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digitalagepulao · 10 months

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Sun Wukong, the Monkey King: my design notes [!! click here for the full line-up !!] [click here for just the goodies on tumblr]

also titled, "I underestimated my file sizes" TAT Separate images and info below the read more, beware this is LONG <3

Stone Monkey: himbs baby, that is all <3 he's mostly based off the François Langur, but some of his anatomy and proportions lean more on the Gray Langur and Macaque side of things. His facial fur sort of forms a pentagon shape for the five elements, and I gave him ginger fur cus it's a common depiction for him but also baby langurs are very bright orange, and him not growing dark feels like an apt display of his more childish side, both good and bad. His nails are golden for a bit of a "hidden gem" from a stone egg. Also keeping the tail either in a spiral of C-curve when "engaged", and when droopy it has a feel of a heavy rope. Old World monkeys don't have prehensile tails, he can use it for balance and basic mobility but it's not a third hand for the sake of keeping his monkey-ness.

Handsome Monkey King: in one of the poems the monkeys are said to weave grass for mattresses, so I can see them coming up with a crown of woven grass and never-fading leaves and flowers for their king at the very least. His face skin is darker as an adult, but not much else changes overall. The fuzzy upper lips and sideburns are a feature of the species I'm basing him on and it felt like a good fit to add. I also love the forest langurs are so long-furred, makes for a good way to give him dimension but also, the linework style reminds me of old woodcut shorthands for fur. Added a jade coin for the symbolism, and it feels fitting that the king of such a miraculous mountain would have a treasure like that on him. Placcid chill eyes are imperative, dude's not had an existential crisis yet, he's straight up vibing.

Sun Wukong: during his odd-ten years away from home, he learned human manners so he can stand but, I can see him still needing to lean on his tail to keep up his balance here and there. As he reaches the Western Continent (India) and learns the Way under Patriarch Subodhi, he adopts proper clothes for an apprentice and eventually becomes a Rishi. He dons his facial paint from then on, and after he masters the Way, there's a brightness in his pupils to show his cultivated immortality. The beads are purple solely to stand out over the deluge of oranges that is his design.

Great Sage Equal to Heaven: really went all out on this one orz this is Wukong at his most egotistical and ambitious, and I wanted his fit to truly embody that. Took bits from Peking Opera costumes and common depiction elements of him, with some bit of extra for appropriate levels of flair, like the phoenix feather design. I wanted to go for a mountain pattern mail but I couldn't figure out how to draw it, so I winged a pattern. I,,, doubt I'll ever draw this armor as detailed as here, but I wanted it to feel a bit overwhelming to look at, while also seeming like it doesn't quite fit him perfectly like it's swallowing him. Bit of a "baby wearing their parent's shoes" kind of vibe; he's stupidly powerful but he doesn't have what it takes to sit on the throne of Heaven. Also I leaned his expression to how he might appear during the Havoc in Heaven and then his bet with the Buddha. Full unbrindled rage murder monkey <3

-- Ruyi Jingu Bang: can't quite move on without my notes on the golden-hooped cudgel, now can I? The secondary hoops are there for further design appeal and for my own visualization of how the staff changes size (the hoops move over the staff's length as if to push it outward or inward). The metal is dark damascus alloy, though the pattern can be omitted for ease of drawing. One hoop end depicts a dragon, the other a phoenix, and in the middle of the staff is the canon inscription as described in the books, in seal script. Glow is optional and mostly for aesthetics.

Sun Pilgrim: out of his stolen armor, Wukong seems to swim in his robes but in a less overwhelming way. Went for the simple fillet headband cus his face is busy enough as it is. I know he's skilled enough to skin a tiger into pretty decent squares, but after one too many battles, anything would get tattered. He wears red, teal, black and yellow, four of the five cardinal colors, while white (the West) is still missing. His red and black half-robe doesn't fully cover the yellow underneath, a call back to his golden armor; he tries to use his wisdom and teachings to fight back the impulses of his past, but they still shine through at times. I kept only the leg bangs for dynamic elements to better show movement, but also one could say he's got.... golden hoops (haha get it, like his cudgel?? :oD)

Victorious Fighting Buddha: leaned hard on the actual portrayals of the Buddha. Seeing that he's depicted with dark/blue skin, it felt appropriate to let the guy grow out of his baby ginger fur and into adult black, but a patch remains where the golden headband used to be. I didn't want to give him long hair so no bun, but instead, his fur has a sorta lotus-petals shape now rather than his single point. His face paint changes into a more domino-mask style, and his brow white line resembles a teardrop urna. I made the mail piece he holds longer to keep the flowy bits of his previous outfits, and I turned Ruyi Jingu Bang into the sword he wields.

Hello hi, this robbed me of three days of my life and I'd like to receive compensation x.x Anyway hope you enjoy this lad, I know I do! Also if you wanna send me asks about him pls feel welcome to, I'd love to chat about this bastard monkey (affectionate) (loving) (i`d die for him)

#jttw #journey to the west #xiyouji #jttw sun wukong #sun wukong #jttw fanart #monkey king #stone monkey #victorious fighting buddha #buddha victorious in strife #sun pilgrim #bell dragon art #expedition to the west au

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gretavanbear · 1 year

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The Professor - Joshua Kiszka x Fem!Reader

[authors note: wow. thank you so much to everyone who's taken time to sign up for my taglist. this is my work with the most people signed up i'm sure of it! also, thank you for the little comments sent in with the submissions, those make my day! i hope you guys are excited for the next chapter..... i sure am]

SCREENING #? : THE DINNER PARTY, part one.

“Welcome!” Josh smiled as you walked through his front door. He had a lovely house. It was in a remote area, far away from the city. It took you thirty minutes to drive here from school, you wondered if he takes the same way you did when he drives to class.

“Oh wow! Thank you, very thoughtful, doll.” He chuckled as you handed him the bottle of wine you had brought as a gift.

As you stepped in his home, you turned to Josh and gestured at your shoes, wondering if he wanted you to keep them on inside.

“You can take them off, thank you for asking!” He smiled and you nodded, placing your shoes next to the front door, next to his.

Josh’s house had wooden walls, it reminded you of a family cabin but more.. lived in. He had large windows that exposed the forest surrounding the house. The living room ceiling was really high and he had a modern chandelier lighting up his dark brown furniture. He had a large circular woodsy coloured rug that covered the creaky floor, which made a sound by every step you took.

“Let me show you to the dining area” Josh smiled as his hand made it’s way to your back, leading you to the room to your right.

The dining area had a very long dinner dark wooden table, his chairs matching the aesthetic of the wood. He had everything set up on the table, with placemats and candles. It was beautiful.

