#does have a /slightly/ different meaning

[gibbearish]

i know it was a joke that is sort of understandable in context so im not gonna say anything on the post itself. but boy seeing someone say "i'm also down with murdering a few actors if it leads to better movies" REALLY rubs me the wrong way

#like the context was op said 'if the gore is cgi whats the point' and someone replied 'do you expect them to just maim the actors' #then 'ohh i forgot about practical effects' #and its like. i get the joke. i get how you got to that joke. i get you didnt mean anything by it. #but 'so what if actors die as long as the movie's good' isnt uh. exactly a hypothetical is it? #like. isnt workplafe safety for actors like a huge fucking issue #both with set stuff and just. How They Treat Their Workers #like. even on safe sets dont actors srill get worked to the bone to the point theyre way more likely to like. get deathly sick or #be distracted while driving or turn to addiction #or even more outright things like. i cant remember who it was but that girl who that one director Deeply traumatized over and over again #because he wanted her reaction to truly be real? #and thats not even touching the entire world of stunt doubles #like. the movie industry seeing actors as disposable fodder as long as the movie is good is. real life. #so even knowing they probably werent trying to make light of that because like. the wording of its the same but with theirs the context #does have a /slightly/ different meaning #where the punchline is saying 'nah lets actually do (wild thing)' because taking a misunderstanding seriously can be funny #but in this case (wild thing) is actually (extremely common and fucked up thing) so its just. really not good imo #idk it just made me really uncomfortable and i needed to get it out of my system

[childrenofthesun77]

...okay, so I'm probably not the first person to notice this.

But gear's earing that he points towards when he says that he did the same ritual he wanted to help kuro with already on himself before:

actually looks pretty similar to the pieces of the necklace the count used to create the servamps:

The different pieces of the necklace seem to contain one demon each and the count used them to create the servamps.

So...did the count either learn this technique from the werewolves or is he possible even originally a werewolf himself? It would explain why he's immortal, that's why I'm wondering about this.

Gear says that the ritual is used to remove spirits, could it be that the count removed his own sins using the werewolf ritual and created the demons this way? But he went too far and removed too much unlike gear who only removed one part of himself? Him removing the sins from himself would also explain why he's so weird and doesn't understand other beings. As the sin demons say, they are a natural part of being a human and we have seen multiple times that denying their existence is harmful, removing them all from you would probably lead to you not being able to relate to other people anymore.

Maybe removing all these parts of himself is also why he has no appearance. Without his demons he's not a person anymore.

The count originally being a werewolf would also explain why he has magical abilities (gear can also use magic) before other magicians existed and why he's so anxious about certain people dying. Gear talks about how his immortality makes him sad because human friends do die, but unlike the count gear seems to accept death, grieves in a heathier way than the count and is able to move on and make new friends. Could also explain why his magic and creations are all strongly tied to the (full) moon.

Another similarity is that while werewolves apparently can't reproduce gear was able to have descendants by sharing his life force (it's mentioned in chapter 135 which isn't translated yet) with a woman and through her human children tsurugi is related to gear. Sigurd explained to nicco that the magicians came to be because the count let humans drink his blood, three survived, got magical ablities and became the ancestors of all human magicians:

Maybe the count is more of a werecat though. He and the sloth demon do seem to have a closer connection, even though the count's appearance changes depending on the person looking at him he does usually keep his tail and the tip looks exactly like the one of kuro's cat/lion form and similar to the the one of inner sloth's non-human form.

It was also stated multiple times that the sloth demon is the strongest. I wonder why that is. Servamp comments on the fact that being lazy is often actually a sign of depression/anxiety through kuro's arc, so maybe the count was depressed and that's why the sloth demon is the strongest? Basically the demons strength depends on how much the count suffered from the different sins? It would also explain why melancholy is so strong, I assume kuro refusing to see him no matter how many siblings he sent his way to tell him to come looking for the count made him extremely sad and probably even made him come up with the plan to have himself be killed and then put in the same body as kuro through the ritual.

I assume he was behind C3 ordering the servamps to kill him because he's the one who created the magicians and thus C3 and lily who is kind of working for him was probably the one who put the idea that the count needed to be killed into the head of his eve (aka a member of the alicein family who hold a lot of power in C3 basically since the beginning. I explained this in more detail in another post). The people from C3 even said that the count can only be killed if he wants to and yeah, kuro didn't truly kill him, but he did destroy his body and kuro seems to have met little resistance when he attacked the count. Which probably means the count wanted this to happen.

