#is so good its unreal

[lovesickeros]

can we get some tsaritsa headcanons of yours? specifically appearance wise because i gen don't know how to picture her in my head.

YES because i've thought about it extensively and revised it like 20 times. um. don't expect a full descriptor though i run on Vibes tm

the core of tsaritsa to me is a careful dichotomy of archon of cryo + goddess of love. creating the ideal symbol of love and also frigid and emotionless. of a warrior as much as a leader. Childe speaks of this especially (describing her as a true warrior, arrogant and cold in Childe's delusion story, again with Childe but in his "about Tsaritsa" voice line describing her as gentle, "too gentle"). this is the base of her design, to me.

originally i leaned towards "very tall but very lean" at first but i've kind of leaned in the opposite direction lately. still view her as very tall (inhumanely, even), but i've taken a lot of inspiration from marble statues (and sometimes paintings) as a reference (notably and obviously, aphordite) in terms of body structure with the only exception being i view her with broader shoulders then typically painted/sculpted. facial structure is a different matter, but the general view i have is "angular and sharp" (prominent cheekbones, defined jawline, etc).

to be more specific as well, i tend to make the tsaritsa very colorless. the most color she gets is the occasional shades of blue, but most colors i associate with her are very monochrome in nature. i also use this to create a less "human" appearance for her as a personal hc of mine that the archons are all vaguely Off and not quite human in some manner. i portray this specifically in a few ways (extremely pale skin (to the point it makes her veins a lot more visible), white iris, etc) and a few other things i haven't quite settled on. i've considered the idea of her fingers having a black gradient (similar to arlecchino, in a manner) in reference to severe frostbite.

not quite as necessary to the design but i also just give all the Archons big teef on principle. nothing more intimidating then someone you thought was a funeral consultant flashing a set of teeth that can rip out your jugular with no effort!! +1 to unnerving factor. don't piss off the local mondstadt bard, either. it's a bit unnerving to see them when he's laughing like a madman.

speaking of unnerving, i usually write and view the tsaritsa as very stone faced. like, it could put arlecchino to shame. not a single emotion to be seen. you won't even see her face twitch if she's angry. if she smiles you've royally fucked up and you have roughly 0.2 seconds to live. g-dspeed.

another feature i usually add is claw jewelry because it just Fits. in silver, obviously. and she keeps those things sharp. don't get mistaken by the name she can maim a man with those.

i keep clothing very vague because im not familiar with traditional clothing (ill create a mock-up of a design some day. probably) but one of the core parts of it is the veil. don't think wedding veil, though. even if it's white i imagine it's design more as a mourning veil because it fits more with her character (while weddings are associated with "love", the mourning veil suits her better i think in this regard. delusional made up lore things babey!!!!).

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[canonically47]

we as a society moved on from the mitchells vs the machines way too fast

[p4nishers]

"I'm a little bemused as to why crowley would risk destruction for you, you don't seem his type at all" that was. actually a thing they said. like that's a thing that was written in the script and said by an actor on good omens. then michael sheen had the absolute AUDACITY to raise his eyebrows like a fucking bitch who knows exactly what's crowley's type and that it's only ever been him. like!!! this is too gay even for me holy shit

[birdperselias]

working on something soooo diabolical n twisted rn

unknown/nth by hozier x birdrick save me

[in-love-with-dorothea-arnault]

T H E M

[so-very-small]

in most size fiction, you’ll see giants trapping tinies in a variety of objects. things like small boxes, under cups, perhaps in a clean jar. all of those are safe for a tiny. however, you’ll never see a tiny trapped in a plastic bottle, or a styrofoam container, and that is because tinies can actually leech micro-plastics and styrene from their surroundings and concentrate it into a venomous substance they can shoot from their gills, like that freakyass dinosaur in that one Jurassic Park movie. the only notable exception to this are those plastic little bug containers with a magnifying glass at one end they sell at the dollar store with a shitty net. those are able to hold tinies without any effects; science is unable to explain why.

[puzzlefaggot]

SYCAMORE SUNDAY! layton spoilers ahead

[bitchthefuck1]

The thing about Francesca is that it isn't just saying "loving you is worth any punishment," it's saying "a punishment that keeps me with you is no punishment at all." It's not that you can brave a hurricane if it's the cost of loving someone, it's that standing in a hurricane for eternity with the person you love is still an eternity with the person you love, and how could you be happy with anything else?

[kondietorei]

the leo cantus transformation on the ds was crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wynandcore]

Quick redraw of a shot in the Tron Asterisk trailer. I’m so excited to see my psychotic boy on the big screen!!

Also had to doodle the tweaked threads he was sporting. I’m really liking the 1982 boots, so silly

And. This? That very brief clip of overlaying programs reminded me of the uomo universale okay

[despazito]

Pull out your bee movie scripts we can't let them cover any more landlord sob stories

[cloudysarts]

this show would be good if literally everything about it was different

[unseconds]

watched Goncharov on a call with some friends and... yeah i can see what people are talking about

[frankiebirds]

genuinely struggling to read emily's expression here as anything other than jealousy

[kylejsugarman]

the pure innocent child-like wonder on his face. all because of sonic. he looks like a newborn foal seeing the sun rise for the first time. the last time this dude was ever happy and it was because he was playing a sonic game