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minas-linkverse · 6 months

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Do you have any tips or tricks on how to start a comic like this? Or even just how you got started?? I've had my own au for years that I so badly wanna put out into the world but I've been struggling with finding a good way to start it!!!!

Hm!! Ok!! This is a tough question with many different answers even just from me. I'll do my best to answer tho!! 😮

The main bit of advice I want to give, and which I think is vital to anyone creating anything:

☆ Know yourself.

When looking up advice for creating, people love to tell you that by doing things a specific way is the best and only way to go. Often advice of this sort has solid points, you should plan ahead, you should have easy character designs, buut... You don't have to.

I do not work well with outlines or scripts. I dislike sketching. You'd think that'd make being a long form comic artist impossible for me, but nope.

I know theres things I cannot do, so I've put all my practise to what I can do. My lineart style allows me to almost skip sketching completely, my scripts are more of an A to B structure than law. I improv 90% of the time when making pages. It's kinda like dnd with myself.

I would absolutely not reccomend what I'm doing to others, but I know it works for me. People can tell me I'm doing it wrong but its either wrong or no comic at all, SO. Suck it. 👍

Er. Rambling now.

My point is, figure out what you can and cant do, and do your best to give yourself the ideal work enviorment and process.

☆ Deal with being overwhelmed

Making just a few panels and suddenly realising its gonna take years to get anywhere is SO demoralising. It's gonna happen and its gonna happen again, and again, and—

But continuing with the earlier advice, you gotta ask yourself what would help you. Are you willing to sacrifice quality? Do you just need a break? Maybe you're like me and like to include smth you love in every update so you'll have something to get excited about making.

That feeling of overwhelm is trying to tell you something, so figure out what that is so it wont end the project for you.

☆ Start it

You wont like what you make when starting. I've never heard of an artist who has.

I'm not saying start this instant, not everyone is as into improv and flailing around as me. But I will say you'll never feel ready. Figure out the minimun of what you need to start and do it. Show friends first if youre afraid to post.

Also where to start? Well sure there's lots of good advice online about that, but you can also just doodle random stuff until you feel like diving deeper. That's what LV started with, just Twi and Wild hanging out with animals and some headcanons. It may not be the most tightly written work but theres beauty in the humanity of a mess.

☆ Extras

A "failed project" or "forgotten WIP" is only a failure if you let yourself feel that way. Yea it can be a hauntingly strong feeling thats hard to deal with... But it can be beaten. WIPS are proof you tried and not everyone can say they have.

Lv is far from done and I have no intention of dropping it, but because the journey has been so nice I'd satisfied even if I had to call it here. Its smth that helps me with the overwhelm... What I've made is beautiful even now.

Comparing yourself to others is gonna rip your heart out. I love that theres other links meet aus out there and hope the best for those artists but I caNNot follow any of them or I'll crumble to dust.

So Uhm.

Basically. Have fun and be yourself. 👍

Ps. Readability is basically the most important thing for a comic artist to pay attention to, that and not destroying yourself with details and rendering. 🙌 Good luck out there!

#Ask #I love discussing stuff like that but it always ends up so rambly and long ahsjjdjr #I hope I said at least smth slightly concrete

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wazzappp · 2 months

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I drew. a lot for this. Also heads up for non RE mutuals this is going to be. confusing for you. I'm going to do my best to annotate and provide context but you are in for a wild ride.

Anyway long ass lore post for how Lisa and Robbie go from fighting to working together in this AU.

In the RE8 cannon all of the Dimitrescu daughters are made at the same time but for the sake of ✨the situations✨ I am going to change that. Lisa lived the longest as a human before being assimilated into the mold with a Cadou (infecting extension of the Megamycite). Technically her 'sisters' are older than her, as they were assimilated a while ago. Lisa has been a member of house Dimitrescu for about 2 years now. This puts her in this. Weird middle child zone. She wants to make her 'family' proud but she's also aware that what makes them proud isn't really the most achievable thing in the world (expecially with Bela to contend with. Older sibling overachiever to the maximum). She's got a certain degree of distance from them and sometimes wonders if she wasn't better off before all of this. Her memories are fuzzy but still there for the most part. She cant remember faces or names but she remembers feelings and situations. She doesen't remember families being like this (she wants OUT).

Chasing prey brought in is fairly standard for her. It's some of the only entertainment she gets. So when she catches Robbie exploring around the castle she has no idea that he's special in any way. He's just some new guy she gets to mess with before eating and DAMN he's FUN. If she didn't know any better she could almost think that he has experience being chased around (he does. he very much so does. all of RE7's worth). What she ALSO doesn't know is that Mother Miranda (big bad. Different from Lady Dimitrescu, who she refers to as 'mother') is planning on using Gabe (who is replacing baby Rose in this) to try and resurrect her dead kid with a 'perfect vessel' and this requires. uh. disassembly (in the base RE8 gameplay the reason Ethan goes to each house is because uhhhhhhhh his infant daughter has been dismembered and stored in jars and he needs to collect them so he can put her back together.... yeah). Robbie intervenes before this can get going and is instead going house to house because if he wants to get out of this stupid fuckass villiage he needs to collect the key components to unlock the gate keeping him in here (i need him to have a reason. to kill everyone. its important to me ok).

When Lisa finds out this random, but fun guy, she's been chasing who she thought was JUST SOME NORMAL GUY killed one of her sisters she mentally goes 'Oh. OH. THERES A CHANCE FOR ME TO GET OUT OF HERE'. That in conjunction with discovering Mother Miranda is planning on FULLY DISMEMBERING A CHILD she uh. Makes some decisions.

What you have to understand about her plans of matricide is that neither Lady Dimitrescu or her sisters can actually really fully die. Sure, their bodies are gone, but their consciousness is stored in the hive mind and they can reform later after gathering their strength. If she has to put her kinda shitty found family in time out for the sake of getting herself out of here + keeping her newly revived conscience clean she's absolutely going to do it.

(fuckin. backgrounds. dialogue. fuck. why can things not just take place inside of the void. DUKE MY BELOVED WE LOVE AND RESPECT DUKE IN THIS HOUSE HES A REAL ONE fuck now I got it in my head that he keeps trying to play matchmaker for them and i need to. go draw that because its too funny not to.)

Lisas plan involves this lab I had her mention in the comic above. It's where Robbie needs to go to synthesize more poison for the dagger of deaths flowers, and SUPPOSEDLY where a medicine that might allow her to go outside again might be (enemies of Lisas type become SIGNIFICANTLY weaker in the cold. She could try to bundle up but its still really not a good idea). She would love to go there herself, but it's in an area of the castle thats exposed to the cold of the outdoors.

The Two of them make a fairly decent team and Lisa finds herself having a LOT more fun hunting with someone else than she does on her own. They balance each other out pretty well; Robbie works primarily with guns so he can watch Lisas back while she's up close wrecking any grunts they run into. It's also pretty helpful having someone who can turn into a swarm of flies for puzzle solving purposes.

After all this Robbies trust for her increases SIGNIFICANTLY. He's still not really sure about her, but she's moved out of the 'active threat' classification into the 'kinda helpful' zone.

Lisa's plan has three ways it could go:

They all fail miserably and get sent to mental and physical time out in the megamycite.

They win and get to go free but either the medicine isn't there or it doesen't work. In which case she's just planning on getting as many coats as possible and Try-or-Die-ing it.

The medicine is there and she actually gets to roam free

Luckily for her, the medicine IS there, it DOES work, and Robbies sense of honor / noticing her usefulness (its hard to wage a one man war on an entire community of mutants ok you cant blame him for appreciating having some ACTUAL HELP for once) all align for the best possible scenario.

The cold does still affect her; her healing isn't as quick as it usually is and her increased strength / speed is a bit reduced, but she can go!! outside!!

She decided to stick with Robbie in getting out of the village as a whole. She doesen't really know what the world outside is like but anything has to be better than here (plus if she stays here she's probably getting shoved into the Megamycite by Mother Miranda PERMENANTLY and that just. wont do).

Also yes Lisa being with Robbie for the rest of his adventures means that she is there for Heisenbergs 'proposal'. She uh. Does not like that much.

this all made. more sense in my head I hope it at least makes a little sense out loud.

#Ive been trying to write this out for 3 hours now. how do fic writers do this shit. HOW.#moose i thought i understood your 'brainworms of a different type'. i was w r o n g #my art #ghost rider re7 au #lisa (ghost rider)#robbie reyes #gabe reyes #sketch #RE!lisa

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evilwickedme · 2 years

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Tell me more about the significance of Good Guy™ Superman.

Ok I'm typing this all up a second time, a couple of days later, because the first time I typed it all I did it perfectly but it was on my laptop and the hellsite fuckin goofed and it's all gone now so that made me sad. I can't promise to hit all the points I wanted to hit but I'll do my best

We gotta start by clarifying that in the tags that triggered this ask I did specifically say that clark/kal-el/superman being a Good Boy is important to me. I note this because while I have very good justifications for why it's important to me that he's a Good Person™, I acknowledge that this is one of those cases where the facts may back me up, but it genuinely just comes down to matters of individual taste.

