REC: Untitled Daisuke and Monty by Julia Stark (Cloudward Ho!, Daisuke Bucklesby/Monty LaMontgomery)
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Untitled Daisuke and Monty by Julia Stark
Fandom: Dimension 20: Cloudward, Ho!
Relationship: Daisuke Bucklesby/Monty LaMontgomery
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: slice of life, happy ending, established relationship, then and now, clothing, nostalgia
Description:
( Very Minor Spoilers for Episode 6 )
This piece is just so sweet. The whole "getting the band back together" element of Cloudward, Ho! has been right up my alley, and I like that their separation was more about losing something that was holding them together rather than a big falling-out that created any ill will. It's made for a great story so far about some highly competent older characters reuniting warmly with old friends and working well together because of their shared history.
I love how the artist has captured this. The flashback looms large over the two men, creating a sense of those past conversations fuelling their present ease with each other and shared direction. It spot-on conveys Monty's wonderful attentiveness to people and suggests a lot in imagining the usually laconic Daisuke so engaged in talking to him. As someone who loves the aesthetics of this season, I'm also very much here for the details in their outfits and the little ways they've changed over the years.
Untitled Daisuke and Monty by Julia Stark
Fandom: Dimension 20: Cloudward, Ho!
Relationship: Daisuke Bucklesby/Monty LaMontgomery
Medium: Art
Length: 1 piece
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: slice of life, happy ending, established relationship, then and now, clothing, nostalgia
Description:
Two full-colour images of Daisuke and Monty, one in the present and one in flashback to their younger days. The first is fully saturated and features the two walking close together with Monty in the lead. Daisuke's hat is tipped forward over his eyes as he looks down with a faint smile and puts away his flask. Monty is watching him over his shoulder, likewise smiling and seemingly mid-conversation with him. Above them, larger and more faded out, is a memory of them sitting together decades ago, Daisuke speaking while Monty watches him with soft-eyed attention.
( Very Minor Spoilers for Episode 6 )
This piece is just so sweet. The whole "getting the band back together" element of Cloudward, Ho! has been right up my alley, and I like that their separation was more about losing something that was holding them together rather than a big falling-out that created any ill will. It's made for a great story so far about some highly competent older characters reuniting warmly with old friends and working well together because of their shared history.
I love how the artist has captured this. The flashback looms large over the two men, creating a sense of those past conversations fuelling their present ease with each other and shared direction. It spot-on conveys Monty's wonderful attentiveness to people and suggests a lot in imagining the usually laconic Daisuke so engaged in talking to him. As someone who loves the aesthetics of this season, I'm also very much here for the details in their outfits and the little ways they've changed over the years.
Fanfic Article in "Harper's"
Tuesday, 8 July 2025 01:18 pmkelly_chamblissHi, dears! It's been ages since I made a post of any kind, and as much as I'm sure you're dying to hear of my RL adventures of the last few months (I was almost killed! Partner and I are getting married!), and as much as I'm sure you want to hear me rant about the murderous Donald Fucking Trump and his (quite literal) Death Eater minions, I'm afraid you will still have to wait awhile for those treats.
Today, I've stopped in to alert you an article on HP fanfiction (and how it's being turned into pro-fic) in the mainstream magazine Harper's Bazaar. It's called The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Dramione Fanfiction.
While I personally feel no urge at all to read Dramione fanfiction, I am no ship-basher. Love what you love. There are wonderfully-written, complex stories about just about any pairing you can name, and gen, too. So maybe I'll even dip my toe into what is apparently a super-viral Dramione fic that I never heard of until I read this article: something called "Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love" (or DMATMOOBIL to the initiated). The author's notes are already fun.
The Harper's article is fun, too, if a bit basic, and offers some interesting thoughts. Enjoy!
Stay cool (or warm, depending on your hemisphere). And continue to fight fascism with all you've got.
Today, I've stopped in to alert you an article on HP fanfiction (and how it's being turned into pro-fic) in the mainstream magazine Harper's Bazaar. It's called The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Dramione Fanfiction.
While I personally feel no urge at all to read Dramione fanfiction, I am no ship-basher. Love what you love. There are wonderfully-written, complex stories about just about any pairing you can name, and gen, too. So maybe I'll even dip my toe into what is apparently a super-viral Dramione fic that I never heard of until I read this article: something called "Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love" (or DMATMOOBIL to the initiated). The author's notes are already fun.
The Harper's article is fun, too, if a bit basic, and offers some interesting thoughts. Enjoy!
Stay cool (or warm, depending on your hemisphere). And continue to fight fascism with all you've got.
What I'm Reading: Ew, It's Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman
Friday, 4 July 2025 04:20 pmdelphi✓ kingstoken's 2025 Book Bingo: Non-Human POV
(I checked this square off my bingo card last time, but this new release arrived with perfect timing, so I'm doubling up.)
Ew, It's Beautiful is the newest collection of cartoonist Joshua Barkman's webcomic False Knees. It contains around 120 short comics, the majority of which were new to me, separated into sections for winter, spring, summer, and fall based on their setting.
The stars of False Knees are usually birds, but there are some cats, insects, and at least a couple of beavers in the mix here. Barkman's art is legitimately beautiful, with a naturalist's specificity and a knack for combining human expressions with realistic animal features, and his writing captures the universal experience of being a small creature in an unfathomably big world. It's full of absurd humour, occasional moments of awe, and recurring bits about the creative process, self-image, and the way friends or family can be on entirely different wavelengths. The comic is where I got my current default icon from, and it almost never fails to bring me a little joy or give me something to appreciate.
( 3 Comics )
kingstoken's 2025 Book Bingo: Non-Human POV(I checked this square off my bingo card last time, but this new release arrived with perfect timing, so I'm doubling up.)
Ew, It's Beautiful is the newest collection of cartoonist Joshua Barkman's webcomic False Knees. It contains around 120 short comics, the majority of which were new to me, separated into sections for winter, spring, summer, and fall based on their setting.
The stars of False Knees are usually birds, but there are some cats, insects, and at least a couple of beavers in the mix here. Barkman's art is legitimately beautiful, with a naturalist's specificity and a knack for combining human expressions with realistic animal features, and his writing captures the universal experience of being a small creature in an unfathomably big world. It's full of absurd humour, occasional moments of awe, and recurring bits about the creative process, self-image, and the way friends or family can be on entirely different wavelengths. The comic is where I got my current default icon from, and it almost never fails to bring me a little joy or give me something to appreciate.
( 3 Comics )