#had to split up my works

[beescake]

yea i very much agree with ur take on sollux in his relation to older technology, u get it

please id love if youd share some more of ur analysis on his character (as well as ur art bc that shit is 👌👌👌)

either way, thanks for feeding my brain worms

im glad it resonated!! :') always happy to explore his character, he contains multitudes!!!

i think i may be out of sollux analysis for now, in the sense where i don't have anything new to add that hasn't already been covered in these posts? (please add if there's more...)

why i like sollux (lackadaisicallexicon, 2014)

comprehensive sollux status guide (syblatortue, 2016)

bioware machine (lime-bloods, 2016)

fridgestuck (LaureledEevees, 2017)

mary sue (3d-gla22e2, 2019)

favorite sollux trait (3d-gla22e2, 2020)

doom-bound static (gendertrickster, 2023)

however i will say there's another thing i really like abt him:

his Range!

he has a v flexible face.. even with his neutral expression, you cant help but read a tinge of melancholy/pensiveness to it.

he deters people from getting too comfortable with him by acting crude, but no matter how unapproachable he looks you can't help but wonder if he's ok. seems like he's never content with himself.

just like karkat, anger gives him purpose = something to care about & react to. without it he can appear aimless/uncertain.

it's especially interesting when you compare him to aradia, who despite having endured a lot of shit, ends up enjoying the freedom of expanding her worldview, riding the unpredictable tide of the narrative and observing the changes. sollux... doesn't.

he doesn't like watching major things progress in a way he can't predict. the lack of certainty actually overwhelms him.

and it's pretty clear why; imagine the only reassurance you get after unknowingly killing ur gf is that "it needed to happen". the only way to appease that sort of emotional turmoil is by intellectualizing those events as inevitable and out of your control.

(hs, A6I5)

when you’re just a tool for the author, trying to sit out is just feeble self-preservation until you’re needed again. if you’re not called on stage to help/assist in some way, it feels like your presence spells doom (either you or someone else will get hurt). so you avoid Events as best you can.

#ask #anon #homestuck #sollux captor #2023 #vioart #i love expressive characters eheh my fave emotions to draw are actually anger and incredulity. vry cathartic for me #im also super relieved the prev analysis was received well ngl it was like. splitting my chest open it was . very personal #largely bcs my appreciation of him is weirdly abstract? seems as if i had to come up w sm conceptual meaning just to say i like his vibe #but rlly i was just working backwards frm that conclusion like wow this character looks cool lemme think harder abt why i like it #i may have sounded a bit callous too.. but truly he is 1 of my top 3 faves alongside karkat & aradia. i brain them regularly in rotation

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - Symphony of Sorcery

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #symphony of sorcery #scenery #my gif #i originally planned on splitting this set in two and wanted to create separate posts for both sides of this world #but i was surprised that i struggled with that and many of my shots didn't feel distinct enough when i put them all together #dunno how i messed that up so bad since this world has so much going for it #so i had to scrap a good chunk of what i made but i actually think it looks better this way so maybe it's not such a bad thing #sora's side is on the left (except for the last gif) and riku's is on the right #it gives you a better feel for how varied and different these magical realms are #and yeah that's what they're called #anyways i'm so glad this world exists because it's so experimental and different #everything from the visuals to the music and how sora and riku's battle sounds are instead replaced by more music #as if they're composing it themselves #which of course ties into how they must find and collect their sound ideas #it's all so incredible and works perfectly for a game centering around dreams #i hope we can see more unique worlds like it in future games too

[in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene]

Husk having once been an Overlord makes so much sense when you look at his character design. The Overlords are the sinners who own the most souls. They also have visual theming that communicates what their entire "deal" is. Carmilla is made of steel and points and she sells weapons. Valentino looks like a pimp and works in the porn industry. Alastor is a radio host. Presumably their jobs and specialties (or simple conquest) is also where they get most of the souls they own, like Valentino with Angel Dust.

But there's a gap in the line-up. Gambling. There's no Overlord with an obvious gambling motif like Husk has. Out of all the exploitative industries where people could end up signing their very souls away, gambling seems like the most obvious. So as the only character who looks like they could be running a bunch of casinos where people go so broke they end up betting their souls, which Hell has to have, it fits Husk very well.

