#bog easy

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

auauaugghhh how do you draw the silly puppet characters sso good theyy look so skrunkly rgewfgbhjk teach me your ways

voila

#three easy steps and BOOM sillies #also Thank You <3 #rambles from the bog #scribble salad #this advice goes for drawing anything btw #you Gotta be weird about it...

[awkward-teabag]

One of the things I love about Baulder's Gate 3 is the companions aren't just archetypes who exist to fill out the roster and be familiar to players so they don't have to think too hard about it, they're actual characters and often have something about them that's opposite of the archetype they're closest to.

Astarion? Sure he's the sexy vampire, but he's also about boundaries and getting permission before biting anyone (minus that first time).

Gale? He's a wizarding prodigy with a massive hubris but is also fine, even eager, to be the camp cook.

Halsin? The quiet dude you meet along the way who is very much into nature and reserved at first, then he relaxes and you learn he's the horniest motherfucker around and down for pretty much anything.

Wyll? He's a living legend in his own time and someone even experienced soldiers are at least wary of, but he doesn't have an ego about it and can separate that from who he is as a person.

Jaheira? She plays up her age and experience and pokes fun at herself and the expectation that she must know more because she's seen and done more than most, but she's content to stepping aside and letting someone else take the lead and doesn't take insult to it.

Karlach? Knows she can take on what the hells throw at her and relishes a good fight, but is the biggest advocate for mental health and to rely on others and/or take a break if needed.

Lae'zel? A born and bred warrior who knows nothing else and doesn't shy away from violence, but her long-suppressed empathy and curiosity starts coming out when she no longer has outside forces dictating who she must be.

Shadowheart? Reverses the "bubbly cleric" trope but instead of sticking to Hot Topic Cleric™, she has to fight the urge to care about and connect with others.

It would have been easy to stick with the first half because those are familiar archetypes and tropes, but it would have rendered them flat as characters. The additions give them depth.

And BG3 is so much better for it.

#didn't bring up minsc because he comes in so late #and i haven't gotten minthara #you could write a whole thing about astarion vs halsin in terms of horniness and sex #the characters are such it would be pretty easy to spot copycats too #not in terms of archetypes because those are bog standard #but because of what was added #and most people couldn't file off those serial numbers and have no one the wiser #which i fully expect to happen as studios try to copy bg3 without knowing why it clicked with people #i give it a year before [bg3 character] from wish takes the industry by storm #especially the ones that are easier to simplify on the surface #baldurs gate 3 #bg3

[collgeruledzebra]

idk if anyone's brought this up before but im pretty sure riz's description of the dying god is referencing the watchmaker analogy

#you can look up the watchmaker analogy on wikipedia if you want #it's a concept inroduced around the time of the scientific revolution which imagines a creator god who sets the universe up and lets it run #like a watchmaker putting together and winding up a watch so that everything is determined without real time intervention #by the creator #as i understand it it's a sort of compromise between creationism and the at the time emerging understanding of natural laws #it also means theres no free will bc of the whole predetermined nature of the universe deal but thats another can of worms #put all this in the tags since i didnt want to bog down the post and as i mentioned it's also easy to look up if you want more detail #kane and feels #kf #original

[bogboyfriendbreadslice]

welcome to my blog, i draw once every blue moon, i reblog fics, enjoy your stay.

dead side blog : @bogboyfriendbreadloaf

+ secret third blog :333

#my personal art tag : #bog bf toasty stuff #tags for easy sorting : #great art i like!! #(one of my fav to reread!!!!) #the stash #ramble tag : #stale bread

[preciouslittletoonette]

The Thinner Disaster must've really fucked up Wasteland's water supply.

#epic mickey #this is honestly a very random thing to say i know #but it kind of just occurred to me #i mean... anywhere where there's supposed to be water (fountains; river rides; the swamps in Bog Easy; the fucking ocean) #is completely thinner in the first game #with that in mind how difficult would it be to assume the toons were running on a limited water supply #yen sid probably helps with what he can do #then again its quite probable that they don't need to drink water #being toons and all #but having the water be contaminated with a substance that's known to melt you on contact gets rid of lot of water activities #the toons probably did before #the thinner disaster #just some stuff i was thinking about

[tanjir0se]

Ok I’m gonna actually be real for a minute. Now that I’ve unfortunately watched enough anime to consider myself an Anime Fan™ (welcome to cringe city population me) I think I can confidently say that Demon Slayer is on a completely different level.

