#do i think that it is also a really cool concept

[question-everything-twice]

I LOVE THIS TAKE

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I love the concept of sword and shield and having that as a cultural role dynamic!!

It fits in so so so well. Especially since Mando values are so intrinsically inclined with family, and what do warriors do for their family? They protect them at all costs and they fight for them. I also think it’d be so cool imagining this dynamic in action. Like imagine a chaotic mando kid being saved by their shield parent from a fire or a mynock or even from trying to take a piece of Uji cake from the pan before it’s done cooking in the fire. Or maybe the kid sometimes learns to hunt with their sword parent!

I just think the kids would also be more well rounded as warriors too as they grow up with learning defense and offense tactics by watching and learning from their parents. And as they get older they realize more about themselves and how they react and think “am I more of a protector first by shielding my loved ones or do I protect by taking out the threat first?” Who knows maybe some mando parents totally take turns hunting and guarding their ade too!

It kinda reminds me of eagles or Shriek hawks in universe, one parent guards the nest while the other hunts for the family and they take turns guarding so the other parent can have a break and stretch their wings or rest with the kiddos. Penguins especially! I wonder if the sword may take week long hunting trips with the whole family sometimes? That could be really fun!

Thoughts aside I just think you’re a total genius!! thank you so much for sharing!!

I’ve always personally headcanoned that if Mandalorians DID have certain stereotypical family/relationship roles it wouldn’t be anywhere close to gendered, like one person is the man and one person is the woman. It would be like, one person is the shield and one person is the sword. One is the guard and one is the hunter. The bigger and stronger of the two — traditionally, though obviously every marriage would be different and most wouldn’t conform exactly, especially with polyamory — might be the one to stay home and guard the kids and the clan. While the faster, more maneuverable and perhaps deadlier of the two went out and hunted, provided, initiated raids. A Mandalorian couple fighting together would be so dangerous for so many reasons but principally because if they’re both there it probably means you’re on their territory and both the guard and the hunter are after you, and now you’re seriously fucked.

[pennbzh]

Watercolor practice with Links from different links meet !

Was the watercolor practice an excuse to draw them ? Yes.

Waves is from my AU, @hyrule-library

Raven belongs to @uncanon-fates (I just love Raven, he's the best, I love him <3 also I like your AU, it's cool to see characters (Links) who don't appear in the games)

Linkle belongs to @nell0-0 (she's one of my fav characters from HW, and your design for her is cool ! Your AU's great too !)

Rail belongs to @casunnart (I really hesitated between drawing your Link OC, drawing Echo (I think it's his name?) and drawing Rail, because I love their designs, but I finally drew Rail ! And your Zelda story looks awesome !)

Lorule belongs to @heroesspirit (I just read your AU, and I love it ! The concept is amazing ! I really wanna read the next part !)

Clover belongs to @endlesschain-au (I love all your designs ! I can't wait to read your story, I'm sure it'll be great ! Also I really like your sketchy art style !)

Bunny belongs to @clowns0up-felix (I like your design for Bunny ! She looks cool ! Also your art is awesome ! I wanna draw as good as you !!!!)

Wild belongs to @minas-linkverse (Your AU was the reason I came to Tumblr ! Your story is amazing ! You inspired me to do my links meet !)

And Kokiri belongs to @chained-spirits (I love your design of kokiri, it is amazing ! Also your story is good ! And I like your art style !)

Better quality :

I'll probably draw another panel of different Links, since I couldn't draw all the characters I wanted

[aalghul]

Out of curiosity, do you have strong opinions on Jason’s current suit/costume? Is there one we’ve seen in the past that you prefer as opposed to others?

I really like Jason’s Under The Hood suit/costume with the helmet and no signal on his chest — I think it’s a badass-but-not-trying sort of look and just. Classic but also I will say I Hate The Crowbar schtick he’s got going on right now

Anyways, I love your analyses and reading your thoughts! I hope you have a good night/day/timezone.

hiiii, of course i have strong opinions about that! Jason has so many boring outfits that say absolutely nothing that it hurts me. Why is he essentially just wearing a work out outfit so often. He's not boring enough for this.

