#I welcome discussion

[susansontag]

studio ghibli ranking list let’s go

(will include nausicaä and the red turtle)

the these-are-actually-bad section:

24. earwig and the witch

actually the only one I haven’t watched so it’s cheeky to put it here. but I won’t be watching it and no one will blame me.

23. ocean waves

who sincerely cares about these teenagers they’re so annoying. if the boys had been gay it would have honestly been homophobic.

22. pom poko

this film is about shape-shifting raccoon dogs waging a war on humans and there’s copious jokes about their testicles. so on paper a perfect film. execution wise it’s so long and so boring and you care about none of them.

the cure-for-insomnia section:

21. tales from earthsea

hayao miyazaki was right to walk out of this one even though he probably is a terrible father for having done so. some of the animation was really nice but these protagonists made me yearn for the ocean waves cast because at least they have semi-personalities.

20. castle in the sky

proof miyazaki was judging his son too hard for earthsea because this is basically his version of the same thing: a nice idea with good animation and the most boring boy/girl protagonists imaginable. has got that whimsy he does so nicely however.

the passable-films section:

19. the cat returns

but should he have? was that really necessary? has a scene of cats walking in a procession on their hind legs though so that’s a plus.

18. arrietty

visually gorgeous but otherwise a very run-of-the-mill adaptation of the borrowers, which in something that should feel wondrous is less than ideal.

17. my neighbors the yamadas

some harmless and inventive fun that you can put on in the background whilst eating lunch or doing some light yoga stretches.

the don’t-harm-me-I’m-right section:

16. howl’s moving castle

yes I do in fact understand the intricacies of the plot and I still don’t care. this is one of ghibli’s messiest films for sure, it can’t decide what it wants to be or focus on and the plot just seems to happen and then not happen for no good reason. I also think howl’s a whiny bastard and hate that sophie has to mother him and endure his contemptible man tantrums. a shame because she’s actually cool.

15. grave of the fireflies

it was sweet but I’ve watched more moving animated films set in war-time, even. I don’t have much desire to watch it again honestly but maybe I will at some point.

the this-is-getting-there section:

14. the red turtle

I liked it! an acquired taste but I really felt the harshness of the elements and the cruelty and the love. it's also very beautiful to look at, one of the most visually arresting ghibli productions.

13. only yesterday

a tale of two films with this one. the parts where she's a young girl are much more interesting, but if this had stuck the landing and it'd been more even overall, could have potentially been a favourite. alas.

12. the wind rises

a genuinely weird one in ghibli's lineup, in which miyazaki meshes two different stories together (one of inventive 'genius' and a doomed love story, respectively) in a likely attempt to try and grapple with his having chosen his career over all else, including family (noteworthy is that his wife was not able to retain her career as an animator). as a piece of art it's less whimsical and more mature than many of these films, but I struggle to not let my distaste for what it potentially represents get in the way of my appreciation for it as a film, but it's so blatantly personal that it's impossible.

the that-was-just-a-good-fun-time section:

11. nausicaä of the valley of the wind

aesthetically one of the coolest films on this list but I don't remember the story as well. great protagonist too. must have been great to experience when it first came out in the '80s.

10. porco rosso

I love this film about a tomboy mechanic and some pilot guy who went off to war and was so changed he is now a pig. watching it feels like if the mediterranean was so small it fit into your back pocket and was also populated by all your friends all your enemies and your ex-lover also.

9. from up on poppy hill

I found this one boring the first time I watched it but it really grew on me with subsequent rewatches. I really like her predominantly female household and the community they share in the backdrop of the rest of the drama is sweet. the bit of drama midway through is still batshit though but in a loveable, disney-would-never way.

the near-perfect section:

8. the tale of the princess kaguya

probably takahata's magnum opus with the studio, if slightly overlong. folktales are tricky because they tend to feel moralistic and the characters one-note if you're not willing to build on them but kaguya herself feels very spirited and alive. the prettiest on the list too I'd say.

7. my neighbor totoro

cozy late summer comfort film. perhaps even more special now because I was able to see the london production. cute!

6. when marnie was there

surprised this one has ranked so high for me but that's the power of tomboy lesbians heck yeah etc. also the fantastical element of this one is so up my alley and touches upon a particular kind of childhood nostalgia I have of being in old houses and imbuing them with magical qualities. the image of anna facing the house across the marshland is burned into my retina.

the I'd-die-for-her section:

5. princess mononoke

aesthetically too cool for school and has one of the best ghibli villains and female characters (lady eboshi). they really said all the spirits of the forest are going to die in this one but well it was a nice thought.