#servamp #...if the servamps/demons all came from the count and the magicians are all basically the descendants of the count #does that mean this truly is all just a huge family conflict #since basically everyone involved is somewhat related to the count?😅 #Sigurd says he's related to one of the three people who drank the counts blood #I'm still wondering if mahiru is special because he might have the blood of all three bloodlines #and C3 has a rule in place that forbids all three bloodlines from crossing #probably put in place by the count or lily #and that's why akira told nobody who the father of her child was #I still like my absolute crack theory that because mahiru might have “more” of the counts blood in him that he has no fixed appearance eith #But because he's so normal everyone perceives him as normal so nobody noticed until now that mahiru looks slightly different to all of them #honestly it would explain/excuse some questionable choices made by characters who as far as we know should be good people #Like why akira didn't tell anybody who the father was #why tooru tried to avoid being seen with mahiru in school by always saying he's to busy #Why tooru told mahiru not to tell the secret to anyone else #and why mahiru was raised as mundane as possible and as far away from C3 as possible #even why tooru kept his work for C3 secret from mahiru even after mahiru made the contract #and why he still didn't tell him the name of his father #If people know your relatives they start comparing you to them #If people knew that touma was mahiru's father they might expect mahiru to look like him #If people only knew mahiru was related to akira and tooru they would expect him to look like them #If people at school only knew mahiru but never met tooru before mahiru's appearance to them might be too different from tooru #Touma saying mahiru looks exactly like tooru doesn't disprove this crack theory either btw #Touma sees mahiru as tooru 2.0 and he's not 100% convinced he's actually mahiru's father so mahiru appearing as a copy of tooru makes sense #Just like mahiru would perceive himself as looking like akira and tooru because those are the only close relatives of his he knows #Sorry but I'm having too much fun with this crack theory #the twist that raising mahiru as the “ordinary high school student” was all a plot by his family #to keep people from noticing that they don't actually agree on what he looks like is too funny to me

[hyperionwitch-art]

Scar references (specifically post-Dagoth Ur fight)

Morrowind Main Quest (no coat)

Morrowind Main Quest (with coat, shown post-Ilunibi)

Casual Outfit 1 (nice for very warm weather)

Casual Outfit 2 (for relaxing times)

Tribunal (Tev has come into her own, and Dren is in stealth mission mode)

Solstheim (toasty and warm)

Well, it's been another 5 years of Tev and Dren (oh my god), so I have updated their references once again AND FINALLY made full refs of some of their other miscellaneous clothing! This has kinda been a long time coming, I started this on the old reference base and by the time I wanted to finish it, I wanted to update the bases as well lol.

I also did full body refs of them at assorted stages in the story, and I did (mostly) full breakdowns of all of their outfits. To save on space, I'm linking those galleries here, if that's something you're interested in~

Bases (no hair, just underwear) - Tev - Dren Morrowind Main Quest - Tev - Dren Casual Outfit 1 - Tev - Dren Casual Outfit 2 - Tev - Dren Tribunal - Tev - Dren Solstheim - Tev - Dren

Might add more outfits later, who can say! But for now it's time to get back to comics.

Tev/Dren Masterpost

#the elder scrolls III: morrowind #morrowind #elder scrolls #dunmer #tevrani #drenim omalas #reference #references #it turns out after 5 years you change how you draw the characters #so I wanted the refs to reflect that lol #plus it's nice to have some better scar refs #and front/profile refs of their faces #I also love doing these outfit breakdowns #it's completely unnecessary really #but this means that at any given time I can go #what do they own #what does it look like if they shed a layer or two #etc etc #pay no attention to how a couple of these outfits have been drawn slightly differently in the past #this is why I needed more finished refs lol

[mantisgodsdomain]

Finally, we get the opportunity to put our Spy Cards worldbuilding in a work. Though there are many questions about such things as "regulation" "how these cards are printed" "who approves a single spy card", and so on, we are here to present a bold new take: this game is based like 60% on obscure roach memory-reading tech that got turned into a card game with absolutely No card-game-related intentions included in the original tech and most of the card vetting is just from the fact that there aren't too many card printers out there and most of them make cards that need to be translated from Roach.

