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I'm just saying, if you're going to worldbuild magic being a "raw, primal force, akin to and interweaving with nature itself" you gotta explain to me why animals don't use it
I know the normal answer is "they just aren't smart enough for it" but idk I've seen enough media where a character uses a spell in a moment of brain-off panic ilI feel like animals could probably stumble into a spell or two like, accidentally
Also how funny would it be to see a completely normal regular bear cast magic missile outta nowhere
hey op have you heard of the award-winning mmo Final Fantasy XIV
my mother is playing pikmin and yelling at them in the exact tone of voice she uses for me and my siblings so we go into fight or flight every time. we thought initially that this meant she regarded the pikmin as akin to her children, but I now fear she’s always viewed us as pikmin
hi your post reads like a poem to me
I just want a beefy beast veira u-u
i love this image so much. his hand
I don’t think we ought to normalize or justify bullying as a means to keep people from being annoying — a sentiment that in and of itself could make for a whole article’s worth of conversation — but I do think we should make a habit of politely but directly telling people “hey I didn’t like that”, “that wasn’t funny”, “you are mistaken”, and the like if it’s called for, and more importantly, you should be able to take a “that wasn’t funny” for instance without taking it personally, because protecting a polite harmony where no one can criticize each other, not even politely, is also really, really bad.
this sounds like a party to me
Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly.”
The next part of Black Hair In Depth will feature styles and ideas for designing characters and I will release it around February. If you would like to see certain styles, please shoot me a message!
YES! BOOSTINGGGG FOR MY FOLKS WHO WANNA/NEED TO KNOW HOW
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Spirit Animal is racist.
Patronus was invented by a transphobe.
I think it’s time we all suck it up and say what we mean: fursona.
I know this is a jokey post (rip OPs notes) but a fursona is typically an animal REPRESENTATION of YOURSELF, not an external animal that is strongly meaningful to you and your life/journey.
I've seen daemon and familiar proposed, but to keep in line with the cursedness of the original post, may I suggest: spiritual tamagotchi
do you have any idea how refreshing it is to see a correction/suggestion to this post that actually understands the assignment
I’m getting strong enough to kill you all
now that's a solid snake
Primarchs Taking the Ring to Mordor
Lion El’Jonson The Lion joins the Fellowship immediately, barely says anything and keeps staring at Boromir. He just stands in the corner watching everyone argue about the ring with the expression of a man mentally placing them into categories like useful assets, security risk and future betrayal.
He would absolutely deliver the ring stealthily if everyone else just stopped talking. Unfortunately he keeps disappearing into forests and refusing to explain where he went. Aragorn respects him but also hates him slightly because Aragorn is used to being the mysterious forest man and suddenly there is a larger and colder one. Gimli hates that he can’t win an argument with a man who simply leaves.
Fulgrim He starts in the fellowship because he thinks the ring is a masterpiece, ten minutes later he’s wearing it on a chain and posing on a ruined statue. Fulgrim is fascinated by the ring not because he wants power at first but because it’s too perfect. A small and golden jewel that has caused kings to fall, nations to burn and immortal beings to speak in hushed voices. The Eye whispers: I alone understand beauty that must rule. “Finally someone with taste.” Fulgrim whispers back.
Perturabo Perturabo isn’t invited but shows up anyway with a complete engineering plan for bypassing every fortress, mountain and emotional conversation. He brings this up and everyone ignores him because the mood is very solemn and mythic. Elrond says that the ring must be carried by the small and humble and Perturabo immediately hears it as his contribution not being valued. Sauron later sends one whisper, not even a good one, just ‘They never appreciated what you built’ and Perturabo is already packing. He joins because Sauron lets him redesign Mordor’s defensive infrastructure and actually uses the word 'indispensable.' Within a month Mordor has better roads, reinforced towers, improved supply chains and a volcanic logistics network, unfortunately every orc also has to attend mandatory safety briefings.
Jaghatai Jaghatai hears ‘we must take the ring to Mordor’ and he’s already at the stables before the council even finishes. He doesn’t understand why everyone is still debating. He steals a horse and somehow ends up inventing motorcycle cavalry in Middle-earth. His version of the fellowship is a speedrun without songs or scenic pauses.
The nazgul try to chase him and immediately regret it. He feints them into ravines, circles them for sport and invents psychological mounted harassment tactics previously unknown to that land.
Russ Boromir says “one does not simply walk into Mordor” and Russ immediately stands up and accepts it like a dare. He is fond of the hobbits, they are small, brave, food motivated and prone to songs, absolute excellent pack members. Merry and Pippin love him, Sam is suspicious until Russ praises his cooking then decides Russ is fundamentally decent despite being approximately the size of a barn.
Stealth is impossible with Russ since he can’t resist howling at the moon, insulting distant enemies and announcing “I smell orc filth!” eight seconds before kicking down the nearest door.
Rogal Dorn Dorn accepts the mission then immediately identifies the real issue of the fellowship having insufficient fortifications. Within three days every place they sleep has walls, trenches, watchtowers, kill zones and a gatehouse. Middle-earth slowly becomes safer because Dorn keeps accidentally leaving citadels across the map.
He overthinks the approach to mount doom and insists on securing the perimeter, then the outer perimeter, then the inner perimeter, then a permanent garrison. The quest ends in 900 years after Mordor is fully encircled.
Konrad Curze Everyone assumed he would join Sauron but he doesn't, Curze joins the fellowship because he saw a future where the Ring wins and took that personally. He is terrifyingly effective in Mordor. Orc patrols simply disappear, watchtowers go silent, graffiti appears on walls saying things like I SAW WHAT YOU DID and entire garrisons flee because something in the dark has started judging them individually.
