#Johan nordin

[gleefultogo]

Aira Character Talk

Since Aira was mentioned again in Saltyplaytoons (spongebob reference? Lol, funny either way) blog post I wanted to take a deep dive and talk about her. Plus at this point she’s the only pure character that deserves to be rescued from this shit comic and not written by a misogynist. She get’s shit on for no fucking reason. 

It is very well known now that kique has stated that she is his “least” favorite character. Why? Probably because she’s another female character he made and got bored of her. Honestly it saves her the injustice he would have given her if she had more screen time.  When we first met Aira, she was stuck in her creature form. I thought at first she was an evolved creature that was based on Aedra and her beast form was pretty cool in my opinion it looked like a mix between a cat and a dog. Which btw people was made and turned into by a Spirit, so that quickly leads my thoughts into rhov’s and feaf’s future kids. If a spirit can turn a dog into an evolved creature, then it’s very much possible because of the spirits for them to have hybrid kids. Will it be canon? I don’t know, like many have said; it’s obvious kique is bored of his own comic and shoved into our faces just to keep pages being pumped out with nothing really interesting. For me, I see the comic as a sitcom show that just goes nowhere and the characters do and say random stuff that doesn’t revolve around their world or plot. Besides, you can’t tell me half of the characters in this world wanna sit cooped up in one area based on “Tribes” Dog’s just don’t do that they would have way too much pent up energy and would need to run. Can you just imagine if this comic was realistic,  the dog's muscles and bone structure would become weaker because they aren’t doing anything really, they just sit in one place and that's it. Ok sorry, back to Aira :) 

   (Aira’s first appearance form)

You see what I mean though? She resembles a sorta dog and cat hybrid mix. The paws are a dead giveaway as they look like a feline and she has retractable claws. It’s a neat design in itself. I'll give kique that much of any positivity for his comic XD. 

Very Interesting design features if you ask me. Anyways, Aira gets killed by kargo and she wakes up a normal dog again and sets off into the woods to heal her wounds I guess? Probably also went to seek shelter maybe. We later on see her again on page 138. Heavily bleeding still and this when she meets keirr and you know how it goes. He ends up helping her and she’s taken aback from being surprised I guess, which is quite valid of her character, as we do eventually learn about her backstory and she was never treated kindly by others. Aira is a character who’s a really good example of someone who would have a “fixation” on someone, I don’t think it would personally be a bad thing and realistic to her character because she’s never been treated so kindly before and i don’t think she’d be able to help herself with that mindset. She obviously took comfort in keirr  as she hesitated to follow him at first, but also because he was offering to help her and wasn’t appearing a threat to her.

  (oh look when keirr was actually a nice guy, before becoming a dick to her) 

Moving forward. Keirr takes her back to her cave and was suspicious why she was living in such a large area for one individual. Aira remains mute and just eats the food she was given. Which I suppose was rude on her part, but her communication skills seemed to be lacking as she was trapped inside a body and couldn’t talk for a long time, ok at least that makes sense because there is a valid reason enough for her to be doing that. Eventually keirr leaves her behind as she is now safely placed back into her sheltered area. But she ends up following him and keirr ends up venting to her about why he couldn’t go back to his family, he was understandably grieving over zilas. I find these next few parts important to Aira’s character. She willingly sits there even if not knowing him for not a very long time. But she sits there and listens to him vent and doesn’t question him, that’s just an empathetic thing and it's wholesome to have seen that in the comic as they being the characters actually talked about things that troubled them, and it didn’t lead to sex confrontation. She may not have known him very long, but she’s a character that gives off a warm and comforting vibe, like a friend you can tell anything too without her judging because she obviously cares about others. 

Later keirr ends up following her and getting to know her more. Then we see a page with them together and keirr is giving her physical therapy? 

(hey keirr how do you know about PT?). They end up jumping over some logs to strengthen her legs or whatever. Kinda pointless in a way if she was born with a weak structure. It’s like saying you can just magically cure a dog with mobility issues with just some PT. Wellll nope, it’s much harder and time consuming. Plus it won't fully heal someone with a physical disability, it may help strengthen her a bit, but she wouldn’t be able to fully walk normally. Compare it to a dog who was born with swimmers syndrome or cerebellar hypoplasia. That’s a lot of PT work and also medication in order for them to walk to a degree. It’s not something that can fully be cured, so Aira’s 180 later on would be really stupid when the author wrote her this way. 

Now the next page (198) is important, keirr states he has to go back home cause he’s been gone for too long. Aira very clearly goes into panic mode and begs keirr to stay with her because she clearly states she doesn't wanna be “Alone” She’s told to basically just shut up and he’ll return soon whenever. Again Aira panics and kisses keirr forcefully. 

