Understuffed

I'm never 100% sure how Tumblr works My actual activity is rare at best, for now. I'm mostly here to look at other people's stuff and get ideas for drawings and the like...

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The Enigma of Amigara Fault

This short story by Junji Ito is about a fault that appears in Amigara mountain after an earthquake. The earthquake exposes countless human-shaped holes in the mountain which seem to have been made about a thousand years ago. People, intrigued by these  silhouettes, gather at the site and that’s when things get creepy.

It’s about a 15-20 min read, but if you haven’t read this before, you’re in for a treat. Link above.

[gnars-house]

i mean it’s not like i can just NOT reblog amigara fault. what if one of my followers is one of the lucky ten thousand who HASN’T been unutturably altered for life by it yet? go read it! it’s creepy, but trust me, it was made for you.

[balloonpuncher]

[psychegabe]

Chill bro, it's just a very questionable 10ft tall moth demon, no stress.

[wizard-loving-wizard]

gertrude and troyann facetime brennan x

[zaback]

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is this anything

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Having to take a break from actively doing fandom stuff but I filled a page up with Cloudward Ho doods. Deciding how I want to draw the characters. Torse is gonna be the biggest hurdle, currently looking at how other people are drawing him to get inspiration/guidance.

Love the fanfics where Van becomes Max’s dad, sometimes I forget that its not canon

Torse has digitigrade legs which makes me think he must be equally capable of—if not more comfortable—galloping on all fours like a cryptid.

[harpieisthecarpie]

marya was olethra's childhood idol and monty was maxwell's. hello. is anyone there. MARYA WAS OLETHRA'S CHILDHOOD IDOL AND MONTY WAS MAXWELL'S

the kid who dreamed of a life in the sky but who was told his place was on the ground, reading the books of an author who flew through the skies but always landed back down to earth to bring adventure to everyone else, who cared about sustainable clear-eyed change rather than simply sky-eyed hero's journeys.

the jaded kid who grew to feel his idol's books were unrealistic because they were so curious and welcoming and hopeful. because they imagined a world where everyone and everything was worthy of care, and had a bright future. because his idol's books and club and diplomacy all said "if you can save a mouse, you can save the world, because you matter you matter you matter"

Maxwell, the angry young man who chose to become a gentleman, and Monty, his idol who is known as a "gentle man and a good man".

"How's the tone?" Monty's note asks, and yet what he's really conveying is, again, you matter you matter your thoughts and voice and presence in my life matters. You matter, Maxwell

Maxwell confesses he'd grown out of Monty's books because he lost his sky eyes, his dreams of adventure, and we realize that the tone issue was a matter of hope, of whimsy. Maxwell had always been saying I don't believe in it, I can't believe in it, your words are a breath of fresh air but the world is blanketed in smog and it's been filling my lungs for years

Monty helped bring whimsy back into Maxwell's life, giving him a model of adventure that's sustainable and still has clear eyes, and Maxwell is someone who has known the world is painful and yet chooses to believe in it, to fight for it.

And if Monty can bring hope back into one Gathie's eyes, he can bring hope to the world.

[withdenim]

I keep listening to music that makes me want to jump on a table. Beam of character do it for me.

[kppigpen]

Torse, immediately upon returning to Zern:

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Currently in the process of writing a fic about grief and mortality, and before I can even get to the angsty bits, I have to grapple with the absurdity of Max having to ferry around his clockwork warrior husband in an open top car.

And I can also use this as an excuse to share my first attempt at drawing Max and Torse

Torse can’t blush but his eyes can glow so bright it looks like he is, and Max is too busy talking shit to notice

[koszmarnybudyn]

You can totally grip those ribs.

Also alt versions:

[auteurdefeu]

How long do you think Maxwell waits out of respect for the Aganti Zernai’s return before asking to fight any of them? Like c’mon. You know he wants to.

Torse gets to experience the embarrassment of introducing his boyfriend to his parents and Max deciding that the best way to prove himself worthy of their son’s affection (as if saving the world and returning the light to the Zernai was not enough) is to challenge them to a duel. They’re very entertained by this tiny fleshy man and his confidence. Torse wishes the Straka would come back and swallow him whole.

[auteurdefeu]

Oh absolutely (thank you @thistlerock)

I imagine that Max holds back in the homoerotic friendly spars he does with Torse because that’s all for fun and training but if he’s out here trying to prove himself? To get approval? Absolutely throwing down some robots, no hesitation.

I wonder if Torse would have that moment of being worried about Maxwell getting himself hurt/killed to prove a point. If he’d find it insanely attractive when he’s proven wrong. If he’d want to be thrown around the same way.

They’re so normal about each other guys I swear.

[proldiers-license]

my personal minor grievance/pet peeve in torsewell stuff is when people have his wrist blades or spikes or whatever be retractable or otherwise fairly simple to remove. i understand where it comes from because it seems he has other weapons he can whip out and retract and hes also a robot so tinkering with his parts for the most part is no big deal so its not a make or break thing its just like. you gotta understand. its better if the thing that makes him such an efficient warrior is also the thing that makes interacting with the rest of his environment a bit more tricky, more complicated, and is basically a permanent feature. its better if hes dangerous to fuck or otherwise love up on. its better if there are actual, notable, consistent safety concerns present and maxwell still throws himself at what is essentially a walking talking arsenal with reckless abandon. or in fact very purposeful and dedicated abandon. do you see what i mean

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Yo, I was just thinking about this! I am of the personal opinion that Torse’s gauntlets ARE retractable because it wouldn’t make sense to go through the arduous process of engineering dexterous versatile human hands and then drastically restrict their range of motion—and usefulness—by taping knives to his wrists. So if he’s always had them then they were at least retractable at one point. But I also get the narrative significance of Torse always having to interface with the world through the lens of violence. Maybe whatever mechanism that allowed him to do that has eroded and no longer functions because Torse has neglected care. Maybe he didn’t always have them and he straight-up welded them onto his arm.

There was also a blink-and-you-miss-it line in Skirmish Above the Swirling Sea where Brennan describes Torse unsheathing them before he goes to tear up the Fehujar’s blimp, but I’m hardly gonna use that as a ‘gotcha’

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I want Torse to have to grapple with not being able to do the things he thought were his only purpose. I want him to get absolutely leveled by Max several times before he manages to win a match. I want Max to help him up after every match he looses and applaud him for a match well fought, or be frustrated that Torse is holding back too much. I want Torse to be told that he should be (and is) valued beyond his ability to win a fight. I want Max (and the rest of the Zephyr crew) to start helping Torse heal without even realizing it.

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Real sick of all the folks who seem to think that Max couldn’t beat Torse in a fight. Like, the entire gimmick of Maxwell Gotch is that he’s capable of wild feats of athleticism that shouldn’t be possible and you’re telling me you aren’t going to let him leave a fist shaped dent in Torse’s sternum? Cowards.

Let Max punch Torse in the chest so hard that something gets knocked loose. You’re doing both characters a disservice if Max always loses. Torse deserves to get his ass knocked flat and then be praised for doing a good job. How could you deny him that?

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Nonsense I doodled while I was supposed to be writing a research paper.

Sonia discovers the Ultimate Despair of realizing your best friend has shit taste in men

Sonia: exhausted sigh

Sonia: “Uhg…”

Gundham: “What troubles you?”

Sonia: “Kazuichi…”

Sonia: “Why won’t he leave me alone? I have enough sycophants at home and he makes it so hard to be civil, relentlessly following me around— Who on earth would find that charming…”

Sonia: “Gundham, No….”

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an accomplice turned victim his apology, long overdue