#rosebleue

[alfhildr-the-word-weaver]

Today on "tumblr ads that I wish were rebloggable":

I'm not wildly fond of tumblr ads promoting weight loss all willy-nilly, but the theming of this one combined with the fact that I saw it on a blog that I first followed for Dracula Daily posting has me losing it. Lose weight how, pray tell, dear tumblr ad? Lose blood weight? Because someone's drinking it? Am I going to be running through Transylvania because there's a vampire chasing me?

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Re: ask about Tom and the Blitz. You may be onto something with "she just doesn't know about world war II's impact on England", considering she claimed that she didn't know about Nazi blood purity once until she visited the holocaust memorial museum

https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/author-chilled-to-learn-harrys-half-blood-status-has-nazi-parallels-2508677

The important part being "Ms Rowling said she had invented the idea that some wizards were not considered to be "pure", and realised the similarities with the Nazis’ beliefs only afterwards when she visited a museum dedicated to the Holocaust, in which six million Jewish people died."

@rosebleue is referring to this post

And oh my god.

[mountaingoatsfirstlineaday]

@rosebleue

this legit makes so much sense like i think a core part of the mountain goats experience is understanding how the physical media interacts with the music, but if you don't or can't do this for whatever reason that would be fucking jarring lol. the amount of weird little nuances you can pick up on just by looking at their cd cases and booklets... it's amazing

that being said if anyone wants photos of any of the goats media in my collection i am happy to post.

[therealvinelle]

The "nine-thousand octopus tentacles under the robes" line had me in stitches! The dialogue writing for this fic is so good!

@rosebleue is referring to mine and @theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin's cowritten fic The Man Who Would Be King.

Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it!

Look, Muffin, praise!

[belschine]

Alucard has very weird proportions in nxvania and his walk cycle is super broken because of that, there's a moment I had to pause it I think it's in s2 because he looks like a muppet on stilts while he moves.

Also the fights are confusingly animated, they're the visual equivalent of noise.

Thanks for listening as I scream into the void.

His proportions are extremely strange. Hold on, this is something I actually can show!

So, here's a visual of some 'acceptable' proportional styles I got from one of my illustration classes, to start us out (censored because this is Tumblr)

So, things of note: generally a person is 8 heads tall, the shoulders tend to be around the width of the head each, the wrists are generally placed even to the hips, etc.

And then let's go look at Alucard:

He appears to be the "Idealistic" figure, but stretched out into 9 heads. You'll notice he doesn't match the "Heroic" 9-heads figure's propotions at all.

"But Formaldehyde, what about how Ayami draws him?" Good news because I did one of these for one of her fullbody drawings of him, too, for good measure:

Ayami's Alucard is a more close rendition of the "idealistic" 8-heads proportional figure while still altering the details of it in order to convey his broader shoulders and tall stature.

I also agree with you, the fights are a headache to watch. The one most important thing about boarding a fight scene is what's going on NEEDS to be clear to the viewer. I haven't given the show a chance in years but I recall it failing this bar spectacularly more than once.

[sailorheadcanons]

Michiru is a moderator in several forums on the Internet. She is feared by trolls all over the world, due to her goddess-like levels of sarcasm and her quickness to ban rude people.

[magicalgirlconfessions]

The story of Magical Girl Rising project was generic and predictable, but at least the designs were very nice. I specially liked Cranberry's and Nemurin's outfits.

[lokeanwelcomingcommittee]

So I want to paint a devotional triptych to Loki and Sygin because I love painting. Problem is I am not a very good painter. How do I know if it's good enough for them? How do I know if I'm doing enough of an effort? Sorry if this sounds weird, my "godphone" has terrible reception most of the days.

There are two opposing schools of thought here. Some people believe the gods only want and deserve the very best. Others believe that it’s the thought that counts, and every effort is appreciated regardless of the quality of the results. As with all matters related to incorporeal beings whose existence can’t be empirically proven, there’s no way of truly knowing for sure one way or the other.

Personally, because Loki is such a parental figure in the lore, with a bunch of kids of his own and a pattern of helping others, I’m inclined to believe that he’s capable of appreciating any and all art made for him and proudly displaying it on his metaphorical fridge. But if you’re not convinced, there’s always divination.

If you do go ahead with the project and are comfortable posting the results online, be sure to send us a link. Best of luck!

- Mod E