#More Than Just a Pretty Face

[dilettantereviews]

Before P Diddy sampled Every Breathe You Take, MC Peaches had him covered in 1991.

#mc peaches #every breath you take #the police #p diddy #i'll be missing you #more than just a pretty face #Youtube

[hrtiu]

I just read More Than Just a Pretty Face, by Syed M. Masood, and I really really liked it. It's nothing serious or earth-shattering; just a culturally-specific YA romcom. But I really appreciated the way religion was incorporated into the story.

The book is about a Muslim teenage boy named Danyal in the Bay Area of California, and his eventual romance with a girl his parents arranged for him to meet. Aside from being an adorable himbo, I really appreciated Danyal's relationship with his faith. Danyal isn't preoccupied with thoughts about his religion, but it's definitely important to him, and depicted as a positive part of his life. At the same time, the story is not entirely uncritical of religious zealotry, or of the negative culture that can build up around religious communities. Though at times critical, the book still depicts religion in an overall positive light. I really appreciated this nuanced approach.

As an example, one of Danyal's friends is much more Orthodox than the other, and the other friend doesn't want to be involved with Islam at all any more. Because of this, a rift grows between his friends and Danyal has to struggle to keep them together. I loved the way he bridges the gap between his two friends and how he refuses to judge either of them.

I'm not Muslim but as a person whose faith is important to me and a big part of my life, I really enjoyed this book. It was also just a cute love story 🥰

#religion #tw: religion #Islam #book rec #more than just a pretty face #syed m masood

[themusesof75]

Why do you like the mummy (Cleo)?

A friend asked me, "She's the mean girl."

Me- She is, and she's the type who would go to a museum just to tell the curators what they got wrong. Cleo could pass for a human, but she'd relish saying 'Excuse you, you're wrong because I was there. Now do this....'

Cleo DeNile could just go to a super-rich human school, but she'd suffer from not talking about her whole life.

I am so excited about the cartoon series because I wanna see moments like these from Cleo and all the other monster kids' point-of-view.

#cleo de nile #more than just a pretty face #monster high #monster high series #monster high 2022 #mean girls #have layers too #heathers

[uncharted-constellations]

It’s been a minute, (both post wise and design wise) so decided to update the fam + a couple additions compared to last time

#batman #batfam #dc #art #my art #redesign #again im not tagging everyone lmao #but yeah for main changes other than just tweaking the faces and hairstyles a bit #changed harper up to look a little more like her live action actress #not that ive Watched that show but the actress was v pretty #changed up jasons scarring for ease of drawing #gave cass some punky streaks #gave damian a little bit of a mohawk like i have in his ‘adult self as nightwing’ art #i dunno i like drawing those two a little more alt #but yeah it was mostly just fixing some facial proportions and hairstyles to make em all a little more distinct from one another #apologies for not posting ive mostly just been doing stuff for dnd #none of which is polished #also i should specify its helena wayne-kyle not helena b #did also fix her age

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

#feels so selfish like. all this skin what am i saving it for? #open to design suggestions! (please make me regret this offer) #maybe some deep sea horrors. a pretty watercolor of a gulper eel #once saw a person on the subway with various Skeleton Tattoos on all their limbs #i respected their commitment to the theme #but more than that i respected how all the skeletons were engaged in Activities #dancing in a ballgown. juggling its own (and two other???) skulls. swordfighting. being a mermaid skeleton #ANYWAY. the only reason i haven't already gotten tattoos is i just couldn't be bothered #i'm old enough to know i don't have any strong-but-potentially-temporary feelings driving me towards it #aesthetically i prefer decorated to non-decorated surfaces. but i'm not artistic or thrilled with commitment #honestly it feels like sheer laziness. indecisiveness--nay. immaturity!--that i HAVEN'T gotten a tattoo yet #letting all this blank canvas go to waste. tut tut i need to grow up and be an adult and get a tattoo sleeve already. #really i've put off my responsibilities long enough #(in fairness i DID at one time have 18 different piercings) #(but i took most of them out bc they interfere with wearing headphones and/or shoving my face in my pillow during Sleep Time) #(i only kept the nape piercing bc oddly enough it ended up being the most convenient. and the least painful to get now i think about it.) #(neck piercing? no problem. normal pair of earrings? Tribulations And Suffering. i don't make the rules i just poke them with a stick.)

