#dang times have changed

[okkennymay]

This time around I thought I would make a comic relaying the events after the last time I posted, because my gosh is it easier to explain with pretty pictures than upsetting words >vO I prefer to make jokes about my situation than anything, ‘cause honestly it’s a solid way of dealing with it and I take so many medications as it is, why not add laughter to it I say! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

Despite my condition’s best efforts I still managed to organise and complete a commission with someone through emails! Thank you @waezi2 you were so patient as I arose from my grave every other day to get things done (❁´◡`❁) Fighting my body and winning to complete it was the victory I needed! The sheer satisfaction I get from a commission well received by someone is like pure nectar to me~ Sweet sustenance I just can’t get enough of! The money don’t hurt either, Disability Support Pensions do not go far in this economy 👀 This is as close as I can get to having a job and I wont let C.V.S (Cyclic vomiting Syndrome) or Chrohns take that from me! 

I’m raring to dive into more if anyone’s interested ♪(´▽｀) I’m just about to post a new “commissions sheet” to broadcast that very fact >vO I do love having something to draw between Ectober pages~

#OKKennyMay #chronically ill #chrohns disease #Comic #cyclic vomiting syndrome #If you're wondering about the fire #long story short my body has little to no control over it's temperature and sometimes it tries to overheat me to death during my episodes #it makes it such a hassle constantly changing out ice packs and devouring ice only to vomit it out trying to cool it myself down physically #In a room that's colder than ice but feels like a furnace to me #all the while in a desperate and delirious haze #needless to say it's a bit of a wild time but i've got a really awesome mum who keeps me alive during these moments #I'm determined to be more honest about what's going to in my life for my own sake #i'm tired of having nightmares about people knowing details about my illness so i'm just going to rip the damn bandaid off #no matter how embarrassing or horrifying it is to relay at times I gotta do it #because i'm tired of being ashamed for things I have no control over dang it! It's not my fault my body doesn't work right >:V #hey if you read all these tags thank you #I appreciate you

[roscolate]

*inhales slowly and deeply*

SOOO MARIO FAM HOW WE FEELIN’

#DANG WE GOT FED A FREAKIN’ BUFFET THIS NINTENDO DIRECT #all that hype had my heart pounding #I’ve never played SMRPG before since I haven’t been able to #but I’ve heard that it’s one of if not the best Mario RPG game #so the fact that I’ll be able to play it has me very excited #AND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I’VE SAID ‘STOP HE’S SO CUTE’ TOWARDS MARIO #HE’S SO TINY #and I was NOT expecting to have a SMB game #AND THE STYLE IS SO DELIGHTFUL AND CUTE #a power-up that changes the stage in some way is pretty cool and interesting #though it does feel like a drug trip 😂 #AND THEY USE OVER-SIZED HATS TO GLIDE #AND THEY CAN TURN INTO YOSHIS TOO #AND A FREAKIN’ ELEPHANT POWER-UP #this is going to be the most fun I’ve had playing a 2D Mario game in a long time #so those two are the games I’m looking forward to the most #I might end up getting the Princess Peach game and the LMDM remaster #mario #super mario #super mario bros #super mario rpg #super mario bros wonder

[mauls-fair-in-love-and-war]

I’m interpreting/hoping it stays “anyone can be a Jedi” as “anyone can follow Jedi philosophy/ discipline without necessarily having the same connection to the force” instead of “anyone can become a Force-wielder if they try hard enough”

So basically Sabine becomes Theron Shan

#ahsoka spoilers #dang we have Lana beniko AND Theron Shan at home #they’ve said a few times that Sabine is outright not force sensitive. she has a connection cause she’s. Yknow. alive. but that’s sorta it #there’s also whatever mod gideon has going on so it would be weird to change course that quickly #ahsoka show #ahsoka #ahsoka series #Star Wars

[another-clive-blog]

clive hawks bill dove

Alright but Bill Dove implies him being related to Constance, right ? So basically... role swap

Grieving Bill Dove assaulting prime minister Clive Hawks 👍

#No clue why kid Bill is wearing a shirt but he doesn't yet have his glasses as a kid #OMG WAIT SHOULD I GIVE THE GLASSES TO CLIVE ??? #Oh dang I really should uh #Anyway I know realistically Clive wouldn't be a twink at his age ^^' #I just didn't have it in me to change it :( So I just gave him longer hair. Yes I know his hairline should be receding too #I'll draw him as an old man next time alright. Not now tho #Funniest thing is I have SO MANY headcanons on this AU already :') #clive dove #Bill Hawks #professor layton and the unwound future #professor layton and the lost future #unwound future spoilers #lost future spoilers #My art #Ask

