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Found an old sketch and decided to clean it up a bit

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it's true and you should say it.

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THE LAST GUARDIAN (2016)

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THE LAST GUARDIAN  —  scenery  [2/?]

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HZD-HFW Map

Haven't touched this in a year. Some pins need re-colouring. And some are guestimate locations based on comparisons to named location plus Game maps and irl map.

Blue are Nora lands. Dark blue are Banuk. Red is Carja. Green is Utaru. Grey is Tenakth. Yellow is Burning Shores. Black is the Base.

Interesting to see that the Carja basically inhabit the entirety of Utah. And how the Tenakth have a pretty good chunk of Nevada and California all to themselves.

Additionally, Elisabet Sobeck's homestead is located in Nevada, which means technically Aloy's already been to the West prior to HFW.

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my watery friend... are you too brushed with the pattern of the dappled light...?

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hello hello ddvau fans if you do not know me i do edits for ddvau and i have Known about this chapter for weeks and have been sitting on my rage at HG the whole time. and now it is released i need the people to see he is a bitch ass mf

anyway. starting off here. the very first thing HG says to Grian when talking about what happened is a threat

"i'm here to help you. i'm the best option you got, no one else will"

when i was editing for Doody, this line was just "i'm here to help." but Doody wanted it to come across somewhere in this chapter that HG has all the power in this situation and that HG wants Grian to know that. it was decided that the best spot to include that was right here, right off the bat. HG is Grian's only option and that is as much a promise as it is a threat. no one else will help Grian, and that includes saving him from HG if he doesn't tell HG what he wants to know

and then there's this page. when Grian isnt super forthcoming w info, HG pulls out Jimmy. HG knows better than anyone that Jimmy is completely innocent and that he had nothing to do w the attack--he's a victim here, and HG knows that better than anyone. he also knows, from being Grian and Jimmy's friend as a civilian for years, that Grian cares a lot about Jimmy, and is using that against Grian

he also knows from being a civilian and Jimmy's friend that Jimmy's pro-mutant stance isnt popular, and Jimmy could be framed if HG said something bad about him. HG is trying blatantly to use anti-mutant sentiments against Grian and Jimmy so that Grian will talk, in a moment Grian is already convinced he's going to be arrested for hiding his status as a mutant

(which: note that HG says he heard "rumors" about Jimmy's stance about mutants and his protests against the university's policies--it isn't rumors, HG knows this from being Jimmy's friend and coworker as Scar)

and then here, HG is the only one who was conscious and who was fully present for and remembers what happened during the MS attack. yeah, Tango was also there, but Tango is a known mutant, adn we've already seen people do not trust Tango and think Tango is dangerous--he's certainly not as trustworthy as HG, Superhero, Emerald Soldier, face of the military. he's the one people will trust most. what he says happened is what happened

HG says that yes, Grian’s secret is safe, but only because HG is choosing to keep it. Grian is safe because HG is allowing him to be. HG told everyone that Grian gained wings from the attack, and so HG won't arrest Grian. in this narrative which HG made up, Grian did not lie to the government and he was not always a mutant. HG said it, so it's true, even if he's lying. all HG has to do is change his mind and say that Grian was always a mutant who lied and hid his status from the government, and then Grian will be arrested. HG could change his mind at any time if Grian doesn't cooperate with him. he's very blatantly blackmailing Grian

fun fact! the original version of this line didn't have the "for now," but it was added in editing when Doody said they wanted it to be explicitly clear HG is threatening Grian

what HG says here is the truth. he isn't just representing the law--HG is above the law, and he isn't shy about making sure Grian knows that. he's willing to use anything in his disposal to get the information he wants, and he's willing to use anything available to him to make sure Grian complies with him. disguising it in friendly attitude and cookies and a phone number does not hide the fact HG was incredibly ruthlessly manipulative here

anyway. incredibly fun chapter. one of my favorites. i need DDVAU HG exploded

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"cuddling…? or just general tomfoolery……. im low on ideas too but i adore your grumbos so much I will take literally anything. maybe a little kiss"

(from @mumbeau)

mumbo is doing His Best (he eventually gets the memo don't worry)

it's still 11/11 over here so happy pocky day :D

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i feel some people may enjoy these

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Chapter 15

Happy valentine's day!! :9

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a quick reminder for hermitblr/trafficblr to please tag your ship content properly.

it's basic respect to make sure ships can be easily avoided; not just for content creators who might stumble across them but your fellow fans who simply don't want to see it.

the catch all tags are #hermitshipping and #trafficshipping respectively. also many duos have a separate ship name for more specific filtering so please keep them separate and don't crosstag.

some examples off the top of my head:

treebark vs renchanting

gempearl vs shinyduo

scarian vs desert duo

if you're unsure, a lot of ship names follow general ship name principles [aka smushing names together] (mumscarian, grumbo, smalletho, etc) while duo names are silly and tend to apply to an existing alliance (the buttercups, waffle duo, boat boys, etc). there isn't a universal naming system though so i recommend checking the tags yourself.

and as always remember the wise words of the one and only zombiecleo:

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Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

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Reblog if you've found friendship because of your fandoms.

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I don't have the words for this but. Art and science are always hand in hand.

The perfectionism of artists has them researching stuff in a way that only scientists can compare. Some artists become experts in biology or anatomy. Other special interests have them going down rabbit holes to make them better at their art.

Disney animators said "we are perfecting the code for this snow if it kills us" and researched and invented code until it acted like real snow in Frozen and snow scientists were like hey. Did we just fucking solve the Dyatlov Pass mystery. And the animators answered no. We made snow. YOU applied the knowledge and did the experiments to solve what could have happened at Dyatlov Pass.

And it was a team effort because of course it was. You can't have art without science. And you can't have science without art.

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horizon + animorphs dossier [ marine ]

— Horizon Forbidden West PC | part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4

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Another doodle of gem

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Starting a collection