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In the wake of some social media content I would like to just say this:

JayVik IS NOT CANON.

And that is okay. I think that some people are missing such a big point that Riot is making that:

NOT ALL DEEP LOVE IS ROMANTIC. JAYCE AND VIKTOR HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER BUT IT ISN'T NECESSARILY ROMANTIC.

And this is so so important to me as an AroAce person. Their love for one another is so so whole and consuming but there isn't anything romantic about it and THAT IS OKAY. The continued erasure of platonic soulmates and deep consuming platonic love between characters only hurts the A in the LGBTQIA+ community.

One of my best friends made a good point:

MY POINT IS THAT I NEED FANDOM TO STOP ERASING DEEP PLATONIC LOVE. ROMANTIC LOVE IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL. I AM NOT ANY LESS FULFILLED WITH DEEP PLATONIC FRIENDSHIPS THAN I WOULD BE WITH ROMANTIC RELATIONS.

I leave you with the 7 types of love. A reminder that love comes in so many forms.

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The makings of “Respire”, done in Paint Tool SAI

Music by Tom Day

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Small art tip! By me <3

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do you want to start a cult with me? 💀 one hour sketcheroo, one hour color!

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Another ghibli style

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As requested by @joyloa

It's Giangio's turn.

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👏👏👏

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Unused Romeo Voicelines (Audio)

These 2 text lines below are decoded during your battle with KoP Phase 1 on NG. Although not in the final game; the raw & unused audio for these decoded texts still remained in the old Demo assets. You can take a listen here:

+ Bonus (used audio lines, but VA's raw vocals / no sfx):

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Today I received a simply gorgeous video from the performance, a great angle

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Look at them!

They ✨️match✨️

Also!

They like cats!🐱🐈‍⬛

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SAME GENDER MARRIAGE PLANE FLIES IN TOTK

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Has this ever been you?

As artists, we can often feel like we’ve plateaued on our progress because of lack of time, or resources. Not every artist has the time to go to art classes, and not every artist has the money to attend art-school and receive a proper critique. 

That’s why I’ve created this blog! Introducing the… 

The Redline Station is a blog that is dedicated to helping artists. If an artist is struggling with anatomy, or would like a critique on their art, they can submit the art using the SUBMIT YOUR ART button. Then, one of our moderator artists will pick up their piece and do a redline of it to help them better see the places that need fixing.

What’s a redline?

Good question!  A redline is when an artist will draw directly over a piece of art in order to show what the mistakes in anatomy are. By seeing the comparison of the art itself (at a lower opacity) and of the more accurate anatomical example, the artist can more quickly improve their drawing.

Our artists will take your submitted drawing and give you a redline. They will then post it to the blog alongside the original to help you compare the two and easily see what needs to be done. It’ll look somewhat like this!

Q: Can I submit anything? 

A: Yes! Any type of art, human or animal is okay! The only thing that’s not okay is gore and pornography. The posts will need to be PG-13. (Kissing and suggestive scenes are okay, however.)

Q: Will you redline if the drawing is in my style? 

A: Yes! Anime style, cartoony style drawings are also okay. The idea isn’t to fix the drawing to look more like ‘realism’, but to fix it to make it look more believable within the frame of style it’s already in.

Q: How many drawings can I submit for redlining?

A: For the time being, I’m the only one running the blog… In order to keep my sanity, I will accept only one submission per person and only keep submissions open for a limited time until I get more help. Which brings us to our next point… 

Do you want to help me?! GOOD! Then please read the next post. 

Mod applications are now open!

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Claire’s dialogue and delivery on the bus is probably the most realistic aspect of the whole game, let’s be real

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ayo i found 2 pages with head angles of humans and animals, could be useful to anyone reading this

hoomans

animals

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I made a comprehensive list of every time Mello and Near interact/mention each other/think about each other in the manga (minus a few brief mentions because they didn’t feel notable enough; things like Near saying that Light wants him and Mello dead, etc). I compiled this for my own reference, but I figured someone else might find it useful so here it is!

