#worked very hard on this

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

#dungeon meshi #izutsumi #marcille donato #chilchuk tims #I still stand by my tags on the Izutsumi character study piece I did in January - but I will repeat myself on a few lines here: #I *really* love this character. I love that all of the dungeon meshi crew are complicated and have difficult to love components. #But Izutsumi is a particular kind of hard to love. I foresee a lot of people being turned off by her abrasiveness and lack of teamwork. #She is very self-centered and openly goes against what the party agrees on. #She's a picky eater in a story that is 50% about eating good and healthy food! #It is in part about her growth but admittedly even *then* she remains rather true to her self-centeredness. #Even though she isn't as nice or funny or compassionate as the others...Izutsumi is still someone worth loving. #Even the more difficult people are someone worth loving. #And those people in turn are people who have something and someone they love. #She may be a girlcat but she is the most human of them all. #I hope that if you are an anime only watcher and are feeling put off by her at the moment; you'll give her a chance. #By the way: *yes* I worked very hard to draw that skateboard pose. It was worth it. #EDIT: HAPPY 500th POST OF POORLY-DRAW-MDZS!!! What a comic to commemorate the milestone with!

[canisalbus]

✦ Freshly ordained ✦

#a packless dog will happily accept his collar or something like that #own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #Machete #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #maybe you might benefit from a little bit of context in this case #Machete becomes a priest at around 20 or so #he has trained all his life for this goal #he has worked himself to the bone and sacrificed so much #because he believes it would make him respectable and worthy and give his life a purpose and meaning #he gets his very first cassock from the tailor's and it immediately fits like a second skin #for the first time ever he feels like something he wears actually makes him look kind of nice #the hard part is over it'll be smooth sailing from here on out #there's a period in Vasco's and Machete's lives where they were apart for almost a decad #they met in their late teens when they were both studying in the same university in Venice #became friends and then lovers #but had to separate when Machete graduated and Vasco dropped out #Machete was ordained as intended and Vasco followed his father into politics #they meet again unexpectedly in their early 30's thanks to their similar jobs #Machete had became a cardinal secretary of state and Vasco was a Florentine diplomat #this takes place shortly after he had lost contact with Vasco and before he reconnects with him again

[lou-bonfightme]

The Ivy Grove Bed and Breakfast

Owners: Toulouse Bonfamille Employees: Nounou (lol)

Current Guests:

Raksha and Dhaumya Bhediya staying in the Heart Room

Scott Richards staying in the Ivalace Room

Overview:

The Ivy Grove is a bed and breakfast in Swynlake that is four bedrooms and features two and a half baths, with ample gardens, a conservatory, a snug room, and more. It is recently renovated (January 2024), after a fire.

If you Google places to stay in Swynlake, it will come up as an option--with different pricing for the different rooms (bigger rooms cost slightly more.) It also has an "about the owner" page that talks about Toulouse and says that he is an out werewolf. (Signaling to other werewolves that this is a place they can stay.)

Regular people as well as werewolves can and do stay here, but the people who are not werewolves will 90% of the time be NPCs and I will let you know if/when they're coming and who they are, etc. (If you have NPC family coming to town and want them to stay at the Ivy Grove, hmu.) So, if there are other people staying, you can't really be out as a wolf unless you're okay with that, but it's still a safe place and Lou will kick anyone causing a fuss out.

OOC: This is a functioning Swynlake business, but for the most part it is only going to be used for any werewolves in play that might want to stay there. Obviously, there only a certain amount of rooms. Additionally, I don't expect the werewolves who live here to stay forever, but you will be able to crash for a few months, at least. And you won't have to pay if you can't, at least at first. If you stay like 6+ months, Lou will expect you to start paying lol.

Guest Agreement:

I will pay for my room on a nightly or weekly basis (depending on length of stay), up front. (*Werewolves can work something out with Toulouse.)

I will leave everything as I left it and report any damages to the property manager. I may be expected to pay for any damages caused, depending on how they occurred, within reason.

I will keep common areas tidy and rooms relatively clean. Housekeeping comes once a week on Monday mornings, so please have your personal items picked up so she can do a thorough cleaning.

