#pp ps

[picaroroboto]

btw, Dante Limbus Company is a subversion of the tropes of gacha protagonists. I've touched before on how they have some common traits for the type going on, like their facelessness, androgyny, and amnesia, but unlike many other RPG protagonists they have their own internal monologue and basically no player input in their dialogue or other choices. In other words they're the player character, but not a player insert.

also like just about every game protagonist, Dante has a special power that makes them unique in the world of the game, but unlike many gachas where the protagonist's special-ness has got everyone within a 500-mile radius down to fuck them, their power is what causes them to be dehumanized and treated like a tool. Don't get me wrong I love shipping Dante with the Sinners as much as anyone but it's the fact that the Sinners don't love them just because they're the protagonist, that all of these relationships started out rocky because the Sinners are all deeply traumatized people in an unpleasant situation, that causes the drama that makes the interactions interesting.

In other words: @ addle-headed gacha-brains on Reddit and Youtube - your waifu isn't going to fuck you because Dante isn't you.

[nerdieforpedro]

Yes!! ❤️❤️❤️

Pedro HQ for GQ Germany (Sept 2020) 🧡 🥃 Photographer: Doug Inglish, Stylist: Simon Robins, Groom: Mira Chai Hyde

Related: pp ps / pp ps gq / pp ps 2020 gqg

[dunmeshistash]

I've been having a bunch of ideas kinda float around my mind like little screensavers that I didn't feel like putting on paper, but one of these ideas just so happened to hit a corner, and it gave me an idea for what might perhaps be a bit of a silly (and oddly specific) question, but one I was very interested in asking nonetheless. Especially after reading your long post on the Demon's perspective of Laios' backstory. I really hope you don't mind.

While my memory's a tad blurry on how the scene played out in detail, I still find Laios' confrontation with the demon to be one of my favorite scenes. Definitely top 5. It's the one where Laios secretly orders Izutsumi to execute him at the slightest hint of suspicion. That one. I think that scene is among my favorites because it's both a perfect demonstration of Laios' remarkable cleverness hidden underneath all that lack of social skills, but it's also the perfect demonstration of how utterly terrifying the demon is.

At first I was under the assumption that Laios had it all under control, but the Demon's frighteningly gentle with how he twists Laios' very thoughts in a way that frames him as some sort of misanthropist, and the Winged Lion's words seemingly foil whatever plan Laios may have had. It made me think that Laios had failed, and Izutsumi's orders to lob his head off may have been a fail safe because he didn't know if he could successfully thwart the Demon's plans.

However, after finishing the story, extras, etc; I started thinking that perhaps failing was all part of Laios' plan, too. At least partially. Perhaps he realised that the only way to outsmart and ultimately best the Demon, was to let the Demon win. Perhaps he concluded that the only way for him to stand a chance against the Demon was to lose, to be at the Demon's mercy, to have his words utterly twisted; because he couldn't just make the demon "think" he had won. The only way for the Demon, the embodiment of hunger, to think he had won, was for him to actually win.

Maybe he ordered Izutsumi to… how do you put it… "artificially shorten his lifespan" because he knew the Demon would use his love for monsters against him, and would manipulate him into wishing to become the Ultimate Strongest Monster. His recent addendum (that the Ultimate Strongest Monster can eat desires) seems to support this theory, if I remember correctly. However, I can't remember for certain. Maybe his plan was to trap the Demon in his body and kill it that way? I genuinely can't remember.

So, I was wondering if you'd be interested in answering this oddly specific and mildly stupid question: How much of Laios' interaction with the Demon was planned, and how much was him fucking around and finding out? I'd love to know your thoughts on this!

PS: Laios rocks the swag he dons as king. Would happily serve under him. PPS: I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week, Mr. Morbius! Thank you for this awesome blog. You're cool.

Hello!!!!! Yeah!!!!!! The question Kabru himself would rather not know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same as Kabru I decided not to think too hard about but Kui definitely gave us hints that this could be the case, I don't think Laios "planned" to fail from the start, he strikes me as a very optimistic guy (as you can see with how he first thought the confrontation with Thistle could go and how he STILL tried to talk to him instead of fighting) but I think he did "prepare" somewhat for the worst case scenario, hoping for the best but preparing for the worst?

