#clear-dance

[pherredraws]

i loeve you dai gyakuten saiban

#ace attorney #the great ace attorney #dai gyakuten saiban #dgs #tgaa #this is my valentines day post <3 i love you little game #the dancing men do spell something out but i won’t tell what #dgs 2 spoilers #tgaa 2 spoilers #just to b clear the hand reaching for stronghart is the professor #hopefully thats clear though lmao #well. the person who was in the professor’s grave anyhow #i tried to match these to the cases but i had to take liberties with some lol #like gina having Toby #and the legendary pair segment technically happens is 2-5 but they’re introduced in 2-4 so

[clowndensation]

the thing about bg3 being so massively popular is that 1. on a personal level that's fun, because games i like doing well is cool to see :) 2. by law of numbers, i KNOW there's a lot of gamer bros out there trying out the hot new tactics rpg, who are now getting blasted from every direction by all of their male companions propositioning them. which is something that can be so beautiful to imagine. if you're me.

#i KNOWWW they helped out their broski gale and he took 'em straight to the weave and went for the kiss #i KNOW they got neutral approval from astarion and he had the 'and i'm talking about SEX. to be clear' convo with them #and i've definitely seen a couple reddit posts asking why wyll is suddenly dancing with their character like NEWS FLASH BUDDY! #if you in faerun YOU! ARE! GAY! #bg3

[voretash]

gortash insists that he and the dark urge are the only two people in the world who matter-- his will is above all others, and the dark urge is his only equal.

and i think an interesting thing to consider, given the choices you can make in the game, particularly on the resisting path, is a dark urge who learns to value other people because gortash valued them, but that value doesn't stop at gortash. maybe it's true for a while that gortash is the only person in the world who can understand the dark urge, but he planted the seed of personhood (in the face of a cult who wanted a weapon, and a society that doesn't want a bhaalspawn) in the dark urge, and when they awake on the nautiloid, it's that seed that remains and allows them to truly connect with their companions. people who they otherwise would have seen as bodies on the alter of their father.

gortash is frozen in time, stuck in a world where there are only two people, after he gave the dark urge the key to a much broader and brighter world. and for a while, he lives in a world where that only other person was snatched away, until they come back, and now they want things gortash implanted in them that he will probably never understand.

gortash never experienced even a sliver of the temptation off the path of alienation that the dark urge is implied to have been offered in some of their flashbacks, and there's something so desolate about the idea of a person who gave someone exactly what they needed until that person's needs outgrew him, because he cannot change in the manner that they were able to.

#and to be clear i dont believe anyone is Wholly Unable To Change but i think gortash is uninterested in it yanno #enver gortash #the dark urge #durgetash #bg3 #also this is totally how i view his relationship with my own durge amity #and the way they dance around this (still in lo-- obsession but now there are Other Emotions Intruding) is its own horrible mess <3

[confoodles]

#girlies when lautski #they r my lockscreen #and every time i look at it #i go a bit more insane #i think they rlly struck such a great balance #with having them have those tragic heart wrenching moments #that i'll be thinking abt for the next 5 years #and also having them end the show happily dancing to a song #that sounds like its from high school musical or sth #lautski #stephanie lauter #pete spankoffski #peter spankoffski #steph lauter #idk which tag of their names to use #so the clear answer is both #both is good #npmd #nerdy prudes must die #npmd spoilers #hatchetverse #starkid

[cloud-ya]

fuck it. paleo pines gallimimus

#this is portals pattern/morph. yes it's the official name and clear reference to that game #i have one and i named it sunny day #its colors remind me of a partly cloudy sky in a sunny day :) #paleo pines #gallimimus #i love their silly happy dance

[drakaripykiros130ac]

Friendly reminder:

Rhaenyra’s allies fought for her after she died (and won).

Aegon’s allies abandoned him while he lived.

#I don’t make the rules. GRRM does. The guy made his intentions pretty clear when it comes to the winning side of this war. #team black #pro team black #rhaenyra targaryen #the dragon queen #queen rhaenyra #rhaenyra i targaryen #pro rhaenyra #rhaenyra i #anti aegon ii targaryen #aegon the usurper #anti aegon ii #anti team green #anti team green stans #canon asoiaf #asoiaf meta #fire and blood #the dance of the dragons #house of the dragon #hotd #asoiaf #the blacks #the black queen

[mangokabuto]

Some dance + real-world-equivalent-ethnicity headcannons :)

Some more little bits i be thinking abt for those who want more dance content: (under the cut)

Usopp with his salsa fundamentals and luffy with his vague memories of samba end up, at some point, coming up with their own much more chaotic combo of the two. They r spinning around so fast its insane. Luffy is about to launch them into the sun. They're having a great time.

