#arknights garcia

[p0rchcollapse]

i want what they had

[salted-bird]

AK art-dump

[ouroborosorder]

So, Deepcolor's oprec released, and upon reading a summary of it, I basically felt the entire world of Arknights click into place. Hear me out.

Deepcolor's Oprec details that Deepcolor was convinced by a messenger of the Cult of the Deep to become Seaborn. But she stopped her own assimilation when she realized that the Seaborn do not appreciate aesthetic beauty. She was disgusted, and literally left and stopped her own assimilation entirely due to her love of art, and has been holding it back with her painting.

And this made me realize. This is true of every character with seaborn blood who has resisted assimilation. Skadi sings. Specter sings. Laurentina sculpts. Gladiia dances. Mizuki cooks. Deepcolor is a painter. Amaia still translated books long after she had become Seaborn. Garcia played the piano. Lorenzo cared for the Stultifera.

Which also means...

... Anita was never assimilated. Not fully.

But this makes sense, even outside of a "art holds back the darkness" power of friendship-tier story beat. Assimilation is the surrendering of the individual self to unity, the acceptance that you do not matter, that all that matters is giving your life and your existence to the perpetuation of a greater Whole. They cultivate only to consume. They sing, but their song is a profound silence.

And what is more individualistic, more self-revealing than art? There is no artistic expression without the self, without the understanding that you are a distinct voice, that your perspective matters, that there is only one you.

Perhaps you may have noticed, but this is the same as the Yan-Sui. They hold back the collective with their individual passions. Painting, movies, poetry, games, war.

There's one other thing with a connection to artistic expression - but this time, positively. Originium Arts. Artistic ability has long been associated with Originium Arts capability - Amiya plays the violin, Frostnova sings as she enters the battlefield, Goldenglow's hairdressing, Astesia's divination powering her arts, Lucian the Blood Diamond. I mean they're called Arts for the love of god, it's not exactly subtle.

But the Rhine Lab manga tells us that when an Oripathy carrier dies, the Originium left behind contains their DNA sequence, left behind after death. They may die, but there is something that is always left behind, something that always remains behind. There is always the thing that let them do their Arts. There is always their artistic ability.

There is always their art.

You do your art until you are taken by death, but what remains behind is the traces of it, the artistic DNA you have left behind, your Arts itself. You're gone, but the remnants are still there. And someone else will find it, taking your Arts into themselves to do their own Arts themselves. Sometimes it becomes part of you, living with you and growing inside you, granting you your abilities. Sometimes you simply hold it and use it as fuel and inspiration to make your own Arts.

And this is always what Arknights has been about. Not just metaphorically, but literally.

They hired individual artists, asking them to make characters according to their own sensibilities and style, then putting them into a cohesive world. They got talented musicians and gave them carte blanche to contribute to the musical identity of this game. They got talented voice actors and let them just go ham on the mic. The game's story concept debatably originated because of Lowlight creating Kal'tsit for a make your own OC art game.

It has always been about individuals, putting everything they have, everything that makes them unique, every part of their histories and sensibilities and quirks and personalities and identity and selfish desires and allowing them to shine as a collaborative effort, working together towards a greater goal that means something to people.

An organization of people, Infected by the artistic DNA of those they carry close. People using their Arts to push back the darkness, as best as they can. Even if they stumble and fall, even if they make mistakes, they will always try. To enjoy their life and practice their art.

Because the two greatest threats to the world of Terra, the Seaborn and Sui, are held back by.. simple artistic passion.

The passion and love of the community, the individual given space to shine and collaborate, singing to drown out the terror of the song without sound, the art without beauty, and the collective without the individual.

[yuki-kazami]

I'm so glad I've decided to re-read Stultifera Navis now that I've done so much more deep diving into the Arknights story compared to when it was my first event. Back then it was intimidating and mysterious, all of these new elements, a world that exists so far beyond the boundaries of this story, and yet all the same, a driven character tale of how each would struggle against a seemingly immovable enemy.

