#like both literally and figuratively

[tsunosagun]

smoke and mirrors

#trigun #nicholas d wolfwood #vash the stampede #vashwood #tsunosagun art #ok adding to the tags cuz i unironically love explaining my own art bfnejfs #smoke cuz literal smoke but i also wanted to have a sense of ephemerality #and mirrors cuz of how they both see themselves in each other (but in such different ways) and it drives me bonkers #also in case it isnt clear thats ww's hand but still vash's body in the smoke in the 2nd pic.. #taking comfort in the idea that their similarities mean its like he carries ww within himself.. still there even if only figuratively

[withdenim]

Lullaby <3

#one day I’ll learn to draw feet/shoes lmao #anyways they’ve been killing me the last few weeks #I can’t think about them and be normal I have to pick one #Kai RAISED her guys…. they were both so LITTLE #when Nya said my brother was always my hero #god. what if my heart shattered into one billion pieces #now imagine this is after a game of countershot #they’re eepy!!! they’ve been running around!! #ninjago #my art #lego ninjago #dragons rising #ninjago Kai #ninjago nya #Nya jiang #Kai Jiang #ninjago fanart #the scars are just burns amassed over time as Kai tries to figure out blacksmithing with literally no guidance #he was like five. rip girl

[spacedace]

Okay look, do I want to be involved in or cause messy drama?

Absolutely not.

Do I want other people to find themselves involved in or be the cause of messy drama?

Absolutely not.

Do I want to know every last detail about the messy drama that is happening?

Absolutely.

#i am at heart a messy nosy bitch #i want all the tea #both literally and figuratively #anyway sorry for blasting yall with messy try guys drama #i will not be stopping anytime soon most likely #try guys #the try guys #ned fulmer

[unicyclingdogs]

needle felted lu boys!!!! sky and legend have consistently been some of my favorites in the chain, so it makes sense that they’d be the first ones I’d felt and yeah here they are together!!! :)

#linked universe #lu fanart #linked universe sky #lu sky #lu legend #needle felting #uni art :) #sky was the first detailed person I’ve tried to felt and I think both look pretty good 👍 #these felts are both a few months old by now so I figured I should post them bc idk when I’m making more 😭 #like I started four but uh it’s not going great #he literally haunts my desk guys #also I want to felt some stuff for the holidays too #so idk when I’ll get around to finishing four or other lu guys #maybe I’ll do hyrule or wind bc I want to felt some brown eyes #like ily sky and legend but man I made their eyes so BLUE like yeesh #ALSO DUDE #WAS ANYONE GOING TO TELL ME TO NOT USE ROVING WOOL AS A BASE OR WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO IT WEONG FOR LIKE A YEAR 😭😭😭😭 #LIKE USING COARSER WOOL IS SO MUCH EASIER AND I DIDNT KNOW IT EXISTED #and I have so much roving wool now…. #like im probably going to use it as a base still since I have like 8 ounces of it and like 1 once of the better wool so 😔 #also dude if anyone want to talk about needle felting feel free bc it’s so fun and yeah 👍 #like I’m not an expert but idk it’s fun to talk about it #ASLO IF YOU KNOW WTF WET FELTING IS PLEASE TELL ME

[thankstothe]

#house md #gregory house #james wilson #screencap #s07e01 “Now What?” #one of the thing that bothered me about canon huddy #is it feels too close to the unrealness of s5 finale #just huddy becoming canon does not feel like it would be enough to offset all the issues house had building up in s6 finale #hes not even a bit bitter about wilson throwing him out anymore and it certainly wasn't just a cover for huddy #left unresolved #last patient's death unresolved (you can say it delayed if youre a pedant) #the overall stress from that wrecked building - unresolved #all this skipped overnight #even more of a rocky start to this relationship would be better #cuddy too #this is so ooc for both of them #like their characters got reset #i do wonder how proper huddy would look like in canon #like it wouldnt work long term either #but in s7 it just went too smooth #what does cuddy even gets out of it besides the initial thrill? #she is a freak and workaholic in a completely different way to house #literal mother #and an authoruty figure #they would clash so bad so fast it would be glorious #maybe it would be better if she didnt make it and house was already back on vicodin in the bathroom #also would give deniability to ooc moments #dont mind me *watching perfect house md in my brain*

[fairyroses]

He was about to kill you, Lex. Or divulge something you didn't want me to know.

