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saatorubby · 1 year
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i loved the series where the boys turned into a child and the mc takes care of them! could you perhaps make another part, but with Floyd, Lillia and Jamil?
Hi! Thank you for requesting. And of course I can, love this series too!
Part one with leona, azul and kalim
Part two with idia, malleus and riddle
Part three with vil, rook and silver
Request: Floyd, lilia and jamil has turned into children, now their s/o has to take care of them.
A/n: uh yeah I know I'm late and I have nothing to say for myself. Also I had very hard time writing Lilia as a toddler, I can't imagine him as a child. And for Jamil, I just can't write for him, for some reason his personality is very hard for me to grasp.
Warnings: weird children, (in my opinion, all vice dorm leaders+floyd are menace and hazard to society(affectionate)) gn!reader.
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Floyd leech
If you thought he was a menace before, he's a literal demon now . He's literally that child that eats the random things on the floor.
He somehow manages to eat stones, you'll never know how.
Tbh you won't find many things different now that he's a child, he still acts pretty much the same, but now he has new weapons. His cute face and baby voice.
He uses it to the maximum. He would bully other people and then put the blame on them. And when no ones looking he would grin like a little demon he is.
He doesn't eat anything except gummy bears and takoyaki. Azul better watch out.
His sleeping habits are also very bad considering his brother enables him too much.
Speaking of his brother. Jade never stops Floyd from doing shit. Partly because it amuses him and partly because he missed his menace of a brother.
Though he would take care of it if anyone decides to mess with his (now) little brother. Jade is known to be ruthless with his vicious grin.
So when jade showed up with his small copy at ramshackle you weren't sure what to do.
Floyd is still Floyd you know. But cuter (if that's possible) and probably less harmful to your health.
"Koebi-chaaan!" He would shout from a mile away from ramshackle and you would hear him. He would then make grabby hands and make you pick him up, which you gladly oblige.
Grim doesn't really like him as Floyd tends to monopolise your time.
When he sleeps you swore you saw an angle instead of the spawn of the devil he acts like during the day.
"Koebi-chan! Would you pick me up again?" He asked giggling, when he turned normal causing you to give him a deadpanned look and glace over at his 6'2 imposing figure.
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Lilia Vanrouge
Menace #2.
He...is a weird child. Like the child-you-see drawing-creepy-figures, weird.
Besides that, he okay, not normal but...fine.
He likes going into the forest with silver. He also likes to hear silver sing to the birds, it calms him down and provides a sense of familiarity.
Malleus is having time of his life. He tries to make fun of lilia but Lilia bullied malleus back so much malleus almost set him on fire.
Everyone is diasomnia is pretty chill about their vice dorm-leader being turned into child...except for sebek.
He's crying, screaming, throwing up, shouting "LILIA-SAMA!". Baby Lilia does not like sebek much.
He likes going to concert. Very much. He went to one with his club members and his eyes shined so bright!
If his pranks were bad before, they're worse now. Def uses his even cuter looks to his advantage to get out of shit.
Has no sense of consequences, once jumped in front of a bus to see what death felt like. Sebek, Silver and Malleus have not recovered from the almost death of their father guardian.
Lilia loves being around you and grim. He is fascinated by grim. How are his eyes constantly on fire? Magic? It would take too much magic, how a normal monster has this amount of magic?
He a little bit of magic nerd. Malleus took after him.
He eats his veggies very reluctantly but! Lilia likes to cook for you. You can't say no to that face (he's pouting with years pooling in his dark red eyes).
All in all, I find diasomnia very wholesome.
"Prefect! Was I even cuter that I look now? No need to blush now~"
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Jamil Viper
He's pretty chill...usually.
Not as much of a menace as the one(s) mentioned above but can be set off if provoked.
Does not like Kalim. Please keep him away from Jamil, he might set him on fire. He's not the biggest fan of Kalim.
Because of his aversion to kalim, you were left in charge of him (not that you mind).
Jamil would have had a nice peaceful childhood if he wasn't assigned as kalim's attaché, so now doesn't have that duty, he's pretty cocky about his skills.
Good at everything, is a gifted child. Another reason he is arrogant.
He and Grim get along fine, doesn't make much of a mess (around you). Don't let them be alone together, they might set your dorm on fire.
He's a quiet kid. Only muttering here and there, listening intently to you.
Not clingy but get anxious if you're away from him for a long period of time.
Eat his veggies! A good boy indeed. He eats everything you provide him with, but when a bowl of curry and rice is placed in front of him you can't help but notice a different glow in his eyes and a light blush his cheeks are light up with.
He likes to have his hair brushed by you and placed in a neat braid before he goes to sleep. He doesn't like to sleep with his hair open, they get dirty more daily that way (he doesn't like his hair greasy and dirty)
U-Uh?! Prefect you took care of me?! Where was Kalim? Wait don't answer that.
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krembruleed · 5 days
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alright, the other day i loosely implied that i would make a behind the scenes/tutorial type of thing. momma didn't raise no liar, so here goes nothing i guess!
step 1) rough sketch
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honestly i skip this entirely if have a really concrete idea of what i want to do. sometimes compositions are just beamed into my brain from On High and a sketch is unnecessary.
step 2) 3d ref
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this is where i refine the composition, lighting, camera angles, props, etc. i use DAZ studio for model posing and blender for almost everything else (props, horns, lighting, rendering).
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here's a 10 minute video on how to pose models in DAZ if you're interested in doing something like this! it's not very hard! basic posing requires almost no technical know-how.
i've heard magicposer and virt-a-mate are also good for model posing, but i don't have any experience with either program.
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after i'm done posing, i transfer the models to blender so i can work on props, environment, and lighting because doing it in DAZ is ass. you can see that i went overboard on the ref for the paladin i worked on last year by modelling armor.
step 3) lineart
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at this stage i'm synthesizing my 3d models, reference images, and style choices into lines.
the 3d likeness of my models is poor because I don't have time for that shit, so this is where my humongous folder full of bg3 screenshots comes into play.
for example: looking at my screenshots, astarion's forehead tilts back towards the back of his skull, much more so than my reference model. his chin and jaw are sharper and longer, and the transition between his brow ridge and nose is almost a straight line. if i combine the information from my 3d model and astarion's face, i get something like this:
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3d models aren't fleshy (ie, tummy rolls, wrinkles, muscle deformations, butt squish) unless one puts in A LOT of effort like absolute madman chris jones.
you guys know bernini, right? he has a couple great examples of this. see how hades' hands press in on persephone's leg?
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this is what we want to add in the lineart because it's too much effort for 3d. laziness is king.
i guess i draw clothes at this stage too, but for some reason there aren't many in this image. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
step 4) base color
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i have a little color picked palette that i use for everybody so i get their skintones right before i start messing with colored lighting. i'll use overlay and hard/soft light layers clipped to the base layer during the shading step later.
step 5) shading
if you thought we were done with the 3d part, guess again! i posterize my 3d reference so i can see the shapes of the shadows and highlights better. if i'm not feeling it, i can go back to 3d and change the lighting really easily.
could I make a cel shader for this? yes. am I going to? No. custom shaders are for people with intelligence and I am fresh out. posterization it is.
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from there, i do a pretty standard cel shading deal that i usually blur and set to low opacity. (for this image i stuck to no blur because i had been looking at a lot of morebird's art and was really feeling the hard edges)
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photoshop is what i use for final rendering because it has bangin tools. the brush customization alone make ps worth it, but i also particularly abuse puppet warp, noise generation, the camera raw filter, and layer styles.
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step 6) background
i put the least effort possible into a background and then i blur it into oblivion so you can't fathom the depths of my ineptitude.
and then i have a finished image! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
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rallamajoop · 7 months
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Lab Photos and Documents from Resident Evils 7 & 8
Near the end of both Resis 7 and 8, the player character gets to explore a laboratory full of significant documents and interesting photos, textured and angled such that it’s very hard to get a good screencap. So here’s a huge dump of all the relevant image assets I could find to extract from both game files (plus some rambling about everything that got recycled between them, because spot-the-reused-asset is still my favourite game right now).
Photos from Lucas' lab in Resident Evil 7
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The photo of Mia with Eveline in front of the tanker can be found at the end of the Mia video tape, though it also shows up again in Lucas' other lab in the Not A Hero DLC. That DLC also throws in a few new photos of Lucas' creations.
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And moving on a game...
Photos from Miranda's Lab in Resident Evil 8
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(Apologies for the long post above the cut, but tumblr doesn't seem to let you tile images below a 'Read more', unfortunately.)
What’s interesting is that most do seem to be legitimate photos of the characters’ real-life face models, not just renders of their 3D game models. Whether the human models themselves posed for these or whether their likeness was simply photoshopped onto scenes composed without them I haven’t been able to find out (though the latter seems more likely to me, given that most face models don't even seem to have known what character their likeness would be used for). Either way, there’s an eerie realism to these that doesn’t occur in many other parts of the game, and it’s effective in its own uncanny way.
Since both games refer to the same research at the same lab, it's probably reasonable that some of RE8 photos are just slightly-adjusted copies of those from RE7 ‒ those two shots of Eveline in the lab most obviously. And we're probably just supposed to politely ignore how obviously Miranda's just been selectively edited into that original pic of Eveline with the scientists. *cough*
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In fact, if you look closely, even that big group photo of Eveline with the research team and transport operatives has actually patched in both Mia and Eveline from that earlier photo of them standing in front of the tanker. In fact, Alan (Mia's partner in RE7) isn't even from a photo at all: that's a drawing from a piece concept art (no wonder they've got him standing at the back!) As a minor role who appeared in no photos in RE7, I assume they just didn't have any good shots of his face model available.
