#i been gone a while

[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded psychopath happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

#seeing some discourse and im not saying lucy grey didnt know #im saying she never dropped the kind of hints that she knew like she did in the movie #or if she did snow isnt worried about them until he very suddenly is consumed by them #snow is not concerned about whether or not she believed him. of course she did! hes snow! #but then shes gone…. for a while…… #and its the sudden immediate drastic unravelling that comes across so clearly in the book #that i knew wouldn’t translate to screen yet still cant help but miss #the hunger games #coriolanus snow #tbosas #lucy gray baird #not a crime or anything just a note that i cannot stop thinking about #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #this is all from memory of reading it quite a while ago. so maybe 3 pages is an exaggeration #but i remember it happening VERY quickly and without much external cause #like we as the reader have no indication as to whether shes nearby or not. #snow has no idea either. he just SUSPECTS. and his suspicion breeds the hatred that has been bubbling inside him all this time #he hates how she undoes him. he hates that he WOULD run away with her if shed let him keep his secrets #and he HATES more than anything that she makes him WANT to tell his secrets #he wants to be vulnerable and reveal the ugly nasty parts about himself and still be loved #but he does not let himself and it is everyone’s downfall #he chooses cruelty bc it is easy and familiar and makes him feel more powerful than the vulnerable give and take that real love requires

[bizarrelittlemew]

calling it right now that season 3 starts like this

#so confused about people saying the season finale feels like the end because to me it didn't at all #there's like 5-10 issues immediately set up for another season #they're in a happy place at this point because they've both realized their love is bigger than anything else #and makes it worth working on their problems together #the problems are still very much there #both of them have deep self esteem/self loathing issues that haven't been resolved in the week since ed woke up #ed doesn't know about stede's trauma #they haven't talked through anything #and they'll be shit at starting/running an inn lmao it's not gonna go well #and those are just some of the internal issues #then there's prince ricky and all the authorities that would very much like to get their hands on both blackbeard and stede bonnet #because stede just full-on kept using his government name after faking his death. nice one #the crew are not “gone” they're more like off to college for a bit but will probably run into trouble immediately #again because while they escaped to the ship they didn't eliminate the threat (the british empire) #it's not a forever goodbye #ok this got super long already anyway i have a whole fic marinading in my brain until i've finished these 4 wips i'm in the middle of ✌️ #hope we get a renewal soon because i want to see the rest of their story!! #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #ofmd #our flag means death

[cjskribblez]

Nine Tails 🦊

#been thinking abt this design since like. forever. finally drew it! #should I do Tanuki joel next? #trafficblr #hermitblr #etho fanart #ethoslabs fanart #ethoslab #hc s10 #hc s10 fanart #u see guys while I have been gone I have been on that art improvement grind

[o-wild-west-wind]

there’s something about how Stede crossing out DEAD and circling ALIVE on the wanted poster like the silly little lover he is manages to be, like…the heart and thesis of the show all in one.

it’s baffling. it’s goofy. it’s a bit sad. it’s optimistic, despite. it’s love in action. it’s earnest beyond belief.

and—quite literally—it’s choosing live.

#it’s foreshadowing it’s a parallel it’s a metaphor it’s got me chewing drywall again!! #there’s like. so much one could unpack here and I don’t have time rn but. I will be rotating it in my brain a while #if this has already been said I’m so sorry I’ve been gone a while and I’m the king of reliving epiphanies #anywho. did I mention this is a really good show yet— #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd meta

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Turtle hunt gone wrong.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #The charming bunny socks betrayed him #the handknit socks have been given a blood sacrifice. The pact is sealed. #I will also add that lwj was sitting down last comic to give his already injured leg a break so now he’s injured twice #I had to double check I did not make up the fact that lwj gets injured in this fight (he does) #the fact his leg has been broken and untreated for days was already enough for the ‘nurse you back to health’ scene #he must be the most stubbon man in the world to have gone this long with only showing minor signs of pain #That or he is just built different. They are putting something in the water in the cloud recesses that is making the teens too strong #Too bad they are also putting something in the water at lotus pier because this teen is about to be gently carried with no issue #I like to think the turtle just gets sad at the implicated rejection and waddles back into the water while the next few scenes happen

[nellasbookplanet]

In the wake of FCG' fate I've been thinking about death in ttrpgs, and how it kind of exists on three levels:

There’s the gameplay level, where it only makes sense for a combat-heavy, pc-based game to have a tool for resurrection because the characters are going to die a lot and players get attached to them and their plotlines.

