#the coolest fanart i've ever seen

[lunacyorsomething]

another tgck post cause i have brain worms and apparently finishing term exams makes your thoughts Extra Queer

[ghostcreaturetypething]

Holy FUCK

[ SUPERMASSIVE BLACKHOLE ANIMATIC ]

I have done it.🧍‍♀️ Me really challenge myself to improve my editing skill and also my drawin.

Enjoy!!!

Or you watch it here:

[cat0901h3]

Goosebumps Books 1-10

Can't believe that it took me nearly two years to just do 10 covers for the books. Will be posting more Goosebumps in the future, along with other stuff.

Read more to know my personal opinions and critiques on my fanart for each book:

Welcome to Dead House: I wanted to make the house look alive like Monster House, so I gave it more human characteristics (ie: the people in the windows to form eyes, or the finger-like branches.) Also paid homage to a horror film by styling it after The Amityville Horror house.

The Benson children themselves look a bit depressed, that's because the first book is actually more scarier than the rest of the series, so they're a bit angsty.

Stay Out of the Basement: This one killed a lot of my green markers lol. I tried to make Dr. Brewer as menacing as possible while still showing that he is a father with the photos, There were going to be more plants reaching out, but I decided that the leaves hidden on him would be enough.

Though I have to admit my disappointment with the lighting. It still looks a bit too bright, and not dark enough. That's just my own critique.

Monster Blood: Honestly, pretty mixed about this one. While I'm proud of the bubbling ooze that looks like a skull, which is outlined by one of my colored pens. I'm not proud that everything else is so muted with brown. Almost all of Jacobus' works are vibrant and saturated, so it being dull in colors feels like a disservice to him.

Also, Andy's last name was made up by me, she apparently just doesn't have one. It's inspired by Stephen King. Btw, hope you love banana and strawberry dyed hair, you'll see more of it soon in future batches.

Say Cheese and Die!: One of my favorite books, and of course it gets the best fanart imo. The screaming skeleton form of Greg Banks with red bg in the polaroid, contrasting with the dark background is just super cool, coolest shit I've ever done. Though I might be biased, I really like skeletons. Like Curly.

I actually made concept art for a Say Cheese and Die! graphic novel, which includes drawings of the photos and Spidey! Let me know if you're curious.

The Curse of The Mummy's Tomb: Not much to this one honestly. Just a mummy casually busting down a wall filled with hieroglyphics. Though I will say, I was experimenting with shading with purple and blues like Jacobus. As you can see, didn't stick for long.

This is also the book that I discovered that if the protag doesn't have a last name, then there is an official one either in the Presents novels, the mobile app, comics or other.

Let's Get Invisible!: This was pretty tricky to draw. Drawing someone turning invisible maybe easy in Photoshop or Procreate, but this was traditional art. Sure Jacobus did it with airbrushes, but I all had were pens and markers. But I somehow managed to pull it off, which is insane that I even managed that in the first place.

Night of the Living Dummy: Ah, the infamous Pamela Vorhees book, where the main antagonist isn't the mascot, but instead some other puppet lol. I've seen a lot of fanart of Slappy, but never of Mr. Wood. So I wanted to do justice for Wood while still showcasing Slappy. While I am proud for how it mostly turned out, there are two things that bother me. 1. This is the night sky that is black, the rest are either blue or purple. 2. I forgot to add the lines that make the jaw on Mr. Wood, whoops.

Aside from that, I hope guys like that Misfits poster in the background and Kris's cool hair cut. The green was inspired by the comic adaption not 2015 Jacksepticeye.

The Girl Who Cried Monster: Please forgive me for the small thumbnail, I wasn't using a ruler at the time. The design for Mr. Mortman wasn't much of a challenge. I loosely based it off of the French rendition of the cover and gave him a large leech-like mouth.

In my headcannon, the teeth spin like a garbage disposal, making easy work of the turtles.

