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jabbers-artsy-hoard · 2 months
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Working on a new drawing of Kess and Mir going for a run, and I’m debating on having Ferris struggling to keep up far in the background.
Also, I used photos of deer running as a reference for their poses, and I think it looks good
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bird-got-to-fly · 4 months
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I asked my sister what the compulsion to make bad art was called and she just said “art”
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jabbers-wild-world · 10 months
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Hunter: Werewolf Forms
;; In the werewolf verse, Hunter technically has two wolf forms. One is hardly ever actually seen and is an involuntary transformation when his natural rage becomes too much for him to keep suppressing, so he loses all control and goes full feral beast on a rampage.
The other is still not quite voluntary unless he really absolutely needs it, but it’s a lot more tame and he can actually speak in this form. He can’t speak in his feral rage form, though if he manages to gain enough sense of self, he might still try.
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reds-skull · 4 months
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I'm currently writing the next chapter (my uni class got cancelled, so I got loads of free time, lol), and I felt like writing down a little fun fact about revenant AU's origins.
Putting it under read more for those who aren't interested, this is me just rambling lmao
So, my initial idea came from me wanting to combine the MW characters and military setting with my magic system from my original stories (that I never talk about here)
In that idea, Soap was the only one with powers, and he hid them from everyone until an event (that will happen in the fic, so I'm not telling you details) happens, and he has to reveal them to Ghost. From then on they have to work together to hide it, eventually Price and Gaz find out, and slowly they all learn more about the origins of Soap's powers.
Now a little tidbit about how my magic system works, because that's the fun part. So, you have people with powers, called Devoted, who make a deal with a god to get those powers.
The gods choose their Devoted by their personality and lifestyle, and they're extremely rare.
Now obviously you can already tell how the two magic systems align, with Reapers being the gods from my story, and revenants being the Devoted.
So, which gods would align with the 141 revenants?
Soap, because he's the only one with powers directly from the original magic system, is from the God of Chaos, of the skies and space. His powers were just explosion creation, but it was much more extreme than in revenant AU - literally anything that grazes his body could explode, you couldn't even stab him. Revenant Soap has to concentrate more to explode something, it's not as instant anymore. I chose this god for him because of the explosion powers, and because the Devoted of the Chaos god hate authority, and have a strong sense of internal moral compass.
Gaz also fits perfectly to a god, the Goddess of Cosmos, of the earth and wind. The Goddess of Chaos and the God of Cosmos are opposites, and are most lethal to each other. The Devoted of this goddess appreciate life most, and try to find order in disorder, to fix the unfixable. His gravity manipulation and how floating works for him is taken directly from a character I already had, but unlike Gaz she can't make other things float, just herself.
Ghost doesn't have a direct correlation, but because Limbo is basically filled with kinda-dead people, he would be with the God of Death, of humanity and the arts. That god is the kindest to humans, and his Devoted are the most selfless people. It's an interesting thing for Ghost to be out of all people.
Price can fit into both the death god and the Goddess of Reality, of war and pain. I lean towards reality more because Price is able to plant simple ideas in people's mind. The Devoted of the death god can only feel other's emotion, not thoughts, and they can't change them. If he was a Devoted of the goddess of reality, he would have the power to control what other people perceive of reality. The people chosen by this god are often survivors of war and great pain. Make of that what you will for Price.
I didn't introduce the others, and I have a plan for a few more canon campaign characters and their revenant powers to show up in the fic, but what I found interesting is that none of them fit in the Goddess of Life, of animals and plants. Her Devoted is the main character of my original story...
Since I got old art of all the gods I figured I could show you. Just letting y'all know the style I use for this blog is separate from my usual... because I was mainly a painter before.
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The God of Chaos (old design, didn't make a painting of the new one rip)
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The God of Death (the little hand is of my OC ignore it)
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The Goddess of Cosmos (couldn't cut out the Devoted out of this one bc I didn't paint behind her)
And last one...
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The Goddess of Reality (pretty sure this is the oldest painting here, all of them are from 2021 and before I believe)
I intentionally made the Reapers look much different than the gods, like Soap's Reaper is made of a bunch of butterflies. Ghost's reaper would actually easily fit among the gods because it looks more human than the other Reapers...
Okay I just wanted to take a break from writing the chapter I'll go back now lol
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Lord Indra, the natural hero who never was
or why Sasuke and Madara always shine despite the whole plot in their disadvantages.
Hero : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability. b : an illustrious warrior. c : a person admired for achievements and noble qualities. d : one who shows great courage.
Going out of my MGA writing retreat cave for a sec and share with you some of my researches...I don't have great knowledges of vedic texts and Indian culture but to what I read so far (correct me if I'm wrong) Indra is the King of the devas and Heaven. In similar fashion, Zeus king of other gods in Greek mythology. Indra controls storm, rain, and uses thunderbolt as one of his most deadly weapon. He is both the archetype of the mighty warrior, the slayer of great evil (asuras) and also the life-giver. Because you know, rain fertilises earth (if you get the metaphor 💦... 👀). One of his most famous story is how he destroys Vritra the monstrous snake/dragon, also called an asura, who was responsible for holding back waters and created drought. And by doing this, Indra slain the archaic forces blocking the creation of new lives.
