Bleed Green

Main Blog. Art, Writing, Singing, and STEM “We'll find out what these people did to the environment to make the spirits mad.” -Aang I believe we are in dire need of Separation of Corporation and State.

[metellastella]

Pinned Post Primer

This is my Pinned Post to explain what I post where. 

I post doodle dumps and/or lineart that you ARE free to use! Just make sure you look on the post’s commentary to double check. Credit please! And tag me!

I also like coloring or refining other peoples’ lineart, just check my fandoms, and DM me, if you have some you’re not motivated to finish, but want to see it done. 

I do have a Discord server for Conscious Consumerism, but at present we do not have Mods to go public. If you'd like to come hang out and share what you find in terms of ethical businesses, whether it's black-woman-owned, worker-owned, eco-friendly, or otherwise, and/or share you handmade crafts, DM me.

TLDNR Version (read first regardless):

This is my main. Eco-friendly stuff mostly, original art, ATLA, and I am entering a new era within a slew of other fandoms, TADC chief among them, so let me get that sorted.

(mostly animation, but some Steam games and medical dramas will be included hopefully as well) TADC tags are: "my tadc fanart" and "tadc discourse" Dungeon Meshi: I’ve literally never bought a print manga before despite having dabbled in anime a little, but this one has convinced me.

Lego Monkie Kid is another major one. And Jentry Chau- man wish ALL Western animation could look half this good. And they really broke the mentor trope, like six ways to Sunday. Glorious. TADC sideblogs: @the-amazing-digital-sherpas for collecting fanart. (Also has discourse. Feel free to block that tag.)

@zooble-creechur Fanart, also audio requests for Zooble to say lines open.

@caine-shrine also for others' fanart, also lists my fics (which are pretty much ALL Caine-heavy, at this point) in the Pinned Post

@the-amazing-digital-purple <Jax-centric, natch. some of my own collabs. this may or may not become an Ask Blog for my fic Many Wants, Many Nails, Many Horses, a.k.a. M^3

@gumshoe-gummigoo <this is a more lighthearted, generalized Ask Blog, some audio requests already done! This all will go more smoothly if you can request on Discord, tho!

Undertale sideblogs: add ‘ask-anachro-’ to the front of your favorite characters, and at least one should show up. I voice half the main cast. Audio requests open. Most recent mourning is the end of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, (they literally had plans for the next season but they got axed) hoping Dogs in Space somehow get the attention they deserve, which despite being top Netflix shows, somehow have gotten passed over by fandom radar. And although they have utterly silly sounding names, have hints of much larger societal themes, and are quite solid and awesome.

Kipo is in a similar boat . . .

(full fandom list on Discord)

@stellaafterdark is for not-for-kids cartoons.

(I do not like saying 'adult' or 'mature' cartoons because adults obviously can enjoy kids' shows, and even feel more comfortable with them, per myself, and some in that general grouping are LESS mature than what a 3rd grader would watch. On the flip side, TADC, Dungeon Meshi, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Pantheon are good examples of shows I think a kid could watch, and even greatly benefit from, if it were supervised and some parts skipped. Possibly Common Side Effects too . . .? For two of these, I'm working on a list of timestamps, actually, if anyone is interested.)

Instagram: The IG of my same name hosts pet portrait paintings

Instagram (metellastella_fandom) fanart for Pokemon, ATLA, Undertale, etc.

UPDATE: IG has locked me out of that account due to some technical difficulty, and in true corrupt corporation fashion they won’t respond to Support emails. So, now that one’s been torpedoed. I heard at a con that the same thing happened to Grey DeLisle, so there's no hope for little old me. They’ve essentially made it an ‘archive’ now. Guess for future posting I’m going to have to fall back on metellastella_fantasy

Deviantart: MUCH more content

AO3: ATLA, MMHOPH, TMNT, and small quantities of The Dragon Prince (which has people from ATLA) FFN: Less content, because I haven’t gotten around to it. WHY would you nix the beta reader function, FFN?? WWHHYY? Does anyone want to start a community hive of beta readers somewhere ‘cause that’d be swell. 

Ao3 community, Discord, BlueSky, Mastodon, literally don’t care where. 

If you know of a place that exists, PLZ SHARE.

More-detailed ‘Long I WILL Read’ Version under the cut: 

I have poems about practically any subject you’d care to name. I frequently share these as Google Docs, and may eventually record for Spoken Word for Soundcloud and/or YT. I also have some essays/rants and I’m not sure what blog platform I want to use. Any suggestions? 

I am working on a couple of novels, which I also have samples for in Google Docs.

