The Manifest

Zuhair Murad

Ectoberweek 2022 day 25 - "He thinks about the corpse in the woods sometimes. Hard to forget where you are buried."

Weapon fairy no.7

Damselfly, burdock, hunting rifle

#smaugust #smaugust2022 Day 3 - Aquatic 

 another idea I want to come back to and explore more someday

River Mermaid, for Mermay 2021 :)

(bolts upright in bed)

Ed’s sudden growth spurt at the end was a sign that his connection to Al’s body was failing and Al was getting dragged back to the gate.

Like I knew this, but it just dawned on me that Ed getting taller in the last part of the series is not just a visual representation of his character growth and his maturing as things creep towards the finale, but it’s LITERALLY the most obvious sign that Al’s time in the armor is running out.

The context of why Ed is shorter than average and his connection with Al’s body and soul manages to make Ed getting taller - and finally getting taller than Winry, something he’s wanted for the whole series, something that should seem like a victory for him after all the teasing people have done - almost bittersweet. Maybe even ominous if you think too hard about it.

And maybe that’s why there’s never a moment where people point it out, why it’s never played for a joke, why there’s never a moment of victory for Ed when he realizes it. I’d always attributed the lack of reaction to Ed finally getting taller to the rising tension and the foreboding tone of the last part of the story. No one comments on Ed’s height, because things are THAT BAD. Ed doesn’t notice because he’s THAT WORRIED about the Promised Day.

But it’s not just that things are Serious with a capital S and most of the running gags have been abandoned at this point, it’s also that Ed getting SIGNIFICANTLY taller very quickly is a very bad sign for Al and the state of his soul.

The turning point is Ed’s injury in Baschool - either because nearly dying weakened the connection or because Ed used his own life force and tapping into his own soul/life messed with the connection, or because his body just needed all the energy and nutrients possible to survive, which meant less to give to Al’s body, is unclear, but Al lasted for 4/5 years in the amor with no problem, and then Ed almost dies, and suddenly Al starts getting dragged back to the gate and immediately afterwards Ed gains like a foot of height in like six months.

felt like drawing a creepy danny

disconnection

Dappertober #5, Mulan 😎🐉

Gotta love how Michael's ethical journey starts with getting him to realise his actions matter because he might 'die' someday to eventually not giving a fork if he dies so long as his friends don't suffer.

And when I say eventually, I mean one month later.

American Photographer, Joel Bissel, took stunning pictures of the frozen Michigan Lake in Chicago, covered by ice scales (x)

i fukcing hate this show

This is the best scene in the entirety of IZ imo it’s literally perfect

according to the staff commentary for this episode, the script actually called for heavy traffic to be rushing past Dib and Zim in this scene, which is why they’re shouting at each other, and you can even still sort of hear the sound effects but then, for whatever reason, in the finished episode they just forgot the cars

@arr-jim-lad I’m CRYING is that actually a thing that happened, I can’t believe I’ve never heard this

YES

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS AS A LITTLE KID AND THINKING IT WAS SO FUCKING FUNNY, ME AND MY BROTHER WERE DYING.

Another for the lost in translation category.

“There are no mistakes. Only happy accidents.” -Bob Ross

had a dream the other night where i kept pulling out my phone to take “pictures” so i could draw them later. hope my dream-self is satisfied with these waking approximations.

Last year I animated this thing for an OTGW animated collab, but I guess I never posted it here :O so many mistakes lol but otherwise, I’m happy I got it done!