#Speaking of feather

[feathersnek]

I heard you're interested in Iris Lovefeather!

I would love to tell you more about her!

She's a newer character in the Tales of Series crossover JP mobile game: Tales of the Rays! This new story arc, Recollection, has only been out for a few months now and is largely still a mystery! There's still a lot it has to tell us about the new characters and the plot, but what we have so far is already really interesting!

Let's talk about what we know about Iris so far! On the surface you have a colorful, popular idol that loves to sing and raise people's spirits! She genuinely cares about others and will leap before she thinks when someone is hurting or in danger. And she's no pushover in battle either!

Now let's get into some deeper aspects of her character and why she's in this situation under the cut!

Iris lost her grandfather and her voice to the attack of an enemy known as a wraith. These creatures are known for maiming and disabling people, and have driven humanity to near extinction.

Thus, Iris's voice is artificial, and she must keep up maintenance on it to get the sound she wants. She despises wraiths for killing her grandfather and seeks to eradicate them. She also personally doesn't particularly like her artificial voice and struggles to accept it.

Nonetheless, her grandfather loved beautiful things while he was alive, and once told Iris her voice was beautiful and he loved it. Such a compliment from someone who appreciated beauty left a strong impression on Iris and made her very happy.

This is why she continues to sing despite the state of her voice and the dire situation humanity is in. For her grandfather, and for the people who find some measure of happiness from her music.

Though she finds herself thinking: If only they could go back in time to the past and destroy the wraiths at their source...

And perhaps. Her idea isn't so impossible after all.

[featherlouise]

Thinking about all the jayvik Jayce pov fics where Viktor’s changed so much that Jayce can barely recognise him, and then he takes his mask off and his eyes, at least, are still the same as he remembers

I am inconsolable

[bloodysparklez]

"b-but if akechi is every member of the friend group, what about the rest of the thieves-" homosexual supporting cast. next question

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather Previous / Next (part 42)

[indecision-s]

i need the people in my life to stop 😁 commenting 😁 on 😁 my 😁 body 😁 !!!!1!!

[chinese--satellite]

birds of a feather, we should stick together.

[dayz-ina-daze]

Inktober wip for y’all… Though I did initially do this with ink, I plan to go in again and color over it >:3c

[camellia-thea]

i know we talk a lot about the isolation of chronic illness and disability, but i really don't think ablebodied folk get it.

i have made one new friend in person since graduating highschool in 2020. she is my housemate's girlfriend. she stays over frequently, and the only reason we are friends is because she stays over and we have shared university papers. i would not have had the opportunity to befriend her otherwise. that is in the space of three years.

i don't go out much. i cannot guarantee that i will leave my house within any given week. technically i have class i need to go to twice a week for an hour, but those moments aren't time for friends, they're time for classwork and i don't interact with people in a social capacity there.

i simply do not get the opportunity to meet people.

i cannot go out with friends and meet new people that way, because my social circle is already so small, and i don't have the energy to go out half the time anyway. when i do, i suffer for it later.

i don't meet people on campus because i'm immuno-compromised, and ableds seem to have forgotten that we are still in a pandemic.

i don't go to clubs or go out for the sake of going out because i can't. i've grown agoraphobic, because i am so worried that something health related will happen and i'll get stuck somewhere alone. i hate leaving the house because of the guarantee of an anxiety attack which leaves my body more likely to flare. it's a vicious cycle of isolation.

i am not the only one who has experienced this -- i can still leave the house, i can still go and visit friends with assistance. i struggle, but at the end of the day, it's still an option. there are others who are completely isolated.

the worst of it is that people leave. people get tired of the 'i can't come, i'm sorry', of the 'hey, i'm sick, can we postpone?'. even people who you love and hold dearly will stop trying. and it's awful. you have to sit and watch these people who you love walk away because they can't deal with your disability. i don't have words to describe how much that hurts.

it really is impossible for ablebodied people to understand, because for the majority of us, this isn't temporary. this is just how we have to live. and your social circle can only really get smaller.

[raviola-triggers]

Role swap AU designs (and some minor details about them) inspired by this post right here that got me brainrotting for the past five hours.

[cloud-ya]

if we don't want himeko do die just make her immortal lol

[system-of-a-feather]

On that note, I think we should normalize the idea of debriefing with yourself (especially if you are plural) when recovering from a mild episode, crisis, trauma flashback, panic attack, or self harm incident. Sit down with yourself (literally or figuratively) and just try to objectively look at what happened before, during, and after to go over what might have caused it, bring awareness to what it felt like in the moment, what did and did not work, and ways that if you notice it in the future that you could try something else.

Our system does it basically after every instance since we have parts that have healed enough, have the bandwidth, and even professional training to do crisis de-escalation and post crisis debriefs and it honestly goes MILES to help our most traumatized and vulnerable parts make a lot of progress.

[bookrat]

Got a little Sinosauropteryx available for $220

[featherlouise]

Exploring some concepts for a slightly older Ghost!! I imagine them as about 8-9ish during the game.

I’ve been neglecting them in most of my AUs lmao, I think it’s time for some Ghost centric stuff shxhxjxj (also they’re VERY fun to draw)

After killing the Radiance, the siblings take some time to rest and recuperate, and at some point decide to try and rebuild Hallownest. Hornet takes over Deepnest, taking her rightful place as Queen, while Hollow becomes king of Hallownest. While Ghost is technically the crown prince, it’s more in name than anything, as they would rather run the Path of Pain handcuffed in the dark than have that kinda responsibility (also they’re like. 13 by this point)

Some tidbits about their design and this AU for those interested:

- They resemble their mother more than PK, and as a result their horns are more like branches and grow to resemble antlers!!

- They also have a faint wood grain pattern all over their body

- Vessels typically have small glowing white dots on their bodies, and darker spots on their face and horns (I’ve been referring to them as soul spots and void freckles shbxxn), and you can generally tell whether they’re more proficient in soul magic or void magic depending on how many of either they have!!

(E.g. Hollow has a few void freckles, but they are COVERED in soul spots, meanwhile Ghost has a few soul spots but they have a TON of void freckles).

When they come into their power as Shade Lord, Ghost’s soul spots are swallowed by their void, and as they get older more void freckles appear until their horns are entirely black.

- I like the idea of Ghost’s power as SL showing in their physical form more as they get older, like their mortal body can’t contain their entire being, so it leaks out in the form of wispy void hair, void freckles, etc etc

- When they started rebuilding, there became a sudden need for formal clothing once again, so Hornet raids every closet in the White Palace to cannibalise the different dresses and robes into something presentable (luckily Ghost fits into most of Hornet’s old stuff)

(Assume the White Palace appears again at some point (finding PK’s corpse is a VERY fun time for Holly ahahaha))

- With the discovery of kingdoms beyond the Wastelands (via Silksong), the siblings start reaching out in the hopes of establishing some trade routes, and getting some help with the rebuilding effort

This opens some opportunities for visits from neighbouring royals (and pooossibly some new friends for Ghost, they need to meet people their age lmaooo)

[fabrizio-art]

Death Stare- Dino Doodles

I think crow-like beady eyes on dinosaurs are criminally underused.

Also hooded crows are underappreciated.

This was supposed to be a "scary feathered dinosaurs" piece but turned out cute.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[kidfur]

custom design for @desudog for art fight!!! i hope u liek her :3