#table tops made

[mur-art]

POV: You take your roommate, who doesn't even know what a mountain is, on a hike in the mountains.

It goes about as well as expected.

Expression details and reference used under the cut:

Reference:

@misterinkwell

#omg they were *roommates* #wttt #welcome to the table #florida man in socal #ben brainard #wttt florida #wttt california #this literally took me all day and tumblr made it blurry #a tragedy #florida is every dumb tourist at yosemite tbh #he probably tried to swim on top of the waterfalls #and pet the bears #mur art

[spearxwind]

Everyone talks about how expensive rent is but i dont ever see anyone talk about how expensive furniture and house stuff is. Saving up for like, a couch is insanely expensive. Buying one nice thing is fine but if you need several things suddenly the price builds up sooo high like I want to have a nice table and some nice chairs and maybe a nice lamp and suddenly that can all run me for 800eur easily at the cheapest.

#i went into a store the other day because i needed a lamp and they had so many nice looking things #i want to have a nice house but i dont have the money #literally a direct result of me buying my first ever furniture thing. my shelf. has made me hyperaware of how expensive everything is #and it was from ikea which is the cheapest ever!! i cant even imagine things that arent from ikea how much they'd cost!! #now whenever furniture gets destroyed in movies I always go NOOOOOOOOOOOO #who cares about the fucking protagonist or whatever getting punched that table was solid oak with a resin top AND hand carved legs!!$ #thunderclap

[shannankle]

My Top Shows 2023

Doing this at the last minute but here goes--the top 10 shows I watched in 2023!

*Note: I rate my shows on a letter scale cause I don't like narrowing it down to a specific number. (S-standout As-Strong Bs-Fine Cs-There's some problems Ds-ooof)

1. Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

This one instantly became an all time favorite. It covers themes about grief and loss in a deeply empathetic and humanizing way along side the supernatural elements. I don't know if it's because I've experienced loss myself or because it's a universal experience, but I love shows like this that help you understand what it means to grieve and heal in a familiar yet new light. It reminded me a lot of Natsume Yuujinchou (another favorite) in that respect.

Aside from the larger themes, you have a distinct directing style, quirky sense of humor, well-rounded cast of characters, and excellent acting (the lead actor was also in Your Name Engraved Herein and he's just as standout here). In addition to all that, the show gives us a main trio of characters whose strengths are deliberately not their wits. This is used for humor but also to make more meaningful points about connection, empathy, and different ways of thinking (yes, I headcanon the main trio as neurodivergent).

Rating: S+

2. The Eighth Sense

This show! Another piece that is deeply rooted in exploring trauma and loss. This time within the framework of a romance. I'm usually pretty hesitant with stories that bring disability into romance, especially mental illness. There's a tendency to lean into the idea that love cures all and other not so great tropes. The Eighth Sense does a great job balancing that line, giving us romantic beats without wading into them uncritically. In the end, healing and love are things we choose not something guaranteed, but there's still an immense hope in that. I'm an giant sucker for shows that tackle both queer and crip experiences with nuance and grace, and the Eighth Sense hit that mark for me (so much so it even had me writing a little meta). On top of that it has beautiful cinematography and visual choices.

Rating: S

3. Moonlight Chicken

A beautiful show all around! P'Aof constantly knocks it out of the park with every show he directs, but I felt particularly strong about Moonlight Chicken. I adore the way it centers on themes of home and community. It even inspired some meta and a bit of personal reflection for me on what it means to choose home as someone who is queer and disabled. The show gives us the messiness that comes with navigating new and old relationships and somehow also the simplicity of it all. And of course, the show includes a Deaf character and handles his story with nuance and clear care.

Rating: S

4. Shadow

Singto, Fluke, and Fiat in a queer horror show--sign me up! It wasn't as scary as I expected, more psychological (which is good because I am so picky about what types of horror are too much for me vs what I enjoy). I loved the way the show played with time and reality and drew upon various religious practices to create a unique atmosphere. I also adored the attention to small details that make the piece ripe for analysis. I will probably be eyeing clocks and tech in many shows to come. It's also a show that is bringing up themes about queerness, mental illness, domestic violence, and historical trauma. I'm continually drawn to pieces that are queer and crip, so I suppose it's no surprise that this one drew me in too.

I know this show was divisive, about as many people thought it stuck the landing as didn't. I happen to land in the former category. I adore media that makes me stop and think, and given the amount of meta the show had/has me writing, I'd say it well and truly tickled my brain. The show didn't always go where I most wanted or expected but I think that challenged me even more to really think about what the show might be trying to do (my thoughts on that here, spoilers though).

