#Hhhhhh I love them!!!

[weirdenbyferret]

Pool dunk clowns!

so after seeing a meme that was like the words Clown caviar on an image of a bowl full of orbeez, i went what if clowns but mermaids? (Perfect since its mermay)

Instantly went looking to see if there was like any clowns that performed underwater or something, and then I remembered the pool dunk game! Personally ive never seen one but i have definitely seen images of them, including ones with clowns in them, which has now lead to a whole bunch of lore and info lmao

Putting yhe story behind pool dunk clowns and some tips on how to take care of them under here 👇!

Pool dunk clowns are derpy mermaid-like clowns who have adapted for life in water.

Unfortunately, they have a long history of abuse.

They have their names because centuries back they were a part of the pool dunk game at carnivals. Many people would fail at it, meaning they would get little water in a day, and only the gills at the end of their tails would be in the water until they got drunked, making it so that they would just barely survive each day.

They couldn't squeeze through the platform and the walls of the container, as the space was always too small.

It is now illegal to do this and it is usually a human instead.

Their eggs were also often a delicacy to humans, and many pool dunk clowns would have their eggs taken from them. Thankfully, that is now also illegal!

Unfortunately, no pool dunk clown is ready for the wild. These sweet creatures need to be able to have things to play with at all times or their mental state will not be great, and unlike dolphins they dont have the heart to mess with other creatures.

They can be quite expensive to keep as pets, as they need a pool and several pool toys! Most babies can usually be kept in a bathtub, as they are usually small enough to fit with plenty space, but as they grow they will need a pool.

It is also recommended to constantly get new toys for your pool dunk clown.

You should also be really careful with their gills. They adore being pet, and you can pet their gills, but you need to be really careful, if you are too rough about it you could harm them.

If you were planning on getting one, or if you are now, hope these tips and such helped!

[owlheartt]

Something I really like about timebomb is that Ekko actually knows what he's getting into.

I'm not really seeing it get talked about but in season 1 they mention that Ekko and the firelights help people addicted to shimmer get off it and lead more fulfilling lives within the community. I should probably rewatch the scene for the exact wording (might be misremembering tbh) but that comment implies A LOT.

First: Ekko's mission is helping people where he can, he would probably try and help Jinx even if he wasn't in love with her

Second: He has experience dealing with severe mental illness as that often goes hand in hand with drug abuse, namely depression/suicidal ideation like what Jinx was exhibiting

Third: He's probably mapped out best course of action FOR dealing with this and has already figured out his own limits/boundaries. Meaning he knew what he was getting into trying to talk Jinx out of suicide, and was thus more equipped to deal with the aftermath

Fourth: He's probably helped ex members of Silco's gang. The firelights seem to have a theme of healing and repairing and recovering, so they've probably also learned to forgive. If they're mission is to rebuild the lanes into a safe space, they can't exclude people they don't like, they have to make room for them. I think they fought Silco out of necessity, and I doubt Jinx would be the first person they help who's killed one of them.

These all might be a bit of a stretch but I think it really fits. Beyond that, it shows that Ekko can ACTUALLY help Jinx. As much as unconditional love can do, Ekko has the tools for Jinx's recovery and a path ready for her. He also probably knows that her "healthy" will look different from AU Powder's "healthy." On top of that, I expect he knows how to respect her even in the middle of psychotic breaks and won't agitate her already frail mental state

[cha-c-san]

I love the outfits in the game, but wanted to modify some outfits to better fit my Rook (non-binary/rogue/Shadow Dragon/elf)! So here's my take on pre-game/starter, early-game, mid-game, late-game, and several casual outfits! (More drawings under the cut!)

Pre-game/start: Didn't change much here, but I added the red sash, which is all the rage in Minrathous, apparently (but this one is old and worn, and barely got any color left). Casual: I like that the companions' casual wear is their adventuring gear minus a layer or two, so I wanted to do the same for Rook. Early game: Based on the Minrathous Citizen Outfit (Tevinter colors), but with the same casual wear base as the early game, and slightly modified to keep the silhouette simpler (because I like the idea of the silhouette to grow more dramatic as the story progresses).

Mid-game: This one is a bit of a mix between the previous outfit, the canon casual wear for Shadow Dragon Rook, and the late-game outfit, with a simple breastplate thrown into the mix. I like to think they didn't switch out whole outfits at a time but added new elements and modified old ones. The silhouette is getting more interesting with the longer skirt-thing and unique bracers. Casual: Closest to canon, but the canon shirt seemed bad as an under-layer with the weird buckles or whatever by the inside of the bicep.

Late-game: Very inspired by Rebel's Mantle, both the version you get in the game and the one on page 207 in the artbook. I did want to keep some of the elements from the previous outfits, and I wanted it to feel more Minrathous/Shadow Dragon-esque. Casual: I love the tunic from Rebel's Mantle. And Harding's mom sent Rook some of those cool wooden slippers! Rook's feet are full of blisters and splinters, but they still wear them every day at the Light House.