[ninathegypsy]

i make playlists. go give this one a listen.

#playlist curator #apple music #more than just a pretty face #kpersonal

[reineydraws]

this ask got me thinking about the body swap au again lol here's a wip for what is eventually going to become a sketch dump post for the au aha. whenever i finish that.

#mishanks body swap au #mishanks #akataka #dracule mihawk #shanks #akagami no shanks #red haired shanks #one piece #one piece fanart #op fanart #it is SO weird to draw mihawk's face with a smile that big #and his eyebrows that earnestly happy lol. i know there's a canon panel/chapter cover of him laughing pretty big #but even in that one his eyebrows have a sort of > slant to them yknow? like. not mean but like. assured? #that is not an eyebrow shape mihawk makes often is what im sayin #benn when mihawk-as-shanks walks out of the captains quarters: woah where did u find shanks's boots? #also i didnt know shanks owned shirts like that? #(that shirt is a black blouse lol) #and mihawk is like 'actually this is one of my own shirts that i forgot here after one of my... sleepovers.' (he's started to blush.) #benn's grin is wide and VERY teasing. 'oh?' he asks in a question that lilts up with amusement. #mihawk finds it more grating than if benn just straight up made fun of him lol.

[nevermeyers]

Akutami this Akutami that. When Gojo "won" a few weeks ago people complained about Gege being greedy and keeping him alive to keep making money out of him (as if wanting money for your work was a sin). And now people complain about this death being "forced". Yk guys, I just think you're not happy with anything at this point and some people want to spread negativity over an overworked author. The same way people sent hate akutami when he didn't have the time to finish those pages in volume 17.

But I'll say thanks, Gege for creating such a great and complex character, wonderfully written who lived, loved and laughed, grieved and cried. A character so sadly mischaracterized as "just egoist and narcissistic" who had his heart broken so many times, his body literally ripped out, died and reborn as a god, who always gave his best.

I can't wrap my head about Satoru's life. People expecting the best from him, so they probably never actually congratulated him bc that was "his job" and what everything wanted from him. And Suguru being the only one who understood him and saw him as Satoru, not Gojo Satoru "the six eyes brat" just Satoru. His name being pronounced in such a lovely way during season 2 will always break my heart.

Also, Satoru and Toji being counterparts in the sense that Toji was born with nothing, and no one expected nothing from him, while Satoru had everything. Their fight, which was the first time Satoru felt alive and the point from which he became obsessed with being powerful.

Satoru, the funny and cunning teacher who wanted a strong generation. And he made it. He actually accomplished his dream of making a strong generation of sorcerers capable of thinking by themselves. It's all in their hands now.

Grew from a kid to a smart adult who proved he was the strongest of his generation. Maybe he wasn't the strongest of all times, and considers himself to not be enough, but for me? Damn, he is. He's the one who cared about the youth, who prepared them for the future. Who overcame a cursed love and loss all covered in blood, never surrendered, and still managed to stood up for what he believed in regardless the situation. That's what a strong person does.

So thanks Gege. Satoru has accompanied me for three years of my life. I loved him for three years and I will continue to love him in case he decides not to give another plot wist and leave him definitely dead.

I'll love him forever

#thanks gege I'm just in tears right now #Satoru is such a complex character and I love him so so much #I won't ever get to recover from this lol #He's more than a pretty face #jujutsu kaisen #@meyers #gojo satoru #geto suguru #satoru gojo #satosugu #stsg #jjk meta #kinda? #jjk spoilers #jjk manga spoilers #—meyers»talks🌸

[ryllen]

Look what came through the mail today! The letters & ( •̀ω•́ )σ 3 little gremlins from letterstoear.

Just wanna say i adore the flower stickers on the letters too much, they are that much worth mentioning.

