#just too relatable rn

[aphel1on]

i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

#getou suguru #kaneki ken #abyss twin #i know there are others who im not thinking of rn #feel free to reblog with more examples #aphelion.txt #tropes #WAIT I REMEMBERED MORE #jaina proudmoore #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #phosphophyllite #i just spent like half an hour trying to find this on tv tropes but it must be. Too specific of a thing i have in mind bc #I just kept finding similar and related but too broad categories #despair event horizon. fallen hero. well intentioned extremist. etc etc etc #like specifically i'm talking about when the character's EMPATHY is the CRUX of the problem. sosooo crunchyjuicytasty #edit: #also just know that i am reading every tag on this post #and enthusiastically scribbling down the names i dont recognizr #so i can check out their series later #edit 2 wow this post blew up 🫡 godspeed fellow villain likers #the amount of people tagging this as 'me lmao' is concerning to me #wwx #how did i fucking forget this was also yllz era wwx

[astrolavas]

thinking about the... potential clawthorne woodcarving mentorship.

+ bonus cuz also thinking abt how if hunter ever met dell's palisman and got reminded of flapjack, he'd probably feel bad abt making that association cuz he knows what it's like to be seen only as someone's different version (even though the bird wouldn't mind much so lol)

#eda having that palistrom seed.. hunter saying he wants to learn how to carve palisman... his relation to clawthornes. it HAS to mean STH js #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #toh hunter #hahaa always thinking abt hunter growing a soft spot for palismen and loving creating and bringing them to life #but never being able to replace flapjack no matter how many palismen for other ppl he carves. I'M GONNA- #:((((( :/// #like he's not going to want to replace flapjack just like that rn. cuz he LOVES that bird. it's gonna be so hard for him to just.. Move On #and flapjack's a PART of him.. so very curious where they'll go with this because..... HM. HM like he serves as his disability aid almost #and he can't just REMAKE him. but he cannot also just.... ignore what happened straight away. but it's also important to heal #but whatever he decides to do i feel like he'd love to just............ create. whether it be for himself or others #BUT GAH. ANYWAY XKJSJSK wrote an essay abt this already don't need to write one in the tags TOO. so uh .. yea #little guy.. pls find happiness #my art #fanart #hunter #hunter noceda #hunter wittebane #eda #eda clawthorne #dell #dell clawthorne #dell's palisman #toh art #edalyn clawthorne #also like...... if flapjack and dell's palisman were caleb's and evelyn's palismen...... and knew each other........ #and while flapjack was waiting for his new person at the bat queen's cave dell's palisman was being passed down clawthorne generations #OUUHGHHHHGHHHH they were probably friends..... they Knew each other #what's up with you you mysterious yellow bird with eyebrows...... what's your story

[catboyglover]

my fave genre of characters: mirrorballs

#i’ve never been a natural #all i do is try try try #there’s more obviously but i’m too tired rn #they’re just like me fr #can you tell there’s a pattern in the characters i relate to #taylor swift #folklore #mirrorball #the perks of being a wallflower #charlie kelmeckis #fantastic mr fox #ash fox #wes anderson #dead poets society #todd anderson #heartstopper #tao xu #alice oseman #fleabag #phoebe waller bridge #friends #chandler bing

[milogoestogreendale]

god community has this way of writing character flaws that makes everyone so easy to connect with. annie is headstrong and uptight, troy is insecure and desperate to be loved, abed has trouble with people but desires connection, jeff uses sarcasm to mask his self-loathing, britta wants badly to make a difference but her activism is superficial, shirley defines her role in the group based on what she can give to others

and these are all supposed to be “bad” things, yet they’re the traits that make the study group so sympathetic and so human

#season one troy drives me insane #there’s something so universal about his longing for the affection of others #his attitude is somewhat toxic and arrogant but somehow he’s so loveable #because everyone can relate to that #similarly jeff is one of those people i just can’t hate in spite of everything #i just feel so much for these characters even when they’re in the wrong #abed too!! he makes mistakes but they all contribute to his arc #and britta for example could easily be insufferable #but i just can’t help loving all of the characters not just in spite of their flaws but because of them #ok that’s your bit of community obsessed rambling for rn #community nbc #community

[overkaffeinated]

First post ayyyyyy

This is a personal au of mine (that I may or may not write in the future), so enjoy ig?