Welcome to Camp Nightmare: Another one of my favorites, and I think I did a decent enough job, too. The lighting is perfect, the clouds look alien enough, and you can just barely see the screaming campers inside the tent. I do have one issue though, and that is the size of the monster, Sabre. In the original sketch I did, he was supposed to blend in like a bush, but instead he looks like Sasquatch Sr. Oh well.

While they did give Billy a last name in the Presents books, I had to make up one for Dawn. Just based it off Gwen Stacy lol. Also, hope you enjoy the little bonus pictures down below.

The Ghost Next Door: The original Jacobus art was perfectly vague enough to keep the twist there but not spoil anything. Of course to do the same thing, but with a twist of my own. The "ghost" shadow that you see in the street is the Dark Figure that follows Hannah around or when Danny is near. I wanted it to look like it was constantly on fire, since SPOILERS: someone in the book does die in a fire.

Another headcannon is that the Dark Figure isn't actually a ghost or whatever, but instead the embodiment of Misery.

[xvxblahhhxvx]

Ok, I'm convinced at this point that instead of teaching English, schools should just start getting their students into bsd, because honestly, the effects are about the same.

Like, what is this fandom??? As far as anime go, it's sort of known, but it's not even close to mainstream, and then you join the fandom to discover that it's actually huge.

-The fans will write five thousand word analyses, complete with textual evidence, about anything and everything, and they'll all be more well written and deeper than their thematic essay for English class.

-They won't even think twice about reading a bunch of classics to understand their favorite characters, and then they'll happily write you an analysis of a Japanese classic written in the mid-twentieth century and how it connects to their favorite character. They'll casually read Crime and Punishment, a book english teachers have no hope of having their students read in general, let alone for fun, and they'll do it and then give their theories about how it may connect to the villain's powers. They also end up just getting into classic literature in general.

-Ask them to give a summary of the book they had to read, they'll stare at you blankly, but ask them about the chain of abuse vs the savoir chain and you will hear a psychological breakdown on the concept of abuse, and how different characters treat others differently because etc etc etc.

-Not even the top criminal defense lawyer could compete with a bungou stray dogs fan explaining why Chuuya Nakahara, a man who is an executive in the Mafia, a man who has killed many people, has gotten involved in smuggling and all sorts of illegal activities, is actually a good person and deserves all the sunlight and happiness in the world.

-And the art that comes out of it??? The fanfictions, the fanart, the edits- I've read fanfiction that made me feel more than a published book ever will. Seen fanart that belongs in a museum, and the edits are some of the coolest stuff known to man.

-And they're just so low key??? Like seriously, don't teach English, teach bungou stray dogs. You'd get better results that way.

[dentpx]

2024 character wrapped! thank you @virtual-minotaur for the tag, and i was delighted to look at all your ocs! Idk who to tag i don't remember who did it last year out of those i tagged so ANYONE WHO SEES THIS AND WANTS TO PLEASE DO IT but also @makotoscoffee and @patzweigz and @davidrebooted and @comedyaoi i think will probably do this so hai guys direct tag. kind of a weird list this year because it was a weird year but actually i have a lot to say. come on this journey with me, everyone.

1. Katsuki Bakugou (BNHA) / So he's not even my favorite character from BNHA, Monoma is. But BNHA ended this year. I've gone on a long long journey with it (loving it, hating it, wait it's good actually, never mind it's bad actually) and it's weird that it's over. to be honest I think a lot of the ending is dogshit! I think it ended up being a thematically weak-willed piece of media. BUT. I adore Bakugou's arc. I have always loved Bakugou as a character and I think the way he developed is amazing. he ends up in a melancholic but self-reflective place and the way his relationship with Deku evolved is fascinating and to be honest he's always going to be the shonen protag boy of all time for me. 2. Harvey Dent (DC) / WOW hi!!!!! So I have feelings for him and I have forever and I will for the rest of my life. I feel so sad sometimes because I feel like I used to know a LOT about Harvey and I was very actively engaged in his appearances. And I haven't really fixated on DC in a long time so I almost feel like a fake fan sometimes because I've just never gotten back to the level of obsession/knowledge that I used to have. But I still care for him very deeply. I read/watched a good handful of things with him this year, both good and bad, and I really just love him a lot and I'm so excited to finally get my hands on his solo run any day now. 3. Draculaura (G3 Monster High) / I moved into an apartment this year and I had to spend less money on anime figures which meant I ended up spending more money on dolls because they are significantly cheaper. G3 Monster High has some of my fave playlines I've ever seen and I just adore her in particular.