[w1lmuttart]

They are so cool what-

[rai-draws-stuff]

I’m incoherent oh my god 

[simpingforcys]

Say what you will but DAMN was it so fucking sexy how quickly and immediately in control of his new body and wings he became, fully embraced it and took pride in it, the sheer EXCITEMENT of toying and torturing Ralph making his wings spread out ready to take off. Like imagine trying to rile him up by petting him or scratching around his sensitive spots and his wings just spike out like that, just HHH. He was just so excited to use his new body, the sudden spike in power, agility, even bloodthirsty, outright stating his desire to kill Ralph, all while laughing like a madman who got a new drive of motivation to satisfy his new needs.

[feroluce]

So I'm well aware this is probably a case of "it isn't that deep" but I love looking at all the fiddly little accessories and bits and bobs of Hoyo designs and trying to justify them. Sampo's is particularly funny, because. What even is all that dkkxjdkd

His outfit has so many straps wrapped around him, like they're restraining or holding something in to keep it from bursting at the seams, and not all of them look like they're even connected to anything! But I'd like to think they are useful in certain situations, like if Sampo takes a hit out in the Fragmentum from one of the monsters.

He's hurt, his arm is bleeding, but he is ALMOST done, he just needs a couple more things to fulfill his quota to Natasha and he doesn't want to turn around and go back now. So Sampo frees a strap from his shirt, winds it around his arm above the cut, pulls it tight with his free hand and his teeth. He'll treat it properly in a minute, once he's done scavenging.

There's also the strange chains that resemble snake spines. Given how they're way longer in his splash art and the way they wind around-

I'd like to think they can extend somehow, and Sampo can use them to scale heights. Firefly clocks him as a covert fighter without even being within 20 feet of him, so it would make sense for Sampo to have ways to get around that don't involve usual/obvious methods, like stairs. Think assassin skill sets.

He's also the only one known to be able to get between the Underground and the overworld, and while he's pretty tight-lipped about his method, having some sort of device to help traverse vertical heights is probably insanely helpful there.

And the little metal ornaments across the backs of his wrists! You can see it a bit better in his reference sheet (everyone say thanks @/dragaliareferencearchive!) as opposed to his splash art-

they aren't flat, they stick up a bit off his arms. And so I wonder if Gepard has ever gone to arrest Sampo, and found that they interfere with his handcuffs haha

The ornaments don't match, the one on his right wrist is actually shorter and doesn't extend down to the back of his hand. Which probably doesn't make it nearly as annoying for handcuffs as the left one, but it would make sense for Sampo to have them like that, since he seems to be right-handed! I think a certain proficiency in being ambidextrous is necessary to dual wield daggers like he does, but. Sampo uses his right hand to

hold his blade in his splash art

throw his blade in his skill

play/show off with his dagger in his idle

lob smoke bombs in his technique

cross over his heart when he bows

and to flip his bangs during the cutscene where he saves the trailblazers from Bronya

So a shorter guard on his right hand would help him keep his wrist's flexibility to be able to do all that unimpeded (loving the thought now that Sampo is naturally right-handed and still better with it, but he practiced constantly with his left until he could do things passably ambidextrous).

I also love them because I wonder if they're in the perfect place to help block a hit, along with the chain wrapped around his left forearm.

Like I love the image of a hired killer soundlessly sneaking up behind Sampo in some shady dark alley, knife sloooooowly raising, and then all at once, they strike!

And instead of feeling the blade sink into his back, they get the unpleasant resonating of metal-on-metal shivering up their arm and rattling their bones, because Sampo has turned around at the last second and raised his crossed his arms to let the knife glance off the guards on his wrists.

And the mercenary is left to realize that oh, they are fucked.

[varpusvaras]

*strolls into your yard* hey so what if bail had spent years pretending to be a corrupt senator so he could work on disrupting them from the inside but then the clones happen and suddenly he's being invited to abuse the corries and is expected to participate would that be fucked up or what

Ohh, that is such an interesting concept! How would he have operated, and what would've even happened for him to decide that it was the best course of action. Of course, it would probably be not so dissimilar from him working for the Imperial Senate while leading the Rebellion (aint that a depressing thought...), so the realisation that the Republic and the Senate were corrupt enough for more drastic measures must've set in much earlier in this scenario. Breha would've also be involved in this plan, because Bail is representing her world and thus also herself, and they cannot make themselves too unpopular within their own population, or the whole thing would not work. Also, Bail would probably have to have some allies still in the Senate that know what he is doing, so he can coordinate how to do this efficiently. All of this would mean that they must have a good plan, and also boundaries on what they are allowed to do- for Pre-War Bail many things probably did not come easy, and there would've been a lot of things he just was not willing to do.

But he is making it work. It is a miserable job to do, and sometimes he doubts if he is even doing the right thing.

Then the war happens.