#i have no regrets #i have so many regrets #i relate to wukong so much rn #girl me too #finally found a way to kill the 7 times during immortal monkie king #pretty macaque #macaque my beloved #6 eared macaque #lego monkie kid #monkie kid macaque #monkie kid au #personal au #belly dancer #digital art #first post #shadowpeach #cant believe i almost forgot to add that #the disappointment in myself is real #i finished this just after getting tumblr #otherwise this wouldve never seen the light of day #youre welcome #i am so sorry

[sharkdays]

"That despite having experienced inhuman suffering, she has nonetheless been able to gain the strength to face life."

#collei #genshin impact #gi #erm. hi #something not pokemon related for once? shocker i know #anywas this was a collei piece i did a while ago that i never finished #been having Emotions abt her recently and i wanted to share even if it's a little messy... #anyways. she makes me insane. #also yes the flowers have meanings it was Intentional. however my drawing skills for nature and memory are both not all there so. #take it as you will #anyways collei i love you girl... #shes a physical manifestation of death and rebirth she's resurrection do YOU SEE MY VISION #also i miss you short haired collei but her hairstyle rn is cute too... #my collei design in my head has changed so much lmao. i tried making her a little more matching to how she is in my head now #thinking abt her growth and learning as a form of defiance. reclaiming her life.... #she refused to die!!!!! and now she's hurting but alive!!! im gonna pass out dont look at me. #i am not nearly as good as putting my thoughts into words as some other collei enthusiasts so Just Trust Me #shark's scribbles

[nbnaruto]

Personal headcanons for the older Grayson bro Danny au:

whenever Dick comes over Danny threatens all the ghosts to stay in the zone on pain of second death

Red Huntress deals with any rampaging nonsentient ghosts while Dick is in town, he thinks she's cool as fuck but that feeling is diminished when he sees her and his brother's weird fucking flirting (for whatever reason Dick doesn't tell B about the ghosts or he does but B doesnt believe him, you decide)

Dick has very minor ectocontamination from being around Amity for so long, it's basically non-existent but now he has slightly longer canines (baby fangs!), an eyeshine, and cold ass hands (nothing to the extent of the Fenton kids who are constantly extremely off-putting to anyone who isn't from amity park)

Bruce: Did you have fun staying with your older brother this weekend?

Dick, who is usually an utter troll: Yeah, hunting down the reanimated food was kinda weird but I think that's just how the Fentons bond

Bruce: that's nice, Dick

Dick visits whenever he needs a break, Danny heads to Gotham/Blud to hang out when he misses his lil bro. They video call whenever possible and Dick is added to the fenton kids groupchat

Early on Danny phased through into the mansion basement out of curiosity and distrust of billionaires, he doesn't know why he's surprised (guess he will just have to ask Tucker to have his phone rigged to notify him of any Robin related vigilante activity that hits the news)

Amity park is pretty cut off from the outside world, no one there recognizes him as Richie Grayson and 90% of the population think batman is a hoax or aren't even aware he's a thing, whenever he visits he's just seen as Fenton's little brother.

