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bmc + loser

Very silly but I sometimes go '[comfort character/actor/singer/whatever] wouldn't want you to be dehydrated/get tooth decay/fail your exams/have an asthma attack/get scurvy etc. so you should drink water/brush your teeth/do your homework/take your inhaler/eat a vegetable'

Thinking about Brooke trying to speak more French around Jeremy after finding out he “broke up” with Madeline because she thinks it will make him like her ☹️☹️☹️ Jeremy ily but Brooke deserved so much better oh my god

tumblr how do you think emmie heere would find out her identity plsplspls

Blinkie Tutorial

Templates you'll need:

First step, open IbisPaint and import the pink blinkie base. This is just to keep the aspect ratio the same, so don't worry about preserving the pink blinkie after you import it.

For this tutorial, I'll be making a CFS blinkie with this flag as the background. You can use any color or background. If you're using a horizontal striped flag like I am, be sure to select perspective form so it will automatically resize, and then you can stretch it to fit the blinkie.

Now that your background is done, you can add text, decoration, etc!

Now it's time to add the actual blinkie part. Insert the black and white template on a new layer right on top of the background. It should fit perfectly.

If you want to keep it black and white, ignore this next step. Here I will show you how to color the dots easily. I'll be picking purple and blue for my dots.

Make two layers above the blinkie part and set them both to clipping layers. One will be for recoloring your white dots, the other for you black dots.

Color one of the layers entirely with your first color, then set it to "Lighter Color". This will color only your black dots.

Do the same with your other color on the other layer, and then set it to "Darker Color". This will color only your white dots.

Boom! Now you've got your first frame!

To get your 2nd frame, simply click the invert button on the blinkie frame.

Now you've got both your frames!

Now just pop these frames into EzGif's Gif Maker (or any other gif maker), and you're done!

Congrats! You've made a blinkie!

The person I reblogged this from is awesome as fuck.

Friend has the sad???!!??!!!!!

I’m coming friend I’ll save you from the sad!!

I am here now you’re going to be okay!!!

You are so beautiful and i love you!!!

The most beautiful victory...

i watch baseball for the side quests

Love love love love love love!!!!!

Tried that grayscale thing colored vers. under

love love love love love!!!!!

hey hey hey shhh

could we get more of that mermaid au boyf riends? :D

fun fact, I took swimming lessons when I was 9 or 10 and my mom had gotten my brothers and I prescription goggles because we're all blind as shit, and I remember always fighting with my younger brother over a certain pair because they were mine but he was convinced they had a higher prescription and wanted them more.

It's finally starting to feel like Spring 🌷🌷

Commission from a while ago! I think they’re so cute :)

i don’t know a thing about starlight express but tiktok’s been feeding me lesbian greaseball for the past month (it knows me so well) and i’m now obsessed with her and dinah - just wanted to come and say your drawings are INCREDIBLE literally love them sm they’ve been feeding me the lesbian train content i didn’t know i needed

Omg teehee

That's great

Let me feed you more with some sapphic GreaseDinah I haven't shared anywhere but the server

Dinah is so whipped for this stupid jock who probably can't even spell her own name, and that will never not be funny to me

I can't wait to draw Dinah giving Greaseball the slap she deserves 💕💕💕

(I say as I'm in the middle of drawing Dinah giving Greaseball a little kiss)

Finally went to see Starlight Express last night and I’m obsessed.

Have a lil doodle of my fav lesbian trains

Have yall seen lesbian greaseball yet?

thinking about the theory that all the characters/trains in stex are based off of people control actually knows in real life and they sort of insert themself as rusty in their dream.

pearl is obviously a girl they have a crush on. maybe shes a new neighbour , a new kid at school. maybe if we’re getting sentimental she wears a pearl necklace which gave control the idea of naming her pearl.

greaseball could be controls older sister , maybe shes a little mean to him sometimes , as siblings often are , maybe thats how she manifests as a big bully in their dream.

dinah is controls older sisters girlfriend , she probably thinks hes cute and tells controls older sister to lay off of them and stop being so mean. control probably thinks that dinah is too good for greaseball since shes so nice to them.

the other coaches could be their sister’s girlfriends friends maybe? they come round sometimes to hang out and are often pretty nice to control as well. i like to think their personalities manifest as their own type of train , like yes the irl dinah gives them snacks sometimes so shes a dining car , irl tassita is always telling irl greaseball to shush so hes a quiet coach , the irl belle is always having sleepovers so shes a sleeping car. etc. etc.

