#chess arc

[marmorenshud]

I LITERALLY CHECKMATED THE 1100 ELO AI AND THEN THE WEBSITE CRAAAAAASHED LMAO THE AI IS A SORE LOSERRR

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Normal Friend Behaviour.

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[eobe]

My first bad batch faces drawing! And hey, my very first one, which is not a frame from the series but an inspiration from the gorgeous artwork by @thora-sniper ✨ Thank you for that 🫶🏼

Chesstime! ♟️ I think Echo might be the ultimate strategist, but I‘m sure that Crosshair distracts his focus successfully with hissing comments so that he has a chance!

This time I got some more confidence with my lining, shadows and lighting and think it‘s great for the fact that I didn‘t draw anything for years (blockades aargh!) until I restarted with Captain Keeli 🙈

What do you think about it? Let me know your thoughts about my artstyle and progression 😀

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Interviewer: Are BT still together?

Tim: Well they are but let me talk about Eddie and then tell you that Eddie will be hanging out with them but also being left out…

It will never not be funny to me.

Petty jealous Eddie working out Tommy is Eddie lite - but also gay and dating Buck - means an Eddie spiral into realising he’s gay and in love with his best friend arc and I am preparing to hurl myself into the sun

[sleepy-edits]

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Many thanks to @1000sunnygo for translating the remaining fourth light novel story. 🙏🙏 It's bookended by segments in 2050, but the main portion is set on January 28, 2046.

The ending that was included for this story's rerelease in the light novel is the inspiration for the top two photos in the series' fourth anniversary art:

Which is 🥺🥺🤧

Small smattering of reactions under the cut:

Emma knowing deep in her bones how amazing Don and Gilda are, even without her memories 🤧🤧

REAL FUCKING DON AND GILDA APPRECIATION HOURS HERE 👏 👏

(Chapter 59)

Me, treasuring any crumb of Don and Emma interactions:

They take their responsibility so seriously 🥺🤧 goodest kids

FJLDSFLJEASD Gilda immediately shutting that shit down after what happened with Emma fainting two weeks ago…

…only to come to the conclusion this is exactly the kind of shit the trio would pull, in the same way that's conveniently summarized in "The Chess Proverb" short story:

With the spark of unconventionality that Emma brings and her drive to achieve the seemingly impossible to balance out Ray's wisdom and pragmatism and Norman's cunning and ruthlessness in execution.

They admire the trio so much after all the years they spent looking out for them and they want to do them proud, and then the look on their faces when Emma and Ray choose them to accompany them on the search for Cuvitidala and the Seven Walls without hesitation because of how much trust they have in them after everything they've been through—

Also this is hardcore I'm so proud of these two little ten year olds and how in sync they are throughout this whole thing.

"smiled softly" oh son I'm soft

Also yes you better be heaping praise on them after everything, including making Gilda cry which is a tragedy in its own right

And a little bit of Raydon banter at the end too to complement what we got in "Operation Stormy Night," beautiful. 🖤❤️🙏

[laurearte]

Parle plus fort meuf il entend R avec sa grosse tête la

[llamaisllama777]

OH NO, who could have guessed leaving Moon alone in space would be a bad idea? 🤦‍♂️ Puppet you dolt! You basically gave Moon to him on a silver plate! Also

THEORY/PERDICTION TIME!

The chips in Moon, Ruin, and Eclipse are all connected and the reason Moon is acting like this is because the chips in Eclipse and Ruin drip feed their own code into Moon making him act like a horrifying combination of the both of them! Would explain why he doesn't care about his OWN FAMILY anymore! Eclipse's chip was made to slow him down, so he couldn't bring Solar back early and save Moon from this dark path. Whatever Dark Sun and Creator have plan it's bad! And must be REALLY bad if they need Moon on their side.

[atthebell]

this does fuck severely

[crazy56u]

Borderline Conspiracy Theory Inbound

What follows under this "Read More" is me taking multiple separate series of panels from two (technically three) different issues, potentially reading way too much into them, and spewing more of my bullshit. Buckle up.

Okay, so, Issue 71. This shit.

Ignoring what Mimic is spewing here, it's clear that Lanolin's mindset here is that "Son of a bitch, if Sonic is actually the Phantom Rider, this is going to be the last goddamn straw." Like, she had his group disqualified from the tournament due to tech issues, only for him to slip back into the race under a different identity, and start being a giant menace.

Plus, you know, last issue there was this.

So, yeah, that's what I think is the intended implication with her beating the shit out of the sandbag... But, there's a reason why I said "Ignoring what Mimic is spewing". Because I think she was.

And the reason why I'm thinking that is because of this moment from Issue 70:

Why does Jewel immediately drop the nice act once Duo left?

I don't think it's "Hmm, it is weird that Sonic vanished so soon before this Phantom Rider stuff..."

I legitimately think the real reason Lanolin was pissed is because, on some level, she and Jewel have been privately investigating this shit with Clean Sweep. Given what happened with Silver and "Duo", she doesn't want a potential repeat of that (assuming both of them still haven't figured out Mimic's been under their noses), and has been keeping Tangle and Whisper out of the loop (ironically, the opposite of what Duo's spewing to her), and only wants them involved once she's sure enough of the real situation with Clean Sweep.

I don't think Jewel trusted Clutch all that much to begin with; after all, the issue before this had Clutch basically trying to manipulate her into giving him the keys to the car, more or less.

I think both Jewel and Lanolin were suspicious of what's going on (maybe not to the extent that they know the full story concerning Clutch and "Duo"), but have their hands tied with their own respective duties in this gong show.

Long story short, I don't believe Lanolin was pissed because "What if Sonic was actually the Phantom Rider?"

I think she was pissed because "What the fuck is Sonic doing, he's going to fuck shit up for me and Jewel"

Because (in her eyes) why else would Sonic be the Phantom Rider here? (Now, as for him "supposedly" attacking Duo, that's a separate issue at the moment...)

[raayllum]

Chessmaster Ezran girlies how we feeling

[purplepixel]

So.

I read issue 44 of idw.

[eobe]

Echo en detail! ✨ Brooding over a chess game with his annoying brother Crosshair, who loves to hiss distracting comments only to have a chance to remain a few moves more against this ultimate strategist ARC trooper!

My first bad batch faces drawing! And hey, my very first one, which is not a frame from the series but an inspiration from the gorgeous artwork by @thora-sniper ✨ Thank you 🫶🏼

This time I got some more confidence with my lining, shadows and lighting and think it‘s great for the fact that I didn‘t draw anything for years (blockades aargh!) until I restarted with Captain Keeli 🙈

What do you think about it? Let me know your thoughts about my artstyle and progression 😀

Crosshair en detail ✨ By the way, he knows that you‘re watching him trying to sidetrick, cheat and else only to bother his brother Echo and he doesn‘t care 🙄 But maybe he tries to hide a little smirk.

[aroacesigma]

sigzai hc that dazais suicide jokes make sigma rly worried and sometimes send him into a panic attack bc he doesnt want to lose dazai anf the stupid twink realizes it eventually (sigma refuses to say anything bc thats just how dazai copes and he doesnt want to somehow make it worse) and stops making as many self deprecating jokes/becomes more aware of how much he means to people . i dont even know they make me insane

i love them

[sleepy-edits]

[astral-schools]

you are the most important person in this story.

you are dead.

this story is your own drawn out funeral. you are not the main character, and yet your ghost lives in the shadow of every step they take. you have been consumed, body and mind, and words spill from your voice without your direction. your actions are judged in your absence; you are on trial and you cannot defend yourself. you have no defense.

you are not the main character. you are not a character. you are a foundation. you are an idea. you are a lesson. (you are a villain, in every story but your own.)

there are two ghosts in this story. one is at the center of it all. the other is you. the first one is also you. he decided to be. (and then he decided not to be.)

(he killed you and decided you weren't good enough.)

you didn't have a voice. you didn't get a say. you weren't even there.

no one knows how you felt about dying. they didn't need to. you are not a main character in this story. (this story is not about you.) you are the most important piece of this story. (this story could not happen without you.) you do not have the power to change anything.

you have the power to change nothing. (whether you want to or not.)

you are in checkmate.

(you've never been very good at chess. what an infuriating game.)