M&S At The Rio Olympics - Shadow & Silver Team Animation Requested By Anonymous

Sure the real winners were the TinaxJimmy Jr. shippers for this episode but let me just say I'm satisfied with all the chatting Tina and Zeke did this episode. It's so nice to have them just talk as actual friends. Not just Tina tolerating Zeke for the sake of Jimmy Jr. but actually friendly chatting and mutual concern for their other friend. I don't see enough of that in the show. Also Tina and Zeke just casually considering tackling a guy for Jimmy Jr. is hilarious and that's the kind of chaotic energy I hope for in this pair. XD

Honestly, it really depends. Of course, as an artist, I understand people have lives outside their art and the internet. Not to mention others' commissions to worry about while doing mine. On the other hand, if I paid them before they finished, I would be nervous if they took weeks/months to even get started. The people I commissioned usually were super fast and finished sooner than expected so I haven't had a long waiting experience yet. I think I only ever waited super long or never got a certain thing when I asked for requests or made suggestions. That's definitely when I'm more lenient with wait time because I'm not even paying them. Yeah, it's sucks to see an old request fade into obscurity but at least I didn't lose money over it.

The key to a long waiting period between an artist/customer relationship is communication. I'm more likely to wait longer without too much badgering if the artist is transparent about the likely waiting period. They don't owe you their life story, but it's nice to have an estimate so you don't spend all your time wondering. I think showing the progress with a watermark ( a pattern of watermarks if you want to be safe XD) during the waiting period could help to ease the customer's mind too. It might even help the customer catch something that can be changed easily in the early stage. I think I probably would pick a week but I honestly would be willing to wait longer if the artist gives a rough estimate on likely when things will be done. They don't need to explain why but it would make me feel good the artist isn't leaving me in the dark. Though the artists I commissioned I don't remember ever making me wait longer than a week (unless I count plushie commissions which are a completely different beast to digital art). TLDR Customers be patient with artists because they are only human. Artists and customers, respectfully communicate with each other during the process so no one is anxious or feeling duped for one reason or another.

I've been wondering about this for a while, but when you commission an artist, how long would you want your piece to be done? Blink once if a day, blink twice if two days, blin-

Just kidding, I made a poll :D

17. detailed research about the perfect gift + also Zekina please because I'm greedy when it comes to this ship! LOL XD

zekina + detailed research about the perfect gift 🎄

“Hey, Mrs. B?” Zeke asks, swinging off his backpack and letting it drop it to the floor. “Can I ask ya something?”

Linda smiles, still scrubbing the restaurant counter with an old dishrag.

“Aww! Of course, sweetie! Is this about my teeny Tina?”

Her smile falls briefly, eyes nearly bulging out of her head.

“Wait, this isn’t proposal talk is it? You know I love you two together, but seventeen is just too young! I always thought you’d propose after college. On a boat, maybe, or—ooh! On horseback? That would be nice!”

Zeke chuckles. Though a proposal isn’t on his agenda just yet, it’s nice to know that he’ll have Linda’s blessing when that time comes. He thinks about marriage a lot, actually. More than most teenage boyfriends do. When he has a bad day, he envisions the way Tina will smile when he finally pops the question. Sometimes, when he kisses her, he’s secretly imagining that they’re at the alter.

“Nah, it’s nothing that serious.” He assures his girlfriend’s mom. “Not yet, anyway. I’m actually in the market for…well. Do you think Tina’d like a promise ring?”

Zeke’s eyes fall to the counter, as he finishes his sentence. He doesn’t want to see Linda’s face if it turns sour. Luckily, excitement in her voice prompts him to raise his head again.

“A promise ring?” She asks, one hand flying over her heart. “How romantic! What a little gentleman you are.”

Zeke feels a brief flash of heat in his face. Something about earning approval from adults always makes him bashful, and knowing that Linda likes him feels like a gigantic win.

“Oh, I dunno about that. Just…with Christmas comin’ up and all. I thought you might like to see the one I picked out, if that’s alright with you.”

Restaurant chores forgotten, Linda props her chin in her hands as she leans forward.

“It’s more than alright!” She says. “Let’s see what you’ve got, hon.”

Zeke’s a little nervous, as he pulls up his camera roll. He’s put a lot of thought into Tina’s Christmas gift, but it’s not like he has the kind of money to get her a really nice ring. Even all the saving he’s been doing has left him with a slightly underwhelming ring selection.

“Here’s the one I found.” Zeke says, zooming in on the picture to give Linda a better look. “I thought the blue might make her eyes pop.”

He has to actively refrain from gushing. Something about the color blue makes Tina’s dark eyes shine, and that girl’s eyes are enough to make a man go weak in the knees. He’s probably biased, though. To him, everything about Tina is uniquely beautiful.

“Wow!” Linda says, examining the small blue stone in the center of the ring. “What a beaut! You picked that out yourself, huh?”

Zeke’s eyebrows knit together, a little confused by the question. Did I pick it out myself? He’s been pouring over ring catalogues for weeks, searching for the perfect fit for his girlfriend. He’s already consulted with Gene, a self proclaimed expert on bling, and he’s learned more about ring sizes in the last month than he ever planned on learning in a lifetime.