#letterstoear #nui #twst #twisted wonderland #sebek zigvolt #malleus draconia #twst grim #mod posting #okay but i love squishing the bears with my thumb; they just have the right thickness to be pressed on #i really like the flower stickers; they look like romantically artistic wax seal #the letters are pleasantly nice #i love the part where cheka personally request for an audience with yuu thru sebek 🥺🥺🥹🥹 too cute hnggh ....... #sebek becoming our little mailman for our little invitation aw 🥹 for those who wanna know the context of the letter; #i requested a letter from sebek that he sent home while he was away accompanying malleus on other country duty #my other favorite part is just him simply opening the letter with 'My love' #i'm sealed 🥹 the first paragraph is written so sweetly #i enjoy reading the letter slowly outside in peaceful afternoon today; i ran it through together with sebek nui #this will be my treasured keepsake from now on 🥹; it seriously made me miss letters and wish i have someone to send this kind of letter to #it was a bit funny how the envelope sebek's letter came from is sticked with the guys from free! sticker fhsdsh 🤣😂 #and me with the white haired guy like WHo are u?? fsjdsdjsd (´つヮ⊂); but it's a really nice service #the thank you letter came with such a cute and yummy folding paper; thank you for the stickers too #i feel like there's a bit whoopsie on grim's winky eye fshfh like i think the sharpie just blurs the separating space '<' supposed to have #and just combine it all together into one angry eye; and sebek bear's eyes are just a little bigger than i expected it to be #but the more i look at them i think they are just having a little individuality & still cute #i embraced it all together while knowing the fact none of handmade thing would always be the same one with the other; hehe sebek nui has fr #i kinda forget that there's this kind of clip earring fshd; because i always get the ones that work like screw from aliexpress #i know that the literal clip one would just be literal meaning of pain fsh; just like the magnet one my father once got me when i was a kid #it was painful but pretty; tho i lost it quickly bcs magnet easily get loosed once one part of it moves around when u touch ur hair or face #anyhow i had a pleasant day because of this; thank you very much ! sebek nui said 'thank you' too! ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚. ❀ ✿ 𖤣…

[br-disaster]

CQL's crybaby Nie Mingjue appreciation post

I always see people talking about CQL's Nie Mingjue crying constantly, and they're right to do so, but I haven't seen those scenes compiled so I thought it would be a good idea to do it, since it's one of my favorite things about this version of NMJ.

*I'll consider the times he was tearing up too because I think they're important, but i'm only considering "full crying scenes" the ones where there are actual tears falling down his face.

*It's all in chronological order.

Episode 41 - defending Meng Yao

Why is NMJ crying? Crying is his response to everything, okay? NMJ is very emotionally invested in everything he does. He's very mad these men for saying terrible things about Meng Yao while benefiting from his labour. He's so emotionally invested in everything he does.

Is it a full crying scene? No, he tears up the entire time he's scolding the cultivators but those tears don't leave his eyes.

Episode 10 - being threatened by Wen Chao

Why is NMJ crying? Wen Chao is being very disrespectful, as he often is. And it's understandable, NMJ is hurt, his home was invaded, some of his soldiers are dead and it's overall a terrible time for everybody. To be honest, though, I think he's tearing up out of pure rage because Wen Chao just mentioned what Wen Xu did to the Cloud Recesses.

Is it a full crying scene? No. I almost didn't include this one because it's very subtle but his eyes look too shiny to be ignored.

Episode 10 - expelling Meng Yao from the Unclean Realm

Why is NMJ crying? It's a very emotional and conflicting moment on top of a terrible day, on top of a very stressful period of his life. He was betrayed by his friend who saved his life right afterwards; his home was invaded and they're at war! He has every right to cry as much as he did.

Is it a full crying scene? Hell yes, and it's glorious. They even end the episode with his miserable little crying face.

Episode 41 - Everything, really

Why is NMJ crying? Everything sucks, he's defeated and hurt in front of the man who killed his father. He didn't get his personal revenge and he didn't free the world from Wen Ruohan's tyranny either. Instead, he watched helplessly as his men were murdered and now he has to watch his former deputy mock his father's death and threaten to have Wen Ruohan damage Baxia like he did with his father's blade.

