Trish

cartoon by Bill Watterson of a girl sitting on a rock looking annoyed. "I'm not in a bad mood, I'm just smart"

We see you, Susie Derkins

there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.

It aired in 1990.

Denik and Olympic Figure Drawings Denik is a company I'd never heard of Until I happened upon this Sketchbook in good old Reny's (if you know, you know.  If you don't, enjo...

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A watercolour study of two roses in progress, in hues of pink and red.

After painting against my grain with opaque media recently, it felt REALLY GOOD to return to my DELICIOUS, juicy, free-flowing, transparent watercolours. 😭💐💗

I got mad about AI so I made this comic about The Fucking Point of it all (1/7)

The side of a van advertising the Autism Reality Experience (A.R.E). In the advert two women with neutral expressions are sitting in chairs, wearing headphones under a green light.

Okay but what is it? What am I supposed to expect? You're not even telling me what time it starts and finishes or what will be expected from me when I go through it. Even those facial expressions are so ambiguous I can't tell how they're feeling about it. Argh! This is so frustrating and stressful!

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

With God as My Witness, I Will Not Pick the Restaurant A: Where should we eat? B: I’m happy to go anywhere! A: Me too. I’m easy. I don’t care where we go. At all. B: Same. Any restaurant you have in min...

A: I don’t care where we go. At all.

B: Same. Any restaurant you have in mind?

A: No, I’ll go to literally any restaurant in this town. Any neighborhood that’s more convenient for you?

B: No, every location in existence is convenient for me. Any kind of food you’re craving?

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A fun little side detail in this biography of Merian C. Cooper I'm reading: he apparently maintained to the end of his life that the big theropod in KING KONG wasn't a Tyrannosaurus, but an Allosaurus

Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. ‬

‪I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.‬

The Shizen Design Sketchbook and "Nintendo Power" Studies I can't leave good old Artist and Craftsman Supplies without buying a Sketchbook .  You know how it is.  And my hankering for a nice, thic...

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Amethyst dragon design sheet I did. I spent way too long working on that faux bestiary page layout, please appreciate it.

I got the chance to do updated artwork of the Gem Dragons for the new book: Dungeons & Dragons The Book of Dragons. I worked waaay too hard on these, I'm extremely proud of them.

This is dragon 1 of 5

The Shizen Design Sketchbook and "Nintendo Power" Studies I can't leave good old Artist and Craftsman Supplies without buying a Sketchbook .  You know how it is.  And my hankering for a nice, thic...

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Tedious promises he'll figure out a way for Yuna to banish Sin without having to be killed by her final summoning. Will he succeed? Idunno?

And this is where I have stopped for now because I guess Calm Lands are a good spot to grind everyone up to speed and do sidequests and etc.

Matched tries to call the Calm Labds barren and lifeless - and there are Chocobo grazing the grassy plains as far as the eye can see

The Calm Lsnds are the officially designated battleground for the final showdown with Sin. Those poor Chocobos!

Sage Maechen: "Ah yes, what you see before you is a barren, uninhabited land!"
Trish's Inner Ecologist: "No?! It's a grassland and it's inhabited by Chocobos! Theres a whole flock of them over the hill!" 😠

The gang enters the Calm Lands

I hope you're all enjoying the ALT text as usual.

Welcome to the Clam Lands! Calm Lands! Whatever.

🎵I hope Life treats you kind. And I hope you Have all you've Dreamed OF!🎵

🎵There is somuchamancantellyou So much he can say You remain My POWER my PLEASURE my PAIN!!!🎵

🎵Alright check it Let me tell you this in closing I know that we might seem imposing But trust me! We ever show in your section? Believe me! It's for your own protection!🎵 Wait a minute...?

And I guess Khimari was watching all that? Okay...

As a romantic Oscar-bait ballad plays, Tedious and Yuna romance in a moonlit lake in Macalania Forest. The visuals are typical of such scenes so I'll just use the Alt-text to "sing" what was in my head during this sequence.

🎵Iiiiiii seeeeeee Me through your eyes! Breathing new life! Flying high!🎵

🎵In this world where precious things are disappearing overnight Just keep my guiding star in SI-I-IGHT! 🎵Cause I believe! We've found a dream that's worth keeping for more than just one day!🎵

And of course (ahem) 🎵YOU'RE HERE! THERE'S *NOTHING* I FEAR! AND I KNOW THAT MY HEART WILL GO ON!!!"🎵

Anyway, we've got ourselves another reminder that it's the turn of the Millennium: a romantic interlude scene set to "The Song!" 😍

I usually love these (and indeed, just relistening to the songs I had in my head got me all in my Feels) but at the time I'd loved an accessible save point more. 😫

Wakka blocking Tedious (and the player's) way to that nice shiny save sphere...

And I get to save the game now yeah? Yeah? Wakka?!? Get out of the way, Wakka oh my Actual God!?!

Seymour's death through a

Yeah, Seymour, see you in Hell. From Heaven.

Seymour's Final Boss forme

Yeah, we're just going to summon Megazord and Megaflare Seymour to Hell.

Aww, Seymour even turned into "We have the One-Winged Destroying Angel at home"!

Seymour evil plan is he's going to stop all the suffering in the world by, uh, destroying all life on it.

He specifically wishes to become the next incarnation of Sin

And he continues monologuing about this until

Tedious tells him to STFU. Tedious isn't all bad.

And another showdown with Seymour. He SO wants to be the next Sephiroth, it's adorable!

Summoner Issaru has been ordered to execute Yuna

He will do so by sending his Arons against her...

Well, we just got Bahamut, so.

Well anyway, time for a Pokemon Battle.

Tedious' execution...

...does not work because he's a Blitzball player and thus not only a good swimmer but capable of holding his breath for hours.

Tedious is to be executed by being yeeted into the river. They... did not think this one through very well.

Maester Mika tells Yuna she shouldn't Send Seymour to the Farplane...

...because he's also a ghost?!

"Enlightened rule by the dead is preferable to the misguided failures of the living," the Maesters, most of whom have turned out to be ghosts, explain

"And anyway," continues Master Mika, "Spira is trapped in an endless cycle of doom and disparity thanks to Sin so what can you do? Have fun in jail!"

Oh crap, another drama bomb!?

Master Kelk has put the gang on trial

And again, it's very Star Warsy

I kinda love Maester Kelk. Imagine if there was only one Gungan in the whole series who didn't talk... Like That.

MegaDragonite doesn't fit

So Bahamut will henceforth be known as Megazord!

Sadly, Mega-Dragonite wouldn't fit, and so with apologies to the Tipping 40's...

Yuna asking Bahamut to join her as an Aeon summon spirit. And Tedious is also there.

Tedious: "Just gonna break into the sacred inner sanctum and - oh hey, I know you! You're that mysterious ghost kid who's been following me around! How've you been?"
Bahamut: "Looking forward to seeing your reaction to my Aeon summon spirit form."