So, like, big picture here: superman is Moses. I've talked about this before, you've read about this before, this is more fact than opinion. The parallels are obvious, and loud, and obnoxiously repeated in online spaces just as much as in books such as up, up and oy vey (this is not a recommendation, just pointing out that it's universally acknowledged pretty much everywhere). I'm not going to waste my breath trying to convince you of this fact. Superman is Moses. Moses is, in Judaism, possibly the holiest man to ever live. The first in the prophets. As many of you may recall, in my lecture on Jewish superheros, I argued that Jewish ideas of prophecy found their way into the modern Jewish stories being told by the comic book authors creating the very first superheroes - the very first superhero, of course, being superman.

One noteworthy thing about prophecy as described by Maimonides? The most basic component of prophecy isn't actually talking to god or receiving holy visions, it's actually just... Doing good. Good™. Good as an action, good as an innate need, good for the people around you and the people of the whole world. Moses showed this tendency as a young man - privileged, raised in the house of the pharaoh, he couldn't stand seeing any man get beaten, even if he was a slave. He loses his home over this, the family who raised him. He sees a man getting unjustly punished, and he kills the oppressor over it. And when he goes out again the next day and sees two Hebrews fighting, he tries to stop this as well (Exodus 2). Moses is our holiest prophet; before he ever even acknowledges God's existence, he feels the need to do good and prevent evil; superman is Moses; superman must follow a similar path of goodness as an innate need followed by action.

That's all big picture stuff, though. There's the smaller stuff, too. Not my bigger analysis of comic book heroes and the ideas of prophecy in Maimonides' writing, because honestly that's just... A lot. When it comes down to it, it is so much more satisfying to me that Superman is a person.

He's the first superhero, right? And he's got this insane level of power not really often seen since. Any person who attempts to defeat him needs to use a mix of his one singular weakness and genuine cunning, because there's really no brute forcing your way passed fucking superman. So yeah, you could tell a story like that of the Boys (although I didn't make it past episode 3 of that, my apologies). You could tell a cynical story where terrible people do terrible things and it all gets waved away. But the boys isn't really a story about people who happen to get powers - it's a story about people who have power, positions of authority, government officials and the like, not just superpowers.

That's not Clark Kent's story. Clark Kent is an illegal immigrant who was raised by good people in secrecy. He's handed superpowers, yes, but very rarely power - he's a journalist with farmboy training, and his greatest nemesis is a billionaire who becomes the fucking president of the united states. He fought Hitler in WWII, did you know that? He represents good because it makes for a compelling story. The underdog who's secretly not an underdog at all, choosing every day to fight evil and represent truth (being a reporter is vital to both of these, in case you're wondering). Yeah, he's a bit of a shit dad to Connor, but him not being a perfect person doesn't make him not a good one, especially since - again - in my definition of good, goodness is an action, and one you constantly have to perform and perfect and adapt to changing times.

Going back to Judaism - in Jewish tradition, we all have the force of evil and the force of good inside of us (yetzer hara and yetzer hatov). The word yetzer comes from the same root as the word for creation - we are capable of creating evil and creating good. Superman represents hope and justice because he chooses every day to create good.

And that, in a nutshell, is why it is so important to me that Kal El-Clark Kent-Superman is a Good Guy. Because he can be.

#superman #dc #kal el #clark kent #smallville #I'm tagging that cause it's my only superman related fandom I'm not basing this on smallville canon #dc comics #comics #superheroes #mine #ask #perfectlynormalhumanbeing #in my original typed answer I managed to connect this to the fact that Superman shouldn't ever be a jesus metaphor #but I failed to do that this time #so just imagine I said it anyway and I'll elaborate on that another time #jew tag #jewish #jumblr

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afreakingdork · 3 months

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/that user who asked about an inexperienced reader, sticking their head out of the corner/

Hi, me again xdd

Thank you for your answer! Honestly, your scenarios with mostly bad endings, sounds a bit (or a lot) depressing xd But I guess they make sense. But I assume the outcome is also based on readers personality. So, if it's ok to ask for another question, what traits in readers personality would've been the decisive factor for their relationship to work? Especially in the second scenario where reader never been in a relationship a never had a sex. Like, would they have to have a personality that's mostly the same as "canon reader" have, or a few certain traits would've been required, like, maybe, boldness and being open minded to this whole new situation. Maybe if they weren't as naive as they could've been in their first relationship, and they were taking it more seriously and having a mindset that relationship is not the thing to toy around with mindlessly.

Sorry, I'm honestly projecting myself there a bit xdd Can't help myself.

Hey, the story is meant to be projected onto and I feel like I'm failing you since you can't jive with it. I'm happy to help!

So the big kick-off point for the entire fic is that Donnie notices you when you go to get the sandwich. From the prelude comic and like I mentioned in my Midnight Sun ask not too long ago, if reader hadn't reacted the way they did, Donnie would never have noticed them. While reader is meant to be as insertable as possible, I felt like someone would still need to be a certain way for this version of Donnie to even notice them in the first place considering what sort of place he is in life.

So let me bring your attention to something quite important from the start of the fic...

Donnie's negative list for you.

This isn't something I've gotten to talk about so this is truly a blast for me.

Donatello right off the bat, starts assigning you negative adjectives.

However, we also find out down the line that Donnie thinking of you as his 'Weak Spot' is actually a high honor.

When he describes you negatively it's because that's how he views his own ability to love you through his lens.

Those are the things he adores about you.

Here's the current list:

presumptuous

tenuous

ludicrous

stubborn

licentious

Incredible

greedy

Let's break those down through Donnie's eyes:

Presumptuous - You are bold enough to assume things about him that aren't the norm. You see him and you don't see a monster to shirk away from. You presume that he is a regular person and that he isn't something to be feared. Even when he presses and hints at his true nature you aren't deterred because you already made your decision to like him.

Tenuous - While the dictionary defines this as flimsy and weak, you can use this word to describe person or situations that are stretched thin and may break at any time. Donnie calls you tenuous because he feels like your situation may fall apart at any moment. You ignore too much and play a dangerous game. You also press his weaknesses and find the places he is most flimsy i.e. his tender heart.

Ludicrous - probably the most obvious of all the adjectives. You are ludicrous because you are outlandish. From the Midnight Sun ask, he finds that you say things so outside the norm that it catches him off guard, something that hasn't happened to him in many, many years. He finds it infuriatingly endearing.

Stubborn - this one is the most important. I don't think anyone could be with Weak Spot Donnie if they weren't stubborn. You had to stick to this man. You had to fight for this man. You had to endure a lot of shit, a lot of withheld truths, a lot of him being a general pain to reach his ooey gooey core. If this was a fleeting romance, that wasn't something he was ever interested in. To be clear, he wasn't keen on any romance, but because you were stubborn, you wormed your way into his life and heart.

Licentious - the second most obvious trait. You are unabashedly horny and open with your desires. You chance him like his metaphor for chapter 9 about poking the bear. When he points out how dangerous that is, you literally retort that you want to make it clear how much you want to be eaten. He loves this bold side of you. He knows that you will always ask what you want of him and nothing less which fits his personality well. He's long past mincing and fake words. He wants to be wanted for who he is and it's oh so easy since you tell and show him openly.

Incredible - One of his few that flip the negative to positive script. He picked this word up around the time that you started to learn to fuck him senseless right back. It was something he never expected in a thousand years even though he had already settled into knowing that you would regularly surprise him. Finding you can match him on all fronts made you an even better suited partner for him and he's literally feral about about it. It itches his instincts so good.

Greedy - This one falls very closely in line with licentious. You pick this one up for how you always demand more of him. While he is often taxes and has succumb to more than one break down because he pushes himself so hard, he doesn't consider your greed to be a driving factor in that. He feels driven by how much you pull from him. It makes him want to strive to be a better partner. He wants to be worthy of you, not good. He's made that very clear.

Now that we've done that (I'm seriously vibrating that was so much fun), I'd like to address you directly now that you've revealed a little more of your intention and I mean this in no mean way: Weak Spot not might be for you.

NOW, I'm not saying this because I don't think you should read or that I think I'm doing you a disservice! I said up top and still mean it that I want to do write by you story wise and I feel bad that you don't feel included, but this is a thought out and meticulously crafted tale. I plotted everything little thing, the sequel, and the sequel's sequel before I even started writing. I wanted to know exactly what I was going to to tell before I even opened a word doc, I have not once deviated from my mission, these principles are what I think about when I write every single consecutive chapter, and those truths remains in effect to this day:

I did not write Weak Spot to write an x reader.

I write Weak Spot because I wanted to test if a truly dastardly villain deserved love.

I write Weak Spot because I wanted to know if you are a villain, what makes you truly evil?

