#thank you for this XD

[hoffstrap-yuri]

For Billy - 4. Favorite line, 10. Best moment on screen, 19. Vices/bad habits, 31. If they had a tumblr what would it look like?, 43. 3 favorite foods and 3 they despise

4. Favorite Line

"Hello Paul, you are a perfectly healthy, sane, middle class male. Yet last month you ran a straight razor across your wrist. Did you cut yourself because you... truly wanted to die, or did you just want some attention?" Iconic behavior billy. Had me dying of laughter the first time I watched Saw xD

10. Best Moment on Screen

I'm so glad you asked, you know it's the scene in Saw 3 while Jeff Denlon is walking between traps when he sees something on the ground. On the ground is Billy the puppet posed like the son that Jeff is still in mourning over that was hit by a car.

19. Vices/bad habits

Since I have an extensive hc that Billy basically just acts like a small child and is not just a doll, his vice is ice cream and his bad habit is just pushing Hoffman down the nearest flight of stairs whenever Hoffman denies him a trip to DQ/McDonald's/Other ice cream place.

When he asks the other apprentices if they also hate billy, Lawrence and Amanda just look at him like he's crazy.

"But he's so sweet." Amanda says

31. If they had a tumblr...

Let's be honest, billy's too cool for tumblr. But he would have an insta talking about how Amanda takes him to the mall, Lawrence and him play soccer at the park and then crossposts it to tumblr because that's the only social media that John uses. It's the only one that makes sense. To. Him.

43. 3 Favorite Foods/3 Dislikes

Ice Cream

Tacos, but only the ones that amanda makes for him with ground beef and a taco seasoning pack. Has gotten mad when Hoffman brought him a carne asada taco

Fudgy brownies

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Green beans. Will try to scrape them off his plate and onto the floor but amanda won't let him get away with it. If Lawrence notices it, he'll slip them back on to Billy's plate and Billy thinks Lawrence is a magician because of it.

Pistachio ice cream. Why do they even bother to call it ice cream, Billy wonders. Queue the gif from Spongebob with the kid in the car crying about his pistachio ice cream and his dad asking "why did you order it?!". That was just footage of Billy and Hoffman

Raw tomatoes. It's a texture thing, but he loves ketchup and watching a tomato go splat on Hoffman's face.

#saw #mark hoffman #saw franchise #sawposting #lawrence gordon #amanda young #john kramer #billy the puppet #this is mostly a shitpost but I did put some thought into it. #Billy is so important. To. Me. #billy saw #billy #billy my boy #love is stored in the billy #ask games #ask game #cowbutches #thank you for this xD

[lookslikethatsallthetimewehave]

One thing I learned the hard way is that characters drawn in cartoon styles with focus on their 3/4th or front face profiles will always be tricky to draw kissing. Even if you feel confident on an angle, it’ll look off because it breaks the iconic profiles

Case and point, Phineas and Isabella’s kisses had to “cheat” to make them look right

Poptropica has it worse when their sprites can only flip face-forward like paper dolls (😭). The graphic novels have liberties but it still looks kinda goofy

Holy mother, these images are so funny XD

You're right, that's why it looks so weird! Also, Poptropican heads are so big!

#thank you for this XD #ask #poptropica analysis #poptropica #phineas and ferb

[fishstickfeind]

these are old but hey I made some cars memes lmao

UAHAHAHADHAJHFHSAJDHHE I REMEMEBR SEEING SOME OF THOSE BEFORE AND ITS ONE OF THE REASONS I FOLLOWED YOU I THINK THEY ARE SO FRICKIN FUNNY

#absolutely accurate too #omg miles axlerod ajfnfksfjf #my sense of humor is exactly this #genshinwomenarehot #thank you for this XD

[samisnotlegend]

Katsuki during the latest bb chapter at literally every chance he gets:

He's literally so proud. Accept the love and appreciation, Izuku.

#thank you for this XD #ask #broke boys

[bloodxxandxxspirit]

@forevermonsters​ asked: "Hey, hunter! What does the frog say? Ribbit ribbit!" // to edgar from minnie - unprompted

A disgruntled sneer came from the weary, middle-aged vampire hunter. Vampires... why did it always have to be goddamned vampires that approached him first? He’d rather be the one to approach them first, so he could destroy them before they could even react.

“Like I haven’t already heard a million times already, fang breath! But you’ve got my attention now. Ready for some prime stake?”

#forevermonsters #; && Edgar (Verse: Here Comes the Night) #thank you for this XD

[sebastianshaw]

"I like the gown, you should wear that more often." And definitely not because she's happy he finally waxed / shaved.

"Thank you," he said sincerely, "Really, the only reason I don't is that I don't want my legs stealing the show from my chest!" @contessaval

#contessaval #thank you for this XD

[auburniivenus-archive2]

◓ -Ichiban !

Send ◓ for my muse to give yours a Pokemon @oddliestoo

"Ichiban! It's so nice to see you. To you I will give two of my favorites. I love the sea!"

CONGRATS!!! ORIHIME GAVE YOU A SHINY STARMIE! SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND.

DRAMA CAN BE MAGIC SO ICHIBAN YOU GET A DRAMAGIUS TOO!

#––– ❛【 ask box treat : prompt. 】 #Thank you for this xD #poor ichi he got a nice one but the second one is just tooooo dramatic

[wily-art]

#blue checkmark #spamton #deltarune #undertale #i had to get this out of my system #what is going ooooon #dialogue stolen from friend #thank you swearbunny XD #Losing my mind

[zu-is-here]

tee hee (*´∇｀*)✿

#zu art #comic #studio #zudio #backstage #dream!sans #undertale #undertale au #utmv #I wanted to make it part of the plot but it's too kawaii to be true xd #although he does have problems with self-control and aggression in particular #scientists associate outbursts of anger with deep-seated feelings of guilt and narcissism; as well as comparison with a sibling :') #(it'll be shown later ig <3) #sorry for so much of [Dream] content xp We'll switch to [Cross] soon ;) #OH and thank you guys so much for 17 900+!! (*´꒳`*)

[ohvun]

D E V I L C H I L D >:D

I just think it'd be cool if her demonia fleur was a lil more grotesque yk?

Got super inspired seeing this post by rly cool @wigglesdtuff about a year ago and finally finished it!!:D

I ended up using a picture of a figurine to get the wings to work better bc I was s t r u g g e l i n g ;-;

#an overwhelming amount of hands sounds fun until you have to draw them #i get why they didnt go near this routw #but still it wouldve been cool! #man i love nico robin #oh thw head is a reference to the fallen angel painting! thought it was cool:) #one piece #nico robin #robin one piece #my art #speedpaint #infinite painter #more art will be coming bc i decided i wouldnt post anything before finishing this #and then it was q wip for over a year #sooooo #theres some stuff #if i dint forget ofc #did i forget part of her hair in the final sketch fase? yes #but we dont talk about that #shhhhhhhhh #thank you trains for helping me finally finish this xd

[cuddlytogas]

So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.

See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.

But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...

What is the difference between this and this?

Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?

Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.

But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.

And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.

But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.

See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!

As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.

And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:

So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?

Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.

In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.

In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.

This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).

Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.

More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.

This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.

A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.

But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.

#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05 #Our Flag Means Death #Togas does meta #and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much #don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :( #I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out #i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong #god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3 #looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD #image descriptions in alt text #and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them

[themisterhip]

I get brat vibes from 1998 Vash  (≧∇≦)/

#TRIGUN #TRIGUN1998 #TRIGUNイラコン #TRIGUNSTAMPEDE #TRIGUN STAMPEDE #Vash the Stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #wolfwood #trigun fanart #i saw a few images and memes on pinterest and HASHASHAS #MF IS FERAL ASHSAH #AAAA i love their dinamic #i can see him doing this at some point #also i can finally see the show now that is over!! #finally can enjoy the babygirl and his harem xD #and you can't convince me that man ain't carrying a bible everywhere he goes #anyway hope you all like this #thanks and bye #<3

[omaano]

Echo with his tooka best buddy (and an extra) for @phantasm-echo 's DTIYS 🩵💙❤️

#echo #tbb echo #arc trooper echo #echo and fives #Star wars fanart #Phantasmecho DTIYS #My art #Digital art #tbb fanart #TCW fanart #I love echo very much I should really draw him more #artists on tumblr #This one turned out a little rough but I love the sketch very much nevertheless 😊 #I'm still on time today I believe #I'm still on holiday tho so.... Yeah #I'm sorry I found an image of a cat loafing and sketched it into rex and then I didn't have the heart to take him off XD #If Rex gets to have two cats so does echo #He deserves the extra headache for once #And he's got two hands to dole out all the pets and scritches #Also echo with his Handprint MY HEART THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT BACK ON TO HIM

[nocek]

Day in life of Miguel O'Hara, one unlucky bastard.

#miguel o'hara #wade wilson #jessica drew #spiderman #spiderman 2099 #deadpool #spider woman #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #atsv #aaaaaaand that would be the end of wade pestering miguel series #for now? #i'm out of dumb ideas but you never know when one will come to haunt me XD #I've got other ideas tho #cuz spiderverse fixation is keeping strong despite my hiatus thanks to some thiefs #and like half of those ideas are still about pestering miguel sooooo... #sorry buddy #it's too fun to poke the bear

[mossmx]

While Merlin is trending I want to thank the whole Merlin fandom

people who have been with us since 2008 and people who have just started watching, people who have left us too soon but will be forever in our hearts and people who switched fandoms but are still amazing

whereter you create, lurk, cheer or just cry in the corner (most of us have been there lol) every part of the Merlin fandom is always part of our family

even if we have no reason to trend we will always have a reason to celebrate :D

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fandom #ok sembra una sviolinata #ma i sentimenti sono onesti #<33<<3<3 #to tex who taught me to welcome people with my heart open #her warmth is still in my thoughts #to kitty who has shown me how good communities can be #to sunfall aeris ligi and so on who showed me the love you gives is given back to you tenfolds #to merlocked alby deheer feuxx mushroomtale stelle and all the other amazin artists #all of your art moved me and kept me creative! #to amazing fic writers #to elv for being amazing #to bunny brunettepet and eurydice loved getting your comments and seeing your names in my pages #<3<3<3<3 #to malu I still have your postcard in my library remindign me to draw more perwaine XD #to archaeologist thanks for the amazing photos #<3<3<3 #a big hug to you all!!!

[lunaticpebble]

Skedaddles in the ink

Getting the hell outta here!

#bendy and the ink machine #batim #bendy #henry stein #A normal day in the cycle #thank you! #anonymous #for random idea xD