#hazbin hotel #though the real question is why there hasn't been another Overlord coming from the gambling industry #since there has to be a lot of souls up for grabs there. or maybe there just isn't a single person with the monopoly Husk once had yet #with all those souls split between several different people so none have enough to qualify as an Overlord #and I have no doubt the people gambling their souls are trapped in contracts WAY more encompassing than Angel Dust's #or other soul contracts which seem to operate more like really binding and exploitative work contracts that people get tricked into #since someone desperate enough to gamble their soul is probably just going 'you win you own my soul' and no other stipulations #which also might explain my Alastor's contract on Husk seems so much more binding since Husk lost it gambling #also idk the cat-with-wings + card-and-roulette motif design doesn't quite fit bartender. but predatory casino owner? it's very good

[buglaur]

rufus and sawyer with their first horse, russet!

#I FINALLY GOT IT WORKING #you'll never guess what the issue was #i didn't need to fuck around in my mods folder for an hour and a half #it was the bloody dog #there was a border collie in the household #once i removed it the game loaded in a split second #why that was causing the issue i'll never know #can't wait to start playing with these cuties #gonna do it all day tomorrow #i'll get a queue going soon enough #i had so much fun dressing them up in the new pack items #the clothes are so good #ts4 #sims 4 #/rufus

[black-and-yellow]

Day 2 of Buggy posting :/

#been thinking about clowns a lot #anyway it made me uncomfy how in the show he has no bones when he splits up #it's like he's made of clay #so I had to give him some bones #no I don't know how pelvic bones work and no I don't want to discuss it #opla #one piece fanart #buggy d clown #buggy fanart #i genuinely unironically love clowns #not in a like horror way although I do like a good scary clown #but clowns are like the most innocent humour you can get. literally just a guy being silly #like bro. his nose is red. I'm GONNA smile. #every day i fight the urge to buy another clown teddy bear #I have one and he was like £50 and his name is Pogo #look up charlie bears pogo you will love him he's my special guy

[aquanutart]

I welcome our new toothpaste lords

#fire emblem #fire emblem engage #alear #toothpaste chan #fe engage #aquanutart #me @ myself: do not waste time drawing this. do not. do not #my brain: TOOTHPASTE CHAN TOOTHPASTE CHAN TOOTHPASTE CHAN #me: no it's gonna take all my free time this week #my brain: > obsessively look up all the alear fanart so far preventing you from doing anything else until you draw this /send command #me: NO SHUT UP *draws this* AAAAAARGHHHHHHHH #hi i love the new fe artstyle because i am in fact anime weeb trash #this is the first time i have ever been remotely interested in an fe avatar character #when i was a kid i liked red and blue together and i had ideas about split red/blue characters haha #i also love heterochromia. i love wild brightly colored things #if anything i wish the outfit went harder on the red/blue theme and maybe used it for accents more than the gold but it's okay #the game itself sounds like heroes but mainline i want to see more new characters #at the same time excited to see lyn and company in 3d.. damn the nostalgia is working #(this is supposed to look like an fe heroes attack come on they've had silly weapons before) #anyway congratulations botw2 on finally having a very dramatic title #also YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH PIKMIN 4 I LOVE PIKMIN SO MUCH #i am probably not going to have time to play any of these

[neptunesailing]

mayoi (enstars x hnk au)