Breakfast is provided every morning at 9am with leftovers kept in the refrigerator. Other meals are provided on special occasions and can be requested.

Feel free to stock cabinets and refrigerator with your own food, do not eat other guests' food without asking, and do not let food rot. Guests are welcome to use kitchen utensils and products to cook.

Guests of guests are allowed, but may only stay for one night at a time, unless alternatives are agreed upon by management. Only two guests per room. All rooms have a double or King sized bed.

Children are welcome and cots/cribs can be provided.

Do not touch the houseplants. Management and housekeeping will tend to them.

No pets allowed, except for certified service animals, unless agreed upon by management.

Be kind and courteous to other guests, especially in common spaces and bathrooms.

Please report any issues with other guests to management.

Management has the right to remove any guest at any time for violating these policies or other infractions.

Please see description of the rooms below. <3

**note: pictures in the aesthetic are to give an overall #feel of the house, but don’t necessarily indicate the exact furniture/decorations/floorplan. the floorplan, on the other hand is not quite to scale but i did the best i could.

Living Room

The living room is the biggest room in the house and is also central. The front door opens into it. It has a lot of space, a fireplace, and several different options for seating. There is also a bookshelf that is filled with some overflow of books from the Nook, lol. It has double French doors that lead out into the private, fenced in garden.

It is painted a nice soft green with several paintings, the four most prominent are all the same size and framed in golden frames. They are of the same scene: Atlantis Lake, at spring, summer, fall, winter. They were painted by Toulouse. There are also several house plants.

Laundry Room

Off the living room is a little utility/laundry room with a washer and dryer that guests are welcome to use. It is pretty big so has a little counter and some cabinets for storage. *Not labeled on map, but it's the little room to the left on top of the living room. There is a still life of a messy wicker basket of clothes hanging in here. It was painted by Toulouse.

Kitchen

The kitchen is stocked with some basics: flour, spices, sugar, some teas, etc. It's fully stocked with bowls, plates, utensils. There is a tea pot, coffee maker, blender, food processor, mixer, stove, oven, etc. etc. Basically anything you'd need to cook you can assume it is already there. Guests are allowed to stock it themselves and use any of the equipment. There are some more still lifes in here that were painted by Toulouse, these ones of foods (breads, fruits, veggies, eggs) and rustic counters, glass bottles, etc.

In the window, there is a little herb garden that you can take herbs from. Like some rosemary, thyme, that sort of thing.

Snug Room

The snug room is a small room off the kitchen that has a fireplace and lots of cozy seating and blankets. A nice, snug little place to get away from the bustle of the house in. There is a painting of a warm hearth done by Toulouse in this room. There are a few houseplants in here too. It also has a door that leads out into the garden.

Dining Room

Off the other side of the living room is the dining room, which obviously can be used by anyone. There is a set of stairs in here that leads up to the second floor, specifically the Ivalace and Needlepoint rooms. It also has a door that leads to the conservatory. So, when it's not being used for a dinner party, it's kind of an intermediary room. There is one of the biggest paintings in this room, it is longer than it is tall and spans a good portion of the wall. It is a large landscape scene of Enchantra. There are deer, fairies, owls, squirrels, etc. etc., all hidden within the foliage and it's kind of dark and moody, with light only barely peaking through the canopy.

Study

The study is furnished with a desk and a desktop computer for guests to use if they do not have their own computer. There are more books in this room on the bookshelves. It is painted a nice, calming blue. There is a series of three paintings of a messy pile of books, in each one, a few more of the books have disappeared, but otherwise they are identical. Done by Toulouse, of course. And more houseplants, there are a lot of houseplants.

Conservatory

You can access the conservatory from the garden or the dining room. It is a glass room with a little fireplace, so it can stay quite warm in the winter. There is a table out there where you can have your tea or eat. There are some comfy chairs too for reading and such.

Yard and Gardens

The gardens are fenced in with a private fence which has ivy growing all over it. It is about an acre and has a large, beautiful oak as its centerpiece. There is a lattice of Ivy to one side with a bench under it. There is a little pond with running water. (No fish.) There are some hedges and roses and other flowers. It is tended to by Lou and is very impressive because he has a green thumb af.

