#this post was already really good

[egophiliac]

should've just let Vil be the one to fly, it would've gone SO much easier. 😔

also HEY how are everyone else's pulls going, because I have had the most RIDICULOUS luck, seriously, halloween magic is 100% real

[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[general-kalani]

Not fantasy, but I feel like shows like Space Battleship Yamato (reboot, 2199 specifically), Babylon 5 and Legend of the Galactic Heroes does these tactics stuff pretty well.

I’ll only write one of them here since it’s a long one

Legend of the Galactic Heroes. There’s so much combat here that to be anything other than have tactics constantly is stupid. Both the FPA and the Empire have tactics. And not only tactics, but political tactics. The best ones are from My Conquest is the Sea of Stars in my opinion.

In MCitSoS, Reinhard is coming to Iserlohn, his fleet has had a long trip and Iserlohn was already preparing an intercept fleet for the forces at Legnica (a gas planet near Iserlohn) however Muckenberger, the Chief Commander of the Space Fleet doesn’t want to deal with him. Despite the fact they were already preparing an intercept fleet, he orders for Reinhard’s fleet to redirect instead.

They even insult him while he’s away, they don’t believe in his abilities! And yet he comes back unscathed and it’s incredible. They call it a fluke naturally and prepare for the next battle where they have to protect Iserlohn.

Which leads us to this:

Muckenberger’s sending Reinhard and his fleet in alone, intending to sacrifice the man which falls under the whole “this commander is an idiot” however logically it was sound to him and this is important because it’s perspectives. To him, sacrificing Reinhard would mean absolutely nothing negative to him even if the man is favoured and he’d have gotten rid of a man he hated.

And yet Reinhard subverted his expectations, seen in the gif as Reinhard does a ballsy move of turning between the two fleets and going out the right side out of combat. This still could have prompted enemy attack and yet it didn’t (plot reasons sure) but it showed Muckenberger to be a fool.

And then afterwards:

This use of “brat” showing he still hates the idea of even letting Reinhard take some glory for himself, or even help despite how badly his own fleet needs it.

But due to this help, the FPA gets into trouble, they throw out a diversion fleet. The Baron (on Muckenberger’s right during the second gif here) sees this as their escape being cut off. But Muckenberger, the actual soldier, sees this as an attack on Iserlohn, the Fortress they’re meant to be defending from enemy forces.

So he falls for it, who wouldn’t! Your base gets attacked why shouldn’t you immediately divert to deal with it? However since he fell for the diversion, his fleet now gets into trouble, which forces Reinhard’s hand to divert some of his Battleships to deal with the fleet, and what does he send?

Instead of going off at his superior officer or claiming him an idiot (like movies would do) he instead goes blunt and simple.

And it gets Muckenberger’s respect! You can see him go from frowning to smiling a bit. He’s impressed and it really makes me want to go into detail about this arc of respect he gets to Reinhard because on any other movie that’s modern, the superior would have ignored it. It’s an inferior officer after all why should he care.

But this is why I love Legend of the Galactic Heroes, there’s character growth with the commanders. They’re not one-dimensional “I know better than you” commanders, especially Muckenberger here.

It’s just one of the few older shows that actually explore good commanders and write “bad” commanders very well that either stay very bad and stupid or grow to be a better one and it’s why I endorse the show and sing high praises.

the problem with knowing things about battle tactics is that an ever-increasing subset of popular media becomes impossible to enjoy properly because you have to sit there like 'wow Captain Protagonist good to know all those dead people on your own side are a direct result of your total lack of anything resembling brains'

[azuries]

say goodbye as we dance with the devil tonight, dont you dare look at him in the eye

[doctorsiren]

I have an idea (concept sketch that I will make a more refined version of in the morning since it is midnight)

[dreamsy990]

you know i used to think it was weird how sora and roxas have such different personalities for supposedly being 'the same person' but after playing a few games i sort of realized that they do have similar personalities, because roxas acts how sora does when he's under extreme stress.

compare roxas to sora in, say, kh1. that's where a lot of peoples idea of sora's personality comes from. sora is generally very upbeat and optimistic in that game. not very similar to roxas, right?

but let's switch the game and talk about a game where sora is ABSOLUTELY GOING THROUGH IT. chain of memories.

sora's resting state is melancholy in com. he only ever cheers up in short bursts, usually when he's joking around with friends. just like roxas.

he's quick to anger, and tends to lash out at the organization members. best example of this is when larxene makes him 'remember' namine, and he swings at her repeatedly, even after she's gone. he only stops when jiminy is able to snap him out of it.

you know what scene that resembles?

sora, while a bit more on the angry side and less sad, continues to act like this in kh2 when he's in stressful situations. (he also has a tendancy to insult people which, while it's not very related to the point, is very funny and sora saying 'gonna cry?' to xigbar is great.) i cant comment any further than that about kh2 off the top of my head.

so, roxas acts like sora does when he's stressed, right? but why is roxas always acting like that? to which i say, he isnt!

he only ever acts like that when he's also in fucked up and stressful situations, which happens to be a CONSTANT in his life. but when he's hanging out with axel and xion, a decidedly NOT stressful situation, he's a lot more like sora. he's teasing his friends and insulting his coworkers and joking around and acting like a normal kid. not really important, but unless i misremembered some sora lines which is VERY possible, both roxas and sora respond to friendly insults with "oh thanks!" a lot. just a funny little detail that felt relevant.

the biggest differences between roxas and sora boil down to environment and... i dont know how to put it besides volume? roxas is very quiet and tends to keep most of his thoughts to himself, while sora is very loud and expressive in comparison.

there is one other huge difference i noticed, which is less character based and more story. sora wanted to get off destiny islands and explore with his friends, but roxas just wanted routine. sora wants adventure, and roxas wants things to stay the same, for days where he gets off work and eats ice cream with his friends to last forever, to keep having conversations about nothing and watching the sunset. roxas wants normalcy, sora wants excitement. it's just interesting seeing their contrast.

not sure if this is very well said or anything i just wanted to talk about my boys

[teshiee]

the !! them!!! and random serpentine that arent any existing one particular

[mayhemspreadingguy]

"If you stare into the abyss,

the abyss stares back at you."

[crazysodomite]

🌠

[wasabi-gumdrop]

guess who's watching the entire series because of opla

[canisalbus]

Fanart of Ludovica and her unnamed girlfriend! I based her girlfriend off a Gordon Setter, one of my favourite dog breeds!

Also, cowboy Vasco and Ludovica

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[morii-moth]

"this is me on day one of NO rendog !!"

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Lackadaisy Enrichment

[deoidesign]

One of my first digital pieces (2010) versus one of my recent ones (2024)

We all start somewhere!

[duffslut]