#And I loved him

[teaboot]

I have to remind myself that my characters don't have to be tortured or dramatic to be interesting.

My first DND character was a balding, paunchy, post-middle-aged human man whose wife had just left him and whose kids had grown up and moved away.

He quit his menial job and decided to take up music, something he'd never been very good at that didn't pay the bills, and become a bard.

He was bad at it. Really, really bad. His instrument was shit and he'd never had any formal lessons. On top of that, he was pretty tone-deaf.

BUT. He could play very, very bad noises very, very loud.

On our first campaign, he was cornered by a sea dragon and had no weapons, but by making a loud, horrible noise, he was able to startle it badly enough to lose grasp of the boat.

After that, he used it to herd a small crowd of goblins into a trap by sounding far bigger and more numerous a foe.

He never got much better, but he did grow his confidence, and won the affection and respect of his companions, who grew to support him in ways nobody else had before.

I had to stop playing him for a while after that, but last I had him, he was developing an interest in color and flare and fashion that he'd never paid much attention to before.

He didn't lose weight, or grow his hair back, or magically become younger, but he felt brighter, lighter, like he had a new lease on life, like he had something to offer and maybe he deserved to have a bit of fun, now and then, with good company.

He began to wonder if that was what he was missing, before. If perhaps that was why his marriage had wasted away. A lack of drive, of hope, of pride and passion.

I don't know where he would have gone on from there. I don't know if I wanted him to reconnect with his kids, or his ex wife, or his home town. Part of me likes the idea of finding his own way- settling and becoming good friends with his ex, something platonic but warm and fond, and reaching out to his kids and being there for his grandkids and someday passing away bright and loud and loved of old age, asleep in his bed, to be celebrated after by the loudest funeral with the worst music played by the most awful musicians his community had to offer, loud and proud and full of good humor.

Maybe they'd throw a festival, after that. An annual one, with firecrackers and trumpets and clanging pots and pans to scare away the monsters like he did, the roaring hero who came into his own a little later than usual, but wondrously all the same.

A symbol to show that you don't have to bend and squish and contort yourself to fit the space you're in- you can find another space, one that's just your size, and exist there exactly as you are

#He started out as a joke and his name was Jeff Jefferson #He was scared of lizards and allergic to tree nuts #And I loved him #There was a bisexual realization subplot #It was glorious

[im-mr-loverman]

i was watching house md (what a shocker) s1ep16 and the fatphobia is... Damn. Like my face was like this 😬 the whole episode. I think it represents quite well how the medical staff usually tells you the source of your problems is always your weight if you are fat. I get it, its like 20 years ago fatphobia obviously is horrible but it was so normalized at the time, but like, dammit its awful, to be treated like that.

#house md #Hatecrimes md #Chase was a fucking dipshit #and i loved him #Dr house

[autisticnova]

actually ok real talk usm did sam DIRTY!!! there r so many opportunities to explore his character and how he acts as a person and instead they take rhe opportunity to spin it into a comic relief !! that’s not to say i hate usm sam because i Don’t i draw him 90% of the time and i think he’s such a little goober HOWEEVR i think how they did him is sick and twisted and reminds me a LOT of 2020’s champions, because they made the choice to turn him into a goofy idiot rather then a guy who actually cares about his friends. thank god they didn’t go THAT far in usm, he still cares about his team, and he gets more bearable in late s1-s2 but…

also it was criminal how as a nova enjoyer the writers decided to get lazy and chop him out along with most of the other ultimates for the excuse of madam web and space stuff. like it Makes Sense but also like if he was there during hydra island he would have totally fucking obliterated it ??????? and the writers didn’t want him to destroy another ship i Guess

#dee speaks #sorry. i’m like mega autistic abt sam alexander #oblitgatory read nova 2013 tag #obligatory read nova 2017 tag #usm sam alexander #usm nova #HE WAS GOOD #AND I LOVED HIM #BUT HE WASNT GOOD ENOIGH!!! #He may be my son but i have CRITIQUES

[lilcaesarssuper]

