#the grains on the masks

[sksninja]

TODAY. I WILL REMEMBER TO SHARE PICTURES OF MY BADDASS FIERCE DEITY STATUE TODAY.

*very* important butt bonus shots below the readmore

[faunandfloraas]

The Nobleman or 양반 (yangban): The smiling face represents the bluff and composure that an aristocrat is often known to have. The chin is a separate piece from the top of the mask, and the actors can lean forward and back to make the mask smile or frown as needed.

This monk who abandons his doctrines, or 취발이 (chwibari): Chwibari was originally a monk, but he had no intention of joining the monastic order, so he came down to the world and wanders. Represented with a forehead full of wrinkles and spots.

The widow or, 부네 (Punae/bune): represented to be a widow, or a kisaeng ( a woman who sang, danced, or played an instrument to provide entertainment for company at a drinking party), or a mistress of the Yangban. She has a very small mouth, round cheeks and forehead- giving a general look of happiness good-humor.

[merrinpippy]

on masks

so shockingly miracle mask has huge mask theming in like every aspect. basically every significant character is 'wearing' a mask literally or metaphorically, except for luke who remarks in ludmilla's costume shop that he doesn't think any of the masks suit him (since the events of the previous game luke can be authentically himself now.) this is fun to notice on its own, but there's more to be discussed than just the presence of masks.

every mask in miracle mask backfires on its wearer to some degree! the most obvious case of this is descole and the masked gentleman straight up underestimating their own mask/s and failing to see their plans to the end, and the resulting consequences. dalston and henry's masks of stoicism turn out to have kept them from years of friendship they could have enjoyed, and paint them both as suspects in the masked gentleman case. angela's aloof facade and distance from everyone around her allows her to be kidnapped for a significant portion of the game without anyone but the professor noticing (and even then, he notices that something's up with her, but chalks it up initially as not knowing her anymore). less obviously, emmy's mask only means she'll end up hurting the people she has come to care for even more when the time comes.

most interesting to me, though, is hershel! even as a teen he's remarkably reserved, though clearly passionate. he keeps himself very controlled, and seems to care very much about coming across to others as helpful, grounded, and 'normal'. the interests that we know he has he keeps locked up, literally hidden away in cupboards, not to be acknowledged aloud to himself or others. he never gets angry or ever really displays any stereotypical teen behaviours apart from awkwardness.

now what this means is he is treated as the reliable one who will nonetheless go along with whatever randall wants him to do. he's never particularly assertive (something he will learn to be as an adult) so his willingness is taken for granted. he's put in mortal danger in akbadain because it never occurs to randall that hershel's protests are anything more than for appearance's sake.

and when randall falls and hershel is alone, he yells! he falls to his knees, completely overcome. he cries. he pushes through. and when he reaches angela and henry, alone, covered in dirt, looking completely haunted... they don't even ask him if he's okay. angela bodily shakes him. in the past and present, nobody treats hershel as if he's been through something traumatic - to everyone else, he was either a bystander to or complicit in randall's death, but controlled, mild-mannered and rational hershel is never considered a victim in his own right even after years have passed for everyone to think on it. years after the fact angela apologises to hershel... when she realises she needs his help. and henry immediately accuses him of betraying randall's memory and abandoning him.

and to be clear this isn't me saying oh they're evil or whatever but it's significant that they acknowledge how the trauma affected them and their behaviour from that point forward but it doesn't occur to them that hershel's behaviour and life trajectory was also altered forever! because hershel has for his whole life masked so well that to everyone else he does not have an interior life that isn't puzzle solving.

and the absolute funniest thing about it is that when hershel confesses this all to emmy and luke.... it's immediately back to the investigation, "where do we go now professor!" i'm sure there's no reason to ask if hershel's okay, he's probably unaffected by all that, let's go! readers i laughed out loud. tfw you mask so well everyone forgets you're a person

[cerame]

I’m a really big fan of mask because my favorite game is majoris mask so could you please Draw him some

Yes of course!

Mask might be in his edgy teenager phase, but he’s still pretty dang cool.

