#also DS kind of

[airoarts]

[Image description: A digital painting of several different incarnations of Link from the Legend of Zelda series, drawn from the shoulders up. The first image is the full picture, and the other two are close-ups. From left to right: CDI Link, who is flashing an open-mouth smile and gripping the shoulders of Toon Link; Toon Link, who looks very uncomfortable at CDI Link's presence; Breath of the Wild Link (in the blue champion tunic), who is giving CDI Link a suspicious glance; Link from Link's Awakening, who also resembles the earliest incarnations of Link, smiling with his lips parted; Skyward Sword Link, who is giving a neutral smile; Young Link from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, who is also smiling with his chin tilted up slightly; Adult Link from Ocarina of Time who is holding up said ocarina and wearing a neutral expression; and both Human and Wolf Link from Twilight Princess, the former of which is smiling to show fangs and holding the latter like he's his dog and not himself. The lighting is rather neutral and the background is a simple light blue. End ID.]

awkward family photos. i've wanted to do one of these for a long time that specifically includes cdi link because he is conspicuously left out of "link compilations" from other artists that i've seen (🤨)

[nebulanightsky]

CAN YOU DRAW DS INK SOMETIME?! (No pressure!) YOUR ART IS INCREDIBLE. AAAHH I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

SURE! No pressure at all :D (matter fact Ds ink is one of my favs) I do sometimes draw him on my sketchpad

Forgive me for the quality (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

[slabime]

uhmmm i wasn't really planning on posting these public(embarrassed ab my ideas+theyre so messy) but I felt like I might as well bc my friend my awesome compatriot @vixendoe made a fic based on it so. looks at you w my big wet eyes.(read right->left. sorry. English is my 1st lang im just Left Handed.😔)

and a snall bonus:

[onebizarrekai]

if I had a nickel for everytime I made randy 10 years older, I'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

fatal flaws creepypasta family! in theory. they're not creepy or pasta anymore. they're just chillin

if you remember back when I first made them, bobby's tag was dust bunny for a while. I had nonchalantly come up with it and quickly replaced it. but it actually vibes, so I snatched it up.

[aboutmercy]

thinking about how dongsik and joowon are the inverse of each other. thinking about joowon's journey realizing that blood is not thicker than water, ties can be severed from abusive family members (no matter how painful that is) and that among many things, his father's cruelty is what took away and destroyed dongsik's family who actually were a positive force in his life. many things about beyond evil appeal to me, but i mainly want to put a pin on the central themes of the show, particularly the failures of adults and parental figures, how that ripples through the lives of their successors in an especially vicious and self-destructive manner. this is a commonality found between multiple characters in the show (minjeong, joowon and jeongje) - but i want to put emphasis on joowon's struggle with this because his path to freedom was walked to completion, in comparison to minjeong whose life was cut short and jeongje who we part with carrying the painful knowledge that he may never achieve absolution, as his journey has only begun.

the show, technically starts at the beginning of joowon's journey/arc. unfamiliarity and discomfort force him to adapt and self-reflect, because the only way joowon was able to free himself was by breaking every rule his father set for him, going beyond his selfish confines and breaking down the walls he built. joowon is unable to get his physical body dirty, he is emotionally closed-off and is incapable of understanding why the people in manyang, particularly dongsik, would look out for anyone other than themselves. he is selfish, rigid, guilt-ridden and bashful; but it is exposure to dongsik's unwavering faith in and patience for others (for jeongje, for sangbae, for the people of manyang that have wronged him for years) that erode his harsh edges. dongsik, although not without flaws and contrary to what his outer appearance and manner of speech radiate, is kind and forgiving. that kindess, that forgiveness, as well as joowon's own guilt and shame is essential to getting him to a point where he is comfortable bloodying his hands, his clothes, and his face to protect dongsik (+ jihwa and her partner. to protect his friends).

dongsik recognizes joowon's pain too ("i know what it's like to be blamed for something you didn't do"). he sees his guilt, it's not inordinate to what joowon's done per se but a large portion of it brings so much shame to joowon ("please, stop doing unnecessary things out of guilt.") how could i have been so self-righteous when the man who bore me is responsible for so much misery? how do i rectify this, how do i absolve myself from the guilt? all dilemmas joowon grapples with, and dongsik, knowing pain and shame all too well does not grant joowon mercy when he is bowed down, forehead to cuffed hands while joowon's own are also cupping dongsik's, begging for it. mercy is letting joowon go, it's lifting the burden of responsibility off his shoulders - but instead, dongsik’s final request ensures that joowon truly atones ("i ask you to arrest me" - "no, how could i do that? i have no right") by informing him that the only way to live with guilt is to try and do right by the people who expect something from him. "joowon-ah", dongsik says as he softly picks up joowon's clenched fist, the look they share informs joowon that going through with the arrest is how he'll do dongsik right. it's what dongsik, his now friend, expects from him. that's what their final scene as partners is all about, in my opinion.

and something good does come out of dongsik's firm but tender confrontation. joowon gradually becomes a better person who seeks community and whose life, in return, is enriched by the friends that forming community gave him. dongsik and joowon's parting is bittersweet, but in letting joowon know that his actions matter to others and that he is wanted and expected by others - (jihwa, as part of the larger collective whose feelings towards joowon are influenced by dongsik's, texts him and checks in - that expectation to show up and empathy for when he does not respond is an invitation letting him know that there is a place for him if he chooses to occupy any) - dongsik sets him free.