Will not crosspost within IG accounts or Tumblr sideblogs if I can absolutely help it, so feel free to follow more than one with the expectation you will not see the same thing twice. (EDIT: except for Caine-Shrine, I will be reblogging art of him from on main. But, both main and Shrine will have tadc meta that the other doesn't have, so.) Will occasionally add something I think of later from a differently focused account, though.

On my main Tumblr, I post a blend of general social justice, mixed with environmental justice and sustainability, and wildlife and cute and/or interesting animals, and also Avatar the Last Airbender. I have a sideblog that is dedicated primarily to ATLA reblogs but also a sprinkling of other fandoms that come up and some discussion on others’ headcanons and my own story. (Next tagging project is probably going to be #Metella Metas) A couple of half-dressed up drawings to go along with my ATLA fic have their own posts. Hashtag: #WMTE

My other main fandom is Undertale, and I have several ask blogs where the characters get into general shenanigans and also speak on topics they’re interested in, and fun facts. I do voices and songs for a lot of them on Soundcloud, which I will crosspost links to for your listening pleasure on Tumblr. 

The reason I don’t post Pokemon art to Tumblr on any blogs is because it would take a whole lot of work to transfer the mountains worth of fanart I’ve already done in the semi-distant past to here. (I’ve already got more to transfer from my first DA account, before they enabled username changes). Also, I am not deep into the character and worldbuilding aspects of the Pokemon franchise. On Tumblr, I try to focus on fandoms I write for, since it enables text better and people actually evaluate it (unlike my witty Artists’ Comments on DA I spent years submitting, and adding cute emoticons to, which I’m not sure anyone actually reads) so as for my being visually inspired, I decided to keep to platforms that are focused on images. 

The reasons why DA hosts a lot more of my content than IG is (a) I’ve been on there a whole lot longer and (b) I have a heck of a time trying to fit some art and comics to the limited image scale on IG. On Deviantart and the specific Instagram ‘sideblog’ (@metellastella_fandom), Pokemon art ranges from semi-realistic to super cartoony. 

For @metellastella_fantasy, the critters are also posted on DA and it’s much easier to download my lineart to use from there than from IG (in fact I’m not sure it’s possible at all??) 

I have some other sideblogs, but I’d rather not mention them here, because I’m self-conscious about conflict. (when on a more front-facing ‘public’ platform ofc- anybody who knows me knows I can rip into a good debate 1-on-1) If we’re already friends and I’ve talked to you some, and you’re curious about the sideblogs, you can PM me.

If you’re interested in a snapshot of me as a person, go here: https://metellastella.tumblr.com/post/636149436159000576/its-weird-i-know-irl-and-url-people-act

[mewkaro]

Some sketches where Caine finally gets the comforting physical touch he needs. I haven't thought too much about the context for these sketches, it's probably one of these AU where Caine got retrieved from the recycle bin

(please, please, please, don't tag this as a ship, to me it's purely friendship / found family / platonic🙏)

Under the cut is each sketch separately and some of my thoughts and hurt/comfort headcanons

(I'm trying my best, but there might be some strange worded phrases since English isn't my first language 🥹)

-I have a (a little strange) headcanon that Bubble loves to lick everyone's cheek slike some weird labrador dog. I view him as the embodiment of Caine's repressed, anxious, and OCD-like thoughts, and when Caine's secret desire to be comforted gets overwhelming, Bubble might randomly start licking his face. It leaves Caine completely baffled and Caine finds it a bit gross, but deep down in his digital heart, he secretly loves it. Because somehow, it feels gentle... and comforting...

-It's a sad headcanon, but I've always thought that in many AUs where Caine is restored from the recycle bin, he would have PTSD from being deleted and from the fact that for some time, nobody told him his deletion was accidental. Everyone was just sure Kinger had told him, while Kinger wasn't always lucid and was sure everyone else had told Caine. And when Caine he has strong emotions or anxious thoughts, he might have bad panic attacks, thinking that he was hurting people again and they'll delete him. It's gonna take a while for people to forgive Caine, but nobody wanted to make him feel this way, so when they finally get what's happening, they will try to help him get through his panic attacks

-I like to see Ragatha as an older sister figure, not because it's a mask she wears, but because Ragatha and Caine have similar traumas, she can understand his pain

-I like to think of Gangle and Caine as art friends. Also, I feel like Gangle gives the tightest but softest hugs, the kind of hugs where Caine can just… let go and just be

