#sorry for this yap post

[stardustamaryllis78]

The Staff of Ziard

I know a lot of people think Aaravos stole the staff from the Starscraper, but may I turn your attention back to a scene in Season 4 where during the scene where Claudia and Ibis are fighting over the staff, Ibis says "If you wish to return the staff to it's true owner" (then he'll have to kill her). This evidence is further proven when he sends his "I'm murdered" message to the main team where he says "The Staff of Ziard has been stolen, this can only mean one thing, The Fallen Star has returned." So this means Aaravos was indeed the staves true owner, not the Celestial Elves.

But then we're now introduced to a new block in the road, well Aaravos only needs The Staff of Ziard and if he's the owner of that staff and presumably made that one then surely he made the others right? Well yes, but obviously the others would not be as powerful as the staff with the Quasar Diamond in it.

Well, why do the Celestial Elves have the other staves then you ask? My guess is because they worship everything to do with the Startouch elves, they somehow got ahold of most of them and kept them within the Starscaper. They probably just couldn't locate the last one or they knew the Staff of Ziard was in use.

Now I want to talk about the staves and Elarion. So Ziard was given the staff with the Quasar Diamond I'm guessing because he was the leader of the mages within Elarion. But we now know there are staves for the other Primal, so were they given to 5 other mages in Elarion?

I have questions and need answers.

But yes ultimately, Aaravos couldn't have stolen something if he was the true owner. Well, unless he stole his own original property.

[dilfosaur]

thank you as always for the support and compliments on our new july-exclusive merch!! please take these close ups as a sign of my gratitude uwu

much like last year's postcard, i sculpted little figures and painted over them to get a nice 3D effect. i got really lucky with the lighting by the time i finished the bases lmao. the poster is ofc a reference to norman rockwell's triple self portrait so i was trying a more textured painting style. i'm really happy with how it came out! also ya bobby wasn't from this past year but this rejected plush idea was

happy drawfee calendar year! and please look forward to our most unhinged merch yet in this coming year! there are some whack coals on the fire

[bertoyana]

i'm so sorry i don't want to be the "the party ended 5 years ago and he's still here" person but dark phoenix's final scene is still SO funny to me. especially to see how erik plays charles like a fiddle

like: he shows up with NO helmet AND a chess set. (he did this last time in days of the future past, and it worked, right? so it should work again, right? right???)

so, he sits, completely uninvited mind you, and he tries (and fails terribly bless his heart) at starting a normal conversation, he asks charles about his retirement, probably trying to get charles to like, talk about it or whatever

(rip erik's hairline)

charles is not having any of it, which... valid. the last time he and erik had a full conversation, erik told him to shut the fuck up 

anyways, erik realizes his failed attempt at being casual did NOT work like he wanted, so he pulls out plan b - he calls charles his old friend (which, if you pay attention, in the prequels they use 'old friend' as a term to de-escalate the situation)

which WORKS, for some reason, and charles immediately deflates and gives erik the tiniest smile in existence, because erik showing he cares always seems to do it for charles lmao

(he's so embarrassing . god bless. @ x men: is this your leader)

anyhow, erik pulls out the second part of his plan b - he asks charles if he wants to play a game. still playing casual. just two buddies. just two guys. some guys. just some friends having a toootal normal n casual conversation.

and you can immediately see charles close himself up, he crosses his arms and avoids looking erik in the eye. erik managed to soften him up with the 'old friend' and having his helmet off, but it's not enough YET so erik pulls out his plan c. luckily his last one, christ, charles really does like to keep them waiting doesn't he

keep an eye on erik's entire demeanor in this scene, his position is not closed off like charles', he's open, he leans on the table, and maintains eye contact with charles. his head is tilted to one side and everything, completely harmless

i'm so obsessed with charles' microexpressions here james mcavoy you are so insane

anwyays, charles uncrosses his arms and his position does come off a little more open, but if you watch the scene you can see him shake his head. this obviously touches him - but he's probably intending to say still no. probably because he has the biggest martyr complex i've ever seen in a fictional character 

so, erik pulls up his fucking plan d (lol) and hopefully this time IT WILL be the last. he pulls the pawn out of his jacket pocket.

(why the fuck is this played like a fucking romantic scene i'm so serious, why is he smiling to himself like that)

mind you, erik had the pawn in his pocket the entire time, which could mean either of two things:

charles looks surprised/confused the entire scene, but in THIS part he doesn't look confused, he just looks like he's still trying to figure out what erik is trying to do. so it either means erik makes charles play this 'guess where it's hiding' game all the time (????) which doesn't really sound likely for him to do, but erik is always begging charles to get into his head so it wouldn't surprise me if he actually did this every time. god knows he's desperate enough or

erik was expecting charles to reject his offer right away, and had multiple other plans shoved up his ass if this was the case. this also seems likely, he's obsessive enough to have thought multiple ways through. 

anyways, he puts his two fists up and pulls up the most mortal sentence in existence. one he knows charles won't be able to deny him

"just ONE game 🥺 for old time's sake???? 🥺🥺🥺" man stfu you are 62 years old GET UPPPP 

anyways - pay attention to his wording. 

