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theellipelli · 1 year ago

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fun fact this was drawn while watching both versions of 'all quiet on the western front.' can u tell

#i love cynonari #theyre so... normal #just two dudes being guys #nothing insane about them theyre just two academics #upstanding citizens #a functional pair in a world full of epic lovers #cyno #tighnari #genshin impact #art #fanart #ship art #cynari #cynonari #also i saw someone draw cyno with a hook nose a while back #and let me tell you #it changed my life

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nightmarearian · 2 months ago

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Done (heavy quotation marks) with monster Ody @evergreen292 ;)

tbh I couldn’t for the life of me pick a color palette I liked And Render it so I gave up on color. Enjoy the half assery.

Tbh I’ve just been call it Ithacan Naga, but it’s objectively it’s a mix of snake, owl/bird, and human. So 🤷.

Tbh the wings are supposed to be white/gray-brown, cause owls & Hermes, while his scales are supposed to be an oscillating scale from sea green-blue to purple-tinted gray. Uhm. Evidently that sorta didn’t happen but also did. So.

The purple/grayer scales are gonna be more around with the feathers and wings.

Those fin colors are. Too blue and too bright but I love the colors themselves so they’re staying for now.

Uhm. That’s it for now, ig. I’m sorta on a timer rn and I’m tired so <3

The writing bit with this is still in the works (😭)

#Odysseus #epic the musical #Ithacan naga au #guess that’s what we’re calling it #an Ithacan naga would deadass just be an aquatic naga #I think #the feathers and wings are cause he’s Zeus/Hermes’ kin & Athena blessed #tbh the main reason i wanted to color at all is cause I wanted easier differentiation between… everything. and actually draw the scales.#so snakes have this extra (?) bone that connects their skull & jaw which is what lets them extend it. so. ody gets that here.#resting/casual naga ody is like. 7ish ft? anything intimindation or just rising usually reaches 11-12 ft. his full length js 20 ft #naga eyes don’t have any eyelids. it looks very odd on a human (unsettling)#owl eyes don’t really have visible white scelcra #or however you spell it #nor do snakes #unsettling #maybe I’ll caption this later but hhhhh #he’s sorta supposed to be an olive sea snake and fish owl #but fuck colors rn #uhm cause he’s aquatic I suppose he does have to make up with Poseidon… uhm let’s say after everything Seidon picks up a fuss and Athena #argues back n everything and it causes a reallllly big fuss so Zeus (+ others) eventually work smth out that basically amounts to:#Don’t fuckin bother each other (intentionally)#also endgame for naga ody (he can change back and forth dw) is that he gets used to it. he doesn’t advertise it cause he’s sneaky like that #(and after he gets over the self loathing). uhmmm. yeah. It’s great cause NEREID PEN and SEA NAGA ODY #they can go on sea hunts together!!!!#ody CAN fly yes. same logic that lets Hermes fly with 2 small pairs of wings on his ankles and head.#he folds the wings when swimming and the fins fan out underwater. vice versa. his feathers are waterproof.#you can BARELY see the vauge shape of thighs/legs melting into the serpent part btw.#Ari’s art #my art #I’mma add onto this + actually type this out in a post later or smth

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rawliverandgoronspice · 1 year ago

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I think what particularly annoys me with the "zelda was always gameplay before story" is that... it's not true? At least I don't think it's true in the way people mean it.

Zelda games were always kind of integrating story based on the standards of the time. When game stories were in game pamphlets, Zelda's stories was in the pamphlets. ALTTP tried to tell a pretty complicated stories with the limitations of the time. OoT was actively trying to tell an epic, cinematic tale packed with ambiance and expand what 3D could offer that 2D games struggled with. Majora's Mask is deeply character-driven in many, many ways. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are both pretty concerned about their stories, down to the point that some people were bored by TP's cutscenes in particular. Skyward Sword, from what little I have played it, is very very invested in its characters and their journey (and 2D Zeldas have Link's Awakening, Minish Cap... None of them are visual novels, but they are concerned with emotional journeys, character arcs, mysteries about their own world...)

What is true is that the narrative wraps around the mechanics, and not the other way around. The mechanics drive themes, aesthetics, emotional beats and character journeys; and that's great. The world is a puzzle, and the world is delightfully absurd when it needs to be, full of heart when it calls for it, dark and oppressive when it suits the player experience.

That does not mean the games aren't invested in their stories. Even BotW has a pretty complicated story to tell about an entire world rather than one specific tale or legend --all of it at the service of the gameplay, which is exploration and mastery of your environment.

So. Yes, none of the Zelda games are million-words long visual novels that care deeply about consistency and nuance; but stories don't need consistency or deep lore to be meaningful and serve an emotional journey. Again: gameplay is story. The two cannot be so easily parsed from each other.

And Zelda as a franchise obviously care deeply about story, characters and setting (and still does right now --otherwise there wouldn't be a movie), even if it doesn't try to imitate prestige narrative-driven games, which is great and part of why I love this series so much. Doesn't mean it couldn't have done better in the past, it obviously could have, but I feel like pretending that nobody ever cared about story or character is just... false? It's a huge disservice to the devs too. Some of them obviously cared immensely.

The "gameplay above story", at least in the extent to which it is paraded today to defend TotK, mostly, is a really recent development. And I think it's one that deserves to receive some pushback.

#thoughts #tloz #zelda #the legend of zelda #totk critical #(sort of)#(I mean this is the subtext)#guys in 1998 nintendo was trying its darnest to make an epic story (with uhhh the writing that it got)#(love that game to bits but won't defend the actual writing)#the fully gameplay-driven game was mario 64!!!#I think this perception is also partially the fault of that “narrative game” category that is just.... kind of like Prestige TV but for gam #as if most games don't have some form of storytelling within them #and that coherence and vision and consistency are part of game design too #and will hurt a game's enjoyment if not handled correctly #a really really paired back narrative game is really difficult to pull off actually!#because you still need stakes and some degree of intrigue #so you need to figure out how to introduce this without walls of text and is it narrative design? is it game design? it's both!!#anyway anyway

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milflaszlo · 6 months ago

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But she means everything to him. 📹: @medium-observation

#hadestown #hadestownedit #theatreedit #this gifset brought to you by the fact that eurydice and hades both get warm lighting #meanwhile orpheus and persephone both get blue #yes hadestown is all gold and brown but even before she goes there eurydice is bathed in yellows #and then orpheus shows up and introduces blue into her world #both pairs are the ground and the sky. yet more evidence for my eurydice is hades and orpheus is persephone agenda #the way all i've ever known culminates in pure blue and eurydice finally physically letting herself be lifted off the ground #AND LATER WHEN THE EPIC III DANCE STARTS THE LIGHTS ON THE WALLS CHANGE FROM ORANGE TO BLUE #AS HADES SIMILARLY FINALLY LETS HIMSELF BE FREE #orpheus and persephone opening eurydice and hades up to becoming free. to looking up at the sky and the stars #wow i am really not well right now

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sonknuxadow · 1 year ago

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FINALLY . SONIC AND KNUCKLES IMAGE

#I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THEYRE PROBABLY GONNA POST IT SOON . they heard me ...#this is what that poll i was being so annoying about was about btw . to have sonic appear with knuckles in this art #giggling and kicking my feet over this art sonics outfit is so cute and silly .#makes up for him not having a costume in the idw sonic halloween special i think #and also sonic and knuckles is one of the pairs of characters i wanted for the calendar art this year . epic win for ME !!!!!!!#as always the link goes to the sonic channel gallery idk if theyve posted this anywhere else yet #also interesting that omochao is in this because didnt they lose a poll before

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somegrumpynerd · 4 months ago

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Some skeletons as kitty cats

Neko Sansume

#UTDR #UTMV #Bad Sanses #Star Sanses #I'm not tagging everybody that would be too much #But here's the bad boys hanging out and a lil bulletin board #I like to imagine this is the pinboard in Ccino's where he puts nice pics of all the cats #I tried to make it clear who's who but in case it's not:#Troublemakers is Ink and Killer #Pair bonded is Dust and Horror #Same Litter? is Dream and Nightmare #Do not pet is Error #Buddies is Epic and Cross #Buddies? is Blue and Fell #I've had a lot of fun playing the real neko atsume and renaming some of the cats to these guys #I might do more of these later in the week but I gotta stop for tonight

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unproduciblesmackdown · 4 months ago

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WAUGH!!!

#thank you david darrow :)#now this is the first time i've been particularly moved by the homoeroticism of this scene lmaooo. & that's the power of a wrole fr #(not to imply that rick moranis was the factor in my simply being like [sure but] re: movie experiences lol. he Is a cutie)#lsoh #guthrie little shop #will roland #seymour krelborn #this pairs great with ''is audrey's hand on seymour's chest in this pic? i'm gonna go with Yes; Sure''#like in this case i'm sure it makes more sense in many ways incl like spatial geometry that his foot is on the chair's other armrest #however the ambiguity = the power of fiction (the power of a photo angle but. jests)#though it does seem he has his hand resting on his foot in turn. dramaturgical #the art of not getting Snagged....epic costume design here for sure for sure #looking off into the distance like i have to save him (seymour)

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simstationdance · 3 months ago

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"Alien" hair family attempt. What do you think?

