#art fight team spice

[artfight]

Vote for your favorite team between the two!

TEAM SPICE won during the 2020 Art Fight event, coming at 317,914 attacks valuing at 6,332,569.03 points. Team Spice lost to Team Moon in Round Two, Bracket One of 2024's Showdown.

TEAM SUN lost during the 2017 Art Fight event, coming at 64,014 attacks valuing at 598,258.52 points. Team Sun lost to Team Werewolves in Round One, Bracket Eight of 2024's Showdown.

[toonagi]

happy artfight the site has fucking died again as per artfight tradition <3

when things start working again you can find me here! --> https://artfight.net/~Toonagi

yknow if you. if you want to murder maim kill me. wink wink

[coffee-mouse]

I’m on Team Stardust this year!

[stageturn]

art fight attack on @yearningsailor >:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hadthatdreamagain]

art fight theme sona skins <33

which ones ur fav???

[squishy-lombax]

Here's another set of Art Fight boarders! Here we have Team Sugar vs. Team Spice! I was on Team Sugar that year because I have a huge sweet tooth, even when it's refreshing and fruity like seen here. I'm really happy with the how the Team Sugar boarder turned out, but I admit, I did struggle with the Team Spice boarder. I was unsure what drink was being featured in the official images from Art Fight, so I literally just Googled "spice drinks" and went with this fun styled glass I saw on multiple images.

These boarders are free to use if you participated in @artfight during the year 2020!

[onyxgalaria-art]

slowing down on attacks

tags bc funny: @conscharacterscentralised, @0046incognito and @fakinhage

[green-with-envy-phandom-event]

Welcome to our third consecutive year of Green With Envy!

Open for first timers and the obsessed, we welcome all skill levels to this art based event. Just like before, the event comes in two parts with a few minor changes to spice up this year's competition.

Anyone Can Enter a Line Art!

Love to line but hate to color? This side is for you! Part one is the slow build up, where artists create this year's line art. Over the course of two months a form will be open and waiting for anyone to drop a Danny Phantom themed line art in. Crossovers welcome! Unlike our previous years, we will be keeping all the 2025 line art a secret until the drop date! 

Color To Compete!

During Part Two of the event, things rev up and turn competitive. If you sign up for this half, you better be ready to color! When the line arts drop, the fighting begins. For those who want nothing more than to go crazy over a brand new, Danny Phantom themed coloring book, this part is for you. The goal is to color as many of the line arts from the first half of the event as physically possible with the rest of your small team. Unlike other DP events, GWE will have 10 whole coloring teams, so expect to get cozy with your new mates while you strategize! 

And when we say strategize, we mean it. >:3 Green With Envy is unique in that the points you earn can be snatched away! How many your team gets depends on when you complete a coloring, how you complete a coloring, and to whom the line art was assigned. (Don't worry, you can color any line art, including unassigned ones!) Trickery is just as important as the speed and skill of your artistry here! Drop the ball and your points just may be Poached right from under your pencil tips!

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GUYS, THE 2024 ZINE IS DOOOOONE!

@englandamericaitaly NEARLY DIED MAKING IT BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT! Check out the 358 page masterpiece here!

Welcome back to the gremlin enclosure! Thanks everyone in the Phandom for showing the event so much love!

Big shout out to @ecto-stone for letting us use their kick-butt line art from last year's event to make this year's banner! And to @furiarossa, @ovytia-art, @ecto-stone, @breakfastatmiles, @jamiethebeeart, @half-deadmagicperson, @ectoblastfromthepast and @cakeractuallyarts for coloring it!

This year's Links, Info and Important Dates below!

The official hashtag for the event this year is #greenwithenvy2025

In-depth Rules can be found here!

Tutorial can be found here

FAQ can be found here

The discord server for this event is here

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Line Art and All Sign-ups Due: Friday, February 28th (02/28/25) 11:59 pm, Pacific Time Zone

Coloring Starts: Friday, March 7th (03/07/25) 8:00 pm Pacific Time Zone

Coloring Due: Sunday, April 6th. (04/06/25) 11:59 pm Pacific Time Zone

Sign-ups for line artists are here

Sign-ups for colorists are here

Line artist submissions go here 

Colorist submission form can be found in the Discord.

P.S. Remember when looking at the dates to account for your daylight saving's time. What day it happens on depends on where you are in the world!

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Looking for links to last year's stuff?

