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[graveyartblog]

Their blood type is O-

[leidensygdom]

yay ask box open! your designs are so lovely so I am very curious, how do your design choices for all three of your characters play into their lore?

AHHHH TY!! Oh man this is a bit of a dense question bc these guys' designs are very interwoven

Relé's is maybe the most straightfoward one, mostly because I haven't done his post-campaign fit yet. He's descended from a powerful fey and a minor air elemental deity, and his heritage actually caused him some major issues due to his physical body struggling to reconcile the divine power of both sides. Hence, the asymmetric crystal chunks, the tree-like branches- to represent the fey bits, and the cloudy hair, from his air genasi part. If you lookj closely, his belt and neck-piece have a shiny iridiscent crystal there. It's actually bismuth, from Urion- a bismuth earth genasi. His post campaign fit also includes some parts alluding to Yxala, like the brass gear with an orange X-shaped crystal. The X-pattern in the hanging cloth is also related to her.

Uri's design (pre-campaign on the left, during-campaign on the right) has a lot more going on. The pattern on the inside of the poncho is actually shared with the one Yxala had inside her cloak in her first design (done by @zephyrbug actually!), as well as the lil metal piece in the poncho- which Yxala also had in said design. Relent was introduced later on, but the crystals in the little hair rings are meant to be reminiscent of him. Their BBEG design has a few more allusions- Notice the gears as a necklace and earring. The X-shaped hair thingie for the ponytail also belonged to Yxala, and one of Relés branch is tied around one of the locs. Even the tail burning at the tip ties to Yxala- whose tail is on fire lol. Some of these details were actually also Zeph's idea, who designed their final boss look!!

I still need a clean ref for Yxala's post-campaign fit, but you can see a few things on the one of the right! The left was my first reference of her, and things have been adding ever since. The bismuth horn is meant to honor Uri, and she got it made after one of the BBEGs broke the original. She's also got a Relé branch tied around a braid, and another one to hold her ponytail. There are veins of bismuth and orange crystal in one of her arms and left side of the chest, referencing both Uri and Relent- (Who being an eladrin, does have an orange form!). These came up after she was resurrected after the final boss. She's also going to have one of these gear earrings when I get to her final design. Even the braids were meant to reference Urion. She ranged from braiding most of her hair at some point to just a few sparse ones, but it's still there.

Her armor design had a lot of callbacks too, including to characters outside the polycule, and a large wirey gauntlet also related to Uri's entire thing with wires.

So, um, yeah, these three have a lot of little reocurring motifs between themselves!! I can't wait to get the final references done >:3 Thank you so much for the question, and sorry for the wall of text!

[gobodegoblin]

Old Godspeak : Dan

"Demya" is a modern Godspeak term that translates to a god/gods. However, in Old Godspeak, the word for a god is "Dan", which other than the "D" at the start is completely different. The reason for this is a simple case of languages merging.

In Farsonic, the original language of Eastern T'ummasil and southern Mizau, has the word Delthya. In Yal'Mori, the native and near-extinct tongue of Yah'shir, the word for god is Emphiteryas.

This is relevant as influence from Eastern T'ummasil and Yah'shir meant that the border lands began to merge the words, so in northern T'yva a god could be refered to with "Demphit" and in Western T'ummasil you could hear a priest refer to a god as "Delyah".

As the Third Empire continued on, New Godspeak sought to reunify the language as it was splintering on the edges of T'yva. Its unknown where Demya exactly came from, if it was a naturally emerging word or a merging of Demphit and Delyah, but it was indeed very useful in spreading the modern Godspeak language around T'yva Uris, as people felt the word was similar enough to their own word to naturally shift it into their vocabulary.

Note: Due to the prevelance of T'yvan scholars during the First Empire, a lot of the older gods have "Dan" appended to the end of their name, its unknown if that was their actual names or simply a deific designator.

[norbezjones]

So, my friend Alexis introduced me to The Amazing Digital Circus the other day, and I fell in love with it.  It inspired me to ask the question, “What if my Romance The Backrooms characters were in The Amazing Digital Circus?  What would their designs be like?” So, I drew it!

I’m very happy with how this turned out, and it made me feel more positive about my art overall, which is nice.  If you want to read more information about the designs and how I came up with them, check that out below!

From left to right:

Adiel’s design is very simple—he’s a shadow creature, after all.  I think I was subconsciously inspired by Gamecrazed from The Terrain Of Magical Expertise?  I watched that show before it was revealed that Chris Niosi, the creator, is a terrible person.

Kalcal’s design was inspired by a popular backrooms entity—can you guess which one?  I didn’t want to bring over all of his hair, so I kept that one hair loop that goes from his left side to his right side.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

Zenobos’s head was inspired by soot sprites, sea urchins, & dandelions, and his body was inspired by stick figures.

Uri’s design was very fun!  It was inspired by biblically accurate angels with a hint of Zooble’s design influencing it as well.  His body is supposed to be a keyboard, with the flat/sharp keys each 1 of the colors of the stitches around his neck.

Carla looks the most human out of all of them.  I don’t know if she’s actually a doll or not.  I wanted to give her clothes that incorporated themes from her normal outfit, hence the ducks on the shirt and stars on the pants.

