#mafiamoll

[caiabresebun]

hello!!!!!! can i ask what kinds of brushes you use for illustrations like your recent digimon one?? it gives oil pastel vibes i love it

hello!! thank you for your kind words <3

i primarily use ron chan's sallydog rough to add texture! here’s a tutorial on how i use it and a link to the brush. i think any kind of crayon brush can work :D

[majicmarker]

omg pls share ur other thoughts on chrissy’s tarot cards!! i loved that chapter it was so good 😭🥺💕✨

first of all, thank you so much!!!  🥰 🥰 cher willing, i'll have the next part up within the next few days!

(second of all, here's the fic in question for anyone who happens upon this)

THIRD OF ALL, onto the tarot reading i chose for chrissy (under the cut bc i get Very enthusiastic abt emotions so surely this explanation is going to get away from me):

most of her cards—whether the casually mentioned ones or her actual reading—are major arcana. again, as i state in the fic, these tend to speak to turning points in your life. and that's what i like to explore with chrissy, is this shift in how she feels about/treats herself, and how that positively affects the trajectory of her life.

her minor arcana cards indicate a person (eddie, in this case, for the ROMANCE), because with any romantic dynamic i write, i like to explore the effect they have on each other not just in their relationship, but as individuals. because, yk, whether we like it or not, for better or worse, we're all affected and shaped by the people in our lives. and personally when i do readings for ppl, i dig into the positive takeaways, bc otherwise i just don't see the point, plus this fic is first and foremost a romance, so that's the direction i went in here.

(man look at all those commas, run-on sentences my beloved)

SO ANYWAY.

the cards she happens to notice but aren't in her actual reading are the star, the devil, and the two of cups. they're similar-but-not-similar to her actual reading:

the star is generally pretty positive whether upright or reverse. essentially it speaks to your readiness for Full Self-Acceptance, Your Destiny, Your Soulmate, all that. (it's also my favorite and i'll name-drop it every chance i get. it's just. so affirming and romantic and a lot of things that i want for myself, and i think it's such an all-encompassing card for anyone who leans into the archetype of the romantic.)

the devil, in this case, would take its meaning from its reversed position: moving on from trauma or otherwise negative forces in your life. (i have. Very strong feelings about this card for chrissy's character overall, particularly in her relationship with her mom, the themes of which i'll explore more in-depth in my soon-to-be-posted multichapter.) ((it's also a super interesting card for eddie's character which, again, i'll probably dig a little deeper into in the multichap.))

the two of cups is one of the most positive cards for romance. it speaks to that sort of self-actualizing power achieved in a healthy relationship, the give-and-take, and foretells a deep bond that serves you as a couple and as individuals

now, as for her actual reading, i wanted to go as simple as possible for the sake of writing that scene concisely, without *too* much exposition that would make the dialogue unnatural (such a pet peeve for me), all that, so i went with a three-card.

there are. like. a thousand spreads out there. but generally (or the way i do it, anyway) three cards indicate a current issue, past influences, and what to do/future outcome. you really have to examine each card individually as well as how they play together.

for chrissy, we have:

the moon: pretty straightforward the way i wrote it in the fic. reversed means that your search for clarity, reason, whatever, will come to fruition so long as you keep honest with yourself and follow your heart. (it also encourages the strength/healing we find in female friendships, which is something that will become more prevalent in the next chapter.)

the hierophant: upright it means that you find comfort and a sense of self within tradition, in finding your people and building those traditions and community with them. reversed, as it is in chrissy's reading, it means you'll find those things when you ditch external expectations. in chrissy's case, i wanted it to indicate that she should keep the parts of herself that she genuinely likes, but that she can also find that authenticity by letting herself want things for herself, rather than only strictly doing what's expected of her.

the knight of cups: listen i usually hate person cards bc they can be tricky to suss out when i'm doing a reading for someone, but in this case it slaps. it speaks to chrissy's need for emotional support and just pure, i-like-you-because-you're-you adoration. personally i think we see that very much so in the canon forest scene, when eddie can Tell something's up and he does his best to, for all intents and purposes, be chrissy's knight in ripped jeans armor. he gives her the space to feel calm, because he's real with her—not in some bullshit tough love kind of way, but in this way where he's just like, "this is me being myself, you can be yourself, too." and, yk, even though i write no-upside-down aus, it's the ~essence~ of their relationship i want to dig into.

^ i also think the knight of cups really represents what chrissy Needs, and it's who eddie actually Is (whether blatantly or under the surface, depending on your take on him), so—much like the devil, funnily enough—this card works for them on a few levels.

......okay this took me perhaps an embarrassingly long time to whip up, so *sign of the cross, bc i was raised catholic and there's no gettin out* fingers crossed for an interesting read, but i'm gonna peace out now ✌️

[alittleillusionmachinee]

hello fellow fexi shipper who is also a chrissy/eddie shipper 👀

👀 why hello! Our legions are growing 😈 why must we obssess over two couples with so little screen time 😂😫

[theravennest]

ma’am i have spent the last 5 days diving in deep into the daisysousa rabbit hole and now i have discovered that not only are you the author behind one of my favorite fics for this ship, but also the author of one of the first meta posts i read about the ship and actually felt connected to (the post about daisy being cared for by sousa is inherently different than his dynamic w peggy bc of her history as a WOC), AND the creator behind one of my favorite daisysousa fanvids?? i owe you my life😔

Hahaha. I’m glad you’ve been enjoying my content!

Daisy/Sousa took over my brain in less than a month and I just HAD to create.

Which fanvid was your favorite, if you don’t mind me asking?

[asktonybark]

Mom and Dad tried their best in their own ways. Mom remembered some stories from her mom and her grandma about nahual and Dad rubbed elbows with some of the most... prolific people studying werewolves at the time. It wasn’t Mrs Rhodes and her entire lineage of experience, but it’s what I had, and I’m still here.

[biluata]

i lowkey want Ward to come back(as a LMD, clone, nightmare-hallucination, whateverthefuck) just so Robbie can meet him and immediately kick his ass. Like, Ward barely opens his mouth before Robbie *and* the Rider are like G U I L T Y and flame chain his ass

That is literally the only reason why I would ever want to see Ward’s stinkin’ face again. Like high-key resurrect his Nazi ass just so Robbie can send him back to Hell.

Honestly, nothing would warm my heart more than to see Ward’s “Oh shit!” face as Robbie transforms into the Rider :)

[kurgy]

mafiamoll replied to your post: What isn't normal about being black?

oh god i feel like i stumbled onto something awful, pls tell me ppl arent actually doing this

im sorry im about to ruin your day

[boazpriestly]

mafiamoll replied to your post: I can’t handle these monster babies! They go to...

!!!!! what show pls!!!!

It's called Super Monsters and it's has two seasons on Netlix