#Zanza

[deathamaranth]

xenoblade 1 doodle dump because i love this game so much and miss it dearly

[leelingart]

these are a few years old but xenoblade doodle dump I never shared here

[jinxekkotimebomb]

What I love about Shulk's characterisation across Xenoblade Chronicles 1 is the way he doesn't fit any of the norms JRPG protagonists tend to have. He's on a journey due to a need for vengeance instilled in him from years of grooming and with nothing else to live for beyond that.

Shulk is awkward and clearly neurodivergent coded in how he perceives the world and his fixations but also how he struggles with a lot of the social situations he ends up in if not for the support of Dunban, Reyn and others he'd be lost and would go further into his isolation.

Once Shulk learns the truth about the Monado and the Mechon he starts to question himself and whether he's right in his beliefs. He wants to learn more about the world, who he is as a person and also avoid creating endless conflict in the way the world was designed.

Zanza grooms Shulk to become his vessel and fed his belief and need for vengeance. Shulk realises this once he finally met Machina and spoke to them, he learned they were normal people just like Homs. Shulk struggles with how the world truly is and wants to change that.

Shulks act of defiance during the end of Xenoblade 1 is a way of reclaiming his own identity as well as the freedom for all Homs and Mechon alike. Shulk's journey is a path of acceptance and discovery that continues on even throughout Xenoblade 3 and Future Redeemed.

The mature, but mentally scarred Shulk we see in Xenoblade 3 shows the development Shulk made for himself over time. He took in the lessons of those he idealised like Dunban and wished to become someone his son and others could look upto.

I love Shulk's character so much and he's a big attachment from my childhood which affects me even now. Xenoblade series has so much depth and it's a series many people can grow to love through it's diverse cast of characters.

[nah-id-eat-dungeon-food]

The fighterrrrr (I spent way too long on this dumb piece and I'm not even that big of a fan of jojos)

[deebyfeeby]

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights

But you yourself are nothing so divine

[iemongems]

zanza with earrings

[trunswicked]

“Must you look SO much like her???”

[yurasart]

commission

[captainharlock]

God was silent.

                   Everything was SILENT.

I lay back down in the snow.

poem by frank bidart

[wouldyourfavepaychildsupport]

[karihanart]

monad

a xenoblade swords tattoo-inspired design based on the gnostic symbol of "monad".

[mochipicchu776]

Happy 1 Year to Xenoblade Chronicles Future Redeemed!

The Klaus saga has ended, so let us celebrate the beginning and the end.

[foxchainart]

Zanza and picktish stones

So this is a picktish stone, which was made by the Picts in 6th-9th century Britain. There's no translation for the stones, and sadly it's a culture that's been mostly lost to history. But when I stumbed on this picture honestly my first thought was "omg that looks like Zanza," and since the Giant culture in Xenoblade 1 was also lost and only has really old ruins it also just makes sense? Anyways I was excited and now you can be too

[jinxekkotimebomb]

Dickson and Shulk's dynamic in Xenoblade 1 is honestly one of my favorite parts about the game. Dickson takes in Shulk to help groom him into becoming Zanza's new vessel, it wasn't out of love. Regardless of that he raised Shulk pretty well.

Whether it was intentional or not, the game implies Dickson did genuinely grow to love Shulk as a son but feels his higher calling and role is more important. Despite that he guides Shulk throughout the game until he has to reveal his true intentions and form.

Dickson and Shulk's dynamic is so complex and interesting. Boiling it down to just, 'Dickson used Shulk' ruins the complexity of the dynamic and it's just really interesting and gets me emotionally when you look at the full picture.

[vertraumen]

to the ones who started it all

happy (belated) anniversary to xenoblade chronicles definitive edition

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Am I reading too far into it or are Zanza and Meyneth’s human names made out of the names of their respective mortals from Xenoblade 1?

Klaus: Shulk backwards (kluhS -> Klaus)

Galea: either a feminized version of an anagram of Egil (gilE + a -> Galea) or a remix of both Egil and Vanea’s names gil + ea -> Galea