#metaphor its all a metaphor
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what tha heeellll here be my warriors sona i guess
bruh my fuckin,g oc lore . ok so long ago in spiderclan there existed archstripe , vulturewish and wolfpaw . (and some others but that doesnt matter)
ok a/s and w/p were medcat mentor and apprentice. and they got along pretty well. then! uh oh! v/w 'befriended' and killed w/p because he felt like it! oh well a/s won't take this lightly, so in return he kills v/w by luring a fox to the border. it kills both of them! so in cat limbo w/p and a/s meet one last time before a/s is dragged to the dark forest by v/w, as he somehow gets back into starclan. a/s is stuck in the dark forest for a good long while before w/p finds a way for him to escape (which costs w/p most of her spirit).
then blablabla a/s reincarnates w/p as tigerpool like a billion years later or something but she doesn't know that (she does have w/p's memories though so that's. fun.)
but that doesn't mean anything to anyone else but me so idk look at the funny cat
#NONSENSICAL OC LORE!#warrior cats#warrior cats oc#wc oc#wc sona#warrior cats sona#wc#art#artists on tumblr#firealpaca#digital art#does this look like a leafpool design#i hope not#oc#my lore but warriorcat-ified#kinda#lowkey#minus the killing#metaphor its all a metaphor#or something#ok#frigile signing off#more edgy cats coming soon#probably
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My Mane 6 Redesigns all together! I was going to post them separately but ended up finishing them all before I got around to it lol
#mlp#my little pony friendship is magic#my little pony#mlp fim#mlp redesign#earth pony twilight truthers where are you#bat pony fluttershy truthers where are you#dark color palette rarity truthers where are you#ALL OF YOU RISE WITH ME#im ESPECIALLY an earth pony twilight truther ever since I saw the old G5 concepts#I love the idea that Twilight's bonds with others are her true magic rather than beams or spells and I feel earth pony twi fits that well#since “the five elements brought together creates the sixth element magic“ aka friendship since FIM she embodies ”magic“ in a#more metaphorical sense#the star in her eyes is also a reference to the first ep when twilight says “the spark” ignited inside of her heart#plus the earth pony to alicorn pipeline is so cool and i like the idea of an earth pony being the bearer of the element of magic as a#fun contrast/its unexpected
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some recent OC art that i like so much i'm being brave and actually posting it for once!
#theyre all from the same ocverse/one of my faves its set in a terrible horrible city that (metaphorically) wants to eat you <3#oc#original characters#ooo you wanna like my ocs soooo bad#morrefell#aithen#jinar kou#emilette carine#thulille adair#tsabé#the red wolf#madame kalyani#kyraan of nowhere#my doods#illust#outfit design#ok i say recent the tarot ones were from like 3-4 months ago BUT THE REST IS MORE RECENT-ISH
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persephone goes to the underworld
or; the myth where death takes your daughter
#artists on tumblr#greek mythology#digital illustration#persephone#when ur mother cries over you but youre not dead#its a metaphor#its all a metaphor for something#death tw
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imagine if after the transmigration shen qingqiu became a combination of shen yuan and shen jiu, not in a "second person living in my head" kind of way, but a "this house is haunted and carries the echoes of the dead" kind of way; imagine shen yuan having nightmares about a house, a fire, a faceless boy behind a door he can't remember; imagine him having flashes of emotions he doesn't understand, rage at a name he doesn't recognize, helplessness when yue qingyuan apologizes for something he won't mention, nausea when ning yingying says the name "a-luo"; imagine parts of his own self have changed too, how he now likes bows in his hair, pretty flowers and flowing robes, but can no longer stand a stranger's touch, a man's touch, yet he longs for the brothels, but never sexually, only fondly, like there's something there he misses. there are many empty spaces in his heart where he feels something is missing
#imagine if one day shen qingqiu wakes up and he no longer knows which one he is#imagine the guilt too. for not just taking a body but their self too. their memories and wants and needs and feelings#maybe it differs per day#sometimes he is more shen jiu. snappy and defensive and aloof#sometimes hes more shen yuan. silly and bumbling and trying so hard#and maybe. maybe. if you want to tear your heart a little more:#most disiciples and peak lords sit out the days where parts of shen jiu surface waiting for shen yuan to come back#theres a metaphor about the ship of theseus in here somewhere. its on the tip of my tongue#something something replacing all the parts one by one. is it still the same ship or has it become something new?#svsss#scum villian’s self saving system#shen jiu#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#scum villain#mxtx svsss#mxtx#luo binghe#bingqiu#svsss thoughts#yue qingyuan
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in that all i can draw are 3/4 headshots mood again
#eiselin burchelli meijal hulkenberg#basilio lupus magnus#junah cygnus#fidelio magnus#leon strohl#metaphor protagonist#will metaphor refantazio#eupha etoreika#neuras corax#love and light i dont think its worth tagging all the name variants i can think of#metaphor refantazio#i do like to keep it organized but this is good enough i think#the only refs i looked at were. neuras portrait. lol. my own previous drawing of bas.#and polarisbear’s hulkenberg and strohl
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Okay but it's super interesting how
Din = Power = Ganondorf
Naryu = Wisdom = Zelda
Farore = Courage = Link.
