#'HYPERFIXATION' WILL NOT COVER IT

[elialys]

i am trying so hard not to give in & rewatch fringe omg

#IT'S BEEN LITERAL YEARS #'HYPERFIXATION' WILL NOT COVER IT #I'M GONNA BE A MAD WOMAN #I CAN'T HIDE IN THIS RIGHT NOW #i can tell anna's reappearance is causing people to watch fringe #i'm getting more comments on my fics than i have in years

[elitadream]

So I was watching a walkthrough of Super Mario Odyssey earlier today, and one scene in particular really caught my attention. When our hero temporarily takes over Bowser's mind with the help of Cappy to escape the crumbling level with Peach, we see how he almost becomes him in a way. And this gave me an idea. 

What if Bowser intentionally switched bodies with Mario? What if, aided by Kamek's dark magic, the Koopa King found a way to impersonate his enemy in an attempt to discard him for good and rule over the Mushroom Kingdom in a more insidious, calculated way? 

Would Peach still recognize her dear friend somehow?...

A personal take on the classic "Beauty and the Beast" genre. 😉

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Now with a part 2!! (sort of x3) 

#I finally get around to drawing Bowser and it's not even him ARFLKFJHS #Oh well 😅 #next time maybe #my current hyperfixation is just too strong #I swear I can't help it 😭 #Mario #Princess Peach #mareach #deceiving looks #don't judge a book by its cover #the heart is what makes someone who they really are ❤️ #Super Mario Bros #fanart

[badanaday]

inuyasha cover redraw 💕 (they were the blueprint fr….)

#inuyasha #kagome #inukag #rumiko takahashi #inuyasha manga #inuyasha fanart #this cover was so cute omg #rumikos work is my comfort stuff fr and I’m back in my hyperfixation era #my art

[mothgravez]

sanest jokedrawing

#my art #limbus company #hong lu lcb #ryoshu lcb #can be considered #ryolu #if you care #i am very silly for that #also i know ive redraw this cover twice but SHUSH #i have to mix hyperfixations and i am not sorry ok #mothgravez

[tmcsartstuff]

Crime hat AND…

MY HUSKERDUST SKETCHBOOK COVER!!!! WOOO

considering they’re basically all I’ve drawn in this sketchbook I thought a cover themed on them would be fitting

#my art #hazbin hotel #art #fanart #huskerdust #traditonal art #sketchbook art #sketchbook #Sketchbook cover #hazbin hotel doodles #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel husk #I’m so hyperfixated #I made husk’s head too big oopsie poopsie

[hidedino]

since fit has hinted at leaving the main island/taking a break (judging by his insistence to see ramón today before everything happens), i'm really hoping that he'll at least leave something for pac, even if it's just a verbal message to rely to him, because i'm not sure how i'd cope with pac coming back and having no idea where fit had disappeared to, walking around the island asking everybody and nobody being able to supply any information.

i mean, it is going to be interesting to see this kind of situation from pac's point of view since fit has been subjected to it multiple times at different levels of his and pac's relationship dynamic. but that doesn't mean i'm going to be able to cope with it, especially if it lasts longer than just a few days.

#and we aren't even going to have any new clip compilations since the next one covers their last day together #so it's really several days without fitpac #i'm hyperfixated how do i fill the void in my heart now? #fitpac #hideduo #qsmp hideduo #dino.thoughts #qsmp

[coldpressedhoney]

k-kata-miku…

#katamari damacy #hatsune miku #vocaloid #katamari #fanart #illustration #doodle #my two hyperfixations in one #i found a katamari cover album using mikus voice bank this morning and it made me so happy #inspired me as you can see

[untilyouremember]

Firefly Wedding

Available digitally through Comikey

#hes so unhinged #me too baby #i am too mentally unstable for this #can you believe i SIMP #FOR THIS? #mans is covered in blood #firefly wedding #tachibana oreco #tw: blood #psychopath (affectionate) #romance #historical #screencaps #manga recommendation #manga panel #hotaru no yomeiri #josei #yandere #manga #fyres hyperfixations

[pinkeoni]

More Willel Mirroring: Textual vs. Subtextual Abuse

So not only do Will and El's mirrored storylines reveal ideas about sexuality, but they also present an interesting narrative about the different facets of child abuse.

Also, for this post I think I want to just want to focus on season one. There is absolutely subtext for abuse across the other seasons, but since the first season was written to hold on its own, it does create an interesting self contained story about child abuse.

TW for discussion of child abuse

This time around I am probably going to be focusing on Will more than El, because Will's abuse lies more in subtext whereas El lies more on the surface. And there are layers of metaphor and subtext for both instances, which I touch on in my sexuality longpost, although it is much easier to point to El's story and say "she is being abused." After all, this is what happens in the show as well.

The age and lived experiences of the characters does impact their perception, however.