4. ponyo

my comfort movie of all-time! heartwarming! with another great female ghibli character in lisa, sosuke's mum who is legally allowed to drive like that apparently. also one I actually watched for the first time in my childhood when I was around 7 or so at an after school club. the subtitles taught me the useful and now underused gem of a phrase "bog off".

3. kiki's delivery service

asks the important questions such as: what if you were a young witch from a dying tradition who moves to a gorgeous town in sweden? what if your remarkable gifts were no longer appreciated due to rapid advancements in aviation technology? what if you could live in a bakery?

2. spirited away

when you're just a timid child who is scared of admittedly a lot and your parents manage to mess everything up spectacularly so now you're forced to work at the age of twelve for people who steal your identity. still one of the best honestly they may never top this as the peak of their artistic achievement.

1. whisper of the heart

have you ever been a struggling artist? have you ever been in love? have you ever been obsessed with john denver's take me home, country roads? in all seriousness love a story of two artistically inclined people inspiring each other and this has a unique feel compared to other ghibli films forever favourite probably. it feels like basically no one has watched it and that's a shame. rest in peace yoshifumi kondō.

#this took fucking ages #I welcome discussion #studio ghibli #moth.txt #moth rankings

[territorial-utopia]

Dear Gt Community

I apologise if this sounds harsh but: we are not a big group of friends.

We don't really know eachother.

There are many individual friendships here yes, but just sharing an interest does not make us a clique in my eyes. In my opinion if you haven’t spent a lot of time getting to know somebody’s likes, dislikes, worries, dreams, boundaries, and everything inbetween then you don’t really know them that well. 

I think of us as strangers huddled together over our common interest. An interest might I add that everybody enjoys in different ways too. We’re from all over the world, this place is a proper clash of cultures, personalities, expectetations, hopes and disappointments. 

My only request to those of us here is for all of us to act with balance and allow eachother the benefit of the doubt when possible. Behind every single username (except the bots) is a person with their own experiences, problems and lives. You never know what another person is going through. It's okay not to like everyone. It's okay to block people (even ones you do like)

We are simply strangers with a shared interest. At least this is how I see it.

#terri rants #this isn't aimed at anything specifically #people are absolutely allowed to disagree #i welcome discussion #just thought i'd put this out here #i don't really know why though #maybe as an attempt to balance out all the negativity here lately? #not with positivity tho #but with what i guess i perceive as a more grounded look on things #to somebody this might read as absolute balderdash tho #and that's valid #all the more power to ya if you see things in another light

[iphigeniacomplex]

it’s very easy to tell the good satires and pastiches from the bad ones because the bad ones are too afraid to live within the form. like if you are doing work with fairy tales and you are refusing to look closer at the underlying logic and unspoken rules of what can seem at first to be a senseless form, you are not going to create meaningful work. to borrow a turn of phrase originally used by maria tatar, if you refuse to enter “the house of fairy tale” as anything more than a gawking tourist, you will miss the particular order to the way the table is set, the rooms that are locked vs the rooms that are simply difficult to enter, the set of the floorboards and the position of the furniture. whatever you build will then be a gilded imitation of how you believe the house of fairy tale ought to look, the table set according to your educated specifications and every door open. there can be no interrogation of themes from a writer who views the form as beneath them!

#it speaks! #sondheim understood this with into the woods; the deconstruction of narrative itself is able to happen because we are able to believe in -> #<- the fairy tale logic he employs prior to this. #its a kids book but adam gidwitz understood this with a tale dark and grimm!! #cant speak for the rest of the series but that first book uses the absurdity of fairy tale logic to speak about the absurdity of -> #<- adulthood and the pedagogy present in many fairy tales to discuss the ways parents hurt their children. #rule of threes is important but theres so much on my list ive yet to read; always welcome recommendations. #fairy tales #into the woods #<- this comes from musings on how successfully i feel that musical functions so it gets the tag

[palipunk]

Okay, so I have spoken about misconceptions and issues with the exotification of belly dancing before on this account but another issue that is conjoined with this is the nonsensical and fetishistic gaze that jewelry from Asia and Africa are often presented with. As someone whose special interest is traditional jewelry, I see this often. 