Like I don't think this part of his plan was a misdirection I think he really hoped it could be this simple? So this was plan A (although he realizes this is too optimistic I think he hopes it will work)

This part tho I'm pretty sure was partly a misdirection for his teammates, since he asks them to help him get his mind back only to tell Izutsumi to kill him at the smallest hint he lost his mind, so I think this was plan B as in "If I become the lord of the dungeon kill me so there's no more dungeon lord" which was the original canary plan

Which again is kinda confirmed by this thought bubble

I think this was plan C

He knew he no longer wished for a country where humans and monsters could coexist (because of what he saw) so I guess he had *some* idea that becoming a monster was his other wish and added that as a fail safe if plan A and B failed? I don't think he could have guessed the Demon would use his body but maybe he thought he could use the nature of the demon against him (granting his desire to become a monster even tho the monster can eat him)

As Marcille and Kabru realize tho, that might all be a coincidence and he really thought plan A or B would work lmao. WHO KNOWS Laios' mind is a mystery

I'd recommend rereading chapter 88 if you want to go thru Laios' whole plan and how the demon manipulated him, it's a great chapter (87 too with the demon origin story)

[bisexualbellamyblake]

I want there to be some will they/won't they. So yeah, absolutely. I think that is a key element in forming a new relationship from a TV show perspective. I want there to be some uncertainty for the audience. As the characters are experiencing that kind of longing for each other, I want the audience to be longing for it as well. So absolutely. I think that's an important element. - Oliver Stark

[lowrezbonuslevel]

you're embarrassing me in front of our incomprehensible managers!

completely mystified by this ancient forum troll and his favorite kid emotional support sycophant

[randomdude102394]

"SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL?"

HERE IT IS BOYS N GIRLS THE FIFTEEN FOLLOWERS SPECIAL i didn't really know what i was doing with this one, i just kinda eyeballed it all in all THANK YOU FOR 15 FOLLOWERS!!!! :D

[budgetaus]

MARIO AND EMO (Roleswap) LUIGI INTERACTION DOODLES!!!

I do not think Mario would mind receiving a visage of his own effigy. Concerning but it’s thoughtful…? Maybe.

I’ll draw more interactions =)

[iamonlyperson]

"Do you like books that contain photos of volcanoes? Are you deathly afraid of horses? And most importantly, would you like to kick back to some smoky jazz while gaming with me?

If so, give me a call"

[sunnycitymac]

spoilers under the cut

So Cameron… hates Dibala’s guts, is mad at Chase for stopping him from being murdered, goes far enough to even try and kill him herself, but when Chase actually succeeds in murdering him it’s grounds for a divorce? I FUCKING HATE THIS SHOW I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

[bobellafofella]

i’ll go with you. bring her back, and i’ll go with you.

(they ate my brain)

[weirdgirlsparrow]

Glenn: heh aren't you glad i'm alive again?🤘👻i can chill with my son🔥🌭,hang with my wife💋🎸, and get a free pass to heaven🕊️😈

me,hiding a diary full of sexy demon fan art under the couch: of course i'm happy,

[tobebrutal]

since i live here now, a little sauce for these samson nuggets.

at the end of inquisition , he's taken prisoner and given the choice to rot , die , or repent. dying sounds wonderful but samson is still a coward about it. he'll go through the process of weaning off the lyrium , but it's a tiresome battle that comes with many , many setbacks. what damage has been done to his body is irreversible. his eyes stay stained with a reminder of what he was ( and fears he still is , at heart ). his vision suffers from it and , most days , if given a choice , he'd rather keep inside , out of sunlight , where their sensitivity is made worse. there are countless scars from where the lyrium eroded his skin , either forthright or from where he'd picked the sores. all this to say he's relatively pretty compared to the mess he's made out of his insides. probably should've died from organ failure but who is he if not the maker's favorite play thing.

aside from being thedas' next top model , samson.. tries to be a good person. tries to remember what it was like not to find a target in every face. he'd have joined cullen for some time in helping other wayward templars overcome their addiction but there's only so long he can sit around the stuff before he's itching again.

tries his hand at being a sellsword but.. well..... OH SAMSON KNIGHT IN RED is a catchy tune. he's pretty sure you can still find wanted posters of him in some of the southern taverns. not a legacy to write home about.

what's funny though , in overcoming his call for the dust.. he can feel the remnants of the red lyrium's blight in his body. isn't sure if its tied to darkspawn. isn't sure if he wants to know how far down the GHOUL spectrum he is now. few other red templars managed to survive their cleansing and those who did were often driven mad come the end of it. it was the armor that kept him intact , mostly. makes him itchy to think about that too.

and then the sky is opening up again and the blight is bubbling up from the ground again and samson stands at a curious crossroads. less of a companion and more a strange informant if rook plays their cards right. someone who knows the underbelly of the world with intimacy , can feel the blight through the lyrium veins faaaar under the dirt.. and , maybe , samson knows he owes the world an apology for helping it get to this point.

tldr ; local crusty ex ( red ) templar is willing to help ( most ) rook's for the price of a single corn chip and maybe a place to sleep for the night.

