#ari why

[aris-has-a-paracosm]

The Snanchers!!! SlimeidarityGaming and Tangastropod were both successful in their mission of seek and destroy, and I needed to draw them.

(But then again, I’ll take any excuse to draw snails. I love drawing snails)

[arsoniiii]

wuh oh 😬

[artzy-ari]

Shadow trying to hit Sonic with his bike is so fucking funny to me

Like you can see him actively trying to land on him and then when Sonic dodges he just kinda starts to lean away like “well i tried. Anyway,” he’s such a menace i love him so much

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

going insane over this still

[roachalk]

I have so many thoughts about Hera's characterisation in KAOS, and at first I was really icked out and disappointed by it but now I'm seeing the brilliance of it.

Dumping some first unstructured thoughts here because I really have A LOT but not enough time to get it all down now.

SPOILERS FOR KAOS BELOW

First off, Hera is the goddess of marriage, women, family and protection of women in childbirth. First episode we are confronted with an unhappy marriage: Riddy and Orpheus. She is his muse, he loves her but doesn't truly know her - it's not a union of mutual love anymore. People fall out of love all the time, and marriage isn't always meant to last. Riddy's mother abandoned her at a young age to serve Hera as a tacita, and her tongue was cut out (in an abstract way this can be seen as NOT protecting women even though it is not in childbirth but it is after childbirth and was also witnessed by Riddy as a child).

Riddy's story in the first episode undermines everything Hera stands for, AND her prophecy is the same as Zeus' (!!!).

ALSO in her marriage to Orpheus she is his muse, she is commodified to bolster his career (not dissing Orpheus here, he's a good guy but he has a job and he is using her as inspiration despite her expressing her discomfort, he really really loves her but the more I think on it he loves her as a muse and doesn't see her soul).

To pivot back to Hera's characterisation: she is not the goddess of love, but marriage and family, which speak of COMMITMENT. Specifically of commitment to the societal structures that preserve ORDER. Zeus is losing it and is now a threat to that order. Why would she have an affair with Poseidon? He has a cooler head and his devotion to her allows her to leverage him as an ally in her purpose to preserve the current order: the reign of the gods above humans.

"You're the king, but I am the queen."

"Power is delegation."

Then there is the royal family: Ari's commitment to her family never breaks, but in contrast to Hera's commitment founded on order and preservation, it is a commitment founded on LOVE (this also helps explain Dionysus' attraction to her because he loves love). She loves her father Minos until she learns of what he did to Glaucus, and why did he do it? To serve the gods, aligned to Hera's purpose and interests. Ari's actions (killing Minos) are guided by love which then amends her lifelong emotional estrangement and hostile relationship with her mother Pas, who immediately recognises the validity of Ari's killing of Minos. To them both, in this scene the value and sanctity of family is not in its function as a unit providing order and structure to the hierarchies of society, but as a place of love. Granted Pas wasn't a loving mother to Ari, but (not excusing her just analysing) she was never over her grief and blamed Ari, irrationally blamed her for the death of Glaucus and for anyone familiar with Jungian archetypes and shadows, what is the inverse of love and forgiveness? Hate and resentment. Pas as a flawed human never did the psychological/internal/soul work she should have done to be a good mother for Ari, but Ari's perseverance and actions in alignment to her own values based on truth and love not only helped her own progression in her journey toward her prophecy but also helped Pas' own healing toward love and forgiveness (this is making me so emotional rn omfg).

And Caeneus, who for 10 years in the Underworld waited to see his mum come through to confront her about his murder. Their family is also based on love, but divine destiny ruptured it. Then at the very end it his love for her despite his long struggle trying to understand her betrayal, his obsession with obtaining closure from her, in the Nothing his love is so great he unlocked a power not even Hades could do - bringing a soul back.

I feel this show was very intentional in its warping of Hera's characterisation because it is a commentary on what she stands for in society today. Marriage and family in capitalism are tools for the preservation of power, the protection of private property, to maintain the social order necessary for capitalism to continue. Do I think the show was trying to go for an anti-capitalist critique? No, at least not overtly or consciously, but so far in my reflections I see that is what is happening and as a commie that makes me a big fan.

[pharawee]

—KNOCK KNOCK, BOYS! · Episode 5

[en-chi-la-da]

my full piece that i did for the @neondownpourzine !! a zine made celebrating the one-year anniversary for master detective archives: rain code!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

this is the first zine that i got to participate in! (as i said many times already lol) super grateful that i got a chance to make something for this project, i had a lot of fun creating this piece!! everybody else's works are SUPER amazing, please give the zine a peek for yourselves and maybe even rain code as well??? thank you very much!! 💖

[asmoreous]

Thanksgiving is drawing to a close for me, so I wanted to post an update to my post earlier. :3 I joined in on @lovely-ari ‘s “little” challenge as well as added onto it with my own. Ended up eating 5 plates of the richest and heaviest foods and 2 plates of apple and pecan pie. And then sat in the kitchen and snacked until I couldn’t possibly force myself to eat another bite. Which is mostly a physical hindrance, rather than a physical one. If I had someone here to hand feed me the rest I’m sure I could eat continuously for the rest of the night x3

Probably going to finish the night off with another plate of pie, thinking one pecan slice and one Dutch apple. But for now I think I had a very fruitful Thanksgiving x3

[aris-has-a-paracosm]

And we are so proud of him for that!

[anonymouscheeses]

Ive noticed that, unfortunately, Ari is highkey me and I am highkey her. Im yearning for anything atp.

I listened to I Don't Smoke by Mistki while drawing this. If you havent please listent to the live ver, and also all her other songs plsss

[viney-plants]

mom come pick me up i’m scared

[noodlerama]

A toxic touch you don’t want escape from

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

mother thinks i am a small stray animal

[muttsona]

always very funny to me that fanon people try to paint red robin 2009 as being worse than it was when its like: this seventeen year old almost died because he was going insane trying to prove to everyone that bruce was alive. no he isnt crazy and youre the crazy one for not believing him. he fell out the window, he didnt know dick would be there to catch him. he was like a plank of wood on that hotel bed, he was bleeding out and he was prepared to die alone. he is nothing if not all the bad events that led up to red robin, and he is the faces that look at him like hes crazy. he isn't crazy.

[stovetoast]

"finally, in high school, ari had an epiphany. the image reflected in the mirror didn't match who she truly was. she decided to open up, embrace herself and reveal her true self. grace watched from afar as ari transformed, genuinely happy to see her childhood best friend finally blossom." x

[nessa007]

the wicked press tour is the gift that keeps on giving 😭