#but i didnt really have a choice

[arcanegifs]

"I spent so many nights in that shitty prison. On the freezing floor, hungry, bloody, counting the hours. The only thing... The only thing that kept me going was the thought of getting back to you."

#arcane #arcaneedit #vi #vi arcane #arcane vi #arcane league of legends #league of legends #netflixedit #showedit #media: arcane #type: gif #s1 ep8 #well this was an ASS to color #it ended up looking fine i guess lol #can we look at this scene bc god the composition is beautiful like #vi STILL cant decide whether shes still going to join powder or stay with cait here #THE LAST PART SHE LOOKS SO FRUSTRATED BC SILCO JUST TOOK JINX AND LEFT WITH HER EVEN THO SHE REALLY WANTED TO FIND JINX UGH #but ultimately she chooses to stay with cait in s1 i guess #well to be fair she didnt have a choice skdfjsfsfsf #im so curious on how shes gonna be a cop bc the show did say this will be how she becomes into an enforcer #ANYWAYS LOOK AT HER MY TINY SKRUNKLY MY BLORBO ILY #VI U DONT DESERVE ANY OF THIS

[capaldiera]

edit: the early seasons scene i mentioned is actually from "The Army-Navy Game" from season 1

#ok rereading this as i post it. i realise that klinger Does wear fatigues both before and after change of command. the issue is having to #Exclusively be in uniform. and the having no choice thing/not being Allowed to even accessorize. and i didnt really say that here but well. #im not redoing all that #me.txt #mashposting #and why did i post it in this form? well it would have been a solid wall of text

[fourteenthz]

VIERAPRIL 9 - DAMAGE

Finally, finally, after bathing in the blood and offal of your enemies, finally you prove yourself worthy prey for the hunt!

#vierapril #vierapril 2024 #ffxiv oc #4.0 spoilers #ffxiv viera #zenos yae galvus #ffxiv #wol posting #I was cringing at that last photo for a bit. then I made something close and it was worse. so I tried to make that one work somehow #ig I did it........ it still looks weird but I like her pose too much to let it go lol also STORY TIME for no reason #i was mad MAD when I first played that part and we have like 2 dialogue choices so I was like doing everything in me to piss him off #i remeber saying zenos wanted the wol to say 'i accept you' so I would choose the other option. #and I choose the other option and he was like 'you proved me right :)' and I looked at my brother dumbfolded #he was like laughing. 'you really didn't get him yet?' WELL NO I DIDNT #this was right after chosing the '...' option that I never choose but I didn't want to answer him. and he goes 'how alike we are :)' #I was loosing my mind but now i get him <3 #also ignore that the scene with him and blood is the end. I just like this model lol. #once again with warm light and cyan shadows you guys know me #also. keeping all 3 'finally' he says bc its funny. he has so many problems and thesa is abt to give him many more <3

[northern-passage]

goofing off in the dragon's dogma cc

#they didnt have any good curly hair options for clem :( #and no decent makeup choices for noel. most of them barely showed up on xir skintone lol #i couldnt really do much with lea i couldnt figure out a way to see all the monolid eyes so i just had to go w the one i could wrangle #from the presets #merry harlowe #noel lykaon #clementine #lea chen #tnp art #? i guess. for organization purposes

[like-sands-of-time]

And they were dyads

Oh my god they were dyads

#still so shook about how they have some force created soulmate shit going on and we got like the absolute bare minimum building w that #between rey and ben.. other in universe examples and their effects on the pair.. them ever really working together except the one time cmon #what even was that last film #dont get me wrong i didnt hate a lot of what happened but choices were made and they were not correct #also .. i fully see hux as wanting to destroy kylo but no fucking way hes going straight to the resistance with info whaaa #he cares that kylo loses but he absolutely wants to control the first order fleets still dont act like he doesnt #star wars #reylo

