#King Yao

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Persistent Mythologies; Pt3, Gardens of Eden

Persistent Mythologies; Pt3, Gardens of Eden

Gardens of Eden The successive warming and cooling periods of the various Dryas periods since the last Glacial Maximum have left folk memories in the traditions of the people of Eurasia. Just as Australia has 15,000 year old folk myths of the last Glacial Maximum, Eurasia  has its own oral history which goes back around the same length of time, or longer, before the invention of writing fixed…

[riveluart]

Seven Deadly Sins

[sirgawainofgalifrey]

Everyone's always complaining like, "oh, men only write women as shallow damsels in distress" and "oh, women only write men as personality-less wish fulfillment"

So I thought I'd point out two of my favorite examples where this is not the case.

Full Metal Alchemist and Spy x Family

I like them because Arakawa write male characters like this

And Endo writes female characters like this

And I think its neat

[maysoming]

Who takes care of your hair now?...Let me do it for you in future. Lost You Forever (2023)

[hampink]

old king yaoi <3

[dailyfigures]

Yao ; Honor of Kings ☆ Myethos

[muchmossymess]

bradley put a lot of effort into wiping out the devils nest, dont bring it back ling!

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Sword and Beloved (2024?)

Wangquan Fugui | 狐妖小红娘王权篇 | iQIYI | Stay Tuned

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T1ggwQ11gjM

[fairyprince7]

I found the full set!

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[dyingroses]

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood + AO3 tags

[humming-fly]

[youtube link for HD viewing]

After nearly two years of on-again off-again work here it is, the animatic that's been stuck in my head ever since I first heard this song back in 2018!! Finishing this behemoth was my big goal for the year and that was even before I decided to fully illustrate it, but somehow here we are!

I honestly wasn't ever sure if I'd be able to make this a reality since the song is a mix of fast paced with slower portions and I didn't think static images would fit very well, but rather than give up on it I was super inspired by @siruoa​‘s brilliant greedling artvid over here, and decided to give that style a shot myself with just the best results I could’ve hoped for!

Anyways thanks to all of ya’ll that have been so patient and encouraging since I dropped the sketch version last spring, I hope you all enjoy my love letter to FMA, Greed, and this this banging song as much as I do~

(Additional project details under the cut)

All art and animation was done within Clip Studio Paint EX over the course of 12 months. Overall this animation has 70 shots made up of 11 active animation folders, with the more complicated shots having up to 7 pieces moving at a time. I frankly lost track of the number of layers used, but it was well over 1200 when all was said and done h a

Music Used: Stronger by The Score

(and just in case you thought I was kidding about the 2018 thing lol)

[timeisasocialistconstruct]

yeah so ling yao is fifteen and he’s just able to hold his ground in a sword fight against bradley who is - what, 60? and still shown to be an absolute master at combat?

some respect on the name of ling yao aight

[sketching-shark]

Dumbest pet peeve ever but every time I've seen someone describe jttw-canon Six Eared Macaque as a blank slate of a character I'm left like

because while it is very true that he only appears for two chapters and spends the majority of that time cosplaying as Sun Wukong, between his attempts to directly murder-replace the Monkey King and the actions he takes against the pilgrims and the Huaguoshan monkeys in the pursuit of said murder-replacement, you can at least assume some things. He beats Tang Sanzang into unconsciousness from rage but also to steal the essential items of the pilgrimage. He forces some of the Huaguoshan troop to take on the forms of the other pilgrims in an attempt to make them his lackeys on his own pilgrimage. He casually cannibalizes one of these monkeys after they're killed. He even proclaims that he's doing all of this so that all of the glory of completing the journey will be his alone. And he does this while wearing Sun Wukong's form. Like if that doesn't indicate a deliciously grotesque mix of extreme jealousy, ambition, entitlement, a willingness to violence, and an even stronger willingness to the annihilation of others and even the self in the pursuit of fame and glory I don't know what would.