1. The Animation. This kind of goes without saying. But literally even the early seasons felt alive, even mid range episodes look beautiful, and this most recent season has cemented KNY as being in a completely different league to anything else I’ve watched. BNHA, AOT, even Chainsaw Man and Trigun literally don’t even hold a candle to Demon Slayer when it comes to the animation. The fire and sparks and lightning GLOW from inside whatever screen you’re watching it, I don’t even know how they do it. Attack animations and fight choreography are so gorgeous and well timed and just so fucking beautiful to look at. I could go on forever.

2. The story. This is a controversial one because I have heard some say that the plot is nothing special for a shonen. Which I actually think is a good thing? The setup is simple, the mechanics are easy to understand and make sense, and I don’t have to wait through 19 episodes of lead up before something interesting happens. It’s just a straightforward story about a boy who loves his family. Also, Tanjiro’s power crawl is INSANE, every huge overpowered moment he has feels so earned.

Further in defense of the writing in KNY, the story feels so tight. Like we don’t really waste time with shit in KNY, everything feels focused and purposeful with the exception of maaaybe a few more comedic relief moments especially early on. But even those I don’t mind, they keep the tone light but consistent and develop the kids’ characters.

3. The MUSIC. Holy shit the music. It never stops!!! The way the character and action themes kind of blend into one another throughout the episodes, how hearing the melody of your favorite character start playing at certain moments can just rip your heart out. HOW YOU CAN PREDICT PLOT BEATS BY LISTENING VERY CLOSELY TO THE SOUNDTRACK. Literally unrivaled. LITERALLY unrivaled. It only stops when they purposefully drop it out to emphasize something. The musical beats and stings can build tension like nothing else, I will always be insane about the music in Demon Slayer.

4. In the same vein, the sound design I think is often overlooked. The swords clanging whenever they change position. The roar of Tanjiro’s sun breathing and the hiss of Hinokami escaping through his teeth. The clap of Thunder when Zenitsu breaks out thunder breathing. The way jewelry and chains jingle, the way his earrings clack against his collar, the way jaws snap shut or footsteps crunch in the snow, it’s all such excellent attention to detail that you don’t really notice until you Notice and then it’s always there.

Maybe Aniplex or Ufotable is putting something in their water or maybe I love my blorbos so much it’s making my brain smooth but it really feels like a passion project. It feels like the animators and writers and voice actors just deeply deeply give a shit about the art they’re making. Every single frame just oozes love and care for the source material and it comes through so beautifully. And this season is really taking all of everything I just said to the next level.

Anyway, watch Demon Slayer, love yourselves and turn off BHNA and AOT

#kny #demon slayer #watch demon slayer for the LOVE OF GOD #like I’d say CSM is..a smarter show. csm has more to say about the world and society and exploitation #but to be totally honest I think csm needs two watches because it’s easy to get bogged down in how complex and strange the world is #that you (or at least I) miss the forest for the trees a little. miss what it’s trying to tell you #I’m rambling please watch demon slayer

[bogunicorn]

It's such a shame that the visual design choices for the new Little Mermaid really do Halle's performances dirty. Her voice is beautiful and she deserved a bright, saturated aesthetic to complement it. Instead it's so muddy that the YouTube video of Part of Your World looks like unfinished test footage. :(

#bog post #it's fine if they didn't want it to be too cartoony #bc it's easy to make that look rubbery and terrible #but i would have liked to see much richer dark colors #and for Ariel's colors to be more saturated - esp underwater #hell add more sparkle to her tail! they did so much work on it and you can barelt appreciate it

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

hi there bog! sorry if this is random but i Saw Her at a shop and thought of you…. a whole lil group of em…..

woag...

more of Her??? she's in shock...

