I'm a Gryffinclaw

1/2 Gryffindor 1/2 Ravenclaw, I'm an Engineering student who cares more about literature than almost anything else (except maybe space travel). Bit of a fandom blog, bit of my writer side peeking out, let's see what happens!

[chasespero]

thirteen + episode titles

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

Different Stories Resonate with Different People

[lovingmyselfishard]

I will always reblog this.

[wordybee]

“It is interesting because we actually wrote every season as if it could be the last one. We actually made sure the last episode of every season, if that was the last episode of Leverage that you ever see, that it was a wrap up. We said, “If we are only going to make these thirteen, we are going to make the hell out of it!” And that’s my I like the micro-ending! I like the idea that we told that story for that year well. I hate cliffhangers. I hate cliffhangers with a burning passion. Come back and watch our show. We’re not going to give you the really cool part of the episode; you’ve got to come back next week. Screw you. Give the people their ending and come up with some new shit next year. Give the people their fucking ending.”

— John Rogers (x)

[fanonical]

“Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?” Dumbledore asked calmly.

The word ‘calmly’ can hold different meanings in different circumstances. If you were to pass someone a bucket of water calmly when their house was burning down, it could suggest that you were the sort of brave individual who was always prepared to combat the sources of arson when they occur. If you were to ask a nervous bank teller to fill a sack with money while calmly pointing a gun at their head, it might mean that you were the kind of villainous person who practiced such odious and criminal activities on a regular basis. Or if, like me, you were to sit calmly typing the next chapter of your chronicle in the lives of some unfortunate young children, while all around you the kitchen of the reputable restaurant that you were hiding in was slowly filling with sand, it would indicate that you have a life that is often filled with peril and misfortune, and that you were bound by duty to complete your task, no matter how miserable.

Of course, the word ‘calmly’ is never used to indicate a person flying into a rage and shouting your words angrily. ‘Angrily’ is in fact an antonym of ‘calmly’, an antonym being a word with entirely the opposite meaning of the original, such as ‘villain’ and ‘volunteer’, ‘birthday party’ and ‘tragic fire’, or ‘author’ and ‘happy person’.

Now, obviously, a well-read and distinguished director of cinema would never mistake a word with its antonym. That would be preposterous, a word which here means ‘create an incredibly out of character scene and confuse the audience.’

[doctor-ciel]

Did you just Lemony Snicket “Calmly™”

[rustandruin]

[bluebeardsbride-archive]

“The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”, 1911.

[bluebeardsbride-archive]

[arandomthot]

Better to know ahead of time than have it come out of left field

[sleepingexplorer]

Artist Questions

@sheeponmars tagged me in a lovely thing. thank you!

1. What is your personal favourite of your own pictures?

probably this one. I don’t know why, i just love it so much. it’s one i wouldn’t ever sell and when i get around to framing anything i’ve done it (and the matching Martin) will be first.

2. What would you describe as your comfort zone?

portraits of Benedict Cumberbatch. ha well yes obviously. but let’s say, realistic portraits from photographic references. also lines and linework. 

3. What would you like to be better at?

color. i think I am unjustly trepidatious about it. I would also love to be better at drawing the human figure with little or no reference. 

4. Which single picture made you learn the most?

ALL OF THEM no well most of them? but perhaps if i picked just one or two it might be:

for value and detail and (an imperfect start at) modelling form with line which is a thing that i love, and

for more value and detail and learning things about working with pen, and self-editing and when to ignore the reference and what to do when you ignored the reference and shouldn’t have. (and the hair pleases me.) anyway… :)

5. Do you think one of your pictures is overrated/underrated?

not really. i try not to think about my work based on how many or how few notes a piece gets.. looking at my own drawings especially, high notes doesn’t mean a piece is amazing and low notes doesn’t mean it sucks. but if you’d like to see a sketch that i love a lot compared to how many notes it has, it would be this one:

:)

6. Is there any picture which you hated when you first made it, but now you like     it?

not so much, it tends to be the other way around. generally, if i post something, i’m pleased with it at the moment. usually if i hate it, i never end up finishing it. there are many things that i post, and then weeks or months later start to see all the flaws.

7. Is there a medium you just can’t get to work for you?

no, just media that i have high hopes of eventually getting to work for me. and colored pencils. 

8. Is there a different artist in the fandom who inspires you?

goodness gracious, i could be here all day. i mean this seriously, if you are an artist and i follow you, it is because i love your work (and am thrilled to see it on my dash and maybe stalk your art tag occasionally oohing and ahhing at your art), and you inspire me in mine. <3<3<3 but to pick just one right now, i will say @khorazir. her skill with the pencil (and really any medium she picks up, her figure drawing and illustration skills, her dedication to fandom and fan arts, and her work ethic as an artist are all to be admired. applause.

