That Ol’ Chart Of Mine Makes The Rounds Online Periodically And It Drives Me Crazy Because It’s Frankly

Fun Ways to Meet Characters

Thieves stealing important objects from the main characters and then being forced somehow into a found family situation

Saving a character’s life by doing something like taking an arrow/bullet

By losing a bet with a stranger and then teaming up

Gambling with a shifty character and getting really mad at them, only for them to later end up saving the other character’s life

Meeting the other in an arranged marriage and actually liking them (or really, really hating them)

Or having a chaotic dynamic where they irritate each other but they’re equally chaotic, so they become the mischievous duo in the found family

By bickering over the last piece of food at a banquet

Getting hired as a servant or maid, or some other serving position

By accidentally almost killing a character, only for them to join the found family and literally never stop bringing up that first meeting

Layer Effects Tutorial by Robin

Since I’ve started using a cane, I’ve noticed a lot of actors & cartoonists aren’t sure how to depict characters with them! Here’s a simple cheat sheet to help with the basics/standard use.

i made an expression meme!!! but for pain/angst because i’ve only seen one or two of those! please credit me if you repost, do not trace please! tag all art appropriately if possible.

Check out my ongoing comic Crow Time. It has crows, and also neat pantheons of epic beasties.

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Swiss!Reader: Knife

Soap: Hey, does anyone have scissors?

Reader: Yeah, take this

Soap: Woah it’s a real swiss army knife, cool!

[Later]

Ghost: Anyone have some pliers?

Reader: Yep.

[Later]

Gaz: Fuck, I can’t read that shit, it’s so tiny…

Reader: Take this

Gaz: A magnifying glass?? Damn what kind of knife is that?

Reader: A swiss army knife.

[Later, AGAIN]

Captain Price: Anyone has some tweezers?

Reader: Uh-uh

Price: Thanks.

Soap: This is getting ridiculous

[Later]

Kate: Sorry folks, no drinks for us I guess, I can’t open this bottle

Reader: Lemme have it

Soap: A corkscrew too?!

[Later]

Reader, frowning:

Gaz: Do you have something stuck in your teeth?

Reader: Yeah

Gaz: I can get you a tooth pick later

Reader: Nah, I’m good thanks.

Soap: …

[Later]

Price: I can’t see a bloody thing anymore, I think we have to stay here over night, I can’t fix the engine like this

Reader: I can shine my flashlight on it and you continue?

Price: Okay

Soap: Where did you- no, I don’t wanna ask.

Reader: You already know.

[Later]

Ghost: Is it just me or is it getting colder in here?

Reader: It’s currently 21° celsius, yesterday it was 23°

Soap: HOW THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE A THERMOMETER IN YOUR KNIFE-

Reader: Like I said, it’s swiss made. And I also have a ruler, a screwdriver, a can opener, a nail file, a nail clippe-

Soap, covering his ears: Lalalala, I CAN’T HEAR YOU

Since the discussion of commenting on ao3 (or really any creative work) is going around, just a reminder that your comments don't have to be this pristine pinnacle of human joy. You can just say "i want to eat this art" "i want this carved into my ribcage" etc etc. The intense and strange genuineness carries through - we understand that it moved you so deeply that you are experiencing a visceral love for it

And you don't even have to say that!! You can literally just be like "<3" "i love this" "beautiful" etc etc. The fact you took a brief moment out of your day to comment at all means so much more than you can imagine

So yeah comment on shit that makes you happy or moves you in some way