#arcano comics

[mii-arte]

[transformersweatpants]

New riz headcanon: he investigates with a regular sized magnifying glass that is comically large compared to his teeny goblin face and body. He insists it has arcano-tech properties but it very much does not. It is simply a magnifying glass. Every scene where riz discovers a pivotal clue is somewhat overshadowed by his dorky magnifying glass. Kristen once tried to melt ants with it and he didn’t speak to her for days after.

[thedragonagelesbian]

10.Which location are you most excited/hoping to explore in-game?

11.What's one thing you'd really like to see in this next game?

12.What's one thing you're hoping we DON'T see in this next game?

13.What's one thing you've seen confirmed so far that you're a fan of?

16.What's one crack theory you subscribe to (yours or someone else's)?

19.Are you planning to replay any of the previous games, watch Dragon Age: Absolution, or read any of the books/comics/short stories, or are there other games you want to play in the meantime?

<333333333333

Dragon Age Veilguard Hype Questions

10.Which location are you most excited/hoping to explore in-game?

I'm excited for everywhere (with a major dose of 'I hope BioWare doesn't fuck them up'), but especially Tevinter. I have a deep worldbuilding soft spot for magocracies and arcano-tech, and I wasn't sure how much they'd lean into it, but the glimpse we saw in the gameplay reveal got me hyped!!

(I also want to see our home base, the Lighthouse!! Fingers crossed for some Skyhold-esque customization options but without the. Um. Blandness.)

11.What's one thing you'd really like to see in this next game?

DA2 and DAI both gave us elf companions who hated each other, and I really really really hope Davrin & Bellara break the trend. And especially since they're both Dalish, I want to see them talking about their Clans & their similarities & differences in terms of culture & customs, & even perhaps their different (and hopefully respectfully handled) perspectives on dealing with the corrupted Evanuris.

12.What's one thing you're hoping we DON'T see in this next game?

"""""""""""""""""Grey morality"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

13.What's one thing you've seen confirmed so far that you're a fan of?

Does the CC count? Specifically that body =/= gender =/= pronouns, I'm so excited to be able to make my he/him butch lesbian Rook, and it feels like a much better direction to be going in than BG3's 'four body presets we're going to pretend aren't gendered but they still conform to thin cis ideals & also clothes that look wildly different depending on body type' shit

16.What's one crack theory you subscribe to (yours or someone else's)?

Lucanis has some sort of spirit bullshit going on I'm so sure of it

19. Are you planning to replay any of the previous games, watch Dragon Age: Absolution, or read any of the books/comics/short stories, or are there other games you want to play in the meantime?

Last year, I replayed Origins twice, DA2 once, and got ~halfway through Inquisition, so I'm feeling pretty up-to-date on the games themselves, though I may try to finish an Inquisition run... maybe............ In the meantime, I have another run of Pathfinder WOTR I've been dwelling on (CN trickster halfling cavalier of the paw, with her mount flavored as reynard the fox/other canine trickster folk lore figures), and I'd like to do a run with one of the evil mythic paths too (I /love/ the vibes of the swarm that walks but idk if I can commit to the consequences it comes with....), AND eventually I will finish durge!Cyrus' BG3 run (sadly the braid clipping issue has not yet been fixed).

I also want to rewatch Absolution & read Tevinter Nights & the Missing comics to ~set the stage~

[thesharktist]

May I perhaps request some more info about your OCs?

My OCs, mainly all dragons, live in their own world, of course, a land far far away. It's a lot of magic arcano tech so it's semi-modern, semi-high fantasy medieval. The world is still unnamed because I'm indecisive as all hell but it's a number of kingdoms all on one continent though I've been working on other continents. The dragons in my other post are 5/6 heirs of the dragons on that main continent. They're of the oldest kingdoms, more powerful and such. A lot of things are unnamed, actually, I'll be creating a full map hopefully soon!

They're all dragon shifters, meaning they have essentially two forms: A human one and a dragon one, as seen on their reference sheets. This is part of their innate magic, though they have the ability to study and learn magic if they please. All shifters have some sort of breath magic, like fire, which is unique to their species typically. If you guys are curious, I can go into their species in another post. (PLEASE my autistic brain put such genuine scientific thought into them)

They live for long periods of time, so it's common for older dragons to dabble into magic at some point in their lives, but it's a passive thing. Mages are common, just more common among elves and humans.

As for THEIR STORY

My dragons are all young adults, heirs to their throne. They sort of grow together, a group of friends their parents set up to ensure peace across the kingdoms sharing their continent. They get sent off to this boarding school in Celest and Luna's kingdom, further away from the castle that's meant to help raise heirs and prepare them to eventually take the throne. It's a high school through college type deal, so they're all young adults in the exact story.

