#or any of the dream warriors

[fatedroses]

More than just the Demon.

[thlayyli]

MAP part for the @barrenclan fan project which you can apply for here!

Really not sure why the entire thing seems jpeg compressed, it may just be bc i exported on the wrong settings bc im not used to davinci resolve yet. it also seems to have turned it from 24fps to 12fps so a lot of my animation was lost. but nothing i can do abt it now so

[weepingtalecowboy]

Fanfic prompt: Legend met his dream girl in his literal dreams

I am surprised that he didn’t try to take a six month depression nap in hopes of seeing her again

But it would have been so fucked up if he actually does see her again every time he dreams

And then proceeded to stop interacting with the disappointment that is the real world for anything that isn’t absolutely necessary

When linked universe happens he is constantly trying to get back to Marin

And at first glance everyone just made fun of him because he is worse than Sky with sleeping

Till they find out why exactly he is doing it (they feel like shit afterwards)

Because knowing that your brother is just so messed up that he would rather spend his time asleep in a perfect world he made up in his head then face reality

Legend be like : “when real life is meaningless you can always hibernate till it is worth living again” (also basically just forever because it is legend we are talking about)

The chain : “WTF , that is the most depressing and upsetting sentence I have ever heard and I know time personally (said time as well )

Then they desperately try to make him enjoy his time with them but it just isn’t working as well as they hoped for

Because the hero of legend has a life that really doesn’t offer something that he hasn’t already had in his dreamscape

The dream is peaceful and loving

Reality is not

The dream offers him the chance to meet his lover again

Reality doesn’t

The dream won’t be harsh and unforgiving

It would not end with him alone again

Reality would always leave him alone

The dream offers an escape

Reality will only offer the escape of death

[priscirat]

some mygos

[funeralprocessor]

I feel like the existence of the skirmishers (and everything from Chimera Squad) make XCOM come across as massive pricks wrt the aliens. Like the game goes out of its way to dehumanize the aliens (exclusively referring to them as it, saying their all brainwashed and mind controlled, etc) but then turn around and have ex-Advent be people who were at least aware during their time as drones, vipers and sectoids and mutons being obviously sentient and having their own culture, hell, the Ethereals are clearly people too. And then Chimera Squad shows us a future where they're actually treated as such and nobody makes as big a deal about it as I think they should.

[applesauce-pie]

i’ve been working on a custom design commission for a few weeks now and its NEARLY done

til then,, heres a design i made a month or two ago for a friend :)

[kynimdraws]

-drops the 3Hopes article scans from the October-released Nintendo dream issue-

[keungking]

the twin swap thing being completely nonsensical until you realise that the only thing zee hates more than volleyball is his mum, and also he has no friends or connections to anything in his life except liking salmon anyway and the whole thing was her idea to begin with so it's a win-win situation as far as he's concerned (or i can only assume that was his initial reasoning at the hospital, before he got his ass handed to him)

while sprite already has his best friend in on the ruse too so he hasn't lost anything, and really it seems like actually he couldn't care less about jiujitsu if he tried. and most importantly he got a boyfriend out of the deal anyway so who cares

[moccasins]

ok. i've got some ideas for that au where the dreamtale bros grow up together (i need an au name please help XD), i'll plan out a story so idk how long it'll take for a story to come out, but i have a warrior cats comic that i've been making for a few years and that takes priority so progress will be slow

[cheshire-creeper]

I think if you are feeling disillusioned with whatever media it is you are experiencing, be it magic or warrior cats or Homestuck or weezer or whatever, ask yourself this: why did I like this in the first place?

Because often that discontent is because of a change in focus, in priorities. What attracted you to the property in the first place is not what’s going to be focused on going forward. But you know what? That’s ok.

Modern fandom kind of is a weird concept, because sure, you all like this one story or show, but why you like it changes how you engage with it! One person could be here for the jokes, and another could be for the deeper themes of the work, and yet another could be here for the characters and their relationships, and a fourth could be in the fandom for the aesthetics. And because of why they are drawn to it, well, it’s going to change how they engage with the text. And all of those ways of engagement are valid! They all deal with the text in some aspect. They all stem from it.

But here’s the kicker: they might not seem valid to another person with a different draw. It might seem like they aren’t getting it, and maybe they aren’t getting it from *your* axis of engagement. But they do understand what draws them in far better than you may ever know.

It’s hard when something you love changes. I know. But I feel like…idk if this post is, like, helpful to anybody. I just…these are just some thoughts I’m currently having. We should probably strive towards openly acknowledging why we are attracted to engaging with something, and understand that that might not be the reason somebody else engages in that thing. I guess that’s what I’m say.