2024 Free-To-Color Line Art

2024 Masterpost

[kanyerealdaughter]

— ★ BLLK BOYS IN THE MOTHERLAND

characters - rin , isagi , ryusei , bachira , ryusei , reo , nagi , barou , chigiri , kunigami , gagamaru , zantetsu , hiroi , nanase. | pt II here! | all around the world event! |

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RIN ITOSHI - acts aloof, but he’s low-key fascinated by the rawness of africa the landscapes, the survivalist mentality, the street football culture.

safari reaction - tries to act unimpressed until a cheetah sprints past the jeep. he flinches. “…fast.”

food experience - picks at things cautiously, he ends up liking bunny chow or piri-piri chicken. pretends it’s no big deal.

cultural experience - studies traditional football drills and techniques with silent interest. “ they play for survival. that’s real ego.” *cornball anywayss*

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ISAGI YOICHI - is wide-eyed and deeply respectful. from the moment he steps foot in africa, he’s taking everything in the vibrant colors, the open landscapes, the rhythm of the cities.

safari reaction - “ this… this is like nothing i’ve ever seen.” he’s awestruck seeing elephants and lions up close, taking mental notes like he’s analyzing a match.

food experience - tries everything at once. surprised by how much he enjoys dishes like jollof rice or nyama choma. “ it’s spicy… but it works!” great now he’s on the toilet fighting for his life.!

cultural experience - joins in local soccer games and plays barefoot with village kids, totally immersed. “ they have insane spatial awareness.” *he gets cooked by them and gets embarrassed*

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RYUSEI SHIDOU - is way too excited. africa’s wild energy feeds right into his chaos, it’s a miracle he’s not arrested for trying to fight a lion or hijack a rhino.

safari reaction - tries to jump off the jeep. “ yo, i’m gonna wrestle that zebra!!” *everyone yells at him.*

food experience - munches down chakalaka and hot peppers like it’s candy. “ SPICY = SEXY. GIVE ME MORE.” “ this is so sex.” he grumbles crumbs all over his face.

cultural experience - joins a tribal dance, shirtless and screaming. plays football like he’s in a warzone. “ this is where real strikers are born!” he never wants to leave.

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BACHIRA MEGURU - is in his element. everything excites him the music, the wildlife, the art. he’s got a camera, a drum, and he’s trying to ride a zebra *which fails*

safari reaction - “ DO YOU SEE THAT GIRAFFE?! I’M NAMING HIM KEVIN!!”

food experience - tries everything, from mopane worms to grilled meat. “ my tongue’s dancing like i scored a goal!”

cultural experience - joins a drum circle, dances with locals, and plays pick-up street soccer barefoot with painted face. he even dance with the locals.

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REO MIKAGE - treats the trip like a personal branding adventure. he’s vlogging, dressing chic even in the savanna, and soaking in cultural capital.

safari reaction - “ this is giving national geographic realness.” he wants pictures with every animal. every. animal.

food experience - “ i want to invest in this spice blend!” eats with elegance. might try to recreate african fusion dishes later.

cultural experience - genuinely intrigued by african football infrastructure. “ what if i funded a youth team here…?”

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SEISHIRO NAGI - is jetlagged and overwhelmed. too hot. too much walking. but he warms up… slowly.

safari reaction - “ can’t we watch this on TV…?” but then he sees a lion roar and goes, “ okay… that was kinda cool.”

food experience - “ too much effort to chew.” ends up loving boerewors sausage. “ tastes better when you don’t have to make it.”

cultural experience - gets dragged into a dance circle by bachira. he doesn’t resist too hard. “ meh… not bad.”

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BAROU SHOEI - barou shoei feels like he belongs in africa king of the wild, king of the field. he gets way too into it. barou lands in africa thinking he’s going to dominate street football and flex his muscles in lion territory. what he doesn’t expect? becoming ridiculously popular with the locals especially the aunties and girls who instantly clock his sculpted jawline, muscles, and long, dark hair.

safari reaction - “ if i was a lion, i’d be the one with the blackest mane.” he strikes power poses in front of lions.

food experience - devours grilled meat like a beast. “ this is food. not that weak stuff japan serves.”

one of the local chefs calls him “ lion king” and he may or may not blushed a little. “ tch whatever.”

cultural experience: during a community football event, barou absolutely dominates the fields. his physical presence make him the star attraction but then… the braiding begin.

a group of local women notices his long hair.

“ so beautiful!”

“ come here, handsome, let me braid it for you.”