Let's start off with the original under the red hood outfit. chef's kiss. a perfect reflection of his relationship with identity: entirely standard and impersonal, with the exception of the helmet in reference to his murderer. It's the ensemble of a spirit come back to taunt, not a living person conveying some present sense of themself. The lack of individuality here is the intention and its purpose is to ensure he doesn't stand out, except wrt the helmet.

I especially like that it's just a slightly upgraded version of what he was wearing at the end of lost days, which is just jeans and a jacket. once again: nothing flashy because he doesn't need a separation between jason todd and red hood; jason todd is red hood and red hood is just a temporary specter meant to dissipate after his planned confrontation.

note the lack of batsymbol! i'm also a believer in it having no role in jason's costume. it is crucial that utrh jason has no such thing to mark him. his only visible connection to who he was is the mark of his murderer.

and since you asked about weapons (or, the crowbar lol), i'll briefly mention that i like how versatile he was! bring back his knives. RN.

so ugly. my god. and no i don't just mean the helmet in the n52 version. The grey is so drab, the brown jacket says nothing, not a single thing about the suit is complimentary with anything else except the red in the symbol and the red in his helmet. The symbol existing is ridiculous because no amount of "irony" excuses how ill-fitting a choice it is. A stylized red version of the bat-symbol is worse than the original symbol because he's reaching a compromise within the design itself that's just not reflected in reality? It's completely one-sided at best, and more often a symbol of implicit submission. How degrading. but more importantly it is just so ugly. my god. (though i do enjoy the thigh holsters.)

a moment of shame for the ugly monstrosity on the left. what the hell man.

onto the right: okay whatever. A sleeveless Jason costume will never work for me because he's too paranoid for that, sorry! Knee high boots are a cool concept, but I wish they looked less...like children's rubber rain boots? Something a little less chunky would fit Jason's movement. Those are literally just regular cargo pants. Once again, the symbol has to go. I've tried to warm up to the hand wraps but I just do not like them under the gloves, and Jason would not (and should not) leave out the gloves. The hood is stupid! Nothing else to say there. (also: crowbar user! ew.)

okay. what even are you. i don't even have a strong dislike for task force z but i did not enjoy looking at this thing. (again: crowbars. ew.)

[bunnwich]

I just found out a Prince of Egypt Musical exists, and one of the addition songs— 'footprints on the sand'— really gives me Leona vibes

(Spotify link to the song)

https://open.spotify.com/track/40PqpFQdrylghRZgY36W8G?si=wATkespmQyar931PNnNc8A&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A7MOGTYjo3ifwHDBf0EBE71

(Genius lyrics)

https://genius.com/Original-west-end-cast-of-the-prince-of-egypt-footprints-on-the-sand-lyrics

So since you're— at least in my view— one of the Leona experts, I was wondering what your thoughts would be on it!

Not that it fits perfectly; no song ever really fits 100%, after all. But I think it has strong Leona vibes

Leona VS The Weight of Insignificance

(Ahhh sorry I am just getting around to this.;-; BTW DFGHJK I’m flattered that you consider me a Leona expert??)

So this is pretty cool because I didn't realize there was a Prince of Egypt Musical? I’m a big fan of the animated movie and of musicals so I’ll have to listen to the rest someday!

So, I think in general the theme of “Footprints in The Sand” is about the idea of “trying to leave a mark” in life, but feeling like it won't matter in the long run and also exploring the insignificance that we all feel as people.

That being said, I can see why this song made you think of Leona! It brought up some feelings about what being second-born in a royal lineage means and how that can make someone feel insignificant just in concept. The spare heir if you will. 

It's interesting because it also made me think about how Leona has such complicated feelings about his title too?

Like on the one hand, he feels like he's “forever in the shadow of Falena” but at the same time, I DO think a small part of him secretly enjoys the mobility of not having the reasonability of king and therefore the first few lines of the song before it fades into him sounding more melancholic made me think of this.

(AND ALSO since we’ve seen how he would handle being king in his Chapter 7 Dream OOF.) My thoughts on that: X

The second son– My father's wrong (THIS LINE TOO) It's got to be the easiest role on Earth Just play around Just play along Enjoy the bounty of my birth So what's today's amusement For this second son? Which one shall I choose from so many kinds of fun?

I think it leads back to the age-old conclusion about Leona’s character (that his dream really hammered home), is that being king is NOT what he truly wants and it more comes to feeling worthy as a person as if he has to “justify” his own existence of feeling useless. It’s more about the kind of attention he craves. To be useful, respected, adored. 

The song mentions the fear of not leaving behind a legacy and feeling the weight of your own insignificance as a person. I can see how both the characters of Moses and Leona both struggle with “finding their purpose” and not being able to see their own worth like others who care about them do. 

It made me think of the song (also in Prince of Egypt) “Through Heaven's Eyes” which I feel actually continues this theme. The idea that even if you can’t see your OWN value that everyone—has their own innate value as people—and that in itself is meaningful.

A single thread in a tapestry Though its color brightly shines Can never see its purpose In the pattern of the grand design And the stone that sits on the very top Of the mountains mighty face Does it think it's more important Than the stones that form the base?

For Leona—the people he acts as a mentor to like—Ruggie, Epel and Savanaclaw as a whole—have a pretty high opinion of him despite his flaws. And the fact that he can’t always see that and appreciate that value that he unconsciously and consciously brings to them reflects this. He has and will leave an impact even if it's not as “important” as a king. And he could do even more good if he actually tried to do so.

I think it’s a lesson we all struggle with TBH, the whole: seeing our inherent value as people and it’s def why I think Leona is a more relatable character than he first appears in twst. :3

Thank you for sharing with me though! I love finding stuff like this! I hope you have a wonderful day/night!💚

[serpentface]

i had a dream that Couya had a falcon. no plot to it but the imagery was pretty clear, she was on some kind of rooftop or balcony wearing a leather gauntlet and calling for the bird by finger-whistling with her other hand. so now i have to know, is there a tradition of falconry in Wardin? (and would Couya have any interest in it if it was accessible to her?)

There's never really been a widespread or well-established Wardi falconry tradition, falconry Exists here but was only first introduced under Imperial Burri occupation and was never widely adopted.

Hunting traditions here mostly revolve around the use of dogs. Hunts of hares/jackals/small gazelle utilizing sighthound types to make the kill, and/or less specialized flushing/scent dogs to track down and flush prey items, are traditional and have a large degree of associated ritual. These are often major social events involving large groups of hunters and their kin, and are a very popular leisure pastime for nobility. Other non-subsistence hunting traditions forgo dogs and revolve around the use of khait for pursuit, or pursue animal aid altogether and wholly prioritize prowess with tracking, chase, archery and spearmanship.

Falconry is kind of antithetical to all these practices- it doesn't serve to replace the ritualized structure of big social hunts with dogs and doesn't Directly demonstrate the physical prowess and aptitude of the hunter. A lot of people would regard falconry as kind of 'cheating' (the bird does all the work and the hunter doesn't even get to show off any REAL skills).

Couya canonically thinks dog sport hunting is a bit of a stupid and annoying affair (also is distinctly not fond of dogs just in general). Most of her personal experience was being dragged along on big hunts associated with wedding celebrations when she was a child. These were interminable social affairs with other noble families and kind of a nightmare for her (they could last days out away from home, stuck mostly in one place with her mother and the women and young children, no opportunities to get away from this and be alone somewhere, no ability to actually participate and get blooded, boring, stressful, etc). Continued to be annoyed by it into adulthood because her stupid brother is soooo into hunting and her sister, who she would expect to have better taste, just loooooves dogs.

The concept of falconry WOULD be appealing to her in theory in part due to her distaste for the hunts she's familiar with, because it would strike her as the complete antithesis of the social dog hunt. She'd picture it as like, just you and a cool bird, a noble intelligent wild animal that doesn't just do what it's told but is working with you out of mutual respect. I don't think she'd actually Like it in practice though. She's not that fond of being in the outdoors to begin with and probably would get frustrated with the realities of managing a raptor.

[dreamerwitches]

Looking at Magia Archives translations by Antimony, thank you so much for your hard work. I'll put links at the end

I think it's really interesting how Giovanna has a saintly motif, really cements Iroha as this world's Madoka. Interesting how Nemu wasn't included in the doppel trio at the start hmm. I'm not convinced by the 'rack of hanging fabric strips... is intended to convey a sense of "sending things away"' like what? What do you mean? XD That doesn't really convey that at all...

Wow I never realised she was meant to be a scorpion ToT she looks way more like a dragon...

The note 'doppels for the twenty and older group have a distinct sense of emerging out of their bodies' is interesting. I'll have to see if that stayed true for other girls Mitsuru's is definitely not the case, she sits on her doppel. The Tart sisters don't but their ages of 20s is unknown/speculated. Tsubaki's does not, unless you count the mask as growing from her face. Yu maybe? Her age is unknown but I've always thought of her as older. Her entire top half is obscured so that could've become her doppel. But mostly, um, it's looking like a no, chief ToT they didn't keep that up... Also less interesting but this states Yachiyo as a '20 and older group'. Was she meant to be older at some point? Cause I think her age of 19 is confirmed.

Not a translation but I kinda love her concept form. I think the fingers are way more cool than the final shoes :P

And the final note... Campanella was a redesign of the original series cut train witch???? Was I just supposed to find that out myself?? Insane!

Not much to say about Tsuruno's, just interesting to learn more about her. I feel bad for Tsuruno not liking her ToT

Omg she's meant to be a cement mixer?? We're learning so much today! I can't believe she's meant to be entrails eeewwww!! I definitely think she should've been more cow-esque. Like, I think it would've worked just fine WITH the horns. Make it the same colour as her eyelid or something

Thanks again to muffinrecord and Antimony yippeee! The drive of translated images is here

[stoicheincat]

PART 1

Not gonna go over everything discussed in the original post but I want to go over some of it. Also nothing said here is meant to be a attack against any specific creator and is only my experience in the spaces. Want to make sure I specify cuz I'm want to be frank.

On the Normie divide

There isn't more of a marketing issue. Indies don't do a great job of using simple language and pitches to get people interested in games. A consistent issue I see is the use of ttrpg specific acronyms that are hard for those outside the space to understand. Then throw in the algorithms that section people off and new players are mostly pushed away. I think this can be somewhat eased by better marketing with clearer pitches with more visual elements. Tom Bloom's lancer is a good example. It's cool mechs and the art shows it. [Tho the gameplay is less streamlined then a new player would prefer cool art can push people through the bullshit. It get's people excited to play and GMs hyped to run it.] This leads to some common shit that fucks interest from a casual player.

WALLS OF TEXT:

This one is gonna sound hurtful but writers, the novel is not poppin'. This issue can be somewhat smoothish with art but is expensive. When I as a casual player see you bragging about your 200 pg+ Magazine sized book with minimum art it doesn't make me want to read it. Not saying there aren't those who would but if we're going for a general audience then let's make onboarding easier. This can be somewhat eased with a good layout but no guaranteed. We need to think of shorter books with better macro world-building. [Save the micro for extra books focused on it.] Assume that your world's concepts should be the only thing being kept by the GM.

Basically walls of text are a scare for new people. Players latch on to the broad strokes of your world not the specific. [Tho there is a type and it generally becomes the GM. Different books for different players are helpful because it separates info based on need to know.

MECHANICS AS A SELLING POINT

Again targeted more at the writing. Sorry guys. If a more normie audience is the goal. Mechanics probally aren't gonna sell your game and might even harm them. I haven't heard of people that aren't playing ttrpgs ever say how the mechanics was why they wanted to play DND or any other ttrpg. It's usually focused on the setting and then the stories they want to play out. You can do mechanics as a selling point but understand at that point you are going for existing players that have games they like.

LACK OF SETTING VIBE AND OR NOVEL WANNABE

I see this more with artists. The world build is all over the place or incoheret. Basically cool drawings over anything put together. Artist tend to focus on art and often leave out info to make things make sense and even skip writing stuff. I don't know how to express my thoughts on the issue I'm trying to point out but I'll finish it another time if that's all right. Basically artist make unfun mechanics or worlds because they skip writing mechanics. I don't know I need to think this over more when it's not late.

ON INTERNAL CREATOR DIVIDE

Basically people tend to stay away from pushing each others or collabing due mostlish to the reasons bellow.

EGO: Common and we all have atleast a little bit of it.

LACK OF COLLAB EXPERIENCE: Or how it'd work aka contracts, work division, trusted fellow creators, or pay division.

ANTISOCIAL ARTISTIC TENDICIES: I have this one. Basically for some of us most of our creative life has been alone and it's generally just easier.

COMMUNITY VIBES: Basically some spaces can be either to corporate or bad vibes. [Bluesky indie TTRPG creator space gives off corpo networking vibes. I do enjoy people there but it is defo more corpo.]

LIFE RESPONSIBILITIES: Some of us can't really go out of our way to focus on networking due to this being a side thing. [I would like it to be more tho but I'm married with a kid so I got to be smart about how I make that happen.]

Welp I'll make a part 2 when I can but I got shit to do and it's late. Also thanks for tagging me mate.

Let’s Grow the RPG Hobby

Inspired by this post and the conversation surrounding it.

So the RPG world is facing a multitude of interconnected problems. Let’s talk about them, shall we?

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1: The Problem(s)

Writing this, I find it hard to pinpoint a way to frame the subject of this post as a single thing. But it’s also impossible to treat it as it it’s a collection of separate problems. In reality, the issues facing the indie RPG world are A Hydra; a many-headed conglomeration of related issues, which each require organized, dedicated work to solve. A few examples:

The Normie-Indie Divide

A problem close to my heart, The Normie-Indie Divide describes the gradient between the mainstream of an artistic hobby and the really independent stuff. I compare this to movies a lot, but the more apt analogy is video games. The N-I-D in the videogame industry is so small as to be virtually nonexistent.

We can see this via a number of factors – one example being that the same outlets which cover massive blockbusters & sequels like Assassin’s Creed and God of War, also cover popular indie titles like Celeste and Hollow Knight. Then, freelance journalists who write for those publications (Jacob Geller is an example) go on to cover much smaller games on their own time, and so on. There’s a smooth gradient between the media coverage of the huge stuff, all the way down to a thriving (if still underserved) super-independant industry.

The N-I-D in RPGs feels uncrossable. The most well known RPG is so big it’s currenly riding the high of its second major hollywood adaptation in 20 years, and the second most popular – Vampire the Masquerade – is an unknown even to some indie RPG fans.* This hobby is shockingly impenetrable, even to those of us who spend our days swimming in the deepest end of the pool.

The Supply & Demand Problem

This one’s simple: People are pumping out RPGs by the truckload, and there are just too many! Not only does this make it hard to sift through everything to find the thing you want to read, play, or review, it also makes it nearly impossible to get anyone’s eyeballs on the cool thing you just released!

As others have pointed out, this problem is exacerbated by the fact that relative to some other art media, it’s pretty quick and painless to whip up your own zine or one-pager and publish it on itch. This disincentivises even the most invested of us from looking at a ton of new games, and means that sharing your work can feel like you’re being ignored by a huge crowd.

A Road To Solutions

If all of that is making you feel pretty bad for the future of this medium, you’re not alone. It can feel pretty hopeless facing all of these problems as an indie designer when all the tools you have at your disposal are a tumblr account and a few indie friends to complain to.

But the truth is, I think that this Hydra is eminently slayable. I just don’t think we can do it alone. That in mind, I’ve spent a large portion of my day putting together…

The Call to Action

I think there needs to be organized, persistent effort put into the future of this hobby and this industry, and I think it needs to start the way all good movements do: with a lot of petty, semantic argumentation over definitions and implementation. And to kick things off, here’s my step zero: If you’re reading this post because I’ve tagged you in it (or because I’ve sent you a link to it), my Dms are open. I want to put together a discord group chat† of my peers within RPG tumblr who are invested in tackling The Hydra, such that we can start brainstorming plans of attack to disseminate into the wider community.

The issues I wish to address are these:

The Normie-Indie Divide: How do we go about cultivating a casual audience of indie RPG fans who can bring sustainability and longevity to the industry?

The Supply & Demand Problem: How do we minimize the cognitive load of sorting through the huge volume of work extant in this medium, and more generally encourage peer-to-peer interaction within the community, like news coverage, reviews, and marketing?

The Cognitive Frontload Problem: How do we make it easier to actually engage with a given RPG, considering the amount of cognitive & temporal investment needed? Further, how do we make RPGs, both general and specific, more accessible to readers with a wide variety of abilities, preferences, and available time?

The Insular Community Problem: How do we better connect this hobby with itself, such that it feels a little less like several dozen cliques across 4-6 platforms, and more like the growing, evolving single hobbyist community that it is? Further, how do we make this hobby more accessible to newbies outside the influence of The Hegemons of the Coast?

And more. I’m positive I haven’t thought of everything, and that’s exactly why this needs to be a group effort.

As a last note: Please tag other people! The folks I’ve mentioned here are just those who I personally feel I know well enough to tag; let’s get the rest of the community involved! If you know someone who would be interested who isn’t on tumblr, they can email me: sabrinahawthornegames@proton.me.

*I’m not kidding. Multiple times within the last four months, I’ve introduced VtM to people who I would consider pretty in the sauce of RPGs. I’m talking folks who’ve played Heart: The City Beneath or Wanderhome. It’s bizarre.

†I need to stress that this is only a start. I’m not looking to start a big public discord unless that’s what a group of folks decide is the right call. By “group chat,” I mean “a chat which exists for long enough to hold 1-3 group voice calls to discuss and hash things out, before it’s dissolved in favor of the execution of whatever plans we devise.”

@theresattrpgforthat; @omophagic-beast; @ladytabletop; @rowansender; @monsterfactoryfanfic; @arsene-inc; @toyourstations

[ohitslen]

*Vampirizes your Vashwood*

keep reading for more :)

If there needs to be much closer close-up please let me know!

[shittalkerxox]

I think a really fun idea to explore with Tim would be the idea of him having Hyperthymesia.

Hyperthymesia is an ability that allows people to recall almost every event of their life in great detail. It's extremely rare and honestly doesn't have that much research done on it, but recent studies have suggested that people with this ability are limited to autobiographical memories, people with HSAM sometime tend to show symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and may demonstrate obsessive tendencies.

I think it would be an interesting way to explain why Tim was able to recall his first meeting with Dick Grayson and connect the dots to seeing Robin. Tim does display a lot of obsessive behaviours, and while he doesn't really physically display compulsion (like someone with OCD would typically display) there certainly is a strong case to be made for him potentially having it.

But also, can you imagine how fucking horrible it would be for Tim to remember each and every traumatic thing that ever happens to him as a hero and those memories just never fading. Yes, it would make him a better detective and allow him to be arguably smarter than your average joe, but at what cost?

[icewindandboringhorror]

I made a few new wax seal stamps out of clay (like the ones I did for my worldbuilding stuff forever ago), this time just of random symbols that I thought might look good done in the style of painting over the raised part of the wax or etc. :0c Some of them aren't carved deep enough to really show up that well, but overall they worked okay for being clay lol

[canisalbus]

So i remember an ask mentioning your mortal enemy, Felis Atra and their cats, and i thought it'd be fun to draw what Felis Atra's version of your italian dogs would be.

I think they would be called Butter Knife and Flamengo! Butter Knife is not his real name, it's an nickname given by his peers because of how harmless he is. I choose Flamengo because that's the name of Vasco's rival football team here in Brazil, so i thought that was the perfect name :)

Cat Machete was slightly inspired by the Oriental Shorthair cat because of their long noses and thin head shape.

Cat Vasco was inspired by the Scottish Fold cat, because FLOPPY EARS. I gave Flamengo longer ears and orange fur to make him more like his look-alike.

The last doodle is a reference to this ask (https://canisalbus.tumblr.com/post/728923918314946560/me-i-am-machete-ear-fan-number-1-those-ears) and contains the tumblr ask stand-in dog, whose cat version was inspired by the American Curl cat! They have round ears that are slightly floppy outwards.

Final notes: I know cardinal clothes don't come in vibrant blue, but i was ADAMANT on switching Machete's and Vasco's clothing color patterns. I would draw the rest of Butter Knife's and Flamengo's clothes, but i suck at designing cool outfits.

Speaking of outfits, for Machete's iconic void outfit, i figured it would be fun to make it more baggy for Butter Knife, in contrast to Machete's, that looks very tight-fitted. I think it's cute, it kinda looks like a sweater. Also i can't imagine a Machete doppelganger without high heels boots, so those HAD to stay.

Oh, and just to be clear, i'm not like, claiming ownership of these guys or anything. I just thought it would be a fun exercise. Hope you like them!! I love your art and your characters.

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[bacchuschucklefuck]

and! barbarian!fig! its her

[turtleblogatlast]

Combining the boys’ abilities (and I mean actual combining not just using them at the same time) because I was thinking about it and wow they’re kinda cracked actually-

[ cw: death mention / def not for them though 💀]

Raph & Mikey: infinite clones (aka unbeatable) + strength completely unparalleled + infinite cloned chains + the clones are very fast and can fly + potentially reverse any damage on main shield clones or even damage in general

Mikey & Donnie: constructs that also can last much longer than usual possibly forever + potential future vision + every single cable or wire or anything of that sort has the potential to be taken over akin to Mikey’s chains + full telekinesis

Donnie & Leo: pinpoint portal/teleportation themselves or constructs just by knowing where to aim (aka instadeath for any enemy if used right) + telepathy

Leo & Raph: teleporting clones who can grow or shrink at will (which can also be instadeath like above if used right) + said clones can also act as homing spots to switch places with + potentially swap damage taken to clones

Raph & Donnie: they literally can make Voltron, but more than one + basically impossible to destroy shields + constructs can also be cloned

Mikey & Leo: freezing time and being able to move during it + heat death of the universe + “oops hey it’s other alternate iterations of us???” + this is a time and space team up you’re not winning this-

Basically any combo is an instant “you win.” I wanna go further into these combos later and maybe even add or subtract as I think more on it because there’s so many I left out and I can always extrapolate on and explain these ones more, but this was fun and these boys have terrifying powers even without combining them all together.

Seriously, should each of them train these abilities to the best they can be, there is no beating them even if they’re alone.

[joffyworld]

Squished Zucchinis

What is love?

Love to me, is the potential to be.

To be how and who you really are deep down and to do so comfortably.

