#variation would be nice

[bestworstcase]

an aside. it’s very [clenches fist] vindicating to see stuff like the hard-light doors protecting shade’s library from the elements and like boba shops around vacuo because my god am i over the fandoms typical treatment of vacuo as this like backwards hellscape where technology doesn’t exist. as if there isn’t explicitly a ccts tower and at least one smaller regional support tower there, as if all the vacuan characters other than the anti-tech extremists don’t have scrolls.

(“watts would have been of no use to salem in vacuo” fanon in particular is so obnoxious. YOU THINK THERE ARENT COMPUTERS IN VACUO??)

like… it’s a resource-poor kingdom in a harsh desert environment where food/water are both scarce and the outskirts of the city are constantly shifting due to sinkholes opening up and there isn’t a functioning government to coordinate the resources + labor necessary to excavate abandoned buildings buried by sand storms. That’s It.

none of that precludes vacuo having the same level of technology as like mistral or vale. (which. it. explicitly. does. CCTS tower and all.) none of it precludes vacuo having… like… an economy that exists at all… bfrgdc

#also loving that dry river running past the city #aesthetically it’s a nice-looking way to break up the terrain #the palms and vegetation growing around it imply seasonal variation ie a wet season #and the fact that it’s DRY during the dry season… tasty #prayer circle for a flash flood episode in v10 i think that would be pretty neat #the mountains too… #well those are mentioned in BTE but it’s nice to see them. they look good

[seaglass-skies]

Danny Phantom AU where Danny runs off after a reveal gone wrong, but told entirely from the Fentons’ point of view. It follows them finding out, confronting him, and chasing after him when he flees. Maybe they give up after finding no trace of him, or maybe they catch him and eventually lock him in a coffin to ‘put him to rest.’

They mourn whatever was left of their son and move on. Still vigilant, still ready to destroy any ghost that shows their face in Amity (especially Phantom if he’s still out there), but otherwise live out their lives certain that they’ve done the right thing.

Until they eventually die, and wake up in the ghost zone.

#danny phantom #I'm writing a Danny POV story I think would fit nicely on the other side of this concept #but idk if I'll lever actually write this one lol #adds another variation to the pile of the 'fentons bury danny to lay him to rest' fic ideas #yes I want more cake #yes I will make some myself if I have to

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Ok since you said that Fantasy! Barnaby's tobacco smoke will change color depending on his mood, so like what colors mean witch emotion? Im very curious

oh, very general emotions, it's not very Specific i'd think. cool colors correlate with cool emotions - like a frosty blue would mean he's feeling frigid, yk yk

#warm colors - like a nice red or gold or orange - would mean he's Feeling warm #im not explaining what i have in my head very well! #so like if he's off to the side and smoking #and the smoke is warmly colored #everyone will understand that hes in a good mood! he's very approachable! he's feeling Affection perhaps! #but if he's exhaling blue #everyone will understand that he needs some space & time to himself #rambles from the bog #wh fantasy au #it can be hard to tell sometimes #since in my mind the smoke - no matter the original color when breathed out - will quickly fade into pinks/purples #gotta focus on the base color! gotta pay attention! #so a nice orange-red would be all the way at the 'good mood' end of the spectrum #while icy/sky blues are at the other #i mean there is variation #like purple-pinks can mean he's feelin a bit mischievous or sly i suppose #gold can be energetic while yellow-green can mean he's feeling uncomfortable #blue-green could be worry/concern! #reds/pinks tend to be a bit more flirtatious - with red more on the earnest side while pink is more uh. playful? #it all blends into each other i imagine... #kinda gotta get a feel for the nuances #i wonder if barnaby would notice? if no one pointed it out i mean

[user-without-a-cool-acronym]

Hi, so yeah why does concept art of arin have green swords so often, or rather why do the sets and show not

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising season 2 #arin #ninjago arin #concept art #ninjago concept art #seriously tho #it looks so good on him #would be some nice weapon variation #that‘s for sure

[son1c]

just realized there's no merchandise of shadow that has him smiling. don't text

#*not counting this one like. super obscure toy factory plush that i KNOW i've seen before but couldn't #find it again when i just went looking for it. #all of his figures and plush nowadays have him frowning/looking mad :( #and like i get it but idk. at least a little variation would be nice #sonic has some figures where he's making different expressions at least

[t-u-i-t-c]

each episode ishiro wears a suit, but they are not all the same suit. if you look closely, you can see that they have color, pattern, and/or texture differentiation amongst them. while he may have worn a suit over at times, and will likely do so in the future note that they are not all the same.

