#but it definitely came at the right time

[aliencatart]

and that’s a wrap for this year! thank you so much all for your support i hope you all have a wonderful new year with fortune and health!

#alien communication #art summary 2022 #ngl this year for me started very rough #but i feel like i've grown a lot more as an artist this past year #also tokusatsu has consumed my life and art but i'm really glad it did #not to say that a piece of media has changed my life #but it definitely came at the right time #i've met so many nice and talented people bc of it <3 #and felt so welcome to the community :') #thank you all again so so much!

[courviknight]

happy holidays and a happy new year, @ko-rka!! i am your secret santa for @fmasecretsanta ^^

i drew for you emo punk ed fashion, cats, and stars... and let me tell you, it's been SUCH a pleasure drawing as i've listened to your mcr playlist!! i ended up liking a lot of songs on spotify back-to-back, but some of my favorites were "to the end" and "sleep"

i hope you like it, and i'm wishing you the best for the new year! :]

#fma #fullmetal alchemist #edward elric #i do apologize for making you wait for so long!! #and thank you again for the playlist!! i literally listened to it going like... why did i put off listening to mcr again this is literally #the type of music i've been looking for YEARS... the rock instrumentation and the raw vocals?? i have been missing out!! #its definitely going to occupy some brain groove for the foreseeable future... im looking forward to it >:] #i also hope ed's fashion is okay!! i think ed would have pins enforced w bottle caps to make em last! #i also imagine him to be the kind of person to embroider designs he thinks will look cool & also to repair his coat which #i imagine he loved ragged but refuses to replace; the top right img is based off of a time i left my coat out and a cat was sleeping in it #when i came back... joy be upon ye cats

[doctorwhoisadhd]

oh you KNOW tosh showed up at the hub again and the SECOND she got ianto owen and gwen alone in a room without jack she was spilling the beans on everything that happened & that jack told her in 1941

#captain jack harkness #jack harkness #torchwood #toshiko sato #doctor who #ari opinion hour #some bonff #GOD i would have loved to see that #tosh like YALL JACK FINALLY TOLD ME STUFF #shes like HE SAID HE SERVED IN THE WAR IN 1941. HE LITERALLY SAID 'i cant explain'. HE STOLE A GUYS IDENTITY BC HE WAS A CON MAN #and you KNOW gwens like Wait there was an american jack harkness who went missing in 1941 #and theyre all like freaking out because they finally know something about him #what i wonder is do they figure out the time travel part or are they just like So he definitely came thru the rift right

[parasolemn]

[Image description: In the first image, Encyclopedia from Disco Elysium talks directly to the viewer, hands raised. He says: "The sound outside -- you recognise it. It's a Coupris Kineema motor carriage..." In the second image, Harry, standing in the middle of his broken room, asks "WTF do any of those words mean???" A blue thought orb responds, "LOL". End ID.]

SKILLTOBER DAY 2!!!!!!! LOVE IS REAL AND BEAUTIFUL originally I was gonna do the bit with The Greatest Innocence but @/spilledkaleidoscope did that (and it was soo pretty!), and my second choice for encyclopedia went to interfacing instead. so i did my Third choice which is this line at the start of the game :)

please don't mind the messiness and general weirdness I didn't do a sketch before I drew this today wkhshs. anyways as promised a few other encyclopedias I have drawn (EDIT: the one I did for the prompt format thing died so im putting it back in ! hooray)

#i have no idea why that first image came out so pink btw but I'm not retaking it #also DEFINITELY not every encyclopedia I have ever drawn. but the ones I like most. I don't want to take up more space than this lol #disco elysium #skilltober #skilltober02 #parcark art tag #by the way both those images are right above one another but I couldn't get a clear picture with both of them in the frame at the same time #for organization -> #harry du bois #encyclopedia #the skills #described

[sciderman]

You said that if you dated Peter or Wade it would make you miserable. Which– Okay fair, Wade does have a history of purposely hurting the people he loves.

