#Ra!link

[sirsketchedoodle]

fun fact nate stevenson liked and retweeted my she ra art when i was first posting it, and we have both come out and changed our names since then lol (i was stoked)

[charlietheepicwriter7]

"Grandfather."

Ra's knew who the boy was the moment he'd snuck into the room. He'd allowed the child--more man than child now, but everyone was a child compared to him--moments to steel himself while Ra's refrained from acknowledging his presence. The boy's breath was barely audible but unsteady, and a drop of something fell to the floor.

His grandson was injured. "Danyal," he greeted and finally gazed upon him for the first time in seven years.

Danyal had grown into his father's height, yet stayed lean in regards to his musculature. His black hair had grown out of the League-regulation haircut, held back in a messy braid. He held himself as strong as he could, but kept an arm wrapped around his stomach. His shirt--standard American teenage garb, he dismissed--was spotted with blood and he could see bandages poking out from under the cloth.

With great care, Danyal knelt before the Demon Head and recited the Oath of Loyalty.

Ra's watched.

The boy's tongue, fat with English, spoke the League's variant of Arabic with the grace of a mace to the head, yet his words were clear. He took his time speaking the oath, carefully sounding out words, working hard to avoid mispronunciation. The Oath in question was the older version, from before Deathstroke's insurrection, but Danyal spoke it with a calm certainty that it would be accepted.

And without a doubt, it would be accepted.

Talia's eldest son had been born from her body instead of through science, a mistake that nearly cost her the child and damaged him upon birth. While the best doctors in the world saved his life, Danyal Al Ghul would always be weak in a fight, always prone to illness, always struggling to excel. When it became clear that the boy couldn't become the next Demon Head, Ra's sent Talia to create a replacement while arrangements were made for her first child to be taught business and science, for the betterment of the League. Danyal, very much his father's child, thrived in his intellectual pursuits while Damian grew and developed into a budding assassin.

But Danyal was more like his father than he'd ever knew. Ra's couldn't miss the signs of one of his family turning away from the League. Not the mission--Danyal had written several university level papers defending the environment by the time the boy was 10--but Ra's methods...

Ra's had a conundrum. Danyal was a dedicated conservationist; once the boy was an adult, Ra's was certain he'd take the world by storm and bring the League to new heights. But if he forced his methods onto Danyal, he could create an enemy of him, just as his father was.

Ra's gave Danyal an offer; Danyal would be allowed to leave the League and live a normal life if and only if he faked his own death in such a way that reinforced Damian's loyalty to the League of Assassins.

Danyal had been hesitant at first, but past his test with flying colors. Instigating one of the more unstable assassins into organizing a coup, cutting the insurgents off near immediately, but "dying" protecting both his younger brother and mother. It was a masterful performance. Even Talia hadn't known about the deceit.

And yet, here he was, on his knees, pledging loyalty. Danyal knew what that meant, knew what he was returning to, which morals he would be allowed to keep.

"And what do you bring with you, child of no one?" Why should the League accept the return of this child, who left once before?

Danyal met his eyes. "I bring with me, my team, who are loyal to me and me alone. I bring with me, research surrounding the Lazarus Pits, in origins and further uses for the waters." Ra's raised an eyebrow, and Danyal smirked. "I bring with me, my knowledge, nurtured within this very home and sharpened in the world outside. I bring with me, my weapons, built with my own hands. I bring with me... my body, finally healthy and whole." He brought his head down to the floor, trembling with pain. "I bring my whole self to the Demon's Head, for Him to accept or reject."

Ra's smiled. "By the shadows that guard our order and the blood that binds us, I accept this oath. From this day forward, you are an instrument of the League, a harbinger of justice, and a weapon in the hand of Ra's Al Ghul."

Danyal returned to his feet, swaying percariously. He needed immediate medical attention. Despite this, he continued, "Long live the League of Assassins. Long live Ra's Al Ghul."

And he collapsed onto the floor.

[ra-archives]

Drawing my boys again and liked this sketch so here

I'm playing w/ some style things so we'll see how it goes

[soranatus]

The Cool Kids Clique from Lazarus High School By Akira

[endearing-dalliance]

She-Ra PoP vs Arcane S2

Physically disabled character considered inferior by his society, abandoned instead of being helped

Technological genius who benefits from having a partner

Uses technology to improve his health and quality of life

Becomes fundamentally altered by a force outside his control (with Christian and cult references)

And now here's where She-Ra and Arcane's messages diverge: Hordak is consistently supported and loved by his partner throughout his journey. She doesn't let up when he tries to hide his pain from her.

She does NOT tell him that he is wrong to try to "fix" himself and actively helps him do so. She recognizes the validity of how he choses to deal with his condition, which was caused by genetic "imperfections" during the cloning process. But she impresses upon him that he does not deserve the physical pain or mental torment of being a "failure".

Her message was that his imperfections do not limit him or define him. They are a part of life, part of the world, and a part of him, and he is not a failure for having them.

