viscericorde

the vibes dissonance of ppl online can be crazy. did you know the artist behind those cutesy crow comics that do big numbers on here ran hiveworks into the ground so hard that 100 artists who worked w them came together to put out a statement abt how they and their work had been absolutely fucked by the incompetency and malice of it all

viscericorde

kind of floored by the amount of people in the notes who only found out that isa the crow time artist and isa one of the two architects of the hiveworks trainwreck are in fact the same person bc of this post

butchlinkle

I just want to add for the sake of connecting more dots in people's heads:

Isa's online handle is Secondlina

and, before making the cutesy crow time comics—which to be more specific with some visuals since there are actually a few crow webcomics out there, are these ones:

—she started with and still makes a comic called Namesake, which looks like this:

which may be a slightly more familiar name for the people familiar with hiveworks, being that it has always had a rather prominent placement on the hiveworks website.

voidsnout

hold on let me google something

voidsnout

what the fuck

triflesandparsnips

happy Boston Molasses Flood to all who celebrate

rosefinchie

how it all feels lately

rosefinchie

yeah actually this was a very literal piece of vent art bc i got a notification about cheese recalls while making dinner :') might as well add the info since i didnt expect so many people to share my doodle

del0ppus

If someone ever tells you a certain song is important to them you should turn it up and lay on your bed and close your eyes and really listen to it even if its 10 minutes long because at the end you will know that person much better I think

so-tired-of-running

My love for this post is unbelievable.

shamebats

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thecalloffantasy

Writing villains people actually fear (and remember)

It’s not about darkness. It’s about precision.

1. Give them a contradiction.
Villains are scariest when they’re almost human.
“He always apologised before hurting someone.”

2. Let them think they’re right.
No moustache twirling — just conviction.
“I’m not saving the world. I’m correcting it.”

3. Give them a normal habit that becomes unsettling.
• humming off-key
• straightening objects mid-argument
• collecting people’s abandoned pens

4. Make their kindness selective.
Kind to dogs. Cruel to friends.
Kind to children. Absent to their own.

5. Make their presence change a room.
Not with theatrics — with tone.
“The laughter thinned when he stepped inside.”

How to make antagonists who aren’t evil (but still hurt you)

Some of the best antagonists are just… people.

1. Give them the same goal as the hero — different methods.
Hero wants peace.
Antagonist wants peace.
Hero uses unity; antagonist uses control.

2. Let the antagonist be right sometimes.
That stings.

3. Make the hero almost agree with them.
“You’re not wrong,” she admitted. “But you’re not right either.”

4. Show glimpses of softness.
“He tucked the child’s drawing into his coat.”

5. Let them break their own rules.
Instant complexity.