Because Din, in the hylian creation myth, created the physical world. Naryu then created the laws - gravity, time, etc. And Farore finally created life - plants and people.
Din created the body, naryu the mind, Farore the soul.
And the triforce and its wielders so perfectly reflect that.
Ganon is physical power, he is big and intimidating and he breaks things. He is cunning and determined, but that's not what he focuses on. He is might makes right.
Zelda is wisdom and cleverness. She is stall tactics and information and team work. She is a powerful mage with a spine of steel, but that's not how she'll win. She is the pen being mightier than the sword.
Link is courage and persistence. He is the wild card sneaking behind enemy ranks, always moving, plunging into terrifying situations head first. He's a phenomenal fighter with a keen wit, but that's not what will get him through his challenges. He is bravery not being the absence of fear but the triumph over it.
They sit in perfect parallels to each other.
And ganon is reborn through his body - his resurrection is immortality. No matter how low he is cast, as long as he has a body he can claw his way back. He can cling to his power, build it ever higher.
Zelda is reborn through the magic of her bloodline. It's the accumulated knowledge handed down for generations, the unique power she must master, the skills she must develop to survive and get her kingdom out the other side intact. Even her name, the knowledge of herself, is handed down from all the way from the very first. Her ancestors knowledge of her future presence, her stability, is what gives her the edge.
Link is reborn in spirit. He is not bound by flesh or blood. Just like his wanderlust soul he can reappear in any time or place. His variation, his unpredictability, is exactly how he fights. It's what makes him so hard to pin down.
Ganons need to build strength means he can't chase after link. Links impulsiveness means zelda can outwit him. Zeldas stationary predictability means she's an easy target for ganon.
But the other direction?
Fire melts ice, ice redirects lightning, lightning burns fire.
And that's the very essence of the triforce.
#It's little details spread across the games like this that just makes it work so WELL it's SO COOL#They're all great at all parts of the triforce but they CHOOSE to focus on the path most meaningful to them#And that's literally reflected in their unique cycles of reincarnation isn't that just AMAZING#And that's why the team up is so important! If they were all working against each other they'd be locked spinning their wheels#If zelda and ganon teamed up link would immediately die and if link and ganon teamed up zelda would instantly perish#It's the link zelda team up that means ganon is the one who kicks it#Also the elemental thing was cool but they do jump around a bit. Like wind is there half the time#In botk the gerudo have lightning and the goron have fire. Farosh still has lightning tho and dinraal fire#In ss lanaryu was the lightning and faron had water like its all over the place thematically. And that's when it's only 3!#Don't even get me started on the 5/7 lots notankyu#But that's the most common group and it's also thematically accurate#Fire being the only one able to self perpetuate with fuel. Can be banked up again. Ice compresses with time but needs the right environment#Lightning go boom 👍 you can feel the static in the air but you don't know when/where it'll strike and then it's all over#Like fr it's hilarious zelda and ganon are playing the long game and link runs past eats all the pieces and while ganons yelling after him#Zelda checkmates his king. And nobody can prove she wasn't cheating because nobody was looking lmao#Ah the duality of metaphors#ANYWAY isn't that so neat???#Reason no.372 why rhoam was a terrible king he didn't just screw up he did it ✨thematically✨#If link had been allowed to run off and get dirty and if zelda was allowed to study her interest (like post kingdom fall FOR EXAMPLE)#They'd have won (like aoc) but nooooooo. I've already made a post (or 3) about it lmao I'll be quiet now#loz#legend of zelda#botw#triforce#loz link#the legend of zelda#zelda#loz botw#ganondorf#loz ganon
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So does anybody else ever think about how Loop felt the need to demonstrate that the party's deaths wouldn't have any effect on the loops. I know I do but that's besides the point. Anyway I don't think Loop actually needs to bathe, they just like to feel included.