Rating: S

5. Our Dining Table

Japan does a lot of things well, but I'm particularly fond of their slice-of-life. Our Dining Table fits right in there with food and found family at the center. It's warm and cute, but has a depth beyond it's soft exterior, delving into loss, loneliness, and what it means to be fully seen by those around us. All of this tied up in a queer bow. It was easily the show I was most excited to watch each week when it was airing.

Rating: S

6. Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Another one I fell in love with this year! While it has plenty of tropes, cutting through the core of all of this is the growing friendship between the main trio, especially between Li Lian Hua and Fang Duo Bing. Their relationship and personal growth as characters was really beautiful to watch, on top of it just being a fun show with a great balance of humor and drama. Plus Fang Duo Bing's mom 😍

Rating: S

7. One Room Angel

Another solid entry out of Japan. As much as I love Japan's bright slice-of-life offerings like Our Dining Table, they also excel at stories that don't shy away from heavy or complex emotional themes. And I'm noticing as I tackle this post that I really resonate with heavy themes. One Room Angel has it's lighter moments and own quirky humor. But it also tackles depression and suicide as it explores the journey of finding enough connection and meaning in life to keep moving forward.

Rating: S

8. I Feel You Linger in the Air

I Feel You Linger in the Air was such a beautiful show! I'm so happy we got a historical thai bl this year and that it was so so lovely. I really liked last year's To Sir With Love but it does have it's Lakorn/soap style that is a bit more of an obstacle for me. IFYLITA certainly has it's drama, but it feels more tightly drawn. Throw in a little time travel and beautiful love scenes and it was a delight to watch.

Rating: S

9. My Beautiful Man S2, Eternal

When I watched the first season of My Beautiful Man I liked it but wasn't exactly sold. I read a bit of meta from the community which changed my tune a bit. But it wasn't until watching season 2 and Eternal that something really clicked. I immediately went back and watched season 1 after finishing the film and oh boy did I fall in love. Not only do S2 and Eternal give us great character growth and forward motion to Hira and Kiyoi's relationship, and they feel like a natural expansion of the first season in the best way possible. What can I say, I love the whole series!

Rating: A+

10. Kiseki: Dear to Me

Kiseki: Dear to Me feels like an outlier to me. It's hard for me to put my finger on just what made it click for me, but I was so into it when it was airing. I recognize that plot wise this show is a bit of a mess, but at the same time it hit something just right in my brain. Perhaps it was the emotional intimacy the actors portrayed? They did a fantastic job drawing me in. Apart from that I couldn't take my eyes off of Ai Di's impeccable fashion choices, and the many many cameos were quite fun.

Rating: A+ YMMV

A few close contenders:

My School President (S) *split airing 22' and 23'

Tokyo in April Is... (A+)

Laws of Attraction (A)

Bed Friend (A)

The End of the World with You (A)

Me, My Husband, and My Husband's Boyfriend (A)

If it's with You (A)

Our Dating Sim (A)

Love Tractor (A)

The Warp Effect (A) *split airing 22' and 23'

The New Employee (A) *split airing 22' and 23'

La Pluie (A-)

Midnight Museum (A-)

#i completely flaked on doing one for 22 #but this year I made it just in time #80% of these are queer pieces #my top shows #my top shows 23 #my posts #bl series #oh no! here comes trouble #the eighth sense #moonlight chicken #shadow the series #our dining table #mysterious lotus casebook #one room angel #i feel you linger in the air #my beautiful man #utsukushii kare #my beautiful man 2 #my beautiful man eternal #kiseki dear to me

[humanmorph]

i wanted to get this silly clem art out of my system before something bad happened to her . (currently listening to millenium break)

(i had to ditch the cool jacket for the sake of the joke but man. great outfit to infiltrate military bases in)

#i did just want to put it on the jacket first but uhm a shitty tshirt on top is 1)easier to draw 2) funnier to me. #partizan #fatt #friends at the table #clementine kesh #i made the sketch for this right after i finished the fort icebreaker arc but then didnt get to it for a few days. #and now im 3 episodes into millenium break and the next episode is called sth like the first and second arrests of clementine kesh #i will listen to that tomorrow. #rosa art #its been so dire for her im starting to feel bad. does she deserve what shes getting. yeah........... still......... my funnygirl.......

