#and yet. here we are

[fantastic-nonsense]

out here fighting for my life on Twitter trying to convince people that the company that managed to bag Leigh Bardugo and Shannon Hale is perfectly capable of finding at least one talented woman on the planet to write the main Wonder Woman title instead of Tom King

#THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN WHO WANT TO WRITE HER! YOU'RE JUST NOT HIRING THEM! #DC's obvious ability to hire a-list female writers for their ya and young readers stuff #shows a clear capability to do better than tom king on their main comic line #and yet. here we are #wonder woman #diana of themiscyra #dc fanwank

[evilkitten3]

the one thing that's worse than having people hate on your blorbo for incorrect reasons is when their reasoning is absolutely correct. like yeah she IS badly written, lacks development, and has a role in the story that unintentionally gives her moral failings the author didn't intend her to have.

unfortunately,

#personal #blorbo posting #blorbo from my shows #btw. for me a blorbo is not a favorite character just the one your brain latches onto and shakes like a dog #so. if you were wondering. hyuuga hinata is who i was thinking of when i made this post #a lot of the naruto blogs i follow talk smack about her pretty frequently #and i can't say anything cuz. they are not wrong #and yet. here we are #*screams into the void*

[corishadowfang]

It's appreciate a dragon day, apparently, and I don't have time to do art or fics because. Time. And Energy. But for the past week or so I've had my Kingdom Hearts dragons AU on the mind...which wasn't supposed to be an AU AU, but just kind of a way to draw the characters since I'm not good at drawing people. But because I have no self-control, there's worldbuilding suddenly, and I really want to ramble about it, haha.

I really need to stress that this was originally just me thinking, "Hey, if I'm drawing them as dragons, wouldn't Scala have to look different, too? Since dragons would probably need different things than humans." And then it just. Spiraled.

I didn't know what to do with the Keyblades initially? I, uh. Wasn't sure if I wanted to go the "wielding Keyblades in the mouth," haha. Which kind of spiraled into, "What if the dragon thing just...replaces the Keyblades? Like, people become dragons, basically."

So the idea is kind of like...magic is still A Thing. Everyone can use it, with the right training, but the more you use magic, the more it changes you. (Yes, I've used this idea before, but shhh.) It very gradually changes your appearance, abilities, etc. Your magic gets stronger, but you become less and less human. Eventually, according to most people, you basically lose yourself to it and become a monster, so it's something of a controversial subject.

(The "become a monster" thing is only partially true. You can become a Heartless, but there are a lot of people who just become normal dragons, too. Unfortunately everyone just groups the two together.)

Anyone who used magic kind of like...filled a very weird niche in society where they weren't exactly accepted, but their abilities were still useful, so they were kind of both shunned and respected equally.

The Master of Masters and the Foretellers are the ones who really changed this; MoM went hardcore on the narrative that the "normal" transformation wasn't really monstrous at all, and painted the Foretellers very much as mythological heroes who could fight the actual monsters much more effectively than any normal person. Magic and dragons still made a lot of people wary, but it was tempered a bit, especially with kids.

SPEAKING OF--that's why a lot of kids ended up in Daybreak Town. Less pre-existing ideas on magic and dragons, so it's easier for them to see this as a good thing.

(And then MoM goes and ruins it with the whole "war" thing.)

Once you turn into a dragon, you can take human form again for short periods of time, but it's often uncomfortable, so Daybreak Town and Scala are both designed more with dragons in mind.

Daybreak Town was an abandoned human town that MoM and the Foretellers just repurposed, so while there are still buildings, they had to be modified a lot. The Clock Tower is an abandoned castle, haha.

Scala is basically a mountain range on the edge of the ocean! Or mountains on islands...? Uh. Something like that, haha. Lots of bare white rock and caves and stuff. I think the main island's a little more open, just because like...I like the idea of them wanting more "light" as a sort of symbolism thing.

Dragons are the only ones that can fly to other worlds without assistance! Their magic kind of protects them, basically, but they do actually have to fly. Lots of young dragons like to bring back trinkets from different worlds (which is generally how their hoards are formed, haha).

