#YOU SEE I AM PREPARED

[astearisms]

but it ain’t called love without a little tragedy 🍁

#my art #a love letter to betty and simon #getting to explore simon’s journey post AT finale and the nuances of his relationship with Betty has been an experience #I don’t know what’s next but we can only hope closure for them #that betty maybe learns to put herself first after putting every ounce of herself in simon #or that simon learns to let go? or both of them do #assuming we do see Betty again #i am preparing to say farewell to the series once again after the finale #thank you adventure time crew #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #betty grof #petrigrof #adventure time #I forgot to mention #this animation was inspired by ‘autumn leaves’ by yves montand #but a cover of it #I was listening to the song because I wanted to learn it on an instrument #it’s a melancholy song about autumn and lost love #and as I heard the lyrics of course I instantly thought of these guys #and then I started drawing #inspiration had a strong grip on me #thank you for reading #and your support #I hope you guys have had as much fun with this show as I have #I’m grateful for it

[crescentfool]

judgement day 🌕

#persona 3 #persona 3 spoilers #aigis #minato arisato #makoto yuki #nyx avatar #lizzy does art #a belated january 31st from me to you! i technically started this at the start of january but got a lil sidetracked teehee! but its done no #i am forever enamored with the fight with nyx avatar- not only is she gorgeous but the boss fight's design really sells the themes of p3 im #i still love how much the major arcana are intertwined with p3's story- from the full moon operations and the final fight #and the lengthiness of the fight. i personally don't consider it tedious bc i came Very Prepared (its the love for grinding in tartarus!)- #but i think that the length has always been a testament to the indomitable force that nyx and nyx avatar are- something that should be- #impossible to go against! yet sees continues to show their perseverance in the endeavor because that's the choice they ultimately made. #i hope to get the chance to draw nyx avatar again sometime! she is absolutely lovely to draw. i had a lot of fun working on this :D #and i also hope everyone has been enjoying the remake <3 i've been enjoying it a lot but i won't be elaborating here. take care!

[waspredteeth]

You know what I've realized these past several months on Tumblr and just...years of consuming content?

It's pretty rare for the fandom to acknowledge Gotham as a city. A real, living city with people in it. Like, sure we always get cutesy posts about Batman or the others from outside perspectives or fics that include interesting ocs (I love u if you do that btw).

But what I mean isn't that. What I mean is: does anyone think of Gotham and its citizens as actual people? Because I've sure seen kind of the opposite.

I see constant arguments or heavily biased (mostly misinformed) posts regarding what Bruce does and how the Batman helps the city. That his riches would get lost in corruption and no one can save the city unless there's violence. You could try and make the argument, sure. But we've seen time and time again in comics that Bruce uses his money to the benefit of the city. We've seen in comics that he employs people who are disadvantaged and gives them opportunities. People know Bruce Wayne gives jobs and treats his employees well. He donates heavily to charities, creates his own organizations, funds Leslie Thompkin's clinic, and consistently updates the safety of his own buildings. People (at least post-Crisis) would know that Bruce Wayne did everything he could to save Gotham after the Cataclysm earthquake/No Man's Land - that he went up against Congress. Of course, not everyone would like Batman. Not everyone would trust the Wayne name. They'd see a stranger who prowls nightly and may or may not rescue you. They'd see the privilege of an old rich name who gets to exert his influence over the city. If you go to him for help, you go to him with the fear, and anticipation of rejection or with the knowledge that he will be safe.

I've also seen the (imo) ridiculous notion that Crime Alley citizens would trust the Red Hood. Maybe some would now, after the reboots and actual comic book evidence that he's doing something. But I cannot fathom living in a city with such heavy crimes occurring and then trusting what is essentially a cop. People don't know the Red Hood. They don't know Jason Todd. They would only know: 1. he has tried and succeeded various times to take over organized crime and drug routes 2. he can and will kill if he sees it fit. In some people's eyes, he would be a cop with even less judicial oversight. In some families, he would be the killer of their breadwinner, of their fathers or family members or lovers. A man with a gun. Eyes without a face. If you go to him for help, you go to him for blood.

This doesn't even begin to lay out the insane amount of vigilantes who live/operate in Gotham. The Batman is not the only figure. The Red Hood is not the only figure. If you boil down Gotham to only the conflict between these two characters, you miss the nuances and varied opinions of the city by miles. If you boil down Gotham to just Batman-affiliates, you miss even more.