I write Weak Spot because I wanted to know if the things you've done prevent you from being happy.

I write Weak Spot because I want to see if your profession really defines the core of who you are as a human being as society makes you want to believe.

I write Weak Spot because I wanted to see what I felt would have to happen for Donatello Ninja Turtle to become a villain and if he were to make that turn, what would have to happen for him to find love if at all.

As I mentioned in your previous ask, while these scenarios seem like bad endings, that is because they are written within the confines of the Weak Spot plot. Take metal for example. Wedding rings are made of gold because they are considered precious, but also because they are malleable and can be molded into different forms. You would not use gold to say, make a cooking pan. Sure, people have done it, but it's too damn soft. It would warp and deform. it also has very little abrasion resistance and would be a nightmare to clean. If I were to tackle a fic in earnest where an inexperienced reader romanced this particular villain Donnie, I would use a completely different story. To have a successful romance under changed perimeters, I would have to use a different binding agent to make it work.

Interestingly enough

and not something I've told you yet.

This exists.

It's called Missed a Spot and is a Weak Spot one-shot where reader and Donnie met way earlier in life. It's rough. The two of them GO THROUGH IT to get to a happy ending and even that ending is quite a traumatic one.

I plan to post this as a future plot bunny.

Now, all this, but don't let me discount you. I hear you anon. I hear that you want to try hard. I hear you are down bad for this man and you know what, who's to say? Maybe you can go out and find this man and absolutely nail it. Maybe you would give it the care it needed. Maybe you wouldn't be as naive as you could be. Maybe having the mindset of not toying around would work out.

I say this with the utmost love, reality is not so kind and one the hallmarks of my writing, something I obsess over heavily, is that my work is grounded in reality.

Yes, I'm writing mutant ninja turtles.

Yes, Donnie has tech that isn't feasible.

But I bust my ass and research every single choice that I make. I badger my betas until I have no idea how they deal with me. I agonize over every single plot choice because I want it to feel authentic. I want this to feel possible. I want to try to reach as many people as I can and let this story feel like one that you could step into without a second thought.

Do I succeed?

Assuredly not, I'm human.

Just look at the spelling errors that slip through even with my multiple edits!

I don't know you and truly anything can happen in this world. I love human beings. I think they are infinitely fascinating in all the million ways we all see everything uniquely. You could freaking nail Weak Spot Donnie first try.

It wouldn't happen the way it's happening in Weak Spot.

Don't sell yourself short though.

This man is not real.

You should not try to change yourself.

Don't look at reader's qualities and think you have to be like that to get this man.

I have to say that going into a relationship like this without any experience is like jumping into a Dark Souls game having never played a video game before and setting it to whatever equivalent difficulty setting is Nightmare.

Heck, maybe you're a psych major and you'll freaking nail it.

It's extremely unlikely though.

Again, I've said some tough stuff, but I hope you know I'm not trying by any means to crush your dreams. All I can do is speak from my writing perspective and I wish you all the best.

Heck, if you've got more questions or anything else, I'll be happy to try to craft something better for ya! I need to see the story to do it though so unfortunately I can't make any promises.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you writing in and giving me this chance to chat. I'm truly honored. You've given me a lot of perspective and a lot to think about and I will forever be indebted to you for writing in!

#ask #weakspotfic

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comicbookhyperfixationtime · 4 months

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An Important Aside

CW: Statutory Rape

So, the next issue I have to cover is #197, and it focuses on Kitty Pryde and Colossus. I've briefly mentioned my very strong thoughts on their relationship before, but I think I need to go into more detail about this topic, and I don't want it sandwiched between a bunch of bad jokes and philistine art opinions. When Kitty and Piotr's romance began, she was 14. He was 19. This is statutory assault.

This is definitely ephebophilia and I'm not sure but it may be considered pedophilia as well. Its really, really awful. But the narrative never treats it that way. They write Kitty as a child for sure, she acts in a very childish and immature manner throughout this romance. Its pretty clear Piotr's on a completely different maturity level than her. But he is never portrayed as the absolute monster he is for taking advantage of that. And its not that he doesn't know this is wrong, he angsts plenty about his feelings for Kitty. At one point, the two are in a precarious situation they're not sure they'll live through, and Kitty asks Piotr to have sex with her before they die. He refuses, because he knows she's too young and immature. He knows its wrong and he does it anyway. Which means that the writer and artist of that issue, Chris Claremont and John Byrne, would have to know it was wrong too.

None of the other X-men ever take issue with this. In fact, multiple other X-men encourage their relationship. This includes characters like Storm and Wolverine, Kitty's parental figures on the team. It also includes Professor X, who, may I remind you, has a doctorate in psychology (of course, I shouldn't be surprised Chuck is so blasé considering he had a hots for a teenage Jean Grey and only refrained from pursuing her because of his disability). Eventually, however, somebody finally did take issue with this disgusting situation; the Marvel higher ups.

Claremont was pressured by his bosses to break up the pair, so he did, in the most convoluted, comic book-y way possible; during the Secret Wars event, Colossus is separated from Kitty and meets and falls in love with an alien woman who dies tragically at the end of the event. When he returns to Earth he realizes he's still in mourning for her and has fallen out of love with Kitty. And you'd think that, that's it right? It sucks that they didn't break up because, like, you know, Piotr finally got his head out of his ass and realized he was dating a child, but at least we can move on! But no, we can't, because they reactions that the other X-men have, especially Wolverine are fucking appalling.

They're finally angry at Piotr. But not for starting a relationship with a literal child, no, they're angry at him for finally doing the right thing and ending that relationship. Wolverine especially goes off on him for breaking Kitty's heart. Again, Wolverine who is supposed to be Kitty's mentor and father figure.

I don't really know how to end this because I don't have any important insights aside from "this is fucked up, I hope you know this fucked up, fuck the people who made this." There's definitely a lot more to say about how Kitty Pryde and other teenage characters are sexualized in comics. There's a lot more to say about age-gap relationships in comics (this wasn't the first time a superhero committed statutory rape and wouldn't be the last). But I really don't want to say any of this. I'm not sure now if I want to write a full review of X-men #197 now, because I would rather not spend any more time on this. I might do a mini post about some of the specific panels or scenes I have opinions on.

This whole thing has really ruined 616 Colossus for me, and its tainted other versions too. But I want to make it clear, if he's still a character you like, that's ok. If (adult!) Kitty x Colossus is still one of your ships, that's ok! You can like problematic characters. In long running comic books especially, you can ignore problematic actions or personality traits of your favorite characters, God knows I do all the time. I just needed to get this off my chest.

#marvel comics #comic books #kitty pryde #colossus #piotr rasputin #rant post #serious post

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avelera · 2 years

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Slightly more detailed take on Thor Love and Thunder:

If you don't like it or at least enjoy the experience of the film, IMO, you just want a different movie. Like if Loki not being in it is a dealbreaker for you, welp, c'est la vie, he's not in it and you should go watch the Loki miniseries or rewatch the earlier films.

With Dr. Strange MoM I definitely had things I would have done differently and while it was visually interesting and had some moments I enjoyed, I definitely saw a lot of things I would have altered were I the creator.

I don't feel that with TL&T, it feels like a really uniquely told story, it's a joy to watch, I laughed out loud a bunch.

I think what I found most impressive about TL&T is that it reminded you that MCU movies are supposed to be fun. It's ok to laugh, it's ok to not take things too seriously. BUT, when it was serious, when it asked you to take it seriously, it did so with real-world things that really matter

Ok now I'm going to cut for spoilers:

When it has little kids given weapons to fight, I had a knee-jerk moment of, "Oh great, child soldier military propaganda, again?" But it's not that, the more I examined it. It's acknowledging a few complex things, like that children will not always be safe, but seemed to acknowledge it from the angle of someone who regularly interacts with children: the thing that makes them scared is not being able to fight back. The monsters they're fighting aren't soldiers, they're literally shadow spiders. They're scary but as a little kid I know I would have been much more scared of them were it not for a scene showing that little kids CAN defeat scary shadow spiders. It's not about war being great, it's about being able to stand up to the monster under your bed in a very children's literature sort of way. And that makes it fun too! Kids get to fight shadow monsters alongside Thor and WIN and help save the day! It was serious about the fear and helplessness of children and gave them a real way to fight back, with a child's bunny, not against soldiers and real world adult problems, because Thor as the adult takes care of that, but against the things that scare children in a way that I think I would have found empowering at a young age.

The humor landed for me! The screaming goats made me laugh Every Single Time. I was laughing and having a good time throughout, it was fast paced and engaging and wonderful COMIC BOOK MOVIE escapism.

But when it DID get serious it wasn't asking me to shed a tear over a magic space rock or something. It engaged with the pain of fighting cancer and of having a loved one fighting cancer. It engaged with the pain of a parent losing a child, and of a dying parent fearing they'll leave their child alone in the world. When the story was heavy it wasn't being heavy about the fantasy elements but about the real human elements and it did so in a sensitive and, I think, beautiful way. I heard a woman openly crying behind me in the theater and I definitely got choked up once or twice.