— SMALLVILLE, "Forever" (4.21)

+ bonus from "Arctic" (7.20):

#smallville #smallvilleedit #svedit #lex luthor #jason teague #lionel luthor #clark isn't in these scenes but they're still very much #clex #sv 4x21 #sv 7x20 #dcmultiverse #my gifs #'why can't you see what's right in front of your face lex?' god. god. godddd. #I think there's a really interesting discussion to be had (with many potential viewpoints) #re: to what extent lex actually knew the truth either consciously or subconsciously at any particular time #and how much he was just in denial about it (and why) #I'm not really prepared to have that discussion in these tags but like #let's face it - lex figured out that clark had powers all the way back in 1x12 #just because clark convinced him he was wrong at the time doesn't mean he just forgot that whole thing #and yet it seemed like the more seasons went on and the more obvious the truth became #especially the fact that clark was so heavily tied to all the alien weirdness of smallville #the more lex seemed to (subconsciously?) push back against accepting or recognizing that truth #I mean that's literally what he's doing in the 4x21 scene with jason #so it's like he both desperately wanted to know clark's secret but also didn't want to know at all #and that's just SO interesting #I mean jesus the 7x20 scene is supposed to be peak evil lex and yet he STILL has to be pushed into accepting the truth #and he does so with his eyes glistening because yeah he wanted to know clark's secret once upon a time but he never wanted THIS #(remember when lex told jonathan in s1 that he just wanted clark to have a happy normal life bc clark was such a good person? #and then he's told in 7x20 that to save the world he has to KILL clark and take that life away from him hahaha [crying] it's fine I'm FINE) #wow I really said 'I'm not prepared to have this discussion' and then just. proceeded to have it anyway huh. lmao oops

[canisalbus]

hey! do you consider yourself a furry? if so, do you enjoy being in the community? if not, what label do you use, and why? (been wanting to ask this for a while:))

Sure, I don't mind being called a furry. My art certainly qualifies as furry art and my characters are furry characters. But I've never been that connected or active in the furry fandom in general. There's a lot of core experiences that I'm missing: I don't have a fursona, I don't own a fursuit and I've never been to a furry con. My online circles are very furry-centric but I don't think any of my irl friends consider themselves furries, despite our shared tastes and interests.

#so yeah furry but not a very community oriented one I guess #I'm always out of the loop when it comes to happenings and drama and such I literally never know what's going on #I tend to use the word anthro when referring to my art/characters but that's just personal preference furry is equally correct #I feel like all furries are anthros but not all anthros are furries and I just like to pick the word that covers both? #while we're here let me say that I find the theme of anthropomorphism super fascinating #people have been humanizing animals since prehistory which lends it a sense of timelessness and it's a concept that is culturally universal #it's silly but #in some trivial way I feel connected to the larger continuum of humans making nonhuman things in their own image #which is nice it makes me feel kinship to those cavemen who sculpted lion headed human figures out of mammoth ivory 35 000 years ago #answered #anonymous

[strawberri-draws]

Whats up with Zuko and the dragon egg? Whats ur au abt 👀

It's mostly an amalgamation of all my fav zuko fic tropes lol. Basically like a month into banishment, iroh decides to cheer zuko up and takes him to the sun warriors island. Zuko of course immediately gets involved in shenanigans tm and somehow winds up (reluctantly) being entrusted with the last dragon egg (druk!). Iroh is somehow oblivious to this and thinks zuko just really needed that weekend retreat. Zuko's mental state drastically improves with a pet to take care of, and basically is too busy keeping druk busy to be angsty lol.

When aang rolls around he's like "oh…I guess I should capture you- wait omg can I pet your bison??" Basically just morally neutral zuko keeping druk out of trouble (and then defeating the father lord on the way, somehow)

#my art #fanart #ask #I LITERALLY WROTE THIS THREE TIMES CAUSE MY INTERNET SUCKED AHDNDNS #avatar fanart #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last air bender fanart #atla #atla fanart #zuko #anyways #him and June bond over both living their exotic pets #druk is just orange cat to an 11 #iroh figures out what’s going on like one month into it but thinks it’s funny #the crew have no clue what’s going on #but yeah that’s it? it’s not very. thought out or unique lol #just a fun combo of ideas I’ve seen many others do lol #doodles for fun :)

[blazingstar400]

Kieran: I’m kind of crushing on someone, but I’m worried about telling you who it is, because you’re not going to like it.

Carmine: Just rip the bandage off.

Kieran: It’s Juliana.

Carmine: Put the bandage back on.

#pokemon #pokemon sv #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon kieran #trainer kieran #rival kieran #champion kieran #pokemon carmine #trainer carmine #rival carmine #pokemon juliana #trainer juliana #kieran x juliana #juliana x kieran #dipplinshipping #pokemon incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #i headcanon carmine and juliana not at all getting along at the beginning of teal mask #literally both of them were always getting into arguments #so if she figured out her brother on the other hand was crushing on her she’d just be like why??? why her????

