#Because i couldn't answer something

[canisalbus]

How do you find pose references for all those gorgeous and cute and aaaaaaa drawings. H o w. Where. (<-from someone struggling to draw characters interacting)

(if you don't use references, take it as a compliment to your godly anatomy and posing skills)

I don't really use references for poses that much. I'm not sure how to explain this without sounding weird but when I'm about to draw something, I visualize it in my mind, and when it's character art I sort of see them as 3D models that can be posed and rotated. And I just sort of try to replicate that on paper, sometimes it's easy and sometimes it doesn't work out at all (a good reminder that when you browse someone's art, you usually only see the pieces that the artist is at least passably proud of, not the piles of failed projects that went nowhere).

#when I use references it's usually for very specific poses and gestures that I'm not familiar with #if I were to draw someone shooting a crossbow or tap dancing or weaving on a loom #I'd have to look up references because you can only do those actions in a particular way or it doesn't look right #and I have no clear visual memory of what that action looks like #but if it's a common general casual everyday pose like a guy sitting or lying down in a way or another #you can draw that in so many different ways you can just position them however you want and it will look believable #and a lot of my poses are general everyday poses #I dunno that's how it works for me #definitely use references if you're unsure or drawing something you've never drawn before #but once you get sorta comfortable I personally feel like it's a lot more fun and interesting to draw from memory and imagination #this got rambly and I'm sorry I couldn't direct you to a pose reference databank of some kind I know they exist but I've never used them #answered #anonymous

[carlyraejepsans]

Do you have beef/opinions on finaglc? Asked bc of tags from a few days ago. It’s been years since I read that one…i remember it being A Lot but that’s about it.

you ever read some really wack papyrus characterization where you don't even need to check the author's other works cuz you just Know they write f0ntcest

#can't even explain it in words. it just reeks of it #it does Not get his low empathy autistic swag. and the flowey Character is really bad too from what I've seen #literally couldn't get past the first chapters because of how ooc it was #but everyone and their mom parades it around as THEE ut fic if all time #every day i am reminded of how most people in fandom genuinely can't distinguish between something being ''edgy'' & something being ''deep'' #anyway papyrus would hear flowey's death story and essentially go ''UH OH. SKILL ISSUE. YOU SHOULD COME TRAIN WITH UNDYNE AND I!!'' #''DID YOU TRY DODGING THEIR BULLET PATTERNS WITH YOUR SOUL? IT'S SUPER DUPER EASY LET ME SHOW YOU'' #answered asks #biscia hater moment

[coquelicoq]

i've been dying for a poll option ever since i saw my followers' answers to that text post from february 2022 asking people whether they pronounce beloved as "be-lov-ed" or "be-loved". many people were emphatic about only using one option, and many others use both but were not always able to articulate when they use 2 syllables vs. 3. so out of the goodness of my heart and my insatiable lust for knowledge i have gone through the notes on that post and written down some likely contenders! you're welcome!!!!

BEFORE YOU ANSWER! think about how you would pronounce beloved in the following syntactic contexts:

noun, talking directly to the beloved: hey there beloved

noun, talking about rather than to the beloved: my beloved lives in a pineapple under the sea

adjective in a noun phrase: my beloved x lives in a pineapple under the sea

verb participle: x is beloved by y

okay poll time! there are no wrong answers!! and apologies in advance if i didn't capture your truth, i only had 10 options and life is a rich tapestry!!