But what about Peter? Why do you think dating him would make you miserable?

because I’ll always know I had the option to climb a 6’8 cyborg and I passed that up for a sweaty little twunk that I perpetually have to remind to bathe (sorry peter)

#I don’t know. I don’t think peter is good boyfriend material. I think his insecurities would get exhausting. #Wade has bottomless patience. me… I don’t know. I don’t think I could. I’ve got my own stuff going on. I don’t want a Project. #peter is definitely a project. and he needs someone with shed loads of patience and perseverance. #me I just. I wanna have a good time. so. come to me my big beautiful time traveller. whisk me away. #take me to the beach. you can disappear after I don’t mind I’m not needy. just spend a beautiful romantic week with me. #sci speaks #I don’t really know what kind of person I’m compatible with really actually. #all my relationships have been. pretty short. #and I don’t think it’s any fault of my own really. and I don’t feel any loss over them at all. like at all. I wish I did. but I don’t. #a sci has so very thankfully never felt heartbreak. #but it makes me kind of question what kind of person I am when it comes to this sort of thing. #because I really don’t know. #I don’t know if I want commitment. I don’t even know if I want sex these days. #I … weirdly… am so devoid of yearning these days. like I feel content right now on my own. I don’t even feel lonely. #I used to yearn but I think I’ve moved past it. and I kind of just want to have a good time. #and that doesn’t even . involve a relationship or anything anymore. like I don’t think I want one actually. it feels like I’m Over it. #it’s kind of great because I’ve never felt so calm in a long time. all because I decided that I don’t. actually Need anything. #I don’t need anything more than what I have. and that’s brought me rest after So Long being restless. #but if a massive time traveller came and whisked me away on sexy adventures how could I say no

[sesamenom]

Ar-Pharazon from the Reverse Gondolin AU and as Witch-King of Numenor - thanks to @who-needs-words for helping develop this idea!

#silm #silmarillion #second age #ar pharazon #reverse gondolin au #(well more like the aftermath of gondolin reversal) #this au has consumed my life #on the plus side inspiration for feanor is finally reemerging from under the metaphorical couch so i might get something finwion-y done soo #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa so much to draw so little time #seriously though golden nazgul is such a cool idea #whatever the mordor equivalent for the angband trio is (sauron pharazon and shelob maybe?) is going to look so cool in black and gold #black/gold black hole shelob!! #and prince elrond is super finwiony looking #also he has his wings & glowiness out a lot more so that'll be fun #but yeah basically in the au Prince Elrond realized via foresight what was happening/going to happen in numenor #so he went there and disowned ar pharazon (by extension removing him from the throne) and crowned tar miriel rightful Ruling Queen #then later when sauron showed up he came back kicked sauron out and outlawed the death cult #but between that time sauron secretly recruited ar pharazon by promising him kingship in exchange for his support #and anyways ar pharazon survived all the way to the TA as the Witch King #(mr. angmar here gets to be second in command of the nazgul sorry) #-imagine this guy showing up to be all 'bagginssss' though #the witch king of numenor is somehow even more dramatic #also the whole 'no living man can kill me' is. a bit different coming from a guy who has many enemies in the form of #a) his cousin the Ruling Queen of Numenor #b) his uncle the choice-of-elves-peredhel #c) a bunch of Faithful in the Halls #the dead guys aren't too much of a problem #but i wonder if he heard that prophecy and worried a whole lot more about the Ruling Queens #or Prince Elrond who in the au has very definitely embraced his maia-ness #and then imagine his surprise hearing 'but no living man am i' and it coming from. a random human lady.

[jils-things]

im gonna sleep soon but aaauuhguug bespren acquired + angry norton . hi milo @ttimecode

#(well. every oc my friends make are my friends! but we talked a lot abt them today hehehe) #and i love. everything we came up witu so far #reynold is like probably a big brother figure to her but they're definitely friends wwwiiiwii #he reassures her in a lot of things she doubt on and maybe its by experience or knowing his way around things that makes him so reliable #hes like. a smart. quiet man until she teases about his husbands and he EXPLODES nyeehhdhfhehehe #anyways they bond over tea hehehehe she likes tea time with mr berceuse #(I hope i SPELT THAT RIGHT) #anyway. thank u for the talk milo i really enjoyed that talk i love them so muchhhhh #~ art #everyone point at milo i got distracted from drawing other works (NOT SCHOOL DW) and he made me draw the handsome piano man!!😤😤😤 HUWAHAA #ANYWAHS WAAAGHSHASSHDH HOPING TO TINKER ABT HER MORE💚💚💚💚💚💚 #irene constantine.oc #reynold.plat #<- fuck it. platonic tag. WEGH #milo tag