“ he looks like a prince!”

“ i’m not some damn doll—!” but he’s already sitting on a chair while three women expertly work his hair into neat, traditional braids, humming and chatting.

the kids gather around to admire the “braided lion.” someone hands him a mirror cornrows going to the back. he stares at his reflection… and doesn’t hate it.

“…looks powerful.” he mutters.

*yes baoru is my favorite*

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KUNIGAMI RENSUKE - feels like he’s on a hero’s pilgrimage. africa reminds him of survival, strength, and grit things he deeply respects.

safari reaction - introspective, arms crossed, staring out across the plains. “ these animals… they fight every day to live. kinda like us.”

food experience - respectfully asks what’s in everything before eating. like ugali and grilled meats.

cultural experience - volunteers to help with a kids’ soccer clinic. bonds with young players. “ they have real passion.. that’s what matters.”

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CHIGIRI HYOMA - is moved by the natural beauty and the athleticism of local runners and footballers. he’s respectful, thoughtful, and graceful.

safari reaction - silently mesmerized by a herd of elephants. takes elegant pictures of everything well and him of course.

food experience - likes spicy food more than expected. “ it’s got a nice kick — like a good sprint.” might be a lil too spicy then he thought his face turned red almost like his hair color.

cultural experience - gets inspired watching young athletes sprint barefoot. “ i can learn something from this.” once he got mistaken for a young girl. ruined his mood for the whole day.

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GAGAMARU GIN - dream vacation. he’s into animals, weird bugs, and eating food out of banana leaves. probably disappears into the jungle at one point.

safari reaction - leaps out of the jeep to track a meerkat. comes back with a snake around his neck. “ i named it steve.” *everyone freaks out* that he jumped out and came back with a snake.

food experience - will eat anything. “ is that antelope stew? cool.” he eats half the table’s food too.

cultural experience - gets into a deep conversation with a local shaman. plays barefoot and headbutts the ball like a wild man, but he’s living his dream life.

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ZANTETSU TSURUGI - is constantly misunderstanding everything. he’s fascinated, but also lost 90% of the time.

safari reaction - “ that’s a jaguar, right?” *it’s a leopard* “ wha– they’re different animals??”

food experience - tries to act cultured but mixes up the dishes. “ this… uh… spicy pie thing? tastes like winning.” *it’s not a pie*

cultural experience - challenges local sprinters to a race. loses to a barefoot 10-year-old. “ i underestimated them…”

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HIROI YO - is calm and introspective. africa’s warmth and nature connect with his thoughtful side. he’s journaling everything, taking photos of sunrises.

safari reaction - captures pictures of animals with quiet reverence. “ it’s so peaceful here.”

food experience - likes rich, warm dishes like peanut stew. “ it reminds me of comfort food, just different.”

cultural experience - helps organize a local youth match. watches the kids laugh and play. “ maybe football isn’t about ego all the time.”

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NANASE NIJIRO - sunlight catches in his hair, and when he sees you looking, he grins like you hung the sky yourself. he is careful with this place, but he can’t help being curious and wide-eyed.

safari experience - gasps loudly, when a giraffe gets close and nearly drops his camera, asks you a thousand questions about every animal. *like you know everything*

“ the sunset feels like a dream.. and i don’t want to wake up.”

food experience - he literally tried everything once and goes back for more. declares grilled meat his favorite but steals your mango anyway. his eyes light up at every new flavor like it’s a goal scored.

cultural experience - he claps along to the drums, before he even knows the rhythm, he tries dancing and laughs at himself when he trips. listens to local stories, with quiet awe and calls them beautiful.

𖣂 KANYEREALDAUGHTER SPEAKS - if you see soccer no you don’t … it’s soccer to me💔💔 the caribbean is next!

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[rosenclaws]

Random stuff about Logan that I think are true

Hogwarts House - Gryffindor

He’s super skilled at Defense against the dark arts and dueling but his worst class is flying.

You would think he’s a beater or something on the team but he has no desire to get on a death trap broom tyvm.

ATLA Element - Earth / Metal Bender

Absolutely participates in underground fighting lmao.

Did get his ass kicked by Toph

Myers Briggs - ISFJ

Percy Jackson Cabin - Ares (could be Hades but im leaning more towards Ares)

He gets along with animals more than humans for sure but he actually prefers prey animals over predator. While he gets along with both he had a soft spot for smaller weaker animals and has a desire to protect them

He doesn’t like Horror jump scare movies because he doesn’t like to be surprised but he does like thrillers.