#'but lucabyte didnt you already do a comic with this exact same message? that loop has potentially killed their party intentionally before?'#yes i did absolutely do that thank you for noticing. that is what the cannibalism comic is about. no that was not a metaphor. lol#isat#in stars and time#isat spoilers#in stars and time spoilers#sifloop#isat siffrin#isat loop#in stars and time fanart#isat fanart#lucabyteart#ill ramble elsewhere some other time. maybe in a text post. but. long and short of it: even if you assume the answer to 'how do they know'#is that in sasasap isa got frozen once. theres still the fact that the loops are from sif being too distressed. how far gone does a siffrin#have to be before they can witness a party member die and notice it has no effect. how does loop feel to have planned to kill the party#during act 3. why did they NEED to show sif that. are they trying to preemtively stop them from getting the idea in their head#that maybe that might work? when they're out of all other options? when they just get so frustrated and at wits end?#loop helps in subtle ways through the whole game. and in less subtle ways like begging sif not to use the dagger. and while yes the#overarching reason you need to learn that the loops are tied to sif is because you need to figure out wish craft.... loop doesn't know the#actual mechanics of the loops themselves. just what didn't work. the power of friendship. getting the final hit in. being perfect. etc...#and besides all that.. how did loop feel during that hangout. being so deceitful. especially since before the other shoe drops#sif is enjoying themselves. but they know what's coming the whole time.#as for: why bathing? its the obvious imagery for blood on their hands/washing/never being clean. and is a bit of an inversion of the other#piece i just drew with the other casual closeness and nudity being kind. this one is cruel instead.#anyway tag ramble over ill do a masterpost of all my fanwork with some directors commentary sometime i promise. since i know im often vague
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All it took was me listening to Don't Stop Me Now right after watching Simple Life for my mind to go wild. So wip of that I guess
#scott smajor#simple life#traffic smp#traffic life#trafficblr#life series#third life series#smajor#smajor1995#its crazy how well the song fits him#especially now that hes (SPOILERS) won again#all the star metaphors#theres even references to other winners within the song#its soo good#hopefully i finish this one
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#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#valyrianscrolls#i feel like i see people bring up this line all tje time to criticize theon and call him awful but its like.#the most blatant obvious line where he looks in the camera and says Haha My Dad Would Beat Me and Call Me Names. Fathers Do That!#and its like. oh my fucking god i knowww . I KNOW people think hes annoying or a piece of shit and he is atrocious dont get me wrong but#hes literally the most blatant metaphor of how abuse can affect a person into who they are#like no shit sherlock he desperately wants the starks to accept him. his actual dad would fucking beat him and he got taken outta that home#and placed in a new one where like one guy liked him as a friend but everyone else was kinda cold#<- WOAH! a metaphor about the foster care system and the way it affects a person.#like fucking obviously he bends over backward to try to get the approval of his peers or have fatherly approval#What else did you expect. Why do you think he makes all those choices ramsay suggests to him about trying to#get the respect of all of his men. he doesnt want to lose the respect. like.#Okay. Done now thank you#grace post
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getting along?
#chonny jash#cccc#chonny jash fanart#cj mind#cj heart#jaggy posts#jaggy art#chonnys charming chaos compendium#my handwriting is dogwater just deal with it#no real context for these just unrelated imagined scenarios#but for the second pic i think soul just introduced his trident to them for the first time (in that loop at least) and implied its threat..#heart and mind don't want to believe he would use it and pretend to be dense about it. lol what is he gonna do? stab us? type of energy#the answer is yes and they both know it. they're joking with each other to cope#i guess soul's threat kinda worked. they are getting along. although it's from fear and the threat of violence. not a genuine connection.#surely that won't bite soul back later at all. lol#i guess while i'm chatting. the first one is supposed to be heart spiraling during a dire moment#he gives up completely and is like. just kill fucking kill me. its what you always wanted isnt it. go ahead idc. and minds like GET UPPPPPP#NOWS NOT THE TIME!!!!! PULL IT TOGETHER#its a metaphor for- well. who gives a#i guess these would be during cacophony. times are rough but they aren't totally at each others throats 24/7. not yet at least#i ramble. jeez
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oh you're aroace :3 I don't mean to pry but, how like, did you figure it out ? or maybe how is it like? I'm pretty sure that what I m but it's... been confusing me for a while I just don't know how to know if that makes any sense TvT
Anyhow, take care have a good day :3
I still have no idea tbh. But I never really cared about attraction and romance and I still don't. I rarely think about it in context of myself and as far I know I've never felt romantic or sexual attraction. So for now it's the label that fits haha
#wolfy tedtalks#its like scallop to me#i find myself curious every now and then what the taste might be like#im sure people find it tasty and sure it might taste good if i tried it#i dont particilarly dislike it. i rarely think about it#i dont find myself ever craving it and its not at all present in my current diet#maybe ill taste it in the future. i have a partner rn as an experiment so maybe im tasting it right now. but its not hitting like it#theoretically should be#the metaphor got away from me
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One last ride, together.