Sanji being absolutely miffed when the only other ppl on the crew who know how to couple's dance with him are Usopp and Luffy. He gets over it ofc, being able to actually dance with another person quickly overwhelms the "I wanted to tango with a beautiful lady" grief

Sanji being able to help Usopp re-learn salsa and them bonding over their moms abt it 🥲Luffy is a lost cause tho he's not learning shit /j

BaroqueWorks Robin and Bon Clay bonding over ballet Q_Q

Brook inventing the most INSANE new dips/twirls/transitions because he no longer has muscles or skin or whatever in the way

Also I firmly believe Usopp listens & dances to anything made by Spice, Mr. Killa, and Yung Bredda, but he refuses to let the crew know this. He's not embarrassed or anything he's just fairly sure Sanji would have a heart attack and die if he heard the lyrics

Sanji listens & dances to Rodrigo y Gabriela he's in love with their story

Zoro is one of those freaks who has no desire to listen to music at all but he won't turn it off if it's on, yk?

As made obvious above I think Usopp and Sanji are the 1st and 2nd most versatile dancers, but neither of them dance more Often than Franky

If i had to rank them based on how often/readily they will dance its....in the order I placed the pictures, with chopper between brook and nami. Luffy is only so low cause he'd usually rather be eating, and brook cause he'd rather be playing, and zoro cause he'd rather be drinking/napping

Robin will readily dance with you if you ask her but she's not going to initiate

If you love dance like i do and want to see some specific choreographers/dances i had in mind while drawing these, that will be the rest of this bullet list!

Sanji is doing Derek Hough's little solo bit from his pasodoble choreo on dancing with the stars. look it up it is so peak

Dancing with the star (chopper <3)

In my head Usopp is perfectly capable of dancing any choreography by Latrice Kabamba (west african steps), Tricia Miranda (dancehall), or Yeifren Mata (mostly male solo salsa)

For Franky I think some old way choreos by Nastya Batrachenko or Dashaun Wesley (he mostly does fem now but he has good old way stuff) r good

#my art #dancing HCs #they're all transgender if you didnt notice btw <3 #wano is such a clear and intentional allegory for isreal/palestine and zoro's family came from there. he has some brown in him i stg!!! #i know oda said Brook was from austria but oda is wrong <3 brook told me so himself in a dream i prommy #sanji is apparently french. his birth parents are clearly german royalty. his real father is irish. why is he french /hj #chopper is canadian ofc but he is also. a deer

[anglerflsh]

it's been about two years since the time I drew them constantly. btw

#[.art] #ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #i was clearing out my computer and came across the old fanart I did. Nostalgia's sake #somewhere on this account there's drawings of them dancing and generally being domestic #because. Well look at them. Would act married before even dating kind of guys #wrightworth #I've had Tropes Repeat with every romantic pairing I've ever enjoyed I'll say

[widgits]

“Go with them,” she commanded Ser Jorah.

“As you command.” The knight gave her a curious look. “You are your brother’s sister, in truth.” 

“Viserys?” She did not understand. 

“No,” he answered. “Rhaegar.” He galloped off.

incredibly messy drawing but the few times the rhaegar and dany dynamic/parallels are discussed are so interesting to me!!

#my art #a game of thrones #a clash of kings #a storm of swords #a feast for crows #a dance with dragons #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf fanart #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #got #rhaegar targaryen #daenerys targaryen #i dont expect anyone to tag this as a ship #but dont tag it as a ship #i will get your ass fr >:((( #to be clear! rhaegar is always on my shit list for what he did to elia #he is the flop house husband to me #but how dany is compared to him is so interesting because he is an ideal not a person at this point #and their dynamic with the prophecy is also vvv cool to me with rhaegar chasing after it so desperately and the prophecy #(and prophecies in general) coming so easily to dany #yet she is still compared to him #something something targaryen men define targaryen womanhood or whatever #even from beyond the grave! #anyways i refused to draw that stupid dragon sigil did not have it in me also didnt want to reread the horse heart scene so #freeballed it on the clothes #its about the vibes its about the feeling!!

[themissinggoldfish]

The agents but they attended a ball hosted by their idol friends

Short descriptions heehoo 👇

[First image]

“The guests were already familiar with with Koa (she’s often seen with Off the Hook on their free time) but many whispers were made about the mysterious woman who held her arm around her waist.”

[Second Image]

Following the two, were Visha and Tala.

“ They didn’t catch a lot of attention at first. But when it came down to the dance, they sure showed everyone how to dance! Not wanting to fall behind their fellow agents, they put aside their differences and really showed everyone what true chemistry looks like.”

#they went to a ball and Pearl bought 8 the dress #it was clear favoritism #Koa and Connie were dealing with gay panic I fear #Tal and Vis were ripping the dance floor but I’m not drawing it mb #there’s nothing cool about Connie they just don’t go out as often #yazzy art #agent 3 #agent 8 #splatoon #splatoon 3 #agent 24 #connie (3) #koa (8) #agent 4 #tala (4) #visha (neo 3) #neo 3

[canisalbus]

How do you find pose references for all those gorgeous and cute and aaaaaaa drawings. H o w. Where. (<-from someone struggling to draw characters interacting)

(if you don't use references, take it as a compliment to your godly anatomy and posing skills)

I don't really use references for poses that much. I'm not sure how to explain this without sounding weird but when I'm about to draw something, I visualize it in my mind, and when it's character art I sort of see them as 3D models that can be posed and rotated. And I just sort of try to replicate that on paper, sometimes it's easy and sometimes it doesn't work out at all (a good reminder that when you browse someone's art, you usually only see the pieces that the artist is at least passably proud of, not the piles of failed projects that went nowhere).