[the-acid-pear]

Nothing distresses me as much as not knowing something. It's absuuurd. Such answer seeking behavior. AS IF!!!

[the-owl-tree]

that horse in the dark forest is like the one time someone dreamt a horse was a villian in warrior cats and everyone refused to talk about her cuz she stomped others to death

no no jodie is definitely a real character and not one that @/rioblitzle dreamed up

[kaerinio]

no because! i know all the houses sort of re-use names and there are certainly traditions associated with this regionally and even within the houses. like, i believe that in the north, names are often used as a reminder of ancient, honorable ties. for instance, many of the mormont girls are named stark-affiliated names to exhibit the connection running deep between their houses (lyanna for lyanna stark, lyra for lyarra stark, alysane for good queen alysanne, who was dear to alaric stark, the husband of a mormont ancestor!)! i think it's very different for targaryens, who have a history of naming their dragons after the valyrian gods, as if they can summon their power, providence, and grace into their mounts. i believe it's the same for the humans of the house, who name their children after past targaryens in hopes of summoning their characteristics, or even spirit, into their children! i'll write a thing about it later, but emily's stunning words in my askbox sent this into my mind!!

[edredapologist]

Idk if Dimitri will ever come back but I'm still hoping he does and he turns out to be an asshole. Before he got zapped with the Hot Elf Beam he was part of the "magical community" - a community where everyone besides Clarice and Lao Xi Sheng are conartists lol.

Why is this 20 year old man making a living trying to convince people hes a legit magician? I mean he was upfront with Emma/Melinda about his performance being just a bunch of tricks but he's still presenting himself as a legit magician to the masses.

He also doesn't have any friends and family so it's like... what's up with that... Is he an orphan like Alfie or did he leave his family behind to pursue his dreams... What's his actual name? Dimitri Dynamo is clearly a stage name - no way he'd use his actual name while trying to con people out of money. Is he actually Russian? Why did his accent disappear completely while Alfie and Emma got to keep theirs? Why does Dimitri even have to perform to make a living... is he like a wanted criminal or something...

Very suspicious... Dimitri Dynamo is a man of mysteries.

[imdedinsidex-x]

Was bored so I decided to draw Granola! Her creator is @wiiwarechronicles and you guys should go check out his work and give him some love because Granola is genuinely the best thing ever actually

[crowdsourcedloner]

2. What was the first moment that they knew they were in love with their LI?

13. How do they react at being away from each other?

26. How important is the romance in your OC’s overall story?

these are going under a cut for length, but thank you!!!

2. What was the first moment that they knew they were in love with their LI?

There were a lot of little moments for Nailah, but if one had to be chosen as the moment... it'd be the one they shared before scaling Mount Gulg. She pieced together who the Exarch was shortly before then, and though she still didn't know why he was doing what he was, hearing someone she deeply trusted speak so warmly to her after some of the worst experiences in her life set her heart on fire for him.

It's a similar story for G'raha - several smaller moments rather than one big one - but the through-line of all of those bits was seeing Nailah let down her walls and just be herself. He fell in love with each glimpse of her gentle nature, each quiet chuckle he heard, each shy smile he caught... it was a slow, inevitable love for him.

13. How do they react at being away from each other?

If he's not kept busy, G'raha falls into wistful pining pretty quickly. His thoughts regularly drift to thinking about (or worrying over) Nailah, and he writes letters when his yearning becomes too much to bear. The letters rarely get sent - apparently postmoogles don't accept 'nondescript Eorzean wilderness' as a valid mailing address - so he stores them in Nailah's annex room for her to read when she returns.

While Nailah likes having time for herself, she doesn't like staying away from G'raha for too long - he's one of very few people she's comfortable being herself around, and going back into the public eye alone isn't something she enjoys. Tiring as it is, she retreats to her colder, distant professionalism, fighting off her yearning with her poetry in dark inn rooms or secluded camps while collecting stories and trinkets as gifts for her lover upon her return. The longer she's kept away, the colder she comes across to those around her - though admittedly, it's hard for strangers to notice the difference.

26. How important is the romance in your OC's overall story?

it's important, but it's not the be-all end-all if that makes sense? it's the culmination of lessons she learns through her journeys, but it's not the point of her story. the romance is supposed to represent Nailah finding her own self worth and choosing to pursue something for herself, even if that something is as small as loving someone else. she needs a space to figure herself out and just... be Nailah, and G'raha gives her that and more, while she gives him just as much support and encouragement in his own choices - choices that he also is starting to pursue for himself.

...i think that's as good an explanation as i can give without incoherently rambling tbh.