4. Andreas Muller (Pentiment) / Another Bakugou situation here, Brother Guy is actually my favorite but Andreas really stuck with me and I thought about him a lot. Pentiment was the best/my favorite game I played this year overall and it made me really interested in historical fiction about religion which I am not typically interested in! Also Andreas is the best video game protag ever.

5. Diana (ZTD) / Oh boy. playing ZTD was probably the most fun and the least fun I had this year. What a horrible game in such a unique way. But i LOOOOOVE Diana!!!!! I love her!!! holy fuck!!!!

6. Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic) / Still on pins and needles waiting to see if S3 is any good but this was really his year. I'm happy a new generation of children are about to learn about the coolest cunt to ever live. I love him so much. I looked at a lot of Shadow fanart this year! and that's enough to get him on here.

7. Chad Charming (Descendants) / This bitch is on here again...whatever. Descendants 4 came out and I didn't like it (well I liked some of it but overall a bad film) and it did cause another month long descendants spiral and he's just representative of that for me because he's my favorite! sorry.

8. Anteater #2133 (LPS) / This year I gained a real love of anteaters and he was my most fun most whimsical purchase. I frequently look at him and say "who's up sneefin' they snorf?", a phrase which is, of course, absolutely meaningless.

9. Astarion (BG3) / He snuck in here at the last fucking minute. I love vile blonde men who become better people. and i love vampires. and i LOVE when abuse victims get to kill their abusers DEAD.

[thenamesapollo]

funny question for you

what do you think about Ink having a different physical apperance compared to the usual sans look??

by physical appearance I'm gonna assume u either mean body type or just general design.

and in terms of design, I think it's the coolest thing when people get creative with the 'art' aspect of his character and either accentuate that aspect or make him look like an abstract painting or a scribbled sketch or anything of the sorts. even cooler if they change his species or make him no longer sans that's the coolest thing ever (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

but in terms of body type, perhaps it's just that I'm way too used to ink being fat but everytime I see him being built different it's just looks off to me lol

skinny ink is the most popular look cuz it's how he is in canon, and I'm not gonna lie to u I don't really like it (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

his head looks too big compared to the rest of his body, his waist and arms are ridiculously thin, and he's so flat it genuinely looks weird. and I'm talking about the og creator's art btw. it's not the artstyle that is bad by any means, it's just the way ink was drawn and was intended to look is just not my thing.

what bothers me the most is that he is ABSURDLY small in canon, so when he's drawn skinny, he looks like an actual child especially when he's with another character, which I do NOOOOOT like........

I've seen some pieces of fanart a long ass time ago where he's drawn bulkier or more inspired by an athlete's body type, which is nice, always love people trying new concepts and drawing more body types.

but... what it feels like to me is that people will literally draw ink with every body type imaginable before drawing him fat. and honestly, everytime I see jacked sans I can only think of the babygirl daddy's home peanut sans thing so I can't take it seriously (⁠｡⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)

anyways. ain't none better than sans' glorious dad bod. everyone get fatter NOW!!!!!!!!

[dbda-kindness]

pappelsiin has one of the coolest art styles I've ever seen and has done some of my favorite dbd fanarts ever <3

@pappelsiin 🌻

[isyguess]

Most of my friends and family have no idea that I write and those who do aren't really interested in reading, so nobody really knows that I write and what I write. That means I don't really have anybody to talk to about my fanfics to, which also means I write the most self-indulgent stuff ever because I don't have to worry about who reads it.

And then, a few weeks ago something that I've never ever seen coming happened to me. I was talking to a friend on discord (one that I absolutely admire because she's just the coolest person ever) and we started talking about fanfictions and about this one character we both love. She usually doesn't read reader-inserts, but she admitted that she found one she actually liked and started telling me about it. And. My. Heart. Stopped.