Glarence being a jack-in-the-box was Alexis’s idea, and I knew I HAD to do it, because Glarence would HATE being a jack-in-the-box.  The specific jack-in-the-box his design is based on is a “Schylling Jester Jack In Box”.  Look at my grumpy guy!

[whiskeysmulti]

Paw (A KHR Fanfic)

Fandom: KHR Word Count: 1,006 Prompt: Paw Ship: None Characters: Uri and Gokudera Hayato Event Host: @flufftober

When Gokudera had been told he had one of the most powerful Vongola box weapons around he didn't believe it. However as he'd gone along and worked on unlocking every box in the Sistema he started to understand, he started to realize it really was a powerful weapon. Except one box he didn't think had any value at all.

Who the hell puts a cat in with a bunch of weapons? What good is a simple stupid cat anyway? Was it supposed to be just a pet? Was it put in there for a reason? Was it put in the box to serve a purpose at all? "Useless stupid cat!" He'd yell whenever Uri seemed to get in the way. But later he'd come to regret this.

Gokudera soon found out Uri was one of the most valuable assets he owned. His future self had been smart to help in designing the Sistema CAI and incorporate Uri's box into it. Each box opened contained a powerful weapon up to the last box of that flame, which unlocked a ring of one of the other five flames he'd unlocked and harmonized with, Storm, Sun, Rain, Lightning, and Cloud. The Storm boxes were his primary flame and possibly his most powerful weapons, including the Flame Arrow itself and that once believed useless kitten that he didn't understand why it was put in a box to begin with.

She'd hiss, growl, swat, bite and claw him so much Gokudera believed she hated him. Those tiny little paws of hers held razor sharp claws on the ends and Gokudera felt her wrath first hand and almost daily. When most people think of cats they think of adorable little balls of fluff with Christmas tree shaped little tails, and a cute high pitched meowing. That wasn't what came out of the box.

What came out of the box was a hissing, growling, ferocious little monster with flames on its ears and tail and many teeth that highly enjoyed biting him daily. Uri was and always would be feisty just like her guardian and with time Gokudera learned that it didn't matter if she was in kitten form or full blown leopard, he was no match for this little furball's wrath.

Cat paws were often seen as cute and soft, but everyone forgot about the razor sharp claws attached to them. It was even worse when Uri had grown with the activation of the Sun flame and her paw was big enough to deliver full blown smacks to his face and her claws would often tear him up.

However, as much as Gokudera argued with the cat and as many times he felt a claw to his face, he had to admit he loved Uri dearly and would be lost without her. He'd even gone off one night searching for her and wouldn't go to sleep until he did find the precious little box weapon. Thankfully she'd wandered off into Hibari's room and he was someone Gokudera knew would never harm an animal, in spite of his reputation for being bloodthirsty, he was gentle and kind to smaller, weaker creatures, the box weapons included.

It wasn't until he'd been face to face with the possibility of dying in battle in the future that he realized just how and why Uri was considered the most powerful weapon of the entire Sistema C.A.I. It was thanks to the Sun flame's activation factor provided by Garyuu when she was thrown to the Sun Kangaroo and landed in or near the knocked out kangaroo's pouch. Just like a mother Kangaroo protecting and healing her little joey, Garyuu protected and healed Uri as well and thanks to the added Sun flame's activation factor Uri showed off her true form and skills then. She wasn't just a fuzzy, cute little leopard cub, she was a ferocious, full grown adult leopard, Pantera Tempesta.

From the fluff on her tail to the size of her paws and the flames on her ears, Uri had grown up. She'd changed a great deal with the Sun's activation and Gokudera had to admit even he was impressed. He'd been wrong before, she wasn't just a useless kitten.

Gokudera had to admit he'd be lost without the cat, even if he thought she was useless and stupid before. He regretted ever thinking that about her when he initially opened her box. He understood why she was so harsh with him as well. Uri came from a time where he was older and more mature and that was the Gokudera she was used to, his calmer, more collected and grounded adult self that was already the Tenth Right Hand.

Ironic that Gokudera was now walking around with a plate of grilled fish and calling for the little kitten he'd once called useless. If he really thought she was useless he wouldn't be trying to chase her down so desperately and bribe her to come home like this, would he? Uri might have been small with tiny little cute paws, but with time and enough of the Sun flame's activation factor, she would grow into the greatest weapon of the Sistema CAI, the Pantera Tempesta, or the Storm Leopard.

From tiny paws to fangs and claws, Uri was and always would be one of the most precious weapons Gokudera ever had, as in his own eyes, she was and always would be much more than a mere weapon. What was once thought to be a useless kitten was a precious sidekick now and practically a house pet in the off time from combat. He never thought he'd see the day that he'd come home and she'd wrap her paws around his neck and cling to him like a baby, purring in his arms. It hasn't happened yet, but Gokudera could dream anyway.

Uri was and always would be a precious element of the Sistema CAI and even more, on top of that, she would always be a precious pet to Gokudera, paws, claws, jaws and all.

