#but I'm winging a lot of it

[lazylittledragon]

if i had a nickel for every au spawned from twitter that i SWORE i was going to be normal about

#i'd have like. five. which isn't a lot but IT KEEPS HAPPENING #stranger things #platonic stobin #steddie #steve harrington #robin buckley #eddie munson #here we go again boys #i've had this floating in my head for a Minute and i was like #nah i'm not gonna do it #maybe i'll anonymously write a fic #but no we're mombin posting on main #i think on twt we agreed it's a 'what's the worst that could happen' situation #platonic co parents can be so so so personal #also i have One more stobin wip and then bg3 again i swear #when i have a baby i Will be putting my giant black wings on beforehand #they have to know what kind of family they're coming into #cw pregnancy

[nightmaretour]

Anti-technology people who insist they're not ableist crack me up. What about people who rely on machines to breathe, eat, keep their heart functioning, or otherwise stay alive? "Well not that technology, obviously!" Ok what about AAC users, people who use hearing aids, or otherwise use technology to interact with the world in ways they otherwise couldn't? "Not that technology, obviously." Okay, my mobile phone is my memory, my sense of time, my sense of direction when I get lost, my ability to contact someone when I need help. It is my personal freedom because without it I would need full time care and supervision. But yes, that technology, right?

I hate how technology is made and utilised under capitalism as much as the next guy, but to pretend that technology doesn't greatly improve the lives of countless people, or even allow them to continue being alive, is to be willfully ignorant to the existence of disabled people. A world without technology is a world where a lot of disabled people don't get to survive. Capitalism is the problem, not the technology. Technology can (and should) exist just fine without capitalism.

#cripplepunk #cripple punk #disability #anti tech #actually disabled #don't even get me started on how technology is necessary to synthesise a lot of vital medicines #A whole lot of supposedly left wing ideologies rely on just pretending that disabled people don't exist #Or even outright admitting that we would no longer exist in their 'ideal' future #Apparently eugenics is fine if you put an anti-capitalist badge on it #Anti tech is ecofascism you can't change my mind #(Side note I forgot the word activism for a solid 5 minutes writing this and I'm scared) #eco fascism #1k #2k #3k

[tekatonic]

huh, Princess Elise is looking a lil different today

#sonic the hedgehog #princess elise #sonic 06 #i love wings so much but this was... a lot ! i like how they turned out though #if you ever looked at my elise doodle dump you may have noticed her looking a bit weird in the bottom right corner #this is that but a bit more refined #i'll explain in another post probably but it's an AU where she gets this weird mutation from interacting with Sonic and co #why ? something about energy #like i said i'll explain another time #teka art #id in alt text #if this is triggering to anyone please ask to tag ? i'm not sure if this is considered body horror or not

[astrhae]

...maybe it's all part of a great big ineffable plan

#a LOT happened but #its the way the timing of their wings align #(conditional on tumblr loading this gifset right for you akdskdsk) #it's also the way that it's crowley who did the wing thing first #and when he did it the universe was so full of color and stars and fire #because there weren't any sides yet #and when it was later aziraphale who did it #the color is all black and whites because there's sides now #and it was rain and water falling on them #it's just the CONTRAST between the two scenes #but also the constant between them #which is. the two of them. next to each other #anyway i'm not done processing the first scene #how to i process the rest of it #good omens #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 spoilers #crowley #aziraphale #good omens 2 #my edits #goodomensedit #tw flashing #ineffable husbands

[fluentisonus]

relatedly i'm not entirely willing to let go of the reading of tolkien as environmental, like i think there's a lot to be said for it i really like & would stand by. but at the same time i do think some of that reading has to be tempered with an understanding of how anti-industrialism can very much lead to or go hand in hand with a sort of idealization of pre-industrial (particularly rural) life in a way that's both ultimately conservative and overlooks a lot of issues, particularly to do with class. if that makes sense

#i see a lot of posts about tolkien & environmentalism i mostly agree with except when they try to paint the position as like unambiguously #left wing or something. which it's not. i just thing we really need to start understand tolkien's strong points without trying #to paint him in a way he wasn't e.g. ''''progressive'''' #we don't need to worship the guy. i'm begging you not to worship the guy in fact #thoughts #tolkien

[flightdescending]

badly frankensteins the thing

#i forgot to put the underbelly back whoops #oh well #timelapse included to show that originally i didn't think it needed wings but it didn't read dragony enough #i think it's perfectly possible for a wingless FR dragon but the thing i made just there needed something #maybe big spikes or something #uhh what else #i gave it baragon ears because i hate how few fr dragons have EARS #PUT EARS ON THE BEAST #BIG OL EARS #the spike is not necessary i'm not afraid of the baldness it is also a baragon thing lol #i haven't even scried a single one of these guys but i do realize that they have a lot of terts that play with their baldness #but i think that's lame i dont think that they should look like naked paper dolls before you put a tert on them #oh also i wanted it to be kinda bipedal #too many quadrupeds in this menagerie

