#also armor references

[blindtaleteller]

thank you for previous explain. It was so long and detailed. I had now another question. About lady's life in Asgard. Sigyn x Loki for me. And Sigyn is not warrior, but typical lady. Can you write something about it?

Honestly if you're looking for an example of that in canon MCU, much of Frigga's character and especially her surroundings as expressed on screen does have quite a few examples.

In fact, we aren't even given the idea she can still fight until she absolutely has to in The Dark World.

And, it's in Dark World (and a little of both Ragnarok [geh] and Endgame if you take both the premise of the Valkyries and the time travel scenes in it seriously) that we are given those examples.

Remember, whether they are fighters themselves or not: if they're Asgardian, they're still raised as a part of that previously mentioned warmongering imperialist society: and that would be (as also told to us in their dialogue about Jane and Sif, and their King Odin's expectations) even more strictly observed by someone like a lady in that kind of royalist/imperialist hierarchy, rather than a warrior.

That is why I say 'much' of Frigga's character and surroundings.. but not all. It's not the fighting you need to look at, though that can help. It's her mannerisms, her rooms (look at TDW including the fight with Malekith), her maids, and more. Frigga is, as Queen and even without the fight or ability itself: the top and more importantly leading example of what to expect of a lady of the royal court: as she should be in that kin of society.

And that's also VERY probably why she doesn't fight in any of THor 2011 on screen: even when Laufey shows up, regardless of her being nearer to the main palace then, than she was in TDW: where she was shown being in a separate side palace at least a few miles away when Algrim/Kurse broke out of the dungeon: all the way up until her life, and Jane's, are in immediate danger after having left that portion of the palace during the attack that Kurse opened the shields to manage.

(Which side note was REEEEALLY questionable at the time with a human housing an infinity stone in tow at the time, but is neither here nor there with other things taken into account... just a very dangerous for Jane choice, given what enemies they did have even without the elves being taken into account.. but eh, it is canon and it does fit the flavors of Asgard's, Odin's, and Frigga's own arrogance and ignorance in regards to Asgard's 'impervious' mindset state, as far as the upper echelons of their society seems to be concerned as portrayed on screen.)

In a way, it's made pretty clear that while Frigga still retains much of her skills as a fighter and mage/witch (Or the daughter of three witches at least as we also now know through canon dialogue:) the things she does and doesn't do, while also comparing that to someone like Brunhilde (aka Valkyrie) and how they were clearly recieved during and well after their term as an active female-only fighting force, the canon makes it pretty clear that unless they do retain that fighter status, women (perhaps including the queen) either do not tend to hold as much sway or dignity in other pursuits outside the household.

In other words and as an canon example.. even as the other ruler on the throne and his adoptive mother; Frigga is easily able to set aside the throne and any responsibility for doing so even in that situation. Regardless of, the fact that; at that point the situation is that Jotunheim had declared war in response to Thor's treasonous invasion, and regardless of being closest to Loki (we know this through the words of every character in the family: Thor says it repeatedly, Odin goads and attempts to guilt trip him with that close relationship too, and Frigga does the same with her own wierdness during her conversation with him in TDW's dungeon cell scene) knowing full well not only what she was asking of Loki, but also what Loki was going through in having just recently discovered that he wasn't only not of the same species: but on top of that was Laufey's biological son AND Jotunheim's only known of prince. Whom, Odin admitted he had taken to 'forge a permanent peace.'

A peace that, probably wouldn't have happened anyway if he and it had been handled just as poorly as well, it was.

Think about that for a little bit; really think about it: and the fact that she did so, while playing the part and claiming she was closest to him and cared about him the most.

That canonically casts some seriously gross and awkward truths into the realm of how their their relationship actually is versus how Frigga and the rest of them tried to paint it. As well as touching her own guilt evasion there too: and is something that both in the first Thor and the second film both: Frigga absolutely side steps taking any responsibility for, as the mother, the mentor, and the lady who raised him with that lie: regardless of their supposed closeness.

And, why that's important? Is because, under that king, husband and society as it goes: she is not just allowed to do that without complaint from any of the above, their society OR the foster-brother that she raised and lied to right next to him: she's allowed to thrive and remain in her position STILL without that question or any apparent explanation of ANY of those nuances or her part in putting him in charge in taht mental and emotional state; well after the fact and into 2013 two years later.

When she refers to that massive erasure of not just who but WHAT he is? Frigga almost always shifts that blame fully onto Odin in her dialogue; and steers as hard as she can away from words reminding the viewer that, she was Odin's wife and partner: through all of that. Instead, it's always 'your father' or 'he' rather than 'we' or 'he and I.'

Which is very blatantly another portion of Loki's response in this same scene when asked 'And am I not your mother..?' because, he's right in every form of the answer.

It's -possible- that she was being honest about her relationship with Loki, at least later on? But it's -not- very -probable-, or believable at that stage.. and her lack of self awareness and ownership of her part even when alone with him in Thor 2011 (not to mention carrying that on a year later in Dark World) makes that very hard to miss as a thing in truth: especially with the given facts being that this went on for over a thousand years.. and still over all that time she didn't have enough regard, respect, or love for her supposed favorite son, to even hint at any of his origins even after she taught him to shapeshift or cast illusions herself, to change the outcome.

And again.. no one raised a question as to why. Or held her accountable. No one questioned the one person in the royal family who was capable of taking Loki's place on the throne back in 2011 either.

Given how little we see women in honored fighting positions in Asgardian culture, and are given the very blatant information between the films that it's been literal centuries since even since a female fighting force has been a thing, PLUS the literal views we've been given with Sif as the only woman in the training yard in modern eras...?

It's pretty likely that raised-in bit of social ugly is pretty well dug into their society as well.

Again and that said: figuring out how a lady rather than a fighter might run her life, or fit in at those upper tiers without picking up a weapon: has been put on some display.

Asgard has a very wonky, heavy half ren/medieval approach to their upper heirarchy on display, complete with ladies in waiting (which Tony takes a little off jab at in GROUNDED too lol,) and healers especially seeming to be a majorly female profession.

There wasn't a single dude in that scene with Jane that wasn't either royalty or a guard, if you look at it again. Every single one of the healers is a woman.)

That mentioned, another place to look for examples, are again: Frigga's personal surroundings. And Dark World gives us a good look at those.

One thing to note, is that besides the healers: pretty much every Asgardian lady has armor in some portion of their wardrobe. Whether that's a breastplate, vanbraces (wrist/forearm,) gorgets (neck guard, like Loki's) or something else to accompany their dresses.

Vanbraces (Thor 2011)

Vanbraces and Archer's breastplate (Dark World Dungeon Scene)

Vanbraces, Pauldron, and partial Chestplate (Dark World, final scene)

There are moments when we see her and them without armor pieces (or in some scenes with even fewer of them at least, like teh carefully disguised set in the top gif) but for the most part those outfits are reserved for really important parties that are the equivalent of formal-dress parties: in which case we can see that even Sif doesn't escape from the expectation of wearing a literal dress: though even then.. hers is the odd one out of the others shown/on display in the room as far as style:

Which tells us a couple of things, but first and foremost and something that makes sense in their culture: is that even if they're not mainline fighters, and having been invaded enough to need and upkeep those shields in the first place?

Other than fancy events/celebrations and or coronations? The armor pieces are definitely as much local every day cultural fashion thing, as they are functional in some cases.

It's pretty likely that even the ladies of the court at least know and are expected to upkeep at least minor skills in self defense, if not the defense of their own homes: and are probably taught to do so from a very young age. They're not going to be as good at it outside of their own personal territory, or a territory they know well like say the Valkyrie were supposed to be, as the equivalent of a special forces military task unit: but they probably are expected.

Another side note..? This above, is ultimately; also among the forgiving reasons I don't question why Frigga went to the main palace outside of her taking Jane with her when she went. As Queen and lady of the house under that form of society, it absolutely passes without Jane in tow. However.. without Jane in tow, there's also the bit she couldn't have known at the time; that the writers did of course .. the fact that any of the elves were even alive and kicking. [And gee; thanks for that again Bor, lol! like father like son, I guess? Bor, his son, and said son's wife DO seem to have a habit of -not- telling their kids about world and universe ending enemies being alive after the fact, don't they? coughcoughHELAcoughcough.. XD]

There is one other bit, besides that: that we do get about the society from all that too though. At least about the surviving upper echelons of the ruling class: and that is?