[chaotic-cheese-blog]

"Weep, for you are alone on the throne you fought so hard for"

+close up BC I love the tears

'the emperor' colour palette made be @ultrainfinitepit

#idk i just wanted to draw something #no real meaning behind this #colour palette #digital art #digital painting #i got some new brush and wanted to test them out #my art #art #and yes the banner is Minecraft enchanting table language #eye #potential eyestrain #ig?? #the sentence at the top isn't even a real quote #i randomly made it up as im posting this lmao #fake quotes #hahaha

[spider-man-2o99]

consider this my spiritual successor to the other post i did like this with “i.. becamed a vampire”

#talking tag #spider-man #spider-man 2099 #spiderman 2099 #peter parker #miguel o'hara #lyla #my edits #art is from asm (2018) 32 and uhhh. 35 i think for the top panels #four year later i am still >:( that the 2019/2099 Opened with. cannot stress this enough. #Spider-Man 2099 Strapped To A Table in a textbook example of tvtropes’ ''They Would Cut You Up''. #and then NOTHING HAPPENS!!!! #nothing HAPPENS nothing interesting or deeper’n a puddle ever Happens nick spencer can Set Up but he cant deliver a story if he tried #he knows that he wants an event but not what ABOUT or WHY or what STORY to TELL with it or even WHO it’s FOR— #but hey! at least now HE can show everybody that HIS cool 2099 rebopt is the coolest one ever unlike all those other reboots that sucked #as Always Inevitably Happens the 2019/2099 event was a flop because overall its impact was a whole heaping load of Nothing made for No One #if you want to introduce new readers to 2099 then make the universe more accessible. put out some damn trade editions of the obscure books #if you want to appeal to the existing fans of the imprint/character(s) (freaks like me ❤️) JUST DO the BARE MINIMUM QUIT REBOOTING 2099 FUCK

[calkale]

Im still working everything out but this is my design for cyberpunk Mav so far

Ill put all the details under the cut <3

I'm working on his backstory and everything so some stuff will make more sense later

Cyberware:

- Eye cyberware for flying, like the f35 helmet hud but in your eyes (heres a link), turns eyes green and they glow when the display is being used, at night you can only see pilots eyes when flying, got them earlier in the testing process so some of the veins around his eyes glow green when in use

- Hand/wrist cyberware to connect to the planes, also works with guns but very basic, syncs up with targeting in eyes

- Circulatory system cyberware, don’t need g-suits, moves blood to where it needs to be in the body

-All cyberware is militech issued

Face:

-freckles!!

- While testing aircraft the canopy shattered, some of it got through his mask and visor leaving him with scars on the left side of his face (turned his face to the side during the crash)

-dark brown hair, green eyes, crooked teeth, we all know what he looks like

Flight suit and gear:

-black flight suit, kind of a mash up of the darkstar suit and normal flight gear

-all flight data is stored in a chip that pilots put in their head before every flight, updates on its own but can be done manually if needed

#apologies to everyone who doesnt know cyberpunk terms i tried to make it everyone friendly #made my own plane because this au takes place in 2077 #or around then #and none of the canon planes i looked at made sense for 2077 since they're all from the table top game #surely fighter jets can go faster than mach 2 in the year 2077 #cals cyberpunk au #calkaleart #pete maverick mitchell #top gun

[countess-of-edessa]

i made a cake for Christmas

happy birthday Jesus

#my piping skills are bad but i also should have made the buttercream much stiffer #i took out the background cause it was my ugly cluttered kitchen table now it’s a sticker #judge my tradwife skills now i guess #i hâte the red piping on the top i wish i had bigger pearls to cover it up lol

[namor-shuri]

*Deleted scene of Namor the moment he got wind of the Princess requesting to come to Talokan knowing he was about to act a whole fool and pull out all the stops*

- - - - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - - - -

*Cuts to everyone running around Talokan preparing what they rehearsed while a handmaiden goes over a checklist with Namor*

Namor: Did the designer finish the Princess’ outfits I requested?

Handmaiden: Yes, all of the beads have officially adorned her dress and are ready to go. The Princess of Wakanda will look like the goddess that she is.

Namor: You found my mother’s bracelet in storage, yet?

Handmaiden: We did and we were able to clean it without damaging her bracelet. It has barely been tarnished by the hands of time my king.

Namor: And everyone in the capital is looking busy and at their stations, ready to go?

Handmaiden: Of course, even the children are excited to be up past their bed time and are playing in the streets as we speak! Is there anything else I can do for you, K'uk'ulkan?

