#only i may slay

[toseeclearly]

YOU, A REGULAR PERSON: Pink Witch King of Angmar

ME, AN INTELLECTUAL: nazgUwU

[totallypumpkin]

pspspsps come collect ur bot slayer badge

[salty-an-disco]

It doesn't matter what you become, as long as you survive.

(palette used was prosperity)

Longing&Terror | Rivalry&Submission

[moxie-girl]

You're on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world.

I don't think I ever posted this here? it's more of an edit than an actual drawing but I think it's a fun concept anyway :3 (minor slay the princess spoilers under the cut)

Protagonist/"You": Teruko The Princess: Mai The Narrator: MonoTV Voice of the Hero: Xander Voice of the Broken: Min Voice of the Cheated: Arei Voice of the Cold: Levi Voice of the Contrarian: Veronika Voice of the Hunted: Nico Voice of the Opportunist: David Voice of the Paranoid: Ace Voice of the Skeptic: Charles Voice of the Smitten: Arturo Voice of the Stubborn: J

unfortunately not everyone can get a role :( there's not enough voices... so sorry to Hu, Eden, Rose and Whit... they just don't fit any of them well enough

[tapestryundone]

yknow what why not. have this from last night

(just the text under the cut)

IM INTRIGUED BY WHATEVER HE HAS GOING ON bc he likes fun but seems also deeply unhappy with himself which FEELS like it contradicts his whole being Like That but it makes Sense. why is he so self consious

it FEELS related to him as a voice being like. a desperate desire for agency at all costs. to be able to have fun in an extremely stressful situation. im struggling to put my finger on it but its liek

all of the voices are tied to complex emotions and hes like. the epitome of trying to get someone to leave you alone by doing anything you can to piss them off. like hes decided he Likes to do that, actually, and its NOT a desperate attempt to gain control in a situation where he has none, bc hes genuinely compassionate but it gets hidden behind the fact that he wants to upset hte narrator. hes the opposite of the opportunist in that he doesnt want to appeal to people who have power over him, he doesnt want to fight them or run away from them, all he wants is to aggravate them because he doesnt think he CAN do anything else. its pestering someone bc its the most power you can exert against people and situations you dont wanna be in, and then convincing yourself that its what you wanted in the first place

as a guy who likes fun DOES make him clash w the tones of a LOT of the game but i think its like. easy to look at the other voices and pinpoint what survival mechanism they are and then contrarian shows up and its less obvious

but hes a persons NEED to have fun, similar to cold. where cold has rejected the notion of emotions but still seeks novelty, contrarian NEEDS to experience joy and is trying to force it to happen, even if it involves goading the others or making bad long-term decisions. hes a very emotion-heavy voice and i think thats probably WHY hes quick to feel guilt and shame, bc it stems from teh same need to feel satisfied with actions and your environment, because in a situation like this, you CANT get entertainment from yourself. but he cant entertain anyone but himself. but he cant actually do that because its weak, poorly executed attempts at levity that falls apart under pressure

idk if this makes ANY sense im just intrigued by him. bc the stranger route started as a joke but it seems to serve as the BIGGEST outlier of a chapter in the whole game to teh pt where it can give you an entirely new ending that even goes so far as to include a second voice in the ending which makes me feel like he has to be important SOMEHOW

maybe its just the underlying emotions of it all. above all else, people want to enjoy life. it doesnt matter if life is stagnant, or if life is a unending cascade of changes, because its only bad if the people it affects do or dont enjoy it. because what the world does and doesnt need revolves around if it makes you feel good. hell i feel like theres a case for the fact that the contrarian ALWAYS gives you new, novel options. he ADDS change wherever he goes. hes the among the most connected to the shifting mound of the voices in that what he wants changes by the moment because what he wants above all else IS change and novelty. and hes a persons need for joy in life, something that is so distinctly mortal, to not just exist but to ENJOY existing, something that the narrator gave the long quiet and the shifting mound. he just extremely represents choices that are Out There. and the fact that the contrarian ascribes "the courage to do things that others may not do" as being him is ALSO interesting to me. maybe hes not just a persons ability to seek joy but also a persons ability to push back against outside pressure. a complement to the heros desire and conviction for agency, being the ability to push back when that agency is denied, to be able to live and feel fulfilled through ones OWN choices, not someone elses

and in an environment that so often denies that agency, his Whole Deal is trying to wrench back that agency even if he knows it wont work. the Trying IS the point. but in spending so much time trying to wrestle agency back you dont really pay attention to situations where you dont need to do that. because as far as hes concerned, you dont have agency, cant have agency, and wont have agency, so the best he can do is be a dick about it. as far as hes concerned, choices dont really matter. if everything is changing, if you can make EVERY choice, then do those choices matter? which always shocks him when they DO. because as an entity that exists to try to piss off those denying you agency, you dont realize where the line between 'choices that dont matter' and 'choices that have effects' are. but by his nature he ALWAYS forces his actions to matter without realizing it. maybe THATS why the knife never comes back after he throws it away. because it is in his nature to allocate agency where there previously was none. to the detriment of Literally Everyone

guy who makes agency exist but doesnt realize hes causing that and keeps acting like his choices dont have consequences

and that in itself is like. his comment abt EVERYTHING being as bad as nothing. feels like it rly strongly is tying him to what tlq and tsm once were. because they used to be the combination of everything and nothing. but now they are everything and nothing, apart. and maybe thats part of where contrarians weird self consciousness comes from, because his very existence is to force EVERYTHING to be possible, to do EVERYTHING, to cause as much change as possible, but its still not what he wants, he wants a balance that doesnt exist anymore

idk if this is making ANY sense i feel like ive accidentally talked into circles like 50 times but out of all of the voices the context of his purpose intrigues me the most actually bc i think everyone else has pretty straightforward purposes and then theres. This Guy who JUST causes problems. but its weirdly sincere about it. and i think its intentional bc blacktabbygames does not shy away from making Guys Who Are Just Obnoxious and unwavering in their goals, and for how much each of the voices so adamantly resist yet desire change, contrarian and hero are both the most malleable and changing

[hello-universe-lovers]

"You're right. He can't even make it slip, can he? He's a bit of a nobody. Good thing I've been on your side of all this, since the beginning."