I thought the final moment of the "showdown" was one of the most emotionally intelligent takes on the tired old trope of the hero vs villain battle in the MCU. Why stick around when your loss is assured? Go to your loved ones. Choose love. Thor won by reminding Gorr not of his anger at the injustice of the world, but the love of the person he wanted to share it with. And I'm glad the wish wasn't used for Jane, or anyone else, it would have been OOC for Gorr. I thought the choice he made was beautiful and the moment didn't cheapen other deaths in the MCU by making it seem like there's a wishing well somewhere, but it also didn't make the grim point that loved ones can never come back. The miracle was reserved for a child. One child, who died a refugee in the desert. It's the wish-fulfillment of magic without making a magic wand that will fix every problem. But it was achieved because Thor showed his emotional maturity too and chose what was more important, which reminded Gorr to choose what was more important.

That's about all I've got for thoughts for now, but I liked it a lot, I think more than I liked Ragnarok, and I'd definitely watch it again.

#thor love and thunder #thor spoilers #maggie rambles

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underpaid-paragon · 9 months

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Your VTM comic book covers are simply GORGEOUS, I'm totally in awe! How did you get the super cool halftone/coloured dots effect? It looks super cool and realistic, I love it! Have a lovely day! :)

Thank you so much!

So to get the halftones, I use an old-ass tutorial I got off deviantArt literally....more than a decade ago? (Rosalarian's Golden Age Tutorial). The account appears to be deactivated, but I'll go through the steps here:

For reference, I bounce between Clip Studio Paint and a very old-ass copy of Photoshop, but if you're using other programs that have fun pixelate filters and you can change the color mode, you should be ok.

NOW...

Ink your drawing in straight black on its own layer

Block your colors on another layer (I hunted up some old comic color palettes thanks to madformidcentury dot com/2013/10/mid-century-color-palette-in-comics dot html)

Turn off any and all blackwork (this is INCREDIBLY important), and take your colorwork into Photoshop. (if there are any gaps in your color work, fill a separate layer with white and then merge the layers so it's all solid)

Set the mode to CMYK

Go to Artistic Filters >> Pixelate >> Color Halftone (the only thing I mess around with is the size of the dots; the default for my era of Photoshop is 8 and that's a lil big for my taste--all the VTM covers are between 4-6. It's up to your own best judgement, but I go by how "readable" things look--does the face still look like a face at a reasonable distance or is it just a smudge? If it's not readable, undo and change your dot size)

Add 3 new layers to your document and LABEL THEM: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow

Then go to your channels panel and click on the Cyan layer to make a selection of it

Back to your Layers panel, make sure you're on your Cyan layer, and SELECT INVERSE

Then FILL the selection with the CMYK cyan that you've picked out

Deselect your selection, move to the next layer (and make sure you've got CMYK magenta in your bucket) and repeat steps 6-8 selecting Magenta and Yellow respectively

NOW you've got the beginnings of retro-feeling halftone. At this point, I import the halftone manipulation back into CSP and turn my blackwork back on.

For the ✨ grunge ✨ effect, I grab an old paper texture (after reducing its saturation and upping the contrast until it's mostly black and white splotchy) and set it to OVERLAY at anywhere from 50-20% (this is a 'let your soul decide' moment) over the whole thing

Then I grab another old paper texture and put underneath the Overlay Texture Layer, on MULTIPLY, at anywhere from 65-25% (again, let your soul decide). Both layers will give you a nice level of funk to go with your halftone shenanigans

A lot of the colorwork is going back and forth and back and forth because what looked ok in flats didn't translate after toning, but it works out eventually!

Some important things to remember:

Cool tones tend to fade back and warm tones tend to move forward if you're gonna use this method on any kind of scene

Keep your shapes SIMPLE; don't get bogged down in tones of gradients and fades and all of that because most of it WILL NOT come across once you start toning! Think of it this way: mass-production doesn't have time for fine detail, that's why comics are a lot of heavy black inks and flat color contrast

Experiment with the colors! You're working in a limited palette (if you're using any of the old Marvel/DC print books especially), and it doesn't have to be photorealistic/absolute. For instance, my Nos isn't actually green, but the tone suited the funky retro vibe so I went with it!

Let yourself fall down the research rabbit hole of pulp covers because they're both hilarious and informative. Same dot energy is an interesting collection website to go through, you can also go through your search engine (remember to add -pinterest -youtube to your search term to filter out that crapola)

HAVE FUN!

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#art tutorial #art tips #art resources #halftone tutorial #retro tutorial

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girlfriendsofthegalaxy · 1 year

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tuesday again 3/21/2023

i didn't want to sit down and write this bc i was having too much fun playing viddy gaem

listening

IT'S QUICKER AND EASIER TO EAT YOUR YOUNG!!!

"i'm starving...darling,,," is very sexy but the way the lyrics slowly slide into something more and more horrifying until the chorus hits??? mwah. lovely.

my one critique is that this song is...breathy, for lack of a better word? does not showcase the man's magnificent pipes. oh well! there are other songs.

youtube

how'd i find this: im gay, also he is one of the most popular indie artists in the World. his first album went platinum six fucking times.

reading

i read all of frank miller's sin city bc im on a noir kick and i didn't have a good time. the closest i got to fun was (deadly little, always described as "deadly little") Miho, a mute japanese??? generic asian??? assassin who is tits out not in these panels but in almost all others, rollerblading around mowing down guys with her katana. that was a painful sentence to write.

i read a lot of genre fiction. i read a lot of older genre fiction. they are not written with me, a bisexual "woman", in mind. and that’s ok bc not everything has to be written with me in mind. rarely have i read something that is more For The Boys Only!!! than frank miller’s sin city. felt kind of gross and a little put off the whole time i read these and they made me a little bit upset and afraid of men in a way i have not felt since high school. now it does feel odd to go “i didn’t think this noir was very pleasant >:(“ but miller’s work feels unpleasant and distinct from, say, chandler or hammett in a way i am still having trouble articulating. it is possible that the misogyny in chandler is a flavor i already know and barely register the taste of anymore. it may be that i got tired of looking at miller's women with twelve-inch waists and nipples as full and perky as their mouths.

mostly i think the labor market in sin city is super fucked up. women in sin city exist to have their value extracted from them in a way that is different and worse than normal capitalism. like, i can see how someone would read these comics and go full SWERF. women are literal trophies, both arm candy and in a very upsetting trophy hunting way. especially in the final volume, women are machines of potential profit. aside from one landlady and one cop and one child who grows up to be a prostitute, all the women in this whole city seem to be prostitutes or prostitutes who have married up and out. like there aren’t really even any women on the street just walking or in diners. it’s all dudes.

this is probably a comics vs novels thing, but miller is often sadistic in a way that chandler is not. a guy dies on a page to make cool art. they fuckin mow through dozens of goons a volume. if a guy dies in chandler it’s usually bc chandler's philip marlowe has stumbled across a dead body accident and it becomes a tremendous pain in order to tip off the cops that a body needs retrieving without getting framed for the kill. marlowe (and by extension chandler) is a people person-- he is a detective bc he likes figuring out what makes people tick. he is alert and it's hard to get one over on him but his resting state is congenial. despite his job, he still does believe in the concept of justice.

sin city (more of a comment than a question) says "if people piss you off you should kill them." this is not to make light of the very real Situations that protagonists in sin city find themselves, but there are very few problem solving skills on display other than "apply dick" or "apply gun". VERY RARELY, "apply pussy". that last one almost never works out tho.

aside from All That, it does contain some of the best straight up art (not just comics art) ive ever seen. the command of light and shadow is incredible. the command of negative space is incredible. panels aren’t busy unless they’re showing the chaos of a scene. he doesn't draw every single brick bc that's not important to the scene. it’s really quite stunning.

also the MOVEMENT in this fringe is incredible. do u see what i mean about the nipples tho

watching

i gotta lotta fuckin bones to pick with the manda/lorian but they're all spoilery. this shit fucking sucks man. it's twenty fucking twenty three we have had well over a century to master storytelling through the art of the moving image.

all three eps so far have felt very weirdly edited-- like a lot of changes happened after filming and there wasn't enough time for pickups?? this is a gajillion dollar show just reshoot some shit on your little fake stage i am Begging you. at least bo-katan looked hot. god she's awful i love her

again again i say to ye, what if star wars was good? i am slightly terrified that andor may have ruined me for any s/tar wars that follows but by any metric these first three s3 mando eps are simply not good television.

playing

ty @pasta-pardner for gifting me Weird West some weeks ago bc it is the new thing i am obsessed with. this first trailer gives a better sense of the Vibes than the launch trailers imo

youtube

i find it is scratching a lot of the rpg itches that new vegas does: you wander around beautiful western settings running into weird shit, followed around by a hot butch you've recruited to your cause. unlike new vegas, it is a little less forgiving and you have to really scrap and loot everything that isn't nailed down.

