#the blue bird is dead

[nklmg]

Btw, we kinda know Ren speaks in an ancient, poetic way, he was an artist/craftsman. And then there is JY who recited poems in his idle animation. He was born during wars, a soldier at a young age and (maybe) used to has a boner for swords and martial arts.

Both has a deep connection with IL and it does says sth about the Dragon King’s type in men.

He likes poetic nerds.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Pontiac Firebird Esprit Sky Bird, 1978. During the 1970s Pontiac noticed that 30% of Firebird buyer were women. The "Sky Bird" was a special edition of the Esprit-level Firebird designed to appealed to female customers that was first presented as a show car at the at the Chicago Auto Show in February 1976 before going on sale as a '77 model. There were also Red and Yellow Bird editions

[thestuffedalligator]

OK you know that. Thing. When you’re watching a piece of visual media that’s been going on for a while, and it started with very simple, almost abstract, character designs, but as time went on and the artist skills/technology improved, and they could consistently make more elaborate character designs, new additions to the cast would be more consistently elaborate in their design and the characters who were grandfathered in from those earlier installments wind up looking a little goofy alongside them?

Is there a name for that? Is this a recognized phenomenon? I’ve been calling it character design creep in my head

[for-the-love-of-avo]

Sometimes I sketch pre-trauma and pirate Reaver for my own mental health and these two actually came out alright. Pirate Reaver is my all time favourite and I like to imagen him using a bow before guns were a thing. Also saw someone HC him with naturally curly hair and I 100% agree because it's so much easier to draw.

[hmtaxidermy]

With some of last round’s ducks finished, it’s time for some more!

Featuring America’s smallest duck species.

[spotaus]

So this might seem like a weird question, and this IS going anonymously because of it BUT

How many characters in New Age would be able to describe the taste of human flesh.

I feel like with the provided backstory, Killer could be a candidate for it, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nim had some sort of whim at some point even though I'm pretty sure you said they were vegetarian but I could have hallucinated that or smth

You can very much ignore this if you feel uncomfortable with it, btw. I just find this interesting

Hi anon, this ask is unhinged abd I love it SO dearly, please feel free to send more if you get the urge 💖 this is actually something exciting I hadn't even thought about! So... let's see who all I can list off for this idea...

-> Killer. Like u said Anon, I think he IS the most likely candidate! I don't think that it's a meal he'd have eaten often, nor would he openly joke about it, but I think that somewhere like the Temple where he was raised, or on the streets after he left Chara (the Black Market wasn't picky-) would be where it happened.

-> Nim. Oh. Yeah. She would've, I'm sure. (Also tbf I have no idea if I said that or not, my memory is SO bad, I'd probably have to check w/ Ancha lol- but for this let's imagine she's not.) I don't think anyone would be able to convince her if she knew what it was up-front (she thinks humans are lesser, but kinda in the way ppl don't usually think of brown bears as a food source?) But she's definitely had it before. 'Exotic cuts' that she never bothered to fact check lmao. Fancy and expensive, so she bought them!

-> Dust. Now, this one is a little weird, but I have good reason! Dust has a reputation to uphold when he's a crime lord, and has to get along with leaders of other crime branches to keep his power AND keep the lines running. One of the other kingdoms (which I'm establishing is basically full of shape-shifters which eat human flesh) was a prime source of income for Dust because they had a LOT of animal meat they weren't harvesting. In meetings, well, sometimes the meal involved the dishes of that kingdom, so human flesh! (He will NOT admit it didn't taste bad.)

-> Fresh. And no, not for the reason he'd normally know lmao. I think that Fresh's connection with the beasts (which I now realize are kinda stand-ins for his furby collection-) leads some of then to bring him gifts! And he lives usually out in the wilderness so a hunt is a hunt, y'know? Monsters are off-limits but like. If the beast brings him *just* the meat? He takes his chances abd hopes it's not People. (Some of it is, and he knows it, he could definitely identify it if given to him 🙏)

-> Reaper. He's not proud of it anymore, but back in the day when he was the general? Bringer of Death? Yeah, he ate a guy once. Used it as a fear tactic against their enemies, which in his defense DID work. But he wouldn't do it again. He would recognize the taste tho!

Soooo..... 5 of the New Age characters would be able to describe the taste of human flesh! (At least for the main cast lol-)

I do have honorary mentions though.

-> Ink: Has bitten people enough to *probably* have an idea of the taste.

-> Geno: Tried to do it "for science" when he was in the academy working on decay magic. (He reversed the decay enough that the flesh was fresh, he was curious!) He was told that if he did they'd suspend him, so he missed his opportunity :(

-> Cross: Can't tell you about the taste of flesh, but human blood used to get into his mouth all the time when he worked in his old kingdom, so he could tell you about that instead!

[inusmasha]

"Kagome" is the inner you that gazes down the mouth of an old dried up well, and despite the circumstances, still takes the daring leap of faith because she believes in miracles.

[lenorahills]

Hi! I know you're not active right now, but I just wanted to say that I love your blog and your art. I love your takes on Mileven, I also like the fact that they're not a neurotypical couple, and I think that's something that rarely gets talked about. Your art is lovely too :)

Hello! I am active, but only slightly! It was real nice to see a message in my inbox! Thank you for taking the time to send me some nice words. If you would like to see more of me actively I am more-so over on the platform “formerly” known as Twitter under the user @/starcourtmaii.

I did post some Mileven day art over there actually, just a splash of colour on a very old sketch. Tumblr is just not the ideal spot for me to post much pertaining to them, which is why I really haven’t been active all that much. The environment here is just very hostile. Maybe in the future I will get back to using this site but for now, it doesn’t seem likely. I’m also just a bit at an arms length with ST in general. I’ve been very busy with work and my evolving taste and interests which still includes ST of course.

I’d like to publish more meta here someday about El’s neurodiversity. That’ll be for another day. Thank you again 🤍

[ask-prince-roman]

sad prince mode :(

Blue bird talks to you but not me...

He might be confused but still :(

~Roman~ ( @your-favorite-roman-sanders )

I'm truly sorry. I am going to try to steer the conversation so he will talk to you, instead of me. I really am. I just want to be...subtle about it. So as not to reveal our ruse.

[tkachukisms]

THE DUCKS TRADED THEIR GUY NAMED FOWLER? dude this is why that place sucks

[cupcait]

i can't believe caitlyn kiramman does the knee thing

[nklmg]

Thinking about Ren actively hurting himself, throwing himself into extreme dangers then comes to DH’s room afterwards, making the man patches him up. DH is so scared of his recklessness, the way the immortality activates haunts him. He cried at the sight, his hands red with Ren’s blood while the man just smiles slowly (and short-breathed). He titles down at his eyes’ level and whispers to his ears. “Look at it, don’t run away from it. This is what you have done to me, YYJ.”

[eye-candy-film-enjoyer]

In honor of Trans Day Of Visibility, here’s a mecore edit because I am, in fact, trans

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Hawk Holding a Small Bird - Okada Baison // The Jumantsubo Plain at Susaki Near Fukagawa - Hiroshige Utagawa // Mother - Florence + the Machine

[lappophotography]

Somewhere at the Sea of Japan

[nicoandthepoets]

GUYS THE NEW BILLIE EILISH ALBUM IS SO SO FUCKING GOOD