#nep draws things #ensemble stars #enstars #sketch #mayoi ayase #enstars x hnk au #hnk au #ouoououououu i am soooo proud of the mayo on the right hjhjrhgrghrhgrhghgrghrhg he is so !! #showed this to a friend before i posted and they said his hair would taste like frozen grapes and i had to break it to them that it'd break #their teeth JHDHJFHJSDHJFHJSHJFSJD anywayy i might redraw the aira one.. he needs some attention too ^_^ sorry i only design for hii.ai / #alkaloid but THEY ARE MY FAVS........ by this logic i should be drawing more sw.itch but . i just . *waves hands* alkaloid !!! alkaloid so #special to me.. anyway tatsumi has another job other than patrolling with mayo which is why mayo has the winter uni and tatsun has the norm #i was maybe thinking tatsun would be a healer like rutile is..? nothing is set in stone (pun intended) for now ahha but tatsun can still #fight jsut fine!! hes more of a watcher for mayo. mayo fights more since his hardness lvl is much higher than tatsun's. during the spring a #stuff tho i think mayo kinda hides around? still not sure.. youd probably see him around tho in the shadows (ala canon i guess) and i guess #thats how hiiro and aira get to know mayo outside of patrols.. OH the reason why mayo is on winter patrol is because he gets too nervous #working with other gems and he kept messing up and hiding away whenever he did mess up so :((( yeah he usually fights by himself OH I SHOUL #EXPLAIN WHY HE CAN SPLIT INTO 2 its because of the spinel law something somethign rotated at 180 degrees at some axis but ANYWAY his hair #is longer in his singular form but you can see in his split form his hair is cut differently than how we normally see mayo's hair- and also #theyre mirrored!! their braids are on different sides and the side w/o the braid is shorter!! and the moles are on opposite sides too heheh #holy shit i wrote so much in the tags..... anyway THANK YOU SOS SO MUCH TEA FOR REMINDING ME OF THE HNK AU AGAIN AND ENABLING ME TO GO #INSANE OVER THIS AU AGAIN UR AMAZINGGGG <333333

[marshmallowgoop]

There's a lot of talk about Heiji's tendency to drop everything and go to Tokyo to help—or even just to see!—Shinichi, and rightfully so. It's something Heiji unabashedly admits to (Episode 278, Magic File 5)...

Heiji: If any other suspicious persons show up, just call me! I'll run right over!

Ran: Hattori-kun saw that incident on the news and rushed over because he was worried about you, Conan-kun. Heiji: Grabbed the first bullet train in the mornin'!

And I still can hardly believe that Heiji's canon, actual, real-deal reaction to a request to put his life on the line and impersonate Shinichi... is an immediate "OK" composed out of heart emojis (Episode 345).

Seriously. That happened. Heiji couldn't not help.

Heiji (internally): I had no choice. After all, Kudo e-mailed me asking me to do this.

But in Shinichi's first appearance since being poisoned (Episode 49), after seemingly refusing to show his face to Ran or Inspector Megure or anyone else in town for who knows how long, he unabashedly claims that he dropped everything to meet Heiji. He smiles about it!

And of course it's a lie, but there's a smidgen of truth to it, too. Conan did accompany Heiji, despite feeling terribly sick and harboring zero interest in the (apparently) non-murderous case, because he was intrigued. Because he was impressed with what Heiji had uncovered about him already and was nervous about what else his so-called "rival" could reveal.

Conan (internally): I don't wanna go, but there's no telling what this guy might say!

But even without that context, Shinichi's easy, immediate cover story gets to me. He really, truly, unhesitatingly asserts that meeting Heiji was important enough to jump right on a train to get there.

It reminds me of Shinichi's excitement when he first learns of Heiji (File 520), and his grin when he thinks of meeting Heiji for real one day (File 522):

Shinichi: Really? Then he's just like me!

Shinichi (internally): We'll meet each other again... on that mysterious stage...

I think I could totally buy that Shinichi actually would have done exactly what he claims in the clip. He is interested in other detectives like himself, and with the pain of the antidote wearing off in Episode 49, that smile's gotta be genuine.

Finally, while it's Not That Deep, there's maybe something to be said about how Heiji is symbolically the key to Shinichi's true self, since it's Heiji's alcohol that transforms Conan back into Shinichi. With this clip, Shinichi underlines the same idea. It's Heiji who brought him back after so long. It's because of Heiji Hattori that Shinichi Kudo makes his first appearance after vanishing.

And I love how forthright Shinichi is about it.

