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Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

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All the Hades are better than Christian Blue

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Once again at it with my fakemon stuff, and this time it’s a starter,actually.

Camputee(?),the ‘ettes, and the Marimourn line.

Meet Stirit,the Marigold pokemon!

I’ve actually drawn her before, but this one is by far my favorite version of her design…apart from the fact she has no neck I’ll need to add that in the final version.

As you can tell,I don’t actually mind humanoid pokemon.i dunno might be the Digimon fan in me but more anthro pokemon don’t tend to give me the same “ick” it gives other,hence why stirit(and one of the other starters) aren’t shaped like animals.its also easier to draw.

Her design inspiration is-as you might have guessed already-are marigolds and día de muertos.

Unlike the other final designs I’ve shared, Stirit doesn’t hold much of a roll symbolically, as she’s-y’know-a starter who isn’t always picked.

Pokedex entry under the cut!

“This Pokémon is known for its shyness, constantly hiding and running away from all but those it holds dear.

To said dear ones,it often puts on dance shows where it twirls around and lets its petals flow.It often makes quick friends with Pokémon like Solili, Jumspi, and Clefairy.

It is also said that it is the one who collects the spirit of deceased children and babies to bring to the underworld.”

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Untitled: Pre-LO Hades and Persephone Sketches by Rachel Smythe (Found on the WayBack Machine and Tumblr)

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Hello!

Here is some more Lore Olympus Lost Media, more specifically, Pre-LO Lost Media!

These are little drawings of Persephone and Hades about a couple of years before Lore Olympus started and were part of a comic she was sketching at the time.

I don’t believe she ever made the comic these iterations of PxH were a part of outside of comic thumbnail sketches (which I have in my archives that I will post soon).

Enjoy!

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Tarot Cards by Rachel Smythe (2017) (Found on the Wayback Machine and Tumblr)

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Hello!

While some of these tarot card illustrations are not particularly lost media, I wanted to upload them into one post so you can see them all together!

Enjoy!

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The Doctor Foxglove Show Missing Pages Lead

If you have the missing The Doctor Foxglove Show Zines, check out the link and message me!

Thank You!

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The Doctor Pepper Show Master Archive

If you have/found many missing pages listed on the Reddit Masterpost or have any leads on finding more pages to The Doctor Pepper Show, send me a message on here or on Reddit!

Thank You!

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So like, this isn’t just me designing Pokémon for the sake of it.this region has actual lore that im planing to turn into a fanfic btw. just so you know.

Camputee(?) and the ‘ettes

Meet Catergrieve and Marimourn!based on mourning cloak butterflies and their caterpillars.

This line-much like the ‘ettes-are very over all symbolically important.

I won’t rat out why(that, my dear, would be spoilers) but just know to keep in mind whenever it appears around a character~

The line is also in what I would call “the butter friends” which consist of it and two other pokemon.

Also:no, I am not sorry for that special attack stat.

Pokedex entries under the cut:

Catergrieve:

“This Pokémon is known for mourning, appearing unannounced at funerals or laying on a dead body to simply…stare at it.

It cries sometimes, but never keeps its stare off the dead,never letting the casket or corpse to be huddled away elsewhere without it following.

It’s become quite infamous, as it’s fondness for the dead leaves multiple of them residing in hospitals or funeral houses.

There’s actually a saying about this Pokémon:”stay out of the Catergrieve’s stare”, being another way to effectively say “stay safe” or “don’t die”.”

Marimourn:

“These pokemon are notorious for being elusive, mysterious, and hard to spot. Despite this,they seem to choose a few people to hang around with, myself seemingly included nowadays.

Once it seemingly gains fondness for a human,it will follow them around, simply staring at them unless they get shooed away or see another person to stare at.

Despite it often coming to see people,they are rarely noticed or seen by humans. Some say it’s because they control the shadows around them to make them go unnoticed, other claim it to simply be their lightness and agility.

One place they are always found, however, is Lower Tamarindo. It is said it takes solace in the ghost of those who’ve went missing there.

I’d say it’s because of the disgusting smelling car fumes clearing out the sun, but I suppose that’s a bias opinion of mine.”

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So guess who has some fakemon to show,huh?(also sorry for my bad handwriting)

Maayyybe a continuation to this post.

Meet Cloakette, Showette, and Shunette!

They don’t have too complicated of origins, simply a thematic purpose in the region, not telling you what it is yet tho.(or you may guess on your own,who knows)

These are probably some of the favorite Pokémon I’ve thought of for this region-and yes there’s more-mostly just because of what they represent lol.

Pokedex entries under the cut.