episode 1: plaid suit - plaid is barely visible in most scenes but it is there

episode 2: plaid suit - made from a different material from the other suits (possibly wool?)

episode 3: plaid suit

episode 4: pinstripe suit

episode 5: plain/standard suit - seems to have stripes in some lighting however, but that may just be the material

episode 6: plain/standard suit

will have to revisit this after seeing more of his suits and looking into suit construction/fabrics/patterns further

#suits are not just suits okay not to me #i'm very passionate about characters' wardrobes and i don't want you to think there's no variation in ishiro's bc there is #it's all in the details really #all his suits have a slightly blue undertone and everything is coordinated and neat #it's put together and crisp bc that's how ishiro presents himself and it's interesting to see #i'm hoping that we might see him wear more unique ties in the future or do something to reflect his developments as a character #i think that would be interesting though i am also interested in seeing him without the suit jacket with just the vest and pants from the #suit also i think it's nice to see 3-piece suits i prefer them over just suit pants and a jacket #the vest makes his looks to me honestly #umbrella.thoughts #umbrella.posts #boonboomger spoilers #boonboomger lb #super sentai lb

[runningatypufullspeed]

WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE MY FUGLY UGLY ASS ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE X FAHRENHEIT 451 CROSSOVER DRAWING THAT I WAS FORCED TO DO FOR SCHOOL….. ITS SO UGLY AND MONTAG IS

WHITE.

AND THE HOUNDS ARE DISGUSTING THE COLORING IS SO SHITTY AND MILDRED …. Well ok she looks alright kindof but the COLORING ….. SKETCH WAS BETTER but do you guys. Do you still want to see it…….,,,,,,

ALSO NO OFFENSE TO WHITE PEOPLE PLEASE I LOVE YOU GUYS 🫶😁👍 within reason

#like ok maybe it isn’t. THAT bad #NO NO I TAKE THAT BACK I JUST LOOKED AT IT RIGHT NOW AND THE COMPOSITION IS ALL FUCKING VOER THE PLACE #IT. IT IS. THAT BAD #IF YOU GUYS SAY YESS YOULL SEE #ok but nasty bad art aside I know some of you will be asking why white Montag is such a bad thing and #there isn’t anything wrong with it!!! it’s just that for me personally #after I did a bit more thinking I was. physically incapable of perceiving Montag as anything other than POC/nonwhite #so when I look back at my old f451 art and stare into the eyes of a pale skittish twink it just #it doesn’t click. like that isn’t MY Montag if ykwim #now trembling BROWN skittish twink. that’s a different story #AGAIN I DONT have any issues with ppl making their own versions white I just think that . for me specifically. he looked a bit funny #a little off. a bit too crackerish for my liking #where is bros melanin 😭 #I’m complaining right now but if I wanted to I could just… go in and try and make the skin tone darker #I might do that depending on how tired I feel after doomscrolling #also if it matters even though I have read the book over at least 8 times now not once have I touched either of the movies. #and it will STAY THAT WAY. until I completely log my notes for the book #then I can move on to the movies 🥰 #but I will admit 2018 did sort of lead me to having a change of heart w my design. just a little. just a teensy bit. kinda. sort of? #actually not really now that I think about it #I have my own reasons. #TOO MANY WHITE PEOPLE MY EYES THEY BURN AAAYHHHHH MY EYES OW OW OW OWIEEEE #my Beatty design was so white that my eyes developed stage 4 cataracts #I needed a palate cleanser that WASNT Millie… oh god my Millie design… #she was white there too. terrible #it’s okay… 💔 I’ve since learned and moved on #ARGH GUYS I DONT HATE WHITE PEOPLE I JUST THINK THAT MORE SKIN COLOR VARIATIONS WOULD E NICE

[dare-g]

Time torment ⏰

#talks #collage #this went through so many different variations and this one is one of the simpler ones but i thiught it looked nice #and i didnt want to not glue anything down so ot was an exutive dececion that it would be done

