#animators have all my respect

[lotus-pear]

what is childe doing in bungou gay dogs😟

#finally finished reading this manga after it sat on my to read list for a couple years #a good friend finally convinced me into reading it and i buckled and read the whole thing in three days (i'm not ok <33) #anyway she neglected to tell me childe was in it otherwise i would have read it sooner!!!!!! #NO NO HEAR ME OUT #murder gingers with dead blue eyes that are part of dark antagonistic organizations and happen to be executives in said organizations #relatively similar color palette and cocky confident personalities that are instantly shed when in the heat of battle #tragic pasts where both were mercilessly tormented until salvation occurred in the form of an invitation to their respective organizations #childe has so many siblings that one of them left and infiltrated another anime #i better not see any chuuya stans @ me in the tags and be like ''stop comparing zhongli's wallet to my pookie chuuya'' #i will fuck you up #i'm so sry to anyone who actually sat and read all the tags im so mentally ill abt this mf i can talk about him for hrs if given the chance #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #chuuya nakahara #nakahara chuuya #lotus draws

[emoreooo]

girl !!! hey girl ! whats up girl !! girl !!!

#ok so i have Reasonings for giving sunny one (1) tail instead of the usual twin tails you see for fem!sunny #mari used to do her hair in pigtails and wld say she looks adorable !! then after mari dies sunny resorts to a ponytail bc i cant imagine #she has the energy to keep her hair in pigtails All the time. its more effort than a ponytail. also symbolism for one soul of two lost #ive been seeing too many ppl anime girl-ify fem!kel so i HAD to give her the Enrichment. body hair muscles a Tall build etc. and freckles #so this technically isnt genderbend bc well. kel is genderbent yeah but sunnys not. shes transfem and i consider that Different from gb #ive been calling this au the yuri au with my friends bc the whole gang is lesbians with each other (solar system and heromari respectively) #soooooo keep an eye out for the others ig hahah #omori sunny #omori kel #sunkel #omori #yuri au #sunny omori #kel omori #omori caprisun #fanart #omori fanart #my art

[thai-09]

an attempt at a quick animation of Wil smiling 🫠

#will byers #stranger things #will byers fanart #I'm trying to learn how to do animation and I'm already regretting it #People who can make animations without giving up have all my respect

[no-truce-with-the-heroes]

i can't believe there's still people out there who genuinely think Ochako would "kill Toga on sight" at this point

like, okay, there's the anime-only people who aren't aware of manga developments or are actively avoiding spoilers, and of course there's all the people who clearly stopped giving a shit ages ago (yet somehow still feel completely secure making blanket declarations about a franchise they no longer keep up with???)

but even then, and even if you're not a shipper or just don't like the characters-- how can anyone have ever believed that makes any sense ever? like we're not even talking self-defense apparently? just "on sight"? who do you think Ochako is, the Punisher in pink?

like i don't think i'm especially media literate myself, but-- how is it possible for people to be this bad at reading where a narrative is going?

because of course that's exactly what the Togachako plotline was leading up to, clearly the ultimate endpoint of developing Toga Himiko as a sympathetic villain important to Ochako's heroic actualization was a teenager unquestioningly enacting the extrajudicial murder of another teenager

that's exactly what MHA is all about, right? that's the sort of person Ochako is, the kind of hero that she wants to be? that's definitely good storytelling and not at all inane or grotesque? ugh

#don't want to cause/deal with any drama and it'd be doubly not worth it on a post that wasn't even about togachako #i just need to vent somewhere or i'll stew on it for ages #an offhanded comment in tags is so not worth this amount of anger and yet ohhhh i am mad #honestly this is probably less about that post and more about all the similar shit i saw on That Hellsite when the 391+ spoilers dropped #bakugou stans i have so much respect for you all i would be dead within a day if i had to deal with this BS as often as you do #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #not really any actual spoilers but ig the vague allusions are still worth tagging for the previously-mentioned anime people #rest of the post sounded like shit opinions too but i didn't really get the whole context and not interested in looking further #this shit has already lived in my head rent-free long enough #no but seriously as a togachako OTP shipper there are in fact a lot of rational reasons for why the ship shouldn't work #canon is currently laughing maniacally in the face of your rationality but at least those reasons do make sense #why would you choose this goddamn Ochako slander as your reasoning instead

[foursaints]