Downstairs Bathroom

A small bathroom with a standing shower in it. This bathroom is used by guests while downstairs, but is also the bathroom that serves the Ivalace and Needlepoint rooms.

Stairs, Landing, and Hallway

There are two sets of stairs in the Ivy Grove. The first set is in the living room and goes up to the Heart and Glacier rooms, as well as the bathroom and washroom. The hallway is large and the draftiest place in the house, but there are a few bookshelves and probably like a chair or smth just because there is a lot of space. There are also a few paintings: one of starlings in the sky, a tree, a river. All done by Toulouse, of course. The walls are painted a soft yellow.

Bedroom One -- the Heart Room

Current Guest: Raksha and Dhaumya Bhediya

The largest room and the one that is kind of sectioned off from everything, it is also the most expensive room. Weekly prices are about 500 pounds, nightly is about 150 pounds. (Monthly can be negotiated on a case-by-case.) The room is decorated with a large bed, painted a soft creme, and has white and green sheets with green accents.

There is a painting above the bed of a vase of flowers, lots of red flowers (poppies, roses, etc.).

Bedroom Two -- the Glacier Room

Current Guest: N/A

The second largest room, so it's the second most expensive. Weekly prices are about 400 pounds, nightly is about 90 pounds. (Monthly can be negotiated on a case-by-case.) The room is decorated with a large bed, painted a soft creme, and has white and burgundy sheets with burgundy accents.

There is a painting above the bed of a vase of flowers, lots of yellow flowers (daisies, lilies, etc.).

Bedroom Three -- the Needlepoint Room

Current Guest: N/A

The Needlepoint and Ivalace are the same size, with the same pricing. They're a little cheaper because you have to go downstairs to use the bathroom and they're a little more inconvenient to get to, but nice because they're away from everything. Weekly prices are about 300 pounds, nightly is about 70 pounds. (Monthly can be negotiated on a case-by-case.) The room is decorated with a large bed, painted a soft creme, and has white and green sheets with green accents.

There is a painting above the bed of a vase of flowers, lots of purple flowers (lavender, aster, etc.).

Bedroom Four -- the Ivalace Room

Current Guest: Scott Richards

The Needlepoint and Ivalace are the same size, with the same pricing. They're a little cheaper because you have to go downstairs to use the bathroom and they're a little more inconvenient to get to, but nice because they're away from everything. Weekly prices are about 300 pounds, nightly is about 70 pounds. (Monthly can be negotiated on a case-by-case.) The room is decorated with a large bed, painted a soft creme, and has white and burgundy sheets with burgundy accents.

There is a painting above the bed of a vase of flowers, lots of blue flowers (irises, hydrangeas, etc.).

Upstairs Bathroom

The upstairs bathroom is large and grand, with both a shower and a claw foot tub for relaxation. There are two sinks in this bathroom. The paintings in this room are all of water scenes: Atlantis lake, a little waterfall in Enchantra, and the Kohaku.

Upstairs Washroom

This bathroom does not have a shower or tub, it is simply an extra bathroom. There is a storage closet and water boiler room across the hall from it. (Also where the breaker is.)

#the ivy grove #the ivy grove floorplan #i loooove her <3 #worked very hard on this

[nipuni]

🤭 I would have liked to see this in between

#doctor who #drwho #14th doctor #david tennant #the doctor #my art #i'm so exhausted to my very soul lately art has been hard #here is a little sketch while I work 😭

[gayvampyr]

fat people are allowed to be fat even if they don’t starve themselves or push themselves physically past their limits btw

#i hear a lot of ‘‘you’re only allowed to be fat if you’ve tried very hard not to be and it didn’t work’’ #fat acceptance isn’t conditional #i hate skinny people #text post #fatphobia #ed tw #top posts #5k #10k #15k #20k #25k

[stuckinapril]

friend wanted to see my tumblr, and when i told him i can’t show it to him bc it’s basically my personal diary he went “oh so I can’t see it but a bunch of strangers on tumblr can??” he literally does not get me. no one will get me like the people in my phone get me

