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"violence for the sake of others makes it admirable"
God help me I'm back on my homestuck/hiveswap bullshit
got a new tab so here's a dirk sketch
a new chatroom just opened!
↬ (click to view) you're a menace ↠
◇ characters ◇ diluc, zhongli, childe, xiao, albedo, kazuha, thoma, ayato (ft. kaeya, xinyan, venti, lisa, heizou, ayaka)
◇ tags ◇ modern!au, uni!au, crack, simping + pining (reader -> character), fluff, unestablished relationship, your best friend being a menace
◇ a/n ◇ you could say that this is more of a... trial run? lol so yes, this might feel 'linear', but a second chatroom is coming with branching routes, so look forward to that~
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some little tidbits / notes:
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(optional) send me screenshots of your favorite interactions or line lol
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Out of genuine curiosity, what's your process for drawing Yautja faces? It's been like, over a year since I've drawn any and I'm completely out of touch with it and I love the way you do it @-@
Thank you! Tbh I’m terrible with explaining tutorials and a lot of times I don’t follow this process myself when sketching, but to get it the most accurate I simplify the face
I usually start with the brows since that’s a very prominent facet to their faces, and then the mouth. It’s easy for me bc they don’t have noses and those are hard to draw O~O
After I draw on the mandibles over their face. I know, terribly summarized but that is basically my process.
Lastly I draw the dome of their heads and the dreads that protrude from the sides.
Sorry I’m not the best with this and I’m sure there’s better tutorials out there from more skilled artists, but my advice is to simplify and break down the parts of their faces :)
FLASH WARNING
You're enablers, but apparently the way Thranduil was BUTCHERED fills me with such seething rage that I can’t contain myself once I start thinking about it. For real, they slandered him so badly I'm half convinced the movies are dwarven propaganda.
Okay so right here is a very short but AMAZING exploration of Thranduil’s character in the book, which I did not write but that profoundly impacted little kid me, and probably contributed to me loving analysis so much.
In a few words: book Thranduil is KIND, COMPASSIONATE, and WISE. And how do we know that? Because Bilbo likes him after spending weeks going around his halls. Because, and I quote:
He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves-partly because there was more chance of escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind) because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking.
Because Thranduil is the one who makes Bilbo an Elf-friend. (Which isn’t in the movies. They stretched ONE book over like NINE HOURS and they couldn’t fit in that one scene??)
Because Thranduil's people are having parties and singing songs despite the growing shadow, and they're wearing gemstones, meaning Thranduil shares his wealth with his people.
Because there is every indication that Thranduil was a good father when looking at Legolas' character in LotR.
I mean, does this guy sound like an asshole?
"Farewell! O Elvenking!" said Gandalf. "Merry be the greenwood, while the world is yet young! And merry be all your folk!" "Farewell! O Gandalf!" said the king. "May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! The oftener you appear in my halls the better shall I be pleased!" "I beg of you," said Bilbo stammering and standing on one foot, "to accept this gift!" and he brought out a necklace of silver and pearls that Dain had given him at their parting. "In what way have I earned such a gift, O hobbit?" said the king. "Well, er, I thought, don't you know," said Bilbo rather confused, "that, er, some little return should be made for your, er, hospitality. I mean even a burglar has his feelings. I have drunk much of your wine and eaten much of your bread." "I will take your gift, O Bilbo the Magnificent!" said the king gravely. "And I name you elf-friend and blessed. May your shadow never grow less (or stealing would be too easy)! Farewell!" Then the elves turned towards the Forest, and Bilbo started on his long road home.
Like, he’s so nice, and honestly funny, and he's such good friends with Gandalf??
Just...
The Elvenking had received news from his own messengers and from the birds that loved his folk, and already knew much of what had happened. (...) "That will be the last we shall hear of Thorin Oakenshield, I fear," said the king. "He would have done better to have remained my guest. It is an ill wind, all the same," he added, "that blows no one any good." For he too had not forgotten the legend of the wealth of Thror. So it was that Bard's messengers found him now marching with many spearmen and bowmen; and crows were gathered thick, above him, for they thought that war was awakening again, such as had not been in those parts for a long age. But the king, when he received the prayers of Bard, had pity, for he was the lord of a good and kindly people; so turning his march, which had at first been direct towards the Mountain, he hastened now down the river to the Long Lake. (...) Their welcome was good, as may be expected, and the men and their Master were ready to make any bargain for the future in return for the Elvenking's aid. Their plans were soon made. With the women and the children, the old and the unfit, the Master remained behind; and with him were some men of crafts and many skilled elves; and they busied themselves felling trees, and collecting the timber sent down from the Forest. Then they set about raising many huts by the shore against the oncoming winter; and also under the Master's direction they began the planning of a new town, designed more fair and large even than before, but not in the same place.