Now, reading through it once more, knowing the drives of all the characters within, the stakes of the situation, my deeper emotional connections with personal favorites such as the hunters, I'm awed at the scope of it. It is not so many characters as Lonetrail, nor as earthshattering, but the passion for Iberia, for Aegir, for the world as they knew it is so empowering and raw! The driving orchestral music, the dim and grimy tones of the Eye of Iberia, the reckoning of emotions as the Inquisitors finally see the grand scale of what Iberia once was. Jordi's personal journey from a confused townsfolk to finding a passion for saving others.

We have more stereotypical villains, but we get so many interesting players besides. Ulpianus, The Last Knight, Garcia, Alfonso, Amaia. Every one has their own relationship with the sea and it's so compelling to see them all play out. Personalities and weapons clash, cooperation is bargained, sacrifices are made, all for the concept of the world they once thought Golden.

I can't deny that despite their folly, the heady air of Iberia's Golden Age makes me want to see it once more, to see the sort of society that made these grand works fight back once more against the sea that took so much from it.

I'm still only halfway through my re-read, but Stultifera Navis reminds me of why it was my favorite event for so long, and for the sort of narrative it is looking to tell, I think it is still unmatched within Arknights, even if Lonetrail hit my emotions more deeply in its grief and vision for the future.

The Golden Age Will Return Again!

[stem-sister-scuffle]

GO VOTE IN THE ONGOING PRELIMS!!! Here's the list of contestants btw ^^

Dr. Olivia Octavius - Spiderverse Entrapta - She-ra

Shion Uzuki - Xenosaga

Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum - Adventure Time

Zelda - The Legend Of Zelda (Specifically BOTW and TOTK)

Winry Rockbell - Fullmetal Alchemist

Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan - Bones

Maru - Stardew Valley

Reagan Ridley - Inside Job

GLaDOS - Portal

Futaba Sakura - Persona 5

Alphys - Undertale

Violet Baudelaire - ASOUE

Lisa Tepes - Castlevania

Ms. Frizzle - The Magic School bus

Professor Aurea Juniper - Pokemon

Asami Sato - The Legend Of Korra

Raphaella La Cognizi - The Mechanisms

Dr. Saira Bellum - Carmen Sandiego

Kurisu Makise - Steins; Gate

Dendy - OK KO: Let's Be Heroes!

Penelope Garcia - Criminal Minds

Honey Lemon - Big Hero 6

Elizabet Sobeck - Horizon Zero Dawn

Jadzia Dax - Star Trek: Deep Space 9

Lup - The Adventure Zone

Kal’tsit - Arknights Annnnd here are the fandoms that will have to go through prelims!!! Ema Skye vs Athena Cykes vs Aura Blackquill vs Iris Wilson (Ace Attorney) Roxy Lalonde vs Jade Harley (Homestuck) Harrow Nonagesimus vs Mercymorn The First (The Locked Tomb) Pamela Isley vs Harleen Quinzel (DC) Akane Kurashiki vs Alice vs Lotus (Hazuki Kashiwabara) (Zero Escape)

(The winners of the prelims above will have a spot in the bracket !!)

[chucapybara]

Hi! That's me again :DDD

Wanted to ask who's your favourite OC and if ya'd like to share something about them with us! :D♡

HI HELLO ASKA omg i know this ask has been sitting in my box for a long while but college things have been keeping me busy + i couldn't find my old sketchbook with some of my trad sketches of said oc so :( made do with my old posts and did a new one just for this ask! i know i have some artworks of her on my laptop too but sadly it's been broken for a while. nonetheless, thank you for the ask!

so contrary to my own belief, there is an oc that has a special place in my heart that dates prior to eulalia's conception. her name is Fiore G. Kiefer!

(more below!)

(the sketch i cooked up for this ask!)

originally just named Fiore Garcia, little fio went through a lot of revisions and storylines and AUs. i don't recall which came first, if it was her arknights version or an alternate modern version where she was an underground boxer, but she spawned from either of those two things! i'd been working on ocs for a long while but didn't really feel super committed until fio came along; something about her spurred me into investment.

(little fiore in the geu, shortly after being adopted by noah!)

to spare the lengthy history, Fiore is the adopted daughter of Noah Kiefer :) noah saved fio from being nommed on by wolves when she was, i believe, five or seven years old! noah had admitted fio to the local orphanage at the time, but fio quickly grew attached to her rescuer and often shadowed noah as she worked around the city.

after being adopted, little fio took after her mum quite a bit, learning unarmed combat from her and eventually developing her own style of martial combat!

