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@thefruitloop-chan Commission of a comic featuring a AerRufus rairpair! Thank you!

#FFVII

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#lee hakhyun #cheon inho #orv side story

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sidestories????????????

#lee hakhyun #orv side story

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A quick Lee Hakhyun concept!! The grown out blonde hair became a lot more painful the more i learnt about the sidestories and for some reason i always imagined him with glasses

#lee hakhyun #orv side story

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you’re taking orv requests? hmm may i suggest Lee Hakhyun with Ji Eunyu? :D or with any of his party members,, really

thank you for ur request! I thought about drawing them working hard in a cafe on the orv chapters, I hope u like it!!

#orv side story #lee hakhyun #ji eunyu

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I dont like sharing my first drafts of a character but it's not like theres a lot of lee hakhyun content SO this one goes out to you lime @lee-hakhyun

#orv #orv side story #lee hakhyun #cheon inho

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he fascinates me

#orv #orv side story #lee hakhyun #cheon inho

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posting with permission ^^

cheon inho!! by @cooler-bug-facts

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #cheon inho #lee hakhyun #orv side story

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Somnus makes a better King than Ardyn

Yes. You’ve read me well.

Ok, so now that your heart is broken as much as mine, let me explain…

As a human being, Ardyn disposes of qualities nobler than his brother: he’s devoted, humble, unselfish, kind-hearted and empathetic. He puts the sake of each individual before his and grants to each life an immeasurable value. He prefers to heal rather than destroy, and to educate rather than condemn.

There are multiple examples illustrating his personality traits in the anime: first, Ardyn’s infection by darkness. He’s perfectly aware of his sickness but he continues his duty nonetheless, even if it has to keep him away from his lover, Aera. Second, when talking to his people, he explains to them that the Starscourge is a disease that can be healed. He believes that the way to defeat darkness is to unite people against it, not ostracizing the ones who are sick. He also proposes a deal to his brother to spare his life rather than having to kill him when they fight. Then, even if his people consider him as a king, Ardyn has no intention whatsoever to rule. Since he have the sense of responsability he’d become king if the others require it but mainly because it would allow him to help more people, not for power in itself. Ardyn keeps this characteristic until the end of FFXV where he sits the throne during 10 years but never uses it to reign.

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On the other hand, there is Somnus. Compared to Ardyn, he’s certainly not empathetic and unselfish, but these qualities are replaced by other ones: instead of giving to each life an immeasurable value, Somnus thinks more in term of greater good. If you have to kill a dozen to save an entire country, Somnus will be the one doing it. He’s also charismatic, determined, ambitious, skilled in combat and can keep a cool head in any circumstances.

In the anime, he’s in a strong position: it’s him who commands the army, who lives in the castle and people obey to him, whether he’s ordering them to burn their peers or when he’s inviting them to the coronation. He can do what he has to do because people are listening to him, and if it’s not the case he uses his soldiers to obtain what he wants. Somnus doesn’t even bat an eye when he fights and kills Ardyn, only focused on the way to succeed, giving more attention to his goal rather than his feelings.

If you’d ask me to choose between the two brothers, I would have no hesitation at all and definitely jump into Ardyn’s arms. It’s also what Aera should have think: even if Ardyn’s situation is complicated and dangerous, being in company of such a pure soul is priceless. But.

But the gods aren’t supposed to choose the best human being. They have to choose a king. And as much as I love Ardyn, I have to admit that in this situation Somnus is a better candidate.

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We commonly imagine that to be a good king (or queen), you have to be a kind person who listens to his citizens and tries his best to take care of all of them. This is what we wish, we expect our rulers to understand us and give us what we want to live an happy life. But it isn’t what a king is supposed to be in reality. A king isn’t supposed to give us what we want, but what we need. A king is a symbol used to unite the people, he has to appear strong and be strong. A king is the leader of a country, someone to rely on and trust when he has to provide security. A king has to maintain order in his kingdom and has to take the right decisions to make it prosper. A king has to be reassuring and able to take difficult decisions for the greater good.

As Regis says himself at the beginning of Episode Ignis: “A king cannot lead by standing still. A king pushes onward always, accepting the consequences and never looking back” and in French: « When you’re a king, you must be able to advance in adversity. And this, whatever the sacrifices. You have to go on without ever stopping ». And in fact you can see in Kingsglaive that Regis is perfectly aware about what’s going to happen in Insomnia, but even if it frustrates him, he took the decision to let Iedolas and Ardyn destroy the city because he knew it was the only way to give a chance to Noctis. And Regis didn’t acted this way only because Noctis is his son, if he saved him it’s primarily because he’s the Chosen King and the only one able to save Eos.

Regarding the two brothers now it’s obvious that Somnus fits the role, but not Ardyn.

Somnus completely corresponds to Regis’ description: he’s taking decisions for the greater good regardless of the sacrifices and accepting the consequences of his actions. He’s also a natural-born leader, able to gather people under his banner and inspiring them. He’s winning the people confidence by being self-assured and a good speaker in public. He’s intransigent and always have the final word, but he also does whatever has to be done to succeed like in Kingsglaive when he allows Nyx to use the Ring’s power. The risk with this kind of profile is for the ruler to turn from a king to a dictator, but Somnus isn’t presented as having bad intentions. According to SE Q&A about the anime, Somnus simply wants to eradicate darkness, whatever the cost. That’s why he needs the power: to take action.

On the opposite if Ardyn’s qualities make him a saint, they definitely are insufficient to be a good king according to the definition FFXV gives us about this role.

