18.05.2024
(Alright, I think I'm.. done? designing this! maybe? Well, finished enough I feel alright writing in it. After looking at it for a while I don't really like it... maybe I'll add a box around the text, and switch the frames and text around? But aaaaargh positioning everything again would be such a pain! I should probably learn how to actually code so everything doesn't take so long, but brute forcing my way does eventually work so... Blehhh!)

To preface: Chameleon is my biggest blorbo ever! My disgusting guy!! My brain worm!!! Everyday I strive to be more weird and insane about him!!!! So, what better to achieve that than a place to ramble on and on about the menial thoughts I have about him?! I'd like to make a shrine too, eventually.

To be truthful though, I actually haven't been thinking about him too much as of lately. Well I have, but not in the meaningful sense, if you understand; I feel guilty when not engaging in Spider-Man related content, and I feel guilty engaging in Spider-Man related content. Either way I feel I could be doing something 'better', and either way I'll probably just end up stuck scrolling! That's why I was really inspired to do this, I suppose... It's an outlet to my obsession, but since I have to code and write too, it still seems productive to my brain!

Yesterday, I began reading The Brothers Karamazov. Well, attempted to. For the, like, fourth time. I've been wanting to read this for a while, and the small parts I have read I've enjoyed! ...But I don't know, maybe it's just the length intimidating me. I think I need a short book to get me out of the reading slump I'm in right now.

Anyways, the reason I'm mentioning it here, and why I've been wanting to read it so bad, is because it's where Dmitri's name originates from! His name comes from two other character's names: Dmitri Karamazov and Pavel Smerdyakov. I know Pavel is a servant, like Chameleon was, though I'm not sure if there's any other similarities. That's what I'm interested about!

His nephew's name is Alyosha Kravinov, like Alexei/Alyosha Karamazov, also! I like to change his mother's name from Sonya to Sofya so it's a reference (Sofya Ivanovna, mother of Dmitri Karamazov) as well, ehehe.

Random thoughts before I head off: his playlist is starting to get stale. Maybe I should just stop listening to it so much... Whatever, it still needs a touch up and more songs. I'll have to start listening to new music.

Do I use too many ellipses? My thoughts just sorta... trail off, or pause a lot, so it comes out like that when my writing is about my thoughts. Hopefully I'll get better at writing the longer I do this. Anyways, that's all for today!

21.05.2024
A couple of days ago, I redid my phone's layout. I'm so happy with how it came out! I mainly chose the photos based on what was the most easily accessible since right now my gallery is a mess! I just can't help hoarding everything.

Screenshot of phone lockscreen, the wallpaper being Chameleon lounging in a chair holding Spidey's mask. Behind him are a dozen masks hung on the wall. There are three widgets, one being Spotify and the two others being comic panels.Screenshot of a phone homescreen. There are two widgets, one large one at the top displaying comic panels and one medium showing a dialouge bubble saying 'nothing. nothing. nothing. nothing. nothing.' next to the four app icons, which are a lighter, feather, dice and books, all blue.

For some reason, the lock screen widgets look WAY brighter in the screenshot than they do on my phone screen. I always have my phone brightness at 0, so maybe that's why? Might change the lock screen background; while I love that I can see other villains in this one (shocker !!! <33 scorpion !! <3) and I like his pose, there's just something off about his face.

I think my home screen is perfect though!!! That large widget, ahhh the scene's just so cool. While I do love the warm brown/hazel eyes he has in certain comics, the piercing blue eyes he has in this one definitely work in this scenes favour! Ahh he's just SOO cool with these lines and the one in the next panel with him stabbing Spidey... Using people's underestimation of him against them... SIGH...

29.05.2024
The wallpaper art is divided into 6 sections, the first 5 containing J Jonah Jameson with a cigar making funny expressions or his head being stretched on a red background. The last panel has Chameleon with a cigar on a black background.I changed my lock screen, like I said I might do in the last entry. This is the one I was originally going to go for anyways, before thinking maybe it was too much Jonah... I realised it's my own phone, and it seriously doesn't matter that much if I have another favourite character on my lockscreen. Double the joy!!

A bumpy wall with 10 small black and white prints of Chameleon stuck to it.Decided to put my mini printer to good work, and printed some photos of him to put on my wall! I've never really had anything on my walls, because my STUPID POPCORN WALLS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE!! Hopefully, these won't fall off since they're small and have blu-tack on every corner. Looking at it brings great joy!!!! It almost makes my wrath towards popcorn walls subside. I'll print more later, maybe I could even eventually cover my whole wall...? Ehe.

I decided to just put it up as the strip it printed out as before cutting it later, cause I was feeling lazy, but I actually rather liked it! It reminded me of the strips you get from photo booths, so now I wanna try and make something like that to put up... I'll probably end up cringing at my art, but I don't think there's good enough images to make an edit of it with, so I'll have to deal with it! Maybe he could be posing with Quentin?

Finally, I read some comics that feature him! I admittedly have not read all of Dmitri's appearances... I just the process boring, okay! I have to slog through the comics where he's actually just a cameo, even when he's marked as an appearance, which is pretty annoying!! Anyways, I read three, the first ones being Amazing Spider-Man #644 and #645. Click the images to see some thoughts.

Chameleon cloaked by shadows with this hand on the his hip examining an object in his other handChameleon looking upwards with a speech bubble saying 'Ha.' The top half of Chameleon is cloaked with shadow.Side view of Chameleon, disguised as Harry Osborn, grinning and holding out his handsSpider-Man visibly angry pulling Chameleon by his torn shirt. Chameleon says 'Forgive me I'm sorry I'm sorry' Spider-Man says 'For what?' Chameleon responds 'All of it; helping the kravens! Pretending to be Harry Osborn! Stealing the baby, lying to you that he was dead! All of it!'

The last comic I read was Amazing Spider-Man #676. I realise I've read this one before, but it's a blast to read so I don't mind! We get to see Mysterio being amazing as always, Sandman and Rhino's lovely relationship, Electro being cool, and Cham's snazzy robe! Plus, he (and everyone else) gets to kick ass!!

17.06.2024
I've put some more pictures up on my wall, and I love them so much! I really love looking at it!!! Unfortunately, when I was putting some more up, two fell down the side of my bed where I can't reach... I'll probably have to move my bed forwards, SIGH. Despite that though, it's looking pretty full! Maybe I really could cover my whole wall...

Lately I've been thinking of making a self-insert of sorts, for funsies and to try to finally write something. Here's what I've thought of so far!

My character is a vigilante/rookie villain (haven't exactly decided yet) named Hummingbird. That was just something off the top of my head, since I like birds and that was the first bird I could think of for some reason. Going with the theme, they made these lightweight wings that are SUPER swift, and they're just pretty agile and fast in general! Maybe I'll think of some more gadgets related to speed, and other hummingbird related things, for them to have later.

They're obsessed with Spider-Man, which is what made them start their vigilante/villain gig in the first place. Chameleon was Spider-Man's first villain, so OF COURSE they want to find and talk to him, for research purposes! I haven't thought of a reason for Chameleon taking them in as a mentee, though. Maybe in an assignment, from whatever person or group he's currently working for, they're assigned to him as a getaway man? Chameleon gets discovered on a mission and right as he's about to be captured... Zoom! Hummingbird to the rescue!! ;3 Since it'll probably take a while to get to their destination, he might as well answer all 783 questions they have about Spider-Man, right?

Lastly, I was curious on how much I've just rambled here so far... so I used a word counter to see! So far I have spent 1357 words talking about Chameleon; here's to many more!!