(really she just liked to punch people, but i promise she's very sweet! she's a golden retriever in personality)

in her earlier iterations, as mentioned prior, fiore went by another name: Garm the Bloodhound, or simply The Thunderfang, named for the speed, precision, and viciousness of her strikes. she keeps the moniker Garm in her later versions, but tends to use it as a kind of nickname or alter ego. (yes, Garm is named after the norse mythological hound that guards Hel's gate!)

in her GEU iteration, her birthname is Adsila :)

oh! Fiore is pansexual, goes by any pronouns but tends to lean towards she/her (she thinks being called a he/him is cool!) and she has a girlfriend! her name is Yumena! (yume also has quite the lengthy history)

(yume likes to call fio as her puppy)

[nearo]

Giving some major deviantArt vibes but in a warm nostalgic way, heartwarming to have gotten tagged honestly.

9 people you want to get to know better tag game-- tagged by @dogbytez

Three ships: Not something I've ever really partaken in, but if you ask me for 3 characters I'd want in a good relationship, Madoka and Homura please work things out and be happy.

Fiammetta and Mostima are cute and feel game supported but just enough ambiguity to be shipping right?

Then sure let's stick Viviana and Nearl together from the same property cause I'm head empty, lol.

First ship: Heck dude, no idea. First actual pairing could just be Madoka and Homura, maybe it wasn't but I don't remember otherwise, sure why not.

Last Song: Coffee - SycAmour

Last Movie: Uh.... I don't think it's the most recent but the most recent I can remember is the Ghibli Arrietty a few years back. I don't remember how we ended up at a theater but it was like a rerun in theaters kinda nearby?

Currently Reading: I've been slowly working through Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia whenever I'm like out of the house.

Currently Watching: Zom100, Undead Unluck, Dark Gathering, JJK, Arknights s2, Spy X Family, and Hikikomari, mostly best friend's picks but I'm happy to watch anything with them.

Currently Consuming: BLOOOOOD of the damned. I had to with how dA core this feels. Otherwise, a glass of water? I guess. Really captures the dA vibe of 'what, while I'm answering the ask game?'

Currently Craving: Affection. I'd give up ten years of lifespan for some tbh.

I'm not tagging 9 people but uhhh who would be least embarrassing.... @hannahilation @quillows-q @iloriatower @jofiah

If you want, go wild.

[melodiaemfrp]

Hello, Attuned! Thank you for participating in Melodiae’s twelfth Activity Check! Listed here are characters that did not pass the check (Five (5) days of activity in-server) for the period of Monday, May 8th to Sunday, July 7th.

If you believe your muse(s) are listed here by mistake, you may reach out to the Masterlist on or before Saturday, July 15th. All characters that do not have activity accounted for by 11:59 PM EST on this date will be removed from the server by or before the next inbox run (Tuesday, July 18th)

If you did not pass the check, you also have until Saturday, July 15th to reapp your muse(s) by sending an ask to the Masterlist indicating your intent to reapp the character. You DO NOT have to resubmit the whole application; simply provide your name, the character’s name & series, your OOC contact, and the date in an ask. Muses marked with an asterisk (*) have failed two consecutive checks, and are ineligible to be reapped this way unless they are an OC. These muses must wait one full week, and may resubmit their entire application on or after Saturday, July 22nd.

Muses that are not reapped by 11:59pm EST on Saturday, July 15th will be removed from the server by our inbox run on Tuesday, July 18th.

Thank you for your continued interest in Melodiae!

- The Melodiae Team

ACE ATTORNEY

THE GREAT ACE ATTORNEY

Ryuunosuke Naruhoudou (Mica)

ARKNIGHTS

Ernesto Salas (Tequila) (Hika)

Ling (Hika) *

BUNGOU STRAY DOGS

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Flora) *

Nikolai Gogol (Kit)

Sigma (Rosel)

CHAINSAW MAN

Power (Satsujin)

CODE GEASS

Suzaku Kururugi (Laur)

CRITICAL ROLE

Lucien Tavelle (Aria)

Mollymauk Tealeaf (Myco)

DEATH NOTE

Light Yagami (Light)

Matt (Mail Jeevas) (Aria)

DELTARUNE

Kris (Willow) *

DEMON SLAYER

Rengoku Kyojuro (Rose)

Yoriichi Tsugikuni (Rose)

DETECTIVE CONAN / MAGIC KAITO 1412

Hakuba Saguru (Lucifer)

DEVIL MAY CRY

Dante (Willow)

DON'T STARVE

Charlie (Emberlyn)

DRAGONFABLE

Tomix Danao (Birb)

ELSWORD

Raven Cronwell (Nova Imperator) (Sadie)

ENSEMBLE STARS!

Ibara Saegusa (Aria)

FATE

GRAND ORDER

Enkidu (Lancer) (Aria)

Romani Archaman (Linette)

FINAL FANTASY

XIV

Amour Darling (Pax)

Ardbert (Mica)

Breakfast Sandwich (Emil) *

Charlenaux Valmont (WOL RPR) (Star)

Hilda Ware (Rhia)

Osial viator Lacus (OC) (Owl)

Shara Ruivert (WOL SGE) (Jun)

Zero (Myco)

FIRE EMBLEM

THREE HOUSES

Felix Hugo Fraldarius (Owl)

SACRED STONES

Lyon (Jun)

GENSHIN IMPACT

Kaeya Alberich (Laur)

Zhongli (Ree)

GRANBLUE FANTASY

Lucilius (Aria)

HADES

Zagreus (Moshi)

HONKAI IMPACT 3RD

Elysia (Mikey) *

HONKAI STAR RAIL

Dan Heng (Xing)

Jing Yuan (Hika)

Pom-Pom (Satsujin)

Stelle (Rhia)

HOW TO WIN OVER MY HUSBAND

Rudbeckia de Borgia (Alice)

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Inumaki Toge (Jun)

JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

PART 2

Joseph Joestar (Stan)

PART 5

Leone Abbacchio (Tom)

PART 6

Foo Fighters (Tom)

PART 2

Julius Caesar "Gyro" Zeppeli (Derrick)

KAMEN RIDER

REVICE

Hana Natsuki "Aguilera" (Lucifer)

Yukimi Igarashi (Lottie)

ZERO-ONE

Aruto Hiden (Isu) *

Jin (Lottie) *

KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN!

Fran (Carmen)

LEGEND OF ZELDA

Dark Link (Pax)

MEGAMIND

Megamind (Birb) *

MORIARTY THE PATRIOT

Sherlock Holmes (Rosel)

OCTOPATH TRAVELER

I

Alfyn Greengrass (Shae)

II

Temenos Mistral (Shae)

Trousseau (Shae)

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Erika Ishikawa (Rhia)

Grey (Cee)

Shimmer (Rhia)

Witch Princess (Pax)

PERSONA

3

Elizabeth (Aria)

Minato Arisato (Athiel)

5

Morgana (Satsujin)

PROJECT MOON

LIBRARY OF RUINA

Hokma (Rosel)

LIMBUS COMPANY

Demian (Rosel)

Don Quixote (Swub)

Faust (Tian)

Galeas Sturm (Fris)

Gregor Samsa (Ghost)

Ryoshu (Rosel)

PROJECT SEKAI

An Shiraishi (Kyuu)

Ena Shinonome (Rhia)

Hatsune Miku (Mikey)

Rui Kamishiro (Fris)

PROMISE OF WIZARD

Figaro Garcia (Ree)

PSYCHEDELICA OF THE BLACK BUTTERFLY

Ai Minato (Carmen)

SUPER SENTAI

DOUBUTSU SENTAI ZYUOHGER

Misao Mondo (Nox)

TEAM FORTRESS 2

Spy (Red) (Birb)

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

Michael (Myco)

TOONTOWN

Chip Revvington (Xanthe)

SOUZA SAMONJI

Souza Samonji (Rose)

TRIGUN

STAMPEDE

Millions Knives (Eris)

TSUBASA: RESERVOIR CHRONICLE

Fai D. Fluorite (Ashley)

TWISTED WONDERLAND

Malleus Draconia (Laur)

Morrigan Desrosier (Fris)

WITCH'S HEART

Noel Levine (Lottie)

[masterofdemise]

“Where do you fall on the Metal Record?” Quiz Results/Answers

Since it’s been awhile since the quiz has been released, I’m going to release the answers so you can see who you ended up picking (assuming you remember what you picked.) Thank you to everyone who ended up taking the quiz!