#when I use references it's usually for very specific poses and gestures that I'm not familiar with #if I were to draw someone shooting a crossbow or tap dancing or weaving on a loom #I'd have to look up references because you can only do those actions in a particular way or it doesn't look right #and I have no clear visual memory of what that action looks like #but if it's a common general casual everyday pose like a guy sitting or lying down in a way or another #you can draw that in so many different ways you can just position them however you want and it will look believable #and a lot of my poses are general everyday poses #I dunno that's how it works for me #definitely use references if you're unsure or drawing something you've never drawn before #but once you get sorta comfortable I personally feel like it's a lot more fun and interesting to draw from memory and imagination #this got rambly and I'm sorry I couldn't direct you to a pose reference databank of some kind I know they exist but I've never used them #answered #anonymous

[coldalbion]

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY Part 1 & 2

Just some of the Problem, and and Rose being Done in a peculiarly Norse adjacent way with Cohle's shit

#true detective spoilers #true detective night country #night country spoilers #and i'm sorry she's gutting a wolf and the entrails are clear #I wish I could post the dance the dead man does cos I have Thoughts #the old man

[naturecalls111]

I think I love Sanji so extra much because he’d acknowledge my ‘girl-ness’ in a way that I feel like has not ever been acknowledged in a way I wanted it to be wails

The chivalry intended not with hopeful reciprocation but with admiration. WAILS.

#nc111 talks #like growing up the whole concept of ‘being one of the boys’ was so stupid to me #mostly because I had so many guy friends and I was not appreciative of their treatment of me at all #there were definitely times where I wanted to tell them like. hm. I wish you would respect my girlhood a bit more #I love being a woman. I really do #my girlhood is something I keep very close to me. I was very jealous of other girls in my school who exuded that type of femininity #speaking purely from personal experience - just to make that clear #but I like being and being associated with traits that are quite literally stereotypically aligned with Girl-ness #so hard to explain!! but at its core I just love chivalry though lol #one of my friends was like ugh no I’d never want a guy to hold a door open for me just because I’m a girl #‘I’d want them to hold it open because it’s just a kind thing to do’ #and like. yes. core sentiment I totally agree with #but also I Do want to be acknowledged as a girl I spent all of my childhood and teen years having my Girl-ness barely recognised and #it sucked seing the disparity in the treatment #but it also sucked seeing the intent with which these guys treated women chivalrously #which is why Sanji appeals to me. his chivalry is not ill intended or manipulative. ever. and it acknowledges womanhood all the same #OK RAMBLINGGGG #lost the plot. point is I love Sanji because I see him do his little dance while giving Robin a dessert she never had to ask for and I sigh #WISH THAT WERE ME. #edit: none of this matters mostly because I don’t care to date men #but I suppose it’s like. even in my friendships with other girls I feel like there was an inherent establishment that ok so I act as the Guy #And She acts as the girl #when we go out their arms would wrap around mine #and mine never wrapped around theirs. does that make sense #hold their hand as they walked down the stairs in heels. helped them out of cars. you get the image #SANJI WOULD HOLD MY HAND OUT OF A CAR EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love him #I’d never have to ask! ah. love chivalry.

[paint-n-thinner]

*hits you with the kingdom hearts-ification beam*

making a kh au, i need to draw the other characters, but for now enjoy the bendy boy 

#bendy #bendy the dancing demon #batim #batdr #kh au #my art #to be clear this is a au that focuses on the toons and uses kh lore and canon from the games. not a retelling of the kh story #main characters are bendy and cuphead (yes this is a bendystraw au shut up LOOL)

[extravalgant]

i really think this one deserved its own post. this just in: local journalist gets jumped

#wizard101 #w101 #if i was the wizard and i saw people were calling me EVIL and blaming me for FUCKING UP THE SCHOOLS REPUTATION #that would be my joker moment #THE AUDACITY TO USE THE WORD DANCE TOO.... #LIKE WE DIDNT GO THROUGH CLEARING UP THAT TRAUMA IN KHRYSALIS #calamity voice boris count your fucking days

[sundayswiththeilluminati]

A Professional Catalogue of Root of Nightmares encounter 3.

#Destiny 2 #Root of Nightmares #RoN spoilers #just in case #this encounter RULED #R U L E D #you should have heard the noise I made when I saw the lost ones #it was like seeing a lost pet again #they do a little dance!! #best encounter space EVER. #clear in 12h BTW #now I have no idea what to do with the rest of my weekend #this is the wager of existence