That Odin had a really tight reign on the upper royals and his fighting forces surviving the Great Wars as King.. lips and all: unless amongst the entirety of their armies, council, other generals (besides Hela, which HOO is that a whole conversation unto itself Loki and Laufey related when you look at that timeline with Hela in it omg..) and pretty much every lady in waiting, servants .. or just other lords and ladies? Just didn't notice a surprise baby that the Queen -didn't- give birth to, was randomly being presented as a new baby prince to the Asgardian Empire. Which.. is next to impossible; especially when you take into account that this wasn't another country he took this kid from, or a society unfamiliar with magic: he took Loki from an entirely differing species and PLANET elsewhere in the universe in the middle of the last battle of one of the largest and bloodiest wars in their generation: and forced passing him off as his own.

Even if, he did manage that; maybe sequestering his wife and passing Loki off as a twin or some shizz? Someone if not a whole lot of someones probably knew.. but especially the healer or healers who would have treated any wounds throughout Loki's lifetime.

We could, almost say that they could have presented him as an adopted Asgardian kid.. and maybe he and Frigga did, to some of them on the sly to help keep it under wraps.. but that doesn't fit how their relationship is depicted, shown or talked about prior to or even after the reveal of his species and bloodline at all, either.

And that still wouldn't pass the first time this kid hurt himself, or was injured in battle under the scrutiny of an uninformed healer's ability in that society, with magic and high tech and more very much at their fingertips and in their alliances and enemies too, to be recognized.

Meaning, at least a portion of the populace closest to the crown, and especially those types old enough to have taken part in the last of the Great Wars or tending Loki as he grew and fought and more as a captive prince: were either just as complacent or, shut up by either if not both portions of the crown house really damned fast and really efficiently likely through threat, exile or worse. Keep in mind, the Great Wars and especially that one was still freshly finished, and they made a great show of making sure we knew there would be problems having the future ruler of the enemy they had been killing for an un-foretold length of time next to the crown in how even mention of Jotnar was allowed to form in Asgardian society: through Loki's words, through Thor's reactions and words, through Odin and through Frigga too.

The hate was strong enough even a thousand years plus of Odin's rule with Loki as prince later, that Thor thought it was A-Okay to go ahead and invade the planet and restart that war, against the literal warnings not just from every single person around him before he did it: and not just warned but told outright by his father and the King 'don't you fuckin' dare' well before even that.

That.. is the kind of society and expectations, an Asgardian Lady would have been raised into and led by along with the rest.

All that said, this is getting long; and there are metas rather than canon they come from that I could mention regarding Vanaheim as the most prevalent colony of Asgardians/partial Asgardians too, but.. we don't get a whole lot of them or their off world society other than to know that Odin doesn't care about them NEARLY as much: or at least not enough to even provide them defensive cannons or other defenses that Asgard otherwise VERY clearly has and has had for literal ages as put on display in the Dark World.

Being a woman in that society would probably be a very, well...

Probably, brainwashed to accept a lowered expectation of self worth over all, without the ability to fight on a greater tier than just home and self defense. And those who don't fall into those already asserted social standards would definitely be outliers if not outcasts. We have Loki himself and how Frigga's skills are viewed and worded even by her own family, as example of that.

So.. that's a lot to keep in mind but.. yeah. It is there, and more that; I probably haven't touched or missed while in the process of going on and explaining that.

For Sigyn though, for me: I do have some planned for her but as she doesn't exist in the MCU and adapting her would for me have to take all of that in mind: that is being approached very back burner for late Vestibule 2 (after Mixology) and Vestibule 3 as what ultimately boils down to an OC version of her. In part because I like that character in real life lore, and Skadi's character: and when I do write for them both.. I want to try and convert them to fit into the MCU base in a way that feels right to me.

