My drawings as well.
Reblogging and repeating for myself!
Finally getting back into the groove of drawing again after a rough couple of weeks and a welcome family visit.
@bitsy83 won the writing challenge and asked for a fanart of her amazing story
A delightful story where Bruno imagines himself as a noir style detective complete with clever one liners.
If you haven’t yet, you can win the prize winning fic she wrote here!
As usual, BEAUTIFUL JOB! I can’t tell you how tempted I am to do an AU of Bruno being a Humphrey Bogart-esque character with Elena being his feme fatale. Thanks again!
Just a little something I wrote for the DTIY @prophetic-hijinks is running! Hope you all enjoy!
(TRIGGER: Panic attack and self-doubt)
I have a headcanon, that all the Madrigal babies took to talking early. Because high energy, insomniac Bruno with a ton of stories took the nighttime diapers. Chattering the little one’s ears off until they nodded off.
Going off this hc with m: Dolores and Bruno have a special “silence” bond. When Dolores first got her gift, parties and social gatherings were difficult for her. So she wouldn’t feel left out, Bruno would babysit her in his room since it helped block out the sounds and gave Bruno an excuse not to attend the party. They would build sandcastles and he’d tell her stories that she wound insert her own characters and plot twists. Bruno would occasionally sneak out to get them snacks. Then when she would fall asleep, he’d tell Casita to get Felix or Pepa to come get her.
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People I’d like to get to know better: @naoko-world and @rinnysega
Last song: I was listening to The Pulse on Sirius and I think it was Taylor Swift song that tend to block out on occasion. Nothing against her personally, just not a fan.
Favorite color: sea green/blues/teal
Last Book: Currently working on “A Girl Named Disaster” by Nancy Farmer
Last Movie: …..honestly can’t remember. I think it was SCROOGED back in December
Last Show: been watching The Floor. I’d be so great at that game if my category was “Disney characters” or “Beatles songs”
Sweet/Spicy/Savory: not spicy
Looking Forward to: going to Pittsburgh for the weekend next month to visit my brother and celebrate my birthday.
I will tag @anyone who follows me and wants to follow this.
Bad Luck Friends
Image based on my friends @bitsy83 story “Luck of the Paw”. It’s adorable and so funny.
It just occurred to me that I never reblogged this! I want to thank my dear friend @prophetic-hijinks for making me this wonderful piece based on my fic. You captured the gatitos beautifully!
Somehow I’ve fallen under your spell 🎶
Sometimes I think about how and why some people had such a *bad* reaction to the end of Steven Universe, specifically in regards to the Diamonds living.
Even though they no longer are causing harm to others and are able to actually undo some of their previous harm by living, some folks reacted as though this ending was somehow morally suspect. Morally bankrupt, even.
And I think it might be because so many of us were raised on a very specific kind of kids media trope:
They all fall to their deaths.
Disney loves chucking their bad guys off cliffs. And it makes sense- in a moral framework where villains *must* be punished (regardless of whether their death will actually prevent further harm or not), but killing of any kind is morally bad for the hero, the narrative must find a way to kill the villain without the protagonists doing a murder.
It's a moral assumption that a person can *deserve* to die, that it is cosmically just for them to die, that them dying is evidence that the story itself is morally good and correct. Scar *deserves* to die, but it would be bad for Simba to kill him. So....cliff. (edit: yes, cliff then hyenas. But cliff first. Lol.)
Steven Universe, whatever else it's faults, took a step back and said "but if killing people is bad, then people dying is bad", and instead of dropping White Diamond off a cliff, asked "what would actual *restorative*, not punitive, justice look like? What would actual reparations mean here? If the goal is to heal, not just to punish, how do we handle those who have done harm?" And then did that.
Which I think is interesting, and that there was pushback against it is interesting.
It also reminds me of the folks who get very weird about Aang not killing Ozai at the end of Avatar. And like, Ozai still gets chucked in prison, so it doesn't even push back on our cultural ideas of punitive justice *that much.* and still, I've seen people get real mad that the child monk who is the last survivor of a genocide that wiped out his entire pacifist culture didn't do a murder.