Strictly speaking, as a card game, it is not a terribly good or well-balanced one. It's popular primarily because of a mix of the difficulty involved in getting the data for high-level cards, the fun of seeing the variety of monsters that can be brought to the table, and the incredible amounts of ham and drama that goes into specifically the professional scene.

#we speak #bug fables #bold and new because we think that only maybe three people have even asked questions about the semantics ofc #notable points: professional spy cards is an entirely different thing from competitive spy cards #and the overlap between fanbases means that there is occasionally some REALLY incomprehensible beef about deck composition #also every time that carmina uses astotheles' card in one of her decks she has to pay him royalties #this is because he approached her personally about it. it was an Experience. #the roach tech thing also means that like a decent chunk of high level spy cards players know like. a handful of words in roach #competitive spy cards is generally smaller than professional and involves shit like actual deck composition and like #trying to get ahold of That One OP Card so that you can utterly crush people at the local tournament. actual card geek shit. #professional spy cards is basically wrestling in card game form and does NOT optimize the decks very well #because 99% of the draw of PROFESSIONAL spy cards is that youre gonna watch a whole bunch of people roleplay elaborate storylines #while also playing a game where most professional venues will invest in tech to read card crystals and summon appropriate effects #its a spectacle sport. specifically a spectacle sport where the actual game is mostly framework for Cool Monsters and Interpersonal Drama #carmina is a heel #this might be slightly incoherent but we'll clean it up later maybe. we are taking a break from sketching comms to write rn

[questionablealibi]

!!TW!!

Drawn blood; implied & mentioned stabbing; mutliple eyes; mentioned strangling (stay safe!)

I was going to include some "aftermath" and side doodles that connect to this but I thought that ive been gone for long enough :') so heres your "unfluff-ified" o'neil and elias ^^

Dialogue underneath the cut! <3

First Set of Texts (Right Side)

You know... you'd think that after a heart-to-heart, there would be a lesser chance that we would harm each other. And yet you still decided to hit me over the head with a keyboard. Over and over until it broke. And then you resort to strangling me.

Second Set (Right Side)

Oh great, you're smiling. Are you happy? Are you satisfied that you finally got to pour all your faustruation and anger out on me? Oh, who am I kidding? A few hits over the head with a keyboard and an attempted strangle is far from encompassing all that rage.

Third Set (Left Side)

Tsk. All of this blood. You've made a terrible mess, dear boy.

Fourth Set (Left Side)

No matter. Nothing that a reset can't fix.

Fifth Set (Left Side)

But do know, Stanley, that I will not be attempting to come down again until you've developed yourself a sense of self-control.

Context as well! (Mentions of stabbing and strangling!)

This is set during the first time O'Neil comes down to visit Elias physically! It didn't go very well; Elias acted on impulse and quite literally hit O'Neil over and over on the head with a keyboard until it broke, and then started strangling him. O'Neil, needing to defend himself, grabbed the nearest item - which was a pen - and stabbed Elias in the eye with it. Then, cue comic!

#Yes #Trying to twinge their relationship a little ;) #Still very affectionate to each other but sometimes in a Slightly Morally Wrong Way #Sometimes #Listen they literally berate and hurt each other you dont expect them to start having a completely healthy companionship after that #The fact that the game can reset injuries and disorganized stuff just further enables them and their bs #What else was i supposed to say? #Uh #OH YEAH the sudden multiple eyes on narrator!! #It does that when he's under extreme bouts of pressure #For them #More eyes mean more control and grasp over the situation #Which #It actually doesnt make any difference at all #sometimes they can do it on purpose #sometimes not #And elias is just #elias #A little more impulsive this time around 👀 #the stanley parable #tspud #tsp #tsp narrator #tspud narrator #tsp stanley #tspud stanley #tspud au #tsp au #Alibi!

