#but I'm always flexible!]

[starflungwaddledee]

at long last i present... a proper starstruck dee reference sheet! 🎀✨ have a peruse and learn a little bit (but not too much!) about this totally normal waddle dee!

[tea-cat-arts]

I simply think this fandom doesn't give Wei Wuxian enough credit for the various ways in which he saved Lan Wangji

[yasmeensh]

Zelda 2 comic sneak peek

I took out my old full-length Zelda 2 comic draft and chose a segment to make a short comic out of. It's missing context from the whole grand narrative of the entire story, but I think it gets the point across.

There were a couple potentials, and I ended up choosing the scene where Link discovers that his blood is the key to awakening Ganon. It's the most well-known plot point of the game in the LOZ fandom in general, besides the Prince of Hyrule plot. Throughout the comic, Link gets attacked by various monsters during his quest. He thought Hyrule was incredibly dangerous for merchants and travelers, but found out that it was only him encountering monsters at a high rate, thus targeted (that is not discussed in this short comic). This disturbs him a lot. And this is the scene when he discovers why he's a target. It's more than the monsters seeking revenge.

At some point in the game, the player is made to travel towards south-western Hyrule and use the Hammer on dueling peaks to enter and get a magic potion. You specifically enter the peak that is originally Level 9 in Zelda 1. I found that to be very... interesting. And suspicious. Why did the developers think "Okay lets have Link go back to the traumatizing final boss place from the first game to retrieve an item :D" It's kinda epic honestly and it gave me the idea: For the full comic, I made it that Link follows rumors and travels down there in the hopes of finding the magic book containing the revive spell, which is game-changing for the rest of his journey. Being the adventurer that he is, Link takes the risk and goes there thinking the place is long-abandoned and that Ganon probably no longer exists. Except, that isn't the case. (Okay I must add, after the revelation, Link loses his adventurous spirit and gets very serious with his quest. No longer enjoys exploring, which is all this Link is about. He starts developing Big Fears. This eventually spawns Dark Link. I wish I could make the entire comic but I know I can't T-T I should probably finish up and polish the draft and post it online for whoever is interested in a deep dive, lore-intense Zelda 2 story reimagining.)

It's the first time I do a 10 page comic, so I'm going through a learning curve right now xD It's going to be experimental, but I hope you enjoy it still. Here are some WIP shots. Still a while before it's completed.

[rouxenne]

PET Pokémon: Pearl

Meowstic (M), Meowstic (F), Midnight Lycanroc, Naganadel, Lurantis, Beeheyem, Alolan Marowak, Mudsdale

“Originating from a little-known region south of Kanto, here we have Pearlescent Moon! Pearl became a competitive battler as a teenager, quickly rising up the ranks until becoming a champion! She and her partner Rockruff were favorites among fans up until their championship tournament- recordings were corrupted so no one can be certain what really happened, but it must have been serious to have pushed her partner to evolution!” ~Champion Time News

Starting off with Pearl, our main character! She’s the one I have the most planned for, both in terms of backstory and upcoming plot. Pearl takes the form of a protagonist character for a fake Australia-inspired region. Her journey was followed by strange events and oddities, breaks in reality. She became friends with the members of a private internet forum (Evo) during her time in the gym circuit as they compared her current experiences with historic records and discussed battle strategies, and began adventuring alongside her rival Karn when the Ultra Wormhole activity got too risky (becoming partners with him years later).

Pearl’s initial adventure ended when an Ultra Wormhole opened during her championship tournament, dragging the competitors into another dimension. She managed to save them all… barely. The details of the event aren’t publicly known, and Pearl isn’t one to talk about it unless she has to. All anyone uninvolved knows is that it resulted in her Rockruff evolving and awarded her the title of Champion. She’s never been quite the same since this event, dubbed the Championship Crisis, but years of separation and therapy have dulled some of the pain.

In modern days Pearl is still an active Champion-level trainer, and works for the International Police as an Ultraspace specialist. She spends most of her time as a community leader around the region (as is expected of Champions), occasionally leaving to handle reports of potential Ultraspace activity around the world. 

She’s got the largest team by far, and I’ve borrowed from Alola’s pokedex pretty heavily when making it. 

Her two Meowstic are, of course, Nugget and Olive. They were originally her family’s Pokemon, but she took them in after the Championship Crisis. They don’t take the field as battlers, instead providing support with their psychic abilities (and as a form of emotional support to Pearl). Their inclusion does push her team up to eight Pokemon, but in my mind the six Pokemon team limit is actually just a League rule for official battles and a rule of thumb in terms of how many Pokemon a competitive battler can actually take care of at a time.

