#Year of the Falin

[nekojenw]

Saw a sign at a bookstore recently about Dungeon Meshi that said:

"Year of the dragon? More like year of the elf." and it had a few pics of Marcille around it. Was it cute? Sure, but what a WASTED OPPORTUNITY!!

Could have said. "Year of the Dragon? More like Year of the Falin!"

SHE IS A DRAGON, LIKE COME ON!!!!

[parientou]

big brother duties are never over

[ciearcab]

gouache falin

[aguar4guazu]

completely normal family portrait

[deathflare]

i love her

[saeiken]

🍴🍴🍴🍴

i really like how the lineart came out so here it is on its own :>

[tumatawa]

[chibigaia-art]

desire

[wombrion]

she sucks at preening

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The Dungeon Meshi crew 'leap' into action!

[kaereth]

Some good good Farcille for a kofi request!

[gretashand]

at that point in the year where im tryna convince myself i still know how to draw

also the animation features in clip aint bad

[kensatou]

happy year of the dragon from this guy…

[wheatormeat]

I started this around September 2023 anticipating to finish it for dunmeshi's finale! But things got hectic! Here is the finished product to celebrate anime airing day; 2024 is truly the year of dunmeshi!

[flawlessflesh]

infinity au falin and thistle sketches.

falin is physically affectionate with her friends, but thistle isn't used to that kind of thing so at first he's startled like in canon when faligon was kind to him, but he doesn't hate it and eventually they get to the point of casual embraces and lounging around together backstage before shows. all of this is strange for yaad to witness bc he perceives thistle as an unapproachable, volatile person that you can't take liberties with.

[catmask]

for me at least, theres always been a really stark divide in the 'child character is the main antagonist' sort of stories.

on one hand. theres stories that rely on the shock factor of a child being evil, because we're supposed to believe that kids arent capable of that sort of thing. i guess its supposed to be frightening but the novelty always wears off really quickly for me.

i think 'a child is the villain' always lands most successfully for me when a kid is given power beyond their years (either by adults around them or otherwise supernatural/societal forces) and then everyone is floored when they arent exactly responsible with that power. and sometimes theyre even selfish! not because that kid is evil, but because theyre a kid.. acting like a kid would in their situation.

it means that any sort of story that follows requires a protagonist to reason with someone who may not even understand the harm theyre doing, or worse - not have the life lived to understand why they should care in the first place. and also, i think watching what happens when u have an destructive force seeking comforts that any child deserves doing whatever they can to have those things is (to me) much more interesting than 'child who is fucked up and evil for no reason but being born that way actually'