#like i guess they're kind of similar???

[fizzydrink-fanclub]

Okay don’t get me wrong but as I was reading Rumble Fish the Motorcycle Boy lowkey (LOWKEY) reminded me of Boomhauer from King of the Hill.

#i just thought about it #at that part were Steve said that he was good at everything #like a movie character or something #like i guess they're kind of similar??? #rumble fish #s e hinton #se hinton #the motorcycle boy #motorcycle boy #steve rumble fish #king of the hill #boomhauer #boomhauer king of the hill

[lunarin64art]

That feeling when he can't stand to see you that way, no matter what you do, no matter what you say😩😭💔

#scott pilgrims precious little life #scott pilgrim vs the world #spvtw #spto #scott pilgrim #wallace wells #lisa miller #scollace #kim pine #natalie adams #envy adams #don't rlly know if I like how this turned out but oh well;;; #hope its obvious that this is based on the song “Scott Pilgrim” which the creation the comics were inspired from #the lyrics always make me think of Wallace and Lisa's feelings for Scott every time I hear it #ofc you could also relate it to Kim especially since the singers voice kind of reminds me of her #but overall the lyrics fit these two much better since Scott never truly “saw them that way” despite how long they've liked him #and they always seem happier to see him compared to Kim #Im surprised tho that I havent yet seen anyone draw these two together now that their dialogue parallels have been acknowledged more lately #also tho I wish more people pointed out that they both got cucked by red heads LOL #and Kim and Envy actually do look really similar when scott first meets them #makes me wonder if Scott subconsciously went for Envy since she reminded him of Kim (which would be fitting given that you could argue that #Envy dated Scott because he reminded her of Todd. Since he and Scott are confirmed to be meant to be seen as similar to one another #so much so that even their first and last names rhyme #last thing I'll add tho is that while Wallace and Lisa are very similar even personality wise #the one big difference is that despite that whole conclusion on vol4 of Scott not cheating on Ramona with Lisa because he loves her #the writers apparently think it would be “organically correct” for him to have an affair with wallace LMAO #but I guess we shouldn't be surprised since Wallace and Ramona are both in the front of the official valentines art which is clearly #a deptiction of Scotts wet dream or smth (oh and you could also argue that Wallace and Lisa parallel on that art since they're both #shirtless with white socks.. which could be a reference to how lisa wears skimpy clothes for Scott and Wallace often only wears boxers #to like sexually frustrate Scott for fun or smth

[blimbo-buddy]

I'm thinking about a Bug World concept where any non-insect might just see the residents as regular animals, but the way that the residents see themselves contrasts to that. Seeing themselves as more anthropomorphized and regal

Which would also play in to how the rest of the world sees Bug World, as small, insignificant, and something to not waste your time on. But the residents of Bug World see their societies differently, even if the giants don't want to see it. Still debating on this though

#blimbo rambles #bug world no mercy #blimmy art #On one hand I really like the idea of keeping the bugs ''normal'' looking #but then on the other hand I really like it when xenofiction anthropomorphizes the animals they're basing it around #The left example would be like: Warriors. Survivors. Watership Down #And then the right example would be: Redwall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM #but. I guess I could go for a middle ground #Kind of like wings of fire. where the characters are still ''normal looking'' animals but they wear accessories similar to clothes

[courtney-deserved-better]

I'm surprised you didn't make a joke about how one of the geniuses and Courtney sound the exact same in your amicus curiae fic. Like I had half expected a joke where Alejandro is talking and turns to see he was not talking to Courtney, but that one genius girl. Or a scenario that turns out he grabbed the wrong one in the rush to get on a train, leaving Courtney and the other genius girl behind or something.

I know it's a slightly more serious fic but that scenario popped into my head and cannot stop laughing

wait that's actually so funny. didn't occur to me at all.

#ask #anon #amicus curiae #i tend not to make jokes based on voice actors bc i feel like saying different voices they're doing sound the exact same is kind of #disrespectful to their abilities? though i do agree that ellody and courtney sound similar (but not the same). #i just remembered that the voice actors for the goths also voice nemma which i never would've guessed

[jimintomystery]

This algorithm is picking a fight with me that it can't win.