#oh man i could have easily come up with another 5-8 options but they cap you at 10. which is probably a good thing #one person said they say 'my be-lov-ed x' but 'my much be-loved x'. the only difference being the 'much'. couldn't fit that one on here #someone else said they use 3 syllables in a possessive noun phrase (my be-lov-ed x) but 2 if it's not possessive (the be-loved x) #one person said it depends on whether it's past or present & i wasn't exactly sure what that meant. 'x is beloved' vs. 'x was beloved'? #i also think there's likely a distinction for some people between 'x was beloved' and 'x was beloved by y' but couldn't get into that #oh and then there's 'beloved by' vs. 'beloved of' #and since some of these are syntactic distinctions and some are semantic or otherwise i'm sure there's a whole matrix of combinations #like '3-syll noun if it's a person but 2 if it's a thing. 2-syll adjective/verb participle for both people and things' #that was beyond the scope of this poll lol #but mostly why i'm so curious is because people will very emphatically say something that might not mean what they think it means #like for instance i got the impression that at least some of the people saying 'be-lov-ed when i'm talking to them‚ be-loved when i'm #talking about them' actually mean they use be-lov-ed as a noun and be-loved otherwise #and some of the people saying 'always 2 syllables' probably have exceptions that they weren't thinking of at the moment #in particular 'dearly beloved' #and i'm very curious to know if 3-syllable people still use 3 syllables in the construction 'he was beloved by all' #so i think people's answers might change when given a list of more detailed options #fun with pronunciation #prosody #my posts #also i stressed for so long about what to call beloved in the 'x is beloved by y' construction #but settled on verb participle because i think it's fairly descriptive and accurate #so hopefully that's not too confusing? like it is a verb participle but for a verb that doesn't exist anymore (other than the participle)? #and even in 'my beloved x' beloved is a verb participle being used as an adjective if you're thinking more etymologically #but a lot of people were distinguishing 'be-loved as a verb' from other forms and i assume what they meant by that was 'x is beloved'

[leixinyus]

#lee jae wook #jung so min #alchemy of souls #korean drama #manydramagifs #kdramaedit #alchemyofhugs #well this was a laughingly short gif series lmao #i just didn't continue the show after this and couldn't be bothered to skim through the episodes for the hugs #but yeah. their hugs were pretty nice ngl #the number one thing that made them so special even within the whole kdrama scene #was the lack of the hesitation in the physical intimacy #like sure jang uk hesitates for a while before answering to mudeok's hugs #but it's always for emotional reasons and not because there's a physical barrier between them #he's not hesitant to touch her lest he oversteps #and obviously consent is incredibly important. like. don't go touching people without their consent. #i just think that the ease of physical closeness that these two had is really rare in kdramas #specifically between opposite sexes #so it just brought an extra something to their hugs

[trans-cuchulainn]

i'm sorry i'm not being fun enough on my personal blog which is the only place on the internet i get to just be a person and not have to be professional because it's the only place my colleagues and employers don't follow me but also i'm not sorry because sometimes being grumpy is part of being human and i'm so goddamn tired of having to perform perfection on the internet

#personal #like. yeah. on a good day i would have given a longer and more thoughtful response to the arthuriana ask #but also sometimes you hit a point where you're like. i've said this. i've written this post. it's in the tag already #i don't know what more people want from me that i haven't already given. i can't keep writing the same essays again #i'm not mad at the asker but i also can't do Free Academia On Demand at all times you know? #particularly when arthuriana isn't even my area of research specialism #i am pretty much always happy to answer ulster cycle asks because i always learn something from researching the answers #(or i already know the answers so they're very easy) #but stuff outside of that just feels like work after a while and sometimes i do not have the spoons #i am very glad of cicelythereaper's response. i recommend reading that one. #i'm sorry i couldn't be the one to give it on this occasion but lads. i am so fucking tired #i have so many jobs i have so many chronic illnesses i am so behind on everything in my life

[kiose]

9 Fav Characters! Thanks to @chimchiri for taggin me in this, it was a real fun to do

Choosing only nine was becoming hard enough so I limited myself to one character per franchise (and then I struggled choosing a SINGLE Fire Emblem character, also, why do I like series that have so many characters?)

Dunno who to tag for this, I'm tagging some people I'd like it to do it but no pressure BUT if you're reading this, are not tagged, and wanna do it, pls do and tag me so we can compare favs (or even if we have any in common we can chat about 'em) @hijirai @ratstuckinamarble @wolfie1991 @nopantsparade @23deecy @ink-sound

Names and series for each chara under the cut

They're not in any particular order, I just placed the pics in a way that felt like it looked cool :P from left to right we got:

1. Ariane Yeong - Signalis 2. Glimmer - SheRa 3. Rebecca Chambers - Resident Evil 4. R.Dash - My Little Pony 5. Brigitte Lindholm - Overwatch 6. Jill Fizzart - Fire Emblem 7. Alphonse Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist 8. Harley - Sleepless Domain 9. Sakura Kasugano - Street Fighter

