[Video Description: A 3D render of a jellyfish-shaped carousel with sea dragon horses spinning to the beat of an upbeat chip-wave song. A person with long hair wearing a coat and bunny hat and a small pink rabbit ride the carousel next to each other. The center of the carousel glows a pink to blue gradient and has many types of ocean creatures silhouettes cut out. End Description.]

@lacecap this didn't render in time to upload to art fight bc it took like 4 days straight on my little laptop dhjkdfh but here it is! two person carnival!!! song + original concept here!

Darlings. is it gay when the phantom you created as a manifestation of your dreadfull loneliness takes the form of one of your closest friends.

Fanart of this pretty good horror rarijack fanfic, "The haunting of carroussel boutique" personaly i am surprised the writer didnt take the chance to point out how fucking funny this is. Me n kim started laughing about it during stream and i just had to draw this

I think my favourite piece of symbolism in rgu will always and forever be the carousel in episode 39. In the intro, you get this awesome shot of Utena and Anthy riding on horses through the sky, and throughout the whole show you’re waiting for that moment to come to fruition.

Horses, of course, are heavily linked to the idea of the prince. Dios is described as a “prince on a white horse,” Touga explicitly states that horses are part of the “prince” persona, Akio and Touga both ride with Utena on a horse when they’re trying to be her prince. And as the protagonist, most viewers will be rooting for Utena to get her own moment of heroism. To break away from Akio’s abuse and become the gallant prince she’s always dreamed of being.

However, when Anthy stabs Utena, this dream is shattered. She says, “You remind me so much of Dios when I loved him. But you can never be my prince, because you’re a girl.” An intentionally cruel jab, rubbing salt in the wound. But also showing Anthy’s mindset, fear of being abused again by someone who wants to trap her in a power dynamic. She loves Utena and believes she is genuinely trying to help her, but still can’t trust her.

This is when the carousel appears. The same motif of the white horse, but this time a crude plastic simulacrum, going around and around in circles. Utena has been sold the idea of the prince as a way to claim autonomy in a patriarchal society, but in the end the “prince” in power only wants to keep everything in eternal stasis. The flying horses in the sky were always a pipe dream, because that’s not what it means to claim power within the framework of this system. A carousel can never advance. A prince can never truly smash the world’s shell, just accumulate power within it.

The nature of the carnival ride and the children’s laughter in the background are also important here, almost mocking Utena in her lowest moment. It reminds me of Akio’s statement that she was merely “playing” at the duelling game, like all this was some childish power fantasy. But we know that’s not true. That’s why Utena is able to pull herself up and make her way to Anthy’s coffin. Dios is the one riding the carousel here, offering Utena false platitudes and beckoning her to accept the way things are, join him in going around and around for eternity. However, Utena’s desire to help her friend trumps her desire to be a hero. To help Anthy has always been her main driving force, and Akio is so cynical that he can’t understand that someone might want to help for purely selfless reasons. Ultimately, this is his downfall.

When the curtain falls and the prince is revealed to be a child on a plastic horse, Utena is disgusted by the farce and accepts the painful reality of her identity being ripped from her and discarded. Because being the prince was never Utena’s goal, it was a means to an end to help Anthy from the very beginning.

ellie is so soft and tender and eager and earnest and fiesty and loud and angry i love her SO much

we need simon, lori, and sajan back. kon & his smallville crew are representation for gay teenagers in small towns who go hang out together at walmart because what else is there to do in your small town. we need them back

Day 192 of posting Jevil every day

Love Nikki posting

hi I never made a request before! could you please do a colorful horse/pegasus/unicorn one? like the ones you see on a carousel! with cozy clothes and toys please? no pressure and no rush. thank you so much!

Yes!!

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The Windsinger and their jolly band of performers.

I LOVE CAROUSELS!!!

And I love Mlp

Soo why not cross them over?

This is what turned my warmup sketches into something more. I would love to do more carousel-based things especially My Little Pony. I loved doing this so much!! 

kind of obsessed with the photos we took for work today ♡

CODA AND THE OCEAN'S HEART 🫧

oc lineup or something like that

Guys horrible news I finished Leverage again I fear I will not survive the winter

*starts watching Redemption from the beginning, again*