Given his age I think he’s pretty cultured and familiar with a lot different cuisines and languages. But idk how well he handles spice lmao.

I think he supports the arts but doesn’t really partake much in them himself. He has gone to musicals and stuff but he’s not a painter or writer. He does appreciate their importance though.

He’s a big hockey guy obviously and sometimes his Canadian accent slips out when he’s watching it or around other Canadians

He thinks American flavors or things are disgusting and too processed

He doesn’t like rom coms but not because they’re cheesy and silly but because he’s been through so much heartbreak and when he falls he falls hard that it leaves him a little bitter seeing couples on screen get their happy ending

He’s the kind of teacher who swears in class and says he’s doesn’t care but everyone loves him and he really knows what he’s talking about and keeps things interesting.

He likes Cats over dogs and doesn’t trust people who don’t like cats.

He doesn’t have a hair care at all. It just does that on its own.

He has favorites and he doesn’t really try to hide it but he’s a harsher grader on them so people don’t try and complain.

Everything he knows about pop culture is learned against his will.

thats it for now but if anyone else wants to chime in please do

[ohanny]

may i present to you....

pit babe: bones au

kenta is the socially awkward forensic anthropologist who would much rather be excavating the remnants of an ancient civilization in papua new guinea but unfortunately while he was fiddling with a mass grave situation in mexico he had a bit of a run in with the cartels which led to a knee injury and he's sadly confined in a lab with elavators and shit until it heals. he is not amused.

jeff is kenta's prodigy intern who also keeps saying he would rather be excavating the remnants of an ancient civilization in papua new guinea because think of the academia but actually? he is waaaaaaay happier doing his squinty work in a climate controlled lab with state of the art technology and no chance of cartels. also socially awkward because he got his phd at 22... and he was raised by kenta.

babe is not just an fbi agent... he is a rockstar fbi agent. he's young, he's sexy, he does not care about the politics of it all - he's here to catch the bad guys and be a badass. he just knows when someone is guilty and nothing is going to stand between him and an arrest. like sure, the search warrant didn't come through yet but he swears he heard screaming inside the apartment 😇

kim is ex-military special forces, assigned as babe's new partner because someone needs to keep babe in check and kim at least understands the basic principle of "it's not enough to bring the bad guys in, you need to also keep them in" so follow the protocols and don't give defense attorneys a field day. but really, he's just way better than babe at appearing legally trustworthy and they quickly become the bestest of crime fighting friends.

alan is the lab boss and also the regular sort of flesh pathologist although at this point it's like 30 for autopsies and 70 for keeping the lab from exploding. he is the one fully functioning normal adult there... except for that one time no one has let him live down. the day jeff came in, alan's first impression of him was a very nice ass bent over the autopsy table. he might have let out an involuntary, breathy "wow" and when jeff turned around, to avoid an hr violation, alan was like "i meant the subject!" which he then realized to be the body of a fully intact, naked, young woman. needless to say he did not make a great impression and worries jeff still thinks he's some creepy perv who lusts after dead bodies.

charlie is the lab chemist. he loves a man with a gun. he would also like to state that despite (alledgedly) being on some government watchlists, he had an impeccable safety record and never misused government equipment to do shit like determine the secret spice blend in kfc chicken or to brew lab wine until north joined the team so none of the "incidents" are his fault.

north is the bugs and plants guy. his "lab assistant" steve is actually a furry lil spider. he believes aliens are real and built the pyramids and, as a hobby, debates conspiracy theories with kenta. he might be a secret millionaire heir to a sketchy oil dynasty who anonymously funds the lab because a boy needs his toys, right????

dean is the actual non-spider lab assistant and basically a human calculator with a degree in theoretical mathematics. he's super excited to work in crime fighting and always volunteers to go on the field. has he perhaps tried to take the academy exam once or twice? yes. has he failed for reasons he thinks are utter bullshit? also yes. but shhhh. he will nail it the next time with babe and kim's help, he's sure of it.

way is the fbi psychologist and criminal profiler who helps them with cases and also would absolutely love to study babe and babe's justice boner and how this might have something to do with his serial killer doctor father but sadly babe does not want to cooperate. honestly, the entire science squad is like a smorgasbord of personality disorders, which make his own anxiety and depression look totally functional in comparison. this makes him happy.