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

(Major S-Class Heroine spoilers)

ok idk if im mischaracterising tesilid but like. tesilid in my head is such a funny guy because he went fuck this shit im tired of living and the world wont let me die in peace so ill destroy it so NEITHER of us can exist and he becomes a mass murderer and puts his entire heart into it. and he's like teehee since this will be the last round i'll just have fun committing some (many) atrocities, but then when it doesn't work out he goes uhh hey god if you're actually out there. that wasn't very nice of me, sorry. i'll be good this time. and he genuinely means it 😭 both times. when he destroyed the world and when he said whoops that was a shit idea nevermind wont try that again. like he's beating himself up for it and when things go wrong he blames it on his sins, like does that sound like a thoroughly evil person to you. it's like he was just being a little silly and committed a whoopsie when he was off destroying the world yaknow like that wasn't really him that was just a slip of judgement when the chaos and evil got him at his very fucking worst and had zero support. it just so happened that this "slip of judgement" occured over an extended period of time and he did actively pursue it for a while but like

#s-class heroine spoilers #mash potato #roast potato #i for one certainly forgive him #its ok tesilid we all make mistakes. especially when under the crushing pressure of having no one to talk to and 99 traumatic deaths and #divine certainty of having no future and no end #also i think it's very nice that when he was destroying the world he seems to enjoy it #as opposed to how dead-eyed he prob was when he was going thru the motions of saving the world #we all need some variety in our jobs yknow! #i think it's fair that he gets a little silly once in 100 lives #^ everything above is as from my drafts #is he evil is he good is he just a normal guy i cant tell #he is such a fun char he contains such multitudes #also tesilid applying the concept of sin to himself is kind of sad because #he never believes in the strict order rewarding him #but he sure as hell believes it would punish him #did i already post some variation of this post??? i feel like i have #anw penned aug 22

[chiropteracupola]

interesting how the internet archive has the eagle of the ninth as a tv series from the seventies and as a radio program from 2010 and as the full text of the book in FRENCH... but not the original book :(

#slightly belated summer of sutcliff #INTERNET ARCHIVE LET ME SEE MY BOYS #also the radio one is Weird... doesn't have that subtlety and beauty of the book really at all #then again the 70s one doesn't really either but it's also got low-budget charm and the most doe-eyed marcus ever #thirteen minutes into the radio program and esca just showed up (and I Love esca of course) but also I cannot deal with these accents #now I'm wondering if the pronunciation of cunoval as 'ka-NO-val' is the commonly used one? as well as aquila with the hard 'kw' #but then again latin in my own experience has had a lot of variation between speakers... I've been saying it as aquila with more 'kee' #but it's not like I ever talk eotn with people irl :/ #aaaaaanyway. I want to reread some sutcliff right now but I don't have hard copies of anything on hand #and if I reread bonnie dundee right now I think it would harm me. hugh herriot a little too close to my heart to talk about ever. #sigh. guess I'll ask the public library and then be so very patient. this radio show is harming me but not in a cool nice way.

[twilightarcade]

"Drawing ocs in outfits I own" post but they're all the exact same outfit

#wordstag #4 variations of black pants ............. jeans that are either too big or too small slightly . Hoodies. #I have been trying to kill that guy as of late! we're Working On It. Need 2 be a real person again. #ome of the silly things I keep doing is wearing zip ups wirh like a nice shirt under them then never unzipping them #Why Would They Do That?

[beevean]

The saddest thing about Whisper is that she basically exists exclusively to be sad about something, so Tangle can comfort her. In my opinion, that's a worse fate for a character than getting killed off or being forgotten. No individual qualities or personality traits, just a tool to force emotional drama. It really sucks that this is her one and only purpose now

... i am once again forcibly reminded of blake being reduced to cower behind yang

It's just very fanfiction writing. You have a character with a tragic past, and suddenly it's all about their PTSD and their suffering and the hurt/comfort. Whisper was doing just fine, she could have done just fine... but the appeal of her anguished face won, I suppose.

#fans don't look #not to toot my own horn because i don't want to be arrogant but #this is something i tend to be mindful to #hurt/comfort is nice #brooding boy/gentle girl and all its gender variations have their appeal #but a relationship can't only be 'brooding character cries and gentle character is soothing' #would the brooding one comfort the gentle one if needed? #where are all the other emotions? where's the friendship? where's the fun? #whispangle is not *too* awful in this regard but the tendency of having tangle comfort whisper is steadingly increasing #and i get it. i get it. let them do something else #whisper is not *that* fragile

[chenpire]

my post series recommendation is that if you've never listened to the orchestral version of hero by faouzia while thinking about Wilhelm and Simon's utter trainwreck of a romance, you should. I think you should.

