#accidental genius

[kipo-oak]

"Antlantis" sounds like it would be a cute story about an anthill that sank into a pond or something 💜

OOOHH that sounds adorable!!!!

Unfortunately, I'm not quite that creative to come up with smth like that, and this was indeed a typo...

#oops #accidental genius #i love puns #and this one is adorable!!!

[reineydraws]

three is a pattern, shanks!

#i made a joke abt this in a fic i posted recently then thought it'd be funny to make art for it lol #shanks #akagami no shanks #red haired shanks #one piece #one piece fanart #op fanart #buggy the clown #uta #one piece uta #monkey d luffy #buggy the genius jester #kid luffy #if shanks had a nickel for every time a kid accidentally ate a devil fruit around him #he'd have three nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened three times.

[mumblesplash]

the annoying thing is i genuinely do my best thinking while pacing back and forth monologuing to a small but attentive audience like some manner of old timey tv detective or cartoon supervillain

#mumbling #said audience can be on the phone with me but it’s better if they’re physically present #so i can exclaim shit like ‘write that down’ or shake them by the shoulders and call them a genius for accidentally giving me an idea

[timothvy]

they will be destroying the science lab <3

#either they will come up with the most genius nobel peace prize idea or they accidentally spawn the most wretched disease #that they take to the batcave and ignite it behind those comically large safety helmets #dc #tim drake #yj #my art #art #dc comics #bart allen #tim drake fanart #bart allen fanart #dc impulse #dc comics fanart #artists on tumblr #batfam

[autismswizard]

real comment found in the wild under a DC instagram post. this is abt kon btw.

#i know what you are #accidental genius? #idk man #dc #kon el #conner kent #superboy #or #supergay #i guess? #dc comics #this was under the newest dcofficial kon post

[golyadkin]

Long road to Colorado

#accidental child acquisition? no. intentional teenager acquisition. #the venture bros #pete white #billy quizboy #billy whalen #the invisible hand of fate #fanart #art tag #sorry i'm like obsessed with their backstory there's so much to dig into with it #the sort of kidnapping... the cocaine... the roadtrip... the media coverage... the aftermath... it's just so tasty #tonight we're thinking about pete taking this kid in and discovering only after that surprise! a teenager still needs to be parented #even the genius ones #also like was pete still high out of his mind during all this? was he still doing blow? or had he run out by the time they were on the road #also like... the necessity for immediate trust and reliance on one another because if they didnt have any other choice #and like why didn't billy ask his mom to take them? why did it have to be a secret thing? #i have... so many questions that will never be answered the whole thing was so fucked up #also i ignored their scooter design because it was dumb they're riding a vespa here whatever

[hrtgallant]

the funniest thing about the potc films is that they accidentally crafted a character of truly shakespearean complexity in james norrington. unironically, he's one of the most compelling tragic heroes in film and his epic battle with the story he's in culminates in the absolutely perfect ending

#the potc in general had a knack for accidental genius #norrington. he's not even my favourite character but he stands out so much! #just as an element of the trilogy which is fantastic from minute 1 to the last agonising moment #potc #pirates of the caribbean #james norrington #commodore norrington #norrington

[sketchingstars03]

Ya know, it’s funny. Ink is probably the “sans that doesn’t need to be a sans” that actually makes the MOST sense to be a sans anyway IMO.

But not in an in-narrative way,

It makes sense on a META LEVEL.

Think about it

The UTMV fandom’s main creative outlet has always been through Sans. So it only makes sense for its protector, the embodiment of creativity in this fandom, to be one regardless.

And the best part?

It works so well for him to make sense as a sans on a meta level..

Because Ink is a meta character.