Somehow, all of this has still kept him within the inner circle of the Chancellor, and that is raising some red flags with him. Palpatine's persona and politics should be the exact opposite from the ones that Bail is doing. How is he still here?

The Clone Army is suspicious. Entirely too suspicious. Bail hates the whole thing, though he is able to mask it, and whatever criticism he voices are made to sound like he is merely doubting the abilities of the clones, like he thinks that they are just not high enough quality. This immediately sets him as someone who thinks the clones are beneath him in the eyes of others, even if he never says or does anything else.

He manages to keep himself away from the whole thing. Would it be better to just avoid all of them altogether, so he doesn't have to be cruel to them, even a little bit? He doesn't know if he can treat the clones as not people when he is face to face with them. He doesn't know if he can rob them of even one, slightly positive interaction.

He cannot do it. So he makes a plan.

He contacts the Commander of the Guard, and he tells him some things that he knows. That there is corruption in the Senate, that there are suspicions of treason, and that he is trying to uncover them from the inside. He asks the Commander for help with this, and promises that he will try to help them otherwise whenever he can.

The Commander, eager to be of help and to serve the Senate and the Republic, agrees to this.

He is a good man, the Commander. Bail likes him a lot. They establish a good working relationship, and things do work out for them. They don't interact publicly, and do not acknownledge each other beyond yes, Sir and yes, Senator when others are present. They have their own private, secure channel they use for messaging, and they use aliases when communicating in any way - just simple B and F. The Commander is hard working, intelligent and loyal, and shares a very similar sense of humor as Bail does, though sometimes he thinks that Breha would find some of the things he says even funnier than Bail does.

Bail really likes him.

Bail hears about the abuse. Of course he does. It did start very light, but it sounds like it is ramping up, and he is just happy that he has been able to avoid witnessing the more egregious things so far.

He is in a meeting one night. Well, it is less of a meeting, and more of them sitting around, having drinks and exhancing information and few other things. Bail holds back his grimace whenever Padmé and Mon are being talked about. The amount of vitriolic misogyny is staggering. But Vice Chair Mas Amedda is there, and Bail needs to hear what he has to say to a lot of things, so he bears it. It is a bit disturbing how easily he is able to do it, these days.

The discussion comes to a halt for a moment when the Commander comes in. He has something for Amedda. Bail pretends he is not looking, when Amedda puts a datastick into a pocket inside of his robes.

The Commander has already turned to leave, when one of the other Senators tells him to stop. Where is he hurrying to? Come back in here, you meat-droid.

Bail feels cold dread growing inside of him.

The Commander does come back in. He walks with his back straight to the Senator who had called him back. The Senator tells him to take off his helmet. He wants to see if there is anything underneath it, because all the Corries wear their helmets all the time.

It's a mockery, they all know it. The Commander takes off his helmet anyway.

It takes exactly nine seconds for him to be struck for the first time that night.

This was all a mistake, Bail thinks. This was all a mistake. He should've never done this. He should've never put himself in a position where helping someone would destroy years of work.

This was a mistake.

A second hit comes. The Commander is not reacting to it. He stays silent, and he just takes it. This is riling everyone up. Look at it, not reacting. Does it even feel it? Of course not, it's not actually a person, is it now?

The next hit makes the Commander stagger. Bail jumps up from his chair before he can even think about it, just as the Commander falls down onto the floor, right at his feet.

Bail freezes.

C'mon, Organa, someone laughs. Give it a little kick. Show it where its place truly is.

The Commander lifts up his head.

Bail looks at Fox.

Fox looks right back at him, with grim determination in his eyes.

Don't ruin this, he says to Bail, without uttering a word. Don't ruin what we have worked so hard for.

Bail hates it.

He hates himself.

This was all a mistake.

[morphestic]

dazai and oda are a tragic story with unrequited love and the fandom is reading it with their eyes closed.

[meymey-draws]

Jopping C2 but more sketches

With some HC and a fan name bc why not ^^

Close ups in case is hard to read, sorry, my camera quality is questionable😢

[solifloris]

OUGH 😭😭😭😭 THE TWINSSSSS 😭😭😭😭 I MISSED THEM SO MUCH I MISSED THEM SO MUCHHHHH 😭😭😭

[choccorin]

happiest birthday to my knight and prince , asta & yuno !!! <3 ꒰๑*´ᗜ`*꒱

[airu27-rkgk]

~love, warmth, hugs and cuddles, nuzzles and kisses, a whisper only for you ˚ʚ⬡ɞ˚

[lammydraws]

narilamb for my soul

[gunsatthaphan]

how it started 📿 // how it ended 👔

[coridallasmultipass]

Holy shit, I found my snake on a cup!! Pink baby, just like mine!! It's so cute, so I had to get it!! Snakes are so freaking cute!! It's so rare to find snake things outside of October, and especially rare to find cute snakes! Happy early Lunar New Year (on January 29).