pete is a lawyer working for the state prosecutor's office. and no, babe, he can't get you a warrant based off the "vibe" the guy gave off, he needs actual evidence and "please, for the love of god get it in a way that doesnt require me to represent you in court." loves to stroll over to the fbi building to personally request way for a psych eval or a consult. it's because he has the time. it has nothing to do with his hopeless crush.

winner is a defense attorney. he and babe have this eternal beef where winner loves babe cases because there's always a technicality he can get his client off on and babe hates winner because defense attorneys are money hungry scum bags defending criminals. but really, winner is out here making sure everyone's constitutional rights are being met! it's not his fault private sector pays better. he has student loans, come on!

sonic is the press liaison and PR representative. neither babe nor kenta understand why their teams need one, until sonic points out just last week kim's quick intervention was the only thing that saved a journalist from babe's right hook and the last time the lab had a high profile case, north brought the python who strangled the heiress into the press conference to state it was innocent and kenta demonstrated the legitimacy of his skills by pointing out every reporter who's had plastic surgery done. they get on his side after they realize none of them had to talk to anyone anymore.

tony is the head of the archaeology department, specializing in egypt. is he also running a smuggling and authentication scheme for illegally acquired artifacts on the side? sure. might he also be a secret cannibal they have to fight in a season finale? why not!

[artfight]

Vote for your favorite team between the two!

TEAM SPICE won during the 2020 Art Fight event, coming at 317,914 attacks valuing at 6,332,569.03 points. Team Spice lost to Team Moon in Round Two, Bracket One of 2024's Showdown.

TEAM SEAFOAM lost during the 2024 Art Fight event, coming at 1,417,276 attacks valuing at 62,042,802 points. Team Seafoam is a newcomer to the Showdown!

[static-sulker]

I might maybe possibly be thinking of a modern fantasy apartment AU with the main crew. All of them being stupid ass magical roommates without tadpoles...Just letting them be happy.

Also my Tav is in there because...yeah. His name is Silk and he is such a silly guy ridden with the 'tism. Drow Warlock who sees the good in everything... Such a...A yeah...

Little notes i've been conjuring about this...

Gale and Wyll made a chore chart in the kitchen, with little magnets for each person. Astarion regularly will switch his magnet in the middle of the night just so he doesn't have to do the fucking dishes and EVERYBODY knows besides Gale and Wyll. Wyll is on the fence about it, but Gale wholeheartedly believes when Astarion lies through his teeth about never having done it.

Karlach and Halsin go on grocery runs in the mornings. Karlach goes for the running part, while Halsin comes along for the run as well as to stop Karlach from buying the most horrendous shit. The one time she went alone very early in the houses lifespan, Karlach bought like 3 bags of go-gurt, about 50 dollars worth of cheap booze, and a big piece of raw steak to cook. She burnt said steak. But she's trying now, at least.

The team will take turns every now and then to get Astarion blood from themselves as it gives Astarion a lot more energy then normal settling blood. BUT they do have "blood bags" that they set up in the kitchen fridge whenever they know nobody with the right blood is gonna be available to give him blood if he needs it. They TOTALLY get it by legal means and it TOTALLY doesn't melt Astarions heart that they try so hard to help him.

Silk finds a stray dog in the alleys of their building one day when they went out to work (they do freelance art with their magic for like startups, it's fun). After casting "speak with animals" they find out this dog, Scratch, is waiting for his owner to return. His owner was killed out by some gnoll gang downtown. When they come back from work later in the evening, they find Scratch again, still waiting. Long story short, Silk adopts scratch in their very strict "no pets" rule of an apartment. And don't get me STARTED on the owlbear cub. Lae'zel and Halsin were out, originally to get some spare lightbulbs and tools for the apartment and find the little critter getting chase by some goblins in some backalley parking lot. Lae'zel plans to ignore the thing, but Halsin assists the cub. Once done, they plan to leave, before the cub begins to follow them home. Halsin names the cub "Vauva" and Lae'zel soon becomes SO attached.

They have presentation nights, where everybody makes slideshows about literally anything. Last week, Gale made one about the conflicts of archmages and the idea of apprentices. Karlach then made a tier list on the worst monsters ever documented, Lae'zel helped with that one. Shadowheart made this whole discussion over her favorite and least favorite teas (she fuckin' hates green tea for like no reason). Wyll made one on Baldurs Gate history. Astarion made a smash or pass list of all of the political leaders in Baldurs Gate. Silk made a presentation on the weirdest underdark myths and rumors they have heard on their time above ground. Halsin presented (well more like persuaded) on getting a new herb for their kitchens row of herbs and spices set on the windowsill. They have too many and he got like 5 minutes of stand time before Karlach kicked him off.