[fumifooms]

Dunmeshi memes pt 3

Parts : 1 - 2 - (3) - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 Specials: Canaries - harsh

#dungeon meshi #meme #The brick wall one is also Kabru @ laios #laios touden #senshi #marcille donato #maizuru #izutsumi #the winged lion #chilchuck tims #shuro #farcille #laimar #marios #if you squint #(i am an athlete squinter) #whew. I survived the tagging #lots of Marcille in this one #more coming. I'm having a grand old time stealing lesser known memes from the TWST tumblr community thank u <3 #there'll be a violence edition and a laios special ofc and a canaries special as well #if chil is a deadbeat dad Maizuru is a super extra dead nanny #dunmeshi memes

[cinnamon-flame]

Moon and Kinkajou are good for the heart

#I love them! #they are really cute together #both as friends and as a ship #also I'm re-learning how to draw wof dragons #cause I've been having a lot of problems with doing that recently #I'm back on my rainwings have looong snake bodies agenda #also I'm experimenting with their designs #wof #wings of fire #moonwatcher #moonwatcher wof #kinkajou wof #dragons #cinnamon's doodles

[canisalbus]

Hello! I hope I won't sour your mood with this ask but I have been thinking a lot about your gay dogs this month especially.

I'll just try to keep the context short but in general I'm someone that has accepted being romantically undesireable. It was hard but in the end I have built my life just around me, my humble family and at this point in time I don't even think I have the time for a partner. And considering that it's the love month and a lot of people are preparing to celebrate it with their SOs I assumed that, actually, this is a thing that I sort of have in common with Machete.

From the miscellaneous lore on your profile I see Machete as someone that also has kind of rejected love. That also has built his life around his job, possibly hobbies, his family or mentors (depending if we're talking about canon or modern au). Who kind of forgot that relationships are a thing and that people bond with others in that way. Well, at least he did until meeting Vasco.

I just love thinking about their awkward beginnings. Machete being 100% sure that Vasco is just joking, maybe even sometimes teasing him (in a friendly banter type way) or just explaining to himself that all that kindness and interest is just him being a very considerate friend. And then we have Vasco that just tries to be subtle, as if he was trying to pass a fawn without it noticing and running away, but also with time gains confidence and tries more risque moves. Vasco being all smug and Machete being flustered when their hands or shoulders or tails brush in passing. And then when both are sure of their feelings we have Machete who has to choose between God and his love. Who, at first, unwillingly accepts that divine wrath will be worth their brief love.

I just love your boys. I swear they are all the love supply one might possibly need

Thank you for such a long and thoughtful message! I don't know why you thought you might accidentally sour my mood, I'm utterly delighted whenever I hear that someone has been pondering my little guys (rotating them in their head, as they say), and when they go through the trouble of sharing their findings and conclusions I'm so happy I could crawl up a wall.

I think you deciphered Machete's inner workings very well, especially those of the original canon version. The concept of love is of course prominent in Christianity, so even as a kid being raised in a religious environment that discouraged overt displays of affection and close personal bonds, Machete wasn't completely alienated from it. But it has always been a nebulous, unperceivable and unattainable thing for him. When he was old enough to lock down his career choice he readily accepted he'd never have romantic relationships, spouse or a family, and I think he must've been too young and socially inexperienced to think of it as a significant loss. Either he consciously blocked out the need for companionship by studying and working like his life depended on it, or he didn't really consider that being genuinely befriended, appreciated and loved as a person instead of a respectable and competent authority figure was even an option for him, at least not until Vasco came along.

#I think it took some time to get through his initial defences #especially since when they first met the stressful apprenticeship period was still fresh in Machete's mind #the years under his explosive and gaslighting mentor's wing had made him very distrustful so he preferred to just stick to himself #Vasco is good at winning people over and once he convinced him that he didn't have any ulterior motives they became besties pretty quickly #and even though the line between platonic and romantic started gradually blurring Machete kept convincing himself #that his feelings for Vasco were just Very Deep Friendship #and Vasco has an eye for noticing these things and a bolder personality #so when he tried to reciprocate a little bit Machete thought 'what a good friend he is' #'so kind and considerate and I'm so grateful and lucky to have him and I must not ruin things by getting too personal' #it was awkward and at times a little bit painful but I'd like to believe the progression was for the most part smooth and natural #considering the circumstances it could've been a lot more distressing #as corny as it is I think they were just happy to have found each other #they advanced at the same phase and reached the 'I think we've become a couple actually' stage at the same time #at least that's how I imagine it at the moment #answered #anonymous #Vaschete lore #long post