this is a top-down action rpg with a weird little aiming system that is sort of a 3D twinstick? it takes some getting used to, and shooting is not the part of any game i am particularly good at. here's xbox wire's screenshot, which gives a good idea of how isometric it is and what enemy detection looks like. i do wish i could expand the minimap, bc some of the locations like mines or bigger towns can really sprawl.

i have one big annoyance bc it is a thing that made me take a break and sulk for a bit: as you're traveling across the map (not open world, location-based), you can run into Travel Encounters. you can decline to engage with some of them. you cannot save within or between the encounters unless you stop and make camp. if you're on a long journey to a different corner of the map, you might run into three Travel Encounters. if you die on the third, you are catapulted back to your starting point. this is tremendously annoying in the early game, so either take short trips or get good at about-facing and exiting areas quickly.

a writer i admire likes games that let him tell stories about what happened in the game to other people-- this is a game that very much facilitates that. i was ambushed during a Travel Encounter by the some outlaws, bc i accidentally let one escape while i was trying to collect a bounty on his boss, and that specific named grunt came back with a Vendetta. but! i met a dying outlaw from the band who kidnapped my character's husband in a different second encounter, swapped some bandages for a treasure map, and he is now a Friend for Life. so he showed back up to help me during that ambush AGAINST FELLOW OUTLAWS WHO SEEM TO HAVE SOME SORT OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING??? mWAH. DELICIOUS. LOVE SYSTEMS INTEROPERATING.

ive put like six hours into this, and it has five chapters with five different characters. i have not progressed past the first chapter bc i am having so much fun poking around. i am so so so grateful that the first character is a wife seeking revenge and not the other way around. ppl are throwing big baby tantrums in the steam forums about this but you know what? some husbands should be macguffins sometimes. widens their perspective.

i am fascinated by the drips and drabs of lore this game is feeding me. there's an order of witches with huge underground temples that (crucially!) they did not build, but have adopted for their own uses without really understanding who built them and why. i want to know so much more about their whole shit. there are werewolves but idk what their deal is bc i haven't met any yet.

i am a simple woman! i only demand perfect cowboy western-flavored rpgs and so far this is holding up. i will have more thoughts as i go along but goddamn is it fun to play. we truly do love a competent little rpg with interesting lore and good stealth mechanics that lets you loot everything in sight.

making

mostly fallow week, wrists hurty

made this tuna-chickpea salad for lunch. it is quite rich for a lunch. there are a lot of components that may be challenging to digest all together for a milennial with tummy troubles.

this would have definitely been improved by solid instead of cheap chunk tuna (or salmon. this would be great with canned salmon) and if i actually chopped the baby spinach instead of going "it's fine" and flinging it all in. or maybe wilting the spinach, but that's a lot of extra work and this would be a very warm, wet salad :/ the point is the chickpeas really want to sink to the bottom. i like that there is no cooking involved, only assembling, but realistically i have only half of these ingredients in my house at any given time. screengrabs from the site bc i paid a dollar but there's no reason you have to

#tuesday again #tuesday again no problem #this is 1600 words i am so sorry nyx

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yellowocaballero · 1 year

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asking you about jason todd 👀

OK OK OK Jason Todd HCs. Honestly, most of these could just be Jason Todd HCs in general. As usual with my AUs it's just "how I would do X character". I did a write up of him in the AU here which should explain a lot but:

Visually, he's destined to have a tall and very strong frame, despite a childhood of malnutrition. He's really racially ambiguous visually, but you can pick out some Filipino/Mexican/Black/White in there. (This is partly inspired from the comics - Jason and Bruce wondered if Lady Shiva was his Mom, which one would think they wouldn't do if he looked completely White! This was never brought up again but I thought it was interesting). He speaks a shitton of languages but they're all pidgins and Spanglish and the other language equivalents of Spanglish lol.

Victim of childhood emotional and physical neglect as a kid, and after a certain point he just started taking care of himself. But he was collectively raised by his entire apartment building, so he has really strong emotional and physical ties to community and his people. Jason's both one of those people who knows everybody, and he's one of those people you come to with your problems and helps you out. He's a fixer - he takes care of people and he's very good at it. Jason is an extremely kind and selfless person. He just cares so fucking much, despite everything.

Despite & because of all of these things (racial, parental, community) he has identity issues. He's proud of his ID as an East Ender, but he constantly struggles with who he is, what heritage and community does he belong to, and does he have one to call his own. In the East end there's a thousand different communities, and although Jason's adjacent to all of them he never really belongs in any. No matter how much he does he'll always be an outsider.

He finds guidance in these identity issues by converting to Judaism, actually! It gives him that need for history and identity and belonging that he's always looked for, and it ties him together strongly with Bruce and the family. He's the reason Bruce actually starts practicing again and it's extremely sweet and wholesome etc. Jason gets really into it, he loves philosophy and dialectics.

This confused sense of identity and belonging is why he loves Robin so much. It's also why he kind of hates Robin sometimes. He loves the Waynes and everybody bends over backwards making him feel included & loved & important & like he's a real son in the family (in a way that has never. been done before lmfaooo) and Robin is the most important and influential 'identity' in Gotham, but it also comes with a very heavy and laden history and burden of the ways it's failed before.

Robin will never really be his. Bruce will always look at Jason in the costume and see the oldest son he mismanaged and the previous Robin who died horrifically without knowing that he was loved. Jason is actually legit the favorite kid, maybe just behind Cass, jkalsdjf, and maybe although Jason Todd's always the individual and holds a unique position that's never been filled before - somebody who's actually treated like a son with open affection and great effort made towards being part of the family - as Robin his successes will never quite match up to Bruce's mistakes.

Whoah that got long jaklsdjf I'm sorry I got Lost In The Themes Sauce. That's not really Jason HCs as it is Jason's story. There's a lot more to it, but I think when you enter a broken family then family becomes important to you. I think there's nothing he ever wanted more for Bruce than for Tim to have survived, but he knows everything he has is because Tim didn't.

And then Tim tried to beat him to death lmfao #girlboss. Thanks for the ask I love the boy!

#my writing #my asks #jason todd #batfamily #batfam #i s2g i cant do the HC thing right #either theyre deeply weird or theyre just an entire story and character meta #frantically checks notes #uhhh his favorite desert is cheesecake

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horrorkiki-the-witch · 2 years

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Lore Olympus rant, you can ignore me

I'll most likely get hate for this but idc. I'm not important enough to be given attention to so don't waste your time on me. I just need to get this out of my system

Lore Olympus isn't that good. I don't hate it but I don't like it either. There is a lot of problem in the comic albeit most are biased. The problem in my opinion (I have not read season 2 and I don't think I will):

The age gap: good god the age gap is honestly disturbing, a 20 years old (now 30 I think) and 3000+ years old. Like bro?? Sure they are both legally adults but Persephone is still a very young adult and she's very childish it's actually problematic. This is the same type of crap as 5000+ year old loli who act like 12 years old.

Their behaviour: I get that couples may not feel like themself without their partner but they are so obsessed with each other it's not healthy. Again on that age problem, Hades you hardly know Persephone, you can't be obsessed with her like that.

Body type: This one is absolutely biased so you may exclude this from my valid reasoning. But I do not like how Persephone is sexualised. Yes I know there are actual people that have Persephone's body type and yes I know just because a character is curvy doesn't mean they are being sexualised but you don't need to make the character curvy to emphasise they are pretty. (ok this reason doesn't make sense, you may harras me for this)

Persephone is a mary sue and you can't tell me otherwise: She's almost the textbook definition of an edgy mary sue. Overpowered (kind of), is liked by many men and pretty much everyone except for rival, is InSaNeLy BeAuTiFuL so beautiful in fact that even she's prettier than Aphrodite, Every bad thing she does is "justifiable", and is her against the world. tbh I never like her character.

Demeter is villainized and I don't like it: The main point of the myth is about a mother that goes against the tradition for the sake of her daughter. I do like the modern interpretation of Hades x Persephone but without villainizing Demeter. She has every reason not to trust Hades. And in the context of the webtoon, while she did hide most things about the real world from Persephone, her main reason for not letting it is that olympian gods are bad. And guess what, she's right. I don't think I have to list it.

The art style: This is also biased since art is subjective but since this is my rant I will include it. Every character looks the same. If it's not for the colouring you would hardly be able to tell the difference between characters. And the same face syndrome is as bad as Disney.

And that's for now of the rant. This is what I could think of while typing this in one sitting. If you somehow care enough to reach here, thank you for bothering to read this random post. Once again this post is very biased and don't take my word for it. Have a good day

#lore olympus #anti lore olympus #lore olympus rant #anti lo

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palindromefancorner · 9 months

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Fairy bloop

Fandom: Invader ZIM

Pairing: ZaGIR (ZIMxGIR)

Characters: ZIM, GIR, MiniMoose (sort of) Mentions of Dib, Gaz and The Tallest.