Do you have any book recommendations? 🎤

this is super informed by my own taste & i tried to exclude anything hyper-canonical (like anna karenina or ulysses or w/e) but this is my personal list of prose writing i believe everyone should read once. if they have a chance 

the baron in the trees by italo calvino

love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez

gravity & grace by simone weil

the confessions of st. augustine

the husband stitch by carmen maria machado

lavinia by ursula le guin

babette's feast by isak dinesen

dubliners by joyce & pale fire by nabokov

lighthousekeeping by jeanette winterson

the collected works of anton chekhov. all of them sorry

the captain’s daughter by alexander pushkin 

deerskin by robin mckinley

the bloody chamber by angela carter

villette by charlotte brontë

the fairytales of hermann hesse

honestly looking at it. that's my personal canon i think

#a #like each bullet point on that list feels like a shard of my soul lol #SORRY ITS SOO LONG its like when you have all your stuffed animals on the bed. I dont want to EXCLUDE anyone!!! #nobody come at me about Joyce & Nabokov & Chekhov being super canonical I will defend my problematic old white men with my dying breath #that's papa & my toxic stepfather & Daddy. respectively

[kicktwine]

the problem is I’m such a staunch believer in the slow buildup, the earnest enjoyment of meandering through terrible story decisions and weird nothing subplots to build up into a conclusion that explodes out from all that as fantastic storytelling and intrigue based on all that buildup, such that it makes it necessary to get through all that or you’re missing something essential, that I’m also a terrible person to talk to about what makes a story good. I can tell you plenty of what actually makes something tight and well-written and all that technical speak but how could anyone take my advice when I so so so love excruciatingly long unnecessarily complex fumbling and weird nonsense that spirals into, inexplicably, weird nonsense that makes you cry your lungs sore

#kipspeak #my point being everyone is too mean about post arr. sure f’lhammin did not have to be our problem but everything after that was like #meandering. Thinking. building. unnerving. they were cooking and i RESPECT their dubious food #i love homestuck and long audio dramas and dnd podcasts and indecipherable fancomics and lego ninjas and khux and im starting to love ffxiv #all incredibly long and made with passion and kinda weird and hard to get into #said with THE MOST affection in my heart #I could structure a kids show and I know how to write for tv but in my heart of hearts #I just want to write an impossibly long absurdity epic that is weird and a little bad and also makes you feel shrimp emotions #ALSO I feel 0% bad for not respecting ur theory or opinion if you haven’t played khux/dr/recoded I don’t feel bad about it at all I’m right #understand what’s going on in them and I’ll respect your theories. it’s like comics enjoyers but less chaotic #don’t let me get into comics. superheroes never really catch my interest but if you let me get into comics I’d explode #‘it gets really good’ is a genuine way to interest me #also don’t let me get into anime that do this. I already watched a thousand episodes of detective Conan— #maybe it’s a careful balance of weird and Good Storytelling Seeds. it has to have internal logic for one; and it has to have a structure #It has to be leading somewhere. and I want to see where it leads #we are GOING through the disney worlds. all of them. they are COOKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[whack-patty]

Reporter asked if they were an ****item*****

#TOOK AN HOUR BREAK OFF HW BC THE ANIMATION ITCH WAS STRONG AND THIS CRACKSHIP IS SO FUNNY TO ME #EVERYONES TAGS ABT THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN MAKING ME LOSE IT #SLAY SHIPPING #????? #C R Y IN G #I STILL DUNNO HOW TUMBLR ETTIQUITE QORKS SO IDK HOW TO RESPOND TO EVERYO E BUT I HOPE Y ALL KNOW #I SEE EVERYTHING AND I THINK YOURE FUNNY AS FRICK #ANYWAY ENJOY THIS #ok ok genuine thoughts abt them tho #clay is still recovering but i think. as he gets better over time his old sense of humor returns #and he can be a little more lighthearted in the same way i #an ace person #can flirt stupidly with my other ace friends #bc i know They know its a joke and we all respect each others boundaries in the process and know it Wont get taken too far #but the joke still is there #u feel #does that make any sense #anyway clay is one of the 2 ppl in the world who have ever seen simon crack a joke #and nobody will ever believe clay ever #the other person is a sweet lady named cass #not even ethan has seen it and she cant tell is clay is lying or not when he INSISTS simon has some of the best comedic timing ever #THEM. GRIPS THEN #I GOT SO ATTACHED TO THIS THROWAWAY CROSSOVER GOSH D A N G IT #earth day/sing #clay calloway #simon hardy #my animations lol #my art lol #animation #please read An Item like tulip from storks btw

[mo49ko]

Hello!! Firstly, I must tell you that your art is adorable! You were one of the first artists I ever found for TGCF and your fengqing dynamic is perfect!

