#uh...unicorn

[snowlilly]

It is the last moment I share with my darling son, who must flee the country while I stay behind to fend off the traitors of the crown coming for our lives.

"Never forget where you came from," I say with my whole pussy out,

[invisiblepie]

A lady fox?

[kwillow]

Anon, sometimes a horn is just a horn.

[inksplit]

[vaguely-concerned]

speaking of jareth and also once upon a witchlight, I love how blatantly the king of hearts is introduced crotch first as an expy/homage to him. too iconique a design and character to pass up, this was undoubtedly the correct decision. (also still reeling with delight from kremy 'born opportunist' lecroux asking him to have a threesome with him and his husband. no notes, perfect. you miss a hundred percent of the shots at hot morally amiguous arch fey you do not take. shut up gricko I'm trying to pull here)

[bellassoblr]

nice. time to do another

[taski-guru]

Line art of the adopt (adopt was sold)

NOT a free line art!

[sorrcha]

late night scribbles of my bbygirl bug.. changed her design a bit since the last time i drew her

[randomnameless]

More artbook stuff!

Dev notes under the profiles of Aubin, Bruno, Mordon, Berenice, Adel and Travis!

Exposed arms gives "wild" point?

Aubin being from the desert wasn't a definite point, but one that was cemented later on ? I really liked how he recruited/noticed Magellan wasn't himself lol, but as far as "axe guys" go, I really appreciated the fact that Aubin's "reliability" was depicted at first with him willing to throw down his life to let his men escape (something that is alluded to in his Jeremy rapport!) and, on promotion, he gets a shield which, idk, but imo gives him a more "commanding" type than your regular, say, FE axe guys.

Aubin's a nice guy and a nice unit all things considered, and I'm glad the devs really wanted to make him a "reliable" type of guy, especially since he's the first (iirc?) guy you can recruit instead of execute (at least plot wise, Alain decides to hire him instead of killing him!)

Talking about traditional axe guys...

Here's Bruno! Designed to be the Pirate Boss 1.1, but ultimately promoted to playable unit!

I can't say much about his face - even if his large character portrait zooms a bit on it.

Selvie seriously studying his "gluteus maximus" was a bit of a joke rapport convo, but it was fun ngl, Sharon's was the usual "giant brigand with a heart of gold", but fwiw, I prefered his conversations with the Tricorns, both Travis were they come to terms with the fact Travis dumped him to look after his sister, and with Berengaria with Bruno wanting to recreate their bandit/brigand group (which they do, even if Berengaria marries Alain!).

As for his VA, I noticed how possessed!Bruno sounded more composed and articulate that the non possessed one lol (cluing us on a second PT that yep, this isn't the regular Bruno talking) but I won't lie, hearing his seiyuu give his all during the various attacking phases was also a big reason why I didn't bench him lol. And that scene where he joins is really something, you can hear how hurt/upset he is/was when Travis left the group, I agree with the comment, that scene was cool.

Mordon!

"Reborn" ? Was he supposed to die in the original scenario? Poor guy lol.

Even if he might only have been saved to make the Norbelle route available with, uhh, minimum grinding (I say available, not doable since you'd need a lot of grinding to be able to defeat her and get the end of her story lol), I'm also glad he was added!

"Beer-filled belly" lol, while I've read around that some people disliked his character because alcoholism shouldn't be laughed at or something, imo it's obvious the devs went with the "jolly old man" trope, acting sometimes as a mentor, sometimes as a drinking buddy (and the reason why we got to see drunk!Eltrinde).

Cute that the town girl who appears in his ending was retrospectively named, even if she appears twice in the game, maybe to help refocus Mordon's character on someone who, first and foremost, is happy to help people around?

(as long as there is money or booze, he says)

Berenice time!

"tough, strong and cool" women are really something we see mentionned around, and the secret between Berenice's thighs is revealed, much like Mario's mustache!

There's not a lot of notes about Berenice, but fwiw, I really like her interactions with the Clive/Adel duo, and even to some extent, with Gary.

In an era where "strong, no-nonsense women" are supposed to be brutes or look down on people, Berenice being friendly with her pals but still reckoned as a powerhouse with her own feelings about chivalry and helping her comrades was a welcomed breath of fresh hair, even down to her weakness with horses : while it could have been designed as a moe point, it's later explained and revealed that it's a detail that has to do with her standing (rather lack of).