For every person who doesn't trust Batman, there's someone who'd prefer Huntress. For every child who lives in fear but can't trust an adult, there's Robin or Batgirl. For an abused woman, there's other women out there who help: Catwoman or Black Canary or Holly Robinson. There's people who'd never trust a vigilante but want safety, they'd have Leslie Thompkins (who operates in Crime Alley) or Lucius Fox who could give them a job.

Not to mention, Batman is very obviously white. There would be some people who would rightfully mistrust white men, and would prefer figures like Orpheus or Onyx or Batwing or the Signal or Huntress (post-N52). There's the Creeper, who would be terrifying but some might prefer the monster over the man. There's Ragman, an explicitly Jewish vigilante who was literally called the Tatterdemalion of the Oppressed and trusted by the poor and homeless. There's Batwoman, Mother Panic, Spoiler, Nightwing, Red Robin, Azrael, Bluebird, the enigmatic idea of the Oracle, Anarky, Ghostmaker, Gotham Girl/Boy, Catman, Alan Scott-Green Lantern, Wildcat.

Hell, maybe someone who lives in Gotham would just straight up trust Superman or the Flash or Wonder Woman more than anyone else. Maybe they'd never once trust someone acting for a perceived view of justice and would just trust an employer like Two-Face or the Riddler or any mobster.

I'm stressing my point here: when you write anyone who lives in Gotham City, keep in mind that they don't know they live in a comic book world. Secret identities are foreign to them, they only know the base actions of each vigilante. Each person's opinion will heavily vary. Every experience colors their view of the city and vigilantes as a whole. Just, idk, widen your horizons and consider about what someone living in a place like Gotham would really think.

To that end, read the comics!!! Research actual cities!!! Take in experiences and history!!! It's all interesting and just adds so much more.

You want one comic that shows Bruce helping Gotham and the various views of Gothamites, read Gotham Knights #32, published in 2002 and titled "24/7." Read it online illegally if you have to!!

#i'm not hating on existing content #make what you want! #I've just always wanted to see more #because there is more to explore #dc #batman #dc comics #batman meta #gotham city #DM for a link to the comic issue if you want #just be prepared for a comic website with pop-up ads #robin #dc meta #bruce wayne #I am Not tagging all these people

[sciderman]

#i fucking love the spider-signal. i love it so much. #sci talks comics #it has NO PRACTICAL USE other than for spider-man to say “bitch guess who.” #thats all it exists for. its so useless . it's so useless. i cousl cry about it. this is so supervillain core it's such an ego thing. #spider-man just wants to strike fear into the hearts of criminals. #by putting his silly little completely unintimidating adorable little spider-man mask emblem up on the wall for everyone to see. #announces his arrival. like the diva that he is. #its such a power play too like do you not want the tactical advantage of surprise??? no. he knows he doesn't need it. #watch out criminals here i come . bitch you better know Who i Am. prepare your ass. #i lveo eg him. i loooooveeee him. #dramatic little idiot. diva. diva. he's all about the show. #guess who's coming to beat your ass. little ol' me! spider-man!

[originalartblog]

I just think Chuuya deserves to snap for this arc. Crumble under his unaddressed trauma. Be evil for a little while. Make Dazai face some consequences for a change. A little corruption arc, if you will.

#yes i'm evil sometimes. it comes and goes. #fyi i have a lot of thoughts about the prison break arc and i agree that dazai *thinks* he's prepared to sacrifice chuuya to get fyodor #he didn't know chuuya would be there but he already had his plan in motion and he can't stop now can he #but i also want this to be the start of skk's make-up arc. do you see my problem. #i often say chuuya gives dazai too much credit (like everyone else) for how much he schemes and knows #but. maybe dazai thinks chuuya is more resilient than he is. maybe chuuya can break. ever thought of that one dazai. #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai osamu #bsd nakahara chuuya #skk #soukoku #bsd manga spoilers #nawy's art #posting this now is taking a shot in the dark but i am prepared for the potential consequences #i was supposed to post this much earlier but i got covid OUT OF NOWHERE so

[jojo-schmo]