#undertale au #utmv #ink sans #utmv meta #textpost #shaymin rambles #I had to get this out there #My brain has connected the dots #THIS SHIT HAS LAYERS #never gonna listen to anyone who thinks undertale AUs are just shallow OP Sanses that do nothing but make the original guy OOC #BECAUSE WE’VE GOT STUFF LIKE THIS #Could go on and on abt how I love the whole meta fiction in relation to its creators lore thing we’ve got going on here #it’s just cool ok #I like this fandom I think it’s cool #This was DEFINITELY unintentional on Comyet’s part but it works out anyway #a stroke of accidental genius

[big-ass-magnet]

Oggie: vut kind ov animal iz de pink panther Oggie's wife, already taking off her clothes: Ognian you’re so fucking stupid

#girl genius #oggie #ognian #it is my personal headcanon she likes them cute and stupid #i think ognian got himself stabbed in a really idiotic way #and she was like 'oh i can't NOT fuck him' #i spent so fucking long on this but i had to make it #i put the text in the dialogue boxes to just so I would cover up as little of the panel as possible #and accidentally created a softer world poem

[boyfridged]

the brilliance of jay's progression in countdown is that it gives you a promise of positive character development, and then it breaks it. and it does so intentionally, in the most diverting way, to emphasize jason's inability to escape the cycle.

or, another post breaking down the series, where i repeat myself a lot but also make a clearer argument.

there are three notable events that happen at the beginning: the subtle showcase of jay's internal conflict considering his approach toward killing (the very first encounter with duela and the monitor), jay reaching out to donna in crisis ("i guess I just wanted to be around someone else who might know how it feels…"), and finally – his helmet shattering. these scenes tell you: jason's direction as a character is changing, and it seems, for the better. he's about to abandon his trauma-based (no matter how ironic, it does remain tied to his trauma) identity, he is connecting with people, and he seems to be on a brink of understanding that his moral standing does not provide easy answers or solutions either.

and for the most part of the series, we see that narrative unfolding (even if a bit non-linear, still innocently convincing way). it is, in many ways, supported by bringing up features of his characterisation from the 80s. jason remains, of course, still unpleasant in ways typical for this era of writing, and is conflicted and disagreeable, which makes sense for his utrh/post-utrh personality. however, there are also details that bring us back to his original robin run and his cameos on ntt – we see him being responsible (e.g. #43 – suggesting to bring in other superheroes in crisis, even though he clearly is not keen on the idea of working with them), determined (#16: “isn’t that your super-power, stupid boy? too stupid to ever give up?” “maybe it is”), sensitive (half of the whole storyline, really), caring for gotham (gotham by gaslight) and people-oriented (as early as #51).

the issue that particularly signals that jason is an inherently good person and externalizes his internal conflicts regarding classic heroic vigilantism vs his cynical approach is #30, where we meet batman of earth-15 –  alt jason, whom our jason attempts to punch in the face.

and on topic of batman – jason is always gravitating towards batman. in gotham by gaslight jay looks delighted to see (the foreign) bruce and suggests checking with the local bat. then, earth-51 arc arrives.

earth-51 arc (#16 - #13) is a culmination of a promise of catharsis for jason. we have already seen him as batman, as a confirmation that a different life for him is possible. and here he has a chance to come to terms with his past and overcome it. he meets a version of bruce who has done exactly what he wanted him to do in utrh: killed the joker and the rest of the rogue gallery. what is most important – he is disappointed with this version of his father. we realise that jason, deep down, has an intimate and intuitive understanding of what batman stands for; and that he shares most of his values. this is a truth that you can't ignore especially since jay is the one to inspire this hollow, cynical version of batman to go out and fight in a seemingly lost battle.

and then batman dies. right in front of him.

this is a central moment of the narrative, for many reasons, most strikingly:

the symmetry:, a premise known from the lost days, becomes literal. this "the father had lost a son, and now the son had lost the father" is a cruel parallel to a death in the family and bruce's grief. jason's death created a gap between them that jay has been desperately trying to close, with no avail – because in bruce's mind, jason remains dead. now that jason is grieving bruce, the connection closes on both sides, and there's no way for either of them to reconcile the mourning with the reality of the other being truly alive. in this sense, the arc solidifies that jason can never come home.

no good deed goes unpunished. as i have mentioned before, so far jason is established as someone good at heart, but confused; and the reader intuitively assumes that his better, honest side will win. yet, the moment jason gives in to hope, it victimises and retraumatizes him. this event, again, brings to mind his own death, when he tried his best to save sheila and ended up paying the highest price for it. so, narrative-wise, jason is always punished for his kindness.