For people who still want to try taking the quiz, link is here: Quiz Time!

First, here is the current personality type stats:

One person took the quiz about three times trying to get Ryuga but ended up getting Dynamis so Dynamis’s number is actually 7. Anyway, a lot of shrine guardians, surprise.

Here are the answers:

QUESTION ONE: The Touhou songs. Please go check them out when you have time, they are bangers.

Lullaby of a Deserted Hell: Persephone

A Small Desire's Starry Sky: Dynamis

Kitten of Great Fortune: Felicity Lee

Diao Ye Zong ~ Withered Leaf: Motti

Charming Domination ~ Who Done it?: Fifionne

Paradise ~ Deep Mountain: He Li Hua

Old Distant Hermit: Pluto

Tiger-Patterned Bishamonten: Johannes

Song of the Night Sparrow ~ Night Bird: Cycnus

Dying in the Dendera Fields in the Night: Epiphron

The Bridge People No Longer Cross: Moros

A World of Nightmares Never Seen Before: Elysse

QUESTION TWO: The alignments. Here they are.

Good: He Li Hua, Dynamis, Motti

Neutral: Fifionne, Felicity Lee, Persephone, Elysse

Evil: Pluto, Johannes, Epiphron, Moros, Cycnus

QUESTION THREE: Which of these words call to you the most? 

Revenge: Persephone

Today: Felicity Lee

Regret: Epiphron

Perfection: He Li Hua

Domination: Fifionne

Resurrection: Pluto

Savagery: Johannes

Conspiracy: Moros

Prejudice: Cycnus

Isolation: Dynamis

Ignorance: Motti

Balance: Elysse

QUESTION FOUR: Pick a World championship team to cheer for. This one was really funny to think about.

Team Gan Gan Galaxy: Felicity, Motti

Team Wild Fang: Fifionne

Team Wang Hu Zhong: He Li Hua, Elysse

Team Excalibur: Dynamis

Team Lovushka: Pluto

Team Starbreaker: Epiphron

Team Garcias: Johannes, Moros

Team Desert Blaze: Persephone

Team Chandora: Cycnus

QUESTION 5: Pick a Contingency Contract song from Arknights. So many people picked Operation Pyrite since I assume most people don’t know the songs. Go listen to them because they’re all good.

Operation Pyrite: Persephone

Operation Blade: Fifionne

Operation Cinder: Epiphron

Operation Lead Seal: Felicity Lee

Operation Spectrum: Moros

Operation Wild Scales: Motti

Operation Pine Soot: He Li Hua, Elysse

Operation Dawnseeker: Johannes

Operation Deepness: Pluto

Operation Ashring: Dynamis

Operation Fake Waves: Cycnus

QUESTION SIX: Pick an element.

Fire: Persephone

Water: Cycnus

Earth: Fifionne, Epiphron

Sky (Thunder/Wind): He Li Hua, Dynamis

Light: Johannes, Motti

Dark: Pluto, Moros

Null (None): Felicity, Elysse

QUESTION SEVEN: Pick one of the 6 deadly sins that fits you best 

Pride: He Li Hua, Epiphron

Envy: Moros, Dynamis

Wrath: Johannes, Cycnus, Persephone

Sloth: Pluto, Elysse

Avarice: Fifionne, Felicity

Gluttony: Motti

QUESTION 8: Pick an operator (Arknights) class.

Guard: He Li Hua, Johannes

Defender: Elysse

Medic: Cycnus

Supporter: Epiphron, Motti

Sniper: Moros

Caster: Pluto, Dynamis

Specialist: Persephone

Vanguard: Fifionne, Felicity

QUESTION 9: The most important one. PICK A SILLY CAT.

