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(under cut cuz we’re carnal)

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looks really cool! I feel like the brown one fits the granpa much better for that more rugged look and the black one for the MC!

Vârcolac Facesheet #1: Hair Colors!

As promised, the Vârcolac face sheet! This one is based off of different hair colors, but I have another that is based off of patterns that I will post at a later time. Let me know which one is your favorite! (Whichever gets the most votes, the next time I do a scene rendition I may just draw that rendition instead of the auburn one!) Enjoy ☺️

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As promised, vampire!Nadia ;)

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Yang Xiao Long’s Eastern name origins and allusion to Bees

What follows is an essay/rant about the parallels between RWBY’s Yang Xiao Long and iconic martial arts badass, Xiao Long Nü, that blew. my. mind.

I stumbled across RWBY when Vol 7 aired and had no inkling of what the show was about (even less re: Bumbleby).

So.

Having been born in Hong Kong and raised on a steady diet of martial arts dramas, based purely on the name ‘Yang Xiao Long’ and RWBY’s heavy martial arts influence, my instinctive reference point for Yang’s character wasn’t Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but rather Jin Yong’s 1959 novel, The Return of the Condor Heroes. [Side note: Jin Yong is essentially the Shakespeare of Wuxia (‘martial heroes’) fiction. There are countless modern remakes of his works.]

Here’s Xiao Long Nü (小龍女 in Chinese):

To cut an extremely long and convoluted story short, Xiao Long Nü is abandoned as an infant, adopted into the powerful Ancient Tomb Sect, becomes their leader and martial arts legend at age 14, kicks names and takes ass.

And now the part where the literary coincidences get super interesting.

Parallel 1: Their literal names

Yang’s full name is Yang Xiao Long (陽小龍), which is why Taiyang refers to her as his ‘Sunny Little Dragon’. It’s a direct translation, but also a nod to Xiao Long Nü (小龍女), which translates into ‘Little Dragon Maiden’. Like Yang, Xiao Long Nü is known for her fiery independence and ability to push through tough times.

Some have pointed out that ‘Xiao Long’ is a possible reference to Bruce ‘Little Dragon’ Lee (李小龍). I love the idea of Yang’s name drawing from both, as that would make her literary origins even more OP.

The ‘Maiden’ bit also hints at the tantalizing theory that each member of RWBY will eventually become one of the Four Maidens, Yang being the most likely candidate to receive Raven’s Spring Maiden powers.

Parallel 2: The name ‘Yang’

Yang is so called due to the first character of her Chinese name, Yang or 陽, which means ‘sun’ or ‘light’ and alludes to her gold/yellow color scheme, as well as her particular semblance.

There’s a second possible veiled reference. In ‘The Return of the Condor Heroes’, Xiao Long Nü meets and becomes entangled with a rebellious teenager, Yang Guo (楊過). [Side note: This ‘Yang’ is a different Chinese character, but pronounced the same and shares the same radical ie. pictorial component.]

Their relationship begins as one of master and student (despite being close in age). Xiao Long Nü agrees to train Yang Guo, and both fall madly in love with the other over the course of several years/RWBY volumes.

Their love, however, is severely tested on numerous occasions. A big challenge is that romances between master and student are considered extremely taboo in the martial arts world - not unlike, say, the taboo that likely surrounds Faunus/human relationships in Remnant due to longstanding prejudices. In the end, they persevere through personal traumas, deadly enemies and lengthy separations to emerge stronger as a couple. Sound familiar?

‘Yang Xiao Long’ is inherently a ship name; an amalgamation of the names of two people who together represent one of Wuxia literature’s greatest love stories of all time - one that is steeped in fantasy lore, while remaining true to the realities of heartbreak and finding your soul mate.

But oh, the best part.

Parallel 3: Their weapons

Xiao Long Nü’s signature weapons are LITERAL BEES.

As a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect, one of her key skills is carrying out stealth attacks using golden darts coated in jade bee poison, or ‘玉蜂針’, literally ‘jade bee needles’ (see below).

These bee-imbued weapons are launched at deadly speeds to take out unsuspecting enemies.

Xiao Long Nü can also summon and control a swarm of jade bees to aid in attacks by playing an ancient Chinese instrument called the guqin.

Poetically, the only antidote for the damage inflicted by jade bee needles is the rare honey that jade bees produce. Thus the source of the initial pain…

… becomes the spring from which healing can begin.

In conclusion, I love how RWBY signals certain character traits and ships via subtle (and not-so-subtle) visual and literary clues. As someone who was initially more familiar with Wuxia stories, it was pretty cool seeing the Bumbleby parallels as the show progressed.

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Beginning of Endgame [Part 1]

By dissimo

[Occurs in the 114-115 range, after Ruby arrives at the CCT Tower Meetup]

Monarch was not a stupid man. Despite the sheer hunger for knowledge gnawing at his very core, he knew that this deal with Ruby was idiocy in it’s purest form. It was a trap! It could ONLY be a trap. Why else would she bring him all the way to the CCT Tower, as opposed to something easier to run away from. But he went along with it, precisely because it WAS a trap.

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Just somethin i realised while talkin to a lad over on discord, pretty old but aye. It only started to sink in after i sent it tbh and this is just a lil idea? theory? realisation? i had back then

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HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY, JOHN EGBERT! -4/13/19

and of course,

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY, HOMESTUCK!!

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since this whole hellhole of madness started. I feel grateful and cursed at the same time for joining this fandom years ago. My friend introduced me to homestuck back in 2013 and I’m still a trash for this fandom till now. honestly most of the fandom I joined in 2013 are the ones I’m still addicted to. Of course the first time I read this webcomic I was shocked because there are too many pages and tons of texts. But, since my friend recommended it and I had the dedication to read it, I managed to catch up in a few months. It was painful at first. Plus, English isn’t my first language so I tried my best to understand the whole thing. No one knew about homestuck in my school so that online friend was the only one I could talk to about homestuck. this young man’s story entertained my teen life. I love him and his friends.

I’m gonna draw more homestuck related stuff for this celebration!

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Happy 413 to all the crew !

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i cant believe homestuck has been around for 10 fuckin years and only this year is my dash peppered with posts about how “homestuck is horribly problematic and if you like it youre awful, stay away from me”

like dude most of us were 14-16 when we got into it and we understand now that a lot of it was/is fucked up but god forbid we show fondness for some stupid comic that we liked during our youth

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Witch’s Apprentice. That’s the name I decided on for the AU.

I’m too lazy to pull a Kuma T and draw a comic for it, so I’ll go with writing and occasionally drawing some scenes. Ruby’s eyes will be explained then.

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New Witch’s Apprentice cover. Chapter 3 will be up in a few days!

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summer of steven has killed me

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THIS IS ALL I’VE EVER WANTED…….Olivia Olson and Tim Kiefer teamed up to produce Marceline’s song in issue #3 of Marcy & Simon into an ACTUAL SONG and it’s so beautiful it’s giving me chills

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Never forget this beautiful gem.

“Well, lay it on us then! Whatcha wantin’ t’know?” The Quest Number is 000. Don’t forget!

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just a nightmare…

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