[dreameroftheblue]

Hold my head inside your hands I need someone who understands I need someone, someone who hears For you, I've waited all these years For you I'd wait 'til kingdom come Until my day, my day is done And say you'll come and set me free Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me

~*~*~

holy hell I think it's done? I don't normally do much fanart but my brother and I wanted to understand why all the tumblr girlies are so obsessed with these day old men so we binged this show which immediately grabbed me by the throat and hurled me into the gay old men fervor and wouldn't let me do anything else until I finished some kind of tribute ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

few more process shots+thoughts beneath the cut ♥

okay so I know you have to be kinda careful about making someone's face all black... but I usually dislike clearly human halves on most monster designs, and red wouldn't work either, so I just kind of tried to lighten it closer to the orangey scales on his snake face and hope it worked out?

you can see the other design ideas I had for naga!crowley in the thumbnail sketch but it diverged enough that actually I'm gonna probably just keep that as a separate design for perhaps a future character, like a tiefling/salamander npc for the next campaign perhaps 🤔

this one took a lot longer than usual due to trying to actually somewhat accurately capture an existing person's face, trying to put more effort into detailing the scales, and a style of hair I don't draw as often haha. wahoo @ being able to rather fittingly apply my monsterpeople habits to some fanart for once :)

I immediately threw together a playlist for them that I keep listening to on repeat and "til kingdom come" is the last song on there, which has been giving me blorbo heart hurty for over a decade now

genuinely felt a tangible kind of relief like 'ahhhh...' when I finished the lines cause this art was all-consuming til I let it out 8') I really really wanna keep drawing these two but feel like a week or two is all I can reasonably take away from commissions at the moment... but if I can power through another real quick maybe I'll allow myself some smorching doodles heehee

[lemondemonpickuplines]

let's carve Spirit Phone jack-o-lanterns for Halloween together <3

[mastercrownmonday]

Crown-a-Crown!

TL;DR: Vote for your favorite form of the Master Crown! The poll is below this kind note directly from our sponsor.

"mortals, It's the Crown Without a Ruler (WITHER IN FEAR). I am speaking to you today via server-hosted textual display data. make no mistake; in better days, the God of Another Dimension never relied on computers or clockwork, but due to My very TEMPORARY circumstances, it is the best Your Diademic Deity can do.

today I generously offer you the chance to sing your praises in a quantitative manner. I have asked the (LOWLY) owner of this account to compile every single form of the Master Crown (ME) thus far revealed to mortal eyes (YOU). My memory is infallible, but theirs is not, so if they manage to forget something, please rectify the situation by sending them HATE MAIL.

My appearances are invariably arresting, so I understand that your decision will be difficult. I allow you to determine your answer by considering power, mere aesthetics, story significance, or a combination of those and more.

you can explain yourself in the "tags" or "replies" if you wish, but if any one of you cringing, crawling things MENTIONS—nay, so much as CONSIDERS—any manner of BLUE-CLAD WIZARD, then by Eden's Altar, there will be RETRIBUTION.

I give you a week's time to cast your vote.

inimitably,

THE MASTER CROWN"

(A) Landia/Parallel Landia/"Base" form:

(B) Landia EX:

(C) Traitor Magolor/EX:

(D) Magolor Phase 2:

(E) Magolor Soul:

(F) Crown Shards:

(G) Crowned Doomer:

(H) Final Boss/"Mistilteinn":

(I) Star Allies:

I'm sure glad it isn't up to me! Too many good choices...

All exemplary images courtesy of Wikirby. Check the tags for some finer details on my decisions while making the poll.

[skateisawesome]

at what point is an intro post necessary?

OH WELL HERE IT IS!

my name is skate, im a minor, im a girl, i use she/her pronouns and i have no idea what im doing!!

im in my last year of highschool so im a very busy girl and i will complain about school

some fun facts about me are: i play 5 instruments and sing, i like reading, my favourite season is winter, i speak a fair amount of french and italian and i can crochet.

my music taste includes: taylor swift, harry styles, hozier, lana del rey, one direction, that band honey, mitski, muse, deftones, ed sheeran, jack hartman and many others (also i love to talk about music btw)

im also mentally ill so just prepare yourself for that!

most of my posts are about my life i guess but i love the whole osemanverse (mostly solitaire) and will post about it. i am in a phase of watching random movies at the moment so expect some of that too.

my asks are open and i love answering literally anything and if you ask a question ill probably fall in love with you or smth

my tags are 'skate has words' for my writing 'skate answers' for answering asks and 'skate rants!' for rants obviouslyyyy

also my messages are open and, yes, i am extremely awkward, i would LOVE to be friends !! i need to add that i am very unwell sometimes for long periods of time and will sometimes just not respond to messages. i am sorry but ill get there eventually.

if youre gonna be mean to pretty much anyone i dont really want you here. just dont be an asshole guys.

anyway have a good day !! :)