At the boarding school, they're mentored by the high mage of the continent who tends to remain super neutral on everything. His name is Fitz and he actively took all of the heirs in to train them with everything they'll need to run the kingdoms in their parents absence.

It starts out an innocent slice of life, but political tensions are rising between some of the kingdoms (and the dragons) because Zircon's, that 6th character reference I haven't finished, parents are trying to get more land and power over the continent. This caused a rift between the friend group, too, with Zircon's parents urging him to cause problems. Eventually, they urged him to "get rid of them."

One day, he's finally brought to act and Zircon invites all of them to meet up in Fitz's study and magic lab, where they frequently group up for lectures and such. Instead of killing his friends, which he can't bring himself to do, he is able to banish them to another world.

This is where the fun bit comes in!! Essentially, my dragons must try to blend in as humans in a more modern world while also working to find other magic beings and get help figuring out their way home, avoiding being hunted down by humans (and even other non-human beings).

Aaaaand, yeah!! That's all for this ramble :3c pleaase ask more questions, I'll hopefully get art up soon, maybe try a comic? I probably won't have time but there will be frequent art of them.

[big-mawi]

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TEMAS - Barriobajero, Pobreza, Locura, Artes Marciales, Revoluciones, Conspiración, Misterios, Culturas, Extraterrestres, Ciencia, Filosofía, Espiritualidad, Religiones, Mitología, Naturaleza, Paleolítico, Chamanismo.

[tarotdeana]

Arcano Mayor 0: El loco

Todos los arcanos mayores tienen un número, pero a este le ha tocado el 0, lo que indica que puede ir tanto al inicio como al final de la baraja; puede aparecer en medio o en cualquier lugar. En otras palabras, este es un personaje errante, ya sea por voluntad propia o sin haberlo querido así, según la perspectiva desde la que se analice.

El loco remite a los bufones medievales que divertían a los nobles en las cortes. Era el único que podía burlarse, cometer imprudencias y decir sandeces frente al rey; podía romper las reglas sin miedo a las consecuencias, pues se sabía que su sabiduría y creatividad le permitían tomarse dichas licencias. En tiempos muy oscuros de su vida, el rey inglés Enrique VIII solamente podía ser visitado por su bufón Will Sommers, quien le aconsejaba de una forma mordaz e incisiva, pero el rey lo soportaba a sabiendas que era el único que le diría la verdad.

Este personaje a veces nos recuerda al Guasón o Joker de DC Comics, que ríe histéricamente mientras comete actos reprobables. Sin embargo, también tiene otra cara que, aunque terrible, le es bastante familiar a muchas personas; la cara de la desdicha, la depresión, el ensimismamiento, la desconexión. Hay locos que deciden perderse y locos que se pierden contra su propia voluntad.

En la teoría del Psicoanálisis, se entiende por neurosis a un conflicto entre el Yo y el mundo exterior. En un esfuerzo por reprimir la Sombra o la parte más profunda y oscura de uno mismo, en respuesta a las exigencias, estructuras y orden del mundo; sucede un estado ansioso en el que la emoción se desborda incontrolablemente. Por otro lado, la psicosis es una ruptura con la realidad externa, en la que la Sombra toma el control de la vida exterior sin considerar las consecuencias. En ambos casos, aparecen dos rostros de un mismo personaje: el loco.

www.tarotdeana.tumblr.com

Imagen: Tarot Rider - Waite.

Lee mitos coreanos aquí.

Lee mitos griegos aquí.

Lee mitos japoneses aquí.

[kathrynalicemc]

Note: unless “they all suck” wins, I’ll probably get around to doing all 3 of these ideas at some point, but just pick a fav I should do first.

Hollywood Boy

FC: Walton Goggins

1950/60s golden age of Hollywood

Does films for wizard world. Maybe an illegal speakeasy cinema hidden from muggles?

Divorced vibes? Maybe old actor but current director?

Twins?

FCs: Pearl Mackie and Aaron Moten

Perhaps 1980/90s and maybe descendants of the King siblings from FB era? Could be new family tho. I have ideas for both parent FCs too

No other vibes except the girl is full rainbow and sunflowers and comic books vibes

Arcano-Song

FC: Christina Chong

Name is self explanatory. Somewhere an Arcano had a kid with a Song.