Lae'zel hate-cleans when shes mad at somebody in the apartment. Basically, she cleans every room in the entire fucking apartment BESIDES any of said "victims" parts of the house. One time, she got into a fight with Shadowheart and threw all of the dirty laundry she had so carefully put into the laundry room back into her room just all over the fucking place. If shes calm though, the house is normally fairly clean under her and Wyll's watch. It's one of the only things they agree on.

Because every bg3 piece of content I make loops back to bloodweave, I think they would have a little reading time together. Like whenever everybody is settling down for the night and they are up for it, they take this lovely window seat couch/bed thing in Gales room and just take out a good bottle of wine and a book for each of them and just read until late. They originally did this separately, but when the two find themselves both in the living room at 2 in the morning reading, they decide in silent agreement to make it routine. They sometimes read in silence, other times just talking absently about anything. Shadowheart finds out first by coming in to Gales room late one night to return a book he lent to her to find the two both passed out, tucked away in the window, books still in hand before they accidentally passed out. Shadowheart then teases them with photos the morning after.

Karlach and Lae'zel both do these really intense shadowboxing exercises in Karlachs room whenever the two have freetime and enough energy to go through with it. It's a heated bitter rivalry in the eyes of the githyanki, but Karlach just loves a little workout with her friend! Lae'zel does enjoy the workouts, as she doesn't get many options to really let off ALL of her steam, even if she works at a gym as a personal trainer. She is constantly told shes a bit TOO rough with the clients so she has to "tone it down". So it's nice.

Astarion and Shadowheart have girls nights. Like they paint each others nails and watch like twilight together (ironically they get so heated at how wrong they get it. "Just another human writer writing about shit she doesn't get" is used a lot in their rewatches). They also talk about like...their feelings. But it's very sparse and done so by a copious amount of wine (wine with a heavy amount of blood on the side for Astarion). Both of them never got to have moments like this in their childhoods, of just pure calmness and domestic childhood enjoyment, so they make due with what they can.

BY THE HELLS I JUST REALIZED I WROTE THIS MUCH. DAMN OKAY.

[valeriefauxnom]

Unintentional Comedy - Dragalia and Feh Artwork Edition

So, remember Alfonse, from FEH?

Y'know, this dude?

For an okay crutch for those without Gala Euden or Albert or other handy light swords they didn't want to invest in, he was rather popular, only partly owed to any pre-established fondness FEH players had since they already knew him. People liked the more expanded personality we got than FEH's bare-bones story, additionally before they started trying to spice Alfonse up in more recent books.

In his story, however, one of the events that happening is Euden falling off a cliff, shortly followed by Alfonse.

Miraculously, cliff-falling isn't quite as dangerous in Dragalia Lost as in real life (also demonstrated by Leonidas in Stranded Scions, etc...), and the two survive. Alfonse has some sort of injury to his foot, however, conveniently hampering his ability to move but not much else.

Euden, being Euden and unwilling to throw anyone to the wolves, comes up with this idea:

Nothing atypical here, right?

...Well, as it was revealed in a book published two years later than his debut in Dragalia, Fire Emblem Heroes Character Illustrations, Volume 1...

Alfonse is 180cm tall, AKA 5'11.

...Is it any surprise coming from 195cm/6'5 and 180cm/5'11 parents? Someone check the Askran royal food for steroids that Sharena has apparently not been consuming, presumably because she's instead dining with heroes in the barracks.

I digress.

Now, as I've gone over before here, here's where it gets hilarious in retrospect.

In short, Ranzal, the resident big buff burly dude of Dragalia...is stated to be 6'1/185 in the joke comics.

...And while literally nobody else got an even vaguely-official number to their height, Dragalia instead opting for a 'comparison heights' to keep track of who's shorter and who's taller in a pair... Euden often seems to wind up in the 150-155cm/5'0-5'1 range or even shorter when in illustrations with Ranzal:

At most, I've seen him crack about 5'9/175cm in the comics, which aren't exactly a stable source of art, as demonstrated by these two panels, in which both seem to be on flat ground and standing pretty straight:

I need to stop before I mindlessly repeat the other post, but my point remains:

Euden, by most depictions, is tiny. A literal short prince/king.