Then there’s the narrative level, where you sort of need permanent death on occasion so as not to lose all tension and realism. On this level, sometimes the player will let their character remain dead because they find it more interesting despite there being options of resurrection, or maybe the dice simply won’t allow the resurrection to succeed.

Then, of course, there’s the in-universe level, which is the one that really twists my mind. This is a world where actual resurrection of the actual dead is entirely obtainable, often without any ill effects (I mean, they'll be traumatized, but unless you ask a necromancer to do the resurrection they won’t come back as a zombie or vampire or otherwise wrong). It’s so normal that many adventurers will have gone through it multiple times. Like, imagine actually living in a world where all that keeps you from getting a missing loved one back is the funds to buy a diamond and hire a cleric. As viewers we felt that of course Pike should bring Laudna, a complete stranger, back when asked, but how often does she get this question? How many parents have come and begged her to return their child to them? How many lovers lost but still within reach? When and how does she decide who she saves and who she doesn’t?

From this perspective, I feel like every other adventurer should have the motive/backstory of 'I lost a loved one and am working to obtain the level of power/wealth to get them back'. But of course this is a game, and resurrection is just a game mechanic meant to be practically useful.

Anyway. A story-based actual play kind of has to find a way to balance these three levels. From a narrative perspective letting FCG remain dead makes sense, respects their sacrifice, and ends their arc on a highlight. From a gameplay level it is possible to bring them back but a lot more complicated than a simple revivify. But on an in-universe level, when do you decide if you should let someone remain dead or not? Is the party selfish if they don’t choose to pursue his resurrection the way they did for Laudna? Do they even know, as characters, that it’s technically possible to save someone who's been blown to smithereens? Back in campaign 2, the moment the m9 gained access to higher level resurrection they went to get Molly back (and only failed because his body had been taken back by Lucien). At the end of c1, half the party were in denial about Vax and still looking for ways to save him, because they had always been able to before (and had the game continued longer it wouldn’t have surprised me had they found a way). Deanna was brought back decades after her death (and was kind of fucked up because of it). Bringing someone back could be saving them, showing them just how loved and appreciated they are. Or it could be saving you, forcing someone back from rest and peace into a world that's kept moving without them because you can’t handle the guilt of knowing you let them stay gone when you didn’t have to. How do you know? How would you ever know?

#cr spoilers #sometimes i think about how oryms backstory has it baked in that will was magically impossible to bring back #while yasha was simply not powerful enough in either magic or connections to bring zuala back #and by the time she was years had gone by and yasha had moved on and bringing zuala back would've been cruel and selfish #similar to how deanna was brought back but now she was left behind and alone #speaking of could you ever truly move on from grief in a world like that? #how do you accept the inevitability of death when it isn’t necessarily permanent? #no wonder delilah and sylas went evil to keep each other alive #no wonder laerryn accidentally caused the calamity in trying to break through the planes #the hubris of a world like this would be UNREAL #as would the bitter feelings from everyone who knows this power exists but can’t access it bc they’re like. a farmer #critical role #long post #nella talks cr #cr3 spoilers

[lilnasxvevo]

I love you Monkey D. Luffy I love you protecting the power of friendship through the power of incredible violence

#I just watched the episode where he finds out Bellamy beat and robbed Cricket while they were gone #and Luffy and Zoro turn to each other and immediately nonverbally communicate #ok Luffy is gonna go beat the shit out of that guy and Zoro is going to stay here #I love that Luffy will do anything for people who have been good to him and I love that often the only thing he can do for them is #beat the snot out of the people who hurt his friends #now granted. often beating the snot out of people leads to other results #(like how beating Bellamy got his crew to give Luffy the gold artifacts back) #(or how most fights Luffy enters is with the goal of getting someone to STOP hurting people) #but I just find it endearing that he’s very. when you have a hammer (Devil Fruit) everything looks like a nail (hurting people)