Silly and insane: Pluto

i be coolin' brah ion cur bout nun!!: Elysse

PONDERING ] Pondreing: Dynamis

Enough is enough: Cycnus

ue, ue, ue (soung of crying): Moros

E to Talk. Beebo: Motti

Perform your poem here: He Li Hua

Cat in snow: Fifionne

CAUSE OF DEATH, NO KISSES: Epiphron

paypal me 30000 usd: Felicity

drivig: Johannes

THIS CAT IS A NATION-WIDE WARCRIMINAL: Persephone

QUESTION 10: You are playing on a multi-player minecraft server, what is your role? 

Trading with villagers all day and starting up the economy. You are the richest on the server just by trading. Felicity

Staying in the mines the entire time, people only see you once in awhile when you come back to the surface to clear your inventory and get food. Moros

Collecting every cat possible, nothing else matters. Johannes

Exploring the whole world, mapping out all the different biomes so others can go explore later. He Li Hua

Your only goal is to kill. The mobs are first, then the bosses, then the other players (watch out!) Fifionne

Fishing. Just fishing. Cycnus

Building houses because you enjoy architecture. Everyone leaves you alone because you're actually good with building. Epiphron

For some reason, you live in the Nether. No one in the server has to worry about going there because you are the resident expert. Persephone

Farming the crops and breeding the animals for the local farm. You are the food supplier. Elysse

You're all over the place, just going along with whoever wants a buddy to travel, mine, or fight with. Motti

You somehow ended up on the other side of the world by accident and live all by yourself because no one has found you yet. Dynamis

The redstone expert. You totally have not pranked people with this skill of yours, definitely not. Pluto.

That is all of the answers for the personality quiz questions. The most important ones were the last two questions of course. Thanks to everyone who answered. It was very interesting seeing the results.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS AND ANSWERS BELOW:

Dynamis:  The Shrine Guardian of Mist Mountain Temple and Legendary Blader of Jupiter. You are the lone guardian who guides the heroes towards their destiny. You are a lover of rules and tradition, unchanging like the mountains that protect its people. Your resolve may be strong, but everything erodes with time. It might be time to make a change to your life, before you find yourself alone in your ramblings.

Johannes: The Recruiter and Ferocious Guard of Hades. You're a feral cat lover on the streets who isn't afraid to play dirty to get what you want. You've had to put up with a lot of crap that has made you quite bitter and angry at a lot of things. Despite all that, you're still pretty carefree and have learned to not let other people bother you too much. It's more important to enjoy the things you love, then dwell on the haters. Be weird, be you.

Motti: The Little Kitten everyone loves. Sweet, loving, bubbly, and silly, you're just a little kitten trying to go around and about. You are ignorant to a lot of the problems and issues that surround you so when they finally surface right in front of you, you're a bit lost for words. You wish people would stop secretly leaving you out of everything, even though they're just doing it to protect you.

Pluto: The current leader of the Hades Cult. You are cunning, cynical, and are not afraid to put down people who are below you. You often don't feel comfortable showing your soft side to others out of fear of exploitation. It's not all doom and gloom however. You do have a very small but close friend group that you can truly express yourself to. While you go on about grandiose plans of world domination and destruction, you actually just want to live a simple life with people who care about you.

Felicity Lee: The shopkeep and bey mechanic of Koban Convenience. You're the happy go-lucky type that might know more than they let on. You live in the present and just try to enjoy life as it is now, without thinking too much about the past or the present. You tend to be the person who is always stuck in the middle during an argument, unable to pick a side.

Fifionne: The Blader of Inari Shrine, or the Nine-Tailed Empress. You are the vicious and feral girlboss who is never afraid to fight for her freedom. You are always up for a good challenge when presented with one. While you are known for your mischievousness, you are still quite a fun person to be around. You are very individualistic, and often forget about the friends who are just trying to help you out.

Epiphron: Father of Pluto, The Former Mastermind. You are the leader figure that has been forced to carry many burdens. Everyone looks up to you to help them, but that leaves you with very little time to spend with your loved ones. Due to your horrible work schedule, you often regret not having enough to be their emotionally for the people you care about the most. Go take a break or something.

Persephone: The Queen of the Underworld and the one who plotted it all. You are the one who helped organized the cult way back when. You can be deceitful and are will do anything to achieve your goals. You don't need a crazy sob story to be mean, if you want it, you will get it no matter how long you have to wait. No one can stand in your way to get what you want, whether that be the world or the strawberry cheesecake sitting in the fridge. Even if people fear you, you don't care.

