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wanderingaldecaldo · 11 months

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💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕

@imaginarycyberpunk2023 you're so sweet for this! I'm gonna do as @kittenchrissy did and say my V, Valerie Vermilion, so prepare for some tooth-rotting sweetness.

A recent-ish portrait of Val for the jeans mod I'm going to release soon™️

Before Cyberpunk 2077, I generally played games and moved on. Only Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition compelled me to read fic and, another playthrough later, write it myself. But neither of those times did I build up my Shepard or Inquisitor. All I knew about her was the backstory I chose and as much detail as the story necessitated.

But something different happened with Val. As I was writing No One's Gonna Love You, which starts with the moment I fell for Mitch, I fell in love with Val. She had grown to be a fully realized character somewhere along the line, with hopes and fears beyond the short term goal of hooking up with Mitch surviving Mikoshi. I really connected with her grief over Jackie, and participating in ask memes and chatting with friends helped me flesh out her lore even further.

Another portrait I took tonight while thinking about Val being sad hanging out in this park in Heywood that Jackie liked to visit

I've been writing for a long time, and character creation is a place where I struggle in my original work. That is part of the reason fanfic holds such a draw for me—I can take established characters and play with them instead—so having an OC as developed as Val is a real point of pride for me. I'm still finding things out about her, but I know so much already.

And why not one more? I'm a writer, we love threes

#cyberpunk 2077 #valerie vermilion #streetkid!val #streetkid val things #mail time!#imaginarycyberpunk2023 #thank you <3 #you're so kind and thoughtful #a blessing to fandom #my screens #fem v #female v #female oc #oc creation #probably said some of this before #it's the adhd brain

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emotionaldisaster909 · 4 months

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ALSO NOTICE THAT

Hua Cheng smiled when qr said that Xie Lian has him on a leash

AND THIS IS THE FACE HE MADE

AFTER QR SAID THAT XIE LIAN WAS LICKING HIS BOOTS

THAT’S

A L L YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM

#tgcf #hualian #xie lian #hua cheng #tian guan ci fu #tgcf thoughts #tgcf season 2 #tgcf donghua #heaven officials blessing #天官赐福 #tgcf analysis #tgcf fandom #tgcf meta #tgcf s2

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shoomlah · 8 months

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I'm not sure what else I can do for the apparently VORACIOUS Spies In Dresses fandom, but might I offer you the original sketches in this trying time

#valve #steam #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 spy #the spy #drawn feverishly at like 11PM as I was rushing to get all of this out the door last week #this idea was sitting on my reference board for like a week and I kept thinking “well no way I'm gonna get to do this one”#but the team was entirely on board god bless 'em #glad the fandom appreciates the details like that little sliver of flesh between the dress and the cowl #the sweetheart neckline #the ✨mesh✨#y'all get it

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tea-cat-arts · 5 months

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More doodles (ft Xianle Trio mostly Feng Xin)

#heaven official's blessing #heaven official's blessing fanart #tgcf #tgcf fanart #xianle trio #xie lian #feng xin #mu qing #hua cheng #hualian #idk how Feng Xin ended up in the most panels given he's probably my least favorite of the trio #oh well #there will be more doodles later #thought i had while drawing this: do you think they gave Mu Qing his slutty little choker as a reference to the shackle he gets later on?#i might be reading too much into that #didnt let myself interact with the fandom till i finished the books #so i got a lot of catch up doodles to do now

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lilapplesheadcannons · 1 month

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All MXTX novels are just about one outwardly put-together, inwardly screaming mess of a man and his emotional support war criminal.

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verycharismaticdragon · 8 months

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Since not everyone can be Luo Binghe (the meme, the legend)...

please vote for Hua Cheng in @the-ghost-bracket!

EDIT2: next round has begun, so the link above now directs there! And Hua Cheng is also currently in a competition for the title of the best leader.

