#the art of ambition

[totallynormals4]

Podcast poll!!

[bonusquestion]

The art of ambition

In the city that never sleeps, the next opportunity is right around the corner… The Art of Ambition is a modern noir-esque series told from the perspective of a New Yorker with his ear to the ground and a knack for turning a situation to his advantage. It's fairly interesting, nothing to write home about. I like the idea of taking advantage of city space that no one is using. I have a lot of thoughts like this to tust steal land from those that dont use it. The voice acting is good as well its a solid b+, they do well but nothing so good that you should take notes on.

[kiashieart]

my turn on the timeskip diego design machine ^_^

bonus drafts and a couple headcanons :) vvv

bonus colour drafting!!

a couple headcanons:

i'm still a little unsure on the direction i wanna go - the purple is a tribute to mia, but i also wonder if i shouldn't do that and instead go a more 'moving on from mia' direction. and also the other ideas are also just nice anyway.

he could also go purple as tribute to the feys in general, as i imagine he spends a lot of time in kurain with the feys, especially post getting out of prison and getting back on his feet; they've pretty much adopted him as family

with the tech that exists in this series by the time he gets out of prison i think he could get fancy contacts that replicate the effects of his old visor (phoenix and maybe maya probably helped him afford these). they have a fancy contact case that also servers as their charger. they still glow red and this serves for several gags.

the wrightdot agenda in me says phoenix took him in. something something slowburn healing etc. i'll do more w/ that another time tho. i want him to bond with the wrights :) i know trucy is smart they will get along swimmingly ^_^

unrelated to diego. knowing nick gets facial hair for Reasons i will take advantage of this for my personal homosexual reasons

[taikova]

(work in progress) hippie activities

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

Who else has also given him a strange bun only to find out it's a hated gift

[tsunosagun]

i flew too high, please catch my fall

[murmel-malt]

found a two year old wip of a a grieving Catelyn and decided to share

[iingezo]

Rua for @alienturnipp !

[egophiliac]

the lovers, reversed

(aka I'm still freaking out about Jou)

[esthesiaart]

The crossovers between Gale and the mages of Dragon Age continue. After Morrigan and Anders, today it's the turn of Solas, one of my favourite characters of the series. I wanted to play on the divine aspect of both, and the costumes they wear when they manifest as such <3

[stutterhug]

A measured five year plan..

[evercelle]

(can’t) let go

[veinsfullofstars]

“Any more stupid questions?”

Bonus live reactions to being saved from a Dark Matter ambush:

Started 07/13/24, finished 07/27/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24. | Kintsugi AU Masterpost

[wellen-katze]

God Gale as a motivational coach and his guest Astarion lul

Run before they are trying to sell you some NFT's!

[ohhbeetoe]

mr hokage

[shazzbaa]

NIGHTMARES IS INCREASING...

Samuel is dealing with the horrors just fine! hes fine. just needs a lil laudanum to take the edge off. Just a little, tiny, several bottles of laudanum,

wheezes and collapses HI HELLO I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED..... THIS!!!!.... I don't know what possessed me to make this out of pixels but im v pleased with how it came out!!

[Everyone has been extremely cool abt this!! but just to be sure: no Fallen London spoilers/suggestions/hints in tags, replies, etc. please! I'm still in the middle of some of the stories referenced here and I'm excited to discover it all for myself! ]

Nightmare sources referenced here:

A small, velvet-lined box from Light Fingers

The coiling spire bit from Light Fingers

Poor Edward from Light Fingers

I Shot the Albatross from the southern wind zee dreams

and of course, the Comtessa

At some point during Light Fingers I finally grabbed some laudanum to help with nightmares before some zee trip or other, and discovered that once you're Important, taking laudanum gives you "A Less Than Laudable Laudanum Habit" and that the initial, normal result is locked once your habit gets over level three. Naturally, I HAD TO KNOW.... WHAT HAPPENED AT OTHER LEVELS.....

I'd also decided to finally do the rest of the Watchful MYN at University, which I'd already heard about from several friends as a place where you are constantly going insane from the mundane stress of just, like, uncooperative witnesses while trying to solve a murder. The timing ended up perfect -- Samuel just coming back from the horrors of the Orphanage in Light Fingers and Trying To Be Normal And Hold Down A Normal Job For A Bit, and maybe just a lil laudanum to keep it together for class, and when withdrawal is ratcheting up everything, some annoyances like "can't find info for your murder investigation" might just tip you over the edge,

hilariously he hit level 8 on the laudanum habit -- helpfully labelled "a wretched slave to the hellish stuff" and the point where it stops working altogether -- IMMEDIATELY before running into a step of light fingers where you have to get rid of all your nightmares before you can proceed. HAHA OOPS.

ANYWAY HE STILL HAS IT BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT, IT TAKES A REALLY REALLY LONG TIME, TO KICK A LAUDANUM HABIT...... i, uh, dont recommend giving urself a laudanum addiction but narratively im having a great time lmao