[starflungwaddledee]

I wonder what happens during Forgotten Land on AWTDY AU?

oh!! i can answer this one easily, because awtdy au amps up significantly after the events of the alternate version of star allies, and in fact concludes before forgotten land occurs.

so realistically, forgotten land could happen mostly as normal! it is even implied to do so in a tongue-in-cheek way in one of the wrap-up pieces of prose i wrote for the immortality integer.

though there might be some changes to the way forgotten land would play out, due to the events of awtdy and the lasting impacts it's had on characters, their skills and relationships, and their resilience levels to specific things. but if anything, i think it would go even more smoothly than in the mainline series!

#maybe you meant what would happen if awtdy au had NOT concluded. if galacta knight had still been present during the time of it #that is more complicated. but i could certainly answer it. #asks #awtdy au #here's a teeny tiny snippet of prose. i know i said i would never share any but i feel bad for the folks who came here for my aus #(awtdy and morpho dee; mostly canon compliant divergent explorations) #and are now being bombarded with my oc left and right. so here's a little treat in the interim? #i am definitely still working on these aus! don't worry.

[amelikos]

Rayquaza, Liko, Amethio, eyes meeting.

#thinking about this again and the fact they highlighted the moments their eyes met and that rayquaza seemed to recognize them #i wonder if rayquaza will appear in the next eps because so far all of its appearances have been near the sea (ep 6 and ep 33) #and at different times of the day (during the day and then sunset so maybe next time will be at night?) #the group is near a beach right now (just like when rayquaza first came out of the ancient pokeball) #and the building at the end of ep 42 is definitely the explorers' so maybe? #i wonder if the explorers purposefully went there knowing rayquaza would be more likely to appear in such a place #also: the contrast between rayquaza flying away after seeing liko and attacking upon seeing amethio #liko #amethio #hz006 #hz033 #episode notes #character notes

[svnsetblvd]

Thinking about the father and son relationship between Vinny and Sam

#I feel like when Sam first came into the family #Vinny took it upon himself to take him under his wing #He was like 'Oh? A free kid? Don't mind if i do' and just scooped him right from the dumpster #Imagine Vinny taking Sam on his first real mission #his first time killing someone #Vinny reassuring the kid that this is something he'd have to do from now on to stay alive #I wish there were more interactions between them #Like them in the background of Fair Play #going after Sergio together #excuse the rambling #going backinto my mafia hyperfixation #mafia definitive edition #sam trapani #vincenzo ricci #my post

[good-beans]

(Milgram self-insert oc masterpost hehe)

Name: For the sake of posting online I’ll call her Rose!

Color: #E7355B [the pink in the art]

Age: I guess she’d be 20 given when Milgram started huh.

Status: Milgram Staff, Machine Technician

Symbols/imagery: ballet/musical theater, science experiments

Song genre: very similar to Mahiru's, something upbeat and extra pop-y

Tentatively she's number 011? She's not really prisoner but she's also not free to come and go, so I'm not actually sure if she'd get a number (Edit: I've decided she'll actually be 012. Staff is given the 01X range, and even though Es doesn't actively have a number they'd be staff member 011, making her 012.)

Story: Since the project is supposed to be realistic/present day, the mv machine would be brand new and unpredictable tech, so they’d want someone keeping up on maintenance and making sure the brain-invasive process won’t cause any harm to the prisoners. Rose was studying abroad in Japan working on some cool neuroscience tech (irl I know nothing about technology or brains but shh) and she stumbled upon some secret tech/plans from Milgram. Long story short, she was dragged into the experiment to make sure things ran smoothly.

