#the guy with the braid is arius

[ravenkhor]

you know sometimes I wonder if people are ever gonna see my art and then I realize that tumblr loves gay people.

[taptroupe]

evergrace novel update for real

last time we talked, darius and the gang left the royal shrine and went back to the castle. that’s a while ago! they went back to the castle

krysalis is tagging along, as per her funny banter last episode. no one quite likes her. when she asks where they’re going it’s like:

“Hey, where’re we going?”

Krysalis’ question was ignored by the rest.

“Heyy, why won’t you tell me!! Horrible! Ho-ri-ble, you know I’m giving it my all to help you guys out and stuff!”

“Shut up.”

i hate you motherfuckers

and as they were following a path made by a cute critter, they made it to a clearing where the critters gathered up in a monsterous pile and oh shit boss fig -

Trandin appears and kills the critter pile with a single blow. REST IN PEACES IT MADE ME SO SAD

they couldn’t stay any longer so they hightailed it the fuck out of there but trandin would not relent. he kept chasing them and some shit happened and krysalis just FLEW over to trandin and told him to stop stop, be a good boy and listen to your mother. no one could quite hear it, and the bird hugged trandin tightly and that’s the last we see of them for now.

also one of the guards died. rip bard.

da da da onto the coliseum~ my heart was pounding the whole night~ up until 4:30 AM~

CHAPTER COLISEUM

CROSSING TIME THE PEOPLE WHO MET

nothing of real importance happened at first. they took a gondola to the coliseum which was interesting. it had been there since the time of the first king and etc. orladin taught darius about type matchups because some monsters gain health if hit with a certain weapon. they decided to run run run until they reached the middle of the coliseum, and....

a wispy haze appeared. a yellow gold haze...

“something something d...arius.... down there.... m.... pheus..... and.... s.... lin...”

darius looks down. HOLY SHIT

IT’S SHARLINE

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” AH ORLADIN FUCK YOU

“AS IF HE HAD SPRUNG WINGS, DARIUS LEAPS OVER THE COLISEUM BENCHES AS HE MADE HIS WAY DOWN TO THE PIT”

apparently sharline has green eyes. good thing i ignore that lol. but then...

the short cut red hair, with one of her three braids tucked behind her left ear... a nostalgic feeling.... more holy scriptures thank you kaeko shimomura....

“Sharline!”

“Who? Do you know me?”

....

DID SHE LOSE HER MEMORIES?!

[acteavist-blog]

Representation in Fantasy Novels

okay, as this is my first post, i don’t want to come on too strong here but

REPRESENTATION IN FANTASY NOVELS BY FANTASY AUTHORS SUCKS AND NEEDS TO IMPROVE !

I get it. Fantasy is a tricky genre to write in, and if you've created your own universe, it wont have many of the things we have in this universe. It will have its own versions of everything, its own transport, cultures etc. But the thing is, I keep seeing fantasy authors and/or their readers justifying pitiful representation by claiming their world doesn't have real life races, sexual orientations, countries etc. But just remember: LGBT+ people exist no matter what they're called, and what labels they have. Just because your world doesn't have a name for bisexuality, or transgenderism etc, it does not have to be erased completely. And just because races aren’t the same as ours, doesn't mean you have to whitewash your cast and culture like so many fantasy authors do. If you can include straight white cis boys into your fiction then why cant you include LGBT+ trans women of colour? Why cant there be characters that look like your readers, characters with braids, monolids, dark skin, afros? Why cant we have a badass, realistic woman as our chosen one, instead of the lonely, perfect elf with about as much depth as a thimble, who has to sit down and be a helpless love interest for our boring male protagonist? Let Prince Arius Shadowhynter of Dragonville check out another guy. Let him be dark skinned, let him have braids. Of course you don’t have to state he’s asexual. But you can tell your readers he’s the legendary warrior who lusts for no one, who no one can ever seduce. I’m sick and tired of Tolkien rip offs creating  the same basic all white cast to save the day.  And before you claim that this is defiling the essence of fantasy: JRR Tolkiens books are classics, yes, and well written, but they were also incredibly misogynist, and featured almost no POC, let alone any LGBT+ folks. Most early, ‘classic’ fantasy novels are the same. Fantasy was created in a time of racism, sexism, homophobia etc, but we don’t have to perpetuate this.

So, to all my young fantasy authors, please give us diversity. Fantasy is a genre based on creativity, imagination and originality. You don’t have any of that if you cant include proper representation.

[ravenkhor]

OKAY SO LIKE THEIR DESIGNS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH SINCE I MADE THIS SO HERE'S IKUMAK'S NEWEST DESIGN!!!

He also has a better name now :> his name is Ikumak Tuktulok! Ikumak means fire, and Tuktulok is a combination of the Inuktitut word Tuktu meaning "Caribou" and the name Tulok, meaning "Warrior".

you know sometimes I wonder if people are ever gonna see my art and then I realize that tumblr loves gay people.