Color names: Moonstone (blond), Bloodstone (red), Blue Moon (brown), Entropy (black)

#ts2 #the sims 2 #|| extra #continuously torn between wanting epic hair color variety and wanting to play a functional sims 2 game #also: new hair retexture coming soon wooooooooooo #with a normal amount of colors attached i prommy (lying)#context: moonstone and bloodstone are from a set of unreleased hair color curves i made inspired by gemstones #meanwhile entropy and blue moon were intended for an alien themed hair swatch that i never fully finished #and so i was like Fuck It and paired them all together

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witsserviceablesubstitute · 6 months ago

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A ramble that's not in good faith, sorry, I know this online discourse gets under my skin. Anyway, context, Tumblr fandoms are very queer inclusive spaces that can forget how queer exclusionary many areas of storytelling can still be. Queer characters are a staple on US and UK television now but continue to have a lot of caveats and constraints.

Fandoms are likely a big part of why queerness in television has come as far as it has in the last few decades. Not for their constructive conversations about queer representation with an industry, but because they make queerness visible and viable. Creators started fighting back. Shows like Xena, whose actors and writers refused to let Gabrielle and Xena be seen as simply 'gal pals'. Refused to let the clear queer subtext be erased. Shows like Steven Universe and The Owl House, who actively went against their networks to ensure their queer romances couldn't be censored.

Can you remember the last time the "let them be friends" arguments applied to anything but the potential canonization of queer subtext? Cast your mind on the major same sex ships over the past 15 years. How many are canonically romantic? The vast majority are, in canon, intimate male friendships. Friendships that hold more importance in the story than any romance. Perhaps ask why this same argument is being applied to a queer relationship with clear romantic subtext? What does erasing that subtext serve and who does it hurt.

#dead boy detective agency #dead boy detectives #the dead boy detective agency #dbda #edwin payne #charles rowland #payneland #painland #queerness in television #queerness in media #queerness in storytelling #personally i want them all to be in one queerplatonicromantic cuddle pile with no need to pair off at all #but this would probably require an industry to become cool with a lot of things very quickly #and the potential for a sweepingly epic queer love story is not something that should be erased dismissed or belittled

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vestacritter-otd · 2 months ago

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DAY 11

Today's critters are dinosaur fairies !!

#two epic pairs of wings and birb insect face theyre so cool #scavengers reign #vestacritterotd

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firinnie · 3 days ago

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Telemachus and the exiled!Athena

Characters for my latest fic Lightning comes in pairs, so we have winter fun in Ancient Greece, and Athena learns how not to die being mortal.

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blanska · 6 months ago

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Enneagram - The Companions

#doctor who #dw companions #jamie mccrimmon #companions #enneagram #enneagram 6 #6w7 #I'm 100000000.0001% certain about this #also #Second Doctor is 7w6 Jamie is 6w7 #the epic best friends pairing #like Merry and Pippin #Chandler and Joey #Jake Peralta and Charles Boyle :D #makes sense

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bonnvivre · 11 months ago

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more thoughts abt ch 479-480 !!

posted abt it on twitter but i just have to talk abt it here: GUN DIDN’T LOOK AT GOO ONCE DURING THIS WHOLE EXCHANGE.

i feel like there’s many ways to interpret this and i’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts but here’s my take.

goo spared him a glance at least, probably couldn’t resist himself to a glimpse at gun’s expression, to gauge what he might be thinking, might be feeling. it’s a big decision after all. the status of their relationship rides on gun’s decision.

not once did gun look back but that doesn’t mean he didn’t care enough to; in fact, he cared a lot, enough to share a drink even when he didn’t like it, enough to even apologize to goo for already making a tie to someone else. this was just as important to him as it was to the other. i’d like to think that he’s aware of the mask goo puts up to shield his vulnerability. he knew that goo was at his most genuine, in an unguarded state, so he refused to look at him as a courtesy. or maybe he couldn’t bring himself to because HE HIMSELF was vulnerable. because the sheer weight of having to be the one to end his closest friend is affecting him greatly and he wouldn’t be able to take it if he looked at him.

either way, it’ll end tragically and it’s 1000% goo-over and they’re doomed :[