#but she will sleep easy knowing that Despite Having Clones. she is the most Fancy Of Them All #do THEY have a little sweater made specifically for them? i doubt it! #do THEY have a little worm wife!!! I Doubt It!!! #rambles from the bog #WAHHHHH SO MANY IN ONE PLACE!!! #oh to be mouse sized & able to lay among them like giant bean bags <3 #thank you for thinking of me! its a delight to see a - a - wait. hold on i gotta google somethn #it's a delight to see a whole Passel of such wonderful little guys <3

[crossbackpoke-check]

"This extra space next to me belongs to you. I know where I end now. I won't get lost." -- shoot me (metaphorically) and leave me for dead (metaphorically) why won't you. To make this about Dylan and maybe it's about Connor, maybe it's about Brinksy, maybe it's about any journeyman in the NHL. My brain screamed Chris Driedger and his memorable (to me) Players' Tribune article:

And how can you mention Dylan and Zach (Za-ach, the way Dylan says it) without me having a breakdown about them? You simply can't. And for the younger dudes, maybe it's a little Bords/Briss, not yet steady in The Show, a little bit of distance, a summer that tries to erase and make up all the memories they've made separately... and then a blurry insta story in Vegas. Just like old times but somewhere else. Maybe it's not the same bed, maybe it's not the same set of forks, but maybe it's the principle of the thing.

Anyway, goodbye. Sorry for this, your tag walls make me break out in imagined scenarios.

Much love. xxx

please never be sorry for sending me messages <3 i love reading them i love getting them i think they’re beautiful and i love them i’m!!!!! [🥹💕🦋🫧✨💘😭 <- the best approximation of what my heart is doing]

ok NOW i am taking this step by step because every narrative here kicked me straight in the knees (metaphorically) i am w e e p i n g (literally): i knew tangentially about chris driedger going to seattle but i had never read his players’ tribune love letter to seattle & all i can say is oh. oh. and with the part about trains delayed but still being right on time—

sometimes a dream is a truth your heart knows long before you do. the space that the city and the team made for him (“you’d be the only guy on the team”)🗣️🗣️🗣️ !!! but the way that chris talks about needing to put in the work & leo not letting him quit,,, that’s chris filling up the teakettle with twice as much water, crowding one side of the bed (falling asleep against a bus window dreaming), becoming unburdened by the idea of not being their guy, not having the fallback being their draft pick to content and settle himself with. that’s chris betting on a future. that’s the train coming down the tracks, right on time.

(i am feeling unhinged about it)

SECOND. i know i was the one that said zach and dylan to start so technically i brought this on myself but also i have been ktfo by the mere mention of the way that dylan says zach’s name different from everyone else, stealing an extra breath, stealing as much time as he can get with him, which reminded me of a poem i just read:

The Need Is So Great, Jim Moore

^^^dylan still in love with zach even as he’s leaving, can feel himself losing him, and taking every sliver of the love in his smile that he can get. even if he knows zach doesn’t still feel the same way he’s drawing out the long goodbye & saying i love you in a thousand ways without ever saying it out loud (“i have been asking for a time but in ways that have no words” because he doesn’t want to ask too much, to ask for love) in the hope that zach will say it back OKAY I’M LEAVING i can’t do this

that was a lie because THREE. “maybe it’s the principle of the thing” please insert the most ungodly screech how could you just (lovingly) come in straight with the steel chair and bean me upside the head with that l i n e i think this story has the potential for such tragedy in it but also the most tender domestic longing because bords & briss have known each other for a long time (i think) and guys do sometimes lose themselves when they first get to the nhl.

it’s a big scene, you’re with big name guys, you’re finally doing the thing you always dreamed about, you’re no longer necessarily the best because everyone’s the best, you’re not sure how you fit in, you can get lost in the glitz and the glamor of it but you can also literally get lost in it, the slog of the season and getting caught up and down between teams and leagues and endless airports and buses and travel and ice rinks, losing your phone (accidental) and having new people hound you for quotes and fame and connection so you lose your phone (on purpose) and i think where i’m trying to go is: this could play out as the tragedy of borde going to the california coastline and briss shipping off to the vegas strip and both of them getting a little lost.