“You’re the first one here” He chuckled, pulling out a chair for you to sit on. You sit and he pushes you a bit so you’re sat comfortably at the table. He decides to grab two wine glasses from the table and opens the bottle you brought.

“For while we wait… nothing wrong with that” He said softly as he poured a little in his glass, allowing himself to taste it before giving you some. You watch him with your head resting on your hands, the way he picks up the glass gently and brings it to his lips, taking a small sip and swirling around the contents in his mouth.

“Very good choice.” He states gently, pouring some in your glass then more in his, then sitting back in his chair. He watches you taste the wine like he did, and smiles at the way you reciprocate his movements.

“I asked the girl at the store which she recommended best.” You embarrassingly admit to him, your cheeks burning up.

“Well, the fact that you went through the trouble to even bring something is very kind. Thank you.” He pauses and brings up his glass for a cheer. “To our minds.” he says excitedly and you repeat his action, bringing up your glass and touching his softly. You both take a small sip with a smile.

“You have a lovely home” you complimented him and watch him blush a little, offering you a shy smile with a small thank you.

“The others are supposed to be here by now” he sighed, looking at his watch with his brows furrowed. He pouted a little, so small you could only notice since you were staring at his lips.

“I’m sure they’re on their way… you do live kinda far from town” you chuckled, taking another look around the room. As you did so, you couldn’t help but notice this amazing smell coming from his kitchen.

“Lasagna.” He said softly, getting up quickly to check his oven as he began smelling it too, holding his glass in his hand as he opened the door to check on the meal.

“Smells amazing” you peek out to watch him above his stove. He looked so good, he wore a long sleeve dark brown button down, with some black pants. No shoes and white socks. He had some necklaces on which dangled down to the center of his exposed chest. One of them had a triangle with a symbol inside it, the other one was white and beaded. You watched him close his eyes for a couple seconds as he took a sip from his glass, swallowing it and exhaling a quick breath before shaking his head and opening them once again. You faced the table before he could catch you staring, taking a sip from your wine nervously.

You felt comfortable in his presence, his house felt so sheltered in which there was a soft aura that surrounded the two of you in between these four walls. You listened to his quiet footsteps as he walked back to the table, he wore a disappointed look as he swirled his wine in his glass and rested his back against his chair.

“Is everything okay?” You asked, lowering your head a little to catch his gaze.

“The two other students I had invited just emailed me. They won’t be joining us tonight. I can understand if you want to leave. It must feel weird to you.. Being at your professors house like this.”

He rubbed the back of his neck to ground himself as he feared looking up at you. He didn’t want you to leave, he wished you stayed with him all night. Ever since that first class, he wished to know everything about you. It didn’t have to be about film, or homework; he wanted to know you. And so when you cleared your throat and nervously placed your hand on his, he held his breath.

“No.. I want to stay. You made all that effort to cook and I want to be here.” You smiled and his eyes lit up, his cheeks reddened as he shot you a big smile.

“I was hoping you’d say that, doll.” He chuckled, his thumb rubbing your hand softly without realization. You didn't pull away. You felt his eyes scan you, look down to your shoulders and then your dress. His eyes lingered against your skin as the air began feeling thin. You didn’t want him to pull his gaze away, he made you feel so seen. Intellectually, emotionally and physically of course. No man had ever looked at you, cared for you the way Josh presented himself to you; in the way his eyes searched for you when he walked into a room, when he’d look over your work in his office, when he complimented and left little comments on your assignments. Even though it was small, possibly meaningless actions, they made you feel special. He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes quickly before getting up and walking over to the stove once again.

“Bon appetit, as the french say” He chuckled, placing a plate of lasagna in front of you. It looked fucking amazing.

“Merci, mon chère” You smiled and he shot you a nervous smile as he cut his pasta, you did the same. You took a bite nervously and let out a small squeal at the taste. It was amazing, your heart raced at the thought of him cooking this. He can cook. You thought to yourself. Could he get any sexier? It was extremely hard to fight off the thought- no, the fact that you had a massive crush on him. He was perfect. Every time you saw him, you couldn't fight back the want to jump in his arms and kiss him all over. He was so… soft. So sexy.

“Doll?” He said softly and your gaze fell back to him. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah.. yes. Sorry. This is amazing, Joshua.” You spoke as you took another bite. You could cum at the taste because it was just that good. He chuckled and thanked you, occasionally taking sips from his glass and you did the same.

“Why are you studying film?” He asked, taking a bite from his plate.

“Uhm-”

“Sorry- I meant, what do you want to do after your degree?” He blushed, fixing his glasses with his middle finger as he bit his bottom lip quickly, smiling at you with a curious stare.

“I… don’t know.” You paused and he nodded, asking you to continue. “I really love the work that goes into a film, like special effects, stuff like that. I love that a director can bring a story to life. I find that so interesting. I think, maybe I’d want to work on the sets or the script writing.”

“You don’t think you could be a director?”

“Well.. I don’t think I have a voice large enough for that.” You paused as he got up and picked up your empty plate, placing it over his as he brought them to the sink.

“You’re very smart.” He breathed out, you turned your head to him as he rinsed the dishes. “I just think that you should think further than being in the background of something, you know? Your voice is large enough to express it to the world. Don’t limit yourself, doll.” He smiled as he dried his hands on the towel next to the sink. He walked over to you and lifted the wine bottle and poured some more into your glass, then his.

“Do you want to watch a movie with me?” He asked. You looked at his living room and saw no television, so out of curiosity you nodded.

“Can I.. use your bathroom first?” You asked and he nodded, instructing you to where it is; upstairs.

Maybe it was the wine, or your terrible sense of direction because you could not find it. Instead, you stumbled into an empty bedroom.

You could only assume it was his bedroom, and as much as your head was telling you to get out of it immediately; your heart took over as your eyes spotted all these intricate details. His bedroom being a vessel to him, his personality. The ceiling was pointed up due to the shape of his house, a large decorative light illuminated the room softly with a tungsten lighting, it wasn’t fully turned on, only enough to notice the color of his sheets. It resembled a chandelier though not as fancy, due to being made out of wood. It made the room feel so warm and welcoming.

Facing the bed was a large wooden window that faced the forest surrounding the house; the moonlight peeking through and grazing his wooden floors, hitting his sheets. They were a dark green satin-like material. At the foot of the bed, a large fluffy blanket covered the edge and fell to the floor; you couldn’t help but run your fingers against the soft material. Your eyes slowly made their way to his bedside table, where there was a small lamp, and a book.

The air got knocked out of your lungs as you noticed the camera on the tripod, placed strategically in the corner of the room.

“Doll?”

