#from yknow

[yuehua8]

[Garden in Abel] HEYO SO THIS TOOK LIKE 4 DAYS AND I REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY ZINE PROJECTS INSTEAD BUT LIKE.  BRAINROT.  LMFAO.   I should have like a speedpaint of this up soon, just gotta find songs that fit the vibe.  Btw if you zoom into the background u can see where I rendered roses.  It looks blank but i promise it’s not.  I worked too hard on those u BETTER ZOOM IN PFFT Vash holds my entire soul at this point lmfao.

#trigun stampede #Vash the Stampede #Vash #Biblically accurate vash #The flowers in his chest are geraniums btw #bc this whole image is just symbolism #I mixed abel and eve together #from yknow #Knive's favorite history book the bible #PFFFT #Im not even religious but something about this christian gay cowboy show is making me research the bible #btw the vash's chest cavity is shaped after the wound of christ #or whatever #idk man i looked it up and saw people calling it a pussy shape #LMFAO #he's so cringefail girlwimp actually #I will be making this into a print

[blackplaaague]

I was legitimately cast as a hand puppet that is in one scene in the musical I just auditioned for.

My best friend got the primary antagonist I wanted.

Suddenly I'm in 5th grade again, and all the other kids don't want their roles gender swapped, and I am the sole outlier.

The spiders georg of gender nonconformity.

This raccoon puppet is my real self now.

#seriously #I'm trying to process this #I'm laughing so hard #but also crying #I'm crying #because I am now a muppeteer #bp rambles #I am nothing moer than a body for a puppet #it's cinderella btw #I should've sang a better song #I should've done Birth to My Creation #yeah #from yknow #frankenstien: a new musical #i'm not mad #just #UUUGH #I'm the puppet now

[atvie]

new years’ pt 2

#ikuto #from yknow #shugo chara #vyn richter #tears of themis #we All Know which card that’s based off of #lives in my mind rent free #pls ignore the details i cant draw. #i was gonna say i cant draw men but #i cant draw. simply #hideyoshi #hide #aria #gifts

[tearlessrain]

please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years

[wuntrum]

honestly love when artists draw copious amounts of fanart for a character and then start adding more and more personal touches or headcanons to how they depict them and then just change their name and adopt them as an original character. its like watching nature heal in real time

#personal #like its simply the best option. theyre yours now! #inches away from doing this to r***** ****** and e**** ******** . i need to get them out of there now !! #think i may infuse some of their Themes and Narratives into augusts story #we'll see idk. i love talking about things and then not following through. gotta have some whimsy yknow #oh to be clear i havent drawn fanart of r***** or e****. they are just on my mind always

[artemis-pendragon]

Imagine you're some religious guy who agrees to let an angel inhabit your body for a holy purpose and it all goes great except your wife thinks you're insane and threatens to take your daughter and leave but this is IMPORTANT so you let the angel in anyway. But then BUT THEN. it turns out the angel's mission is to pull Some Guy out of Hell and the fucking angel is gay and insane and rebels against Heaven because he wants to kiss this guy from literal Hell on the mouth so so so bad. Also many years later he does use your now thankfully empty human body (you got killed by Lucifer during the fight to stop the apocalypse btw) to fuck nasty with the guy he rescued because again, he's gay and insane. Every day Jimmy Novak wakes up

#the last part is from the secret good spn but yknow. death of the authors we make the rules #insane gay show for insane gay people #destiel #spn #supernatural #nov 5th

[journey-to-the-attic]

approximation of an idea i had for how ik solves levi's ordeal whenever it's his turn for this weird demon puberty everyone in nb s2 is having

from this post

#obey me #art #ik gets nightbrought #obey me leviathan #jtta ik #also i nicked the makes-it-rain-when-sad from neuvillette again #nightbringer #edit added the link to the post and PUT THE WORD IT INTO THE 2ND PANEL BECAUSE I FORGOT THE FIRST TIME SOMEHOW #this is what i call ik's nightbringer outfit now btw!! just to distinguish it from classic jtta #and also since she'd probably have a style change in the time between yknow #big jumper has been swapped for big cardigan and that's the main difference #also just for variety she has her hair tied up

[ourenjiro]

i did not expect to finish (?) this at all, so im left scratching my head because i've already used the hozier lyrics on a fucking sketch. which is my bad, really

i will be the devil in your land of make believe

there. that should do it

#bloodweave #gale/astarion #astarion/gale #ONCE AGAIN tag hell. #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #if anyone's curious those lyrics are from “adultery” by dog fashion disco #anyway FINISHED not perfect im so tired i gotta stop hyperfixating on this piece and just move on yknow

[bigboybutch]

random butches in public save me, save me random butches in public. if you can hear this random butches in public, please save me

#I got the butch head nod from an older butch and it felt like a victory yknow #I love little interactions like that it’s so nice #let’s go lesbians let’s go

[solarpunkani]

Hot 4am take but I feel like if we want to get people more interested in making their yards a more habitable space for wildlife like insects, we have to acknowledge that ‘Don’t want bugs in your house’ is still a 100% fair and valid point of view. ‘Loves nature’ and ‘doesn’t want roaches spiders and mosquitoes in the house’ aren’t opposites.

