#Robo Chief

[knizuu]

*Puts this is luxe condition 👊🤯

[heljay]

Guess who inflicted @tf-bigbang this year with Space Catholics :D

I was paired with @cao-the-dreamer for "Heaven is empty, and all the gods are here" - a StarRest fic featuring reconciliations, a faith-induced existential crisis, and American Westerns!

Always a delight to draw Space Frollo and his beautiful racist Miss Liberty (as Cao called him lmfao). In spite of the Robot Tetris that ensues. :'3 I went in on the detail for it, as you can tell by the goddamn cape...

Was great to be paired with Cao though! I'll be reblogging this with the fic link once it's up! ;3

[theknucklehead]

Back to SkullGirls for some more Alt references, this time for Robo-Fortune: the robotic version of Ms. Fortune built by Brain Drain to destroy her.

Samus Aran

Mega Man

Master Chief

Iron Man

Motoko Kusanagi - Ghost in the Shell

The Terminator

Vectorman

R-DASH 5000 - PONY.MOV

Virtual Boy

[toxic-sugar-piie]

I'm sorry// I was very busy (fighting with my own self in my head, and playing Disco Elysium lmao)

This drawing is for true fans of Manhunt hehe 🤓

[diorsluv]

game theory EVERYONE THAT WANTED THE STARS TO WIN FUCKING JINXED US because now we’re down 0-2 in the series!!!!!!!!

[chernobog13]

Apparently the peacekeeping organization Unicorn had never heard of child labor laws.

[ageofzero]

I've decided that Giant Robo OVA has three sets of onscreen marrieds. Two husband pairs and a token straight couple.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

You would have the biggest chance of knowing out of all the people I know, do you have any insight as to why Ortho’s gears only ever show either his eyes or his mouth at any given time?

I've actually talked about it before! You can read that post here. There's also this follow-up post. To summarize, no official reason is given as to why robo!Ortho is not depicted with his full face. Many fans theorize that only robo!Ortho's eyes or mouth (but not both at the same time) are visible because it pains Idia to stare at the "full face" of his deceased younger brother. Indeed, the only instance we see of robo!Ortho's full naked face is at the end of book 6, when the "true" Ortho speaks with Idia one last time after his OB. However, that's not the face of the robo!Ortho we know and love so this doesn't really count.

I think that theory holds only if Idia designed all of Ortho's gears... which is patently false. Fairy Gear was designed by Crewel, and it is highly unlikely that Idia tells his traumatic backstory to professors (especially since he doesn't seem particularly close with the aggressive, assertive Crewel). Ortho designs his Rabbit Gear himself while visiting Clock Town for White Rabbit Fest; Idia is not physically around, so Ortho has no diegetic reason to intentionally design the Rabbit Gear to obscure half of his face. Finally, Cerberus Gear was designed by his mother, STYX' Chief Engineer. It is made very clear that Mrs. Shroud is warm, bubbly, loves robo!Ortho, and considers him like her third son, so it makes less sense to project Idia's anxieties about looking into the face of a dead family member onto Mrs. Shroud too.

Though perhaps less emotionally impactful, I think it's more likely that this design choice was made not with consideration to Idia's in-universe trauma, but rather as an aesthetic choice + to differentiate OG!Ortho from robo!Ortho. Again, this is probably why we see OG!Ortho's full face at the end of book 6 but never robo!Ortho's full face.

[mirai-e-jump]

Animage March 2024 Issue ft. Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Main Cast Member Interviews (translations below)

Publication: February 8, 2024 (between episodes 47-48)

-Their six hearts are now united as one-

Sakai Taisei: Gira Husty/KuwagataOhger King of Shugoddam. In actuality, he's a being created by Dagded. He vows to his older brother Racules, who had been fighting to save their people, that he'll carry on his will as king.

Watanabe Aoto: Yanma Gast/TomboOhger King of N'kosopa. He was brainwashed by Hilbil, and was about to be consumed by the power that he possessed, but after being punched by Gira, he snaps out of it and they defeat Hilbil.

Murakami Erica: Hymeno Ran/KamakiriOhger Queen of Ishabana. While she was conflicted by the possibility of conquering death through the eternal life that Jeramie possessed, she was determined to use it to defeat Grodie.

Hirakawa Yuzuki: Rita Kaniska/PapillonOhger King of Gokkan and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. They trust Morphonia, their retainer who they've known since law school, and entrusts Gokkan to her as their potential successor.

Kaku So: Kaguragi Dybowski/HachiOhger Lord of Toufu. Wishing for the happiness of his younger sister Suzume, who is in love with Racules, he decides to remove her as a potential successor. Together with Rita, they seal away Minongan.