You gasped, trying to find the stolen air from your lungs as you spun around quickly to see his figure in the door frame.

“Josh. Sorry, I got lost.” You spoke, your heart beating loudly in your throat as he took a couple steps closer to you.

“Let me show you to the bathroom, yeah? I should’ve closed my door, sorry about that.” He smiled, his hand finding the low of your back.

The two of you sat on his large L-shaped couch. Josh sat in the corner whilst you sat on the right side of it. He had a projector which illuminated the room just right.

You could see the details of his face; the reflection of the screen on his glasses. He looked so pretty, and you couldn’t focus on the film he chose; it was some old film from the 1900s- silent.

“Why is there a camera in your bedroom, Josh?”

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beanghostprincess · 6 months

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Got blessed with the stupidest modern!au idea for Sanuso I just had to share because I enjoy the idea so much. Sanji getting dragged to an indoor Zoo that houses reptiles, amphibians and insects by his friends and trying his damndest to not be absolutely horrified by the bugs and arachnids in front of the ladies, failing horribly because Luffy of course is just super hyped the entire time (“WHOOA SANJI LOOK ITS WINGS ARE SO HUGE!” “SANJI THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A STICK! “SANJI THIS ONES POISON CAN STUN A GROWN MA-“ -“NOPE!”). This leads to him having a minor panic attack until someone gently touches his shoulder and goes “Hey, are you good?”. And that’s how Sanji meets local zookeeper and bugenthusiast Usopp, who not only manages to whisk him away to the staff room to steady his nerves with some coffee but also makes Sanji laugh and just hits it off with him immediately. Just in love with the idea of those two becoming fast friends and falling in love while Sanji also has to grit his teeth and face that the guy he’s falling for will also start infodumping about tarantulas the second he gets a chance and Usopp having to navigate about his crushes fear of insects by having to put a towel over all of his five terrarium’s he has at home because he’s considerate like that (and the fact that Sanji even wants to come up to his place with him, even tough Sanji is horrified at the thought of even being in the same room as a praying Mantis and that makes him feel all warm inside)

this is the sweetest most adorable thing in the whole world and i think i just died a little reading it /pos

imagine sanji trying to overcome his fear by letting usopp teach him about insects!!! he still feels unsafe around them, but the fact that someone as sweet as usopp likes them so so much makes him think a bit differently of them.

also, turns out he really likes usopp's apartment because despite being full of terrariums and insects, it's also full of plants and vegetation. and sanji loves both the aesthetic and the food he could make with them. like, i'm sure usopp has a private orchard somewhere (idk, say the roof of the building) and sanji would absolutely love to come over to his apartment only to make him different meals with the vegetables he cultivates.

and this is cliché af but i'm thinking about usopp having the keys to the zoo and bringing sanji with him at night. sanji isn't.... as excited as usopp ("the tarantulas are going to eat me and you won't even notice before it's too late!" "sanji, that's literally impossible." "IT'S DARK. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THE DARK!" "I LITERALLY DO KNOW. I STUDIED THEM, YOU IDIOT!"). but usopp takes him to a place that's dark and full of trees and sanji is 100% sure they shouldn't be there because it doesn't look like a place for visitors. there's no sign or animals around and it's just... it's just trees and kind of looks like a forest. turns out it's the back of the zoo, (let's pretend the zoo is like, in a mountain. close to the woods. i don't know how to describe it, but i once went to one like that and it was pretty) usopp tells him, and that people are never here because you can't get here without climbing and the only possible entrance is a little hallway that was accidentally created building the zoo's structure because they just forgot to cover it up. apparently, only usopp and zoro (he's the security guard, by the way) know about this.

so turns out the whole place is full of fireflies. which are not as scary as sanji thought they were. they're beautiful. and of course, usopp is so not looking at them, if you know what i mean. he's lost staring at sanji's eyes. i think that's when they both know they're meant to be together despite being so different.

-> a lil bit of zolu: luffy loves going to this zoo and often tries to talk to the animals and climb on stuff so zoro has to stop him all the time. not because he wants to stop him, it's just his job. tbh most of the time the guy is sleeping and finds the job boring, so somebody doing all this crazy shit around the zoo makes his life wayyy more interesting. if they fall in love or not that's up to you (they definitely do, though).

#this was not that fun to write btw i have arachnophobia and i fucking hate insects and bugs #i'm just like sanji fr but i would never date somebody with terrariums like those #my best friend LOVES insects tho he's just like usopp fr #i would rather play russian roulette with a mafia than go to that zoo btw #sanji is so brave and way better than me here bc i could never #they're adorable btw thank you anon for this <3 #usopp #black leg sanji #sanuso #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #zolu #one piece

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llau-ren-ti-a · 11 months

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The Bad Batch Ask Game

created by @wreckers-wife

@nahoney22

First of all thanks for the message and thank you for bringing this to my attention, my asks are open now 😁

So let's get right to it!

21. Which Batcher is the best cook?

I'd love to say Hunter, but with his senses it could get difficult (hell, I consider myself a decent cook and can't prepare meat half of the time bc I can't stand the smell) so I'm going with Echo and Cross!

Echo because he actually values food that isn't 'standard rations' and has a thing for proper nutrition and Crosshair because he's a control freak in the kitchen - he won't let you lift a finger and only serves whatever meets his expectations.

38. What color do you associate with each Batcher?

That's a tough one, but I'll try my best!

Wrecker

Wrecker was the easiest to come up with, and I know, yellow is a happy colour and that's why I associate him with it bla bla bla - his scar reminds me of the sun, a star bursting across his face. He's warm summer days spent in the sun, elderflower lemonade and daisies.

When I was in school we used to play "Yellow Car", whenever you spotted a yellow car you could hit one of the fellow players, and I think he'd be weirdly competitive about that.

Omega

Omega was a close second, and my colour is turquoise! Do you know this specific shade of turquoise that every other girl's rooms had back in the 2010s? Either you knew someone who had a room like that or you were that person. I can remember that so vividly and she instantly reminded me of her so much. She'd totally be one of those girls with turquoise walls.

I'm also so sure adores the ocean and sky, aside from the storm grey she was surrounded with on Kamino.

Tech

A little conflicted about our dear Tech - he reminds me of vaporwave and 80s computers; to me he is the embodiment of 80s and 90s synthwave (aesthetic), black and neon pinks and blues and purples and oranges - it was really a tie between the latter but I went with purple, it's still quite a nice colour and I think he'd center his whole being around this colour like many purple people do. (Orange people are actually exactly the same, but they are less vocal about it haha)

Echo

Sad beige clothes for sad beige children.

