#found under a rock

[aconfusedsquirrelsstuff]

A family can be a man, a hologram of his dead bunkmate, a humanoid lifeform that evolved from his pet cat, an unstable sanitation mechanoid and a senile ship computer. And I think that's beautiful okay?

[smores100]

Captive Prince trilogy | Polish version | cover art by littleulvar

[babychosen]

you want us to come... finger you?

[aabluedragon]

The changing of sides on Sancho’s Armadura is deliberate.*

*This is an ID that does not supplant any existing character in the Canto like Spicebush Yi Sang or Captain Ishmael did. As Sancho likely existed in this mirror world as she did in ours before the construction of La Manchaland, I will make the assumption that her Armadura had sat on her left shoulder during that time for the purpose of this discussion.

In previous posts, I became mentally ill over which hand Don Quixote/Sancho holds her weapon in and how her costuming reflects her current priorities, held desires, and mental state. There, I examined her Armadura being on her left shoulder despite her apparent left-hand dominance as Don Quixote as a matter of knight imagery and style over visual field. After all, many suits of plate armor feature a larger, more thickly armored pauldron upon the shield (or non-dominant) arm, allowing the sword arm to swing unimpeded. Given the explanation of Captain Ishmael’s harpoon leg being on the opposite side of Ahab’s as a quirk of being mirrored, I was willing to set my initial theory until more footage was released of Manager Sancho.

That time is now.

Why would Sancho decide to move her Armadura from her left shoulder to her right? Seeing that she is gripping her spear in a left-hand dominant two-handed grip, I believe she’s made this change for two main reasons.

To fight at her absolute best while facing her Father Don Quixote in mortal combat. Against humans and other Kindred, Sancho has confidence enough in her martial superiority to have her vision blocked by her Armadura when fencing one-handed or to use her right hand for visual clarity instead. In other words, nobody else warrants Sancho bothering to prepare for a battle to her death.

To shield herself from the sight of the cardinal sin she is about to commit. Sancho is holding her lance in the left hand, allowing it to cross over her body so that her right hand grips higher on the shaft. This position puts the Armadura on her right shoulder directly across her line of sight, as if she were raising her shield to charge an enemy. Sancho, in all her devotion, was — is — the First Kindred Don Quixote’s most loyal Kindred. Despite her misgivings about the longevity of La Manchaland and the capability of a Bloodfiend to surpass bloodthirst, she placed all her attention and efforts on accomplishing this dream. So much so, that in a different world, she was willing to believe that her work would hold as she left on a journey with Don Quixote. Not here. Not when the distance between her and her Family, not just Don Quixote, has become so small. Where she failed to show her love to Dulcinea, Nicolina, and Curiambro in another world, her mirror self remains at their sides with unblinking devotion, forced to watch as her Family withers and starves. Love is the hand that guides her weapon towards Don Quixote’s enemies. Love is the final straw that raises her lance against Don Quixote’s festering dream. Allow her this one mercy, to shield her from the betrayal in her Father’s eyes.

In our world, Sancho was not allowed to stay by her Father’s side and potentially sacrifice her life to defend his dream. That dream that eventually became her own as she lived amongst humans on their travels. Instead, she chose to sacrifice her self and her memories to Oblivion to pursue his dream in his stead. That is her duty as his Second Kindred.

Here, despite staying in La Manchaland to fight for her Family, Sancho is once again sacrificing herself in the name of duty. She is Sancho, Don Quixote’s most loyal and illustrious Kindred. She is the Second Kindred, responsible for the life and happiness of all Kindred of La Manchaland. She will face their Father Don Quixote’s wrath in their stead.

[dunmeshistash]

What do you think about Shuro? And more specifically his relationship with Laios, and idk if you talk about ships but what are your thoughts on laishuro

I have this headcannon that Laios has some sort of unrequited crush on Shuro just because it's sorta funny

I ship pretty much everything. Like, as default I think everyone should kiss everyone 👍

If I'm honest I'm not much of a Shuro fan, he's a little boring to me and reactions to the chimera episode made me dislike him a bit lmao.

