#very clever anon

[embrace-your-illithid]

The Emperor would be so good at giving boops

A flurry of boops

I'm going to have to partially and respectfully disagree, anon. The Emperor would be the type to do one single, unnecessarily dramatic, powerful boop.

[shepscapades]

Can I request more ddlc dbhc? :pleading eyes:

ALRIGHT NO MORE OF THIS I’m posting this at a time where surely no one is awake so I can go to bed and pretend it didn’t happen goodnight <3

[kyouka-supremacy]

Thoughts on akutagawa being drawn with no highlights in his eyes, hair, coat, or on rashomon,,,like everything is drawn pure black? I like when he's drawn a little bit like not-human--contrasts real well with Atsushi's dilemma of being a tiger, personally thinking. Also like when he's drawn like a void. Little bit like the cryptid creachur he is. I think you wrote something about it in the tags on panels in his introduction in the Manga. I like to think other characters also see him the way we see him so his void ass scares the fuck out of others too. Man's skeevin and tweakin even in his design

I'm OBSESSED with Akutagawa's design. Look at him. This is what he looks like on a white background:

And this is what he looks like on a black background:

It's BRILLIANT. He literally disappears in the black. He's the ultimate monster. In his appearance, he embodies what above all is most scary for the human psyche: the darkness, the unknown. The way Harukawa took advantage of the the art rule of never using pure black by breaking it in the most clever way! No light gets reflected on him, because his form absorbs everything– is absolute darkness. Visually, his figure itself is Rashomon eating everything it encounters, and it's genius.

He is so nightmare coded. I love his big, inscrutable eyes that look like two voids, two black holes. I love how oftentimes you can't tell where Rashomon ends and where he starts, I love how sick and unhealthy he looks. I love how he looks scruffy like an abandoned dog. I love how young he looks– way younger than he is. It gives the impression of a ghost, someone who was killed before growing up and is now stuck with his young appearance no matter how many centuries pass.

I adore everything about these chapter 33 pages. The way he initially appears as just a single black shape, hardly resembling a human. His crunched, unnatural stance. The staggering. The way you can feel with your senses the thick and sticky blood. The top picture is the left page of the manga, so just imagine the visual impact of turning the page to be hit with an almost full-black page- it's meant to impress, it's meant to shake. The way he's one with the darkness: no textures on him, only white making out his outlines. The way you can't tell where his coat ends. His left arm hanging numb, limp, lifeless, inhuman. The spurts of blood on his face. His smile, how you won't notice it at first and how that makes it all the more disquieting; its juxtaposition with the violence that surrounds him and that he is the cause of. The way he covers his face, the impressions of hiding and looming. His face being split, which only adds to the horror elements. Akutagawa's character design as a whole is an ode to the gothic and grotesque.

And then this. Hello??????????????? The progression from how Akutagawa used to be to the last time we saw him alive is astonishing. It's upsetting. It really makes me wanna cry from a technical execution standpoint alone (imagine from a plot related standpoint). All the black is now replaced with predominant white, everywhere. His shirt is white and candid and pure, emphasizing contrast with the splash of blood in a way that almost results sickening. The blood on him is his this time. His face looks rounder, and healthier, and he overall looks more mature. His smile is sincere and genuine, it's light, it's affectionate. This scene is the culmination of Akutagawa's character both visually and thematically: the monster, Akutagawa, too, can be good, and arguably had good within him since the very start. Does it really matter if he lives after this? His character already developed to be the best version of himself‚ and this panel here is the proof.

Further readings: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

[casual--scare]

(crawls out of the sewer) ampharos... pokemon?

@imscared12345

Ampharos Pokémon!

[damnation-if]

will we be able to choose a "demon name" for the mc different than their human one? or will they keep the same name?

i hadn't really given the idea of changing names much thought, though depending on what kind of ending players are hoping to choose i can see now why it might be something that would be interesting to add later on.

i do think what i'll do is add the ability for the mc to choose a Title... because of the way demon names work, they mostly refer to each other by title outside of the conclave so as not to put themselves or each other in danger by accidentally letting an enemy know their true name. (a couple of these have come up in game already, like Malkorath referring to Suchebh as "the Libertine," and of course Malkorath is "the Blade" while Newyneth is "the Mother of Sin")

so i think i'll let the mc choose from a few options for those. but their name will stay the same for now... maybe i'll add an option to change name somewhere towards the end when it's clear what ending a character will be heading towards, but not at this stage yet!

thank you for your ask and i hope that answers your question!