[sn0wbat]

i finally did something lineless again for the first time in A While, so i felt like comparing!!

old ones are from october 2018, new ones are from very recently (august 2023)

#man. that's nearly five years huh. dang #low stakes 🦇 #sometimes it's just really fun to compare recent stuff with old similar stuff #just to see how your art has progressed. and also how their designs may have subtly changed. very neat #also don't worry einarr still mainly has a sidepart haha #i like playing with his hair!!! i always did #i've drawn him with a middle part back then too #it's fine #also it was 2018 einarr was only BARELY starting to become a character at this point #also yeah i've been drawing mort's hair a lot wavier lately #it's more fun and it looks very nice actually #morten still has the top hat too. don't you worry #again i like playing with their designs and morten has a lot of hats <3 #but yeah. pretty sure that old lineless mort actually never saw the light of day until now. he was literally still in the psd file #i wasn't completely happy with it at the time

[hollowsart]

I still can't get over how much of a dirty scam the pricing is for Pokemon Masters. Like..

14,000 gems for 80 dollars? excuse me? who the crap is wasting their money like that on a game that barely has any real function as a game?

it's NOT worth it. AT ALL. you're not even fully guaranteed to get whatever character(s) you're aiming for with it.

if you want to do those 2 1-limit paid-only gems sync scouts they have rn you've have to pay $80 for the 10,000 you'll need since they're 5000 gems each. sure it sounds like a lot you're getting, but man. I don't think it's worth it.

I refuse to give this game my money. idk how people fall into this gacha scam. please save your money for something that's actually more useful and important.

#ghostie mumbles #still mad about this. it boggles my mind how people aren't more upset about this. #all these 'good' characters are locked behind a paywall and given rare times they're brought out for a limited chance to MAYBE get them-- #--when you use your gems :| #people need to riot over gacha games like this. it's not fun it's not cool or cute. #maybe it's cuz I am not rich. don't have a job. and have grown up scraping by each month. but like.. come on. really?? #THAT expensive for something that is essentially the same as everything else in it just with a fancy little coat of paint and name change? #I love Pokemon. but this game just ain't it. #hand some top tier stuff out for free to give me some incentive to log in more and check in for the freebies. make things more-- #--easily obtainable. THAT is how you can improve it just a little. #lower your dang prices too. this is bullcrap sdkfjdsfhdsf

[demigodofhoolemere]

I am begging Disney to stop doing stuff like this with their live action remakes.

So what you mean is you’ve changed the themes and beats of the story so that it’s no longer recognizable as that story. Gotcha.

#it’s one thing to have different versions of things that go in different directions #i loved mirror mirror a lot when that came out and that certainly wasn’t traditional #nor was the tough thief snow we got introduced to at the beginning of once upon a time #but those are their own things — this is supposed to be an adaptation of their own dang material #and yet they keep insisting on altering the most important things about their own past movies in favor of modernization #what’s so bad about a young girl dreaming of love? what’s so bad about her needing help in horrible situations? would we not all want help? #i’m sick of them acting like things are sexist and require changing if a woman is actually feminine #or heaven forbid doesn’t have 100% control over her life #@disney get a grip #how did you go so downhill from wonderful cinderella to this #disney #snow white 2024

[mejomonster]

Im gonna be real. I cant do cant engage im tired of etc the femme blah the masc blah i hate gendered boxes fuck boxes thanks thats all

#rant #saw yet another the fem X the masc X fuck off #im just tired of ppl puttibg ppl in boxes #any dang person can be varying degrees of masculine and feminine all the time in various things vonstantly changing!!! #humans arent static!!! #its like girl dinner: starve glamorize eating disorders but call it cute #girl math: glamorize sexism yhat girls are dumb and bad at math (not true) #transmasc is dragonball transfem is sailor moon fuck off its the same as boys like blue girls like pink #the spectrum of human experience doesny fit in fucking boxes #theres trans women who HATE MAKEUP AND DONT SHAVE #theres cis women who love blue hate pink love dresses only work in STEM love warhammer #theres cis men who love to cook and love wearing hair long and love sailor moon and also love cars #like goddamn STOP GENDERING THE WPRLD IM SO TIRED HERE #also u know. plenty of men women and nonbinary peopld fucking exist #which are NOT neatly fit into some Mostly fem or mostly masc tally! #also like. jesus fuck. how stupid is is fem is being equated to woman #theres MASCULINE women. thetes women who love the masculine #and vice versa #and again its all a stupid pointless tally cause our range of masc to fem is just vague hobbies outfits #and does NOT have to correlate At All to our gender Identity

[fighting-these-demons]

So the post that I wanted to reblog with commentary was locked (understandably) so I'm making my own dang post lmao!

