#dark cloud is like

[mysillycomics]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Stargazing, at the edge of the unknown.

[diadoescomics]

Genuinely Enjoying the Chaotic

[mothnether]

John in pj's because i KNOW he would only wear comfortable clothing and im here for it. his jacket came to me in those delirious seconds before sleep

alt john where i realised i just recreated kim from disco elysium

[kifaprokumiv]

Combining my obscure 2005 toxic yuri into one

[artzee534]

Here are some pics of the solar eclipse for anyone who missed it🌒

EDIT: ID now added!

[saltpepperbeard]

Give me these moments back Happy Anniversary to the reunion of all time

[maodun]

I dont know where you people are finding or trusting (!!) places like Chuang or Lausan but come on.

1. pieces using terminology like authoritarianism or totalitarianism should at least give you some skepticism, if not in taking them seriously, then at least in having some understanding of how those terms are positioned geopolitics, eg, western imperialist motives in smearing their enemies who have the most power and ability and organization in fighting back.

2. theyre very purposefully unclear in their exact positions or affiliations. say, their funding for operations - especially when it's not just one guy and clearly they're not asking for viewer/follower support. they may (supposedly) seek collaboration with indigenous and anti-imperialist groups and then turn around and either insinuate or openly call china imperialist. unserious. and then have the gall to say they support a revolutionary global leftism

[hyunpic]

credit

[let-roman-bite-someone]

something about the way logan describes virgil's angsty laments as "colorfully phrased" is so funny to me

[itsapmseymour]

Man

It’s been 23ish years since Dark Cloud 2/Chronicles

And I still want a third installment

[echoes-in-echoclan]

So... who looked directly at the eclipse?

Forever's gonna start toniiightttt forever's gonna start toniiiight

[rocketbirdie]

it's all subjective

[theghostinabadbook]

The Holy Knights get more and more interesting with each chapter! Honestly, I'm loving them as antagonists!

I have more questions about Gunko every time she appears because so many things about her don't seem to add up. She is the only Holy Knight who has not received the title of World Noble or had her family name introduced (she also does not have a Saint in her name, but neither does Shamrock). She's also the only "celestial dragon" we've seen who has the power of a devil fruit (and we know from Hancock's story that they despise devil fruits), her uniform is very different from the others, and her eyes having different colors seems like it's going to be important in some way. Her powers are very similar to Imu's aesthetically, so I don't think it's a coincidence that she is the one who summons the "abyss" (the pentagram "portal"). Also, her name means "army child", which may imply that she was recruited (perhaps as a child) and trained to be part of the Holy Knights.

Kiringham being introduced in his hybrid form immediately catched my attention. Does his normal appearance reveal some kind of secret about him? He's the only Holy Knight introduced so far who wears the same bubble on his head as the other World Nobles, and the one he wears even appears to have something to help him breathe, so it's possible he has some sort of respiratory illness, or was only recently recruited, so he may have never actually left the Holy Land, which would explain why he was so nervous about being late even though he was already dressed and transformed. Personally, I feel like he could be quite young? As I said, he seems to be very nervous and curious about Elbaph, which probably means he has never been outside of Mary Geoise, and the bubble could be to prevent him from being corrupted by the air from the “filthy world”, also, the way he talks reminds me a bit of a teenager, but that could just be the translation I read.

Having a Holy Knight from one of the Gorosei's family is really exciting, and I hope this helps us answer some questions about the elders. Sommers also seems to be the oldest of the four, and it's the first to take responsability after finding out that Shamrock needs to go back to Mary Geoise, so he probably has been a Holy Knight for a very long period before the current time. He's also the first person we see actually concerned about the food thing in the Holy Land (which is kind of crazy, but okay).

And I don't even need to start talking about the whole Shamrock situation.

Also, the fact that Sommers so casually asked if Shamrock and Gunko were visiting Harald's grave is pretty weird. Like, we know what World Nobles are like, why would they care about Harald? He wasn't even affiliated with the government (and they wouldn't care about him either if that were the case), so why would they travel such a great distance just to see his grave? Why is this a possibility?? Was Harald also a Holy Knight? That's the only way I can see it being reasonable. We can see from their interactions in this chapter that the Holy Knights seem to get along pretty well, so two of them visiting the grave of a deceased colleague would make sense. This could explain why they tried to recruit Loki specifically and not another insanely powerful individual, since he would be the son of a former member, and we know how much they care about bloodlines.

[demigod-of-the-agni]

Former SOLDIER, actually

The Cloud Strife version of this drawing I did like. a day ago?

[rhiangalaxy]

The besties~

[ID: A TGCF drawing. Xie Lian walks alongside Shi Qingxuan who is in their female form. XL looks down at them with a gentle and slightly amused smile, one eye opened and the other closed in a wink. SQX has her hand wrapped around XL's arm, the other hand holding a closed fan up under their face. She is laughing/talking exuberantly with both her eyes closed in a large smile. End ID]