#detective conan #case closed #shinichi kudo #heiji hattori #ramblings #long post #video #funimation english dub script #because i've devoted a lot of time and effort into mixing my german blu-ray footage with my funimation dvd english dub audio #and everyone needs to look at it lol #(really though it's a lot easier now that i know to change the 'fps' of the audio but it's still a lot of work...) #(i match up the japanese audio track from the blu-ray with the japanese audio track from the dvd and copy any cuts needed to the eng audio) #(not hard just tedious... i'm dying for an official hd english dub release so that i don't have to do this lol) #(but any official english video releases for this show at all would be great...) #(i don't want to use bilibili screencaps anymore because there's a big watermark now) #(so i spent a whole lot of time timing bilibili subs to my ep 345 blu-ray here for those caps 😩) #(more tedious than other eps because bilibili splits up multi-part specials so i had to string together four different .srts) #(gosh i do *the most* lol plz official releases i'm dying) #anyway just was thinking about this because of my hd english dub project! he really says this #wanted to post this before the end of the year for one more essay but alas... took way longer to write than i thought ^^; #as per usual amirite ^^; ^^;

[anxiously-sidequesting]

so another thing about malorn and malistaire being parallels i just thought about. does anyone who knows a lot about malistaire know if it was addressed how he treated his students during the course of Malistaire's decline? like, im under the impression that this was a gradual change and that malistaire still more or less kept his job as a professor before he destroyed the death school, did his relationships with his students change at all? im asking this because i know Zero things about malistaire (im booed off the stage) and if im right about my hunch on how malistaire's reputation as a teacher was affected then i can clearly see how malorn's would play out if he was going down the same path. im genuinely asking here, Malistaire Enthusiasts, assemble like the Avengers and help me out with this one

#i gotta stop speaking malistaire's name when my knowledge of him is outdated and surface level JELEJWOAJ #why am i analyzing him if i know nothing about him. thats kinda goofy #but yeah expanding on evil malorn i kinda feel like maybe he would keep just a snidge of his personality? #like even though his morals have changed a bit. that complicated “split” part of him is still there. #he feels one way but believes another. he genuinely cares for his atudents while he believes he and others are beyond redemption #hence the 'split' part. on instinct he checks on his students when he shows up to work but is still paranoid about their intentions #(whether or not they'll turn on him like duncan and ambrose is what i mean) #in contrats to malistaire who SEEMS like h just loses himself in his insanity. malorn just falls deeper into the issues he already had #why am i saying 'contrast' in a parallel situation. do i even know what im talking about????? #wizard101 #wiz101 #w101 #text posts #malorn ashthorn #malistaire drake

[dickfuckk]

#polls #sorry i love these they’re so much fun to me akfkskdk #had to make my own #the exam one was a math exam #and usually you’re split into groups of 2 and you have to work together to solve a couple of problems #(oral exam not written exam) #anyways i was the ONLY one who showed up out of like 25+ students #and so i just had to do the entire thing alone akfksksk #it went pretty well 👍 #hyperspecific poll

[sweetandglovelyart]

It’s a little bit late for Valentine’s Day but here’s the reveal of my cursed Kirby crack ship as promised: it’s Dyna Blade/Captain Vul and I envision their relationship dynamic as being like Donkey and Dragon’s relationship dynamic in the Shrek movies.

#my art #Kirby #Kirby fanart #Dyna Blade #Captain Vul #what do I even tag this ship as? Dyna Vul? #Meta Knight is shook lmao #sorry that this is a couple hours late I had to work today and got home kind of late so it took me longer to finish this #but anyways here it is finally my very cursed Kirby crack ship #they’re literally just Donkey and Dragon from the Shrek movies lmao that’s the vibe this relationship gives off #I started shipping this as a joke because I was wondering if Dyna Blade’s chicks had a dad/who the dad is #and I thought hey she and Vul are in the same game and they’re both birds what if Vul was the dad lmao #the main reason this ship can’t work is that Vul straight up shot her during Revenge of Meta Knight #she lived because we see her again in Star Allies but that would definitely end a relationship lmao #maybe they were together at one point and had the chicks but then they split up #Dyna Blade got the kids in the divorce lmao #maybe the reason we haven’t seen Vul in a game since 2008 is he’s hiding to avoid paying child support #Vul left to get milk and didn’t come back lmao #happy belated Valentine’s Day hope you enjoy this cursed ship