#i deliberately skipped most of the characters i have a crush on cause i dont want people to find the pattern #ther IS a pattern and some friends have noticed and bully me for it haha #I felt like I left out characters I do like a lot because I couldn't decide on a single character from their franchise...like touhou #also...there are so many fire emblem characters that would have made the list...but the list would have ended being half fire emblem #Jill only won her spot cause she was my first fav ever...and she and her game kinda kickstarted the Fire Emblem love so she had to represen #tag game #Thanks again Chim! #if ya wanna send asks or comment about the characters in here feel free to do that too #I got some asks to answer and I'm getting ready to formally open commissions #so be in the lookout for that if it sounds like something that might interest ya

[amethystina]

@sofapup17 asked for the link to my Who Holds the Devil playlist and I figured more of you might be interested, so here it is.

As the description says, it's not exactly a soundtrack but rather a collection of songs with suitable vibes and lyrics. And by "suitable vibes" I mean pretty dramatic, often heartbreaking, occasionally sweet, kinda sexy, vaguely desperate, and, of course, just a tiny bit dangerous. And yes, some of the songs are connected to specific events that already have or will happen in the fic ;)

More songs might be added as I find them and they're in no particular order for the time being.

And, before anyone asks: No, there is not a single song by GOT7 on there at the time of writing, mainly because I haven't actually listened to them x'D (well, yet. I'll get to it eventually >_> )

SO YEAH. Enjoy?

#Amethystina Writes #Who Holds the Devil #The Devil Judge #I have no idea how to make playlists #Can you tell? #Like #Is there something specific I have to do to make it A Playlist? #Because if there is I sure as hell haven't x'D #It's literally just a collection of songs #I actually tried to limit it to one song per artist first #But then I came to MONSTA X and couldn't possibly choose #How the hell do you pick between Mercy or Addicted or Wildfire? #When the goal is to make things as sexy and desperate as possible? #The answer is that you don't #You add all three #And after that I added multiple songs by other artists too xD #It's all MONSTA X's fault #Spotify

[vroomian]

Ollie's an absolute heartthrob. Especially with the short hair. And super built, I am swooning! She popular in Hell?

oh there were a few moments in the beginning where she had to fend off Val's offers for a job. Unfortunately for him, Ollie is a homebody who stays in her workshop, and has her maid/assistant Thea do her outside errands.

(I'm thinking despite her appearance Ollie is actually a very gifted technomancer/artificer. She can fix or create just about anything with enough time. which is how Alastor and her meet at first!

someone's gotta fix his microphone after all!)

Ollie's actually very intimidating to most demons, just from her size and build. But yeah she is verrrry popular, especially with the ladies lol.

#she was a mechanic and engineer in her life #plus she was somehow sent to the wrong universe's after life??? she's pretty sure??? everyone's got four fingers not five??? #also toying with making her something of an earthbender #but she's got crazy strength and hella defense and she can make the ground swallow you whole #so you can see why i was going hmmm mary sue??? but then i stopped caring because competency is sexy #also why would alastor be interested in someone who /couldn't/ crush the v tower with a single motion???? #i am. tired. of the weak little prey animal oc for pairing with him unfortunately. #you've got questions we've got answers #any listening animal

[swear2g-d]

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#oversharing on the internet again hello #miserable because today my therapist decided to ask if i ever wanted kids and like. the answer is yes but i'm so terrified #of becoming my mother that i would never in a million years actually do it #i love kids i want them but if i'm anything like my mom... i couldn't do that. #and her response was the standard 'well if you're self aware enough to know your fears then you can work past them blah blah blah' but like #i would never chance that?? if my kids had my childhood 2.0 i would never forgive myself #i know she's right it's probably something to work past but i've already resigned myself to a childless life #& i have a sneaking suspicion that i'm infertile anyway so it doesn't even matter #i'm only 24 it's not like this is a pressing issue #is it standard practice to ask people with parental issues where they stand on having kids #all of my therapists have asked

[katinkulta]

someone could say I did this to myself but I'm blaming everyone else!

#long story short uni studies came to bite me in the ass something something changed courses blablablabla I was informed in november but... #...couldn't be arsed to look into it and now I've come back to tumblr after a mental breakdown over this shit #there was crying there was sobbing there was fear of never getting my degree because I'm falling apart 👍 #dw though I've finally emailed someone about it and now I just have to wait for an answer

[saturncoyote]

Had to draw our Iterator ocs meeting

I think their first meeting went great :-) we should totally set another playdate, what about friday ?