Sworn Partners at their weekly Dreamland protection strategy meeting

#-coughs up sugar packets- I am on some kind of sweet fluffy ship streak these days oh my lord #I never EVER thought id get to the point where id pubicly post fluff let alone this often but here we are. HERE WE ARE. #HAPPY BIRTHDAY META KNIGHT #sorry I didn't have anything more substantial prepared but alas I am a desk sitter with woefully little free time #so i made sure he got kissed instead #someday I will be able to make actual art pieces about these characters #but for now i humbly offer these drabbles instead #i said to myself the other day “be the metadede you want to see in the world” so I just make them smooch a bunch #hope that's cool with yall #meta knight #king dedede #metadede #kirby series

[tethered-heartstrings]

hiii! just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I am having gender-affirming surgery next week and will very likely not be on very much if at all as I recover. I will try and have memes and posts scheduled but I probably won't be able to make more when those run out. I'll also up my queue/rb my old posts. in my absence please feel free to check out my ao3/fic masterlist and older memes/metas/etc. or my ko-fi if you like what i make!

#asks are welcome as well! though ofc i will be even slower at replying #i have to be realistic in that i won't be able to make content for a bit #but i have made over 1100 memes i am sure there's something in there for all of you #and i also have an exam on monday so i have to study and cant make a billion memes/posts in preparation #sorry i wont be as active but I will be back! #i also just finished another fic and sent it to my beta reader so that will be making an appearance at some point as well! #although it currently has no title lol #the speaking clown #i will rb this a couple times in case people dont see it

[intotheelliwoods]

sniffles* I love my huggy sons... did you guys know I love my huggy sons.....

#my huggy sons.... #my emotional support huggy leos #I think about them every day #nonsense #I cannot wait for the weekend- #I cannot wait to release what I have been preparing ehe #I thinkkkk I might end up extending the event till monday btw #I will uhhh announce that update sometime later though #btw I love my huggy sons #the embodiments of self love those two #and augh seeing them cameo in some au comp stuff already makes me so so so happy!!! #like yes!!!! you too embrace the huggy leos #you too love them #their self love is spreading #sorry its late at night and I am getting emotional about them again... per usual

[sun-e-chips]

It’s Christmas morning and your parents actually got you that 7ft tall robot jester you’ve been raving about and now you have to awkwardly unwrap them in front of the rest of your family.

#this post was inspired by something I read a long long time ago that I couldn’t hunt down if my life depended on it #its really funny to imagine your hyperfixation in real life and your family seeing it with absolutely no context #how would you even begin to explain it #I would also like to think that the daycare attendant would just seamlessly fit into your family for that day and would help with #preparing the Christmas meals and cleaning up all the torn wrappings and ribbons etc #if you have yunger relatives the dca is running around with them playing silly little games while the adults are sipping eggnog catching up #just a really wholesome hypothetical where everything is peaceful and happy and everyone gets along #and no one really questions your big and very friendly sociable gift #anywhooooo it’s October why am I thinking about this #dca #dca Christmas #sb daycare attendant #Christmas #hypotheticals #crunch ramble

[arom-antix]

Happy birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, trophy husband of Yuuri Katsuki, Viktor Nikiforov!

#oh and fuck that post #HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BOI YOU DESERVE THE WORLD #christmas ends on the 24th here so GUESS WHAT #THE 25TH IS ALL ABOUT VIKTOR BABYYY #also theyre married your honour idc what plaintiff has to say because im right they have no grounds to sue #anyway i drew this before yuuris birthday and has been sitting on it for a month now and i am SO glad to get it posted #and despite having that much time to prepare this post im sitting here on christmas eve and typing this out while hiding from festivities #also IGNORE THAT THE COAT ISNT ACCURATE I JUST DREW IT OKAY #its embarrassing as someone who lives in a cold country to draw a winter coat wrong #people from warm countries have no idea what im talking about probably and if you do or are from a cold country and know then no you dont #the coat is perfect youre just imagining things #also lemme tell you those eyelashes made me so happy to draw #i ADORE pale lashes theyre so fun #tbh i adore all colours but im particularly fond of white grey and black hair and white lashes #its just so chefs kiss #if you have pale invisible lashes that you think make you look weird no they dont they make you look incredible #also yes this is ABSOLUTELY a companion piece to the birthday piece i did for yuuri #i said i liked to imagine that piece being how viktor sees yuuri #well heres viktor looking at yuuri #yuri on ice #yuri on ice fanart #fanart #art #arom antix art #arom antix #viktor nikiforov

[imgonnabethatone]

bro that B-rank federation worker has one(1) oak boat and a dream

#qsmp liveblogging #wtf do you mean “follow protocol” #i am dying laughing at the implications that in a week's time the island residents are gonna see #one(1) severely hungry and dehydrated B-rank worker that's like #WE GOTTA LEEEEAAAAVVE #ok now that I think about it maybe he left to prepare for the real expedition and that was the quickest way to get where he needed to go #but that was NOT my first impression #so I'm sticking to it #it is now my belief that this worker is rowing as fast as his little hands will let him towards the egg island

[itspileofgoodthings]

I think it’s such a lovely thought that the stuff you’re going through now is preparing you for the things you want.