electra could be a new kid at school , a bully perhaps , the comps are their little posse. irl killerwatt could be a kid who gets in a lot of fights , irl wrench is someone who is always hanging around the medical bay , irl joule is a misbehaving child who maybe set something on fire once (dynamite truck) , god knows why irl volta is a freezer truck.

the irl freight are just the class clowns. a bit annoying to control but they’re still his friends.

momma obviously represents his mum.

the engines are maybe a couple more bullies , maybe theyre in the year above , control doesnt like them very much. they hang around with their older sister and are always teasing him.

thats just my thoughts on it. i think its a cool theory is all.

Twirling my hair

It's time for my obligatory pokemon au that I make for everything I get into for more than 3 days at a time

Just the coaches for the moment, because I'm a little obsessed with them

Love these silly guys,,,

I love you new trainer Pearl being adopted by 3 losers who just think she and her eevee in the little matching outfits are the cutest thing in the entire world, and new trainer Pearl who thinks they're soooo cool because they all have evolutions of her starter and they're and strong enough that they're always asked to help out with the little championship tournament for the double battle section

LET'S TALK COSTUMES YALL!

I don't completely understand the dislike of the Wembley production too well (It's a non-replica production yall, for what it is it's a lot of fun!) but I have seen that a major point of contention for people seems to be the costumes, so I wanted to create a post discussing why I think they are done very well.

First off, they are wonderfully colorful- one of the things that always concerns me in costuming is a disappearance of color in favor of darker neutral colors, but even the characters that have closer to neutral pallets- Rusty, Momma, the Components- all still have elements of color within their designs, and different textures and shapes to make them visually interesting. As this musical is a dream being had by a little kid, the colors also help reflect this as well- Control is an imaginative child, whose made up world reflects that.

The three main engines (Rusty, Greaseball, Electra) all have very distinct appearances, marking them as principal figures and representative of the three different types of engine we see- diesel, steam, and electric. All three have unique color pallets and silhouettes- the exception being Rusty, who shares similar design elements with Momma (though not quite the same colors). The are the main three racers the story revolves around, and they stand out accordingly.

The thing about the other costumes that interests me, however, is how despite the fact that the rest of the characters in the show are all different colors (with the exception of the Components, whose costumes denote them as a group unique to Electra), there are certain design elements used on the other engines, coaches, and freights that helps denote them as such.

The champion engines are the easiest example here- they all have identical costume elements, just done in different colors. All of them have fin-like hairstyles, and identical plating: shoulder pieces that when an actors hands are at their sides can stretch up to their ears, a rounded breastplate with the symbol of the engine in question, and two pieces for the legs.

The coaches also have this- despite being a myriad of colors and having elements unique to their design, they are a couple through lines- namely a piece around the waist than fans out similar to a skirt, and padding on the shoulders (except for Pearl, but she's got other stuff going on there). They also have more form fitting pieces on their legs- similar more to regular pants or leggings, which makes the detail at the waist and the padding at the shoulders the widest parts of the silhouette.

The freights also have a very similar construction of their costumes- oversized pants and large vests with shoulder plating, and then smaller pieces for the arms- they all very clearly do the same job, despite being different colors and with different patterns (Hydra is not an exception to this, but there are subtle differences signifying how he differs from the others- the plating on his arms is not as bulky as the others, the colors on his pants are inverted, and the vest comes down to his waist rather than stopping below his ribs, giving a smoother silhouette and less bulky appearance, to name a few examples).

And of course, the Components- all trucks like the freight, but their main job in the show isn't what they carry- it's to make Electra look good. As such, they all very clearly fit Electra's aesthetic in a way that none of the other coaches or freight fit the other engines- complementary silver and white to their blue and silver, with the only personalization their belts and the shape of the protrusions from their plating. (They aren't the focus of the next picture but I love it too much not to put here in some fashion.)

All of this is deliberate attention to detail- as the majority of theatre-goers are not going to be intimately familiar with the characters, and the train types, and the roles, and the story, and- you get the idea. The shapes of a character's costume helps denote them into a group- if nothing else, an audience member can tell you "oh, that's an engine" or "that's freight". It also helps people sitting further away to track the action a little better- costume details and textures will become invisible at a distance, but bright colors, large shapes and consistent silhouettes help everyone have a good time.