Is it a full crying scene? No, only because he's being very brave about it. I have no idea how those tears didn't fall.

Episode 41 - confrontation at Jinlintai

Why is NMJ crying? Very difficult topics being discussed here. People who are way better with words than I am have already written amazing meta on how having his worldview challenged like this affects NMJ emotionally, so I won't go there. But between the song of turmoil making him more emotionally unstable and the disdain with which JGY talks about the men he killed, evoking this very traumatic moment I just mentioned on the previous crying scene; I think it's very understandable.

Is it a full crying scene? Yes! Most of the time he's holding back tears, but you can see the one dramatic tear running down his nose (on the outside of it) on the second gif!

In conclusion: he has so much to cry about, it's surprising he didn't cry more, it must have taken so much strength (or he was just crying offscreen, which is plausible, because sadly this isn't The Nie Mingjue show and we don't see him all the time)

Anyway, I am not here to claim he's not a crybaby because he absolutely is, but on the actual show we only have 2 full crying scenes. They were so impactful it feels like much more crying happened. Fatal Journey is it's own thing so I made a separate post for those tearing up, crying and emotional breakdown lovely scenes <3

#nie mingjue #this isn't meta this is me discovering the joy of making decent gifs #cql #long post #kinda #despite often being at the crime scene i won't tag jgy or nieyao because i don't go there and i'm not a fan but yall do whatever you want #i just wanted to look at his pretty crying face and have more than just screenshots of it #like look at him!! how can you say mean things to him or in his general vicinity knowing it will make him cry? #monsters all of them #the zoom on the second to last gif makes it so funny though #anyway i hope my gifs aren't horrible to tumblr standards

[rosalind-hawkins]

I hope these haven't already been done

#tea gardner #anzu mazaki #duke devlin #ryuji otogi #ryou bakura #bakura ryou #celtic guardian #yugioh meme #shitpost #yugioh dm #yugioh #more on the way #i've got a backlog of these to make #now that i've learned how to use all of four buttons in krita i am unstoppable #i know my thing is that “duke is more than just a pretty face” but honestly this boy is still a pretty face #text post meme

[whereismyhat5678]

What would happen if Peppino was the Night guard in the FNAF Movie??? I MUST KNOW!!!!

???Fazbear Tower???🐻🐰🐔🦊

WAWAWAWAWAWA MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE DRAWING CONCEPTS!!!!!!!!???????

ABSJIDHEUEISKSJDBDHHESISODBDBIAI😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

This is one of my favorites that I did for this ask- XD

Okay okay- I did some doodles to get used to his design:

And I’m gonna be honest the only animatronic he interacted with was Freddy since I physically could not draw the other three 🥲 (I’m sorry for that btw, I’m just really tired. I hope you don’t mind 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️)

This was pretty fun ngl- Other than the fact I just drew Freddy-….I hope you like them anyways I think the idea, it’s very funny to think about 😂

#Pizza Tower #Five Night’s At Freddy’s #FNAF #I HAVEN’T DRAWN FNAF IN SO LONG OM GOODNESS- #Poor FNAF is just siting in the corner until I come back for it again 💀 #Nah seriously- this was very fun so thanks for the request 😂 Peppino is scared shitless #I’d figure he’d be more grumpy than anxious but it’d DEFINITELY hit him in the face when he sees them move- #Also I figured I’d say this (since it’s pretty funny to think about-) EVERY UNIVERSE HAS PEPPINO WEARING BLACK PANTS THERE’S NO DENYING IT- #Peppino #Freddy Fazbear #Request :D #Ask

[pastelaspirations]

Inktobertale day 20: 4 panels comic. I like to think if Error ever joined the star sanses, then it would be a matter of no time before he and Ink became the most chaotic duo ever.

This gives Dream a lot of grief.

It took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to do for this specific prompt. I knew I wanted to do it, I just didn't know what. Then, this cursed idea came to life while I was trying to sleep one night and here we are.