As a Naruto fan, I get now the inspiration for Otsutsuki Indra. Sasuke's preference for raiton and kirin, Madara as a god of war and user of storm release, the symbol behind Sasuke killing Oroshimaru in his white snake shape, susanoo although a japanese god is still god of storm killing an other massive snake...
It's kind of funny because Indra is, based on the Vedas tradition, the allegory of the perfect hero. He comes alone, strong-willed, powerful, and slays any obstacles to the natural cycle of life, and by doing so he saves humanity from chaos. And it's precisely what is despise in the Narutoverse about the characters assimilated to him, namely Uchiha clan and Indra Otsutsuki. Indra opposing his unfair father is bad. The Uchiha clan defending themselves against oppression is devilish, Sasuke seeking revenge is detestable, Madara looking for a world purged of evil is absolutely hideous.
There is as well many shinto inspirations but I'm mostly reading here the story in a Vedic perceptive and you'll notice something else about the asura's. It's not a single god but a group of demons always confronting the devas. They are seen in a negative light, the anti-gods, the power-seekers ect... And it kind of makes sense with Naruto who can't progress on his own. He needs to be constantly help and surrounded by people. He is also notoriously possessed by a powerful demon who manifest himself in the beginning of the story when Naruto is corned to anger. Notice also that the only way to control this demonic force is either the sharingan assimilated to shinto spiritual strength or Mokuton from the Senju being assimilated with Buddhism spiritual strength.
So now you get where I'm going... isn't weird that mostly Narutoverse is respecting mythologies and adapt them to its own storyline. For instance the sannin legend, Kaguyahime story. But for Indra and Asura it's a total reverse of values. Intentionally, the good is bad and the bad is good.
Yeah but the plot Al Hekima, don't forget the plot ! I know, I know... If your main character is a boy possessed by a demon, befriends with 9 others demons and it's apparently normal, it will end up this way.
Maybe I'm not objective after all but even before going deeper into analysing the Narutoverse, Indra and the Uchiha clan being seen as cursed and evil by nature, the people who went astray and needed to be beaten into submission, always left me unsettled. Literally, I couldn't comprehend what was wrong with them which justify so much hate. And in opposite Naruto being possessed by a demon is blatantly black magic. His father is never questioned about doing it to his son, neither Hiruzen to the young Kushina, or Hashirama to his wife (in this case they may have both agree). I know it's just fiction, but art doesn't come out of the blue. It's ingrained in the artist's set of value, cultures, emotion ect... And the author stressed in interviews that he wanted to bring positive value to his younger audience. I'm just questioning sometimes what are actually those values? For the Uchihas the idea was to forgive, to not fall into hate, and move on. But forgive without justice? Putting the pressure of moving on solely on the victim and never put the perpetuator in a difficult position? Never ask any apology or reform from the aggressor? The victim needs to forgive with no assurance that it won't happened again. Believe it, right? and eventually the victim needs to help the system who harmed him to keep going... Anyway I'm rambling at this point but that's always my major philosophical disagreement with Kishimoto.
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5eraphim · 1 year
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eras of tumblr i could give hour-long Ted Talks about
(only including eras i participated in, not what i’ve lived through second-handedly. these are what i personally remember seeing on my dash, i’m sure there’s plenty i missed. This is an ongoing list/not fixed/subject to future edits.)
2015 gravity falls 
the rise of sexyman bill cipher 
depravity falls and putting 12 yr old characters in violent guro situations 
alex hirsch worship
billdip discourse
the diehard thirst for Gruncle Ford 
“i want to fuck that dorito”
2015/16 Black Butler
SebaCiel discourse
Grelle discourse (like, i don’t even know how to elaborate, but if you were there you would remember how people were fighting over her characterization in all different directions. Which is funny because, love her or hate her, she is barely even in the show lol)
The needlessly intense sjw vs anti-sjw/ fiction doesn’t effect reality/ shipping fighting
can’t quantify this, but i swear 80% of the fans were ex-hetalia fans 
Black butler 2 being either loved or hated, while book of circus was almost unanimously loved
the Scott Freeman incident...
no one giving a fuck about the female characters
Yana/Jay Michael Tatum worship
2016 Undertale
Sans undertale sexyman rise
the most raw video game soundtrack of all time
papyton
no one agrees how to draw undyne, but we all agree that she’s gay as fuck
(This is a personal anecdote, but i actually made a friend in highschool bc i drew undertale fanart on the board at latin class nd she added to it the next day, i added to it the next day and eventually we met up and it was so adorable)
“get dunked on”
2016-17 hamilton, heathers, great comet, dear evan hansen, be more chill musical theater insanity
rip tumblr user galactibun
The Hamilton craze breathing new life into the 1776 musical fandom
Most bizarre fanfic aus seen on tumblr thus far (hamilton)
The great comet Tony snubs
BMC and DEH blowing up, despite most fans only caring about the characters, totally ignoring the plot.
