I Always Found Molten Man Amusing For How Quickly He Speedran His Descent Into Villiany. Especially Since

Since TWN S1 dropped, people have argued on here nonstop about Jaskier..., is he tough, is he soft, is he sweet, is he feral, (and on and on)

Firstly, the most obvious answer is that people are many things at once. Obviously. These things are not mutually exclusive.

But also. Guys this is all extremely, wildly relative.

Think about it.

To Jaskier's terrifyingly powerful friends (Geralt can kill like ten people at once, Yen burns whole armies) he's just a little wet kitten. He's a precious little package to look after when times get scary.

But compared to other POETS? Other ACADEMICS? Other MINOR NOBLES? he is inSANE.

Imagine him teaching at Oxenfurt. The youths are like HOLY FUCK , this man has walked the entire continent. He has seen five hundred kinds of deadly monsters, and lived to tell. He's survived kidnappings, walked through war zones, he has mementos from like three different historical battles on his walls. His dearest friends (family, really) are people who are sung about in dark cottages like they are demons and world destroyers. HIS BABY NIECE IS LIKE *THE* WORLD DESTROYER TO SOME PEOPLE. He understands war strategy, every single aspect of every faction, and how to survive almost anything.

He would be so intimidating to them.

Then Geralt and Yen come to visit and squish his cheeks like look, it's our soft little baby, we need to check on him because he cannot fend for himself. I hope no one here has hurt his feelings, we have learned that he hates that so we no longer allow it.

And he's like...can I come on this mission?

And they're like idk it's so dangerous for you.

And the students are like ????????

Everyone's favorite canonically psychic little sidekick support character

*pauses*

*looks up at the sky*

INCOMING RADAR

Re-blogging not just for the hot take, but also for that terrible (wonderful) pun

I'm totally stealing 'literary hurts' to substitute for 'literally hurts' when it comes to classic literature fuckery

I keep forgetting how absolutely cringe Fitzwilliam Darcy is before his first proposal...🤣

The guy was so clueless it literary hurts

GET DUNKED ON BY A DUNKLEOSTEUS!!

I love a good metanarrative and this is a 15 layer chocolate cake of a media experience

"It is indeed, a fearful place. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. The shaft into which the river hurls itself is a immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip. The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamor."

THE FINAL PROBLEM - part 7 of many - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6. Another scene I've had written in some form for months. Getting close now...

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

The absolute tonal whiplash of this story delighted me as a kid, and you have somehow captured it in reverse with these three comics. A bungee cord from tragic to comic to ???Large?Feelings??? Also, Ms. Hudson here is a fantastic portrayal.

THE DYING DETECTIVE - part 3 - part 1 - part 2 - "to the last gasp he would always be the master" - there is at least one panel that made me laugh while drawing it so I hope it makes you laugh, too. It's the least I could do.

This will most likely be the last update for a few weeks - going to England on a trip (where Sherlock Holmes lives!!! omg!) - when I return it will be for a cozy early Christmas special, THE BLUE CARBUNCLE.

(This is in the Watsons sketchbook series!)

mr migraine. my me a grain

make it the hurtest of my stupid brain

I cannot imagine what went down in other issues where DEATHSTROKE was brought on this fate of the world space mission. Action Comics 675

Interestingly, my impression from my female Clan Elders was always that the makeup and heels were extremely empowering for the ladies, even if they were probably there bc of dudes watching. The reaction was apparently like 'we can look good AND be taken seriously professionally? Hot damn, alright, time to start protesting those draconian puritanical office dress codes. Fellas just can't control themselves, you say? Well if William Shatner can manage...'👀

I've seen a lot of people claim that TOS is sexist because the women have to wear heels and a lot of makeup. Obviously, TOS is sexist in some ways but I think it's silly to use this as evidence. The men wear heels and a lot of makeup too.

Some examples:

It seems like it's standard for Romulan men to wear eyeshadow.

Evil Kirk wore a ton of eyeliner. He's shown putting on concealer/foundation. I feel like this could be used as evidence that the men wore makeup in universe and it wasn't just for filming purposes.

Kirk's heels:

SO psyched!

more physical copies of WATSON'S SKETCHBOOK are arriving soon! I will be opening the site for sales on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 at 9:00am PST/12:00 noon EST/4:00pm GMT. Last time they sold out quite quickly, so I recommend setting an alarm if you want one from this batch!

Here is the link for the shop where you can find them (as well as other comics!)

WATSON'S SKETCHBOOK is a 178 page zine of sketches and comics from the Sherlock Holmes canon, which I've been posting in webcomic form on tumblr and my newsletter. Ships worldwide.

obligatory cat+books post under cut:

TOAST!