[riverblujay]

SCREECHING YELLING CRYING RATTLING THE BARS OF MY CAGE

#naddpod #naddpod spoilers #JAKE HURWITZ IM!!!!!! INCONSOLABLE!!!!!!!!!!! BUT ALSO HAPPY AJSHAJCH #cant wait to actually relisten to this ep in one sitting tonight #(had to split it up btw b4 work and my lunch break but like. im fucking FERAL)

[ginalinettiofficial]

played the game ok boomer at my family party today, ended up explaining to a room of ~20 of my relatives what fanfiction is so they could understand the question, “in fanfiction, what does AU stand for?”. and then the card’s definition of “AU” was wrong so i also had to get into the concept of “canon”.

can u believe. in front of my whole family. a room full of people, aged 3 to 80. all staring at me intently as i explain the difference between an alternate universe and canon divergence. at one point my mom was like “daina i think we get it” and a cousin and two aunts were like “wait no we’re interested please continue” and i had to say to my own mother in front of god and my i am kenough sweatshirt “sorry but unlike you the rest of them DON’T have to listen to me talk about fanfiction on the regular”. my uncle is a retired judge. my one cousin worked for the federal government in a job that was so classified that for years he literally couldn’t legally tell us about ANYTHING he was working on. and today those men sat and patiently listened to me define “coffee shop AU”.

also, not one, not two, but THREE of the answers for the young folks, i knew solely because they were either plot points on stranger things or they were things i found out whilst reading stranger things fanfics. and then i was the only person in our age bracket (10 people, ranging from ages 9 to 42) that knew who anne rice was, and had to explain yet again that the reason i had this knowledge was because… fanfic.

it was surreal. also my aunt, aged 68, may or may not begin attempting to read fanfic now because, according to her, “there are so many stories where there are these small side characters and i’d just KILL to hear their backstory or like what was going through their minds during the main action!” i’m very happy for her. today was wild.

#d speaks #the things i knew because of stranger things: who ripped a bats head off on stage. what year the challenger exploded. the ghostbusters theme #in case ur curious the way the game worked is there was a set of questions for people born pre 1980 and a set of questions for people born #post 1980 and you split into the two teams and you take turns reading trivia questions to each other #the questions for the young ppl were things like above - who wrote interview w a vampire #what year did the challenger explode. who are the fab four. true or false elvis had a twin. #the questions for the old people were like: what does BAE stand for. in fanfiction what’s an AU. who won the first american idol. #it was a weird game but very educational #and funny to play with my little cousins because as i said anywhere from 2-4 of them are gen alpha depending on how u define it #so it was very interesting to see what sorts of things have been passed down culturally and what sorts of things stayed solely in their time #it was sort of reminiscent of are you smarter than a fifth grader in some ways #also no one asked but. the teams were: #old team: 4 solid boomers. 3 boomer/gen x cuspers. 3 gen x’ers. #young team: 2 xennial cusps. 2 millennials. 1 zillennial cusp. 1 zoomer. 2 zalpha cusp. 2 gen alphas #and then also our 3 year old cousin who technically is gen alpha but he was more moral support than anything you understand #though at one point he DID declare that he wanted to play - picked up a card and ‘read’: #‘santa comes he eats the milk and cookies. poop goes in the potty’ in the EXACT cadence of someone asking a trivia question lmfao #love that kid. he also told me a few knock knock jokes #mainly they were like. knock knock. who’s there. candy cane. candy cane who. candy cane on your head!!!!!!!! #a true comedic genius that boy

[dawnlotus-draws]

Homesickness : a BitB comic (careful! Heavily implied spoilers)

Spoilers ahead and in the tags.