This guy is A GOOD PERSON. (I am begging you to read the meta I linked, it's so good.) And do you know what we get in the movies????? DO YOU?!
This absolute garbage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCY_ctV63HU&t=170s
We get Thranduil explicitly telling Bard he didn't come to help the humans. We get Thranduil being the one who wants to attack first, when in the book he's the ONLY leader out of the four involved in the Battle of the Five Armies who said he wouldn't start a war over gold.
"Fools!" laughed Bard, "to come thus beneath the Mountain's arm! They do not understand war above ground, whatever they may know of battle in the mines. There are many of our archers and spearmen now hidden in the rocks upon their right flank. Dwarfmail may be good, but they will soon be hard put to it. Let us set on them now from both sides, before they are fully rested!" But the Elvenking said: "Long will I tarry, ere I begin this war for gold."
Seriously, he'd just come to assess the situation and maybe grab some treasure if the Dwarves were really dead, and then he changed course and stayed for his human buddies and only joined his forces to theirs because Thorin didn't want to give Bard anything despite being responsible for the town's destruction. Thranduil entered the fight to support Bard's claim, not because hE wAntEd TeH HHwHitE gEmSSS!
Ffs.
Thranduil looking down on mortals, when he's a nice dude who's friends with his human neighbors, is insulting and dumb.
Thranduil being portrayed as having zero chills, when the guy canonically wears flower crowns and berry crowns, is outrageous. ("On his head was a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was come again. In the spring he wore a crown of woodland flowers.")
The movie portrayed him as some sort of First Age Noldo, when he's not, he's one of the Sindar, and his people are all Teleri wood-elves/silvans, Nandor - just singers and hunters doing their thing, not great craftspeople drunk on hubris and the shine of their own reflections.
Which brings me to Tauriel, and my utter contempt for the scene where he basically tells a mere captain/a 'lowly Silvan elf' is not good enough for his son. WHAT.
1) Tauriel does not exist in the book, and by all accounts SHE SHOULD NOT. Seriously, don't tell me she's a good enough character that she deserved to be added, her name is literally Forest Maiden, because that's the amount of creativity that went into making her. She exists to fall in love with a dude she has known for three days, even though we're never given a reason why she's not prejudiced against dwarves like the rest of her people are. What makes her so special? How come a three day fling overrides her loyalty to the king who has provided for and protected his people for centuries? Is Kili that hot? Not by Elven standards he isn't. You could argue that Aragorn and Beren instantly fell in love with Arwen and Luthien, but they were literally the two most beautiful persons to ever live, and there wasn't a millennia old blood feud between their people.
2) The mere IDEA of Thranduil regarding any Elven maiden as too low in status for Legolas is BEYOND ridiculous. Elven 'nobility' is barely a thing on account of everybody knowing each other, everybody being more or less related, Elves typically marrying for love, and the Elf 'lords' mingling with their people constantly. Sure, Elves have leaders/lords/kings, who are a bit wealthier, and generally super skilled in one or several domains, but they don't really seem to have social classes. There are no Elven barons and counts, and no Elven serfs. All the Galadhrim get to see their lady. You're either one of the leaders, or you're part of the leader's people and more or less equal to everybody else, and that's that. And YES, Sindar are still kinda higher than Nandor/Sylvans, but they're close kin (and like, most of the Galadhrim are Nandor, so it's not like they're considered trash by any means), and Thranduil would definitely look down on Noldor wayyyyy more than on his woodland kin.
3) Tauriel is a high ranking warrior, and Elves place more value on personal achievements than on parentage to determine status. Beleg is Thingol's #1 guy because he's the best archer in the world, not because of birth. Also, we don't see any court ladies, so who exactly is supposed to be good enough for Legolas?
4) Elves. marry. for love. qsdsqsdfdsqsd the IDEA that Thranduil would ever try to discourage that. I just.