Spooky guy

I didn't watch Scott's afterlife pov but him≤3333

#afterlife smp #alsmp fanart #alsmp #alsmp scott #scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #vampire scott #he was a bitch #and i loved him

[doyouknowwhoyouare13]

him in the early seasons <33

#he's so <33333 #I remember when I saw him in gilmore girls #cause I had already seen some of supernatural #and his name was DEAN #and I thought that was hilarious #and I LOVED him #but then...yeah no #★nyx talks too much

[stevemartinluther]

his name was big cheese

#and I loved him #he followed me for so long #he saw me and flopped over #I just sat in the street to hang with him #it was a good time :-)

[docholligay]

“I mean, Sunny, it’s a port city that has struggled to reinvent itself in the day of increased air cargo and containerazation which led to the layoffs of dock workers, regeneration attempts attracting affluent tourism while leaving behind the very working-class people that made the music and art scene there possible.”

“So, fine?”

“Yeah, fine.”

#Doc watches Unforgotten #Unforgotten S1 E2 #full disclosure I've never been to liverpool and 90% of this is based on #a) the little I know #and B) talking to a neat guy who owned the little tiny 'coffee shop' #on Westray in the Orkneys that was DEFINITELY just a room off his house #and he DEFINITELY made my 'americano' in a nescafe machine #and i loved him #He was from Manchester and we talked about Manchester and Liverpool #and how I should never go there it's ruined now but I would like #Wales being a country girl have I been to Wales oh I think you'd like Wales #Can you ride a horse? Do you own a gun? #Sir I can hogtie a goat I am here to fulfill your cowgirl American fantasies #He was incredible and we talked for like an hour and a half because it was fucking freezing and I was waiting for my ferry #He loved American sportscars and I laughed and told him I love British sportscars #Full credit no one laughs like an Englishman when you refer to an English car as #'the most beautiful piece of shit taking up space in the garage' #Anyway he gave me my second 'americano' free and I bought a knit puffin for Jewlet

[literallyaflame]

my partner doesn’t use pet names nearly as much as i do, which is very funny because i will crack my gay little knuckles and say some shit like “good morning my sun and moon, my loveliest boy, my baby my sweetheart my darling dearest” and he will reply “hello adrian”

#this is not a bad thing. i love him

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

[suiheisen]

those!!! are!!! his!!!! tits!!! be gentle 👉👈

#i love how the series finds new and exciting ways to objectify him every chapter #dunmeshi is just one long wet fever dream… #laois touden #senshi of izganda #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #anime #manga #dungeon meshi spoilers #spoilers #also as the server said: #congrats on the top surgery babe <3333 #ryoko kui said: #trans rights #\m/

[lucdoodle]

thought that one Alastor scene would look cool in comic lettering, so i drew this

#i almost can't believe it's only my first time drawing adam #despite him being one of my fav character #he's such an asshole i love him your honor #the last panel is really a 2 seconds before disaster kinda thing aiugzhekjiu #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel #alastor #adam #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel adam #comic #myart

[kavaleyre]

• The Hanged Man •

“Compared to what Falin went through? This is nothing.”

#my art #laios touden #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi laios #hanged man #falin touden #dungeon meshi spoilers #cw blood #walk it off kid walk it off #I really thought hanged man was a good choice for this moment #hanged man is all about sacrifice and introspection and intuition #and a moment of trials that lead to clarity #also when he was falling??? with the blood out of the dragons mouth??? #stunning #i love him so much #the line art for this was so fast and then I colored and revolted the flats for like. 20 hours #like how it turned out in the end tho #kavaleyre

[beesleeps]

#dungeon meshi #laios touden #i just love him so much

[whitealbum]

#i love him so much #kyle maclachlan ribs edit when?

[vamprisms]

minos was such a pussy. if my wife gave birth to an epic minotaur baby i wouldn't have locked him in a labyrinth. i would have taken him to the mcdonalds play place (athens) every day and let him eat as many stray mcnuggets (athenians) off the floor as he wanted. i love you hungry son

#rip to minos but i would have loved him. #what nutting scorpions does 2 ur attitude i guess

[bleucalire]

Smitten, I believe ✨

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #animation #my animation #my art #i love him sm guuuyyyss