The problems with the amount of Belly dancer-esque art on this website and beyond is not only about how Belly dancing has been sexualized and far removed from its origins and meaning but because traditional clothing and jewelry also become subject to fetishization within this art and performance - this has been happening for hundreds of years - and it’s an echo of colonialism and racism.

What are some examples of this? 

Probably the easiest way to find examples is just by looking up “tribal belly dance jewelry” - this will show you results of hundreds of different types of jewelry from all over (though most commonly Romani, Yemeni, Afghan, Turkmen, Palestinian, Indian, Kabyle, and Kel Tamasheq jewelry) all being sold under the label of “belly dance garb” to primarily white buyers regardless of how different the cultures or practices are - Orientalism homogenizes cultures and sells an exotic fantasy.

Below is a listing for a “Belly dance headdress” but it is actually a Palestinian heirloom, it is not worn for belly dancing or appearing sensual to an audience, it’s a ceremonial headdress for weddings with talismanic properties. 

Most of what people draw or take inspiration from for belly dancer-esque art and performances is an amalgamation of different cultures with little to no understanding of what the jewelry is for, what contexts it exists in, and where it is from.

In the realm of West Asian jewelry, a lot of pieces are not only a display of wealth but often have magical/talismanic/religious prosperities. This is another reason why adding these pieces on a drawing which is intended to appear “sensual” is deeply inappropriate. I’ve seen some artists include a hirz necklace (a style of jewelry used throughout West Asia) which are purely religious and contain verses from the Holy Quran within them - so no, not appropriate (none are appropriate but this one especially so). Everything has meaning.

Example: 

Traditional jewelry from cultures that are not yours is not free range to sexualize and apply to exotic fantasies, this kind of perception has real consequences. It isn’t just an “I drew it in art and it can’t hurt anyone”, it’s a connected issue. As a Palestinian, I often see Palestinian artifacts (which are mostly stolen and their original owners will never see their belongings again) being added to a belly dancer’s collection for their “tribal dance” act because of the orientalist association with sensuality.  

For anyone who wants more context about Belly dancing (raqs baladi/sharqi) to better understand this post - this article explains a lot and part of the history involved - belly dancing, to many of us, was an expression of joy and never meant to be sexualized. Again, the sexualization of the dance has consequences for us. 

I’m not going to call out any particular artist or person here since the point of this post is just to explain and talk about why these portrayals are bad and harmful. Please don’t tag anyone but share the information along to them, cultures are not playgrounds. 

#this is a very foundational understanding of the issue but i didnt want to write an essay #I know this is from a mainly Palestinian perspective but others are welcome to include or add on #asia #africa #cw Fetishization #orientalism #orientalism discussion #long post

[faggotry-enjoyer]

yknow what i think it's pretty fucked up that my instinctual reaction to hearing any mention of the holocaust is to brace myself for antisemitic talking points. in discussion about a jewish genocide.

holocaust inversion, universalization, minimalization, and denial are inexcusable in any context, and the fact that they've become this common is appalling on every level.

#disclaimer: i am not jewish #holocaust #holocaust denial #holocaust universalization #holocaust minimization #holocaust inversion #shoah #antisemitism #leftist antisemitism #judenhass #jew hatred #i realized i was having this reaction the other day and i am pissed the fuck off about it #fellow goyim do better challenge #keep the holocaust out of your mouth #as always i welcome good faith critique and discussion especially from jewish mutuals/followers/whoever #i know this is an extremely sensitive topic that's not generally my place to speak on #and if i'm not handling it well i want to know #faggotry enjoyer original

[carrioncider]

bastard's box more like bastard's Ball

#y'all are welcome to add More Teds btw. just let me know cause i wanna see :] #was discussing ted&tinky w/ a friend. searched for the yellow teletubby and ended here. #he is just a sleazeball little guy frfr #doomed to the ball for eternity #ted spankoffski #t'noy karaxis #starkid #hatchetfield #time bastard #hatchetverse #ive been drawing tinky Alot. he's just a goat. 🐐<- tinky fr #and furry spankoffski brothers bc what is love if not making your favorite guys as animals #maybe ill post them later :] tho ill need to digitilize the tinkys bc i made those on my notebook #my art #AM's art

[trillscienceofficer]

These are highly subjective interpretations but to me Jadzia and Seven are two (opposite?) flavors of gender indifference:

Jadzia: gender depends on what's funnier in the moment/what allows her to commit further to the bit. Always aware on some level that she's putting on a show and she loves it, especially if other people get confused. Not her job to explain! Figure it out yourself!