#It’s just so different #even though it’s public it still feels secret and safe. i feel comfy sharing a lot more on here than I do in my actual day to day life lol #in my head I’m also just speaking to myself 90% of the time which helps #if a friend off tumblr saw my thoughts I’d feel so weird ab it #esp bc they might get the vagueposting about certain situations and tell mutual friends #no thank u. this is for me. I’m not about to start censoring my thoughts bc someone I know knows my tumblr #u guys literally saw me have LIVE BREAKDOWNS #meanwhile I’ll have the worst fucking day in history and tell no one about it. I’m already cripplingly private but way more so in real life #this is basically a low stress journaling outlet for me. it’s so important for me to maintain the separation #like this is actually my diary & has been so handy for letting out emotions / articulating thoughts / staying on track !! #& I’ve met so many kind people on here who actually get me. which is so hard to find irl bc I’m surrounded by pre-med gunners/overachievers #who are by standard not very good w emotion & can be competitive/judgmental. or at least it’s hard for me to be vulnerable in front of them #and I’m part of that crowd so I reserve my emotions only to a handful of very close friends #it’s nice to hop on here and express negative emotions!! or positive emotions!! just whatever I want and it’s low stress and people get me #I don’t have to worry about judgment or competitiveness etc etc #like everyone on here is so kind & nice & understanding. & just a breath of fresh air from the types I run w. it’s just nice to have this #so idk that’s why I think I’ll always be strict about keeping the worlds separate. it just works #p

[amezure]

from Shrek the third 😂💖 Support me on PATREON!! pls 😭

#very hard working bfs #my art #haikyuu!! #bokuto koutaro #akaashi keiji #bokuaka

[cali]

inferno darling groudon supervises the end of a lot of things

crops and a link to this as a print

#my longest biggest hardest picture ever #if u love me zoom in and wade thru the lava and all that #art #i worked on this since that anon sent me a message let me check #JANUARY 10TH! #i work slow though #but it was 52 hours i counted #and my head changed a lot while working on it and it was very hard and and and and and #and im happy im done but also happy with the picturee 👍

[birbs-in-space]

curious about what's in store for you for 2024? :D

Let AO3 decide!

(Updated from 2023: Up-to-date tag bank, opt-in tag categories, optional dark mode! As always: proceed with informed consent.)

#new post #clearing out my original tags since they're not 100% accurate but as always this has been a labor of love and also (new!) collaboration #do you know how hard it is to go thru 13k tags and categorize them? so thank you to my dear friend for proofing these #this update has been in the works since june or july (though i worked on it very intermittently) #and i am SO happy to be done with it for the time being #because i very much have other responsibilities LMAO

[perplexingly]

above all shadows rides the Sun and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.

Based on the chapter “The tower of Cirith Ungol”. In my opinion it’s the most beautiful scene that Tolkien had written and I really wanted to illustrate it.

#my art #Tolkien #lord of the rings #comics #I worked very hard on it I hope it’s good 🥹 #lotr

[obsob]

the accolade ( the...the cat-olade...)

#mine #original #i cannot even begin to explain the anguish. the torment. this drawing has brought me #and i STILL dont like it. i simply cant work on it any longer i cant i cant. i must be rid of it #eating drywall as we speak #you want to know how many weeks ive worked on this. THREE. ALMOST. #you want to know how long my other cat drawings take me ?? 3 days absolute MAX #anyway. begon foul creature etc #i havent left extremely long tags for a long while hello everyone good lord there are many of you #we are going stratford this weekend very exciting #its going to be a little chilly and i want to take my new coat with me but issue its not chilly right now so i cant wear it onto the train #i do not think. i can. stuff it into my suitcase i dont think that will happen #i am sure i will figure it out #also. no longer vegan . eggs have won me over. egg egg egg. #im having to restrain myself SO hard from buying more wool i want a shawl i want a shawl #i want more cute DRESSES why are nice comfy dresses 10000£ #i look on vinted and its like dresses for popping your pussy in like not. the vibe im going for thank u #anyway. im going to eat crackers now

[bbq-potato-chip]

Ever noticed all the frogs in hateno village?