“Miku binder Thomas Jefferson”
No one giving a fuck about “The Hamilton Mixtape”
Gatekeeping fans who didn’t read war and peace or the ron chernow biography (i don’t think anyone ever gave a shit about the BMC orginal book which is SO FUNNY)
lin manuel miranda worship
real people fanfictions of actors/shipping them (especially hamilton!)
Key Figures include: Lin Manuel Miranda, Ron Chernow, Philipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Ben Platt, George Salazar, Barette Wilbert Weed, and Mike Faist
2016-2017 the yuri on ice, killing stalking, kaikyu yaoi trifecta 
Yaoi take over
The anime fans collective salt over YOI winning anime of the year 2016
Not in this time period, but the Killing Stalking fans despising the ending en mass several years later.
Free! was also huge as the second season concluded not long before, but wasn’t receiving new updated in Realtime like the other three.
honestly? i mostly just remember people drawing some of the most beautiful fan art of the characters and not bothering to follow the plots
2015-2016 steven universe discourse peak craziness 
There are no words, looking back this all feels like a fever dream
Insane fan-theories (as in- even for Tumblr, these theories were very out there)
Pink diamond character derailment
“watching steven universe is the opposite of eating pussy” 
Gemosonas
fusion = sex???
“it’s over isn’t it” single-handedly inspiring some of the most beautiful fan art to come out of the show; "Stronger than you” def inspired much more fan-creations, but they were nowhere near as good imo
That terrible lily peet video that sent a tidal wave of fandom-fighting 
Concrete
Nicki Minaj guest appearance 
the porn avalanche predating the 2018 nsfw ban
My OG account got banned >:( (i never posted porn, tried to email support to no avail, I DID NOT DEVERVE THIS YOU NARCS)
50-50 mix of people posting lewd art and people posting links to find them as they migrated to twitter
“Female presenting nipples”
The return of the citrus scale (orange: PG/G, Lime: PG-13, Lemon: R, Grapefruit: X)
“Too Spicy for Tumblr”
Didn’t even stop the porn bots, mostly just screwed over artists and writers
IMO the peak of user v staff animosity
2020 hannibal
The small but loyal anthony hopkins defenders
Some of the most beautiful creative gore art
The moodboard to web-weaving pipeline
People being surprisingly respectful of fans who only watched the show, or who didn’t read Red Dragon/Silence of the Lambs, or where otherwise not invested in the greater overall Hannibal canon.
Manipulate, mansplain, malewife
Key Figures Include: Madds Mikkelson, Hugh Dancy, Anthony Hopkins
november 5, 2020
You just had to be there man, i don’t know what to tell you.
Key Figures include: Donald Trump, Castiel, Dean Winchester, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin and debatably Sherlock season 5
the 2021 coquette girl blogger era
Lana del rey worship
The ungodly amount of softcore porn
Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss
Glorification of eating disorders, benzos, trailer parks, predatory men, age gap relationships, and so much more!
Teenagers blogging about Russian lit you know they never read
Waifblr
Still not sure to this day how much of this was ironic and how much wasn’t?? Or if any of this was self-aware???
Yes babe you’re so bambi, kate moss, diet coke, wellbutrin, dasha nekrosova, ballet, klonopin, trad cath, fawn, dior, sofia coppela, can you please shut the fuck up now?
key figures include: Lana del Rey, Daisy Randone, Dasha Nekrosova, Nina Sayers, Fiona Apple, Anya Taylor Joy, Sylvia Plath, Kate Moss, Kirsten Dunst (probably so many more, but this is just off the top of my head)
(bonus)
2015/16- My personal earliest memories of really getting into tumblr, and witnessing the tail-end of the Hetalia reign
2016- the end of Homestuck
2016- the epidemic of overwatch porn
2016- Does Jumin Han is gay?
2017- RWBY’s nosedive in quality from season 3 to 4, losing the majority of the fanbase
2018 Boyfriend to Death civil war (Gatobob v ElectricPuke)
2018- Detroit become Human drops and the robot-fucking gatekeeping 
2018- the Game of thrones/Endgame joint disaster ending melt down
2019- Sub-par Omens
2020- the Dead by Daylight community rioting when Pyramid Head’s ass got nerfed
2020- Cyberpunk 2077 is released and is torn apart almost instantly. Looking back by my approximations post were made up of- 10% people who were actually playing the games and enjoying themselves, 20% people who were playing the game and WEREN’T having fun, 55% People who never bought/played the game who were making up crazy glitches for clout, 15% hardcore pornography of characters you’d never seen before. (I’m quite salty about this bc I worked at GameStop at this time and had people constantly talking about glitches in casual conversation and I just know most of these bitches were LYING.)