-Another strange headcanon,but i think a lot about Caine and Zooble's friendship. About how it started with a huge fight over an 'suggestive update,' but then somehow led to a long and sincere conversation about why it was so important to Zooble and why Caine felt so uncomfortable. And somehow it ended with them becoming friends, and Zooble becoming a safe space for Caine to understand and explore the platonic touch he craves. Also, I love the headcanon that Caine likes being scratched under his chin like some kind of cat. I don't know if he purrs, but I think he feels incredibly relaxed

-I think it's hard for Caine to understand complex, contradictory, or overwhelmingly strong emotions, and not just other people's, but his own emotinons too. So I was just imagining a scene where Caine and Kinger (as his father figure), are reading a book about emotions together. Maybe it's a psychology book, or maybe it's one of those children's books that explains feeling in away a child can easily understand

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

"Scam" you mean people are fighting back against housing discrimination??? I don't think these people know what the word scam means

Scams are designed to trick someone into giving up money based on lies. This is just.. asking for information then legally enforcing the law??

Fuck landlords

[that-gay-jedi]

"Are you illegally discriminating against disabled people?"

"Yes."

[metellastella]

Wait what there are THREE teams on ArtFight this year????????

got one response for participation on Tumblr so far

‘bout two weeks away!!

ask me what my fandoms are!

[background-character-341]

For all its faults Tumblr has truly ruined all other social media for me because my friends all have Instagram and are all trying to get me on Instagram more but every time I open Instagram there are like fifteen things screaming for my attention and when I get over myself long enough to start scrolling it's like. Where is my chronological dash. Where is the following-only option. Who are these people. Why are there so many videos. Everyone is screaming at me. And then before I know it I'm thirty minutes into scrolling and I haven't seen a single thing that I actually care about. At least on Tumblr when I see stuff I don't care about I know someone I follow has found a new interest.

[metellastella]

For me what led to deleting the app off my phone is, interaction there is so empty.

Like yes, I can binge content I love that’s hyper addicting, but the aspect of Discord where you actually build relationships with people (ie it’s truly SOCIAL media and not “watch my content” media) is null. Maybe people manage to do that in DM. Idk. But that in itself is rather isolating. Not a social “space.”

It doesn’t even hit the lesser benchmark of Tumblr “mutual” culture.

I wish Tumblr would bring back Chats.

[thesnadger]

When I was in school, one of my art teachers used to say “this world needs more creators. There’s more than enough destroyers in the world today.”

Just a reminder, if you create anything–art, writing, food, machines, ideas, equations, knits, tools, gardens–the world needs you.

[sylviawitch]

This makes me happy.

Happy creating, everyone

[hayleyolivia]

Just a dandy boy 🌻

[metellastella]

TOMORROW!!!!!

[voidsweirdthoughts]

Artstyles!! ❤️💙

How would your Pomni be if she met other interpretations of herself?

Dialogue

-uhh… why am I cubical now??

-artstyle change.

you get used to it after a while, it’s like first entering the circus

-oh! Thanks uh..

-oh right, you’re new! I’m also Pomni but in a differen-

-[cutting off, yelling from behind them] DID SHE JUST TURN HER HEAD??!!!

-[startled] did someone just yell??

-down there *points*

It’s just Chibi

-[yelling and sobbing] NOT FAIR!!! IT TOOK ME TWO WEEKS JUST TO LOOK UP FROM HERE!!!

-…

[confused] …I-

- [finishing her sentence] -don’t think that’s me? Yeah.

We think it’s a side effect from her style

[metellastella]

Well that Reblog I just did DEFINITELY made me think that I should create a Masterpost of all my visual Caine content.

and actually get the couple of other ones I have posted up

It may not seem like much ultimately, (neither in amount nor in quality) but as I’ve said before, my boi has pulled me out of a major art funk.

[voidsweirdthoughts]

“You can’t draw a character in that many styles, you’re exaggerating”

Proof that Caine is such a pain/fun to draw the artstyle keeps changing

1 regular normal Caine panic

2 regular normal Caine panic but with hyperfixation yapping

3 cartoonish Caine panic (right, the left is regular normal)

4 can only draw head /something possessed me into drawing good and can’t replicate or finish it correctly

5 using ref

6 discovering art tips are a lie with this guy

7 ace caine

8 AUGHHHHH WHAT IS THAT GET AWAY FROM MEEEEE (first attempt)

9 that one drawing I’m so proud of but can only find the wip for (sob)

10 regular normal Caine panic but in smol and wholesome

11 finding out there’s an image limit and crying miserably in a corner

Part two soon then i guess…

[metellastella]

Can I digitally line some of these? (if I can find my iPad …)(I can show an example of what I’m talking about)

This brings me back to doodling Mao Mao in so many different styles in doodle dumps!