Ikeda Masashi: Jeramie Brasieri/Spider Kumonos King of the Bugnarak. He was born between a human and a Bugnarak, and wishes for both to coexist. He teaches his people, the Sanagim, how to live hand in hand with others. _

The Six Kingdom Unusual Incident Countermeasure Lifesaving Force, also known as: Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger. Centering around the kings of the six kingdoms of Chikyu - Gira, Yanma, Hymeno, Rita, Kaguragi, and Jeramie, it's an alliance formed so they can fight a common enemy, free of personal interests and across all borders.

The kings, who are the rulers of their counties, often took different actions after the formation of the Royal Sentai due to their pride, responsibility, and the mission and beliefs that they held in their hearts. Still, it's also true that a solid bond was formed through their battles.

The event that symbolized this was the second "Wrath of God" by the awakened Grodie. Making the most of their abilities and the power of their countries, the kings trusted each other, and skillfully worked together to bring the situation under control, achieving a miracle of zero casualties.

Even though they talk about it being for the benefit of their country or their own mission, the concern they have for their citizens is mutual. They may never get used to each other, but they don't hesitate to join forces when there's an emergency. This sense of distance and detachment is perhaps the greatest characteristic of the Royal Sentai.

The only remaining enemies are Kamejim, the last of the Uchu Five Jesters, and the Uchu King Dagded, who is responsible for everything. However, the Royal Sentai still don't have the means to defeat Dagded, who possesses unparalleled power. As the decisive battle between the Royal Sentai and Dagded approaches, let's see how it goes down until the final moment! _

-Gira's best scene!-

Murakami: My favorite scene is when he's eating a daikon radish in episode 4! (laughs).

Kaku: How nostalgic!

Murakami: I really liked it! Also, his "archaic smile" (episode 11).

Sakai: Ah! Towards the beginning!

Murakami: Yeah, the child of god Gira. The part with robo Gira was funny too. It's unforgettable.

Watanabe: I liked when he said "Woyal armz!" (episode 45).

Hirakawa: He said something like that (laughs).

Ikeda: That was cute.

Murakami: I liked that too (laughs).

Ikeda: His pill bug (pill taxi) outfit was also cute.

Sakai: I also liked the pill bug costume. And then, there was the confusing scene with Kaguragi towards the end……(episode 15).

Ikeda: The, "Laugh for me!" part. It's cool that you said it so seriously while looking like that.

Kaku: It was a passionate scene.

Ikeda: Jeramie was also watching that exchange nearby, so I remember that scene well. It was also funny to hear him say things like "Poopsopa" (episode 2).

Sakai: I wish I didn't say that.

Hirakawa: I think for me it's the trial scene in episode 5. Out of all the members, Rita was the only one who strongly judged Gira, and I remember Gira's reaction and the change in his facial expression when they told him the facts one by one during the trial. As the presiding judge, they're the only one looking directly at Gira's expressions.

Kaku: That seems to be the case now that you mention it!

Watanabe: As for cool scenes, I like the part in episode 17 when he dodges Yanma's fist. Taisei and I watched it back together 2 or 3 times and said, "Oh! This is it! This is it!" (laughs).

Sakai: Gira is often by someone's side. If it's a main episode for Yanma, he's by Yanma's side, and it's the same for the other. I think that main episodes with Gira being alone are probably the least common.

Kaku: That's true.

Sakai: Still, that's what I really like about them.

Kaku: I think for me, it's when he angrily armed himself with the royal armor in episode 29. When Jeramie betrayed them along with Gerojim.

All: Oh~!

Hirakawa: The part with Hilbil! He said, "That wasn't for you."

Kaku: Right.

Hirakawa: It was definitely cool when the beam of light shined from his eyes.

Kaku: Also, the scene where Gira's face turns into King-Ohger (episode 40).

Sakai: That might be my favorite.

All: (laughs).

Ikeda: Your facial expressions were good too (laughs).

Watanabe: The day after the broadcast, we called Taisei "King-Ohger" (laughs).

Sakai: I was the only one who truly became King-Ohger, so, it was an honor.

All: (burst out laughing).

Hirakawa: It's definitely special (laughs). Gira also has a good character song. I especially like the beginning.

Sakai: The English part. I think it matches Gira's worldview really well.

Ikeda: It's like a culmination.

Sakai: Right, Gira's a culmination.

Kaku: Eh? Shuu"taisei"? (*shuutaisei = culmination)

Ikeda: Yes, you got it (laughs).

Murakami: You're so quick at making puns like that……(laughs).

-Yanma's best scene!-

Kaku: My favorite was, (waving his hand) "Gi~ra~!"

All: "I've come to help you~!"

Murakami: The one where Gerojim impersonates him (episode 8).

Watanabe: That episode was my first time at Mt. Iwafune (a reoccuring location in the Super Sentai series), so I was really excited (laughs).

Hirakawa: Before filming, he looked at the mountain while brushing his teeth and kept saying things like, "Yikes" and "Amazing."

All: (laughs).

Hirakawa: When the camera was pointing at him, he was all smiley and doing peace signs (laughs). In the Yanma, or rather, Aoto scenes, he seemed to be having alot of fun during the body swap episode (episode 28) (laughs). It was funny.