20??- don’t remember the exact dates, but phase 3 marvel was un-escapable at this time
2020/21- Succession blows up
2022 Ghost bc blows up on tiktok, the fandom already sizable on tumblr only goes up from here
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enchantedmirage · 1 month
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Tears of Themis x Enstars word vomit, GO.
(more on, what do you wanna say if that ever happens lol)
HI HELLO? This is such a surprising concept since I'm already working on another Enstars AU, but anywho!
The core of Tears of Themis is that it has FOUR love interests, which plays hand in hand with our four agencies, well if that matters since we'll focus more on the personalities.. We'll forgo the dynamics the original four have (like marius being vyn's student, vyn and artem having worked with each other before, luke being part of the group the three are also in)
Now.. speaking of those four though, it's time to draw different parallels with them and a character from Enstars. It'll take a while for me to remember what they're exactly like since it's been about two or so years since I last played it..
Okay, starting off with a guy who works in the same field as you, he is your boss basically and would fuss about you not taking care of yourself- ding ding ding, who do I draw Artem parallel to? Ibara Saegusa.
so THIS stood out "Artem's favorite movie genres are art films and war films." and??? Okay, let's roll from that.
"Put himself to an unimaginable standard" Hmm..
Just a headcanon but they probably enjoy black coffee
Also fun fact he shares a va with Nagisa
(anyway I spent like a good ten minutes scrolling his card gallery)
And then soon after, we're introduced to a childhood friend.. yeah okay.. who works a dangerous job.. mhm.. that's will lie to you for your safety... Mama? Like he wasn't completely Anzu's childhood friend but.
"When he was a child, Luke dreamed of becoming a hero, making a charming appearance in times of need and beating all the bad guys. As he grew up, though, he realized heroes aren't always charming and glamorous and are often a mess instead."
UM?? HELLO???????????? (in shock at this guesstimation)
They're both also really reliable
He shares a VA with Mao!
So then, moving onto Vyn, because my friend's favorite was Vyn and she would always talk to me about how Marius steals her pulls and like?? He's something.. is he a manipulator? Is he a yandere? I don't know but when he said "Destruction precedes creation" it reminded me of the genshin fanart with Albedo as Vyn. ... AND okay, so Albedo, right? He's voiced by Nojima Kenji and the person is DING DING DING, the parallel goes to!
"Vyn is able to face anything with ease and skill, giving those around him a sense of peace, resulting in people involuntarily opening their hearts to display their truest self before him. If one's heart has secrets, they will most definitely be discovered by him."
Natsume, natsume??? I can't think of anyone else who would have this kind of description to fit.
Vyn has a very gentle temperament, but he is not what one may imagine as a weak scholar. He is very reliable in critical moments, and with his ability to maintain a perfect disposition, any weakness he might have is unknown. <- what Natsume wishes he could be/j
Oh, and the two of them have really influential parents, go figure.
However, he is sometimes derisive of common human flaws, such as the tendency to prioritize selfish short-sighted personal gain while still rationalizing those same choices as logical and intelligent <- BAHSHAJKA they're both hypocrites
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Yeah okay, so last but not the least! jsldkjfsl this is super funny because Marius shares a va with TSUMUGI, TSUMUGI AOBA!! Him and Luke were my favorites actually, oh look.. me falling for the childhood friend trope and a character with purple eyes.. ah...
"It is difficult to understand this second young master. " <- Okay, Hiyori. I'm calling it now. Rich kid that gets on people's nerves sometimes? Hmmm
Good at art, though the only person that comes to mind is Hajime.. who is the opposite of rich.
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YEP HIYORI WE GOOO
So conclusion? Yeahhh, four agencies? Nope, we have two cospro and two newdi idols sjdkfjsklj --- This does make for a good idea though! Thanks for the ask :3
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v1model · 5 months
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!! [ LONG RANT I GUESS ] !!
Long ass rant incoming regarding V1 and V2 as characters and their personalities. I might add art to this later on if I'm bored enough!
i like the vmodels a lot [can you fucking tell???????????????????????????????] and i think that characterization is important when it comes to these two characters who have had absolutely no words to say but speak in their movements. i like the idea of a bratty asshole v2 and i like the idea of a quiet efficient v1. but i also cannot ignore or neglect other aspects of them!!!!!!!!
my most favorite of all characterization of v2 happens to be inkfaire's, which is like. to quote them, "i just enjoy the idea of them being someone's precious creation; only to fall to its own sense of hubris... we love a machine made to guard times of peace being ended by its desire for violence!"
and i like that, i like that it's coded to be human at first and slowly descends into its own form of madness trying to compete. that would make sense, it fits nicely with the story too.
but v1 i feel is also the same, but in the opposite sense......?