The combined Arcano dragon and Song dragon vibes are insane

Zero ideas for era. Could go either way

[knightsofnitronocus]

Knights of Nitronocus

Knights of Nitronocus is a planned comic series created by @primalknight430. This blog is to be used as the base for Knights of Nitronocus, so that all artworks based on the series can be found here to enjoy.

- What is this series?

Knights of Nitronocus (Nitro•no•cus) is a series based in the Island of Nitronocus, where the remaining magic-users thrived in. A team of knights, Flora, Brooke, Robert, Jack, Mack, and Knight, form an order as they take on dangerous quests to either get rich or to protect their home from the forces of evil, especially from the dangerous Knight Destroyer.

- The main characters

While the series showcases the many faces and knights on the island, the main protagonists are:

- Flora Rose (Blade Knight) - Princess of the Flower Kingdom who wishes to be a knight.

- Brooke Bay (Bay Knight) - A knight who dreams of living a happily ever after.

- Robert Arcanos (Armored Knight) - Ghost in armor who wants to remember his past.

- Jack Scorcheart (Challenger Knight) - Always ready for a fight, no matter the danger.

- Mack Coryell (Lancer Knight) - Lone knight who’s figuring out their purpose.

- Knight (Knight) - Exiled knight from the Geo Kingdom who wishes to redeem themself.

More will be uncovered later on in their own pages.

- Support

If you want to support this original series, feel free to check out my Ko-Fi page, as the goal in the page will help out grow this series into something bigger (possibly have a printed form of the comic), along with being able to get extra help for the comic (larger storage for my art program, extra tools, and possibly get an actual title logo for the series). You do not have to tip or anything, as long as you enjoy Knights of Nitronocus, then that’s good enough for me.

- Final Remarks

Thank you for checking out the page, as there will be more content to come down the line, and I hope that you’ll be able to watch their legends come to light.

[burrapaka]

𝐴 𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑦𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒, 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑎́ 𝑢𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎 "𝐸𝑔𝑜". 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑁𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑧𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒 Bueno, pues en vez de un perro yo he dibujado un mono. Que pal caso. Este es el Loco. Le mat. The fool. El Arcano sin número. El ser esencial que viaja a lo desconocido con su equipaje. Como en este tarot quería entrar un poco en el tema del circo y el freak show pues lo he basado en un personaje de la Strada de Fellini, que también se llamaba el Loco en esta película. Un clown sin miedo a nada y a nadie porque se enfrentaba a la muerte varias veces todos los días subido a su cuerda de equilibrista. Solo he robado unos cuantos elementos de este personaje: sus alitas, el sombrero de bombín, la lagrima pintada, el pequeño violín que tocaba en algunos espectáculos. Lo demás es el loco tal y como yo lo imagino.

[phoenixresistance]

The Phoenix Resistance - Chapter 3

London streets, England - August 23rd, 2:36 PM

Racing down the cobblestone street, Devon took a sharp left and then a right, trying to outrun her pursuer. Brick buildings and storefronts blurred past, none of them familiar. She won’t find a safehouse anywhere near her. There’s only a few established so far and most of them aren’t even in London.

She dare not look back to check if he’s still following, she doesn’t have to. Even though her ears can’t hear the sounds of her boots on the stone, her mind can hear the death eaters' thoughts behind her. It’s quite amazing how creative his names are for her.

Devon was scouting outside the entrances to the Ministry taking photos of people who entered, trying to figure out who are death eaters, when she was spotted. She knew it was stupid of her to go during the daylight but her evenings are taken up by her writing and sending out her newspaper. Devon was going to need more help.

With a right turn, she came face to face with a stone wall. Her thoughts had distracted her and she turned into a dead end alleyway filled with boxes and crates. In a panic, she stood motionless scanning for an escape route. Perhaps she could use the boxes and scale the wall.

“EXPELLIARMUS” A voice boomed inside her head. Whirling around to face him, her wand shot out of her grasp, rebounded off the alley wall and hit the ground in silence. Devon panted heavily, slowly walking backwards until she collided with the wall.

There was a surge of wind suddenly and, as Devon glanced upwards, she saw a blur of darkness descend from the sky. It hit the ground, landing between her and the death eater. With a start, she realized it was a dragon.

Roughly the size of a car, its scales were an emerald grey, contrasted with bright gold eyes. It would look menacing with its dark horns if it weren’t for its long floppy ears and a look of perpetual amusement on its face.

Devon knew this dragon, his name was Ryoko. With one fluid moment, his rider Kaari Arcano dismounted. He wore a green tunic under worn leather armor with a black long coat over top. His long wavy ebony hair was knotted and windblown. Piercing grey eyes scanned the situation intently but his mouth displayed an amused smile.

“Now what’s this? A maiden in need of defending?” Kaari playfully teased Devon with a wink.

“Fuck you�� She signed with a smirk.

The shocked death eater hesitated for a moment but quickly recovered and pointed his wand at Ryoko, and then at Kaari, and then back at the dragon, uncertain which one was the biggest threat at the moment.

With a yawn, and seemingly unbothered with the situation, Ryoko wandered over to one of the alley walls and started rummaging around, shoving his large head into barrels and crates searching for food.

“Ha! Is this your rescue? What are you planning to do with me? Lick me to death?”

Kaari strolled over to the opposite wall and threw himself on top of some crates, propping his feet up on a barrel.

Without sparing a glance he replied, “Nah, I was planning on threatening you.”

With a snap of Kaari’s fingers, Ryoko pulled his head out, half a fish dangling from his mouth, and snarled at the death eater. In one quick movement, he dropped the fish and lunged, ripping the wand from his grasp and throwing it aside. He then got up on his back legs to tower over the death eater. In a comical style, Ryoko slowly leaned forwards until he fell with a thump right on top of the death eater, effectively pinning him down.

Kaari got up and walked over with his hands in his pockets, bending at the torso and craning his neck to get a look at the death eater's furious face.

“Now we are having fun, aren’t we?”

Ryoko grunted, seemingly in agreement while stretching his neck and tongue in a futile attempt to reach the half eaten discarded fish, coming up just inches short.

Devon chuckled at the scene before walking over to recover her wand. Then she picked up the fish as well. Giving it a toss, Ryoko caught it easily in his mouth, happily chewing away.

“Thank you” She signed at the dragon and then affectionately stroked his scaly nose. Ryoko seemed to understand and, after finishing his snack, gave her a toothy grin.

At that moment, a muffled incoherent noise erupted from underneath the dragon.

“What’s that? Sorry I can’t seem to hear you. Perhaps try sign language. Oh that’s right, there’s a dragon on top of you. Shucks.” Kaari responded.

“I heard him. But you don’t want to know what he said. Trust me.”

Kaari gave a deep chuckle and then instead of speaking, he signed back, “What should we do with him? Think he knows anything good?”

“No, I don’t know him, he’s not on the list of high ranking death eaters. I can tell he’s not very bright. I think he must have been a patrol guarding the entrances to the Ministry. He wouldn’t have been trusted with anything of worth. We’d better just obliviate him.”

“Alright, darlin’. Mind if I do the honors?”

Devon gave a wave of her hand and Kaari walked over to the big mass and crouched down, giving a pat to Ryoko as he pointed his wand at the small part of the death eater that was exposed.

“Obliviate.” The words seemed to echo in Devon’s mind as the death eater's eyes went blank.

Lone Star Tavern, Whitechapel - 2:54 PM

The afternoon August sun found its way through the dirty window and was cast upon a rough wooden table as Devon and Kaari sat down.

“Care for a glass of wine?” Devon signed before uncorking a bottle she had placed on the table and pouring the dark crimson liquid into two tankards. “Sorry we don’t have more fancy glasses”

“Gadea Wine” Kaari read off the label. “That wouldn’t be Emily Gadea, would it? I hear that wine is only for fancy parties and important guests. How’d you come to acquire some?”

“The very same. Let’s just say we have...an arrangement.” She replied coyly with a smirk. “This is 1991. Aged for six years. I think you will find it stimulating and..full of secrets.”

With a bemused smile, Kaari shook his head before throwing back the entire contents of the tankard in one go.

Seeing the annoyance in Devon’s face, he quickly added, “I have strong Viking blood, you cannot expect me to nurse the same glass of wine for hours. I need something a bit more heartier before it starts to affect me, no offense. I bet you are a lightweight.” Chuckling, he nudged her with his elbow.

Rolling her eyes playfully, she took his challenge and downed the rest of her glass too. “At least it will be something to settle my nerves after what happened earlier. We live in mad times.”

Kaari murmured in agreement and then Devon shifted in her chair, straightening her posture and suddenly becoming more serious.

“Thank you for saving me. I was really fucked there for a minute. I’m glad you answered the letter I sent. I didn’t think you would come. I know you love it up at the Norwegian Dragon Sanctuary.”

“Ah it’s no problem. You really have Ryoko to thank. If his sharp eyes hadn’t spotted you, I don’t want to think of what could have happened.”

“As to your letter, I would never leave a good friend alone in the middle of a war if I knew I could help out in any way. Ryoko and I are up to the challenge. Anything you need.”

“Are you sure? You could have avoided the war if you stayed there. I know you have family in Skalafell. This work could potentially put them in danger if anyone finds out. Both of your sisters have small children.”