#video games #danganronpa #trigger happy havoc #slay the princess #the stanley parable #no these three games are not similar #i mean i guess they're more like each other than battletoads #a more honest line might be #'enjoyed by the same kind of weirdos who enjoyed...' #that said i do see *some* parallels btw slay and thh #i think that says more about me than the games #but still! #...ok look

[novelconcepts]

more and more it's feeling like we just...don't have room for people trying anymore. it's all or nothing; get it right the first time, or be crucified by a jury you can never fully see or convince. and this isn't new, isn't born of current events. it's become more and more prevalent over the last ten years thanks to social media putting every little thought on blast, but i'd put money on the idea that it's actually been brewing much longer than that. and, for me, it goes beyond being tiring or upsetting. it feels bleak. it feels downright fucking broken that we're all so busy trying not to condone anything remotely problematic that we don't leave room for good faith learning. watching people trying to suss out their own identity--something literally ONLY they can fully understand or explain--be vilified for trying to fit words around their own experience sucks. watching people misunderstand something and try to apologize for it later, only to be told they should have known all along, sucks. seeing people who once held truly toxic beliefs actually grow and learn and apologize and still be told to fuck themselves as if they're a lost cause--it sucks. just. does that not fill you with despair for the state of things? does that not break something in you, to think that if you one day don't understand something, or misuse a word, or grapple with complicated feelings, it will forever stain you in the eyes of perfect strangers?

dude the world is fucked, and we all see it, but like. it doesn't feel like it helps to be so goddamn reactive. it doesn't feel like it helps anyone to demand perfection out the gate. it's exhausting. there are enough people out there who don't want to learn, who aren't trying, who actively revel in cruelty. looking for malice in every little fuck-up from people who seem to be genuinely striving to live their lives with kindness strikes me as lending strength to an army that already glories in suffering. and makes the world look more fucked than ever. and i really don't know that that energy is what we need when there's already so much to set right.

maybe it's just me. maybe this last decade just shattered something in me. but i really, really hate the idea--reject the idea, frankly--that people can't learn and change and grow. that people can't be better than a bad day or a failure of understanding. i reject the idea that people are something to be thrown out because they fucked up. it just seems...yeah. bleak. really fuckin' bleak.

#personal #i dunno dude #this is that fighting energy from earlier. found some actual words for it i guess #but i'm just so tired #shit's fucked. some shit's complicated. and some isn't--some feels incredibly straightforward to me. #and to the next person maybe there's more nuance. it's all so fucking...there's so much to process all the time #and i catch myself in knee-jerk mode #i catch myself writing people off. making lists in my head. sometimes it's just purely a matter of safety #but god the things i'd give for some of those people to come back into my world #to learn. to grow. to apologize. to decide they value kindness and life over brainwashed beliefs #i would give so much for those friends back. those family members. those people i knee-jerk wrote off back in 2015 #i shrunk my world down when i cut them out. i shrunk it down when i told them to fuck off instead of having a conversation #i actively made my safety net smaller in the effort to keep myself protected #and i just keep watching other people do similar things #and thinking like. if i could go back. if i wasn't so hot-headed and Certain that evil thoughts make a person evil #or that miseducation or ignorance or straight-up brainwashing broke a person for good #maybe it would all be different now than it was for my 25-year-old self #i just. i don't fucking know. #people are trying. people need to KEEP trying. #and telling them they're shit for NEEDING to try is only ever going to carve out the part of them that wants to be better #the world is fucked. why help fuck it even more. what is the point of that. #and i'm not saying don't call people on their shit. but maybe calling them shouldn't look like telling them to kill themselves #maybe it should involve a little grace #slamming doors just feels like it makes the house smaller. and shuts off exit routes you might need later #and i kinda wish i'd known that in my 20s

[beatcroc]

comic planning/roughs on the clock at work 👍 ok. this one's still a few posts out though