#saturn speaks #making them sniff each other through the door first #ALSO I SAW YOUR OTHER ASK #I JUST DIDN'T GET TO ANSWER IT because i wanted to draw a little something for it but i couldn't think of anything :-( #i hope this suffices ! your iterator was very fun to draw #i like their big eyeballs :-)

[13eyond13]

Sometimes I still think about how sweet it was when that anon checked on me last year when I was posting overly dark jokes. Thank you whoever you were, that was kind

#i am so much better now but last year was a bad one for me #there was a time in the fall where i literally couldn't get out of bed just because it felt pointless #anyway my mom also forced me to make a doctors appointment and luckily my doctor is super kind and got me on a good medication #but it also was just from stuff like losing my job struggling in school and going through the hurricane etc #im just so glad that i was pushed through that by concerned folks because im enjoying life much better now and that wasnt that long ago #anyway if you're struggling badly right now pls know its not hopeless #reach out for the help youre given and try to see yourself as worth it to fight for #take it little steps at a time #celebrate the small victories like having a shower or taking a walk or answering a call #the best thing for me other than the doctor was just finding ways to be around other people more #instead of feeling defeated i had to think of ways i could fix the loneliness that was affecting me so much #i had to get proactive like i started volunteering and started a book club etc #also i just made myself be very honest with the friends i already had about my struggles and it helps with feeling closer to them #and less alone in it all #because its not that uncommon to have those kinds of struggles and it helps other people open up about their own or just know how you are #the hardest things to do were the most rewarding things in the end #volunteering gave me a reason to get out of the house meeting new people and trying new things and feeling good about myself and #i had to remind myself that i was able to offer things of value and that other people like having me around actually #like the book club is something my friend group looks forward to so much and made new friends through and i started that! #even though i was nervous about it and didnt know if theyd like it at all #other people need you just as much as you need them and thats the truth bby #p

[mishkakagehishka]

And we know Suzu was adopted and we know Mika will meet her (or has met her, looking from EnGirls pov). Do you think he ever feels envy. Or perhaps resentment.

Do you think he's envious of the fact that she got adopted and he didn't. Do you think he ever thinks about the fact that they both have mismatched eyes, which he'd always blamed for his being abandoned, yet she was adopted. What will he blame now? Is there something inherently wrong with him? How come his twin was wanted, and he wasn't? He's spent years blaming one (1) thing about himself for it, but considering she shares that trait, it must be something else that's wrong with him. Do you ever think about Mika desperate to find some sort of logical explanation for the fact that he was abandoned. His own form of "closure". Do you think he said that he never tried to find parents because he projected his abandonment issues and didn't want to "abandon" the kids he was in charge of taking care of, or do you think it was his defence. His way of saying, "It's not that nobody wants me - it's that I don't want to be adopted". His way of protecting his feelings. Anyway-

#i just like thinking of Mika overcome with negative feelings and anger #i like thinking about him desperate and grieving his child self. #i like thinking about him meeting Suzu and realising she was adopted ''despite'' the weird eyes. so obviously that wasn't the reason why he #wasn't adopted. so what is it? go on Mishka. find what it is that's inherently wrong with you. find an explanation for why you were #abandoned because your fragile lil heart just can't handle the idea of ''your parents just didn't want you''. there must be a valid reason #right? ... i esp love the idea of their parents being dead or otherwise they can't contact them #better yet - they don't /want to/ be contacted. Mika could ask them himself - but they're not answering emails nor letters #even now that he's a famous idol - when he could be the perfect son - when he's found them. they still want nothing to do with him #not even to grace him with an answer to the simplest question ''why?'' - not even to lie and say something like ''we couldn't afford to #raise you'' or something like that. or did you guys think i only like physically torturing mika? #ensemble stars #angst #i guess i'll tag it like that #mika kagehira

[nightmarecountry]

🐈 [ “You think I look good in white?” He turns away from the mirror dressed in the Corinthian’s suit.]