Guys, I can't even describe how I felt when I realized she was talking about MY fanfic, Cinderella Story, and praised it and told me how obsessed she was with it, and that she read it during work because she couldn't stop thinking about it. MY. HEART.

I couldn't even say anything for a few minutes because I just couldn't believe it! She, out of all people, found my fanfic? And liked it??? And then I squeezed out a "thank youuuu", but she didn't realize until I told her (in quite a high pitch xD) that I was the author. And she couldn't believe it either. After that we talked a bit about the fic and I sent her the last chapter that I hadn't yet posted so she'd have the whole experience.

And that was it. I thought.

Come a few days ago, I got a package in the mail from her, which is not unusual because we often buy each other art and stuff at cons. So I knew it was a christmas present, but when I opened it yesterday evening. My. Heart. Stopped. Again.

She drew the last scene of Cinderella Story and had it printed and framed! And she even wrote a letter and told me about how much the last chapter touched her. I cried. I got fanart! The first fanart for one of my fanfics ever! And it's so, so absolutely beautiful!

I am so damn happy. This is the best christmas ever! And this whole situation wouldn't exist if I hadn't decided to write down this random thing that my brain came up with.

Guys, I love this hobby so, so much. I love writing. I love how it makes me feel, and I love seeing how it makes my readers feel. And I don't think I ever want to stop!

[nosnexus]

i just want to say your d20 art brings me life!! it is honestly some of the coolest fanart for them i've ever seen and i have never been more obsessed with any art than i am with the junkmother and syd art!!!

THANK YOU!

I've had such a blast doing d20 fanart and it helps that there's SO much content to pick from! And that Junkmother and Syd art was definitely one of the most fun to do during Huevember with all the little details I got to draw! 💙

[phopollo]

I've never read the warrior cats books, but all of my siblings and all of my friends were obsessed with them in late elementary-early middle school, so it was always a part of my life and I know the general gist of things

So when I started existing online the warrior cats fans kind of adopted me too because I didn't need to ask them about the lore of their OCs, I just already knew for the most part

And throughout the years, people have continued to make the coolest warrior cats fansrt and designs and OCs

Anyways

All of this to say is that I actually never read it, but I did read the Survivors series in middle school (which is like the dog au of warriors) and I was super into it, but none of my friends wanted to get into it with me because they already had Warrior Cats, and I think that's devastating because I've also never ever seen any fanart of it, so now I'm thinking about reading Warriors for the first time, and re-reading Survivors, anf drawing the world's stupidest Crossovers

[lomappreciationblog]

I saw a lot of amazing fanart and crafts from the Japanese playerbase of Legend of Mana going around on the anniversary, so here's some that I want more people to see!

Sorry in advance for the links redirecting to the Twitter, it's really annoying, I know :/ I don't actually this site as much as I do Tumblr, but I do find that for games where the active fandom is mostly Japanese, it's easier to share works on Twitter.

This is like, the coolest thing ever and made my jaw drop.

Some fanart:

These are just a small bit of what I've seen, there's a lot fantastic art and more!

[maareyas]

fanart of @wereh0gz 's sona, Livewire bc their design is one of the coolest i've ever seen

I had no plan whatsoever when i started this one so I quite literally just started slapping colors on

[irhabiya]

5, 10, 23 for kirara? :)

5: song that comes to mind

she is so haifa coded i am so right about this

10: could you be best friends with that character?

YES. GOD SHE'S SO SILLY I LOVE HERRRR i think we'd get along so well but honestly i wouldn't be able to stand knowing that she's taken i would probably self implode from jealousy hakari count your days

23: favorite picture of the character

literally all of them. she has no bad angles, face card never declines 7arfyan. some of my faves tho:

this manga coloring by @mangacolourings

like... she genuinely has one of the coolest character designs i've ever seen.... all of these are iconic

her reactions are so funny😭

ALSO this masterpiece of fanart like omg

[emeraldhypothesis]

FOR THE ASK MEME hmm how bout kaito, akira, and . 🐩 :)

woah baby a triple

Kaito:

Why I like them/why I don’t

Kaito is, on a purely emotional level, my favorite of the Kaiba rivals. He's the one I latched onto first thanks to Youtube recommending me some of his best scenes as I got back into the game, so I always associate him with hype and aura, as the kids say. I love his fondness for Haruto, his bickering with Orbital, his weird situationship with Mizael and the soft spot that Yuma brings out in him throughout Zexals 1 and 2.

