#Trades & Blades

[dreamdancerdotfile]

I would rather have a friend than a good memory

'Cause memories and a yearning heart

Never held me close, never helped me out

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Art trade with the lovely @captainmvf !!! Had lots of fun working on this little guy for you, thank you for doing this with me <33

[bamboo-bees]

/slams hands down/ Dammit I love these boys

[h0use-fly]

pookies… hubbies even… red belongs to @agentmace

[midnightcrows]

WIP crop, full is horizontal

[frosty-tian]

(Versions with and without the written text.)

My end of the art trade with @moonbeam-dragon!

Thank you so much for your patience and doing the trade with me (always wanted to draw some Dani x Blades content, made me really happy)!

Their end of the trade could be found here.:

[azu1as]

Can you please write something where Cheong Myeong dies but Tang Bo survives and navigates the loss of his taoist hyung? I really like your work and J hope you know amazing you are. Thank you 😊

⚠ main character death, tangcheong

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"Isn't this view amazing, hyung-nim?"

Tang Bo watches as the sun falls behind the horizon, the warm colors of the sky cooling as night settles once again. The wind brushes against his hair and it comes to Tang Bo as easy as breathing to ignore the loneliness and loss that have carved out permanent spaces for themselves in his heart.

The Plum Blossom Sword Saint's funeral felt ill-fitting for a man whose sacrifice ended the increasing threat of the Demonic Cult. The affair was somber, attended only by the man's martial siblings and few select representatives from several other sects.

Standing among the sea of pink, Tang Bo's eyes remained dry as the hours went by with the crowd slowly decreasing until eventually all that stood between Tang Bo and Cheong Myeong were the empty silence and the cold, damp soil under which the man—what they could find left of him that is—rested.

A warm hand on his left shoulder pulls Tang Bo out of the haze he unknowingly found himself in. He turns around and, in a voice that fell flat even to his ears, greets, "Sect Leader Cheong Mun."

The older man has clearly seen better days. Red-rimmed eyes, slightly unkempt hair, and more lines on his face than when Tang Bo saw him last, clearly the man had not taken the death of his younger brother well. He was the only one who could pull Tang Bo away from Cheong Myeong's gravestone.

The trek back to the Sect Leader's residence was filled with a sense of disquiet; their mutual grief made it difficult to break the invisible wall between them.

Cheong Mun has Tang Bo sit in front of him as he pulls out a small chest of letters. With slightly unsteady hands, the man hands him a letter from Cheong Myeong. It was part of the pile of written messages that Cheong Myeong left on the Sect Leader's desk before he left Mount Hua with no other explanation.

Six months. Cheong Mun prayed for Cheong Myeong's return. He had sent out multiple missives and personal letters to various major and minor sects in the hopes of catching Cheong Myeong and bringing him back to their sect. Instead, what returned was rumors of one man single-handedly tearing through the Demonic Cult's ranks.

And, at the end of those six months, all that returned of Cheong Myeong after the Demonic Cult finally fell silent was news of his death and the broken shards of his sword.

Tang Bo could recall the moment with vivid clarity as Cheong Jin, devastating grief marring his features, fell to the ground in front of Cheong Mun and a visiting Tang Bo. His hands bled with how he clutched at the pieces of Cheong Myeong's broken swords and the burnt green ribbon that was stained in dried blood.

The sharp clack of Cheong Mun's chest closing draws Tang Bo away from those memories.

His eyes shift down to the letter, without even reading it, he could tell that Cheong Myeong had written it in a rush. The words that marked the letter as his sprawled across the page with some letters having been smudged in the haste it was written. These were all but Cheong Myeong's last words to him. He wants to read it. He doesn't want to read it.

Cheong Mun silently slides him a letter opener. Tang Bo knows the man also wants to know what had been written for Tang Bo. Cheong Mun's letter was filled with gratefulness and apologies from Cheong Myeong. There were no explanations from him. They hoped Tang Bo's letter would give them more clarity.

Trembling as his eyes passed over the words, Tang Bo's breath is pulled out of his lungs as if he had been struck by a painful punch. The paper in Tang Bo's hands crumples before it flutters uselessly to the ground—and with it, any doubts that Tang Bo had about his hyung-nim's actions leading to his death.

I was promised a life for a life. Tang Bo, I hope this time you live well. Travel the world for me.

Tang Bo's eyes fall shut and when he reopens them, he returns to the present. A beautiful view that greets him and him alone. In another lifetime, Tang Bo would have really liked seeing this view with Cheong Myeong.

[rjschoicesstuff]

Did a trade with @rosesnink and this is my part of it hehe! I always rly enjoy drawing Brienne, bonus points for getting to draw her with one of her kids, Arianwyn. I always loveee drawing lil kids haha 😭🫶

Inspo/ref pic under the cut!

[baerryjj]

Art trade with @flayedone09975 !!! Haven't posted anything in a bit but pollyanna be upon ye

[wollerjoseph]

yay more baby leaf fraser content!! he’s so cutesie!!😍

[tlgtw]

I don't have any evidence but I feel there a palpable sense of 'desperation' among waifu-brained FromSoft fans who are trying to deal with a game that is not very interested in catering to them.

Certainly there are no female characters who are sexualized themselves, with Malenia, Ranni, and Fia being the most obvious examples of this, their being almost completely unsexualized.

Malenia is a broad-shouldered woman who literally does not have sexual organs, and Ranni who we outright see naked at the end of her questline has a featureless body of cracked ceramics and rope.

It's atypical: Compared to Dark Souls 1 especially the difference is really apparent. (Quelaag, her sister, and Gwynevere off the top of my head)

And you've noticed it, too, right?

That 'desperation' in the shit fanart and posts I'm talking about?

A lot of people appear unwilling to accept those facts for Elden Ring's prominent female characters. (Like outside of wishing to fuck them they're just unfamiliar with drawing or talking about those characters.)

It's arguable even that Elden Ring has no waif-like characters whatsoever. (Although the likes of Roderika and Hyetta dispute this, their lack of popularity notwithstanding.)

A first since even Sekiro had Emma, with Emma's character being a woman who was evidently far too normal to have ever been considered a waifu, despite her having more lines and screentime than the Doll, the Firekeeper, and more, combined!

If this pattern continues with the female characters introduced in the DLC, I wonder what we'll see, then xd.

[pinkfey]

i may be obsessed.

[evilhorse]

Marvel Masterpieces cards #7: Black Knight

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Rabbit and Rabbot

During a lunch together in Spiral Hill village, Vanilla's learned that Bunnie's not really got any parents of her own; she had just shown up one day when she was little and was raised at an orphanage. So naturally, she decides to fix this herself - if Bunnie's not got a rabbit mom of her own, SHE will be the rabbit mom! Of course, picking her up and walking off with her is just a bit of a playful tease; meanwhile, Bunnie's husband Antoine is inspecting a shiny sword that a traveling crow is offering up for sale, and Sally's getting the village tour from Tangle and Whisper! Just wanted to draw a cute interaction between Vanilla and Bunnie initially, but the picture ended up getting a biiiit bigger than that in the end!

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[crane-scissors]

I am NOT Sevika's controversial young girlfriend.

I am her age appropriate WIFE!

Do not ship!!! We are MARRIED!!!

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