As An Alternative To 'sugar, Spice, And Everything Nice'

So I mentioned to my family that I was reading for another fandom and they were wondering which one. I chose not to tell them because I have a fondness for making people guess things instead of outright telling them . . . uh, it might also just be anxiety about words. Anyway, so I gave them a couple clues and they were guessing. And I was pretty sure they'd stumble upon the correct fandom given the clues and what they were guessing, and I knew if I hesitated before answering they'd think it was that one.

So they were guessing, and I was finding all this greatly amusing and going "nope" and then they guessed "Ben 10" and I hesitated, which made them all think I was reading Ben 10 fanfic. This was hilarious to me, because I was actually reading . . .

. . . ha, did you really think I was going to tell you what fandom it was?? Nope lol! Suffer!

Okay, so maybe this story isn't as funny to anyone else as it is to me. But I was having fun. So. Yeah. There's the story.

If I disappear from updating my fics just assume I’ve picked up a new fandom and have been reading 1 million fics of it. And probably written at least one work anonymously for it. I actually have a story that I personally find hilarious about this new fandom (new for me, it’s like two decades old lol) that I’ll reblog this post with. But not right now because I don’t feel like it.

I texted her it and she reacted with a question mark. I didn't really expect anything different

Watching Gravity Falls with siblings is great.

"I didn't think it was possible to be a worse guardian than Stan, but at least he has some idea of child endangerment." - my sister when Ford brought Dipper to the alien ship.

"That's not up to him, that's up to his parents." - my sister on Ford's apprenticeship offer.

"Is she about to get Bill'd?" - my brother when Mabel is in the forest.

"This show took a turn." - my sister in the episode thats name is like Xqthfqx or something.

"It takes a special kind of brain to come up with this." - my brother on the same episode as the previous quote.

This has been on my mind and the brain rot of mcsm is strong I need to talk about it with someone who's a fan of the game anyway

I don't know if I'll get over the fact Jesse doesn't process the fact that they died they just be shocked for a minute then just brush it off

LIKE HELLO YOU JUST DIED?!??

YEAH dude just keeps going… tbf if you’re talking about the moment in ep8 he didn’t get much chance to process it anyways since he’s gotta get straight back into the fight, but the weight of it all probably hit him hard on the night he got home once everything’s settled :( same goes for the rest of the group too

Some sort of addendum to this post I made a month ago

Oh cheeseburgers, I lost my keys!

What if instead of cursing we just said random food things

A hitman who advertises his services the way a commission artist does

This is the scene that I was working on when my iPad died. I said I’d post it when I finished so you’d all get to see why I was so devastated when I lost it, so here you go! (No sound, I haven’t edited it to the rest of the short yet).

I had just finished inking Petra and Jessie. Luckily I had exported it as a video and saved it to my phone before the crash. So while I did have to re-trace all of the ink lines, at least I had a good reference to do it from.

I started working on this scene a little before Christmas, so it’s been about a month that I’ve been working on it (including the week where I had to scramble to get a new iPad and get caught back up again).

It’s been a rough time. This is probably the most technically challenging shot I’ve done so far. Keeping their proportions right, their feet planted on the ground, and their bodies rotating in 3D space was exceptionally difficult. Im happy with how it turned out but I’m frustrated that it probably would’ve been better had I not had to re-do so much of it due to a hardware malfunction.

There’s probably a lot wrong with it, but I honestly can’t focus on it any longer. I’m so far behind now. I really want to wrap up this short. So I just gotta cut my losses and say this is good enough and move on.

I only have a few more shots left, and hopefully they’re not as technical as this one. So here’s hoping I can finish before the end of next month if all goes well.

🤞

Never not being insane about Wendy and Soos btw. They're such found family. Such siblings. Soos has none. Wendy has many. Soos is shy and silly (/aff). Wendy is an angsty teenager (/aff). Soos is aloof and playful. Wendy is reserved and cutting. Soos seems childlike but is actually protective and responsible. Wendy seems tough and laid back but is actually a kid. They both love the twins. The both love Stan. They both love the Mystery Shack because it's like a second home to them.

They are the type that would've never interacted with each other in high school but got stuck in some extracurricular activity together and now they'd kill for each other. And maybe they don't spend that much time together (because of their age difference, or work, or family, or their other friends), but they will consider each other siblings. They will refer to each other as one of their best friends.

Because there's something so special in forming a connection with someone that you know you wouldn't have ever crossed paths with if not for one tiny little coincidence (getting hired at the same place).

I love Wendy and Soos man

Pines Twins Parallelisms

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who thought about the parallelisms of the oh-so untouched dynamics of Ford and Mabel, and Stan and Dipper, but humor me.

In a previous post, I mentioned Mabel is a mini-Ford in Stan’s font and Dipper being a Stan Jr. in Ford’s flair so here’s my take.

Mabel is just like Ford because, other than being the sweater-loving older twin that would always add something to in their diary/scrapbook, her mind is the only other stand-out to the Bill Cipher other than Ford's. He took genuine interest to her mindscape.

As for Dipper, he's so much like Stan. No book? Left hook!

Both Dipper and Mabel mirror the different aspects of Ford's mind and Stan's heart. Let's start with the obvious:

Dipper has Ford's academic mind and craving for problem-solving adventure.

While Mabel has Stan's emotional capacity to know what to do to the things left unsaid.

And now for the other way around:

Mabel has Ford's mental fortitude to face the unknown with the optimistic belief that they'll survive it all just so that they can record it on paper.

And Dipper has Stan's immovable tenacity to protect the family he loves so dearly, no matter how dangerous or afraid he is. For them, he'll do it all.

I just love them so much how can I be normal about it.

i can't believe my very first art post here is minecraft story mode shitpost