[theonewhowails]

in my head this is how Divine Inspiration works

#cotl #my art #cotl lamb #cotl the one who waits #UGH i miss computer i miss being able to easily edit things😭 #if you work with traditional mediums and want to make a comic with black speech bubbles and red text #my first and best piece of advice is: dont #my second piece of advice is #rather than try and do the red text first and then colour black in around it #colour in the whole speech bubble black #then use a paint marker/pen on top. i have a white paint marker so i let it dry and then coloured on top of that with red #do not recommend #anyways. i dont really think narinder would say 'lol idk' HOWEVER the image is funy to me #and also i definitely dont think he gives a shit about how these things affect mortals #i however. initially thought that 'demon possesses ur follower to accompany you into battle' would mean something like #like. they fight and can get KILLED. and run at anything that can aggro like a fucking diablo companion #so i avoided it my whole first playthrough and suffered a lot for it #i got stuck on kallamar and got really stressed about how my followers were dying faster than i could acquire new ones #and also now that i had a full set of doctrines i really regretted some of my choices bc they didnt pair up so well #so i started a new game and decided to be evil #and thats how i ended up fully filling out the folower forms! :]

[mossmanismoss]

Redesigned Callisto for the 8th time

#god of war #Callisto gow #yeah #I really like genetics and think theyre cool but Kratos's were not adding up #also justice for Callisto #mf had two sons of Zeus and then got cursed and jailed in Poseidons basement on Zeus's behalf like dawg #SHE COULDNT EVEN DIE IN PEACE BECAUSE ZEUS TOOK HER AGAIN #LEAVE HER ALONNNNNNNEEEE #I like to think she probably immigrated to Sparta from Egypt and just quickly blended in #I think her dad was a merchant and a farmer so he probably went to greece a lot and she took inspiration #she didnt know where she was going she just wanted to go to Greece #she regrets that choice #her family probably thinks she got murdered or something they havent heard from her fr #I have a lot of Callisto lore on my mind

[hecksupremechips]

Ever think about Date’s view on family and how that relates to his character? When Mizuki asks him to define family, he just awkwardly offers that its like being blood related to someone. It leaves a bitter taste in his mouth and Mizukis, but like, he literally had no idea what a real family looks like. He’s an orphan, a man who grew up with no family and no name, but he doesn’t know that yet. He has no memory of his past, no way of knowing if there’s someone out there waiting for him to come home, if he even had a place to call home. His only frame of reference for a family is Mizuki and her parents. Deep down he knows it’s not right, not loving, but it fits the mold of a nuclear family, man and woman, blood related, so that must be what family is. When he’s asked to take in Mizuki, he’s absolutely clueless because he literally has zero frame of reference for how a child is supposed to be cared for. He puts distance between them because this isn’t his place, he doesn’t have the right to love this child as his own because he isn’t the real dad. There’s no place for someone like him in a family. And it’s baffling to him to hear that Mizuki not only loves him, she needs him because he is her family. Date believes he’s a nobody, just a sad, lonely man with no name who absolutely does not deserve this kind of love. But he has it anyway because he chooses it, he makes something that neither he nor Mizuki have ever had before. HES HOME

#aitsf #ai the somnium files #kaname date #mizuki date #just crying about the date family for the millionth time nothing new #also i just had this realization that like date literally had absolutely ZERO clue what he was doing #cuz its not like he remembers his own childhood so he cant use that as a frame of reference for how to treat his own child #and yet despite this he does a much better job than renju and shoko ever did just because he like. actually loves mizuki lol #honestly kinda fucking insane that date was asked to take care of her instead of hitomi #like renju has a choice between his long term friend who hes really close with and who he knows has lots of experience in childcare #versus his silly friend who lives in the smallest apartment with tons of debt and has literally never seen a baby before #then again thats probably why he didnt choose hitomi cuz he probably wanted to keep mizuki separate from the family he actually cares about #also for meme purposes its just like date is like wow renju youre literally the worst dad ever #and renju is like well okay hotshot if you think its so easy then how about you raise my daughter asshole #and date is like okie and does a significantly better job at it #i love kaname date so fucking much you guys will never understand what we have 😩

[235uranium]

I haaaaate when ppl treat ford being upset over his identity being taken and his house getting turned into essentially a mockery of his research was completely unreasonable

like, was stan doing his best with a terrible situation? absolutely! would ford kicking him out be an actually fair option? fuck no!

but he's been in this dimension for probably 12 hours. god knows the last time he's slept. he'd been nearly dead prior to going thru the portal and now has to deal with the fact that he's lost everything. he doesn't even have his own identity anymore.

I honestly don't even think half the shit ford says to stan is truly about stanley or ford's opinion of him, so much as it is about his own issues and how weighed down with guilt he is.

I think its worth noting that ford only ever says mean things about stan when he's pissed off- when he's not angry, he's much more willing to actually discuss things and try to find common ground (such as when he invites stan to play d,d&d).

it honestly comes off more as him not knowing how to communicate anger outside of hurting people than it does genuine malice towards stan. and also I don't think ford ever really internalized that stan was homeless in the duration of the show

#☢️.txt #ford pines #gravity falls #like again its an asshole move but the sentiment (im upset that you brought me back to the apocalypse i caused and i cant even have my name #isnt like. abnormal?? #ford is really really bad at just fucking telling stan how hes feeling and instead chooses to be vague and then explode #and again its not stans fault! he didnt have a whole lot of choices! and what ford said WAS hurtful #also yeah i genuinely do not think ford has processed like anything stan has said about his past #like hes told about it while having a psychotic breakdown and again after nearly getting killed #and then getting dragged back into his own dimension and realizing that bill is almost certainly going to win #hes not processing 'i was homeless' all hes thinking is how he personally has doomed everyone in this room #he has the realization at 4 am months later and feels Fucking Terrible #90% sure the reason i read his actions this way is my autism tends to make me do this #and having a dad with anger issues teaches you to have worse anger issues so that hes fucking sick of dealing with you

[sonknuxadow]

idk how to word my thoughts so sorry if this is incomprehensible but its really cool seeing sega portraying shadow as like. heroic and cool and highlighting his positive traits and making him the protagonist of an upcoming thing. after so long of just reducing him to asshole rival and even occasionally going as far as to label him (and the rest of team dark) as a villain or place him in the same category as characters like eggman. please for the love of god let sxs generations be some good shadow food

#like maybe his ways of doing things arent exactly the same as characters like sonic but hes not straight up evil either .... #actually i dont think sonic really fits the traditional idea of a hero either but thats a topic for another post i think #originally i didnt care about sonic generations remaster and i thought having shadow be a focus was a weird choice #but the second they dropped that trailer and i saw doom's eye and what shadow's stages actaully looked like i got soo excited #got even more excited when i read the description that said black doom is the main villain and we're going into shadows past again #ive always wished theyd done more with the black arms but just assumed id never see black doom again . Well here he is . somehow . #now that i actually know what theyre going for yeah i think it makes sense to place it during sonic generations #because the whole time eater thing is the perfect setup for visiting shadows whole deal again #and retelling that story in an easily accessible way for newer fans or people who dont have access to older games/consoles

[saint-ambrosef]

someone will go on about how horrible their experience with the public education system is. that it ruined their teenage mental health, didn't teach them shit, taught them to put all their worth in academic success, suffered bullying and self-esteem issues, etc.

but bring up home schooling and they're instantly like "bUt wHaT aBOuT soCiaLiZInG??"

as if the miserable experience of eight hour school days they just described is the only means (or superior form) of socialization for kids.

#also like #putting aside the stupid stereotype of home schooled kids as 'weird' or w/e #i would much rather have a happy confident and well-adjusted kid thats a little socially awkward #than a kid that can talk street lingo but lacks self-esteem and suffers from crushing social-induced depressive episodes #like is this really a choice. really. #for every awkward home schooled kid youve met i promise you've met ten other “normal” people that you didnt even know were home schooled #also shit man i've met a fuck ton of kids who went to regular school who were weird AF

[trainingdummyrabbit]

in conclusion the most poignant thing about ruina is its running theme of Imperfection. imperfection, focused not on its flaws, but on the miracle of it existing to begin with. imperfection not as a failing, but as a triumph. its cracked, broken, deeply in need of repair-- but it's real and its ours and it exists. despite everything it exists and that enough is a relief beyond words, beyond expression. to present a toppled structure not as a conclusion, but an opportunity.

its the choice-- and the joy-- of looking forward, unflinchingly, and facing it. one step at a time.

#piktalk #projmoon #didnt want to . make a bigger tagwall than i already made . ae if ur reading this uhhhhhh sorry <33 hai KSJNFD #anyway one of these days i might get th voice to really truly put down everything and what it means in regards to . [motions w hands] #but this ones just on my mind right now. something abt the presentation of ruina just fucking Kills and this is the big reason why #ilike. had to take a good couple hours after th finale to just simmer with it. because well.. #again. its imperfection. every other story has such stark; lined up beats and paths and Messages Youre Supposed To Take #which ive spoken on before-- and it isnt a bad thing necessarily! but it does really speak something; quietly; #for those whose development Isnt That Neat. that Isnt That Kind. to themself or to others. im no expert; but it really does mean something #that ruina is written in such a way where there is no 'this is wrong and heres how they fix it to be forgiven' #or 'this is right and what everyone should do to be a Good Person' #angela simply Is. roland simply Is. they all simply Are. they make choices; have hopes; dreams; things they care about-- #and theres no overarching echo of What Should Be. simply what people do; and what people hope for. #um. anyway. tag wall again; in conclusion: Why Dont You Go Listen To Poems Of A Machine And Maybe Then Youll Calm Down