Seven (Voyager edition): wants OFF this ride, it's already a concession that Seven is using I/my/myself pronouns instead of we/us/ourselves, why is being an individual tied so closely to gender in the first place. She/her is, for the moment, just the least exhausting option when interacting with others among pronouns that all feel alien to her

#releasing this post into the wild after months of sitting in my drafts #i'm using the 'canonical' pronouns as a basis here but i really love when people use different pronouns for both of them #they/them jadzia and they/them seven are also very different gender flavors to me but i don't think i'm the right person to make that post #anyway. discussion very welcome! #seven of nine #jadzia dax #obviously like. canon never intended to support these readings /at all/ but i can do what i want etc

[gay-ppl-real]

Wally Darling but he just comes out with the most incredibly cursed/concerning random unrelated little tidbids in the middle of conversation, and they sound like total nonsense to everyone around him but they're actually legitimate observations about the fabric of his reality (hahaha fabric. Puppet joke!)

#Drew Sally's top a different way this time and I WAY prefer it #also I had to resize both Wally and Sally for this asjfkads #my tendency to exaggerate height differences really got away from me in the sketch LOL #What were they discussing? #Probably an idea for a play or something #Eddie's just happy to be here #welcome home arg #welcome home fanart #welcome home #wally darling #eddie dear #poppy partridge #sally starlet #innisart

[onyour-right]

Right, well, fucking hell guys lmaooo.

Cate & Sam becoming radicalised makes the most sense. Out of the whole group, they are the two that have been the most manipulated and abused by humans so I don't necessarily fault them, I just hope they don't take it too far. The relationship between Shetty and Cate was heartbreaking to watch play out, because underneath all the manipulation there were genuine feelings and love for each-other there. That moment when Cate called Shetty 'Indira' I actually got chills. Personally, Cate & Sam becoming anti-heroes to the group is very interesting.

Marie & Jordan. I feel like... their scenes together were really cute, and the way Marie went after Jordan when he was pissed, and then they had that half-hearted standoff before Jordan started laughing and kissed her, gave a great insight into their whole relationship dynamic and had me giggling. I also loved their detective scenes. BUT it's frustrating that they haven't had an opportunity to talk about their feelings for each-other, or even acknowledge everything that's happened between them. I mean, I also get that a lot of things are happening and so maybe there just hasn't been the chance for them to talk it out - which, again, I guess is sort of realistic - I just think that you can't ask an audience to fully root for a couple when you don't show the moments that it takes for them to become a them if you get what I mean. I still 10000% love & root for them; they are still my main draw, and Jaz, Derek & London sell those scenes. But I need more...

I feel so bad for Marie. The way she had to relive that trauma of her mother dying and being unable to help. Jaz really acted out in the scene where she was literally begging Cate to be able to help Shetty. That was the only part where I kinda thought Cate was wrong; because out of everyone Marie was the person who was most open to giving her another chance, and then she goes and betrays her like that.

I also liked the dynamic between Neuman and Marie (I wonder if she is the one who is Marie's benefactor) but I'm not putting my trust in her because there's something about her that's kinda suspect. I will say that I liked how she handled Dr Cardosa; I cannot truly believe that he actually thought he was going to walk away from that encounter alive... like c'mon now. I wonder if Neuman will get rid of the virus though or keep it somewhere else???

I expected Shetty and Dr Cardosa to die but I didn't think it would happen in the penultimate episode. Which means that the finale is gonna go even more crazy, and I have strong suspicions that someone else from the main group is gonna die or be locked up. Regardless of what happens though, the dynamics are seriously about to be changed which is quite exciting.

I also dont know how our main gang can go back to that school knowing that it's whole foundation is false, and that they're actually test subjects. It feels like either way they can't win; either they drop out of the school and go the independent route in regards crime fighting, or they continue knowing that it's all a farce and every step that they take is orchestrated.