[lady-inkyrius]

Really wish there was a standard format for local responsive documents. PDF is great for static documents, but what if I want to send someone something that'll look good on phones as well? HTML would seem to be the obvious choice for responsive documents that every device has a viewer for, but I haven't worked out a way to get local HTML sites to display properly on my phone – Neither Chrome nor Firefox recognise file:// URIs, Chrome doesn't display images or styling when opening from the file manager, and Firefox doesn't even show up there in the first place – so they're out too I guess.

It seems like you either have to drop responsivity (PDF) or portability (HTML), I can't see a way to have both. The other options that came to mind were ePub (which doesn't do styles) or Markdown (which you would convert to HTML if you wanted consistent styling anyway), and neither of which have anywhere close to the universality of PDF and HTML.

The last resort option would be making two PDFs, one at regular A4 page size and one designed with a page as wide as an average phone screen, but that seems annoying both to produce and also for the users.

[Repost from a few days ago on my Cohost]

[julymarte]

leggooooo i have a  basic plotline in mind for this pirate/treasure hunt AU revolving around the relics from the second part of the plot, i think i came  up with a nice plot for Ameera but i'm still unsure on the design so i didn't add her yet SO BASICALLY i’m trying to keep loosely faithful to the main story , shari’s still a princess who’s  got enough of  court life , this time she  found  out  there’s three mysterious legendary treasures that no one’s ever been able to find, she’s not after them for power or riches  but wants to experience the thrill to be the first one to find them, too bad she’s not the only one looking for them (see the bad pirates as the  cult guys) and her father refused to let her sail a royal marine ship cause it could get political if  shit happens so she  remembers about this commoner boy who  used to sneak in the palace and claimed that his father was a pirate so she  goes looking for him(aka nakir)accompanied by her attendant(ajmal, fun fact he suffers from sea sickness in canon) and  finding out  he has a ship of his  own she offers him and  his  crew(including taru) a contract as corsaire/privateer to help her out, they also sneak uri on board since he’s very  knowlegeable of old myths  and legends(instead of being a chicken god) they’ll find  pravaal and ameera on the  way... pravaal is   well yeah  he’s just a merman (i was thinking merfolk here could switch freely between land and sea buut  if they spent  too much time on land  they wouldn’t be able to revert or something like that idk, it’s an au, whatever) ameera is either also a princess or a nblewoman who shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island and is looking for her husband and son who she lost in the  shipwreck (it will turn out that the island  she found herself on  was the place where the ice relic was hidden and the island was calling for her) .... still unsure if uri will die  here cause of the relic too.... maybe  he  will, maybe he  will get cursed who knows who knows

[byneddiedingo]

Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Gideon Glick, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Vincenzo Amato, Michael Urie, Greg Hildreth, Brian Klugman, Nick Blaemire, Mallory Portnoy, Yasen Peyakov, Zachary Booth, Miriam Shor, Alexa Swinton. Screenplay: Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer. Cinematography: Matthew Libatique. Production design: Kevin Thompson. Film editing: Michelle Tesoro. Music: Leonard Bernstein. 

The Aussies call it "tall poppy syndrome." It's that tendency to try to undermine or underestimate the achievement of anyone who excels. And I think we saw it directed at Bradley Cooper when the first big wave of negative publicity came out from a critic from the Hollywood Reporter who saw the trailer for Maestro and called the prosthetic nose Cooper wore to play Leonard Bernstein "ethnic cosplay." The word "Jewface," analogous to blackface and "yellowface," labels for white performers pretending to be Black or Asian, was tossed about, as if Cooper were somehow guilty of antisemitism, or even depriving a Jewish actor of the role. Defenders came to the fray, including Bernstein's family, who indicated their approval of Cooper's choice, and others who pointed out that Cooper wasn't playing a negative stereotype, or even a character like Shylock or Fagin, but an authentic musical genius. But the damage was done, and the controversy continues to be a kind of scrim through which we watch and assess the film. I think much of it stems from the fact that Cooper is one of the most exceptional talents of our time, recognized for excellence as an actor, director, and screenwriter  -- a tall poppy indeed. He has a total of nine Academy Award nominations in all three of those fields plus producing -- for Todd Phillips's Joker (2019) and Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley (2022). He won a BAFTA for the music of A Star Is Born (2018), for which he wrote and sang several songs, and for which he also won two Grammys. He was nominated for a Tony in 2015 for his performance on Broadway in The Elephant Man. (One of the critics of the prosthetic nose observed that he wore no disfiguring makeup for the role of John Merrick, suggesting that if he's that good an actor, he should have played the role of Bernstein without the help of makeup.) All of this is preface to saying that Maestro is an exceptional film that only adds luster to an already distinguished career. It has been labeled a biopic, which is inadequate. Biographical films are usually distanced from their subjects, dramatizations of events in a career. Maestro is more intimate than that, a portrait of a man and a marriage. Cooper goes beyond mimicry of Bernstein in a serious effort to suggest the social and sexual and artistic tensions seething within the man. If I have to voice a criticism it's that he doesn't quite bring it off -- it's a little too much for any actor or screenwriter to achieve. But Cooper shows us the depths even if he doesn't plumb them. He wisely lets us have our own thoughts about something even Bernstein probably couldn't define about his sexuality: whether he was gay or bisexual, or whether that question is stupid and irrelevant. Carey Mulligan's performance as his wife, Felicia, brittle and burning, is a perfect match for Cooper's. If they don't have the chemistry that Cooper had with Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) or Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born, that's partly the point: The marriage of Lenny and Felicia was one of unresolved tension. Hence the epigraph for the film: "A work of art does not answer questions, if provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers." I have the feeling that Maestro will be remembered and studied for years to come.

