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[cerastes]

top 5 brazilian pizzas you've witnessed

But the number 1 brazilian """""pizza""""" is this one on the principle that it just

includes a whole ass rotisserie chicken.

[aresmarked]

just came across your blog, love your writing!! if you're still taking requests, fiammetta/exusiai and "holding them as if they’re protecting the other from the world as they’re snuggled up at their side."? either way, really good stuff!!

Thank you for the kind words.

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Andoain gone, Lemuen getting treatment, and Mostima away.... when reality falls onto Lemuel's shoulders, bewildered and unknowing of what broke it all apart, only Fiammetta is there.

She's not close the way the sisters are, not the way Mostima and Lemuel are.

But she offers her shoulder, arm behind Lemuel's back, and the young girl lingers there until she can smile again.

[dlartistanon]

Oh that's why Gravel is Like That

It's impossible to tell with Gravel because prairie dogs kiss to say hello and the one time I chose the option to flirt with her she gets like this

But yes, Gravel is The Silly Horny

[sharkgirldick]

correct me if i'm wrong but judging by those reblogs

you are of the opinion trans girls are cute

is this correct

TRANS GIRLS ARE CUTE AS HELL. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

[akakris10]

thank u friend for drawing Poncirus and Warfy so soon. you're a hero

No youre the hero for making that post. god bless it put all the inspiration into my head

[kc5rings]

I used all my brainpower on nearl

i wanna draw hoshijaye but i can't come up with anything

you know what's up, what do ya think

Jaye has a habit of picking up part time jobs, this time it’s as an escort and his first client is a tall charming Oni who keeps him pouring drinks all night

[burstfoot]

the reblog spam was much appreciated

have uuuuuh

exia

AWWW THANK YOU!!!

[innovatorbunny]

I just noticed that in the animation HG commissioned from Temmie

She didn't draw Gavials dreads and just gave her the hair she's supposed to have

Kind of fucking hilarious, even Temmie didn't want it

i have not seen the animation in question but i do not blame temmie, if i had to draw gavials white woman dreads i would have burst into flames

[arkiwii]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @annierosaart !! FIAEXU UPON YE

[cerastes]

reminder that in Executors (normal) second oprec, Arturia uses her arts to convince someone "hey. you know that driving a car thing into someone you REALLY wanna do"

"do it to my brother :)"

I love her

Oh that's not being a heinous criminal, that's just what having siblings is like.

[whooiew]

FiaExu Birthday Gift

Its @annierosaart's Bday today :salute:

[lauren-ce]

Nian and Lava do a sleazy porno~

Thanks again to @annierosaart for the incredible workskin and formatting help!

[sharkgirldick]

Your vibes are immaculate

Why thank you!

[zeravmeta]

Super Sankta 2 Exu sounds like an excellent idea Zerav. For maximum meme, she's a John Wick style Guard- just uses guns to bash in people's skulls.

Super Sankta 2 Exu whose going John Wick style on people is funny but my concept for Exia Alter was always based on like, the concept that Skadi Alter first introduced that we all thought at the time was gonna be the standard fare for alters

My Ultimate Sankta vs Exia 3 concept was based around the idea of a "Bad End" Exia the way Skadi Alter is, where Exia would be further mechanized ala Executor and become an emotionless seraphim-type unit who would essentially be the ultimate Sankta weapon. This would happen as the result of Laterano having some kind of big event that would cause them to pull all remaining Sankta from all corners of Terra for their promised day of ascension where they would leave Terra and all its problems behind, with certain Sankta (Like Exia) essentially being the vanguards and protectors of these people (I essentially just took the idea of the Rapture and assigned it to the Sankta), with the event concept in question being Penguin Logistics invading this holy land to save their girl.

