#but like this is pretty cute on its own

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

#SVSSS #Shen yuan #shang qinghua #cumplane #Normally I don't tag with ship names but this one is a special case. #Confession time: When I first had SVSSS described to me I 100% thought the main pairing was between these two. #The dynamic is impeccable! Even if its 'just a fan ship' I stand by it. #Sorry to the people who like to think of them as handsome pretty boys. I don't. #These guys sit in their rooms and use the computer for 90% of waking hours. They are not looking after themselves well enough for good skin #They can be cute in their own way. People with acne and missed shaving spots deserve to have their romances too. #And sloppy hate makeouts <3 #Hi Sol! I truly did whoop and holler when drawing your name for the raffle! #You've been so kind and generous towards me and I'd happy to finally have the opportunity to give back some of that joy! #Thank you so much for all your support and the incredible fanart <3 You've made my day so many times! #I hope this silly mini comic is to your liking! #Playing around with colours for this one was a blast!

[milkbreadtoast]

idk how i want to draw him yet and not ready to make a srs attempt but here's a bad kdj phone doodle lol🚶🏻

#orv #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint #my art #oh yeah i didnt have ref for this fkdnfn was going off memory of the last (first) time i drew him #i cant do a serious attempt tho bc i havent read the novel so i dont have a clear image of him in my head yet... #(dont want to just copy the webtoon design hastily... if it matches my image thats fine but... idk yet) #my main opinion on the webtoon design is he's too hot/ikemen tho KFJDKDJ (this is what i thought since the beginning) #its like BONES mp100 anime reigen.... kdj is like manga reigen to me /j #but who knows maybe if i catch kdj brainrot i too will start drawing him like a kpop idol out of affection...🤷🏻‍♂️ #like the webtoon artist prob draws kdj pretty bc they love him sm #just like how i draw jys pretty bc of my brainrot... #so who knows maybe that will happen to me too🤷🏻‍♂️ time will tell #my main opinion on webtoon yjh (no one asked): CUTE BUT WHERES THE T1TTY BEL- *voice muffled as i get dragged away* #(copied most of these tags from twit too lazy to retype the commentary) #EDIT: i call him reigen jokingly bc theyre abt the same age but #kdj is also mob core to me.... #in that theyre both protags that dont look flashy and look more like extras/'mob charas' #yet r irrevocably unequivocably the protags of their respective stories #(just as everyone is the protag of your own life! sieze ur narrative! etcetc🖤) #also. both black haired bowlcut havers KJDJS #kdj is reigen coded (derogatory) and mob coded (POS) #hes also a 'con man like reigen..... yep hes def still reigen coded

[scificrows]

Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.

Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):

In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.

It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]

The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]

Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]

In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]

In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]

Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #𓄿 #hi i'm READY to write a thesis about murderbot i am having way too much fun with this #i created a pretty excel spreadsheet and everything #i don't know why i did this but now i can look at them while i think about this more! so i figured i'd share them haha #i didn't count uses of 'friendly' but special shoutout to when MB is all alone in its cold cubicle missing 20% of its body mass #and starts putting on a show because 'the friendly noise would keep it company' 😭😭 #i feel sick thinking about murderbot all alone on its own not knowing what its like to have friends watching media for 'the friendly noise' #also YES okay i wanted to make a point about miki there but i just #couldn't bring myself to talk about that more so... yeah #also uhhh this data is very subjective #i didn't count particularly ironic uses of 'friend' and generally did not count every instance of friend and sometimes it was a hard call #also i probably shouldn't have counted the times murderbot refered to drones or secsystems as its friends (often after hacking them) #but murderbot does seem to care about them and shows kindness and respect and sometimes points out that a system is friendly #so while i don't think MB means “friend” in the same way referring to them as when it refers to ART for instance #i still think its CUTE and also kinda funny how many times that happened so i decided to keep those!!! #but yeah take my data with a grain of salt lol

[stardotnet]

been thinking about fruit as of late

#i found the first one looking for references for an art project and i thought it was pretty #anyway. its my birthday im 17 now this blog is fun to play around on #i like the way i romanticize daily things now after starting it #and i like reading the tags people leave about their own experiences #so wonderful that everyone is connected. even if its just through a passing comment #stardotnet #webweaving #web weaving #aesthetic #corecore #webweave #fruit #the dog one is very cute #mold

[mushroom-for-art]

Mnemosyne and Zeus chibis from @ask-mirage-mews!