So, if you didn't know anything about the musical, what could you tell me about the trains in this picture?

BAILEY @loudbasementdragon the work is done. final result . and the sample image sent by costumer . @pixelart , @pixelunivairse , @8pxl , @8-bitdream

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

Introducing the Be More Chill Archive!

The Be More Chill Archive is a free online resource for artists, cosplayers, etc. to find references of costumes, props, set, and more from the musical Be More Chill. The archive contains references from all 5 official productions of the show. Feel free to comb through it or add references yourself!

You can find it here!

remember! life is cool! and fun! and you are worth it and I care about you all! 🩷

Totally not at ALL based off of George Salazar singing I Love Play Rehearsal on the Two Player Game album. Nope. Not even a little. Featuring Jeremy Being a Twink

George Salazar - Closing Out World Pride 2019 in NYC

So I was watching some random videos for round 2 of Salazar Sundays (yes I am absolutely down for this shit, I don't care if anyone else is, lol) and this was too silly and adorable to not get its own post. So yeah. Love love love. Woohoo very awkward post :)

Edit: Ok I hadn't finished the video when I posted this, but warning, loud bangs from 9:12 to 9:28, I mean not really bang but I dunno how to describe it, it's a confetti cannon, I dunno, it bothered my autistic ears and I didn't want it to bother anyone else

Yo Tumblr, it's Kitty, this is quite silly but I committed to this so I've got to see it through, so it's Salazar Sunday! Partial credit for this to @winter-depressed-belle

This is just me going full autistic special interest yap mode so, you're welcome :)

Sometimes I like to think I am becoming a mature adult, but then I hear the fart joke in I Love Play Rehearsal from Two Player Game and I remember I am very much not :). It is currently 7.30am on a Monday for me and I do not want to go to college but that has cheered me up immeasurably :)

Andy's Song from Two Player Game is just excessively silly and I love it 🥰🥰🥰

In The Lightning Thief In Concert thing, at the end of The Campfire Song, Grover is getting very hype, so bro goes flap flap flap jump up and down flap flap flap, this is one of my stims when I get hype, this makes me feel seen and makes me very happy 🥰🥰🥰

Also bro is iconic through the whole thing, imma watch it again later and give some more thorough commentary

I don't need to mention that Michael In The Bathroom is amazing but i'm going to anyway because it's my post and I can do what I want ha ha ha

Kaboom is like soooooooooo epic and iconic. Starting a tangent here, 'kaboom' is one of my verbal stims. Other relevant verbal stims include 'Tell the squirrel you're sorry' and 'It's all good! I saw on Discovery that humanity has stopped evolving! Evolution's survival of the fittest, right? But now, because of technology, you don't have to be strong to survive! Which means there's never been a better time in history to be a loser!!!' Yes, the whole thing. I would like to be able to do a body roll at the end of that but tragically I can't. Also, 'We gotta test it out, no, we gotta celebrate, WE GOTTA GET STONED IN MY BASEMENT!' is a ✨forbidden stim✨. It has accidentally come out once or twice in public. Oops :/

The Lightning Thief In Concert Live Reaction (I saw this like I haven't already watched this like 20 times but whatever):

Prologue: Very dramatic and funny and iconic :D

Haha rock paper scissors iconic

I need someone to go 'PAY ATTENTION, PAY ATTENTION!' when I'm in class lol

Haha baa :)

Haha gotta wipe off the monster blood

Can't be bothered with Strong, I mean it's good but not that good for me personally, and I'm here with a goal y'know honeys?

The Wittlest Minotaur is too amazing and iconic and love love love to skip

Another Terrible Day is very epic and iconic and silly but I must confess I skip it in the concert because it's a little too iconic for me although I always listen to it in the album, love love love love love

I do remember jacket yeet at the start though, very iconic. Also Chris McCarrell does a jacket yeet later in the show, so I guess how to be iconic stage 1: jacket yeet :)

Can't be bothered with Their Sign

Actually I'm too tired for this right now, might do it tomorrow, or next week, I dunno. I mean I'm gonna watch it now but I'm too tired to react. I mean basically it's all epic but yeah

Drive is so very utterly epic, love love love love love love love love love!!!!

Broadway Here I Come is also very utterly epic-tastic!!!

A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE.