my crows nest

mlb and many other shows, cute art, comics, and other random things I find (along with some of my art)

[amygdalae]

I absolutely adore dogs but I think dog haters are (usually) more justified than cat haters wrt their reasoning

[amygdalae]

your average cat hater: I don't like how they r bitchy and ignore me/ won't let me manhandle them

your average dog hater: I have been mortally endangered by an ill-trained dog

[seliensss]

I made it before I watched episode 9 :DD

[FlipaClip + CapCut]

[mikkeneko]

After years of living in the adulting world, I think I’ve come to a realization: Manners exist to guide you to good conduct even when you’re in a bad mood.

When you’re happy, when you’re feeling generous, when you’re pleased with your gift or your service or your outcome, it’s easy to be nice. It’s easy to tip the waiter well when you’ve had a good day. It’s easy to thank the teller or the clerk when you got what you wanted out of the transaction. It’s easy to smile and chit-chat with strangers on the road when you’re in a good mood.

It’s hard to tip the waiter when you didn’t enjoy your food. It’s hard to thank the clerk for their time when you’ve just been told there’s a problem with their account and they weren’t able to fix it for you. It’s hard to think of something nice to say when your aunt gave you a crappy sweater you neither need nor want. It’s hard to be nice to people when you’ve had a shitty day. It’s HARD.

That’s what manners are for. Scripts and phrases that you learn by rote to say when you can’t think of a single nice or good thing to say from your own volition. Yes, they’re scripted. Yes, the sentiment is empty. But the scripts work in every situation, and the emptiness provides a buffer between your own unhappiness and the rest of society. The fact that they are empty means that they are not heavy to carry.

Because most of the time, it’s not the waiter’s fault that the food you ordered wasn’t what you expected. It’s not the clerk’s fault that your account is overdrawn. It’s not the fault of the barista or the stranger on the subway that you got fired today or your favorite aunt died. But even when you can’t summon a smile or a cheery word, you can still have manners, because they will serve you the same in sunshine or rain.

[kestalsblog]

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.

[doesnotloveyou]

@tearyeyedcat this was beautifully written, thank you for adding it!

[charlesoberonn]

Another excuse for me to post Head Writer of ATLA Aaron Ehasz’s great characters board:

[moringmark]

[soopeaches2]

Sketches for @bigfatbreak . For the second year now, I've been watching the author and his universes crazy about them. I would be glad to get acquainted with foreign artists on my favorite things, hehe

[ruler-of-nothing-important]

Thing i made for schoolwork.

Ill probably draw this thing later so its clearer lol

[ruler-of-nothing-important]

I drew it.

Tbh i like the mosaic more

[yellow-daisy-lady]

I think both look cool

[crow-keys]

Bonus:

Jeez tumblr really loves to make my images crunchy...

Took way longer than I thought but here's my first comic! This takes place in my Open World Ending AU, where kinger gets caine to chill tf out and together they start to build open worlds for everyone to explore/live in as they want. Jax's mental health and behavior has significantly improved under these new circumstances, but he still has a lot to figure out.

[deadlandddah]

cutest comic in the whole national anthem btw

[bigfatbreak]

Here's that funny thing I said I was gonna work on

[deliciouscollectorcrusadestuff]

I love funny bunny, I really honestly do. But it feels more like raidioapple/ radio static with how consistent I am seeing it.

I miss other ships like rubbun or even Jax x zooble. That was popular for a while but it seemed to died down.

I'm glad for being a multi shipper, ships like ragapom and bunny doll do have great art and fanfic to help make them what they are but I miss the ships that seemed to died off or never picked up in the early era.

[papoochu]

The most dubious friend group in Paris (+ smol Chloe)

[zuri00000000000000000000]

Bubble makes Caine a hot chocolate to cheer him up! Warning: Volume warning and flashing lights + bright colors. PS: I struggled picking the music so ignore how odd the first one is LOL

This is for my giftee @jaybejaybenotsstuff ! I'm incredibly sorry for being late, I did NOT forget about you Jay! There's some more words I want to say, but I'll leave it for the end.

The Animatic leads up to this point in the artwork, I also made a comic for the little bee plush!

So from now on these will be extras! Except for one thing...I especially want YOU @tadcgiftfest to see this little thing I may or may have hidden from you during check-ins. PS: There's also this page that I included in the extras because I felt it was a bit rushed.