[sysig]

Two big softies(?) (Patreon)

#Doodles #Handplates #UT #Fellplates #Gaster #Flowey #Flowey is still my favourite UT character so honestly a lot of this was just self-indulgent doodles lol #But then - as always - it did turn into Thinking A Lot about [thing] lol #Starting with the classic tho! Flowey friendly-like coiled around whoever he's talking to ♪ It's too fun hehe #I love Flowey getting just a liiiiittle too close and personal to a discomfort degree ♫ He's just being friendly! It's a hug! A snuggle! #He's your best friend so you don't mind right? :) Why would Fellplates!Gaster mind ♪ #He's always posed to stage right when I draw him haha - I'm still fond of the one Gravity Falls/Undertale crossover piece I made with him #Anyhow lol - yet more fluffy wings! It's just fun if they're expressive I want real feathers lol #Gaster's face completely neutral but his wings all puffed up and freaked out hehe #Flowey would definitely be able to tell if those are when he chose to wrap around! #If they were just the decorative version he'd fall right off from his own weight pulling them loose lol #Absolutely thinking of the one of Gaster screaming while being vine-wrapped by Flowey haha - he's totally innocent here! ♥ #And then a little idea of how each of them react to humans - UkaGaster talks a lot about his general positive feelings for humans #And Fell!Flowey is.....well I have my own thoughts about how he might react to humans now that he's been...himself for a while #There have been Fallen Humans in the time between being locked in the Underground and [now] even in Underfell hasn't there? #I guess none of them would've made it as far as meeting up with Gaster - bit of a dark thought heh - but Flowey would know #Is it selfish? To wish for humans or to keep them a secret from the rest of the Underground? What might happen? #It's interesting to think about! If there were humans then surely Gaster must be aware of the Souls? #But even if not - even if this could be before all that - Flowey would still know about human Determination to an extent - being what he is #It wouldn't turn out well for anyone :) That's what makes it interesting ♪

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 108

So this time it wasn’t Danny’s fault, or even Boxy’s fault! And it wasn’t like Pandora’s box was open for more than a split second! But uh, still. This could be a bit of a problem, what with how it’s affected um, well, everyone. Living and ghosts. 

At least it’s not dangerous! Really, how bad can people getting animal aspects be? Well, besides the embarrassment. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Over in Gotham Catwoman is squealing with elation at her new cat ears and tail #Superman is bemused at being part dog now- his tail won’t stop wagging help #Jason is thinking this is some sort of sick joke when he scarlet robin wings #the claws are kind of cool though he’ll admit #Pet adoption centers get a lot of visitors thanks to people no longer being allergic to animals they previously were #Several people want to go back to sleep #other people want to know wtf is going on #danny definitely didn't do an oopsie #Tucker looking at himself: If I am a sphinx now I will be blaming you if Riddler or catwoman kidnaps me dude #Sam: At least aricaris can survive on my diet so I'm good #Danny & Tucker: How did you figure out the species so quickly???? #WHEEZE- box ghost is part box turtle now

[platyroonism]

the soul is a heavy burden, angel

#asriel #undertale #this was sooo fun to draw :D!!!! drawing wings is actually the best #and the stark contrast was a lot of fun to figure out! hope it comes thru on tumblr #gah! i'm so sad to cut of the wings in post. unfortunately the composition must live #i think about hyper death asriel very often. his design is so cool! #don't know why people don't draw him with more wings #next post: asriel with MORE WINGS!!! #plart

[lunarharp]

shirahama-sensei reminded me she has a thing for the teacher from pokemon s/v so i randomly went off on an au where qifrey is the professor. etc