[thickenmyblood]

maca: SHORT question. why is nicaise always asking about juice // damen says “You don’t even like juice" all the time? i dont think i get the mean of it thank you

nicaise doesn't like juice, but he likes making sure damen remembers this about him. he's testing damen and their relationship, trying to see if damen knows things about him, knows what he likes and doesn't like, etc.

like here:

“Then tough luck,” Damen says. “You’re not getting a beer. Water or coffee, your choice.” Nicaise’s frown slips for a second. “Don’t you have juice or something?” “You don’t even like juice.”

and here, nicaise is annoyed because he views damen offering him juice as damen having forgotten he doesn't like it:

“Are you sure? I’ve got coffee, tea, juice—” “I don’t like juice,” Nicaise says, annoyed.

and then also here:

Nicaise ignores him. The new slice in his hand is bigger than the last. “Do you have juice? I’m thirsty.” “You don’t drink juice. There’s water and…” Damen squints at the fridge. “Kombucha?”

it's a comfort thing for nicaise. he mentions it, damen replies with the obvious thing "you don't like juice", and that makes nicaise feel sure of their bond. it's just a small mind game nicaise likes to play.

hope this made things clear!

[strflr]

does clever girls have gay dinos

All the playable dinos are female, and all of them will be able romance each other (or just be friends, or rivals) depending on the player's choices. In short: yes!

[monstersholygrail]

DRAYYYY DRAYYYYYYYYYYYY

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Yes, my sweet sugar plum?

[darkwood-sleddog]

I think it's very interesting to deconstruct just how much value is placed on the human spoken word in our westernized society.

That even when it is pointed out that spoken human language is not the most effective way of communicating with an individual, whenever I post dog button hate posts i get tons of pushback in the most willfully ignorant way. people are SO caught up in making this human spoken language THE way of communicating that it is now impossible, if not incredibly difficult for them to think otherwise.

it is human hubris that insists other creatures should rise to our linguistic level, when it is pretty close to impossible, instead of us, with our large ass brains primed for communicating in many multiple ways and languages kneel down to theirs.

So when i say insisting dogs and/or other animals communicate with human spoken language as their primary form of communicating with us is a HUMAN failure? I mean it.

It does not mean that buttons do not necessarily have fun uses, but do not think this is a success on us, on people, rather than a success on the patience it must take a dog to try its best to communicate and only get heard from when it uses a device and language inherently foreign to it when it has a clear, concise and honest language it already speaks to us.

[harlequinoccult]

theory: elysium grew up poor and had to become an assassin to raise the money necessary for their brother, maybe to fund his medical care, but it wasn't enough and he died anyway. or maybe he needed the money to pull them out of their lower class status and carve out a better life for them both. or maybe one of the targets he killed had a close one who decided to take an eye for an eye and killed their brother in revenge. and as for why he knows sign language, i'm thinking either their brother was deaf or he had to learn it in order to communicate silently while on the job.

please prince tell me i got something right here 🙇🙏

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[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Clever Creatures of The Night

slow paced YA thriller (thriller adjacent?)

a girl goes to visit the best friend she hasn’t seen in years in an isolated house near the woods where she lives with some other teens - but her friend isn’t there, and her unsettling roommates refuse to answer questions, and the wild animals nearby are starting to act strange and aggressive

subtly apocalyptic world, 6 months after a volcanic eruption

no romance, burn survivor MC

[dootznbootz]

Do you have Diomedes eventually being immortalized by Athena in your hcs like he is in some versions of his mythology?

Honestly, I don't really know? 😅 He kind of only "exists" in my writing until he meets once with Penelope at like, 13-14 years of Odysseus being gone. Sthenelus is, ofc, with him. :D And he tells some stories to Penelope and kind of hangs out with Telemachus before they're off again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

After that, I don't think much or plan much for him 😅 "You played your narrative purpose, now you are free to do what you please, little dude."

Maybe I'll have it mentioned or something? but I don't know for sure :'D

[jrueships]

I'm shy but you're one of my favorite people that I follow on this app. You're so funny and I wish I could be half as clever as you. You've introduced me to a lot of interesting people and ideas! Just wanted to pass on some appreciation on this Saturday night. Hope you're having a good time 🥰

THIS IS SO SWEET, HELLO????

[failure-girl-y-kei]

finny finny finny !!! ohh thats why the fish theme. thats clever lmao haha

yea i remember coming up with my name from this specific thought about a massive bluefin tuna as im on a boat and i only saw the fin so i was like "mm yes finn" but finny sounds cuter so it evolved into finny

[crossdressingdeath]

Hey hey I remember you saying making Kyvir bar and think about Kyvir bard whose lute says "For my nearest and dearest" Whaat do you think about that? Delicious angs, right?

I was actually thinking about giving Kyvir a violin (he's gonna commit violins :)) but hhhhhhhhhhh the idea of Kyvir's instrument being a gift from Gortash and him carrying that through the whole adventure, not knowing why it's so important but knowing that it is... Oh yeah, I'm incorporating that into my headcanons for sure.

[frnkiebby]

Hope you got some of my asks from tonight. I would hate to see you miss them.

yes i did!! i passed out hard but i just took screenshots of the asks so i won’t lose any!~🎃