perhaps because of the nonchalant act that jason pulls off, many readers seem to miss that everything that happens after that arc is an upshot that follows logically from it.

jason's immediate determination to leave – and later a short period of indecision that ends up with his dramatic exit, pushing his team away, makes perfect sense when you consider what intense trauma he has just gone through. admittedly, i'm not a fan of the notion that he would give up at all (i think he's always ready to give up on himself, but not on the world), but then on the other hand, if there's anything that would cause it, narrative-wise, witnessing batman dying does sound like a good incentive for that. (it also has to be pointed out that jason seems to be confident that the rest of the team can go into the final battle without him anyway; it's not like he would go back to his earth not even knowing if said earth will exist tomorrow).

it's crucial to notice that following that crisis of faith (faith in fighting for the world) is followed by him raising up for the challenge again, but now... worse and even more confused. in the final confrontation with donna, jason antagonizes the superhero community, and when we see him at the end of the series (#1) his monologue indicates that he believes the capes to be naive. (significantly, he also focuses on bruce and offends the memory of 51 earth-bruce by calling him crazy; an action that can be seen as suppression of his own guilt and invoking, once again, a cruel symmetry considering bruce's engagement in victim-blaming after jason's death). this, once again, is consistent with the "no good deed" reading – jason diminishes superhero values because he has been continuously punished for living by them. (and unlike other superheroes, he doesn't have a support system nor skills in compartmentalization that would help him deal with this trauma) every leap of hope re-traumatised him. hence, it seems to be no surprise that jason decides to abandon the mask, and in the closing scene we see him without it. the promise of the shattered helmet is pushed to an extreme – jason does not get a new alt identity. he denounces the idea of superheroism completely.

and yet, what is ultimately subversive about the ending, is that jay is not truly a civilian and he does not abandon vigilante ways. he does the same thing. we see him without a mask, but he is clearly working a case. he might have rejected the symbolic dimension of the vigilante work, but he still carries the same delusional hope for bettering the world and protecting people that the superhero community does. only now, he is even more isolated and doesn't have any identity to go by (as he is still legally dead).

as such, the ending opens a new question regarding jason's understanding of himself and vigilantism, or rather the lack thereof. is it possible that vigilantism is really at the core of jay's trauma? and why, potentially, is it something that is so destructive for him as a character specifically? (and i have some answers for that, but i'm not going to get into it here, as it's already a very long post)

so, tldr; the genius of countdown is that it establishes jay as sensitive, determined, and fundamentally good (this is what the purpose of seeing him as batman is!), and then it brutally reminds the reader that jason’s tragedy is that on this specific earth, in this specific timeline, his love doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. the story goes on as it did; one way or another, jay is trapped in the cycle of his care ironically creating rifts between him and the others, and bringing him to his own downfall.

#okay i know i said a lot of it already but it's been some time since i finished the reread and i feel like my take on it has shifted a bit #and i wanted to emphasise the 'no good deed' interpretation!! #also it's just that i've seen a lot of people saying that countdown ends with jason being a civilian. #while i think the whole genius of it is that he is not really a civilian?? #have you seen civilians doing whatever the hell he is doing in the final scene? #this is arguably the element of the narrative that is by most readers missed – and i understand why #it's easy to get confused when navigating an event that spans across pretty much all of dc #fortunately for you i have worms for brain. and i have hyperanalysed it #i'm not saying overanalysed btw because i genuinely believe that this is not a case of accidental narrative brilliance #this is a pretty clear and straightforward progression once you dissect it from the rest of the series #and there are a lot of details that further cement my belief that it had to be intentional #i mean. even the recognition that donna and jason know each other is already... a lot for dc writers? #the fatal flaw #51 #no good deed #jay.zip #jay.txt #jason todd #core texts

[alof3of9]

Knock knock whos there autism bum bum bum Ive been watching voyager again. I dont usually indulge in crossover AUs but i did today ! Im right about everything btw. Maybe later i can think more about if theyd be different species or not. And add more people to it (i have more ideas for who would go where i just didnt fit them on the page) For now its just these guys and everyone’s human cuz im lazy.