Ignoring the fandom I like him as a character and I LOVE his fight with Laios. Shuro's relationship to Laios is my favorite part of that character so laishuro pretty much saves him for me.

In universe Shuro is said to be quite the introvert even for people from his country. He's not the standard for someone from the eastern archipelago and it bothered me a bit when people used that to justify how he wasn't honest to Laios. I understand the idea that he comes from somewhere where reading social cues is not only expected but required but he's also someone who avoids confrontation and is quiet/shy in general.

Here's a bit from Maizuru's description from the adventurer's bible

"People tend to describe Shuro as "drab" and "shy" (...)" so specifically HE IS the exact type of person who would cause the biggest misunderstanding with Laios, just compare him to how his retainers or even his father and brothers act.

It took them saying they used ancient magic on Falin/seeing chimera Falin for him to finally snap, everything else he decided to just take it cause he thought it was better to take it than to confront Laios directly.

So besides the cultural differences you have to take into consideration this was pretty much the perfect storm brewing for that confrontation, and it's as much who Shuro is as a person and who Laios is as person that caused it.

I also disagree that the fight was a "they're both in the wrong" situation. Don't get me wrong, Laios was VERY culturally insensitive to Shuro and even more insensitive to his feelings, but there was nothing he could have done differently with the information that was available to him.

Specifically I see this comic being used to justify how Laios was to blame too, making Shuro into the victim

Like that's a major white guy move but he DIDN'T HEAR Shuro's name and Shuro never corrected him. I'd understand it if his reaction was "Your name is too complicated so I'll call you Shuro instead" that would be a major dick move, but Laios did not hear his name because Toshiro mumbled it, and for someone that forgot Kabru's name several times I imagine he made an effort to remember Shuro's.

Laios never met someone from the eastern archipelago before this, nobody ever explained to him he wasn't acting in an appropriate manner and most of all he thought they were friends. He trusted Shuro to set boundaries for him, he always respects boundaries that are set even when he doesn't fully understand them (Recalling the "I forgot about feelings.." when Chilchuck says it feels wrong to eat merman)

Instead of explaining ANYTHING to Laios, Shuro instead held it all in until it exploded all at once, he blamed Laios for not knowing something he couldn't know, and accused him of not being serious about saving his own sister.

Just imagine how this must have felt for Laios, everyone is always underestimating how serious he is, everyone accuses him of being stupid, clueless, and now this guy is telling him he isn't serious about saving the person he loves the most in the world and wants to protect always. To me this wasn't a "they're both in the wrong" situation, Shuro is far more in the wrong than Laios. But that's just how I see it.

That all being said, they understood each other finally and made peace after that fight.

And several times after this we see that Shuro really cares for Laios, and Laios still wants to be his friend. He even offered to save Laios if he fails (and he's sure he's gonna fail). So their relationship is dear to me, especially cause after this they finally have the foundation for a true mutual friendship <3

I think my dislike of Shuro comes from relating to him to be honest, it happens often that I see my own failures on a character and get angry at them for being angry at myself lmao. I also got a little annoyed cause I only saw people defending him, apparently those were made as a response to hate he had gotten? But since I never actually seen the hate it just felt annoying to see Shuro being white knighted.

Anyway I love the two of them together and I'm really happy they finally understood each other better. laishuro might be my favorite Laios ship, one sided crushes are great.

[fablesaesops]

i am BEGGING for someone to compile like a list of thoschei content so it's easier to get the Lore TM without having to wade through thousands of hours of content with minimal organization. what I wouldn't give for just a list era by era of what episodes to watch and where to find them

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

love love love your stuff!!! especially all your shokosugu pieces they all make me so giddy I had a request: suguru satoru and shoko all sprawled on one bed just lounging....shoko enjoying a smoke, suguru with his headphones on, satoru passed out like a log???