[kattythingz]

ACCESS GRANTED: THE SECRET SATURDAYS ELRIC-YAOS

Yeah, that's right. I made a fucking Secret Saturdays au. I doubt anybody even remembers this show, but who cares baby!!! The brainworms whispered to me, and they told me to feature edling as Drew & Doc respectively, Nina as Zak, and Lumi (snake baby) as Fiskerton! And who am I to question the brainworms???

(Seriously, Ed is a ONE-TO-ONE of Drew. It's kinda scary. And also explains a lot of my love for them both.)

Just relabel the cryptids as chimeras in this au and the kur stone as the philosopher's stone, and bam.

Also, I have no design for him but Greed is absolutely Van Rook. Yes, Ed's ex in this au. Yes, Ling has BEEF with Greed at first. They'll be fiiiine tho. Probably. Iykyk lmao.

Alternative portraits and stupid design details under the cut!!!!

Edling wear their wedding rings as necklaces to avoid damaging them in battle. Given 90% of their job always leads to one. Technically, Ed started the habit, but Ling is a goddamn dork and wanted to match his husband.

Everyone in the family sports some kind of braid and belt. Ed wears a white smaller one over his purple as a nod to Ling's style bleeding into him, and—vice versa—Ling wears a black belt as a nod to Ed's.

The belt is also Ed's way of wearing his husband's culture somehow. (The leather is not going just because he's married now. It's practical!)

Ling's sun pattern on his shirt matches Ed's belt medallion. (Re: dork.)

Ed's spear (and medallion!) is a gift from Izumi! After he was separated from Al years ago, Izumi took Ed in and taught him all her arcane and martial ways. The spear itself is actually a detachable dagger, that Ed elongated into a spear because that's just more his style.

Like Drew's sword, when it's powered by the sun, Ed's spear can shoot fire. (That's what the pattern is, Ling. It's not a fucking lotus, for the last time!)

Ling's sword isn't powered, but the elaborate scabbard was a late gift from Fu.

(Ed's glove is also a gift from Greed from when they were dating.)

The family has been to enough colder chimera habitats that Ed's permanently switched to Northern automail.

Nina wears a mix of elements from both her parents. A Xingese shirt like Ling, and hardy tights and boots like Ed. The knee guards were a mutual insistence from edling.

The buttons on her shirt are poppies! Exactly like Ling's favorite nickname for her, yīngsù (poppy).

Her right-hand bracelets are color-inspired by her parents too. Her left hand's one is just a cute handmade one spelling her name.

She's strangely short for an eleven-year-old. Edling have gotten one too many comments confusing her for eight. Unknowingly being the philosopher's stone and unlocking said powers young does that to a child's growth.

She has a weapon to focus her powers. Unpictured cuz I failed to figure out what it would be lmao.

Lumi's breed is an evolution of the Nambian flying snake! Her species can't quite fly anymore, but they can still glide their massive weights with their head fins.

She learned all her facial expressions from Nina. Hence the happy flare of her head fins, and her big, adorable "beam".

She's also blind! She was blinded fighting a bigger predator in the wild when she was very young, and couldn't possibly survive on her own after that. Edling rescued her not too long after they'd adopted Nina, intending her to just be a pet... Now just as much "their girl" as Nina.

They did not anticipate her to grow so large.

Ed was the one who named her Lumi. Luminous like the moon; or Lulu, as Ling and Nina insist on using instead.

(Ed's grumbling is full of shit. Even he slips up sometimes.)

Her scales reflect light in pearlescent rainbows meant to mesmerize prey! Optimized in the wild, she can camouflage to practically anything.

[fma-merchandise]

THE Chara is holding a Fullmetal Alchemist pop-up shop with a whole range of brand new merchandise!

The new merchandise features new art on a range of goods, including keychains, acrylic stands, towels, and more!

The pop-up shop will be held in Tokyo from 1st to 13th September, and in Osaka from 5th to 15th October.

More information can be found at THE Chara's official site.