[lucalicatteart]

A few little sketches of some possible school uniforms for mage schools/learning centers for magic/etc. :0c Though because Nanyevimi is so scattered and disconnected, it'd actually vary much more by region (like not everywhere would have a cultural concept of what a suit jacket or neck tie looks like lol), so it's probably unrealistic for so many of them to follow too many traditional Uniform Conventions from cultures in our world, etc. But, still, fun to mess around with designs, and think about which would be most fun to wear/what school you'd go to just based off the clothing lol~

#I haven't felt well enough to do anything actually productive lately GRRRR.. evil health issues.... #but I can sometimes at least draw while I lay on the floor with a heating pad and etc. lol.. so... #goofy little sketches. Still dislike that the ipad thing someone gave me is either like.. maybe the settings are just off OR possibly the #screen is slightly broken in some regard - so the pressure sensitivity does not work at all. thus all lines are blunt looking #instead of having tapered edges. which I KNOW can be a stylistic thing. like I think it's fine mostly #but sometimes shading looks weird for all of the lines to be the exact same size/width with like no variation lol #though since it's just little sketches it doesnt matter lol but still... hrmm... ever working out my strategy for how to use the ipad for a #art things/if I can ever get used to it/etc. #AAANYWAY... still so uniform obsessed.. and have been since I was a child. Like way before going to middle school and meeting #the people who like anime and get into school uniforms of that variety. I mean like... age 7 before even having any friends #and having zero popular media interests or outside influences that would make uniforms Trendy. but I would see like a 'private school #uniform' on a new story on tv or something or in a book and was just like OUGH... I Should Dress That Way #I used to go to thrift stores and find multiple seperate pieces that could be combined together to look like a school uniform #I had like 4 or 5 different 'uniforms' that I made myself in that way. My first outfit that I was ever allowed #to pick out for myself as my big First Day Of Middle School outfit was literally like school uniform inspired #(maybe mixed with a little goth.. like it was a school uniform sort of look but black and white with fishnet armwarmers lol.. plaid + #stripes pattern mixing my beloved... ) #I think it's just the same way that I love apartment buildings because I'm infinitely fascinated with like.. observing human nature and peo #le displaying their psersonalities in little ways and how you can give 10 people the same exact identical space but each one will decorate #it completely differently just depending on their own tastes and reasonnig and etc. I love the idea of everyone in some setting #having to be in one specific set outfit BUT you can tell something about them by the little ways they customize it or what type #of accessories they wear or if they choose to button their shirt fully or not or etc. etc. I like the constraints of 'okay everyone has to #be in exactly the same uniform - NOW. give them their own unique style somehow despite this' etc. etc. like #yaaaayyyy.. I love thinking of little obscure details that convey personality. they have a little pin hidden on the inside of their #hat. their shoes are just like everyone else's but more worn out. they have a necklace barely visible beneath their collar. their tie is #always a little more askew that everyone elses. or even. the uniform is EXACTLY on model entirely clean crisp pristine not a single element #customized or out of place - which STILL tells you something about them. etc. etc. #ANYWAY.. yeahg.. struggling to get anything done these last few weeks so.. blam. poof. alakazaam. scratchy little sketches #of nothing very productive or relating to any other project in particular be upon ye

[supahstarrr]

rock trolls [sketches]

#trolls #queen barb #sunny's art #val thundershock #im getting more comfy drawing trolls now :D #this was pretty fun although im kinda hungry and i need sleep since i was up all night drawing #drawing them both was pretty interesting bc i loved experimenting with the shapes nd stuff since in general #i just wanna see how i can draw trolls with different shapes. thus i drew poppy (a more rounded character) and then after that #i decided to draw these queens. who would have more sharpness to their design in my style #drawing val was slightly more interesting. considering that i find it fascinating that shes like an 'edgy' character but #with more roundness to her design yknow. like she does look spunky and sharp to an extent but not as much as barb #so it was interesting to see how my design of val would balance out sharpness and roundness #im really unsure if ill do like. a final piece with these sketches. i mean it would be cool to try but idk

[ziracona]

Thinking for the rest of my life how S1 of TWDG begins with Lee in cuffs, life over, because of a man he just killed, who took a girl he loved, and ends with Lee in cuffs, life over, because of a man he just killed, who took a girl he loves, but literally everything about that string of statements has so utterly changed meaning, the end could not be farther from the start. The bookend of finishing right where you started, and nowhere near it.