So like. you can imagine how hard ive been popping off with all the new lore reveals we've gotten over the past 2 years. That said, this concept is a little outdated, and just leaving it at that would be no fun

So here's my pitch for how Exia Alter 4: The Quest For Peace would go with modern foresight (added read more because reasons)

The Popes basement computer in Zwillingsturme just let out a directive that they need to gather their best Sankta to fight against the end of the world. This is in conjunction with the last few events squarely tying together Iberia's Seaborn plotline with both Laterano and Siracusa and their dividing faiths. Now, all of this is in conjunction with the hints we've been getting that Penguin Logistics is going to split up (Lappland and Mostima have already flown the coop, and currently the rest are in Siracusa helping Texas the Amogus, but that will likely not last especially bc Exia's own anniversary line all but majorly hints at this split happening because they all got different stuff going on)

If Penguin Logistics splits, Exia will well and truly be left without a support system.

Now, Exia has always been kind of off as far as Sankta go, because for all intents and purposes she shouldn't be out of place: We see just how Sankta tend to act in Guide Ahead, and Exia didn't really seem all that different. Yet, when we look at her history and actions (she was basically kicked out, she was super accident prone which made other Sankta hate her, as part of Penguin Logistics shes constantly drunk, Texas herself says that Exia being an optimist makes her different, etc), she's actually Really different.

Almost like she has an abnormality compared to other Sankta. Me and a few others (check out @annierosaart post here) have speculated on her being different, but we also don't really know WHY: Even if she was suddenly disconnected from the Sankta empathy powers, we don't see any indication of how, and unlike Ezell we don't have any sort of 'wake-up' moment for her.

But given the weirdness about her and her lines, I think I know what the exact nature of her abnormality may be (and heres my pitch) when looking at the most relevant characters who have abnormalities, namely Executor and Arturia, because I think she falls in line with them (shameless plug to my old exia/executor buddies post):

Executor's abnormality is that his emotions are incredibly muted compared to others. He isn't heartless or emotionless, but more that his heart and mind runs on rationale and logic first and foremost, which almost disqualified him from being canonized had he also not been Laternos single most competent man because saint fedex is entirely disconnected from caring about petty things like being racist.

Arturia's abnormality is that she is receptively empathetic to the point she has nothing within her. She can remove the inhibitions of people, and this is in service to understanding them, because she lacks an understanding of herself: She has a grand dream of an empathy for the world even beyond the Sankta Empathy power, and to accomplish this she draws out the emotions that people hide. As a result, she reflects the emotions of others within herself and thus is incredibly empathetic to the point she's also lacking in emotions and a self.

Exia? I think that her abnormality is that she's too emotional, that the emotions she feels are far more amplified compared to others.

I believe this for a couple of reasons: All the weirdness surrounding her aside, whats the one thing that's always defined Exia? Her Rapid Casting EX. It's always been memed about, but simply firing a single bullet from a gun is akin to casting an Arts attack, with guns serving as a type of wand in these cases. Exia is the only character within the series whose been noted to be so fast with her arts and casting.

This post here does a phenomenal job expanding on this point, but Arts are an expression of the soul, they're influenced by emotions and become stronger with them because they are ultimately expressions of the self, which all characters in and of themselves having a "unique" arts inherent to them. Hell, all of Leithaniens arts are based around using musical expression, while Sarkaz are noted for their arts based on souls and memory, with the literal main heroine of Arknights having an empathy based arts superpower.

Exia, having Super Emotion as her Sankta halo abnormality, could explain why shes so good at gun, even without Oripathy, because said emotions are boosting her casting ability. Remember, anyone can use originum arts, it's just that oripathy is needed for them to be able to do it without a casting device.