What I like about their appearance

His magical girl transformation highlights how good he looks in black and white alike. His eyes are this fearsome shade of piercing blue. I also love that shot from the transformation where his eye like pulses as if shifts red, it's a fun way to show the costs on his body that the transformation takes.

I also like how short this brat is. He's barely taller than Yuma or Shark and he has five years on them. They're gonna outgrow him so hard once puberty kicks in and it leads to the funniest images.

Learning to love the hair was a difficult process, but we made it through. Shout out to anyone who just gives him the Vergil haircut in fanart though, it looks way better.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

I will sometimes use Kite if I'm legit too lazy to write/say the full name, but 99% of the time it's Kaito.

Performance wise I have a soft spot for Christopher Kromer as Kite due to nostalgia and a few pretty good line reads (especially his bickering with Orbital), but Koki Uchiyama delivered a tonally perfect performance and every time I hear his summon chants for Galaxy-Eyes he brings the wow-factor, it's like the audio version of getting slammed into your chair.

OTP

Gotta be Galaxymaster. Kaito and Mizael need each other during Zexal 2 (because otherwise they don't really have a character arc between them), and that Moon Duel is the stuff of legends.

"If there's a next time we meet... won't you tell me, what happened to you?" Is one of those lines that sits in my heart.

NOTP

Kaito with anyone Ryoga's age or younger unless you mess with the timeline to make the kids older. Please do not have Kaito trying to hook up with literal middle schoolers.

OT3

Not in a ship sense but the dynamics I've seen about Kaito and Christopher doing their day jobs and Mizael hanging around like an unwanted guest at a party is so funny to me.

Favourite card they use

FROM THE DARKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE COMES A RAY OF HOPE, THE TRUE EMBODIMENT OF THE LIGHT-

It's Galaxy-Eyes, any variation, any form, they're all peak in my eyes ha ha. I have a GEPD pin for my backpack that glows in the dark! I build Galaxy-Eyes first in almost every game that lets me.

(master duel please let me have a royal Galaxy Eyes I've crafted the card like a hundred times!)

Favourite moment they were in

All of them? He's the GOAT.

But for real, three big moments:

Stopping time to fight Yuma and kick his ass hard enough that he teaches Astral fear.

His tag duel with Yuma against 3 and 4 that ends with Neo GEPD, one of the coolest summons and comebacks in the franchise.

Moon Duel, all of it, start to finish.

Honorable mention to the time he flexed on Shark by whipping out a FUSION SUMMON though.

Least favourite moment

Arc-V Kaito in general is... not great, but I'm really not fond of how much of a raging bitch they make him. And don't ever get me started on those stupid Cipher cards.

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

With bro's heart condition, any rumbling in the hay risks life and limb. I think Mizael would also kill anyone who gets in the middle of his Thing with Kaito.

Akira:

Why I like them/why I don’t

I'm largely chill on Akira, but that's more because he kinda just doesn't do a whole lot ha ha. What time he does get is usually good, especially in Season 1, but afterwards he's kinda there. Never annoying levels of Just There, but he's kinda There. Suffers a lot from a lot of his Season 2 screentime being tied to Go's whole deal.

What I like about their appearance

Always fond of when Yugioh just has a Dude Character who looks like he'd be found shopping in Target wearing the world's worst polo shirts. Akira joining the vaunted halls of Shuzo Hiragi and Bastion with that one.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Same in both languages. I enjoy both his Japanese and English performances.

OTP

I think he and Ema are very cute together.

NOTP

Akira's old enough to have a pension plan, do NOT ship him with the teenagers!