Rating: T

Chapter: One shot ✩ 1531 words

Notes: This is some mild ZaGIR, if you don't like this ship, read anyway, you might end up into it.

It made me laugh that ZIM didn't get Gaz name's right in issue 16, so I used that here; also a lot of little details I got mostly from the comics.

Summary: ZIM is faced with a life-and-death situation in which one call to his lunatic partner in crime could be his last hope.

Invader ZIM belongs to Jhonen Vásquez

This fanfic was written by your pal, Pal 🐟

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This is stupid, so stupid, everything else fails but me! That's the reason I am here all numb and bruised, adrift in space. Well, I guess it wouldn't be the first time.

So why does it feel like there's something different?

It is I, ZIM, the one destined to greatness, everybody should know that by now! But if it is as bad as it seems, if I'm done for, would anyone even notice? Dib would, I'm sure, the puny earthworm would think I'm working on my newest, most incredible plan. He would tell everything about it to Gus, even though she doesn't care; it is amusing for me to think that she hates his voice, maybe more than I do.

The Tallest sure will notice! Their most important invader, gone; my mission, a failure. It can't be, it won't be, I won't allow it. I am ZIM! I do not surrender. So even if every little move is pain and even if my PAK is overheating just to keep me alive, my genius brain is all I need! Mini Moose broke with the impact, but I don't have to fix them completely, just enough to make one call.

So I fix the little ones as fast as I can, which feels really slow, and right when I'm finishing I have to stop, my PAK is sending me a warning. It's ok, I won't move for some minutes, and then it will heal me enough, the warning will stop, I will make that call. And if I'm lucky, the answer will be quick; you'll be happy to talk to me, as you always are.

The best I can do is stay still, think of other possible solutions, and realize that maybe I'm worst than I thought if this is my desire: I wish we were in the sofa, binge-watching Floopsy Bloops Shmoopsy, that nonsense show. I would tell you how bad your taste is, and you would agree as you let out a little laugh.

Some distant stars and galaxies I see sparkle with a cyan tone, and seeing that color makes my eyes itchy even if I'm not wearing my human lenses.

I curse my PAK for not healing me faster, I curse the Voot Cruiser for being broken, and I curse the moment I decided not to bring you, only so you could go on with that obsession of making pancakes you have right now. And maybe I'm delirious for thinking that you being here would make things better, but I also know that the times I really do need you, you are there, with your burst of energy, with your crazy laugh that matches mine. You would take us home.

Why won't my PAK stabilized? Is it really this damaged? If I don't make that call, then it will be all over, won't it? Dib will win, Gus won't care, The Tallest will bring doom to the galaxy, without me! If I can't make that call, I won't be able to hear your voice again.

But still, somehow, I hear it.

"Master!" You say with that high pitch that hurts my head and soothes my squeedlyspooche.

"Maaaasteeeer, MaAAAaaaaaAaaAaaAAAAasssteeeEerr!" Now you sing at the top of your lungs, and my peace becomes irritation.

"GIR, please, stop singing" My voice comes out almost a whisper.

"Okey then!" You say happily.

Wait, what? As I almost jump from the seat, the alarm of my PAK goes wild.

"GIR!"

"Master! I made a pancake that looks like your face, wanna see?"

"No, GIR, listen"

"Are you suuure you don't wanna seeee?"

"Now that you say it, I kind of do" My voice is so low I don't know if you can hear me, but there's no way to see the pancake, since we are speaking through Mini Moose.

"I'll show you only because you're sooo cuuute" Then there's silence. You hung up, didn't you?

Did you really call me just for that? I can't even move a muscle, my PAK is reaching its limit and all I can think about is you showing me some deformed pancake.

I realize I've been smiling, why do I smile? Did I really want to hear that high-pitched voice so much? Maybe I'm just about to die, yes, the eternal slumber is here for ZIM, and even though my tactical strategies are flawless, I have no strength left to fight.

But that thought gives me an idea, if I do that human thing, sleeping, I will heal faster. I'm such a genius! When I wake up — if I wake up, no! Don't panic— I'll call you, I'll even be able to fix the Voot Cruiser, I know I can do it. So I let myself drowse while holding Mini Moose. My mind replays that nonsensical call, your aggravating and endearing singing voice.

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I'm taller than The Almighty Tallest, and I lead the armada right to the Florpus. You come to me, riding Mini Moose, hugging a handful of the taquitos you love so much.

Love.

You give me one taquito, then you ride out of the ship as you scream the word master and wave at me; I see that you are going to the moon, and I change the course of The Massive to follow.

With the sudden turn, The Massive is upside down, the snacks and the Irkens float around me.

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I wake with a jolt caused by the electric shock the PAK sends when the body shuts down. I try to understand what is happening, but it makes no sense, it reminds me of some human made up magic creatures they call fairies, they can be evil, benevolent or both? Yes, right, dumb; but, right now, I feel like I'm seeing one of them, flying towards me, surrounded by sparkles.

Am I still dreaming?

Then I see it is you, flying too fast to meet me, laughing and crying at the same time. Are you one of those fairy creatures? Have my PAK finally stop functioning? I feel like I'm falling sleep again, this time against my will.

I fight it enough to see how you enter the Voot Cruiser and take me in your arms with a delicacy I didn't thought you're capable of, you say something, but I can not listen. So this must be a dream, yes, my perfect plan: sleeping, recovering, fixing, going back to the base to binge-watch some dumb cartoon, maybe eat pancakes and conquer earth together.

I promised you the moon, and I will keep that promise!

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"I bloop you, Shmoopsy!" It's the first thing I hear, I groan and with effort I open my eyes, in my lap I see a plate with a weirdly shaped pancake served, it actually looks like me. I try to reach it, but it is hard when I'm exhausted, with all this blankets wrapping me and that weight on my shoulder. Oh, it's you.

When you look at me, you shine with the sweetest, most confusing smile I've ever seen, it makes my eyes feel itchy again. I get angry at you, and if I'm angry I shouldn't be smiling back like I am.

You take the plate from my lap to put it aside and loosen the blankets enough to tuck yourself in, hugging me tightly. All I can think is how crazy you are, and I return the hug as I almost never do, holding you close, listening and feeling your voice against me.

I break the embrace so I can understand what you are trying to say.

"I made so much pancakes, master. One looked like me, but I ate it; it was so sad!" But you laugh anyway "it said 'NoOOOoooo'" you laugh harder "I also made one shaped like Mini Moose, wanna seeee?"

I haven't even reply when you are leaving my side, but something stops you, it's me. When did I start holding your hand? I didn't even realize.

"Don't you wanna see, master?" You come closer and I feel better. A wave of emotion makes me shiver as I see that my PAK is connected to the base's computer, it's working, now successfully healing my body.

I look at you with disbelief. You saved me, didn't you? You do the most inexplicable things, and I find myself admiring that more times than I care to admit. You called me when I couldn't, you brought me and Mini Moose to safety and made my most stupid wish come true.

"Master?" Oh. How much time was I just staring at you?

"I wanna see, GIR, but show me later. When I fix Mini Moose"

"Ooooooh, okeeee!" You jump up and down, jerking my arm. Then you stop to look at our hands intertwine, you hold them against your face and a giggle comes out, it grows into a burst of laughter and I laugh with you. What is so funny?

We laugh so much that happy tears start peaking, and we don't stop until you launch yourself to me, giving me a shooting star kiss.

It tastes like pancakes.

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-ˏˋ. The end ˊˎ-

#invader zim #gir #zim #fanfic #fluff #a bit of angst #a bit of humor #pal'sstuff #palwrites #ZaGIR #invader zim fanfiction #iz #zimxgir #girxzim #zim and gir

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stinkylittleanon · 1 year

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Hello fren could you maybe do hcs for the 12' maincast reacting to a friend coming out as genderfluid?