[redactahoe]

[set before darlin moves in with sam, in the pack den, they are coloring at the coffee table]

pack kid: where do you live?

darlin': in the city.

pack kid: do you have a house?

darlin: apartment.

pack kid: own or rent?

darlin: rent.

pack kid: what do you do for a living?

darlin: lots of things.

pack kid: where's your office?

darlin: i don't have one.

pack kid: how come?

darlin': i don't need one.

pack kid: where your wife?

darlin': don't have one.

pack kid: how come?

darlin': its a long story.

pack kid: do you have kids?

darlin': no, i don't.

pack kid: how come?

darlin’: its an even longer story.

pack kid: are you David's [brother/sister/sibling]?

darlin': what's your record for consecutively asked questions?

pack kid: 38

darlin': I'm David's [brother/sister/sibling] alright.

pack kid: you have a lot more scars than David does.

darlin': how nice of you to notice.

pack kid: I'm a kid, that's my job.

#redacted asmr #redacted audio #redactedverse #redacted darlin #redacted david #redacted incorrect quotes #shaw pack #have this while i work on an actual fic #srry ive been gone for a minute

[damianito]

Thought process on Chuuya & Dazai

#♡ #fanart #Artist on tumblr #文スト #bungou stray dogs #bsd #Genshin Impact #原神 #StrayDogsImpact #Chuuya #Nakahara Chuuya #Dazai #Dazai Osamu #Genshin X BSD #I have been gone for a while now & i apologize #things have been hell in my life but i am still standing #& i might open commissions too as well #when i figure out how to do them properly & shit

[draakart]

A Better World is Possible.

Solarpunk City for Andrewism's Solarpunk Collaboration. This is my dream for South Africa. A post-capitalist society that exists at peace with the natural world.

This is a city based in Namaqualand, a region in South Africa renowned for the stunning fields of wildflowers that rise after the first spring rains, transforming the landscape.

The houses are based on the Ndebele houses, which are constructed of clay, wood and thatch, with the walls sealed by animal fats to keep the buildings watertight. These buildings are excellent for the South African climate (go-figure), trapping heat in the walls during the day and releasing it during the very cold nights.

Most of the city's energy comes from wind turbines and solar-panels. The main transport system in the city is the web-like overlay of trams, each interconnected by wide footpaths. These footpaths are also used by emergency vehicles, should the need arise.

Some seasonal crops grown include pearl millet and cassava. The year-round food sources are cattle, poultry, sour fig and groundnut. During dry spells, where other crops fail, there are ample fruits from marula, sourplum and monkey orange.

The large dogs in the painting are Boerbols, which were traditionally used for lion hunting, but now act as guardians, especially to the children. The smell of livestock is bound to attract predators to the settlement, especially during lean times.

The guinea fowl are companion animals to the chooks, acting as sentries.

It may be a bit utopian, but we need utopias to spark our imaginations and to imagine what could be so that we can inform our decisions here and now. We have everything to lose. But we also have everything to gain. It's worth fighting for an egalitarian and just future.

For inspiration, see notes. I will attach some YT videos that helped keep me optimistic.

#solarpunk #communism #socialism #anarchism #artists on tumblr #digital art #worldbuilding #my art #draakart #2023 #south africa #namaqualand #ndebele #springbok #monkey #I've been gone for a little while #I think it was seasonal affective disorder

[sensitiveheartless]

this was a result of me reading this post/conversation between @originalaccountname and @iwritenarrativesandstuff (hope you guys don't mind the tagging skjfksdjf) and getting really sad about Chuuya — and I had been rewatching the Dark Era episodes for the billionth time and was thinking about Oda and Dazai hugging Ango while they're all smelly to make him go with them, and so I thought "ok what if Dazai did that to Chuuya but in the process they both accidentally discovered how touch-starved Chuuya is"