#Click for better quality btw #I rember I went to hateno first thing and I was like. I don’t remember this many frogs being around here #Totk #totk spoilers #totk zelda #loz #tears of the kingdom #the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom #zelda #link #tloz #my art #ill tell u this my markers are so dead after this #Anyway pls enjoy my silly comic I worked very hard on it #1k

[steddieonbigboy]

Sleepwalkin'

written for @steddiemicrofic april prompt ‘fool’ wc: 454 | rated: T | cw: implied sexual content | read on ao3

🛌🛌🛌

Eddie stirs at the sound of shuffling footsteps and gets jolted awake as Steve drops face-first onto the bed.

"Mhmph. Where've you been?"

"Sleepwalkin'."

"Do anything fun?"

"I got into bed with Wayne." He mumbles into the pillow.

"Wait. What?!" Eddie sits up with a crazed grin, suddenly wide awake, "Steve, sweetheart, that's fucking hilarious."

"Yeah, Wayne thought so too," He rolls onto his side to face Eddie," I, on the other hand, am slightly mortified."

"Baby, I'm sorry but that is actually so funny. What did he say when he woke you up?"

"That's the thing! He didn't! So I obviously woke him up when I, y'know crawled into his bed and cuddled up to him-"

"You cuddled him?! Stevie, be careful, that's the most action he's gotten in years, he's gonna fall in love with you!"

"Fuck off," He reaches across to slap Eddie's shoulder, "Anyway, he just left me to sleep! I woke up to him snoring with his arm around me, and I was so fucking confused."

"How long were you there? I woke up earlier and you were gone but I just thought you were in the bathroom or something. Didn’t realise you’d deserted me."

"Probably like half the fucking night. I went back to sleep after I’d woken up because his bed’s comfier than yours. I only came back in because he went to work and I got cold."

"Is a bed warmer all I am to you, Stevie?" Eddie pouted, "I thought you loved me for my wit and charm and dashingly good looks, not because I keep you toasty."

"I love you for many reasons, including how warm you run, but if you don't like it," Steve shrugged, "I guess I'll have to go to Wayne next time I'm cold. I'm sure he'll warm me up."

"Please don't leave me for my Uncle."

"Well, you better give me a good reason to stay then."

"Nobody can go down on you as well as I can."

"Oh really? Might have to let you prove that you’re the best then."

Eddie just smirks as he slides down the bed.

—

Wayne’s just gotten home from work when Eddie clears his throat and nudges Steve in the ribs.

"Stevie. Don’t you have something to say to Wayne?"

"Huh? Oh, right," Steve looks at Wayne as sincerely as he can possibly manage right now, "I’m so sorry, Wayne, but we were fools to think it’d work out between us. I’ll never forget our wonderful night together though."

"Well shucks, son, you’re breakin’ my dang heart here but I guess I just gotta move on," Wayne gives Steve a wink, "You know where to find me if you change ya mind."

#i worked very hard to squeeze in the joke prompt words in this lmao #steve harrington #eddie munson #wayne munson #uncle wayne #uncle wayne my beloved #steddie #steve x eddie #stranger things #steddiemicrofic #steddiemicroficapril #bigboywrites #mine

[ambisweetiepie]

I wanted to join in @yamujiburo 's DTIYS!

I dont know what else to say here! Hope you're having a nice day!

#hanamusa_dtiys #hanamusa dtiys #hanamusa shipping #my art #i wanted to contribute #but for some reason drawing two people in my usual style seemed overwhelming #I've been working so hard lately to get the mushroom pin project ready for launch #now that its launched i just wanted to draw something fun and low stress #so having this to draw along with was very nice and chill #so thank you for having this up! i enjoyed it #and congratulations!

[wherewolf]

the responses i’ve seen to shiv’s ending seem very quick to write her off as just another sad victim of the cycle, which isn’t without truth BUT!!! that is not even remotely the summation of shiv’s story.

i don’t think she votes yes to “save kendall” or to try to finally set her brothers free. and i don’t think her main concern was that ken was becoming their dad. she absolutely noticed and didn’t love it, but that was not her motivation in betraying him. she was thinking about herself.

it’s tempting to make a martyr out of her as she is the only female child and we see her suffer the onslaught of misogyny that comes with that. but to make her into a saintlike figure who got beat takes away the power and intelligence behind her decision.

at this point she’s stuck between two non ideal choices, but she recognizes that they have accidentally made her the single most important player in the game. because while she can’t have the outcome she’d prefer, she has the power to decide the fates of everyone else. the written off lone woman now holds in her hands the fate of every man in her life.

