Arania's Sanctum

Hello and welcome to my tumblr My name is Jenny, elsewhere on the net I can be found under "Arania" (or AraniaArt or AraniaArtist if that's taken), or "Sabin Duvert". I am a bisexual genderfluid mostly female-identifying person married to my wife, Shipperhipster / Kamiki    I am a freelance artist with a master's degree in Cultural Anthropology (not that I'm doing anything with my degree). This tumblr was original conceptualized to post my artwork, updates about my site, etc HOWEVER, mostly recently I have completely set sail on the Stucky ship, so my blog has been mostly consumed by that and all things MCU. Expect Fanart, fic links, meta, feminist and queer theory pontificating, and other things that catch my interest.   I have a separate cosplay blog, The Smol Bucky You can follow my artwork on My Deviantart Page    Also, I am AraniaArt on AO3 TAGS ON TUMBLR My Winter Soldier Cosplay My Artwork and Sketches     Chibi Icon by Omi   Full Artwork is Here

[depsidase]

[portraitoftheoddity]

This just in: ALL hours can be working hours if you're self employed and bad at setting boundaries!

[wizardflowers]

This ship is ridiculous, 10/10 no notes

Idk what the story here would be, but I have a half imagined idea of Grace going exploring for life after everything’s calmed down and they find a water planet to check out. Maybe Grace falls in or gets dragged under by a current or some such!

[araniaart]

Not SUPER new, but I don't think I've posted this to Tumblr yet: but I'm really proud of this latest iteration of a concept I've rendered (very differently) in the past for "Mermaid's Touch" - a deceptive siren.

[passionpeachy]

The way adult fandom people hold indie online creators and cartoons to a much higher standard than their actual local politicians. You could be putting that energy into terrorizing and protesting conservatives at your town hall and actually make a good material impact on the world but instead you're background checking everything the trans woman who made the amazing digital circus has ever said

[passionpeachy]

The point isn't "stop criticizing indie artists" or "defend your favorite show under this post". I don't even watch Digital Circus and no one is above criticism. Literally every indie show is getting torn to shreds on twitter right now and I'm not saying this to defend anyone I don't know. The point is "someone who actually has the power to kill us all and get away with it deserves way more ire and accountability than a cartoonist and I expect grown adults to understand this"

[araniaart]

Look, I absolutely hate this mentality, but it is unfortunately deeply ingrained human social behavior response to stress. When a group of people is under particular social stress, it tends to fracture groups and turn them against each other. Because it's easier to fight people of a relatively similar social status than take on the oppressive societal force. It sucks, and I hate it. But I also wrote my grad thesis on the scapegoating of detainees during the Japanese American Internment during WWII as a case study of this behavior. Tight knit communities in the centers were hotbeds of rumor, accusations of disloyalty, and even resurgences in traditional folklore accusations when the people were stripped of power and information. It's the same shit, different century. We've got this big, oppressive government that is doing Horrible Things and we feel powerless, so we turn on each other. I just hope the awareness of the behavior can help people break it...

[tio-trile]

[araniaart]

A person of distinguished tastes, I see

[creatureprofessor]

i love when museums have near exact replicas of their displayed objects for you to buy. haha 15th century ceramic cup you are in my possession

[bitextualdisaster]

Went to a museum exhibit once that had this little guy

10/10, give me tiny replicas of animal statues that I am encouraged to pat as part every exhibit ever please

[araniaart]

So happy I got a reproduction of the Venus of Willendorf when I went to go visit the real thing at the museum in Vienna!

[rederiswrites]

Step one: use hall bathroom instead of master bathroom, notice that Builder Beige switchplate is horrid with lovely new purple walls. Take it down and wash it thoroughly.

Step two: dig out stash of old seed catalogues saved for this purpose. Get super crabby because you can't find the Mod Podge anywhere. Give up, then have daughter find it immediately, in the "glue box" you forgot you created.

Step three: decide on a color scheme, and start cutting. I asked @phantomtheraccoon if we should coordinate or contrast and she cleverly said both.

Step four: collect your flowers and fiddle with layout.

Step five: paint item with Mod Podge, place your images, and paint them again. Leave to dry, which honestly doesn't take long.

Step six: trim edges add cut out holes. I didn't actually cut out the screw holes; I just cut little X's there for the screws to go through. Worked fine to put it up, we'll see someday how it survives taking it apart again.

Step seven: coat everything with Mod Podge at least one more time, paying special attention to edges. Dry elevated on something (say, the top of the Mod Podge bottle) so it doesn't stick down.

Step eight: okay, wow, that's awesomer than expected!

*jazz hands*

[dangerously-human]

Ooh, yes, I should decorate my light switch plates here, even if I can't bring myself to do all the painting. I used to have a Lumos/Nox one I made very hastily when I was first renting and it made me happy every time I used it. Light switch plates are such an easy, cheap way to decorate when your space is temporary (they're like a dollar at home improvement stores and very simple to replace with the original when you move out), highly recommend this kind of craft.

[rederiswrites]

Yes to this addition. They're so cheap! Just do something, and then you will enjoy it every time you use it! Do something crappy! You can redo it later. This is such a low-risk/high reward project.

[rederiswrites]

Reblogging because I still enjoy this switchplate every time.