#my art #Not my ocs #👏We👏love👏a👏glow👏up👏!!!! #Nemo getting their own custom base specifically to be with Zeus #I leant more into the shapes used in your style #So more ankle ect #Sorry I didn't do any of that cool like colored lineart techniques u do or colored eye lines #They're really impressive and really pretty I am just lazy XD #They love each otherrrr #(sorry about no mittens either) #When ur tail so poofy u can't cheeky wrap it around ur partners waist rip #Also I couldn't find ref for the heart necklace so sorry its not accurate but I figured it's two half's of their most bold colors #Zeus can always have the mosy part by their heart and Mosy can always have Zeus' by theirs I thought it cute #They're very cute #I hope you like them!! #May edit the base flipping it the other way just to have Janus looking at Fugi disappointedly later down the line XD

[puppyeared]

what if i snapped and made an oc carrd

#i mean.... i could #this isnt the first time ive thought of doing it but i drop ocs so easily its not even funny. so idk if itd be worth it #id consider toyhouse or smth but i dont have money lol. right now everythings on artfight but thats more for drawing purposes #what ocs would i even talk abt... i have some standalones like auggie and ocs i think look cool but dont plan on using #but some others have their own stories.. not like a huge thought out plot but something i pick up and twirl around in my head #like luckys whole deal is being a hiking guide who accidentally gets tied up with some werewolves pretending to be a hiking group to eat pp #and then i have the magician rivals. although i kinda wanna tie theirs with the nightguard and thief story ive been cooking. maybe in the #same universe? it would be pretty funny if they lived in the same apartment complex since a couple stories i have in mind revolve around th #its like some sort of omnibus or anthology to me. kicks my feet #and then fan characters like xin ya and sleight who i want to have their own expanded lore and stuff. i think that would be cool #im making crow a powerpoint of xins updated lore but the assignmence are making it hard. hopefully it turns out good though #i have a hard time writing personality and xins is always the hardest bc theyre probably the least like me. i tend to stick to #characters similar to myself to get in their head. but bc their backstory affects their personality so strongly i have to do some thinking #anyway. hopefully i remember this later #yapping #oc #oc talk #ive also been playing neko atsume recently for nostalgia and why did we as a society ever stop playing it. its so chill #you just take pictures of silly little cats and leave them silly little toys and treats. and the music is cute

[shewhoeatssand]

This is what perfect looks like

#his little coat with its own physics and everything #it’s stiff fabric! so it sticks out and folds differently! #all according to His particular frame. it folds uniquely just for him #and he has his little leather book bag with the bright blue sash #I think he likes blue a bit it seems to suit him #and he’s got his own tight jeans that fit him just right #Kaneki’s jeans 🥰 #and his little old man shoes! because Kaneki must always have one article of clothing that’s for old people! #so sharp and fashionable #and underneath he seems to have a white collar shirt and maybe a sweater over it? #and he has such a pretty colourful book with him today!! he seems very jolly! #all dressed up and ready to face the world! #such a cute boy! what a gem! ❤️❤️❤️ #kaneki ken #tokyo ghoul #ken kaneki

[sualne]

Whether it was intentional or not, I like how the purple swirl pattern on Luffy's dress you drew resembles the Gum-Gum Fruit! It's a fun subtle detail.

it was intentional! im glad you like it!! :D i had some trouble coming up with a dress for him knowing he hates wearing frilly clothes, in the end i settled on something gear 5 inspired, being mostly white and purple swirl for his fruit and, purposely, giving him and outfit he wouldn't wear.

as in 'i dont want him to wear smth he wouldnt like to wear but also he wouldnt wear a dress at all and therefore why not go for the frilliest dress i can give him and see how it goes?'

