#sorry no Nadia :(

[luciosfanpage]

[formulaonedirection]

lock up your dads he's on the loose

[teapetal44]

p2

[jontaro-kun]

That one time a pose study (looking at art of pretty women and telling myself I was being productive) turned into Portia

[rottengurlz]

toxic yuri vampires you will always be famous to me

[nccds]

NEEDTHAT OH MY GOSH???

[imjustfloatingaway]

Elderly Nadia for the soul

[nadialosv]

how do i slide into a girls dm without taking 10 deep breaths and 8 rethinking life choices and an additional 12 blushing and squealing..

[snobgoblin]

I am trying to figure out how to draw these characters waugh

[cupcakegal25]

more mha and @dear-ao3 but it's mostly shouto this time

[stinkrascal]

the proud members of the vampire's embassy

[clannfearrunt]

Hi it's the 6th anniversary of me having the dream that brought them to life Cammie and Lily forever and ever. That dream decided so many biographical information. NB agent4. Tgirl 8. Kissing.

and Nadia existing also. I'm assigning 7/4 as official Nadia Aoi Birthday in-universe also since she didn't have one already so happy birthday to the woman ur baby sister is dating an enemy of the state THUMBS UP!!!!!!

[formulaonedirection]

Lando Norris said leave women alone tf????

[blackered]

hello friends I fucking did it

[vairow]

The Arcana: A Mystic Romance Merch Sale

I used to be deep into The Arcana from 2017-2021, but have since, unfortunately, completely lost interest. I'm hoping there are some fans still out there that are looking for fan art to collect- maybe even some newer fans that missed out on getting zines that were big back in the day. I've laid out all the details below the cut, and I hope that you'll take a look if these are things you are interested in!!

Some have been claimed! Please check the updated inventory below the cut

If you are interested in getting anything, please DM me! You may also ask for my Discord if that will be more convenient.

ITEMS:

A4 Asra print by cakiebakie (has some very light blemishes)

A4 Nadia print by cakiebakie

A4 Julian print by cakiebakie

The Chariot, A The Arcana Zine

Vesuvian Cuisine, An Unofficial Cookbook (Zine)

Vesuvian Nights, an Arcana Masquerade Fanzine

A5 Julian print by wyrmforge

A5 Asra and Apprentice print by lileah

Half-Letter Muriel print with goldleaf by thedevilswithinmanga

Half-Letter Julian print with goldleaf*

Half-Letter Portia print with goldleaf*

Half-Letter Lucio print with goldleaf by xeoji

Half-Letter Nadia print with goldleaf by theartofflorence

Like Light, an Arcana Game Fanzine

A6 Nadia print by ryegarden

A6 Asra, Julian, and Nadia print by artisttothebone

A6 Julian print by velnna

A6 Asra print by winsbuckart

The Arcana Tarot deck (official deck. cards in great condition)

Asra Wedding Charm (official limited edition charm)

Wooden Faust charm

Chibi Asra charm

Half-Letter Julian, Nadia, and Asra print by kirakirapotatoe

*could not find confirmation on who the artists were

PRICING: All pricing in USD, payments will be made through PayPal or Venmo

Prints: $3 Large, $2 Medium/Small

Tarot Deck (#19): $40

Shipping will be calculated together in DMs

[wildcreativemastermind]

SWTOR: Jedi Consular Companions

Listen, I like the Jedi Consular story in SWTOR. It was the first story in the game I completed, and I still enjoy replaying it. I downloaded the game to play a Jedi, and the consular story gives, at least I think it gives, a better Jedi experience than the Jedi Knight story does. The big drawback for me however, is the companions.

We'll start with Qyzen, the first companion. He's a trandoshan and friend of the PC's master. At first, I actually liked him. The thing of him declaring the pc to be the Scorekeeper's Herald was not good, and I really think shouldn't have been there in the first place, but it was a single drawback. The Jedi Council is shown to have concerns about Qyzen and Yuon's (pc's master) friendship. When I first started playing, that last point got some eyerolls out of me. I've seen the movies, I know Jedi are allowed to have friends. However, on this 2nd playthrough, I'm fully on the Jedi Council's side concerning Qyzen, if anything my opinion is harsher than theirs'.

Qyzen, as he is, should not be allowed at the Jedi Temple. This guy has hunted Wookies for sport and shows no remorse for doing so. He doesn't believe hunting wookies is wrong. What if there are any wookie Jedi? Padawans? Initiates? Younglings? Their safety is more important than Yuon's or Qyzen's feelings, get him away from the Temple and off of Tython.

What I think should've been done with Qyzen: honestly, he doesn't need that many changes, two are all that are needed. 1. no calling the pc Scorekeeper's Herald. This never made sense, the pc is not trandoshan, not part of trandoshan culture, and does things that many Jedi could do. A nickname does make sense, both in universe and from a game development standpoint. I think something like "young hunter" (possibly "master hunter" later) would make more sense. It would be an acknowledgement of the Consular as a fellow and friend in a transdoshan way without placing undue importance on them.