Watanabe: I'm glad you weren't angry at me.

Hirakawa: I wasn't angry (laughs).

Kaku: You kept rolling your eyes (laughs).

Sakai: Do you feel like your range of acting has expanded because of that?

Hirakawa: Yeah, it's expanded. Yanma played Rita in various ways, so when I returned to being Rita, I think my range of the role expanded abit.

Watanabe: I see.

Hirakawa: I don't think you do (laughs).

Murakami: For me, I think it's the "Guess I've become a privileged person." scene (episode 35). Up until that point, Yanma often stood his ground, so I like how he accepted the situation as he watched N'kosopa burn.

Watanabe: That scene was made to look like it was in the evening, but we filmed it first thing in the morning. Furthermore, it was the first scene to be filmed for that episode (laughs).

Hirakawa: That's rough (laughs).

Murakami: Amazing (laughs). He talked about having privileges before with Hymeno, so I was wondering if he found himself back there by chance.

Watanabe: Yeah, he talked about it in episode 7. For scenes in N'kosopa, the hacking battle was also hard……(episode 2).

Kaku: It was really cold, wasn't it?

Watanabe: I couldn't stop my body from shaking or my teeth from chattering. I'll never forget that. I was only calm during the actual performance.

Ikeda: You were extremely focused.

Kaku: I'd name that one as one of the best scenes.

Hirakawa: I'd agree. You worked hard and it paid off.

Ikeda: There were two scenes that I particularly liked with Yanma. One was the scene where he announced himself to his opponent, Daigorg (episode 17). The way he said it was totally different from how he usually said it, and it was very manly. The other was when he was being manipulated by Jeramie (episode 36).

Murakami: That one was funny (laughs).

Ikeda: The awkward dance performance was so good that I bursted out laughing (laughs).

Watanabe: I learned the choreography from Ikeda Sensei.

All: (laughs).

Watanabe: I was told to improvise that scene, but I have no knowledge when it comes to dancing. I asked Masashi for advice, and he taught me the Awa Odori dance of Tokushima, his hometown (laughs). He really helped me out at that time.

Sakai: For me, it's episode 44. In episode 17, Gira dodges Yanma's punch, but in this episode, it's reversed. As I played the role, I was moved, as I was reminded of those days.

Watanabe: And after that, when we beat Hilbil, it wasn't a parody, but I said the same line as in episode 2, being, "Know your place!"

Sakai: That's right!

Watanabe: That was real hot.

Ikeda: Gira and Yanma have quite a few scenes showing the passionate friendship between them, don't they? Truly, a great duo.

-Hymeno's best scene!-

Watanabe: I think I'd pick the body swap (episode 29).

Hirakawa: The way she said "Royal Arms!" was amazing.

Murakami: I'm sorry for doing something that Kaguragi wouldn't do (laughs).

Kaku: It's mutual (laughs).

Watanabe: Matchless Murakami

Hirakawa & Kaku: Matchless Murakami (laughs).

Kaku: I haven't been able to watch the footage yet (at the time of this interview), but it looks like episode 46 will also produce some great scenes.

Watanabe: Yeah, it's between Jeramie and Hymeno. They said some wise words.

Kaku: The movie was also very good.

Sakai: I also really like, "No one can do it but me," when she saves Racules (episode 42). I feel that she's full of confidence.

Kaku: That was really cool. It had a "Black Jack" feel to it. (*character from manga series of the same name)

Murakami: I feel that most of the memorable scenes for Hymeno are related to her family and life.

Kaku: Also, the rage filled fight against Jeramie (episode 14).

Ikeda: I was scared at that time (laughs).

Murakami: Sorry for being so strong (laughs).

Watanabe: In the episode before that, we were beaten up by Jeramie, but this time Jeramie was instantly defeated by Hymeno.

All: (laughs).

Hirakawa: The power balance turned out to be amazing (laughs).

Sakai: There are quite alot of angry scenes.

Murakami: That's true.

Kaku: Especially when it comes to her family.

Murakami: Yeah, the word "you" comes out. I thought it was out of character for Hymeno, but that's what happens when it comes to family matters. (*informal "you" was used)

Sakai: When she got mad at Jeramie, Gira told her that it makes her face ugly.

Murakami: I remember the Director telling me at the time to "make an ugly face." (laughs).

Sakai: I feel kinda bad (laughs).

Hirakawa: For me, it'd have to be episode 30. It's the scene where she faces Grodie. As Rita, she stopped me when I was trying to use the secret technique, so I feel like there was a strong bond that formed between the two of us. It was filmed during the really hot season.

Murakami: It was really tough! I wasn't used to filming on location because we usually only film in the studio, so I was thinking, "I want to be freed from this heat!" (laughs).