war is also a very human concept, and i think that because of it things like comrades also exist. i feel like v2 could have been a friend, a partner, a comrade. for stuff like gabriel and other enemies with healthbars on-screen, they're almost immediate. v2 always has moments of hesitance? like v1's waiting to see if v2 will actually strike or not, assessing if it truly is a foe. i like that idea. i like the idea of them wanting to be friends. then again, that wouldn't really make sense for 'You're not getting away this time', or even when we Know v2 will fight us again in 4-4 the healthbar doesn't show up (or gabriel's speech in 6-2 either for that matter) rendering it kind of a dumb theory but whooooo knows.
anyways my point is, i really think while it's not exactly programmed to, i feel like v1 carries weight of its death around with it. it grieves. they were born together (though its unclear if they were together at the time of making), and i think they're extremely bonded. the game isn't designed for that, there isn't any special text for it, but i think most people stayed around or at least REACTED when v2 fell and died. i think v1 would do the same. there's even an animation in which v1 flinches upon impact. even if hakita didnt give v2 the closure i think it needed for such an important enemy to v1's life, i think v1 definitely takes v2's death around with them.
and i think violence as a layer is going to fuck with us the absolute most because of how its designed. it's a war themed layer, i think there's going to be callbacks to v2 and humanity somehow. v1's special spot in hell.
in a less serious version of humanity, i like to think v1 is kind of like wall-e...? fascinated by peace itself, to inverse v2's fascination with violence. being stylish during combat, finding secrets, literally just looking around. some people like to write the secrets into their work, i've read a fic where they mentioned that v1 liked to stall around layers and explore basically everything. i think they have an extremely expressive body language, whereas v2's expression comes moreso in their voice. asl can be optional (i like to project and say that they sign, because i sign and i rlly love v1). some people like to think it collects little trinkets and such. holding florp and other things very gently in their hands. doing challenges (which i take as completely canon) just for the fun of it. yeah they're a war machine and yeah they're wiping out all of hell but in their scourge it develops their own humanity and its own identity and they have fun. WE have fun, playing as v1, so they must be having a fucking blast.
anyways uhh v4v sweep uhhh gay people BBRBFBRBBFBBR or something idfk im sorry if this doesn't make sense or is stupidly off canon i just think they should hold hands
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transprincecaspian · 9 months
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Caspian's Inquisition Mod List
For his transmasc Trevelyan
Not even gonna lie to you guys, I probably could handle more mods but my computer is a little old. He's trucking along though and I am so proud of him. I'm gonna include all of the mods I have downloaded for my Trevelyan playthrough (with a link) and a brief description of what they do/why I picked it. I'll try to update it because I usually end up adding more as I go.
Any Voice - Mod that allows you to choose any voice during character creation (male or female/British or American). I don't know how well this portion of the mod works because I opted for the optional file: Flipped Pronouns. This causes your character to be referred to by the opposite pronouns of the gender presentation you selected at character creation. (For me, this allows my male Trevelyan to be played on a feminine model). Player's Note: This does not apply to text in game. Missions, notes, and letters will still refer to the default gender for your selection.
Divine Armor for Lady Trevelyan - Mod that allows the Divine Armor (normally bestowed to a Divine Cassandra or Vivienne in the Trespasser DLC) to be acquired early and equipped on a female Trevelyan model.
War Table (No Waiting) - A classic. I'm an impatient little bastard when it comes to those missions.
More Banter - Make those companions talk a little more often! Guaranteed chatter about every fifteen minutes so they're not just silently following you around for hours on end.
Skills Revamped (Warrior) - I think Warrior is (sadly) one of the weakest classes in Inquisition. I chose to revamp the sword&board and the battlemaster lines, but there are files for all of them. The mod creator has also done a revamp for mages and rogues as well.
Party at the Winter Palace - Allows for ALL of your companions to join you at Halamshiral! Bit lengthy on the introductions, but I think it's worth it to interact with everyone and hear all of the dialogue. Optional file that I think is a MUST is one that cuts out the sexual harassment dialogue concerning Cullen.
Actually Alistair - Another must have. They butchered my boy in Inquisition. This doesn't restore him quite to his Origins glory, but it's much better...
Blackwall, Warden of the North - I just couldn't stand his beard. I'm sorry.
Lady Josephine's Outfit Retextures & Lady Josephine Complexion - I picked blush for the outfit and gold for the headband and jewelry under her complexion. It gives her soft brown eyes and a much more fun and romantic outfit detailing!
Dark Knight Cullen - The outfits are fun but I really appreciated the complexion retextures here! I liked it best with the scars and the DA2 beard.
The Wolf - Darker Solas Retexture - Self-explanatory, and it's a gorgeous labor of love.
Refined Varric - He just looked a little too grungy for me. Sorry grungy Varric lovers, the vanilla complexions in this game are too oily.
Refined Vivienne - Fell in love with this mod the second I saw it; I love the makeup and contours it adds to her face, very striking and very VIV!
DA2 Cassandra - Very close to her default Inquisition complexion, I just wanted something a little more familiar.