Ok so this one is kind of hard to understand, I just made it without prior plan LOL. So the cast is having a snowball fight, and Caine decided to come with a bugle! Bubble is the snowball storage, he gobbles up snowballs for Caine to throw. But oh no! Caine got distracted by a butterfly and left the bubble storage running! Now the bugle is attacking the cast feverously off camera. Anddddd...SUPRISE @hanajoyishere (aka the MOD!) this is for you and for you too jay! Double yoshie exploshi gift.

Alright so the extra words I wanted to say: Jay's prompt was left really open-ended and I went...a bit crazy! I really loved that it was open to interpretation. I really hope you like this gift as much as I enjoyed making it! it was a incredibly awesome learning experience for me too. I had so much fun that I spent most of my free time on it. There were even times where I couldn't sleep thinking about it LOL I remember I went to Jay's page and saw their beautiful art and went "kay, I gotta lock in!" And again, Jay's patience with this gift, I missed the deadline but they still waited so patiently, thank you Jay 🙏 The Mod on this event was incredible, really smooth communication, rules, and flexible with the deadlines/schedules. They were incredibly enthusiastic and such a sweet individual. Thank you so much for hosting this event @tadcgiftfest, It was a blast. I can't believe I finished this gift, I usually know myself as the person who doesn't finish anything, but this was such a growing experience for me. The Mod also helped a heck ton, their encouragement every time I updated them kept me pushing to finish it. And seeing it come together. I also learned that I really need to relearn editing and learn sound design, heh. But seriously, thank you so much, it was a invaluable experience for me and I'd do it all again, Happy new year to both of you and anyone who is reading. [PS: btw so sorry if the characters personalities aren't very close to canon 😭 I haven't rewatched the episodes in AWHILE}

[bigfatbreak]

some of you have been curious about the AU I posted about with feralnette, so here’s some details: 

her new attitude and actions are a direct result of realizing Hawkmoth is closing in on her identity faster than she’s closing in on his, and Lila’s totally messed up her social network. between being ladybug, the guardian, and her school’s ‘everyday ladybug,’ Marinette realizes she has to give up one of these responsibilities to literally keep paris safe, so she plays things tactically.

if she can convince everyone around her that she’s only dedicated to her studies, no longer has an interest in keeping stable relationships, and that she wants to be alone, even letting herself cut loose and act on impulses she would usually hold back on, then Hawkmoth - apart of everybody - would be convinced she’s not Ladybug and her identity along with her actual loved ones, are safe.

it works pretty well, at the sacrifice that Marinette doesn’t exactly have stable friendships anymore and Lila’s more easily manipulated her outbursts to her own advantage - but Marinette is at the point that she doesn’t actually care about Lila. She’s busy. She has studies, both magical and practical, to work on, villains to fight, and between being responsible for a classroom and being responsible for the lives of Paris… she can’t keep trying to debunk Lila’s tall tales. She doesn’t have the time or energy to waste on people who WANT to believe what she says.

Everyone thinks on some aspect Lila’s won, but Lila herself is leery… there’s something incredibly certain and determined in Marinette’s gaze, as though everything she does is on purpose, like a pre-determined chess move…

The only person so far actually interested in getting to know her as she is, not as she’s displaying or projecting herself as, is (insert trope) Felix, the transfer student.

He’s got a mask of his own, and realizing Marinette is under such stress that she seems to have a totally different persona in school than at home, he’s a bit determined to get to the bottom of her mystery… or at least get close enough to peek at her fashion ideas lmao

EDIT: if you wanna write something for this GO FOR IT LMAO like all I have are vague ideas I do NOT have the time to play with, consider it a playground and go wild y’all

[bigfatbreak]

feralblanc doodles 

[bigfatbreak]

anyway au where depending on how she’s feeling when she’s transforming, marinette turns into different ladybugs

ofc these have to be pretty strong emotions, same as how cockmoth peahawk shadowmoth is using his miraculous and absolutely wildin’ it by using negativity as his source and his fuel

bc this happens so rarily ppl start to think ladybug is like. multiple people. but its actually just one twamatized girl trying to get thru midterms

[3hkowalski]

Too bad you cut me off

I once admired you, and I envied you just as much.

some kind of Father-son & Creator-Creation trope, I love the HC that his anger comes from realizing his creator made him just to abandon him later for no reason, leaving him to question his purpose.

[thedeerofthewoods-deactivated20]

Ragatha~