“Course I did!” He says, taken aback. “I knew I wanted this to be perfect. Tina’s…well hell, you raised her! You know how special she is.”

Any shyness from before is gone, as Linda looks between he and the ring. He thinks the world of her daughter, and that’s not something that embarrasses him. It feels natural. He watches as a small, touched smile appears on Linda’s face.

“Tina’s gonna love it, sweetie.” She says softly. “She’ll think it’s absolutely perfect.”

Pulling the phone back with a grin on his face, Zeke admires the photo for himself. There’s still two weeks left until Christmas, and he’s going to spend each of those days daydreaming about seeing his ring on Tina’s finger.

“Thanks, Mrs. B.” He says, his girl’s pretty smile on his mind. “I sure hope you’re right.”

It works too! tried it myself

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PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS THERE IS HOPE

I asked for bobs burgers prompts lol.. heres number 1

Totally platonic best friends guys👀👀👀

Let's say Mr Frond is doing a new activity were u have to hold hands or something, cos Louise would never do this voluntarily😭

@mambocat I don’t know if you’ll care about my opinion or not but here it goes. When I was younger I used to not like the idea of Sonic with humans. Mostly because of my exposure to the story of Sonic X. I hated Chris like the majority of the fandom. I guess when I finally was able to play the adventure games I associated the humans with Chris and not like them automatically. As I got older I started to realize, ”Wait, Dr. Eggman is a human so why shouldn't there be others?” I’m fine with humans being with Sonic now because that’s how it always was intended. We just don’t see humans as much in other games because humans have their own countries while Mobians have their’s. I like to think the Sonic and human relationship is like the humans and Crystal gems on Steven Universe. They know he exists but they don’t bother asking questions except for a select few. It’s been awhile since I played a Sonic game with humans so i don’t know how much my headcanon holds.

So Sonic shouldn’t be getting any crap from people just because he’s different. That’s what it all comes down to.

So I need to just take a moment to poop on everyone’s party…I just watched the trailer for “Super Mario Odyssey,” and while it does indeed look very interesting, I can’t help but feel salty over the double standard being utilized here.

So the trailer starts with what appears to be New York or some other large REAL WORLD city, with actual humans - as in realistic ones - walking around minding their own business, and then SUDDENLY here comes Mario with his signature whoo hoo to turn everything into fodder for his cartoon physics.

Now that in and of itself is not a bad thing, no problem with the premise itself. My issue is…fairly simple to understand and may even come off as petty but I’ll risk it regardless.

If everyone is excited about Mario being in the real world…

WHY IN GOD’S NAME WAS IT CONSIDERED A HORRIBLE IDEA FOR SONIC AND STILL IS TO THIS DAY?!

As soon as Mario does it, all that talk about “oh Sonic is a cartoon hedgehog and he doesn’t belong in a realistic universe” goes out the window. You can’t praise Mario for doing it and then say Sonic doesn’t belong when they’re both video game characters who are clearly “out of place” in the world they’re in.

The only difference I can foresee happening here is that Mario won’t have much of a “story” as usual despite the name “odyssey” and Mario of course won’t talk.

And if that does turn out to be the key difference, then Sonic being in the real world was never the problem as so many people claim. The issue was the story itself. How dare someone take a silent protagonist and try to give him a personality?

SEGA tried everything to “backpedal” from the hyper realistic art style, making the humans more cartoony as opposed to actually looking like real life humans. But it didn’t matter, Sonic was still in the “real” world and thus it was bad.

Only when humans (sans Eggman) were cut out altogether were so-called fans happy with the world Sonic lived in again. Where all the humans? Who cares, Sonic shouldn’t be with humans anyway.

But apparently this is okay, because it’s Mario instead of Sonic. Real humans? Yeah that’s okay! It’s about time Mario ventured past the Mushroom Kingdom a little bit!

I call BS, hard.

Since Mario did what he did, then I don’t wanna hear one godforsaken complaint from ANYONE if Project 2017 decides to go back to using human background characters.

I’ve gotten into debates with gamer friends of mine who say that Sonic in the real world (Earth) actively angers them. I should ask them how they feel about Mario and see if they expose their own hypocrisy.

I’m sorry if this angers anyone who thinks I’m complaining too early, but again, it’s not what Mario did that bothers me, it’s that people will inevitably complain if/when Sonic decides to do the EXACT SAME THING while Mario gets praise for it.

That’s why I say I don’t wanna see anyone get angry with Sonic in the real world…but we all know they will. Because it’s Sonic.

Poor guy, he’s doomed to be hated for all of eternity.

That Feeling When You Want to See a Movie But Can’t and All Your Favorite People are Reviewing This Movie...

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pedophiles / “map”s (mostly on twitter) have started using the pear emoji (🍐) to discreetly signal to other pedos that theyre one of them. here are some people who are open pedophiles using this signal:

however, most people using the pear are actually trying to be discreet, and won’t outright say they’re a pedo. if you see someone with a pear emoji in their name or bio, be wary.

please rb to spread the word if you can.

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.