#arcane and androids

[thegoldenherd]

sketch of my Major Blue Dragon species

...as opposed to their cousins, the Minor Blue Dragons, which are based on velociraptors, and I am yet to draw.

the biggest inspiration for Major Blur Dragons was the Quetzalcoatlus, as I thought it was the best real-world reference for a large flying creature (they're so vindicating for dragon lovers). And like the Quetzalcoatlus, Major Blues are fish-eating and mainly live on cliff shores.

having my dragons be six-limbed has the fun perk of allowing me to give a creature wings and hands without the functions competing for space like they do on Owlba arms.

unlike my Black, Red, and Green Dragons, both Major and Minor Blue Dragons walk in an upright posture, which allows them to use their hands like we do. this gives them an advantage to civilization building over other species, and so they can be found all over the continent.

requested by @the-kirbe-anon <3

[noodles-and-tea]

Arcane: become human

[thegoldenherd]

This is Logis!

His option on the poll isn't posted yet and won't be for a while, so I'll have to give all the information on him that I have.

I'm afraid I can't really linearly separate character information from world lore, so this may read a little weird...

the life and legal status of Androids in the Lazuli Empire (the one described in Adrian and Clair's entries) is complicated. for this setting they are people, but since the only way to make them is to build them, finding a balance between keeping android manufacturing profitable enough so they don't die out while restricting it enough to keep them ethically treated is so tricky even androids are divided on it.

selling generic models (like Clair) is allowed, but they're granted independence after 18 years. what most people consider the most ethical option to be is to build them yourself, which Logis was.

Logis is basically a super-computer hidden in a clock-making droid built to help the Night Lights' mission of exposing government secrets.

Another one of the big BIG, issues with Android life is that they're all constantly tracked. removing trackers is illegal. androids often get damaged or contract viruses from trojans when they try to get trackers removed by scammers.

so when Logis isn't making clocks or investigating cases, he works as a doctor/mechanic for androids dealing with trackers and other problems they can't get fixed conventionally.

Most androids can feel a wide range of emotion, but Logis doesn't, and he doesn't have much in the way of personal beliefs or morals (aside from what he was programmed with) either. So while he's generally very kind, it's really just because he doesn't care to be mean.

but he does have interests and passions! he appreciates art, especially mathematical art, to the point where he has a Barnsley Fern engraving on his back.

the exact plot beat is still being worked on, but eventually he experiences an awakening that radically changes him, and he starts holding morals and beliefs and even experiencing more emotions.

OC PROPAGANDA!!! I WANT OC PROPAGANDA RIGHT NOW! Everyone show me the oc blorbo!!! I gotta know everyone's OCS tell me why you're spinning them around in your head!!! I want propaganda!!!

Please and thank you 🙏

[astral-prawn]

Remember how I mentioned Metal Sonic x Shadow Android

[thisbellrings]

[dirtyratgirl]

In honor of tiktok getting banned here's one of my favorite edits ever

I'll probably end up posting more cause I literally have a folder of 300😖

[runicsurvivorfissure]

Happy birthday to you CRAZY DANCE🎸🛠️🛠️🛠️🔧⬆️

[thegoldenherd]

Alrighty, fun art time!

A simple apron. it doesn't cover much, but is one of the easiest things for me to design

Hooded Poncho + skirt. Ponchos would be very common, the near equivalent of a T-shirt even.

A dress! The hood would fit right over it if extra warms was ever needed.

and finally...

...pants. They look pretty embarrassing to me as they can't cover their butts, but these would be useful as undergarments for a skirt if they needed even more warmth.

They're all feathered sure, but the lever of fluff varies from tribe to tribe, and they don't all live in the same temperature climate, so warmth would still be appreciated.

For maximum warmth, I'd stack the pants, dress, and hood.

Why is it whenever we design really non-humananoid or animal-like races, we’re always having them wear no clothes? Why do we assume the human form is the only form that could possibly make clothing work? Just because centaurs would find pants problematic, that means they wouldn’t invent dresses? Just because the dragon-people have wings for arms, they can’t have togas and shorts? Just because a creature is a tentacle monster or has a hard carapace, they have no sense of modesty? Give me alien/fantasy/anthro fashion, dangit!

[thegoldenherd]

I found my stylus again!

to celebrate, here's Logis getting stuck in a sweater.

his fingers are needle thin and pass between the fibers.

transparent versions where you can see more Logis:

[noodles-and-tea]

Just some more thoughts on that jayvik dbh au

[altrxisme]

/deep breath/ one verse at a time, one verse at a time, one verse at a time, one—

[celira]

also: at this point any time you install a free app, you should check your settings for dogwhistles that they're selling your data or using it for AI - some words to look for are around "personalization", "enhancement", or "training". most of the time, there's a toggle you can turn off. Tumblr has one, most social media networks (IG, Twitter, LinkedIn, you name it) - the rabbithole runs deep.

remember! if an app is free, you are the product!

Oh _lovely_. Everyone go turn this off:

Enhanced Visual Search in Photos allows you to search for photos using landmarks or points of interest. Your device privately matches places in your photos to a global index Apple maintains on our servers. We apply homomorphic encryption and differential privacy, and use an OHTTP relay that hides [your] IP address. This prevents Apple from learning about the information in your photos. You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General.

[staff]

Tumblr! They’re here. Communities are finally here. 

