Art Parallels

Joanna Newsom by Annabel Mehran, 2010 Jane Birkin by Kate Barry, 1996

it's you

despite everything, it's still you

She's dead Scar. You won.

Link to the video

Its not perfect but I enjoyed making it,

Song: November by Sparkbird

Two of my favorite shots^^

the picnic table scene

Every day i just want to write a post that just says "The Brigadier is so damn autistic."

but I then worry about what other people might say if I do that

but fuck it

The Brigadier is so fucking autistic, and nobody can change my mind

Something something Kenjaku saying "the space between dreams and reality is a curse" and also something about Takaba's cursed technique is where he bends reality from what he finds funny as a comedian (a.k.a. his dream) and also something about how Kenjaku's defeat is brought about in the in between world that Takaba creates but they had more fun then they have had in a long time and also something about how love is the greatest curse of all-

folks tonight we discovered what hitting my breaking point looks like and it is: impulse three day vacation in palm desert for ahl hockey in february by myself. does anyone have any recommendations for stuff to do in coachella valley?? like restaurants or hikes or museums or anything. i don't drink and i love museums and i will have a car and my only two commitments are evening hockey games. i should probably buy my lesbian parents alcohol, snacks, and/or spices for looking after my dog and i would like to buy local. also love a local ice cream shop or creamery. literally any recs you have would be great!! no recommendation too great or too small!!

(also podcast recs that aren't true crime or horror since i have two 7+ hour drives and if i listen to my sports podcasts the entire time i will become a worse version of myself than we started with, which is already bad lmfao)

Okay. I have to know. Am I crazy or is Dakota's backstory kind of fucked up???? I only got the patreon back in august so I have no idea what the consensus on this was back when the episode came out but uh. His body was just. Taken??? and experimented on??? without consent??? And turned him into a living weapon??? We don't get a ton of info seeing dakota was in a coma though from what the mother of the girl who had fallen with dakota had said, she regretted allowing the guy to experiment on his daughter in order to save her life, so it must have been pretty unethical right?

( there is also a scene in season two episode 15, around the one hour mark, where dakota falls unconscious and has the same nightmare sequence he usually does, though it is interrupted by flashes of him waking up during a surgery, beginning to thrash around, and then a description of who I am like. 90% certain was the doctor who experimented on him? though it doesn't really prove anything except for the fact that this guy didnt administer anesthesia properly.)

Though then again, wasn't he in a coma? It was mentioned that Dakota only woke up from it when he ran away to find his aunt, but him waking up during surgery seems to contradict that? Unless I'm remembering the information given wrong?

God. I don't know why I wrote all of this. I guess I just feel kind of crazy because the whole thing was brushed under the rug a bit in pd with the pd gang saying they don't think its fair the scientist was in prison and then he never gets bought up again. I just feel insane was this guy actually justified in the experiments because it saved dakotas life. am i wrong about everything and actually the world of prime and WATCH is flawless and not fucked up at all and this is never going to be bought up again in season three

I love that his bodyguard is clearly A-grade but I fucking hate that it’s come to the point that he needs one at all

I suppose it's inevitable when you get this popular but... :(

i'm glad i'm already getting along with my therapist bc i think she is going to have a hell of a wild ride getting All (but one of) the Stories harvested from the "batman ate a radioactive burrito" level batshit toxicity going on in my family tree just to have context for anything else that happens and unraveling this fucking quantum fractal brain-onion

Share Mine notes please I beg (and on the arakawa fam if you have the timefkfd)

forgive me if these are messy as all fuck i'm not good at making notes BUT here's everything i generally keep in mind when drawing mine and hijikata + the reference sheets i look at when drawing them :)

arakawa family notes + references below:

(more notes about aoki + sawashiro's faces ft. ikumi here)

I feel insane I get it now I get it twelveclara IS everything. they make me want to run up the walls and bounce around and grin so hard it hurts and I love them

Ok yes America hating the cold is funny (eh) BUT. have you considered that I like the imagery of an America sitting alone in the forest in the bleak mid-winter landscape of an east coast woods, all alone in both body and mind, agonizing over her seeming doom to be stuck in the throes of loneliness for all eternity?

I am actually in shock that I don’t think I’ve seen it yet, but Hardshine for the ship ask?

i'm also surprised that this is only coming up now, given my brand.

i believe it will shock everyone to know that i ship them (joke).

1. What made you ship it?

so this may (actually) surprise some people, but it wasn't really until short rest 99 that i considered it at all. on my first listen, i thought of them as unabashed besties, unfaltering. "how long do half-elves live?" hurt, but didn't have a huge impact. but emily talking about how she meant it and jake talking about his opinion on it locked it in for me. and then i sort of saw everything through a different lens.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

is everything a viable answer? they're the very best of friends. hardwon literally found a home, the thing he'd been searching for, in meeting moonshine. moonshine found the first person to ever have the same capacity to love as she did, in meeting hardwon. they're ride or die. they're each other's biggest fans. the first thing hardwon tells new people about her is that she edged a tree by making out. they'd kill and die for each other. hardwon literally tries to do the impossible any time she's in danger. there's nothing about them i don't love. this feels like it barely scratched the surface lmao

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on the ship?