Both the first and last line in the game are spoken to Lee, about Lee, and reflect regret towards the end of his life, but even the flavor of regret could not be more distant. “I reckon you didn’t do it,” and “(I’ll miss you) - Me too,” do not even share a sadness. The first legacy, remarked on throughout season 1, would have been ‘murderer.’ The real one is so far the opposite, his ghost carries every person who survives for the rest of the series. I hear it described as about redemption, but the focus is never once in the game about Lee making up for something. You never even really know what he did or if it was merited. The game is a second life, and culminates in a stranger accusing Lee of having no right to live or have someone who loves him for every single thing he’s done wrong since the game began, no matter how unfair the accusation, and about that being bullshit. About it being enough, what he did for Clementine, for everyone, for himself. It’s about salvation, maybe. Of the self, by the self, from ruin, through meaning in love and caring for other people, no matter their endings or yours. Ben always dies, but it mattered. Omid always dies, but it mattered. Duck, Carly, Katya, Mark, Doug, always die, but it mattered. And Clementine always lives, and that does too. Lee always dies. It just takes the course of a season. But he’s not lost anymore when he does.

#and he’s never lost again. #the walking dead game #twdg #lee everett #twdg spoilers #it really is one of the best games of all time. like it won game of the year for a reason #I know the last lines are determinate but I have watched scores of plays and I’ve literally never see a human being their first time pick #any line but ‘I’ll miss you’. of course we all did. because we desperately needed to say ‘I love you’ and couldn’t. #but even if you do select one of the others the bookending remains just the dialogue is a slightly different line #anyway ‘I’ll miss you’ ‘me too’ may as well be it because every single person on the planet picks it and they knew we would #it’s literally the only dialogue everyone had in common #plus ‘don’t go’ if you let him turn but again. same emotional end same dialogue same meaning #thinking about the fact the narrative was so powerful Dave Fennoy said regularly after young people send him messages asking for help and #advice or just some kind of fleetingconnection or guidance because he voiced Lee and Lee left such an impact it carried over in a different #way than popular lead usually does #how incredible to think about

[mars-ipan]

GODDD.

#marzivents #to preface. i am SLIGHTLY buzzed. as in i have had a single mimosa almost an hour ago #today there has been a… weird??? energy with the family?? #my mom and dad are on two different frequencies today but like they’re managing so whatever #my brother and i have been normal i suppose #but we’ve been all together for a little bit to celebrate the new uear and such #clock hits 12. we celebrate. everybody has One mimosa. not a lot at all #that buzz hits me and i’m hanging out. i’m feeling good! #my brother says something or other and we start the motions of one of our go-to sibling disagreements you know the type #and my mother cuts me off says like ‘let’s all relax’ or whatever. i didn’t feel that angry but like?? sure? fine whatever #we stop and i move on. once again not a huge deal to me #then my dad does smth or other. my mom’s been razzing him all day so i decide alright i will also razz him. a little lighthearted teasing #it is NOTHING different from what i normally do. just slightly more frequent #and my dad goes ‘i can’t have an opinion on anything huh?’ and i- committed to the bit- go ‘no <3’ with a smile on my face #like i am simply wanting to fuck around!! the way you do with friends! that is all i am doing! #i get in some other thing with my brother for like .2 seconds before my mom tells us to ‘stop fighting’ again. alright cool #this sort of thing continues. and the air in the room becomes super tense for some goddamn reason??? #eventually my dad heads to the garage and my brother follows. while they’re gone my mom tells me i need to cool it and i’m being aggressive #i???? huh???? what??? #i was gonna turn to HER and crack a joke like ‘how do you get them to understand that loud doesn’t mean angry?’ #because that’s an issue SHE has all the damn time! i was gonna turn to her and bond! but she says that before i can even start to #so my attempt to ease the remaining tension in the room is dead on arrival. in fact the room is even TENSER #maybe it was the champagne or smth but it just fucking got to me. i shut up and turn away and start trying to collect myself #i’m realizing two things. 1- my emotions are less in my control right now and i cannot collect myself here. 2- I Need To Fucking Scream #so i silently pack up and head to my room. my mom knows better and asks no questions #as i was typing this post my brother walks in. i shoo him out without words but he tries to ask questions so i just repeat until he gets it #i feel fucking insane. what the fuck did i DO???? i literally was just fucking razzing. i do that all the time #and sure. i was louder. and yeah it was probably slightly more razzing than i normally would. but i DO NOT FUCKING GET how those two things #would cause as MUCH of a reaction as they did!!! like. i . hello??? #the rest is in the replies bc i am out of tags but i am not out of feelings