#godtier summon: sister fandoms. i mean. hopefully #lets get Hua Cheng a W of his own!#mxtx #hua cheng #wei wuxian #luo binghe #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #svsss #scum villain's self saving system #scum villain's self-saving system #mxtx redblacks #charismaticdragonarts #into the tourneyverse

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avelera · 7 months

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Man, there’s all these little beats in OFMD S2 1-3 where people keep EXPECTING Stede to be upset or horrified about Ed’s actions and then he’s just. Not. In a way that reminded me of how a lot of fanon kept softening Stede into someone who doesn’t swear and is horrified at Ed for setting those ships on fire when imo to my eyes he was horrified for Ed because Ed was still so clearly distressed about it.

- Zheng Yi Sao asks Stede how he’s doing now that he knows Ed did horrible things to his crew and there’s this beat and Stede just pivots to, oh yeah, sometimes Ed is troubled. Like it didn’t occur to him to be upset on the crew’s behalf he’s worried about Ed.

- Izzy keeps trying to spare Stede’s feelings and cover up Ed’s spiral, but Stede clocked what was going on with Ed immediately and wasn’t the least bit intimidated or bothered. The knives brought the room together. Of course Ed’s trying to burn the world down or die trying. Duh. And I genuinely don’t think the STUFF in the Revenge mattered even a fraction to Stede as much as the signs of Ed’s breakdown broke his heart. It’s just STUFF, who cares.

- Lucius had to SPECIFICALLY call out Stede for not being surprised or bothered by what happened to him. What Ed did. Stede has to almost consciously remind himself to express polite concern. He just doesn’t actually care, instinctively or automatically, about what happened to Lucius. Part of it is he blames himself more than Ed. Part of it is he just doesn’t care, Ed is the priority.

They’re little blink and you’ll miss it pauses in some cases. Micro-expressions. The absence of a reaction. But honestly, I will scream it to the end of time, Stede is not some nonviolent creampuff scared or upset by Ed’s evil ways. He wants to join Ed in the atrocities. The man ran away to become a pirate. He asked if Lucius was taking notes during a murderous raid.

Stede’s at least a little on some kind of whackadoodle pirate comedy neurodivergence spectrum to the point where he actually really actually struggles to empathize with people, even people he cares about!, if their feelings conflict with his hyperfixation (piracy) and the love of his life (Ed Teach). He’s always, ALWAYS going to pick Ed over Lucius or Izzy or his crew or even his own feelings, if the option is there. He will literally throw himself overboard to get to Ed’s side. No pause. No consideration of anyone else or even his own safety.

Stede sometimes seems to have to consciously remind himself things like, oh yeah, the crew, I need to see to them. Not because he’s heartless or doesn’t care, but because it takes a bit of conscious effort for him to see beyond the laser-focused spotlight of what and who he does care most about, he has to remind himself of social niceties and other people’s feelings (just see him running away in the first place!) when he gets an idea in his head. It’s as if he had to train himself to consciously care about some things other people care about and as a neurodivergent person myself, that felt very familiar in a comedically writ large sort of way. I’d even argue that’s where all his aristocratic social niceties come from. They were his guidebook for how to do things “right” in a world that otherwise made no sense to him outside his hyperfixations. He practiced being a person through the aristocratic training because it was all so foreign to him from the start, including caring, actually caring, about the needs of others. Not because he’s consciously evil or consciously a jerk. The instinct just isn’t there unless he practices at it until it becomes reflex to ask how others are doing, because on his own his brain just doesn’t really notice or care.

I just… hope the fandom notes and has as much FUN as I do noticing all the little moments where even people inside the story of OFMD expect Stede to act in a normal way and instead he remains unhinged, laser-focused on Ed.

Stede’s not just an Ed apologist, he truly doesn’t blame Ed for any of it. He blames only himself. He doesn’t always voice this but he really really only cares about anyone else including the crew as a DISTANT second and he has to consciously REMIND himself to do so. He is able to rally to take action, to care about their physical needs like safety during the rescue, but he still struggles, deeply struggles, to remember to show empathy in a non-performative way for anyone except his special person, Ed.