#I just want Chuuya. to get hugs. he needs them #...now I'm thinking about Dazai finding repeated excuses to 'pester' Chuuya by hugging him #mori walks in on them aggressively cuddling on a couch and just kinda raises his eyebrows #dazai and chuuya in unison: WE'RE BULLYING EACH OTHER #...hmm #also thinking about #Dazai hugging Chuuya during the dungeon reunion scene because he knows Chuuya probably has not been getting any hugs while he was gone #meanwhile Chuuya is just hissing at him like a feral cat #...fuck I might also have to draw that at some point #bsd #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #my art #bungou stray dogs #skk #soukoku

[dr-chalk]

Mother

#lmk pigsy #lmk mk #lmk tang #lego monkie kid #lmk s4 spoilers #myart #based on a devastating tweet i saw abt Pigsy’s mom being gone by the time mk comes into Pigsy's life #and yes. i might have been listening to the homestuck mother ost while drawing these

[b4kuch1n]

simulated earth (it does not matter)

transcript

#sherlock and co #sherlock & co #podlock #comic #sherlock holmes #john watson #victor trevor #ft. archie (in like three panels lmao) #need to figure out a podlock specific tag for these guys so this doesnt clutter up the main sh tags #bc ohhh boy. I anticipate being insane abt s&co for a While #this comic def a Hot minute post-gloria scott #what is this about exactly? you ask. haha well (there's sunlight bouncing off a window and when u look back Im already gone) #listen I caught up to everything right before gloria scott and holy Shit that case knocked me on my ass #as a chronic adhd (and thus serious memory problems) haver.... (holds sherlock tenderly) #I have not listened to SOLI yet btw I will tomorrow. I wanted to finish this before catching up #Im obsessed with them. Im such an easy idiot lmao Im a sherlock holmes adaptation enthusiast before Im a human #gloria scott.... the way it muses on the limit of the genre same as the red headed league.... what about the victims? #what about the victims. what about the victims. what part of the pain does the process of investigation cure #victor's like. he's between jobs he's between boyfriends he's living with his dad whose caretaker he just became. who does he have #and sherlock holmes is about the truth but john's been about the solution so far. I just. I really like this john watson lmao #listen the way he complains and then refuses to shoot the underlings in red headed league. based. I love him #I can fix him (radicalize him against punitive justice) #(I am refraining from talking abt sherlock in the tags here bc I Will run out of tags before Im done) #(mariana is not here but I care her too!! she will be here more often in the future I swear I fuckign swear......) #(''I'm in a co-op that's sponsoring my visa. also I just witnessed two actual dead bodies like a month ago'' you mean everything to me) #screams. I got attached SO fast this show is targeting me specifically. my broke millenials suffering in london show #I have like a number of sketches too be prepared. theyre gonna show up soon. until then #have a good day lads. be there! be there. #edit: this comic is finished and assembled in full before I listened to the solitary cyclist part one. this has been an update #I have now listened to SOLI part one. I must hit john watson with a hammer

[crystallizsch]

ahahahah have i ever mentioned that i love him

#this has been in the drafts for weeks #i drew this while i was destressing from studying #im already far gone lmao #i’ve BEEN far gone #he haunts me #the pretty boy #[— #twst #twisted wonderland #twst art #jamil viper #★'-my-art #—] #at this point i have been drawing jamil from memory #i dont check his reference anymore unless i absolutely have to #and i’m usually a strickler with details so i always have to double check details #but alas-

[puppenini]

once again, kris was my test subject for rendering. idk the masses can have this one

(please click for better quality ^_^)

#deltarune #kris deltarune #kris dreemurr #my art #mostly posting just so I can compare with my last kris art from 2 years ago! #and like. art in general. I’ve been gone a while #gonna make a small update post

[unhingedpirates]

OFMD + Twitter textposts (pt. 2)

(part 1) / others

#I'm back with more stupidity #(i was never really gone but it's been a while since i posted some of these lol) #ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #edward teach #izzy hands #jim jimenez #ed teach #ofmd but with textposts #ofmd meme #my garbage