The Life Series Crypt, Part 1- Third Life

AU where Leo is trapped in the Prison Dimension for months instead of minutes and the only way he gets by with his sanity intact is through recording himself talking to his wrist comm.

When they finally manage to get Leo back and make him rest up to heal, Donnie can’t help but listen to the recordings left behind.

He’s not sure what exactly he’s expecting, only that his subconscious is screaming at him that it has to be heartbreaking, that it has to be torturous.

Instead, what Donnie is subject to is a full thousand hours’ worth of Jupiter Jim and Lou Jitsu crossover fanfiction. More than one part in the series. Spanning well over a million words.

(The worst part is that it’s actually good.)

LOIS SMITH and JAMES DEAN in a wardrobe test for East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

jeonghan x ysl

okay not that anyone asked but I feel like I'm just in a really odd state of calm like I'm detached just enough that whilst I am still invested it's more of a "I'm just gonna sit back and be a part of the ride and see where this all ends" I know I've used this metaphor a million times but yes the world is on fire but I'm waiting to see what will come from the ashes

I don't think there's anything wrong with making a series for middle class home chefs with nice kitchens and disposable income who want to cook better...but I do think it's a little shitty to pretend that's not what you're doing.

Like I'm sorry if your "basic" meatloaf recipe calls for ground beef, pork, AND veal I think you've gone beyond what can reasonably be called basic.

Character Design Fundamentals - Shape Language

There are a lot of guides out there for making "better" characters- but what exactly does better mean in this context? Art is subjective. There is no good or bad art, so there's no universal way to make art better. The only objective quality in art, how I see it, is effectiveness. How well does the art fulfill the creator's intent?

So rather than talk about how to create better characters, I want to give you folks tips on how to design effective characters, with your intent in mind. Starting with the most fundamental of fundamentals- shape language.

There's a famous linguistics experiment that feels relevant here. Which of these shapes is called "bouba," and which one is "kiki"?

You probably knew instinctively that the shape on the left feels like it should be "kiki," and the shape on the right feels like it should be "bouba." This seems to be true regardless of your language or background. Why is that? Humans associate everything from colours to character traits to shapes to sounds, instinctively correlating them. So when they said that Kirby is shaped like a friend, they were being very literal. Luckily, this part is hard wired in your brain, so you shouldn't have much trouble with it.

In general, a "round" character might come off more friendly and easygoing, or more lazy and weak willed. A "square" character might come off more strong and grounded, or more intimidating and less smart. A "sharp" character might come off as more witty and energetic, or more stern and cruel.

This advice is often demonstrated in cartoony ways, with characters whose bodies are built out of triangles or circles in a way that doesn't seem to apply to more realistic art. It can be tempting, then, to think you can ignore it. But you absolutely can't.

Overwatch is a great example of using this kind of shape language to great effect without becoming super cartoonish. Compare two of their character designs, Tracer and Mei:

Tracer is a witty, energetic character whose gameplay is very fast paced. This is portrayed in her very sharp and angular design. Her hair comes to sharp points, her collar and sleeves are angled, and her body is lean and angular. Even her goggles and the belts around her thighs create triangular shapes.

Mei, on the other hand, is a sweet and friendly character whose gameplay is tanky and powerful. Her design combines those elements into both round and square shapes. Her jacket, boots, and the pockets on her belt all have rectangular silhouettes, while her body, hair, hood, and weapon all have rounder silhouettes.

See how effective this kind of design can be? And it doesn't have to be restricted to just one kind of shape. Like Mei's design, you can mix and match strategically to get closer to the effect you want. A love interest who's got both round and sharp elements might read as invitingly sexy and a little dangerous, while a love interest who's got both round and rectangular elements might read as down to earth and kind.

Before you lay down a lick of paint, you've gotta have a sketch. And before you come up with the details of your character designs, you've gotta know what shapes you're building it out of. So think hard about your intent with this character, and how best to get that across with the language of shape.

sillest reporters to exist ever ❤

on another note...cannot figure out if im a monster fucker or not

swashbuckler rogue my beloved

love being 25 and not knowing how to socialize bc i’m autistic and off putting and cringe so no one wanted to talk to me/wanted to be my friend growing up so now i’m an adult with very few friends or ppl i talk to on a regular basis bc i never learned how to socialize or text properly bc no one taught me how

I don’t think many of you that follow me on here actually keep up with or read my fics but for those of you who do I just thought it’d mention that the reason I haven’t updated anything in weeks is because I started working on a renkaza one shot that was supposed to be short except now it’s over 6.5K words and the initial scene I was writing it for has not even happened yet. So

Okay look I love Kitty and Yuri together but I don't actually think they should end up together. Because I think Yuri is genuinely in love with Julianna and she won't just give that up. So far from what I've seen they are very much in a good relationship with each other and plan to stay that way. They are cute, they are happy, they have plans for the future and they fought so hard to be together so it would be really unfair and also out of character to just take that away from them especially since they are finally back together now. And I do think Kitty deserves do find a cute girlfriend but it doesn't have to be Yuri. There are for sure so many other cute girl Kitty hasn't met yet that will also be perfect for her. I think Yuri is very important for Kitty because she is part of her self discovery. Kitty found out she was into girls through Yuri and that's great!! But that doesn't immediately mean that they have to be together, especially when Yuri is already in a committed relationship. I do think they are very cute together and would be amazing as friends tho!!

crawls out of my hole and chucks this into the open and scurries back in (ocs)

My journal is not cutting it today Lol ummm I want to reconnect with my friends from high school so bad cos I literally stopped talking to them all for no reason because of a traumatic event that happened to me in high school I just cut everyone off and disappeared like I just ruined my own life and I regret it so much now but at the time I was just in so much pain and I think they would all understand that except it's been like 10 years now it's just gone on so long that I haven't spoken to them and it just fucking sucks because I don't know why I haven't tried earlier but I guess just cause I was scared but I feel ready now but it feels like it's too late. Ummm. FUCK!!!!!!

Had a dream last night that I found John Green @sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog sitting in a field of wild grasses looking contemplative. I sat beside him and, without glancing my way, he recited a poem that amounted to the concept that "we have to persevere when things get difficult because the easy is all too fleeting and unreliable, but by facing the hard stuff, you can *become* the thing that is reliable." I nodded seriously and we just watched the sky for a bit.

10/10 Green brother interaction. Thanks John, guess I'll go persevere today? 💪