Kal Doodle

I realized halfway through writing this that parts of it are incredibly cheesy. Then I realized that pretty much everything I've posted is cheesy. Then I decided that I'm okay with that, because I need some cheesiness in my life. So here, have some cheesy fluff (and also some angst)!

I personally don't see the appeal of dances, but I gotta admit, dancing has some great potential for cool shots.

I think I can now add 'hard light' to my list of blending modes I can use comfortably. (Before this, the only entries on that list were multiply, color dodge, and luminosity. I'm not good with blending modes, ok?)

Even Simon wouldn't make the mistake of cancelling Infinity Train

The consensus was pretty much “Both options are cute, but the second option is better”.

This. This is why I love Plance and the garden and gardeners and everything about this ship. Because how many ships can you think of where the fans would say, “Yeah, flirting is great, but I prefer it when the characters respect each other and their friendship”?

Alright, here's a survey question for my fellow Plance shippers. Which plot thread do you prefer:

Lance starts flirting with Pidge as he slowly realizes his feelings for her, and she finds it extraordinarily confusing

or

Lance never flirts with Pidge, because he sees her as a friend instead of just a girl, which highlights how unique their relationship is to him

I love @bigfatbreak's Feralnette because she looks like she's getting just as little sleep as I am

I tried to draw Lake from Infinity Train, and uh . . .

I am not happy at all with how this turned out. So, obviously, I'll have to redraw her fifty times until I am happy with the result!

Aquarium

Here, have a pre-Simon Hazel sketch and be happy

For some reason, nothing hits me harder than seeing characters laugh hysterically because of frustration or exhaustion or anger or grief. We always talk about how subversive tears of joy are, but man, laughs of sadness are so much worse. Maybe it's just a me thing, but my chest always gets tight and my breathing shallow whenever a character starts laughing because of a negative emotion. I just. Can't. Handle. It.

And Infinity Train uses this trope two times!

First time with Simon:

You could argue that this is laughter because of insanity, not negative emotions, but it still hits hard. No matter how much you hate him. At least if you're me. Seriously, this was my reaction when I first saw Simon's death/breakdown scene:

The second time Infinity Train pulls this is with Ryan:

This, too, killed me! Emotionally, at least. Why is it always the laughing?!

Anyway, yeah, of course I want Infinity Train to continue, but it might be a good thing that it doesn't if they planned another one of these maniacal laughter scenes in the next season. Not sure I could handle another amazingly animated, amazingly written, amazingly voice-acted breakdown like this.

Look me in the eyes and tell me that Plance and "Princess and the Frog" don't have almost exactly the same character dynamic