[xryosakeyx]

Anyways, sketch posting time! These would be the designs of the Blawsth protagonists if the region ever got a game. First pic was a sort of color-picking thing and the others are slight redesigns, with the last one just came from me wanting to draw in the pokemon artsyle :D

Guy's name is Urie and in the fic I have him set as Ash's rival, mostly because as a kid I always wondered why he couldn't meet any of his in-game counterparts since he likes copying their looks so much. :( He just won't wear the hood as often due to *drumrolls* story reasons. The girl's name is Joanne and depending on which protagonist you didn't choose, you'll get the other as your rival. They're personalities would vary with Urie being extremely absurd and Joanne being extremely stoic and they annoy the living hell out of each other a lot! Dialogue options would be adjust slightly to the player's end to conform to this, but mostly because I'd think it'd be funny if that sort of dynamic ever ended up in one of the actual games. In universe they are also very mysterious, like in the start of the game they would literally stalk Jake and Sam while they were talking about the card game and start interjecting once they start talking about adding a fourth player lol.

When it came to the design theme, I wanted them to look a bit artistic to an extent, with Urie representing a more urban/graffiti direction and Joanne being a more tradtional/classic-esque painter inspired look. I guess it's to chow the chaotic direction I took with the both of them lol! The monster on Urie's hoodie and butterfly-esque things on Joanne's dress/blouse thing aren't supposed to be actual pokemon from the Blawsth Dex or anything, so I like to imagine that they're just designs inspired by some random region that hasn't been revealed yet (they aren't even supposed to be in Blawsth either, they just kinda showed up and decided to wreck havoc there one day lol).

^SOTD I need to listen to the rest of the album after listening to TTSR so much lol!

[steveezekiel]

THE SUPERNATURAL EMPOWERMENT 1

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30 Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. 33 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34 And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon." 1 Kings 4:29-34 (NKJV)

Believers need the the supernatural to be outstanding in life.

Being supernaturally empowered makes you distinct, different from others.

As a Believer in Christ Jesus, you can be supernaturally empowered for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.

One can be supernaturally empowered for favour, success, and protection. IN short, experiencing the supernatural is possible in every area of life. You can enjoy supernatural rest. Receive supernatural help and whatever.

You can also be supernaturally empowered in whatever you do, and be outstanding in your field.

Solomon was supernaturally empowered for wisdom. The wisdom he exhibited surpasses the wisdom of others in His Days (1 Kings 4:29-34).

God said the wisdom given to him would have no equal. That is not an ordinary or common wisdom that is available to every other human being: 12 BEHOLD, I have done according to your words; SEE, I HAVE GIVEN YOU A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING HEART, SO THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYONE LIKE YOU BEFORE YOU, NOR shall Any LIKE YOU ARISE AFTER YOU. 13 AND I have also GIVEN you what you have NOT ASKED: BOTH RICHES AND HONOUR, SO that there shall NOT be ANYONE like YOU among the KINGS all YOUR DAYS" (1 Kings 3:12,13 (NKJV).

Solomon's wisdom, wealth, and honour were supernatural. They were not like that of every other person (1 Kings 4:29-34).

The description of Solomon's wisdom mentioned in the above Bible passage is supernatural, It could only be done or given by God to whoever belongs to Him and Desires it.

You can be supernaturally empowered for skills in whatever you do, like God did for Bezalel and Aholiab when the tabernacle was to be built for God in the wilderness: 1 THEN the LORD spoke to Moses, SAYING: 2 “See, I have called by name BEZALEL the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3 AND I HAVE FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IN WISDOM, IN UNDERSTANDING, IN KNOWLEDGE, AND IN ALL MANNER OF WORKMANSHIP, 4 TO DESIGN ARTISTIC WORKS, TO work in GOLD, in SILVER, in BRONZE, 5 IN cutting JEWELS for SETTING, in CARVING wood, AND TO WORK IN ALL MANNER OF WORKMANSHIP. 6 “AND I, indeed I, have APPOINTED with him AHOLIAB the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; AND I HAVE PUT WISDOM IN THE HEARTS OF ALL THE GIFTED ARTISANS, THAT they may MAKE all that I have COMMANDED YOU: 7 THE TABERNACLE of meeting, THE ARK of the Testimony and THE MERCY SEAT that is on it, AND ALL THE FURNITURE OF THE TABERNACLE" (Exodus 31:1-7).

In the above passage, all the artisans mentioned were supernaturally empowered for wisdom and knowledge and understanding, to do artistic works for the construction of the Tabernacle.

Note: If what we have shared Thus far happened in the old testament, the better of it, the one that surpasses that could be done for the Believers in the New Testament; because we have a better covenant: "BY so much more JESUS HAS BECOME A SURETY OF A BETTER COVENANT" (Hebrews 7:22 NKJV).