"But of course." An honest response: Severen does look good in his nightmare's colours, if only because they are his nightmare's colours. The Corinthian watches him, leaning in the bedroom doorway as Severen turns from the mirror. The nightmare is freshly-showered, clean, smelling of nothing but itself: pure dreamstuff and the subtle flavours of threat and allure that it exudes to all observers. Around its waist is a thick, white, and excruciatingly expensive towel. One of its hands rests at its waist, idly fidgeting with a stray thread.

Another of Severen's idiosyncrasies rubbing off on him.

"It suits you."

There are no sunglasses to hide the pleased, hungry smiles his eyes watch Severen with--nor the possessive thrill that winds through their ineffable connection, the nightmare enjoying this despite his general dislike for anyone touching his things.

It doesn't quite feel like someone else touching his possessions--more like another part of himself commandeering them for a while. He likes it. Severen in white. It pleases a dark, greedy part of him he has no name for.

"But unless you think we should swap for the day..." A flash of Severen's jacket in their shared mind, the Corinthian vividly imagining pulling it on, the feel and smell of it close to him. A playful threat--but like his answer, an honest one. It clicks its tongue as if this predicament is a disappointment to them both--and closes its hand around the back of Severen's neck, shaking him just a little. "...I'm gonna need those back."

#ic. #v: needs must when the devil drives #savagecowboy #[ i'm going to lie down for 12 years. ] #[ the fact that severen isn't getting stabbed repeatedly for touching corinthian's clothes is Really Something. ] #[ also i couldn't be FUCKED going into it in the narrative BUT: something about the fact that (my) corinth runs on like #dream logic and symbolism and motifs. #so seeing severen in His Clothes And His Colours just THRILLS him because of The Metaphor Of It All. ] #[ and also that fucking thing is HIS. he's HIS. ] #[ anyway normal scenes in a nondescript hotel room: one man fully clothed and the other in fuck all but a towel. ] #[ i didn't even describe his wet wet hair or how fluffy it gets when it's just dried. ] #[ i didn't even go into WHY he showered (answer: because he likes it and it feels good and also they probably just killed someone) ] #[ edit: NOT ME FORGETTING THE ACTUAL SCRUFFING PROMPT ]

[iturbide]

I'm curious, what would your ideal FE be?

And do you have any particular FE concepts in mind?

So, fun fact: I actually talked about this a while back.

...and by 'a while back,' I mean 'five years ago,' because time is soup.

So because that's a heck of a lot longer than I remember and a lot changes in that amount of time, let's come at this fresh and see what changes and what doesn't.

So I still really want to keep the lead character concept: dual sword/mage older sister and priest younger brother (with natural promotion to dual healer/mage) is a nice shift on the usual Fire Emblem formula, where we rarely see female Lords in the lead who are set to inherit the throne or male healers (and I can't recall the last time one was a prince, barring Brady with Chrom as his father and I guess Forrest though he's not in the immediate line of succession since he's Siegbert's cousin meaning Xander and Siegbert would need to be removed from the equation before he'd be in line for the throne but since Leo's a prince I think that technically akes him one too and now I'm just going down a rabbit hole of technicalities).

Intro/tutorial would be fairly run-of-the-mill, border skirmish type thing against a small incursion from a neighboring nation and going out to take care of it. But something I think would be fascinating is an expansion on the usual mid-battle recruitment and the option to spare foes that we saw at times in Three Houses: I want every main chapter enemy to have a name and unique portrait. I want there to be a frankly ridiculous number of characters who could theoretically be recruited depending on who approaches them, and I want every enemy to have an option to spare them even if they're not recruited.

Think of it: you go into battle and you see that every enemy is an individual. Every enemy is someone you can engage with. And you can approach any one of them with any of your units and talk to them. As you play, you start to get to know the different personalities of your units: someone may have a kind and gentle approach that's more likely to convince someone who's not exactly keen on fighting -- but that same approach might get steamrolled over by another person that's more set in their ways. Conversely, one of your units might be blunt and straightforward, and could butt heads in a constructive way with someone like that, but whose approach would scare off a more timid foe. Maybe approaching another unit with a character just recruited in the same battle can be helpful -- one of them bringing a friend or close ally over, because they don't want to hurt each other -- or maybe it can backfire spectacularly, with the enemy unit accusing your new ally of stabbing his comrades in the back, which shuts down all attempts at conversation.

