I'm going through the five stages of grief

big shoutout to my busted generator and my equally busted quote bots . have a great day you guys and keep up the good work @inaba-tenin @inaba-shinhannin

rival zombie merchants from a game that doesnt exist

[she/her // he/him/it]

some drawtober stuff!! tried out a new brush and i fuggin love it. the prompt list i'm doing will be under the read-more.

[id: a series of three different sketchy drawings, drawn with a crayon-like texture. the first is of silver, a silver striped lindwyrm with blue eyes. she is midair, turning her body so it forms a circle. behind her is a blue portal with ragged, hooked edges. closer to the center, the portal turns a bright cyan. light flurries of snow swirl about it. silver's head is turned so she's staring directly at the viewer with one wide eye, frowning; otherwise, her face is unreadable. she is dramatically silhouetted against the portal. the text reads, "day 1: portal"

the second drawing is of kolaus, a brown harpy with a black mask-like pattern, golden flecks by their eyes, and golden tufts on their ears, wearing a teal tanktop; and aeron, an anthro orange tabby cat with small horns on his head and earrings, wearing baggy gray shorts. the two of them are on a patch of grass, surrounded by yellow and pink flowers. kolaus is sitting, gazing upward with big eyes, while aeron is curled up, partially on their lap, peacefully sleeping. kolaus has one wing over aeron. they both are wearing several of the flowers on their heads. the text reads, "day 2: silence"

the last drawing is of crimsonstep, a maroon unicorn with a clydesdale-esque build. he has a darker mane striped pink and gold that runs down his entire spine, with braids along it. he has a tall golden ridged horn, droopy ears, and closed eyes that seep red tears. wisps of magic flow off him. he's so big that only his front half is visible. there's also wildway, a tiny black fluffy dragon with purple gradient points. wildway is standing just in front of crimsonstep, looking a little freaked out, her fur spiked and her tail curled under her as she stares up at him. crimsonstep, meanwhile, looks completely calm and has lowered his head curiously toward her, so they're almost nose-to-nose. the text reads, "day 3: enigma". end id]

list is by @eldibujista

WIP WhhhMonday Nightish

Once upon a time Devon was tagged in a wip wednesday by @eriquin and meant to do it but missed both wednesday and the weekend before remembering again. totally unrelated, Devon is working on getting their official adhd diagnosis.

i also noticed that the past snippets shared in wip-whatever posts have been purposefully the least interesting parts because i was worried about spoilers, which is dumb because that's created the unintended consequence of my tag is full of everything i don't like as much and a very different impression of what my fic is (as seen by most of these snippets being my rewritten scenes despite the actual fic being mostly new in-between scenes)

TLDR: WIP Whatever-day-it-is: But Actually For Fun This Time

The Rules

Post the file names of up to 5 of your WIPs for people to send you asks

Post a snippet of one of those WIPs

When people send you an ask with the name of one of your WIPs, write 3 lines of that WIP.

(Optional) Post the lines you wrote.

You can send multiple requests especially since this is going on through the weekend!

The WIPs

we're doing bulleted chapter titles to share from since that was my favorite and genuinely most productive format I've used. Feel free to ask for as many as you want, I plan on working on this basically all week

Karen Wheeler POV Bonus Chapter (Prologue kinda? side story in the same universe?? Bonus chapter set after season 1 and way before ch 1)

Steve, are you okay? Are you okay, Steve? (ch 9)

What's this? The consequences of my actions? (Is that a motherfucking Lovejoy reference?) (ch 10)

Kidnapping? no. surprise adoption. (lol get taken care of BITCH) (ch 11)

NEXT CHAPTER BC IDK HOW TO TRANSITION (ch 12) (a very tentative title for the next chapter to be written)

The Snippet

here is my favorite and most recent scene I've written, which takes place before they junkyard where Steve and Dustin are at the grocery store to get that ungodly amount of raw meat they have to toss around (also i've split chapters up a bit in the name of structure so the third chapter is now called "Mommy Issues Central". Lemme know any goofy vine reference ideas you guys have or if it should stay like that) (fear not, Get Yo Fucking Dog Bitch lives on still as chapter 4)

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They turned down the next aisle, lining the edges of the cart with some other pasta-related shit that he could still probably use. They heard someone coming over from the next aisle and before he could turn the cart around Mrs Wheeler pulled up.

"Oh, Steve ...and Dustin. What're you boys up to?"

He took a short breath to work their story into something without Mike, but Dustin beat him to it.

"He's teaching me stuff." 

He was imitating the tone Steve used but still way too vague. Mrs Wheeler held up a smile, her brows slightly lifted.

"Y'know, like cooking-" Steve said, throwing in a little gesture to the cart.

"And cars, changing oil and things. Y'know just.. dad stuff."

Dustin's part convinced her, Mrs Wheeler's expression softening into a real smile.

"Well I won't keep you long," 

She nodded off to the side to talk to Steve one-on-one.

Great.

“Are you and Nancy okay?”

“Wh- we’re- Why? Did she say something?”

“No, no, she’s just been… closed off, lately. And I drove her to school the other day, she didn’t say why.”