#plus. there is smth so satisfying about cute frilly white dress getting obliterated and covered in blood. truly enable the 4yo urge to tear #apart your own clothes. im always so sad when i guy characters goes 'i hate wearing dress' because like. why? almost everytime #its because they dont want to be seen as feminine but bro that dress can show off your muscle like never before trust me u can be very masc #in a dress theyre really fun and pretty clothes

[hersweetrevenge]

#corey cunningham #halloween ends #these are not very good but if people want to use them then feel free !! (but pls add a credit for the sake of my ego lol) #i really made them because i wanted a new icon for my writing blog ✌ #i love this screen cap so much i am beating it like a dead horse lol 💗 #he *is* a good boy #he's *my* good boy #and he wants so badly to be good but nothing ever goes his way no matter how hard he tries #but he is also a homewrecker (technically) #isnt he so cute though ?!?!? #corey cunningham x roger allen #wait who said that ?! #but fr the accident is a pretty homewrecking event on its own #cunningallen

[dreampearls]

colleis personality functionally being left to the ether because her webtoon iteration is at such fundamental odds with her game iteration that any attempts to temper between the two just range so dramatically

#each collei is a beautiful macrocosmic specimen to be analyzed in its own right #i do think the best and most canon-adherent way to reconcile between the two though is to recognize her emulation of amber #in both personality and appearance #as pretty much an explicitly canon thing if albeit exclusive to the game #& while i think it was meant to be a like. cute moeblob marketing strat and not a genuine extension of how she might develop #post black fire incident #it does tie really well into the webtoon establishing collei's fundamental lack of self identity & her pathological need to assume a Role #as per lee @haidengjie's dissertation: shes always either the unclean or the plague or the villain. shes never just collei #the last time she was seen as purely just Collei was also the last time she ever heard her mothers voice.... #and ever since she has been denied the opportunity to exist even as a person w basic human rights #shes never been allowed to be simply just a child let alone herself #amber befriending collei for who she is & demonstrating she sees her more than just some street rat (who had KILLED TWO DIPLOMATIC ENVOYS #NONETHELESS) & insisting she would never abandon her #just changed. everything. for the first time there was no role to play no stage no script #the curtains fell... god i still love that scene Collei is just trying so hard to play the villain and amber obstinately refuses to let her #insisting that they are both friends and equals and wholeheartedly believing in collei's capacity for good and kindness #ITS SOOO INTERESTING BECAUSE OF COURSE AS SOON AS COLLEI LEARNS SHE DOESNT HAVE TO PLAY A ROLE #SHE'LL STILL SCRAMBLE NONETHELESS FOR A NEW ONE BECAUSE ITS ALL SHES EVER KNOWN #SO OF COURSE SHE WOULD TAKE UP THE ROLE OF AMBER!!!!!!! *WALKSINTO A LARGE PIT #god im still upset about windblume though they contextualized her amber roleplay as a coping mechanism #not for her identity issues or general ptsd but instead this like. palatable relatable version of social anxiety #which dont get me wrong i do adore and relate to that aspect of colleis character a lot but its coming from a framework that completely #disregards her personality from her source material and it really just feels like a flanderization to appear more marketable #Okay i have homeowrk to do byebye

[gregoftom]

gross

#tomgreg #THEYR E SO CUTE IM GONNA actually be sick. #i hate so much tom's fuckin. laugh here bc its so high pitched and heS NOT HOLDING BACK. AGAIN. #something something he's his true self around greg something something after years of repression he feels alive again something something #schoolboy tom makes another appearance. he's so playful!!! #AND TOUCHING GREG'S SUIT AGAIN. just like the tie before in fucking UHHH i cant remember the episode. but s2 i think. #he does it really quickly though. like he remembers they're in public and he's gotta stop treating greg like they really are spouses. #and abt the next part don't worry i'm gonna be. talking. about That. but this part gets its own bit bc!!!!!! man #OH AND DONT THINK I DIDNT NOTICE GREG TOUCHING TOM TOO. TOUCHING HIS ARM UNNECESSARILY. they're so touchy here. sigh. sigh. #yet not a hug. just light touches. a hug would be too friendly. if that makes sense? these touches are more. spousal. #like you'd hug your mate at a party right. and sure you might hug a partner or spouse. but idkkk idk it reads more. #just the touchings of the suits. oh you look nice tonight dear. don't wanna spoil your pretty outfit. that'll happen later at home. GODDDDDD #BECAAAAAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAY NEXT!!! THE WHOLE. PROVE IT THING! OH HH GODDHNWEW #my head cracks open. ok okok ig ot ta go i'm going i'm fucking. bye #im so fuckin pressed about the nero sporus thing IF TOM HADNT SAID THAT BULLSHIT I WOULDNT BE THINKING SHIT LIKE THIS #i mean maybe i would BUT I WOULDNT ACTUALLY PUT ANY STOCK IN IT BC HE WOULDNT HAVE SAID IT OUT RIGHT. god. i'm in pain #lord send the plagues. end my suffering

[akascow]

guys i gave in and bought a rainbow high doll...