He was silent for a moment that seemed to stretch on forever, his rough hands tracing over the knots in the wood table.

“I’m sure. If I can help save innocent people then I have to try. Besides..” He added, smiling broadly. “I’d hate to be the poor fool who gets to my house and is attacked by several angry Vikings with fucking swords. They can handle themselves.”

They both laughed deeply, the tense moment lost.

“So, shall I show you around?”

“Of course. I’m very interested to know all of your secrets, including the wine.” Kaari remarked with a wink as he got up out of his chair to join Devon.

Patting his coat pocket he added, “I may just have a few secrets of my own to share in return.”

Inside the darkness of his coat pocket, unaware and sleeping soundly, lay a miniature blue dragon, snoring gently. His name was Nym.

[nomadasdigital]

El mes pasado, Batman: The Long Halloween Parte Uno preparó a los sospechosos y lo que está en juego de manera convincente, y la Parte Dos llega para completar la historia de la matanza navideña de Gotham durante un año. En el proceso, consolida su lugar no solo como una de las mejores películas animadas del Caballero de la Noche, sino como una de las mejores películas de Batman del período.

La versión de novela gráfica de The Long Halloween se encuentra en el nivel superior de los títulos del catálogo de Batman, con su laberíntica configuración de misterio y asesinato que ofrece una lectura rica y elementos inspiradores de la trilogía The Dark Knight de Christopher Nolan y Gotham de Fox. Por supuesto, las mismas cosas que lo convierten en un cómic tan cautivador también presentaron un desafío para adaptarse dentro del limitado período de tiempo de 70-80 minutos que suelen ocupar las películas animadas de DC.

Al dividirlo en dos (como Warner Bros. hizo anteriormente con Batman: The Dark Knight Returns en 2013 y The Death and Return of Superman en 2019), la historia puede respirar y el estado de ánimo puede construirse a medida que seguimos los hilos del asesino que fueron puestos hábilmente en su lugar la última vez. Adaptada por Tim Sheridan, la versión en pantalla se apega en gran medida a la novela gráfica que la inspiró, con las pocas divergencias aquí y allá que son relativamente menores y en su mayoría efectivas. Cuando ambas partes se toman juntas, la experiencia es tan fascinante de ver como de leer cuando se lanzó en intervalos mensuales en 1996 y 1997.

Es bien sabido que Batman tiene una de las mejores galerías de villanos en todo el mundo de los superhéroes DC, y The Long Halloween pone a los más malos a un uso divertido, con Joker, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Mad Hatter y Scarecrow todos asomando la cabeza en un momento u otro. Incluso con esa emocionante lista de villanos, es realmente un escaparate para el fiscal de distrito Harvey Dent, el hombre que tendrá dos caras. Mientras que The Dark Knight de 2008, fuertemente inspirado por The Long Halloween, hizo que Dent cayera en el punto de apoyo de su narrativa, tenía un enfoque desigual (aunque comprensible) en el Joker que hizo que la transformación de Dent de dos caras se sintiera casi como una ocurrencia tardía.

Sin embargo, ese no es ese problema con The Long Halloween, que nos brinda una gratificante inmersión en la locura que convirtió a Harvey en un hombre nuevo. Aportando un grave bajo profundo a su caracterización de Dos Caras, Dent es un microcosmos de Gotham City, haciendo un compromiso tras otro mientras se convence a sí mismo de que es para un bien común, hasta que finalmente no queda nada más que un vacío moral.

Una de las mejores cosas de The Long Halloween es que no está destinado a existir dentro del universo de características animadas que DC ha estado produciendo durante los últimos años y, en cambio, se destaca como una historia de detectives autónoma que, al mismo tiempo que recompensa la familiaridad con Batman y su universo, puede jugar de manera efectiva independientemente de cuán instalado uno esté en los arcanos de DC Comics. Es una historia convincente adaptada con cuidado y realizada con convicción. En conjunto, ambas partes hacen no solo una de las mejores películas animadas de Batman, sino una de las mejores películas de Batman, punto.

[mii-arte]

PRIan PriAN son lo mismo, solo cambia el color.

[korinsu-t-blog]

June 7 // Kyoto Manga Museum

A quick half day today, legitimately just two train stops away (we probably could have walked to the location in twenty minutes or so). The manga museum was pretty neat, if a little small. The exhibits were basically famous manga series ordered by year of release, going from 1960 up through 2010. Lots of cool stuff there: old series like Ashta No Joe (the inspiration for 2018′s Megalobox), the first chapter (and everything else) of big series like Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and Yu-Gi-Oh, all of which were available to read. Some of the most popular or notable stuff had obviously been read hundreds or thousands of times; but I think that was part of the appeal. Manga, far more so than anime, is a massive part of Japanese culture that pervades every level of society. Being able to interact with it is something I think is critical to the medium, and boy was there a lot to interact.