#anyways #just my thoughts #feel free to state your own i welcome discussion #marie moreau #jordan li #marie x jordan #limoreau #cate dunlap #sam riordan #emma meyer #andre anderson #gen v #the whole situation is just fucked tbh

[wlwlwlwlwlwlw]

if jonathan were wishing on a shooting star, he would wish for his brother to always be safe and happy

if steve were wishing on a shooting star, he would wish for the party to be successful in killing vecna and, if someone had to die, for it to be him

if robin were wishing on a shooting star, she would wish for a softer world and a less doomed life

if nancy saw a shooting star, she would wish she still believed in sacred childhood magic

#and i love them all so deeply for it #i welcome disagreements or discussion #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #steve harrington #jonathan byers #jancy #stancy #ronance #stobin #the real fruity four as far as i’m concerned #stonathan #stranger things #can you imagine that road trip? #the ‘we’re young but we’re old and we’re cannon fodder and we’re invincible teenagers and we only have each other and this night’ vines #*vibes

[amazingdeadfish]

A small wedding, because all shadowpuppet shippers are invited but there are very few of us :'))))

Original template is by @HeyaNeon on twitter, and thank you to @bobus for the first dance music ideas (⁠´⁠∩⁠｡⁠•⁠ ⁠ᵕ⁠ ⁠•⁠｡⁠∩⁠`⁠).

Blank and Transparent version of template:

#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk mayor #monkie kid mayor #lmk macaque #monkie kid macaque #shadowpuppet #lmk shadowpuppet #I actually went insane over this #MK and the gang definitely broke into the wedding #and Wukong probably did the whole objection thing #but the drama was welcomed because this is Macaque's wedding and the Mayor does not give a damn #I doubt Mayor or Macaque like suprises regarding actually serioue topics so they actually discussed marriage beforehand #and both were like “yeah lets have a cool ceremony dedicated to us and only us” #and for the tax reasons

[raggedyannedoll]

hey Welcome Home community what are our thoughts on the fact that Wally, Julie, and Frank's neighborhood pages say the word "handler" instead of "puppeteer"?

the only commonality between the three of them is that they only require one puppeteer (as opposed to multiple, as i'll show with the other neighbors) -- so i suppose the phrasing could just be due to that? and while i have found a couple of instances in real life where the world "handler" is used in reference to puppeteering, it just seems oddly specific. why not say "operated by one puppeteer", to match the rest of the neighbors?

also?? these sentences are all exactly the same, with just their names switched out???

and despite details like Frank's rotating head mechanism, there's no mention of what actual type of puppet each of them are. Wally's page talks more about Home than it does about him -- but we technically know he's (presumably???) a hand-rod puppet because of the real life Wally puppet. Julie's page says absolutely nothing about her puppet aside from the final detail about the handler.

the only exception to both of these words is Poppy, whose section describes her puppet type (being a walk around puppet), but doesn't mention the amount of puppeteers needed to operate her. although i suppose this could be due to. the fact that she has no live-hand counterpart and we're just meant to make inferences

#i'm done crying over Eddie for the time being and am Analyzing Other Things #but i cannot seem to find anyone else discussing this particular detail #i am also not sure if this was added in the homewarming update or if i just missed it?????? #i do not even consider myself a theorizer this is just Bothering me #welcome home #welcome home theory #welcome home puppet show #welcome home spoilers #i have nowhere else to put this so excuse the random original post #mine

[celluloidbroomcloset]

Ok, now that I’m rested and calmer…

Criticizing a character for their behavior and flaws is very different from deciding a character is the sum total of those flaws and is therefore Problematic.

Stede is shown as a deeply flawed man. Some of it is a result of how the world and some individuals treat him, some about social expectations of being a man that he can’t fulfill, and some is his psychological makeup that’s a whole combination of outer and inner influences and narratives. He’s selfish and he’s easily swayed by attention. He badly wants approval and he sometimes doesn’t care how he gets it. He thinks a man is supposed to be a certain way and he knows that he’s not that, so he tries (and fails) to be that.

But it is a huge error to take those flaws and insecurities and decide that those make the total of who he is, or even that those flaws are what guide him and shape him throughout both seasons.

Stede is absolutely a victim of toxic masculinity and he is capable of being toxic. We see that in the pub/art opening/bedtime sequence in Season 1 and in the scenes at Jackie’z etc. in Season 2.

The pub scene and the scenes in "Man on Fire" are absolutely mirrors of each other, with the escalation of the fact that Stede truly does want to be accepted as a pirate and his behavior at Jackie'z is absolutely expected and lauded in piracy. But they are NOT WHAT STEDE IS. They are not representative of Stede becoming or wanting to become “traditionally masculine," or of him showing his true self, and they are not the places where Stede ends the narrative.