6 BUT now He [Jesus] has OBTAINED a more EXCELLENT MINISTRY, INASMUCH AS HE IS ALSO MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED ON BETTER PROMISES. 7 FOR if that FIRST COVENANT had been FAULTLESS, THEN NO place would have been SOUGHT FOR A SECOND." Hebrews 8:6,7 (NKJV)

If something is considered to be better, It means It has All the features of the old and other New ones in addition. The new covenant, or Testament, was ESTABLISHED on better Promises (Hebrews 8:6).

Jesus said: 41 THE men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; AND INDEED A GREATER THAN JONAH IS HERE. 42 THE queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, FOR she came from the ends of the earth to HEAR THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON; AND INDEED A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE" (Matthew 12:41,42 (NKJV).

Jesus surpasses Solomon in wisdom, and the Believers in Christ have the potentials to surpass Solomon or whoever had lived in the old testament.

Jesus said: 10 This was written about him: ‘[Look; Behold] I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare ·the [your] way ·for [before; in front of] you [Mal. 3:1].’ 11 I tell you the truth, JOHN the Baptist is GREATER than any other PERSON ·ever BORN [born to women], BUT even the LEAST important PERSON in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is GREATER THAN JOHN [because John prepares for, but does not fully participate in the blessings of the Kingdom]" (Matthew 11:10-12 Expanded Bible).

In other words, from the Old Testament till the time John the Baptist was born, no one could be compared in greatness to John the Baptist. But the least person in the New Testament is greater than him.

Thus, the least person in the new Testament is potentially greater than Solomon and all others who dazed the people of the old testament with their Wisdom and power.

As a Believer in Christ Jesus, you can be supernaturally empowered for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. You can be supernaturally empowered to Excel in whatever you do.

You will not fail in Jesus' name.

Should there be any ailment in your body, receive your healing now in Jesus' name.

You are delivered from the oppression and it will never rise again in Jesus' name. Peace! TO BE CONTINUED

[chandlerxfitzgerald]

No Requiem // self para

Chandler never minded living in luxury's generous lap. He spent the money on designer clothes, owned the latest advances technology offered, and practically slept on silk sheets night by night. He even held the option being driven around the city by another, but today, this is something that required a trip alone. No private drivers means no one would judge him. True, he oftentimes enjoyed an audience of his flourishing dramatics, this time isn't the right moment for a performance.

He stepped out of the Rolls-Royce as soon as he pulled up along the edge of where he knew Douglas' grave sat and slung the duffle bag over his shoulder with a gentle huff. As he began the trek through the newly trimmed grass, he passed tombstones engraved by the names of the dead and placed aside the thought of how much he truly despised cemeteries. They were depressing, a reminder that a majority who ended up there had died at Urie's hands, at least that is what the young Fitzgerald imagined. Chandler finally reached the final resting place of the man who caused so much damage to everyone around him. The tombstone was tall, foreboding in a way, and a sculpted angel sat at the very top, looking down on him as if in mockery. Douglas was no angel in life, definitely not one in death. It may as well have been Lucifer's previous angelic form overseeing the former Hedgestone leader.

"Well, hey. Pops." Chandler greeted sarcastically, dropping the bag he hauled to the ground and sticking his hands in the pockets of his wool coat. His gaze briefly flickered the etching on the stone, the elaborate border lovely if it weren't for its place on a monster's marker. The header, Father, son, husband, dedicated leader forced a snort from the irony. Dedicated leader, Chandler's ass. "You're probably gazing up at me from Hell and wondering why I've wasted my time coming all the way here. I have a faction you cared more about than your own children to help run." He waved a hand dismissively and continued, "Personally, I think we should've cremated your ass and flushed what's left of your ashes down the toilet like the piece of shit you were. Would've been funnier."

"Morrigan's doing fantastic, by the way." Chandy couldn't deny the smug grin stretching his lips, glowing pride overtaking every inch of his being. "You underestimated her, Pops. She can be ruthless when she sees fit, she instrokes fear in an artful precision you never succeeded during your reign, and we both know who we have to blame for that. Don't we?" The thing they didn't talk about, those nights of torment and psychological warfare waged by their father leaving scars in different methods.

Chandler erased the memories from his mind for the moment. "She stole a page from your book, though. Messing with someone's head, forcing her victims to believe something that was not actually true just to make an example." He nodded once, "True, Momo knows you wouldn't have hesitated executing two traitors if you were still in charge, but she bloodies her hands when needed. She isn't the meek flower obeying under a dominate man that you thought she would be. The prize, the submissive whose only purpose was providing her husband a male heir. A sexual object incapable of thought." Morrigan rose above and proved her worth. "She's a kingless queen. And I her loyal second-in-command standing proudly through thick and thin."

His eyes hovered over the death date, practically burning a hole in the granite, as he fell silent for a long minute. "Do you know the day I remember often? I was fourteen. It had been about a month since I came to live in the mansion and you forced me to a suit fitting. You gave the spiel about how I was flying the Urie banner and shoved the responsibility of sharing duties with Desmond down my fucking throat." There was another pause. "That's also the time I finally understood how worthless you thought about your own daughter. You made me her replacement and I never asked for it." A sardonic chuckle exited Chandler's mouth at the next statement. "However closeminded you became, no matter my particular lifestyle, you'd rather suffer a flamboyant son than hand over power to a woman. I wasn't about to make it easy for you, Pops...I wanted you paying for it every goddamn day."