Chapter 59

-         Mello walks past a room at Wammy’s House where Near is sitting and appears to look in

-         Mello and Near are called into Roger’s office and informed of L’s death

 Chapter 60

-         Mello thinks about how much he wants to beat Near, establishing their rivalry and Mello’s primary motivation throughout the mafia arc

 Chapter 61

-         Continuation of Roger’s office scene

-         There is a flashback where Mello receives a paper graded less than Near’s and glances back to see a crowd of students admiring Near’s score

-         Mello hands L’s role over to Near

-         Near is quite willing to work with Mello and looks sad, or perhaps a little annoyed, when he leaves

 Chapter 62

-         Near pulls Mello’s photo out of… where exactly?? His shirt???

 Chapter 63

-         Near says “it might be better if the notebook moves from the hands of the Japanese police into someone else’s possession”. I find this line interesting because the context suggests that he wants Mello to get the notebook; he’s talking about how he’s going to let L, who he sees as incompetent, deal with the kidnapping, i.e., he assumes L will fail to negotiate and the Death Note will be handed over to the mafia, so the line suggests that this could be a good thing (or at least the lesser of two evils, in which the mafia having the Death Note is more favourable than the task force having the Death Note). Maybe Near assumes that Mello acquiring the Death Note will result in the SPK ultimately getting more information about it, which isn’t technically wrong, but there is the intermediate step that many of his employees will be killed… there is no indication that he predicted that, though

 Chapter 64

-         Near looks like he’s smiling each time Mello outsmarts Light. Per my previous ramble, this could be another sign that he wants Mello to acquire the Death Note and is excited that Light is failing to prevent this. Alternatively, he finds it funny that Light is so incompetent. Or a combination of the two.

 Chapter 65

-         Near interrogates Mr Yagami about whether Mello was eating chocolate, and sort of compliments his plan by describing it as “elaborate”

 Chapter 66

-         Mello kills most of the SPK’s members

-         Near tells Light about Mello

-         The task force receives the drawings of Mello and Near, in addition to information about Wammy’s House

 Chapter 67

-         Near tells Light he is going to capture Mello and tries to explain Mello’s thought process behind sparing Chief Yagami and certain members of the SPK – it’s clear he understands Mello’s psyche in depth, and also feels that he is one of the people who matters to Mello (“Kira, you and L are all just people standing in his way”), though obviously not in a positive way

-         Near states that “Mello isn’t stupid”

 Chapter 68

-         Mello requests that the president tell him all the SPK’s movements, meanwhile Near tries to track Mello

 Chapter 75

-         Near mentions Mello when discussing the fact that the task force joined up with Kira

-         He says the words “Luckily, Mello escaped”, suggesting that he is happy Mello survived. There are several ways to interpret this. A) He believes Mello will cooperate with him at some point, which is also supported in chapter 76. B) He believes Mello has the knowledge and skills to track down Kira on his own (and to Near, either of them catching Kira is a victory). C) He did not want Mello to die for sentimental reasons. Mello is someone he grew up with and canonically, he likes and cares about Mello. I could realistically believe that Kira aside, Near was just glad that Mello lived

 Chapter 76

-         Light says, “Near would probably believe Mello” and damn right he would

-         Near once again analyses Mello’s thought process and basically implies that he needs Mello in order to progress through the case. He asks his team to give Mello all their information if they come into contact with him

-         Mello thinks about Near whilst an attractive woman showers in front of him

-         Mello visits Near’s headquarters in his classic dramatic fashion and Near welcomes him

 Chapter 77

-         Near defends Mello when Gevanni and Rester act wary of him

-         Near compliments Mello’s achievements in the case thus far, which Mello misinterprets as Near using him as a tool

-         Near gives back Mello’s photo (once again, pulling it out of his shirt) in exchange for information

-         “Dear Mello” is written on the back of the photo which indicates to Mello that Near always intended to give it back and wasn’t just holding it for future blackmail or with some other malicious intent

-         Mello gives his iconic “I’ll be waiting for you” line

 Chapter 78

-         Near lies to the task force about the circumstances of Mello’s visit

-         Light tries to convince Near that Mello is lying to him, but Near doesn’t even entertain the notion

-         Near says “I believe Mello over a Shinigami”

-         Near volunteers to write Mello’s name in the Death Note, expecting the task force to say no