Ok so! Since this isn't going to be on the original post anymore and since I'm generally not the type to put criticism directly in a tag I'll be sensoring Zvt4rla. I'm all for the ship, but I'm not fond of how fandom has behaved since 2005. With that out of the way,

Here's what I was going to comment on the above:

Just as a simple read of the initial posts: neither was explicitly trashing Zvt4rla.

Criticizing shipping conventions involving Katara, sure, but trashing? Nah.

Like it's completely valid for someone who ships Zvt4rla to view them through a lens where they either get and stay together in an on-again off-again way without marriage or in a temporary and highly passionate way without marriage.

And honestly if you go with the political marriage trope then Toph DOES make much more sense because the Fire Nation doesn't really have claim over the Southern Water Tribe and a marriage to Katara wouldn't realistically secure any political power with the Northern Water Tribe since they split 2 generations before. So a Zvt4rla marriage really wouldn't actually fix much of anything.

Literally if you're going for political intrigue or national healing through marriage then Tophko is the better couple to pick. It gives you WAY more to work with.

I know that chill Zvt4rla shippers that don't demonize Aang and ignore his and Katara's character arcs exist out there. I see them every once in a while, which is cool.

Honestly though, most Zvt4rla shippers spend a bunch of time demonizing Aang with made up bullshit to morally justify their shipping preferences.

Which is ridiculous considering they could just, idk, say they like the visuals and chemistry of Zvt4rla better instead of trying to make Aang into The Literal Devil to defend their ship.

Like hell at this point even though Kataang is my number 1 ship in AtLA I'm heavily into Zukaang as a close second because of all the parallels with Sozin/Roku and the fact that Aang seemed pretty attached to Kuzon pre-canon. Plus the Blue Spirit episodes and the Dancing Dragons and the Totally Normal Dual Monuments Zuko has built to represent his Friendship with Aang in TLOK. It's got a LOT of textual support and a lot of chemistry.

But Zukaang shippers aren't out here demonizing Katara to make Zuko into a better choice for Aang.

You can just let a couple split for unspecified reasons or not get together for minor differences.

You don't have to make the ex-partner into a monster to ship something outside of canon.

ALSO Zuko-Katara-Aang or Katara-Aang-Zuko are always a possibility y'all.

You don't have to break Katara and Aang up to get Zvt4rla to happen.

Aang's an air nomad. Air Nomads seem pretty chill about earthly attachment. And like I said, all 3 seem to like each other an awful lot... I don't think he'd be the type to hold it against Katara.

Now KATARA would probably need to work through 8 layers of possessive fury to get there despite her attraction to Zuko - since she's shown time and again that she takes other people flirting with Aang VERY badly (understandable) - but I believe they could get there eventually.

It might take a few years and lots of reassurance but still, they could work out some sort of relationship between the three of them no matter how you view it whether as permanent or temporary.

Whether that's Zuko and Aang as friends that both love Katara who loves both Zuko and Aang, or as all three in love with each other in different ways for different reasons but with love equally as strong in all directions.

Just because it's an ot3 doesn't mean that all 3 have to be present at all times. You can have moments between 2 partners of the ot3 that are just between them without the 3rd member of the relationship being present.

The Ot3 leaves room for all 3 ships: Kataang, Zvt4rla, and Zukaang

#Atlashipcourse #Aang is truly the Canon Female Love Interest Murdered For Her Crimes Against Yaoi in this fandom except it's another Het ship #I feel so bad for him #He's so kind and good and full of love and because he's in the way of an intensely popular ship he's ripped to shreds #He doesn't deserve it y'all #Jesus leave the guy alone #Multishipping is incredibly difficult in this fandom because of how toxic zvt4rla shippers can get #But I'm multishipping anyway #AND LET TOPH HAVE MORE LOVE INTRESTS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE GAANG GEEZ #She had a big stinking crush on Sokka and people just like ignore that #She has a type and Zuko shares a handful of qualities with Sokka #Zuko/Sokka/Suki/Toph ot4? #Like #It works travel wise too #Sokka and Toph are the most mobile of the 4 and can visit pretty much at will #And Zuko and Suki and Sokka are a thing for a whike post Maiko break up #And then Toph makes her way into the fold as she gets older and bolder and more confident when it comes to matters of the heart #Before they all break up for whatever reason further down the line #Maybe Suki wants something permanent and committed like starting a family and the other 3 can't do that #Just like #Dang it has sucked being someone that loves Aang since the earliest days. The show loves Aang but if you stood up for Aang irl or online #You'd get roasted for liking the fruity sweet girly boy instead of the cool edgy manly boy and like #For some reason despite all the cultural change between then and now that still hasn't changed in this fandom #It's so weird it's like a time capsule of fandom bullshit #Like I've watched the western YYH fandom completely change over the years from toxic bs involving Kazuma Kuwabara hate and Keiko bashing #And ridicule that you'd get if you shipped Hiei and Kurama with anyone outside of each other #Into the multishipper's paradise that it is today as Western Values changed but AtLA fandom is stuck in 2007. 😞