Hirakawa: Well, we overcame the filming process by supporting each other. We gained alot from each other through the performance, and the relationship between Rita and Hymeno was established from episode 30, so it was very memorable. It's always touching no matter how many times I watch it.

Ikeda: The episode where Kamejim disguised himself as Hymeno was also good (episode 36).

All: Ah~!

Ikeda: The disguised Hymeno's performance as a villainess was amazing, and I think it showed the strength and beauty of the real Hymeno. I also loved how she said "Let's dance!" with so much energy (episode 34).

Hirakawa: You say that all the time (laughs).

Murakami: That's what Sakanashi Yume-san (KamakiriOhger's Suit Actor) says, so I get really excited when I say it (laughs).

Ikeda: Your pronunciation was also good.

Watanabe: I sometimes want to try and adlib in some English.

Ikeda: I get the impression that she uses English when she's agitated (laughs).

Murakami: That's what happens when I try to show her innocence (laughs).

-Rita's best scene!-

Kaku: For Rita……I guess we can't leave out the idol episode, huh? (episode 38).

Watanabe: Obviously.

Sakai: I think the idol episode is my favorite too. There's a scene where Gira fights with them over the Moffun picture book.

Hirakawa: That's right, that's right. The part with, "Moffun isn't needed anymore, right?!" We practiced that alot, didn't we? Things like, "I'll go this way."

Kaku: Oh~!

Hirakawa: We ran around alot.

Ikeda: I also liked when they changed into the royal armor with the idol costume. Girls must've loved that.

Sakai: It was like Sailor Moon.

Hirakawa: I spoke in a lower voice than usual. Rita was irritated.

Ikeda: Yeah, they were mad.

Hirakawa: Right, that's why it was very low.

Kaku: For upcoming episodes, there's another cool scene in episode 48.

Hirakawa: They say something to Yanma.

Sakai: It was cool.

Kaku: Also, Rita is silly when they eat something like dangos. They try to eat it from above their high collar (episode 5).

Murakami: Rita and food are a good match, huh?

Hirakawa: Eating scenes are pretty difficult. Ultimately, I couldn't even eat those dangos.

Kaku: Is that so?

Hirakawa: Originally, that scene was alot longer, as I was trying out different ways of eating it.

Ikeda: I also like the scene where they dive to grab Moffun.

Murakami: Ah! When they were tricked by Dagded! (episode 31).

Ikeda: Right, Hymeno was playing the role of the plushie.

Hirakawa: Rita shouts, "Moffun!" and lunges for it. My voice was added later during the dub.

Watanabe: Ah, "that one" is probably my best scene (laughs).

Hirakawa: Which? (laughs).

Murakami: He's laughing so hard (laughs).

Watanabe: The scene in episode 4 where Kaguragi calls Rita. It's the part where they walk very slow. Rita, in the beginning, every time they walked, they went super slow.

All: (laughs).

Murakami: It was the same for episode 5. They were reeeally slow (laughs).

Watanabe: I was like, "Can't you just walk normally?!"

All: (burst out laughing).

Hirakawa: You wouldn't stop complaining (laughs). He was saying things like, "Walk so I can hear you!" (laughs).

Watanabe: I want you all to watch it again (laughs).

Murakami: I think I really like the body swap episode (episode 28). If you look closely, you'll see that they're like a DJ (laughs).

Kaku: Yeah (laughs).

Murakami: Normally, Rita can't really break their character, right? That's why I really liked seeing Hirakawa Yuzuki when her screws were loosened. It was also funny to see them trying to get everyone in prison to go home.

Kaku: The "Yay!" part.

Hirakawa: The "careful on your way back" scene.

Murakami: Dialog like that wasn't written in the script.

Hirakawa: I was told to "Just do what fits" (laughs). I thought alot about what to do.

Watanabe: Also, they had such a happy face when they talked to Gira, who was in Jeramie's body.

Hirakawa: It's the part where they say, "We stomp him out and the problem will be solved." Rita never smiles, so I thought I'd show their teeth!

-Kaguragi's best scene!-

Murakami: I really like your interactions with Suzume. I especially like the scenes when Iroki appears from 17 years ago.

Kaku: Episode 37, right?

Murakami: Right. That episode depicted Kaguragi's determination and resolve, and the way he armed himself with the royal armor through the katana was cool.

Kaku: Well, I thought I had been forgiven for everything.

All: (laughs).

Ikeda: I want you to sell me that katana.

Sakai: I'd pick the scene with Iroki from that episode. The exchange with her while the castle was burning was really amazing.

Ikeda: When Suzume first appeared, his "siscon" behavior was uncanny but cute (episode 15).

Kaku: It's not Suzume (acting that way)? (laughs).

Ikeda: Right, it's Kaguragi (laughs).

Watanabe: For scenes with Suzume, I liked the look on his face during Racules and Suzume's wedding (episode 20).

Kaku: He was abit dazed and confused (laughs).

