#I still don't have an ask tag

[loregoddess]

how do you think Anna got her scar?

Realistically I know that the game like, showed and told us that Anna's been doing a lot of dangerous work, even since before the war, and that she went and secretly trained with Archibald just so she could start doing dangerous scouting work in the first place, so she's just been doing a lot of combat and stealth training in general from a young age, and therefore logically her scar probably came from either an accident during training or work gone a little wrong in her youth but like...

There's another part of me that thinks she fell out of a tree as a kid and had a branch cut her face badly on the way down, and, as kids are wont to do, she kept scratching at the scab while it was healing.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[bloggingboutburgers]

...So what we need to live huh

What we literally need for our body to function

We've come that far now huh

[electoons]

I love the college of winterhold. everyone there is casually deranged and there's like an alarming number of students and staff who threaten you immediately when they meet you. it's always one of the first questlines I do. which makes it even funnier when you get made the arch-mage of the college. I'm level 12 and got through this questline knowing exactly 3 spells. what do you mean you want me to lead the college. this school CANNOT be an accredited institution

[screwpinecaprice]

Just wanted to sketch em.

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

was having trans marty thoughts again and i came to a realization about this scene

[liauditore]

Equally Invalid

[mimorobo]

*Isekais you into Sans Undertale*

Let's just say it didn't work...

(You too Si?? YOU TOO???)

[amazingdeadfish]

Do u think u could make an opera version of mayor? I've seen a few artists make diff opera wukong/Mac designs but I think a opera mayor design would look very cool :D

Not gonna lie, I was nervous to do this, but, I don't regret trying out this challenge.

RAMBLES + (literally only two) REFERANCES BELOW THE CUT:

The costume is based on the classic armor outfit in Chinese Peking Opera. Since, we all know that the Mayor doesn't actually have that many identifiable characteristics or, much of a role in the LMK show other than being LBD's foot soldier or, thrall. So, I had to reflect that in what's probably an incredibly basic interpretation for what their design could be (because if you actually see the insane level amount of detail in peking opera outfits, you'll understand that this drawing is heavily simplified and lacks detail).

The mask, is, also simple. I tried to look at numerous references and get my head around the insane amount of possibilities of patterns and designs and what they mean, as well as what the colours symbolize, but all that's important is that blue symbolizes stoicism, black for integrity, and white symbolizes evil (but of course these meanings for colours have leeway in between depending on what source you look at. There is no definitive answer).

The mask is also important because it creates the most visual distinction from Mayor being a Jing instead of a Sheng (male protagonist). And, even though it's a basic mask, I did create it to imply an almost 'skull' shape to it. But it's discrete and, you have to be looking for it to be there (which I suppose fits because, Mayor being LBD's thrall wasn't revealed straight away)

Now okay look, I'm- I'm not an expert on peking opera at all, I had to do a bit or research to do this in order to actually understand what I am doing when it comes to designing an outfit for Mayor. You might see a hint of his Chief costume in the chest plate I decided to keep, and all those skull motifs to show that he is a thrall of Lady Bone Demon. But in short, he is a warrior, a soldier, a chief of war, and he fights and works for Lady Bone Demon. He is to be a character with heavy, dramatic armor, and a mask to not only symbolize his role in whatever theatre show he lands himself in, but also for the shrouded identity he has and, well, not exactly being the most in-depth or open character in the show :))).

Anyways, here's a beta design back when I legitimately had no idea what I was doing and had done like zero research apart from looking at references I lied and, thinking Mayor would have a 'lighter (less heavy) and less decorative outfit (clearly I changed my mind later on):

I am, glad I did not follow through with this design. This is, not a peking opera outfit. Not a conventional one at least, that would reflect who the Mayor is (because this mf is conventional as hell, fitting in with modern times with his suit and all).

And here are the, uh, two references I used (obviously there's more but, these two were the ones I really picked apart and analyzed and, have clearly referenced):

And yes, I copied the pose on the right.

Design is welcome for critique (again, I am not an expert on peking opera (it's such a vast, complex, and wonderful artform that the more I found out the more I was intimidated by) and possibly subjected to be redesigned later on should I look back on this months-years later and cringe horrifically.

[bluishfrog]

https://www.tumblr.com/bluishfrog/779023982913568768?source=share

Definitely canon. And now that Dream can feel the baby kicking he's going to do everything he can to make it happen again (again again again again again again again)

Except late at night, when Dream will gently tell the baby to stop kicking so daddy can get some sleep

Dream was already halfway to dreamland, his body sinking into the mattress like a happy, exhausted marshmallow. His breathing was slow, steady, peaceful. Finally, after a long day, he was getting some much-needed rest.

Or at least he had planned to, until—

“Dream,” George whispered. Then, louder, “Dream!”

Dream groaned dramatically. “George, no. No talking. Sleep now.”

George huffed. “Your baby is kicking me.”

Dream peeled one eye open. “Oh, my baby, huh?”

“Yes,” George said, rubbing his belly indignantly. “Because when my baby loves me, they don't attack me from the inside.”

Dream, still mostly asleep, rolled over and placed a warm hand over George’s stomach. “Hey, little one,” he murmured, his voice thick with sleep. “I love how strong your kicks are. Seriously. You’re gonna be so good at football one day. We’ll practice together, I’ll teach you all the tricks—”

George let out a half-annoyed, half-affectionate sigh, but Dream wasn’t done.

“—but right now,” Dream continued in the softest, most coaxing tone, “I need you to chill out, so your dad can get some sleep. Please? Just for tonight?”

Silence. Stillness.

George narrowed his eyes at Dream. “They can’t possibly understand you just yet.”

