Summer Pfp Time!!!

@nahoney22 , feel absolutely free to take as much time as you need. We can wait. We’ll still be here when you’ve taken the break you need. The internet isn’t going anywhere, and those in your audience who love your work love it because you put passion, enthusiasm, joy, and real care into your work. And it shows! That takes time. That takes effort and thought and hard work, and we understand that. What’s most important is that you get the same enjoyment out of making your stuff that your audience gets out of reading it <333

As for anon, who the H E L L thinks they’re entitled to free fan content?? What idiot woke up today and thought “hmmm today feels like a good day to tell that author I really like how much they suck!”

Look, I get it. Waiting for someone to write things, or make fanart, or update the next chapter of their AO3 fic is hard. Sometimes you really, really want new material because life is overwhelming; you’re in too deep and you need a comfort and an escape. I’ve been there myself! But it is never okay to tell a person who makes art, be it writing or fanart or music or edits or any other form of art that they are moving too slow. Think before you speak. Is this something I would want my audience to say to me when I’m having trouble making my stuff? This person pours their soul into their craft and all you have to say to them is: you took too long???

Anon, you should be ashamed. Shame on you for telling an artist that they’re efforts aren’t good enough. Shame on you for hiding behind the barrier that is the internet.

sorry but did I see your newest post and see the request being made around New Year’s Day? And you have only just dne it? your a joke I don’t see how you could wait so long to do it

… yeah 😕

It’s been a while since I lovingly sketched a hand. I forgot how much I enjoy it

:)

Finished the polished sketch!! I’m super happy with how this turned out!

The runes on the armband mean “bear” and “protection”, as translated by a friend of mine who has studied ancient Norse runes. They’re awesome, but I don’t know if they have an account to tag.

The skull is that of a Eurasian brown bear, and yes, they really are that big.

I busted out the lines and color the day before yesterday! Don’t stay up till 3am making art, guys! You’ll regret it!

YOU GUYS I FOUND IT!! I FOUND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ART!!!

I agree with this analysis 100%

You are never supposed to go in after a drowning person. This is swimming safety 101! You are supposed to get a floatation device to them so that they get brought up to the surface and kept there. The reason for this is that it is incredibly hard to pull a person who is unconscious to the surface, especially in waters with a current. And if the person is conscious and struggling, it is highly likely that their panic will make them climb you to try and get to the surface, impeding your own swimming. There is a high likelihood that Hunter would’ve drowned attempting to save Omega. He has no floatation device, and though she is small, she’s still pretty deep down. Crosshair was either a) going to stop Hunter outright, or b) was setting up to grab him with his cable if things went south, which they were very likely to do.

Hunter should’ve thanked Crosshair. Not because he saved Omega, but because he was ready to save Hunter. Again.

Scene analysis

There's something that struck me about this scene – I’ve always had one single interpretation for it, ever since I watched it for the first time but I haven’t seen many people interpret it that way.

The thing is, I don’t think Crosshair was thinking about saving Omega here. At least I don’t think that was at the forefront of his mind. In fact, I don’t think it occurred to him that he was repaying her for saving him until she brought it up on the platform.

What I believe Crosshair was doing in that scene was protecting Hunter. Because Hunter would have jumped after Omega and Crosshair knew it and he had to stop him from doing it. We know the water is crawling with sea monsters and littered with debris, not to mention that Hunter may well drown in his frantic urge to save Omega. He can’t see into the water as well as Crosshair after all.

And I think that’s the case because throughout those two episodes we see numerous instances of Crosshair protecting or attempting to protect his brothers, from trying to convince them that the Empire is safer to killing his own squad and helping them fight the simulation droids (in that scene he sends a bolt flying above Hunter’s shoulder to dispatch the droid he’s fighting, proving that he’s not just fighting in self-defense).

That’s why I think his brothers’ rejection hurts so much afterwards. Why he huddles down in the pod looking hurt and he’s definitely hurt there. This isn’t about the Empire anymore this is about them. They’re telling him they don’t trust him anymore even after he’s repeatedly proven he won’t hurt them now that he hasn’t got his chip. Where they once let him use their shoulders as a rifle rest without a second thought (in TCW with Tech), they now turn their weapons on him just because the barrel of his gun got near Hunter.

(To be clear the angle makes it hard to tell just how close he was to aiming at him but I if you look closely you’ll see that he’s aiming over Hunter’s shoulder and Hunter only gets in the way once he turns around.)

I also think that’s the moment it starts to click - when Hunter turns to glare at him with suspicion we see Crosshair hesitate:

The camera lingers and something in his expression shifts, as if he's finally realizing what's going on.

So yeah, to me that’s what this scene is about. Hunter goes to jump and Crosshair’s knee jerk response is to stop him somehow. It’s not about Omega, it’s not about a life debt, it’s a simple response that’s been ingrained into him over the years.

Only now it's being rejected.

This one’s gonna be good…

“Crosshair wasn’t expecting that. He doesn’t know what it is she’s proud of, he’s just the same as he’s always been: ornery, cruel, fearful. He is not a good man. But if this little girl says she’s found something to love in him, maybe… maybe there is hope for him after all.”

A friend of mine and I were messing around, and this idea struck me

@superiorsniper said I upset you with pushing the stone question further. I would like to sincerly apologies. please accept this carton of mantell mix as a peace offering

I get it, *nods* you didn't know. I'm not mad.

It's just... People see me and think "big dumb guy haha he is so stupid I bet he eats rocks!"

Clones age faster so we have to eat more, I'm bigger than the average clone, so I gotta eat even more.

And I'm not stupid cos I laugh a lot... I'm just happy and maybe I say my feelings and all my thoughts out loud. Doesn't make me dumb.

I guess... It got to me that day. *Shrugs and takes a piece of Mantell Mix*

Heh... As much as the food on Pabu is good, I miss this stuff.

@fives-girlfriend I don’t know who would say this or why. Your art is fantastic and I love watching you and cloned-eyes go at it! It makes me grin like an idiot! Me and my discord buddies look forward to every post! Please keep it up. We love seeing it so much!

And anon, stop trying to ruin everyone’s fun! Block the poster if you don’t wanna see their content like an adult human person instead of tearing somebody else down. You’re better than that.

Okay I get the joke but seriously you can't keep hyping your art up like this, it's selfish of you at best and demeaning to the other involved artists at worst to put yourself on par with them. The poll is just a poll, save your energy and stop clogging people's dashboards.

...you've. Got a point, I guess. I know it's not fair of me to promote myself like this but honestly I thought it was all just in good fun and you guys would get free art out of it

If you guys want I'll take down the Howzer competition posts. I'm really sorry.

your discord pfp and your tumblr pfp are locked in a room together. what happens?