Hmmm... Hmmm... Dialtown Makin Me Wanna Makeout With Mechanical Shenanigans... Hmmm.. Hmmm..

What if we started calling ppl baby in a romantic way bcz a long time ago a husband was jealous of the baby bcz the wife was paying attention to the baby so she teased him by calling him a baby with a sarcastically sweet voice but bcz the husb was so STUPIDLY tone deaf he didnt realize and played into it

realized i had this in my drafts and planned to post it a month or two after the wheel dropped and then forgot about it. oops! here you go

"why does it feel like i just got scammed", my contribution to the wheel of wow, a small dialtown fic collection comprised of randomly-generated ships written and illustrated by our group of friends! we released it this past valentine's day, and i'm unbearably proud to be a part of it. please take a gander if you haven't!

the ship generated for this one was, uh, milton r. wallace/milton r. wallace. well i hope you like it (please check under the cut for the feelings/concepts behind the comic and my ramblings on the dialup!)

ive been thinking a lot about the dialup lately and like. okay. milton was opposed from day 1, he never Stopped being opposed, but- obviously the dialup is Unfathomably Unethical, i agree with this. a violation of bodily autonomy on a high-incomprehensible scale. but there is that little nagging doubt, what IF it all went exactly according to how callum said it would, if it accomplished all the improvements to people's lives that it was meant to? (given everything we know it seems unlikely it ever WOULD.)

but damn if me, i, griffin, were posed with the choice to press a button where "quality of life improves significantly for like everyone on earth, and also phone heads happen" i would probably definitely press the button. now, i dont think milt would, but like, this comic is meant to explore that bit of doubt, that little voice of callum's in his head going on about changing the world, helping people. what IF it was possible, what IF it worked.

which is also why, in this, hypothetical post-dialup-milton talks more like callum than he does milton (hence why he specifically calls him "milt" and not "milton" on the last page). that little needling voice of doubt speaking up, that after consideration (ie, this conversation) just solidifies his conviction- that the dialup is something horrible, but also not something he feels like he has the power to stop, anymore.

also phone head notes!

it's an ericsson n2200 wooden wall phone, as mentioned in the first page

i wanted an ericsson model specifically since that's the same company that made callum's model (an ericsson dbh of some kind)- playing on the "made in his image"/callum-as-god theme.

unlike callum's model, this is a wooden phone specifically- it's primarily made of organic materials.

the front is completely blank. there's lots of bits and bobs on rotary phones that can read as facial features- dials, bells- i wanted him to be as blank and faceless as possible, removal of expression and individuality. he's not as much a person anymore, he's a vehicle for callum's ideas and ambitions.

Dear shower havers,

HOW THE HELL DO YOU ADJUST THE THING TO HE THEBCORRECT TEMPERATURE??? I BE OUT HERE TURNIN THE KNOB THANG TO THE LEFT A LIL THEN 5 SECONDS LATER TO THE RIGHT A BIT

and repeat.

until the shower ends.

is this not the definition of medieval torture?

PLEASE

Theres either scorching burn marks across my back or suddenly im Anna in the Frozen 1 movie

I just saw a dragonfly ram itself repeatedly into the wall of my house (am on balcony) why r insects so stupif i love them

Noli, I think you're putting your hatred and bitter towards the wrong guy.

kind of butt but i spent too long not to share. here is footage of noli driving himself to madness and to beef with a 10 year old

haha loSer imagine goinf instINCt.... im sorry scandinaaviea that was very unfair to you

y dos he look lik shrimp... or fish ... what is a sacambamnwurs

Sacabambaspis is a type of fish that actually existed in real life! Unfortunately, they are an extinct species, but they were discovered in Sacaba around the 1980s, if I’m not mistaken. They lived over 460 million years ago!

I made him a Sacabambaspis because I thought it was a funny combination, and also because I’ve never seen a coolkid sona in shades of gray before…

AND ALSO!! THANK YOU FOR ASKING :3 I appreciate it

woah this is actually like so cool

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My villanos oc.,,, helo hi yay,,,

The trad version because I cant draw on digital and I cant colour in traditional ♡♡♡

I forgot I haven't spilled Janet's lore... Maybe another daaaaaay :3

guys plz plz plz plz help something happened to me suddenly all object heads are hot to me and i instinctively say smash in my head help help gelp whats happenign

90% of gamblers or whatever lets go gambling

also eye view bc i needed to convey how cool it would look in motion