What’s up my brain’s consumed by these guys, this comic was inspired by the numerous headcanons Ive seen around about Rolan’s time away from Galloway, and how the hivemind would.. keep in touch. Huge inspiration from @/willotstreet’s post about Rolans alcoholism

#jrwi bitb #rolan deep #jrwi bitb spoilers #bitb spoilers #jrwi bitb fanart #basically using some of the hcs about how the two bodies split mind thing worked for rolan especially out in Chicago #other stuff like how Rachel was the blueprint for all the other human copies and was turned into memories and the hivemind #so I was wondering how ppl with overlapping memories would interact with the hivemind- how Rachel would communicate as the queen- #trying to get rolan to come back- how rolan got his drinking addiction to block out the voices telling him to come home (and becoming immune #and I mixed in my hc about him not being able to see his own face in reflections #the shapes on the ceiling r supposed to be like when ur under the water and looking up cuz of where his og body is #and also that Rand wouldn’t let Rachel in while the gang played DnD cuz he thought she was cringe and wasn’t the best brother sometimes #(I’m sorry I did you dirty Rand I had to angst the Rand siblings) #that’s why rolan sees the attic door for that one frame #anyway I drew this at 3:00 am I hope it makes any sense at all.. #now I’m rambling. anyway trying to fit some of my thoughts into a comic #I wanna write a fic or something… #dawnsart #oops I forgot Rachel’s tag!!! #Rachel rand

[boxwinebaddie]

an uncle nina update...i mean UPHATE!

okay there's a couple lines at the bottom i didn't fill in...i don't want to talk about it...that's a problem for future me idc idc! it's done, okay?

BUT AT LONG....LONG LAST....I AM FINALLY....FINISHED fuCkiNG WRITING RM6 AND AM EDITING AND FORMATING IT ON AO3!

when i tell you there are tears in my tears...oh my god...please, clap.

i am going to start deletion progress of probably 1k worth of spaces between lines ( whoever decided that when you paste a google doc it double spaces everything...please meet me in the pit, motherfucker! ) running a fine tooth comb through everything, figuring out where certain italics/blockquote goes, writing the sh*t i put off at the end & crying to taylor swift loudly over the sound of my cracking fingers.

but first...i am taking...a nap....or i'm gonna try. #freeunclenina

because i pulled a writer girl all-nighter.

...and brain hurty so, so bad.

-uncle nina, making miracles happen on the last day of nanowrimo

p.s. if you see me on here answering ask memes and being a circus clown, please close your eyes...i miss her ( my not-stressful inbox )

#call my hands and eyes shelley marsh the way they b burning #i cant believe judgement day is finally upon me #and by that i mean everyones gonna judge me for my mess #which its kind of a mess but u know what! *white mom vc* bless that mess! she is chaotic and very cute to me #i worked...hard on her #when i tell you i had to split...my original idea...into three parts...i need to go to jail #or to the insane asylum or sleep and jail again #but this is gonna be part 1 of either 2/3 i guess #buckle up #there would be less parts but i gave us a little ravenstan pov as a treat because you all waited patiently #but its mostly kyle...in rm its crazy kyle season sorry #but uh! you're all always nice to me but please be kind to me and i'm sorry if its not out by tonight #i am literally so tired like i'm typing so slow rn because my brain is so drained and my hands are strained #BUT ITS COMING GUYS! I HOPE ITS WORTH IT WHEN IT'S HERE BECAUSE WOW...I AM LAUGHING AND CRYING

[bilaudad]

idk if this is weird or if it will resonate with anyone else, but sometimes I feel kinda robbed having been raised protestant. like if I was going to have all this residual guilt and shame and end up atheist anyway could I at least have had beauty. stained glass or old-ass choral music or just anything at all to give a sense of majesty about Creation

#we were presbyterian #and an especially chilly and anemic version of presbyterianism at that #the church i grew up in specifically split from the national Presbyterian church #when the latter started officially allowing same sex marriage and ‘my’ church didn’t like that decision 🙃 #we remained seated when we sang our ‘contemporary’ (read: produced in the 80s) worship music #loveless lifeless place on the whole #also the lack of saints and deemphasis of angels and the workings of heaven and the fantastical in general in protestantism like- #pretending at the sensibility and rationality of secularism doesn’t improve religion #it just kind of bleeds it of color or anything to sink one’s teeth into emotionally or imaginatively #I was such an emotional kid I wonder what my spiritual experience would have been #if there had been anything at all there for me to grab onto #random #text post #personal