C.A.R.P. Concept Art Sera Overhaul - New complexions and face textures + hairstyle that causes Sera to more closely resemble her concept art design.
Royal Retextures - Retextured outfits for Celene, Florianne, Gaspard, and Briala at the Winter Ball. (BTW if anyone can send me the link for the Briala mod that overhauls her whole design. Throw it my way)
New Outfits for Human Female - Wanted a mod that overhauls the default Skyhold PJs and found one that didn't make my poor Trevelyan stand around with his tits out or in lacy lingerie. Features some mixed armor between Vivienne and Cassandra and Flemeth's outfit.
LL Inquisition Faction - Mod that recolors all of the Inquisition heraldry into a green/black/gold scheme. Includes optional files for retextured furniture and Halamshiral finery.
Inquisition Branded Finery - I opted NOT to use the finery from the above mod and selected the white/emerald one here. There are other cute color options too!
Anto Hairstyles for DAI - I picked the Elena mesh for Veremund's hair. I will say this was the only mod that I could get to load (AND PLEASE READ THE REQUIRED MODS ON THIS ONE).
DAI Frosty Texture Glitch Fixes - Fixes a bunch of things that I broke :)
Sprint Key - Another must-have. Enables you to sprint at any time by holding down left shift.
Winter/Autumn in Thedas - I have only linked the winter one here as that's the one I'm using, but I LOVE both of these retextures! If you love autumn leaves or crisp snow, check these out. You do not need reshaders to play with these.
Winter Fog ReShade - But if you'd LIKE a reshade to complement the mod above, this is the one the creator recommends! I'm giving it a whirl, too.
Always Night in Skyhold - It's always night in Skyhold! I think it makes cutscenes more dramatic.
**Other recommendations:
Gender-Neutral Pronouns for the Inquisitor - Similar to the first mod I listed, except it removes any mention of "Lord/Lady" and strives to be an entirely neutral mod. (You can find the original tumblr post explaining the mod in more detail here).
Custom Body Models - Adds more variety to the Inquisitor's physical appearance. Only works on the Skyhold PJs and the various meshes you can find thereof.
As I said, I'll be adding more as I go! If you have any recommendations, please send them my way as well :)
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“Nothing like oh there was a sun when they talked so that means they’ll be happy together…”
Just say you don’t understand the art of filmmaking/cinematography and have no media literacy and go. Forget about media literacy, how about media curiosity? Literally one of the most meaningful and telling aspects of any film or show is the lighting and the costume choices! “It really doesn’t matter if he has a yellow or blue shirt, it fits into the composition, that’s it, moving on.” WHAT?! Of course it matters. Why wouldn’t it matter? Costume choices are not meaningless. If I still shipped Megan Fox, I would be analyzing the hell out of the cinematography during their scenes and geeking out over the smallest lighting details, but so many melon waters are anti-this kinda stuff, and it’s so so weird.
This is the OPPOSITE of a galaxy brain take. Why does every Macadamia Nut Cookie say stuff like this? It goes beyond a shipping war to a weird lack of respect for the art form.
“But it’s nothing substantial. It’s so random.” NO, NO, NO IT’S NOT. It literally never is. Writers, musicians, game designers, painters, filmmakers, playwrights, photographers, poets- LITERALLY EVERY ARTIST EVER- pour their heart and soul into their creations and put SO MUCH thought into symbols and details, especially in a show like Stranger Things. If I were the Duffer Brothers and spent time, money, and effort working with my cinematographers to craft the story of Byler, only to have people hand wave it all away, I would be fuming! Stranger Things isn’t a simple sitcom.
“Most stuff is made glaringly obvious, so everyone gets it.” Well good thing people ARE getting it. Imagine thinking something like the final shot, with the couples standing in formation and El standing apart from them, means nothing.
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jabbers-artsy-hoard · 11 months
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Just posting a collection of all the Andalite specific art I’ve done so far. Really, I realize I’ve been focusing the most on Kess and Mir.
I have other Andalite ocs besides just them. They just have such a great dynamic with each other, and with their human boyfriend Ferris.. I love to explore them and their interactions.
But I also have Kalevhim, Issakar, Yorinil, and the little baby Isari. I need to explore all of them more too. Especially Kalevhim and Isari.
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springtsunami · 9 months
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Been working on my Light Gaia/Dark Gaia swap Au. So here are some quick random things and thoughts about it.
So y’know with Dark Gaia energy Sonic got taller.
And Dark and Light are opposites.
Wouldn’t Light Gaia energy make him smaller-
I’m thinking of making Light Gaia the villain because I feel like it would be cool. Or I would make Dark and Light Gaias both villains that are in a war. I’m leaning more towards Light and Dark Gaias as the villains since this fanfic with the same idea as I had originally planned to make Light Gaia villain. But I wanna be original so ig war idea lol.
Fanfic btw(ao3 is down rn so I’ll reblog and edit this post with the link of the fanfic.)
Still working on the design at the moment, but it’s about to be finalized!