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

Two ideas, and idk if i'll ever do something with them:

peter nureyev hanahaki au, there's an orchid growing out of him and juno doesn't know that's what he's been smelling this whole time (not cologne) until he sleeps with him the first time, and he doesn't know the true story behind the orchids until he gets the diary about slip

modern maybe au where peter's a plant thief and juno's hired to find the infamous plant thief before they swipe invaluable orchids and they're gone for good

#does this mean anything to anyone? #i hope someone likes this #i should also note: i have a different approach to hanahaki aus #like ever so slightly different where the flowers/plant can bloom wherever #on your knuckles your knees ribcage over the heart out the throat classic out the lungs ofc #smth smth- metaphors for repression and chronic pain and closeting and so on and so forth #the penumbra podcast #tpp #private eye's keys go jingle jangle

[tritoch]

me: oh wow an ffxiv theory/meta post! i love these even when i don't agree with them. i wonder if this person will highlight an underdiscussed aspect of the setting, or reframe someone's characterization interestingly the post: "in the original japanese--" me: unsubscribed. blocked. reported. hie thee hence and never darken my door again.

#ffxiv #it's written in tokyo! we are talking about people who if they had a translation question could *walk down the hall and ask the writer* #it's not the english version's fault that you're a coward who's afraid of subtext and subtler characterization #even if it was intended as direct translation 99% of you lack the japanese fluency to appreciate any degree of nuance #and you frankly clearly can't appreciate nuance in english to begin with! so how could you know if it's conveyed correctly. #my favorite example is haurchefant. a lot of people complain about him being 'toned down' in english #which 1) he is. it's culturally necessary. if EN haurchefant talked about your sweat and offered you a 'warm bed' he'd be loathed #he'd come off as sexually aggressive towards women and as bad mlm rep. fans would DESPISE him. #different audiences have different values. he has to be written slightly differently to land in the same way he does in the original. #2) no he's really not. like sure the text of his lines gets toned down. but he's still absurdly into you. he's still a weirdo thrillseeker #there's still SHIRTLESS MEN WORKING OUT IN HIS OFFICE LOL #a lot of people complain that the english version is too aggressive or people are too mean and it's like...these are different contexts #like there's sooo many alisaie lines where people are like 'she's more of a cute tsundere in jp she's mean in english' and like. #alisaie is 100% an american tsundere in english. the localization team just knows how tsundere archetypes come off in english #which is to say straightforward tsundere shit tends to scan in english as either incredibly childish or cumbrained nonsense #and they have in turn written her with just a slightly lighter hand and more culturally intelligibly in english #she's a teenage girl who covers her sensitivity and inability to stop caring by putting on an abrasive front. that's a tsundere #alisaie is sort of an insane feat of localization. new levels of technology previously unheard of #'alisaie is like my badass wlw little sister' okay...yes. let's go with that. please ignore the ass shots in the trailers.

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

I have been exporting the audio wrong this whole time I- anyway. All posts from here on will have the correct setting :)

*edit. The post right before this does have the correct settings and the new equalizer stuff. If it sounds slightly better, that’s why.

#I DID notice that it always sounded different in audacity vs the export but I was just like. well idk maybe it’s cause it’s being compresse #no. it’s because exporting as mono made it sound weird. #right. #anyway. all future posts will also be slightly more edited to hopefully sound like 5% better #a lot of the time the mic isn’t peaking but it’s like. being blown out when he yells and I can’t do much about that sadly lol #idk what the proper term for it. it’s not clipping cause there’s probably a volume limiter on but it’s clearly fuckt cause it’s too loud #does that make sense #basically I can’t do much about the yelling sounding weird #ANYWAYS.. as I said some slight editing will be applied to all future posts so it might sound different than the audio source #and by different I mean slightly more of a ‘radio announcer’ type sound if that makes sense. not like a filter just some equalization #if I ever have the time I’ll go back and fix some posts #especially now that I can somewhat separate the music and voice to clean things up a bit #non voice post