Those scenes are about him shaping and suppressing his true self to fit in. They both end with him miserable, drunk, and alone, then nearly murdered by a woman who has more to lose than he does. (There's a reason Mary is so shocked during the art exhibition and makes the choice to kill him that night. She has been married to him for years and it is quite obvious that to her his behavior is Not Normal.) What we see in those scenes is not who Stede intrinsically is, but who he has the potential to become.

And he doesn’t become those things. At the end of the pub sequence, Stede actually talks to Mary, and the next scenes are him and her united to fix what he has broken. At the end of the "Man on Fire" sequence, Stede shifts back to his caring self with Zheng and they help each other fight the English. In both, Stede saves his crew and returns to Ed.

Stede chooses to not become the toxic man he has the potential to be (and that every man has the potential to be). That is not ending the season in a bad place for him; that’s him making a conscious decision to be the good man he already is.

Part of the point of Stede is that he presents an alternative to the toxicity and abuse around him—that he is a good, kind man who combines feminine and masculine traits—but also that he can indeed be destroyed by it and has to make a choice not to be. He is strong because he resists all that toxicity, even when he’s pulled in by it.

Stede leaves piracy at the end not because he’s being self sacrificing but because he’s letting go of the same things he was letting go of when he left home for the second time. He needs to be who he truly is, and he needs to do that with Ed. He is as certain about that at the end of Season 2 as he was certain about returning to sea at the end of Season 1.

Stede does not think, in the end, that he has to be a big tough pirate to be loved. He knows he’s loved for being kind and resourceful and clever. It is a massive error to see him being pulled into a toxic role that he then rejects, and say that’s who he wants to be.

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #edward teach #mary bonnet #ofmd meta #gifs #if i have to keep hearing about stede wanting to be traditionally masculine #or being problematic because he is flawed and does things that show those flaws #or about season 2 ending badly for him because he wants to be traditionally masculine #i will fucking punch someone #same with trying to claim that not engaging in the “Stede is Actually Problematic” discourse is woobifying him or whatever #i welcome discussion but i am not going to fall into a debate of “here's why Stede is Actually Problematic”

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

It is truly fascinating how the common tumblr narrative around John and Paul somehow makes the guy who literally got violent multiple times over people insinuating he was queer appear more "on board with the whole gay thing" than the guy who said some awkward/dated stuff in interviews a couple of times.

#im not trying to defend paul here btw. or tear down john #i just find the reading of john as like the Self-Accepting King between them.... myopic #i mean. it touches on the whole Was It Reciprocated Thing really #the idea being: If We Assume Paul Reciprocated He Is MORE Repressed Than John Because John Hinted More Heavily That He Wasn't Straight #but like.. #that's Exactly why some of us think.... maybe Paul IS straight 😭😭 or at least it's not nearly as big of a deal to him than it was to John #(perhaps because he's bi but treats it more casually than John ever felt capable of) #any reading of John and sexuality that concludes something LESS fraught than Paul's mostly benign slight weirdness/curiosity #seems to me.... like McLennon tunnel vision #like because John never gay panic attacked PAUL all that ugly stuff he did can be set aside. #also. look at the way people think about India #and the Get Back convo about it. it's all like JOHN'S NOT IN DENIAL. HE WAS CLEAR. HE WANTED IT. HE WAS ALL IN. #Was He? #anyways. i am becoming chatty these days. #as always people are welcome to discuss this with me even if we disagree #fiona.docx #jp speculation #discourse

[sminny-wew]

I went crazy went stupid yesterday

#welcome home #frank frankly #eddie dear #wally darling #frankly dear #franklydear #frank x eddie #eddie x frank #I mixed colored pencils with markers for the second one!! the decision to include fingerprints was a certified Brain Blast moment lmao #I have a theory about Wally but I'm not gonna discuss it here #also Mandatory PSA™ please don't send Clown any WH theories or predictions #artsy fartsy

[myebix]

Oh it is so over for Carlos. He really did fall for Cecil.

#cecilos #welcome to night vale #wtnv carlos #wtnv cecil #wtnv fanart #cecil palmer #carlos the scientist #ngl the inspo for cecil's jacket here was harley quinn bop #i just got lazy lol #my hc for this drawing is that they were walking and discussing science when carlos tripped #cecil immediately turned to catch him #and that was the moment carlos knew that he was in love #I listened to the blood space war arc tonight and i am Unwell. i needed something cute or I'd never be able to rest #theyre in love your honor