[kagoutiss]

*complaining for no reason again because i am bored* i need more ppl to know that these. are all the same person these are literally canonically all the exact same individual person im begging u

literally almost all the ganondorfs are the exact same individual and almost all the ganons are the exact same individual, almost all the ganondorfs & ganons are the same exact person just in different forms and circumstances. except for FSA and maybe whatever the fuck is going on with TotK ganondorf but i still think it’s weird that he still has golden eyes & rounded ears when even the gerudo in TotK’s ancient past dont, but anyway ashfjsbfjsn

#not like you always have to subscribe to canon because it’s often impossible to know the truth of certain things #or some things that are canonical just suck and should be changed anyway but like #of all the things that are like relatively basic facts for ppl engaging in the Lore or whatever #ppl are like always. Always talking about ganondorf as if every iteration of him is a different person just like link & zelda #but so much of his character development stems from the fact that WW ganon and TP ganon are both different timeline offshoots of OoT ganon #i’m ​not even citing the ‘Official Timeline’ on this because it is silly & confusing but i just literally mean #in terms of basic canon continuity #that WW and TP were conceptualized even in the early 2000s to be the events that occur distantly after the two timeline splits OoT created #because OoT is a game about time travel and the entire concept of the split timelines in this series #originated from the two different scenarios that are created by link & zelda’s use of the master sword and the ocarina #WW ganondorf and TP ganondorf are both literal older versions of OoT ganondorf in 2 different futures #not to mention all of the ganons in the early games. OoT was made as a prequel that both literally and figuratively #attempted to humanize the main antagonist of the series #OoT ganondorf at the time WAS the ‘ganondorf with character development and an actual motivation’ #WW ganondorf (who is the same person.) just actually got to vocalize what specifically his motivation was #which is great!! and also retroactively gives OoT ganondorf more context & depth #can u tell i am off my meds at the moment and have nothing better to do with my time ahsjfhskfhdj

[3-aem]

MY BRAINS NOT WORKING AND THE CUTE BOY I WORK WITH KEEPS CORRECTING MY GRAMMAR THIS IS SO AHAIWIAKSDHDGRRRRHRNE

#dhakaksdjs fuckdwkufeisfjsjajsueei #im using a translator and it keeps outputting 您 instead of 你 and he keeps calling it out like bro ur making it awkward #AND IM LIKE SORRY I CANT ACTUALLY WRITE IN THIS LANGUAGE IM REALLY DU M. BB #also he offered to take over the last part bc i was like hi its almost 9pm here and i literally cannot think anymore #like i am certain its a very easy last part my brain is just finished #i feel so bad bc i wanted to push this proj over the line #this company is so intense i am so baby i am so tired #hugging my cat and rubbing my gross face all over his gross body #me in vc trying to figure out how to say: it was broken earlier idk how it was fixed u saw it was broke tho right #but all that came out was: in the past it was….problematic… *20 yr silence* #before he awkwardly went: um its okay i dont think this is necessary also u have lint issues #and i was just like ya….i know 😭 #its ambiguous to some of my teammates if i just dont understand them or if im fking dumb #its probably both im ngl #the blank stare i have on my face is first from trying to comprehend what the actual words they are saying mean #and then to comprehend what technical concept they are trying to convey #using like 50% of the information i managed to parse out #also im used to literally spending 30-40% of the working day talking smack #now i try to crack and joke and everyone is like three this isnt the time #three we are all gonna be hear past 9pm working this isnt the time

[mattiebluebird]

something something Duke started his training arc right before Tim died, meaning for most of that year he & Bruce were both grieving; Bruce having completely lost his son (there wasn't even a body) and Duke having functionally lost his parents (they're there but they're not there)

#love duke so much wish literally anyone gave a shit abt him #& its crazy bc i think he & tim might have the most in common out of the batfam re: their origin story #both were 'adopted'/trained while their parents were still very much alive & both r the 'geniuses' of their groups #both figured out batmans identity. neither were trained to fight from birth #i should make a post just abt dukes parallels in the batfam tbh #dc #duke thomas #dc comics #batfam #(im actually not completely sure when tim's 'death' happened relative to dukes story but like it's somewhere in there) #tim drake

[pink-flame]

You're my neck of the, neck of the woods Leave you, babe, I never could Ginger and gestures of goodwill go forth, let go Of sorrow and sadness and spite I'm somebody taller tonight