Dream cracked a smug smile without even opening his eyes. “Oh, really? Then why did they stop kicking?”

George scowled. He wanted to argue. He wanted to insist that it was pure coincidence. But the way Dream looked so proud of himself? It was just too cute.

“Shut up,” George muttered, turning onto his side.

Dream chuckled sleepily, already dozing off again. “Goodnight, our baby.”

George grumbled, but the small, secret smile on his face said otherwise.

[flying-cat]

I saw a tweet about how Katsuki would just keep inviting Izuku to his agency because he Needs to win him over and then a reply saying like "what if he already subtly asked a lot of times and Izuku just didn't get it" and it made me imagine

💥: You know, it would be nice if I could get a new hire.

🥦: Oh yeah I hope you find someone!! You've been spending an awful long time on paperwork lately, it'd be nice if someone could help you out with that. :)

💥: ok. Yeah Thanks I'll Try ;!#(*.!)#!god fucking dammit

(next day)

💥: It would be SO NICE if I could get a new hire who could SPAR WITH ME at MY LEVEL so that I DON'T HAVE TO HOLD BACK ON THEM. MAYBE THEY COULD EVEN SURPASS ME.

🥦: That's definitely true. You could also just ask Todoroki-kun or Kirishima-kun though! I'm sure they would come to your agency's gym and spar with you sometime. :)

💥: AM I ACTUALLY DEAD AND IN HELL

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I've seen the last '"g-d made you perfect" that I can handle, and it's led me to a realization about how I think of g-d.

I don't think we were made perfect. We were made human. And, if I'm honest, the only perfection in my mind is g-d, and that sense of perfection is what differentiates humans from g-d. If humans were as perfectly-made as g-d, I for one wouldn't see the point in following, believing, trusting, caring for, or loving g-d.

I guess for me, I see the ways in which humans alter the Way We Were Created that I really don't think it's right to speculate as to if there's a limit to altering our abilities or bodies. For instance, as a trans person, I've definitely been inundated with this idea that because g-d made my body "perfect" that I shouldn't alter it ever, but isn't that a dangerous precedent? Is it really so, that our bodies are magically made perfect, as g-d that to even tamper with the idea of change would be the same as cursing g-d? I really don't think that's compelling.

I love thinking about just how much g-d is placed into people, but I don't think it warrants restricting the ability to learn, create, grow, or change. Thank g-d that He created the ability to change!

[blueskittlesart]

what do you think about zora design? about past and current designs? how would you change it? actually!!! what are the zora (and other races) like in your sword of fate au???

got distracted by the second question. look at my little guys:

these are some of the current (working) designs!! from left to right it's sheikah, zora, hylian, goron, and gerudo! these aren't necessarily the average builds/designs for each race but they're the most important character from each race lol. sword of fate takes place really early-on in the timeline, so the culture and separation of races is still kind of loose especially among the humanoid races. the current generation of zora is basically the first generation to call themselves zora and attempt to establish a government or hold any authority alongside the other races of hyrule, and because they're kind of a young race i imagine they're less fishy and more invertebrate-like in this stage, hence my jellyfish princess! (her dad is a giant squid lol.) the sheikah are descendants of the original surface humans, whereas the hylians and gerudo are two seperate sects that both originally came from skyloft. the hylians built a few villages which each have their own distinct vibe while the gerudo took a more nomadic approach and roam the desert in small independently governed groups. The gorons are the most well-established race at this point, having been on the surface a lot longer than basically everyone else, and so they have a much stronger culture and shared identity than a lot of the other races that are still kind of getting their footing.

[rin-sith]

Pls tell me I'm not alone—

[loregoddess]

For the ask game, Anna (Triangle Strategy)?

How I feel about this character One of the most characters of all time, LOVE Anna, my top-MVP and one of my top favorite characters. If I ever have the time, energy, and motivation I'd love to go through every inch of the TriStrat script to analyze her character and write a fanfic about her life. She's simultaneously really cool, but a little bit weird too (why do kids gravitate towards her like, of all the characters in the game she would not have been my guess for "gets along well with kids" and I don't think she would have been her own first choice either). I love her so much, she's such a fun character.

All the people I ship romantically with this character Avlora, and one day I will be able to make that make sense, but for now that ship exists as an abstract concept in my head, and I think if I just let it stew long enough, like a nebula eventually forming stars, I'll get coherent words to explain myself. But for now, trust me, Avlora x Anna has so much potential. Probably.

My non-romantic OTP for this character Love her dynamics with the entirety of House Wolffort, her weird friendships with Rudolf and Trish, her guardian role to Quahaug and Decimal, her mentor-mentee relationship with Archibald, and her frienemies relationship with Milo.

My unpopular opinion about this character Mostly just that I ship her with Avlora instead of Milo, since I know Anna x Milo is a very popular ship, and I get why it would be appealing (two cool spy women), but I find reading the dynamics between Anna and Milo as platonic more interesting than reading them as romantic.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. I loved Anna's character story and how she finds out about her parents, and how that puts Anna's relationship with Benedict and Erador into a new, and incredibly uncomfortable and awkward light, but we don't get to see the full resolution of that revelation. Like, Anna makes a point of saying she has no interesting in revenge, but surely she must have felt conflicted about the truth--and yet she still chooses Benedict and House Wolffort as her family. That's an incredibly interesting detail about her characterization, and I would have loved to see it followed through to her eventual conversation with Benedict that she alludes to at the end of her second character story. As it is, Anna and Benedict's interactions are very professional throughout the game, so it would have been interesting to see that sort of a personal, more emotional, discussion between the two, since neither is very open about speaking their emotions to others.