The Nazgul don’t enjoy him since they are supposed to be the horror element there and Curze makes the vibes weird. Aragorn keeps trying to have “redemption is possible” conversations and Curze keeps responding with prophetic nightmare statements.
Sanguinius The Fellowship’s morale goes up by 400%, everyone trusts him instantly and even the ring is briefly ashamed of itself. He makes everyone better simply by being there. Boromir confesses his weakness earlier because Sanguinius looks at him once with those sad, compassionate eyes and Boromir immediately feels emotionally convicted. Frodo sleeps better, Sam trusts him instantly, Aragorn feels both inspired and slightly insecure. Legolas is starstruck. Gimli pretends not to be, fails and then asks about the wings.
The ring tries everything to corrupt him. It shows a vision of a world saved by his hand and offers him the strength to end all suffering. Sanguinius would be tempted because he wants to spare others but he resists because he understands that evil often dresses itself as mercy.
Ferrus Ferrus thinks the entire situation is ridiculous because the enemy put too much of himself into a physical object and then lost it which is strategically embarrassing. He tries to break the ring with hammers, ancient smithing techniques and things nobody should use indoors. The Ring whispers promises of power and Ferrus responds “your tolerances are sloppy.” Sauron is insulted.
Ferrus is reliable on the road, he doesn’t complain or care about ominous weather but he keeps trying to improve everyone’s weapons without asking. He would carry the Ring if needed but he would spend the entire time furious that it still exists.
Angron Angron doesn’t join the fellowship, it simply happens near him. Someone mentions that Mordor has endless armies and he walks towards it. His presence fundamentally changes the quest because every orc within twenty miles is already dead, running or pretending to be dead.
If the Ring whispers to him, Angron screams louder. Gollum takes one look at him and decides to pursue a different subplot. He wouldn’t join Sauron because he gives orders and Angron has very strong feelings about being commanded.
Guilliman Guilliman hears the mission and immediately asks for maps, numbers, local political structures, known enemy movements, supply constraints and if the Shire has a functioning quartermaster tradition. The Council of Elrond is not ready for him. He coordinates Gondor, Rohan, Rivendell, Lothlorien, Dale, Erebor and probably three farming villages that didn’t know they were relevant.
Merry and Pippin accidentally become junior logistics officers while Sam loves him because supplies are finally being taken seriously. Aragorn appreciates him but also quietly worries that Guilliman is going to turn the restored kingdom into an administrative reform project before Aragorn even gets crowned.
Mortarion Mortarion hates Rivendell so much, it’s too much delicate immortal sadness in a single place. He looks at the elves and immediately wants to cough on their furniture. He likes Mordor because it’s honest, a landscape that hates you personally. He joins the Fellowship not because he likes anyone in particular but because Sauron is a tyrant sitting in a tower and Mortarion has opinions about that.
The Ring tempts him with liberation from overlords and a world where no one kneels, unfortunately it also speaks like a tyrant and Mortarion notices.
Magnus the Red Magnus knows more about ancient evil artifacts than almost anyone and can communicate with half the weird powers involved, that’s exactly why he shouldn’t be allowed near the ring. The council would say ‘don’t study it’, Magnus agrees, turns around and then immediately studies it.
He wants to know how Sauron bound himself into the ring and if it can be unmade without destroying so much history. Gandalf looks thirty years older after one conversation with him. The Ring loves him because Magnus always believes there is one more clever solution beyond the forbidden door. Sauron whispers, 'At last a mind worthy of discourse'. “I will hear him out.”
Horus Horus joins the fellowship and everyone is thrilled. He speaks to men, elves, dwarves and hobbits like each one matters. He gives one speech about using the ring against Sauron and half the fellowship starts nodding… the ring notices immediately. The ring shows him a land saved under his leadership, no more ancient grudges weakening the free peoples. It whispers ‘You would use me better than he ever could’. And Horus thinks, just for a second, ‘Yes. I would’.
Horus falls because he’s so good at imagining himself as the one who must make the hard choice. By the time he joins Sauron he has convinced himself he is preventing a greater catastrophe and is persuasive enough that other people believe him.
Lorgar Lorgar shouldn’t be allowed within five miles of the ring. He sees it and immediately understands that it isn’t just an object but a symbol. Everyone else says “this is evil” and Lorgar replies “yes, but what does it mean?” Within one day he has written a hymn, developed a theological framework and quietly gathered followers among emotionally vulnerable men who are frightened of the war.
Sauron doesn’t even need to work hard, he simply lets Lorgar perceive him as a divine presence. The Eye opens and Lorgar kneels.
Vulkan Vulkan is beloved instantly. He carries Frodo, Sam, the supplies, three wounded soldiers and probably Bill the Pony. The hobbits adore him and Sam specially trusts him because Vulkan respects simple food, simple courage and people who keep going when they are afraid. He is the one who sits with Frodo when the burden gets too heavy.
The ring tries to tempt him with protection showing him all the homes that will burn if he fails. Vulkan replies “no, thank you, little evil circle” with such warmth that the Ring feels personally rejected.
Corvus Corax He takes the ring, disappears from the council and three weeks later Mount Doom erupts. Nobody saw him enter Mordor, nobody saw him leave, Sauron spends the last five minutes of his existence asking “where did he go?’ Tolkien loses 800 pages.
The Ring tries to tempt him with vengeance and justice for the oppressed but Corvus only hears “become a tyrant to kill tyrants” and immediately recognizes the scam. Into the fire it goes.
(sorry, no twins! idk much about them)
For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.
According to a federal lawsuit by the ACLU, Tennessee's new congressional map is discriminatory and violates Black Memphians' First Amendmen