Watanabe: I really like Kaguragi's facial expressions. At some point, you mentioned that the way you smile is based on Ghibli films.

Kaku: Yeah, I think we talked about that.

Watanabe: I remember thinking, "I didn't know he had such an approach!" The scene in episode 39, where Kaguragi looks up at the night sky after defeating Goma made me think, "Ah, this has a Ghibli feel to it!"

All: Ah~!

Watanabe: The way he grinned was very Ghibli like (laughs). It's hard for me to explain it well though.

Ikeda: Does it feel alittle creepy?

Murakami: The smile didn't match the setting, so it's very memorable.

Watanabe: It comes off as creepy and cute at the same time.

Kaku: Cute? (laughs).

Ikeda: Also, there's that other best scene too. His sleeping face when he swaps bodies with Hymeno (episode 28).

Watanabe: The sleeping face of an angel.

Ikeda: An angel (laughs). The sigh that came from him……what else can I say?

Watanabe: An angel's breath.

All: (laughs).

Kaku: You're teasing me~ (laughs).

Murakami: Can you please stop making yourself cuter than the "real one"? (laughs).

Kaku: No, no, the "real one" is cuter than me, right?

Ikeda: (looking at Murakami) Your face is becoming bright red (laughs).

Murakami: Eh? You're kidding?!

Sakai: It's really red (laughs).

Hirakawa: I think it's episode 45 for me. Kaguragi and Rita didn't have that much of a relationship with each other. They didn't have that many scenes together in that episode either.

Kaku: That's true. It's because they're both together with Morphonia and Suzume.

Hirakawa: Right. I really enjoyed the scene where the two of them used the power of the King's Proof.

Kaku: I also became a red oni.

Murakami: That was amazing (laughs).

Hirakawa: That red oni was wild (laughs).

Ikeda: He was as red as Marie's face just now.

All: (burst out laughing).

Kaku: My bad~ (laughs).

Murakami: I seriously need you to cut it out (laughs).

Watanabe: The person in charge of being cute for King-Ohger is me though~

All: (laughs).

Hirakawa: He went and said it (laughs).

Ikeda: You're putting yourself in a dangerous position right now.

Watanabe: These two guys here (Murakami and Kaku) are tough.

Kaku: Does that include me? (laughs).

-Jeramie's best scene!-

Sakai: There's alot for Jeramie.

Murakami: First, there's the battle with Desnarak (episode 26). I really liked that one.

Kaku: We made fun of it by imitating the "It's bright…" scene.

Hirakawa: It's funny when the person who actually fought says it (laughs).

Kaku: Still, that scene was good. While recording the dub, I actually cried.

Hirakawa: That's true, I could hear you sniffling next to me.

Ikeda: Immediately after the recording he said, "I can use this line when inviting someone out to a drinking party."

All: (laughs).

Watanabe: "You're coming too," right? (laughs).

Hirakawa: That's what he said (laughs).

Kaku: Yeah, that's right (laughs).

Hirakawa: I think for me, it's the scene where he declares the founding of his nation in the live broadcast to the people (episode 26).

Kaku: It was something about humans and Bugnarak joining hands.

Hirakawa: Right, "I want you to pass on the story that we were able to reconcile." That speech was really good.

Murakami: I think Jeramie's slightly mischievous and childlike nature is also a key point. It was the same when he was manipulating Yanma in episode 36, or the episode with Racules and the whoopie cushion (episode 19). I guess I like those mischievously funny scenes. There are alot of cool scenes though.

Kaku: It was really cool when the Spider Mask came off (episode 11).

Hirakawa: He flung off his cloak

Kaku: I used to imitate the line, "I'm just an old fashioned storyteller."

Ikeda: And you were good at it.

Kaku: That's when the Jeramie Brasieri competition started, hosted by me (laughs).

Ikeda: Oh yeah. "Is there anyone better than me?!" Isn't that what you usually said?

All: (laughs)

Kaku: That's right.

Sakai: I wonder what it was like stepping on Jeramie (episode 37).

Watanabe: We were trying to eat Grodie's rice balls in Toufu. Gira, Yanma and Hymeno trampled him.

Sakai: It was surprising to see that Gira would step on Jeramie, and I had to put alittle effort into it during filming (laughs).

Ikeda: Yanma was rubbing my butt (laughs).

Kaku: That was funny (laughs). I don't know why Jeramie was being stepped on, since the episode didn't depict that part.

Sakai: I wonder if Jeramie was desperately trying to stop Gira and the others. He gets pushed too hard, and then that happens.

Hirakawa: He gets crushed by three people.

Murakami: Sorry about that time.

Ikeda: Hymeno was the nicest.

Watanabe: It's episode 29 for me. After Jeramie finishes giving his fake speech, Jeramie's song (The Prophet) plays when the five fight.

Hirakawa: It was good!

Watanabe: Jeramie wasn't there, but it felt like the six of them were fighting.

Ikeda: In that scene, you could see the relationship between the five of them from their expressions.