We also got to see an example of pre-manga, pre-TV entertainment called kamishibai. It’s basically a physical slideshow of pictures with dramatic narration, telling a story much like flipping the pages of a manga. Our story that we got to see was called Golden Bat Appears!, a kamishinbai written in the 30′s-40′s that tells the story of Golden Bat, the number one hero in Japan (and the first comic-book superhero story to ever be written, even predating Superman) who is knows as an “ally of justice”. Golden Bat isn’t actually a bat- he’s a gold-skinned man with a very skeletal appearance and a booming laugh, which was personified very well by the actor doing the show. The triumphant laugh is Golden Bat’s calling card when he arrives on the scene to save the day, accompanied by his first words of “I am here.” Sound familiar yet?

There’s no doubt that the pop-culture superhero from 2018′s My Hero Academia was, at least in part, inspired by the retro legend that is Golden Bat.

[Quite a bit different from All-Might, no? The scary figure in the background is the arcano-scientist Nazo, the villain who is locked in eternal conflict with the Golden Bat.]

[A panel from Ashta no Joe - the guy on the left would eventually become Nabuna in Megalobox.]

[Debuting about five years before Jojo’s, I’m pretty sure that whoever this guy was, he had the yare yare down long before Jotaro.]

[It was very rainy in Kyoto today, so here’s a picture of the clouds.]

[Does this even need a caption?]

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Reading review:

I was honestly surprised to learn how huge of a deal manga is in Japanese culture. Compared to anime, which is relegated to tiny parts of society both in the real and virtual world, manga is prolific and it is everywhere. Everyone reads it, and it’s a common trap for people native to the west to see mediums like manga and anime and say “I don’t watch anime / I don’t read manga”, believing it to be it’s own singular thing- when in reality, there are hundreds of genre and subgenre within these mediums (and it would be very much like saying “I don’t read books” or “I don’t watch television”, in terms of blanketing). There is manga for every audience; old or young or male or female. There is manga for every genre, from sports to science fiction to politics and romance and philosophy. What separates it from Western literature is that manga is both viewed and read- there is an equal balance of imagery, dialogue, and descriptions; compare that to Western literature which must rely only on words to express its ideas. The medium makes in-depth discourse and lengthy narration more difficult to be sure, and it is a notable conflict in the literature community as to whether or not manga is truly capable of providing discourse on deep topics.

The surface similarity between manga and comics (or graphic novels) makes them easily dismissable by foreign readers, especially in America where “comics” are only a single genre; that being superheroes. Webcomics trend a much closer line to manga in that they typically encompass a much wider variety of topics, but their scale of consumption relative to America’s size is still insurmountable dwarfed by the pervasiveness of manga in Japanese society. For some strange reason, the mere presence of pictures in and augmenting a written work is often seen as infantalizing by western readers, making manga prone to being relegated to the same realm as children’s books and superhero comics that are simplistic and aimed at a young demographic incapable of digesting deeper or more philosophically-laden topics. It’s honestly a shame that this sort of attitude exists towards the medium that is manga: there is an entire second world of ideas, stories, and discourse just waiting to be read and experienced that many people will dismiss out of hand without a second thought simply because it is different.

[elarchivodeariel]

SER SUPERMAN PARA VIVIR EN LA NUEVA NORMALIDAD

"Es una guerra cruel -declaró el Buda-. Es una guerra de derrotas, para ganarla hay que perderlo todo. Aquí y ahora, la lucha nos obliga a renunciar a todos los principios que han gobernado nuestra vida, los grandes ideales de nuestras estirpes: la familia, la ley, el patriotismo, el orden, la devoción, la madre, el padre, el maestro. Todo eso ya ha muerto. Yo, hombre, ante el cielo y la tierra, estoy solo".

El párrafo precedente pertenece a LA SONRISA DE BUDA, el tomo final de la trilogía EL PRÍNCIPE SIDDHARTA, de los autores Parazzoli y Chendi. La trilogía la leí hace una década, y si bien no les recomiendo leerla, tiene frases que rescaté y anoté, porque me resultaron interesantes y certeras. Hoy, ¿por casualidad?, abrí uno de mis cuadernos de notas y encontré esta. Leerla en 2010 propició mi reflexión. Leerla transitando la pandemia es otro tema...

