i LOVED this episode and have a lot of thoughts about it and think odo's journey was just superbly done and the tension was perfect and the direction deft and odo's conversation with thrax will go down as one of my favorite scenes in all of star trek. but also hwat. in this fictional universe, i genuinely cannot believe any bajoran believes this: that odo stood apart. like. a collaborator is a collaborator y'all. like renault has to join the french resistance to get rick to say "this is the start of a beautiful friendship."
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I did some art for my Scream/Stuilly time loop fic, depicting Stu getting his shit wrecked in chapters 2 and 3. This is just two instances though, he gets his shit wrecked in every chapter, since the entire point of the fic is him getting his shit wrecked repeatedly. The fic is a work in progress, but you should go check it out for sure. Also follow my fandom blog @whats-those for updates about this and other fics.
I’ll talk about the actual drawing under the cut.
This was the first drawing I’ve done with line art since I figured out how to paint digitally. It made me really like doing line art again, so I’m going to cut back on the paintings for now. I’ll probably do one now and then when I feel like it, but for now I’m all about the line art babey.
I’m really proud of the movement in the poses. I think I succeeded in making it look like he was actually getting bonked! I also find the one of him lying face down really funny.
Horror nerd older brother of course had to look over my shoulder while I was drawing and let me know the costume doesn’t work like that—apparently the sleeves and the gloves are sewn together so “you would never see his wrists!” I explained to him it was to help the readability of the drawing, since it was already looking like a mass of black without that bit of skin showing.
Final note, the title of the fic, which is written on the drawing, it from the song When You Die by MGMT. Go listen to it, it fits Stu/Stuilly so well and it’s such a good song.
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blackmadhi week day 2: fake dating au 📞
aka I did it, I finally drew fanart for this beautiful behemoth of a fic!! come read it here, for a bad time call simon blackquill by nerdyskeleton
transcript under cut
Comic art is drawn to correspond with the events of the ad posted in the fic as follows:
“Do you hate your family? I want to hate them too!
I’m a 29 year old ex-convict (didn’t actually kill anyone, don’t worry) who probably hates your family and probably doesn’t have anything to do but terrorize them. I will be your platonic date to a stupid family dinner or gathering for one (1) night/event.
I work at a noodle place and will get buckwheat flour all over your family members, if you ask me to. I will also make fun of you and your family members, because that’s all I do in general anyway. Other services include telling scary prison stories, threatening to show any possible prison scars, pretending to get very drunk, hitting on a different family member, or hitting a family member. May be convinced to propose to you in front of your family members, too.
Feed me and maybe give me $30?”
This cuts into the next scene, which is mid phone call with Simon and Nahyuta. This is lifted directly from the fic, with talking tags added below where it may not be clear without context.
“I will pay you. More than what the ad said.” [Nahyuta told him.]
“How much?” Simon asked. If it was a big enough sum, it might be worth it to spend a few agonizing hours with this man and his shitty family.
“$200. I’ll make it $300 if you bring flour to get all over my brat of a little sister. The ad said that you would do that.”
Ye gods, if this right bastard of a man thought that his little sister was a brat she must be terrible.
“Will you do it now?”
“…Fine.”
“Excellent. That’s what I thought your answer would be in the end, Simon. What’s your full name?”
“Simon Blackquill,” he ground out.
“And I’m Nahyuta Sahdmadhi. Can you promise to be as insufferable to the rest of my family and friends as you have been to me?”
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I told myself I was gonna hold any more fic commentary until I finished it but no I have to say it still makes me die laughing every time a canon-compliant Skybound fic starts using the actual dialogue because Cole seeing Jay fucking beat to shit on the ground and his reaction being “JAY YOU’RE OKAY” will never not be the funniest thing ever
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Hey so also have Sir Crocodile brainrot and have recently reread Impel Down. This is probably nothing at all but it made me question the artistic choice made. Like we dont see Crocodiles full face until Luffy recognizes him. Before that tho he joins in on Jinbei & Ace's convo about Whitebeard and is shown to (non-)react to Boa Hancocks visit. But we only get his face in shadows or see the hook. Which. Why. Oda we know what he looks like and who the guy with the stitches on his face and the hook is. WHY OBSCURE HIM.