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I'm a little suspicious even Miranda's face in the group shot has been edited in from one of her other photos, but the match isn't quite perfect enough for me to be sure.
Even that photo of the needle going into the egg and the developing foetus isn't new: you can see the same needle shot in some of the RE7 documents, and even the foetus development series gets an angled scan-over in the RE7 ending sequence.
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Mind you, some of those "photos of Eveline" may actually not be Eveline herself ‒ text on them in the lab itself suggests they're photos of other members of the E-series, sacrificed during necrotoxin tests. Which makes it rather odd that the figure in the second photo is an adult man who looks nothing like Eveline, so I can only assume some wires got crossed somewhere in the dev team.
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(Also odd: the suggestion that there were multiple E-series subjects, some of whom were put down for experimental purposes, even though Eveline herself is labeled E-001. But let's not pretend RE lore has ever been super-consistent at the best of times.)
RE8's "lab photos" also include a couple of shots of a man in snow gear who's apparently Spencer of Umbrella-fame, presumably for all those fans who don't feel it's a proper Resident Evil game if there's not an Umbrella in it somewhere. They're both about as rough as that one piece of concept art of Alan, so I'm guessing whoever created them was about as invested in that topic as I am.
Somewhat more interesting to me are the two shots of Miranda with babies. The second obvious Eveline, but the first is presumably of Miranda with Eva, way back in 1920 or so ‒ demonstrating nothing so much much as that in a full 100 years, Miranda hasn't even slightly changed how she does her eyebrows. /s
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kaondecay · 8 months
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a couple little vol 7 thoughts featuring vashwood brainrot 😎✌️
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man this scene makes my brain itch on so many different levels lmao, like on the surface level wtf wolfwood!! we’ve just had all these chapters explicitly digging into how vash has a Problem where he tries to hide his pain under empty smiles- and in fact wolfwood clocked that about him pretty much instantly back when they first met! so of course badgering him about ~looking sad~ (especially when he started the page with a neutral to mildly glum expression) is just gonna make him try harder to cover it up, and that’s exactly what he does with that stupid little smile on the second page 😔
but wolfwood’s whole point here is that that shit isn’t gonna work on him no matter how hard vash tries! unfortunately wolfwood is also emotionally constipated as hell, so it comes out as aggression and teasing rather than anything genuine.
actually i just gotta revisit that earlier moment here because the contrast is just fascinating lmao
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like goddamn wolfwood really came in hot with the sincerity in that first meeting, how did we go from that to this?? was it just because they were strangers then, and wolfwood thought he could get away with saying shit like that because their paths might never cross again? this was also before ww got his assignment from Knives- did he not know this was the boss’s brother? he probably didn’t realize the twins’ inhumanity at that point either… he’s had a lot to grapple with over the course of this assignment, both re: the twins’ apocalyptic power, and the fact that he has to betray vash at the end of it, that would naturally create a need for emotional distance. allowing honesty and attachment with vash puts too much at risk.
so really, given that very high-stakes need for distance, it’s telling that wolfwood still can’t help expressing his awareness of vash’s suffering & investment in cheering him up, even if it comes out in such a ridiculous way lol
it also seems like a clumsy/oblique way of trying to reassure vash that he’s still a person? vash’s inhuman nature has come more to the forefront lately- losing control in the dragon’s nest, regaining the memory of all the death he caused in july, catching that bullet with a feather only for the whole town to turn against him for it- and it’s clearly been weighing on him. so wolfwood acknowledges that angle by calling him all those awful things- “the legendary devil gunman, the humanoid typhoon”- but immediately discredits them by pointing out vash’s softheartedness.
idk i also have one more little bit of brainrot about the moment they share leaving the bar, acknowledging that things are about to get serious with Knives
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like goddamn there’s so much meaning packed into that exchange!! it’s the closest they really come to acknowledging their whole “you know i know you know” deal around wolfwood’s assignment. (hah, “i told you from the start…”, fuck. ) like, openly telling vash that knives sent him would break the plausible deniability that wolfwood is simply fulfilling his mission, and that would put the orphanage in danger. at the same time, he has been 0% subtle and never actually *lied* to vash about it either- the few times vash has asked direct questions, wolfwood has given him vague answers or conspicuous silence and allowed him to draw his own conclusions.
so this seems like their weird twisty way of setting mutual expectations for what’s going to happen next. wolfwood is vash’s “guide”, no more and no less- he has enough insider information to bring vash safely to his brother’s door, but past that point wolfwood will stay out of the confrontation. it’s the one thing wolfwood and both brothers all agree is best, whether they like it or not. god wolfwood’s face in that last panel kills me
i am absolutely normal about this
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katyspersonal · 10 months
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Tagging game
Tagged by @bimbomcgee
Nickname: Kat, or Katy! Rom or Hina if you are very intimate with me and Rina if you want to be dead instantly
Sign: You really have any doubts? It's fuckin' Aries, binch!
Height: Boring generic 165 cm (5'4''). I love extremities, I'd love to be either very short or very tall.
Last thing I googled: 'Elden Ring Alberich face data'. Look at these mfers and tell me they are not implied to be related, especially considering that they are both big people in regards to Roundtable Hold:
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Bonus - at first I misread this field as 'last thing I DOODLED' so here you can look at the result of me and Val having been drawing on Whiteboard and him mishearing me say "they added shapes" as "they added apes":
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Sorry for NFT Boc everyone </3
Amount of sleep: From 4 hours to 4, it depends. I love consistency.... xD
Dream job: I want to work with plants... I just want to tend to flowers. Unfortunately spots like this are seldom open. Alternatively, I'd love a boring office job with buncha boring documents and high salary. Just take me somewhere where I won't have to interact with people -_-" You think I am not very social online, but in real life I get aggroed when a person I am not pals with as much as says my name!
Wearing: I am in my pajamas because it is 9 AM and I need to go to job soon! It is silly light blue one with pink flowers :3
Movies/books/media that summarize you: I used to have more interesting answer, but at this point my personality IS Soulsb0rne. I don't have to elaborate, just have a discussion with me that last longer than 10 minutes and you will understand. (and also probably go insane xD) However, if you really want to understand me well, you should also be familiar with Undert4le and Delt4rune, and also Mad0ka (ESPECIALLY Magia Record) and Gravity F4lls!
Favorite song: I don't have favourite song of all times, and in general it's been years of me not listening to music as it should be and instead abusing music as a podcast while drawing... This is one of the favourites since childhood tho:
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Why it was so hard to find the subbed version... т.т
Instrument: None, but I often have dreams of playing piano! Makes sense because it is like, a dream haha.. hah
Aesthetic: It used to be all flowers and nature and blooming but Bloodb0rne seriously skewed it towards water and space and eldrich abominations.....
Favorite author: Lmao I don't read sorry dfshfsdhfd xD Focus issues! I read a couple of sentences and end up thinking of them from every possible angle, imagine every possible scenario, put them through my own memories and feelings..... and hella time sips away. Rom has MANY eyes, she should scrutinise the concept with EACH of them @_@ However, Dostoevsky and Bulgakov really pulled me <3 Dostoevsky has absolutely unrivaled fucking Russian depression in his works that I haven't found elsewhere, and Bulgakov just.. pulled religious themes so well, and I love his fucking CHARACTERS, so iconic xd If you read Master and Margarita you'll get it! (Crow I know you here LOVE classic Russian literature!)
random fun fact: I am in the walking distance from the sea! x) Could not have had it any other way, haha.
I tag: (You tagged some of our mutuals now already I guess?) @wikipedianna @lizteaart @val-of-the-north @saint--adeline @jarognieva @cosmichorrorsarestillnicerthanme @bobbyzombiegg @greenblueyulum
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monocatariarchives · 9 months
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An analysis of the fyozai frames from the s5 opening (lighting edition)
THIS POST WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5'S OPENING AS WELL AS MILD MANGA SPOILERS. READ WITH CAUTION.
To make this a little easier to read, I'm going to break it down into sections. These sections are: Colour, Direction and The Subjects. Please note that this is all entirely speculation from my own observations, and don't take anything I say as canon, but I found this whole thing really interesting so maybe there's some wisdom in here, idk.
COLOUR
So in order to show the different colour palettes, I took both images and put them into a colour palette maker, producing 20 colours from each image. Fyodor's produced this
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While Dazai's produced this
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Immediately, there's a few things I can notice.
For one, Dazai's colour palette is much more varied than Fyodor's. Now, this is partially by virtue of him being in daylight, where the sky has a very clear difference from the building, but it is interesting, especially in comparison to Fyodor's, which comprises almost entirely of green and blueish tones.
This leads into the other major thing: warm and cool tones. Dazai is lit mostly in warm tones- specifically, he's sunlit. Oftentimes, warmer colours are used in conjunction with positive connotations- happiness, brightness, etc etc. Warm light also is used to make someone look more natural. In contrast, cold tones are often used to show negativity or make things seem unnatural, especially very unnatural colder tones like the dark greenish-blues of Fyodor's colour palette. You're unlikely to go outside and be bathed in sewer light (sorry not sorry) like Fyodor is in that image, thus making it seem more sinister and eerie, and making Dazai seem more like a force of good by contrast.
DIRECTION
In order to show direction better, I have a couple of diagrams to help show my points.
