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[has-merlinofficial-posted-today]

News from Merlin Official?

Year 1 Day 195

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#bbc merlin #bbc merthur #camelotgate #merlin #merlin twitter #merthur #this technically happened yesterday but i was sleeping #yes #post #likes #reply #replies #like

[elbdot]

Hi, first of all I love your art and am a huge fan of EAA.

Secondly, I don't know if you play DnD at all but I saw "Field Guide to Floral Dragons" on kickstarter and it reminded me of your art so just wanted to let you know because I thought it was cool.

Again, love your art and am looking forward to future chapters of EAA!

Thank you so much!!! :DD

YES I've seen the Field Guide Kickstarter, at this point it gets shown to me on Instagram EVERY DAY, the algorithm sure knows my interests 😂 It looks like an awesome book and I both LOVE that it's being so well received and at the same time hate that I have such bittersweet feelings about it, because it is exactly what I've been dreaming to publish myself for years and it's just. Frustrating that I'm still exactly where I left off 2 years ago. I'm happy the Kickstarter is such a huge success, it gives me hope people could get just as excited once my Gardendragons get republished again, hopefully in a big way! But a little insecure gremlin-voice inside my head makes me also afraid people will think of me as a copycat, even though my book has been written and illustrated LONG before in 2016 already 😂

Technically I know nothing is truly original, the concept of flower-based dragons is not unique. And I know my Guidebook will be VERY DIFFERENT, especially since my book would not be tied to DnD, it's more about connecting science with fantasy, a gardening book that teaches about insects and flowers THROUGH dragons. All my flower dragons are the size of flowers or smaller and are supposed to live in the real world, with the intention of teaching kids and adults about our native flora and importance of wild bees, as they live in a symbiosis with the dragons. And at the final chapter you get to learn what to plant in your garden to create a habitat for both dragons and bees!

I shouldn't be disencouraged, I shouldn't be envious or sad, just because I haven't found a new publisher or book agent yet, but I just want my Gardendragon books to be translated and republished SO BADLY but haven't made any new contacts yet that could help me reach my goal 😂

I should REALLY work on more illustrations or even animations to at least make my little dragons a bit more known on the internet. I'd love to see them flourish again ;w;

#gardendragons #mod #reply #dragons #field guide to floral dragons #floral dragons

[erabu-san]

Hello there fellow artist that I enjoy there art a lot... I have a stupid question, When did you started doing Genshin art?

Oh hiii ! Thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot !! <333 None question is stupide, and I enjoy answer them Check on my archive, and I started doing fanart in november 8th 2020, with xingqiu

#reply #xingqiu #yeah my first genshinfanart ever is XINGQIU.

[enden-k]

Did you see kaveh tcg card coming 4.7 😭💘💘💘💘

no and pls dont show me a picture. i bet its all over twitter anw if i would check now. last time someone sent the haitham tcg card leak in an ask, i was the one who got dmcad and i dont wanna get banned from here <3

also finally FINALLY genshins tcg polycule will be completed in card form??

i bet haitham hogs all available kaveh cards

#own #the nerds who actually play this game...finally......complete... #reply

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

I don't think I've sent this as an ask before, sorry if I have, but your fat miku art genuinely makes me feel better about my body, on top of being mad adorable, so thank you!

Its still crazy for me how people love my chubby miku works. At first I thought i’d be roasted so bad but im overwhelmed by the support instead! I’m genuinely happy every time i get ‘asks’ like these (╥﹏╥) Also happy to hear that!

#ebi noodle doodles #xixiriima #ask me #ask #reply #reply ask #text post #ask reply

[arcadekitten]

I found Twyla at the renaissance faire yesterday!

totally didn't take this picture because I saw a horned owl and my brainrot said omg thats just like that thing I like

OH MY GOSH THAT'S SO COOOOL!!

Owls are truly such magnificent birds, and it makes me ever so flattered that you may see one and think of my special girl!! ♡ Thank you so much for sharing with me!!

#twyla #twyla sophio #? #reply

[eliasdrid]

you keep putting these tokusatsu shows on my dash for months and I have less than zero context what they're about. what's the cliffnotes version to get me interested in whatever these odd looking robots or perhaps creatures are doing?

Alright I'll try my best but it might get long.

To me, the most appealing thing about them is that the suits are very much suits, they often try to use practical effects where they can and there's a lot of neat choreographed fights. There's also often sci-fi elements (which I'm a fan of). Each season of each show seems to be made with love and passion for the genre* too and I've read/seen a few interviews which support this. There's also some very talented actors and it's amazing to watch them play pretend the colorful plastic weapons are real and can hurt you (they really sell it to you if you can suspend your disbelief a little and have some fun).

*edited - I wrote labor of love but forgot it is a specific thing and might not apply very well here?

Anyway. I'll give you the basics. The three big tokusatsu shows you may often see around are: Kamen Rider and Super Sentai (both from Toei) and Ultraman (from Tsuburaya).