Writer's Reasoning: She’s really fun for me to play around with, as she allows me to work with a character who has a tiny bit of pull over Es’ mindset in conversation but not the final decision (aka mirroring the voting system), and someone who is simultaneously trapped in the prison but has a reason to see all the canon content.* I really enjoy the character interactions and dynamics Milgram has set up so far, so it’s been super fun seeing how things change for better and worse when someone not quite aligned with either Milgram/the prisoners is thrown into the mix!

*As much as I love dramatic irony in fiction, it would drive me crazy if I knew every detail of of the vds/mvs but Rose didn't – and every single Milgram character is The Worst Communicator Ever so I couldn’t justify that she’d hear it secondhand from them...

Story roles:

She’s a bit conflicted -- she’s officially Milgram staff and knows she should remain neutral on the prisoners, since she won’t be allowed to interfere with the process/executions. At the same time, her job description is literally “make sure the machine doesn't hurt them and everyone's safe :)” and she's way too emotional to avoid getting hopelessly attached to everyone 😅

I really enjoy the theory that the machine extracts videos based off of priming, so one of Rose’s duties involves listening in on the interrogation and making sure there’s been enough material discussed/not too much time has passed overall (hence the ringing of the bell happening at different lengths for each vd -- That's her ringing it :3). She then watches the mvs along with Es to make sure there are no machine glitches, and know how to calibrate it better for next time.

(IEdit: I've since decided to add in official trial mvs, but before when I wasn't ready to tackle that:) She has to run some tests on the machine to make sure things are calibrated correctly, so she'd extract little things here and there. It gives me the opportunity to think up lyric snippets and recurring symbols for her without worrying about full encompassing music videos.

I'm not afraid to admit she can fall into Mary Sue territory every so often by being everyone's friend, because it's less about "aw everyone likes her" and more about "canon is too painful rn and I need a fix-it tool to take care of these guys and give them hugs and tell them someone forgives them and cares about them and unfortunately these characters wouldn't let anyone less than a friend do that." Rest assured she's definitely not perfect and will fuck everything up on occasion :3

Miscellaneous: Whenever I play around with normal au ideas she's still working on the machine (but in a public, more ethical setting), and she's Mahiru's roommate :) Her character isn't super focused on love, but if I had to pick a cover song it'd be Stickybug II. It's very much my vibe, the lyrics fit well enough (better than most songs, at least lol) and it's one of my favorites out of my limited knowledge of unchosen Deco songs! (Edit, I've actually given her non-deco cover songs hehe)

So yeah, I hope she's not too boring without a cool crime to decipher, but I wanted to share since I was really proud of her! It took a bit of tinkering to find a way to fit her into a perfect secret-third-thing role that runs very smoothly with all of canon, so I was very excited!

#waaahh posting before i chicken out #I've never posted about a self-insert so please be kind lmao 😅 #i dont expect a ton of hype for her but if people have questions im always down to talk about her hehe #this is my only art -- i rarely draw oc stuff but i was really happy with how this came out #i definitely dont think shed get a number or those side rune straps by canon standards but the art wouldnt look right without them #im mad that the lab coat and gloves make her look a bit like shidous design :/ i definitely wanted more scientist vibes than doctor #dw she wears her PPE when she works on the machine 😤 #yeah yeah theres some shipping aspects sue me -- but genuinely its mostly for fun character studying and fix-its #mkdr and neoneon also hold a special place in my heart but i didnt want to double up on covers #im so sad because she just. doesnt fit into LCSyS #the machine is fake in the au so shed have no opportunity to join the experiment #plus even if i made her generic staff shed just be on the receiving end of the lie with es... which is just canon until the very end adfsdf #WOO huge thank you to kyanako5972 and purgemarchlockdown for enabling me to be annoying once again >:3 #and thank you gunsli!! our chat was the first time i ever talked about her and it really gave me a lot of confidence :') #not maintagging but i will edit for organizational tags later #i also may put this on my writing blog at some point but we'll see #my art #rose posts #ocgram #milgram

[arihi]

The difficult thing about openly blogging about healing and going through a long period of growth publicly is the feeling of “I’m not doing super great, and it’s worse than it has been before” springs to mind, but for the X number of times you’ve said it in the past, it feels more trivial. And maybe that’s a sign that things have always been an up and down sort of pattern, and that it will pass again, but maybe it also serves to feel more isolating in not having the words or energy anymore to describe how it is *this* time. And it is a position that changes day to day, and on better days it feels more passable, and on worse the void feels more vast. The mere fact that it changes is probably a good sign, that nothing ever has to be set in stone. But boy are some days so, so dreadful.