#god i really do just need to get a tablet or. something #some way to draw digitally on the go bc my laptop is um #at least 200% less portable than your typical old clunky laptop. its a whole ordeal #and as u can see tradish scribbles are barely usable #though i guess it would help if i ever remembered to grab something besides a shite pen at work lmao <-hates pen forever #mad bc i think this one is kind of mid+redundant for what i'd intended it to do bc of how some of the previous ones shifted #but i still gotta draw it bc one of the later ones uses it. buh #when i said these werent chronological or connected btw i lied #though only VERY VERY LOOSELY so. enough to bother *me* if i don't do them in order #but not enough that's really going to be noticeable to anyone else. they're each still intended 99% as standalone. #the arc is very minor but its there. for me. for anyone else it probably just amounts to a couple easter egg references/ consistencies #by the by the pizzaposts before this arent part of the series. #one small quickie thing and one i would...really like to get done sooner rather than later bc i need it out of my system #former's like 70% sketched im just waffling on execution #latter is uh...theres a lot there but it's harder to work on And harder tell how close to done it is. #unrelated its funny how i Always forget brick until i start putting anything down and then its like oh god yeah i can do bg Jokes with him #funny in the sense that one of my webcomic protag oc's is a...spatially similar deal as him [little kid with a big bear companion] #and i ALWAYS forget the bear when im scripting it. until i start messing with the layout and its like fuck theres a bear. #i have to do things with this now. fortunately thus far it hasn't been too hard to adapt #much rambling tonight goodbye. i haev to go block all these damn bots

[myrfing]

i know and have myself drawn parallels between the first brood and the ancients but i kind of find the parallel they're drawing with the whole "ohh nidhogg thought were were unworthy" a little hamfisted. the elezen settled on dravanian land and failed to respect THEIR sovereignty and then slaughtered ratatoskr who bidded for peace because they learned ONE GUY nidhogg thought they sucked, but was for the time abiding with the peace the rest of his kin agreed to. what ishgard wanted was power and dominion over the dragons out of a paranoia over their security which is a little more like iunno the omicrons. who do have similarities to the ancients but this is kind of a wacky link to write a sympathetic viewpoint of the first thordan and his knights from where they talk about their personal idea of "justice". i guess you could argue that the dragons tended to see mortals as weak and inferior but there's nothing suggesting that they actively pursued the eradication of them for that alone and were only responding to a deliberate invasion of their land. also their past with allag. but wat ever

#i guess i find their conflicts so different even if it bears similar elements #that just be like wink nudge JUST LIKE THE ANCIENTS EHHHH makes me kind of ok eyeroll #it's watever but people tend to take the writing as gospel #i think they're attempting a they're just like you who is like me who is like them thing The Circle but again it's too different dude

[thethingything]

I find it kind of interesting that we have a couple of delusions (and the hallucinations that come with those) that just kind of involve gruesome stuff happening to us, especially because they weren't as gruesome at first but have gotten more so over time.

the hallucinations are all somatic ones (sensations instead of visuals or audio) but they're stuff like I guess what our brain thinks it would feel like if our organs were decomposing, or being eaten by maggots, or just stuff with a similar vibe to that?

I can put up with it for the most part, but like I did nearly throw up on the bed because of it earlier and I'd really like to not experience that again

#personal #thoughts #🍬 post #emetophobia tw #vent post #<- I guess? I mean it kinda sucks but I'm not that upset about it right now #anyway this is partly from the Cotard's delusion and partly because we also get delusions involving being parasitised #I think they're kind of linked together for us. like there's a similar vibe to them somehow #anyway the Cotard's delusion is like... it flares up every so often and gets really intense #but otherwise it's mostly just there in the background as like ''yeah that's a thing we experience'' but not affecting us that much #it's hard to explain how we usually feel about it when it's not flaring up really intensely #but at the moment it is flaring up so it's like... okay I guess this is what we're doing for the foreseeable future #idk we might just wake up later and be like ''oh never mind'' or it might flare up for a few weeks or whatever #also talking about this is wild because like I've definitely mentioned us having it but I'm still aware that everything says it's super rar #even though we've met multiple other people who have it and we had it for years without knowing it had a name or anything #but I'm still paranoid about getting fakeclaimed because people like to be like ''that's so rare. there's no way you can have that'' #like idk what to tell you buddy my brain is convinced that I'm dead and that my organs are decomposing. I'm not happy about it either #being able to double-bookkeep and know we're experiencing a delusion also makes it weirder #because it's like yeah I know it sounds ridiculous and is technically impossible but my brain has decided that none of that matters #and me being like ''well that can't be true'' feels like being in denial so even though I know it's a delusion #a lot of the time it's easier to just lean into it and go ''okay sure I guess I'm dead. who gives a shit'' #anyway let's see how I end up feeling after talking about this because either I'll post it and be like ''yeah this is fine'' #or I'll get paranoid about being fakeclaimed or people being like ''what the actual fuck'' and end up deleting it