*Namor smirks to himself in the mirror as he touches his freshly trimmed beard and adjusts his outfit so that one nipple is out*

Namor: No, that is all. You have done well, my child. I will take it from here.

Original video

#it was very much giving ‘be our guest’ from beauty & the beast #you can’t convince me otherwise that that man had everyone up past their bed time playing the part the night she came in #namor #shuri #namor x shuri #Nashuri #namuri #tenoch huerta #letitia wright #wakanda forever #bpwf #mcu #that whole Talokan sequence definitely made the list of my top favorite mcu scenes #I can’t wait to see more of Talokan in future mcu films #it was Namor’s time to shine #he had to look good for her 🙈 #they haven’t had a guest in centuries what did you expect him to do #she was so mesmerized by everything too it was so cute 🤧💜 #I still die laughing at that scene where namora walks shuri to Namor’s cave and he’s automatically sitting at the table just waiting #oh y’all prepared prepared for this? #headcanon

[theinfinitedivides]

Vishal-Shekhar really saw Sher Khul Gaye and decided 'yeah ykw it's time to go back to 2010s Hrithik Bollywood/Bang Bang (2014) tracks' and they were so right for that

#film: fighter (2024) #fighter #fighter 2024 #hrithik roshan #deepika padukone #anil kapoor #bollywood #local gay watches Bollywood.txt #MV dropped a little under an hour ago. you have two of the best dancers in the industry and you are f*cking UTILIZING THEM. thank God #did i mention the eerily Staying Alive adjacent guitar in the back. it's not a direct copy but the influence is there #i'm actually scared tho like how tf is Hrithik still moving like that at his age. sir can you get your foot off of us pls we need to live #edit: Anil coming in with the whiskey standing on top of the table made me yell they're insane #friends no he does not actually dance. he does maybe three steps and leaves the leg shaking to the hottest people in the room #ty YouTube for giving me the notif for this before i gave in and ran off to Death's Game bc yk we were about to be in SIG lockdown

[gregrulzok]

Shout-out to the NPC in our campaign that talked so confidently and enthusiastically about not understanding and not being interested in sex, relationships and families, that he sincerely had me (as a player) convinced that their whole (alien) species reproduced asexually.

Come to find out from the DM that no, they have sex and he has parents, he's just an absolute ace king.

Iconic.

#the same character made me think we were the same level when we first met #because he kept hyping me up #then he took a grunt that wouldve taken me 5+ hits to kill #and smushed it into a paste with one hand #... #one of my favourite npcs ever #dnd #dungeons and dragons #table top role playing game #ttrpg #table top rpg #rpg #homebrew dnd #dnd memes #dnd stories #asexual

[thenwethrowitonthefire]

Shout-out to everyone who survived a "fun" easter with the family

#fucking hell #it started with finding out my dad smoked in my car when I picked up my sister #who was equally dreading the day #my mum turns into the world's tensest and judgemental presence. worsened by my aunt #then hell for autistic people (of which there are multiple present) #multiple deaf people means one uninspired conversation that isn't interesting in any way. #combinations of passive aggressiveness and people not saying a thing because they can't participate. voice volumes too damn high #weirdass food situations. Very full table. so many smells. #this goes on for over an hour. wishing for literally anything but being there. soul crushing. #then you still have to sit in that room for 2.5 hours. it just goes on and on. #my autistic deaf dad physically looks like how I feel. my mum and aunt keep piling on top of him to demand his mental presence #i leave the room once (to get my phone to show pictures to my uncle) and am immediately followed upstairs by my mum #who demands I don't leave the room (What's next. following me when I need the toilet?) #me and my sister are so bored we start throwing paper planes and fake fighting. #Which amuses the bored and the deaf #but of course my mum and aunt have opinions and this is not allowed. only soul crushing boredom allowed #they complain to each other over it while aggressively doing dishes #finally it ends because my mum and aunt start insisting my dad should go to bed if he's 'that tired'. *sprinkle on some additional ableism* #still sitting through a conversation about allergies one of my sister's friends has. my mum preaching that people should take that seriously #(meanwhile i had to cook for myself for 9 years because when my allergies were really bad no one bothered to check if i could eat something) #me and my sister go sit upstairs to discover our mum has made things we care about vanish in her room #and made things appear that should not be there #I've washed the interior of my car and hope the smell will go #you think it's over after that. but woke up with the realisation that even more things have disappeared from my sister's room. #i can't remember a time when things left outside of my room didn't disappear #I don't know why we do these family gatherings at all. no one has fun on days like that. #the housing crisis isn't making these things easy. my sister is losing her place to live again as well #she'll go hiking for a month and then work on a campsite over the summer #maybe I'll go house sitting again. idk. #can't make commitments a few months in advance like that because I'll cancel everything the second Sparks announces anything important

