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just thinking some shower thoughts about why romantic love appears to be championed above all else (all other forms of love) in real life and in readings of fiction... and why sexual acts need to be depicted explicitly in order for (many) people to be convinced that a romantic connection exists "canonically"

No, you don't need to kiss or fuck or whatever to prove there is romantic love. That's not just some "big delusion" a "big cope" -- it exists in real life, too! Imagine saying that to an elderly couple, a disabled couple, a couple that started with long distance, an asexual couple, etc.??

and even IF that romantic connection can somehow be disproven -- okay, and? Who decided that friendship isn't as worthy of our time and attention and respect as romantic love? <- Big corporations that want to sell us stuff? :3

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Thinking about how at the end of everything Jayce and Viktor basically set the timeline right. They put the world back into a state without them. They only died together because ALL versions of themselves fought to do so. But they were both dead from the start. Just buying time to be with each other they didn’t have. Cursing everyone else in the process with their stupid grandfather paradox.

In an untampered world, Jayce never made it off that mountain and Viktor died from his disease.

I believe this is the arcane trying to balance itself and correct time. This concept invaded my mind when Ekko pushed the limits of his loop and Heimerdinger literally blew up in his testing. He reverses this, taking control of the arcane for himself like Jayce and Viktor had been doing for years. This doesn’t change much because Heimerdinger is later claimed by the arcane.

It was an event that was supposed to happen.

Jayce and Viktor are (finally) claimed by the arcane when Ekko throws the same anomaly that predicted and righted Heimerdinger’s death straight at them. This allowed them to accept fate together and send themselves back to the nothingness because they are an anomaly. The first anomaly. They are part of everything and they are also absolutely nothing at all.

Accept your humanity and mortality. Know that the time you make is the only time you have. We all kick the bucket eventually, best to do it surrounded by those we love. Take care of yourselves.

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arcane spoilers (s2ep09) incoming

so ive seen people talk about this scene, particularly about how jayce accepts viktors touch even when he knows its coming and could potentially dodge it/counter it with the hammer

from what ive read mostly people talk about how much affection (ha) and trust jayce puts in viktor, and personally i also think its because he saw the future and knows its the only way to reach him

if he wants to save him, save piltover he must strip away all the walls viktor has built around himself and his emotions, and thus jayce needs to be let into the hive mind where he can talk to actual viktor and not herald (also parallels to that scene when he shoots him, someone said he didnt let viktor utter a word because he knew he would convince him THEY ARE SO WEAK FOR EACH OTHER MY GOD)

but thats not what i wanted to talk about!! going back to the beginning of that scene on the rooftop

doesnt this seem awfully similar to the medieval coronation ceremony?

jayce is kneeling surrounded by followers/past inhabitants of zaun/piltover, during medieval coronation ceremonies it was a priest who would bestow the crown upon the future king. moreover, coronation was often considered a religious rite because of how rulers and deities were closely tied (different cultures would believe in different versions of this, that their ruler was chosen by gods or perhaps their descendant/vessel).

we already joke how viktor became god/jesus/deity/eldritch cosmic being etc, we also know despite everything he still holds strong feelings towards jayce (damn hypocrite) and views him differently than the others

so it would make sense he would wish to personally "introduce" jayce to his hive mind cult

notice how when jayce got to the roof NONE of the marionettes/machines tried to get to him asap unlike they do with others

no, this is a ceremony performed by their god who is choosing the one closest to him, demonstrating to the world how he wishes jayce to be the ruler of his glorious evolution

viktor places his fingers on him gently and carefully, while when they were fighting in the councils room he was ready to force his touch when jayce initially rejected his proposal (always trying to make jayce understand his perspective)

and jayce accepts it with so much serenity and solemnity that in that moment reminded me strongly of aragorn in lotr

a true king in the eyes of the one coronating them

also his unique fingerprints make me think of a crown/circlet every single time i see them and thats why i wrote all of this

i love all things related to medieval knighthood/royalty so this whole interaction has been boiling in my head until it spilled over, you are welcome

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6pencil-soft and Canvas Brushes from the CSP assets is really really great and they're freee yipppeee

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[Arcane S2 spoilers below] i'm arcanebrained~ :3

I keep thinking about how the white/gold coloration and feminine shape of Viktor's mannequin army resembles Mel. Was that intentional, my guy? Was that personal? <- I feel like there's delicious marrow in here if I crack this open :3c

I keep thinking about how symmetrical the gold motifs are on Mel's outfit and I keep thinking about how asymmetrical the gold is on Viktor's 'people'. The things that made them broken were reforged with gold, hence the organic shapes. Viktor himself is asymmetric from the beginning: off-center hair part, moles peppering his face, a perpetual limp in his stride.

I keep thinking about how Viktor's life was saved without his permission by Jayce. I keep thinking about how Viktor then tried to save the world without the world's consent. I keep thinking about how Viktor didn't want Hexcore to be used for making weapons, and then Jayce used it to save his life and inadvertently turned Viktor into a weapon that worked against him. I keep thinking about how this parallels how Silco used Shimmer on Jinx to keep her alive, which drove her slightly more mad than usual and he ended up dying as a result. ANYWAY

I'm not coherent but anyway i'll be adding a lot to my playlist

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I finally finished translating the Hawks comic I made in 2023… Can you tell I HATE TYPESETTING from vertical to horizontal fkdsjfhsjf I need to remind myself to not draw the speech bubbles so damn narrow…!!

I think I already posted an earlier iteration of this but that'll get archived. Also note I made ZERO changes to the art since I drew this so pls excuse any predictive drawings I did that did not land in canon lol

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i love it when two adult men have a homoerotic teenage girl friendship and falling out

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HERE HE COMES

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English translation for some Hawks-centric comics I thumbnailed in 2023 that I JUST got around to inking at the tail end of 2024.

Happy birthday, Hawks!!!!!

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something from way back in may [🦉🐻]

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Cheeky!

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i think I'm going through a milf phase bc Lady Nagant and Mirko (especially post-timeskip Mirko) are like the hottest ones in MHA and Milsiril is the hottest one in Dungeon Meshi. Yandere ass boy mom (positive).

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inatodo sketch from 2023 that I dug up today

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do you ever start drawing fanart and search for references only to find yourself paralyzed by how GOOD the source material is. that's what's happening right now as I open up volumes of Dungeon Meshi to look for refs... the fully rendered hairs on the winged lion makes me want to rip my drawing arm off and eat it, it's just SO so good. and I'm just so in awe and convinced that NOTHING I draw will ever be as good. But there's also that one fucked up irrational part of my brain that's like "WHAT IF WE.............?????????????????? DREW HOT ANTHROMORPHIC CREATURES FOR A WEEK.?????? FULL RENDER FURRY???? :3 :3 :3 TRAINING PLAN." THE FUCKED UP PART OF MY BRAIN IS VERY MOTIVATED BY GOOD ART.

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committing yaoi crimes