I was wondering if you had any tips for learning Japanese? I've been trying to learn it for a year but I can't get the hang of it 〒▽〒 I try to use your Japanese versions of your comics to help but since I've already read them in English, I don't feel like I'm learning anything...

Do you have any advice or tips on where to start? qwq

hello!! thank you so much it makes so happy!! i only started drawing fengqing 6 months ago so it's surprising that you found me 🥹💖i have so much fun drawing them!

hmmm im not studying japanese so i don't have specific ressources... if any of my followers have some please feel free to share them in the comments! 💖 it might depend on your level as well.

however, i think that the most important thing about languages is that they're just a tool to communicate with people/access culture/knowledge in another language, so you shouldn't worry too much about the grammar and stuff like that from the beginning.

as someone who has studied many languages, my general tips are:

learn through things that interest you rather than textbook/language apps (ex. manga, anime, etc.) ※ i know that some people say not to do that because a lot of phrases are "unnatural" which is true, but imo if you have awareness about it you will pick up on that really quickly anyways. the point is just to consume a lot of the language;

try to speak/write in that language even if you make mistakes (native speakers really don't care!!): for example, you can tweet something simple or write a simple blog post in japanese often. you can also comment on people's art or fanfics using simple sentences, then you can read other people's comments to learn new ways to express yourself.

consume media that is directed at native speakers (ex. instead of language-learning youtube, you can just watch regular videos from japanese youtubers about topics that interest you), because that way you can learn a lot of natural/casual phrases to use. i'm saying this because language-learning videos will often "simplify" sentences but you won't hear it said like that irl.

as for where i think you should start, i'm assuming you already know the alphabets since you're reading my comics 🫶 in that case, i would encourage you to read a lot more! for example, you can find fengqing comics and fanfics in japanese on twitter 💖 many creators who participated in the 2023 fengqing web event write them!

for me, the most important thing when learning a new language is to be interested in the people who use that language. so just engage with them and learn through whatever contents you find interesting!! 💗

i'm sorry if my answer is not that precise. you can feel free to ask me if you have other questions!! 頑張ってください～

edit: another anon has kindly shared their experience in another ask!

#english isnt even my first language (<- obvious) and i make mistakes all the time but!!! it doesnt matter!!!! #moko replies #anonymous #i learned a lot of spanish years ago by talking to friends from south america who liked anime lol #learning languages for hobbies is 100% valid and effective btw!!!! #i respect ppl who make the effort so much #sometimes i talk to someone who studied so hard to get N1 but they....cant talk like a normal person...at all.... #vs people who learned it by actually... talking with people #just have fun with it !!!!!!!!

[crykea]

I don't rlly trust those ppl who wholeheartedly believe that cats r better than dogs or you can trust cat people more because "cats have boundaries and you know who will respect boundaries if they like cats" because that just proves to me you Don't respect dogs boundaries lol

#i knooooowwwww thats not why they say it and im hearing it in a cant read exagerations way #but if you think dogs dont have boundaries that you need to respect you Will get bitten #have you ever seen a chihuahua??? they are not even people just dont respect their boundaries #same with 'problematic' dogs like bully breeds german shepards etc etc #hell my younger brother got bitten by Our golden retriever growing up for not respecting his boundaries #all animals have tells and no matter whether youre a dog or cat person you must learn to read and respect those tells #if you want to continue to be around those animals #theyre all different ! two cats can have different boundaries the same as two dogs can have diff boundaries #ugh #idk i HATE hearing that phrase as someone who has grown up not just with dogs #but Reactive dogs #like you say that and i know i dont want you around sophie kind of thing

[artheresy]

An argument over whether or not Dan Heng is Dan Feng seems to have begun getting sparked again in certain parts of the Fandom and it does nothing but hurt my head to no end

Both sides cherrypicking or treating it like a strange situation, making false equivalents. "Yknow governments don't consider people who've lost their memories to be separate people" that's a flawed argument to use in favorite of DH = DF because it's not just he lost his memories. He literally grew up, experienced his own childhood, had a whole identity cultivated based on those experiences and that life and continues to live his own life. To treat the situation like it's just him getting a bit of amnesia is wild to me