It could be an interesting risk/reward system that encourages getting familiar with your various units beyond just their mechanical strengths and weaknesses: knowing their personalities and being able to employ them to take enemies off the field and bloodlessly thin the ranks could be a lot of fun -- plus, it's something that's not required. You don't have to try and bring them to your side -- you can breeze past those little dialogue snippets and just take them out if you want. And at the end of combat, if they weren't recruited, you have an option to spare them or kill them. If you spare them, you might see them again in another battle, and maybe they'll remember you: maybe you'll have another chance to recruit them, and more success the second time around because your actions challenged their preconceived notions about you. If you kill them, though, you might run into someone else later on -- a sibling, a relative, a friend -- who can't be reached at all because their quest is one of vengeance against the one that murdered someone they loved.

And then: what if that built into Supports. What if recruiting units off the battlefield had long-running effects based on how that unit was used? If someone was initially hesitant to join you, and then you bench them permanently, maybe they desert your force after a while because they felt isolated and lacked any kind of community since no work had been done building a new support network for them. Maybe someone else was a little too eager to join based on their impression of your army, and if you build out their Supports it becomes clear that their character has goals that are entirely at odds with the main characters' -- but because those Supports also gave them an understanding of the disconnect, they end up betraying you at some point to get what they want. Recruitment becomes a mechanic that needs to be considered, rather than just a 'collect them all' thing, because indiscriminate recruiting can backfire on you down the road.

With that many characters, of course, it would be completely insane to have all of them as combat units -- so what if some recruits unlock camp options. Maybe they're hesitant to fight against their own people directly, but they want to help and learn more about your force, so they offer non-combat skills: cooking, hunting, fishing, foraging, various sorts of combat/weaponry training, medical aid, merchant services. Similar to Three Houses monastery activities, you can pick a couple of combat units and send them to do different tasks that help keep your forces in fighting shape, building support bonds and learning things about the non-combat units in the process.

One thing I definitely want to see though is a reversal on the stereotypical Divine Dragon and Evil Dragon dichotomy. I want the main characters to talk about their Divine with absolute reverence, I want them to refer to their Divine as their protector and guardian, I want them to make their Divine out to be so kind and compassionate -- and then at some point deep in the game, I want it revealed that their Divine is the one that's seen as that world's Ultimate Evil. I want their Divine to look incredibly daunting, too, big and dark and toothy and terrifying -- but the main characters have nothing but respect for it, and it's eventually proven (maybe through calling it for aid against the threat of the neighboring nation's Divine) that their faith is not misplaced nor mistaken, and their Divine is everything they claim it is.

I still really like the split narrative concept, too, with the two siblings having different stories and different objectives: the kidnapped brother would likely have missions emphasizing escape or endurance (which takes advantage of his status as a healer), while the questing sister would have more objectives to rout an enemy or defeat a particular foe. Odds are that the narrative would begin with a single straightforward story, then split at the kidnapping, and only join together again at the very end before the closing chapters (so you could bring your favorites from both sides of the story to the final confrontation, but wouldn't get all the out of battle/camp stuff).

And above all: I wouldn't want it to be a story that ends with unification under a single banner. A lot of Fire Emblem games have this as their 'ideal' final state, and that's just never worked for me. I would want every nation to remain independent -- maybe with more connections, an openness to diplomatic discussion and free trade, possibly some leadership changes -- rather than having one country dissolved into another.

#answered #unsuspecting-person #extra fun fact: this has been in my inbox for weeks #because i was sure i'd talked about something like this before #i just couldn't remember when or where #it took me this long to find it #because again: five years is a really long time #because of the heavy emphasis on support building #the system for building support points would need tweaking #so that it's not a pain to achieve like it is in engage #pair up/adjutants and out of battle activities are a must #also the open recruitment/unique character stuff #would have to be main story only #skirmishes would be way too much to manage #maybe there would be one specific skirmish recruit #a merchant or something #but most skirmishes would be against puppets/constructs #for more incidental things: only one gen and no timeskip #the thing about character diversity and sensible armor stands #and way more support options #romantic platonic all kinds of rivalries from friendly to bitter #i want it all #this is way too complicated for a fire emblem #but it doesn't stop me from thinking about it a lot #i already have part of a character roster #because of course i do