OT3

Akira/Ema/a spreadsheet of their transactions and a glass of wine.

Favourite card they use

Acute Cerberus! Weird little doggy, looking forward to seeing its summon animation in Duel Links.

Favourite moment they were in

Acute Cerberus's summon in his duel with Playmaker goes weirdly hard for no reason thanks to a giant explosion? But in general that duel is great as being one of the first Big Looks into the Lost Incident, alongside letting us see Playmaker and Kusanagi get furious at Akira for trying to get them to stand down. It's both great as a moment where we get to see them express raw emotion, and begins my favorite unintentional running bit in Vrains of "The Zaizens will always fumble emotional conversations."

Least favourite moment

The amount of rope he gives Soltech would make a hangman embarrassed.

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

Marry for the money and to be a stay at home parent so Aoi can forge a single emotional connection without an asterisk tied to it, we both know he's married to the job if he still hasn't managed to ask Ema out.

Dennis:

Why I like them/why I don’t

Dennis is really... interesting. He's genuinely one of the most layered characters in the series and taps into a niche I have of someone who wears so many masks and lives so many lies that uncovering the true self is a near impossible task even for them. Someone who's been so caught up in working as an agent for Academia that Dennis barely exists as himself, because he's spent so long as a social chameleon that he hasn't "turned off" in ages and been himself.

He suffers a bit from haphazard screentime like a lot of the Arc-V cast, but he's always a hoot when he's around and he has one of the most unexpectedly brutal fates in the series when he can't keep spinning his lies anymore and decides to card himself to avoid having to make a choice, almost like he'd prefer to die rather than make a choice as himself rather than Dennis the Lancer or Dennis the Spy.

The funny ha ha broadway white boy jokes help, but Dennis is a very layered character that easily could have carried a series-wide arc if given more time in the limelight.

What I like about their appearance

I enjoy his stupid ass never replacing the torn sleeve of his jacket, asymmetry is always fun.

Do I prefer their dub names or original names?

Mackfield and McField sound the same. I think I prefer McField. It makes him sound more like a white guy.

Performance wise, I think I have to give it to the dub! Tetsuya Kakihara does a great job and I love his SHOW MUST GO ON chant for Trapeze Magician, but holy mother of God does Daniel J Edwards make Dennis shine. In the Arc-V Dub and Duel Links he's consistently one of the best talents, showing off a crazy range and some wild line reads between "It's me, Dennis!" and his Maximum Summon call in Duel Links.

Daniel understood the assignment is what I'm trying to say.

OTP

Legally obligated to say Duskshipping because Dana's mind-warping propaganda can't have been for nothing!

I think Janusshipping could also have some legs but I've not quite seen that one fic or art that makes me go "Oh. Oooooh I get it now," which I usually need to get a ship wedged in my head.

NOTP

Much as I do love a good hate-fuck ship, I do draw the line at Dennis/Shun. It's fun to watch Shun try to beat up Dennis but I think we have in fact found the baggage carry-on limit and to my eternal surprise, it was not Hellshark!

OT3

I'm fond of the fanart and scenarios where he's part of a little mean girls posse with Sora, Yuri and Serena! Not a romantic one but closest I've got, besides potential post-canon mindfucks of Yuri/Dennis with Yuya caught in the very uncomfortable middle.

Favourite card they use

His Performages are all very cute but I do have a soft spot for Flame Eater. He looks very Friend-Shaped!

Favourite moment they were in

Would it be gauche to say that time he killed himself in front of a crowd of people to forever alter the trajectory of their lives all to avoid having to make a decision in one of the most ADHD coded power plays yet seen in a YGO anime?

His Duel Links event was surprisingly good, as I was kinda expecting him to get off the hook with his betrayal but it actually plays a huge role in the event and we get to see a wide range of reactions between Kurosaki's disgust and Sawatari's... disinterest.

For real though, I love his match with Shun, getting to see him slip off one of his many masks and become Academia's dog was a long time coming and it lead to the awesome spectacle of Chaos Giant vs Satellite Cannon Falcon.

