#Dungeon: Adventures

[s-aint-elmo]

pass it on!

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[vaindumbass]

love all the cute dungeon meshi pride art but chilchuck would not be caught dead wearing any sort of pride merch. you think that man is going to give out any personal information? for free?????

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Izutsumi Futon Ratings

[sabertoothwalrus]

wait a second wait a second wait a second wait a second wait a s

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FEEL THE DRAGON SICKNESS OVERTAKE YOU IN THIS FEARSOME, FIERY HIGH FANTASY CLASSIC.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on one of the most popular fantasy paintings ever made, "Into the Fire," a.k.a., "THE GREAT RED DRAGON," oils on illustration board, later used as cover art to "Dungeon Adventures" magazine #1, dated September/October 1986. Artwork by the late, great Keith Parkinson (1958-2005).

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Keith’s thoughts on this piece:

"This was the cover to Dungeon magazine #1. Need I say more?  I’ll take the silence as a yes.  This was done during my “paint a billion objects in the foreground” period.  Painting that amount of anything takes a lot of time.  Would I do it again?  Not in the literal sense.  Since this piece was done, I’ve learned faster and more effective ways to suggest that amount of detail without actually painting every single bead.  Instead, I’d focus more time and attention on the dragon, and then with all the extra time left over, I’d take a nap.""

-- KEITH PARKINSON (official site & online shop)

Sources: https://osrgrimoire.blogspot.com/2023/07/interview-with-grant-boucher.html, www.keithparkinson.com/product/the-great-red-dragon-giclee, Etsy, various, etc...

[tadfools]

Op disabled rbs but they’re right and more people need to read this a few times over

[kensatou]

what if i risked my life and put up (affectionate) with your unhinged monsterfucker brother to save you. and then revealed i was an expert in illegal black magic just so i could resurrect you from a pile of bones. and what if i later explored your body in the bath. and you laced our fingers together and offered to share your energy with me. and what if after all that… there was only one bed. what then.

update: it's been ANIMATED. gifs here

[wayward-delver]

Beastkin Lore and Trans-Coded Werewolf compilation cause I am too impatient to wait for the anime.

Also, Laios being Laios called out for it.

[tanoraqui]

I just love love love that there’s a guy wandering about Dungeon Meshi going, ‘but what are the socioeconomic and geopolitical consequences of this fantasy quest adventure, both while it’s ongoing and after its inevitable completion?! The skillset required to find and kill a Mad Mage is different than that required to responsibly, benevolently and effectively rule a kingdom. I personally must either find a good candidate, somehow make one, or, most likely, take on the whole Mageslayer/King role myself.” Except he doesn’t have the first skillset, and his whole party keeps dying while these highly competent chucklefucks wander past, kill and eat the monster, and save their bodies for the nth time. Kabru would demand to know if Aragorn is familiar with Gondorin tax law. His isekai energy is off the charts, because this is all exactly what I would do if dropped into a fantasy quest adventure, right down to repeatedly dying due to not actually being suited to the genre conventions.

[wasyago]

Can you draw that snail? You know the one who got out of Grian's power and started to eat Gem's lighthouse?

little guy <3

alternatively: big guy.

[ton-visage]

plays a funky tune that is so captivating and endearing that i permanently embed myself into the fabric of the kingdom

[hollow-head]

Responses to the most frequent comments on my Dungeon Meshi/TAZ crossover doodle

Laios and fair food

2. Taako cooking for real

3. Encounters with plants

(hello, in the manga, the pollen comes out the mouths)

bonus

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Diamond of Sadena

[kewpiekills]

just two guys sleeping in the dungeon

[ambrosiagourmet]

I think one of the biggest tragedies of Laios & Falin and their relationship is how much his actions impact her life. But like. Specifically how much they WOULDN’T impact her life as much if they weren’t both stuck in such a shitty abusive situation.

This part of the Falin-tries-makeup daydream hour comic is what got me thinking about it again because truly it just... it seems like such a like an offhand comment that I'm sure Laios didn't mean to be cruel or anything. That's just like. A little kid not thinking about what they are saying. ESPECIALLY when the kid in question is Laios.

But man they depended on each other SO much as kids. Too much. It really feels like they didn't have any other source of positive reinforcement, or anyone else to share themselves with. So of course an offhand comment like that has a huge impact on Falin.

Or this little bit from one of the flashbacks:

This tears me apart. Do you think it tears him apart to think about? I think it does. I think Laios holds every small failure to care for Falin against himself.

And then there's the Bigger stuff. The way that him coping with his own trauma ended up impacting her.

Like his interest in monsters. Like him going to find a ghost, and accidentally revealing Falin's magic to the whole village in the process.

Like him needing to leave. And leaving her behind.

He shaped her life so much, and he carries so much guilt for it. And again, there should have been other people there to help. The same things that made Laios need to leave home are the things that made his leaving so hard on Falin. She ate alone after that. She shouldn't have had to eat alone just because Laios wasn't there.

She was 9 when he left for school, and he was 11.

Nine. And Laios feels like he failed her because he didn't stand by her through this better. As an eleven year old.

Both of these kids deserved so much better from the world.