I mean,

Often we attach a meaning that doesn't hold up to the scrutiny,

It's easy to see: we hear about love as "making love" or feeling loved by somebody; But what if to love is just to be, unconditionally?

Does there really need to be a reason?

Does a heart have to bleed as payment for something that should be free? Is there a degree of freedom in how we get to be? Is there a choice in how we love or is love just what they tell us, in all it's totality? What they say that love is and how it "should be" just doesn't make sense to me.

Can two people, three people or more love without loving? Find comfort in eachothers arms without necessarily wanting? That makes sense from what I see, how a God can love a mortal and vice versa yet not "love" them how we perceive, is love "true love" if it's fickle and based on irrationality?

Love doesn't make sense, yet it does. To love and be loved is a warm hug of spirituality: a warm nights breeze and a ration of warm coffee sat in front of a theatre watched most comfortably. You don't have to love to be loved, you just have to see; that those around you cherish you, even when it's been made an impossibility.

Love isn't set in stone, love will break your bones, invade your home, destroy all you know and enslave your soul but then open your eyes so you can see. Love decimates hate and liberates you from the prison where you were trapped in perpetuity. Love isn't romantic, love isn't fantastic or something that you can see. Love is love, and between us,

That just makes sense to me

(Based on @cj-the-random-artist's QPR au, slightly inspired by @losing-catharsis :3)

[aseuki]

It's time!!

Sharing my contribution to the Umbral Wings Tarot Deck with my art for the Knight of Water!

The campaign's in the final stretch and the deck is fully funded! 🎉🎉🎉 If you wanted to get your hands on some truly phenomenal artwork, I highly suggest checking it out! 👀

Here's the link once more in case you missed it: 👉 [Link]

Going to dip a little bit into the designmaking process itself under the cut!

The Knight of Water is thematically about sensitivity. Charm, romance imagination-as a person, it's about a 'knight in shining armor' type character who may help others with the matters of the heart.

I also wanted to note that another cool thing about this deck is that the artists were designated their suit depending on their art and rendering style! The Air suit focuses on more atmospheric type art, Fire is character symbolism driven, in the Earth suit you'll se a lot of traditional-style rendering, and in the Water suit you'll see a lot more anime-inspired art styles!

With these factors in mind, I wanted a composition that would pay homage to the classic anime bishoujo genre--sailor moon and utena played heavily into the design and composition--something with lots of sparkles, atmospheric framing, a pretty waterfall to tie in the elemental theme, and lots and lots (and LOTS) of roses. (Fun fact! If you look at each rose, they have a heart in the centre! Each one was carefully and painstakingly hand drawn!). The pose that was chosen for this card was also a direct homage to the classic Sailor Moon style transformation sequences (and also swan mating dances with the wings), with the element of a 'bleeding heart' visual cue so to speak with the red roses and petals to the chest haha--it was fun going through different pose ideas before settling on this one! Roses and thorns go hand in hand, so thorny vines were also added at the bottom so that they become more evident when the card is inverted! (The inverted card speaks of emotional upset, depression, hypersensitivity, and lashing out)

For the dragon design itself, I took the 'prince on a white horse' and 'knight in shining armor' aspect and meshed them with leafy and weedy sea dragons and betta fish from real life to make a unicorn-like design--a creature that is traditionally associated with sensitivity and emotions--with a classic anime magical girl spin. I wanted the design to look ethereal and noble, and still clearly a dragon instead of a horse! (It was trickier than one might think!)

That's all the notes I have at the moment! Overall this was an Incredibly fun project to think through, I know I've been absolutely vibrating off the walls to share this haha! Everyone else has also brought their A game to each card in this deck, be sure to check them out through the KS link when you can, I can assure you that each and every card is just as lovingly rendered as this one!

[newtscamandersbf]

’hikaru’ & yoshiki but theyre nennetti

cishet boy best friends behavior nothing to see here 🙈