“Sh- yeah, that- that’s on me. Sorry.”

“Did you break up?”

“No no, definitely not. We’re kinda… we’re working on it. I’m going to try and make it better, after y’know..” he gestured to Dustin behind him.

“Right.” she smiled again, “Let Nancy know she can talk to me about any of this? Please? I tell her but- I don't know, maybe it’d be different coming from you.”

He held up a smile for her.

“Yeah, sure. Mind if we..” he jutted a thumb towards the end of the aisle.

“Yes, go ahead.”

He gave her a short wave and turned back to Dustin, who studied random shit in the aisle like Steve would believe his sudden fascination with olive oil outweighed childish curiosity.

“Steve-”

He turned back around, seeing Mrs Wheeler coming back up to him and whispering again.

“I know I’m not your mother, but you can talk to me, too. Both of you, okay?”

He kept the smile in place and nodded again, and she finally went back to her cart.

Dustin “Definitely-Not-Eavesdropping” Henderson followed him out of the aisle, thankfully waiting until they were out of earshot to ask.

“What's going on with you and Nancy?”

“Thought we had ‘much bigger problems than my love life’?”

He pulled up to the deli, stopping to pretend to look at the options.

“We’re not dropping everything for it but we can still talk.” he groaned.

“I’ll tell you later, kay? Not exactly the best place to talk.''

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@stobinesque @spoookysix @marvel-ous-m @alexcharmsyou @museumgiftshoperaser @blushweddinggowns @sharpbutsoft @fag4dykestobin @findafight (no pressure ofc and feel free to switch it to actually wednesday fhuhjdklashj) (also just let me know if you don't wanna be tagged in these)

another for the space headworld, here’s Tiercel! She’s a big name in the illegal street racing scene within a city sized colony ship. She’s known for the risky breakneck speeds she keeps up in races, and for the fervent rivalry she shares with fellow racer Sxyn (they’re best friends :]).

She’s smart and perceptive but also very independent, confident, and reckless, and that combination has not particularly endeared her to any of the factions that run the city. Tiercel chooses not to be subtle. She has an especially poor reputation with the local law enforcement, because she doesn’t super vibe being told what she can and can’t do, and it’s not a particularly guarded secret that she participates in illicit activities. She’s very recognizable and loves having an audience, but she can make herself scarce real quick when someone shows up to bust the party, and finds crafty ways to avoid culpability.

She gets most of her income from grifts, heists, and subversive activities. She calls herself an independent contractor; Tiercel’s not interested in pledging allegiance to one employer. She’s known to play all sides in the factional divide, but she can still find work because she’s genuinely good at what she does. With her charisma and her guile, she’s skilled at making her actions hard to trace and successfully carrying out a plan, if she decides to do so. She’s an asset to any team who can get her collaboration, though her inconstancy has built more enmity against her than favour. Tiercel’s found it prudent to hire herself a bodyguard.

She ain't got no money Her clothes are kinda funny Her hair is kinda wild and free Oh, but love grows Where my Rosemary goes And nobody knows like me

I have decided to give Lorenza even more wings~

I’m trying not to be a hater but that tiktok and comment section pissed me off so bad.

one piece ep 378. i can't

oh yeah addendum in also the other day seeing someone autistic talking in that context abt what they want from genuine relationships in that they said they don't want to be Admired Or Desired. that one time someone was like, you're one of the best people i know, like well neat compliment sure i'll take it lmao, but also, that's somewhat confusing and even disheartening when it's like, i have no way of knowing this; we don't really interact? or times i have to ""unilaterally"" assess that i don't feel Friends with someone b/c i don't feel like, for one thing, i can just up & message them even lol; the feeling that to whatever capacity there's a relationship, it's been continual "don't mess this up" masking / efforts to "do things Right" from me....whilest also times it's been like, oh someone's apparently choosing to be around me? enjoying interactions? while still kind of confused about it. and then it's like oh it was Romantic Interest apparently lol :( like even if i wasn't aromantic which i so am....where was the [there is anything to feel is genuine] like again we never even got to any part where i wasn't masking and [do things Right] and on edge and certainly not at whatever point i apparently had whatever appeal. much less "when cishet men are just sprinting straight at you" but that's all the more, like, [you as a Person are certainly irrelevant] but not like it doesn't still feel ultimately mostly irrelevant even if people have more discretion / a more considerate approach in general. also that again there would not be a Right way lmfao. it just sure could be a totally neutral expereince rather, please. how i've had too many situations having to try to fling myself out a window figuratively, even w/those theoretically more considerate approaches

