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Demi-fiend: Jeez, those True Demons were some real Maniax! I sure hope I don't get "Forced" into "Battle" with other fiends!

The cunning Horsemen of the Apocalypse:

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Did this fun thing by @capes_kid on Twitter (he also has a very cool YouTube go check it) and I'll regret all my choices in a week. Kodamas are games I haven't played yet.

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i made another video, this time about smt2's less conventional demon inclusions.

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Smiling friends character who runs across the screen/ has a relatable conversation

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watching gen z and millennials make fun of gen alpha has been torturous. "But they're actually stupid" 1. theyre middle schoolers 2. isn't that what older gens said about us? don't you remember being 11?

it truly is just "impulse reaction to cringe <- has not yet unlearned shame"

the cycle continues let me out of here

guys. guys I think we should kill cringe culture

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Beat some random Tammuz and my level up counted as 7 levels up. Not complaining either way!

Still haven't learned Staruto though.. my pain is immense even with all my boons and blessings

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I SEE YOU HAVE THE STRANGE JOURNEY SPRITES ON YOUR GAME LIST WHERE DID YOU GET THEM PLEASE TELL ME

I MADE THEM MYSELF SINCE I COULDN'T FIND THEM EITHER LOLLLL Here's the originals since those are recolored. Feel free to use and no credit needed but appreciated! These were done by hand so there may be mistakes;;

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quick satan zayin doodle for fun

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making a design for a NPC who has less than 3 lines of dialogue and literal seconds of screentime from an obscure 90s JRPG is totally very Normal And Sane behavior

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recently discovered a form of gif that has audio called a "video". i tried making a "video" about the smt nine animations that i normally make gifs out of. let me know what you "think" of it.

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Tagging this with gay fandoms sorry

There's currently a European proposition to ban conversion practice in Europe

If you're European please sigh it

If you're not please reblog

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memes cats would make

[ID: a simple chart showing two captioned illustrations. the first is a drawing of a smiling person labeled "The Person." underneath are bullet points which say: "nice to me," "calls me good boy names like Dumb Sausage and Stop," "put dinner," and "holding me because i never be bad." the second is a frowning person with an angry vacuum cleaner labeled "The Person (evil alter ego???) and the bullet points read: "LOUD," "maybe possessed by Bad devil or evil etc," and "chases me except if i hide behind the ladder thats been in the living room for 6 months it can't find me."]

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Smt II girls doodles

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Porewit - Day 36

Race: Wilder

Alignment: Dark-Neutral

May 10th, 2024

Slavic mythology is weird. Very weird. Due to a lack of concrete sources, many demons and gods featured throughout have very little to work off of, and many appear only in offhand references throughout various texts. Among those gods, however, one shows up that has caught the interest of many scholars- the Wendish deity, Porevit.

Due to a lack of sources, there isn’t much to work off of regarding this god- two fragmented books are all that remains of this deity, and we don’t even know what he was the patron OF in the mythos. All we know about him is that he was depicted with 5 heads and no arms. However, what does his SMT design have to do with the few descriptions we have of him? Is this just another case of ATLUS taking serious creative liberties? No. Not at all. There’s a twist to this demon- a strange choice of localization.

As it would turn out, Porewit in SMT isn’t based on the enigmatic slavic god in question, but rather, something completely different.

All that we know about Porewit in the series is that he was ‘a beast that breathes fire, causing havoc in towns and the mountains.’ Later on, it describes the ‘sacrificing of cows and sheep.’ What can we do with this information? We can extrapolate. As it would turn out, we can trace the origin of this monster further into slavic territories, deep into Yugoslavia, with a completely different name. Fōbi.

According to Yugoslavian lore, this monster was a beast with 7 heads that had fire billowing from each one, responsible for destruction and eating a police officer in the 1950’s. Apparently, people once would rush to its altar to sacrifice cows and sheep in order to stop its rampage. We’re getting warmer! Literally!

However, there’s yet one more twist to add to this tangled mess, and probably the most baffling of all.

The Fōbi literally does not exist.

"World Magic and Sorcery" is a book written by Toshiya Nakaoka in 1968, a book describing the monsters and witchcraft from, well, all around the world! In this book, a peculiar monster sticks out- the exact same one we’re describing here, depicted as an actual bit of mythology. However, from what literally anyone can tell, Toshiya partook in a little bit of an activity known as, you know, LYING???

There are literally no other documentations of the Fōbi anywhere! A few scholarly texts have come out since then that reference it, but all of them reference back to, as it would turn out, WORLD MAGIC AND SORCERY! I’M LOSING MY FUCKING MIND!

I kid, I kid- this has been fun to research, but dear god has it also been frustrating. With all of this explained, though, we can finally, finally get into the demon proper. Porewit’s design takes a lot of inspiration from the Fōbi, as one can predict- several heads spitting flame is a perfect description of this demon, and it all checks. With the depictions of the Fōbi that exist, we can finally see the resemblance of this monster. What makes it even funnier is that, in Japanese, Porewit is actually called フォービ, effectively meaning Fōbi! Why the hell did the localization team make Porewit into Fōbi? I have no idea! Regardless, in spite of how confusing this has turned out to be, I really do enjoy this demon’s design, and this demon was fun to research. A special thanks to the SMT wiki, Bogleech, and especially dijehtranslations’ wordpress blog for making this far less of a headache to research.

In conclusion, fuck this demon.

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i couldn't stop thinking about this

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my fav trio

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