Which is going to be rough when getting into more detailed versions of stuff like the very brief mentions of Skadi's tale and others I've already done in fics like Simon Says/Bail: given the MCU is twice removed from actual Norse Mythos; being Asgard in the MCU is more loose in being based off of Marvel, which in turn is then just as loose in the comics' basing their characters from that Norse Mythos.

Also, am tired .. is eleven PM lol sorry for not continuing, and getting extra rambly. But will add more pretty pictures to make up for it a lil bit? lol

If you have more questions or want some elaboration on anything, by all means feel free to send me asks just like this one.

I generally try to answer pretty quickly when I see them lol.

#Ladies of Asgard #examples given #it's pretty open #but there are established rules shown and in some rare places told #at least as far as the MCU version is concerned #I am very interested in doing at least two Unis with if not more with Sigyn though #that's always been a plan #Asgard lore #Asgard on screen examples #MCU Asgard #MCU #Lokiverse references #also armor references #blacksmithing study sometimes comes in handy. #editted a bit cause I hate typos #especially overly dumb plabet typos lol

[wolfythewitch]

sketchin

#art #sketch #hector of troy #the iliad #help i cant find proper armor reference i dont think im usign the right keywords #greek mythology #also i dont think the shield is tall enough to do this on but we're going to Ignore that

[omchar]

@applestruda's boatem knights au suddenly seized me with brainrot so i had to do this

#first time doing traditional art in months because my drawing tablet is packed up in a box rn #but aaaaaaaaaa i love impulse's design and just had to sketch something #and then it came out better than i expected so now im posting it #also dont judge the armor/clothing i just bullcrapped it because im too lazy to find references rn :D #hermitcraft #impulsesv #boatem knights au #chart #im probably forgetting to tag something

[lunarcrown]

Soggy veil bdubs with a shrugged off jacket bc ???????? He’s getting rain washed I guess

Also BONUS: some hermit reactions to said wet fella

#inspired by bdubs new armor trim stuff and all the veiled bdubs I’ve seen on honey’s page and also I like draiwng wet fabric #Bdoubleo100 #rendog #impulsesv #ethoslab #my art #kids don’t try this at home bc you won’t look ethereal you’ll just waterboard URSELF #believe me I tried #and no u can’t see the reference pics I took of myself bc they’re horrendous

[grimdarkqueen]

WIP

#I lied I am actually doing a really simple short pages of #wolfwren but this is probably my last fanart of them #lots of ideas not sure if going tragic or funny #also the only way I could get really good references of Sabine armor #was on hot toy page of Sabine too bad they don’t have shin #also trying different styles and just having fun #wolfwren #ahsoka series #shin hati #sabine wren #ahsoka spoilers #star wars #sabine x shin #shin x sabine #my art

[leisi-lilacdreams]

Edit: whelp tumblr killed the quality and I don't know how to fix it >:T

It looked fine on desktop but seeing on my phone makes it look like poop

If you download the image and open it in your gallery the quality looks fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

OTL how do people have the drive to make comics??

not for me -100/10

anyway i love @aealzx 's comic/fanfic Cross Dimension Kidnapping

i love that you get art with every chapter

very unique

i imagined this extra dialog while reading chapter 19 and i wanted to get it done before they posted chapter 20 but aealzx is so fast ;;

ah well

this don has such pretty blue eyes and i'm a sucker for golden eye raph

i fell for the comic since chapter 1 ;;

#tmnt #tmnt 2003 #rise + 2003 crossover #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #my art #rise of the turtles #rise of the tmnt #fanfic fanart #tmnt fanart #crossover fanart #cross dimension kidnapping #i spent....so much time on drawing raph's armor i lost steam to draw don's i'm sorry OTL #also did my best to not have to draw leatherhead lol #i'm sorry but i just didn't have the energy to figure out that design #i cannot put into words the feeling i had when i saw aealzx posted a character reference sheet & i only saw it after i finished my fancomic #posted on the same day no less #my soul left my body #anyway hope aealzx likes this #it was an excuse to draw more 03 turts

[eegnm]

Ok, so I've been minorly (majorly) obsessed with front toward enemy by @rifle-yes the partisan au of my dreams 😪

