whatever you do, keep making art. write in clichés. paint in colours that are too bright. speak in poetry. sketch everything. allow yourself to make mistakes. grow. hold tight to it when everything goes wrong - whatever else happens, you’ll always have the art.
Reality Headcanon: when you randomly start laughing or remember a joke from forever ago it’s not actually random. You’ve just been touched by a ghost clown. The longer you laugh the longer it’s touching you.
In a world where mixing any food with another results in a disastrous explosion, the greatest mages come together to perfect a special kind of magic known as cooking. They are The Chefs.
Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Batman: The Animated Series, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Original Characters, Hummingbird- OC, Stork-OC, Peahen-OC, Peacock-OC, Batman Additional Tags: Original Character Gang, Living in Gotham, No shipping involved Series: Part 1 of Penguin’s Little Birds Summary:
The Little Birds are a small group of Penguins gang who go around and cause chaos with and without his permission. These are their stories.
A Day In The Life Of A Lamb- Mornings with Chrome, Part One
It was here that all the bad memories were furthest away- in the garden plot with her beside him as they weeded and watered and watched the plants. Fruits and veggies for eating, herbs for healing, and flowers for enjoying. Chrome said he could keep as many as he liked but he would be responsible for their upkeep and they would need to get him his own planters first.
“I want planters aaaalll over my wagon,” the tiny qunari proclaimed as he pointed to the little green shepherds hut Chrome and Mukuro had procured for him.
“There isn’t that much space inside, little Lamb, are you sure you want them everywhere?,” she ran her fingers through his unruly hair as she looked between him and the wagon.
“I can hang them like in the old woman’s shop! And put planters on the outside like those houses in the village! And and get vines and moss and stuff and-,” he started to ramble as Chrome nodded along. She smiled at his enthusiasm, such a far cry from the shy boy she found crying in the woods, and gave suggestions for how they could accomplish the more realistic aspects of her lambs wish. They walked hand-in-hand to her pale wood roulotte to write down their plans over cookies and tea. When they were finished they grabbed the old wooden pushcart and headed into the woods towards the village giving a wave to the upper windows of Mukuro’s tall, castle-like wagon as they passed it by.
Facts about Neon Blood Tears (a totally real band)
The nu metal-ist band to ever exist.
Has multiple permanent members but the only one anyone knows is Jerry; not because he’s the lead singer but because of the ridiculous shit he pulls in the name of the band. Pretty much all of these facts are due to Jerry.
During all of their shows there is a lite brite screen suspended over the stage featuring the name of the band and red badly constructed tear drop shapes on either side. The name is generally in all red and the teardrops in orange and pink except for the few times the other members have vetoed strong enough and rearranged the lite brite pegs so that the teardrops are red and the name in whatever other colors they feel appropriate.
The other band members patience for Jerry runs out quicker the more they play together.
All of their songs were released as singles before appearing on a full record. These singles included:
Blood (from my Tearducts)
Look At Me While You Die (Romantic Interlude)
Jerry’s Song (Neon Blood Tears)
Their first and only album was released a year after the bands construction. It was titled The Chronicles of Jerry and is generally considered the major reason the group disbanded with great vitriol.
The lead singer Jerry was eventually found dead wrapped in wires from a lite brite box found broken in the same room as the corpse with orange and pink pegs in a teardrop shape forced into the skin under his eyes.
The Little Birds are a small group of Penguins gang who go around and cause chaos with and without his permission.
Headed by Hummingbird, a small, colorful master of distraction who commands the attention of the groups victims while her cohorts get the goods. Possess spiked gloves and shoes for the few times she engages in combat.
Second in command is Peahen, a gold-clad stunner who calls the shots when Hummingbird is otherwise engaged. Uses spiked fans and stilettos for dance based combat.
The Strongarm of the group is Peacock, significant other to Peahen. Works as the muscle and combat strategist while using colorful flails to attack as the others complete the mission.
Last but not the least, the wild card, Stork. Dresses as a traditional mailman and wields the most unusual weapon. A baby doll in a white napsack he uses in a nunchuck like fashion. Also known to throw Mardi Gras cake babies for distractions and as a calling card.
So my best friend and I were discussing about how on the list of Rogues Gallery Gangs we would want to join Penguins the least and yet somehow…
It has been decided that I would be Hummingbird, tiny and disorienting. She would be the Peahen and doubleteam with her fiance the Peacock.
And our shining star my brother the Stork who carries a baby doll in a white sheet and uses it as a nunchuck.
Also we ride around in a bright pink Flamingo to complete the aesthetic.
The Little Birds are a small group of Penguins gang who go around and cause chaos with and without his permission.
Headed by Hummingbird, a small, colorful master of distraction who commands the attention of the groups victims while her cohorts get the goods. Possess spiked gloves and shoes for the few times she engages in combat.
Second in command is Peahen, a gold-clad stunner who calls the shots when Hummingbird is otherwise engaged. Uses spiked fans and stilettos for dance based combat.
The Strongarm of the group is Peacock, significant other to Peahen. Works as the muscle and combat strategist while using colorful flails to attack as the others complete the mission.
Last but not the least, the wild card, Stork. Dresses as a traditional mailman and wields the most unusual weapon. A baby doll in a white napsack he uses in a nunchuck like fashion. Also known to throw Mardi Gras cake babies for distractions and as a calling card.
I first watched that movie when I was a kid, about seven or so, because my father let me watch scary stuff so long as he was there with me and he especially enjoyed watching movies with me that he could explain the backstory to. He was also from Illinois and one of my fondest memories is of walking up to that display in the Field museum and staring those same lions in the face.
When he was old enough I sat my younger brother down and watched the movie with him explaining the backstory the way my father did. A few years later I did the same thing with my best friend.
I recently bought my own copy of the DVD to have in my own collection. I can’t imagine it not being a staple of my life and maybe it’s obstinate but I’ll not take any bad reviews seriously. It’s a great movie.