A few notes on Mask:

Is legally required to be friends with his Zelda

Spends most of his time at Lon Lon Ranch

Has had the same hairstyle since he was a kid

Still has the masks and very much respects them

Alternates between the biggoron sword and the gilded sword in combat, depending on the situation

He lost his eye sometime after the events of Majora’s Mask

Knows very few dances, but Kamaro’s dance is definitely one of them

[wonkyradio]

How I'm expecting my next neuro appointment to go

[lordturkish-robomallcop]

God bless my ST for this halloween shitpost gift, Roman's ten mile stare is top notch.

[apple-blossom-jeans]

from HUMMER mv by MEATY

[trashlie]

Have I been waiting to make this one, too? Duh you know it. I am nothing if not consistent. 

[unexpectedbrickattack]

Extra extra gnomestave is canon! Question: If their imps does that mean they use to work and reside hell? Or they’re just imps?

I saw! I queued up a reblog about it but it will take days to pop up (apologies…). Regardless, i am excited. Vindication babey! (Not that anyone was arguing otherwise rhdjdbjdnd)

As for the noise and noisette, i think it is like INCREDIBLY funny to make them little agents of hell. The noise has money common people cannot comprehend JUST to perpetuate being a little shit. And noisette is dumb and annoying on purpose to drive people insane. But no, they are just little imps (half-imps maybe??) w little demon features, no hell association at all. This is purely bc the game already has some demon-ish looking characters (the red orb guy and the pig in the minigolf level), so if i wanted to, i have an excuse to actually get away w that 😊

The only reason i want to make them human in some way (and not literal demons sent to torment the living™���) is bc in my heart, the Noise is a bitchass trust fund baby that used their small loan of a million (billion) dollars to become a celebrity. I say this with so much love. Hes a spoiledt rich brat that torments everyone bc he can, and I couldnt really go along w that if he was like. Actually a little demon. Hes just some guy. And also a little imp :)!

Noisette is literally just a sweet pea; shes not mischievous shes just a little ditzy and that translates as being a mischievous nuisance to outsiders. So she still lives up to her imp nature, just not intentionally😭

[fandomchill]

Writing Snippet- Changeling Au

Not proof read, not polished, just wanted to share something I'm proud of.

Soon enough he saw the figure ahead, a cloaked figure walking through the paths of the briars, a small lantern clutched in their hands. As he approached the creature turned and gave a small strangled scream. It turned, cloak flaring as a pair of wings erupted from below the cloak, and with a great pump of the wings leaped into the air. 

"Pin." Scar muttered, and Jellie skidded to a stop, dropping low and pushing off the ground. The rush of the air past his face and the feeling of his stomach dropping made him grin as Jellie's paws collided with the back of her prey. With a squeak and a triumphant shout the three of them crashed to the ground in a tangle of legs, wings and wood. 

For a moment they froze, Scars spear a the neck of the Intruder breathing hard, and then his eyes focused on the wings. Bright red in the light of the lantern, which lay a few yards away and large scared brown eyes. 

"Grian?" He said, though it came out as more of a growled demand than a question. The eyes flickered and recognition slowly flowed into them.

"Ah, Officer Scar."  The man managed, though the dignified response was somewhat shattered by his face being streaked in moss and dirt.

[teethbomb]

I’m gonna be annoying about this game for a little bit

[convex-solos]

So… this is an odd question. Idk who said it between you three, but it was said no one in MC had powers. Got me wondering, if they had powers what would their powers be?

Ps: Love your art

Hii sorry for taking so long to answer </3 I thought abt it a bit and these are some general ideas i came up with.

Cub: teleportation, only once in every five minutes and in a 500 meters radius.

Scar: he’s got a Really good eyesight, he basically hits bullseye guaranteed, but he has to stay still when he does it, so it’s impractical during close combat fights (another option would be giving him immunity to fire, but he has to hold his breath for it).

Grian: based on how long she can touch her target they will experience progressively worse hallucinations, but its never a lethal thing.

Gem: can walk on any surface with ease (vertical or upside down) but she can still get dizzy for the blood rushing to her head so she cant do it for too long.

[marypsue]

Am I unironically taking fashion and beauty advice from scans of old issues of Seventeen magazine? Mind your business.

[beatrice1010]

🖤🖤

[bibleofficial]

crazy how ‘lidl’ is ‘aldi’ spelled backwards

[fourgottencoast]

Every single frantic ‘we need community now more than ever!! Protect each other!!!’ poster: