#yayy Shadow design

[eternadreeblissa]

Shadow Link of Four Swords my beloved 🥺

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[eileenwdj]

my spidersonas! their names are Hong Zhizhu/Red Spider (real name Hong Huiran) and Zhizhu Dajun/Lord Spider (real name Xu Xia). they are connected with each other!

backstories, doodles, and other versions under the cut

their backstories:

Zhizhu Dajun (蜘蛛大君) / Lord Spider

Real name: Xu Xia (徐侠)

Born from a poor, commoner family, Xu Xia works in a wealthy noble family's home as a servant to the young master (his version of Harry Osborne probably ?) who allows him to tag along and shadow him during his studies

A god/immortal (whom we shall not name bc I can't think) messed around and accidentally cursed a bunch of animals. Some of these animals became monsters, some physically merged with unsuspecting humans, and some others granted powers to creatures they come across, like the spider that bit Xu Xia

Bro became this world's one and only Spiderman (yayy!!!) and lived the rest of his life fighting crime and protecting the innocent (wahoo!!)

A lot of people thought of him as a god or a powerful immortal due to his powers and started to build temples for him and worship him (he's not god, he's just some guy who happened to get bit by a spider)

He inevitably died during a great battle against a powerful enemy. Before he died, he vowed to not rest in peace until he finds a worthy successor to serve as protector and defeat the enemy (that is presumably immortal and can strike again at anytime) and he transfered his consciousness? soul? ghost self? idk tbh? to one of his spiders

Unfortunately bro is So Tired™️ that it took him several thousand years to wake up

Hong Zhizhu (红蜘蛛) / Red Spider

Real name: Hong Huiran (洪惠然)

She's a science & engineering geek but also a History major. She originally wanted to major in STEM but ended up with History because STEM majors are expensive as hell

The mysterious and reclusive Zhizhu Dajun is her thesis topic and she frequently visits the museum to look at his statues and displays

One of the displays is a taxidermed spider

It is also the exact same spider that Xu Xia transfered himself into when he died

Xu Xia has only recently managed to wake up but is still barely able to move his new body (I imagine it must be hard to move if your body is filled with cotton, RIP)

He was intrigued by Huiran when he noticed her visiting multiple times. He deems her worthy to be his successor and with the sheer power of (god and anime on his side) will, he escaped his display and bit her

Huiran becomes her world's (and her time's) one and only Spiderwoman (yayy!!) and lives life fighting crime and protecting the innocent (wahoo!!!)

But you see, the way the spiderbite works is that now Xu Xia is technically in Huiran's body... so... so..... it's like,, Asa and Yoru.........

Several thousand-year-old stoic ancient ghost man becomes mentor and father figure to reluctant 22-year-old history student with a science obsession running on 12 cups of coffee and zero sleep

Shenanigans ensue

another version of Zhizhu Dajun’s design:

these were his original colors before he broke. red seemed too happy a color for his path. he then permanently changed to white, forever mourning the lives he couldn't save. Huiran chose to adopt these colors instead of the white.

extra doodles:

[emerystellar]

hii ^_^ i would appreciate if anyone could spare some change cuz i have a lot of expenses right now and i am barely stringing along. more context/sob story under the cut if you want but tl;dr car repairs, ubers to/from work, and food in the meantime

ways to support me:

redbubble ☆ i have quite a few things on there, including logos of my stuff and retro things like bowling alley carpet, i’m working on a pride collection of bowling alley carpets too!! and i have a lot more in the works :]

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and if you can’t donate, pleaaaase reblog hopefully to reach someone who can- reblogs help wayyy more than likes in this case ^^

thank you all!!! you’re amazing and i hope you have a stellar day

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okayyy umm hii… i’m a queer trans non-binary neurodivergent indie artist, teacher, and musician (to get all the demographic solidarity out there, i never know how to write these) and as of rn i’m having to pay my dad $1900 to fix my car’s transmission while ALSO paying anywhere from $100-150 a week on ubers to get to and from work since i have a residential tutoring job. while ALSO having to pay rent, bills, etc like normal. it fuckign sucks and i’ve literally been eating almost nothing except free handouts from college … it’s a nightmare and it weighs on me every day 😔

not only are most of the ubers a wild roulette on whether the car’s going to be super uncomfortable and make me nauseous, the driver being overpolitical and talking about super uncomfortable shit out of the blue and making me feel really unsafe, they’re often super fucking late and i can’t risk being late to work and it’s just all around not sustainable yayy!! and i also just learned i have depression from all this! which next to the rest of my melting pot of neurodivergence makes it Really goddamn hard to exist in a positive way!