Look me straight into my bright blue eyes and tell me Echo would not absolutely THRIVE in a clean, cozy minimalistic apartment. I would pay an ungodly amount of money to wrap him up in a beige silk/mohair blend cable knit sweater and watch him drink a black tea with milk and sugar while he's sitting on clean white bed sheets. Need I say more?

Hunter

(Sidenote: I am having an absolute field day imagining Hunter in one of those Park Ranger Uniform shorts)

I think the consensus is that a lot of people associate him with red (because he is the leader of the squad and their colours are black and red...)

And I get it, red and brown suit him well in my opinion, but he really is green to me. Not really sage green or dark forest green, more the yellowish chartreuse kind of swampy green.

Crosshair

I get it. I absolutely do. The angry, dangerous, even lustful dark reds and blacks that so many people pair him with.

My soul tells me he is green. Not that friendly, lively kind of green that Hunter has, but this dark and forgotten shade of ancient woods that block out the sun once you've walked a few steps into them. Kind of Twilight-esque pacific northwedt vibes, but scarier and less blue filter.

I know he would kill me if he heard me compare him to Hunter like that, but I really think they are quite alike.

The difference lies here:

Hunter invites you in, whereas Crosshair is warning you to stay away.

- - -

I hope that made some sense haha!

That was fun, thanks for the message! <3

#the bad batch #tbb #the bad batch headcanons #tbb headcanons #star wars the bad batch #bad batch #star wars #tbb crosshair #tbb echo #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #tbb tech

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ofallthingsnasty · 2 years

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ok ok but when I think monster kidnappings I always think fae, especially for the dark forest aesthetic. They're so varied they can fill just about any kidnapping niche.

Like a forest spirit could easily snatch you and hide you away in the darkest corner of the woods. They're big enough to restrain you, but they can also turn the environment around you into a perfect prison just for you. Twist vines and branches to keep you safe and close to them at all times.

They have so many ways to discipline you ranging from the good ol fashion way to sweet, whispering mind magics that'll make you see sense. I mean how can you argue with them? You're the one who gave them your name, don't you remember?

And if they ever decide that you're getting too comfortable or maybe you just need some exercise...well the wild hunt is famous for a reason.

ugh i'm so jelly of anyone who grew up with some decent (as in lowkey sexy) folklore 😂 I grew up with three different flavors of turnip-growing, child-drowning, soul-stealing water/forest/meadow spirits and water witches... I don't know a whole lot about fae (we don't have them like that over here), so when I first read this I went 'ohhh Waldschrat' (but the sexy witcher 3 version, the english translation is 'leshen' or 'spriggan' I believe?) oh well i’m rambling hjjdskjn tw.yandere, kidnapping, monster fuckery, just some thoughts, really + minors dni!

I really like the thought of something without a proper face, something that might not even be able to really, really speak to you (apart from little, warbled words here and there- or maybe more of a telepathic connection even?), but something that is definitely conscious. Maybe they’re just as old as the trees themselves, maybe they aren’t... but they’re terrifying and they crave you. Don’t you just want to be coddled by something you don’t understand? To be cooed over, to be adored by something at least twice your size? Maybe they don’t get your terror, especially not whenever they come home (’home’... home is something that barely qualifies as a hut made from their magic-) with gifts they caught specifically for you. Maybe they don’t even want to harm you- maybe they’re just a big confused idiot underneath all that... And it would probably be kind of heart-warming if you weren’t kept against your will. The thought of being courted by some tall, ancient and clueless forest spirit could be so adorable, really. But, you know... I didn’t grow up with cutesy monsters. I grew up with the child-eating kind, like most of us. And one of those would be terrifying- I imagine they know very little about your needs. Probably feed you once a day, something fresh and bloody - if you’re lucky they found some berries too, but only if they’re in season. You’ll have to beg and cry for some proper food, for some fresh clothes, a bath, some warmth- a bed, too. It’s all rudimental and you’re on thin ice. Misbehave? See how you like it when they don’t feed you for days or let you sit in your misery while you aren’t allowed to bathe. They can be very vindictive, very driven by their emotions. There would be a learning curve here; they’d have to figure out how to take at least adequate care of you - because I don’t see them tending all that much to you, at the end of the day. You have all the things you need, what else could there be? Enrichment isn’t a word in their vocabulary. You’ll have to make do with what they provide. And like some pet, they’d expect something in return... Maybe it’s simply your company, maybe it’s something entirely different. And as an aside, if we go the whimsical ‘Rübezahl’ route (the more classic fae variant, basically) - then they’d know exactly how to take care of you, they’d have a face, a voice - they’d look human, sure, but there would be something so off to them. They’re as whimsical and volatile as they can be terrible and they play their games with you as with any human. It’s probably how you ended up in their clutches in the first place; got off the beaten path and asked some friendly stranger for help. I think they’d be unnecessarily cruel at times, like a cat playing with its meal. You’re nothing but a possession, a toy to them...

#tw.kidnapping #tw.yandere #tw.monsterfucking #yandere teratophilia #terato #and while i didn't grow up with beautiful fae... i did grow up in a swampy forest region. like we had nothing but the river and the meadows #behind our house. and when it gets dark in the evening... you can feel the forest calling to you it gives me the creeps #so that's what i'm thinking about... especially with fall coming and the cold nipping at our faces....

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arimiadev · 4 months

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designing the cast of asphodelium

Asphodelium was a visual novel made pretty fast from initial concept to first demo, meaning all of the character designs (as well as the rest of the project) were done in about 2 1/2 months. I normally like to give myself a lot of time to figure out character designs (like several months), but that didn’t happen for this project.

The character I focused on the most for getting the right design was naturally Aster, the love interest. He’s on screen for a majority of the time and is the character you’ll be falling for, so it’s important to get his design right.

I wanted his hair to be messy and wispy, like it floated in the wind. I also wanted it to be something purple-ish, but I couldn’t decide if it should be light or dark. I went with something similar to the 2nd one here, though I ended up making it longer.

The next step was deciding on an outfit! Aster is a traveler who has spent the last several months roaming the country and the game is set during winter, so a jacket was a must. I went through several different styles of coats for him, ranging from something with a tight waist to bulky, oversized jackets. The oversized jacket on the far right is what won—it felt cozy while not exuding high confidence like the far left jacket does.

After another redraw of the outfit, all that was left was….the hair, again. I still hadn’t decided on a hair color for him, so I made quite a few tests. It wasn’t until a few people suggested mixing a few of the colors to make a duotone hair for him that I came upon the final design for Aster.

Next is Charlotte! She was the easiest to design as I already had an idea for her—a bob haircut with a fluffy pullover jacket.