[tthelady]

I definitely recommend giving this thread a read. It's genuinely very interesting and touches on several aspects of Childe's mental state

#its really good #honestly some of these things i didnt even consider before #i never thought about how even if childe #didnt want to go to the fatui he wouldnt even have a #choice in that matter because a harbinger took notice of him #what power does childe and his family have compared to an harbinger #the way he looks and describes himself #how much it might stem from skirk #and the way so few people see him as a person #good lord this was a good read #if youre intersted in looking into childe mental health closely #well here your read! #genshin impact #shamelessly promoting #childe #tartaglia #genshin analysis

[spider-man-2o99]

(shaking you, wailing, frothing at the mouth, etc.) miguel is a heavily-traumatized person and. like. i really just cannot stress enough that that influences just So Much Of How He Acts, man.

#talking tag #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #miguel o'hara #marvel #comics #comic panels #again. Another Thing Done On Purpose At His Origin Because Mig Was Deliberately Created 2 Be A Foil To Peter Parker: #responsibility nd duty were. like. already Inherent Traits to mig that he didnt Need to learn because he;s AN ADULT!! #he inherently Knows that he has these powers and a responsibility 2 use them. even though HE is so tired and doesn't /Want To./ #he Knows he doesn't have a Choice and there isn't ever a point in the book where he really pretends like he Does either. #and instead his mantra is great power = great guilt. and. like. /woof/ man. yknow. #/just because #like. ppl do not seem 2 Know This. abt him. #or. well. the New Ppl that is. yknow what i mean #anyways it is canon in the text that he hates himself for many many reasons (like seeing his abusive father in himself!). so. Remember That. #(being light-hearted to distract myself from issue 26 specifically) we suppordt a king with severe untreated depression and Disorders .

[darkangel1791]

MALEC

is

Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood

Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane

Crazy Chemistry

and

All of their fans, 50% of which only watched Shadowhunters for them

#malec #magnus + alec = malec #magnus bane #alec lightwood #magnus calles him alexander #alec likes magnus' shampoo #harry shum jr #matthew daddario #shadowhunters #yes i was there for the save shadowhunters campaign #yes there were banners flown over the exec's building #yes we sent flowers #yes we sent m&ms #yes there wre billboards in Times Square and in places where the 3xecs would certainly see them #yes e made it trend on twitter at least once a day for weeks i dont even remember how many #yes they won people's choice awards two years in a row and yes we ALL voted! #yes we sent stuff to feeform #yes we sent stuff to the German owners of some copyright #yes we tried netflix but we didnt know that they were a part of it until late in the game #yes we raised a buttload if money for The Trevor Peoject and that is our proudest accomplishment #yes i still have the t shirts #we gave it our all man we really tried #oh i for got the bus ads! #and i think something about the bike rickshaws somewhere #SO MUCH HASHTAG SAVE SHADOWHUNTERS! #i will always be one of the shadowfam #i forgot the pics from all ovr the world with save shadowhunters signs and the pics of our palms #twitter was our bitch

[llitchilitchi]

Litchi, what is the artwork you are most proudest of or which of your Aus is you fave 🎤

don't really have a favourite artwork (though I am kinda proud of the amout of comic work I did way back when) but favourite AU? definitely Monarchy Restoration. forever my favourite with the combination of renaissance fashion, fairytale-like aesthetics and the sheer fucked-up-ness of the c!DTeam's relationships

#asks #voidpidgeon #artworks are rough I dont think Ive really done any big artworks this year? #theres a couple simple watercolour pieces but nothing grand I feel like Ive fallen off quite a bit since 2022 #plus theres a lot of stuff I look back at and cringe #mostly because of the quality of the image I didnt really have access to digital touchups or scanner for a long time so #kinda regret not posting my work in higher quality now #but yeah. monarchy restoration is such an easy choice #it was a good time working on it I still miss the au but I lost interest since