My friend, this is what we call a "cocktease"
Okay jokes aside, yes it was an artistic choise. More specifically, a storytelling technique Oda masterfully used to build up hype and excitement to Crocodile's eventual reveal and re-introduction into the story.
So thanks to Ms Goldenweek's cover story (which ran back during Water 7/Enies Lobby) we already knew Crocodile along with Daz, Bon-chan and Galdino had all been sent to Impel Down, when we also learned about Impel Down, Marineford and the Gates of Justice (+ the giant whirlpool between the three locations) to some extent. ((Now of course, if you were an anime-only then you would've had no idea about the former BW members being in Impel Down. And even if you had read the manga you still would've had to actually pay attention to the cover story and its lore, and not forgotten all about it))
So even before Luffy decides he's going to head to Impel Down to save Ace, we know Crocodile's going to be somewhere down there. The second Luffy arrives there, we are immidiately reminded of the fact when Domino mentions Crocodile taking the traditional "bath" new inmates take at the entrance. And as we descend deeper and deeper into Impel Down, with those cuts to what's happening down at Level 6 every now and then, as well as with the Baroque Works Countdown, Oda time and time again keeps on reminding of us of Crocodile's looming presence in the background.
This is all absolutely deliberate. Crocodile was arguably the most iconic (maybe not most popular but iconic) One Piece villian at the time, if given an opportunity of course the readers wanted to see him again. But just letting us see him right away would be anti-climactic, and distracting from what's actually important (Ace, and Luffy getting to him as fast as possible). So keeping him hidden could serve multiple purposes:
For one, Crocodile doesn't get to steal the spotlight from the other characters (at least not too early). We can focus on Luffy, Ace, all the new Impel Down characters and the other returning characters in peace, while Crocodile waits for his turn.
Another thing is that Crocodile's presence being downplayed gives off the impression that perhaps him being there isn't that important to the story. Thus, him teaming up with Luffy to break out isn't such an obvious twist (and so when that happens, it's ever more hype as a result)
But indeed, the most important part is that by teasing us constantly through out Impel Down, Oda creates hype. He makes us the readers excited if/when we might get to see the bastard, even if it was just a quick little cameo. So when Luffy finally reaches Level 6 and we finally do get that reveal, everyone loses their fucking marbles over the HISASHIBURI DANA MUGIWARA when we finally get to see The Motherfucker Himself. (And indeed, then getting to see him fight alongside Luffy is cool as fucking hell, completely unexpected and absolutely delightful)
But there's also another thing building up to Crocodile's reveal does. Compare his original introduction to the re-introduction
Compare Crocodile at the height of his power and influence, to the absolute rock bottom he has hit. No longer happily laughing while looking down on people (literally), he's filthy, he has given up on life, with sunken eyes and a hollow look on his face, only moved by a thirst for petty revenge (/an opportunity to go out with a bang). He doesn't even get the whole page for his grand reveal anymore, he's been shuffled to the side so the plot can progress on the same page.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
And to some degree, this is kind of meant to be a shocking realization to the readers. That this is not the same Crocodile we remember from Alabasta, that Crocodile died when Luffy defeated him. This is just the husk that remains, a shadow of what was once there. It's a sad sight, and probably not what the readers who loved Crocodile The Villian wanted to see. It's not the epic Return of the (Evil) King they wanted.
And that juxtaposition helps, because Crocodile doesn't return into the story as a villian, but as a frenemy/ally-on-thin-ice. And that idea is easier to signal to the readers in a lowkey manner when you do his re-introduction like this.
So yes, Oda refusing to show Crocodile's face until Luffy found him was 100% a deliberate artistic choise. This is fantastic storytelling
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