If I knew the second panel was going to be as glorious as it ended up being, I would have made a full on picture for it. But here's a cropped version of it 'cus I couldn't get over how vapor wave or freaking something they look lmao

Fun fact; the canonical reason why Ink is holding his shades up is because they ran out of tape. They only had the three. So him holding them up constantly has a stupid, in canon reason asides from just looking cool-

Additionally, I like to think how this all played out was because Ink was sad that Dream wouldn't let him dress up when they went on missions.

Ink: Dream said I couldn't dress up for the next mission! I tried telling him I'd look neat! But he said it wouldn't be very... intimidating to people we're going to fight. :( Since when did we have to be "intimidating?" I thought we were the good guys... Crossing his arms, he adds with a grumble: I have serious doubts I'm even considered "iNtImIdAtInG" to begin with, but that's another story... Error, having listened intently with a thoughtful hand on his chin this entire time: .....Yeah, but hear me out. What if... there were two people dressing up-

Ink: *GASP-*

The moral of the story is that Error does demonstratively have more brain cells than Ink, but he uses those brain cells to perfect and refine Ink's arguably stupid ideas.

Whether this comes back to make him appear like a dumbass too is up to interpretation.

Special shoutout to a special commenter on ao3 that referred to Error being bad bitch buddies with Ink on a comment one time. That just stuck with me for some reason. Also to @honeybubbletea33 for their art that depicted Error with the exact same fluffy boa and heart glasses that just. Imprinted into my brain or something, idk man-

#utmv #error sans #ink sans #errorink #inktobertale2023 #star sanses #Happy birthday to Error btw lmao #I feel so bad but I was actively snickering at multiple points while drawing this #Just at Error and Ink channelling inner team rocket was killing me #Dream's face was also a primary offender #Poor guy is just d o n e #He's been dealing with Error and Ink's shit for a while now #Would ya look at that; Error managing to look more gay than Ink for once- #Wait nvm scratch that. Ink looking pretty fruity too tbh

[hooked-on-elvis]

#lately i've been obsessed with this picture #he looks so sexy #i can't #i CAN'T! #70s elvis #i'm sorry but there's no way not sexualizing EP #his looks... #his energy... #his voice... #it's all sex #hey but i'm still respectful #elvis was MUCH MORE than just a pretty face #we all know about it #but what a pretty face honey #body and soul #sighs

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

What can I say? They're my favorite.

#twdg #twdg clouis #clouis #twdg clementine #twdg louis #sometimes they creep back into my mind and i'm like 'ah yes' like a crow admiring a pretty stone they found years ago and kept #also thank you pi for the screenshots. i used to have a whole folder full of them but that was when i was doing themed nights #the source for these is me i just have a random document full of dynamics and ship things i enjoy because.....i dunno i like keeping track #and so many of them apply to clouis but there's also an overlap of with clouis and rose/alistair [my warden from origins and alistair] like #alistair's romance route is like an evolved matured and extended version of clouis sksksks gee i wonder if i have a type #look you present me with a character who deflects with humor and isn't taken seriously by the rest of the group and the longer you know the #the more you realize how high they've built a wall around themselves and how *unwell* they really are and how they're not as sunshine #as they present themselves and also they avoid leadership and responsibility until they grow closer with someone who pushes them #and they end stronger and more balanced as a person while finding the affection they've craved #and also there's the daddy issues #present me with that character as a romantic option and i'm in no questions asked okay i don't want the mean broody one that's meh to me #i want the one that has every reason to be broody but chooses not to be because they have a completely different defense mechanism #and a warped sense of themselves and self-esteem issues they leave unaddressed until forced to face them #i'm just saying i'm aware that i have a type i'm always going to gravitate toward clouis nearly checks all the boxes #also the lack of clouis these days? my crops are thirsty and i have too many ongoing projects to do anything about it other than this sksks #so until i make time to finish my long ass louis/clouis analysis this is the best i can provide for now

[hohoshinana]

I love how we all collectively agree that he's sooo pretty

#My babygirl is more than just a pretty face he's well written too i love him #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #geto suguru #jjk geto #jjk anime #jjk manga