But also I hate when people continue to insist he's running from Dan Feng and his past and how he's miserable and shouldn't ever confront the past and deal with it as if his and Blade's whole stories aren't centered around rebirth and karma, paying for your past life's karma. He needed to confront the past to ensure a freer future! He literally has!! And he will continue to do so because he realizes this, DH isn't dumb and he's grown since we first saw him. He understands

But yeah uh I'm so tired

This whole thing feels very Ship of Theseus. What makes the ship what it is, the physical aspects of its planks, its sailing history, or both?

For him, the question is what makes someone who they are? Is it the body that makes them up and any inherent genetic factors (like traits)? Is it their experiences, how they've grown up, and the identity they've developed in that time? Or is it both factors mixed together?

Personally in the case of Dan Heng, I think it's both! Yeah he has a lot of traits from Dan Feng. There's a lot inherently there. But we can't disregard his own experiences and the identity that has formed based on his history and what he's seen.

Again I can't stress this enough... It is a false equivalent to compare him to people who lose their memories or get amnesia, he didn't just lose those memories. He started life from the beginning, a whole different kind of life. And even then, the amnesia topic comes with its own debates. Isn't there a whole other thought experiment regarding someone put to trial who ends up with amnesia and what their verdict should be?

I guess in the end, it's all up to people's own philosophical beliefs after what constitutes a person. My personal belief that DH and DF will always be connect but the separation between them is also meaningful is something based on my own ideas of what consisitutes a person and their individual identity, similar situation with how I see Rukkhadevata and Nahida as connected but still not the same person exactly. At the end of the day again, it's personal beliefs

But what I can't stand and can't stand by, is someone acting all high and mighty like they're perfectly right and everyone else is wrong, especially when they're cherrypicking or not holding all their evidence to the same standard. According to some ppl, apparently it's better in the CN fandom where instead of treating it like "I'm right you're wrong" people have divided themselves into "DF and DH one person" and "DF and DH two people" groups and most importantly of all, they treat both like theories and just keep to their space and tag which they believe when it's relevant. Why can't we just do that? Why can't we follow in their footsteps instead of bringing up this argument every so often with the same tired flaws from both sides?

#Lore discussion in this community can be so tiring #I wish more people would be open to their viewpoint being challenged instead of believing they can never ever be wrong #And seeing people throw out wild accusations #Like someone saying people are transphobic if they believe dh is df like what? #I get it if you identity with dh and read it as a trans narrative personally even if I dont #Doesn't mean you can call people transphobic over it #I dunno I'm tired #Everything I see this topic I get mad #“He says you're my past in the ichor of two dragons!!” #He also says right after “But you won't follow me into my future” so your point is? #Additionally if we're being 100% real that animation feels like it's less about his rejection and eventual acceptance of DF specifically #It feels more so like his rejection of the role of Imbibitor Lunae given what I've talked about about the DF being there would never say #Any of those things how it's based on his biased view of him and is a projection of things he was told growing up likely #So I'm tired #One of the only good arguments I've ever seen to say DH is DF is in regards to how he clings to DF's old stuff #I have things to say about it personally #But it's a MILES better argument than some of the other ones I've seen and even then my arguments against it would still be an up for #Interpretation kind of thing like the initial argument rather than pointing out someone is looking at the full picture #Again I respect how people see it! Believe what you want to believe about it again it's all about our own perspectives #Just don't be a dick to people on either side if you don't agree with them #Dan heng #Dan feng #Hsr #Honkai star rail

[arthursfuckinghat]

After chapter six, I swore off killing any deer because I was afraid it could be Arthur.