ORANGE represents the direction of the light YELLOW is the light sources BLUE is the shadowy areas where (as far as I can tell) there is no light It was kind of hard to tell on Fyodor's because of how dark it was but. I tried my best.
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Starting with Fyodor's, you can see that the light seems to be coming from exactly, but it looks like its coming from a pretty low angle? It seems to be coming pretty straight on rather than from anywhere above/below him, almost like footlights, or very low side/front lighting.
To clear up some terminology here, footlights are, well, lights at foot level. They can be used to create massive, eerie, stylised shadows, and are often used to create a very unsettling effect since its not a very natural lighting angle. Again, Fyodor is being made to seem unnatural by the (speculated) direction of the light. The haze coming from the sides of the image also provides two things here that I don't have a category for so deal with it (/lhj). On one hand, it shouds him in a very literal fog of mystery, showing how he's very mysterious to the point where its hard to tell when he's lying or not (see chapter 108 for a recent example, and everyone's subsequent losing their shit). On the other, it also blocks out parts of the surrounding scenery, drawing the viewer's focus to him quickly. He elucidates himself, even through the fog around him obscures things, visually showing how he makes parts of his motivations and true self visible, but keeps much of it, even on the surface, obscured.
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With Dazai, the immediate thing to point out is that his light source is completely different from Fyodor's. He's being backlit from a very high angle, thus obscuring his features while making him stand out against the much lighter background in a 'halo' effect. This kind of lighting isn't typically used on its own because it obscures the face, however, it's highly reminiscient of an angel coming down from above. The lighting angle seems almost holy, and light like this can be found in religious imagery quite a lot. Many paintings of Jesus, especially, will have similar kind of lighting wherein it pours down from the top.
There's a couple things I find intersting about this. Firstly, it's Dazai, not Fyodor, who has this kind of angelic lighting. Fyodor typically sees himself as this 'right hand man of God', and yet his lighting is more befitting of an evil cartoon villain, whereas Dazai, in my opinion, doesn't see himself as much as this religious or even good figure. So then, why the warm, heavenly light?
Personally, I think this is showing the good in the consequences of these characters.
Fyodor, who sees himself as doing something good by ridding the world of ability users, is actively commiting many, many felonies in order to do so, and hurting a lot of people. Dazai, on the other hand, while a bit of a shitty guy, is trying to save people and ensure that ability users don't die. He represents the 'good' side of the conflict, while Fyodor represents the 'bad'
The other thing I find interesting here is the specific use of just the backlight. Because the same effect of light coming down from above could easily be achieved with some sigelight and facelight to show us more of Dazai from the front. So, why not?
Unlike Fyodor, Dazai has no fog obscuring him from the sides. His frame is a lot more open than Fyodor's, and the draw of him is created by the contrasting background, and the shadows of the walls on either side from the light not hitting. I think this shows visually how Dazai is open as a person, willing to let everyone see him, but he himself- his actual self, underneath the clownish acts- won't be so easy to see. The light represents his act and Dazai represents, well... Dazai. His motivations, his past, etc etc.
THE SUBJECTS
Okay so this is going to touch on a bunch of stuff from the previous categories but also a few other, not so light related things.
Firstly, their positions. They're in the same position as one another, in the centre of the image, thus making themselves the focal point. This shows a similarity between them, and puts them kind of on the same level iykwim? Two sides of the same coin kind of deal. But that's more or less where the similarities end.
In Fyodor's case, he's got his back turned to the camera, and it looks like he's looking up, with his hands oustretched to the sky, as if he's calling down the rain around him. Dazai, on the other hand, is facing the camera head-on, and looking straight ahead/slightly down, standing casually with his hand in his pocket.
Going off of the religious imagery with the direction of light from earlier, and my own speculation, it feels like Fyodor is looking to the heavens- to God, for divine influence, again harking back to his 'right hand of god' character, while Dazai has his back turned on the heavens and is looking down/straight, towards the present, showing his lack of belief in any higher power.
The way they're facing can also show where their focus is. With Fyodor, he's looking out to the wider world, with his back turned on the people closest to him: the audience. Dazai, on the other hand, has his back turned to the wider world, and is looking to the audience, showing his focus on the people rather than any widespread goal. This also could show how Fyodor doesn't see people around him as 'people', but rather as 'stepping stones to his goal'.
There is another half-similarity between them as well, in that you can't see either of their faces. Fyodor has his back fully turned, not showing any vulnerability or traces of himself as a person. Dazai does have his face to the audience, however his eyes are not made visible, again to show that even if you can see 'him', you cannot see his true intentions.
Anyways that's all I got for now. Idk, I might come back to this if anyone wants more random analysis of stuff, or if anyone has any other ideas or comments. My ask box is open anytime if anything here isn't clear or anyone wants me to analyse smth, so feel free to drop by!
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zoroara · 4 months
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Drawing too much bel has made me notice something was up with his hands. See while you may occasionally see it in other characters it's not as common with other characters(I went and checked to make sure, not the whole manga of course but you know) Bel's hands are hyperflexible, most prominently in his thumbs that essentially are drawn looking similar to hitchhicker's thumb. Whether on accident or not it's a lot more common with him. The reason I noticed this, is because I myself have this. Meaning I can actually show you some pictures to compare here since unfortunately most shown images of it when you search it up are at their most pushed state so it looks extremely odd. (not that it doesn't look like i broke my thumb in some so be warned on the below, this is just how it naturally bends)
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Rest fold here, though it should be noted bel's thumb points a little more down.(for the sake of both of us, ignore the mess on my desk.)
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What it should look like when holding things. ignore that i pushed my wrist at a weird angle I'll explain that additional note later.
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forgot to bend the other two fingers but you can see my upper two fingers also naturally bend backwards some[like if i hold them flat they can actually go about 45 degrees backwards without pushing. if i push them with my other hand they can go a whole 90] (Yes I have a shark collection. There is more than pictured.)
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just some general closed hand here.
Now there's two I didn't get pictures of but know I could. One is this
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and that's because i don't want to show my face, but you can definitely see the bend once you know what to look for.
The other is this:
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hard to see, but the thumb is at the bottom, as you'll notice there's almost a perfect circle to the arm which doesn't normally happen.
Also some panels seem like he's purposely trying to hide this, like when he raises his hands to show he's not going to attack in varia arc his hand looks like it's pressed together, I copied it to the best of my ability while struggling to take a picture
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even like this his thumb still comes out a bit as you can see.
I don't actually see many characters portrayed with this, but what I find really interesting is that while yes, there's people with this without them, it is tied to a few disorders. The most common of these 4, which I have is Hyper mobility syndrome. it means your joints for, whatever reason(there's a few potential underlying causes) are hypermobile to extreme flexibility(though your body to counteract this can end up making your joints and muscles extremely stiff.)
which uh, based on how bel in general fucking moves, yeah he sure god damn is huh.
While hypermobility like this can lead to chronic pain(I am unlucky enough to experience this with no exact fix) potential clumsiness(Not something I experience I'm actually the least likely to stumble and fall out of everyone) and common sprains and breaks(I only broke my ankle 1 time in my whole life and never had a sprain). As you can see not all symptoms are shared.
But also, a majority of these issues can be softened quite a bit through physical therapy(didn't work for me in particular but my body just wouldn't build more muscle). As the muscle built will actually reinforce the extremely flexible joints so that they don't injure themselves as much. Given Bel probably doesn't have much of a choice but to have a training routine in the varia he likely experiences very minimal problems due to actually having the muscle and physical activity that helps.
It should be noted it often causes fatigue, and outside of physical therapy there are some things you can do. You know, orthopedics, good-ish posture(it's honestly super hard because your body wants to actively fight this to find what's comfortable), don't go extreme ranges of motion(Bel is pretty good at this except when he goes into his blood driven mode where he doesn't have self preservation but like. I fuck up all the time when i want to go do something quick and he sure does too outside of this) and so on. What drives me most insane that while I was doing this. What I found out, was standing like this:
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where your knees are slightly bent forward is actually a potential recommendation to combat the fact your legs kinda are fucky. and then i went and did this and it helped some. Also while re-looking at panels Bel also has the clear stance that when he stands straight his legs go back some, which is also part of hyper mobility. there's a notable angle.
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and generally his legs bend in ways that no normal person would be able to manage even when he's not being chaos
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like the calf there on his right is much closer to a straight line down that it should be.
anyway, while all of this could be accidental, I just thought it'd be interesting to share. Plus you get a bit more information about this stuff regardless! (It may even end up being useful to you because some people don't actually know much about it and assume this stuff is normal if they have it. <- also me)
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timpac-capstone · 6 months
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Week 2
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Day 1: I liked doing the turnaround drawing for Double D last week so for this week I did a multitude of character turnarounds varying in shapes and art styles. First I did Larry 3000 from Time Squad, since he's a robot he is made up of many geometric shapes unlike Double D. Geometric shapes can be difficult to keep consistent when you're changing perspective constantly but it came out very well in this test.
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Day 2: Looked at a couple Japanese anime model sheets and I noticed a few differences. American characters tend to have 4 or 5 turning frames while the Japanese only have 3 or 4. But because they have fewer frames it isn't a smooth turnaround rather each frame tries to pack as much information about the character as possible. Now if I were an animator who didn't know anything about Misty I would notice that one frame has her bag, meaning that she is probably a traveler. Also, the way her legs and arms are positioned in each frame makes me feel like she is impatient but tries to act like she isn't based on her facial expression. I usually have a tough time drawing anime faces and the first frame didn't come out so well for me but the two others are pretty spot on. Also, they even gave more information on her bag in the model sheet showing that it's probably gonna be a big part of her character. Also her hand in frame two looks so goofy that I tried to fix it my version.
