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Today I learned 3D animation is a horror show outside the camera's field of view.

#encanto #films #animation #animators #perspective

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still trying to find a mock-animation look

#tf2 #art

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love birds💞

#tf2 #art #birds

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I just thought if all mercs turned into animals, Archimedes would be the only pigeon who recognized his owner in medic

#tf2 #art #birds

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Mistakes of his youth not only rose again, but were in full bloom.

illustration to my fic (https://archiveofourown.org/works/46785685)

#tf2 #art #fanfics

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Lemme ‘splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up.

#nancy drew #meme joke

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#nancy drew #meme joke

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Nancy: Why are you sending me these messages?

The Revenant caller:

#nancy drew #meme joke

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Get offfff my roofffff, peasant.

#nancy drew #meme joke #birds

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Okay, from the first time I played CRY, as a kid, this bothered me. It still bothers me.

Did I have to make a dramatic video about it? Absolutely, I did.

#nancy drew #meme joke #editing #videos

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Now we know how Taylor Sinclair got away with all those thefts

#nancy drew #meme joke

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I just remembered that I have a copy of a series bible for Nancy in the 90s (Files) and of course I'm reading the entry for describing Ned's character

and then I notice something

what's that? you may ask

in the exact center of the paragraph?

Don't write Ned off as the poster boy for

#nancy drew #storytelling #concept

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The reblog addition also reminded me of a part in the TF2 comic (The Contract) where Saxton Hale shows Miss Pauling that the door to his weapons room uses a punch-based lock (you have to punch it with a certain amount of pounds of pressure per square inch). We don't know if it's just a Saxton Hale thing, or if these types of locks are common in Australia (in the TF2 universe). If it was common, that infers that Sniper would have had trouble using day-to-day technology before he joined RED and BLU.

I also like that Sniper's backstory can be read as queer coded. On a literal (canon) level, Sniper's backstory is an adoption story. Also an immigration story: The part about Sniper crash-landing on his parent's farm in a rocket as a baby is basically a reference to Superman's backstory, which in multiple adaptations has been framed as an immigration story (if it feels familiar to the beginning of the film Megamind, it's because Megamind also used it as an homage to Superman). And canonically, Sniper's place of birth is New Zealand, and his citizenship is Australian. Then when Sniper talks about always feeling different from the people around him and not fitting in with his peers, you can also read it as queer coded because while it's not explicit (in the canon), the experience Sniper is feeling can feel relatable to some queer experiences (I say "some" because there isn't really a "universal queer experience" despite people's experiences sharing overlaps and similarities--it differs between individuals, and things like historic context affects it).

I think that Sniper's backstory was also part of why he was so quick to want to refer to this biological parents as his "real parents." It wasn't just him not having enough time to fully recover from finding out his parents had kept his adoption a secret from him (he probably felt a lot of betrayal from it, while he was grieving them). It was wanting to connect with someone who could possibly understand these parts of him that his peers in Australia found as different.

And, while I'm 90% sure this plot thread would have been resolved if we ever got the final comic issue (cries), this is kinda a pet peeve I have whenever I see TF2 videos where Sniper's biological parents are called "Sniper's real parents." Because it turned out that his biological parents were not his "real" parents, despite Sniper's words.

And that mistake cost Sniper two bullets in through the chest.

You know, I don't see a lot of people talking about this moment in the TF2 comics right here, seconds after Sniper realizes he's actually from New Zealand. Does anyone else think about how freaking insecure Sniper must have been growing up?

I know it has a somewhat comedic tone but I can't help but think about poor Sniper as a kid wondering why he was so different but never knowing why. With other Aussies being huge and muscular he must have thought something was wrong with him. And I feel like you can actually see the relief on his face in the bottom panel.

Also, side note, I love the bit about him throwing rocks from a tree which absolutely foreshadows his future as a sniper. His whole thing is shooting people from far away because he was never built to go on the offensive.

#tf2 #spoilers #storytelling #character development

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(Trying out my polling privileges with my first ever Tumblr poll.)

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #poll #my text #essay

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James Somerton trying to remake himself as a TikTok creator has kinda shaken me a little because it makes me realise that he won't allow us to just forget about him and move on 100%. It's like that rain cloud in the distance you always have to be aware about while you're having a picnic. I mean, it's already hard to move on if he's taken your money, or taken your words (and very personal ones--your perspective, thoughts, and life experiences as a queer person). But now it feels like we have to remain vigilant about wondering if this new faceless queer essayist or that new queer anon creator is secretly James Somerton with an AI face or a modified voice or an animated avatar. He's not good at hiding his face, but if you're a young queer person, or questioning person, or even just a person who is interested in queer essays and didn't watch Hbomberguy's video, you could be pulled into a rebranded James Somerton circle. You could form a bond and a community with similar folks (not in the know) in a Discord server controlled by Somerton. You could hear his stolen words and mistake them as his own, and think him a knowledgeable person. Which can lead you to then listen to his misinformation and misogynist views nestled between it. You could listen to his claims that a smaller creator is threatening him and try to defend him. Starting the cycle over again. And that's a scary thought.

Like, you can just wanna write gay essays and post them online and do your own thing, and then a bunch of people accuse you of stealing from him because people noticed similarities and assumed you're the plagiarist because he has a significant following again under a different name from farming off of others and gaining followers who weren't warned.

#james somerton #james of telos #my text

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young scout mom because I saw a cool wig on pinterest ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

#tf2 #art

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#cats #meme joke