Murakami: It was also sad and beautiful when he said, "Sweet dreams" and then disappeared.

Sakai: It was great (applauding).

Ikeda: Thank you.

[gentlyrowan]

Our force will assemble at the cliff above Red Echoes, and launch our attack from there.

WAR-CHIEF SONA

Red Rocks Amphitheater viewed from Dinosaur Ridge

RED ECHOES

We spied these iconic monoliths from 3.5 miles / 5.633 km away when we explored Dinosaur Ridge! We had no idea what they were yet, in either real world or Horizon Zero Dawn significance, but we know a Cool Rock when we see one.

I'm happy I have any photos at all to show you, but I'll have to get some help to give you the full experience.

Stick around for more Red Echoes, featuring virtual photography from @robo-dino-puppy !

NORA SACRED LAND

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Learn more about the prehistoric legacy of this landscape in these posts about nearby Dinosaur Ridge:

➵ 3 Minute Video ➵ Dino Tracks Post

Post 1 of 5 from Red Rocks

Learn about Red Rocks' secret tunnel and the stars who've used it in Post 2

[homobrainjuice]

okay so I saw @knizuu’s dog man x sonic fanart and it reminded me of the old dog man and sonic crossover comics I made as a kid. Back when I was younger I loved dog man so much so I was like “HEY! What if I put dog man into a cross over comic with literally EVERY ONE OF MY HYPERFIXATIONS” sonic was one of those things. Among many other of my childhood hyperfixations. I asked them if they wanted to see this mess of a comic and they surprisingly said yes.

so here was the cover for the first one.

(Dw covering my deadname)

basically Sonic and Gang where running around when egg man zapped them into a new dimension. This was the dog man dimension. Petey and dog man teamed up because they were evil scientist and dog man and sonic teamed up bc ofc. Petey and egg man sends Metal sonic and Robo chief after the good guys there’s this big fight and the good guys win because of sonics spin dash, and dog man’s… barking? Idk In the end Petey and egg man are arrested and the day is saved (and sonic and the gang are still stuck in the dog man world but that leads to the SEQUEL)

Here’s some stuff from the first book

and here’s the second one!

In this book if you could tell by the cover featured a “metal dog man” (OC DO NOT STEAL🥰 /j) who fought along side metal sonic. The book started with dog man and sonic eating pancakes when cut to jail egg man and Petey break free. They then make “Metal dog man” and send them after sonic and dog man. They fight but then sonic and dog man are captured. And they both break free by using spin dash. Yes dog man can spin dash now. And they defeat metal dog man the comic ends with dog man and sonic eating pancakes to celebrate, and sonic and friends finally go home.

(Photos)

So that’s it! Sonic and dog man ended up being characters I used a lot on my childhood comics. Unfortunately now I’m a big boy and I’m working on big boy things like comics with ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. Not silly guys borrowed from other media. Glad I had that phase tho to get me into storytelling. :]

[ashlovesrescuebots]

Not to be rude considering you're a beginning artist as you said in your bio but did you trace the wes and wedge art? I could've sworn I've seen it somewhere

It's okay to be suspicious, but I wouldn't trace other peoples artwork. The only thing I actually traced was the hands, which is seen in speed paint that it was from the show itself . Cause you could see I was clearly struggling, so I traced a screenshot from Kade and Chief's hands in the last episode of season one . i wasn't even originally gonna add wedge it was gonna be based off of the robo cody episode and the other one with Wes I forgot the name and wasn't based on anything I was just doing it as I went with the lasso liquid tool so it's not even inspired but it's a pretty basic pose it must look like a screen shot from rescue bots or something .

[o-kaythislooksbad]

ailesswhumptober day 28: internal bleeding / needles and stitches / "i didn't think the wound was that bad..."

chapter 7 / 7 of i'm too close to breaking | rated t, chose not to warn

no matter how many times vic goes on missions with the doom patrol, he will never stop being surprised at how bizarre they are. the missions, not the doom patrol; getting used to them was surprisingly simple.

being encased in boiling wax, awake and breathing but unable to do anything else, wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't preceded by the candlemaker disguising itself as doctor cowboy. paralyzed and suffocating in viscous liquids is almost par for the course for their team, abstract concepts brought to life isn't uncommon, and not a day goes by without some sort of family drama, but the combination is draining. 

"vic! a little help here, please!"

it's the please from cliff's disembodied head which really gets under vic's skin. it's polite and panicked and everything cliff isn't, but then again, cliff usually isn't encased in wax and scattered across a fairground. vic ignores the flames as he rushes to retrieve cliff's head and place it safely on a miraculously intact red wagon. 