It took me TWO DAYS to draw you!! TWO DAYS! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!/affectionate

Typical rant under the cut (minor spoilers)

Hero may be my canon favorite, but Opportunist is my favorite, in terms of "I smashed some headcanons into him". While I adore what he is, in game, I made the mistake of making him face the consequences of his actions, and it's much more entertaining to have him think about it and ponder just what he wants with himself than it is for him to double down and grab the knife (Ala Princess and the Dragon). Nothing exemplifies that better than my AU rewriting the Thorn and the nature of Voices (But I wanna compile it into a separate post).

Time for me to gush about him!:

- The 2 outfits are just me being indecisive so you can switch it up in either versions.

- A thing I didn't say last time (because I forgot) was that the Voices, since The Player doesn't see them as a part of her, means that it becomes easy for them to become individuals with tangible bodies, and not just a disembodied entity in someone's head. So Thorn got to meet him, in her route.

- Pre-Thorn Oppy is the canon asshole we all know and love to hate. Post-Thorn Oppy is apologetic, but still keeps the asshole sleaze. He just uses it to either be sassy, funny, or when someone's screwing him (and his loved ones) over.

- The Rose is from the root he got stabbed with (long story). And the Poppy is from trying to get the Thorn out of her prison.

- They both dig into his body. If you uproot them, it's just a hole underneath them that is gaping and bleeding. Yes, they dug into his skin and scratches.

- they symbolizes guilt, but also renewal. Yes, he fucked up and those mistakes will dig deep into him. But by accepting them, he starts the path to being better, without losing himself in becoming "too soft". (I.e just making him a soft boi and call it a day).

- His Princess is (if you couldn't tell) the Thorn.

- The Witch and Thorn are separate entities, but they do come from the same place. The Witch disapproved of Thorn's decision to continue dating the "backstabber". But Thorn won't back down.

- Thorn was the first person to accept his apology. The second and third are Contrarian and Stubborn (Stubtunist ftw).

- the rest took some time to accept that he's genuine.

- They will backstab anyone who tries to drive them apart/j

- He has minor control over the flowers and thorns, but they mostly react to his mood. (I will give examples if you asked)

- He's not allowed to play Poker bc none of the other Voices trust that he's plain good at the game (which he is). So he invited other versions of himself to play. (This is a joke)

HOOH BOI, I had a lot to talk about this boi. Can you tell I love him? See ya later~))

[ubepan]

the winged lion extra is fucked up dude .. the demon finally knowing what it is to be human through laios... perhaps the only reason laios was able to eat the demon's desire in the first place was because the lion had a taste of Being Human, and simply wanted to live

[laylakeating]

LAYLA KEATING Outfits in All American, 6.05

[mahgck]

iliad alnst au with patrochilles mizisua and odydio lukahyuna (<- person who would pay to watch achilles beat odysseus into the ground)

[marisatomay]

every actor who hates funko pops and won’t let funko pops of their person be made is my personal friend and ally in this world

[hauntingblue]

Last arcane episode ever..... here we fucking go....

[governmentmandatedryujinstan420]

i'm not even gonna give context for this just know i love all binnie bromies for being better than i ever will in the hear me out on these two conversation because at least they actually like each other without using olympics style delulu to deduce that they mayhaps do

[mono-blogs-art]

if you don’t know anything about bandori or roselia i want you to watch this (skip to 02:58 if you just want to headbang)

Roselia - First live performance of overtuRe during the Weissklee concert on May 21st, 2022 at Fuji-Q Highland.

[salty-an-disco]

*falls over and dies*

Finally took the plunge, and sketched out how I headcanon Stranger’s anatomy. Pretty messy, but ye.

While the alters have their preferred spot on the body, they all can control every part. All heads technically can talk, but that can make things painful and confusing for them, so they prefer keeping the talking role to the ‘main face.’

Neutral is usually the one in the main face (aka, hosting), but they’ll often switch with Soft and Harsh. Monster and Emo rarely host, and when they do, it’s often with one of the others.

Also, thinking of naming their system ‘Starlight’ :D

[femmefaggot]

do i move 20-25 dollars from savings and add it to steam... i did get that new job and will be working 16 hours a week just there, which is more hours than i would get in nearly a month at the job we are doing now

[hello-universe-lovers]

It's late

I am sick

And I can't sleep

So it's finally time for me to do the time honored tradition of all artist everywhere.

Draw smth at an hour where I should be asleep.

I was listening to this song while trying to drift off but it backfired. So now have 3 contras (well 2 contras and 1 connie) trying to play...whatever it is they are playing. It's my guess.

Screenshot I used as inspo:

The Contras belong to @itsonlypolite and @salty-an-disco