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Day 3: Not a turnaround animation but still just as important! I was lucky enough to stumble upon the walk cycle for Pikachu while looking for his turnaround model sheet. I thought it would be interesting to see how I would fare in animating a quadrupedal animal running. This also let me experiment with timing a bit, normally my turnarounds are 0.2 seconds long for each frame but it felt too slow for this one so I used 0.1 seconds instead. If I put no delay it looked good but it looked like Pikachu was running for his life. I think this is one of my favorite studies that I did because of how smooth and consistent it is between each frame and I've seen Pikachu run so many times that I feel like I nailed it.
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Day 4: After the Misty drawing, I was really interested in seeing what Jake the Dog from Adventures Time model sheet would look like since Jake can stretch into whatever he wants he should have a pretty crazy model sheet. It was pretty normal, I thought after I drew it out I would see something unique that I wouldn't see at first glance but it was pretty standard. The constant moving of the hands is a bit distracting.
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Day 5: Wanted to go for something more creature-like, so I chose Patrick from SpongeBob. Patrick is pretty simple to draw but this still took me like an hour and a half to completely draw it out.
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Day 6: Okay so this was a bit interesting, I wanted to see what a model sheet from an old Disney or Looney Tunes cartoon would look like and it was vastly different. It is similar to Misty in that it is not supposed to be a smooth turnaround but rather each pose is supposed to tell you something about to character while also showing you how he looks from all angles. I had to slow this one down, as well as the Misty one, to a 0.5-second delay just so that I had enough time to take in the information that I was seeing. But the model sheet for Bugs was a lot more descriptive as in it showed the simple shapes used to draw Bugs, how many heads each pose is, as well as all the facial expressions which are usually put on a different sheet.
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Day 7: I really need help learning digital art.
REFLECTION:
I looked through so many model sheets this week from American cartoons, Japanese anime, animated films, and different time periods with characters that had varied in geometry and simplicity. It was hard to tell at times which model sheets were fan-made and which were officially used on the show but I think everything I used for this week was official. I tried digital art again and it really shows that I need to either find a way to use an iPad as a display or learn how to use a tablet. It's interesting how different every model sheet is structured between all these shows and what they want the animators to get right, their personality or their appearance. This was a huge learning experience for what goes into a character's design and I can't wait to use it in my own project.
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epicqtefail · 1 year
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Hi! i thought compiling these would be sensible but oof, i'm so sorry for how much i ramble. Thank you for indulging me, ily
12. Easiest part of body to draw
unexciting but probably the mouth, the mouth can be as simple or as detailed as you want (bonus if it’s a detailed mouth on a simple face or vice versa) and there’s not much that can go wrong with it, i rarely have trouble with the mouth where i do with everything else.
Also i’ve found it’s a great cheat for helping capture a character’s facial structure like Connor’s slight overbite and lips emoji mouth
19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)
Uwhwghjh anything that isnt a person is very out of my comfort zone. there are so many WIPs I’ve been putting off because I have to draw a car or a desk or crockery or the exterior of a house. i guess any phallic shaped inanimate object is fun to draw, and you can make anything you want phallic shaped thats the beauty of art.. whatsit Carl says? something about taking reality and improving on it.
4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw
CoNNORRRR (of course) with his optical illusion soft/sharp face and shallow nasolabial folds (is that a real term of just a Souls character creator thing?) that i would usually rely on for exaggerated facial expressions... Hank too but i have no excuse i should have learned to draw beards by now.
Also drawing characters face-on is a huge ball ache but it’s the eeriest/goofiest angle
10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw
Connor's tie for sure! and Hank’s big solid tshirt and knee-length boxers (Ouh là là)! Anything that means you can start drawing the arm at the elbow and the leg at the knee!
Connor’s shirt is the worst to draw because it moulds completely to his frame, it reminds me of those plastic baby toys with the soft cushion abdomen. But the image of him just,, folding backwards when Hank hugs him during the post-credits scene is enough to make me enjoy drawing it.
20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy
Not sure if this is something people find hard and more-so just a pain in the ass to draw but i really enjoy drawing heads from this angle:
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30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated
a benefit of being insecure is nothing is underrated and youre always pleasantly surprised! (insert You Can't if You Don't meme). but I don't want to sound sickeningly modest so I guess i could say it's been so long since i drew this that my brain will let me think it's funny again. not so much the comic itself but just the concept of connor having too-specific tandem bike fantasies cracks me up more than it probably does most people. not underrated but i dont think anyone would agree it's one of the best things my brain has sharted out.
Thank you for asking!
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daddiesdrarryy · 2 years
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Characters’ favourite positions with their partners:
Harry & Draco:
Of course Harry and Draco do it a lot, in multiple positions, in any place they can, but Draco enjoys it the most when he’s riding Harry, because he feels like he’s the one who has the power, but also because Harry’s the deepest inside him like this, and it can reach...everywhere. He’s clawing on Harry’s chest, making marks on his skin, showing him and the rest of the world that Harry is his. Harry thrusts up into him deeply and Draco would throw his head back, gasping for air, feeling more full than ever. He’s extra pleased if Harry pulls him down roughly by his hair for a kiss. He rolls his hips and becomes in sync with Harry’s thrust, moaning louder. Harry’s low groans only make Draco more excited somehow. His thighs are strained trying to hold himself up, and it’s like Harry notices it as he sits up abruptly and pulls Draco close to him. He runs his hand into Harry’s hair and tugs, searching for Harry’s lips as they kiss again, bodies flushed together and Harry fucks up into him just the way he knows Draco loves. He knows Harry’s body as much as Harry knows his, and he always ends up wanting more.
Draco’s favourite sentence: “Harry, let me come!”
Harry is very versatile in positions, he can fuck Draco from behind, sideways, missionary, literally anything, but he adores it when Draco’s underneath him, his arms and legs wrapping tightly around Harry’s middle. Draco’s moaning, and his voice is like a beautiful song to Harry’s ear. He kisses Draco all over, the scars on his chest, his neck, and when he pulls back, Draco lets out the most vulnerable whimper, like he doesn’t want to let go. But Harry lifts Draco’s lower body off the bed, thrusting into him. At this angle, it reaches Draco’s special spot deeper, and Draco thrashes his hands clinging to the bedsheets. He calls out Harry’s name, reaching for him and Harry smiles almost smugly as he grabs Draco’s hands and keeps thrusting in. Then he can pull Draco up against him. Draco whines loudly when Harry stops thrusting up, so he’s moving his own hips, trying to fuck himself on Harry and kiss him until he begins fucking Draco again. When he comes, he wounds his arms around Draco’s back and kisses Draco back.
Harry’s favourite sentence: “You drive me crazy, Draco.”
Blaise & Ron:
Ron, as handsome as Blaise is, actually likes to be face down on the mattress, or any surface. He’s on all fours, his elbows and knees are getting sore, but he loves the weight Blaise has above him. He’s flushed behind Ron, kissing his back and nape, thrusting inside him. Ron would whimper when Blaise wraps his hand around his neck and tightens. He’s out of breath, but the adrenaline in his body rises and he’s brought closer to climax. Tears trailing from his eyes and dampening the surface beneath his face, he is even drooling a bit while moaning lewdly because Blaise is too thick and long and buried deep inside him. When Blaise spanks him, Ron cries out and reaches climax with a loud noise from his throat.
Ron’s favourite sentence: “Please.”
You’d think Blaise loves Ron’s favourite position as well, but he actually loves Ron when he’s facing him. Ron’s very vocal, even more in bed, and Blaise loves drawing sounds from Ron, wondering if his next sound will be louder than the last. Ron is needier in bed, begging and whining, and Blaise loves it. His fingers are gripping on Ron’s hips so hard it could bruise, and he does it anyway, as Ron has stated many times that he loves seeing the marks Blaise makes on his body. Blaise kisses the scar on Ron’s arm & the freckles on his body, knowing Ron would squirm and moan even more. He adores every reaction Ron makes, and his face is most disheveled during this time, sometimes he cries, only from pleasure, especially when Blaise chokes him with his hand around his neck, or when he slips his fingers into Ron’s open mouth, and Ron moans loudly around his fingers and sucks on it. Ron’s never allowed to touch himself, but Blaise wonders if Ron ever does it on purpose just to get Blaise to spank him, because he always has a little smile after being smacked for being naughty. Ron’s eyes look so blue and teary when Blaise’s deep inside him, Blaise couldn’t help but fucks him rougher, until the only word Ron can utter is “please”.
Blaise’s favourite sentence: “What a needy boy you are.”
Neville & Theodore:
Theo has been with enough men, he experiences all types of kinks, but when he meets and falls for Neville, he just truly realises that he loves it simple more, or maybe he just loves Neville so much. Normally he wouldn’t even care about the other guy, any position doesn’t matter, but when he’s with Neville, Neville makes him feel like he matters, and he’s loved. So Theo likes it face to face, when Neville’s deep inside him and kissing his throat, burying his face into his neck. He prefers looking at Neville’s face at this time, it’s the only time Neville loses his ‘good boy’ look and becomes a beast, sort of, because he’s ramming into him yet still murmuring sweet compliments into his ears. Neville is always so caring and attentive, making sure Theo reach his climax first, making sure Theo knows Neville loves him, and he kisses Theo almost hungrily during this time. And it melts Theo’s heart always.
Theo’s favourite sentence: “Hold me, Nev.”