#that’s how I pictured her in the munroe effect #I need to catch up on aod I’ve been reading uni texts so I haven’t had the concentration #remember when had smiley jyn in the first part of fte?? 😭😭 #i actually love all the angst tehe #jyn erso #rebelcaptain #star wars #rogue one #fanart #my art #this ones for you rifle 🫵🧍‍♀️ *💥explodes💥* #also am partial to her hair in a side part bc of that one concept art #saw gerrera #front toward enemy #rifle pls drop some references for her armor my brain is to incompetent to imagine😭😭🧠👎 #fte

[spaceraes]

Someone get this guy a strong fruity drink and a therapist

#yeah I drew this without reference so his armor is messed up. sue me #yeah I also misspelled omelette #in all fairness I was half asleep when drawing this #anyways #dungeon meshi #kabru #kabru dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #bluedle

[astrodances]

Della in armor! Della in armor! ⚔️

Throwing my sword into the stone for Knight Della (apparently before Cowboy Della kicks the saloon door in? too many puns??).

Gave her a touch of Spear of Selene spacesuit red, with inspiration from a very specific Legend of Korra background that I was paused on, and Sokka's space sword that I assume she found in Xadia after it was lost to fire and time. 😉☄️

#DuckTales #Della Duck #knight Della #armor Della #my art #listen I HAD to give her Sokka's space sword it's my favorite sword and it's Della y'know? #also used Piandao for pose reference bc I love him

[bug4932]

everyone tristan appreciation post for @byronvera 's birthday or im killing a hostage (byron)

#watch in real time as the armor becomes aimless as it goes below the waist and i can no longer reference your beautiful design for him #and also forget details for the top hald anyways whoops 👍 #half. ok. 👍 #parahumans #ward #parart #tristan vera

[ganondoodle]

wait does the thing that some people think totk (or the stuff in the past) takes place before all other zelda games really just come from rauru and sonia founding hyrule??

hyrules been newly founded and switched places multiple times tho, plus this is an entirely new ""timeline"" anyway

botw + totk are their own thing with lots of references to other games bc funney referenceeee really, i doubt there was supposed to be any kind of deeper connection

(lets ignore the fact that they made botw to be a sort of soft reset and connect it all back together and then made its sequel do time fuckery AGAIN messing it all up again considering the continuity problems with them both .... and causing people to think they have to cram totks past parts into the old timeline somehow)

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #.. lets also ignore that they couldnt even make totk feel like an actual sequel and is connceted to botw only on surface level #idk why this annoys me but it sure does #i mean the fact that they think its before skyward sword even #or oot #which all just doesnt make ANY sense #of course you can try to think deeper about all the armor sets and all that #tho i think its purely meant as a reference for nostalgias sake #but some sounded fully conviced its meant like that #which .... god would that be weird #and ... make me feel even worse about it #the entire zelda franchise being a big ol moldy zonau sandwhich is the most senseless thing i have ever thought about regarding tloz

[sanshinexx]

Family portrait with the Dad Bad Batch

#please can we have them all back together again #i just want them to be happy #i was desperately searching through the draw you squad tag in hopes of finding a good reference with six people #then i went 'wait... my family has six members' #and proceeded to locate as many of our family pictures as I could find #this is the first result #please don't pay too close attention to the armor i tried my best #no i didn't actually i just kind of gave up #i also re-drew hunter and omega's hair like-- five times #and i'm still not too happy with them #but i can't for the life of me manage to make them look any better #so here we are #i'm really happy with crosshair tech and echo tho #my babies. i love them #the bad batch #bad batch #tbb #the bad batch fanart #bad batch fanart #tbb fanart #hunter #omega #crosshair #wrecker #echo #tech #the clone wars #star wars #star wars fanart #art

[withercrown]

For anyone still worrying about who the 'spies' are in The Mandalorian, you're looking at it all wrong. Season 3 has gone extremely hard on Mandalorians = Jewish parallels (even in this very episode having Din say that the Mandalorians have been on the edge of extinction for thousands of years, yet still survive).

The Spies is probably a reference to the Twelve Spies from the Old Testament.