Dark Gaia acts as the chip in this story for sure and their name is Waffle. They still eat the Chocolate Chip Sundae Supreme as in Unleashed but Waffle just preferred the waffle cones so Sonic gave her that name.
Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, and Silver will play a part in the story :)
Here’s a fun fact about the creation of this Au. It started out with me and my friend playing mc and discussing how we would rewrite Sonic Unleashed. I asked what if Sonic absorbed Light Gaia energy instead and here we are. I would link his acc but he doenst want to be tagged.
Since I recently got CSP Ex and a good drawing tablet from my b-day Im currently planning on making it a comic. But with a fanfic too! Fanfic for early story things and comic for art!
To answer the most important question. Yes Sonic is basically a fluff ball. And yes he’s tiny in his Light Gaia form.
Last thing for tn. Silver just woke up one day saw the world covered in Eggman Land merch and parks. Then time traveled to find Sonic to warn him. Then crashed into Prof. Pickles’ office screaming: “GUYS THE WORLD IS FREAKING SPLIT APART AND IS COVERED IN EGGMAN CRAP IN TGE FUTURE! AND, WHAT HAPPENED TO SONIC???? WAS I TOO LATE?”
Poor Silver had a panic attack.
Here is some credit for the people that inspired me to create/add to this Au :)
@superemeralds
@eloaholiveira
@lovelylivewirez / @wereh0gz
And the Light Gaia Fanfic on ao3 called “Sonic Leashed”
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jabbers-wild-world · 2 years
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;; Anyone interested in a Cursed!Hunter AU?!
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Look at this eldritch monstrosity! Ain’t he adorable?! He just needs some love! Come on, guys! You know you wanna pet that floof!
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cruoren · 10 months
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the dichotomy of the sovereign is this: the myth and the man, working in tandem, and contending in opposition. statecraft is the construction of the former and reconstruction of the latter. this is devised mythology, a god on a shrine, but this shrine is a machine, held up by the institution. as ren looks out the grand window port that stretches over the steel wall of the ship, his eyes trace over a thousand distant stars divulged ahead, gleaming with their power which cowers still before his. they would fall under his jurisdiction, too, in due time, with the entirety of the galaxy united under one reign. in his thoughts, he sometimes imagines they had fashioned him a metaphorical mask out of shards, to replace the one he could not wear — the supreme leader whose war expands past the streets of the core regions into darker depths, in the name of valour and order. the terror of the first order, with his mystic powers and dark agenda, whom the furthest of civilizations fear & revere. thus, this myth is a construction and it is owed most in its entirety to the chancellor. had it not been such a masterful manoeuvre, a plaster over the past, ren would not have entertained the effort that had gone into its creation.
the blastdoors hiss open, though ren's back remains turned. he does not look, but he feels the familiarity of the chancellor's presence, the cut of him, the flourish of his cape. he knows the faint light of the stars catches in the embellishments of his sleeves. he'd grown accustomed to it all; the when of this evades him. we will be preparing for landing soon, he hears hux inform, their destination set before them, to meet with the noble families of eriadu. ren adjusts his cuffs, ❝ i saw you had outlined talking points for me. ❞ he says, motioning toward his holopad strewn across the table. ❝ their loyalties had lain firmly with the emperor before the fall... i wonder what they expect to see in my attendance. ❞
the cosmos had erupted in a liturgical furore when their ceremonial ship had set off into territories both known and unknown, the first order emblem plastered proudly on either side, announcing their departure into the heart of galactic affairs. belief is the art of storytelling and governance is the mastery of lying; tie them together and one can sway a crowd as easily as a herd. he hopes the herds they are to engage are resilient, for his own sake. his lightsaber feels heavy with misuses at his side, concealed artfully within the belt hux had designed.