Cloakette:

“It seems to have an odd dissonance when interacting with humans or other Pokémon.it can never seem to understand what other mean or whether they’re joking or not, along with a seeming inability to read others emotions.this leaves it coming off as Apathetic and means it is very unpopular amongst children.

This social instability seems to have left most of them feeling safer alone, ignoring other pokemon despite deep down yearning for company.

It’s quite sad, really. my son owns one of these and once it gets to know someone’s emotions well enough, it’s one of the most Empathetic Pokémon ever seen.”

Showette:

“It seems like this Pokémon has somewhat opened itself up, making friends with pokemon and humans alike, looking for people who it can come to understand.

Despite still being unable to read other too well it still attempts to make friends wherever it goes, sticking with whatever person or Pokémon it has should they click well enough.

In recent years,this Pokémon has become a popular pokemon for children with special needs and mental disorders, with it using its Empathy to connect to those children and act as a friend to them.”

Shunette:

“This Pokémon seems to have closed itself off from everyone and everything other than itself.

It’s Apathy means it has become detached from the world around it, causing it to not be affected by anything that doesn’t directly address it.

It’s barely seen actively interacting with other pokemon or even its trainers, simply ignoring them or moving away.

While there have been one or two reports every half a decade or so of a Shunette who opens up to its trainer, however, those are few and far between and seem to only pop up after years of bonding and love, something most trainers with this Pokémon seem to be alluded by”

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Why does Apollo need to be so cruel

How satisfying-GIVE RACHEL ANOTHER EISNER BECAUSE THIS COMIC IS JJST OH SO WELL WRITTEN.

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Fuck

How satisfying-GIVE RACHEL ANOTHER EISNER BECAUSE THIS COMIC IS JJST OH SO WELL WRITTEN.

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First person:can try to write it like a journal,maybe even add a few notes from the other characters.

Third person:just a generally what I’m used to.

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FINAL SHOWDOWN!

Giant Desert Centipede (scolopendra heros) vs Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)

Giant Desert Centipede propaganda: I mean, look at it!!! Not only is it the biggest centipede in all of North America, but it can inject venom THOURGH. ITS. FEET. HOW IS THAT NOT COOL???

Devil's Flower Mantis propaganda: Looks cool as hell overall but especially SICK with it's threat display! Also its about 10-13 cm long (3.9-5.1 inches), so its a pretty damn big bug!!! Look up more pics of them they always look sick as hell

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I discussed him in the ares post.

And also I hadn’t heard of epic at the time.

So remember my post about ranking different Thanatos across media?well I’m doing it again.(just with Hermes this time.

Also spoilers.

Percy Jackson(I know this is movie Hermes but I couldn’t find a good illustration of book Hermes.):

8/10

Better than the other gods in this series,at least he stuck with Luke until the whole May thing.also he does genuinely seem to care about Luke.so he gets better rating than I would give the others.

Lore Olympus:

7/10

He doesn’t get much screen time but I wholeheartedly think he’s the second best character in this entire comic(you should be able to guess who’s my favorite)

So yeah,he’s pretty dope.(unlike other characters in this comic *cough cough* hades)

Hades:

10/10

I can’t even describe how much I love him.

When I think of Hermes this is the characterization I think of because it’s just so good.

Like,speedy?here,have +30% speed.trickster and liar?hmm,I wonder where Persephone is,also what Hermes is doing.merchant?well,just ask his associate!(also side hustle)

Also,he has some really good boons like side hustle,rush delivery,the automatic god meter one,plus dash,and side hustle.

And the lambent plume is really good.

Another thing,I just got the prophecy where he bets you to beat up Charon twice in a row and he really just said “hey so I made a bet with my boyfriend that you could kick his ass could you,like,go do that?”

Osp:

9/10

Cool lil guy.

He’s fast and mischievous and a little shit in more ways than one and I love him for that.

Also his design is cool.

Digimon:

7/10

Does this guy count?Only in name.

But anyways,I’m just gonna take this time and tell you to go watch Digimon savers(sub,I wouldn’t say the dub is terrible persay but it just takes away at a lot of nuance that I liked in the Japanese version)

If you like series where the main character saves the day with the power of friendship and this orange/yellow dinosaur they found(and a healthy dose of kicking ass)you WILL like this series.

But,going back on track I like him.doesn’t feel like a Hermes but still cool.

The thing with rating Digimon like this is that they tend to vary between games/anime,my main example being alphamon in world ds vs cyber sleuth(both of which you should play btw).

But thankfully he only appears in savers and I like him a decent bit there if only *spoilers*

Punderworld:

8/10

Okay,you might be wondering:Moxe,why is punderworld here if it wasn’t in the Thanatos post?