Now I find that quite sad and interesting for her. I’m not a therapist or a physician by any means. But this is my own take on this situation. Aira is using a tactic that almost feels like she is forcing her own affection onto keirr, not being in control of her own body due to her panicking. In a way, yes Aira did sexually assault keirr and he had every right to confront her about it because it was wrong of her. He leaves her behind anyway to go back to his family. Aira is then left with what looks like the expression of shock and most likely guilt because she’s being left behind again and most likely processing stuff in her head. I'd like to believe that her mind is very scattered due to her having issues of being left behind. 

We then proceed to see Aira again and most likely took keirr’s words to heart and goes back to the spirit of strength because she feels weak without and can’t survive. She practically feels hopeless without that spirit, keirr stops her and then asks was it because of him? Keep that in mind. Aira is obviously upset in this scene and then tells keirr her back story and the things she did. She basically claims that she went back to the spirit because of Keirr, she was upset. It’s like if someone told you as a person, that you weren’t good enough for them, nor did they want you around them because to them you felt like a burden. I wouldn’t be surprised if Aira was the first dog in the comic to commit suicide because she deems herself as a burden and was never accepted. If the spirits didn’t exist and the comic took more of a dark turn, I think she would have been a character to have that type of mindset. 

Eventually keirr takes Aira under his wing with a better understanding of her to a degree. She proceeds to then help him look for his family as she’s apparently traveled all over the map while being a beast at the time and saw many tribes fall and create new ones. We meet the deer rp tribe and then kique puts them there because he doesn’t know what to do with them at that moment. Aira is then very clearly seen to be hesitant and doesn’t wanna join them because they were just going to ask if they saw family members of keirr’s. But then the 180 happens and they join anyway. Keirr becomes a dick and then judges fucking Aira behind her back  because of the jarl confronting her leg structure. Yeah hey morons, maybe she's struggling because she got a giant ass heavy deer rack strapped to her head and has weak legs, antlers are not light things. Of fucking curse she’d be struggling. 

Honestly that’s when I started hating keirr the most, like why the fuck are you jugding her? She literally told you she was born with a mobility disability and was tossed aside for it. *sighs* She ends up stuck with Keirr as a Herbalist, like kique? The fuck man, how stupid can you be. You made a character with a physical disability who struggles with that and you give her a rank that requires to walk a lot? Like what? She’d be a terrible herbalist because she’d probably take much longer to even get to a location and back to the tribe. She has to carry her weight around. How frustrating, it’s like he literally forgets his own character traits they have. Like if you didn’t wanna deal with a character with a disability then why give her one if you're gonna 180 it.

Page 481. The page that did it all for me and hated this dude's guts. Ok so even if Aira did end up stuck in a tribe she didn’t wanna be, plus she looks absolutely miserable in the panel. She literally got excited when he returned with bootleg kargo after their little flirting session or whatever that was. 

    (look at the sweet baby… I love her)

Like damn keirr, you should be fucking honored that someone likes you for you and your company, plus she was even worried about you. He could have easily just told her he was being sent to scout, like keirr did you not forget that you joined the tribe when you didn’t have too? Like at all. Aira stated to you that she didn’t wanna be there and wanted to go back to looking for your family. But whatever, he gives her the cold shoulder and tells her to suck it up and build connections with a tribe of strangers. God I really want to just rewrite this page at times. Keirr should have welcomed her with open arms (or paws) and told her about his travels and that he didn’t find what he was looking for unfortunately. Like why did you diss the only character who showed remorse and care for you. She obviously likes having you around and because you took her under your wing, you have no right to be a moody dick to her. This is when I see abandonment issues come into play. As someone who has abandonment issues myself, Aira is so frikin relatable. It hurts a lot when you think about it and you're stuck in your head wondering what you did or if you're doing something wrong to have someone push you away like that. It’s the worst feeling ever and poor Aira here basically got rejected from someone she clearly cares about. 

    (She looks so lost and heartbroken in this page)  But like keirr, dude how the fuck did you forget that she told you earlier on before you joined the stupid tribe. That she literally went back to the spirit because of YOU. That’s basically her struggle, Rejection and being alone. I’m disappointed that some of the people were siding with keirr on this page. In reality if a friend asked about your mental health and you told them to fuck off in, just because your moody. Then be damned if they leave your ass. That's such a shitty thing to do to a person. Aira is no exception and didn’t deserve any of that. And sadly it only gets worse for her as even when he did do that, she still looked out for him and had to save his ass from a ghoul. 

(She cares about him still)

      (Fuck you keirr, you should have thanked her)

I’d also like to point something out. But in a certain page, Aira claims she lived with the meteor tribe. I’m unsure if she was referring to a beast or when she was a normal dog before cursing herself? 