Least favourite moment

It sure would have been nice if I didn't have to wait until 2024 to see him meet Ruri and apologize to her. I also would have liked to see Dennis interacting with Leo and Yuri more.

Would I fuck, marry or kill them

I'm not catching his crazy, I'm running away from it. He's all yours, Dana.

[kaniaaa]

AoEx prompt march 1-7

Catching up with this because why not! Spoilers for the manga btw.

Prompt 1 - Introduce yourself!

I'm Mohk, 7-8 years in uni hell (save me). I translate sometimes but it has been a while now, sorry about that. Usually the horrors get me before I can get go back to translating lol But I still plan on going back to Salaryman Yukio, I swear! I even got the physical copies while I was in Japan!! I've been into AoEx for the past decade now, time sure flies. Also not related, but I'm a huge HUGE Vocaloid fan, if you found, plan on making, already made an AoEx x Vocaloid fanart please PLEASE share it with me.

Rest under the cut!

Prompt 2 - What role would you play?

A rando mob character who may or may not get caught up in the war between the "let's destroy the world" and the "nooo don't destroy the world it's so sexy" freaks hahaha More seriously I think Tamer/Dragoon sounds nice! But there are exorcists not affiliated with the Order and I would be one of these I think, not a big fan of big organisations.

Prompt 3 - Who's your favourite character?

Yukio sweep fr fr. He's the blueprint for me liking edgy depressed dark haired megane boys. Yet no one ever truly surpassed this blueprint. He's just perfect. THE one. THE ultimate. Yukio my son, my battle, my life, my sun, my everything hahaha

More seriously, I think Katou did a brilliant job at writing a teenager struggling with mental illnesses who has to juggle with far too many responsabilities a kid could shoulder. A lot of people really do be *pikachu face* when he acts exactly like a depressed teenager would. What did you expect?

This realism truly is what makes AoEx and Yukio shine imo!

Rin, Izumo, Mephisto and Toudou are my other faves (one isn't like the others...)

Prompt 4 - Do you have a favourite ship?

Yukio x Happiness of course.

More seriously, as mentioned many times, I'm not into shipping. But there are dynamics I like. So, platonically of course, Rin and Yukio have my whole heart. I think Yukio and Izumo should interact more though, they have a lot in common.

Prompt 5 - Which character has the coolest design?

For human characters, I really like miko!Izumo and Osceola.

For demons, the demon granny Lucy Yang summons is way too cool not to be mentioned. But Katou consistently makes great demon designs tbh.

(This one btw)

Also, not "cool" per se but... Have you SEEN my son EGYN???!!?!! He is SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!

Now you have! Love how Splatoon-esque his design turned out to be hahaha

And of course, as I mentioned earlier, Yukio is the blueprint for my Perfect Type, so... hahaha

Prompt 6 - Which character has the biggest glow-up?

...I have to admit it, I'm not a fan of Ryuji's rooster hair, so I like his recent(ish) design much more lol

I think Rin's design has grown past the typical shonen MC design with the whole horns and white hair thing (tho it's not permanent), so yeah, Rin has quite the glow-up!

Prompt 7 - Who had the biggest character development?

Oh, I can't go without saying Yukio here. His whole character arc is a banger from start to finish (tho it's not over yet lol). Even if tbh I wanted him to stay with Illuminati a bit longer (missed opportunity, I'll keep saying it). Watching him spiralling was both painful and a lot of fun (in the "it's so interesting I can't stop turning the pages!" way. And also I like angst so...). Seeing him trying his best to apologise and forgive himself is extremely moving. What a character. I appreciate how much care Katou poured into writing him. The way he develops just feel so natural for his character. Like pieces of a puzzle finding their rightful places. Not a linear process, but coming together (almost) perfectly.

I was about to go on a full character study but I'll spare you for this post, let's end it here hahaha

[snorkled-orca]

Acerbic, Anarchist, Astral

@bogcreacher has some of the coolest characters I've ever seen, so I couldn't help but making some fanart of Astral (I hope you don't mind 😅)