Hehe I'm always down to draw SaShiSu

[pain-tool-sai]

this image suddenly came to my mind and i had to draw it (stanley cup collection)

[randombatcharts]

I actually figured a pose for the dragon, and it’s going pretty well. Not the best pose, but to make up for it there’s detail!

[ruckis-vandalizes]

Made pony sonas of your characters hope you like them (the one on the right is a kirin, and the one on the left is a diamond dog)

HIHIHI Hello!!! I just wanted to say I freaking ADORE these, apologies for the delayed response and thank you for your patience! When I got the notification for this my otherwise very crummy day got a lot better so thank you so much fhdhguaawhuaaaa 💖💞💖💞💖

Things have been very hectic in my life as of late and there's a reason I held off on answering this becaaaause

I loved the designs so much wanted to make fanart for the gift art. I hope it's okay 🥺 I just loved the idea of Kirin Geragera and Diamond Dog Ruckis so much, it fits them both so well!!

also I like how you took the fact that my sonas were shapeshifters and ran with it to draw em as a different species /gen I'm not sure if that was intentional but if it was you get bonus points from me

ANYWHOS. thank you again for the gift art!!! It brought such a big smile to my face wehehe 🥹💞✨💖💞💞✨

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Men at Work - Down Under

[eldritch-spouse]

Ohhh, blaschko's lines!! They're very real! We're not quite sure why they exist, but the current best theory is that they represent the pathways epidermal cells took while the fetus was developing. There are certain conditions that make them visible from birth, but they can become visible later on in life (according to some quick googling-)

Here's some examples of known patterns! I'm personally a big fan of the checkerboard one-

(Also HELL YEAH on Krulu having diseases and aliments as a speciality!! They're (unsurprisingly) one of my favorite fields so I'm just clapping cheering overhere. Guy would love my ebola poster which is a totally normal thing to own)

Imagine you're just minding your own business and one of the gods picks you up, unable to curb their laughter.

You're passed around to many other siadar who all cackle or cover their mouths and puff their cheeks. You have no idea what's going on.

Turns out you have an invisible chessboard pattern.

[coochiekrab]

I recently found out that nerites are “”” nocturnal” (they just prefer low light) after just not seeing my nerite for weeks and just assuming she died And Now every night before bed i go to my tank with a flashlight to see if she’s up and just start whispering “SQUISHYYYYYYYYY!!!………SQUISHY!!!!! HEY GIRL!!!!” in the dark for like 2 minutes

[viric-dreams]

Weeks after learning of the Commodore's death--when he could no longer lie in bed consumed by grief, after he was forced to get up, to feed himself, to keep going--Roberts had visited the Dark-Spectacled Admiral. There was no love lost between the Admiral and the Commodore over the years. Roberts had heard plenty of the stories of the Commodore's frustrations upon return from his many trips to London. He hadn't seen the Admiral himself since he was barely more than a child. Yet he had to try.

As the years had gone by, the old guard had slowly faded out of the picture, until there were so very few people left who remembered the olden days. Remembered the Commodore as Roberts knows--knew him. The man who was full of jokes and life, whose charisma captured a room. One who cared. A man who'd spent hours yelling encouraging words through a layer of crumpled steel, trying to grant some level of comfort to a trapped and terrified child, to at the very least abate some of that terror in what could've likely been his final moments. The man who had slowly faded into placidity and smiles and bright nothingness as the years had gone on.

The Admiral was no friend to either of them, not since the schism, but perhaps he might remember the friendship the two had once had. Perhaps he might care that he died. Perhaps there is someone else who remembers the man, the same one Roberts does, and feels something at his passing. He has to try.

He adjusts his spectacles, hiding the puffiness of his eyes from view, and knocks on the door.

[baalzebufo]

look at this swag millipede i found today :]

[cassandragemini]

3 weeks into artfight i realized id forgotten to post a very minor tweak to mishas design I Am So Sorry