This heightened emotion could also possibly explain her crush on Mostima, and even why Mostima is so weird/cruel about her: Mostima was simply a childhood friend alongside her and her sister, and yet when she left for Lungmen, Exia was hot on her trails and then waited 4 YEARS to be beside her and meet her again. She joined Penguin Logistics specifically because of Mostima. It's incredibly likely that Exia might have just had a small crush on her that then spiraled heavily because of this, and Mostima (with her chronic backstory-itis letting her find out that the whole Sankta and halo thing is a scam from her op files and events) might even be aware of this aspect of Exia, and may have wanted her to get over it, always leaving to try and make Exia move on but also always coming back because she needs to look after Exia. After all, if Exia had heightened extreme emotions, what are the chances she could die of grief? She already gets drunks regularly, and despite being cheerful and optimistic, Exia is wearing a mask hiding an incredibly depressed individual.

It could also be possible that the reason why Exia never noticed this is because while it doesn't let other Sankta feel her emotions, she can still feel that of others. She's always confused as to why back in Laterano people always accused her of being disingenuous, because can't they feel her emotions? Well, if she has Super Emotions, it could potentially be overloading her halo, so while she can receive signals, they can't be felt by others. Moreover, this mechanical aspect blends in well with her E2 art, where she is the single operator in the game without an animal/living motiff

Even other Sankta have birds and/or human statues and robotic elements (funnily enough, Executor Sniper only has crosses but even then he is clearly being themed as specifically an angel), but Exia? She has her guns, becoming wings as a ring forms with them. She's literally ascending while her wings become darker.

So what does all this mean?

Well, the Pope's basement bonzi buddy just sent out a directive for the Pope to gather the best Sankta to fight against the end of the world, and who else to recruit but a vulnerable, lonely Sankta who was kicked out for being TOO destructive? Exia's profile does make mention that despite appearances, she is also incredibly pious just like other Sankta, and if the Pope himself came knocking, wanting to give Exia a place back in Laterano, and in a high ranking, respected position no less?

She would jump at the chance, not only to be beside her sister (and possibly Mostima), but also to be accepted back into Laterano society.

Executors own halo has a mechanized element to it, where he also gains more parts to it when he goes from normalest man to saint fedex, so he likely underwent some kind of modification to go along with his promotion, especially because he also now carries an Nier Automata companion cube with him straight from the machine

If Exia is to be canonized, she might be adjusted in a similar way by The Law.

She might even be fully altered into becoming Laterano's perfect weapon to fight against the end of the world. The Witch King himself describes this approaching threat as a void of infinite knowledge which seeks to eliminate them, an unshakeable truth of existence that drives people insane.

The Creator must perish.

What better weapon to fight against such a thing than one who feels her own emotions so strongly she cannot be swayed? Or better yet, an equally as unshakeable, emotionless machine?

[forlorn-plushie]

Read Vigilo last night at @/annierosaart's insistence and

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thinking about Earthspirit being able to run calculations fast enough to drift the landship through a cyclone, and thinking maybe there's a connection between her creepy rock skeleton and the RI giant whale skeleton

Also Cannot Goodenough you slimy bastard, you thought-provoking rat! Thinking about how his judgement of RI is 'their existence will lead to violent conflict' and how that's opposed to Kal'tsit's and Theresa's goals of peace. Thinking about how if not for RI things might just settle into a dire state. Thinking about parallels to current pushback to progressive causes.

Also thinking about how Doc caught his ass instantly, but kept the peace, how they don't want Amiya to become jaded. I can't remember when but I think this is far from the only time we see Doc go to someone once Amiya has left, say "I know you're being a slimy bastard", and carry on. I wonder how Amiya would feel if she knew? Would she be upset? Probably! Is it for the best? Doctor clearly thinks as much, and I can see why, but would Kal or Theresa agree?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa

The rest was also great but I got up to use the restroom after Spes and I had. many thoughts. At ungodly hours of the night but also instead of just DMing them I can post them

Go read Vigilo (honestly Arknights' stories haven't had a hard miss yet, but this vignette is REAL GOOD in particular)

[burstfoot]

Currently attempting a The Last Knight run with the bears

God help Rosa.

I would say you’re Ursus’ strongest soldier but that’s the Emperor’s Blade. Best of luck it’s gonna be tough