#i dont really know how the ranks work so for now everyones got 2 pins #im sure i accidentally made them all chiefs but #i can fix that later #‘hey why is richter there with fighting game characters?’ #because im a genius and my mind is large #terry bogard #richter belmont #ken masters #ryu #vega street fighter #fatal fury #street fighter #castlevania #star trek

[todayisafridaynight]

tattoo truth prequel lmao

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza series #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza 7 #jo sawashiro #masumi arakawa #snap sketches #this is just a silly unserious comic but i couldve made it serious if i thought hard about it probably #wait what was i saying i forget #oh wait i remember. anyway this is my truth from henceforth until rgg gives me the confirmation i want #its funnier this way.. lol #OH WAIT BUT I WAS SO ENGROSSED DOODLNG THIS I DIDNT DISCLOSE MY TERRIBLE MORNING #so i had a class at 8am right. thats what i and twenty other students thought #i was gonna say kids but... we're all in our twenties..... im gonna throw up ANYWAY #so firstly i accidentally fell back asleep after my morning routine so i woke up at 7:30 and like . i had to speedrun a shower right #and i didnt have time to eat and im just like 'oh god im gonna be late its so bad' and im running to the building #and this building sucks i always get lost in it but i turn the corner and i just see. A Hallway Of Students just waiting #and so i join them and like ten minutes pass so i just start rewatching WotH until by like 8:30 some genius is like #'hey it says the professor's not on campus....' SO WE ALL JUST LEAVE. LIKE THANKS FOR THE NOTICE ASSHOLE i cant wait to drop your class #oh but the best part my id card still doesnt work so as im getting back to my building i see the door like. 25% on its way to closing #so MY unnecessary ass runs across the street to grab the door right before it closes and then i just gotta awkwardly look at the door woman #like <:) hi i live here i promise the universe is just out to get me <:) #anyway.. i have one more class like three hours from now. its spanish so hopefully no biggie #and then after that... i hope my id card works and then ill prob call the bank..... great.... #after that... who knows... maybe ill explode.. ok im done bye LMAO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO TALK BOUT MY DAY #thats the real reason why i mustered the will to finish this sketch i hoarded for weeks. i needed to rant LMAO OK BYE

[nyaslashthreat]

sometimes i forget i care about the umbrella academy and then i rewatch the soul kitchen scene and i instantly start sobbing and crying and bawling. this show is so fucked up why would they do this to me. more importantly why would they do this to klaus and dave

#klave #tua #the umbrella academy #accidentally woke up the hyperfix from like a year ago so i've got klave on my mind. i am also very emotional about klave #eddie genius posting

[beesarthur]

Mae Martin

SAP (2023)

#my first email address was an accidental american pie reference and this was very unfortunate #mae martin on the other hand was a genius #and still is #mae martin #comedy #idk what to tag this really #sap (2023) #like that's for my own system

[possumnest]

bla bla bla i crazy now !!! stardew valley harvey i want to kiss you under the starry sky

#my farmer is just me slightly to the left but WHATEVER #anyways my farmers name is val short for valentine hes a rascal but a sweet rascal #his best friends r leah gus willy and linus #he brings harvey coffee every day :) #oh yeah he proposed the day before the dance of the moonlight jellies which accidentally made their anniversary pennys bday #sorry penny! #the shirt says UoZ college of medicine get it.... university of zuzu... im #genius #stardew valley #my art #fanart #harvey stardew valley

[yeehawbvby]

EDIT 04/24: here’s the completed version!!!

#oc apple spider #she has a tiny bun near her nape it's just hard to tell with the scarf and hood combo #accidentally made her corset look like an apple core and it's like. my subconscious is fucking GENIUS for that #crisart #WIP #spidersona #spider sona #spiderman oc #spidersona oc #spidersona art #spider oc #spiderverse oc #spiderverse #atsv #atsv oc #spiderman atsv oc