"i gotta check on the others, and then i'll help put you back together," vic calls over his shoulder.

cliff makes a few protesting noises before grumbling that cyborg should get his ass in gear if he ever wants a chance at proving himself to the justice league.

he runs on the smoldering ground, grateful that the wax and flames have dissipated. grid scans every person that they pass, confirming that those who were standing or sitting in place survived the candlemaker with minimal surface-level burns. the ones who had been in motion, running or being trampled on as the candlemaker attacked, have moderate internal bleeding at best. grid calls for various emergency services to be dispatched to their location, and vic tunes it out as he follows dorothy's sobs to a crumpled tent.

"dorothy!" the girl is curled up into a ball, buried beneath the fabric. a support beam covers her legs, and a quick scan reveals dislocated bones but no nerve damage. "hey, dorothy, can you look up for me? i need to check your eyes."

dorothy shakes her head. "leave me here forever and ever."

"you know i can't do that."

"you have to! it's all my fault that everyone got hurt, and i knew it would happen but i didn't care and now everyone's hurt."

vic sighs, trying to clear the figurative fog away while the literal smoke covers everything in a haze. "they're gonna be okay," he says. "grid's got medics and firefighters on the way, ready to take care of them."

"robo-boy!" kipling shouts. "your team needs you. leave this one to me." his face is battered and bruised, and he has niles's body in his arms. "those messes out there are your family; the caulders are mine." 

---

rita's skin sloughs off her body, leaving her aching and raw. oddly enough, she can still see everything clearly in front of her; her eyes are still where they belong, not floating around in the blob. 

"rita! thank god you're okay!" larry runs up to her, wax stalactites hanging from his sleeves, and she realizes her body is still intact. 

"the candlemaker," rita whispers, trying to shake off the last of the wax. "is it gone? where's dorothy?"

"dorothy fought it off. last i saw, kipling's with her and what's left of the chief."

the sounds of the carnival attendees returning to life amidst the destruction fill the air. rita takes a deep breath, gathering her courage to become a hero and help guide the people to safety, when larry's words set in.

"what's left of the chief?" she repeats. "then he…"

"dead," larry confirms. "i still don't get it, but whatever magic bound his life to dorothy's was cut off when she banished the candlemaker or whatever."

or whatever is as fitting of an epithet as anything for the chief's demise. or perhaps roxy and all the terrible memories associated with her have warped rita's brain, leaving her incapable of grief and sympathy for the man who gave her a chance when no one else would. she looks around the fair again, at the blaring red and white lights and the actual heroes, and turns her eyes to the ground.

"is that cliff's shirt?"

"what?" larry asks, following her gaze. "huh, yeah. it is." he bends down to pick it up, and a piece of cliff's torso falls from it. "we're never gonna hear the end of this, are we?"

---

kay's room doesn't have a lot of light. she knows how to do her puzzle by feeling out the jagged edges, starting with the borders and corners before working on the middle. a bright flash temporarily blinds her, and then jane sits beside her. 

jane, who shouldn't be here. kay's only five, and she doesn't know a lot about the world or the underground, but she does know that her room is her own. momma stopped showing up ages ago, long before she got her puzzle, and even daddy isn't allowed to step in to it, instead waiting in the doorway for kay to go to him. 

"please," jane says in a quiet voice, "i need to know what you need. what do you need me to do?"

the only thing she needed was harry, and kay knows jane brought him back from the well the same way she knows someone wouldn't let him return to her hands. 

"i'm doing my puzzle." the field of wildflowers is almost done. kay really likes that part of the picture. "do you want to put the gazebo together?" she asks, 'cause it's the part she doesn't like. 

"i… yeah, if that will help." 

jane doesn't scoot any closer, and waits for a bit before reaching in front of her for the pieces. they sit together, quietly doing the puzzle that will never be done, and suddenly kay's vision blurs. tears fall on to her dress, leaving a patch on her lap that will definitely make the monsters upset. 

"kay? what's wrong?" 

she shakes her head, 'cause she doesn't know. everything just feels off, like the engine powering driver 8's train has stopped working and now everyone's rushing to her instead of staying in their stations. maybe something on the surface is wrong, but if driver 8's train is down, then jane's gonna be here instead of up, and then no one can keep her safe. kay's tummy hurts, so maybe whoever is up is already in danger, but if she hurts and the train is down, there's no way to make anyone feel better.

kay wipes her eyes with her sleeve. jane's finished the gazebo, even has part of the sky complete, and that's not right. "i never finish that part," she whispers.

maybe that's why she's crying, 'cause she doesn't know what will happen if the puzzle is complete. 

---

"no!" dorothy cries. "you're a liar!"

"guilty as charged," kipling replies with a wink, wincing as a cut above his eye reopens and sends a slow drip of blood down his brow. "in the grand scheme of things i'm one of the best, but i'm not lying about this. look at him, dorothy," he says urgently, yet softly. "i'm sorry, but niles is gone, and he wouldn't want you to waste away in his absence."