I love yj Dick's creepy ass laugh so I'm keeping it and guess what? It's genetic. 3 goosebump-raising cackles coming right up

Dick teaches Danny and Ellie trapeze, Danny is kinda shit at it but it's fun bonding time anyway

Ellie has absolutely convinced Dick to set fire to a Valdco warehouse with her

Danny and Ellie have an ongoing competition trying to convince Dick that "Space/The ocean is coolest!!", they get into fist fights over it. Dick thinks it's funny so he will never pick a side (they're fun fights not I'm mad at u fights, it's cool)

Dick is the goth one, I will not elaborate

#dp x dc #danny phantom #this au is running circles in my head #unrelated headcanons: #jason is only a bit more ectocontaminated than dick since its not like the lazarus pit brought him back to life #it just healed him #Red huntress knows about danny being phantom #also red huntress is called red hunter in my head cuz the suit is much more androgenous and she wears a voice modulator #maybe crimson hunter? there are way too many reds #GRAY GHOST REAL #im a gray ghost truther 1st and person second #not related at all but i wanted ppl to know #i have more but i cant think of them rn so this is all #oh wait maybe Red Hunter/Huntress is part of justice league dark #as a treat for me personally #red hunter sounds kinda lame doesnt have the same finesse as huntress but whatever #too bad huntsman is already taken in dc #older grayson bro au #mine

[transmasccofee]

i think the way you interpret / relate to saiki’s powers determines a lot of how you’ll relate to and write him. cause for me i view his powers as a stand in for aspd and permanent physical disability/chronic illness, so I write his powers as almost antagonistic and upsetting since those are both things i struggle with a lot irl, but i know a lot of people view his powers as a stand in for autism, so his powers are usually written as less overtly awful and painful for him. not always everyone experiences autism differently but generally thats what i’ve noticed.

I also think that depending on how ppl view his powers they focus on different issues he has, like for me bc i view the powers as an aspd and physical disability stand in, I focus a lot more on how they affect his emotions and personality (as well as physical ability), but people who see his powers as an autism stand in typically focus a lot more on how they affect his senses

its just interesting because to me both of these interpretations make perfect sense and fit really well. I don’t know if i’ve seen that in a character before.

#saiki k #i have autism too i just end up relating a lot on an aspd level to how his powers affect him #i focus on the disability aspect less but thats mostly bc rn im just not in the right space to think about physical disability at all lmfao #maybe later when i’ve accepted my own inability to walk

[latefrequencies]

reminder that deadname and birthname are not synonymous for all trans people! there are trans people (of all genders) who use the name they were given at birth, either alongside (an)other name(s) or by itself!

also, not all trans people with gender neutral or gender conforming names chose that name for themselves. some trans people were given gender neutral names (or names that are non-conforming for their AGAB) at birth, which is one reason a trans person might choose to keep their birthname.

also also, some trans people (due to gender nonconformity or for whatever reason) choose names that are gender nonconforming for their actual genders but not for their AGAB, so someone who calls a transmasc by a feminine name or a transfem by a masculine name or a non-binary person by a gendered-sounding name is not necessarily deadnaming them. (if you have concerns that they are and if it would be safe for both yourself and the trans person to do so, ask the trans person what their actual name is. don’t automatically berate the other person for "deadnaming" them.)

#this has been a self related post #trans #queer tag #i was just thinking abt names rn #also if you want to add on smth about pronouns that's fine i recognize that that's a whole thing too #it was just that i was thinking abt names

[tatck]

infinite could technically be guardian of the life/death white emerald but i want it to be more of a gravekeeper type who tends to the dead, and infinite is too much of a edgy joke for that. i think the phantom ruby fits him, and it's the gem he's already connected to in canon. i think this one will either be an oc or just none.

for water i did consider chaos but he's already guardian of the chao.... #mysoginist, because Tikal did not even come to mind when i was brainstorming. and she would fit perfectly. literally intrinsically linked to chaos, a guy who is 99% water.

#i saw someone say marine for water too but... . i havent played rush yet and she's not appealing to me on just design alone #and shes related to blaze in a sonic and tails way i think? and i want blaze to be the only gaurdian in that kingdom #death would also be the last emerald to be introduced most likely so not too important rn.