Neville can’t help but admit he’s a vanilla sort of person, he enjoys missionary with Theo as well. At first, he’s scared of that because Theo has been with many men before, he knows more about stuff in bed than Neville, but once Theo has reassured Neville, he’s more confident in himself, especially when Theo’s underneath him, unable to be coherent anymore and just babbling Neville’s name. He loves it when Theo calls his name repeatedly, asks him to hold him, to touch him. Neville loves it when he trails his hands down Theo’s body and his lover shivers under his touch. He wants to be soft to Theo, but every time Theo makes a sinful sound, Neville just thrusts in harder, and it pulls an even louder noise from Theo. He would whisper things in Theo’s ear, moving his hips harder when Theo moans from his words. He trails kisses down his chest, wanting to paint his lover’s body with his presence. And Neville loves it even more when he knows he’s the only one that can draw a true reaction from Theo like that.
Neville’s favourite sentence: “I love seeing you like this, Theo.”
James & Regulus:
Regulus, as much as people think he’s the bold one in bed, actually gets a bit shy whenever he does it with James, that’s why he prefers when he’s facing away from James. He’s burying his moans into the pillow or the bedsheets, or muffling his sounds in his own arms, hiding the blush on his cheeks whenever James thrusts in the right spot inside him and showering him with sweet words. James is behind him, his hands would roam all over his body, caressing every part of his skin, and Regulus feels like he’s coming really soon just from that. James thrusts into him deeply, until Regulus lets out a loud filthy moan and a gasp when James wraps his arms from under Regulus’s chest and pulls him up against him. It’s even deeper like this, and Regulus loves it when James grabs his face so they can kiss. He has nowhere to hide his moans anymore, so it’s muffled between their kisses, and James swallows it up wholly. James loves kissing, and Regulus thinks he loves it as well.
Regulus’s favourite sentence: “Slow down, James.”
If there’s anything that makes James happier than making Regulus smile, it’s probably making Regulus come. James loves the noises Reggie makes, it’s always so lewd even when Regulus tries to hide it. The expression on his face is even more precious, that’s why James loves it when he’s looking at Regulus. Reggie, as no one knows, and no one should know, is actually flexible in bed, and James loves it when Regulus legs are draped over his shoulders as James thrusts into him. James looks at him, and realises he’s the luckiest man every time. Regulus’s lips are parted, his eyes are dazed with pleasure, and he bites his lips to hold back his moans. This is when James dives down to kiss him, because he wants to hear those beautiful sounds, and Regulus just looks so erotic like that. He slips his hands down Regulus’s jaw, slipping them into his hair, grazing his fingers over his nape, and kissing Regulus deeper knowing he’d draw out a moan from that. He thrusts harder when it happens. And it always happens.
James’s favourite sentence: “Let me hear those lewd sounds you make, Reggie.”
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merakiui · 6 months
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Meraa!! This one is for that ask game :D
(1) Okay, it's hard choosing just one (You always write BANGERS, It's THAT hard okay?), but if I'm gonna pick, it's gonna be Death Row Undertow <3 I have been down bad for SK Jade from your ramblings and thoughts and then actually getting a serialized fic of him is just the best thing to have ever happened ever since.
I love everything about it! Reader's interaction and relationship with every character in the fic, the whole atmosphere and setting, the mystery and suspense build-up (Oh, the scene when Jade kidnapped the reader will forever send shivers down my spine--), and how the point of view not only was seen from the reader and the horror she is experiencing but also seeing Riddle's effort in solving the mystery. Hell, the chapter where Cater got together with Pop Music Club again was one of my favorites! It really gives more perspective and a sense of wholeness when you're writing about the story of the reader's disappearance from so many different angles. Also, the dream sequences are also my favorite for symbolic reasons. It's just fun reading and rereading them to figure out what they truly mean ✨✨
The runner-ups for my favorite fic of yours are gonna be Android Jade, Captive Azul, CEO Azul, and 11:11 Rook 💞💞
(3) I may be biased, but the way you write for the Octatrio is *Chef's kiss* ✨✨💞💞😌😌 Both the yandere ones and the fluffy wholesome ones, like OUGHHHH OTZ OTZ They are canon in my heart now shdskdhlsdjlks--
(8) The thing that I really love about your writings is that your description is so, so, so vivid that plenty of those scenes are permanently ingrained in my memory. Adding that with your characterization and writing conversation skills, boy! It's almost like I'm actually watching a movie instead of reading cause the way you write them makes them so easy to visualize in my head (and god Mera, if I had the skills, I would've permanently etched them on drawings plenty of times by now--).
(9) THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME ✨✨ (I'm a Jade Leech enjoyer, what else can I say?) Actually, I'm always excited whenever you post any fic or ramblings <33 Always a joy to read them over breakfast like the morning newspaper. Wait no, actually, your writings ARE the breakfast cause you be COOKIN and SERVIN a whole MEAL 👏👏👏
Okay, that's all my ramblings for now, I hope they make sense-- But words cannot describe how much I adore your creations and that big brain of yours <333 I would be happy to scream more about your writings in the future, and I definitely will ✨✨ Have a lovely day Meraa 💞💞
KHEYY, HIIIII!!!
You have such good taste. (˘ ˘ ˘) sk!Jade is the most delectable and delicious Jade (pun very much intended). He's just in a hungry mood all the time hehe!! But I'm also very happy it is a full fic! To think I would ever draft an entire story for one silly eel... I'm very glad the idea was received well. I remember I wrote the very first and earliest sk!Jade concept while I was washing my clothes at the coin laundry LOL. I thought to myself, this idea is so morbid; I wonder if anyone would ever like it as much as I do. ^^;;; and now one year later here we are and my beloved murder eel has his fic!!! It's very exciting!
I'm so happy you like everything about DRU!!! It's a plot I hold close to my heart because it's so dark and yet so fun to write. I'm glad you can enjoy the multiple perspectives. I think it's a fun balance between the horrors Reader endures on her side while Riddle is so lawful and logical on his end. The kidnapping scene with Jade was one of my favorites to write, as was the Pop Music Club meet-up!!! Although any scene involving Jade being an absolute terror is a joy to write. Any time he appears in a scene it's a guarantee that the dread and tension will increase tenfold. He has such a sinister effect despite wearing a friendly face all the time. T_T and the dream sequences!!!! Omg I love writing the dreams in DRU! They're so fun, and I hope you can have fun deciphering what they mean hehehe. >:)
Thank you for loving the runner-ups you listed as well!! Android Jade is another favorite flavor of Jade. I love him when he's clinical and cold and detached towards everyone else but Reader. <3 and ceo!Azul my beloved!!!!! He makes me feel so infuriated! >:( but then that's the feeling I hoped he would evoke, so it's only natural to feel like I want to squish him (but also I want to sit under his desk and [redacted] LOL orz the grip he has on me is too strong; to be able to annoy me and fill me with shameless lust all in one... tako, you're the worst/best). AND 11:11 ROOK!!!! Oooooo he's horrible. Captive Azul is also so beloved. I'm gently holding him in my palms. T^T
WAAAA OMG THANK YOUUUU!!! It's so funny to me that my Octavinelle characterizations can be loved because when I first started writing them (for Sea Glass) I had no idea what I was doing and I worried that they would be ooc. But now I have written them so often that they're permanently imprinted in my mind. It's nearly second nature now... ;;;;;
"Like watching a movie" is such high praise for my writing omg!!!!ヾ⁠(˶⁠ ⁠’⁠O⁠’˶⁠ ⁠)⁠ノ゙‎thank you so so so so much!!!! I'm very pleased it has that feeling! I hope the sceneries and characters can seem tangible when I describe them. It's cliché, but I hope they come to life on the page teehee. <3 I am always so honored when you draw masterpieces (yes, they are masterpieces!!! Even the doodles you have made of the beloved sk eel!!!) based on my works. T_T I save all of the fanart I have received in a folder and I often look back at it because it brings me such joy!!!!! >w< so thank you for your skillful hands!!!! orz orz orz I am forever grateful to behold your lovely art. <3
Fellow Jade enjoyer!!!!!! I am the world's most insane Jade Leech enjoyer (self-granted delusion) and TMDG is just proof of how much brain rot Jade gives me. Thank you for looking forward to it! I'm so excited to post it!!! It's going to be a three-course meal plus more wrapped into one fic. >:) but omg thank you for eating the meals I cook each time!!! Chef Meraki is forever at your service!!! (`・ω・´)ゞ I will serve FEASTS and BANQUETS worth of yummy meals for everyone to enjoy. The seafood specials are especially delicious hehehe. I recommend them!