[dangerphd]

plates: painted green, decoupaged with paper jungle/diluted white glue, waiting for blossoms and sealing.

[dangerphd]

🎶whiiiiiiiite gluuuuuuuuue aaaaaand waaaaaaateeerrrrr and aaaaaaaaaastrobrights!🎵

inspired to just do the thing by @rederiswrites , in context with wall art by @yuumei-art

[rederiswrites]

Oh it's wonderful!

[evil-is-relative]

They had us do this in Girl Scouts! It's such a wonderful activity for kids too, and a great way to have them contribute to the house. My mother still has my sister and mine up and in use.

[cake-drunk-hunter]

@joy-and-whimsy-official this fits, don’t you agree?

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This arts and crafts is joyful and whimsical!

[araniaart]

I commissioned @valvaren (https://bsky.app/profile/valvaren.bsky.social ) to make this excellent snake switchplate for our snake room, with the snake modeled after my RL snake, Jubilee! It brings a smile to my face every time I turn on the lights :)

[54prowl]

when u commission me and I see your real name? no I don't.

[kaijuyuri]

star wars fans really just make anything up

[byjove]

I’m not Glup Shitto-ing you. He has a sexstache and everything.

[starwarsheritageposts]

star wars heritage post

[araniaart]

Are we kidding? Are we not going to even mention the deleted scene with Biggs Darkwater and Luke Skywalker dripping with homoeroticism?

[araniaart]

Oh crap! @bunnyzoey apparently I lied - I DO have a video of his answer - I kept digging through my files. I can't include a video with a repost so I'm having to make a separate post so hopefully you find this. To (BETTER!) answer your question here on a source of Frank Grillo answering what was going through Brock Rumlow's head in the vault scene: https://www.tumblr.com/araniaart/815888566840344576/hi-arania-sorry-to-message-you-out-of-nowhere-i?source=share

[araniaart]

Hi Arania,

Sorry to message you out of nowhere. I know it’s a little strange to have someone suddenly ask about something from ten years ago.

I’ve recently been rewatching Frank Grillo’s work and got back into Winterbones ship again😭. Then I came across that old Tumblr post about the vault scene in The Winter Soldier, where Frank apparently said Rumlow was thinking, “If he was on the right side.”

I saw that the tags thanked you and Shipperhipster for asking him at WW:NOLA, so I wanted to ask if you remember if that was from a live Q&A/panel, or if it was something you asked him in person? And was there ever a video of it?

I’ve been trying to find the original source for a while, but couldn’t track it down, so I hope you don’t mind me asking. No worries at all if you don’t remember!

Hi bunnyzoey! Thanks for asking! Unfortunately it's not something I have video of - it was something shipper hipster and I asked him at his autograph table at Wizard World New Orleans back in 2016.

I do have a pic from the autograph table - but not a video ^^;

I'm sorry - but I hope that helps!

[araniaart]

Ack! I lied! I DID find a video! I can't post a video on reblogs so I'm making a separate post.

[araniaart]

Hi Arania,

Sorry to message you out of nowhere. I know it’s a little strange to have someone suddenly ask about something from ten years ago.

I’ve recently been rewatching Frank Grillo’s work and got back into Winterbones ship again😭. Then I came across that old Tumblr post about the vault scene in The Winter Soldier, where Frank apparently said Rumlow was thinking, “If he was on the right side.”

I saw that the tags thanked you and Shipperhipster for asking him at WW:NOLA, so I wanted to ask if you remember if that was from a live Q&A/panel, or if it was something you asked him in person? And was there ever a video of it?

I’ve been trying to find the original source for a while, but couldn’t track it down, so I hope you don’t mind me asking. No worries at all if you don’t remember!

Hi bunnyzoey! Thanks for asking! Unfortunately it's not something I have video of - it was something shipper hipster and I asked him at his autograph table at Wizard World New Orleans back in 2016.

I do have a pic from the autograph table - but not a video ^^;

I'm sorry - but I hope that helps!

[theterribletenno]

A 15-year-old boy is about to base his entire personality on the last movie you watched for the next 10 years. HOW BAD IS IT?

He is going to get himself killed. Badly.

He is going to (try to) kill himself

The most obnoxious person in the world has just been born

FURRY (derogatory)

FURRY (normal)

Not much has changed? But now he's stuck like this for 10 years? Yikes.

It's cringe but it could have been a lot worse

At least he'll have fun at Comic Con

If anything this is a slight improvement.

He's not a boy anymore. He's a man now.

She's not a boy anymore. She's a girl now.

FINALLY, a son I can be proud of!

Voting ended onMay 11

[yw-carolina]

Howlies！

[jensencart]

Hey all!!

I'm opening up new spots on my patreon soon! We'll be letting folks in at the start of this next month, but we're forming the wait list now! If you're interested in snagging a spot for yourself, send an email over to [email protected] and let me know

patreon.com/uselesscantrips

[yabagofmilfs]

on a related note—awhile back i created this wheel with all the summer bingo prompts from last year.

spin it twice—would you read/write that combo?

helllllll yeah brother

for sure

eh it’s fine

no thanks i hate it

i have no feelings about it / im bald / nuance

Voting ended onApr 30

bonus points if you elaborate on your choice in the tags because i’m nosy.