A Piece Of Finn (pre-canon) And Ramona. Prolly Gonna Complete This One Later

Spectacular Spider-Man V1 #223 

tracing tattoos + finn

finn is uncharacteristically obedient as you silently lead him to the couch, nudging him into his usual place by the armrest. he complies, and while he doesn't question nor react to your actions, you can see the curl of his mouth peeking from the golden brace on his jaw as he spreads his legs wide, putting an arm on the armrest--fiddling with his lighter absent-mindedly, and beckoning you to his lap with the other, swiftly wrapping his arm around your waist the moment you situate yourself on his lap. he heaves a deep sigh like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders when your fingertips graze the tattoos on his forehead, tracing the patterns and following the lines.

''something the matter, sweetheart?'' he asks just as you're swiping your thumb over the lines under his eye, voice low as if he's afraid the tender atmosphere will shatter if he speaks any louder, slit pupils following your every move as you slide your hand up to trace the snake tattoo on the side of his head, pursing your lips and shaking your head no. you can feel his silent contemplation on whether to push the matter, the clicking of his lighter getting faster like the cogs turning in his head before he snaps it shut.

you smile in appreciation. he always reads you so well.

finn hisses when you splay a hand across his broad chest, your icy fingers sending a chill down his spine, his grip on his lighter tightening as you trace the tattoo on his chest with one hand while the other travels down to his neck. finn looks at you through half-lidded eyes when he hears you huff in displeasure, only to find you glaring holes into the collar of his poor jacket for denying you full access. his lips curling up, finn rolls his shoulders, effectively shrugging his prized possession off, craning his head to the side for good measure, mirth dancing in his cyan eyes as he takes in your reaction, all too pleased to hear your breath catch in your throat.

what a sight to see, the notorious chembaron offering his neck to you like that. the urge to sink your teeth into him is too great, it doesn't take you much to cave in and do exactly that. his chest rumbles with laughter as if he'd expected it to happen, his hand traveling up from your waist and finding homage in your hair, pressing you even closer to him as you soothe the bitemark with a swipe of your tongue, craning your head up to mark an all too familiar spot under his ear--the blank patch of skin right above the hyena's head, successfully drawing a low moan from him.

finn tucks his lighter between the couch cushions, his hand coming to rest on your thigh, giving it a firm squeeze as a warning. he waits for a moment longer, only taking action when he figures you have no intentions of stopping. hooking a leg under yours and shifting his weight, he easily flips the position, climbing on top, making sure to trap you beneath him.

''aww,'' he coos at your flustered face, hooking a finger under your chin to guide your gaze back to his, ''if you wanted to fool around, all you had to do was ask.''

you're being transphobic about nico - so u can accept mutsuki as a TRANS MAN but oh no u can't accept nico as a TRANS WOMAN. there's evidence pointing to her being TRANS. she's referred to as "big sister" which is FEMININE, as well as being on the woman's day in the calendar and THE ONLY ONE present on the TRANSGENDER day in the calendar. is it really that hard to add "gender: female" or even UNKNOWN to nico's wiki page?

Oh, I see. So that’s what this is about.

Here we go, Anon. I’ll break things down nicely for you, since it seems you haven’t read anything I have said concerning the issues related to Nico.

Nico’s situation is complicated because of very specific Cultural Contexts. We cannot simply force Western ideas and concepts, because that is Racist and Imperialist. Tokyo Ghoul is a story written by a Japanese man, for a Japanese audience, and shaped by Japanese culture.

Nico is a character written in the mold of the Okama Stereotype, which confuses and combines traits from Effeminate Homosexuals, Transwomen, Non-Binary individuals, and Drag Queens. As I stated, this is a Japanese concept and should not be ignored or pushed aside for Western ideology. The culture, ideas, and experiences of Japanese people are equally valid to those of Westerners.

Nico being called “Big Sister” or other blurring of Gender lines is likewise something tied directly into the Okama Stereotype and Japanese ideas about homosexuality and gender. Many male homosexuals are portrayed using that sort of exaggerated feminine imagery and language, whether Okama or the “Hard Gay” stereotype that involves muscle-bound manly men.

As I’ve stated, these things make figuring things out difficult because many different groups are represented within the stereotype.