2. don't have Qyzen be a wookie hunter. This is really the big one. It would resolve a lot of the issues that are created by Qyzen's presences as it is in the game. Maybe there's a group of trandoshans who think there should be limits on what can and can't be hunted, sentient species can't be hunter the same way animals can. Qyzen could have been part of this group (or even still is). This could even tie into Qyzen's side quest later of the wookie killing trandoshans based on information from a trandoshan. In the version I'm suggesting, the trandoshan who gives the wookie info on who to kill is telling the wookie to kill trandoshans who have sworn off hunting wookies. The wookie kills these trandoshans anyway because they're blinded by vengeance. When Qyzen and the Consular encounter this wookie, they could help get said wookie off the vengeance path or kill them to avenge the dead trandoshans.

We'll do Tharan next. Why is he there? He could find excitement, and probably be happier, without the Consular. He doesn't seem to like much about the Jedi, especially not their using the Force. I interact with this guy and I wonder why he doesn't try to find excitement and adventure elsewhere. Surely it couldn't be that hard for him to get his own ship.

My ideas for Tharan: scrap him, introduce him many planets later, or change his character to fit someone who'd hang out with Jedi.

Ideally, I think he should be scrapped, I simply do not find him likable. If we're going to change him instead, I think I have a solution. Make him a scientist who used to study the force. Instead of seeing something he doesn't understand and being rather averse to it, he wants to understand how it works. His dreams and aspirations on this were crushed by not finding enough funding, or something else happened to prevent him from studying the force. Working with the Consular on Nar Shadaa could than reawaken that ambition, and maybe he could use the Consular for his research (if they consent of course), it would give a clearer reason for him to travel with the Consular specifically. And maybe Syo and Fain tried to help with that study back in the day. It would change Tharan's focus, but it would make his extensive time around Jedi make more sense and explain why he'd have an anti-mind trick device (is that really part of exo-tech? that bit struck me as odd). Perhaps Tharan's working on Nar Shadaa could have been him seeking the most profitable work he could get since he couldn't fulfill his ambition. He could still have his tech knowledge, it just wouldn't be his main interest.

Now for Zenith: Zenith on his own is okay, not great but okay. He doesn't quite have the glaring issues some of the others do. My problem with him isn't really him, so much as that he's yet another companion who doesn't approve of the Jedi Consular acting like a Jedi. I think if we had at least one companion before him who did, I'd have a better opinion of Zenith.

Finally talking about companions I like, let's talk about Felix. Felix himself is fine, good actually. He's the only Jedi romance I actually like (I'm squicked by master/padawan romances, and Doc is just awful). The problem with Felix isn't Felix, the problem with Felix is that he shows up far to late. He's the first companion the Consular who fits the bog standard playthrough and is one of the romance options, and yet he doesn't appear until the last planet of chapter 2. This means he doesn't get the time he needs to be explored, as his own character or his relationship with the Consular.

Given his being a love interest and having the Sith holocron in his head that does absolutely nothing during the class story, Felix just screams underexplored to me. The fix with him, introduce and make him a companion in chapter one, maybe he could be on Tatooine so he could still be on a miserable middle of nowhere planet. And do something with the holocron during the class story, maybe we run into a Sith who knows about the holocron in Felix's head, and Felix and the Consular have to work together to deal with the problems that come from this. The love between Felix and the Consular (whether friendship or romance) could be used to help him in this. Also, don't end his romance with marriage. Instead, just have him and the Consular agree for them to be permanent, it accomplishes the same general goal without doing something that would make certain the Consular would have to leave the Jedi.

Now for Nadia, I like Nadia as a character, but there are some problems, especially with her as a love interest. The big issue with her, like Felix, is that she becomes a companion to late in the game. I think she should have become a companion at Quesh. This would allow her and her and the JC's relationship more time to develop.

As for the Nadia romance, it has so much wrong that I'm seriously considering saying it should be thrown out. The game's romances in general have power imbalance issues, but JC/Nadia has got to be one of the worst in this regard. I can ignore it with Felix cause it's not highlighted (it also helps that Felix is the one pursuing the Consular), but I can't do that with Nadia.

Okay, so the JC becomes her Jedi master and she starts to see the male JC as something of a father figure. This would have been genuinely adorable if she wasn't expressing romantic interest in the JC, and soon after her father's death.

Another part of the power dynamic in this is that Nadia is a Senator, she is the JC's boss. This doesn't get highlighted in the game with Nadia specifically, but it is the case.

Honestly, Nadia just shouldn't be a romance option, so much would have to change to make it not concerning that I don't even want to bother.

But what about male consulars? Shouldn't they get a romance option? A female one since this game came in 2008 and queer romance wasn't gonna happen?

Ok, genderbend Tharan and make her the male Consular's love interest. Keep Holiday, she could be a friend and assistant instead of a girlfriend (maybe there could be subtle hints of Holiday and lady Tharan being friendly exs) No I'm not elaborating more on that.