#witch hat tag #orufrey #the first image is qifrey dressed as that guy. i'm glad she has an inexplicable attachment to some dorky pokemon man like i do #someone was like 'wouldn't it make more sense for deanreldea to be the champion' .... well no. not in my world . #it maps onto magic skill. champions aren't like the Rulers of the land they're just the most skilled at this thing #oru as a burnt out champion who's gently encouraging a kid like coco to reach him one day means a lot to me. i like pokemon narratives #agott went shiny hunting for the same thing coco had but cooler - just to impress her. she really is a pokemon rival type girl #pushing myself to the limit to prove my worth to you - to get to the summit first so i'm waiting for you.. #and then realising it wasn't just to be strong - i realised i started wanting to see your smile. i wanted you to have fun. #i think coco would defeat agott at the end of victory road and then defeat oru & i'll probably draw one last thing abt that at least.. #the image is very cinematic..the dialogue and music in my mind..I WANT TO FACE ORU!!!!!!!!!! #the super cool insanely powerful awesome champion is the spouse of my professor and he gave me advice at the beginning...no way.... #btw the elite four would be the sages which is perfect (and maybe easthies as the first guy?) evil Team Brimhats #coustas as their renegade gladion-type figure. the gym leaders would be like sun/moon and s/v combined #travelling around facing the best students from different classes - so jujy and eunie etc. #i've barely thought about 'teams' or anything bc i care amore about the narrative side of things always lol #but idk. tetia with a swirlix - eunie would be ghost type boy - riche with small things but also a ceruledge or a steelix something massiv #and brushbug would have a final form which is really long like an eastern dragon- fluffy and with wings like a fairy. It's beautiful to me #well anyway *tries to move on to the rest of life now the brief obsession has passed* #obviously oru would be fire-type tho and qifrey would be water-type and they set off together and traded their starters etc.....it goes on

[human-wof-designs]

okay so i'm having another "i hate my art and everything is bad" moment -- i spent like two hours on this and i'm still unsure about the colors. if i ever come up with something better i'll update this ref

#art #design #hivewing #cricket #wof #wings of fire #human #apparently her canon design has way more yellow than i thought it did #my first draft of her had a lot of black #i tried to do the yellow but i'm not that good at it #something about yellow. i don't know #it doesn't fit well into my brain

[some-pers0n]

Okay fuck it Sunny disability metaphor time.

Sunny's arc is about her infantilization and being perceived as weak and incapable of greater feats due to her disabilities. Throughout the books, she's seen by others as being a nonthreat and unable to do so much as even lay a talon on another. Even by her closest friends and family, she's seen as somebody to protect. Somebody who cannot fend for themselves and is just a soft, optimistic soul in a cruel world.

Sunny was hatched without a barb and is significantly smaller than other dragons. Despite her still being capable of fire and able to go toe-to-toe with the other DoD members like Clay, she is often perceived as weaker and the "little sister" of the group that everyone needs to protect. They talk over her when planning and oftentimes. They don't consciously do this, they definitely don't mean any harm, but they are convinced that Sunny is powerless and inable to fully contribute to the group in the same way Starflight can with his intelligence or Tsunami with her strength.

Sunny doesn't like this. She's kind and gentle about it, but she is sick of being treated as a little kid. She's almost an adult by the time her book happens. For all of her life, she's been seen as a tiny little ankle-biter. Because of her disabilities, she's often held back and seen as less valuable of an asset to the group. By others outside of the DoD, she's seen as completely harmless (and in Scarlet and Burn's case, a perfect little subject to kill and put on display)

Her book is about her, for the first time, being alone without the DoD by her side. She's able to open her wings and fly freely. It comes after the heartbreak of the prophecy reveal, but she persists. She has hope for a future where she can still end the war.

I think it's why it's important that the first friendly face she saw in TBN was Six-Claws, a character who also has physical abnormalities. Somebody who was just like her in that sense. She's met somebody like her. A dragon hatched with things they had no control over. Despite all of the challenges and hardships he faced, Six-Claws is a well-respected dragon. Somebody who she herself looks up to.

Sunny spends the book struggling with how others perceive her. They think she's weak. Even Thorn, her mother, sees her as helpless and incapable of fending for herself. Though, over the course of the book, she eventually builds herself up in the eyes of those around her as a dragon more than competent enough to handle the situation presented to her.

By the end of the book, she's made her peace. She's told the DoD how she feels and, in turn, they respect her more. She doesn't hold anger towards them– she's not the type of soul to have grudges or be angry– but she is happy that they've changed for the better. She is capable. She should be taken as seriously as any other. She's, well, Sunny. Not some tiny baby to pity.

#If I see one of you people call her an uwu cinnamon roll I'm going for the jugular #sp-rambles #wof #wings of fire #sunny wof #Also pspspspspss I love reblogs on these somewhat longer rambles #It does mean a lot if you can do it :]

[cait-sith]

What's an angel without a fine pair of wings?

#art #my art #artists on tumblr #obey me #obey me simeon #simeon fanart #angels #fanart #simeon #Friend of mine's really into the game and the design caught my fancy #I don't play it myself though. So this is something between a gift for said friend and just a sudden desire to draw wings manifesting in me #Cleaning lines who? Cleaning colours what? #Figured I'd post it because I'm unlikely to clean it at all; though to be fair I do tend to leave a lot of my stuff a bit sketchy.