#maia so much

[bleaksqueak]

I’ve still got asks in my inbox that i’ll be answering! Been taking a small actual break since i never got one over the holidays… decided to play Lies of P because apparently a nice zelda game wasn’t masochistic enough for me to relax with dfgefgerg

I’ve had a very good time with it. I may only play like one game a year but I go in for the bruises when i do??

Break time’s over with the end of this weekend tho, so i’ll be back in full swing! Hopefully i’ve not been too influenced by the fib boy game

[calaathmaza]

How are Deret and Cala if handed a baby to hold?

ID: two illustrations of characters from the goblin emperor. 1) cala, a pale, lanky elf with circular glasses, holds maia and csethiro's baby out at arm’s length, tilting them side to side. his expression is delighted, and the baby wiggles in equal delight. maia is a tall, thin, dark-skinned goblin-elf wearing a jeweled circlet and white robes. he stands behind cala watching in alarm saying, “ah, cala–”. csethiro, a short, pale elf of average build wearing gray finery and a circlet, watches on from the other side of cala, grimacing slightly. 2) beshelar, a muscular elf with pale skin and an undercut, wearing padded livery, cradles the baby. his expression is calm and he is focused on the child, who is nestled comfortably against his chest. maia and csethiro look on in amazement, deep lines under their eyes. maia says, “Lady of Stars,” and csethiro says, “the baby’s sleeping.” end ID

prompt from @petymology !

[ricky-mortis]

Some more character drawings- but this time they’re Pulp Musicals!

[theprotostar]

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss.

but don't forget he also

Mansplain, Manipulate, Manslaughter

(Or rather: in which the artist realizes she hates hands. And hair.)

[bogkeep]

every night maia drazhar should receive forehead kisses from his nohecharei, his secretary, and when applicable his wife also. it is only right

[ditzyclown]

While I think of ideas to draw @konjkitkatty's and @bvnny-skvllz 's (having trouble tagging them-) bishops of life along local feral axolotl Feannor I doodled them before ascencion

Local children steal find an inkpot

Im also pretty sure they all would have been born at different times but I just wanted to draw them together as bebes ok?

[aliengirl]

[lizzysbrain]

My poor baby probably didn’t get an ounce of sleep that night. Bro was being dragged to prison and the only thing he was worried about was whether she was breathing or not 😢. I need a man this in love with me.

[ech0ech0ech0]

IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY

Jenny Holzer, Truisms // Bears In Trees, Evergreen // I Hope You Heal, illustrated by @Redgoldsparks, text by @prettypositivity, @i-don’t-believe-in-perfect, & @lilbutch // Juno Roche, Gender Explorers // art by @inkipri // Clementine von Radics, In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive (The Last Poem)

[captainkirkk]

Maia being overwhelmed by birthday gifts from people whose lives he has touched - because he doesn't understand what they WANT. Because surely so people would not act so kindly towards him without a motive

[gingermintpepper]

U mention in 1 of ur tags that Poseidon has vitiligo? Could u tell us more about that pls?

Okay so, I saw this ask and went "oh man this is a wonderful opportunity to ramble about some of my design decisions for the Olympians" then I also, simultaneously went "This is also a perfect opportunity to doodle Poseidon" so I spent like, way too much time doing a dinky little doodle to show both what Poseidon's vitiligo looks like + what I generally envision his design to be like when he's on Olympus!

Of course, in true Ginger fashion, it's very messy but I think it gets the point across well enough! The big reason Poseidon has vitiligo (or why I've interpreted his skin as being speckled) is because well, as a horse/hippocampus (which is his actual preferred form) he has a piebald/pinto coat and the only way really to translate that onto a human-presenting form is some form of pigmentation disorder like vitiligo or leukoderma.

Poseidon, like almost every other Olympian (save for Apollo who has the most human-like appearance of them all) has multiple animal/mythical creature elements incorporated into his design/interpretation, many of these I've chosen to allude to what their 'truest' forms are like, for example Zeus' big bull horns because he was born a horned god or Aphrodite's feathered hair and talons because she is directly descended from Ouranos. Because gods are always changing and evolving as the world changes and evolves, these features of theirs can change to better match their current 'truest' self, but most deities, especially the older ones, tend to settle after a period of time and don't experience much drastic change. For my purposes, Poseidon was born with horse like features which he inherited from his mother including his striking piebald coat and his horse's ears, but he later acquired sea serpent traits such as his tail, sharp teeth and water-like hair after acquiring the domain of the Ocean and being forced to adapt very rapidly to his new environment.

Due to geneology and generational inheritance being such a major theme in my work, I chose to let that stand for the descendents of the gods as well! Humans naturally aren't born with coats and such, but many of Poseidon's children do end up having some form of leucism from minor things like Ancaeus' double coloured hair or Bellerophon's 'peeled' hands and feet (they were a lighter colour than the rest of his body) to much more intense expressions of the trait like Theseus' albinism or Triton's very unique speckling. It's rare for his human children to get an extreme expression of this trait due to humans just kind of having less melanin to work with compared to nymphs, spirits or animals, but it does happen from time to time.

[sesamenom]

no living man may hinder me: The Gilded Wraith of Numenor

from the Reverse Gondolin AU, based on @who-needs-words's idea for Ar-Pharazon's fate! (they also wrote a ficlet for it, check it out here!)

[nothbee]

Commission for some Space Station 14 characters!

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

than the deserts have sand

Fandom: The Silmarillion

Rating: General Audiences

Relationship tags: Dior Eluchíl & Elu Thingol, Dior Eluchíl & Melian, Elu Thingol/Melian, Background Dior Eluchíl/Nimloth of Doriath

Summary:

“I named him my heir,” Elu says, “but I never thought—I never thought, that one day, the burden would be his to bear for true.”

Read on ao3

[rolandkaros]

dasha was so far in the trenches for a second there this summer that i was convinced it was The End. cant believe this is happening but by god i am thrilled and relieved

[bogkeep]

i still haven't read the sequels to the goblin emperor but what if i reread the goblin emperor. for csevet aisava