Getting the shape of the hair was a bit of a challenge as well as the right shade. I wasn’t planning on making most of the characters have duotone hair, but by this point I realized it was inevitable.

Charlotte isn’t shown much with her coat which is a shame, it’s my favorite part of her design. I considered making her an extra outfit as well, but no one else would have as many outfit customizations as her (as she also has an apron) so I scrapped it.

Next is Bryn. Their design was somewhat hard as they’re the most energetic of the group and an ex-soldier, but I wanted something more modern for them. I had tried to design the cast around fantasy Victorian aesthetics, but Bryn threw that out of the window.

I knew I wanted them to have long hair and was leaning towards a red/brown hue for it. I ended up going with a hair style similar to the 1st, where it’s a messy short brown with a longer ponytail over the shoulder.

Last is Alexei, Charlotte’s younger brother. He’s a hunter who keeps to himself a lot, not talking much and preferring to be out in the forest.

Because I associate forests and fishing with him, I was originally planning on giving him a green color scheme, but I ended up giving Bryn a green-ish color scheme and a blue color scheme would be too close to Aster’s color scheme.

I had no clue what to do with his design! I wanted it to incorporate a scarf (again, winter) but had no clue what kind of jacket to put him in. After some more tests, I ended up putting him in a turtleneck and vest/jacket.

And here’s the final lineup!

What do you mean I’m missing a character? This is the entire cast! ...That’s designed.

I actually didn’t finalize the main character Hazel’s design before finishing the first demo, as they don’t have a sprite and only show up in CGs (the first demo didn’t have any CGs).

What will he look like in the full game? Something similar to these, namely the bottom right sketch. You can see Hazel’s design soon in the full game, coming out at the end of January 2024.

#visual novel #visual novels #indie game dev #visual novel game #boys love #gay games #my games #asphodelium #my art

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skyepleaseleave · 2 years

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Some PJO cabin 4 head canons

because writing headcanons is apparently the only thing I’m good at 😭

1. The people of the demeter cabin are actually really chaotic, but try to maintain a cottagecore ✨vibe✨ to mess with people.

2. The Demeter cabin just hates winters, apart from the whole hades-persephone thing that went down with their mothers, it’s just a bad time for them and a lot of them sometimes go into depression during this time. -Chiron tries to make their side of the camp seem warmer and more cozy during this time of the year because he knows how much it affects them, the cabin 4 kids are always grateful to him for that.

3. The Demeter kids almost always look well put together, but if you look closely you can see their messy hair, and fingernails caked with dirt, and dark circles. Most of this is just from working in the forest, and some of it is just evidence of them having fun and taking advantage of their weak demigod scent by leaving camp as much as possible.

4. The summers are always the liveliest there. The Stollscan prank their cabin thrice in a day, but none of them seem to bother. It’s such a sunny, happy time! Why should annoying people ruin it for them?

5. A young girl once came to camp carrying her pet rabbit, and since she was an all-year camper, the entire cabin took it upon themselves to raise it as a joint effort. The girl named her bunny, and none of the other kids could argue with that logic.

6. The Demeter kids are usually always kind, and radiate a warm energy, but mess with them once? Well, you never know, maybe you’ll just wake with poison ivy surrounding your cabin.

7. There’s a long-standing rivalry between the Hermes and Demeter cabins. It slowed down once both the head councellors of the respective cabins got over their immaturity and started dating, obviously, but never came to a complete hault.

8. Most of the younger Demeter campers spend most of their days outside in the forest or the fields, sometimes even... forgetting to return. One time, there was a 13-hour long search for a missing 8 year old camper, only to find her asleep in the middle of the forest.

9. Quite a few Demeter kids have anger issues, which they seem to have got from the maternal side of their family.

10. They have a secret hideout!! It’s located a little further into the forest, so only the Demeter kids know about it. And it’s just a small tent with some cozy lights, a small bed and some books in case the person is REALLY not feeling well, and a small old-style cable tv. -All the Demeter kids know the way there, and also know they’re free to go there when they’re feeling down or just want to be alone for a while. -It is, however, not allowed to leave without notifying ANYBODY else, even the head councellor if you want to, because that will worry a ton of people. Also, you’re probably going there to be alone, so it’s best that people know not to go there. -Also an unspoken rule, nobody talks about why the person left unless they bring it up.

11. Everyone there is so aesthetically pretty. They have messy hair, and clothes that look like they’ve definitely been worn atleast fifty times, and messy hands, and wide grins. Nobody can not love them

12. They have an old-timey radio in their cabin, that the Hermes kids stole first but then gave to them. However, they can never settle on one channel, and it’s only used when there are very few people together in the cabin.

Okay, that’s all. This was definitely longer than most of my other posts, wow, but I am really proud of it lol.

#percy jackson #percy jackson headcanon #demeter #cabin 4 #demeter cabin #camp half blood #camp half blood headcanons

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sprout-fics · 10 months

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Okay, so I went looking and hopefully I found some decent ones

Im still trying to get the image thing working so please bare with me- 🥲

Okay, so for these ones they have off the Dark Ritual skins vibes if that makes sense. I had to really look so I could hopefully keep up with the design. Although the 3rd one’s probably a stretch because it’s… well, armor all over

This one I am unsure of, but it looks amazing even tho it doesn’t go well with scalding hot weather

I saw König had a Cthulhu skin so I went looking and saw this. I’m not sure about you, but it gives me Skogsrå; a Forest Nymph in Swedish folklore. It appears in the form of a small, beautiful woman with a seemingly friendly temperament. She appears like a woman from the front but seen from behind she often has a tail and a hollow back or skin like tree bark. There was actually a video game that made me interested in this mythical woman ☺️

I found a few Red Riding Hood skins for Maus to pair with the Wolf König skin ✨

And these ones, I like the plague doctor aesthetic and maybe Maus would have these as some kind of Halloween skin 😄

Hopefully none of these were too revealing. I have some more but there’s a image limit on these asks 🥲

Oh I absolutely love the red riding hood idea! I don't know why I didn't think of that. The queen of crows/plague doctor is a great one too, I feel like that concept would fit Fix pretty well, being a medic. The very first image is my fave. Fits very well with the stealth skin I had in mind :D

#oc: maus #long post

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novemberthecatadmirer · 2 years

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A Growing List of my extremely-OOC Silm Headcanon:

Dark is not Evil, Evil is Nothingness. Evil tells you “There is no Good and Evil there is no Right Things to do everything does not matter stop worrying and love the jail.” Evil traps you in indifference and inaction while it burns the world around you.

The Void was a Nihilism hell filled with Spiders. If you get lost there the Void would eat you and turn you into a Spider.

Everlasting Darkness did not exist. Feanor was being dramatic.