"just one game" because erik came ALLLL this way for charles, so charles might as well play ONE game with him, and then erik could be gone - if charles wanted it that way. 

"for old's time sake" when things were easier and when they were more at peace - when they were on each other's side. when they were together and the mansion, just after charles had saved him and gave him a hom- oh wait 

(also, there's 100% a hidden meaning here. and there’s also a 100% chance i’m reaching but idc. the pawn could be in his left hand or his right. the possibility is 50/50. the only way charles could know with 100% certainty was if he entered erik's mind - if he took up erik's offer. but he could also not get into erik's mind and just... guess and fail - by thus, not taking erik's offer. erik is giving him an out, a choice to make the first move)

(and the chess piece he offers charles a WHITE pawn. the white pieces are the first ones to move. 

also also if you have paid attention to the previous movies, erik is always the one to use the white pieces, this is the first movie where we see charles play with white)

anyways, charles does struggle a bit with the choice, but ultimately he decides to accept erik's proposal and """guesses""" right.  

and going from erik's... entire face and smirk lmao i'm guessing charles went into his head to get it right. mind you, this is like sex for them

charles accepts - erik is very relieved to know he's not the only one who's down horrendously. and after the worst guessing game in history (seriously, the pawn was in erik's right pocket and then he had it hidden in his right hand... man i guessed that shit and i'm not even a telepath) they start rearranging the board

so anyway, erik gives charles this look like he wants to climb him like a tree, which means that playing edward 'down embarrassingly bad' rochester in jane eyre (2011) finally fucking paid off

erik doesn't even blink mind you, and charles doesn't take his eyes off erik either way, which means they are just STARING at each other without blinking for god knows how long LMAOOO 😭😭😭

once everything is said and done, erik makes a silly little joke and charles rebuts. then erik gives him the biggest smile i've ever seen him give to someone since magda, and then he follows it up with a smaller, softer smile with no teeth

seeing this for the first time in the theater was like getting shot in the chest, no joke

mind you erik stopped trying like three minutes ago but for some reason, the first time we finally see charles soften up in the ENTIRE movie is after he sees erik smiling at him. which could mean nothing.

and the thing is: charles does have a big heart, and he means well, most of the time, but he also doesn’t necessarily has… the best way of showing it with his actions lol. erik knows this, and he knows charles has a thing for lost causes, for people the society has given up on. charles threw himself into the freezing water to save erik - even when he didn't KNOW him. 

AND he also knows charles has the biggest soft spot for him, he KNOWS - because all those years ago, charles' biggest accussation wasn't "you paralyzed me" it was "you left me". because after erik lost his wife and daughter, charles rushed to find him, to make sure he was okay. because nine years ago, charles looked at apocalypse and said "fuck you you are twisting erik's grief, and you are hurting him" to A GOD BTW. TO HIS FUCKING FACE NO FUCKS GIVEN AT ALL

tldr: call erik the fucking violinist because boy he sure knows how to play charles like a fucking instrument and how to press all the right keys to get him to say yes to him. he gave charles an out if he didn't want to come with him, but he also came PREPARED for it, mind you, he came PREPARED to take charles with him to genosha. he didn't get to take charles with him 30 years ago, and he was going to be dammed if he didn't take charles with him NOW (this time with no bullet wound and no helmet lol)

and the most insane thing to me is, that he knows charles has a soft spot for him, he's known this for 30 years, and yet, the only time he uses it in his favor is to get charles to say yes to him on this. the only time he uses it is when he thinks he can do something to help charles - to give him back all the kindness charles gave to him 30 years ago. 

anways i'm insane. i'll be back here eating glass if you need me. i'm so normal about them. simon kinberg broke something in me 5 years ago

[peck2neck]

ooouuuguhghhghhhhhhhh i love regretevator

[mini-minish]

🦊 Andrew Minyard Animatic. an andrewmatic if u will. heed warnings yo

Characters from the All for the game series by @korakos 🦊

[tatretot]

hellooo danandphilgames buddies!! happy belated 10 year (more like 5 but shhh) anniversary :-)

[martitheevans]

[sainz100]

Max on Wednesday ahead of the 2024 Singapore GP

[fraternum-momentum]

i call whitney 'whitney houston' in my head

[quelmdn]

Happy holidays, yall!

Spreading the word of the upcoming Dazzling Bookish's Dark Rise + Dark Heir special edition box, I had the opportunity to contribute with dust jackets+edges art (massively fangirling all the way since I'm a die hard fan of these books 😭💜).

Release is planned for 2025, you can check the info in their IG post here!

[fruitedsnack]

Tbh we give a lot of shit for the mischaracterization of Garroth in mystreet and while I definitely think there is merit to that idea because of how VASTLY different he is from his diaries self, but I actually enjoy it. Mainly because, I like the idea that given the chance, Garroth is a light hearted silly guy, who doesn’t have to have his walls up 24/7. The idea that Garroth, not threatened by war or marriage, military and lordship, is just a happy go lucky idiot— allowed to be who he wants to be. If things were different, and life was kinder to Diaries Garroth, he’d be the same guy he is in Mystreet.

