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We All Got That Friend Who Think They Can Outwit The Gods And Evade Their Fate

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Photos from the series Ornitografies ("Ornitographies") by the Catalan photographer Xavi Bou.

He works with chronophotography, the technique of capturing many different moments of the same movement. In these photos, you can see the movement of birds.

Xavi Bou's work has often revolved around birds. He has loved observing birds and nature since he was a child. About this series, he says: "The objective of this project is to call people to look up and enjoy the show that luckily we still have around us."

Source: CC Magazine.

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The bridge. by Manel Galera

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some process pictures plus a bit of a sequel (that im very normal about) to the last drawing

devastating: the lighting covered most of the stuff that took ages to line and paint in the original

im normal about sher checking on karma very late at night because he knows he's often up working late. and karma having no idea of that fact. he swears he left his tunic on the chair but maybe he didn't??? sleep deprived funky memory's fault probably

@my-cursed-prince

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hey check this out *dies in front of you in every universe*

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they so would do this

original post by @writhe

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Happy sts! For untitled project, do any of your characters have symbolism around them, such as fox for cleverness, tiger for strength, sunflower for sunshine, etc? If so, what, and why?

hi and thanks for the ask :]

woah this is a very interesting question, i'm very glad you asked it.

dandelions! they are ely's flower: they grow around their grave, blow in the wind in important scenes for them, and also get stuck to lyric's clothes constantly. they represent their desires and childhood wonders and wishes

sheep vs wolf vs livestock guard dog. both ely and hannah hate sheep. ely's family were shepherds, and the existence of their herd represented everything they hated about their life and themselves (following what someone else decided for them, submision, helplessness). similarly, hannah calls seers (and by extension everyone else) sheep for following what destiny tells them. but while ely eventually becomes the wolf (they befriend Sorrow when it's in its wolf form), hannah turns into a livestock guard dog (tries to help lyric fight against his destiny). the fls is also called the shepherd of the lost souls

ely's red knit hat. this is more of a in world symbolism. kid ely used to wear it until they became a teenager and were forced to show off their hair. they later recover it after the fls is freed

i also use some visual symbolism shortcuts when i draw for up. hannah's illustrations often feature her with her figure half lighted (in one of my favorites she has her back to the light), lots of crow feathers and dandelions too. a broken stone throne for lyric, ely's eyes being hidden by their hood, obscuring lyric's face to only show his scar, this statue, so much color red (and black and dark blue)

links will get you to related art i've posted in case you are curious

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Happy sts! Your ask got me really thinking about holidays, I think that's such a fun and interesting bit of worldbuilding. Do any of your characters celebrate any winter holidays?

hello and thanks for the ask :]

tales from beyond: because they live in modern day Catalonia, chimera and arion celebrate christmas. they set up their nativity scene, have the usual family dinners, they feed el ti�� thorugh the month of december and then they make him shit. they also celebrate la nit and dia de Reis (5ht and 6th of january) (arion is an expert at collecting candy), but no santa claus

púlsar: winter solstice is zaeaf's day (god of the sea, portrayed as being evil). it's the night when the sea exudes its toxins for the longest, and it is also believed that the ecco (zaeaf's servants) are out hunting for people to drag into the water. it's a time to stay at home with family making sure everyone is safe, and people will often stay awake until the night is over. ira doesn't really celebrate it because that's basically her everyday routine, but karma kind of does (the palace throws a party that completely ignores why it's a relevant day for the native culture)

project:nemesis: people do give each other little presents but it isn't a big celebration. p:n happens in a somewhat dystopic future, and they are aware christmas was a thing in the past but have no interest on keeping the tradition up for it (or any other religions)

untitled project: back in ely's time the first snow was celebrated in the village with a communal feast as the last abundant meal they would get until the snow melted. a competition would be held for the best lamb (that would then be killed), and the children would sing

in cor vitae they don't really have seasons and the day/night balance is always constant so no solstice celebration

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“all of this made you who you are today” well i think it would have been pretty dope if i could be who i am today but without developing cptsd. But idk