Meanwhile in Arcane, Jayce criticizes Viktor for "wanting to cure what he thought were weaknesses" and specifically mentions his leg and disease. The two things that brought him chronic pain, progressively deteriorating quality of life, and one would ultimately kill him. Also, Viktor never actually expressed that he was ashamed of them. We as the audience are left to assume that's how he feels, because why wouldn't he? What else would a disabled person feel? Not that he is perfectly aware that Piltover's oppression and exploitation of his people likely directly contributed to both those issues. Not that he values himself for his intellect and contributions to Hextech even though society constantly prioritized Jayce. Nope, obviously he feels so bad about it that he tries to turn all of humanity into robots. On top of that, Christian Linke has explicitly said the Hexcore corrupted him and Sky was a manifestation of it manipulating him. So even if he did feel that way before, he's still not at fault for what's been going on.

And I think a key part of this is the mindset of the team who created this show. Was this simply a poorly executed but positive sentiment, or a symptom of ableist bias from a team of 3 able-bodied people? We can harp on Jayce all we want, but ultimately someone designed him this way, and THIS is what I take issue with. Christian also says in the art book explicitly that Viktor fixing his leg and spine make him lose part of his humanity. If this is the logic behind Jayce's monologue, it is NOT positivity. It is a direct shaming of a disabled person's right to choose how they take care of themselves, said by a character who has already violated Viktor's autonomy and wishes, written by a team that equates self-improvement with inferior humanity.

Amanda Overton has repeatedly mentioned she was inspired by She-Ra, which is pretty obvious here. Unfortunately, this isn't the unequivocally positive message she thinks it is, and she missed all the nuance of Entrapta and Hordak's conversations about it. A huge component of why it works in She-Ra is because Entrapta's wisdom comes from her understanding of her own "failures" and "imperfections" due to her autism, and Hordak reciprocates support throughout the show. One of the key members of her development team is an autistic person who provided a realistic view of what an autistic person can be like.

This is two people who understand each other's pain uplifting each other, NOT Entrapta being Hordak's miraculous savior at the 11th hour. Having Jayce need a leg brace for like 5 minutes does not give him ability to understand Viktor's lifelong struggles that were also killing him.

For future seasons, I hope they bring on staff who actually have any idea what they are fucking talking about.

[badolmen]

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[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #102

Damian went through a lot in his life, one of them was his Grandfather Ra’s selling Damian’s soul to the Ghost King for full control over the lazurus pits. This was years ago however, but it seems the past has caught up to him. His new classmate Daniel Masters was an odd one. Damian didn’t particularly like any of his classmates per se but Daniel intrigued him.

Danny liked Damian and wanted to be friends with him but he didn’t know how to approach him. Then he asks Damian to pass him something and he feels a pull on his core that suspiciously feels like when he’s giving an order to one of his subjects. Damian intrigued him and now he has to figure out why the son of Bruce Wayne has the Ghost Kings mark on him.

[princeyam]

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[echo-has-queries]

Finally get to share my Beast Island Angella design!! :D Context is my She-Ra Fanfic (ch. 21)!

Versions and more blabbing under the cut! :3

Starting with no background version and just the line art because why not :3

And here is my first design concept and references. I figured if Micah gets scars then so does Angella, I don't care that she's an angelic being XD her heels were not island ready so new monster leather boots were needed. While Micah is more of a forager on the island I figured Angella would lean more hunter so she has Pooka tooth knives. Jewlery gets lost and hair gets tangled so braids help with that. Yeah, that's basically it :3 Probably less island flora than I describe her wearing since it's just the vine cloak but whatever XD

[princefleabitten]

Masterpost: Legend of Drizzt Sum-Up Sketches

(Links to Still missing books will be added later)

The Dark Elf Trilogy

Homeland

Exile

Sojourn

The Icewind Dale Trilogy

The Crystal Shard

Streams of Silver

The Halfling’s Gem

The Legacy of the Drow Quartet

The Legacy

Starless Night

Siege of Darkness

Passage to Dawn

Paths of Darkness Trilogy

The Silent Blade

The Spine of the World (Bonus)

Sea of Swords

The Sellswords Trilogy

The Servant of the Shard

Promise of the Witch King

Road of the Patriarch

The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy

The Thousand Orcs

The Lone Drow

The Two Swords

The Transition Trilogy

The Orc King

The Pirate King

The Ghost King

The Neverwinter Quartet

Gauntlgrym

Neverwinter

Charon’s Claw

The Last Threshhold

Companion Codex +

The Companions

Night of the Hunter

Rise of the King

Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf

Homecoming Trilogy

Archmage

Maestro

Hero

Generation Trilogy

Timeless

Boundless

Relentless

The Way of the Drow Trilogy

Starlight Enclave

Glacier’s Edge

Lolth’s Warrior

[hazelkjt]

Light Everlasting

Forgiven Burdens

[sirsketchedoodle]

lebians

[bphantom01]

GUYS

I love this I love this I love this I love this—

[ra-archives]

A collection of Sprint prompts from the LU Discord that I've done, varying in quality.

[tippenfunkaport]

Catra being sucked out of Etheria and into the coffee shop AU

[alcarian-does]

whoach crazy she's dropped chapter 2 everyone! short little Adora one.

i think this releasing when i have written another chapter makes sense, makes sure i always have a backlog