maybe there’s someone else, maybe i am steadfastly not thinking about “a summer that tries to erase and make up all the memories they've made separately” as either a summer of them pretending things are ok after a year of barely speaking and now being completely different people they never were before OR a summer of them trying to pretend like they can forget about each other because maybe they didn’t think their relationship was the same thing, is all, when they were or weren’t together. maybe it’s nobody’s fault but for the fact that they were scared and tired and lonely trying to make it in the big times and didn’t know how to show it. and then borde shows up with takeout and plastic forks in vegas and it’s december and nothing like winter in ann arbor and still they fill up all the empty spaces in each other with the things they didn’t know they’d miss until they were gone and this is the real thing, not whatever they were trying too hard to be, to recreate their own nostalgia for the love in their memories. it’s the principle of the thing, is all, to always be true to the love they have right now & not what they think it should be.

sorry that i wrote you kind of an essay of an answer but i had so so so many thoughts because your ask was so lovely so thank you for sending it to me (you are always welcome to!! i love your imagined scenarios!!! cannot even explain how much!!!) & thank you for taking the time to read my walls of tags :))) <3

#liv in the replies #every time you send me a message i do the thing where i’ve got heart emojis for thumbs & cease any coherency #FIRSTLY chris driedger who i loved as seattle’s goalie without even knowing the story: #dreidger fourth layer of a dream is making me tear up AGAIN hours later as i try to write this the echl the coast easy come hard to leave & #when he talks about being somebody’s guy laying my head down in the bog & dragging my hands over my face chris who let you say that. who let #u break my HEART i truly don’t think i will ever recover from the inception reference bc that’s what they all talk abt u know? the nhl dream #the players’ tribune articles are often some of the most poetic & touching sports writing & every time i am reminded i lose my shit about it #SECONDLY: #the ever present spectre of dylan’s first boyfriend zach werenski #i have so so so many quotes? drafts? posts? about the thing with saying someone’s name to call them closer to you i say your name to speak #more of you into the world so i will possibly look for some of those to say what i mean but also: this poem was originally reminiscent of #willingly by tess gallagher which is my ajax jack / superbuddies poem & this specifically did go with the a drop of paint / the light has #fallen through you part of it but there’s a part of THIS poem which i did not include that talks about the late light / has already happened #will go on happening forever & that whole poem with this now to say i know it’s embarrassing i’m asking for it :: easy to write about light #like falling asleep on the couch & having to carry yourself up to bed is the dylan/zach heartbreak of this. waiting & waiting for the things #you used to do & the love you used to / were promised to have with the hope that if you keep the coffee ready he’ll come drink it & instead #you have too many cups of tea one yours & one cold then half-warmed over & too sweet for your tastes but you’ve learned to drink it anyway #okAY now third: #this w/the UMICH BOYS? N O I DIDN’T EVEN!!! NOT A THOUGHT IN MY BRAIN!!! & now i can’t stop thinking!!! & i had an entire PLAYLIST already #a ??? while ago before i even truly knew the umich boys Narratives™️ i heard maude latour’s song ‘one more weekend’ & went hahaha isn’t that #a great song for when you have that One Summer of college before everyone splits off into their own lives? isn’t that a fun little umich boy #going into the nhl narrative?? to which i said NO but then it spiraled into a playlist &now there is delightful heartbreak to go with vibes #umich scholars please feel free to correct me if i’m wrong on any points i can’t remember anything presently about anything #also the f a c t that that vegas picture is real and i know exactly what you’re talking about is making me %^•*]+£’ bc how!! is that real!!! #okay ALSO just throwing in brinksy like a casual AHAHA have brainworm for a year (my autocorrect tried to go bringst like angst which. lmao) #connor and dylan… all of my journeymen… we did not touch that because i WILL start yelling about sam gagner and marc staal and #the chrysalis and the caterpillar

[bogbees]

"oh bogs art is nice — oh no bogs what are you doing— bogs is that south park bogs— oh no bogs can't hear us, she's humming the theme song— bogs nooooooo"

#bogs' muttering #listen i was 11 and anime yaoiz on dA was easy to find in 2008 and i must stress that i only care ab creek bunny n dip #mostly bunny bc creek is literally canon now and dip won't ever reappear #plus like. hetalia. and one piece. my track record for enjoying problematic media is ...