Uh, I only have loose ideas of how some characters would've actually gotten into this. Ven I think was basically born with an excessive amount of magic that he couldn't really control, so he turned really, really young, and there wasn't much he could do about it. Brain thought that the fear about magic was stupid and actively fostered his out of spite. Ephemer was super curious about the idea, and ended up digging deeper into things. Skuld and Lauriam I'm less certain on. (I could see Lauriam doing it as a way to help protect Strelitzia--maybe she was like Ven, and turned accidentally? And Skuld--honestly just could've done it because she was swept up in what MoM/the Foretellers said, haha.)

Aaaaand I'm looking at how much I've rambled and will spare your dashes, but uh. Yeah. Dragons!

#kingdom hearts #khux #dragons #i hope this is at least semi coherent haha #this has just sunk its claws in my mind and will not let go #so it had to go SOMEWHERE #i really cannot stress enough that this Was Not supposed to have worldbuilding #(or at least not much of it) #and yet. here we are

[dulcesiabits]

Your Li and Mhin writing made me hurt and yearn and do you understand how I will carry this in the recesses of my mind for who knows how long

Superb writing! Don't be afraid to spill about them because the the wedding (no air quotes, i stand by that it was as wedding as it could be for their circumstances and for them) scene made my heart SQUEEZE

It is actually the most flattering thing in the WORLD to hear that you're invested in my silly oc/canon ship <3 !!! They made you feel yearning and it's going to be in the recesses of your mind??? Then my mission is complete... I have succeeded as a writer...!!!!

(And I'm definitely going to be posting more about Li later haha I've been refining her lore for like. a year now lol)

I'm glad you mentioned the wedding scene bc I drew from Chinese marriage customs to write it!!! Li (李) is Chinese and Mhin is also Chinese to me. And one day, I will write diaspora-inspired fic about how they both deal with their alienation from their culture and community lmfao. There is something about having to reinvent or adapt traditions bc of lost roots...

#liya answers #im actually trying to save up money bc i want to comm like. sprite art for li lmfao #i've never actually been so invested in an oc that im commissioning multiple pieces for her #and yet. here we are

[talentforlying]

i always figured if i got through life without adding any more bollocks to the world's sum total of bollocks . . . then i could hold me head high and say i wasn't part of it. now i've gone and done what all the self-righteous fat bastards are doing — taken our magness and dumped it where it isn't wanted. one more reason why i can't look at meself in the mirror in the mornin'.

it's fine, i'm fine, i'm normal about this.

#oh buddy boy the bollocks you have contributed swing low enough to drive a trench and you know it too #i'm so serious when i say he Just wants to live normally and do his own thing. but he keeps getting hooked into shit #and then he can't stop himself from biting down harder and it just makes things worse #he would be SO at peace as just a guy. living a quiet average boring life #and yet. here we are #shame he's so good at being a world-class prick too #( visage. ) AND I'M A BASTARD. #( character study. ) A WALKING PLAGUE OF A MAN.

[teabreaking]

if you went back in time to december 2021 and told me that scaramouche, the dendro archon, and a completely brand new mondstadt character were all getting banners before a eula rerun, i would have laughed at you

#and yet. here we are

[glass-expanse]

My first serious original superhero project secondary protagonist: Bristol Wilcox, a dark-haired womanizer who learns from mistakes and has a heart of gold

My most recent serious original superhero project secondary protagonist: Wilson Brixley, a dark-haired womanizer who learns from mistakes and has a heart of gold

#These stories are like #5 years apart for me #I did not check my old project for name ideas either #For each character I played around in a name generator for a couple hours lol #And yet. Here we are

[jennifersbod]

sad hours ✌🏻

#i need to go to sleep but i’ll only be able to for an hour <\3 #like i can tell it’s lack of sleep mixed with migraine that’s making me way too emotional rn #and yet. Here we are #personal

[torchickentacos]

okay, so while the temptation of shitpost meme fics is very high, I did not account for my fandoms list having to look like this.