so she thinks about the long term benefits of both options and realizes that one side leaves her completely without any leverage.

her brothers have proven to her multiple times in the last few days alone that they will cut her out and walk all over her the first chance they get. siding with them leaves her nothing to bargain with. she would just have to hope that ken would actually take care of her. and that level of vulnerability is not only unacceptable to her, it’s stupid. and shiv fuckin roy is not stupid.

so she thinks about the other side and about what she actually wants for her life. and against her better judgment, it’s becomes unfortunately clear that she wants tom. the way she wants him is not altogether loving or even good but it is necessary to her. she sees relationships as having winners and losers and she chose this man specifically so that she could be confident in her ability to win. except now he’s grown some balls and made himself unavailable to her.

she may not like the way her husband is evolving but she already placed her bets on him, so she’s sure as hell not losing to him now. there’s also a part of her that feels intrigued by this new man she’s married to. it’s interesting to have a sparring partner in him instead of having to looking for excitement outside of their marriage.

so for maybe the first time ever, she processes what tom has said to her and thinks about what he actually wants.

he needs her to prove that she cares. he needs to know that she is capable of sacrifice. if she can’t find it within herself to do this for him, then she will lose him, and by extension, she will lose.

siding with tom gives her the opportunity to once and for all make a grand-stand gesture of love, but more importantly, it creates leverage for her. never again will he be able to hold the moral high ground over her head. never again can he say she doesn’t love him. never again can he call her selfish or uncaring. above all, he can never betray her again, because she just removed all of his moral justification for turning on her. he doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s just taken back all the power in their relationship. just in a more subtle way than she’s used to operating.

and just like that, she has the ceo of a multi billion dollar company in her pocket, while situating herself as the only descendant of logan roy to still be playing the game, having removed her brothers from the equation permanently. she may still be far from the top but she’s creating a path for herself to climb.

so yes, she’ll let tom play king for a day, and she’ll have his baby and say “congratulations,” and play the gracious wife, but tomorrow is a new day with lots of room to maneuver. and when her husband puts out his hand, she’ll place her own on top. but she won’t grasp it because she doesn’t need to.

#🐺 #shivy’s gonna be just fine #okay this ended up being a very long post but #i feel like someone needed to point out her wins #also i’m fully aware that remaining in the toxic world of the family business is not a win rly but #i think her ending is being interpreted as powerlessness #which it is NOT #she chose her spot. she’s calling shots #she may not have won today but she sure as hell didn’t lose #let’s not work so hard to sanctify her that we remove everything about her that makes her such a brilliant character #succession #shiv roy #siobhan roy #scn #tv

[royal-misfit]

The main reason I think Goncharov worked better as a piece of mass produced fiction over Zepotha really does come down to the basic concepts of each piece. Goncharov had a concrete idea from the start, it was a lost 1973 mafia film directed by Martin Scorsese. Meaning that people new to the joke could more easily understand how to add to the story. Martin Scorsese has an unique style to his films, he has directed multiple mafia/crime dramas that people could pull from to create a cohesive story that sounds plausible for him to have made. People were able to come up with characters (and the actors who played them) and an actual plot by just studying the genre and finding what would work. Zepotha is just marketing a single artist's work under the idea of "an 80's horror film", no director, no actual genre other than "horror" (what kind of horror? Slasher seems to be the most popular, but Zepotha sounds more like a giallo style supernatural horror to me). There's no director listed, so no one knows how this film would play out or look. Because horror is such a vague descriptor here, people are throwing just about everything to the wall to see what sticks, which slows down the actual storytelling potential. People are making up characters first, before a plot leading to there being like 50 named characters, but any actual story is lost. Tldr; Goncharov found it's footing much easier and faster by starting out with a concrete idea, while Zepotha is stumbling because it's vagueness makes it hard for anyone to agree on basic things like story or characters.

#goncharov #zepotha #tiktok as a platform makes collaborative work very difficult #so i'm not surprised zepotha is having a hard time finding it's footing #meanwhile tumblr is the 'yes and' of websites #tiktok #tumblr #just my two cents on this whole thing