First of all,I forgot about him,sorry.

Second of all,literally the only thing to note about him was the torch thing which I found pretty cool.

So back to Hermes,I really like him.

His interactions with Alecto were fun.

I don’t really have much else to say.

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https://youtu.be/3fszgiAwHPw?si=G-RocqyLM8sHWxBo

Hey check this out 

oh fuck yeah I remember watching this guy's video about LO, totally forgot he was working on his own parody lmaoo Go read it y'all!!!

(this is a free comic btw so I promise I'm not leaking tier rewards or anything hahaha)

btw while we're on the subject of LO-stylized Norse mythology, go check out @lorepumpkin's Lore Asgard, it's been a regularly updated fanfic for a while now and it's great! It's a fusion of both Greek mythology and Norse mythology, in which Persephone actually follows through on running away to the Norse pantheon ;3

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someone responded to me on reddit with their own theory as to what's going on with the eisners so i'm gonna share it here because it's worth reading 🍵

like there's definitely the aspect of it being a Webtoons Originals at play as well, I obviously can't feasibly prove that WT's is paying out the Eisners for their wins and that's not an accusation I wanna be throwing around willy-nilly, but the brand affiliation alone almost definitely factors into it all (and it definitely doesn't help the Eisners seem legit when they keep awarding the same comic 3 years in a row).

There was also a comment I found in the /r/comicbooks sub from the perspective of a former judge-

Considering how much work it would take to properly read the entirety of the nominees - as most webcomics are long-form and will require starting from scratch - I wouldn't be shocked at all if the win came down to "well we know this one won last year, and it has 6 million subscribers, so yeah, that one". Again, I don't want to accuse the judges or the organization of anything, but I do think at best the results of the judging are going to be affected if not outright stunted by the process itself.

All that said, it doesn't take a genius to look at how LO has fared over the last three years and understand that even from a purely objective point of view, nothing about the comic stacks up against the other nominees. It's dumb af because I'm seeing some people arguing "well there were only FOUR other nominees, which one do YOU think should win? you don't read those other four comics?? well then OBVIOUSLY LO deserves the win!" because... no? That's not how that works? It's such a strawman argument to justify defaulting the win to LO just because people on IG might not have ever read a comic like Matchmaker or Asturias before. Just because the people complaining about the LO win might not be familiar with the other nominees doesn't mean those nominees aren't bringing more to the table than LO. Which a lot of them very much are. Shit, Evan Dahm alone has been creating comics online since like the mid 2000's (??) he's an incredibly prolific creator with a lot of successful works under his belt, but apparently LO should get the win anyways... because LO's readers have never read 3rd Voice before? Come on. This is like that time when TOOL beat out Taylor Swift in their album release sales and a bunch of Swifties were upset because they had no idea who TOOL was, meanwhile all the dedicated middle aged dads were over the moon to finally see some recognition for a classic band that absolutely 100% deserved the spotlight after going so long without a new album. Swift has more than enough victories under her belt, she'll live lmao

At best this was definitely the "retired athlete on their way out" win, as a pal so gracefully put it-

And really, that last sentence really does get across the essence of LO in a nutshell - it's celebrated for being a story that never really existed to anyone who never actually looked closer. A lot of the things that the comic is praised for is often made up by an audience of people projecting their headcanon into what they were reading, because without it the comic had nothing to say. LO has to be good, because that's what they were told from day one, because if it wasn't good it certainly wouldn't be advertised this much or winning all these awards or getting all these merch opportunities or getting all this 'jealous' hate... right?

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why would you like media that is good if you can like media that is bad instead and pace around your room like an insane person thinking about What If It Was Good

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THE BIG MEGA S2 FINALE TEXT EDIT (PT 1)

This is an edit I've been wanting to do for a long, looong time. It holds a special place in my heart (for bittersweet reasons) as the S2 finale was the straw that broke the camel's back for me - when I went from avid fan trying to retain their faith in Rachel's plans for the story to avid critic who had lost all hope - so finally sitting down and editing it in an attempt to salvage it from what Rachel provided was very cathartic. Aside from shuffling around panel order, none of the art was edited in this re-imagining, only the dialogue. Part 2 coming soon! <3

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THE BIG MEGA S2 FINALE TEXT EDIT (PT 2)

Read the first part here!

Definitely one of the biggest changes from the original version of the finale - including the "dream jumping" sequence as an organic part of the original scene and changing a looooot of the dialogue. More to come, should be wrapped up in the next part! (yaaay Tumblr image limits :' ) )