[morninkim]

another redraw, this time of last night's oc's twin brother

Hayato Ishino - JUMP Soldier

Ruriko here

#neo toku #my art #my ocs #tokusatsu oc #mentioned it in the tags for ruriko but hayato's basically her ''secondary rider'' - being ant themed to parallel her bee theming #he's essentially the sibling that stayed loyal to the family business and is like. #the poster child of the corporation their dad runs #he also joined the military as a young adult (the twins are around 26-27ish now) so has a kind of soldier mentality #always following orders - which makes him GREAT for getting in ruriko-as-stinger's way and the PERFECT corpo JUMP user #they'd both use the same belt to transform (hence similar cards - the card backs are visible through 3 view holes which show SNR for stinge #and SDR for soldier) - having been intended by their father to be a duo like he and his partner back in the 70s #i guess they're kind of like the heisei riders to their dad's and partner's showa riders?? #anyway. hayato has issues and it takes him most of the story to get over them and break off from his shitty billionaire dad

[wheucto]

wait . berdly and cabby parallels ?

#wheucto #wheucto speaks #i was thinking about berdly being a fan of ii again and thought he might relate to cabby and realized. huh #so they're both seen as smart in some way_ but they're hiding that they like. need help to be that smart? i guess? #cabby and her files and berdly and noelle #and also they kind of intrude on 'partnerships' or whatever idk? #like cabby tries to be test tube's 'partner' and then paintbrush's 'partner'_ but neither work because the others already have 'partners' #in quotations because partner is a weird ambiguous term. i didn't actually need to do that but whatever #and berdly has 'crushes' on both noelle and susie. who aren't in any relationship yet but it seems like they will be sometime #crushes in quotation marks because i doubt it #they're both bad at the friends thing i think. kind of awkward and weird and stuff bad at the social cues. maybe #also both are blue. ish #kinda bs'ed some of these points because i realized at first i just had two and went 'huh they're pretty similar actually'

[picory]

i need to draw them too. i just have to figure out how.. what situation to put them in...

#phoenix would first think keaton's a bit weird and absent-minded but nice #then he learns the guy used to be a high ranked military soldier and maybe shits his pants a little #but THEN he'd think ''how is this guy both so cool but such a dork...'' #but i think they'd make good friends. or at least acquaintances #they definitely have a few things in common. like their determination to find the truth to help those in need #no matter what it takes! they're both perceptive. though keaton is more so... scarily perceptive #they're kind and sympathetic. but phoenix can be snarky and sarcastic unlike keaton #they're investigators! but for keaton that's his job. phoenix is not supposed to do that as a lawyer lol... #aaand they're both single dads with daughters. so they can bond over how much they love their smart little girls #yuriko and trucy have to form a friendship. for me #characters from my various favorite media have to be friends because i say so #there's probably more similarities i just can't think of any at the moment #on the other hand keaton is much more level-headed than phoenix. he always keeps his cool in dangerous situations. but that comes from #his military background i guess. also he's 40 so more seasoned. at the start of his career phoenix was only 24 and he did NOT expect #to be punched in the face by a shady company's CEO or be confronted by the mafia or be tased by a prosecutor #the man just wanted to be a lawyer. who knew that job attracted so much danger. of course he wouldn't be very calm #fast forward to disbarred phoenix who gets hit by a car but he doesn't give a shit. like he's used to this. just another tuesday tee-hee #quacks

[buckleydiazmp4]

hm.