And I also totally don't like her because her Bastard Cross animation is some shit straight up from GBAFE where the Hero critical animation also throws their shield to slice people.

Nope!

Adel and Clive, UO's christmas knights lol

Adel's being a mood maker really shined in Clive and Monica's second rapport convo lol, but I agree with the devs, I hope they'll continue on spending time together (for drinks?) in their later life.

Fun fact, in this artbook's cover, we can see Monica dragging Clive away from Berenice and Adel sharing a drink ^^

For a mood maker, he still has his "serious" moment when he and Clive try to guess who is the "very mysterious" knight Laurent, and in his recruitment chapter not wishing to fight his previous comrades and trying to talk/sway them to Alain's cause.

I wonder if Travis being designed as a "cute guy" influenced his maiden convo lol

i'm half wondering if every drakengard noble is a twink, no wonders why Gloucester worries and believes he can't be an aristocrat

All jokes aside, Travis having an aristocratic/noble background wasn't something I guessed from his design, but as the devs intended, from his various mentions of reading and his love of books.

Coming from another fandom where some devoted people keep on harping about feudalism when the entire playable cast goes to school and has no issue with literacy - save for one specific character - Travis, and thus Fevrith's take on literacy is also, a breath of fresh hair.

I also love the progression of his relationship with his sister, and how it ends with them being together in a non jugdralian way at the end of the war like they promised to at the end of their character arc

(unless Travis marries Alain?)

The only thing I'm a bit miffed on with him is how he is a Drakengardian character while his background doesn't make any sense in the Drakengard arc, like, assuming his dad (who was the royal master at arms! Berengaria was invited to royal ceremonies) died when Soldraga fell, how come he never mentions to Alain that, indeed, his cousin has been living in Drakengard for the past decade, and since the castle fell, she's most likely been in hiding? Joseph's all "we just heard rumours Virginia's been spotted in Drakengard!" when Travis, as Count Zechshelm's son, could have told him since day 1.

Still, he is redeemed imo for being the only loser fooled by Ludwig's "perfect disguise" lol

and immediately loses points because ffs why must he tank things with his face when enemies have under 5% of chances of hitting - which means OHKO - him???? Damn the dodgetanks units!

[lillotte17]

Look, everyone is going to get different stuff out of it because that is how processing media/art works, but the more I think about Season 2, the more Ace Experience I can see in it, and it’s kind of amazing because I’m not used to really seeing that anywhere unless me or my friends are the ones writing it.

Like of course, feeling Othered specifically because of the way you love is a universal LGBTQ+ experience.

But then it’s also something about living on Earth for thousands of years and still not really getting how ‘typical’ romance works. Because you’ve never really had one. And what you do have doesn’t really function the way you’ve been told romance is supposed to work.

Something about looking to books and movies written and created by humans (allos) for romantic cues that are supposed to ‘create’ the feelings you are ‘meant’ to have. Confusion and frustration and even occasional hurt when those cues don’t work the way they’re meant to. Genuine surprise when they DO work. Sort of.

Something about loving someone for nearly the whole of your existence, and knowing you love them, and knowing they love you, but not being able to connect it to the idea that the love is romantic because… Well. How do you know the difference between a friend and More Than a Friend, when you only have one important person in your life and they are both of those things? When being with them and being With Them look exactly the same from the outside, but there’s somehow a world of difference within that understanding?

Something about Aziraphale more or less functioning under the assumption that they ARE ‘together,’ despite 75% of their relationship being exactly the way it was before, only now he gets to drive the Bentley and bully Crowley into doing chores with him. Did you see them walking around setting up the meeting? Aziraphale has dragged that demon into a grocery store and made him carry all the bags home, I would bet money on this.

Something about how the kiss broke more than it fixed.

[miscellaneous--bones]

Hey guess what I finally watched

[annon-guy2]

Happy Halloween Everyone! 🎃🕷🤖😈💀👻👽

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Plus, some Halloween Adventures for you to watch, courtesy of SEGA and MARZA. Please enjoy and Have a Fang-tastic Halloween (Not related to any Treasure Hunting Jerboa's).

Sonic: Night of The Werehog and Ghost Tale

[sycoraxophone]

GUYS

WOOOOO YEAH BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[beef-unknwn]

Saw someone draw Ava with her hair down and it gave me an idea. A gay idea

[brokenpuns]

visibly multifandom rn…

[rotkad]

they should kiss platonically