[crunchycrystals]

angela giarratana would fit in perfectly at the seven table do not tell me that i am wrong

#crunchyposts #d20 #d27 #yt #smosh #dimension 20 the seven #angela giarratana #she has the insane energy that every single other person at that table had #as soon as i learned she’s played dnd with izzy before it made perfect sense i can picture angela just screaming at that table so well #the seven cast is perfect as it is i just think angela is really funny and should be on dropout she would kill it on dirty laundry #this is an exaggeration btw but top 2 other players i’d love to see with the seven cast: emily axford and angela giarratana #i know they would get so into the chaotic teenage girl energy that was that campaign #anyways seven s2?????? seven s2????????????

[yaoiwars]

YAOI WARS x THE NICE GUYS AU ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

#misty mountains didnt have a character card so. whatever #i made this because half of the ppl on the table post dont know whi holland march is and that breaks my heart... top 5 movie ever... #the yaoi wars #johnny silverhand #cyberpunk 2077 #kaname date #aitsf #leon s kennedy #resident evil #pronoun police #ai the somnium files #mizuki date #mizuki okiura #ashley graham #re4 remake #the nice guys #holland march #jackson heely

[estellaestella]

that's a gorgeous little marble table (x)

#i usually hate marble topped tables but now i realise i hv no problems w them if the base is made out of marble too - theyre quite elegant!

[thesearchforbluejello]

This has absolutely been discussed many times but I am once again losing it over the fact that "Rogue One" as a name is making sound out of silence.

It's formed as a last minute, emergency name for the shuttle, for the people aboard, for the mission when Bodhi says it; it has no precedent, nothing that came before it for that name to be used. But when Bodhi says it, it exists.

It both takes advantage of and retcons the Rogue Squadron we've seen before in the original trilogy, where there was no Rogue One. But there is now, because Bodhi said it.

Jyn's name, Cassian's name, K's name, Chirrut's name, Baze's name, Bodhi's name, every one of the rebels that are on the shuttle... none of them come up again in the things that temporally follow. Yes, those pieces of media were created before this film, but in the world of the story, they come after, and it becomes a remarkable silence.

Rogue One as the team that took Scarif and stole the Death Star plans exists as Rogue One because Bodhi pulls that name out of silence, out of nothing that preceded it. "Rogue One?! There is no Rogue One!" "Well, there is now." And after Scarif, there is no Rogue One again. It existed only for what it accomplished.

On a meta level, that's exactly what the film does as well-- it tells a story that was only a handful of vague lines before, draws it out of the lacunae and places itself where it belonged to tell a story that was restrained by the shape of the narrative that came before it and was unavoidably wrapped around it. It's the quintessential "doomed by the narrative."

There's also the fact that Jyn's theme is built around dies irae and reflexively creates a reference to her in parts of A New Hope and also makes the score tell you that she's doomed by the narrative to die but I've screamed enough already.

#I will lose my cool entirely if I go off about the soundtrack okay #the achingly beautiful string motifs #the way he pushes the brass into a register that *hurts* #the fact that he takes advantage of Williams' over the top punchy incidental style and constrasts it with the absolute #stunning orchestral style he's so good at with the low strings and brass and the juxtaposition of lyrical sections with tight rhythms UGH #permanently yelling about Giacchino okay #like he took all the good bits of Williams and made them 70x better sorry Williams fans #there's more Super 8 in this score than I ever really thought about before but it's raw in a way a lot of his work hasn't been #I would like him to write more gut wrenching shit like this please I'm begging #like Giacchino absolutely pop off with his writing okay #he punched us in the throat with Up too but that was different #either that or let Chris Tilton do it I'd be fine with that also #anyway I digress this movie makes me foam at the mouth gnaw a table leg feral okay #the Jyn Erso and Hope Suite is probably Giacchino's crowning achievement imo #you have to sit silently and stare at a wall after it #like you have to take a recovery minute #also he WENT. THE. FUCK. OFF. with the Darth Vader motif #congratulations to this movie for making Darth Vader genuinely terrifying for the first time ever #idk you guys I'm just permanently obsessed with this movie #the rest of star wars just exists around this movie okay #they all wish they had what this movie has #I will not be taking criticism at this time