#portraitoftheoddity

[veliseraptor]

@portraitoftheoddity replied to your post “oh my god I am perishing. thank you @noom211 this...”:

The beta-reader-to-wife-pipeline you two cultivated always gives me joy. ;)

​started at the (2012-05-17)

and now we're here:

[linovadraws]

Looking at some of your art from fandoms I'm not in like "I don't go here but I am so happy for the lucky bastards that do 'cause this is GORGEOUS!"

Thanks, Lena! I feel the same way about your fanart! At least we'll always have tiny fandom to hold us together :)

[shinelikethunder]

RomCom but everyone is traumatized by the events:

RomTraum

asks that made me realize "traumatic comedy" would fucking slap as an album title

[iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid]

I am cackling that freaking LOKI put more effort into not breaking spacetime than Strange who was just like "haha LULZ lets do some magic"

loki, fresh off his recent attempt at world domination, a literal chaotic trickster god: oh man 😬 this multiverse stuff sounds like something we uh. probably shouldn't mess with 😬

doctor strange, md, phd, sorcerer supreme, entrusted with protecting reality as we know it: YOLO 🤪🧙‍♂️☄💥🔥

[portraitoftheoddity]

Since I have a handful of new followers...

Hi. I’m Lena. I’m a terrible art goblin who ran away up into the mountains, and this is my dumb little corner of tumblr where I reblog things I find amusing, assorted content relevant to my interests, and post occasional plot ideas, thoughts and art. And then also sometimes ramble about hiking.

My art tag is #Lena’s Art Thing - I post a mix of polished finished work and really dumb doodles.

My hiking tag is #Lena hikes

Current fannish things I’m into these days:

Trigun

My Hero Academia (tagged as #bnha)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Plus a smattering of Marvel, Critical Role, Good Omens, Arcane, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon Age, and assorted other fandoms. I also like art, nature photography, D&D, and tallships.

I am also on:

Instagram (art account)

AO3

Twitch (art streaming on occasion)

Bluesky

Discord (DM for handle or link to my server)

Thanks for stopping by, check out My About Page for more deets, and feel welcome to drop me a line if you have questions, wanna nerd out about our shared favs, or have a cute picture of your dog you’re willing to share. 

[gaslightgallows]

17. We have so many gods, and none of them can be trusted. - The Magnus Archives

17. We have so many gods, and none of them can be trusted. (Dealer's Choice, The Magnus Archives) 

A/N: After Lena’s Patreon request drawing the other night and then having spent all of today listening to Alasdair Stuart’s mellow tones, this was pretty much inevitable.

To the new (and at this moment, theoretical) captain of the Tundra,

I know that, in the event of my death while acting as director for the Magnus Institute, there is very little chance of reality continuing to exist as we know it – at least, not for very long. But my more business-minded relations have urged me to be ‘more optimistic’, and in any event, if Elias or one of his archival playthings doesn’t kill me, something eventually will, so they’ve asked me to write this letter of instruction, which (I assume) will be presented to you after my demise. And as they are technically the legal owners of my ship, I suppose I should at least pay lip-service to their demands. One has to stay on good terms with one’s family, after all, and I can’t really see Nathaniel entrusting the Tundra to anyone who isn’t family.

As to the crew: they know their business. They’ve all been with me for over a decade now and are very content with their situations. Let the first mate see to things. He’s an admirably standoffish fellow and deeply dislikes change, but not even he can deny that the End comes for us all one day. Let him alone – he is a servant of our patron and knows what is required on that score, and so long as he understands what the ship and her new captain need from him, you can dismiss him from your mind.

On the subject of our patron, I hope I need say nothing. If you’re family, you serve the Forsaken in some capacity, whether you know it or not. Apologies, if that’s a revelation. But family is one thing and business is another. That much is obvious, or else I never would have gotten mixed up with the Magnus Institute in the first place, because old Mordecai would never have bothered to help found it. You’d think there would be some other connection there, beyond friendship and funding and the discovery of strange and terrible gods.

But that’s all there was. Believe me, I’ve asked.

So I can’t be entirely sure that you, my replacement, worship the same god that I do.

It is with that in mind that I close this letter, and this distasteful contemplation of someone I don’t know (which is still infinitely preferable to a contemplation of someone I do know) with a final piece of advice:

We have so many gods. And none of them can be trusted.

Be of use to them, feed them, and you will be rewarded. But watch your step, for they are all, always, hungry, and there is no mercy in their hearts, or pity, or forgiveness, no more than there is in the sea for a careless sailor who has lost their footing in a storm, and gone overboard.

For your sake, I do hope you understand Loneliness. I don’t think you’ll have a very easy time on the Tundra, otherwise, and it would be inconvenient for Nathaniel to have to find yet another new captain so soon.

– Peter Lukas

[teb-gingerdanger]

Lol soooo when are we getting a Perpetual Playlist?

I deserve this after reblogging so many songs while saying I was editing Perpetual 😂😂

Hmmm 🤔 I could compile a lil smth~ 👀

[star-anise]

portraitoftheoddity replied to your post: I like reading your thoughts about the gifted kids...

I would be *fascinated* to see an in-depth analysis of how childhood Giftedness impacts diagnoses (and misdiagnoses) of other mental health conditions.

SENG (Serving the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) holds literal conferences on the topic. It’s a whole fucking field. Here’s a brief overview.