M.E.S.S. Shipyard 4

[algae-illustrations]

Silly comic. Grace would absolutely pull this move.

[rockets]

Hello tumblr. I’m reviving my old blog from the dead with some of my PHM fanarts.

This movie/book has gripped my soul a little too hard 😭

[paper-mache-stars]

been thinking about grace and adrian being alike

[viralfrog]

[messyshipyard]

Project from architecture school where my professor told me to “make a transformer” when the assignment was to make a temporary building so I compromised and made a giant bug car tent

[flawseer]

Spider

No actual spiders depicted

I imagine Winter doesn't do so well with crawlies. The climate he is from is very inhospitable to insects and arachnids, so growing up in the Ice Kingdom he probably hasn't seen too many bugs in his life and had no opportunities to get used to them (maybe he's found an antarctic midge if he went digging for it, but that's it).

So when he turns a corner and suddenly spots some big critter on the wall with way too many legs, I don't see him screaming for joy. If I remember right he was also having a hard time with all the crawlies in the rainforest, especially some centipede thing crawling on his face while Deathbringer was sitting on him.

I guess because of all that, I picture him as a bit of an arachnophobe.

Would you believe me if I told you I've been wanting to make this comic for two years now? I've occasionally been talking to my friends about it. Like, I'd say "maybe I should do spider comic soon". Well, I suppose it has finally happened. I hope you enjoy spider comic.

You can't ever have too many Qibli and Winter domestic scenes, can you?

Now that spider comic is over, maybe I can move on to soap comic... some time within the next two years.

[abigailspinach]

"I Was So Surprised and Shocked": Shohreh Aghdashloo on How Devoted 'Expanse' Fans Manifested Her Casting in 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3

She also discusses facing off with Sophie Okonedo and why she loves Elaida, flaws and all.

SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO: It was incredible. I've worked in Hollywood for 50 years—half a century. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. As soon as I was done with The Expanse, the fans of The Expanse and those who liked my work on The Expanse, they started saying, “We need to find her another TV series because we want to see her at work.” I thought, “Oh my god, I’m at home. I’m no longer ‘that strange actor’ coming from the other half of the world.” I am at home with them, with my family, who want to see me again, who want me to keep working. I was so surprised and shocked to some point

Then [fans] started saying, “Yes, she should come to The Wheel of Time, and she can do a good job with the series.” At that point, my social media person said, “Shoreh, you need to say something here. The numbers are going.” I said, “I cannot believe this.” I was still in the process of understanding and digesting the thought of being in The Wheel of Time, chosen by my fans—obviously The Expanse fans, and then the ones who like my work. Again, I couldn’t say anything.

They didn’t stop. I could write a book about this. After two days, [the fans] came up with the idea that I should play Cadsuane. Then, again, I was thinking, “What to say? What not to say?” I said, “Why do you want me to play Cadsuane?” They said, “Because her character’s as strong as Avasarala in The Expanse.” I was so proud of myself, and then the fact that I had a family now, and the family was thinking of me. Again, I said, “Well, it’s not for me to initiate. Let’s go find a showrunner!” One of them came up with his name: the amazing Rafe Judkins, our showrunner—one of the best showrunners I’ve ever worked with. He started DMing, saying, “Yes, she's been on our radar since 2018, but we knew she was busy with The Expanse. She’s not busy anymore? Bring her over.” Two weeks after, I received an offer from Rafe.