Ellis/Sand, Romantic Deviant
@asthouwill.bsky.social
free opinions and amateur art on main ✧ adult ✧ queer ✧ ae/aer ✧ dangerous media consumer ✧ fandom heretic ✧ unlicensed black market shipper ✧ occasional OC rambling ✧ I don't check follows/unfollows
used a clear wax crayon for outlines and I'm not sure how well that worked.
July 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
used a clear wax crayon for outlines and I'm not sure how well that worked.
I like how the sky texturing came out and the highlighting on the pillar and obs my tiny grasses.
June 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I like how the sky texturing came out and the highlighting on the pillar and obs my tiny grasses.
ah no, as far as I know that's the only one! I just saw the meme go around while the lawsuit was ongoing and it feels like it would probably be extra frustrating to have to be in court for copyright *and* have your work shared uncredited when you need the attention
June 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
ah no, as far as I know that's the only one! I just saw the meme go around while the lawsuit was ongoing and it feels like it would probably be extra frustrating to have to be in court for copyright *and* have your work shared uncredited when you need the attention
I often see the "you do not fit in here" "oh no" comic uncredited, it's an edit of Alex Norris' work at webcomicname here
webcomicname.com/post/1855884... . unfortunately they've been in copyright legal battles lately
webcomicname.com/post/1855884... . unfortunately they've been in copyright legal battles lately
webcomic name
webcomicname.com
June 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I often see the "you do not fit in here" "oh no" comic uncredited, it's an edit of Alex Norris' work at webcomicname here
webcomicname.com/post/1855884... . unfortunately they've been in copyright legal battles lately
webcomicname.com/post/1855884... . unfortunately they've been in copyright legal battles lately
there's a whole bunch of things I am Not Fixing and that's okay. it got me through a couple hours of insomnia, we're good.
April 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
there's a whole bunch of things I am Not Fixing and that's okay. it got me through a couple hours of insomnia, we're good.
there can be overlap, but you will get some people who are exclusively one category and they are... unwilling to accept alternate interpretations of "shipping"
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
there can be overlap, but you will get some people who are exclusively one category and they are... unwilling to accept alternate interpretations of "shipping"
imo there's also shipping as "an aspirational relationship to project onto" and shipping as "I want to put these characters in a situation and see what falls out", given how "but you wouldn't want to be in that kind of relationship?!!" takes I see
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
imo there's also shipping as "an aspirational relationship to project onto" and shipping as "I want to put these characters in a situation and see what falls out", given how "but you wouldn't want to be in that kind of relationship?!!" takes I see
is that a harsh way to look at NPCs? maybe. I love me a dark souls NPC and am sometimes sad they don't have more to say. but man. what's the AI even going to generate that's half as good as the carefully crafted lines that *do* exist and tell me more about the NPC and/or world?
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
is that a harsh way to look at NPCs? maybe. I love me a dark souls NPC and am sometimes sad they don't have more to say. but man. what's the AI even going to generate that's half as good as the carefully crafted lines that *do* exist and tell me more about the NPC and/or world?
with endless dialogue you very much run into the risks of a) the NPC telling you something *incorrect* and therefore perhaps fucking up the game and b) losing the *important* information in all the endless "hello, stranger!"s
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
with endless dialogue you very much run into the risks of a) the NPC telling you something *incorrect* and therefore perhaps fucking up the game and b) losing the *important* information in all the endless "hello, stranger!"s
the "infinite NPC dialogue" is so pointless, too. like even aside from "I am generally only talking to NPCs to get something interesting, useful, or funny out of them and drowning me in endless variations of small talk doesn't add anything to my game experience"
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
the "infinite NPC dialogue" is so pointless, too. like even aside from "I am generally only talking to NPCs to get something interesting, useful, or funny out of them and drowning me in endless variations of small talk doesn't add anything to my game experience"
they're all a little cliche, but I like turning them and their general relationship and their pasts and their group and pair dynamics over in my head.
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
they're all a little cliche, but I like turning them and their general relationship and their pasts and their group and pair dynamics over in my head.
they date now. and run an inn. the ex-general is the military force guy and bouncer, the ex-chancellor is an excellent poisoner and they don't let him near anything important, the femme fatale ex-spymaster is barkeep, and the ex-princess is magic and cooking.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
they date now. and run an inn. the ex-general is the military force guy and bouncer, the ex-chancellor is an excellent poisoner and they don't let him near anything important, the femme fatale ex-spymaster is barkeep, and the ex-princess is magic and cooking.
my middle-aged villains (and their ex-princess girlfriend) from a political low-fantasy world. they lost the villain-off to the princess' brother, so because they all had *some* mutual respect for each other as opponents, they went into hiding together and then all ended up dating
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
my middle-aged villains (and their ex-princess girlfriend) from a political low-fantasy world. they lost the villain-off to the princess' brother, so because they all had *some* mutual respect for each other as opponents, they went into hiding together and then all ended up dating
some of the other Discworld strands are more about skewering mythology or literary tropes, fantasy tropes in particular, so IG you could read them as less serious, but they're still a fun read if you like loving deconstructions of the source material
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
some of the other Discworld strands are more about skewering mythology or literary tropes, fantasy tropes in particular, so IG you could read them as less serious, but they're still a fun read if you like loving deconstructions of the source material
I assume people see fantasy comedy and/or that his earliest and latest books include YA and assume it's not that deep, but man, there's some good society skewering satire in the Discworld books, the Watch books especially.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I assume people see fantasy comedy and/or that his earliest and latest books include YA and assume it's not that deep, but man, there's some good society skewering satire in the Discworld books, the Watch books especially.
you're gonna love the "he's like a father to him" discourse.
September 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
you're gonna love the "he's like a father to him" discourse.
just an opinion. it's okay to have all kinds of opinions, as long as they're not about anyone in particular, apparently.
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
just an opinion. it's okay to have all kinds of opinions, as long as they're not about anyone in particular, apparently.
you too can give up all your own ability to make your own choices to let a probability machine give you the most average answer.
August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
you too can give up all your own ability to make your own choices to let a probability machine give you the most average answer.
given there's like... some suggestion genAI has adverse affects on decision making skills, it's an interesting choice to choose to show that in adverts like it's a positive :p
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
given there's like... some suggestion genAI has adverse affects on decision making skills, it's an interesting choice to choose to show that in adverts like it's a positive :p
self-shipping with characters who *were* older than me at the time but are not now, because I age and they don't :p
August 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
self-shipping with characters who *were* older than me at the time but are not now, because I age and they don't :p