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Scary Dndads Pmv - MGMT When You Die

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u dont need to answer this but what brush do you use? its so nice i love wiggly brushes and ive been searching one like that for ages... love ur art so much! ^_^

Wiggle clutch 🔥

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When i use csp its my fav

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Please listen to me, look at us with compassion, and extend a helping hand to us

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there is no way i can properly put into words the true extent of abed's situation- which is why i will share his own words with you all:

"We are suffering from repeated displacement. There is no good food. There is no clean water. I want my family and I to survive this massacre. Please, we are tired. This may be our last post. I do not know who will survive and who will die. We are finishing, please. Help us." read/share abed's full post here; cw: graphic imagery of martyred child

these messages/images are heart wrenching. they are reaching us all at a great personal expense-- after traveling long distances just to hit 'post'- after needing to spend what little money they have to charge their phones- after displaying themselves at their weakest, most vulnerable state

i don't believe it's in most people's nature to ask for help so openly. so many of us suffer different hardships in silence. it takes everything in someone to voice their pain- everything they've been holding onto for so long- like abed has

this pain shouldn't be felt alone- and i am asking y'all as a friend to help me share abed's story so others may come to his aid

DONATE TO SAFAA + ABED'S FAMILY HERE

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for anyone able, please consider matching my last donation to abed (€5) proof below cut:

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Please help us by sharing . Reblog the last post me on your page so that we can collect donations and get out of the war. You are our hope. I will be very grateful to you . Donate 20$ enough the change my life❤️🙏🏼🇵🇸

https://gofund.me/0511f253

I have donated, I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers and i hope for all of your safety.

To anyone reading this, please consider donating more than anything else. No amount would be too small, in fact, If you screenshot your proof of donation and send it to me ill draw you whatever request

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I think theres a lot to explore surrounding what makes normal susceptible to the alt right pipeline and a lot of the toxic masculinity he silently harbours. Normals a lonely kid who isnt able to fully communicate himself or his emotions and painfully craves validation. Theres a sense of entitlement he holds towards romance w/ hermie as well as scenarios he concocts in his head. He automatically leans closer to trying to bond with linc & taylor instead of scary, and then there's the way he views scary in general. His uncle pushes traditionally masculine standards on him and his mom only enables it. He fosters resentment and frustrations in perceiving himself to be alienated from his group. I think its pretty common to feel sorry for normal but i think far more interesting is examining these factors & habits hes formed that are below the surface and surround his deep seated anger. And the way that these all contribute to normals unhealthy and volatile thoughts & behaviour towards himself and others, and how they encourage him to continue feeling sorry for himself and be consumed by that

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oops! all wips

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i both love s2e44 for the absolute beeeessst teen interactions in that episode like linc immediately clocking normal's guilting (having spent an entire childhood w/ grant) and normal's inability to react gracefully when he's caught and his feeling of aggrieve/resentment and that fallout dude that was like hands down at least top 3 teen moments in my book. that moment was sooo rich (shame on it loosing wind but lets focus on e44). on the other hand maybe im just a hater but the scary apology stuff is soooo shallow playing it straight she's delivering a heartfelt apology and also tony being crossed w her is like sorry but so tedious. like we spent an entire episode previously where the murder was railroaded into happening and in as many justifying ways of the act as possible too i cant take it seriously when they have to later go to the guy and apologize for their actions as if it wasnt outside of their narrative control. and also as if the guy didnt kind of deserve it. i fucking hate tony dude. i wish she killed him realized it was wrong got guilted into going to talk to him about it and when they talk he's either really happy about it or like a real big dick about it but just something that adds that like a comedic level of like trying to be apologize but the persons making it REALLY hard to feel remorseful for. tony shouldnt be an actual serious adult character suddenly. i hate that guy. also him accepting the apology is like the most unsatisfying of interactions from every way he reacted i hate that guy bad character

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Scary Dndads Pmv - MGMT When You Die

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16:9 Ver

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Do you have ocs?

I do ^_^ ! How i draw & the general vibe is like totally different than on here though 😭

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Sample of the teens spotify

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It's 3am, Did you do your homework?

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Scary Dndads Pmv - MGMT When You Die

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Video time again! Yay!

I love listening to my playlists, but even more than that, I love listening to my friend's playlists. MGMT when you die is quite frequently featured in there, & more in particular my beautiful friend used it in her wonderful series about her character so it's always been pretty fresh on my mind (I highly recommend checking it out https://www.tumblr.com/mumpsetc/722528720375742464/is-there-some-kind-of-electric-remains?source=share)

A song with a central theme about self destruction by villainizing yourself and lashing out towards those whod want to reach out towards you? WOW! SOUND FAMILIAR? I wonder if some other characters conflict aligns with that theme. Maybe I'd even make a pmv out of it. So I did

Wrote out a outline of the story beats like last time but skipped thumbnailing bcz its a pmv

Here's where I'd say I wasted the most of my time. First I wanted to get outside of the comfort zone of the brush I always used because I felt I had been relying on it too hard (and the horror if I was nothing without it), so I was like "for this video I HAVE to use a different brush it'll give it a different vibe etc it'll be great" but actually I hated it.

(I genuinely cannot stand this version so I can only deign to share the frame of them being stuffed into the calzones. It may look relatively okay but the signs of wrongness are there.)

Then I was like "no you know what I'll do it in mspaint. everyone loves mspaint Hollyleaf The Wolf Pmv was done in mspaint and thats so good" So I did that and 1. I don't like that mspaint has layers now but maybe I'm just a pussy 2. I sucked

(The way I drew her here bothers me so much. Absolutely lacking in distinctness and personality. Utterly Souless. I got scared looking at this and thinking how it reflects back on to me as a person. Also just too busy from the lack of a tight color palette and time consuming if i decided to actually color every single little thing. Incoherent all together.)

so I've wasted a week not being able to decide wtf or where I wanted to even start this project

But its ok because next I hop onto krita. this time I make the canvas not too wide but not as small, play with a pen and stick with it, and call me goldilocks the way it was juuust right.

The only reason I could complete this is because my friends are the fucking goats. I couldnt have finished this without their encouragement but also it would not nearly be half as nice to look at without all their feedback

Now finally: Some roughs that I paticularly liked and Some frames that didnt make it in because it's little awkward and too janky

I think in the final version for img 1 doesnt have as much despair or awareness? it fits the description of not feeling the effects of too much ice cream yet comparetively to the draft where she seems incredibly pained, both versions work i guess. img2 I think the doodler being inside her was probably a incredibly physically and emotionally painful process and also i dont believe some schewpid collar could contain eldritch chaos. img3 originally i was suggested to have picture terry blink but it looked really creepy to me. img4 this angle feels weird and the timing would be too fast.

I tried multiple. multiple times but the editing and timing still seems wrong so please forgive the roughness of it all

If you liked this thank you so so much it means everything to me 🫶

if you didn't that makes two of us 🤝

if you read this far lets do an art trade! or request me something and ill doodle it <3

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s3 is out but completely unrelated if you're still interested? new leaf, for better or worse

Im not interested but for now im still in the tar pit.

I have something in the oven and after that like 3-4 concepts id like to draw out + ask people for art requests or art trade. Hoping i can get these all out before july so i can quit cold turkey w no regrets (w/ focusing on art fight to help)

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You listen to the podcast. Youre like ough that was so good oh my god theres a 2nd season? You listen to that one. Aww the home base is the pyramid from the pervious season thats so cute! its upside down now in a way thats so representative of what this seasons about and its a cute hint to the plot twist! Aww the weird yucky needles are a reference and evolution from tower of terry arc thats cool i wonder how theyll be used! Hmm i guess ? Everythings too busy for them to remember that gimmick and its also just not very practical i guess. What the fuck whys the dragon collar shit back, what. So He Just Got All 6 Collars Off Screen Perfectly? And He Got To Put Them All On Off Screen? **And Some Stupid Leather Collars Able To Contain Eldritch Chaos** ? Hey guys im beginning to think that these arent cute references that add to the story but in fact perhaps to the detriment to the world building while derivative and contrived for the narrative

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Mfw i realize im driving a character down a familiar perhaps even classic road and i panic so hard at the idea of doing the same thing again that i swerve this vehicle (character) as hard as i can so I crash the car instead

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🤝re rons arc!!! IDK what your thoughts about it are but i found the way it was resolved very uncompelling </3 especially re: Terry having to act responsible for Ron (which is!! pretty bad for a kid to do no matter how much their guardian loves them!!)

like, its interesting that the problem was there, I just wish theyd acknowledge it more instead of treating it as resolved.

if its ok to ask, what do you dislike abt it?

OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANON !!!!!!!!!! 🤝 !!!!!!!

Okay. Reading from it meta textually you could really say its from tower of terry that they really began to transition from simple comedy podcast to dramedy. Consequently, its the arc where in trying to find that new balance for the show's settling focus that results in the most (to me) tonal dissonance. The rest of the podcast gets its footing for the right amount of being seriously unserious and unseriously serious through tower of terry, but Ron unfortunately sort of gets left in a limbo where the unhappy middle-ground is far too light hearted for tower of terry, and far too dark for the everything with his anchor.

I would honestly pinpoint this interaction as the root of the problem and what kickstarts everything im going to be complaining about with Ron's arc:

Its a silly one liner for a comedic podcast, yet in the context of the story, Ron is being abjectly cruel and has retraumatized his kid. Nothing of consequence happens except terry flipping him off and storming away. To briefly compare: Next arc they come up with a jokey plan to put grant in the minotaur to kill it. Darryl pays the full weight of that action with grant coming out completely traumatized for the rest of the series. As the tone of the narrative changes, the same actions now have different weights of importance. It could be interesting if this was used to serve a purpose narratively, but frustratingly, its more like Ron slipped through the narrative cracks and landed out of bounds, going over the negative amount of points to glitch over to the maximum like some sort of game exploit and now he never has to pay the piper.

But puting the meta aside, even more maddening is how Ron wins Terry over in tower of terry.

What does Rons father not being proud of him have to do with Terry's grief? How is Ron telling Terry he loves him in this moment impactful, when hes the person whos hurt him in the first place? What sucks to me is that this is the first moment of many where every emotional moment between these two it's all always centered on Ron and his trauma and leading to Terry becoming the one who has to take on the role of being the mature one in the dynamic and providing support to ron and becoming his emotional crutch. Like you said anon if this was explored or addressed it could've definitely been interesting except that unfortunately the creators never even saw it as a conflict to resolve in the first place seeing as the narrative itself perceives it as something positive .

To touch briefly on Ron and his father: i dont think this story is equipped to handle the heavy subject it envokes. Uncomfortable subjects have lots of merit to explore or examine, but this story uses it more as hurt for the sake of hurt. Me tearing up and feeling upset from this isnt because im being moved, it's because its touching nerves and to put harshly, doing cheap emotional signals.

I truly dislike how Ron either unintentionally by the character or the player steps on and uses Terry for his growth. Rons trauma overshadowing Terrys struggle in his grief, Terry having to put his own trauma aside for Ron, basically forgiving Rons for the pain hes caused him because Rons being abused is incredibly dissatisfying to me. A lot things in their relationship to me is deeply unearned.

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My idealized s2.

Monster of the week isnt abandoned 10 episodes in but plays a much smaller role and also a more consistent themeing. Setting perimeters not nearly as wide and contained in the area of san dimas. The other 3 realms are each visited only once, heaven is cut.

The moms & marco way more present in the teens character arcs.

Willy stampler can be present but hes never freed, still scarys patron, still evil, but takes the backseat and not given nearly as major of a role as he ends up having.

Plotline abt the chosen one (and how the teens define it) being more prevalent

Tighter regulation of time with the overall campaign taking across a school year

1st half (1st semester) is about preparing for the doodler coming to them and for a big showdown (kiddads try to kill it, doodlerized instead, doodler is freed, the teens have to prepare themselves & town with a countdown to when it arrives on earth. Each doodlerized dad is the mini boss for the culmination their respective teens narrative arc)

2nd half (2nd semester) is abt doodler spending time w the teens & defining what home is to them. (Kiddads recovering, the teens and doodler go to each different realm to remove an anchor which the s1 dads hold and a final culmination of the story w/ a final confrontation where the kid dads are recovered enough and want to try to end the doodler again. Climax of whether the teens can talk each of their dads down and whether the doodler decides to leave stay or a secert third thing)

Scary betrayal still happens but its confined in the arc focusing on her

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doodlerized dads. (their worst selves brought to the surface)

terry's arc is abt realizing its counterproductive to concede to scary's will if he wants to forge a genuine bond w/ her because what she needs is someone willing to fight for her.

oak dads is abt how they keep forcing these roles on themselves and their children and how their inability to let go of the past is to the detriment of the future (their kids). and whether theyll choose the comfort of eachother and perpetually licking their own wounds over the happiness and safety of their kids.

grants is abt the boundary of the truth. whats the fine line between being honest with your kid and oversharing? and finding a way to rebuild trust between him and his son after he broke it. ( i fucking hate what happens to grant in the actual story but thats another post entirely.)

nicks is abt just fully putting on rose colored goggles and the consequences of it. and the shit he has to deal with that he has decided to let slide and what could make him (if he even could) finally stand up for himself