-🐚anon (I'm probably gonna be back lol, ur very big brained)

I THINK YOU MEAN THE TMNT 2012 MAIN CAST, RIGHT?? IF I GET THIS WRONG THEN PLEASE TELL ME! I'll do the turtles! ALSO I'VE NEVER BEEN CALLED BIG BRAINED, IT FEELS ODD SINCE I ALWAYS CALL MYSELF PEA BRAINED LMAO -------- I'm gonna start with Raph, he's the first turtle I decided to try and research </3 I might take 2012 off my list, I didn't realize how much I forgot about it! --------- Raph!! - He'd be confused at first. What did that mean? - You'd have to explain it to him! ... Repeatedly. Again, again, again. He can't just seem to get a hang of it at first! - Raph ends up getting frustrated with himself (and you a bit) because he can't understanding it - Until you explain it in the DUMBEST way possible! - Then he semi understands! - You seem scared, though, so he'd gently place a hand on your shoulder and smile at you. "While I don't ENTIRELY understand... I'm no jerk- kinda. I accept you for who you are. Heh, I mean- Look at me! I'm a turtle! Who am I to judge?" - AND IT'S??? ODDLY COMFORTING?? - He'll get the hang of it eventually! Just tell him what you're feelin' that day or if you prefer anything and he'll do his best! Just remind him if he messes up! - He'll... Kinda understand better after a month or two! Leo!! - He's also confused at first, but he's way more calm about it and understands it faster. - Leo... Compares it to something he's seen in his show- I'd imagine there's some character in there that's doesn't really follow gender! - Yeah it's not the most flattering thing to say, but he's supportive! - "Thank you for trusting me with this... I promise, I'll do my best to remember. I accept you." - He gets stuff after a week or two, he's a fast learner! - Leo isn't afraid to correct others, he definitely helps Raph remember to use your pronouns and stuff! - If you change anything about your appearance? He notices first! "Oh, hey! Your hair!" - The second worst at understanding, Raph's the last Donnie!! - Donnie understands immediately... Immediately after asking a ton of questions. - He knows what being transgender is! He knows the genderfluid label, he just wants to understand how YOU experience it! - After you open up and explain how you experience your gender and stuff, he'd open up and explain how he feels about his... He might be trans! Donnie just needs to learn more! - You can go to him about gender dysphoria if you experience it (not all trans people have dysphoria!), he's always open to help! - "Thank you for trusting me with this, (Y/n)... I'm always here for you, ok?" - If he ever builds you something? He'd paint a lil' pride flag on it for ya (if you're comfortable with that! He'd ask first!) - Donnie would slip up once or twice but he'd get the hang of things quickly! He's also not afraid to correct people, even if it's some villain they're about to fight! - "You're weak, (dead_name)-" "Uh! Actually, it's (Y/n)!" "O-Oh-... *coughcough*... You're weak, (Y/n)..." Mikey!! - You'd have to explain what it is to Mikey at first, but he'd immediately get it! - There's quite a lot of lgbt things in comics, even old ones, so he'd seen the concept before! - He'd simply ask about the stuff you prefer before looking at you like you're the most important person! - "You're so cool! I wanna be like you one day!" - He really looks up to you and he's so happy that you told him! - You're so strong! In so many ways! He knows how humans can be awful, he's experienced it before... So you've gotta be so strong to be so open about your identity! - If you're still closeted socially then don't worry! He's got your back! - Aggressively compliments you when you need it, using certain terms and all that to make you feel more valid! Which you already are! I tried my best to not force anything onto the label! People experience these things differently so I left it more vague so you guys can comfortably read! >:]

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #2012 tmnt #tmnt headcanons #2012 tmnt headcanons #lgbt #lgbt headcanons #genderfluid #genderfluid headcanons #2012 raph #2012 leo #2012 donnie #2012 mikey #SUPPORTIVE BOYS!!

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astromechs · 1 year

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2022 year in review

thank you for the tag @seek--rest

Number of stories posted to AO3:

2. Word count this year:

64,281 (this doesn't include things I didn't publish, and this doesn't include things I wrote in private rps with friends, so I have no idea what the actual word count is, that's just what AO3 told me from what I've posted lol, but I would imagine with all that put together it might be close to 100k)

3. Fandoms I wrote for:

taking the list from AO3 (in alphabetical order):

Captain America/Avengers (movies)

Daredevil (comics/TV)

Goncharov (1973)

Guardians of the Galaxy (comics/movies)

Jessica Jones (TV)

Moon Knight (TV)

Nova (comics)

Peacemaker (2022)

Scarlet Witch (comics)

She-Hulk (TV)

The Boys (TV/2019)

X-Men (comics)

4. Pairings:

ok so the list of all the pairings that got stuff posted to AO3:

Adrian Chase/Christopher Smith (Peacemaker)

Jean Grey/Wanda Maximoff (Marvel unless otherwise noted)

Gamora/Peter Quill

Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanoff

Gamora/Richard Rider

Matt Murdock/Marc Spector

Matt Murdock/Jennifer Walters

Matt Murdock/Peter Quill

Jessica Jones/Matt Murdock

Matt Murdock/Elektra Natchios

Queen Maeve/Starlight (Annie January) (The Boys)

Matt Murdock/Foggy Nelson

Matt Murdock/Richard Rider

Katya/Sofia (Goncharov lol)

Wanda Maximoff/Matt Murdock/Richard Rider

5. Stories with the most:

Kudos: this might be all i ever wanted (all i ever wanted to happen to me) — got right in at the She-Hulk finale hype so I think that helped to boost it

Bookmarks: same as above; people were really loving that one at the time it dropped!

Comment threads: whatever happens (happens to the both of us) — my first Peacemaker fic, and I think the timing of this hit when a lot of people were finishing up the show, but I'm really flattered and honored!

Word count: ghost behind my eyes

6. Work I'm most proud of (and why): I'm going to cheat and pick a few:

ghost behind my eyes — at 10,143 words, it remains my longest self-contained one shot, and I'm really proud of the character work I did here. Christopher Smith and his character development are really important to me, and here's to hoping that will continue in Peacemaker season 2!

standing at a broken altar (asking if we feel relief) — represented a whole new creative venture for me, featuring characters I (at least at the time) had never written into fic before, and I'm someone who's... honestly pretty lapsed, religion-wise, and writing this made me think about faith, how it's questioned, tested, and found again, in a way I haven't in a while. That's a theme I'd like to explore more in future writing — and I'm planning to do more of this through Matt.

almost paradise — the story that's been a long time coming for me. Gamora is literally one of my favorite characters of all time, and to say I... did not handle Infinity War well is putting it very, very mildly; that movie came out not that extremely long after a big personal loss in my real life, so losing a character that dear to me at that time was something I took really hard. This is the first time I've actually acknowledged her death in a piece of writing, and I'm proud of myself that I did.

7. Work I'm least proud of (and why): none of them? I don't usually post something unless I feel pretty good about it.

8. Share or describe a favorite review you received:

cannot express how much this comment made my year. yes, I do. when women.

9. A time when writing was really, really hard: Honestly, my biggest challenge surrounding writing is just... working around my own chronic illness (which involves episodic fatigue) and mental health struggles. For one of those reasons or both at the same time, there were periods of the year that made writing more difficult than others. I'm working on incorporating smaller, more manageable writing goals during those periods so that I can still keep working without exhausting myself.

10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: I wasn't expecting Matt Murdock Slut Era to extend for as long as it did, and yet here we are.

11. A favorite excerpt of your writing: from almost paradise:

What he deserves, he thinks, is to be left here, alone with ghosts because that’s all he’s fit to provide company for — maybe until he becomes one himself. Because, yeah, if Ego had been telling the truth, for all his words had been worth, with the destruction of his planet, Peter can do that now. That might actually be better for everyone involved, because all he does, clearly, is pull people into a total shitstorm or get them killed. Sometimes both.

But people don’t ever really get what they deserve, do they? His mom, the kindest person the universe would probably ever know, hadn’t deserved to die from a tumor in her brain, put there by an evil man she’d chosen to give her huge heart to.

And he doesn’t deserve a hand reaching toward him, pulling him up from the floor.

12: How did you grow as a writer this year: My writing got a lot smuttier LMAO But it also just... reflected a "fuck it, we ball" type of attitude that I'd been slowly embracing. Inventing ships, writing whatever the fuck I want. I've grown a lot, and I feel really liberated.

13. How do you hope to grow next year: I hope to continue just... following my bliss. I've come a really long way in not caring as much about an invisible audience and just writing whatever I want, and I aim to keep doing that. I aim to keep believing in myself in that way and going the distance with my screwball ideas.

14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc): Would like to thank the discographies of Massive Attack, CHVRCHES, and Taylor Swift for fueling my writing. Also anyone when I said "I'm gonna put these blorbos together" who said "do it".

15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: I mentioned it before, but almost paradise was written during a depressive episode and I've joked it was me flinging out all my unresolved grief issues onto the page instead of going to therapy in December (using, you know, one beloved character of mine grieving another beloved character's death as a proxy), so. yes.

16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: Don't write to cater to an audience; write to cater to yourself. If you love what you do, readers can see that love, and they'll believe in it, too. Readers are really good at telling what is and isn't genuine, so the best thing to do is just... be yourself.

17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: I have an existing WIP to finish, and a few more ideas in the can! Featuring: more Vigilmaker, more self-indulgent blorbo ships I invented (featuring either Matt Murdock or Rich Rider or both likely), and GOTG Vol 3 about to wreck my life, so of course I would imagine a good bulk of my writing this year will be related to it. This is all I'll say.