An adult like Benny is able to look at El and understand that she's likely been abused, but young boys like the party who don't know any better think she's crazy. Regardless, it's obvious with El, a little girl with a shaved head who doesn't say much with no sense of privacy that something is wrong with her.

I think that Will and El's storylines are meant to represent invisible versus visible abuse, thus El's abuse is textual while Will's abuse storyline is subtextual. With El, it's hard for her to hide her abuse. As for Will, it's much more concealed. In Jonathan's words—

"He's good at hiding."

The inclusion of this line is part of what points towards Will's abuse. It postulates a couple of questions— why is Will good at hiding and what was he hiding from? Furthermore, I think this line plays into the idea of Will's abuse being hidden. You can't tell just by looking at him that he's been abused, at least from what we see of him in the show. And when you look at his story from a surface level, you may not catch on to this.

Gleaning subtext from Will's flashbacks

El and Will are the two characters that we get flashbacks for, and for both we see what their differing home lives are like. El is being treated like a weapon in the lab by Papa, and Will shares some wholesome moments with Joyce and Jonathan.

Because Will is not presently on screen for much of season one, so a lot of his characterization has to be delivered through flashbacks. Within these flashbacks, there is a lot that can be gleaned from just below the surface that points toward Will being abused.

Lonnie may not be on screen for any of these flashbacks. But if you look closely, his presence is definitely felt.

Flashback #1) Castle Byers

First off, Castle Byers itself— the fact that it exists, and the fact that it's so far away from the Byers' house.

We aren't given an exact location for Castle Byers, other than it's in the woods behind their house. But it's not in their backyard, that's for sure. We also get a comment about Castle Byers from Jonathan later in the season, stating that it's his hiding spot. Why would Will need a safe space and hiding spot outside of his home?

Furthermore, Castle Byers is password protected, with a big sign in the front that reads ALL FRIENDS WELCOME in big letters. Is it not hard for one to infer that Castle Byers is meant to keep something out? Something not a friend?

More from this flashback, we know that Will used to be scared often to the point of having nightmares for a week.

"Anymore" implying that he did used to get scared in the past tense. Had Will just said "I don't get scared like that." it would have a different meaning. The "anymore" is an important inclusion. Will used to be very scared of something when he was younger, but not anymore.

Flashback #2) Should I Stay or Should I Go

The second flashback mentions Lonnie more explicitly, when we hear Joyce arguing with him over the phone over not showing for visitation. Perhaps the mention of him here is meant to subconsciously tie him to the other flashbacks?

This flashback also provides heavy subtext surrounding Will's sexuality, using this line from Jonathan.

I think it’s very likely that Lonnie was abusing Will because of his sexuality. We already have confirmation that he was verbally bullying him for it from Joyce.

Flashback #3) Will the Wise

Will the Wise was introduced in the first scene of the show, but this moment shows that Will the Wise is more than just a DnD character to Will. He’s something he goes to in search of comfort.

In this moment where Will is drawing him, we see that Will seems a little somber. Drawing can be fun, but it’s also a tool that Will can use to express his emotions, both good and bad. More specifically, Will the Wise is fighting bad guys.

Could these bad guys just be referring to Troy and his gang? Or someone else?

The thing about all three of these flashbacks is that they sneakily hide their subtext behind more pertinent pieces of information.

We are introduced to Castle Byers which becomes an important set piece. We are also shown that Will has a safe space outside of his home and used to get nightmares.

We are introduced to Jonathan’s distaste of Lonnie and also given clues about Will’s sexuality.

Will’s drawing becomes a plot point later (used to discern El from Will) but we are also shown that Will’s has a persona which he uses to fight “bad guys.”

The Upside Down as Subtext

Here's the main point I wanna make that took too long to get to, the Upside Down is used to deliver subtext about Will's past abuse.

But isn't Will being actually being tormented by Vecna in the Upside Down? Well I think it's both. Yes Will is literally being hunted by Vecna, and at the same time it's metaphorical for Will's abuse by Lonnie. Some things have a dual-purpose.

We know that the Upside Down is a dark mirror of Hawkins. For most of his time there, at least from what we see, he stays in or around his home.

Will is, quite literally, in danger inside of his own home.

Here.

R-I-G-H-T H-E-R-E. Right here.

My most solid piece of evidence that backs this is this moment where Will tells Joyce "Mom, it's coming!" and the following Byers House scene we see is Lonnie pulling up to the house.

Additionally, we do not see any attempts from Will to contact Joyce while Lonnie is there, along with Lonnie hammering over the hole in the wall and taking down the lights he was using to communicate. Lonnie's presence literally silences him.

Does Joyce know?

Joyce's comments in the sheriff's office suggests that she is aware of Lonnie's homophobic bullying, I think that just like the Upside Down, the extent of Lonnie's abuse is something that she doesn't fully understand. But she does want to.