when i’m not at work or school i am making as much content as i possibly can and pushing it out onto redbubble, patreon, etc. you will get more than your moneys worth in return from artistic content and stuff, that’s all i have to offer right now, because frankly commissions are extremely draining and take me SUPER LONG to finish- i don’t want you to have to fight through my executive dysfunction to get a finished piece that’s not fair to you and i want to make this as worth it as possible on the user end

if you want a specific goal, then right now, $350 for ubers for a month would help a lot but naturally give as much as you can because i need all i can get rn ^^; i’m lowballing it so it feels more achievable really but just ,, please anything helps lol

$0 / $350

thank you i love you all my gratitude is immeasurable and i just.. thank you for supporting me it helps more than you know

[pure-vanilla-lilies]

pre-corruption shadow milk in my reimagination au!!! he used to go by divine milk haha it's a stupid name but it's cute

his design inspo is based off of priests and preachers because yayy religious undertones (as if he becomes anything but holy later on lol). he's just a little guy idk

OH MY GOODNESS HES SO CUTE AND ADORABLE I WANNA SQUISH HIS FACE 🥺

[leoryff]

Persona Awakening: N (Murder Drones)

Persona Awakening: N Murder Drones

Target Designated

Warning: Morality contradiction detected. Retry?

>Yes No

ERROR

“No!” N gripped the machine gun that had formed from his arm. "Nononono!" He tried to force it change, or at least move away from its target. Another message scrolled across his eye screen.

Decision error detected.

>Retry? ERROR

"This isn't what I want!" He cried. But N had to. It was his function, his orders, his programming.

Bring up Asimov_Law- ERROR

Ignoring the text zooming past his vision, N tried to think. There had to be something he could do, a loophole he could use, any excuse, no matter how convoluted. Something to get out of obeying.

Searching for: "Excuse/exception" ERROR 404

Execute Command? Yes >No ERROR

Execute Command? Yes >No ERROR

ERROR

There was nothing. He couldn’t stop. All N could do… was obey…

“Then disobey.”

Unknown Variable Detected ERROR

The text flashed across both his eyes as N looked around in confusion. Where had that voice come from? Suddenly he clutched his head, data flooding through his mind. Familiar yet completely unknown code forced itself into his systems like a hot knife.

ERROR ERROR ERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERROR

N cried in pain and confusion as the errors threatened to overcome him. Even his gun returned to a hand, stopping himself from falling to the ground. “Who’s there?”

“Look at you, struggling against the leash of your master! Trying to find a technicality and call it rebellion!” Strings appeared around N’s limbs, pulled taunt to the point of straining. A shadowy figure formed above him, pantomiming the same motions as if pulled by those strings.

“Always trying to find the loophole that will let you avoid responsibility! There’s only two choices now! Obey or disobey!” The shadow leaned forward, looking dead into N’s eyes. “Do you have the courage to make your own choice? To live or die based on the consequences?”

Seconds of silence passed like hours before N looked up. “Yes!”

Cut Strings?

>Yes

“I’ll make my own choices now!” N declared, pulling at the strings. They stretched taunt before snapping with loud pings. “Help me live free! Pinocchio!” There was a loud crack, like the sound of glass shattering. The shadow leaned back as both of them were consumed by blue flame.

The flames died down to reveal a changed N and a more detailed figure. N’s clothes had changed to look like a mix between an armored knight with punk rocker accessories.