[hailperseusjackson]

oh the horrors (having to choose names for your ocs)

#literally had a story concept and characters pop into my brain a bit ago and now i’m just like dang. i’m gonna keep thinking abt this #which means y’all need names #i mostly enjoy finding character names #but also. the Horrors #(aka never finding the perfect name) #(i have a an oc that i’ve had for a long time and his name has literally changed 3 or 4 times already and i’m still not happy with it) #anywhooooo #writing #mik chats

[spacedlexi]

rant incoming lol ive been broken emotionally. this goes out to anyone who feels like theyre living in the twilight zone rn like i do

#i hate the wednesday show lol i cant take it anymore #jenna ortegas performance is the only thing getting me through this #i cant believe how much praise this is getting its actually breaking my brain #nothing about this is giving addams family.... #you could literally change them out for new characters and it wouldnt make a difference #im watching wednesday on a date watching legally blonde i REALLY cant take this anymore #cant believe they put wednesday in an environment where she isnt an outcast #even tho the show keeps TELLING me shes still an outcast #put her back in the prep school in conservative middle america that is where the addams family was designed to THRIVE #and every character is so boooorrrriiinnnnggg #except for bianca kind of she has potential #every time they try to do some kind of reference to the movies im just like 'dang wish i was watching that instead rn dont remind me' #AND i cant believe they really gave wednesday the 'ugh im a teen and i hate my mom' trait #the whole POINT of the addams family is that they are the antitheses of the average nuclear family #so why give her this extremely common teenage girl trait #this show is fine if you have never had any exposure to the addams family or just straight up didnt like the addams family #bc its not the addams family #the family isnt even there!!! #thats the worst part for me :( #why not have a B plot back at the addams mansion? #instead of all these bland boring characters i can hardly remember the names of #and her love interests SUCK!!! THEY SUCK!!! the Only character it makes sense for her to befriend is eugene #and they put him in the hospital almost immediately #rant over do not defend this show to me #u can enjoy it or whatever but i cant do it anymore #her dress was pretty tho. and fester was ok #also morticia and gomez have zero chemistry which is a crime #their younger counterparts had more chemistry and their acting was weak so that says a lot #sorry i was raised on the 60s show and the 90s movies i tried to be fair but this is Some Shit my dude.. its giving CW #it speaks

[greyias]

Tagged by: @captainderyn -- thank you for the tag! Tagging: @meanbihexual, @keldae, @queen-scribbles (no pressure!) From the little au that could...

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Valkorion had looked down at his progeny with ill-disguised contempt, lightning dancing at the tips of his fingers as he attempted to silence what he saw as the only threat in the room. He didn’t even look up until the cold barrel of a blaster buried itself at the base of his skull.

Which brought Theron back to where he wasn’t supposed to be.

Here.

Standing in someone else’s moment, stepping into a destiny that wasn’t his, and about to set into motion a cascade of events he had no hope of understanding. He was a disgraced spy. A Jedi washout. The Force-blind son of someone else’s greatness. A man always destined to live in the shadow of others.

“Do you really think that pathetic toy will hurt me?”

#thank you for the tag! #i haven't written much in the way of new words #but i finally carved out some time and brainpower on thurs/fri to actually do a breakdown on the internal arc #going chapter by chapter #making embarrassing notes as if i was explaining internal motivations to a five year old #but i think it helped? #because chapters 2 and 3 felt very flat when i started editing them #so i kind of have an idea of maybe a way to spruce up the internal narrative so it's got a bit more oomph to it #another snippet from the first chapter that's been written for over five years #the only one that's really ready for prime time #me sitting on my hands to not just start posting it #my new promise to myself is i have to at least get the first draft to the swamp #let's see how well i keep that promise ;) #(hopefully better than theron does in this dang thing) #(because after spending my time so deep in character analysis my god he's a mess in this) #(like moreso than usual) #outlander!theron au #(me having to change the au tag because this is what i keep typing when i don't remember) #greywip #six sentence sunday #sunday six

[star-ocean-peahen]

The more I remember and learn about Norse mythology, the more I realize how Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard really dropped the ball.