Understanding does require communication from Will. And unfortunately for Joyce—

—he's good at hiding.

Evidence from future seasons does lead me to believe that Will forgot some of these traumatic memories, although if I were looking at season one on it's own, I would say that Will is hiding his past abuse.

If anything, Will was likely hiding this abuse as it was happening.

#shorter than a usual longpost cause ive touched on some similar points in other posts and felt like i needed less to get my main point acros #willel #will byers #el hopper #lonnie byers #tw lonnie byers #tw child abuse #longpost #ik that this is mostly stuff ive said before but listen. the will byers hyperfixation never dies. #i cant rest until ive covered every single little part of his life. okay

[haunter-geist]

For some reason I love drawing him zooted or miserable looking.

#Got sucked back into older hyperfix once again #Drew these in the dim light of the car light with blankets covering the windows #And with watered down acrylics and colored pencils and a desk pen #Was fun though #Listened to nirvana while drawing these and honestly dsaf plus nirvana is a great combo #Dsaf #Dsaf 1 #Dsaf 2 #Dsaf 3 #Dayshift at freddy's #Dayshift at freddys #Traditional art #dsaf jack

[spicyicymeloncat]

WINX

I love drawing these kids over and over because they are so fashion tm!! Maybe I’ll do their fairy designs later

Unfiltered colours under cut

#if you remembered that I said I was going to post Ninjago ocs next then like I’m sorry #i don’t choose the hyperfixation the hyperfixation chooses me #these drawings are supposed to be pre character development outfits #so bloom wears a lot of comfy and casual clothes that reflect how she feels incredibly ordinary in a strange new world #Stella has brighter colours and covered in jewellery bc she’s in her rich girl era #but as time goes on I like to think she and bloom blend their styles together more #Stella starts going a bit more casual bc she doesn’t feel like she has to dress to impress as much and she can just be herself #and bloom starts to embrace magix with confidence and shows off more #also Aisha’s fit is from when she literally was on the run from home #she’s dressed to run but later on she gets to dress in comfier stuff because she feels more safe #the fact that she’s on the run is also why she looks more panicked #winx #art #design #winx club #winx redesign #fanart #digital art

[snailvibes]

Hi chat please ignore me in these trying times while I’m fixating on a game series that’s been dead for 7 years ty🫶

#specifically these two occupying my brain #I’m trying to be less embarrassed about this of all things being my current hyperfixation so I can post about it more😭 #anyways yeah LESBIANS RAHHHHHHH #mcsm #Minecraft storymode #Minecraft story mode #Jesse #Petra #Jesstra #jesse x petra #Petra x Jesse #female jesse #gotta cover all my bases🔥

[abluehappyface]

Time for the third part to the Futo mini-takeover! It's Casino time! This is one of those Casino Cover that end up sounding just a teeny bit sinister for some reason. I don't think I like it as much as my Village Cover of this theme, but it's not bad. What do you think would happen if Futo were to suddenly just appear in a modern casino lol

#bluey's music #bluey's mini-takeovers #bluey's nonsense #bluey's birhtday posts #bluey's casino covers #bluey's hyperfixations #bluey's fun posts! #bluey's songs #bluey's audios #bluey's instrumentals #bluey's touhou resounds #bluey's resounds #touhou #mononobe no futo #futo no mononobe #touhou futo #touhou project #post-komachi era #abluehappyface

[afamiliarpealoflaughter]

the witcher characters as tumblr posts part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

#*crawls out of my stranger things hyperfixation covered in blood* sup guys what did i miss #the witcher #geralt of rivia #yennefer of vengerberg #cirilla fiona elen riannon #emiel regis #avallac'h #triss merigold #vernon roche #tw3 #the witcher 3

[the-ace-of-fools]

#the elder scrolls #tes skyrim #tesblr #tes ocs #miraak #he is there if you squint lmao #anyway. saw a really good miraak portrait recently #it was done in a realistic style which... essentially inspired me to do this whole thing more or less realistically #it started out as a iueleai portrait #solinar just sorta... ended up here too lol #their designs are slightly different here (a lot more detailed) than what i usually do because... #because why not %) #the hyperfixation is real with this one tbh #gods i need to learn to control myself when it comes to details lmao #this is as close as it gets for now to ahst dinoksetiid cover art #and it's so... so deeply funny to me that silvarin isn't even here #my poor abandoned son #i will draw him properly someday. someday

[spoonicksmaximus]

Hey, @starrjoy! I don't normally post my music junk on tumblr, but I felt like playin' around and making a theme track for Pandora's AU. It's a rush job admittedly, but I hope you like it nonetheless!

#pandora au #sonic the hedgehog #original music #chiptune #music box #dang it's already 5am #why must i hyperfixate on one random task #also i don't post my music anywhere #only i get to enjoy my chiptune covers #but I made this piece specifically FOR Pandora's AU so #tis an exception