5) There aren't that many Sindarin from Doriath around anymore, and Thranduil's subjects are Wood-elves, so it would make sense for his unnamed wife to be a wood-elf. We're not told that the Oropher-Thranduil-Legolas Sindarin branch is related to any other big Elven family, despite the super detailed family trees, so the most plausible thing would be that Thranduil married someone from his people and not anyone related to big Elven names. So AGAIN. The IDEA. That he would think a WARRIOR MAIDEN OF HIS OWN KINGDOM WHOM HE APPARENTLY TOOK IN AS A CHILD IS BENEATH HIS SON. Is MIND-BOGGLING.
(Though I'd have some more things to say about Tauriel, and how shoehorning her in as the cliché 'badass gal that does everything like the dudes,' and hinting that Legolas' mother was the same - and it getting no raised eyebrows from anyone - kinda flies in the face of the cultures Tolkien established, and the very protective mindset of the LotR men - but this post is getting too long. ALSO! Legolas and Gimli's friendship was significant because it was the first positive bond between an Elf - especially one from the people of Doriath - and a Dwarf in FOREVER. You don't get to tell me that ACSHUALLY, an Elf almost got it on with a Dwarf not a century ago. Seriously, Elves going for mortal partners generally only happens with humans that either have Elven blood or Elven characteristics, or were raised by Elves, or all three! AND I also detest the hints of Galadriel/Gandalf and am ready to throws hands over them! ... I'm getting so off tracks.)
So yeah, it's just all preposterous, as is Thranduil being a complete d*ck to Thorin when in the books he's only really pissed that the Dwarves kept making a nuisance of themselves in his kingdom and won't tell him what they're doing there. Thranduil DOESN'T HATE THORIN.
And Thranduil being ready to commit Kinslaying for next to no reason?? KINSLAYING?? Elf-on-Elf murder?? THE ONE THING EVERYBODY - ESPECIALLY SINDAR - DESPISES THE NOLDOR FOR DOING???? The movies had Thranduil threaten to kill one of his OWN PEOPLE for hitting a nerve (and committing treason twice, but who cares? not the writers) when by all accounts he should sooner kill HIMSELF than ever do anything like that given the history of his people?!? Wtffff.
And FINALLY,
... the fact that they made Thranduil obsessed with some random white gems, that he'd go to war over them, that his entire feud with Thorin's family was started over them...
AND THAT THEY CUT THE SCENE WHERE IT'S FINALLY EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE HIS DEAD WIFE'S JEWELS (=> meaning that the dwarves really did steal them, like it's hinted at in the first movie's intro but left ambiguous).
https://youtu.be/H1589qbXUGo
HOW DO YOU EVEN STRIP A CHARACTER OF EVERYTHING THAT MAKES HIM WHO HE IS, RECREATE HIM AS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING HE WAS, HAVE HIS CHARACTERIZATION REVOLVE AROUND SUCH A CRUCIAL PIECE OF INFORMATION, AND THEN CUT OUT THE ONE THING NOW CENTRAL TO HIM OUT OF THE BLOATED MESS OF A MOVIE THAT IS BOTFA. THE HOBBIT TRILOGY IS SO POINTLESSLY LONG AND YOU INVENTED HALF A DOZEN MAIN CHARACTERS BUT YOU COULDN'T FIT IN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE MAJOR PLAYER THAT YOU BUILT UP AS A BIG ANTAGONIST???
Like "yeah, we're gonna make Thranduil a bit of an ass because of the tragic past we invented for him" - "oops, we cut out half of the tragic past thing" - "yeah, we just made Thranduil an ass." "Oh no, he's not just a greedy b*tch, he's a complex character! ... If you watch the interviews and the cutscenes of the extended version."
Ugh.
(Exasperation warning for that last vid: a captain commits treasons and threatens her king for wanting to pull out of the battle that's decimating their people. Then the king all but pisses on the Silmarillion. Uuuuugh.)
(The magic fake skin/eye is also weird.)
(These movies are a mess.) . . .
But we got elk-riding, dual-wielding Thranduil out of it all, which was pretty epic I guess?
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🎁Just in time for Christmas, our Steam and Itchio pages are now live!
🎞Check out screenshots and info about the game and add it to your wishlist for 4/13 next year - that’s the real holiday, right?
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been having slasher brainrot lately... beeg pyramid man too...
Just Simeon and Luke doing Dua for me, don’t mind them
got a new tab so here's a dirk sketch
Holy fucking shit y'all.