Elysse: The Enigmatic Traveler. Everyone thinks you're hiding some really devious and secret motive, but it's actually really simple and you're just taking the weird and long way to get there. You're usually quite easygoing, but will get serious when the thing you've worked so hard to preserve is getting shaken. The thing that matters most is protecting and enjoying the things you love. Everything else is a whatever.

He Li Hua: The Everlasting Beauty of China and former star student of Beylin Temple. You are the loveable big sister figure that everyone looks up to. The expectations set on you are quite high, but there is no challenge you will not overcome. While you can be overbearing and overly strict at the times, you only do this because you love your friends and family. Sometimes you fear that people will leave you, but you know to always keep your head high during the worst of situations.

Cycnus: The Swan Blader who Betrayed the Heavens. You often lie about yourself and actually think the opposite of what you say. You say you aren't self-conscious about your appearance, but you actually care about what people say. You try to maintain a calm demeanor, but you're actually easily annoyed by a lot of things. At least when you're around people you like/are comfortable with, you're not afraid to spout your true feelings and thoughts. It is okay if no one else likes you, as long as the people you care about do.

Moros: The uncle of Pluto, brother of Epiphron. You can be a vengeful person who projects their frustrations onto others. You actually care a lot about the people you love, but don't know how to express that properly. On the positive side, you're very reliable and get the job done. You wish people recognized you for your achievements more.

[cloud-ya]

4, 16 for those Arknights questions!

4 - favorite operator

ling and lappland

16 - favorite NPC

hmm... I don't know, I don't have any particular one. Garcia? Emperor? or that little girl from Meteor's operation record

[amiya-shirou]

Top 5 best Seaborn (+ honorary mentions if you like)

Not sure if I should include hybrids like the Abyssal Hunters so I limited myself to those who went more into the "Seaborn" side. if I included them, Laurentina would probably be 1st or 2nd, I love that shark.

The Corrupting Heart

One of the reasons I got interested in Arknights in the first place. An eldritch horror incarnate bringing doom to all of humanity, and yet at the same time so alluring (not necessarily in a sexual sense though it's an easy connection to make with the whole "consumption" aspect of it, but specifically in the "I stared too long into the abyss and now I feel fascinated by the darkness" sense). When you see all the horror "Skadi" represents, when you know the dire conditions humanity is in, and yet "she" starts to sing such a sad and beautiful song, as if "she's inviting you to join "her" kin? It's unsettling in the best kind of way. It's the whole Bloodborne-like aspect of "the Eldritch horror is actually moved by kindness, curiosity and a yearning for connection, and yet it's no less of an horror for this" (and now that I wrote this the image of Skalter saying "Oh, Good Hunter" like The Doll won't leave my mind). It touches all my strings.

2. The Endspeaker

Cutest little creature. The Seaborn have such an interesting way to be so "endearing" with their innocence and curiosity, but the Endspeaker in particular goes so hard with it. We already talked a bit about this: I deeply loved Amaia's last scene, it was so kind and intimate, something that really shines when contrasted with the badass, creepy atmosphere of Stultifera Navis; a moment of connection so intense that even a Seaborn like Endspeaker was deeply affected by it and seeked to understand all that Amaia was, all the emotion and kindness she poured into It. That CG when it evolved and appeared in front of Laurentina was so good, too. Until that point the Seaborn had only evolved into bigger, more unsettling monsters, but the Endspeaker was the first to reach beauty.

3. Izumik

Admittedly I'm not too well versed in the IS3 storyline yet, I only just read the 3rd ending and Mizuki's files to answer this ask so I'm not sure how in deep I can go, but... wow, there's so much to elaborate here. It seems like the endpoint of what I was getting at with Endspeaker - such a beautiful evolution, a good end for the Seaborn plotline in which they seem to integrate the best parts of humanity and can aim for the stars. Many times I felt like the Seaborn worked quite well as an equivalent for climate change (among other things) so seeing the potential timeline in which we reach co-existence with them and they free Terra from Originium, deserts and disaster, bringing back the abundance of nature, was a strong moment.