#I guess a measure would be this feels like pre-move out times right now #when I was (physically) in a bad and unsafe place #and moving out has had its own stressors and anxieties #but the dread I feel is very reminiscent of another older time before then #I recently visited Texas with Spider and Sarah and Doc #we stayed at my parent’s place so it was definitely a mixed bag #I wish I wasn’t so messed up after every visit there #I thought it’d be better or easier with company after this time #but due to a variety of factors I’ve left the experience more tattered than I’d like #they had fun and it wasn’t a bad trip #but it wasn’t a great trip for me personally for loaded reasons #Spider knows to check in on me more in the coming days and weeks so that is good #FUCK man also I love this new song that came out but I CANNOT listen to it anymore and had to remove it from my playlist #because I kind of associate it with the trip now and it makes me cry every time I hear it haha #second song I ever had to do that with!! #I’m okay #just so very tired.

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: March 27

"Long Time Gone" by The Chicks

#song of the day #I'm still thinking about the Country Songs About Country Songs #this is actually a cover too though I never hear the original around anywhere #(it's by Darrell Scott who is also the originator for 'You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive' #turns out he's got a bunch of songs that got picked up and made somewhat more popular in the hands of other folks. an interesting legacy) #the best lines of this song to sing are also the bits About Country Music--well the whole song's about chasing the love of it #but this bit is bemoaning the kids these days you know. country music isn't what it used to be. why back in my day etc etc #it's so so so much fun to sing too because you get to exaggerate your 'I think's until they rhyme with 'Hank'. excellent work #'we listen to the radio to hear what's cookin / but the music ain't got no soul #now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard / they got money but they don't have Cash #they got Junior but they don't have Hank / I think I think I think / the rest is a long time gone' #it's fascinating to me to think about these songs in (saying 'historical' here is giving me psychic damage but) historical context #because the Darrell Scott original for Long Time Gone came out in 2000 and The Chicks released their version in 2002 #so they were talking about the trend towards American jingoism in country music of the time #versus like Waylon Jennings in 1975 'Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way' #(I typed that and /then/ went back and looked up the release date and I'm so proud I got it right) #already bemoaning the state of country music in the 70s versus good old classic country like Hank Williams Senior sang #(Hank Jr covered Waylon's song in 1981. like yes it's a tribute to his father but also Hank Jr was a big push towards outlaw country #and has a few pretty famous songs himself about not singing like his daddy did. it just seems a strange choice to me) #and then Eric Church put out 'Lotta Boot Left to Fill' in 2009 calling out the shallowness of the country music scene of the time #(talking some only-thinly-veiled shit about a few of his peers in the process) #and then he released 'Stick That In Your Country Song' in 2021 and that /definitely/ put some backs up #that one's a less directed but more direct call-out if that makes any sense #no lines that are direct references to other artists' songs but stronger sentiments overall #not just general 'y'all are getting shallow prioritizing good times and high sales over genuine heart and integrity of craft' #but some straight up 'you have forgotten the face of your father' shit towards country artists and fans alike. the whole industry #a very good righteous-anger song

[frecklystars]

i know nobody is online to see it rn but GOD it feels so good to be in love again!!!!!!!!! i reached the tag limit on that last reblog of la la land, there's a tag limit of 30 and i originally wrote almost 60 and then i had to keep revising it over and over until i only had 30. i just kept talking abt how much i love sebastian!!! and that's!!! how i'm supposed to be!!!! it's such a huge goddamn relief to start self shipping again even if it's not with TF, i really hope i can come back to my robots one day, but god. god it's such a fucking relief to have seb and six and ken and barbie and harley etc etc etc etc the list hopefully will just keep growing. this love in my chest, this feeling of overwhelming love that makes me actually physically sigh because there's so much love in me... that's how i am supposed to be and i am so relieved to start feeling this way again. i was numb for so long. i'm so grateful for these characters.