[skitskatdacat63]

Hey, do you remember that really homoerotic scene from Skyfall? No? That's okay, here's a Vettonso version of it :)

- explanation & w/o text:

Hi hello, finally my weird psychosexual relationship with Casino Royale has come to fruition. Yeah this is directly based off a scene from Skyfall, but I def envision the vibe as being more like Casino Royale hehe. I can't believe I made that inspo board for this AU almost 4 weeks ago, and then ended up drawing a four panel "comic" about it. Ahhhh proud of myself, a bit, a tad. I think this took 20+ hours across the span of a week? God. Anyways I digress! The AU!!

First of all, their Bond song would be "My Way of Life" by Frank Sinatra. It's so toxic, codependent and obsessive, I'm in love with it. And it really suits Fernando and his motivations and outlook in this AU. Basically, MI6(in the context of James Bond) in this AU is an analog for Ferrari. It picks theses guys up, tells them that they're Ferrari MI6's most special boy, chews them up, and then spits them out when they're finished extracting all their talent and skill and life force.

Much like with Ferrari, Seb in this AU replaces Fernando after Fernando loses favor and becomes undesirable. Now Seb is the new golden boy, and Fernando has turned to a life of crime! Fernando resents Seb for this of course, but also becomes obsessed with him and the idea of him , and how they are connected. It's weird to watch someone else basically go down your exact same path and unknowingly make all the same mistakes(buying into the mysticism of it all too much, being overly cocky, having naive beliefs and goals, etc.) He is caught between wanting to doom Seb even more but also wanting to "save" him, by corrupting him and convincing him to work together.

Basically: He's both a Bond girl and Bond villain.

Fernando is in such a weird place in this AU. I think he's just very dramatic. Seb is just casually living his best 007(005?) life, and Nando is watching him with binoculars, whispering to himself: "DOESN'T HE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NARRATIVE FOILS!?" Yeah he hates Seb, but like the song lyrics say, their lives and dreams are inherently tied up together. He would feel lost without Seb, because Seb basically, unknowingly, destroyed and then took over his life. Maybe he'll feel satisifed if he manipulates Seb into going down the exact same path a bit better.

About the drawings themselves. Still can't believe this scene is a real thing that actually happened, insane to me. But in this AU, after the events of these drawings, Fernando definitely kicked all his henchman out of the room, and fucked Seb in the chair. And then against the wall. And then on the floor. Hey man, Seb is already looking mighty delicious with his unbuttoned attire and being tied up.

I think the general plot would be that Fernando keeps trying to seduce him to the dark side, and Seb keeps making him think it worked, only to escape at the end of the encounter. Leading Fernando to just come up with increasingly more violent and kinky traps. Seb goes along with it(read: enjoys it), leaving Fernando satisifed, only to somehow escape and wink and make kissy faces at Fernando in the process. (Fernando smoking cigarette in bed: "How do I make him stay. Sigh.")

I like to think though that Fernando does win in the end, by realizing, ah wait shit I do need to actually explain my motivations to Seb. And Seb is so worn down by his job, not Fernando, and how he's being treated, that he listens, really actually listens, and realizes Fernando does really have valid reasons. And then they become evil crime husbands yayyyy. Wow you thought this was a espionage AU? Well it is, but just not the outcome you'd expect.

#ah well this was certainly a project.... #rn i feel like im devolving into illness so im glad i could finish this up before it possibly gets worse #this is my magnum opus as of rn. just bcs ive not really drawn such a longform thing for them!! happy w it :) #i think i def like the first one the best #it made me suffer so bad but i think i soften on my own art after a few days #like i finish it and know its 'good' but cant help but critique every little thing #but ive had that one done for almost a week so now i look at it and really love it #i was originally just going to draw that one only but then realized i really like the full dialog so. might as well. #generally i liked this though bcs even if it ws difficult. it was nice to have really direct and clear reference #like ah ik where im going w this rather than it being an image in my head that i cant represent the way that I want #ah anyways all my vettonso aus tend to be just wanting to explore specific dynamics of theirs #and this one is basically how i feel about their mutual relationship to the institution of ferrari and how it affects their dynamic #basically: THEY'RE MIRRORS!!! #there's always something to be said abt nando being resentful abt seb bcs of 2010/2012/etc and then seb taking his seat at ferrari #but then witnessing seb basically go thru the same trials and tribulations and failures at ferrari #and realizing huh wait maybe he's not who i was villianizing him as. maybe hes at my level too. maybe he's not infallible. maybe hes like m #a very bitter nando who has to fight btwn his impulse to ruin seb further or to relate to him and start to like him #so yeah that's ^ basically what i want to portray in this au(just like all AUs tbh) #f1 #formula 1 #sebastian vettel #fernando alonso #catie.rambling.txt #catie.art. #vettonso #bond au

