#gdi hands :/

[hinamie]

10 years later

[drenched-in-sunlight]

im today year old when i discover the Princess Guard covenant symbol (DS1) literally has a depiction of Gwynevere that looks just like Marika 😭😭

and that's not even the only parallel:

Divine Blessing - Blessing of Marika

all the healing spells

Princess of Sunlight - "the Erdtree was once as warm as the gentle sun"

Twin Princes being implied to be Gwynevere's sons (or grandsons) - DLC final boss

Angelic faith of Lothric (with the Divine Pillars of Light spell that is literally a less damaging version of Light of Miquella incantation) was found by a holy maiden who is also implied to be either Gwynevere's daughter / or granddaughter

im so in love with the idea that they literally just took the one character that was so underdeveloped in Dark Souls (and the butt of the "faith build is viable" joke) & made her THE character of all time with a perfect story from start to finish in Elden Ring (& make faith build ACTUALLY viable too). that's so peak.

(and if you want to broaden it a bit more, there's parallel between Messmer and Halflight Spear of the Church too - a spear-wielding warrior guarding a slumbering princess at the edge of the Abyss, like how Messmer guarded Marika's village - her people's final resting place, that is situated right above Abyss region.

also Messmer - Manus parallel: a man losing someone he loves and so his humanity went wild and he succumbed to the Abyssal darkness. but despite it all, at the core, he's still a viscous, lukewarm lump of gentle humanity, eternally finding something dear that he had lost.)

[hanakihan]

oh hey chat look who came home, a mysterious gentleman we meet during Vienna Singularity

LMFAO I nearly died rip me I massacred him as well as ‘fake’ screenshots because NNNNNGH didn’t manage to find this in HD

ANYWAY let’s pretend there’s Vienna related singularity and we got yeeted here and mysterious signore is really insistent on being called Kapellmeister and being our local guide as well as main support servant

also count his existence similarly to Monte Cristo’s, which makes Ruler Salieri closer to his ‘when I was alive’ but also not quite, it’s complicated in a way. Despite everything he STILL considers Caster Salieri being closest iteration of irl Salieri, while also with some bittersweetness acknowledging Avenger Salieri and never denying his existence and rather opposite welcoming him, he’s middle ground

[lord-squiggletits]

Wrote a scene for PPAU in which Megatron convinces the DJD to accept a peace treaty with the Autobots (that doesn't constitute rebuilding and then stabbing them in the back). And when I was outlining/brainstorming I was like, "okay Megatron is probably going to have to make an example of some DJD member who lashes out and refuses to accept it. There's gonna be a little fucked up cult violence in here"

Except no, that smooth son of a bitch gave the DJD a speech that so effortlessly tied them up in his new peacetime plans that the most opposition he got was a muttered comment by one single member. My man used the brainwashing of nationalism and patriotism to counteract the cult brainwashing. He made a rhetorical appeal so sound that any member of the DJD who tried to argue against the peace treaty would sound like they were opposed to reclaiming Cybertron, their homeland, and ensuring the well-being of their own loyal soldiers. I was like "MEGATRON THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE CONFLICT IN THIS SCENE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CHOKE-LIFT A BITCH OR AT LEAST RIP OFF TARN'S MASK AS A DRAMATIC GESTURE OR SOMETHING" and the Megatron in my brain went "hahaha no" and charmed the DJD so thoroughly that there wasn't even a single raised voice. Charismatic son of a bitch

[dustykneed]

queer friend groups meeting up for brunch (but make it ds9)

fun fact i have a version of this where julian is butt (buck) naked because i thought itd be funny to adhere to the meme and only give him a hat and boots. sadly i realized i could not release that particular rendition on tumblr. boo.....

[wistfulwatcher]

You've been here for me in a way that no one has.

[thereadingaddic7]

Okay, the Tiberian Sun track was actually called Killing Machine, but close enough

[onemillionfurries]

IM SO FUCKING AUTISTIC GOD I LOVE DR BALDHEAD SO FUCKING MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUUUUGGGHHHHHH

[gomzdrawfr]

[oc ethereal au doodle]

from this

that saying of "draw it, draw it bad who cares!! DRAW. IT." so yeah- can't get the imagery of Ghost putting stars on Raven's hair outta my mind so I gotto at least draw it for....for purposes

the idea

the attempt

idk what im doing but uh fun!!!!!! i guess!!!!!!!!