And yet, no matter what way you slice it, he's trying to carry a dude that seems to be quite a bit taller, let's say. How much, we'll never know, but the fact remains he'd likely need to pull out a dragon phone to search 'how to carry people much taller than you?' just in case and hurriedly read a wikihow 10-step article explaining some strats, were it not for the fact that dragons would have destroyed smartphones in Dragalia a long time ago (good move, dragons....?).

I will admit that there are a few arts that frame them as the 'same height' but I would more point to the fact Euden, when drawn with crossover characters for promotional art, is usually portrayed on an 'equal footing', so as not to have one take up more space/attention. Also, the Feh team might not have even decided on a height for Alfy boy before!

Even then, he's still portrayed as shorter than 5'9/175cm Joker in some art:

So yeah. Crossover art is not exactly consistent, and all I can do is look to the general trend in the 'canon game' of him being absolutely dwarfed by Ranzal.

Now, it's one thing for Euden to be lugging about Alfonse for a while.

The idea he might have done so with such a potential height disparity is pure comedy.

No wonder he's so tired after a while, lugging about another human who is both taller, heavier, and also wearing armor!

Not only that, he later tries and partly succeeds in fighting heavily armored soldiers (who are admittedly aiming to capture him and kill Alfonse) with Alfonse 'draped across his back like a sack of potatoes'. Talk about determination, adrenaline, and/or the simple principle of 'small but mighty'!

Maybe that's why Alfonse was saying "I don't think that's wise" at the start there before he quickly found other rationale besides 'you sure you can give a piggyback without my feet dragging along the ground the whole way?'

My case rests, Your Honor: they unintentionally made part four of Alfonse's personal story a lot funnier to envision by publishing an art book 2 years after he first existed in Dragalia Lost!

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SunMonTue's 2024 Top Gun Advent Fics and art

HERE on AO3 or links below to the Tumblr posts.

This was a challenge I set myself to write AND draw something EVERY DAY from a prompt list. Most of them are drabbles or snippets and one-shots.

All fairly benign, explicit fic indicated, art which gets suggestive.

Hot cocoa - Hangster - Tumblr

Christmas at Sea - Hangster - Tumblr

Surprise visitor - General - Tumblr

Air Show - Hangster - Tumblr

Hallmark movie - Hangster - Tumblr

Hometown - Hangster - Tumblr

Hard Deck - Hangster - Tumblr

Top Secret - Hangster - Tumblr

Mistletoe - Hangster - Tumblr

Away from Home - Hangster - Tumblr

Decorations - Hangster - Tumblr

Secret Santa - Hangster - Tumblr - Explicit longer fic

Team Bonding - Hangster - Tumblr

Confessions - Hangster - Tumblr

Christmas music - Hangster - Tumblr

Unexpected gift - Hangster - Tumblr

Sugar & Spice - Hangster - Tumblr

Chapstick - Hangster - Tumblr

Eggnog - Hangster - Tumblr

Snowball fight - Hangster - Tumblr

Icicles - General - Tumblr

Holiday Party - General - Tumblr

Stockings - Hangster - Tumblr - Mature Art

Getting ready - Hangster - Tumblr - Mature Art

Reunion - Hangster - Tumblr

Serenade - Hangster - Tumblr - Mature Art

Dancing - Hangster - Tumblr

Starlight - Hangster - Tumblr

Christmas at TopGun - Hangster - Tumblr 1/3

Rings - Hangster - Tumblr 2/3

New Year's Eve - Hangster - Tumblr 3/3

Too many links for me to add to my Master List so will be linking to this post instead. 👌

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Eldritch Echo

So. I haven't seen the Bad Batch and don't really intend to, but I have read some fics (please do not take that as me saying that's the same as understanding the story) and between that and my thoughts of eldritch stuff in Star Wars and a cool art piece I came across that I think was referencing something I don't have the context for, I started wondering what it'd look like if of the Bad Batch, Echo was the only eldritch/cryptid/vampire/otherwise not human one. NOT because of the Techno Union, but because of something that happened sooner OR he'd always been like that. And I might put a bit of that in my vampire clones thing but I was thinking eldritch and I ended up writing a thing. So. Enjoy:

Edit: Masterpost

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Crosshair’s willing to admit he doesn’t dislike Echo. He respects the guy’s resilience and his willingness to go with the flow, which is necessary for someone working with their team, even as he rolls his eyes at Echo’s tendency to twitch at the state of their ship and his reluctance to drop the “sir” when talking to Hunter. More than that Echo has zero qualms about sassing him if Crosshair picks a fight and it’s a lot of fun to rile him up.

