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[focsle]

Man, dishonored*….what a game. Target audience: me. I remember losing my shit when I saw the trailer. I remember when I’d explain to people why I thought Dishonored was so good I’d lead with ‘okay so it’s set in a gloomy industrialized whaling city—’ and everyone would be like ‘okay I already understand why it’s your favorite’.

When it came out I was in college and was going home for a long weekend to visit my mom and she was like ‘I saw this game that just came out that reminded me of you idk if you’ll like it but I bought it for you’ and Of Course it was dishonored because Target Audience: me. So I consumed it for a weekend, and then I went back to my Videogame-less dorm many an hour away.

And then hurricane sandy hit as soon as I got back and I lost power for a week and everything was wet and I was existing by candlelight and people were like ‘hmmmm watch out for all the displaced rats coming out of the drowned subways, hmmm watch out for hantavirus’ and I was like ‘wow……steeped in vibes…..’ My entire sense memory of that game is linked to the weekend before and then that week.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Thank you all for an incredible 500 days of love and support. I offer you: answers to questions that no one has asked.

(As always, more can be found in the tags <3)

[williamverse]

Posting this little sketch of Corvo now so I wake up to like 19292029292992922 notes tomorrow

[boredguitarfish]

DH1 Corvo give me this intense sad wet dog energy

[leona-florianova]

Billie Lurk commission

[lapinneok]

girls night

[geminison]

You’re build on bones they say. I sleep and feel them prodding at my ribs each night

[kg-clark-inthedark]

I open up my wallet,

And it’s full of blood.

(text used is lyrics from The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor)

[l-carlyle]

watching arcane always has me wishing there was an animated dishonored adaptation

[albrakia]

[st4rdust-machiine]

A piece I did for the @10yearsofdishonoredzine 🎭

Leftover sale is now live !

[williamverse]

finished this painting i wanted to write an acompaniing drubble, but i want to post this as soon as possible so yeah, you can probably come back for the drussle because i still want to write it

i'll apreciate any interaction with this post!!

[crustyfloor]

Luka is very good at keeping himself composed on stage, mostly with the help of maintaining track of his heart rate, but during Mizi's attack in ROMH he seemed to slip up, not only was the red background a tell-tale sign of Mizi's violent intentions but it was a more symbolic way of showing Luka in quite visceral fear. Even if for only a second.

I'm not convinced Luka will be as continuously calculated as he normally comes off, it all seems too fake to me. Because it is. It’s a similar case to Ivan who can't feel, isn't normal, isn't human enough so he makes a persona to blend in. So Luka, whoever he is, makes this version of himself to cope with what he has to live through, pretending like he's on top of it all to survive in this world.

So in round 7, I think something drastic will happen to make him 'snap' in a way.

It's safe to say that we don't know Luka. We don't know who he really is. We don't know his real desires. But we do know one thing--he is scared. he is afraid of the aliens. That's why he appeases them--being their trophy. He's only kept around for his purpose as an entertainer and nothing else and he's very aware of that. He knows very well that a dented trophy will be discarded; with that mindset, he's been able to get so far, and he's scared of losing. That's why he holds any little thing he can get his hands on close. And an important extension of that fear is his fear of losing power.

Till should be the more likely in this position, given he's such a rebel. But isn't that just too predictable? Keep in mind, that Till is a strong person. Even after all he's been through, even after he's been beaten into something more manageable for the aliens--He still hasn't lost his spark. Till is a raging storm. subdued but nonetheless a force to be reckoned with.

Round 6's effect on Till is greatly ambiguous for now but at this point when the time for round 7 comes, Till has been put through so much hell. Whatever Luka does to provoke him probably won't work, he and Luka are equally talented individuals and will make for an intense battle, and at the end of the day, the numbers won't lie. Exactly that is what Luka is ready for but scared of--a worthy opponent for the throne. Someone capable of stripping him of his power. (Is fear what makes Luka so dismissive?)

It would be so aggravating that this 'pest'. who is so indignant, so rebellious (in a way Luka envies.), could so easily destroy everything Luka has worked for, disregard every pain Luka has been through to get to this point, and Till doesn't value this throne as much as Luka does, and Luka doesn't want to feel the pain of death anymore. If his facade is as destructible as I think it is, that will be what ultimately brings out Luka.

This idea may be flawed. Luka is so perfect, too perfect and confident and experienced for something as little as that to break him, just think of all the training Luka went through to get to this point. I'm positive he's very aware of what playing unfairly will lead to. But isn't there always room for a wild card?

Just remember what happened to Hyun-woo.

What happened here isn't fully explained (and probably will be in round 7) but imagine Luka: "Trophy child, goody two shoes" Luka possibly killing another human. Whether by accident or not, what happened?--what and how did Luka feel in the moment for the repercussions of whatever happened to be that bad?

A Luka that is secretly greatly insecure, pliable, and defensive enough that in a spur of emotions, he can’t help but lose his cool in a way he hasn’t in a while because he’s afraid—just to try and prove he is still valuable. That is the type of character I theorize we'll come to see in round 7.

[graedari]

what if i went to the aquarium with @radjerda a lot and then made an entire Dishonored AU around an aquarium that then became an entire modern AU? :)

[geminison]

“Ancient beast mauled by man’s hand hangs in the air. Its last mournful song tears through the refinery making walls shake but you can’t hear anything. The oil glows bright blue and its smell tickles your nostrils.

Here’s your key. The key to a new age.”

My @dishonoredgiftexchange gift for @karnaca78! I decided to pick “whale oil” as my prompt

[kg-clark-inthedark]

Linework vs color side-by-side of the first panel of a short corvosider comic I’m working on