#anyways exploding him with my mind

[teenagemutantninjatrauma]

Every time I try to draw Stockman I have to collect ref pictures all over again because my organization skills are abhorrent but enough is ENOUGH !! Gonna just go through all his scenes and get a massive wall of cropped screenshots like those insane collections that Rise fans make, because I admire them SO much for that. Never again is there an angle on those characters I wouldn’t have a reference for.

[gummidon]

Modeling my bill plushie to draw.. bill

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[shelfperson]

gabriel is horrible stinky etc but i do support gay wrongs. i do support gay wrongs.

[castleofravens]

my irl friend who exclusively is in the insta & tiktok kotlc fandom looks at me like i’ve lost my mind when i say my favorite character is fintan… or when i say i like fitz and keefe equally…

[capricioussun]

☀️ and Boss, if you're still taking these?

Ya ya, always happy to ramble abt my guys <3

☀️ (sun) - What’s your character like at their best?

Hmmm, a very interesting one for Boss. I swear I'm not trying to be pedantic, but that largely depends on definition of 'best'. His idea of best? Snare's? Morally? Happiest?

I guess, in a general like, daily life sense, when all is going well and he’s at the top of his game, he's very...relaxed, seeming. Everything in his life is sort of like clockwork, it's down to a science, everything in its place how it should be, his own role etched out perfectly for him to step into.

With everything functioning so smoothly, he'd just go about business as usual, but he'd have a flow about him. Casual almost, calm, a little charming. He keeps up on work, exercise, socializing, "sleep", incredibly efficient and seemingly unfazed by any roadblocks that arise.

Really, he’s an unemotional guy, and that sort of 'just right' contentment is predominately what he and Snare strive for. Conflict or unexpected changes are just a headache more than anything, and it's especially a pain in his neck when it's a big enough deal he has to handle it publicly.

At his best, he’s unfailingly efficient, levelheaded, and well kempt.

But that's far from his own idea of best, and even farther still from his happiest. He’s incredibly smart, for better and for worse, and that means he gets bored very incredibly easily. That clashes pretty hard with being a mob boss though, because the only place he can channel it is work, and they're not usually the ones who stir up trouble of their own volition, never mind he wouldn't enjoy that anyway.

Snare keeps that in check, being the main plan guy and all, and Boss has definitely gotten a better handle on it as he's gotten older, but this poor dude is like a captive tiger pacing his enclosure. The guy needs some enrichment. That isn't crime.

[ruvviks]

'You really just can't fuckin' quit me, can you?' Vitali scoffed, nostrils flaring on exhale and the smoke of his cigarette stung in his nose as his eyes followed Nick's frantic pacing back and forth through the tunnel. 'Assuming I ever was addicted to you in the first place,' he said in return, tilting his head up in defense when Nick's gaze snapped in his direction. 'It means nothing anymore, Nick— you ruined everything for me. There is nothing left for us now.'

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[tomaturtles]

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse - Ch. 20

[pinksepia]

“What are you smiling for”

[guinevereslancelot]

just got kissed for the first time in over a decade 😵‍💫

[princessdarth-vader]

the fact that riz worked so hard to keep straight A+ grades all year only in the matter of like, a week to complete two nigh impossible tasks to, essentially, ensure all that work didn't matter and ace his grades anyway would legitimately keep me up at night at his age. I hope he gets like, a fucking medal or something. or, yknow, more cash from the school. he deserves it

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

(*Breaks into your inbox* WELL. I guess I'm starting on drawing some comic fragments for my arcs! I won't send you every single fragment I'll draw, but I felt like dropping angst on you today. >: ) )

(NOO MY BABY BOY, MY SWEET CHEESE, MY SILLY RABBIT, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO BE SAD /lh

I am so excited to see where this goes! There's already so much emotion and details here!)

[nato-obenkrieger]

can i come over and stare at you like this

[glassdecanters]

dick grayson aka “my playlist consists of mitski and 80′s rock and i will be performing this medley for you at any times i have my headphones in and you will gradually begin to worry for my mental state”

[skitskatdacat63]

I literally can't stop thinking about this sequence of pictures, actually completely brainrotting me