#its vanessa tempo and also one of the only tolerable RH/SH dolls i can imagine owning #BUT SHES PRETTY I LOVE HER #i do like heather grayson tho i think her hair is cool n also jewel richie bc i think vitiligo on a doll is super cute and i like her color #also coco i like her whole football thing going on w her outfit HAHA also her character in the show is awesome

[gwinverarrouz]

Oh hey, I’m doing another monthly challenge! Hadn’t done one of those since December and now it’s Spring, so, trying to do daily studies this April! All traditional for now but varying medium to keep it more interesting for me. I’m going to post them in little batches, since they’re not the most riveting thing ever (except that dandelion, I think it’s very neat)

#guess which ones i had the most time for #mydrawings #studies #flowers #dandelion #the dandelion gets a tag because HONESTLY it deserves it. look at this dandelion. it's a very pretty dandelion #i am tempted to repost it on its own #i like them! #they're pretty their leaves taste excellent in salad and they get all fluffy and cute and you can blow them to make a wish?? #excellent flower no notes #anyway you have #dandelion pansy periwinkle ivy cherry blossoms clovers muscari and daffodil #april drawing challenge

[i-demand-a-good-username]

Been playing a TON of palworld and I am so autistic over it 😭 it's literally just me and my little goober animal friends that go around and explore just a beautiful open world map and build and try to survive 🫶 what more could I really ask for

#hope i can just see little art of the goobers in the tags one day #and not a bunch of arguing #its so pretty too like im in love with the red area that looks like fall #and my giant chillet boss i caught 🫶 #i honestly thought it was going to be exactly like pokemon but its genuinely a lot more like rust but with little guys 🫶 #i would say its like minecraft but minecraft is too far off in its own wag #i only say rust because ive seen my brither play it and that looks about right #i saw people say that they make basically slave farms and like ??? HOW?? #if they dont live in the most comfortable and happy environment they will NOT work 😭😭😭 #i dodnt know that they liked higher quality meals so i was only feeding them berries and everyone was just angry sleeping or slacking 😭 #i was so distraught too because i thought i did everything perfect 😭 #THEY HAVE THREE HOT TUB/SPA THINGS!! #WHY ARE YOU MAD ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT 😭 #anyway now they get great meals and i make sure to pet them whenever they help me with something 🫶 #tried making a base for only farming materials and i literally spent more mats just making the bare minimum 😭 #which still needs at least one hottub 😭😭😭 #anyway ramble over #just having a lot of fun and im glad i gave it a shot #if youre on the fence- its a lot more than just pokemon and guns #if you just really like survival overworld games with cute creatures that are reminicent of pokemon #i think youll love it #oh yeah you can capture humans LMAO #useless tho 😒 id rather have a cute little sheep that has the same stats #palworld #ramble #autistic ramblings

[post3l]

Postal 3 Dude has no right being so attractive. He makes all the other Dudes jealous.

Postal 3 Dude IS insanely attractive indeed, sadly he is no match for the unhibited sex appeal of this ugly bitch

#theyre all gorgeous in the own ugly way #do i consider p3 dude the most handsome of them all?? maybe after taking off the ten layers of axe body spray and a shower #I DONT KNOW HONESTLY.......THEYRE ALL PRETTY IN MY EYES #its like choosing whos your favorite child. none of them #theyre so cute and so ugly at the same time i cant explain it....... #i might be biased though. p3 dude is my latest obsession so i cant really answer this with total honesty orz #ask

[heliianth]

i get excited for new Things and then something will come out like “breaking news: this Thing will have romance in it!!!” and ill be like ah shit. extremely common media trope is extremely common. nevermind

#im such a weird fucking aro person. if im seeing romance i want it to be on my own terms #i want to seek it out #like i generally dont mind shipfic or anything else like that. i think quite a lot of romantic fan pairings are pretty cute. but like #if its in there by default theres like a 92% chance i will be more apathetic abt it #heliichats #this is abt the spiderverse sequel btw #like im sure itll be cool and lots of people will love it like they loved the first movie #i just wont be as fond as i am of the first bc there is romance. sorry. buzzkill moment