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The Evil loved darkness and black and everything morbid because Melkor was jealous of Namo for his top-tier aesthetics. Namo was at least 3 times hotter than Melkor and I am not spreading rumor, he got the nice fiber artist wife and fiber people are the kindest people ever peopled. Morgoth got his revenge by filling Namo’s house with broken souls and mountains of paperwork.

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Morgoth single-handedly created mental illness. His curses and spells were depression, anxiety and ptsd.

Morgoth was the self-claimed artists that did art by destroying other people’s art. And his taste is BAD and BORING.

You should be VERY AFRAID of Sauron.

Sauron was the personification of Orwellian Horror. For the sake of world Sauron must die. Yes he was an idea and you cannot kill an idea but it is better to kill him again and again than letting him free roaming building his lovely 1984 empires.

Sauron was not follower of Morgoth no matter how he appeared. He was plotting to overthrow Morgoth and snatch the nice piece of world domination and was happy that the Valar did the hardest part for him.

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NO. Things touched by evil were NOT EVIL. That’s the lie Morgoth wanted you to believe.

Fuck the concept of “Black Heart.”

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Elves can suicide and it did not need specific condition and it happened more often than you think. The history just did not like to mention it.

Honestly if you were chased by Sauron or Morgoth you better finish yourself first. When you see them it would be too late, they would trap your soul and forced you to fate worse than death.

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Elves can be in relationship however they want.

They had all kinds of relationship.

They had crazy ideas of relationship. (HONESTLY, dating mortals lived less than 1/10 of your past life.)

Being an elf and having crush on your cousin? Fine go for it everyone was related anyway. Turgon was against it because two of his siblings had crush on cousins and somehow ended up died and he was DONE with the mess. In general be prepared for the bad luck when you are an elf and have crush on cousin.

LaCE is nice but I do not need to know her to lead my happy life.

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Death was the Gift of Men, but Elves got Gift too and their Gift was Life.

Morgoth managed to corrupt both of the Gifts with pain and suffering and fear.

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Tolkien can have his obsession with “tall and taller and tallest,” and I am going to claim this and that and that character being short and shorter and shortest.

Tolkien can have his obsession with beautiful hair and I am going to call him a fellow mortal of culture.

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I am still salty about the treatment of Easterlings. And orcs.

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Everything about Eol and Aredhel and Maeglin were lazy biased incorrect writing from Gondolin survivors crushed by sorrow and guilt and hate.

People just refused to believe their wonderful princess would willingly marry with a foreigner who was a nobody lived in some weird forest.

Eol and Aredhel should never get married though. They had fucking different political views. Probably got married because they looked at each other and went “Oh how exotic,” then just jumped straight into the pit to suffer together.

Turgon was depressed and passively suicidal and stuck in inaction and if he listened to Ulmo earlier none of the mess would happen.

Everyone broke in Angband. If one was not broken that meant they did not want to break them and was preserving them for something else.

Maeglin went crazy and believed killing Earendil and sending him to Mandos would be better than leaving him to Morgoth.

Morgoth showed him some creative plans.

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There were absolutely urban climbers in Gondolin.

Idril once put a giant red pumpkin right on the very tip of the Tower of the King’s pinnacle the Cornell University way.

Nobody believed she did it even when she straight up said it a month later. She secretly was very offended.

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All the weird cave-explorer kids went to House of the Mole.

They all got killed when the city fell.

#tolkien #lotr #lotr meta #the silmarillion #silmarillion #silm #silm headcanons #silm meta #morgoth #melkor #sauron #mairon #namo #Eol #aredhel #maeglin #idril #gondolin

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burnt-kloverfield · 1 year

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Happy New Year! Just dropping links to some of my sideblogs, because hey, why not? I think they’re pretty neat. Anyways, there’s a bunch of random things, some aesthetic stuff, a Reylo sideblog, I mean, you might find some more stuff you just love, right? And likes come from me, this is my main, but I might reblog the stuff I love to my sideblogs. That’s how that works. Anywho, links below the read more:

Aesthetic Blogs

@darkspringaesthetic If you’re looking for cottagecore, classical paintings, green countrysides, purple flowers, stormy skies, etc. you’ll find it all here. Perhaps most regular of my sideblogs. It really started before cottagecore took off. It’s that feeling of a rainy spring day, where there’s new life everywhere, but it’s dark and rainy.

@feverdreamsummer This is a vaporwave aesthetic blog. "VaporWave Americana It's the feeling you get, when you're on a road trip, and you've just woken up from a nap, and your face is hot from the sun coming in through the window, and you might have just missed the Hollywood sign, but you're catching sight of the most beautiful sunset you'll never see again."

@royalwinterkingdom Wintry, snow, velvet. It's gotten a tad pink/purple/pastel, but it was originally meant to feel like you're royalty in all your fur and velvet looking over the pine forests of your snow covered kingdom.

Fandom Blogs

@pulltothelight Reylo sideblog, need I say more? Okay, well, I do write Reylo fanfic, and you can find that there. It's a mix of classic Reylo stuff, new Reylo stuff, Star Wars, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, etc.

@buildingverse I'm going to catch up one day, I promise! "The center of Multidimensional Chaos caused by AsheRhyder's Roommates and all the Buildingverse Fandom. A fanblog who went on hiatus and then never caught up but will, eventually. " I mainly reblog Labyrinth, Phantom of the Opera, and Pirates of the Caribbean here. Like I reblog all of those on my main, too, but here is specifically for that kind of stuff. I never finished the comic, but I am going to sit down and completely binge it, one, day! I swear!!!

@kloversims I play sims, and I used to post more. Now, I guess this is cc or something, IDK. Pretty dormant? Maybe I'll start up a new legacy or something *shrugs*

Random Blogs

@cringydashboard This one is pretty much me digging through the depths of my ancient dashboard (I just figured out a way to see how my dashboard would look in like 2011, etc) and I'm reblogging old, classic, funny, interesting, truly cringy tumblr posts. It just feels like time to dig back into the past and relive why we all love tumblr.

@dollchronicles Look, I love cute things, games, toys, childish things. I personally have a tag about wanting to live with the muppets. This blog though is about toys and cute games. Originally for Toca Boca, but now it's mainly Tsuki Odyssey.

@becominglolitaprincess Speaking of cute things, You wanna follow my selfie blog?

@autismwehaveaproblem I'm autistic, I love autism, I post enough about it to really have a whole blog for itself, right?

#sideblogs #You should follow some of my sideblogs

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vampiric-dolly-draws · 2 years

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i saw your kirby oc, Jinxy. and I was wondering if you can share some more information about them? backstory, what they do currently, personality etc. they look so cool.