#rdr2#rdr1#red dead redemption 1#red dead redemption 2#arthur morgan#john marston#morston#arthur/john#morston monday#morstonmonday#my art#happy mm! Today I bring you Pain#hope you enjoy! :)#no but seriously#i dunno something about the symbolism of them both dying like that#i personally get very affected by character deaths in media#and these games made me feel even more real grief than usual#so i get a lot of comfort from thinking of them in an afterlife#or that they're watching over eachother#arthur gave his life so that john could have his but despite it all i dont think he'd be disappointed in him when the time came#he did his best#he just couldn't fight his nature#something something. the billionth dog metaphor#its ok both arthur and john went to doggy heaven <3
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I‘ve been thinking a lot about how perfect it is that Riko is King and Kevin is Queen (the King in chess being the center off attention but he’s actually not that powerful by himself, and the Queen being the deadliest piece on the board).
And it just hit me how Kevin is actually like a pawn that made it to the other side of the board and became a Queen. He left his king behind and ran away and it’s a dangerous path but he fights through it, survives, makes it all the way to the other side and in the end he is Queen, he is fast, he is powerful, he is on top, and the King is nothing without him.
And when the King has lost all his men, when there is no one left to shield him, he is defeated. Checkmate. And the Queen has survived.
#i know that technically the Queen would still be on the King’s side because it doesn’t change its color#but it still felt like a cool metaphor lol#aftg#all for the game#the foxhole court#the raven king#the kings men#kevin day#queen kevin day#riko moriyama
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the owl house has some diabolical parallels via framing of scenes but none make me cry more than plant glyph dead dad vs. light glyph dead dad. what if i was never normal about luz and her dead dads (both biological and non-biological) again
[ID from alt:
Luz drawing a plant glyph in Reaching Out
Luz and Amity watching as they send the flowers into the air with a balloon
Luz touching an inert light glyph in Watching and Dreaming
Luz watching with a tearful smile as she releases the light glyph into the wind. The scene has the exact same framing as the scene in Reaching Out.
End ID.]
#the owl house#luz noceda#manny noceda#papa titan#toh meta#do you understand! she loses her father and comes to a realm where a new father figure watches and adores her#but she doesn't even KNOW until that father figure is dying too. from belos's possession of the isles#which is so reminiscent of an infection or tumor - like the unspecified illness that killed manny#but luz and the titan are still able to say goodbye with smiles on their faces and the utmost mutual gratitude#for having each other in their lives and speaking the language of the glyphs together#wherein the titan saved luz's life and luz saved king so many times when the titan couldn't be there to do so#but also! none of that could've happened if manny hadn't gifted luz with the good witch azura!#i KNOW the crew repeated this framing on purpose.#listen. the flowers and the glyph both drift up to the sky and out of our view#which is the same direction the titan's spirit flies after leaving luz's body#the show is deliberately agnostic about the afterlife and that is to its objective benefit#given that the villain is explicitly motivated by his belief in heaven and hell#but the memorials to manny and to the titan both go to the same metaphorical place that the titan's spirit went!#and THAT is so fucking meaningful!#watching and dreaming is the episode of all time and luz is the character of all time#and i don't care what anyone else says
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The Amazing Devil truly knocked it out of the park with Fair in terms of love songs i mean its got everything. Domesticity, deep adoration, confessions of love when youre sure no one else can hear, a that's what she said joke, yogurt, genuinely dont think there's a more romantic song on the face of the earth
#its everything 2 me you dont understand#the 'him' in that song.... hes so me#need to have a word with joey batey and madeleine hyland abt this one fr#god. the thats what she says joke almost reduces me to tears sometimes.#how unreasonably in love i am with everything you do!!!!#i cant even pick more lines from the verses to quote like its all so. waugh.#they werent lying that devil sure can amazing#their constant ability to marry small ridiculpus mundane things with profound metaphorical epic things really shines in Fair. idk#every time i see a bad taylor swift lyric in the next few days ill just listen to some tad to cleanse my soul#my shit#the amazing devil
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