[tempestaurora]

me: oh this fic will be like 7k probs. 

the fic: 15k and still unfinished

#talk #i gave every scene more than it needed #i got bogged down in the logistics so much you all need to learn them #the 500 word opening scene turned into a 2.5k prologue chapter #CHAPTER #this is a multi fucking chapter fic now #and then i was like - OH this will be pretty easy to wrap up #and i realised i wanted to do something batshit that would add another 4k to it! #i dont even know how it ENDS

[shaykai]

Been feeling kind of down lately, so I got myself a squishmallow thing

#it didn’t make the brain bog go away but I do really like it fndjdjjd #which is good because it was expensive #doodle #sketch #working on those requests I swear #art is just not happening very easy today #vent? #I don’t know if this is or not fjfjfjjdjfjfjdjd

[makerscockandballs]

Zevran, Anders and Isabela for the character ask!!

Zevran, once again the "guy who tried to kill me becomes my friend" thing. And how nonjudgmental he is overall. And his romance! He tries his best but is still inexperienced in the whole romantic aspect it's endearing.

Anders uh. Where to start. I'll stick to the main things which would be his passion for both his cause and Hawke. And how much he cares, so much that he's practically breaking his back carrying the problems of others, just because he feels responsible for them. And how much he likes cats. Hottest thing a man can do is be a cat guy

Isabela, how she secretly cares but tries to hide. As in, about the freedom of others, about her newfound friends and Hawke. She tries to stick to "save my hide, fuck em all" but just. cannot do it. Hahah softie we all saw that. And how sweet she is to Merrill! Setting an example, that's how she should be treated by everyone!

#several people asked for anders lmao you all really know my bog #i got mail :D #this was easy you sent me such blorbi

[nykloss]

Living in a small Midwestern town growing up can really expand your horizons of REAL queer people. The very first trans person I knew irl was the most offline person I ever met and was part of a "crew" of hicks, some of whom were very conservative leaning but still had his back. The first relationship I knew of that I would think to describe as queerplatonic (or somewhat adjacent) was between a girl who is now a hardcore rural southern belle rancher lady (who has never had a boyfriend that I can recall and is not seeking) and her car-lovin' redneck dude bff (who recently came out as gay) and they are all but "in a relationship," going on dates together and spending Christmas, valentine's, etc with each other's families for the past 8-9 years.

#I just think its neat how the real world works #its so easy to fet bogged sown by online drama but what really matters is being yourself in the moment #nyklos is typing #train of thought posting sorry I still have socials with the latter two and one of them works w my mom so I was thinkin abt them #kicker they were all in band with me though haha

[cock-holliday]

Idk man it’s so easy to get bogged down in all the bullshit online but when my then-6 year old cousin found out I was trans he said “ok” then corrected my grandma when she misgendered me. I was once the third between a gay man and a lesbian. Two lesbians once invited me back to their place when I presented as a man. I met an AMAB nb butch who looked strikingly to outsiders like a cis man and it was one of the more sapphic experiences I’ve had. I nervously wore a boydyke shirt to pride and got 3 different cis-looking femme folks tell me they loved my shirt. I once told a trans group at a protest that any pronouns were fine for me and one person said “wow, I’m impressed and intimidated by people like that. I don’t know that I could be that chill with pronouns.” I once told a GNC friend I wished I could wear a type of “opposite” gender clothing after I had already transitioned and so it would be associated with my AGAB and he said “You could just do it.” I’ve had cishet men fight cops for me before. The first time I had a doctor ask me if my name was different than what was on my forms I had to try not to cry. Last week, a phone call with a doctor’s office where I am generally cis passing asked unprompted if my name listed is what I want to be called. It touched me then too. I told a lesbian friend once I felt like my attraction to men AND women both felt gay. She said “makes sense.” And we moved on. I go by different pronouns in different circles. I’ve had gay women love my facial hair. I’ve had gay men like my tits. It’s all out there, I promise. It can be hard to find it but I promise there is community like you and community who likes you. And it’s more messy and beautiful than tumblr discourse makes it out to be.

#LJsm

[tadpoled-ranger]

Wait okay I know I complain about astar maybe a bit much (not my favorite guy honestly), but but but, I thought everyone knew the whole “being a traumatized person doesn’t mean you aren’t a dick” thing.

#okay okay I’m done okay #I like him I swear #I love him even. not as a romance. but like I do love him #but it’s easy to get bogged down by the people so obsessed with him that he’s a different guy #that damn vampire