Of course!! Backstory:

Jinxy LeHex in the kirby universe, is a bat creature who hails from a different dimension on a planet that is called "Nocturnea". The planet has a very dark aesthetic with some gothic and halloween vibes to it from the fauna, the flora and the denizens that live there. One of the main beings that live there are the same species as Jinxy. Now there is a king who rules over the planet known as King Lazarus Grimrose and his son Prince Noc. The king is but a tyrant and the people are afraid of him...however they do have a lot of respect for his son who is the complete opposite to him. Part of the court is a court magician by the name of Lord Phantasma Dascălu who is Jinxy's adoptive father and mentor , He was the one who taught Jinxy everything they needed to know as well as had an extensive knowladge about magic and "The Old World"...which kinda comes into play later?? Now...Things were fine up until an event happened which lead to the events that put Jinxy on Planet Popstar in the first place... This event in short was that Jinxy's adoptive father was accused of a crime he didn't commit, he was imprisoned and was set to be executed. Jinxy of course was upset and being pretty impulsive when it comes to making decisions ended up confronting the tyrant king which lead to a fight...him accusing Jinxy of treason and she too was imprisoned...Now Prince Noc and Jinxy were close, best friends even since Jinxy arrived at the castle. Noc didn't want to see his best friend getting hurt by his father so with his own magic he created a portal to the nearest dimension for Jinxy to escape to since if Jinxy were to leave the cell they were kept in there wouldn't have been a safe place on Nocturnea for them to hide.

With that Jinxy seeing there was no other choice they went through the portal which lead them to The Dimension Road/Another Dimension, It was unknown for as to how long Jinxy was stuck there for but eventually The Bat Witch did find an open rift which lead them to Planet Popstar.

Jinxy kinda...landed really awkwardly since the rift was placed in a weird location so when they walked through they fell and landed in a field at the bottom of a hill....So they were a little disoriented? They were also kind of scared since this world is very unfamiliar to them and the witch didn't know what awaited them there. So once Jinxy got a bit of their bearings they ended up exploring trying to at least find a settlement or something to find an inn to rest in. After a bit they did run into a person and Jinxy decided if they could point them into the right direction. The person was none other then Meta Knight, he happened to be training Sailor Waddle Dee at that moment. Sailor Waddle dee was more or less curious about The Witch, so was Meta Knight but he had his guard up since you know, stranger he never met before and he is a cautious dude.

To try and shorten this even more, basically Meta Knight took Jinxy in for a short while until Jinxy got settled into Dreamland. It took Jinxy to adjust to the place since it's nothing like their homeplanet so they had to get accustomed to the people, place, culture and so on!! Which took months since they also had to get used to a planet that has a sun as well since Nocturnea doesn't have a sun. Just two moons so it was always dark there compared to the bright and colorful world she now resides in.

Present:

Jinxy LeHex after a while did settle in nicely in Dreamland, they live in the forest not to far from one of the villages!! By day Jinxy is a potions merchant beings that they know alchemy as well. So it's how they make a living!! However...when they aren't selling potions Jinxy did aquire themselves a little crew where they all cause mischief together, like pranks and the like!! Jinxy believes Dreamland could use some excitement beings that when there isn't something threatening Popstar or the galaxy as a whole it's a quiet and calm place.

Personality:

I briefly mentioned that Jinxy was implusive when it comes to making decisions, So in turn it does make the witch a little reckless. Doesn't mean she isn't smart though, she's smarter than what they give themselves credit for. Not only that Jinxy is very mischevious, loves pranks a ton, so they're very playful ontop of that!! They do have a soft spot for the people they care about and will pretty much drop what she is doing to help their loved ones.

So sorry about this post being long, i have a lot of things written down when it comes to my characters, I did my best to condense it down as best as i can!! I am happy that you've shown interest in my silly characters! it means a lot to me so thank you!! ^^

#not art #kirby #kirby oc #oc #fc #original character #fan character #oc shit: Jinxy LeHex #world building #au #alternative universe #alternate universe #oc shit: The Bat King #oc shit: Noc Grimrose #oc shit: Lazarus Grimrose #oc shit: Phantasma Dascălu #kirby au #meta knight #long post

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straightfromthetorturedpoetsdept · 1 year

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LOVER GAYLOR'S VERSION WOULD BE SO GOOD

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE ANON.

I'm actually kind of sus over those lover vinyls now, not gunna lie to you. I just feel like... yes, lover is queer already but I feel like there is definitely a song or two she cut from the listing that are explicitly queer... or maybe there aren't and this was the "coming out" album the way it was supposed to be because ME! is pretty explicit honestly. "like a rainbow with all of the colors, i promise you'll never find another like me" is a queer ass lyric.

not only that but she intentionally made the aesthetic of that song on rep tour a rainbow, with her background dancers in pink, yellow, blue powersuits- which is an inherently queer clothing item to me tbh. Like, you wanna talk about queerflagging? that's the literal definition of queerflagging. I don't know any grown ass adults donning a full rainbow dress unless they're queer. I just don't see taylor loving rainbows because she just "loves" rainbows.

Like, not to mention she goes into dwoht/atw after shake it off, which I feel like is SO telling of 1989 era isn't it?

but like, yeah, I just feel like if you listen to lover from the lens of a bisexual woman coming out- it is pretty explicitly queer. False God is just another name for Pussy is Bible, change my mind. I just... idk... don't get me wrong I want lover (gaylor's version) because I want more lover era songs. I love lover, i'm so sad she didn't get her own tour and has to share the spotlight with nine other bitches but it's okay i'm FINE.

I just... I want her to be able to come out the way she planned it. Taylor is not a private person by nature, and she is putting up boundaries but I cannot imagine she wants to stay in the closet. Like, what was lover then if not her wanting to make a huge show out of her coming out? When I hear the speeches, I see the videos and hear her discuss lover... my heart breaks, she put so much thought and care into that fucking era... she wanted to put her sexuality on the front pages of every magazine because she feels like she fucking earned it? Like, if i was taylor, I would want the attention on my sexuality if I was forced into the closet which... idk it's pretty clear from her own visual work that she's resentful of her "glass closet" and has been seeking a way to get out of it for over a decade now, probably.