[age-of-moonknight]

“Soldier,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #3.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Soldier #Tigra #Greer Nelson #I love this distinction between what Moon Knight does/did in vol. 9 compared to other heroes #don’t get me wrong I obviously love Spider-Man (and only to a slightly lesser extent Daredevil) but this is a cool difference #feels a little more grounded almost like community defense as opposed to a high-flying cape issue #also fascinating comparing to a drug implying these low level villains are thrill seekers/adrenaline junkies #but most critically…hmmm….this may just be more indicative of my own perspective than anything (bear with me) #but interestingly those last two text boxes on finding the balance between keeping a group too scared to make a move #and not so scared that they get desperate/have nothing left to lose #is very similar to the basis of a theory of counterinsurgency #that an iron fist can keep a group from developing means + will to organize but the ruling regime must be careful #to not be too cruel or else it will push the group into survival mode/win it sympathy from the local or international population #(it’s very reminiscent of Machiavelli’s The Prince) #Mind you it’s a theory usually entertained by authoritarian regimes where people have few de facto civil rights #and its efficacy/sustainability’s debatable as it takes one hiccup with the regime (markedly weak ruler/secession crisis/natural disaster/ #excessive use of force/etc) for the insurgency to flair up again #Marc’s past with the CIA is mentioned in this issue so I wonder if that’s what this is all about #but uuuuuh yeah do with that info what you will sorry hahaha #don’t mind me rambling in the tags

[thatlittledandere]

I am losing my fucking shit GAMZEE

#venlapost #homestuck #GENUINELY I READ THIS LAST NIGHT AND JUST #WENT INTO HYSTERICS?? #WHY DOES HE TALK LIKE THAT SOMEONE THEY KNOW IS FUCKINF DEAD SFGDGDSGDFG #this is like. halfly a compliment?? i can't not laugh at the sheer tragicomedy of it 'all #he's pretty worked up haha' YEAH TO PUT IT LIGHTLY #'our good bro sollux just wicked the motherfuckin shit' 'what the fuck does that mean' SDFSDGSFG #maybe if someone had delivered the news of my grandma dying to me like that i wouldn't have had to cry at work #or i would have but. for a slightly different reason #yeah :o( #unbelievable. i am in love with this webcomic #gamzee makara #venla experiences homestuck

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

this exchange is like oughghfhg "why does it matter (to you) whats going on with me" "because friends tell each other these things"

like the doctor since the beginning has been like we can make a friendship around all the things that are going on with me. i never have to mention them because they are irrelevant to our friendship. and yaz is like sharing those things is the friendship.

i also think it's fun that the script puts this tone shift right between here:

and it makes me wonder how many times theyve had this fight. and how many versions of it

#'we ARE friends' #it's the way the script combines 'more resentful' with 'we are friends' that makes me look at it...not differently really just #slightly new angle #like yazs side as resentful sure thats clear but to imagine the doctor's side ALSO as a little resentful #because yaz keeps invalidating the friendship they HAVE by sort of backhandedly asking for more #bc she needs more #but the way that yaz goes 'friendship to me means you share stuff' by saying 'i thought we were friends' does kinda like #imply theyre not really #and to the doctor they ARE. the doctor's like no we ARE friends i care about you a lot #would get upsetting to get your love for your friend repeatedly questioned or invalidated like that #it's just that they need different things #or actually i think they need the same thing i think sharing more stuff would be good for the doctor too #but they just want different things from the friendship at this point and that.........fricts #thats not a verb #whats the verb that goes with friction #anyway you get it

[hunter-sylvester]

Contemplating posting my character thoughts stuff over on Ao3 but it's hard to shake the feeling that I'm not supposed to.

Esp. since it's all Metal Lords which has so few works that suddenly flooding that tag with Notfic stuff feels like it might be annoying for people??

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#thinking about it #I mean I can like set the post date to the date it was originally posted on tumblr #which means it wouldn't flood the most recent #that might be a way to do it and make it slightly less annoying but idk #my post #I guess another way would be slamming it all in one fic w. different chapters but I seem to remember you're not supposed to do that???????? #at least not for drabbles but does it apply to notfic???? #for a writer I have a terribly attention span for reading but I really need to just sit my ass down and read like 3 reputable guides