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Caroline M. Mar, from "Intelligible"

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happy sts!

an oc-centric question today…

if your character hears something that insults them (from someone), what do they do?

happy sts !

most would just let it be, for various reasons. aira and ira just don't give a fuck about businesses that are not their own, akira and emhi are the biggest person, eak and enzo would not start anything on purpose, karma is socially anxious but he would get very mad and circle through the comment for weeks, and ceres, ely, and marte couldn't care less

sahare and sher would probably go up to that person and correct them explaining why their opinion is trash. saha would do it nicely, sher would do it in such a way that you wouldn't even realize he changed your opinion

and finally, those that would start shit. garvan would get into a verbal spar for the fun (ira would too if she knew the person personally), and lyric would probably get into a physical fight (if the insult was directed at akira or hannah)

this is assuming they are not insulted directly in the face btw

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Happy STS! One thing I'm curious about - how does the island's sickness manifest itself? - @trixierosewrites

happy sts to you and thanks for the ask !

it manifests itself in three main ways: in the magic, in the people, and in the atmosphere

in the magic: imitations require more khithi blood to be made, and are on average weaker, the fragments that filter toxins and harmful stuff from the soil and the water are not as efficient and fail more often as the illness goes by unhealed, and creators struggle much more to draw power from the island to do creator things. the magic failing also has had an impact on crops and the cattle, which die or get sick too

in the people: the khithi (the native people of the island) are also sick. it manifests in their respiratory systems (coughing and struggling to breathe) and general weakness. fevers are also common though not generalized. their eyes also get a shiny quality

in the atmosphere: the weather and seasons have grown unstable. summer is longer, more humid and hot with plenty of storms, winter is also longer and colder and wetter, and spring and fall have mostly disappeared and grown windier. the quality of the air is also down in the sense that is has grown more charged through the years

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soulmates

i love them so much

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(hi @my-cursed-prince )

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happy storyteller Saturday! have your characters stolen anything? will they steal anything? when will they steal something??? :0

hi :]

have they stolen anything? -> most have!

the main job of the p:n crew pre story is to steal documents info and resources from the government. ira and her brothers have stolen a lot to survive (mostly food and clothes), and the imitators are constantly stealing blood.

will they steal anything? -> of course. they will steal your heart <3

(ok no) (but yeah they will steal stuff in their stories)

when will they steal something??? -> at various points in their stories don't you fret

the p:n crew also has the new exciting job of finding and stealing some tapes through project:nemesis. they also technically steal (kidnap) enzo and force him to steal too

ira starts púlsar by running away after stealing a creation (she then dissolves when she's caught). at one point karma steals a person too (frees someone from jail)

ely stole a butcher knife once (then they killed all the sheep)(and then they set their village on fire)(and then they died. can't be tried for theft and arson if your are dead!!!!!)

aira and co will probably get into some stealing shenanigans in cv by nature of running from the law (for accused of working to bring back a banished goddess) she also technically steals a ship (from the government)

arion might steal from a fairy on accident too. who knows

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Happy Storyteller Saturday! Tell us a little about the wildlife and ecosystem of Púlsar!

happy sts !

Ila is a pretty small island with an even smaller habitable area. its borders are cliffs sans a chunk on the west side which is beach-y (pebbled, not sand), and most of the surface is taken up by a mountain range composed of rocky areas and thorn forests. it also has a salty river that splits it in half (west to east)

the climate should be warm and dry all year long with not much variation, but the illness that affects the island has made the weather unstable and so they now suffer from heavy rainfalls and windstorms, and a drop in temperatures come winter.

as for wildlife, it's mostly critters and small scale vertebrates such as rodents (rabbits), birds (magpies and other corvids), and lizards and wild dogs. the surrounding sea has a variety of fish tho they are poisonous to eat (the sea floor exudes a toxic substance at night as a result of the filtering that the Core and the fragments do of the island). there's also a significant population of stray cats in the city

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me ranting to myself about the parallels and relationships between my OCs (it's 1am)