Aaaaaa thank you once more for sending such a sweet message!!! I am also always so ready and willing to ramble about writing and yandere and characters and three slimy mafia fish and everything else in between!!! Sending you much love!!!! xoxoxo have the loveliest day, Kheyy!!!! (∗˃̶ ᵕ ˂̶∗)♡
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mattynmarns · 1 year
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Please do the dteam sunglasses post
hi anon you have no idea how much fun i had doing this
ok first for dream: he has a strong jaw, a round face and dark eyebrows
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on the left: holbrooks aka the most popular men's sunglass. like every outdoorsy suburban dad owns a pair. they're square so they'll make his jawline pop and they're made for wide faces so they'll be comfortable too also these ones are green and i think he'd like them :]
on the right: the sutros. these are a pick for both dream and sap bc while they scream I'm Straight And I Like Football they're also oakleys and are made for guys with dream's face shape so they'll fit really good and frame his face really well. also i think sap would think they look cool and buy them bc of that lmao
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on the left: the dolce plastic aviators that i have wanted for a literal entire year. they're big and wide and they will look really good with dream's jaw. a lot of people like the classic rayban aviators but 60's, 70's, and 2000's retro is in rn and the plastic will last a lot longer and look more stylish
on the right: one of my favorite pairs of pradas like its hard to see in the screenshot but the sides are teal and yellow which would look SO COOL with dream's hair and eyes and skin tones. also they look kinda funky at first (retro babey) but like. my brother tried these on and they looked SO GOOD its not fair and my brother looks fairly similar to dream in hair eye skin tone etc so i think dream would absolutely slay in these.
for sap he still has a very masculine face shape (strong jaw, dark eyebrows) but it's slightly more angled than dream's jaw so i wanted to highlight that higher cheekbone in my choices
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on the left: some classic wayfarers, sap def has a smaller face than dream but still very masculine and these would highlight that while also giving him a very simple, classic look. these i think fit his personality more than anything (which is surprisingly important for sunglasses)
on the right: traditional clubmasters are going to be a really similar look to wayfarers but because they're part metal, they'll give a little more shape to his face and the softer edges will bring out his higher cheekbones
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on the left: burberry percys which are going to be similar to the wayfarers in that classic look that draws out all his features nicely and i chose this pair specifically because of the slight slant at the bottom to make his jaw line look really good (also the tortoise color will compliment his hair really well)
on the right: burberry eldons which are a pair i personally got very recently and are part of the newest burberry line. they're the bigger more masculine version of the small, square, and dark sunglass trend and the square look will contrast with his round cheeks and softer nose to give a cool balanced look
for george i didn't pick nearly as many but he has an oval shaped face and nice dark hair and he can grow a bit of stubble which means the entire sunglass world is at his fingertips. like oval shape faces fit basically anything (although disclaimer i don't think the round glasses he was wearing during name your price were the pair For Him SORRY BUT HE'D LOOK BETTER IN SOMETHING MORE SQUARE) but yeah i think if he wanted to go for more masculine shapes, sap's picks would also look really good and i think the pradas in dream's picks would look fucking amazing on him like colors. shapes. EVERYTHING
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on the left: prada 17ws aka the tiktok sunglasses aka the bad bunny sunglasses aka the pete davidson sunglasses etc etc but i think these would look really good on George like they're trendy but they're the 60's and 2000's retro with the thick sides that make everything Stand Out. george is made of contrasting cooler color tones with his paler skin and dark hair and eyes and this pair will only highlight that
on the right: the gregory peck oliver peoples sunglasses that I've only ever seen irl once when i fixed them for a lady (i think i swooned when i saw this pair) the style is round but not too round just enough so that it gives some contrasting edges with george's oval face and the round lenses that stand out. the bridge esp has a more traditionally European look that you'll see in persol glasses but the pair as a whole is understated and classic
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katiesharms · 2 years
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if you let me down, let me down slow - ch. 3
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fandom: top gun: maverick, pairing: phoenix/hangman
summary: phoenix and hangman fall together
read on ao3! chap 1 chap 2
a/n: last chapter! more of an epilogue. let me know your thoughts!
They get a full week off when they’re back on dry land, the week they would still be training if the timeline wasn’t moved up. She knows it’s just an oversight on the Navy’s part, but she thinks of it as a little gift from the universe, a reward for executing some fucking miracles. They spend it acting like they’re 22 again, everyone drinking way more than they should and spending their days rolling around town, having fun. 
She and Hangman also spend it figuring each other out. 
They fall together easily, to her shock. The shift in their dynamic is hardly noticeable, the competition still strong and the verbal sparring still ever-present. They just end up in each other’s rooms every night, much to the chagrin of their roommates. Coyote and Halo are becoming very good friends. He still can drive her up the wall most days, but she finds it much more bearable when he ends his day with his head between her thighs. 
The rest of their contingent takes a bit longer to get adjusted. Phoenix has always hated PDA but Jake can’t get enough of it, always trying to drape himself over her when they’re out or linking their hands together while they walk. They’re trying to negotiate some compromises. For example, she’ll let him kiss her on the cheek or sling an arm around her shoulder but she draws the line when he tries to go further. It doesn’t stop him from trying, though. 
Their intermittent use of affection draws mixed reactions every time, most of the pilots still not used to their newfound closeness. She’s gotten many questions about the nature of her relationship with Hangman, but Natasha keeps her lips sealed for the most part. It doesn’t keep the rest of them from remarking on it, though. 
One night, at the Hard Deck, while Hangman and Payback are engaging in an intense game of enhanced pool, whose rules Phoenix can’t track for the life of her, Coyote sidles up next to her. 
“You know,” he starts as Phoenix takes a sip of her beer, “I always thought of there was a pilot you had the hots for, it’d be me.”
She almost spits her beer out laughing, snorting some up her nose, and then promptly starts choking. Hangman, noticing the ruckus, comes over, concerned. 
“We all good here?” He starts rubbing her back, patting her every once in a while. 
“Yeah, yeah,” she splutters out, wiping the beer and spit from her chin. “Coyote just told me he thought it was him I was into.”
Hangman bursts into laughter at that, and soon the two of them are uncontrollably giggling. Coyote stands apart from them, looking supremely offended. 
“Come on, we were more plausible than you two.” He looks around at their fellow pilots, making an amirite gesture. A few of them nod. 
“Y’all are blind,” Jake swings an arm around her. “Phoenix has been all about Hangman since day one. Do you need a demonstration?”
She elbows him in the ribs but he maneuvers away, angling her face towards him and capturing her lips in a kiss a little too deep for public consumption. They break away when their friends start whistling. 
“Wait,” Yale says, just back from the bar with a new round. “What the fuck is this? Since when is this a thing?” And everyone dissolves into laughter. 
The next day, Rooster shows up at her room and asks her if they can talk. She knows what it’s about immediately, and she still agrees, because that’s what a good friend she is. 
They end up on the beach, walking slowly down the shore as the low tide laps their feet. 
“Why him? Of all people, of all pilots?”
“Why not?” He gives her a look and she realizes that it’s not a good enough reason, not for Rooster. Even if it would be for a lot of other people. So she decides it might be easier to explain through a story, through their history. It’s how she understands it, at least.
“You know how my dad died during my time at TOPGUN?” Rooster scrunches his face in confusion but nods, telling her that he’ll follow her down this line of thinking.
“It was three weeks into the program, early enough that if I wanted to, I could leave and defer the training to the next session. I could’ve even left for just a few days, missed a couple of classes. I wouldn’t have finished top of my class, but I still would’ve graduated.
“Everyone told me to do it, either of those options. They were giving me the pros and cons of the two, as if it was a given that I would be leaving, if only for a little bit. Jakes was the only one who told me I should stay. That the grief would still be there at the end of training, but I needed to see it out. That I would regret it if I didn’t.”
“That’s why?” He looks so confused, looking at her like he can’t understand a single word that came out of her mouth, like she’s maybe a bit cruel. 
It’s the same look her classmates gave her when they found out she wasn’t leaving. It wasn’t a rash decision; she talked to her sisters and mom about it and they all supported her. And the funeral was on a weekend, so she could still go. Hangman drove her in his pickup, all 7 hours up the coast to San Jose, and then all the way back down 24 hours later. She had cried quietly in the passenger seat the entire time and he never said a word about it. When they stopped for gas on the way back, he came back with an ice cream bar, one of the cheap ones they keep in the coolers at convenience stores. He didn’t say anything, but he didn’t have to, the small gesture enough.
She shrugs and answers Bradley. “We understand each other.”
She thinks about that wedding she went to with him. It had been his older sister, the third Seresin kid. It was a huge wedding, Texas style, with so many cousins and friends and loose acquaintances that Natasha gave up on learning anyone’s name about an hour in. Instead, she focused on the way he seemed to be all of his nieces and nephews’ favorite uncle.
For once in the entire time they’d known each other, she lost Hangman in a crowd. When she got back from the bar with their refills, she couldn’t find him, his southern drawl and brash attitude drowned out by the louder and brasher Seresins. She understood immediately why he acted that way. He makes sure he’s seen, noticed, in any way possible. 
She also learned that the Seresins are not ones for verbal affection. They bicker and snipe at each other, exchanging insults that would cut most people deep but just rolls off their backs. They show their love in other ways, like when Jake's oldest sister called everyone an Uber without being asked, or how his brother made sure to keep an eye on the aunt no one liked, keeping her distracted so his little sister could enjoy her wedding. Their love is Jake's dad handing him $40 before he left. It’s Jake, driving 15 hours up and down California without complaint, Jake waking up next to her after she’s had a bad dream, and silently bringing her a cup of tea, Jake asking her to come home safe. The Seresins are people of action.
Rooster still doesn’t look fully convinced, but he also doesn’t look like he’s on the verge of a fight. He’s thawed towards Hangman since the mission, she knows, and that’s going a long way in keeping his mouth shut. 
“If he breaks your heart, I will kill him.”
Phoenix laughs at that. “Don’t worry, Roos. I’ll do it first.”
He and Hangman are friendlier since the mission, almost close. Rooster clearly feels a little indebted to him for not only saving his life but Maverick’s too. And Hangman respects the other pilot more now, after he flew the mission well and got everyone home, even turning around for Mav. It’s all Hangman wanted, really. To make sure everyone got out alive. 
When she gets back from their walk, Hangman is waiting for her in front of her door. Checking her watch, she realizes she’s a few minutes late to meet him for dinner. 