He Asked For No Pickles
First and foremost, thank you for taking your time to read this. I've decided to put this together in the hopes of reminding readers, writers and content creators alike that we're all human and this site is nothing more than a bunch of pixels and letters on the internet.
However, from both personal experience and from what I've seen, sometimes certain behaviors and interactions aren't acceptable. And I'm not talking about the guidelines of the site, I'm referring to treating each other kindly and with respect. I hope this guide can be something that refreshes your memory or encourages people to slightly alter and change the way they interact and treat content creators.
Please note that this post is not calling out anyone in particular, not trying to dictate how you should interact but rather meant to be used as a guideline in order to assure that everyone is comfortable and safe!
Without further ado...
𝐎𝐍𝐄 | As mentioned before content creators are people, just like you and me. That means we have our own personal lives with our own problems, schedules, environments and circumstances. If there's one thing you take away from this post then that is to treat everyone kindly and with respect. This should come as a no brainer but some people forget that there is indeed a human on the other side of the screen. You never know what exactly other people are experiencing or going through at the moment. Don't be that one nasty anon in their asks. Be understanding. If a creator decides to take a break/ hiatus then let them — they need it. Don't pester or question them about it if they're not comfortable speaking about it. If you truly do want to support your favorite content creator then be patient and understanding with them, especially more so in the times we find ourselves in currently.
𝐓𝐖𝐎 | On the topic of communications, please take your time reading through the 'Before You Interact' pages of your content creators before following them. Most of the time you can find these on their pinned posts or in the 'Rules' page on their account.
These posts are specifically made in order to keep the creator safe and comfortable since it's their blog. If the account does not want minors there, respect their wishes. If you're under 18+, do not interact with them. The same goes for 18+ accounts that interact with minors. If the minor says they do not wish to have nsfw accounts following or interacting with them, respect their wishes. Respect is a two way street and these rules are set in place to not keep everyone comfortable, but safe as well.
𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 | Interacting with your content creators is one of the most rewarding things on this app. However there are certain unsaid manners that are used when communicating. Here are some examples below:
— Content creators, more so writers, are not machines. Most of the authors on this site have created accounts to spend time on in their free time which means that they do not use the full 24 hours of their day to just write. Refrain from breathing down their neck about your request or become pushy because they don't answer quick enough.
— With that being said, do not be a demanding reader. A content creator owes you nothing, they're creating works and putting it out there because it's something they enjoy, not to mention that it's free of cost. If you aren't paying them then you have no place to dictate what they should or should not post or create. Some examples are demanding a part two...
'pt. 2?' or 'write a part 2' for pieces that the author didn't plan to have a sequel for is just rude. Rather than just saying that, send an ask to your author and kindly ask them what their plans are and if they are thinking of writing a part two.
— Another thing that seems to go unsaid a lot is when writers are hosting events for milestones or ask games. Adding a 'please', a simple 'thank you' and perhaps even an emoji just shows that you know how to use proper manners. It doesn't hurt to be kind to your creators, especially since they're going to be creating something for you.
— One last thing while we're on the topic, constructive criticism is always welcomed in the writing community because that's out goal in the long shot, we want to improve. However, there is a fine line between giving some criticism and being hateful towards a certain creator or piece that they've written. If you're sending an author an ask or reply with malicious intent to break them or their story down then you're not doing the right thing.
𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 | This leads me to my next point. Most writers and creators here on this site make use of trigger or content warnings whenever they post something in order to ensure that they're keeping their audience safe. With that in mind, you are completely responsible for what you consume. If there are certain tags or triggers that you have then you are in full control of ensuring you don't consume that.
Blocking is a wonderful little tool that you can make use of, whether that be blocking a content creator or tags. If you're unsure of how to block tags, you can check out this tutorial right here to keep yourself safe.
Instead of hating on a creator for creating something that you didn't like or enjoy, block them. It's as simple as that. It's their blog and they have to write to create whatever they want. You're in the wrong for sending an author hate, anonymous or not, for creating something you didn't like or what didn't fit in your morals or beliefs.
𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 | Now let's move onto supporting your content creators. There are a few issues I'd like to highlight here and they're definitely not new ones. They've been circling the dash for years. Let's take a look at them:
— The best way to support your content creators is by reblogging and leaving feedback. Sure, likes are wonderful to get but almost every creator will tell you they favorite the two mentioned above over likes. Why? Firstly, reblogging gives a piece better exposure which it means it'll reach more people that way. Secondly, feedback is what makes a content creator's day. Whether it's screaming in the tags of your reblog or popping into their asks to gush about their piece, I guarantee that you'll make their day of you do.