Screenshots from: Kamen Rider OOO (2010), Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021) and Ultraman Blazar (2023)

There's others! like Dogengers (screenshot below) - but I'll try to focus on those three.

In general these shows are aimed at young audiences so you have to watch with that in mind. Also, like any superhero show, they will want to sell you merch (figures, toys, plushies, etc).

Another important thing to know is that the seasons of these shows are usually self contained, and each have their own theme, so you can pick any season that catches your eye to check out with no previous knowledge. There are crossovers events (movies and especials) and anniversary seasons which will explore and/or showcase previous content too! I personally really enjoyed Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021) which is a 45th Anniversary Sentai season and I had watched only two other sentais before it.

Now, some differences! so you can tell the shows apart and also know what you will potentially have in store if you decide to watch any. I'll put a read more because this is getting long 👍

Kamen Rider and Super Sentai air all year long, for this reason, seasons usually have 45-50 episodes. All the Ultraman shows I've watched have 25 episodes per season. Meanwhile Dogengers has kept a 12 episodes per season formula so far. Spin offs, specials and reboots have no defined number of episodes (to my knowledge).

I feel like I should mention that (especially in the case of 45-50 episodes shows) the episodes might feel a bit off sometimes? Be aware there's often release schedules with toylines involved* From what I've noticed this usually happens past the mid-season point the closer you get to finale territory. My guess is that, generally at that point, the writing team (or writer) was trying to do things they forgot to properly set up before, tie loose ends and/or finish arcs quickly. *Sometimes other things affect production, like COVID or an actor suddenly not being able to continue with their role.

All shows value The Power Of Love and Friendship and usually feature a team of heroes (or allies) fighting against an enemy faction. There's also, almost always, some sort of transformation device involved and in all these shows the heroes must collect some season-themed item to get power ups. The key difference between each show will be how they decide to play with these things.

Super Sentai is what Power Rangers is based on. If that tells you nothing: there's a team of heroes ("rangers"), color coded suits that are generally not too complex in design and one giant mech vs. giant monster fight per episode (on average). I've not seen too much Sentai so that's all I got for you.

Kamen Rider gives its heroes more complex suit designs and (usually) multiple forms (ascending in strength/skill). Kamen Rider's signature elements are probably: the drivers (belts), the henshins (transformation scenes) and the fact that they often have motorbikes (they gotta ride something).

Ultraman has more of a shared universe between seasons situation going on than the previous two so there's recurring lore. I won't explain that lore to keep this as short as possible. Either there's a host-alien situation (to varying degrees) or the protagonist has the ability to transform. In this show there's always an almost guaranteed Titular Ultraman vs. giant monster fight per episode.

More visuals that might help you tell them apart:

Screenshots from Ohsama Sentai King Ohger (2023)

Screenshots from Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002), Kamen Rider Den-O (2007), Kamen Rider OOO (2010), Kamen Rider Build (2017)

Screenshots from Ultraman Orb (2016), Ultraman Geed (2017) and Ultraman Blazar (2023)

I hope this was helpful! sorry it got long!

#i-gwrath #ask #reply #long post #elias toku tag

[biteofcherry]

Happy Wetnessday 💦

Your cute coworker invites you to come along to a wedding. What you don't know is that it's your wedding and your coworker was simply hired to deliver you to your awaiting groom. So once you're there you're pulled in every direction. Makeup, hair, dress, shoes and finally in front of your future husband. The mob boss of the city. You have no choice but to say yes... but would you even have said no if you had the choice?

Which hottie do you choose?

xoxo Wetnessday anon 💦

Okay, so I was very much 😴😴😴 when you sent that ask yesterday. Gotta love the time zones 😂 And today I was on double shift at work, so it's only now that I finally have time to sit down and enjoy your wonderful ask 🩷

A mob boss who already organized all the pampering preparations (a bottle of my favorite sparkling wine included), an astonishing dress that's so my style, with matching accessories? Not to mention the wedding ceremony is also fitting to my preferences and dreams?

He knows everything about me, as well the fact the only reason I wasn't married to him already is because I ran away once I learned the truth about him?

Because I knew him before.

An unexpected meet cute that bloomed into hot, sweet romance and lots of laughter and fun together. A laid back private business owner who loves movie marathons with lots of snack as much as going for a weekend away to a spa, or the beach, or a top ski resort.

I was living my spicy fairytale with him.

But when I learned that the actual business of his is mafia... I fled. Social ethics and fear made me cut all ties with him.

I should've known that he wouldn't leave me be.

Obviously I say yes - truly more out of love and excitement than out of fear.

Though I probably also threaten him with poisoning 😎

Okay, fine, I'll poison him after we return from the honeymoon, because he's taking me somewhere I always dreamed of going.

#Wetnessday Anon #sweet messages #reply

[st-just]

If you had to pick one niche thing you love to become inexplicably popular overnight, what would you pick?

Hmm. Grand strategy games, probably. Not like the fanbase for paradox games can get any more embarrassing, and the space being big enough to support more than one really dedicated high-budget publisher could only be good for it.