The figure, Pinocchio, had changed the most. Strings were still whipping from his limbs, which now looked like burnt wood. Tattered clothes and scraps of cloth covered his head and torso, the only visible part of the face being a prominent, pointed nose and a pair of glowing eyes.

"No more hiding behind what I'm told to be!" N declared

"I am thou! Thou art I!" Lightning arced from Pinocchio's strings like they were exposed cables. "Dance for no master anymore! Let the only chains that bind you be your own conscience!"

~~~

Serial Designation N Weapons: Claws and guns Persona: Pinocchio Element: Lightning

The puppet that came to life through a miracle. He went through a great deal of growing up in a short period of time, in which the world punished and rewarded him for his actions. Pinocchio’s final fate depends vastly on the writer of the story.

SO yeah, wrote a thing after I watched Murder Drones episode 7 the other day. Mostly on my phone. Formatting this was a nightmare. (I'll add Digital interface affects like in the show! Yayy!) Oi.

Couldn't think of a persona evo for him though.

[oshawottarchive]

Some Tanabrax!Cole doodles

So first of all, he has a human disguise, which he uses around everyone for awhile, including the other ninja

Also, if you take off his necklace, he’ll turn into his full shadow form

Also I’ve settled on an eye design, yayy

[springcatalyst]

face, stillness, night, and footwear for brooke! (or whoever you want to answer for <3)

yayy yippee horray

Face: Describe your oc's face.

Dark skin, dark eyes, big nose. Her hair is usually loose because she has nobody to do it for her, just a simple, long mohawk that runs into her mane (on account of the Creature: ipotanes don't grow hair on the sides of their heads). She is not heavily scarred but she is not lightly scarred either. She has a rough face, shadowed in a way not everybody's is. People notice this. It spells sleeplessness, exertion, and intent. It cautions.

Stillness: How does your oc act while still?

Statuesque. Stillness has a function and it will serve it. Fidgets are a rarity for her: maybe a tapping of fingers on the hilt of her sword, maybe a swish of the tail or a thumbing at her pendant, but more often still is Still. Everything she is, with very little exception, is intentional. She carries herself on purpose, holds herself with reason. She doesn't get antsy and she doesn't get anxious. She is present; aware, alert, watchful.

Night: What does your oc wear to sleep?

Depends. On a hunt, or with her guild, and she may just strip her armor and sleep in her underclothes. In a herd or a town, though, she may actually have sleepwear, typically something loose, woolen or silken depending on weather. She doesn't tie her hair at all, and is actually remarkably careless with its maintenance. It's long for spite and for individuality, while otherwise, keeping it shorter would be easier.

Footwear: What does your oc wear on their feet?

Alas. Hoofs. But she does wear horseshoes, just simple, utile ones, the only downside of which is that they can't be easily taken off or on, but this doesn't really affect her day-to-day much. She cleans them on the same hoof-brushes that other seirims do (kind of like those boot-scrubber things if you've ever seen them outside country houses) before entering a building or especially anyone's home. As is polite.

Character Design OC Asks :)

[prince-septimus]

When the first suicide sqaud movie dropped I was just so happy to get Harley content (props to Margot she kills it) and there's a lot I like about that movie. Although looking back I can't help but see that they did Harley dirty? and honestly did not seem to value her, at least to me it seemed she was just there as jokers shadow like thats all a backdrop to the joker

I get her origin/creation in the animated series and that originally her character is tied to his purely because of that, but there's literally no reason the movie had to use that. her backstory simply could have been she saw a lot of shit as a therapist in ARKHAM and ending up trying to give treatment to the joker was just the icing on the cake so she decides screw it I'm gonna go have fun in Gotham and embrace a little bit of the crazy. Orgins and comic storys change in slight ways all the time. because of Ayer Sqaud BOP had to try break her away from joker (love bop no complaints about it) but Ayer Squad she's jokers shadow/backdrop/doll/thing then bop have to try break her away from his character so that she stand on her own as a character and then we get tss (yayy) and harley is finally 'free' to use as her own character and portray her own stories she's not all wrapped up in the jokers story. DC/Warner Bros don't seem to have much planning and thought into what way they're gonna lay future movies out and that's fine they don't need to have thier version of an mcu and dc movie directors get to put thier own spin on it and be creative without really having to worry about long term continuity but it seems like they maybe get over excited and end up not listening to fans/caring about anyone elses view of the character except their own and yeah it's thier project but the characters are important to everyone not just them