— Creators don't bite. I promise. As daunting as it may seem to send them an ask many times you do have the option to be an anon! I know I've made friends with many mutuals and then learnt they were anons before. I cannot speak for everyone but it truly makes my day when someone pops into my asks, tells me they're proud of me or reminds me to take care of myself — perhaps even to gush about a certain topic of character. Content creators are appreciation and interaction deprived. Talk to them, let them know how much you appreciate them, their blog, their works.
— While we're talking about this, let's talk about the issue of plagiarism and reposting. Reposting an author's work on other social media platforms without their explicit consent is wrong and probably illegal. This includes recommending pieces on TikTok. If your content creator did state they do not wish for their content to be reposted or shared to other platforms, respect their wishes. This is especially a big issue with mostly minors, and some adults as well, exposing Tumblr writers to TikTok which is made up of a majority of under 18's. This in turn causes said content creator to receive unfair hate and more often than not leads to deactivation. This is the last thing you want your content creator to do.
𝐒𝐈𝐗 | To take this all together and wrap it with a bow for you it all boils down to mutual respect. That's all there is to it. Respect your content creators, continue to support them in ways that's most beneficial to them and don't be afraid to interact. We don't bite. At the end of the day we're just as lonely as you are, that's why were on this site.
All in all I hope this post could have opened some eyes and shed some light on certain topics, some of which have been said before. I truly enjoy being on here and I'm so incredibly grateful for the people I've met and the memories I've made. I hope I can continue to create content for people to enjoy. And as always, I'm here to help in any way I can.
God help me I'm back on my homestuck/hiveswap bullshit
"violence for the sake of others makes it admirable"
To celebrate 300 followers over on Instagram I made these colour palettes for the Main 6. I did have my own but these are better and more neat versions of them. Feel free to use! And these images are all available download on Gumroad if you want. Link in bio.
This …thing that woke me up at 12am and consumed my whole day. Welp, hope you guys enjoy!
Anime series but described badly:
Attack on Titan: Naked giant people eat smaller people and somehow this is all a political allegory.
Dr. Stone: An educational series, made for people who want to learn survival skills. Oh, and there's a post-apocalyptic thing happening in the background.
Cells at Work: Science class for people who don't want to attend school.
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It: Midorima leaves basketball to pursue a career in science and falls in love with his thicc af waifu lab partner.
RWBY: Dorky teenager must save the world with her eyes, tsundere rich girl loses her money, sexy cat girl deals with racism, and blonde Tifa makes bad puns.
Dragonball: Dumb guy gets stronger each time he gains a new hairstyle. No one really dies because of magic balls.
Demon Slayer: A young woman is forced to stay silent by her older, dominating brother. Her brother's best friend is a borderline sexist prick who is obsessed with marrying her.
The Promised Neverland: Orphans learn that the foster system is garbage. But not in the traditional sense, it's more along the lines of them being sold as food.
Haikyuu!!: Two specialists with differing personalities must learn to work together while also dealing with the sexual tension between them.
Kuroko no Basuke: Two specialists with differing personalities must learn to work together while also dealing with the sexual tension between them...wait...
Naruto: Two...hang on, didn't I just write this? Why does this keep happening?
Food Wars: Chefs make good food.
Shigaraki but the hands are his minions
You know what’s some crazy $hit?
This fabulous bitch
She makes a shit ton of poses (like 16,000 or some crazy nonsense). I used this lovely lady to draw so much as a teen. Whether it was some nerdy pose for my Mary Sue as fuck OCs
or for full on fight sequences
or for tragic deaths of my OCs in the arms of a totally OOC main protagonist.
this bitch hooked me up.
And with the wildest, craziest stuff that you could see in your head but had no way or resources to reasonably draw like
or this
or this
DUDE! INASNE SHIT!! So I was using her for a pose reference and decided, you know what, I owe this bitch some cash. Lemme dole it out for her. BUT then, I looked and saw she only has 286 fucking patrons!! This chick gives out free shit and spends countless hours arranging these shoots and setting this stuff up.
I’ll fork up the cash, SenshiStock. You’re worth it.
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