Unlike Somnus, Ardyn doesn’t inspire naturally the admiration of his person: during all the anime, he seems tired, sad and dirty. Even with Aera, Ardyn still looks like he’s living his life through someone else’s eye. His devotion to his people is slowly killing him, wether it be his soul or his body. And that’s a major problem: how can someone pretend to rule a kingdom while being sick? From the gods’ point of view, even if they close their eyes on the corruption inside Ardyn’s body, it would be stupid to choose a sick man to embody the strength of a king. As the anime shows us, Ardyn’s disease is a strong disadvantage during his fight against Somnus, giving his brother the upper hand on him.

In addition, Ardyn doesn’t have the will to rule. He would do it if he had to and I’m sure he would do his best to take the right decisions, but it’s simply not in his nature. Even in FFXV, he prefers to remain in the Emperor’s shadow rather than being exposed.

Moreover – and it’s really painful for me to acknowledge it – Ardyn’s method to fight darkness isn’t enough. As the old man tells him: “But even with your curative powers, you can’t save everyone”. That’s absolutely true. Eos is big and Ardyn is alone. The darkness spreads faster than he’s healing people. Unless someone else could have the same ability as him or some kind of medicine to stop the Starscourge, Somnus’ drastic solution will unfortunally remain the most efficient of the two.

For what we know, Ardyn works alone. He probably has supporters all around the country, but he’s not surrounded by an escort for his travels while Somnus has been able to surround himself with precious allies such as Gilgamesh. A king can’t rule alone, he needs some trustworthy and competent persons, something Somnus fully understood.

The way Ardyn is helping people is compassionate and altruistic, he’s considering them as human beings and not as pawns on a chessboard, which is his biggest quality and weakness: a king can’t have a case-by-case approach, he has to consider the overview. Also, it is better for a king to be respected rather than be loved. With his policy, Somnus is respected and even if some people disagree, they will follow him. For his part, Ardyn is absolutely loved by his people and they don’t follow him because he’s charismatic or powerful, they’re following him because they know he’s a fair and good man who can rescue them. Ardyn’s supporters have surely a stronger dedication to him compared to Somnus’ ones, but they are fewer, because Ardyn is acting at a human scale while Somnus is thinking at a country level.

That’s why I believe that for all these reasons, Somnus was indeed a better choice. Ardyn is exceptional and a true hero, but he doesn’t fit the job. And that’s a real tragedy because Ardyn never wanted to be king to begin with! If Somnus didn’t wished to get rid of him, Ardyn could have lived a peaceful life with Aera without facing his brother’s betrayal. But something happened, something that isn’t in the anime and I hope will be in the DLC, something that broke up the brothers and gave them no other choice but to fight each other. Maybe Somnus discovered Ardyn’s infection by darkness? Maybe Ardyn was turning people against Somnus? For now we have no idea about it, and I’m dying to know the bottom of this!

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I was thinking…in fact, Ardyn would be a perfect Hufflepuff while Somnus would definitely be a Slytherin.

It works also with Assassin’s Creed: Ardyn would be an Assassin and Somnus a Templar…

And yes, I love Hufflepuff ^^

#ffxv #somnus lucis caelum #final fantasy 15 #final fantasy xv #ff15

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#ninjago #kai smith #genderbend

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kai: :3

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hey woah its kai ninjago

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If I were thrust into a magical battle, and given one fictional weapon of my choice to help me, I’d definitely choose the UnGun. It takes whatever is loaded inside and exaggerates it. It was loaded with six things, a grape pip, an ant that crawled inside, several grains of salt, a small slip of paper, a chip off of a brick, a strand of hair, and when that was gone, nothing at all. This is what happened when, in order, they were fired.

GRAPE: Vines the size of trees instantaneously exploded out of the ground, filling the street and square nearby and costing buildings. It completely immobilized the monsters, which were the size of such buildings, and grew some very tasty grapes.

ANT: Millions of ants exploded out the nothingness, eating their enemy alive, which was a hostile monster made entirely of fruit.

SALT: It was fired into the water of a canal, turning it to saltwater. This immediately killed off the murderous freshwater vines which were attacking them, and with magic, made the waters of the canal gain waves like the ocean. Somehow the sound of gulls sounded overhead, even through there were none.

PAPER: Hundreds of paper airplanes filled the room they were in, all aimed towards the enemy. There was colored paper, plain paper, blank sheets, sheets written on in pen and pencil and typed, and pages from books and pages from drawings, all folded in different ways, some simple, some complex. All out to attack.

BRICK: It instantaneously built an enormous brick tower around their enemies, complete with mortar. There were even outlines of windows, but those were filled with bricks too. The door was concreted, and there was a single fire escape of the roof. They were trapped.

HAIR: The enemies suddenly grew yards and yards of hair, unable to stand up from the weight. The hair was dirty and matted, and exploded their masks, which had previously fed them an addictive substance. It weighed their heads down and wouldn’t stop growing.

NOTHING: An enormous vortex had sprung from the barrel of the gun, sucking with a huge force. It was the size of a tornado and pulled in a cloud. That is why I want the UnGun.

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these freakin kids………

gross sobbing this is quick and gross but i needed to get it out

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the un lun dun tag is doing the thing so i doodled a deebs to solve that

*points* luv this unchosen one *points more* luv her milk carton buddy and red and green lizard umbrella *extreme pointing* luv this whole book

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UnLunDun is gorgeous and i fell in love with Deeba

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