#gonchposting #unreality #that fucking sans x reigen fic is my most kudos'd one btw #twice as many kudos as morning after melancholy and 100 hits less #it's not even good????? it's like. 250 words and was written in LITERALLY fifteen minutes? #zero effort? #i make a hardware store joke somewhere in it #it's SO fucking dumb #and yet. here we are #I also recently removed the contestshipping wip purgatory and will probably put paint water on anon since I don't think it's good quality #it's passable but not good #I can put wip purgatory back up if anyone wants me to but idk. lmk if you didn't want me to do that #feel free to go on anon and tell me but I was cleaning up my ao3 a bit #i never acually use it #but i figured if I cleaned out the shit i deem bad I'd be more likely to check in #goncharov

[rac1ngsundays]

this can’t be a real podium

#and yet. here we are #bahrain gp 2023

[classicdaisycalico]

Fuck it we ball, 🌻

The first thing on my mind when I was this was about musicals, which I haven't talked about on this blog in a LONG time so here goes:

I read a few days ago that "Phantom of the Opera" is gonna be closing on Broadway within a year or so???? I knew it would happen eventually but like.....I thought it would be when I was closer to 40 and not 30. What a time to be alive

#ask me things #berryblitzgirl #phantom of the opera #when i said 'i wish i weren't living through a major historical event right now' this wasn't what i pictured AT ALL #and yet. here we are

[trollbreak]

*reads something cool* *immediately gets inspired to write something new in spite of my various open drafts*

#clown church man doesn’t NEED building #there’s a MAWRIS draft I want to finish #and yet. here we are #anyways does anyone want to read a thing I wrote on impulse and can’t read over or I’ll make myself hate it until I delete it

[8pxl]

PSA: Tumblr/Wordpress is preparing to start selling our user data to Midjourney and OpenAI.

you have to MANUALLY opt out of it as well.

to opt out on desktop, click your blog ➡️ blog settings ➡️ scroll til you see visibility options and it’ll be the last option to toggle.

to opt out on mobile, click your blog ➡️ scroll then click visibility ➡️ toggle opt out option.

if you’ve already opted out of showing up in google searches, it’s preselected for you. if you don’t have the option available, update your app or close your browser/refresh a few times. important to note you also have to opt out for each blog you own separately, so if you’d like to prevent AI scraping your blog i’d really recommend taking the time to opt out. (source)

#ai #tumblr ai #midjourney #openai #protect your creative efforts and don’t let them profit off your work!! #fuck tumblr they specifically said months ago they’d NEVER sell user data yet here we are #AND after the ceo has been harassing trans users like wtf is this fucking site becoming #tumblr news #tumblr #tumblr update #anti ai #support human artists

[o0kawaii0o]

Wet cheese

#it started out as a normal redraw and a good opportunity to practice a wet aesthetic #(wet fabric and wet hair and stuff) #and then it became somewhat thirsty? 💀 #trust me that was not the intention yet here we are #I'm sorry to the people how started following me for my latest s/tardew art 💀 I promise that will return too #one piece #sanji #op #ig zosan with the extra pic?? #o0kawaii0o #redraw #sanji pre time skip

[parlerenfleurs]

I sporadically realise I'm living with my beautiful boyfriend, who is not only a whole, separate person from myself, and thus unfathomable despite how familiar he is to me, but also an incredibly pretty man who sees me be a half-naked potatoe in improbable positions like an ungainly naked cat all the time and still, somehow, loves me.

#Bloom talks #by all accounts it makes no sense #pretty people should be with pretty people #and yet. here we are #I've gotten over the fact that he is a man who sleeps in my bed at least so there's that #that used to fluster me stupidly often #my beautiful boyfriend

[stormcallart]

Tav, it's their turn to wear the shirt

#minthara #halsin #halsin bg3 #minthara bg3 #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #meme #shit i fidnt mean to post this yet but here we are #what is minthara holding in her other hand? #its a mystery