Communities are a new and easy way to connect with the people on Tumblr who get it. You can invite mutuals who share your obsessions to a private Community or start a public Community for the things you love and watch all the new friends pile in. Like a clown car, Communities can fit (almost) as many people in ‘em as you want.

Today, we’re hatching Communities out of their beta shell and launching them at your collective Tumblr experience—for you to enjoy and tinker with as we continue to build them out. We’re talking globally, on web, iOS, and Android. Buckle up, baby. We’re going to be so normal about this.

You can make a Community for just about anything. Art. Gravity Falls. Knitting. Your current D&D campaign. Photography. Obscure ships. The gay people in your phone. Music. Science. Fashion. Design. Baldur’s Gate 3. You’re the wielder of your own destiny. And, thanks to our delightful early testing users, there are already so many for you to join. Hazbin Hotel? Check. Arcane? Check. The Phandom? Check, check, check.

How do you get started? 

You can browse Communities over here. 

Find specific Communities by tapping the Communities tab at the top of the search results page.

Want to create your very own Community? Right this way, maestro.

Here’s a help doc for any questions you might have.

We’re excited to see what you do with this. Go forth, hang out, have fun.

[yuurei20]

Updated Ortho Facts Part 20: Ortho, Malleus and Lightning

Malleus and Ortho do not interact often, and mostly in a Halloween vignette where Ortho uses his database to help Malleus decide on what Diasomnia should wear for their Halloween costumes.

With Ortho’s assistance Malleus decides on longs (“a dragon-like creature from the Far East, revered by humans”), acknowledging that while he is grateful for Ortho’s help, he has “no idea how he did what he did.”

Ortho says that Malleus has told him stories about the Thorn Fairy that he didn’t know, and he is happy to have learned information that isn’t available online.

“Lightning” is what Ortho has listed as his most disliked thing on his profile, and it is briefly referenced in Wish Upon a Star. In Book 6, Ortho is taken out by Thunder spears.

Ortho has a voice line about how he would have to be careful if he met the Thorn Fairy, as he would short circuit if she were to call down lightning out of anger.

Ortho says that he would choose Malleus to go with him to a deserted island out of all the school’s students, because he has heard that the weather on islands can be unpredictable but Malleus is powerful enough to be able to handle lightning strikes: “And I think if I asked nicely, he'd be willing to protect me from them.”

When they meet in Book 7, the over-blotted Malleus greets Ortho with a lightning strike.

Ortho says that Malleus’ magic was able to easily pierce the anti-magic material that is his STYX-developed anti-magic armor plating.

Malleus’ spell takes Ortho’s technomantic cameras and circuits offline so that he cannot transfer in any other gear he has at the school.

When they meet in Malleus’ domain Ortho mocks him with, “One of the top five mages in the world? Ancient magic and arcane realms? I'm not impressed,” which Malleus soon throws back at him, defeating Ortho in a battle and responding, “This is truly the apex of humanity's technological might? I'm not impressed.”

(The Chief Engineer takes issue with Malleus turning Ortho’s mockery back on humanity.)

Malleus decides to obliterate Ortho, taking out one of Ortho’s Cerberus androids instead. Upon his second attempt Malleus’ attack misses and Ortho reflects, “It's almost like his CPU is overloaded and his processing power dropped…”

Malleus’ third attempt to kill Ortho takes out the second Cerberus android, instead.

[oxenfreeao3]

LSTR-512

MNHR-516

So I had an idea.

(AU design free to a good home with credit for I am but a lowly doodler)

[komanda]

Tumblr! Они уже здесь. Сообщества наконец-то здесь! 

Сообщества — новый удобный способ находить друзей по интересам в Tumblr. Вы можете пригласить взаимных подписчиков, разделяющих ваши увлечения, в закрытое сообщество. Или создайте открытое сообщество, посвящённое всему, что вы любите, и смотрите, как растёт в нём количество новых друзей. Сообщества, как по волшебству, могут вместить в себя (почти) столько людей, сколько захотите.

Сегодня мы выпускаем сообщества из их бета-ракушки и запускаем полный доступ для всего Tumblr — чтобы вы могли радостно возиться с ними, пока мы продолжаем разработку. Речь идёт о глобальном запуске — в веб-версии, iOS и Android. Пристегните ремни, будет интересно!

Вы можете создать сообщество о чём угодно. Искусство. Gravity Falls. Вязание. Ваша кампания по D&D. Фотография. Малоизвестные корабли. Люди нетрадиционной ориентации. Музыка. Наука. Мода. Дизайн. Baldur’s Gate 3. Ваша судьба в ваших руках. А благодаря нашим прекрасным ранним тестировщикам, к вашим услугам уже множество готовых сообществ. Hazbin Hotel? Пожалуйста. Arcane? Есть. Фандом? Тоже есть. Заходите, смотрите, присоединяйтесь!

С чего начать? 

Вы можете поискать разные сообщества здесь. 

Найдите сообщества на конкретную тему, перейдя на вкладку "Сообщества" вверху страницы результатов поиска.

Хотите создать собственное сообщество? Вам сюда, маэстро.

А вот справочная статья, которая поможет вам разобраться, если возникнут вопросы.

Мы с нетерпением ждём, как вы воспользуетесь этой новой функцией. Вперёд — общайтесь, развлекайтесь!