"Do you want to know a secret between us manly men with our superiority just because we have dicks? The same way you underestimated Morri, I underestimated you with your cruelty." Chandler began fidgeting with the sleeves of his coat considering the tightness those memories created constricting inside his throat. When most people experience severe trauma as the siblings endured, a brain would block out what causes the pain and buries it deep. Untouched, forbidding access until the person is ready if they ever reach the point in their lives. "Four days. You dragged me from my room to your office and subjected me to Morrigan's imprisonment. The whippings, every punch, I felt along my flesh as if I was there. You fucked with the temperature of my bedroom. Freezing cold with nothing to keep me warm but the sound of Morrigan's screams all night long as company. I couldn't sleep with that sound ringing in my ears. If I ever broke free from that room, I swore I would have hunted you down and separated your head from your body. Without question."

Chandler perceived himself as an overall friendly extrovert who could be bothered offering kindness to anyone that didn't deny his hand of friendship. He was the life of the party and welcomed the adoration, which made his interests of theater in his high school days reasonable. A temper tantrum and revealing the wrath wasn't synonymous with Chandler's personality, but as guarded as he is with emotions, he experienced them ten times stronger than most. "You were a suffocating presence in my life, Douglas. There was this," His hand hovered to the side of his temple, indicating his head, "This noise I couldn't silence. Your voice and her screaming repeating over and over like that fucking recording. I wanted to die. Believe me, those thoughts crossed my mind while I laid there in my bed. Shivering one night and sweating the next." The man's expression grew somber for a flicker and then drained completely of anything. "I was taunted by the pair of scissors in my desk drawer. The letter opener on my desk Dezzie gave me for my sixteenth birthday, it'd be that easy ending my suffering and spiting you in the process."

Another unspoken secret not even his psuedo sister knew and had she, it would break her heart surely. "I fought for Morrigan to stay alive, so I bided my time obediently. I knew the moment that diploma landed in my hand, I was gone. Away from Hedgestone, away from my responsibilities, from you. Running was the only option I had. Still...you didn't break me how you wanted." It sounded falsely confident and certainly, the sake of his self-esteem depended on faking until he could make it, and providing Douglas the gratification wouldn't ever materialize. "Then I arrive home to hear you and Dezzie perished in a car bombing. While my brother's death caused ripples of mourning in the community, yours was met with no deserving fanfare. As they say, the kingdoms never weep when the villain falls."

Chandler dropped to one knee beside the bag and unzipped it, removing the only object contained within and rising to a standing position. The brand new sledgehammer he purchased for this specific visit came highly recommended by the hardware store he purchased it from. The clerk clearly knew who he was the moment Chandy strutted through the door and was right forgoing asking questions as to why a Urie elite required the piece of equipment. "No one lights a candle to remember you, Douglas. No one prays while your corpse rots, certainly not me." Chandler gripped the handle and inspected the metal piece attached to the top thoroughly, "I want you to know the punchline. That boy you mutilated and tossed in the river like garbage, the name you thought you beat from your daughter, wasn't the one Morrigan was seeing. His name's Julian Reese."

Chandler raised the sledgehammer over his shoulder, uttering the small sweet victory, "You lose." The mallet's first forward swing landed right in the middle of the epitaph, poetically making contact on Douglas' name. The satisfaction instantly shot down his spine and slowly traveled from limb to limb. A euphoric experience exploding from pent up aggression and placing feelings underneath the floorboards. He lifted the hammer and struck the stone again with a forceful grunt, sending substantial sizes of rock flying every which way. It was a miracle he wasn't hit by anything, but he didn't stop there. Watching Julian take out his rage on a batting cage sparked the idea and he wasn't pulling his shots with losing complete control like the other did. While Julian feared the strength of his anger, Chandy thrived on his. The hammer created contact several times, enlarging the cracks along the surface.

The pedestal in which the tombstone sat on finally gave way with Chandler taking a small step backwards as the remaining pieces collapsed in on itself and sent the angel toppling to the grass, shattering in two pathetic slivers. There is a certain beauty when destruction happens, chaos St. Cascadia brings out in its citizens. That even the most civilized man like him could become monstrous when facing a tormentor. If Chandler cannot kill Douglas, he would erase the last piece of the Urie patriarch's identity. "No one will remember you now, bitch." Shooting a middle finger at what was left of the gravestone, Chandy stuffed the sledgehammer back inside the duffle and looped his arm through the straps.

As Chandler moved away from the ruins after a long minute staring at what he created, he stopped at another gravestone that wouldn't suffer the same fate by a million years. "Hi, Dezzie. Don't mind the mess beside you. Though, if we're being a hundred percent honest, you were always a witness to mine. This is one I don't want you cleaning." The wrath previously dissipated and melancholy formed in its place. A heavy heart. "I'm sorry I wasn't here for the funeral. You'd want me not blaming myself, but the second I leave, I lost you. I was supposed to be at your side and I wasn't, Dez. I was supposed to protect you and I couldn't because of my cowardice. We needed you." Chandler did his best pushing back the tears no matter how they stung. "I still need you." The sentence hung in the air. "But I'll protect her like we've always done and I will spend every day making you proud. I promise." He reached out a hand and placed it on top of the stone.