“I tried the door but there was no answer,” he says, gesturing awkwardly at the entrance to her room. He looks worried, though he’s trying to hide it. It’s cute, Phoenix thinks. That he can trust her to fly a supersonic fighter jet but gets worried when she’s late for dinner.
“Sorry, lost track of time.” She leans into him to kiss his cheek and he holds her there when she goes to move back, capturing her lips in a chaste kiss.
“Mmm,” he hums when he pulls away, just far enough to bury his nose in her hair. “You smell like the beach.”
“Yeah, Rooster and I were just there.” She watches him react to the news, surprise turning to curiosity and then landing on something a little harder to read.
“Everything good?” Jake asks carefully as she extracts herself from him to grab his hand. They start walking together down the hall.
“Uh, as good as it can be, for now. I think he’s just a little confused, can’t understand where it came from. It feels a bit out of nowhere for him.”
He’s still watching her closely, her explanation not enough. She wants to squirm under his gaze, his ability to see her, see her fully, making her unsettled.
“Is it out of nowhere for you?” The question is even, his tone giving nothing away, but she can see the uncertainty in his eyes.
“A little bit. I think that it’s always been there, this, us, but I couldn’t see it until recently. In that way, yeah. A little out of nowhere.” She doesn’t mind it, though. Sometimes, a surprise can be a good thing, if she’s on land.
He nods slowly, rubbing the hand that’s not in hers along the stubble on his jaw. She’ll have to remind him to shave it tomorrow, she thinks absentmindedly.
“It wasn’t out of nowhere for me,” is what he says eventually, and though she had a feeling that was the case, it still almost stops her in her tracks, causing her to stumble. Jake doesn’t remark on it, but he does grip her hand a little tighter. “I think I always saw it. Even back at the Academy, when we couldn’t stand each other. The whole thing felt undeniable.”
“Jake,” her voice is a little broken. She doesn’t know what to say to him, how to apologize for missing it all these years. She’s not even sure that’s a bad thing, really. They probably would’ve crashed and burned five years ago.
“It’s okay.” He flashes her a grin and she scrutinizes it with her newfound powers of Jake Seresin observation. It’s genuine. “I’m just glad you see it now. Other people will, too, eventually. Even Rooster.”
Bob, it turns out, picks up on it pretty quickly. In fact, he may have seen it before Natasha herself.
“You know,” he starts one afternoon when they’re elbow deep in the paperwork for his transfer request, trying to get him paired with Phoenix permanently. They’re taking a short break, munching on some truly pathetic ramen from the vending machine. “I was wondering why Hangman lingered in our room after the bird strike. Guess I know why now.”
“I wondered that, too,” she admits.
“Really?” Bob looks at her skeptically, eyes squinting at her from behind his glasses. “You darted away pretty quickly. I guess I just figured you two had a moment or something.”
To her chagrin, Phoenix feels herself blush at that. “Yeah, in hindsight, it was a moment. I couldn’t put it together then, though.”
Bob studies her for a moment. “Phoneix, you are the best pilot I’ve ever flown with. But you may be a bit stupid.”
She squawks at that in offense, taking one of the crumpled-up napkins and throwing it at him. Bob just dissolves into laughter as she pelts him, cowering into the couch.
“What are we laughing about here?” Coyote slides into the common room, taking in their appearance.
“Bob here called me stupid.” She’s still glaring at her WSO. She can’t believe she’s trying to keep him around permanently.
“I said a bit! Just about Hangman,” he protests.
“C’mon Trace, he has a point,” Coyote pipes up and she swings around to face him, incredulous.
“You thought I was into YOU! You have no right to judge me.”
“Okay, first of all, no need to sound so disgusted. I’m a catch.” He emphasizes the point by gesturing to his body, well accented by his uniform. “Second of all, just because I misjudged your interest doesn’t mean Hangman was subtle with his. My boy was down atrociously. You’re just a bit more inscrutable.”
“Did everyone see this but me?” she asks, mouth agape.
“Nah,” Coyote answers. “Jake’s just my best friend and Bob here, well. Bob’s just observant.” Coyote actually looks impressed.
Bob just shrugs. “It’s my job to be.”
“Yeah, about combat, not about your pilot’s love life,” Phoenix cuts in. “I’m placing a moratorium on discussing this for the near future.” She’s no-nonsense, all business in tone.
Bob and Coyote both salute and she resists the urge to punch them. “Yes Ma’am,” Coyote winks and then leaves.
One night, two days before they’re set to leave, Halo heads into town to meet up with the girl she’s only with when she’s ashore, so Phoenix invites Hangman back. 
It’s a luxury, having the whole night for themselves instead of a few stolen hours. They take their time; Hangman goes down on her for so long, she thinks she might blackout at some point. 
When he enters her, it’s slow, slower than it’s ever been. She’s even let him be on top, their whole dynamic shifted just a little bit. He’s thrusting in and out of her slowly, a pace that would usually have her complaining. Instead, she wraps her legs around his torso and lets him maintain his speed. He’s a man of action, not words, she remembers. 
After, they tangle together, flush against one another. 
“You know,” his voice is rough, scratchy, and it sends a tingle down her spine despite everything. “I was really fucking worried.”
She doesn’t have to ask what he’s referring to. “We all got back,” she reminds him softly. 
“I know, but,” he shifts a little, pulling her impossibly closer. “When you were flying, I was so fucking scared. I knew you would make it home; you’re one of the best pilots I know. And still, I was so scared you wouldn’t.”
He’s being vulnerable and she doesn’t want to dismiss it, but she also doesn’t know what he wants from her. She was scared too, both flying and when he had to go out. That doesn’t change anything. 
“I’m not going to stop flying,” she says. “At least not anytime soon. I might not be like Mav, flying until I can’t anymore, but I also could be. Nothing’s gonna change that.”
He shoots her a look like what he’s saying is obvious. “I know,” he says plainly. “I’m not stopping either. We were born for this. I just was thinking about how complicated this might make things.”
“Complicated, yeah. But it doesn’t have to be a bad thing, worrying for each other. It’s another reason to make sure we come home.” She can add it to her list: keep Bob alive, make sure her mom doesn’t have to bury a child, come home to Jake. 
He hums in acknowledgment but doesn’t say anything further. One look at him tells Natasha that he’s still thinking about it, still mulling it over. 
“C’mere,” she urges him up and points to the cork board above the desk right next to her bed. There, pinned on the otherwise empty surface, is a torn piece of paper
It’s from her mission preflight checklist, the bottom half of it. Circuit breakers, ejection gear, landing gear, COME BACK. She pinned it up the night they came home, Halo shooting her a look but otherwise not remarking on it. 
“It’ll be on my list from now on.” This time, it sinks in. Jake smiles at her, his soft smile, reserved for moments like this. 
“It’ll be on mine, too.”
They may not ever be able to stop, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. They have each other now, and they can figure it out. 
Soon enough, everyone is shipping out again, back to their regular postings. Both of them, as well as a few other of the aviators, are stationed at Lemoore, so she doesn’t have to do a borderline embarrassing teary goodbye like she had with Rooster. 
They make their relationship official by naval standards, filling out the proper forms to turn in when they get back. (“Believe me,” Maverick had said as he slapped them down in front of them two nights before they left, “you do NOT want to be caught without them.”) So now the US government knows that she and Hangman are in a “committed, monogamous relationship”. When they saw the working, Hangman asked her, “you sure you don’t want one last shot at Coyote?” She flipped him off.
They go back to Lemoore together, their stuff both in the back of Jake’s truck. They’re assigned to the same carrier, but with different squadrons. Now that their relationship is officially official, they’ll probably never fly on the same squadron again. Phoenix wouldn’t be surprised if they move one of them off the carrier, too. When one of them gets promoted, they’ll probably be separated to different bases, as well, unless they get married. She’s not worried about it, though. All the more reason for her to focus on getting promoted first, so she can choose where she’s moved to rather than having it done to her forcibly. She’s not concerned about distance or time apart messing them up. They're both in the Navy, and Jake understands better than any man she’s ever dated the nature of her job. Between deployments and tours and time on the carriers and at base, they’ll have time together during leave and when they’re stationed in the same place. The Naval aviator community is small, so even if the higherups want to keep them separated, they’ll keep inevitably crossing paths.
She keeps waiting for the freakout to happen, from either one of them. But it doesn’t come, their relationship remaining easy, natural. Like it was there the whole time and she just had to find it. Maybe it’ll happen after one of them flies their first mission since getting together, or when they meet each other’s families. Or when she actually tells him she loves him and wants to hear it back, with words and not actions. But for now, she revels in the ease of it all, in how much lighter it makes her life. Just two people in a car together that can’t stop.
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neige-leblanche · 6 months
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vil time
thisll be quick bc i have like negative vil cards
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No notes!! They knew what they were doing here!! The the trees frame him really well, and the torsion + layering of his jacket's folds help make his position really clear!! (Now that I'm looking at it, I think the lighting might be what sells the pose best, like the blocks of light on his thighs are a lot bigger than on his shoulder) He's in shadow but still saturated enough to pop out against the blue cast over the rest of the picture; I think that was a really great choice to contrast with the orange in his jacket :3
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This specific art. I love it so much. The high contrast background, the darkness in his umbrella that makes his face stick out, the bold saturation and bottom lighting are all so Halloween. My one complaint is that his hands are not very clearly defined, but the position he's in is still obvious to the first glance, due to the definition on his purple clothes + high-contrast highlights on his boots + black clothes. There are also lots of details to notice the longer you look at the card (PRESIDENTIAL ALERT HIS UMBRELLA STICK IS BETWEEN HIS LEGS). His face is located in the upper left focus point if you divide the picture by the rule of thirds, and the foreshortening on his legs combines with the sweep of his cape to draw the eye over his pose. 10/10 this art is everything.