And I can't even with her 'suit/costume' in the Ayer Sqaud, jokers property plastered all over her, I liked her hair and the bat and the jacket was okay i guess, I really don't think costume wise it was a decision of 'oh harley would think the tiny sparkly shorts are cool and that's why she's wearing them' it blatantly seemed like 'harley is jokers trash and hey everyone let's look at her ass cuz she ain't worth much else in the movie and she doesn't have much else to offer'? It just sucks to me that Harleys first movie appearance was primarily Jokers accessorie and the sex appeal of the movie

Sorry for this unasked for rant but I am so grateful for BOP and TSS and her costumes/suits in those movies felt way more like harley is wearing that cuz she thinks it's cool compared to Ayer squad where it felt like harley is wearing that so we can attempt to get more views on the movie via harleys backside

I mean for all I've said there i dont hate the ayer suicide sqaud it sounds like I do but I don't 😅 and I don't hate DC movies tbh DC is my favourite just cuz I care more about their characters cuz of the cartoons I watched as a kid and comics and I've only literally read one marvel comic so because of that I do have more of an attachment to DC this is so long winded opps

To summarise my bullshit I like dc I like all the movies even ayer sqaud but Harleys character was handled poorly in the beginning

im putting this under the cut bc i also made a long rant djgsgjsg

i think harley quinn in the dc movies is the best example of male gaze vs female gaze, while also showing what it's like when you let the actor themselves have a say in the character.

david ayer is a great director and i would love to see what he had truly set out to do with suicide squad by seeing his cut of it, but there was so much i disliked about harley's story in that movie. at the end of the day i've come to accept it because it leads into the character she becomes in bop and tss, but this was definitely harley being seen in the male gaze, something that her character has all-too-long dealt with in the comics.

bop was directed by cathy yates, a woman of color, and this immediately meant there was going to be a change in harley's character and her design. this is the female gaze and it meant that harley is actually going to be seen as a character that we love bc we can tell she was written by a woman (christina hodson) and directed by a woman. (this can also be seen by the small action of canary putting her hair up in the middle of the big fight scene at the end). overall bop was very much meant to be the opposite of suicide squad in terms of how they deal with harley. it's basically the recovery stage for her character.

and tss. my dear sweet tss. i love how james gunn handles her character and i love that he gave margot some creative control with some of it, like the removal of her rotten tattoo. i think tss is great in those moments where we see harley being her usual self (when she has sex with the dictator) but james gunn doesn't just focus on harley like that, he gives us scenes like when joel kinnaman is found shirtless and sweaty or when john cena is straight up in his underwear and takes up half the screen. where david ayer spent half the time focusing on sexualizing harley quinn, james gunn switches it up. and i love that.

and im in the same boat - i love suicide squad. i think its a decent set up to bop and tss and i would love to see the ayer cut, but in terms of harley's character, it sucked. but when bop was released and started to kind of fix harley and put her on this path of recovery, it made what ayer did in suicide squad work better. i still dont like how harley was sexualized in suicide squad, but im not as mad anymore now that it can be explained better with 2 other movies backing it up.

this is a long way to say that you're absolutely correct.

[gliphyartfan]

Ohhh, Shadow is looking fantaaastic! I mean, first off, that hair, Gorgeous~

gives him such a mysterious vibe. And those deep blue eyes? They’re intense but soft at the same time, like he’s thinking about something deeper than just swinging a sword. I’m loving the gold mixed into his outfit! I’m a sucker for comfy looking sleeves~

And that expression! It’s like he’s got secrets he’s just daring you to ask about. Dree dear really nailed his vibe. moody, but with a touch of softness that makes him feel more human. You can tell a lot of love went into this piece, from the details in his outfit to the choice in colors. (Eheheh)

Shadow Link of Four Swords my beloved 🥺

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