If that’s true then could Aira quite possibly be a victim to rape as well? I didn’t think much of it at first because the wording confused me for a while. But going back it made me think. If she was used by MT before arenak rules then she’s very much understanding when it comes to her trauma and issues she has. In conclusion Aira seems like a complex character with her own trauma and if it was written better, it would have been interesting to see her overcome her said trauma. She’s a literal victim, a lot more than what kique claims rogio and his “mental chains” bullshit. Aira didn’t have a choice in her life,she didn’t ask to be born the way she was or have to deal with not feeling wanted by others. I feel if kique actually knew how people worked when it came to trauma and one’s mental health and emotions. Aira and keirr could have been a great duo for each other and helped support each other as friends and grew a good connection based on needing each other in a certain time because they were struggling. Sexual intercourse during trauma isn’t something that’ll help someone. It's only a distraction really at the moment. But again it shouldn't be a way out when you're in your feelings and all that. It’s quite unhealthy. I’ll say it again, Aira deserves better and needs out of this terrible comic. 

[rainingmusic]

Dozer - Days of Future Past

[thehelldoodle]

Found one of the original Rifle Dog linearts Kique made and decided to remaster it.

Download link for whoever wants it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CVy3UkU7CRswyedA__sw5L30IjGnLN1S/view?usp=drivesdk

[vallany-was-here]

Oh Kique, oh Kique, back to blatantly re-using old poses are we?

Kiq has always been tracking poses. Irl dogs, irl animals, his own traced art, you name it. But as he kept being called out for it, he got better at hiding it. His blatant tracing changed from this:

To more subtle franken-tracing like this:

You know, move a limb here, place a different head there, tilt the pose a teeeensy bit, so people won't notice! Kique has gotten really good at franken-tracing in the last... 100-150(?) pages it's hard for me to notice, tho it might also be because I don't really care as much as I did before, might also be because Staz is helping him with the comic now too.

But, he's back at it my guys, reusing a pose so old that it leads me to believe he did it in hopes people have forgotten it exists, and to be honest, I wouldn't have noticed either, if I wasn't literally alergic to this one, because in past pages, it was used like 4 times within the span of maybe 20 pages.

Now from a lil bit different note, I think we hit critical burnout here guys. The comic has gone down to one update per week, his gf helps him draw, colour and shade pages (she mainly works on clothing according to herself) the quality of the art crashed harder than the Stock market in 1929, (ex: everyone's unique faces are now hexagons, dogs have only two expressions now: resting dead-inside bitchface and creepy smile, there's no environmental lighting anymore, etc.) and now he's back from carefully franken-tracing poses to blatantly reused old ones in hopes nobody will remember the pose and tracing accusations.

And I gotta say, I'd pitty him, I would, if it weren't for one thing, he's being payed for it. There's nothing worse than burnout for an artist, especially when you release your art on a schedule, but the thing is, Kique is being payed for it. People pay him $2500+ for this comic, and what they get is traced/reused poses, rape apologists and mental illness enablers. What a great way to spend your money!

[rp-kat]

Opeth

1996

Mystic Art  #1

[thatcreepyaesthetic]

Grymme Grendel i Storanskog 1984

“Jag hade med mig svärdet hela tiden/ I had the sword with me all along”

[burden-in-my-hand]

This song is 19 minutes of epicness.

[lock-howl]

[animalsontherun]

Resenha Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

Após dois álbuns que passaram despercebidos e várias mudanças na formação os suecos do Opeth tentariam mais uma vez, vindo aí My Arms, Your Hearse em 18 de agosto de 1998.

Após o segundo disco, “Morningrise”, o baixista Johan DeFarfalla fora mandado embora por Mikael Akerfeldt e Anders Nordin porém, um tempo depois, Anders também deixaria a banda para passar um tempo no Brasil. Assim, a banda se resumiu apenas à Mikael e Peter Lindgren a poucos dias da gravação do próximo LP. Foi recrutado então, o batera Martin Lopez do Amon Amarth e pouco depois, por indicação do mesmo, o baixista Martín Mendez fechando a formação do disco. Por Mendez não conseguir aprender as linhas de baixo até as gravações, Mikael Akerfeldt tomou a frente e compôs tudo por conta. É o primeiro conceitual da banda, fazendo a narrativa de um homem que após a morte transforma-se em fantasma e segue os passos da esposa acompanhando o sofrimento dela. O que temos na sonoridade do disco é o esboço para as futuras composições do Opeth, um disco de transição do death metal melódico dos primeiros álbuns aproximando-se do progressivo com a complexidade e trocas de tempo bruscas encaixadas na medida certa.