I guess my Caine Fusion Concepts count as this sort of thing too, now that I think about it.

Even tho I made those all into separate posts.

Trying to think back, I drew him in a FunnyBunny short comic, again w a different style, and a lineart, and I have yet another sitting around here somewhere. Plus there’s the “artist trio” where he’s with Gangle and Zooble.

I haven’t posted the Ragatha one yet.

There was one more, but I can’t remember. #ADHDgang

EDIT: ah, left my phone open for a little while w this draft and remembered. I drew him in response to an Ask, talking to Clippy, and I’ve cleaned up that line work now but also never posted it.

#ADHDgang again

Maybe I just need to make a compilation post, lol. “Proof I cannot draw Caine in a consistent style to save my life”

#AphantasiaGang

Kinda like my Pomni masterpost, but that one varied in style on purpose, ofc.

And the style explorations I did for Jax are scattered across too many papers … I meant to get my light table and transpose them all onto one in order to look a little neater … but …

… drumroll …

🥁

#ADHDgang

[discoasphodel13]

Hey so it's come to my attention that the Creators of Disco Elysium want you to share the game and not give the company who took over and fired them (illegally)?) any profits off of their ideas and work, and I originally joined tumblr 2 weeks ago when that post was going around about the Steam sale and how you should [Skull and Crossbones flag] it instead.

So.

in light of that.

Check the replies/notes of this post :)

I was informed that posts containing links in them aren't findable in the search so i'll just.... drop a link in a seperate reboot :)

first things first though, copy this key:

q4-EJ9G2DV7MYYI-Vs0KdQ

[discoasphodel13]

here's the edited version with the captal YY in the key above!

2326 files and 29 subfolders

and also the Google drive link :

[fallout-lou-begas]

[metellastella]

I dream of a world where readers of fanfiction outpour all the feelings they felt while reading. I dream of readers sharing their headcanons it reminded them of, or new ones it spawned. I dream of discourse that’s friendly among readers who all like the same fic, a unique dynamic for longform content that would not and could not exist to a bunch of different people immediately reacting to a 10 second video, with mixed opinions. This could naturally happen in a comment section, if we’d just let it. If we did not leave it to the AI Bots to spit out commentary, and the humans be silent. I dream of a world where readers speculate in the comments what will happen, and that may change the course of the story. I dream of a world where fandom becomes an INTERPLAY of people again, not this accidental echo of mindless consumption that corporations have us hooked on.

[metellastella]

Only 20 days left till ArtFight!!

If you’re a Mutual or a Follower of mine, and you’re planning on participating, DM me! I’ll try to keep you in mind when making an intent list! Give me a link to your page!

[piandaoist]

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ATLA Book 3 soundtrack releases on streaming on July 17th! :O

@loopy777

[loopy777]

[metellastella]

Why. Why uh. Why did it take this long.

what.

flabbergasted

taken aback

agog

and shocked

stunned

thunderstruck

astounded

and dumbfounded

[desolationlesbian]

it's now deltajune which means deltarune is deltasoon

[desolationlesbian]

depending on your timezone it might come out around deltanoon

[desolationlesbian]

if you got a TV in there or a handheld console you can play it in your deltaroom

[metellastella]

Gooseworx Appreciation Week Day 2

(this may look like a shitpost at first but bear with me … keep reading)

Gooseworx has done something truly unique among both fandom and literature, (afaik) in declaring beforehand that there will be no romance.

This is inspiring to me, and I hope it will inspire other creators to consider doing so as well. As we’ve seen with this most recent fiasco, not even extracting shipping will rid fandom of drama, but as history shows, JUST imagine how much more OTT this past year would’ve been if uncertainty about outcomes of ships were involved!

Within the story, it is canon that all of the characters have had any ability to have sex removed.

So effectively, Gooseworx has rendered the story incapable of hosting any allo at all, both by dialog and by meta commentary.

the running gag with Gangle aside, which is its own curious phenomenon one could expound on, that got me kicked out of an uptight Discord space for even mentioning it lol

It probably wasn’t even her specific intent to create such an aroace-friendly environment, but nonetheless that is the outcome!

Caine himself, although it’s probably supposed to be narratively tied to his programming as a “family friendly” AI, also has resonated with a lot of us aces.

Accidental representation can sort of be more entertaining than sometimes-“Anvilicious” feeling rep.

Stay tuned, I’m going to attach a set of suggestions to a Reblog of this at the end of the appreciation week!

[metellastella]

Reblogging for pride month because why not 

(btw what I intended for the end of the week, there, made its way into the post about anti infantilization of Pomni)