That said. Echo is also really freaking weird.

Crosshair is very observant, between his eyesight, his role on the team, and his training he had to be and either something’s very off about Echo or he’s started hallucinating because he keeps seeing things that don’t make sense. Not for a reg and not for a cyborg.

He explains this the Hunter once, trying to see if he’s noticed anything, and Hunter frowns. “Can you give me an example?”

“His eyes for one.”

Hunter blinked. “What?”

“We all know what most trooper’s eyes look like. And we’ve seen some variations. But they don’t change color. I’ve seen his eyes go golden or violet, and it wasn’t the lighting.”

“You’re sure?”

“Yes I’m sure what do you take me for?” Crosshair snapped. “Look. Next time we’re on a sunny planet. Take a look at his shadow. It doesn’t match him at all. I’ve seen it prowling around him like a tooka without him or a light source moving. It doesn’t look like him either. And remember that time we were sparring and he panicked and bit me? I asked Tech, the Techno Union didn’t do anything to his teeth, but I know what bitemarks look like and that was not it.”

Hunter sighed. “I’ll pay attention but-” He paused. “Huh.”

“What?”

“It might not be anything.” He replies and only knowing that he’s getting to the point keeps Crosshair from interrupting. “But remember how I told you guys that people smell like animals? They’re distinct from each other, and you know I can’t describe it cause I tried to describe you guys, but it’s not like they smell like flowers or old books or whatever people like to think they’d smell like unless they’re wearing a scent. Echo, he doesn’t smell like a trooper. I just never thought about it for some reason.”

“And what does he smell like?”

Hunter frowned as he tried to find the words. “Well. He does smell a bit like a trooper and a bit metallic. But he also smells like, what’s was the spice in that cake you liked so much? The one we found on that mission with the weird vultures?”

Crosshair hummed. That had been a really freaking good cake. “The lady said it was a cardamon cream cake. So he smells like cardamon?”

“Cardamon and lilies and wet dirt is the best way I can describe it and I know it’s not his soap cause he uses the same stuff as the rest of us. So yeah. I guess I’ll pay attention.”

Two days later Crosshair gets confirmation that something’s up in a way he did not expect.

Because walking around in the dark in the middle of the night is his job so it’s already odd to find Echo leaning against the cabinet in their ship’s tiny kitchen in the pitch dark. “You’re going to trip reg.” Crosshair says and leans over to get the lights when Echo looks up.

And twelve pairs of golden violet eyes meet Crosshair’s.

He staggers back, trips over something, falls. “Crosshair!” Echo grabs his hand, pulling him up, then scrambles for the lights as if he forgot they might be necessary and Crosshair yelps as the light hits his eyes.

He blames that and the shock for blurting out; “What the hell are you Echo?”

Echo blinks, looking hurt. “I’m a trooper. Like you all.”

“Troopers don’t have twenty-four freaking eyes.” Crosshair hissed. They aren’t there now, he’s got 2 brown eyes in the exact same shade of brown nearly every trooper has, but Crosshair knows what he saw. He knows what he’s been seeing.

Echo tilts his head. And he grins. It’s a smile Crosshair’s seen before, whenever Echo’s about to respond to his taunts with something cutting and clever, part “take that” and part inviting him to share the joke. There’s nothing off about that smile save for that it’s mirrored in Echo’s shadow, splayed against the cabinets behind him too dark for their lights.

“The Bad Batch.” Echo muses, like there’s a joke Crosshair hasn’t caught yet, and he’s never had a reason to call Echo dangerous even when he didn’t trust him, but he’s starting to feel cornered even though Echo hasn’t moved. “You think you’re the only strange ones. ‘Don’t worry Rex, we know how to handle a reg.’ Never mind that Torrent was always a little crazy, or it used to be. Never mind that I was an ARC and a damn good one, and we’re all more than competent. And I appreciate what you all did, in welcoming me into the squad, I appreciate it more than I can say, and I do really like you guys, but you are so freaking cocky. So certain you can handle anything. And to be fair you’re damn good at your job, but sometimes it’s annoying. So.” He grins that taunting grin again. “You want to know what the reg’s deal is? Figure it out.”

He leaves. His grinning shadow lingers a moment before following. Crosshair stares.

And then decides that a glass of water isn’t gonna cut it and goes for the stash of moonshine.