Mikael Akerfeldt (vocais, guitarra, baixo, piano)

Peter Lindgren (baixo)

Martin Lopez (bateria)

[alonso-j-t]

Opeth - Morningrise The second studio album by Opeth. It's the final Opeth album produced by Dan Swanö. It was also the last Opeth release with drummer Anders Nordin and bassist Johan De Farfalla. The album has a "dark melancholic" sound, and features acoustic and jazz styles. The album was well-received critically. Mikael Åkerfeldt has stated that following the success of this album, he became tired of its style and was compelled to change Opeth's sound for My Arms, Your Hearse accordingly. #opeth #progrock #progressivemetal #deathmetal #progressivedeathmetal #mikaelakerfeldt #peterlindgren #johandefarfalla #andersnordin #danswano #blackmetal #melodic #godlike #riff #morningrise https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2NkuwFMXo/?igshid=1rxjfuyemj3tk

[climatetrust]

Orchid album opeth wallpaper

Their approach makes the beginning and end of each song almost arbitrary. At this stage in their careers, Opeth's songwriting style is fairly unique. This is just good, melodic progressive metal - twin guitar harmonies, heavy riffs, reams of acoustic passages, and a blend of death/black vox and low, chilling clean vox. There are no blastbeats, no Satanic lyrics about eating babies (yes, I'm stereotyping). It is never brutal or abrasive like, say, Cannibal Corpse (which I hate and it makes me nauseous). I agree with another reviewer that it is "Opeth Metal." The music is heavy, but melodic. It's metal, yep, but otherwise it's impossible to pigeonhole. I don't think anyone can call this death metal or black metal. The band has grown, obviously (their 2001 release Blackwater Park exemplifies their progress over the years), but this is still an astonishing release. I can't name many bands whose debut is this interesting.and even fewer whose debut is so original. I would have never guessed it was a debut if I hadn't known beforehand. The finesse and tightness embodying the band's progressive music this early in their careers is just unbelievable. Orchid is by far one of the most astonishing debut albums I've ever heard. Quite a contrast from the blood-splattered, diabolic art of many bands in the metal section, eh? "What the-!?"įew debut albums are written and recorded with such maturity and sophistication that they sound years beyond the incipient factors normally ascribed to a band's first release. There's also the cover, with its nice pink flower. The lyrics are dark and romantic, not violent or Satanic. The band's apparent demeanor changes moods on a dime by dropping the heaviness for beautiful acoustic passages and softly sung vocal sections (this is done often). But otherwise conventional.īut listen more. Glorious but heavy guitars (care of Mikael Akerfeldt and Peter Lindgren), a deft & tuneful bass accompaniment (Johan de Farfalla), the complex drumming (Anders Nordin), and the fierce growls and enigmatic poetry (again, Akerfeldt) makes it all seem like ordinary death/black metal. The single, clear thought that swam through my head was, "What the-!?" "In the Mist She was Standing," the first track on the debut Orchid, explains my reaction. When I first heard Opeth, I was mystified.

[vesku56]

Kolme peukalosääntöä miten kannattaa toimia. Ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikassa tee päinvastoin mitä Johan Bäckman ehdottaa, talousasioissa päinvastoin mitä Tuomas Malinen ja terveysasioissa päinvastoin mitä Maria Nordin. Silloin pysyy Suomi, talous ja terveys kunnossa.

[fredymetalshow17]

18 de agosto de 1998. Se publica en Estados Unidos el tercer álbum del grupo sueco Opeth llamado ''My Arms, Your Hearse''. Despues de haber sido despedido Johan DeFarfella y que Anders Nordin hubiese abandonado tuvieron que encontrar baterista y bajista nuevos. Apareció Martín López de Amon Amarth quien fue contratado como baterista. López tenía un amigo bajista llamado Martín Méndez quien también fue contratado. La grabación se llevó a cabo en los estudios Fredman en Gotemburgo, Suecia. En vez de contar con temas superiores a los 10 minutos de duración encontrados en Morningrise, My Arms, Your Hearse contiene canciones más cortas, teniendo la mayoría un largo entre 6 y 8 minutos. El álbum fue líricamente un disco conceptual, más oscuro que los trabajos anteriores, con transiciones acústicas jugando roles menores. El estilo vocal de Mikael también tomó un tono más influenciado por el death-metal: más profundo y amenazador. My Arms, Your Hearse contiene "Demon of the Fall", una de las canciones preferidas por los fans y a menudo tocada y repetida en los shows en vivo. My Arms, Your Hearse fue el último álbum de Opeth lanzado con el sello Candlelight Records. El nombre viene de la letra de la canción Drip, drip del grupo británico de folk visceral y frenético Comus. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuc8vIp7pw/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rp-kat]

Opeth

1996

Metal Side  #3

[thatcreepyaesthetic]

Grymme Grendel i Storanskog 1984

“Du hörde rätt, Jag talade / You heard right, I spoke” 

[lock-howl]