#I know I’m sorry this is so insta inspirational post of me #but I love it #just the thought that our hearts are sure enough to know what we want and reach for it #but too stupid to understand what we need to actually be able to receive it #so God prepares us gently through the here and now #however ugly and painful! #Anyway I often feel that I don’t even know what I want and that is its own anguish #but this is still a comforting thought to me #I love when things are true just not how we think and this is kind of the heart of that #you GET the thing you want. it is also a surprise and gives you more than you thought it would #in hard ways and in good ways #I am just reflecting #I told my counselor yesterday that I did overthink everything but also I had a lot of beautiful thoughts in the overthinking #and she laughed and was like ‘yeah I can see that’

[egophiliac]

CHAPTER 7 DIASOMNIA IS COMING LATE DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY ON THE JP SERVER SAW THE NEWS AND THOUGHT OF YOU GOOD LUCK MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH ALL THE DIA CONTENT

the schedule says mid-December OH GOD THAT'S EVEN CLOSER

it's coming

#gif warning #flashing gif #flashing images #image jitter #probably overkill but let's be safe #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #happy hondadays to us! #please take this opportunity to set up your blocklist as desired (i will try to tag everything as spoilers/episode 7 spoilers specifically) #(gestures to tags on this post) #unless you really really like seeing me flip my gourd over anime characters i guess #speaking of which #start the popcorn poppin' because it's malleus' turn for his brain to fall right out of his head #he's about to screw everything up and i cannot WAIT #damnit i am not prepared for diasomnia pickups #i knew this would happen when i went all in and wasted all my keys trying to pull masquerade malleus #(with no luck) #so OF COURSE they go and dangle sebek right in front of me #and he's getting a new year's card too?! you can't do this to me twst #i shall have to enjoy my stupid crocodile son from afar #b-but my fancy pngs...

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

OKAY SO THIS MAY BE A STRANGE IDEA BUT

Legacy with an s/o that has an abyss monster transformation just like Ajax does. A second moth!!!!! I'd imagine Legacy being both very surprised and very very curious to unexpectedly meet one of his kind out of the Abyss. (Do you think it would be a different colour? Different design??)

So aside from the typical interactions you also have:

Moth dates sitting in the sun together. Moth dates in the wild finding cute things to add to the hoard (bonus points if this is just around the house and it's about finding the best pillows to make a moth nest). Moth dates going night swimming with him in the warm waters of Liyue. Moth dates cuddling together at home like fluffy little moths.

Moth. Dates.

ALSJWOSHWOSJWO WIFI PLEASE DO U SEE MY VISION

OHHH I SEE YOUR VISION. I SEE IT SO MUCH

when you see Foul Legacy for the first time your eyes widen with disbelief, taking a step back, and Legacy whines sadly, thinking you're about to run away. but instead there's a crackle of energy and stars, and Legacy finds himself face-to-face with another Abyss creature, similar to him yet so different at the same time and undoubtably radiating the same comforting aura that you always have. his mouth drops open as he stares, and you shuffle slightly, wondering if this was a good idea before letting out a single, hesitant chirp

Legacy trills delightedly in response, rushing over you sweep you into his arms and nuzzle his face against your neck, the room filled with chitters and croons of joy as you snuggle for the first time

words can't describe the happiness that Legacy feels upon discovering your Abyssal form- you're like him!! you're sparkly and armored and beautiful!! his favorite thing is to cuddle with you, curling around your bodies in a fluffy moth pile and snoozing away, even better if there's a beam of sunlight for you to sleep in like a pair of big, armored cats. you have two bedrooms in your shared house- one with a large bed and furniture for when you and Childe are in your human forms, and one filled with pillows and soft blankets and shiny trinkets for when you're both in your Abyssal forms. sometimes one of you is a human and the other is Abyssal, and those moments are met with many all-encompassing hugs and careful nudges, wanting to be as gentle as possible with the other's human form <33

#genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #foul legacy #foul legacy childe #genshin tartagalia #genshin childe #genshin tartaglia #chit chat #darling mutuals #YOU SLEEP IN A PILE I SAID IT SO IT'S TRUE #i do see the add on to this ask but forgive me as i am very sleepy tired #will get to it soon i promise #anyways TWO MOTHS PREPARE FOR TROUBLE AND MAKE IT DOUBLE #zhongli has his work cut out for him but he doesn't mind #short scenario #other's stuff #good evening :)

[bucketsofgiggles]

shout out to Amphibia for, when one of the main villains feels regret and remorse for his actions and decides he’s done doing terrible things, A. also having him acknowledge that his past actions make him irredeemable and B. having the protagonist, who sees and hears the villain express regret and surrender, still land the finishing blow. King Shit 

#amphibia #amphibia spoilers #amphibia all in #amphibia all in spoilers #there was a shot of Anne's face where she realizes that Andrias is giving up #and i was so prepared for her to pull back and stop short of her strike #AND THEN SHE DIDN'T #HELL SHE FUCKING G O R E D HIM #Disney Brand TM #but yeah it's exactly what i wanted out of Andrias's character and i'm thrilled the writers delivered #edit: #1k #am i really in a fandom if i don't get at least one post to blow up #technically my first solo Amphibia post too hell yeah hole in one #also i see y'alls snarky digs at my pfp #and the tl;dr is i'm not mad at SU for not doing this/not shading SU via this post #clearly i love SU; it's still my pfp in the Year of Our Lord 2022 #if you want the long version send an ask

[imminent-danger-came]

hi. mentally ill about soren and claudia. the siblings in tdp all make me insane but soren and claudia are so. viren's daughter claudia and her brother soren (he doesn't like soren). the fact that at first claudia seems like the nice one but soren questions when he's doing the wrong thing and claudia digs herself deeper every chance she gets. that one scene where to protect ezran (?) (it's been a while since i watched this bit) he threatens claudia and she just looks so heartbroken and determined. they both do. because they still do care so so much about each other, it's just that they've taken such different paths and neither of them is willing to bend, not even for the other. <- not normal

OMG A TDP ASK FOR ME??????????????

Who doesn't love Soren and Claudia.

Like, Soren was willing to kill his father in the name of what was right, and Claudia was willing to bring her father back from the dead ignoring what was right ("I did things...I never imagined I would be able to do"). Claudia in s2 wants to "use [her] words not [her] muscles" but when it comes down to it, she's always going to use the strength dark magic gives her to get what she wants, and Soren has since learned that forgiveness and friendship are powerful things. Claudia has only distanced herself from the personhood of the creatures/people around her further and further (which is part of the danger of dark magic), while Soren has only become more and more aware of it.

Soren would jump headfirst into the sea in heavy armor to save an innocent baitling, whereas Claudia would try and squeeze her former friends to death for the sake of her goal. They both have a completely different understanding of the value of life, at all different levels, with Viren learning that value later:

And I think Soren learning to value life more and more over the course of his arc 1 er, arc, only adds to the fact that he's willing to kill his father at the end of s3.

Had Soren been down in the ocean with the rest of the gang in 5x09, I think he wouldn't have hesitated in killing Claudia either, despite how much he cares about her.

While Claudia's followed the dark path of her father ("Daddy look! I'm following in your footsteps!") Soren's been trying to walk a different path. To follow Ezran and his efforts for a brighter future.

I just think they're neat!

(For context, these scenes take place right after one another. Soren staying on the surface to look after their creature friends VS Claudia who sinks bellow to the ocean floor using the corpse of a pentapus)

Bonus "My eyes for truth" and seeing personhood comp:

#thinking about how 'No matter where you are on the path- no matter what you've done before...every step forward is a choice! I am free' #also applies to walking on the path of light #Like for Soren reaching after Clauida. And Callum doing dark magic again in 5x08 #You know what I'm saying #tdp #tdp analysis #tdp parallels #the dragon prince #tdp Soren #tdp Claudia #asks #gumy-shark #also tdp is insane with it's water/darkness symbolism #Like in 5x07 Soren is all like ''If you see Claudia again tell her I said hi'' and then he gives up and prepares to SINK and DROWN #Going back to the abyss are we Soren #Be amazed by how much I can overthink everything