"stop saying he's dead!" dorothy turns away from him, pulling bits of the fallen tent around her upper body.

kipling waves his hands, casting a minor spell to disentangle the fabric and support beams from dorothy's body. "i'm afraid i don't have anything to heal your legs, but we have someone here who can." a colorful ambulance materializes beside them, honking cheerfully. "i believe you've already met danny."

that finally gets the girl's attention. "danny the street?"

danny the street, danny the brick. danny the tire, danny the ambulance flashes across their windshield. i'm so sorry, love.

they open their doors, sending out a stretcher. 

"danny'll get you to a hospital," kipling explains, setting the chief's body on one of the seats. "i'm gonna levitate you onto the stretcher, all right?"

"only if danny takes papa to the hospital with me," dorothy whispers.

"of course they will," kipling says, using the last of his depleted energy reserves to secure father and daughter in the ambulance. 

---

jane's body, surrounded by baby doll's stuffed animals, is neatly tucked into a hospital bed. cliff had been surprisingly astute in noticing that 'miranda' wasn't who she claimed to be, and whoever she was got pulled back underground during their encounter with the candlemaker, leaving jane half-awake in the aftermath. 

"i don't get it," vic says, shaking his head. "i didn't think the wound was that bad. we got her to danny in time to stabilize the wounds to her abdomen and get her into surgery. the anesthesia should've worn off by now."

larry still hasn't told them about meeting kay, and he doesn't plan on it. the girl stayed up for a couple hours each day of their stay in alabama before baby doll emerged; she slowly switched to jane or hammerhead after, then sometimes to 'miranda,' and there was no indication from any of them that they knew kay had left the underground.

"it might be another mental block," he says. "a person needs time to recover after a fight like that, and she's got dozens of people. i think we can give her a couple more days under. as long as she's here and hooked up to the monitors, we'll know she's okay."

[rorykurago]

So I'm watching "Mech Cadets"

because I'm still a giant dork for Pacific Rim and this looked like good PR-esque content.

Friends...

it is PR fanon. Animated. Only mild AU.

Like... There's genre fiction, then there's this. Let's count:

Jaegers Ro-bos fRoM sPaCe that have to bond with a pilot so there are two (2) minds controlling the body? Check

main Jaeger Robo is blue and yellow with a glowy heart? Check

J-Tech Mech tech department? Check

Neon/steel/grimy urban aesthetic? check

Marshal and Old Guard Pilot are old buddies? check

Angry Ace Pilot who is child of a Marshal? Check

Angry Ace Pilot who tops the class but still doesn't get the recognition they think they deserve? Check

Angry Ace Pilot mad the wash-out gets to go around the system and still gets a Jaeger Robo? check

Kwoon? Check

Drivesuits? Check

Pilot duels in the kwoon with hanbos? check

everybody wearing Air Force-style dress blues or flight bags? check

Cadet Academy in the middle of a desert nowhere? Check (technically that's a 'Training Day' X-over, but I'm counting it)

Cadet Academy is a giant metal tower full of shiny lights in the middle of nowhere? check

enemy are bony insect critters from another dimension world? check

enemy critter bleed bright blue? Check

chief scientist is Newtlieb? check

chief scientist misappropriates resources to sell/militarise kaiju sky-ju biology? check

...which goes very badly? CHECK

Big Scary Skyju is a threat physically bigger than and with features unlike anything seen in decades of war? check

the threat is Coming From Inside The House? check

Mech-Tech maintenance crew rivalry? check

drivesuit pain feedback that disables the pilot? check

Jaeger with a busted arm? check

Pilot with a busted arm? Check

Girl Ace Pilot and Boy Ace Pilot sitting side by side on a gantry leaning on each other to look into the glowy heart of a Jaeger-Mech? CHECK

More to follow lmao

Don't get me wrong, this is great (occasionally terrible) content and I'm immensely enjoying revisiting Jaegerland. But, like, .... I'm on ep FOUR and there's already so much crossover. Nobody is going to convince me PacRim had nothing to do with this. The Mech Cadet comics were released from 2017. Come on. Come ON.

[gentlefangz]

tried redrawing that one meme from memory bcs i thought "oh my god its literally the first mayor and dr scum" even though im pretty sure after drawing this that dr scum wasn't making any other robots for the first mayor apart from robo chief but whocare tbh

[coredrill]

first ep of g gundam is wild to watch having just finished rewatching giant robo. the police chief guy speaks abt the gundam fight the same way everyone in GR speaks of the tragedy of bashtarle, like its some biblical-level apocalyptic event brought down upon the earth yet again. domon’s this Mysterious guy who doesn’t say shit and has an inexplicable title and powers like the celestial nine or the magnificent ten. the gundams themselves are framed like these haunting, massive terrors hidden in shadow and the red sky. it ends with the line “this is going to be one of those awful years”!!!!! i can only imagine watching this in 1994 and being like oohhhhhhhhhhhh this is gonna be another imagawa cinematic reckoning with The Earth And Its People however then the next episode preview introduces you to Chibodee Crocket. LMFAO