so this is one i actually do feel will be unpopular. in a lot of ways, it does feel like they would never have a conventional romantic relationship. it's simply not them. however (and i wrote a fic based on this idea so my opinion of it is kind of based on that) i think that in some way, later in their lives and after having been apart for so long, marriage is on the table for them. not in a conventional way by any means - especially given how it does and does not work at the crick - but because moonshine wants others in the future to be able to understand what hardwon meant to her after he's gone. and no, "husband" won't scratch the surface of that meaning. but it will get people closer to the truth

ship ask game

hi so I am extremely soft for Sun basically being all-hands-on-deck for assisting Y/N with outfits, Moon wanting Y/N to be comfortable, and Eclipse being all here for nice textures

how would the boys react to Y/N asking them (independently) to help them put together an outfit (something complicated that needs an extra pair of hands with buttons/zips). can be pre/post-reveal depending on desired fluff content - @clxckwork-sun-n-moon

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Pre-reveal: Sun: Flattered beyond compare - them asking means they trust his judgement enough to put their outfit in his hands! For a peacock like him, who's job is reliant on looking the part, that's a big thing. There's also, uh, the thing about having to go up into their room, their private space, to maybe survey what they have? The thought will fluster him enough to fumble, and ask if they have a few things in mind already, and ends up moving the fashion show downstairs. Just take anything that could come in handy to the living room, he can work with that! Would love to take his time and invite them to a shopping trip, but feels like that might just be too much and sticks with what's available. Will however gladly offer to lend things to them - perhaps a specific tie would match better, or a certain set of cufflinks... Very gentle, but focused while working with buttons and zippers. He takes pride in being asked, so he won't risk damaging anything or hurting them by getting distracted. By the time he's finished the bitter pang of knowing this outfit isn't for him comes back to punch him square in the face, and he's lucky he's always smiling because otherwise it would be hard to keep up. Y/N doesn't miss the way his expression twists, and can't quite make sense of it before he leaves with a quick, but genuine compliment.

Moon: So you have chosen violence. Given that this is reverse coded, you have the shy boy, who is awkward af around the nice landlord already, who has no clue about fashion as his only focus is "dark color scheme and good to move in." He near panics, but agrees to help in any capacity he can - then follows Y/N into their home while just listing off disclaimers about how he's really not that knowledgeable and doesn't know what he's doing with outfits half the time, but if they're really sure - Ends up being the one giving the least "advice" because Y/N could try on anything and he'd say they look great, with that earnest expression that just makes it impossible to be mad about it. Y/N can try the process of elimination, and he does a lot better answering "this or that" questions. The living room ends up a mess by the time he's actually starting to help, almost hesitant to make contact. His gaze keeps flitting up to their eyes, checking in with them if things are still okay and he's good to continue. Ends up losing his anxiety by the end of it, giving them a couple earnest compliments. But once he's out the door and back alone he realizes that's it, that was his role in this and that's what it'll always be, and that does sting a good bit.

Post-reveal: Sun: And here you have chosen death. No longer concerned about propriety and overstepping, because now boundaries are all in the open and secrets no longer exist, he's very eager to show Y/N the full extent of his knowledge. Will no longer be too shy to go into their room, either, and Y/N will have some mild regrets over him judging what they have available. Will also be much less coy about sharing his own wardrobe, and given that he wasn't shy about it before there's just a lot waiting for Y/N. Will still be focused during the actual buttoning and zipping, but his touch will linger longer when he draws his fingers back down the line of clothing he just closed up. God help them when it's at their back - you know what you do when there's sudden pressure drawn down your back? You arch into it, and Sun is living for it when Y/N just moves with his hand, maybe eliciting a small gasp... "There, all set" - and his grin is entirely too innocent when they turn to glare at him. Maybe missing the touch already, which is exactly what he intended <3

Moon: A little less violence, good for him. Given the lack of secrets Moon is much more comfortable explaining that his sense of fashion is very much just "I need to work in it and not get killed by Sun if he happens to switch into it" which will make Y/N laugh and set the tone for the rest of the little fitting. He'll be much more of a menace, pretending to contemplate and at times even impersonating Sun and trying to mimic his speech patterns just to make Y/N crack up as they hold different shirts in front of their body. But when he asks them to "Come here?" with that gentle smile, they don't even hesitate for a second. He's much more confident, maybe even letting out an appreciative hum as he works the buttons/ zippers. Of course, he'll want to look at his handiwork, and helps them turn with his hands on their sides, before grinning like a Cheshire cat and asking if they'll need help getting out of it later, too? Earns him another laugh and a playful smack to the face, but he only laughs too knowing that he will get to help them get comfortable after, too <3

Eclipse: (though not for AU!Y/N, and more a s/o) Eclipse: Oh, he wants to have fun with this! He'd love to start from scratch, and start it all off with a shopping trip to just look around! If the energy is there, he'd love to go to multiple stores and compare, mixing and matching whatever you like, and looking for accessories in the same go! (or another go. multiple trips is also fun, he just gets excited! online shopping he's also definitely open for, if that's more comfortable - he just likes the added bonus of exploration) The actual putting on he'll be quieter, but still giddy. Torn between reverent staring, excited noises and hand clapping, and actually helping, he's a bit of a scatterbrain about it, but it's okay! Just take enough time to get ready! Very, very careful and gentle with any buttons or zippers - he doesn't want to pinch you, or break anything, and animatronics are strong enough for a mindless little tug to end with a loose button or damaged zipper. With four hands he's got a good advantage though, and two can take care of buttons and zippers, while two can hold the rest of the fabric in place. If that happens by having his hands rest on your shoulders, sides, hips, or even all of the above depending on where he's currently zipping/ buttoning, that's between him and you! Will shower you in compliments as soon as he's done, before quietly asking if you like it, too - because he knows that's the most important part, and if he hasn't helped you before and/ or you have very different tastes in fashion, he'll want to check in that everything went well and you're satisfied! <3

you know the day is going to be a doozy when you wake up with anxiety already eating you alive 🫠