 Chapter 79

-         Mello sends Mogi to the SPK headquarters and tells Near he’s good at interrogating; Near is impressed with Mello’s plans

-         Near justifies Mello’s questionable actions to Mogi

-         Near’s hideout gets raided two days later whilst Mello is still on the phone, which suggests that they’ve been working together to interrogate Mogi for those two days (or they’ve at least been in contact with each other)

-         Light proposes that Mello was responsible for the attack which Near doesn’t buy for a second

 Chapter 80

-         Near tells Mello that he’s going to escape from the SPK building

-         Mello looks annoyed when the raid happens – it could be because his plan was interrupted, or some rare semblance of concern for Near’s wellbeing (I am firmly of the belief that he never wanted Near to get hurt or die, even if it was just because a victory by default is not a victory in his eyes), or it could also be related the fact that Near is discarding a very large portion of a fortune that Mello was a potential heir to

 Chapter 82

-         Near explains Mello’s thought process in detail to Aizawa with the context of their upbringing at Wammy’s House

 Chapter 83

-         Near asks Lidner to give Mello information about the case, except that Light is L as he has faith that Mello will also reach that conclusion – presumably, if Mello independently identifies Light as the prime suspect, it would strengthen his conviction

-         Mello correctly assumes that Near wanted Lidner to give him all his information, but does a lot of mental gymnastics to convince himself that they’re just doing favours for one another rather than outright working together

 Chapter 85

-         Mello tries to guess what Near was thinking when he gave Mello information, nothing particularly notable but it’s interesting that they both have a good understanding of one another and their thought processes/working styles

 Chapter 86

-         Continuation of Mello pondering Near’s intentions in giving him information. Interesting to note that he doesn’t come across as angry at all when he thinks about Near – the interaction in chapter 77 was tense but it really feels like he mellows out after that (pun intended)

 Chapter 90

-         Near mentions that Mello is a wanted criminal, and that he “lets his emotions control him”

 Chapter 94

-         This is the first time Near’s finger puppets are shown, and Mello’s puppet is positioned next to his in the collection. They seem to be arranged by organisation (so the SPK’s puppets are together, the task force’s puppets are together, and Near and Mello’s are side-by-side in the middle)

 Chapter 99

-         Near is frustrated by Mello interfering, and asks Lidner to stop him “at all costs” – this is one of the few times that Near seems genuinely angry in the manga

-         Near mentions that Mello wouldn’t respond if he contacted him

 Chapter 100

-         There isn’t much shown of Near’s reaction to Mello’s death (even his facial expressions are hidden) and he is very quick to cut Lidner off when she’s about to mention him

 Chapter 103

-         Near retrieves Mello’s puppet and gives him credit for the victory. His eyes are obscured in these panels

 Chapter 104

-         Near goes into detail about why he owes the victory to Mello, and explains that he has always believed the two of them could only surpass L together rather than alone

-         Lidner mentions that in her last conversation with Mello, he said “I guess I’m going to have to do it”, and when he’s shown, he looks very sombre – Near doesn’t believe he thought far ahead enough to know that the notebook in Near’s possession was fake, but there is an implication that the act of kidnapping Takada was done in an effort to assist Near, rather than surpass him as was his goal in the beginning

-         Mello’s eyes are obscured in the panel that’s shown of him, and Near’s eyes are obscured most of the time whilst he’s talking about Mello – this doesn’t necessarily mean anything but it makes them look sad. I find it hard to believe this wasn’t deliberate

 Chapter 108

-         Near is shown eating a bar of chocolate

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this is so so important to me and mine, and I'm asking you to Do Something so I'll respect your time and keep it brief

in the UK, if 100k sign a a government petition it will be brought to Parliament and debated. y'all know this country is suffering from some 80s-style bigotry right now, and this is one symptom: almost 200k fuckholes have come together to force the government to discuss whether it is 'appropriate' to tell children that queer people exist. this is a big symbolic victory for them. and i am burning with fury.

please, if you're from the UK, sign this counter-petition so they can at least see how much of a minority they are. simply put, the attempt to put these bastards in their place isn't gathering enough steam. there are barely 2000 more signatures now than there were this morning (27th January 2023), and that isn't enough. i refuse to let these people feel even a moment of victory or satisfaction. please help.