❝ you wanted to guide me through this, so tell me: shall i play at monster for them, or human? ❞
he turns around, slightly, at the same time as the chancellor strides toward him, in synch; their eyes meet. in the cold space of his quarters, ren feels maskless in every sense. here, he is stripped of the curations and the fabrications, and beneath the emblems and badges, his shoulders heave with the beginnings of exhaustion wrought by paranoia, that parasite that lives in his heart and eats and pleads, nourished by the irritation he feels at what is to come. his features are set in faint amusement, though, almost stretching into a sharp grin, and then a laugh,
@acharnemcnt remarked, sarcastically: ❛ you have not been human since the night we met. ❜
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lithe fingers, decorated in rings, seem intent to smoothen out the crooks of his collar and ren can only muster up a huff. ❝ do you remember it, that night? ❞ he muses, tipping his chin down, though hux's own gaze seems incessant on affixing the medals he had pinned in crooked, careless haste to his uniform's breast and all ren can see is the bright of his hair, the neat slope of his nose, ❝ the way snoke spoke of your ploys and feats, i had expected you to be older, perhaps taller. your civility irked me. you did not seem bothered by me, nor frightened. ❞
he nestles a large, gloved hand under hux's chin with eased tact, prompting the chancellor's head upward, their gaze one in one, ❝ what is it you see now — a creature in the dark, still, or an ally? ❞ the teasing lilt of his voice is light, low, hushed, ❝ do i haunt your dreams, chancellor? ❞
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First, “there is greater resistance to Modernism in England than anywhere else including America. “Britons defined themselves in the opposition to others, in particular to the large, aggressive Popish nations of Spain and France: Britons are different; Britons never will be slaves, to other nations or to the ideas of other nations. To this must be added the fact that England was just about the only country not to be overrun by enemy during the second world war, which was blessing for it, but which has left it strangely innocent and thrown it into the arms of culturally as well as politically, of the even more innocent United States. This has turned a robust pragmatic tradition always suspicious of the things of the mind into a philistine one. Though there is something appealing in the resolute determination not be taken in the face of European Modernism… taken as a cultural rallying-cry it is little short of disastrous.” It was written in 2009. Now, in 2020 after Brexit and all, I can see this “ideology” has created a much wider problem that the literature. And I cannot agree more with his assessment. The sad thing, at least for me where we ended up politically. The hopeful thing that in terms of the literature per se this political situation has counter-intuitively increased the awareness and the desire to know how the others think. At least I have such an impression. His second point: “paradoxically ours is an age which while being deeply suspicious of the “pretentious” worships the serious and “profound”, so the large novels about massacres in Rwanda or Bosnia or historical novels with a “majestic sweep” are automatically considered more worthy or attention that say P. G. Wodehouse or Robert Pinger.” I guess he complains that the representation overtakes the importance of creation in literature. It is a big problem without an easy solution. Another related point, the one my good friend has pointed out here a few times, the artists are being co-opted into endless cultural wars and identity debates. I am sure there literature cannot be preserved for it. But currently in many cases it just stops being what we call literature in the process. There is also a less negative trend of genre blending which is not necessary bad thing. But as a reader, i really struggle to find something worthwhile between contemporary books unless i am prepared to invest a lot of time filtering through huge amount of “noise”. And his last point : “Finally High Art and Fashion have married in a spirit. When the speakers at major literary festival are for the most part politicians, TV personalities or foreign correspondents, the books are sold three for the price of two…, we are truly arrived at the age where the art and showbiz are one and the same.” This is an invisible hand of market. Marketing in publishing and book selling is quite aggressive under different pressures on the industry. I personally try to avoid this pressure as a customer and quite successfully. But it is getting hard to imagine a young writer getting her work published without ticking at least a few boxes in her work none of them related to the literary merit. I definitely see it when I read a successfully published work. And yes it is sad.
Katia N, (2023/01/11) review of Josipovici's 2010 'What Ever Happened to Modernism'
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watchmorecinema · 5 months
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George Lucas has built up a lot of mythology around Star Wars. Not in the series proper, but stories and myths around the creation of it. A lot of it isn't true, and one particular story has been stuck in my brain.
"Harrison Ford was a carpenter on/near the set when George Lucas saw him and cast him as Han Solo".
The idea is that Harrison Ford just happened to be lucky and he made the best of a rare opportunity. The actual story is not nearly as neat and tidy as this.
Harrison Ford was already an actor, having been in The Conversation and American Graffiti. The former was nominated for 3 oscars (won 0, but it was up against The Godfather Part II so it had no chance) and the latter was directed by... George Lucas.
Fred Roos was assisting with casting and had also worked with Harrison Ford before. He told George that Harrison Ford would be great for Han Solo but George didn't want to reuse actors from American Graffiti. Fred knew he did carpentry work when he wasn't acting so he arranged for Harrison Ford to have a job doing carpentry for Francis Ford Coppola's office. It just so happened that the casting for Star Wars was down the hall from there.
And then while casting was happening, Fred saw his friend Harrison Ford and told George it would be a good idea to have him read opposite the potential actors.
And then Fred talked about how great this Harrison Ford guy was and maybe he should be Han Solo after all.
This isn't a story about how Harrison Ford became lucky. This is the story of how Fred Roos cleverly got the casting he wanted.
All movies are collaborative efforts, and the idea that one person has a vision that must be executed perfectly is basically a myth. Even Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish director that makes black and white art films, has said in interviews that he basically could never tell Max Von Sydow to do anything and the The Seventh Seal was a collaborative effort. In some cases it's just two people butting heads until one prevails. Hitchcock didn't want any music during the shower scene in Psycho but Bernard Herrmann added it anyways. Hitchcock just had to admit he was right and basically doubled his salary.
I just don't want people to think this story is about hating George Lucas. He's got faults but I think people have retroactively decided that the film had to be saved by other people and that just isn't true. He is guilty of doing lots of weird stuff like claiming that he wrote 9 stories and started with the 4th one (A New Hope didn't have the Part IV until after the original run) or re-editing the film to have Greedo shoot first and claiming it was always supposed to be like that, but he knew how to direct a movie.
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