Going off your last paragraph, I think what Aang did to Ozai was even crueler than just executing him (though I’m sure Aang wouldn’t see it that way).
Ozai was 100% dependent on his fire bending skills. Not just because of his status as fire lord, but the close-minded delusion that fire bending is the superior bending form. Learning or adapting fire bending skills to any other bending (like how Iroh learned to redirect lightning studying water benders) is beneath him and insulting. It wouldn’t surprise me that if Ozai succeeds in his own genocidal plans to take out the other benders, his next step would be to purge the world of anyone who couldn’t bend fire, even if they were born and loyal to the fire nation. Even elite loyalists to the Fire Nation would be enslaved/executed if they couldn’t bend fire.
All this being said, when Aang first defeated Ozai, Ozai was ready to accept his death. He lost, but he would no longer be alive to live with the shame of not only losing his war, but losing to an Air bender (or non-fire bender). Aang taking away his bending was a fate worse than death in the eyes of Ozai. In his mind, he would be living in mental and emotional torture that he’s causing to himself.
It’s also parallel to this:
Azula was an insanely prideful character; she was a princess AND a prodigy. Everything involving fire bending came easily to her. She never struggled, never failed, and was given everything through either intimidation or status.
Meanwhile, Katara struggled to become a master water bending. She had almost no formal training until she went to the North Pole, and even then she had to fight to earn her training. She was taught humility and how to deal with her limitations. When she failed, she learned, grew, and came back again and again until she succeeded.
Katara could have easily killed Azula right there, but outsmarting her, subduing her, and undoing the damage she did against Zuko drove Azula over the edge. She finally failed, leaving her a broken mess engulfed by insanity.
So, yes, having the Diamonds live at the end of SU was ignoring the “fall to death” trope, but that was never the message Sugar and her team wanted to tell. That’s not Steven’s character. It wasn’t even Pink Diamond’s character (even though she did emotionally kill a few characters). Steven never wanted to be a killer, even if it would be justified.
The goal of a hero is to defeat the villain.
Sometimes the villain falls off a cliff.
Other times they’re humbled or humiliated.
And sometimes the villain can change their mind thanks to the hero.
And with that, this story is complete! Gonna take a short break from the comics for a few weeks while I finish up school finals, then I've got a different (darker) Nimona comic in the works that I'm planning to post next. (remember the 'Halloween comic' I mentioned last year?)
After that I've got a final short comic planned to cap off the series, so stay tuned!
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Ambrosius was there when the sword went off. The deadly blast caught everyone by surprise - Ambrosius barely had a moment to think before grabbing his sword. It was a moment though, just long enough for him to gather his wits and knock the sword from Ballister’s hand before anyone else got hurt, Ballister included. The sword fell to the ground, sparking as it disintegrated into pieces. Ambrosius and Ballister stared at it, then at each other in shock. Then the guards leapt into action. Ballister was so stunned he didn’t fight back when they pinned his arms behind his back and forced him to his knees.
“I didn’t do it.” his voice was barely audible over the noise of the stadium. Then the guards started dragging him away, past the stunned cadets, back into the tunnels below the Glorodome. “I DIDN’T DO IT!” he shouted, finding his voice. “SOMEONE SWITCHED MY SWORD!”
Ambrosius had watched in shocked silence. There was nothing else he could do.
SO happy to have someone listen to my crazy ideas and make them a reality! Hope you all enjoy!
Ballister Boldheart killed the queen. That’s what everyone was saying, but things aren’t adding up for Ambrosius. Torn between his duty to The Institute and his love for Ballister, Ambrosius wants to find the truth. But with Ballister behind bars and the upcoming trial looming, will he find that truth in time? And why is a certain pink shapeshifter so eager to help him?
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So for those who might've missed last week's note, I'm writing a fic with with @bitsy83! We're looking at a T rating for dark/grim and maaaybe some GoldenHeart citrus. I'm planning to drop chapter 1 next tuesday, so stay tuned!
Hey, I can’t ALWAYS write about Encanto!
I am also procrastinating actually writing. If you’ve multiple works in progress you can give a different answer every time!
Enjoy!
