lux-1934

[lux-1934]

[lux-1934]

you really just have to see this one

[lux-1934]

[lux-1934]

this is what playing mass effect as a non tech class feels like

[lux-1934]

[lux-1934]

Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.

[lux-1934]

[lux-1934]

shoutout to this depressed 15 year old girl on urban dictionary i hope her birthday was nice

[lux-1934]

Siamese/Himalayan Cats!

[lux-1934]

THE FATHER

THE SON

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

[lux-1934]

Custom Robo: Battle Revolution (Noise / Nintendo - GameCube - 2004)  

[lux-1934]

banners/buttons i found while browsing music sites on the wayback machine!!

most of these are related to doujin music, but i got no clue what some of the others are from, so use them with caution :p

[lux-1934]

who wants to see my favorite statue

[lux-1934]

So I was today years old when I found out that there’s lesbian rainbow dragons in a special of Rescue Riders: the How to Train your Dragon spin-off for notably younger kids (in which the dragons talk because the kid protagonists were raised by a dragon and thus understand dragon speech…though it’s also probably a nod to the original HTTYD books where the dragons talk.)

So there’s this dragon species called Songwing which are colorful dragons with beautiful voices. Their song has a relaxing and hypnotic effect on other dragons and they use it for self-defense if threatened (the more mature Race to the Edge series included a little similar dragon called Death Song, but that one eats the dragons it attracts.) The Songwings always live in pairs they themselves refer to as “song mates.”

So one Songwing named Melodia acts as an antagonist in the story by hypnotizing dragons to stay with her and act as her friends and singing companions, kind of like some weird chill singing cult. But it’s revealed that she has lost her song mate and was hypnotizing everyone, because her species really can’t stand loneliness. And then the protagonists help her to call for her mate and she hears their voices and the lesbian dragons are reunited and there’s a happy ending. Cute.

I really like antagonist(ic) characters with hypnotic powers, and it’s a good way to create urgency in a show for young kids as it doesn’t need to get violent. I also think Melodia makes an interesting antagonist, because her species appears to be naturally pacifistic (they normally only use their power for self-defense, even though they could rule other dragons if they wanted to) and while she isn’t a vegetarian as far as I know her more flat-looking teeth and bill-like mouth give her a more harmless look.

And yes, the blue male dragon is voiced by Zach Callison.

[lux-1934]

recent Uvo and Shal art-

I love them :)

[lux-1934]

Historians say they were close friends