Todo cambió, para siempre, en 2020. El nodo sur en Sagitario nos indicó con suma claridad que los antiguos saberes, que nos sirvieron en su momento, es tiempo de trascenderlos y dejarlos atrás. Las creencias y los cultos religiosos atraviesan una transformación radical. El estudio ya no será académico, no importarán los escalafones y el aula ya no será lo mismo nunca más.

Vivimos aislados, aunque hiperconectados. Sin embargo, lo aprendimos: en el dolor estamos solos. En 2020 lo sentimos.

Estamos comenzando la era del Metaverso. Nos cuentan que es un universo virtual, en el que viviremos más allá del universo que conocemos. Porque "meta" quiere decir eso: "más allá", o "después de". Sin embargo, algo suena raro. Lo que suena raro es el verso.

En Argentina la expresión "hacer el verso", "ser un versero", no significa que seas un poeta. En Argentina, "ser versero" es que estás mintiendo.

Más allá de la mentira. Más allá de lo que queda lindo expresar. ¿Más allá de la mentira, de lo políticamente correcto, está la verdad?

Permítanme dudar.

Conectarse por pantallas es genial. Nos permite hacer cosas increíbles que de otro modo sería imposible. Pero compartir de modo humano necesita de la presencia y del contacto real. No estoy diciendo ninguna genialidad. Es una obviedad. Una obviedad que para algunos sería deseable olvidar.

Hablando de olvidar, yo recuerdo. Cuatro cosas recuerdo: un arcano del Tarot, una tapa de The Economist, un meme super actual, y una historieta de Superman.

El arcano número uno del Tarot, como muchos saben, es El Mago. Y El Mago es una carta engañosa, como todos los magos. El Mago tiene el signo del infinito sobre la cabeza, y todo lo que necesita sobre la mesa. Tiene poder para crear y tiene poder para engañar. ¿Qué tipo de Mago será?

En 2016 The Economist se destapó con una tapa en la que puso algunos arcanos de Tarot (eso ya lo señalé en otro texto, que si querés lo podés leer). Con las cartas, una de las revistas más importantes del mundo, y particularmente el de las finanzas, anticipaba lo que se venía en la política planetaria a partir del 2017. The Economist puso entre sus cartas a El Mago. Un mago joven, con su signo de infinito en la cabeza y unos lentes de realidad virtual en su mirada. Era, a todas luces, una noticia anticipada/predicción acertada.

Luego de que el Mago Zuckerberg nos anunciara la llegada de Meta, el inicio del Metaverso, las redes me acercaron un meme muy certero. "Lo que ellos quieren que pienses que es el Metaverso", se lee sobre imágenes de jóvenes futuristas y empoderados. Al costado, se lee y se ve otra cosa: "Lo que es realmente el Metaverso", sobre la foto de un joven solo, sobre un colchón, mirando su laptop, en un cuarto mal iluminado. Nada más.

Superman se refugia en la Fortaleza de la Soledad. El comic norteamericano lo dice con una metáfora obvia para el que sabe mirar historietas en profundidad. Superman es, en definitiva, un super hombre nietzscheano. Superpoderoso, Kal El en La Tierra es Dios. El, de hecho, en hebreo antiguo, significa Dios, o señala que algo/alguien tiene relación directa con Dios. Por eso, como todos los ángeles, el nombre de nacimiento de Clark Kent termina con El.

Superman, superpoderoso en este planeta, sin embargo tiene debilidades. Entonces su refugio y fortaleza está en el frío, a la distancia. Su fuerza está en el pensamiento frío, racional, al que accede en la más absoluta soledad. Porque no tiene Dios. Él es Dios (¿Se puede estar más sólo en el universo?), y debe, por fuerza, encontrar su fortaleza en su propio interior, mediante la reflexión y la contemplación, sabiendo que en este planeta, entre el cielo y la tierra, como dice el párrafo que cité en el inicio de este texto, él/ El es un hombre que está completamente sólo.

La Nueva Normalidad tiende a aislarnos cada día más, al mismo tiempo que con la tecnología, que es mágica, quiere hacernos sentir que estamos acompañados todo el tiempo y en todos lados.

¡Es un lindo versito! Podemos, de a ratos, hacer como que lo creemos.

Sin embargo, no lo olvidemos. Como Superman, todos somos parte de Él. Todos somos Dios. Hay que hacer silencio y escucharlo. Dejar un rato los megaversos y concentrarnos, para encontrarse y, cada tanto, encontrarnos. Sabiendo siempre que, cuando llegue el momento de decidir, estamos sólos ante la decisión. No dejes que nadie, ni el algoritmo tampoco, piense o decida por vos.