#shows #young royals #I have loved this show truly #and it can never not be political for me given where I grew up and my own convictions but I don't think the crew copped out of the politics #maybe it's a gentler version of the story than reality would allow but it's a wonderful example of #thoughtful naturalistic visual storytelling that is largely uninterested #in overexplaining or justifying it's narrative #while still remaining loyal to it's thematic baseline #I'd love to actually get around to some of that meta I vauged about post s2 on class and setting and possibly I will in May #when I have room for thoughts #because I do still want to make my points about how the personalisation of politics usually makes people blind to the systemic issue at han #which I think the show balanced pretty nicely #if you grew up or are growing up in a constitutional monarchy and you're not really engaged with your local republican movement #maybe now would be a good time to start thinking about it #a lot of people think 'well it's an archaic system so it should go' and leave it at that but the issues run so much deeper #than who the head of state is and this stuff is really worth considering if this is the political system the currently defines your future #anyway I'll put my praxis down for the time being #and just take a moment to appriciate this fantastic variation on the age old theme #isn't love really just a form of madness #like doesn't first love just kind of make you utterly lose your mind in a way that could conceivably bring empires to their knees #in all of it's single minded innocence and utter irrationality #cause yeah....yeah I remember that

[kingmaximusboltagon]

hc that bb (and the rest of the fam) know morse code in case theyre in A Situation and bb can't sign properly, he can still communicate with them!

#villain trying to Monolog and bb is furiously tapping against a chair #i also think it would be nice for a variation of those bracelets they had in the show #where bb's is outfitted for morse code translation. well i guess he could do that with the just audio. hm. #i did also think his should have had some scifi video feed so they could see him signing #that scene where he puts it on his heart is cute!!!! i just also think its IMPRACTICAL!! #blackagar boltagon

[aroaceofthesea]

With one of my groups of friends we do this thing where we say good morning and goodnight every day (theres a whole story behind why we're acting like boomers ok) and it eventually turned into saying youre not ok when you need help like those days we just say morning or night and then we can try to make that person cheer up and idk its just nice to have a daily check in to know how everyone's doing and also imo it's easier to ask for help by not saying smth than by saying it so it's easier to trick the brain into actually telling the others

#i have a hard time asking for help generally bc it sometimes feels like i dont need it enough #but like with this system i can trick my brain into being like. im just saying if i think the day will be good. it probably wont. #so dont say good. and it has actually helped me a lot honestly #bc many times when i would not have said anything i managed to do it and got so much support from my friends #it has helped me out of so many spirals lol #and you just need to not say one of the two words you say every day say night instead of good night. #the day was not good ill just say night. the day was good then its probably gonna be a good night #also if youre particularly happy we also have the very good morning/night variations #which also allow you to show off your plans for the day if you have any so thats a bonus #anyway yeah im so happy we do this i hope we dont ever stop #(the guy who sends the pictures (obviously theres a grandma goodmorning and goodnigh pic every day) is very stubborn #so i dont rlly see it ending any time soon)(actually his grandma makes the pictures which makes it extra nice) #also this way the group stays on the top of whatsapp so it doesn't completely die like it did once lol #mine #life #friends

[bookwyrminspiration]

and also :0 what languages do you know?? wishing you luck in learning more of the/more languages!! may we become even more multilingual than before

I love talking about languages!! My dad and I are both huge language people

Quite obviously, I'm fluent in English. I have functional fluency in Spanish (took the official test for it, but my Spanish is by no means perfect) and a 2 year degree in Modern Languages with a concentration in Spanish. I can also passably communicate in ASL--I was literally one class away from finishing my ASL 2 year degree and then they cancelled the class, and am now unable to finish it. My ASL is also imperfect, but I can hold basic conversations and tell stories and such. I did also study french for 2 semesters (required for my Spanish degree), but I didn't retain like any of it.

I'd like to revisit French one day, and I'm interested in Nahuatl as well. And Persian, because I grew up Baha'i and surrounded by the language but picked up none of it. There's like a million languages I want to know I can't list them all. Slightly related, knowing morse code and braille would be lovely. I just think languages are so neat!!

here's to us becoming more and more multilingual than before!! I wish you luck with all your languages too <3

#quil's queries #soryasongsaa #basically every time I hear a language I'm like wow...wish I spoke that... #but top of my list is spanish. for. probably obvious cultural language loss reasons #oh also greek/latin would be nice #so many historical things in those languages...the doors it would open intellectually... #GOD i love language #my dad is currently studying linguistics and sometimes he shares things with me and I'm always like :0 #my dad and I are like. just variations of the same person it's ridiculous (in a fun way) #my mom and sister are each their own people and then my dad and I are like >:0 why r u so much like me