Helloooooooo Chat. Your Votes Have Been Counted And We Have Our Final, Winner Prompts For Zucest Week

In your opinion, would Jinx be more likely to get Isha pregnant with the hexstrap or would she get Isha pregnant with the hexstrap instead?

Isha will be the one to make Jinx a mommy with the hextrap actually (a costume made one, build by jinx for her), because Jinx told her she's a good kiddo and she deserves it<3

2021 vs 2024 azula redraw

ambessa has two hands but she just need one to hold them. ♡

Katara

[ image description: a digital drawing of Katara from Avatar: the Last Airbender in my style. She is a dark-skinned woman standing in ¾ view with brown hair pulled back into a bun and held with a gold and blue jewel pin. Her ‘hair loopies’ are braided into her bun too. She is wearing a blue cheongsam with gold wave embroidery on the mandarin collar, sleeve and skirt hems, and gold embroidery of gardenias and plum blossoms. She is holding a blue and gold hand fan and standing in front of a brown water tribe symbol ]

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Okay so this is from (I think) last year, but I'm really struggling and burnt out right now, what with having to fight once again for my basic rights (gotta love the UK - “we’re a first world country guys, we have trillions of £££ worth of billionaires, so of course we'll strip away your ability to live with dignity if you don't meet our arbitrary ‘productive’ threshold”), so anyway I'm just gonna repost some of my old faves while I take some time to collect myself again. This is from an ATLA project I did, drawing the protags in Republic City at a New Year's Ball. It originally came with text slides delving into water tribe cultural wear and how I came up with this design, but I cannot for the life of me find where I put them or remember how I made them, so I'll include the text under the cut (should also note that there is just so much nuance missing from these, since it's impossible to condense thousands of years and miles worth of culture into a few Instagram slides):

A bit of background:

The Water Tribes' culture is based primarily on those of Arctic and Siberian peoples. The Northern Tribe has more influence from Siberian peoples (for example, the Yakut, the Buryat, and the Evenk), while the Southern Tribe has more influence from Arctic peoples (such as the Inuit, the Sireniki, and the Yupik). Since the Southern Tribe was founded by ancient immigrants from the Northern Tribe, this reflects the real world relationship between Arctic and Siberian peoples. However, the Water Tribes also draw from other Indigenous peoples, such as Native American, Aboriginal Australian, and Polynesian cultures. And, like all cultures in the ATLA world, the Water Tribes also have extensive Chinese influence.

Some examples include: the igloos used by the Southern Tribe, which resemble those used by the Inuit; the Water Tribes' reliance on hunting and fishing, similar to the Inuit; Water Tribe warriors wear face paint into battle, a practice associated with Native Americans, as well as African and Southeast Asian tribes; Water Tribe boats are based on Polynesian catamarans; Water Tribe boomerangs are based on the “returning boomerangs” used by Aboriginal Australian tribes.

Standard Water Tribe Clothing:

Water Tribe clothing typically resembles the clothing of Arctic peoples. For example, the large, pullover coats are drawn from Inuit anoraks (also called parkas, although they are strictly speaking not the same). Anoraks are typically made from reindeer or seal skin and lined with fur.

Water Tribe shoes are influenced by the mukluks worn by Arctic peoples. These shoes are also made from reindeer or seal skin and are often worn with an inner liner and protective overshoe.

‘Hair loopies’ are also based on an Inuit hairstyle. While braided hairstyles are found in cultures all over the world, ‘hair loopies’ are based on a uniquely Canadian Inuit hairstyle and are called qilliqti in Inuktitut.

Warm-Weather Clothing:

Katara's warm-weather clothes are inspired by the Chinese cheongsam (Cantonese: 長衫; literally 'long shirt/dress'). It is typically a long, form-fitting, one-piece garment with a standing (mandarin) collar, an asymmetrical, left-over-right closure (右衽; youren), two side slits, and Chinese frog closures (盤扣; pankou).

The cheongsam developed in the 1910s and 1920s following the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China (1911). It was chosen as a national dress in 1929.

Over the past century, the cheongsam has developed into several distinct styles: the Beijing style, which retains the original loose fit and is typically elaborately embroidered and adorned; the Shanghai style, which developed in the 1930s and 1940s with Western tailoring techniques to be more form-fitting with less elaborate embroidery; and the Jiangnan style, which tends to be the most elaborately adorned, with embroidery and hand painting.

My Design:

Cheongsam's are typically decorated with motifs of animals or plants and each has its own meaning in Chinese culture. I chose to draw floral designs, namely gardenias and plum blossoms:

Gardenias are associated with November, sturdiness and feminine beauty, and I think all of these link to Katara, even November as a winter month. Furthermore, they are a symbol of clarity, faith, hope and rejuvenation. As the most hopeful member of the gaang, I think they sum her up perfectly. Plum blossoms are also a symbol of winter, since they bloom in the cold, and they are a symbol of wisdom, feminine charm and logevity so I chose them because Katara outlives most of the gaang. But they are also a comment on how the war affected Katara, as she was forced to grow up and become an adult while she was still a child.

Water Tribe clothing typically comes in shades of blue and silver but I chose to replace the silver with gold. I did this to represent Katara's relationship with Aang and the multicultural family that they went on to have

Ok but imagine Jinx just cooking in a naked apron for some celebration and Isha finding her like that

Oooo I love this thought. I'd like to imagine after ishas whole stunt with all of her fireworks where she poses as jinx (and after sevika maybe lightly scolding isha). Jinx decides to surprise isha by making ishas favorite food (I'd like to imagine it would be kinda like Jerichos food, but with a jinx twist on it), and she would wear only an apron. I wanna say post time skip isha wouldn't be very shy about how much she loves her mama, so isha would just run up and hug jinx, obviously smushing her face all up onto jinxes ass while peppering it with kisses. Jinx would laugh and say with a giggle, "Well, nice to see you too, kid. Mama felt like her little girl deserved a treat for doing something so impressive to her." After that, though? I don't know if it would become sexual or just wholesome incest? I see it going both ways.

Koleken harassing a Titanomachya.

The small sauropod however has an unusual defense mechanism. From glands along its neck it sprays a foul smelling liquid onto the abelisaur.

This idea is completely speculative and would probably never preserve. It's based on the one hand on golden tailed geckos and on the other on the fact that we have in South America a bunch of very small titanosaurs living in ecosystems with enormous theropods.

Hygienic_cat on Twitter/BlueSky has created another masterpiece for me. Based off an IRL prompt.

Silco sometimes must be stern with her. But Jinx continues to misbehave. It's almost as if she doesn't mind the punishment......💣🦈

Emma Frost saying "To me, my X-Men!" from the Marvel Rivals season 2 Hellfire Gala promo.

Endlessly listening to "Ma Meilleure Ennemie" and feeling inspired 💙