#reply #tinker-tanner #paradox

[endenope]

Sobbing about not getting the 50/50 split I’ll throw some money into the primogem fund for a chance to get the comic with Hthm too 😭

no perfect 50/50 AND the veritussy lost ooh so close

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[stromuprisahat]

Can you help me to understand the tether between Alina and Aleksander? I've seen people say that it was formed when he collared her but if that's true then why not use it when she's on the run from him? I always thought that's why he got his nichevo'ya to wound her and why he thanked her, because it allowed that connection to form. Am I wrong here?

Okay, well, I'm still re-reading, but...

They're written as two halves of the same whole. They're supposed to be complimentary opposites, that's why Aleksander's waiting for the Sun Summoner instead of settling for just any immortal, why he believes they're meant to be even after encountering other immortals' different worldviews and Alina's refusal to accept her own greatness. She won't only live long, they're bound by the Making, so she's predisposed to ~understand~ (And there are moments, when she does. Only her upbringing, issues and moral police companions prevent her from embracing what's between them.).

The first clear sign of their interconnection's showed during Winter Fete, although from the wording, I've missed at least two earlier ones:

The moment his lips met mine, the connection between us opened and I felt his power flood through me. I could feel how much he wanted me—but behind that desire, I could feel something else, something that felt like anger. I drew back, startled. “You don’t want to be doing this.” “This is the only thing I want to be doing,” he growled, and I could hear the bitterness and desire all tangled up in his voice. “And you hate that,” I said with a sudden flash of comprehension. He sighed and leaned against me, brushing my hair back from my neck. “Maybe I do,” he murmured, his lips grazing my ear, my throat, my collarbone.

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 14

"... the connection between us ..." suggests it's something Alina figured out exists before this time, so she didn't experience it only once.

Then there's the Collar that gives Aleksander access to Alina's powers, although it's not exactly clear how it works.

I had spared the stag’s life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the man who had taken it. ... The Darkling looked momentarily confused. He narrowed his eyes, and I felt his will descend on me again, felt that invisible hand grasping. I shrugged it off. It was nothing. He was nothing.

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 19

Like: Sorry honey, either the power belongs to you both, or you have the upper hand.

I would kill for Aleksander's LOGICAL explanation.

The nichevo'ya bite deepened the Bond, that's why Sasha did it. My guess is it might be something about merzost affecting the Making, therefore the connection formed by it, AND the tiny little detail the creatures might be created with use of said force, but from his own being. He's basically running around donating his body fluids essence to his closest "enemies"... *wink wink*

We don't know more than what he tells Alina, so perhaps he could feel her presence before that. Perhaps Alina's youth and inexperience played bigger part in her use of their connection, than we think. Perhaps her many issues did. (I hate repeating this phrase, but THE WASTED POTENTIAL!) Why tell your stubbornly uncooperating soulmate you have an in-build compass to help you track them, if they left a trail of more profane kind?

#reply #Grishaverse #Darklina #The Tether #The Darkling #Alina Starkov #grishanalyticritical #S&B Chapter 14 #S&B Chapter 19 #books #quotes #Leigh Bardugo #He's a bit of a spiritual whore. #You've crossed me? #I'll punish you with black goo from my own soul!

[dragqueenpentheus]

why are you celebrating someone's death?

#anon #reply

[erabu-san]

So you like Xiao as a fictional crush :p?

I actually don't ! I just love the interaction he has with Traveler haha, it is so wholesome My fictional crushes are Albedo and Sethos (and jean but.... albedo took everything)

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[enden-k]

There’s a new world quest in Fontaine as of 4.6, right in the middle of the city at the bottom of the big elevator. I recommend that you go see who it is!

you did not just

#fucking #what if i kms #WHY IS HE HERE #ILL NEVER BE FREE OF THIS MAN RAHHHHH #reply #own

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

do you only draw vocaloid or are other anime for comissons ok?

Contrary to popular belief- I also draw other anime ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ (ngl I miss drawing detailed work like these I cant recall how to do them lol)

#ebi noodle doodles #xixiriima #my art #fanart #art #anime #anime art #reply #ask reply #anon ask #anon #commission #genshin #genshin impact #NARUTO #ask #reply art #ask me

[arcadekitten]

I ADORE My Neighbor Enide!! I found it through LaurenZside's channel and fell in love! I love the representation and I would kill for some more content, is there any potential ideas for a hypothetical happy ending with Tabby? As an older sibling it hurt my soul to hear their sibling story :( but in a bittersweet way! Your writing and storytelling is exquisite :D

Yaaay, I'm so happy you like it!! Thank you!! ♡

Unfortunately Tabby's ending is just not a happy one and sometimes that's the way it is! Still, I am very happy you enjoy the game!

(And not to get all self-promo but I have other happier sibling stories in some of my other work! I'd specifically check out Crowscare if that's what you're into!)

#my neighbor enide #ask #reply