4. The First to Talk

I don't have nearly as much to say here as I had for the top 3, especially since it did nothing that wasn't done better by the Endspeaker, but it has the privilege of being... well, the first to talk. It's always cool to me when a monster characterized by its' evolutionary ability reaches a point when it learns even speech, but what really sold the Seaborn to me was how there was actually no trace of evil intentions in its words, which is quite noticeable when comparing him with Quintus by his side who kept going on with his "evil mastermind" talks. It's especially good because the reason it evolved speech in the first place wasn't for utility reasons (Seaborn had no need for it) nor to trick humans, but entirely so it could communicate with Skadi and better understand how to save Ishar-Mla. And the revelation about how all this time the Seaborn weren't attacking Skadi because they wanted to kill her, but to free their kin they thought were trapped in her body? Most of the good things about the Seaborn plotline got their setup here.

5. Alfonso & Garcia

I'm not too sure about this inclusion since in the end they never gave up to their beastly side and died as humans, but they're visibly part-Seaborn and I needed a good 5th place. I'm not sure I have much to say about them since I spent most of my analyzing skills for the many other elements I loved in that event, but they were a weirdly good part of it, especially their interactions with Irene, and how they focus on the "humans turning into monsters" aspect which is what the Abyssal Hunters fear to become. Plus I do like the whole "fallen hero" aspect of Alfonso, and Garcia was indeed the best vice-captain ever.

Honorable Mentions:

The Last Knight: I'm not sure I quite get his deal yet?

Hyman: a Sarkaz turned Seaborn is metal as hell as a concept. I'm curious about how this plotline will go.

[odeias]

✦ reserves list, august.

these reserves are for our august 1 — august 7 opening period. it will be updated sporadically.

arknights

the doctor — lore

bloodborne

the doll — rose

bungou stray dogs

dazai osamu — remi

ryuunosuke akutagawa — z

ensemble stars!!

wataru hibiki — ren

fire emblem

… archanea.

minera — lia

camus — lia

… three houses.

edelgard von hresvelg — june

felix hugo fraldarius — owl

final fantasy

… seven.

sephiroth — alex

… fourteen.

alisaie leveilleur — mouse

estinien varlineau — owl

hythlodaeus — skadi

ryne waters — daniel

... sixteen.

joshua rosfield — mouse

hatoful boyfriend

fujishiro nageki — lys

hitori uzune — juni

honkai

… star rail.

gepard landau — li

kafka — crow

sampo koski — pingo

jujutsu kaisen

geto suguru — mono

gojo satoru — nell

league of legends

viktor — vincent

library of ruina

xiao — nerd

limbus company

dante — laur

don quixote — puchi

emil sinclair — marion

hong lu — li

ishmael — cae

gregor samsa — virus

yi sang — tamagoogo

lobotomy corporation

carmen — cori

hod — laila

tiphereth — virus

mahoyaku / promise of wizard

cain knightley — puchi

chloe collins — charlie

figaro garcia — lati

owen — alice

oz — blue

rustica ferch — z

shylock bennett — mono

marvel

miguel o'hara — echo

melty blood

zepia eltnam oberon — rozen

metal gear solid

kazuhira miller — vincent

milgram

mikoto kayano — quin

neon genesis evangelion

nagisa kaworu — xia

persona

… three.

hamuko arisato — juni

minato arisato — lati

... five.

goro akechi — murr

puss in boots

humpty alexander dumpty — lok

touhou project

merry hearn — marion

renko usami — cori

undertale

sans — ani

the world ends with you

joshua kiryu — laur

your turn to die

shin tsukimi — daniel

[xaracosmia]

tumblr eated it.. this is crow (contact me here), taking off figaro garcia mhyk & stein soul eater off hiatus, as well as dropping mlynar arknights (cata 7) and rei sakuma enstars (cata 6)! today is jan 14. thanks so much!

(explodes them off the face of th earth) okay those two have been dropped and your other characters are off of hiatus !!! hi :]

-mod exo

[nommedtail]

alfonso and garcia are so good this event is so good

[twylaisdonewitheverything]

I am going feral over Alfonso and Garcia

[notafiredemon]

Alright, got a clear through Stultifera Navis-10! I figured out what was messing me up; I didn’t realize that the little guy natively required two block, since I just killed him before it became relevant in SN-7. Done and dusted, what a good feeling!