Thread On Alternative Views Of Iconic Landmarks You (probably) Haven’t Seen Before 🧵

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I'm basically drawing everyone at this point djdjdj

Is anyone still genuinely in the Merlin fandom? I want to start making edits or wtv- but I don’t even know if anyone would interact with it😭

Mr. Lee said be so fr right now 🤨

Vortex, Ancient of Storms and Natural Disasters

So, I’ve previously shared some of my Danny Phantom first-interpretations/re-designs. But at the time I hadn’t drawn one for Vortex—now, when I first heard of vortex I had pictured a tornado with a charred silhouette of a man, hovering high up in the middle of it. In my mind, the tornado was his outer shell/body while the figure floating in the center was his core. I like designs where the ancients stand out from the other ghosts, so with Vortex (and also Undergrowth) I’ve gone much more conceptual with their designs. Nocturne probably has the design that’s closest to canon but that may be because I was exposed to some Nocturne fanart at the time.

Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

why is this the hottest thing i've ever seen

I see a lot of posts about how Percy isn't the point of the story in pjo and the story is about the Thalia-Luke-Annabeth narrative and I do agree to a great extent but I do also think it needs to be said the reason why percy is the narrator and not one of them is because he is the cycle-breaker - without him it would have stayed a tragedy but because of him it changed. This is most obvious in how he rejects immortality and instead demands greater support for half-bloods, obviously, but also he trusted annabeth enough to give Luke the knife! he disliked the gods enough to understand Luke even if he didn't agree with his methods and I think that empathy is so so crucial actually! The T-L-A story is built like a mythological tragedy, Percy exists to break the cycle of the story, he's the hero that ends happily.

Finally got the time and opportunity to ply my inexpert candle making skills towards my (now longtime) dream of owning my own incarnation of the red duck candle, Dr. Yorick Quack, The Lucky from @noir-renard ‘s incredible If You Give A Bat A Burger!

I’m honestly pretty delighted with him! Ignore the cracks, it’s fine, I’m working on it.

Besides getting the shape and color right, one of the things I was most excited to do was try and get the scent correct for this particular candle.

The flowers in question are described in the fic as smelling almost spicy, and I’ve been fascinated and wanting to replicate that for myself for a long time now. Given the resemblance to roses, and the ability to ward off spirits, this little guy smells like, rose, sandalwood, sage and cardamom. And I gotta say, it’s pretty delightful, actually.

I think I just created a headcanon for a smell that I will now actually be imagining next time I read/reread. New levels of sensory engagement with the text. For anyone who’s not read the fic yet, I highly recommend it. Clearly it’s a great one to have fun with/about.

Very excited about this duck, and probable future ducks I can make with this mold. I probably won’t be able to resist burning him. Gonna have to find him a lil’ hat about it.