Flavia Vecellio Reane.

Noviembre 15, 2021.

@FlaVecellio

[ellibroenelbolsillo]

Holi a todos. Ya ha pasado todo así que volvemos este #sabado con la #reseña de "Galdin. El resurgir del mal' de Daniel Cordero y Víctor Manuel Vera @sagagaldin Espero que os guste. 💜. . . [Fragmento] La aldea de Galdin es una de las pocas aldeas que vive en paz. A ella se acercan cazadores y magos en su viaje por los caminos de Rahaylimu enriqueciendo los conocimientos y a la pequeña población. Un día, un dragón que es más poderoso de lo habitual comenzará a preocupar a Rin su dirigente y chamana. Así, Antón un gran mago arcano acudirá a Galdin e intentará aplacar la furia del dragón. Tras este intento y tras muchas cosas, llegarán a la aldea Sansfear y Angeal, mago y cazador respectivamente, y será con ellos cuando realmente comience nuestra aventura de hoy. La aparición del dragón, dentro de la narración, solo será el comienzo de una serie de sucesos que se darán por todas las tierras de este mundo. Así, el mal, su descubrimiento y combatir ese caos emergente, un tanto desconocido, se convierte en el hilo conductor de la trama que nos llevará a visitar distintos lugares y a ir enriqueciendo la pareja de protagonistas con otros como Dana, Loismor, Laitoh, Adam, etc. En este sentido, como toda gran fantasía, el bien será el encargado de remediar esta situación, un bien que en esta novela estará representado por la ingenuidad, la superación, la amistad y la comprensión del otro.  . 📚📚. . . 💙Link de la reseña completa en la Bio 💙. . . #noveladefantasia #sagagaldin #litetratura #leoycomparto #instalibros #popularbooks #booklove #blog, #compartoloqueleo #leoycomento #book #libros #bibliomania #booklover #autores #autoras #recomiendoautores  #viviresleer #yoopino #bookstagram #librosymaslibros #librosrecomendados #booksnifer .    . . . Recordad, en el blog encontraréis ideas sobre #comics, #videojuegos y #libros. ✒📚 Reseñas, reflexiones y las peticiones que me hagáis sobre narrativa de #ahora, de #antes y del #futuro https://www.instagram.com/p/CHkdxLulMAx/?igshid=udzz4tc82cmb

[faerinny]

ENG:

☆ DisabilityFest 2017 ☆ 

I: The Magician:   Power, skill, concentration, action, resourcefulness

Barbara “Babs” Gordon AKA Oracle- Paralysis 

-“ You know at the end of the day, when you close the door and you're all alone... And you strip off your armour and lower your guard and peel away the mask... When there's nobody watching and nothing to hide... And you no longer need to be strong or clever or pretty or brave... There's just you. That's it. That's the soul. ”-

This year I’ll be working on a series of fan art for disabilityfest, uniting disabled characters for my favourite media with the symbolism of the major arcana from the classic tarot deck. 

[Description: an inked drawing of Barbara Gordon from DC comics, portrayed as The Magician. She’s sitting on her wheelchair, on her desk,  surrounded by screens and monitors, one hand raised, another pointing down. The Oracle avatar can be seen in the screen in front of her. She’s got big afrotextured hair, and is wearing jeans, boots, a sleeveless t-shirt, and a bralette. ]

ESP:

☆ DisabilityFest 2017 ☆

I: Le Mague: Poder, habilidad, concentración, acción, ingenio.

Barbara “Babs” Gordon, alias Oráculo - Parálisis

-” Al final del día, cuando cerrás la puerta y estás sole... y te sacás la armaduca, y bajás la guardia, y te quitás la máscara... cuando nadie te mira, y no tenés nada que ocultar, y ya no necesitás ser fuerte, o inteligente, o belle, o valiente... eso es la verdad, eso es el alma.”- 

 Este año voy a estar trabajando en una serie de fanarts para el disabilityfest, uniendo personajes discapacitades de mis obras favoritas con el simbolismo de los arcanos mayores del tarot. 

[ Descripción: un dibujo en tinta de Barbara Gordon de DC comics, retratada como Le Mague. Está sentada en su silla de ruedas, en su escritorio, rodeada de monitores y pantallas, una mano alzada, la otra señalando hacia abajo. Su avatar de Oráculo puede verse en la pantalla enfrente a ella. Tiene un abundante cabello afrotexturado, y está usando jeans, botas, una remera sin mangas, y un bralette.]