i will not apologize for art

Lise, 30s, Pisces, melancholic. Professional villain apologist.

[veliseraptor]

just want my terrible horrible no good very bad favorite characters to be happy

[agapintheskin]

[za-ra-h]

Mel from Arcane, I love her.

[alaskanay]

American Kestrel | Raptors of North America

[despazito]

Sometimes I'll be looking at bullshit online that I know will just rile me up and I have to think of this image to get myself to stop

[bustinbustinbustin]

me initially thinking that vegas's first weirdo mirror scene is indicative of narcissism but surprise! he kinda hates himself. he's his own panopticon and his two most significant mirror scenes (solo ep4 & solo+tawan ep10) are not about self-reflection but rather projection. vegas uses mirrors to see what he thinks he's supposed to be in order to achieve his goals. booty ass naked edgelord mafia heir in dramatic goth lighting who totally has everything under control. the man tawan fell in love with who doesn't actually exist outside of the mirror. even in ep7, he assaults porsche in the bathroom next to a huge mirror as apart of a choreographed farce he's been playing into through the whole episode. each mirror scene is tied to the context of deceitful intimacy, and each attempt at deception is unfulfilling and fails one way or another. sometimes the man with the highest body count has the bluest balls 😔

when he's filmed through his reflection in the hospital, vegas doesn't even acknowledge that the mirror is there. the obvious conclusion here is that vegas has finally found intimate fulfillment and is no longer projecting a carefully fabricated persona that he has to monitor in the mirror. but what i find interesting in this scene is the way the panes of the mirror are used to break up a series of three images - first, pete reaching out to vegas with the edges blurred and quite a bit of space between them. then, macau's distorted reflection moving into frame, never fully visible where it settles in the space between panes as if he has to put in work to fit within the same frame as the other two. finally, all three of them making a complete image in their little puppy pile, framed by blurred edges but nevertheless whole.

it's only after macau has pushed his way into the reflection that the gulf of negative space between vegas and pete is closed. vegas once used macau to try to appeal to porsche in a moment that was a bit of stage play for the both of the brothers. but in this situation, macau is inserting himself into the narrative because he wants to be there. even though it embarrasses vegas. especially because it embarrasses vegas 🤭 because macau can see that for once, it's real. he's as vital as pete is to that final reflection of vegas at his most honest.

[veliseraptor]

pretty much every danmei/baihe author i've read anything by i'm like "i hope they're having a good time" but i especially feel that way about please don't laugh. dear author i know nothing about you and almost certainly never will but i wish you only the best

[diablo-sera-tops]

hey don't cry. blorbo coughing up blood

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo writhing in agony ok? don't cry

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo screaming so much their voice becomes hoarse and weak and the pain still won't stop

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo unable to close their eyes and avoid the visceral sight of their own body

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo suffering unimaginable pain and being powerless to stop it ok? ok

[veliseraptor]

it's a work in progress. not 100% sold on all of them and necessarily missing a bunch of faves mostly because there wasn't room for all of them in the right two columns but well

that is my wife in the upper left hand corner. if you were wondering

[cerastes]

The job market is ROUGH rough right now. This Slime Girl I know, she's not found a single opening in high level zones as a boss fight, so she decided to settle for midboss, but there's not even midboss openings right now. Her statline is huge, but she had to settle for random encounter... In a beginner area.

We were hanging out yesterday and she kept complaining not just about the humiliation of having to be a beginner area random encounter, but also about how her whole thing just doesn't work against weak opponents: She steals moves from the party and then uses them against them, but she's only stolen dogshit beginner moves as of late, and it's getting to her. She stole [Aimed Shot] from a beginner Archer. [Aimed Shot]. Yeah I sure fucking hope you're aiming if you're using a bow. She also stole [Shield Bash] from a Brawler. Congratulations, you are using the shield as intended. She just up and left when she stole [Heavy Slice]. Didn't even give them loot.

She used to steal moves like [Earthborn Sun] and [Philosophy Of The Scorned], we NEED to do something. Her moveset sucks.

[sophisticatedchaoss]

had a character chart idea

[yuriartillery]

bad things shouldn't happen to my friends. i should be the worst thing that happens to my friends

[veliseraptor]

#xue yang when anything upsets xiao xingchen (other than him) (via @aphel1on)

[kudriaken]

QJJ - Xue Xiuzhuo and Li Jianting. Returning to Ballad of Sword and Wine designs. Loved both of them as a characters, and felt so bad for Li Jianting specifically.

[veliseraptor]

pick a trope meme

tagged by @stripedroseandsketchpads - thank you! I have been tagged before but kind of went "eh" because I got stuck on some of the pairs; K gave me the idea in her version to have permission to bold both or neither, and I added as well the function of strikethroughing those I actively dislike.

*****

slowburn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au //mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it// reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high-school young romance or middle-age romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane // happy ending or unhappy ending

all I could do not to provide lengthier "but it dependdddds" explanations for some of these. which tracks

tagging (as they so please): @venndaai, @ameliarating, @portraitoftheoddity, @mostfacinorous, @silvysartfulness, @highladyluck

[hellpotter]

it’s not weird to find fanfiction from 2021, or 2017, or 2014 that you’ve never read and actually taking your time to read it.

it’s not weird to love it and comment and leave kudos because the author will probably still see it someday and it will make them happy.

it’s not weird to like said author’s work so much that you want to go look for other fics from them.

it’s not weird to go through the authors profile and look for other fics from the ships you like (or maybe some that you’ll give a chance because you liked the author) and maybe bookmark them for later.

it’s not weird to read these other fics and like them too and comment on them because you actually like them and you want to let the author know.

it’s not weird to read fanfiction from 5, or 8, or 10 years ago and actually enjoy and engage with it because it’s perfectly normal to relate to something that’s less than a decade old!

let’s stop treating fanfiction like they’re instagram posts that stop being interesting in 24 hours! fanfiction is NOT social media, fanfiction is art!!! and art doesn’t get old in one day, one year, or even a decade!

read fanfiction! write fanfiction! comment on fanfiction! let’s not let fanculture die people!!!!!

[saltoncity]

scientists are trying to discover something harder than getting out of bed to go to work in the morning. and dont make a fucking penis joke ok they already checked everyone’s dick and it doesn’t even come close

[veliseraptor]

sometimes I will hear someone mention an influencer person in a way that makes me go "huh who's that" and go and look them up and i must say that i am never rewarded for my curiosity. always feels like i've just dealt myself psychic damage and gained nothing