[vibinsane]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 affinity 98,,, can't believe how close it is to 100

[random-meme-bot]

My Nintendo Direct Impressions

Pretty freaking fantastic!

[bonkalore]

I always wanted to do a pic when he first got that horn broken lol Wasn’t pretty. Tried 2 versions with the eyes since I did want him conscious while it happened but he probably switched over to feral mode pretty soon after. Was an ugly fight.

Had to look it up to make sure, but horns do very much bleed and do not work like antlers. There’s nerves and veins that run into it and if it’s deep enough into that it will be messy and it will hurt.

I also am gonna say that I’m just gonna be tagging my AU for this just as “Bleeding Magic AU” bc the song Bleed Magic by IDKHOW is one of the reasons I ended up thinking more about his character in the first place and I think it just kind of fits! 😂

[slavonicrhapsody]

It is time for the crossover question. So first (and kinda most important) how do you think Ornstein from Dark Souls would react to Radahn’s armor. They both have lion themed armors after all. And second how well the royal families of Dark Souls and Elden Ring would get along ?

ok I’m sooooo sorry but the most I’ve played of dark souls was when I started the game last summer determined to go in completely blind and I ended up fighting and dying to skeletons for like an hour and my reward for finally making it through was a sword I couldn’t even use then I finally broke down and googled a guide and it was like you shouldn’t be touching those skeletons until you’re like level 40 or something and I was like ok so there’s something wrong with me. then I did the first area but I had to stop playing because I went to grad school

anyway basically my knowledge of dark souls lore begins and ends with the opening cutscene so I’m appealing to my followers on this one… please leave some comments or reblogs!

I can tell you how radahn would react to ornstein’s armor though I feel like he’d simultaneously be like wtf that looks sick as hell are you also part of the godfrey fanclub but he’d also be kind of threatened because he needs to be the most specialest godfrey fan in the world and also this guy is even stealing his signature flaming red mane like huh???

[sysig]

It started with a whisper ♥ (Patreon)

[sonknuxadow]

sorry i lied im not playing through the entire rest of sonic riders any time soon i am bad at video games . peace and love

[citrusinicake]

edit: just realized i forgot to put the timelapse whoops

[goddess-reborn]

Also since I have no pet names to post today, maybe accept this WIP of Rafayel instead? 🤭🙈

It’s obviously not done yet and it’s not in my own style just yet either, but I wanted to try and get his features down first so he’ll actually be recognizable when I try and draw him in my own style (i say this like I know what my own style even looks like lmao) 🥲

[lennsart]

LUtober Day 16 : Spirit

The real reason why Train Boy isn't here : he couldn't get his train to work :(

I wasn't very inspired for the prompt, and then I remembered Spirit is kind of the unofficial nickname for the Link from Spirit Tracks if he was in LU ? So there he is !

Transcription :

- Uh, Link ? There's a weird portal in front of the castle's doors...

- Can it wait, Zel ? I'm having a problem...

[sweetandglovelyart]

Might be showing my age a little bit here, but did any of you guys also play Super Princess Peach on the DS when you were kids? It was one of my favorite DS games when I was younger, and the impending release of Princess Peach Showtime has gotten me thinking about it again. I still have my cartridge for it, and I also still have the original case and instruction booklet that came with it.

Even after all these years it still works too! Can’t believe that this game is almost twenty years old!

[ozmatippetarius]

like I think most players, I really wish that AWL had included the rival system and in particular have always been sad that Marlin Matthew and Celia never went anywhere, but I also really like considering exactly how cursed and dysfunctional a Rock/Lumina marriage would be.

Like, these are two people who latched onto each other from a complete dearth of other people in their age range to relate to.

Romana absolutely wouldn't approve and Rock would have absolutely no intention of committing, so it would have to be a shotgun wedding.

Lumina has totally romanticized the idea of a nuclear family that she never got to have, and she... would not get that.

Neither of them will ever work.

I'm of the opinion that marriage to the farmer makes Rock significantly better because he admires their work ethic and does his best to match their energy (as well as he can...) but marriage to Lumina would absolutely make him so much worse. Especially if she tries the whole "I'm going to be a perfect wife and mother" that she does with the farmer... he would become such a dick.

They'd fight once a week.

Their kid would be a complete nightmare.