18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read:

(no obligation!) @paperprinc3 @literatigeek @sgtjamesrogers @mari--lace @quillsmora

#tag game #writing #* fic #fan fic

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egg-emperor · 2 years

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I'm kinda expecting it anyway, but I kinda don't want Sonic and Eggman to team up in Frontiers since it's happened a lil too much in the past. And even if they do, I'd want Sonic to at least stick it to Eggman about how he took over the planet and was responsible for a lot of destruction and Eggman just stand there like "... Ok, and how is this my problem? How many times have we been through this, Hedgehog? Why are you so surprised that I'm still an asshole?"

Because lets face it, Eggman does need to have his moment. If anyone can write character development into a sonic game, it'd be one of Sonic's comic writers. I just hope Ian gets things right.

Yeah, I'd prefer if they didn't deliberately have Eggman team up with Sonic and friends because it's been done too many times, it'd be much more interesting if they took a different approach. But if it does happen then I can accept it as long as it's in character because it has been done well before with my favorite being Lost World with how he formed a truce with the intention to backstab the second he didn't need them anymore, was in character, and had great moments we don't usually get to see. What's most important to me is that it feels in character in the end, but they can and should avoid repetition.

Even if it doesn't end up this way, the cutscene got me imagining him independently taking this on and having his own side of the story. He's capable and should get the chance to show what he can do. I want to see more of him when he isn't directly involved with Sonic and friends, it would be a great way to explore his personality and feelings in depth, which would work for how they want to make him feel like a flesh and blood human. I'm thinking SA2 Dark story styled focus on his own side independently, only I'd prefer them not to team up at the end again. They could cross paths but I'd like it more if they fought their own battles.

I don't want idle Eggman standing around at Sonic and friend's side while they do most if not all of the epic stuff. Yeah he might still get the chance to and I hope he will if it's what they do decide to do but if Eggman is separate from them for much more of it, I feel that there's a higher chance of him getting badass moments and focus and depth in the more personal exploration that he really deserves. Games like SA2 and Shadow 2005 do have the team up at the end, but everything Eggman was doing prior to those final events, where it showed more of what he was up to when Sonic and friends weren't directly involved was great. So something like that minus the big team up would be nice.

Either way, if they're truly bringing a clearer sense of continuity back like it seems, it would be nice for them to refer to Eggman's past actions and impact, whether it's just a slight reference or more significant moment of it being talked about some way, it could be interesting. I really don't want them to forget what Eggman has done or who he truly is at his core as his game canon self is my favorite for his brilliance and consistency. His past roles and actions being remembered would help to put me at ease in hopes they'll acknowledge it and keep him true to it- and it would also just be cool to see.

There's still a bit of worry in me for how they might handle Eggman, I want a faithful presentation of his important core traits that should absolutely stay permanent to his character after 31 years because it's what makes him who he is and such a lovable character. I don't understand those that want to change everything about him entirely. I want them to carry that along in any type of character development and depth and exploration they give him in other ways- that I hope will be focused on looking at his perspective and feelings in more depth, in a way that still feels true to him.

There's a huge difference between development that suits a character and changing them entirely so they're a completely different person devoid of the things that make them interesting and lovable and how people want the latter worries me. But it depends on which part you're developing as there are many avenues. Eggman's core personality traits, beliefs, position of evil, and morals and limits or lack thereof rather, don't need to change but the development of emotions and personal thoughts and perspective in other ways (that aren't suddenly giving him uncharacteristic empathy out of nowhere either) would be really great to see.

But Sega is the one providing everything but the dialogue for the story while Flynn does that, which puts me at ease a bit because I do enjoy Flynn's dialogue for Eggman when done right and some of that did finally show again with him in the last IDW issues he wrote. And yeah, while dialogue is very important for story telling and characterization, I'd like to think there will be guidelines set by Sega and that I can trust them to handle him as brilliantly as ever in terms of role, direction, and presentation like they have been for the past 31 years. They've always known who he is and what they want him to do while keeping him faithful, so I hope they keep it up.

And just in that small cutscene, Eggman's pride, confidence, and determination to try were all there as some of his most important core traits, so it seems we're off to a great start. I feel there's hope that it's gonna be alright so I can hopefully be excited for what's to come and enjoy it! 💜

#asks #dr eggman #eggman #dr robotnik #dr. eggman #sonic frontiers #my post #opinion

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taonpest · 2 years

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Alright I won't watch one more episode of the CGI motu series.

It's just not for me

Yes, yes it's time for my boring review. And I hope nobody who liked the series will feel insulted or anything by reading it

Ok so like. Months ago I watched the 4 first episodes of the series but never really bothered watching the rest of it because I didn't like it? And I feel that you absolutely don't need to watch every series nor every comic to enjoy MOTU. In fact I was planning to stick to the original and Revelation and maybe watch the 2002 series because well Evil Lyn's design just sold me the show sksksk

Anyway, lately I've seen quite a lot of people say the CGI series was nice and was probably the closest thing to the original series when it comes to ambiance and such. So I was willing to give it a second chance.

And as this Skeletor would say: "MAN". THAT WASN'T THE GREATEST IDEA I HAD TODAY.

But watching more of it helped me highlight what was bothering me with the first episodes.

My brother watch 2 episodes with me and we both had the same feeling: it was "cringe" and some moments were just cringer...Special mention to that time Ram mam was singing in the spaceship. I know for sure that I would have also cringe while watching this scene as a kid.

The second thing is the jokes. FUCKING HELL THE JOKES.

They were so bad. I heard most of them in other movies, series....especially the "I can't hear you you're too far from me" 🙄🙄 Most of them were bad if not fucking making me want to die when they're over explaining them, which they do 1/3 of the time. Plus the timing is SO bad. This series doesn't know when it wants to be serious or when it wants to be funny! Like CHOOSE BUT DON'T DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. There are some like. Important, dramatic scenes and you throw an unfunny joke in the middle of it like what??

Talking about it THE AMBIANCE. WHY IS IT SO EDGY?? Like. The whole

Adam: I was kidnapped by my uncle and forgot my past

Ram mam: my parents died and I was stuck in their spaceship and I'm claustrophobic

Teela: I was always alone and had to fight to survive

Cringer: I fought a poacher who took away from me my claws and some members of my tribe

The fuck?? It's not because you randomly throw tragic backstories that your characters becomes actual characters. They're still fucking flat as fuck.

Okay I think now is a good time to talk about Skeletor. First thing first, I've never liked the whole "Skeletor is actually Adam's uncle" thing cause I don't know what it adds except some shakespearian bullshit that doesn't really mean munch. I like the idea of Skeletor just being the way he is and all just because it's fun and it's what he's like? In my eyes he doesn't need a backstory but I was like. Okay, roule ma poule, do what you want I'll just go along with it for this time (and this time only). I thought he was the most okay character. I mean, as long as he has fun doing evil stuff, it's Skeletor.

But two things.

First: that scene. That oh so cringe scene in which they're making fun of Skeletor's name and over explaining the joke again, even though you get it when you know his deadname (I said what I said) and Adam saying "we don't give a fuck" SO WHY DID YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. Also the Skeletor saying "man that was long" (I don't remember the exact sentence)??? ABSOLUTE NO. I don't wanna be that guy, which is ironic, I'm that guy since the beginning of this post, but Skeletor don't say "man" like that. Skeletor had some vocabulary in the original series and like. That is important. He was dominating the other villains even in his language....I won't say every thought I had but know that it was at this point that I started thinking "okay that's enough". But the way Teela shush Evil-Lyn rubbed me the wrong way too but the thing that really made me stop is that moment when Skeletor said something like "I wonder if your father will be sad when I'll make your corpse roll to his feet" LIKE???

EXCUSE ME WHAT

THE FUCK. I remember reblogging a post about motu saying "Most series/comics got motu wrong. He-Man and Skeletor would never threaten to kill each others" and I completely agree with this person. I think I've watched half of all episodes of the original series and Skeletor threatened one (1) time to kill He-Man by saying "you wouldn't survive this fall". And that's it. I can't believe that even this series made Skeletor said that...

I know what you're gonna say now, to justify the bad jokes and all: "it's just a kid show"

And you know what I'll answer? Netflix She-Ra. It's also a kid show, the jokes are good, it knows when it can makes jokes, when it has to be serious, the characters are not all fucking dumb for no reason...

In the end I felt like watching a bad fan fiction's adaptation. Like. I encourage bold reboot/new adaptation. Once again, I think Netflix She-Ra did that very well. But this one? No thank you, no more. I feel like they took only the shell of motu, not what makes it motu, especially when it comes to the characters...especially Adam. I didn't find that softness and kindness he has in the original and in revelation. I didn't feel like he's considerate. Just helpful.

Of course not everything I have to say is negative. Even though I wasn't found of the character design, the whole thing is really pretty, and I especially liked the villains' transformation! I wasn't expecting it to be so...horrific. I'm glad that I watched until that moment

But what's the point of watching it if I don't like the story that is told to me?

I'm sad I couldn't enjoy it like some of you. It strengthen my thought of only enjoying what I like/might like and I thank it for that.

#motu #my silly little reactions #also strengthen me in making my own motu thing sksk #probably will delete this

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