[oz00ms2]

Ngl- Smoker is two years younger than Rosi and I’ve decided he had the biggest crush on him when he was a cadet (theres a universe where Rosi survives and reciprocates)

But what I wanted to ask is do Smoker and Firebug get along? I think they’d have a similar sense of justice

um. yes??? I love the idea of smokey having a crush on rosi sm??? 10/10 absolutely and now it's canon in my heart.

as for smoker and buggy, they would have a very sibling coded relationship, if both were perpetually ten years old and pulling one another's hair.

agreed, they do have a similar sense of justice and both are notorious for getting in trouble being defiant against superiors when they disagree with orders or a situation. however, while buggy is more weasel his way out of said scenarios - smokey is headstrong & face first, and when working together they clash almost constantly over the best way to handle situations.

smoker was firebug's subordinate for a while there, and while they had an impressive track record, the crew were going through Advil like candy because of all the arguments.

rosi tends to be the only one they stop fighting/snarking for...but mostly because he is large and can scruff them both like hissing cats.

in the end, they are actually very close despite their claims otherwise. and smoker has a personal vendetta against red haired shanks for whatever he does to make buggy act so depressed after their infamous run-ins.

have a younger bad lungs trio ✨

(whatever firebug is yelling at them for, he's probably right.)

[gayeredin]

ok, marinated quite a bit in my brain. i am happy about the news but i also have to take up my biggest problem with the presented concept.

let me pre-face this with an important point, so as to not cause any misconstruction; i want ciri to be the protagonist. i love it. but i do not want her to have undergone the trial of the grasses, i pray that they will take that back.

ciri is already incredibly special. she doesn’t need to be a mutant. i just feel like this sudden transformation undermines who she is, her coming to terms with her powers, along with slowly learning to master them. it throws all that to the side despite her abilities being far beyond the powers of a witcher. she’s extraordinary.

remember ciri even said in w3; ”what can you know about saving the world, silly? you’re but a witcher.”

cdpr probably feels that they have to get a new mutant protagonist for the series. they also wanted ciri, though. instead of letting ciri be an honorary witcher, hunting monsters in perhaps a totally new way, they felt they had to keep their branding and try to not upset the geralt fans too much. so, potions once more, signs & two swords along with a cat eyed witcher.

people may mention that cdpr already diverged far from canon before this in the other games (which is extremely true) but that doesn’t mean we should close our eyes to their choices when we’re presented with a cool cinematic. that doesn't mean we can't discuss!

that is also not to say people can’t be happy and celebrate; as said, i am excited too. i am merely very critical of this choice as i feel that it is not fair to ciri. rather than feeling like something ciri would choose or an interesting plot development that the devs thought would be cool, it seems like an attempt to keep their brand and try to please parts of the audience while changing the protagonist.

tldr; cdpr should not have had ciri undergo the trial of the grasses. it undermines her and her already existing powers, it makes no sense why she would feel the need to, and thirdly, it oozes of cdpr just trying to uphold the brand…making it feel very corporate.

[hinamie]

brighter days ahead

[pastelpaperplanes]

frogive me if I am but a fool, but dost Thorns and Thrones exist as a fanfic, or a series of art, or both

Fear not, dearest Anon, thou art naught a fool, for thine own question is unequivocally valid!

Thorns and thrones resides as a story mostly told through art and various asks I have answered on this blog. I do my best to show the story rather than proclaim it, for truly, I am but a great and lowly chicken when it comes to taking up the quill and ink mine self

BUT! people have made many a fan pieces of work for the AU

Make haste! for each and every one has made masses weep tears of joy and merrious laughter. I beg of thee!

Witness the works of many a talented creators!

[strawberryeclips]

Strwbz; Kisame has such beautiful hands, don't you think?

Spider: yea, I guess he doe-

Strwbz: -but I think they would look better around my throat.

Spider: haha, Yea, I th- ... What?

Strwbz: what?

[pinacoladamatata]

tavstarion sketches + how it started vs how it's going?

first time trying to draw after surgery and i can barely go 10 mins without having to take breaks bc my wrist, elbow and shoulder dont want to move >:(

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Bringing this back...for reasons.

Vincent Price as Victor Marton - The Man From UNCLE; The Foxes and Hounds Affair (1965)