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0/10 WHY DID THEY DO THIS TO THE SAME CARD. This and Dorm Riddle are like thee biggest downgrades. There's nothing making his left arm pop, so it looks like the hand in the foreground is just floating there, while his right hand is in line with his head which like. I'd be more okay with if the rest of the card wasn't such a flop, and it didn't just feel like another weak part of a weak pose. His head looks barely situated atop his shoulders. He's only backlit in a few places; there are mood lights in the back, but they don't seem to be incorporated onto the figure at all, so a lot of his cape and right hand stay dark and hard to see. The big slab of blue light from the coffin draws the focus away from Vil (jail for artists for 10,000 years) and washes out the colors of his hair and clothes. Like they're still relatively saturated?? but it doesn't even matter?? Anyway, illustrations with high value contrast Can be so good, but I feel like they needed to cram so many details into this one that, if they were going for a dramatic and high-contrast piece in the first place, that intention did not carry through. Vil deserves so much better like Vampire Vil Schoenheit of all things cannot be so swagless. Sorry this was mean but I'm right
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God. The Heartslabyul interior decoration style is not my taste at all. Vil looks great though; the lighting is very well-executed and his expression is clear from a quick glance. The flat angling is actually good here; it's a more static composition that creates a peaceful vibe, and a more tilted angle in any direction might make me dizzy with that interior design 😵‍💫
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This actually reminds me of Kalim's ceremonial robes card!! I think it's a more successful execution of a similar concept; the angling is fun, and the purple does pop as an accent color here (not to mention coordinates with Vil's hair). It is in daylight so it's easier to include more contrast, though. I like how much space the candelabra on the right takes up without drawing the eye away from the human figures; I'm thinking it might be because its hues and values are not very bold when in front of the green-tinted background. Obviously Vil's eyeliner helps create a central focus at his face, and I also love how well-rendered his sleeve is; it has very lifelike depth :3 My one note is that the coalescing lines of the the other figure's robes make it a bit unclear at first glance how and where Vil is holding them open, but giving them more space and definition might take some prominence away from Vil, so I think the illustration is pretty successful nevertheless!
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ben-the-hyena · 8 months
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I have a weird tendancy to hate characters or at least have a hard time getting attached solely for their mouth designs. Whenever I look at them I grow so angry that it becomes one of the reasons why I won't watch it and that even if I did watch it and liked it one of the reasons why I will not like the character
Lilo ? Her mouth so big it looks like a omatone. That zoo human in that human eoo episode of Steven Universe very familiar with Greg ? I LOATHE cat mouths on people so I already disliked him even if he were nice. Luz ? One of the reasons why I didn't watch the Owl House (and later on whenever I see clips or gifs I am not interested at all either and even annoyed) is because I fucking hate her upper lip it looks like Stonetoss drew her, as well as how other characters' mouths are drawn in general (Eda and that green haired bitch ? Smug "3" and I told you what I think of cat mouths. Raine ? Their mouth so pointy and downward I can't understand how people find them cute. Nimona ? One of the reasons why I didn't watch it is how she always has a "I just farted" cat/smug mouth and when doesn't a mouth full of Tumblr sharp teeth on that makes me want to ragequit. Séléné ? (You may not know her she is from French comics De Cape et de Crocs) in almost all panels she is in she always has an ":o" expression because she is constantly shocked and surprised and because her lips are plump it looks like an anus to me and I never could stand her as a kid for that (also why Dolores from Encanto angers me just looking at her always with her :o mouth and her lips are so red it looks like a swollen anus most of the time). The Hatbox Ghost in the HM movie ? A reason why I backed off from going seeing it is that he is so ugly his mouth is too, he looks like a chimp mixed with an early 2000's Dr Seuss character (which are fun movies but AWFUL TO LOOK AT) with too big teeth it's uncanny WHY COULDN'T THEY MAKE HIM MORE LIKE THE ANIMATRONIC ITSELF?! Holga from Atlantis the Lost Empire ? Everybody found her hot and I almost did then she ALWAYS had that constipated mouth on with her mouth doinf a 90° angle and teeth always gritted, it's not sexy she suffers from hemmoroids. The whole cast of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ? I watched it JUST once because I couldn't stand any of the mouth-related expressions either too big or too small or literally forming an 0 which had little me cringe hard. A reason why even before all the controversies and shit story telling of HH and HB I didn't watch to watch the pilots ? Because too big Tumblr sexymen fanged mouths, too many mouths that open the whole face when smiling and too many imps making me imagine them with Stitch's (another character I like ONLY when his mouth is closed, his teeth and omatone shape always made me uneasy) voice and noises. The human-like characters in the Hotel Transylvania franchise ? They are fun with nice cartoony mouths most of the time but whenever they have a tiny cartoony mouth with semi realistic CGI texture OOF good those are temporary. Most Miraculous Ladybug male characters when they are not meant to be attractive ? Either they have super wide thin mouths making them look like Muppets or on the contrary have eeny tiny mouths that are plump so it looks dispropportionate and when they smile it's once again a 3. In fact realistic/semirealistic lip textures on CGI cartoony-looking characters always miffed me I always wondered why bothering with THAT detail while other characters like Mario male characters are fine without it, it's so uncanny ! So much I even used to hate lips as a little kid, I would often pinch my lips to the mirror (you know, the contrary of ducklips), find what I daw great, and wonder why it couldn't be the standard for anyone thinking it looked awful on everybody before growing used to it growing up but really I still will react badly to it in drawings (I wonder why. There is to be psychology but what ?!)
Characters mouths if they don't fit very weirdly specific standards I have fill me with rage and will ruin my fun and I DO know it is very personal and not a real flaw to a movie or comic, but I for one know I just physically can't
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redgoldblue · 2 years
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not to just copy the exact same emojis you sent me, but i DO want to get your answers to these questions now so if you don't mind i AM going to copy the exact same emojis you sent me: ✏️👽📃🎨
✏️: The first fanfiction you ever wrote? (doesn’t have to be a posted fic)
oh god. i know i did this to you so i have no right to complain about being forced to confront my own cringe but. hnng. it was a BBC Johnlock wedding fic written in i think 2012 that thankfully is not available anywhere except that I think one of my best friends might still have a copy of it saved because they hate me and want me to die
(yes, I'm firmly of the objective opinion that there's, y'know, value in your writing history and seeing your journey and nothing is truly cringe etc etc but also no. god. please.)
👽: Strangest fic you ever written?
sksdjhf i was about to be like 'i don't think i've ever written anything that strange' and then I remembered Basil's (@leatherwoodbas) effect on my life so. take your pick between our 2014 co-written while on holiday absurdist MCU crack 'Dance Revolution - Avengers Edition' and their 2020 requested 'Supernatural but make it an Old Spice commercial' birthday chapter of the advent calendar, 'Drinking In Your Skin'
📃: Ever written something inspired by someone else's fic?
two of my current wips have been! Both of which I'd vaguely started before I read the fics in question, but I've then very directly been reading the fic and had bits of my own wip materialise/gel and had to go write them - my angsty h/c porn-with-feelings Starsky/Hutch WIP Finding A Cure In You was inspired very early on by @actingcamplibrarian's The Ballad Of Handsome Hutch, and my Leverage Parker-centric thiefsome WIP, all that i want is a kind heart to haunt, was supposed to be in the 'temporarily paused' pile but reading @faorism's with a love so deep and warm and true rn keeps making me open up the doc and add bits anyway.
I'm sure there's published ones I'm forgetting, but- oh! wait! one of my favourite chapters from last year's advent calendar was, as i say in the a/n, inspired very directly by your Marriage Proposals And How Not To Give Them series
🎨: Show us a sneak peek from a WIP!
god i have so many too many wips. okay this is the last (fanfic) one I was working on this morning, you're in a state of disrepair, you're an answer to my prayers, which is set post-canon when Steve gets himself hospitalised while he's on his Mental Health Trip and Danny has to fly out to him.
Steve’s sitting up in bed when Danny comes in the next morning, and the first thing he says is, “You’re wearing my clothes.”
“Yeah, well,” Danny replies, only a little defensively, and draws Steve’s blue-and-white flannel tighter around himself. “You leave them with me long enough, I get custody.”
Raising his eyebrows, Steve pushes himself further upright, apparently uncaring of the exertion and angle on his cannulated arm. “I just meant you’ve got jeans on. But that is my shirt, isn’t it?”
“Oh. Like I said. Custody.”
Steve reaches out, and as soon as Danny gets close enough, grabs his wrist and draws him in. “It’s fine,” he says, soft and low, and his fingers slip under the cuff of his/Danny’s shirt, finding the pulse point on Danny’s inner wrist. “Suits you.”
Before Danny can start thinking too hard about the bucket of gasoline that’s thrown on the gently warming fire in the pit of his stomach lit in the first place by wrapping himself in Steve’s things, Steve has pulled him closer and- for one crazy moment Danny thinks Steve is about to kiss him, but instead he’s wrapped in one of Steve’s arms with Steve’s face buried in his neck.
The hug’s no less physically awkward than yesterday – more, possibly, with their right hands still joined between them – but Steve sighs, and sucks in a breath like he’s trying to fill his lungs with Danny, and murmurs, “Missed you.”
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