#i am a jester.

[thependragonarchives]

you guys aren't prepared for the cooking i am about to do

[the-muppet-joker]

My liege, how do you remain positive in a world so cruel?

There is a lot of despair right now. I do not wish to add for it. A lot of things can be taken from me, but I will remain hopeful and silly and filled with love for the people I care about. They will not take away my joy

[ambrosiagourmet]

Every time I revisit chapter 86 and the events right after the group talks Marcille down, I'm always struck by this bit here:

In particular, how similar it is to this:

The Winged Lion ate the same desire in both of them, more or less (I'm sure there are some nuances in both flavor and intent, but they are clearly similar things here). The Lion basically used this technique to kill Thistle, and for Marcille it was... not insignificant, but something she and her friends overcame without even fully realizing it was an obstacle.

I feel like this is another small piece of the story that shows how important support and love are - in navigating mental illness, in dealing with abuse or addiction, or in working through any other similar struggle that can be read into the Lion and his eating of desires.

It almost feels like Marcille was able to borrow the desires of her friends. She loves them and she trusts them, so even when she didn't have a desire to free herself from the Lion, the care they had for her well being still mattered to her.

It's the same thing later, with her hair.

She isn't able to notice the way her messy hair is making things harder, let alone do anything about it. But when Chilchuck points it out and then braids it back for her...

It's better. She likes it, things are easier now. Even though it isn't a desire she can feel for herself, it's not something that doesn't effect her. And because her friends care - because they know her well enough to notice the difference - she is given the chance to have a preference and to ask for their help.

We can obviously see some parallel ideas here with Mithrun and Kabru as well, but I'd also like to point out that Thistle gets this grace, too. Thistle, who had no one to help him up once he lost his will to resist, or to encourage him to find new desires once the Lion ate them all.

Thistle says he doesn't need anything, anymore...

But he is given an apology anyways.

It is not a kindness he desires. It is not a kindness he is able to ask for.

But it is a kindness that helps. It is a kindness that matters.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

...Turns out gay sex actually was the solution.

(This is basically a redraw, come read the real deal over at Tiger Tiger)

[faetouchedfool]

i am so hard right now actually

[rinius-lin]

one thing that is a constant from the deceit and illusion smilk has done is his possessiveness of pv.at first i just thought he was referring to the soul jam like in episode 2 but reading this dialogues gives off a completely different vibe.

even in this supposed "truth" smilk showed to pv has him referring him as "my cookie" which is just so????? baffling with how condescending he is.

and i just went to the conclusion is that he wants the soul jam AND pv. but not in the relationship type of want, but in the type of want where a person would have with an object.

there's a something i learned in philosophy, which is the "I-It" & "I-Thou" relationship. now in a nutshell, I-It is where a person treats and views another person as an object, not forming a reciprocal and mutual understanding and connection. While in I-Thou is where both person are the subject, no objectification happens in this relationship, making a form of connection and bond between them.

now that's how i interpret smilk in his possessiveness with pv. and it's also established that smilk knows pv's whole life and secret to the point he can manipulate pv's memories that ultimately lead to pv's "fall". and the fact with the whole 'you're following in my footsteps' and 'you'll become me' thing is just smilk wanting to see pv crash out and use him as an asset. SMILK JUST WANTS TO WATCH AND ENJOY SEEING PV BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COOKIE!!!!

i want to see what smilk has in mind with truthless recluse. he's probably going to use him as a weapon against the other ancients (as pv is the one uniting the group together tbh) but at the same time, i wonder how pv would break free from his corruption.... I NEED THE NEXT EPISODE DEVS YOU CAN'T CLIFFHANGER ME LIKE THIS WTF

[iliothermia]

I started to color him and it's game over y'all

I can't survive this

[apricatt-art]

they’re on the moon!!

[spilycoris]

those who would question—

—would be strung.

introducing my little au called ‘mirth and mortality’ where the lamb is narinder's court jester. there is nothing else going on. ...totally.

bonus: this fan art made by the lovely @7-ferrets-in-a-coat . thank very much for encouraging the making of the jester au. and helping with kallamar. yeesh.

[afanwithnoname]

Eternal Sugar learning about Candy Apple’s interests! Such a kind beast ❤️ although it probably wasn’t the best idea to ask the jester for bonding tips…

(P.s: one of the little doodles is based off a fic by burningcheese_merchant! I was worried about tagging them because it isn’t the focal point of the post tho �� )

[fishmechs]

[nellasbookplanet]

Finished another piece from the mighty nein coloring book just in time for the second reunion reveal, I cannot believe we'll soon get to see them all again!!

[saphira-artandoc]

This episode has EVERYTHING :

Cast members confusing their characters from two different campaigns ;

Absolute fucking chaos ;

Mighty Nein members giving guidance to Bell’s Hells ;

PÂTÉ AND SPRINKLES BEING SWAPPED BETWEEN LAUDNA AND JESTER;

Jester ;

Jester and Fearne causing chaos ;

Ashton seeking romance help from Yasha and Jester (hopefully a Callomoore discussion in next episode) ;

Dorian and Orym confessing to each other and sleeping in the same room (literally, that’s so them), just taking comfort where they can because who knows what will happen;

DORIAN THINKING OF WHAT IFS SCENARIO / THINGS HE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY WITH HIS NEW RELATIONSHIP IN THESE TRYING TIMES 😭😭😭

Fjord and Jester talking about their wedding and Fjord reassuring her his proposal was not a mistake and he wants her to not rush their wedding so she could have the wedding she deserved 🥺

So excited to see where everything goes from here, of course I didn’t list everything because this was a doozy…

As Liam said “I feel like I’m going insane” and bud ain’t that just the way with CR khcgxjh

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Started a new book series, and has been a journey...an Odyssey, if you will.

[xuxudio]

[sketch under cut vvv]