That's what this game does to you and it's fascinating, or maybe I'm just superstitious :')

#much of my culture involves a lot of belief in animals and how we are all connected #especially in nature #so perhaps I have too much respect to honour a game #but the animal ties and such are so strong in the game that it's inevitable I guess #you feel it deep in your heart #your core #is it a game mechanic for deer to cross John's path so often? because I find it happens so much more after arthur died #oh man #mick squeaks #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption 2 spoilers #arthur morgan

[dishsaop]

if you can read this, im not vagueposting abt you. but its real fuckin weird how some people think their pet photos are healing to other people. your kitty and your puppy are lovely but sending me pictures of them are not magically making me feel better and its actually kind of weird that you think it would

#i like animals a lot! animals deserve nothing but care and respect! #fuck my allergies; if im at a party and there is a pet i am ditching every person to go hang out with the animal #but if i tell u i am sad and u go ah. here. this will cure you. 12 pictures of my dog. dont you feel better now? #no. its weird. thats weird #that is a photograph of someone elses animal and i have depression #'demeaning' isnt the right word and idk the word im looking for exactly but its like- #-idk theres something not quite insulting abt the like... assumption that this will make me better #this is SUCH a negative post im sorry lol i genuinely love seeing photos of my friends pets and hearing the stories and all #i love animals #its just. uncomfortable and. um. belittling? (still not the exact right word) to assume my struggles are healed by. some pixels of an anima #that i dont even have a relationship with #ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY i told an irl friend im having a bad time and they... spammed me with dog photos and went ah are u better now #no. im worse actually.

[mohabbaat]

i am fkn sick of these desi men who think calling themselves sigma is a personality trait and animal is the epitome of cinema and smoking makes them look cool and that making downright shitty and rude comments on instagram is peak humor.

#just fyi saying 'its just a movie!!' about animal doesnt make the entire thing okay #have you heard the director of the movie talk? my god #he is so clearly the kind of man who does not respect women at all #and that shows in his 'art' #the art often tells you a lot about the artist #also watching young men scream and shout in glee during the movie is so so concerning

[mortellanarts]

It has come to my attention that this show never aired in the US so not sure how many people here can be nostalgic with me lol

#princesas do mar #sea princesses #2000s childhood #old cartoons #momento latam #mermay #“Okay so this is Bia! she's from an old cartoon I watched where each character was a prince/princess of a different type of marine animal” #“Bia here was from the abyssal zone and well two seconds on the wiki tell me there was a whole plot to overthrow her family” #“and that she had to wipe herself from all her friends memories to have a chance of coming back home” #“but I don't know about any of that! baby me just thought she looked cool and also really loved anglerfish!” #“I didn't remember there was actually royal plots all I remember is each talking to their respective type of fish and taking care of them” #“as a kid with a marine biology fixation it was one of my favorite preschool shows :3” #OH QUOTES ACTUALLY WORK NOW #“what” #I'm SO used to just doing this to bump up my tags while they're on drafts well okay #my art #deep sea #anglerfish

[seahydra]

ibis animation so fun 👍 DON'T know what I'm doing. Probably not touching it again because animation is simply not my thing fhwjfbebf

#atari.png #do you like her blink. she's cute #I guess they just 💋? Who knows. I didn't have a scenario in mind #I just remembered ibis had animation stuff and wanted to try it out for a sec ww #I wanted to do more... but everything I did kinda looked off ww. #And I don't wanna spend too much time on this considering it was all just for fun anyway #Respect to people who can animate... it is not my style fhsjdj #❥ the prince and the little mermaid

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY @zu-is-here!!!!

i can't believe i missed your b-day again!! i had to make you something this year and so why not draw the bean the legend, the sweetest baby ever as a gift!!! >:Dc

thank you so much for all of your sweet words and making your blog one of the most comforting places to be at!! hope you're having an amazing day<3333

#art #my art #my gif #my animation #fanart #gift #aim #sorry i'm a lil late! school has been a lil crazy with assignments and group projects lately and i only get some spare time the weekends #that and i didn't know how to draw something big and that doesn't need much time with a mouse hh :'Dc #i guess i went with a small gif because i've been waiting to make one with lil baby aim for sO LONG!!! look at him being so cuuute >:'Dc #(i technically had a whole different idea last year but i'll wait until i have a tablet again- #i wouldn't wanna limit myself when it's supposed to be a big surprise project >;)c ) #you're like- one of my biggest inspiration ever on this site so you know i had to doodle something at least!! #don't think i forgot about your amazing gift last year either!!! if you were so kind to draw me something and brighten up my day like that- #then you can BET i'll repay the favor!!! >:'Dc thank you so much again for your supportive comments and your sweet words #your presence is beloved by so many people around the world!!! no matter who passes by you always treat them with so much care #and respect!! your works have only improved throughout the years at an insanely rapid pace and i can't believe it's been 3 years now #you deserve all the praise and support and i wish you the best of luck in your future projects!!! have a nice day/night<3333