Lover was so open that folkmore videos feel like a slap in the face with their tone honestly. the last music video we got for lover was the man and I doubt she wanted to end with that because u know cruel summer was going to get released as a single... you just fucking know it. there's no way, she teased the FUCK out of that song. MULTIPLE references to it... nah, something's up. but like... go back and watch me! then watch cardigan... it's a complete tone shift. It's a complete emotional departure from where ME! was and I don't think that it's "reading too much" into it when this is like superficial stuff I'm talking about... we've returned to a dark cottage and forest and taylor is trapped behind a glass closet... after lover era where bisexual rumors were at an all time HIGH?

no bro, she's hurt over the way it all went down and it's fucking evident.... but i think the finality of midnights as an era and the way it's kind of been the best of all the eras (like... the glam of 1989, the healthy attitude of lover, the hair ish of debut/fearless/red all together, the sadness of red in the official photoshoots, the easter eggs of reputation, the queerness of speak now) makes me feel like we're going into a really fun and new and honest era of taylor swift. I think she's finally done with the lying and hiding and she's going completely change the way she approaches music after this year.

I think she's hinted that she's ready to get onto ts11 and the new chapter of her life several times this year... I think she might just mush all the rest of the rerecordings together with lover b side for tour (imagine the record she would set with that babes.... i know she's thinking about it) because she wants to have a gay ass tour this time around, the way lover was supposed to be. And I think that's why she's decided to do an eras tour as well, because she's been playing with the rest of her eras this entire midnights era. like what is the midnights era? it's literally a retrospective on her past eras.

so i think we might get lover gaylor's version only because she'd probably be the first and only person in history to chart all 250+ songs that she'd definitely chart if she released the rest of her recordings at the same time, and the only person to chart all ten of her first albums at once too. it'd be a nice even record to set and she loves her some numbers.

anyways i hope you enjoyed my intense clowning anon

#lover #taylor swift #ask and you shall receive #anon love #gaylor

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dangerous-advantage · 1 year

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top 5 fav colours secondary question what colour would u eat ^.,.^

i could just answer this like a normal person or whatever, BUT INSTEAD, i am not, so here's my "in-depth" analysis for ranking my top favorite colors by overall aesthetic and implied taste.

before we start, honorable mention goes to Rosso Corsa (#cc0000) for being very candy-like and vibrant and just all-around good in general.

5. cornsilk (#f6eccb)

only a few shades away from floral white [#fcf9ee] and medium champagne [#fodfa8], this shade of off-white may seem a little boring at first, but i assure you. this is no "eggshell white." no. no no no, this is a whole shade darker.

this is for every bland, minimalistic room -- white and tan and black with that one fuckin’ accent color. sometimes they’ll switch it up, say, “let’s do something exotic!” and then they’ll exchange their normal white for off-white. but they’re never interested in cornsilk. it’s too “yellow.” but could you really tell? if I used this shade instead of ivory or alabaster or bone, a “cultured” shade of off-white, would you even notice?? would you ever? or would it bug you. how your perfect, pristine off-white wall is just a little too off-white.

i think it would have the consistency of frosting, but just a bit thicker. very creamy, very smooth. the taste? half-and-half or coffee creamer, but with just an edge of some indiscernible yet unmistakable flavor. so subtle, yet just enough to clue you in that something’s… off.

4. oxford blue (#00173d)

so distinguished, yet so uptight. the definition of a blue-collar academic professional. it believed you when you told it playing by the rules would bring it security and simplicity, the comfort of mundanity and impersonal excellence. it followed all the steps. went to school, got good grades, got a college education -- check, check, check.

recently, though, it's been fraying. losing threads around the edges. glasses smudges, white-button-up not done up correctly. dark circles under the eyes. little things, innocuous things. it's been falling behind and staying up late.

close acquaintances start to whisper. "something's wrong." they don't know what. because it's still like it always was, but it's more superficial now. something's churning in the deep. what'll happen when it breaks the surface, i wonder.

it tastes all right. nothing special. cereal and milk, i'm thinking. routine -- maybe honey bunches of almonds?? but they changed the recipe recently, and you're still deciding whether you like it or not.

3. dark green (#001d11)

this is old-growth forests and deep, mossy caves. vines dripping to the jungle floor. it's an old swing in a shaded clearing deep in the woods, where the ropes have been swallowed by the bark. a set of stairs leading nowhere. places that imply stories and memories, now forgotten. monuments to the past that now only hold echoes of lost things.

this is a good color to get lost in. there's a lot of detail here, and lost to explore. it's calming and omniscient, but not intrusive. you just kinda wanna be here, y'know? tracing bark and fissures of moss through stone with your fingers. it's not safe, but it's forgiving.

some kind of baked good or pastry. when you bite into it, it's spongy like cake. it's deceptive -- it's not quite what you expect. a brownie, but somewhat more bitter. dark chocolate, or even fudge -- it's very rich, kinda earthy. you can't eat too much of it at one time.

2. rosewood (#66000a)

i prefer shades of this that are more red-purple, but this isn't a bad representation. i couldn't find the exact color i was looking for, which i'd describe as overripe raspberries. but i do like shades of crimson.

this isn't warning bells and fresh blood. it's after the fact when the thrill of adrenaline has washed away and now you're left with a fresh wound to pick. reassurance that came just a second too late. injuries left to fester.

in fall, when the first snow of the year falls and all the red leaves are still clinging to the maples, sometimes they'll drift down on top of the snow. the contrast is very stark. you want to imprint it into your memory somehow because it stands out in the moment.

this one probably tastes the best to me out of all of the stuff on this list. it has a texture akin to caramel, slow and melty, and sticky. if you've ever read "little house on the prairie," it reminds me of where they make sweets by drizzling fresh maple syrup in the snow. it would be less sugary, though, and more... natural? raspberry jam is a good example.

1. russian violet (#362b4f)

purple -- specific shades of purple of this kind -- has been my favorite color for a long time. i like both the lighter, lavender-blush tints and the more "gunmetal" purples. it's like... december rain, or storm clouds at dusk. out of all of these colors, it stands out to me the most as having a specific smell. kind of like men's cologne, but frostier and stringent? it's not a bad smell, once you get used to it.

there's a certain sense of violence in this shade specifically. you know how the very end of the day turns that shade of blue? this is the equivalent to that. it's presagious, the final warning before night falls. not bruises, it's too cold for that. in winter, when shadows fall on the snow, this color is a pretty good representation.

compared to the other colors on this list, i think it's the quietest, but it holds a lot of gravity, too. eyes on the back of your neck, but when you look around, nothing's there. it doesn't pose any real threat, but you don't know that. it works as a reminder: don't get too comfortable.

paranoia. that's a good representation. it's too dull to be fear and too dark to be anxiety.

taste-wise, texture-wise?? it makes me think of a popsicle or something else cold. definitely fruit. i want to say huckleberry ice cream, but that seems too sweet. maybe unsweetened huckleberry? when we'd go huckleberry picking in the fall, they would stain our fingers red and purple. they're a good balance of sour and sweet. i think that's it.

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