#i guess a lot of ppl will disagree or whatever but #that post about the 'weird cliques' forming on tumblr? i agree with it actually #and a lot of ppl justify it by saying that they all share passions and are similar and interact a lot and that's bound to happen #and yeah maybe they're right #but it doesn't mean everyone likes that #because for the people that don't belong to those 'cliques' it just takes the fun out of the experience #like specifically in fandoms #if you're in a fandom that fandom probably has a looot of members #but when there are like ten or fifteen or a small number like that that have formed their own little group #and then they post stuff about it out of context and all you see in your dash is those interactions #then it's less enjoyable for you because it kinda feels like you're intruding #and sure. everybody has the right to make friends in here. that's cool and everything #but some people aren't the kind to just randomly go into somebody's inbox or messages and just instantly make a lot of friends #and it's even harder because ppl have become so excessively judgemental now #like if you don't have the exact same opinions in every topic that they do #then you're instantly 'cancelled' or blocked or unfollowed #how are we supposed to try to make friends that way? #so logging into tumblr end up becoming stressful and boring instead of a place to enjoy your passions and your favorite things #it's kinda sad #i am NOT writing all this for ppl to take pity on me though #that would be very much worse #it's just to voice that opinion about 'cliques' and exclusion #and listen you're free to have a tumblr friend group #just don't make all of your public posts about that! there's group chats and private messages for a reason. use the more pls #again i don't mean to sound salty or judgy or mean #it's just an opinion #it's just that this is kind of becoming the same social dynamic of real life #and that's cool! it makes for a more realistic experience or whatever #but for those who have trouble socially interacting in real life it's not fun #end of rant and i actually kinda hope nobody reads this whole thing lol

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for jerkin' it to Goya's Black Paintings?

Emojis for convenience and humor: 🎨🖼🍆💦

I know someone's gonna yell bait about this but idc, like, what? Do you want proof? Video evidence? Grow up.

So I (30x) really like Goya's Black Paintings. Like, Saturn Devouring His Son, Duel with Cudgels, A Pilgrimage to San Isidro. I think they're hypnotic, beautiful, evocative. They make me feel emotions I can't quite explain properly.

As the title says, sometimes I beat my meat to them. Whatever. It's not really about horniness. But the intent doesn't matter.

Recently (in a discussion about sexuality in art, I promise it was relevant, similar sentiments were being shared) I mentioned to my partner (33nb) that I do this. They were pretty taken aback.

Apparently, they find this 'gross' and 'kind of dodgy' because Goya's black paintings were never intended to be shared with a wider audience. They were art that he did not mean to share, painted on the walls of his house near the end of his life. They say it seems like the work is too personal to jerk off to, that it seems invasive or like a violation.

I don't think it's a big deal. The guy is dead, it's not like his ghost knows what I'm doing. It's a good thing to consider, but I don't think it ultimately matters, ethically.

So, I guess AITA for this?

#aita #am i the asshole #posts like this are exactly what i was hoping for when i started the blog

[maddy-ferguson]

the funny thing about me and asks is if i see a take i don't like from one of my mutuals' anons i'm like this dumb bitch but if i get a take i don't like in my own inbox i'm like okay they're just misguided i agree with the one sentence so i'll meet them halfway🙏 whole time it's the same anon

#like it has to be so bad for me to be mean #and then the halfway is 80/20 #70/30 #if you're in my inbox you're kind of my responsibility i need it to be a positive experience for all of us #this isn't about the ask i got yesterday about the set up btw although i guess it is because i've seen asks saying similar things that did #make me go this dumb bitch. but the other asks weren't worded the same way at all like mine was normal and not if you think will matters in #the supernatural plot you're so dumb. that matters #they're misguided is a little patronizing sorry. you're entitled to your opinion🙏 #and like i say: brf slt

[eyivibyemi]

✧ I won’t really write descriptions for these, but see original post tags for explanation/commentary on the song snippet ✧

#originally about some bugs in my house but I guess when drawing the quick ms paint sketch for the song #it became about vampires. It's funnier to think about. instead of an ant crawing on a desk while someone's eating #it's like a full grown entire vampire looming behind them creeping ever closer and they're just like 'no.. please.. let me eat my toast #first at least' and the vampire is just like???? okay I guess?? most people ususally just beg me not to kill them but..uh... #if all you want is to finish your toast then.. sure.. whatever dude' #This is another one that kind of sounds familiar to me like I heard the tune or something similar somehwere before but #eh.. read the tags on the 'Obnoxious Noise' audio snippet for how I feel about that lol #hopefully it's fine. whatever #beepo tag