Stede’s not a creampuff, not a nice guy, not some emotionally or morally perfect angel. He has to consciously practice caring about literally anything else but what he wants to do and his special person. And to me that’s a thousand times more interesting than shoving him in a box labeled “the blond, pacifist do-gooder good guy” in their relationship.

#this rant requires gifs I don’t have but trust me those odd little beats are there #bless Rhys Darby for making Stede so very neurodivergent coded because it SHOWS #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd meta #sometimes fandom flanderization makes characters so DULL compared to canon

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lazycranberrydoodles · 1 year

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they are so in love and disgusting and also sarcastic bitches. follow for more / prev comic / next comic

#i have BEEN the grossly affectionate couple in the friend group btw. maybe one more reason i love them #right off the bat after meeting they are holding hands and hugging and touching each others shoulders #xie lian even rubs hua cheng’s back to calm him down during the lang qianqiu/ qi rong scene #also #the fandom knows that xl is an essentially kind person but i’ve been paying attention to his dynamic w/ fxmq #they give each other so much shit lmao 😭#when xl is with people he knows well and trusts he is truly so judgemental and sarcastic.#it is so funny.#can you imagine being confronted by the most powerful people in the three realms and they destroy your self esteem with dry fucking wit #feeling so insane about them currently #tgcf #art #hualian #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #hua cheng #xie lian #feng xin #digital art #my art #mxtx #comic

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bogbutteronmycroissant · 3 months

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artemisia-black · 1 year

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💟💝

#lovely and talented at the same time #a blessing to fandom

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alliswyattonthewesternfront · 1 month

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since i'm once again on a TOS binge, here are some of my favorite Bill Thiess creations. truly the best to ever do it. the pink number from "Who Mourns for Adonias" that is only held up by the weight of the train??? sensational

after his death, Thiess's estate auctioned off a lot of these pieces and donated the money to charity. if you ever want to feel insane read the prices some of it sold for. that metallic halter top + cape fit??? $173. are. you. kidding. me.

#not having a time machine to go back in time and clean up at the Thiess estate sale is my 13th reason #also god bless the trek fandom for meticulously documenting so much of the series #from script rewrites to bts photographs #we can never repay our debt to you #star trek #star trek: tos

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marlensotelo · 5 months

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Crown prince of Xianle ✨✨✨

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sodamnbored · 10 months

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In New Rome Pre-HoO:

Jason: Here, brought you something.

Nico, confused: A yogurt?

Jason, kindly: I wanted to make you feel more at home here.

Nico: Why would a yogurt make me feel at home?

Jason, tapping the lid: It’s Greek-style.

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munchy-k · 6 months

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XIE LIAN BIG NATURALS

(this post was made by the big tiddy xie lian gang)

#tian guan ci fu #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #天官赐福 #i hope all the ppl joining the fandom because of season 2 hype see this

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lazari-returns · 1 month

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Jeff the Killer Redesign

The complexities of Jeffery T Killer.

Savage monster of a man or shitpost tumblrina?

I like to think they're the same person.

#creepypasta #creepypasta fandom #creepypasta art #jeff the killer #jeff the killer art #jeffery C hodek #jeffery woods #blessed be the wicked #slenderman #creepypasta fanart #my art #digital art #digital drawing

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gideonsgirldick · 2 months

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I just realized that The Locked Tomb series would be waaaay more popular than it is right now if one or both of the leads were male cause people go nuts for hogwarts esc houses, enemy's to lovers romance, and lore as deep as my fingers in your mom.

Someone please talk to me about this I am genuinely out raged.

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #like its litrually a recipe for success #houses with specific personality traits that are easy to attach and easily marketable #enemys to lovers #the lore oh GOD THE LORE #girlies should be going nuts for it but for some reason everyone hates women and thats the true tragedy here #and lesbians. they also hate lesbians #maybe its for the best. they could barely handle Catra so i dont think theyd handle Harrow very well #both a blessing and a curse. not popular enough to be able to buy merch at a convention but at least we arent getting garbage hot takes like #the she ra fandom did

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