9. Which picture took you the longest? (estimated)

One that i have finished, but i haven’t posted yet (soon!) 

and then there is always this beast:

come to think of it, this is one i learned a hell of a lot on too, especially about textures. plaid. fur. saran wrap in the dark lit by LED. the values are not all perfect but i am really proud of it. it took me an obscene amount of hours.

10. When did you start painting/drawing?

serious arting-drawing? probably 13. and then a long dry spell after art school of all things and a rebirth about… 2 years ago now! hooray!

thank you for tagging me! i will now tag people who i follow that you didn’t already tag and who totally don’t have to do this but if you can i would LOVE to see. firstly you, @sheeponmars since you could do it too :) and @lunadax, @khorazir, @splunge4me2art, @meetingyourmaker, @cpnblowfish, @cluelessakemi actually all of my artist mutuals (and followers), since i can’t think right now, please consider yourselves unobligatorially (?) tagged! because i would love to see.

[notjustamumj]

simply stunning work @cpnblowfish

[almosttomorocco]

WOW.

[sleepingexplorer]

wow, this post is like years old and the art in it even older… and it’s going around again… you all are lovely ♡♡♡

[possibly-a-ghost]

I said it already on twitter but it bears repeating here

Taako is on Fantasy Queer Eye as the culinary expert he just goes home and binges his own show.

[emberchii]

“Taako? What are you doing here, babe?” 

I loved todays liveshow, it was wonderful and I IMMEDIATELY made fanart, because MY FAVOURITE BOY SHOWED UP

[beansmakesart]

a lil comic of one of my favorite parts of the live show

(which was very very very good)

[hiirenvirna]

“Don’t binge Queer Eye season 2 without me!” “Too late!”

Hello new favorite taakitz moment

Here’s a tiny yelling Krav as a bonus:

[doorstoplorddraws]

the latest TAZ ep gave me taakitz feels so

here’s this

[quantum-mechanic]

Susan Sto Helit crosses fictional universes to watch Taako and Kravitz’s cats for them and you can’t convince me otherwise

[merillock]

(x)

[shesnake]

Set It Up (2018) dir. Claire Scanlon

[shinelikethunder]

Partial List of Supertags for the AO3 “Exclude” Filter

All of these are parent tags that will strip works tagged with any of their subtags from your search results. So for example, instead of having to enter the tags for high school AUs, college AUs, and boarding-school AUs separately, just pop “Alternate Universe - School” into the exclude filter and it’ll accomplish the same thing.

You will notice there are a lot of AU tags in here. If I had a magic wand to wave at the AO3 tag-wrangling system, the very first thing I’d do is create a supertag for setting/universe alterations that doesn’t include canon-divergence AUs, which are a separate beast. But we live in the universe where there’s no such thing, and being able to enter the 10 biggest AU supertags into “exclude” beats the tar outta playing whack-a-mole with all their dozens and dozens of child tags.

Avoidance Needs

Mental Health Issues (92024) (Many granular sets of subtags)

Abuse (82463) (Many granular sets of subtags)

Non-Consensual (67956) (Noncon touching/kinks, rape fantasy, past/threatened/implied, aftermath and recovery)

Pregnancy (51212) (Includes mpreg, “Pregnant [Character],” etc)

Consent Issues (45770) (Dubcon, uninformed consent, fuck-or-die)

Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics (38933) (Parent tag for all omegaverse variants, “Alpha [Character],” etc)

Children (38546) (Characters having children, characters as children, various AUs–but “Age Regression/De-Aging” is a separate tag)

Soulmates (38278) (Also covers “Alternate Universe - Soulmates,” soulmarks, etc)

Homophobia (30930) (Internalized, period-typical, etc)

Alternate Universe - Gender Changes (8702)

Mundane AUs

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting (98895)

Alternate Universe - School (43520) (High school, college, boarding school)

Alternate Universe - Career (35958) (Food service, retail, coffee shops, artists, police, about 50 others)

Alternate Universe - Human (21608) (No mutants, no werewolves, humanized nonhuman characters)

Alternate Universe - Real World (13296) (No powers, no magic)

Alternate Universe - Criminals (9456) (Mob/gang, prison, assassins & hitmen)

Genre AUs

Alternate Universe - Fantasy (27419) (Magic, urban fantasy, dragons, bending/Avatar fusions)

Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements (18046) (Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, succubi)

Alternate Universe - Science Fiction (8975) (Space, cyberpunk, steampunk, aliens, robots)

Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers (7037) (Power swaps/differences, mutants/X-Men fusions)

Alternate Universe - Horror (4791) (Also includes zombies)

Alternate Universe - Angels & Demons (4086)

Alternate Universe - Mythology (3264)

Other Canons and Time Periods

Alternate Universe - Fusion (31584)

Alternate Universe - Historical (20089)

Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale (5420) (Fusions with individual fairy tales)