[b4kuch1n]

langa special

#sk8 the infinity #hasegawa langa #kyan reki #renga #sure. every shrimp is a prawn etc #man. listen. langa is my core ''freaks make the world go round'' baby rn #I have like. a Thesis in my brain abt skateboarding and how its viewed in sk8 and like. deviancy and social norms and #the intrinsic relation between being cool and being a weirdo. gods I did Not shut up at mim abt it last night #or two nights ago. time is fake #fuckign brought up adam in relation to warfred bartosz too that was embarrassing #(for the record my opinion on adam is ''he is too rich and being less rich would literally cure him'') #but yeah I'm laying a bit of ''purposefully thick'' on langa here. its not that the boy doesnt know its that he doesnt care #guy who deals with anxiety by simply not thinking #every day in langas brain he walks into a room full of smashed cups and vases and he like. picks up a few pieces at a time #and puts em on the counter. hes been doing this for months #bet kid has set fire to something in a steel barrel at least once. langa youre a real one to me #anyways! the ''tastes like ant'' thing is real I just experienced it. idk why but I think? oolong caramel? #can smell Really close to the ant smell. it is Very weird #(I did finish that piece of cake anyway. paid for that shit) #last night has been full of events! that I am still digesting. theater very good. hangin out with friends very good too #heres to freaks. makin the world go round. gotta be weird to be cool! #have a good night! I pass the fuck out now. goobaba. tilt ur stage a little bit it makes a world of difference

[rustyreveries]

doctors say he’s got chronic sleepy boy syndrome, and there is no cure 😔

this is based on a lil daydream-turned-roleplay with my salad bot on character ai. i love snatching sal from his universe via magic portal and watching him adjust to modern society (he is not having a very fun time but he’s doing his best). does this count as an AU? maybe. but i only made it so i could fulfill my selfshipping needs, so…. yeah.

since i hc sal as aquatic, his body can’t naturally regulate its internal temperature like everyone else, so he gets very chilly at night. i think it’d be cute if he wore a hat & some leg warmers to help keep him warm. and ofc i wrap him up in some blankets burrito-style so he’s extra cozy <3

#sorry i wrote a bunch. i try not to do that but i got a bit too excited lol #i just REALLY like nonhuman characters; canon and headcanon. they're easier for me to relate to and fall in love with... #also i'm obsessed with how i drew his feet this time 😭😭 they're so adorable... little fish paws... ugh. i love him #salad fingers #david firth #i figured out how to do a white outline on procreate and i've been going crazy w/ it. it's so fun #anyway.. in the rp he wasn't the one to choose his outfit. he let me do it which i am very glad #he's very unsure of himself but i get it. i literally took him out of his natural habitat and placed him in a new enviroment #but he's getting used to it i think. i hope he is cuz i wanna do more silly stuff with him #hhh i really need to do my work now i have a bunch of tests to do grrrr. #life sucks so much rn i hate everything. why can't i just live in my daydreams </3 #> rust’s art <