In terms of the inclusion in Women’s Day, you……realize that Mutsuki and Nico are on that page together, right? And therefore, that argument opens all sorts of issues up. Treating an Okama as “one of the girls” is very typical in Japanese media.

Unlike you, I actually researched what “Transgender Day” is in Japan. The information I found on it explicitly mentions both Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. So it covers anyone that doesn’t strictly conform to being Heterosexual and/or Cisgender.

Therefore, it’s a huge question mark.

And concerning the Wiki, I have REPEATEDLY stated I do not personally make those decisions. I am merely an agent that enforces things, people have raised the issue about Nico’s Gender and it hasn’t been passed. Therefore, there really is nothing I cannot do. Don’t pin that on me, because I have rules I have to follow.

finally... finally someone summarized my thoughts. Plus they completely forgot about Renni's special chem-costume they've been teasering even before the first season aired (in that LOL minigame or something). At this point I think we should be happy they didn't forget about her existence at all. Tbh I thought she'd kill Jayce's mother, or attempt to kill him in front of his mother. But, well... We have what we have.

The whole chem-barons plotline is a one big cut content. It was okay-ish in first season and I thought they are building up a ground for inevitable gang wars in season 2, but... no. No wars for you, take your shitty slide show with epic music. And Finn definitely lacks some build up scenes, damn Smeech has more dialogue than he did.

Thoughts on Act 1 of Arcane Season 2

The positives:

- The animation is fucking incredible.

- Jinx and Sevika teaming up watered my crops and cleansed my skin.

- Underwater goodbye with Jinx and Silco. That scene was made specifically for me.

- Jinx's voice actress continues to be excellent.

- Loved the designs of all the Chembarons. The glimpse we got of the gang wars was also interesting. Unfortunately, too tiny a glimpse. Which brings me to...

The negatives:

- Too many plotlines. They stuffed the season with too much shit which is why each individual plot gets a much shorter screentime than it should. Smeech is introduced and killed in the same episode. Chembarons' gang wars, a huge issue which has repercussions on the entire Undercity, gets only one musical montage before moving on. And this is coming from someone who loved that montage, as well as the song. My favourite on the soundtrack so far. But musical montages shouldn't come at the expense of the story and definitely shouldn't replace the story. There are just way too many music video scenes in general that feel like a way to condense a storyline into the sparknotes version because they don't have the screentime to flesh it out. And they would have the screentime if they cut out all the extra stuffing. Look I'm happy for the League fans who are excited for the Black Rose and all that, but what the hell is it doing in a Piltover/Zaun show. And with zero foreshadowing in Season 1 too. It would definitely be easier to swallow if they had at least hinted at it in the first season. They could have kept Ambessa's beef with this magic cult for a Noxus show. The P/Z narrative has enough to deal with, enough characters to handle already.

- The new side characters are uninteresting and generic. Maddie and the two other enforcers (we don't even know their names after three episodes LMAO) are bland. We know nothing about their characters or personalities. Maddie looks like a rookie, and one of the dudes is an alcoholic, yet they get chosen for an elite strikeforce to capture Jinx? Isha is pretty generic too - the token cute kid that needs protecting. I get the role she will play in Jinx's arc. But that's the problem - she should be a character in her own right, not just a vehicle for someone else's character development. A good example is Mylo. He died for Jinx's arc, but when he was alive he was a distinct character with his own personality. We had a sense of his insecurities, his goals, who he was as a person. Name a single personality trait of Isha and Maddie other than "generically nice person". That's right. You can't.

- Whatever the hell is going on with Viktor. He wakes up from his coma and immediately rejects Jayce so quickly that it was funny. Apparently disapproves of Jayce using the Hexcore to save his life, but then immediately goes to use the Hexcore to save random Undercity people. Bruh. I also don't really like the way the fridged woman from last season seems to be his motivation so far. Nor the way he seems to have no agency in his Machine Herald arc. Instead of Viktor himself believing in transhumanism and mechanizing himself, Jayce does it for him. Instead of Viktor having an ideological drive and wanting a "Glorious Evolution", he is driven by guilt over Sky. Meh. Also he's not even mechanized, instead he's weirdly fleshy?? In a magical way?? More like The Magic Herald :(

- Vi. Her whole character is a mess. Insanely rushed arc which I find unacceptable for one of THE main characters and one of the faces of the show. She and Jinx are supposed to be the leads, their relationship the heart of the story, but so far only Jinx is a well-written fleshed out chaacter with a believable arc. I have too much to say about Vi so I'll expand more on this on another post.

- So much nuance and detail is missing. How does Heimerdinger feel about his ex-colleagues being killed? Does he care? Does he feel guilt? Relieved that he wasn't in the chamber when the bombing happened? No clue! Let's have comedy Mission Impossible instead! How does Ekko feel about the Council attack? Does he approve of it? Think Jinx went too far? How does he feel that she even survived their fight to begin with? No clue! Here, have him joking around with a Councilor for a bit (someone whom Ekko logically should despise), then he can talk Science with Jayce and all three get sent to another dimension together. Yay. What does Vi think happened to Ekko? The last time she saw him, he was fighting Jinx to the death to give Vi and Cait time to escape. He could be dead for all she knows and she doesn't give a fuck. Doesn't even think about him nor mention him once. It's like the writers forgot they're childhood friends. What does the entirety of Zaun make of Silco's death? I assume they heard about it from Piltover (who heard about it from Caitlyn), but how do they think it happened? His body is gone and to Zaun it seems he just mysteriously disappeared. Are there conspiracy theories? Conflicting accounts and rumours? So much nuance that would give the world and characters more depth, sacrificed so we can pack in more rushed subplots and music videos.

- Caitlyn "Wifebeater" Kiramman. And Caitvi in general. So far Caitlyn has guilt-tripped Vi, manipulated her into joining the enforcers, insulted her and then physically abused her. After Vi sacrificed everything for Cait, wore a badge she hates for Cait, even let Cait kill her own fucking sister (and only intervened when the random kid got involved). Why should I give a shit about such a one-sided relationship lmao. "B-but Cait's mom is dead so she's sad about it", every other fucking character in this show has dead parents. Half the cast has faced unfathomable amounts of trauma and pain that make Cait's pale in comparison. Nothing justifies her hitting Vi. "B-b-but it's a parallel to when Vi hit Powder", a shit parallel then. Because the circumstances are not even remotely comparable. "God forbid lesbians do anything🤪", give me a break with this corny bullshit. Be serious for a second. I'm not even a Vi fan and I think she deserves better than this mess of a relationship. The power dynamic between them makes it worse. The way Caitlyn is one of the richest people in the city and Vi is broke. The way Caitlyn is highly educated and Vi never went to school and spent her entire teen years locked in a box. Did the writers think about all this when writing their relationship? Keep in mind, Vi met Caitlyn like a week ago. She barely knows this chick. She's been out of prison FOR A WEEK. Where she was physically abused every fucking day. Putting her in a relationship with a cop who hits her would certainly be a choice! Do I have faith this show will handle it with care? Not really, no. They already ignore Vi's prison trauma. Most likely they will make Vi forgive Cait way too easily because "muh mummy muh grief".

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Valentine's CC 🍓💕

Here’s a collection of all the Valentine's Day & Strawberry CC I’ve made over the years! Click the links below or visit my Downloads Page to browse my CC library.

Moonstruck Mini Set

Strawberry Dino

Petit Toast! Earrings

Floral Earring Set

Strawberry Planters

Retro Blouse

In case you’ve not yet seen, the text, pdf, and the sketchbook for C0DA are now available on c0da.es. The sketchbook features the work of M.C. Barrett, Manuel Dupong, Katy Hargrove, Darya Makarava, Ksenia Mamaeva, Andrew Rai, and myself.

NOOOOO!! HE IS BUILT LIKE A STICKMAN😭

Arcane

Artist: Thibaut Granet / Victor Maury

soooo… do you guys think that Finns metal jaw is cosmetic body mods? Or do you think it was due to an accident working in a Zaun factory? 

For the last hour I have been trying to figure out if he has a lower lip (no reason no st-). I mean we see that Zaun is so dire that even Chem Baron children work in the factories, so in my mind its not outside the realm Finn lost it in the Piltover war as a child or working in a factory. 

But I was wondering if anyone else had headcanons? Please just a crumb of a content for a criminally underused character.