or even when people will be talking about what makes someone Deserving outside of the most conservative(tm) approaches like. this person isn't someone who just waits for things to happen :) like well hell yeah for them lol, meanwhile, i sure kinda am. being aware that in any given way i may not impress anyone / may be negatively assessed; only turns into "there go my power levels increasing again. shrugmoji" when correspondingly it's like, and i don't have to care, or certainly then blame myself about it if like oh boy, society when you have to be "objectively" judged as Worthy by randos, whatever their perspectives lol....or when like, the concept of social support is like, get a romantic partner, primarily, an ounce of backup from friends, the Real backup being family, or friends "as good as" family....or the ongoing journey of realizing like; it was never Just gonna be managing to leave [abusive childhood/family house]. the ways that other experiences outside that were Consistent, really, when being around peers means an immediate sense of doing something wrong / not being as good as them; authority figure adults sometimes acting just like an abusive parent does; no ways to regularly exist flexibly and/or less supervised/monitored, e.g. couldn't walk from [home] to [anywhere]....catching on like, ah, outside of That Situation? i'm still not inherently more valued by randos, still not Not liable to be regarded/treated with disdain / expressions of authoritarianism....Aren't We All; for real. but truly like oh hey, i didn't even realize i was getting all this Political experience in that [when you have a one on one personal abuser and You're Responsible For How They Treat You and Their Own Power Is The Whole Thing and You'll Never "Earn" Better But It'll Always Be Your Fault You Haven't] and all those kinds of logics and realities it's like of course this resonates crystal clear with logics and realities re: [political enemies] lmao. ofc they can be as "hypocritical" as they want b/c [you can just say whatever while you do w/e you want and other people have to deal] is an expression of power. of course "for [xyz]'s own good; individually or as a group" is really about ensuring the power to control their existences as property by shrinking the space in which someone can enact autonomous choices: anything For Children is about (conservative) parents controlling children as things they own and can do whatever they want with; like making sure kids Can't be gay or sm shit, it Is about children, just keeping them from being able to exist outside the sphere of control of an isolated Family life. hell yeah when they do anyways / tragically it always turns out people are actually people despite your wanting to disbelieve this / always have the power to ignore it..........but then yknow, the truth is we out here, and ofc it's like [police protect Property; enforce these property/owner relations] but what's Normal yet obviously harmful is also so borne by regular ordinary """harmless""" interpersonal interactions / people who feel supposedly well-intended but that's more superficial than in essence....even merely the Exhaustion in knowing interactions as Just chitchat w/supposedly amicable parties is like, a scrutinizing test that can only go wrong and lead to antagonism / animosity that can easily accumulate &/or compound. much less existence In Public and shit going wrong out of nowhere, and potential stakes....being like Lol at, again, years back thinking like "a horror short should be like, the premise that you might just be at a grocery or some ordinary asf situation but at any given moment, doing Nothing extraordinary, some rando suddenly goes Deeply Hostile Mode for a second. where even then suddenly disengaging from that mode is not a relief in that the [this could happen at any time] is emphasized" like lmfao that's [being in an abusive situation], that's [being autistic], isn't it so Zany that there's so much overlap / resonance.

Not At All being Lol abt how much actual discrete examples of produced horror is just like "what if there was disabled people." this is its own line b/c of the characters per block limit. but also disdainful emphasis

anyways lol wuh oh in conclusion, antifascism....isn't it always

all right. if I were to use the word electrifying in a black sails fic would anyone call me out about electricity not really being discovered yet

load bearing turtle art of the day. an actual turt included

[vol 1 shell unleashed/issue 2 idw 2016

Script: Tom Waltz. Layouts: Kevin Eastman Art: Dan Duncan Colors: Ronda Pattison. Letters: Shawn Lee]

[ID from alt: Two comic panels. 1. Casey looking over his shoulder, smiling saying "Ha! Yeah you ain't exactly Brad Pitt, are ya? But, dude, you met my old man. Next to him, you're a friggin' teddy bear." 2. Raph, sans mask and wearing a hoodie and a trench coat. In this style he's got a very big beak and no pupils. His closed mouth smile looks kermit like. He says "Thanks. I guess." END ID]

new boy toy on the brain…………..

Okay, first sketches of the gay roller derby comic (title undecided), please excuse my shitty handwriting.

Girl from the second image is planned to be the main character, but that might change? Probably won't change, but idk.

As for the Livewire/Battery thing, I found out that some roller derby players go by nicknames, and I thought it would be fun to have a character so infamous for static shocks that they end up nicknamed after it.

I haven't decided on uniforms yet, I still need to dive into uniform regulations for that one. But I really really want them to be themed after pink dragons. Do you see my vision. It will be amazing. I already have a pose ready for them and everything for, like, group pictures and all that stuff. Just trust me on this, it's gonna be great.

Anyways Livewire/Battery (haven't decided on which I'm gonna go with) absolutely would have had raccoon tail hair if this had been made in the 2000s. As it is, she has black streaks in parts of her hair.

Anyways, time to go back to the sketchbook. A 15 player team isn't about to just design itself, after all.

Transcript of my writing: idk [Arrow pointing to] Livewire/Battery

notorious for commonly shocking people with weirdly strong static.

[next image]

(Maybe make her roots grown out?)

thesis progress report -introduction (passable) -theory queer definitions (rough draft) -theory queer narrative (rough draft) -theory cartoons/anime (rough draft) -analysis binaries (fix the framing) -analysis magigirls (add quotes) -analysis hero sacrifice (add quotes) -analysis [evangelion joke] (rough draft) -conclusion (sure) -bibliography (doing this last dw abt it)