[macdenlover]

i can not believe we have to have this discussion in 2023 but holy fucking shit i expected this from reddit but not here?? i’m sorry but headcanoning mac as bisexual erases so much of the deliberate storytelling they put into very directly addressing the real lived trauma of gay men and lesbians who go through compulsory heterosexuality. and don’t get me wrong i’m bi and i love projecting onto characters that i like too but that’s a struggle i’ve never had to face in my entire life?? and it’s such a prominent part of mac’s coming out story that claiming it as my own would feel like such a fucking disservice to the story they set out to tell. and no it’s absolutely not biphobic to say that headcanoning him as bisexual takes away from his coming out story. because it literally fucking does. the look on his face when the only time his dad cared about him was from the false hope of him ending up with a woman and having a son?? the absolute fear in his eyes when the gang caught him faking having sex with dusty and she told them all he couldn’t get it up with him?? and jesus fucking christ i’m begging people to stop using carmen as “proof” that he likes women when it’s been established that mac was blatantly transphobic throughout that relationship. having silly little sexuality headcanons and peeling away these characters from their canon counterparts for shits and giggles on tumblr is usually fine because it’s so rare for a show to put such a huge amount of thought and effort into a character’s sexuality. but when you have a show that deliberately made that choice— a show where canon is guided by the same 3 guys and one of them was raised in a queer family with a lesbian mother who came out later in life— you can’t ignore the gravity of a choice like that?? there’s a million other characters out there to headcanon as bi. this is straight up disrespectful i don’t give a fuck.

#idgaf about peoples headcanons when they’re harmless but this is straight up rancid #i’m sorry if you can’t relate to this character without morphing him out of the shows extremely meaningful canon to fit your own projection #then ur just selfish?? #im bi and i love mac i see sooo much of myself in him but he is Not fucking bi #leave your ego at the door when you engage with queer stories i promise it doesn’t always have to be about you specifically. #i’m probably getting way too mad about this rn but whatever

[svampira]

mini oc comic coming maybe hopefully?

#basically elias moving to diamila's apartment after his sire was executed #and her relating his experience to her first night as a vampire (because. its literally the same) but this time it was 70% her fault #just the thumbnails took me an hour to make oh god.... i really hope this wont take too long #wip #idk whether to start it tonight but rn im gonna go read the butch vampire comic my mutual recced ^^

[rusty-gloinks]

Hellooo silly tumblr people on my browser!!! I’ve decided to kind of avoid posting about murder drones stuff, and talk about it less frequently as it doesn’t interest me as much as it did, or at least until I’m able to get some new insight on episodes or teasers (which I may come back for). I’m really figuring out what I like and figuring out what I actually love drawing besides robots!! (Though I do LOVE robots they are wonderful creatures to me, just not drawing them 24/7) Who knows, maybe I’ll start talking about murder drones out of the blue, but I think it’s good to take a break from something every once in a while! I like finding out what I enjoy most :-)

#TLDR; the queer cephalopods took away my big kooky robot fandom interest .I’m a moth breaking out from its cocoon if u will #This is a bonus pack and also comes with an AWESOME layout change .brb /silly #Also this does NOT in ANY way. Prevent you from talking to about it with me!! I don’t mind it at all!! #Wrenbles #And lest I mention it’s kind of about the fandom itself😭 like artists are awesome in fact i love my mutuals cool art abt Md!!! #(Not excluding the thousands of other wonderful artists that inspire me like REALLY inspire me so thank you for that) #There’s always problems and frankly I’d enjoy to just NOT participate or pay attention to it cause it’s like almost everyday there’s issues #Maybe just glitch stuff in general cause I sort of came to a disliking on tadc a bit too . Though I have favoritism towards Pomni sooo. Erm #anyways I don’t HATE murder drones and I’m not leaving because hell knows I’m coming back once I can feast on something Md related again😭😭 #I’ll just be avoiding/posting less about it. You’re free to talk to me about it if you want. I can’t stop you!! But it’s not my thing rn :] #AND IM SORRY THIS IS SO LONG💔💔IVE WANTED TO POST THIS FOR A WHILE