Greek mythology (with exceptions for How Thing Came To Be) is based around the formula "Zeus got horny/mortal demigod hero kicks ass." Norse mythology is based around the formula "Loki got bored." This is a problem for Magnus Chase because it tries to use the Greek formula (the gods have mortal kids) and shake it up a bit, while I don't think Norse mythology EVER has a story about mortal illegitimate children of the gods.

One of the major consistencies of Norse mythology is how the Aesir are just kinda jerks. They break their promises, fuck people over, and take things without gratitude. Basically, they're human. And I feel like this is a HUGE missed opportunity for the Riordanverse, because of all the themes it has about the adults and parents who control a child's life being fucked and fucking up their kids' lives. It would also provide so many deep ideas about what really makes a god different from humanity.

To me, a lot of Magnus Chase feels like Percy Jackson in a new skin. Cool powers, nice friends, eerie prophecy, scary foes and monsters, and then the Big Bad. It was still a really fun and entertaining story, but it felt disconnected from the Norse mythology I knew and loved.

I don't really know where I was going with this. If anyone who sees this knows more about Norse mythology and the general themes in it, I'd love your perspective.

#also RAGNAROK HHHHHHHHH #THE CYCLIC NATURE????? #THE VERY REAL CAN'T-ACTUALLY-THWART-THIS DESTINY??? #BUT THEN THE ESSENTIAL THEMES OF OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW #DANG HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO HAVE A NORSE RIORDAN SERIES AND AT THE END AFTER RAGNAROK THE MAIN CHARACTERS BECOME THE AESIR'S SUCCESSORS #BECAUSE THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF RAGNAROK IS TO REJIGGER THINGS #HHHHHHHHH #AND EVERYTHING WOULD REPEAT THE BASIC STORIES WOULD REPEAT BUT THINGS CHANGE EVERY TIME BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THE PEOPLE ACTING THEM OUT #MADE #WAIT HOLD ON IMMA GET THIS IN ORDER- #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #riordanverse #magnus chase #riordan

[gravyburner]

haha chaos

#zooble's just down to go honestly #didja catch the reference??? who am i kidding of course you did #and bubble doesn't change because he just wants an excuse to say it #poor pomni she doesn't have time for anyone else's feelings lol #DANG IT I COULD HAVE HAD JAX SAY “SKILL ISSUE” LMAO

[spectraltenkai]

“Ok Lernie, with all of the skulls you keep giving me, I’m sure you’re getting headaches with each one I keep beating. Oh well, all in a run’s work.” - maybe Zagreus 

So this one was made after I got some confidence back, had to take a break from pre-sketching tbh. It was a toss-up between this guy and Cerberus, but in all honesty I think Lerneas is the reason why I got interested in Hades in the first place eheh-- look snakes are cool! I like snakes-

#boss rushtober #hades #indie game #hades game #hades supergiant #lernean bone hydra #snakes #hydra #mythology #ok listen #lernie epic #change my mind #dang good game highly recommended if you like rougelike ones #the fact that the head kept changing? spices each run up #you'll either have an easy time or a hard as heck time #repeatable fun lad #would slap again

[hopefullystillliving]

I fucking hate being long-term temporarily disabled in such a way that you *know* what the treatment is, you are hypothetically able to access the treatment, but you just aren't well enough to have the fucking treatment done.

#vent #hopeful rambling #it's so stupid too #like dang if i had broken my leg or something at least it would feel justified #but no it's a *chronic fucking ingrown toenail and infection* #and to get the roots of the nail cauterized the site needs to be clean but i keep getting proud flesh blobs before we can go through with it #and i need way too much local anaesthetic and i used to be safe for like 3 months but i JUST GOT THEM REMOVED LAST WEEK #and i already have foot/leg issues from being flat footed and walking on my toes as a kid but this has been going on for more than a year #and im worried that the way i have to walk to keep pressure off the toe is making it worse #and im just so so fucking tired of not being able to just walk and do stuff reliably #and even when it doesn't actively hurt i have to be so so conscious because just a little bit of wrong pressure or too much or #i hit something or i leave the bandaids on too long or too little or something #and suddenly it's way way worse #and i've been doing everything right #every time i get prescribed antibiotics i take all of them religiously. i soak my foot i change the bandages i stay off it as much as i can #and it's just never enough. i'm so so tired of hurting for such a stupid reason