Her midnight-form Lycanroc is another obvious pick, Tilly! She caught a Rockruff as a starter pokemon and it took on a role similar to Ash’s Pikachu, being immensely overpowered for an unevolved pokemon… up until the Championship Crisis. Pearl also caught her Naganadel as a Poipole during the same event. Most people are unsettled by the Ultra Beast, so it mostly helps out with Pearl’s International Police duties rather than the Champion ones.

And while that does it for all of her directly plot-relevant pokemon, we’ve still got most of a team to go through! Lurantis is sorta based on Pearl’s Empires theme–their arms would make a good scythe for harvesting crops, wouldn’t they? Along the same line, Beeheyem is based on Pearl’s Hermitcraft season 9 theme. I haven’t had the time to watch much of that season, but I’m hoping that it works well with her astral association if it doesn’t actually relate to s9. I’d also love to include a pokemon that references being the Queen of Decked Out 2, but I’m not entirely sure what would make sense for that.

Alolan Marowak was a delightfully easy choice; I’d been thinking that it seemed like a good pick, but couldn’t figure out a reason why… up until Pearl mentioned in a somewhat recent stream that Marowak is her favorite pokemon. Immensely fortuitous! Honestly Kantonian Marowak probably makes more sense than the Alolan form, but for whatever reason I’ve been pretty set on the idea of Pearl having a Mudsdale and I’d like for her to retain some level of type diversity.

[shinysteph]

Is this a safe space to say I liked the bnha epilogue and didn't see anything wrong with it? 🧍🏻‍♂️it was just a fun little bonus chapter I honestly don't know why people are upset about it

Anyway I love Shouto and I hope he enjoys his bowl and chopstick making classes

[lunasilvis]

Eating apples, not consuming any alcohol, exercising, minding my own business, maintaining my stubborn self-belief & confidence, donating to the homeless, and keeping my inner circle happy & protected isn't gonna save the world.... But it sure saves mine.

[primordialruin]

Please don't force the HCs you have of the muse I play onto my character. The Lilith on my blog is my personal investment, and the Lilith you interpret for the purpose of your relationships is yours. If we can't meet in the middle and invest in a private verse for ourselves, then either consider your muse meeting mine due to a breach in the multiverse where your muse can experience a different Lilith, or don't write with me at all. If we can't collaborate, then it's best we don't share a creative road.

[venninova]

looking for work atm and

am i allowed to answer honestly?

[throughpatchesofviolet]

You know what I need to do? I need to post about Heathlock (and Sherry's other relationships) like I haven't talked about them before. There's so much lore that I never talk about, and that needs to change.

[stillfruit]

i did not lie to my thesis advisor and just openly said that i need more time and they were super understanding and nice about it. angels are real

[chantlight]

Here follows a timeline of major events in Cassandra's lifetime. Note that I expand DA:I to three years. year — age — event

9:03 DRAGON — 0 — Cassandra is born in Nevarra, halfway between Cumberland and Val Chevin

9:10 — 7 — Her parents are executed in the Nevarran purge. She and Anthony are taken as wards by their uncle, Vestalus, and move to the Grand Necropolis. Cassandra and Sidony meet.

9:12 — 9 — Vestalus becomes the Prelate of the Mortalitasi.

9:15 — 12 — Anthony is murdered by blood mages before Cassandra’s eyes. Cassandra and Sidony part on bad terms.

9:16 — 13 — Cassandra undergoes the rite to discover a spirit name and emerges with the name Refn. She joins the Seekers of Truth and moves to Montsimmard, Orlais to begin her training.

9:17-9:18 — 14-15 —Cassandra undergoes her Vigil, becoming the youngest to do so since the Storm Age.

9:21 — 18 — The Day of Dragons / Day of Black Skies occurs. Cassandra is declared the Hero of Orlais and made the Right Hand of the Divine.

9:29 — 26 — Cassandra begins a relationship with Joanna of Tantervale.

9:32 — 29 — Cassandra and Sidony ally for a mission.

9:34 — 31 — Divine Beatrix III dies and is succeeded by Dorothea (aka Divine Justinia V). Cassandra becomes her Right Hand.

9:40 — 37 — The Mage-Templar War begins.

9:41 / Justinian — 38 — The Divine Conclave is attacked. Cassandra declares the Inquisition.

9:41 / Firstfall — 38 — Corypheus attacks Haven. The Inquisition relocates to Skyhold.