Mystreet Garroth is totally different because he has a totally different life from Diaries Garroth. While I don’t think anyone was really disputing that or anything, I rarely see anyone saying this, but it’s something that routinely rots my brain.

[feralforbeanix]

Thinking about how Trucy Wright seems to do her best to just...brush past all her trauma. And I don't mean this in a "it's bad writing" way, I mean that her way of dealing with things seems to be to mostly ignore it. To move on as quick as possible and try to ignore the more emotional implications.

Yes Zak Gramarye was her dad and yes he abandoned her but Trucy doesn't talk about it more than she has to. She just immediately accepts Phoenix's offer to adopt her, calling him Daddy as soon as he told her it was okay to. She even seems to take the Wright last name with no complaint, she even seems to take pride in it!

When Apollo finds out she's actually adopted and her real father was gone, this exchange happens:

Yes Trucy is visibly sad here, but she just as quickly moves on from the subject

When Apollo reveals to the court that Zak was the victim in case 1, he looks at Trucy. Presumably expecting her to be upset, cry, or something

Yet all she does is encourage Apollo to continue with his case

I've seen people compare her to Maya, and while they definitely both have the "smile through the pain" thing going on, I do think there is a subtle difference. Maya downplays her trauma, but it seems Trucy doesn't like to let herself feel at all.

No, I think she acts more like Phoenix.

Phoenix, who is practically known for being cagey and as vague as possible about important events in his past. Especially in this game.

He doesn't talk about his ex girlfriend who framed him for murder, he just moves on to becoming a lawyer. He doesn't talk about Edgeworth "choosing death", he just continues trying to be a perfect defense attorney. He doesn't even talk about important details about his disbarment until he absolutely has to, when it's relevant for his jurist test.

Phoenix, who has been betrayed and left before, who desperately clings onto every person who shows him even a little kindness, who focuses on everyone else's problems and pasts before he acknowledges his own.

This is the man who adopted a girl who most certainly had abandonment issues, because chances are so does he.

He understands her better than anyone not just because he's her legal father but because it takes one to know one

[blossoms-phan]

[batbabydamian]

what is your fav damian/robin outfit- canon, hc or elsewise? i love the way you draw damian btw!!

visually, it would have to be the Patrick Gleason/Jonboy Meyers Rebirth suit read Robin: Son of Batman (2015)!

Jonboy Meyers concept art and Robin: Son of Batman (2015) #1

so many iconic bits - his hood!! tunic!! red and green lace-up knee-high boots!! extra gold accents!! really solid shapes and details that can translate well in any artist's style!! idk it's a design that looks good in almost any hands, whether it's in rest or action

few of my fav artists drawing this suit:

Robin: Son of Batman (2015) #4

ofc Patrick Gleason!! chunky lace-up boot to face! fluttering gold accented hood/cape! also my excuse to show off this ridiculously cool panel look at Damian's stabby bracers and narrowly missing a scar to his eye

Super Sons (2017) #2 and #15

love how Jorge Jimenez leans into the drapery bits, like Damian's cape/hood and bottom of his tunic that really accents his slim design and sharp posing. he's probably my fav example of using Damian's suit details for extra energy in the secondary action down to his shoe laces!!

Adventures of the Super Sons (2018) Covers #12 and #3

it's Dan Mora LOL idk what else to say...anything looks sleek. the second pic is just cool posing to me - capturing the twisting and arcing leap in midair RAD

Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) #2

Jorge Corona's one of my absolute favs in the industry, his traditional inks and overall style is so shaped! textured! frenetic! it's always fun to see how he translates designs, and you can see his style/Damian evolution in Robin War (2015) #1, Nightwing (2016) #42 (DICK & DAMIAN + WIGGLES!!), Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) #2-3, and Robin (2021) #4!

The Boy Wonder (2024) #1 and Truth & Justice (2021) #6

Juni Ba's rendition of the suit!! especially adding that lil bird skull🥺 along with Corona, Ba's style exaggerates some details and proportions for extra appeal, like Damian swimming in his hood and cape!! his big ribbony boot laces!!

sentimentally, Damian's original Robin suit by Frank Quitely is my fav - the blueprint for his hood and lace-up boots!! it always makes me think of Batman and Robin (2009) especially #4 🥺

Dick calls out the disadvantage of Damian's hood, even physically challenging him. then it rains and Damian gives Dick this smug look, but Dick just smiles in good humor 😭

The Batman Files has a drawing and note that says it's Dick's design for Damian's Robin uniform, which contradicts the comic but i still think it's cute to mention!! like maybe Damian wasn't satisfied by Dick's work until he would add a hood, so there's older drafts somewhere in the cave lol

[kendyroy]

Wade forces Logan to reenact The Greatest Showman with him, except Logan doesn’t get to be Hugh Jackman. Wade plays Hugh Jackman, and Logan plays every other character.

“I know you have the voice of an angel, Peanut, but it’s my time to shine!”

[morii-moth]

"this is me on day one of NO rendog !!"