"I love you, big brother."

And somehow by design, Chandler almost sensed Desmond saying it back.

[iotauri]

Soul Fighter Uri

you know, just recently my dream came true: I commissioned SF Uri design from miemeoww (https://twitter.com/miemeoww1) and…

did you ever get a design that made you jump up to the ceiling and want to draw it right away?

well, here it is, I drew it. now Uri has another AU

censored because I can

You can find original design here, btw: https://twitter.com/miemeoww1/status/1740343731981599084

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Exodus 35: Moses Tells Israel God's Commandments and What to do on the Sabbath

1 Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: 

2 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. 

3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Materials for the Tabernacle

4 Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: 

5 From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; 

6 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 

7 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; 

8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 

9 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

10 “All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded: 

11 the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 

12 the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it; 

13 the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; 

14 the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; 

15 the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle; 

16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand; 

17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; 

18 the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; 

19 the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

20 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, 

21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 

22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. 

23 Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. 

24 Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it. 

25 Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. 

26 And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. 

27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 

28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 

29 All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

Bezalel and Oholiab

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 

31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 

32 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 

33 to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. 

34 And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. 

35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.

[norbezjones]

Sketch sheet of the 3rd love interest of Romance The Backrooms, my upcoming dating sim visual novel. Meet the sad boy, Uri! The cat is his "friend" Manorial, who we will discuss in a bit. Uri was designed by gurosquid, and Manorial was designed by Neopixelz.

Oh Uri, my sweet summer child. He's such a gloomy little guy, but I love him so much. You just wanna cuddle him and give him a great big hug because he's just so sad!

His voice actor, Sam Hodges, depicts this so fucking well. The story about how Sam got cast is kind of an interesting one, so I shall tell you the tale:

During the casting process, I wasn't getting as many Uri auditions, and the ones I did get didn't sound at all like Uri to me (this was partially my fault in not being specific enough in how I wanted him to sound, I'll admit). The deadline for the casting call was approaching, and I feared Uri's voice would not appear in my inbox.

But then, I got Sam's email. And even though he auditioned for Glarence, I was listening to it and thinking to myself, "URI??? IS THAT YOU???" Because FINALLY I could hear the character speaking to me through a talented voice! I was very happy!

So I reached out to him and asked if he wanted to be considered for Uri. He said yes, and submitted lines for Uri as well, which turned out perfect. And that's how he got cast!

As for Manorial, he's a very interesting character whose existence as he is today came about bit by bit. Here's a breakdown:

When I was trying to flesh out the Romance The Backrooms characters, I wanted to make sure that each of them had a strength/benefit to the group, but also couldn't obliterate all opponents and make all threats minor. For example, Kalcal can physically defeat most small/medium backrooms entities, but pit him against anything bigger than a hound, and he's gonna have a problem. And in a battle of wits, 90% of the time he's going to lose.

As I recall, I was discussing the characters with my friend, who I'll call L, and specifically brought up how I wasn't sure what Uri's strength should be. L suggested that Uri has an object that can help the group, but has some kind of drawback. I took that idea and ran with it, turning the object into an entity, and making the drawback into Uri losing memories, because there's so much angsty potential there and I like torturing my characters. Mwahahaha!

As the Otome Jam drew closer, I tried to figure out the memory entity's design, and was looking through the character designs I had already obtained for the game, trying to figure out who stood out to me. Then, it hit me like a freight train--ah, of course! The memory entity should be the mascot of the open species idea I adopted from Neopixelz! And that's how Manorial became the memory entity.

I'm really hyped to launch the open species when the game is out, but SHHHHH, we'll get to that when we get to that. ;3

Manorial is a suave, persuasive watcher who gazes out at the world through the red eye in the middle of Uri's forehead. Like all Memory Collectors, he is a shapeshifter, and has chosen the form he has now. He's the only character who constantly flirts with the main character, and I find that absolutely hilarious. Sorry Manorial, you're not gonna get the girl! Well, maybe in DLC someday, lol.

Manorial is voiced by Sterling Barbett! He was my 2nd choice to voice Adiel (the 5th love interest, who I'll make a blog about soon), and I knew I wanted him to get involved in the project, even if it wasn't as the voice of a love interest. So I asked if I wanted to voice Manorial, and he said yes! Hooray!

That's all for today. Please share your thoughts, and have a good one!

[tenaciouspostfun]

Is the present cast as good as when it first opened on Broadway in the early 2000's? Debatable. Where Tim Curry absolutely killed it as King Arthur and under Mike Nichols brilliant direction, "Spamalot was a sensation back when. Under the book by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle this musical is still a brilliant piece. Director (and choreography) Josh Rhodes takes this great piece based on the 1975 movie Monty Python and The Holy Grail now playing at the St. James Theatre and keeps the side splitting laughter front and center.

It is 932 AD, plague beseeches much of England. God has chosen King Arthur (James Monroe Iglehart) to find the Holy Grail. Arthur summons his round table to help him in his journey. From Sir Lancelot(Taran Killam), Sir Robin( Michael Urie), Galahad (Nik Walker), the entire trip is rip roaring laughter!

The cast plays many roles and all are quite good, however, Michael Urie and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer(The Lady of the Lake), steal the show. Urie is one of the best Broadway has to offer today; having seen him in various role over the years, Urie always give the audience a treat with his acting. Kritzer's singing, her acting were outstanding.

As the King trudges through a not- yet-united-kingdom, he is helped along by his neglected sidekick Patsy (Christopher Fitzgerald). Faced with zany characters (some oversized; to the Ni' and onto a killer rabbit). We meet mud-covered mothers and an amputee swordsman. Adding to this farce, even the French get spoofed and it maybe the highlight of the afternoon.

What has been added to this "Spamalot" is the frustrated historian and it is well played by Ethan Slater (SpongeBob the Musical), wimpy Prince Herbert, the killer bunny and many other wacky characters. Slater, like Urie gives us great business, funny action that brings the show to higher levels.

The design in this musical is decent (Paul Tate dePoo lll) as is the projections. I thought the projection here never changes the locations well enough. In the design it merely supports the show rather than being just functional it never raises the show to a bigger brighter visual. Here we get a missed opportunity to separate itself from the "Spamelot" we saw back in 2005.

In Jen Caprio's costume design, Cory Pattak's lighting and Kai Harada's sound design we get full support to the musical. Where scenic and projection just exist, the aforementioned really bring great effect and support to this two plus hours of entertainment.

In a spoof such as this, the music needs to be as memorable as the plot itself. Songs like :"I Am Not Dead Yet", "All In One", "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", "You Won't Succeed on Broadway", "Diva's Lament" and "I'm All Alone" are all memorable and funny.

By way of entertainment, "Spamalot" is great-good-fun and certainly something we can all us in these times; pure escapism and for the most part, the jokes land well. The actors are versatile and talented and they bring excitement and lite fun to their performances. The show never is slow and moves at a rapid pace throughout. Comparing it to when it first came to Broadway hurts this show in that it had a different director, different actors but I promise you that you will not be disappointed seeing this rendition.

Broadway, Spamalot, Some Like It Hot, A Beautiful Noise, The Shark is Broken, Back To The Future, Hamilton, Aladdin, The Lion King, Michael Urie, Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Tony Awards, www.broadwayworld.com, Mann About Town, Metropolitan Magazine, My Life Publications, Nimbus Magazine, WACE Entertainment, Gimme Shelter Productions, LLC.

[geminai-ramblez]

MEET THE NAGAS!

Hello there. :D

It's me! Since I had laid this off for way too long I decided I'll share the names of the nagas! You won't be getting a lot of information, I'm keeping it purposely vague.

The way it'll go is simple, I'll give their names, age, type of snake they are, and when they first appeared. Also their gender. Other than that. It'll stay vague on purpose. :)

Anyways, onto the introduction phase!

The Clutch -

The Adult - ♂️

Yoshinari • 祥育 • 30

"happiness, good fortune"

"nurture, raise, bring up"

Snake - 🟢 (nonvenomous)

> Southern African Python

° First appeared when Izuku was 8

° He was 23 when he first appeared

Second Oldest- ♀️

斉美 • Hitomi • 17

"equality, uniformity, evenness"

"beauty, beautiful, pretty"

> Prefers to stay neutral in terms of gender.

Snake - 🟣 (venomous)

> Hairy Bush Viper

° First appeared when Izuku was 10

° They were 12

Middle Child - ♂️

宇里 • Uri • 13

"space, universe"

"village, hometown, birthplace"

Snake - 🟠 (mildly venomous)

> Ahaetulla Prasina

° Also appeared when Izuku was 10

° He was 8

Twin 1 - ♀️

蓮巳 • Hasumi • 10

"lotus, water lily"

"snake, serpent"

Snake - 🟢 (nonvenomous)

> Sunbeam Snake

° Was close to being 6

° Appeared when Izuku was 11

Twin 2 - ♂️

羽寿輝 • Hazuki • 9

"feather, wing"

"longevity, congratulations, auspiciousness"

"radiance, brilliance"

Snake - 🟣 (venomous)

> Inland Taipan

° First appeared when Izuku was 12

° They were 5

Second [Third] Youngest - ⚧️

凪月 • Natsuki • 6

"calm, lull"

"moon, month"

> Like Hitomi they prefer to stay neutral when it comes to gender

Snake - 🟠 (mildly venomous)

> European Adder (Viper)

° One of the newer ones

° They first appeared when Izuku was just 14

° They were 5

First Youngest -♀️

誉乃華 • Honoka • 5

"honor, glory"

"from, therefore, accordingly"

"flower, splendor, brilliance"

Snake - 🟣 (venomous)

> Rhabdophis Tigrinus (Tiger keelback)

° Izuku was 13 when she appeared

° First appeared when she was 3

The Baby - ⚧️

Kokoru • 心琉 • 2 months

"heart, mind, spirit"

"gemstone, precious stone"

Snake - 🟢 (nonvenomous)

> Rainbow Snake

° Newest one, came right before the Liberation War

° They were just a newborn

° Appeared when Izuku was 16!

That's all I'm willing to give about the nagas. It was quite fun thinking of names and personalities of the nagas. I'll do a proper introduction when I finalize their design.

Currently tired but I can't sleep in school lol.

Bye-bye!