#woof #pretty sure i spent at least 20 minutes typing those tags #and then after i finished i was like 'oh there i am' #there's that star in my heart! she's still burning bright after all! she's just hurting. but she isn't gone. maybe she never was #and maybe one day i can finally finally finally come back to TF #but for now. for now. i am holding ryan and margot's characters' hands. all of these characters all of these pretty ppl #and they are guiding me through hell and telling me things are gonna be ok #bc lord knows i tried to throw myself at ANYTHING and NOTHING would stick #i tried watching different movies/cartoons i never saw before. didnt feel loved #tried to watch old things i used to love like SBTM or MLP. didnt feel loved #maybe the trauma was too fresh for me to be able to focus on anything else #but barbie came at the PERFECT time. the STARS ALIGNED JUST RIGHT #and out of any character that could have saved me it was KEN? #its because he makes me laugh. barbie did help MONUMENTALLY with pink #im still struggling with pink sometimes but its definitely majorly improved #like if i look back on myself 2 months ago i COULD NOT look at pink without having a panic attack. insane #but now??? im going thru pink blogs and associating EVERYTHING with margot's barbie #and any time i feel tense i can easily ground myself bc i am associating it with my self ships #im using it in my art again and its such a relief #im not fully myself without starscream but hey. a part of me is here. a part of me is breathed back to life just a little bit #its as if ive been drowning for over a year and finally someone reached out their hands to save me #pull me to the surface and maybe im not on solid ground yet but the waves arent thrashing or pulling me down as much anymore

[tastycitrus]

was anyone going to tell me there was a postgame for ranking up to tamer legend where you fight against julia and glare from dawn/dusk or was i just supposed to find out a year after i beat the main game from someone else's screenshot and suffer through a whole lot of grinding and farm quests to get there

#digimon #digimon story lost evolution #okay when i beat the game last year i came away thinking it was an enjoyable game #definitely improved on a lot of dawn/dusk's issues though i really didn't like the plate cleaning mechanic #i still think it's enjoyable but damn the postgame stuff really wanted to make me reconsider my opinion #look i beat dawn legitimately. like i went all the way to the legend tamer tournament and cleared it #i spent a long time grinding in that game but by the end of it my digimon were capable of clearing everything #lost evolution is more forgiving when it comes to the main story but the postgame... #the superbosses in the endgame areas will rip you in half if you haven't grinded out your ass AND gotten strong equips #and in order to access the legend tamer tournament you need to have 127000 tamer points #for reference i finished the game with like. 80000 #lopmon cleaning plates for you gives ~100 if you have it 100% already and quests give ~2k on average #and guess what? most of the quests are actually farm quests so you have to get specific digimon with specific personalities for them #and the personalities are randomized so if you create or evolve the digimon and it doesn't have the right personality then lol rip #what was with old digimon game developers and having absolutely no respect for the player's time

[takeshitakyuuto]

Life is so cruel because Kino no Tabi is so good but I can’t even recommend the books to anyone because only the first volume was ever translated and it’s been out of print for presumably over a decade. Plus part of what makes it so good are untranslatable (into English) qualities of the Japanese language such as the general avoidance of gendering Kino. What other book has a motorcycle get into an argument with a dog

#apparently the theory is that the jp publishers got mad that the English publishers changed the chapter order #which tbh I understand I really do #honestly I hate it when kino’s backstory is presented first because it doesn’t allow you to form your own opinions on them beforehand #kino no Tabi #kino’s journey #taking matters into my own hands and translating it myself to put online for all to read #I mean hey that’s what happened with no. 6 right #I still can’t believe that one never got licensed in English #like it definitely had the popularity back when the anime came out #and the manga is fully translated #why not the novels #I still need to read them though that’s gonna be my summer project #kino no Tabi rewired my brain I’ve never felt so capable of reading in Japanese before #I mean sometimes it still kicks my ass but in general I’m having a reasonable time with it language wise