Neck of the Woods - Maisie Peters

#juke #jatp #julie and the phantoms #my gifs #my edit #jatp edit #maisie peters #neck of the woods #new jatp gifs in 2024 #why not #don't tell me how to ghost #you guys have no idea #I had this idea a full two years ago and could not figure out how to do it #and even now I'm pretty sure I did this the hardest way possible but still #I don't have photoshop ok #I'm a video editor scraping buy with the skills I can carry over and making gifs in final cut pro with the occasional assist from canva #annnnnnyway #I know they're. not perfect but I'm so proud of them #also I want to make like three more sets for Juke with this song because ALL the lyrics fit them so well #but I just loved the idea of all the shared memories they have in that house #they're home for each other in both a literal and metaphorical sense #and that makes me unhinged #so here you go

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Cross's assumption is correct, that's exactly what I'm implying. So be a good boy and lay down pls :3

Cross: you-

Killer: implying what?

Cross: that they're gonna break my leg

Killer: .

↓ Damage Count ↓

999999999

999999999

999999999

999999999

#cross sans #killer sans #anon #bandages #violence #knife #murder #threats #death #the symbol on the anon shirt is supposed to be a leg with a crack running through the middle #Ink and Killer being so different yet so similar the beloved #they're both such powerhouses but Ink deals no DAMAGE ever while Killer always deals disproportionate amounts of DAMAGE #the only reason there's not so many more nines on the DAMAGE COUNTER is cuz i'm lazy tbh #found family being protective the beloved #Killer would probably find a way to stab someone even if both his arms were broken which they're not even damaged here so #plus anything Killer can get his hands on he can throw with deadly (literally and figuratively) aim #he can pluck big enough arrows straight from their path not because i think it's realistic in any sense of the word #but it's funny to imagine Dream having to downsize his arrows #so this horrible thing couldn't literally YOINK them out of the air like a baseball or whatever #queue

[gjdraws]

Hi! Not naming any names because what's the point but:

1. Please at least ask artists before sticking their (FREELY SHARED?) work into your own fics or social media

2. I understand that "Lots of people do it", and "Eh the artist doesn't know its on the internet who cares" is not something I can actively do anything about

3. BUT. Understand that this makes me feel like you, and the fandom at large views artists (includes all creators tbh) as: content machines, not people with feelings, and generally disposable

4. In light of WGA and SAG striking because of literally this attitude, understand that all you're doing is ensuring most fandom artists/writers/giffers go behind walled off gardens. It happened in the LJ days and it can happen again.

5. This includes feeding ai work for "fic endings", and "art in this style". People will just stop posting eventually. I remember the internet before artists shared anything, and maybe you will too, if things go on like this.

TL;DR don't be a dick, fandom is supposed to be a fun space where we make up stuff and talk to other people about it.

Don't make it so people walk away and there isn't anybody to talk to anymore.

#fandom #fandom wank #im so tired man #like both literally and figuratively #we all do this in our spare time so that readers and lurkers can have fun in their spare time too #dont shit on a gift economy #there'll be no more gifts left #anyway #kthxbai #chatter #not art #cobra kai #lawrusso

[eats-a-berry]

i think another super important nuance of toshiro's character that people miss is how the commentary of his character is so effective because his flaws are not a personal moral failing on his part, that his problems are greater than simply being a "bad person", even beyond the already very reasonable parts of his character like the culture clash. in truth, everything about him and how he responds to things is extraordinarily ordinary. the name of the game here is conformity and the status quo, and not only is that not excerbated by a single person, but it's such a big highlight that this is hurting him too even when he thinks he's doing what's best, what's expected of him, and he starts to realize that over the course of the story. there's a lot of subtle bits of his character that show how he wishes things were different too, how a lot of what he does and says isn't even what he really believes, but his own inability to break free of things is what stifles him. kabru is actually really important to his arc as a Status Quo Challenger, in how he both gets him to admit he would've done the same with going to great lengths for falin and how he challenges the canaries.

none of what he does is fully unique to him, all of the ways that he thinks are present in so many of the other characters, and the issue i have with fan response is how he's singled out in conversations like this because it's not just about one person, it's about everyone, it's about the system. the way he acts and thinks is just as understandable as any other character, and singling him out as the bad party here instead of the overarching themes that are present in everyone... is what disappoints me the most. there's about a million different layers to this conversation because kui is a genius with this stuff.

#dungeon meshi #shuro #toshiro nakamoto #i literally think he's justified in all the chimera stuff and clashing with laios but like #this is all the overarching discussion of stuff i think #and he really does care ... #he just fails to see how he can make a difference... #by the way i think a lot of the reason he is how he is #is because of how his mother figure was maizuru who wasn't just that #but his teacher!!! the person he looked up to the most was his teacher #especially when they both think his dad is a piece of shit...