’s the post #this kinda sounds like a threat #I dunno it could be #shrug #he’s just silly #just a silly little guy #also yes I have recently become interested in dimension20 #why do you ask #also I’ve been watching game changer clips #god why do I have to subscribe to dropout to watch all this shit #I CANT SUBSCRIBE IM FUCKING POOR #WHY MUST THEY FORCE ME TO PAY FOR THESE SILLY LITTLE SHOW #I am watching fantasy high though #gorgug thistlespring #my beloved #my beloved little guy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #dimension twenty #brennan lee mulligan #game changer

[front-facing-pokemon]

#why yes. the electric form is different. do not notice this #the gen 7 models for SOME REASON just had a completely BLANK model for the electric one #and i don't know WHY but now there's no fucking CUTIEFLY models on there even from scarlet/violet so i'm BASICALLY fucked #do you guys see what i go through for you. every morning now that i can't find reliable models #oricorio #i should really split this one up into four separate posts just to stall and give me extra time to find models because of how hard it is #nowadays but i'm not. just. because?? i dunno