And with that in mind, when we propose to people that spraying pesticides around houses is Not A Good Idea, Actually, I feel like we need to give an alternative asides from ‘deal with it.’

#solarpunk #anti pesticides #ani rambles #this is coming from personal opinion at 4am keep that in mind but like #I’m scared of roaches. i’m fine with them outside though #my parents dont like roaches and for good reason. they spray Ortho Home Defense along the veeery edge of the concrete by the doors to #keep roaches and shit from coming in because yknow. Florida. #if I tell them ‘hey actually we shouldn’t spray pesticides inside (ie raid spray) or outside (ie home defense) #theyre gonna ask wtf to do instead to prevent roaches #and if I tell them ‘nothing suck it up buttercup’ they’re gonna laugh and then double down on the sprays #we gotta have an alternative ready and honestly maybe I’m not looking in the right places but I genuinely don’t know of any #like one online friend told me leaving brush piles around the yard decreased the amount of bugs trying to come in but like #thats one person. anecdotal. and I haven’t seen anything online confirming that as a thing (yet) #idk man I’m going to bed. #might delete later #house pest saga

[rocketkit]

fourth scene from a nonexistent fic

#the 4th installment. idk if i should keep it here. like it’s the 4 seasons yknow? let me know. #also yeah. you guys can actually write fics based off these if you want. i’ve been getting asks about that #winter #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve harrington fanart #eddie munson fanart #steddie fanart #stranger things fanart #stranger things #my art #st #scene from a nonexistent fic

[tshortik]

I love you messy artstyle i love you visible brush strokes I love you textures and rough edges I love you imperfections I love you roughness and colour blobs I love you scratchy sketches and bold stylisation and dirt and imperfections I love you ugly and raw emotion!!!!! ❤️

#i talk sometimes #art talk #i made a tweet like this on twatter ages ago but i've been feeling this a lot lately #also this is the start of me writing more on this blog and not only using it as art because who cares!! i don't!! #I wanna translate raw emotion into colors and shapes. I wanna know where to ignore all details and where to go ham you feel me? #i used to dream about developing a style like for MtG where it looked like a masterful oil painting that oozes realism and details #and i've realised the last two years or so that I would actually hate that for me. I know I wouldn't enjoy doing it. For myself. #it's that pipeline from wanting to be the perfect realistic wotc artist to accepting that I will never be that #instead i wanna learn how to stylise better and get a good brush economy going yknow. I wanna be bolder. #i doubt i'll ever be as incredible as all these MtG artists no matter what anyone says. but it's ok!! i don't have to be!!! #i just luv art man!!

[mooncheese3]

just bestfriend things

#everyone hates them but everyone wants to BE them #it girls of their gen #original shang qinghua #original shen qingqiu #idk maybe this is a time travel au and theyre drinking their problems away rn #maybe #maybe theyre one second away from a breakdown over how the fate of the world rests on their shoulders #yknow #the world that continually gives them the finger #svsss #mxtx

[meeyahmaya]

so evil of illumination to rob us from a luigi revolution subplot

ft bonus interaction:

#HE GOT ROBBED #he becomes the leader of the revolution by accident #IDK I WANT A CUTE MESSAGE SAYING THAT ITS OK TO BE SCARED BUT JUST BC YOU ARE DOESNT MEAN YOU CANT GET THE JOB DONE YKNOW?? #luigi was the best part of the movie imo #so evil of illumination and nintendo to make luigi the most specialest boy only to nuke him from the story #I DID REALLY ENJOY THE MOVIE THO DESPITE ITS FLAWS #mario #mario fanart #luigi #luigi brain rot #luigi fanart #mario movie #super mario #super mario Bros Movie #nintendo #illumination #mario Movie Spoilers

[chrisrin]

lineup of all my designs so far!

#gemcyt #mcyt #su #lizzie is probably technically taller but i didn't want to make EVERYONE so small #gem is similarly realistically smaller but i wanted her to be yknow visible #ok we're gonna go from left to right tagging everyone #ready? #here we go #pearlescentmoon #docm77 #smajor1995 #solidaritygaming #ldshadowlady #smallishbeans #tangotek #bigbst4tz2 #ldshadowlady (again) #bdubs #impulsesv #geminitay #grianmc #skizzleman #goodtimeswithscar #mumbojumbo #zombiecleo #rendog #inthelittlewood #ethoslab #wow that's a lotta dudes

[the-meme-monarch]

I’m a big proporter of “k_k isn’t stupid he just likes to act like it bc he thinks it funny to make people mad or confused”. and other such doodles of him

if you ship scc go away👍

references for the last one under the cut

#the art gallery #deltarune #scc #yknow that tweet or whatever it was from toby fox where he said it was practically addictive to write sans and papyrus’ dialogue like t #like they could continue a conversation twice as longer than he intended bc it was just so fun to write them. that’s scc for me #I’m specifically talking abt the hot dog in the microwave one here