9:44 / Bloomingtide — 41 — Corypheus is defeated. Cassandra assumes the mantle of High Seeker and begins rebuilding the Seekers of Truth. She and Sidony are engaged soon after.

9:46 — 43 — Events of the Exalted Council. Cassandra formally resigns from the service of Divine Victoria. Cassandra and Sidony marry. Cassandra dies but is returned to life by Sidony with the help of Alanari. Aminah is revealed to Cassandra as a prophet. Cassandra initially rejects her, but after divine intervention, she becomes her champion. They are revealed to Nevarra as such. Divine Victoria secretly convinces Cassandra to commit her Seekers to the hunt for Solas. They also privately coordinate to prevent an Exalted March while publicly remaining on bad terms.

9:49 — 46 — Vestalus dies but not before blowing the whistle on Markus being undead, puppeted by the Mortalitasi. This sparks controversy on whether the dead can rule or a new dynasty should be declared. Cassandra and the Divine work harder than ever to avert an Exalted March, particularly as Aminah's popularity grows.

9:52 — 49 — The Sixth Blight sweeps across Thedas. Cassandra steps up to unite Orlais, Ferelden, Nevarra, and other groups against the Blight. She coordinates with Rook to aid them in their fight against the Evanuris as much as possible.

9:53 — 50 — Anatolius Reinhardt, a dark horse candidate for the throne, comes to accept Aminah as a prophet. When he succeeds as monarch, he adopts the Nevarran Orthodox Chantry as their official religion. Cassandra becomes one of the faces of this new Chantry but still hopes to avert all-out war with the Chantry of Andraste.

[lyxchen]

How am I supposed to find a good routine and stay organized if every day is different??

[zundely]

I've been recently doing something suprising and playing something other then Dragon Age- mainly Divinity Original Sin 2 and... okay am I crazy or the amount of dialogue options vary a lot. Like sometimes I get kinda varied RP choices and really get to think about how my character would approach it (especially in like persuade check situations the variety you get is crazy) and other times it's like... there are 2 options both say roughly the same and I like none of them- thinking specifically to the scene where you talk to others about being chosen by god and Sebille was like "we should be wary about their involvment" and I was like true, my character who repeatedly has shown her distrust of gods would feel the same and when I go to pick the dialogue options all of them seem to be really into the idea of being a chosen one.

[cutieacefuck]

used to have a paid hour for lunch but I guess my job is really trying to get rid of its best workers 🙃

[thedailyvio]

New Year, new update

This makes 7 years completed? And onto 8

Goals for '25?

I think I'd like to build my mental library more and Finally study something for once

Probably would like to work on my technique a bit more so I can be more comfortable drawing too? I kind of always need to refine something with 3+ passes to feel comfortable with it, but I'd like to get to a place where I can draw a bit more simply for not-grand pieces at least

A lot of things are up in the air right now for how much I'm going to be able to commit to art this year, so I can't predict what I'll have space for

However, I think while I'm going to stick to weekly posting for now (this will only change if I move back to desktop art more predominantly and I don't foresee this for awhile) I do want to try and post on the last day of each month also To better keep each everything in its proper month at least

[duskargentum]

One thing that really had to grow on me about KCD from the first time I played it up through all the times I had to play it was the fixed protagonist. Many RPGs these days allow you to create your own character, their appearance, their personality, their skillset, etc., but there's always a slight disconnect, which I think people realize but tend to look past. The disconnect, of course, is that, when you play these custom characters, you are inhabiting a husk and forcing your decisions onto it. This means that the design of the game, from the dialogue options to the character builds to the level of connection to the other characters in the story, they're all at odds with the vision the player has in their head of how the game is being played. In other words, in being able to inhabit a character in a story, your making those decisions WITH them, and not OVER them. KCD railroads your character customization to the point of not being able to choose your own name, appearance, personality, character build (to an extent), and forces you to *become* Henry of Skalitz. Dialogue always seems like something Henry would say, the different skills all seem like things Henry would spend his time doing and improving, characters always seem like the type of people would have connections to. Henry is not inserted into this game world in the same way a custom character would have been. He lived in it, he forged connections, he built character motivations, he experienced events and formed opinions on them. The canon of the story is not always at odds with the perception of events that each player has. Granted, this means that Henry's life and feelings and experiences will almost always be the same, but it does mean that you get to live it all alongside him, instead of instead of him.

This maybe isn't so much a strength of KCD in particular and may be more of a commentary on fixed protagonists in RPGs in general, but I will give the credit to KCD that it does it well enough that it inspired me to form a more cohesive opinion on the difference between a fixed and custom protagonist in an RPG.