The Twelve Spies were a group of Israelite chieftains, one from each of the Twelve Tribes, who were dispatched by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan for 40 days as a future home for the Israelite people.

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian spoilers #the armorer is innocent #i will die on this hill #if she was the spy then gideon wouldn't have been surprised #when he found out the tribes were working together #i personally don't think any mandalorian is sus #also keep in mind this is a REFERENCE #not a plot point #i don't think they are going to have to wander for 40 years #lmao

[eliphasgraham]

I DID IT I DRAW SOMETHING KINDA CLEAN TO INTRODUCE HIM

This is my canon warden Modi Brosca !! He is 20 at the begining of the Blight

He is impatient and violent and he can't read but he saved the world yay ! Also he really likes his dog, his fucked up found family and to doodle everything he sees at the surface

He doesn't smile a lot and he likes to kill stuff but he is very sweet i swear

#i really like when people draw their oc stuff like this so i tried to imagine what objects he carries around with him #i never took the time to draw his mabari so here he is !! also first time drawing a dog with an armor it's HARD #im not very original with my oc names but i like deities references i think it's pretty #also modi in french sounds like maudit which mean cursed and i think it's funny #dragon age #dragon age origins #warden brosca #dwarf warden #mabari #zevwarden

[ndostairlyrium]

WIP Wednesday ✨

IN TIME, this time. About time! Tags at the bottom

some cass <3 lav sketches, I'm currently painting the outfit on the right with poor chances of succeding (purples and cool greys are involved) u-u

hopefully I'll end up being historically coherent this time lmao (I'm eyeing Cosmé Tura because there are some interesting things in his pieces but I'm trying my best to stay in Venice for Josie *sprays water @ Estensi*). Also I'm tempted to change the pose and Leli may be seen from behind because, um, archer back? Archer back. I mostly see pics in which she's thin and dainty but like Give this girl those luscious back muscles she deserves pls

More outfits for the troubled child. So far these are my least favorite but! We keep going until I can replace the other document in full since it needs an update

Luckily, I have time to finish something this weekend ;u;

Tagging (w no obligation): @greypetrel @shivunin @melisusthewee @underneathestars @daggerbean @layalu @herearedragons

#wip wednesday #poor cullen is excluded from the group pic for once #...unless? #I mean I could draw him but it's either armor or tudor and I'd need to double my research for those .-. argh #that reference sheet is like 2% of the things I've gathered lol #also if u don't know cosmé tura google him he's one of my absolute faves lol #whenever I see an exposition that covers the timeframe 400-600 I always look for him and fangirl like mad #his baby jesuses are hideous I love them so much #the photos never give his paintings enough justice tho ;; #just like giovanni bellini you can't see how beautiful the renderings are via photo #his (bellini) saint sebastian is one of the most unbothered saint sebastians ever lol #'yea I got an arrow on my stomach I know' *looks at saint francis having a moment absolutely unbothered* #...um sorry for the renaissance rant lmao #here have a cookie for the road 🍪 <3

[antidotefortheawkward-art]

Sun Wukong's assorted lingpai (mandate tokens)

[ID: 1) An illustration of the two sides of a mostly rectangular lingpai made of wood. One side reads "令" and the other reads "弼马温", both written in seal script. The bottom of the lingpai is adorned by horses facing outwards, clouds by their feet.

2) An illustration of the two sides of a stone lingpai shaped mostly like a rectangle, but flared at the top and bottom. One side reads "令" and the other reads "美猴王", both written in seal script. The top of the lingpai is adorned with a dragon-pearl surrounded by flames and clouds. The bottom is adorned with mountains, the sea, and coral. The borders of both the top and bottom are decorated with clouds and flowers. The top is swirled in a way that resembles a lingzhi or a ruyi.

3) An illustration of the two sides of a red jade lingpai, shaped mostly like a rectangle but with a curved top. One side reads "令" and the other reads "齐天大圣", both written in seal script. The top of the lingpai is adorned by a ruyi with a flower and mountain at its center. Below the ruyi is a lotus flower, which sits on top of the forehead of a Yazi carving. Clouds extend out from either side of Yazi and below him are flowers. The two sides of the lingpai have the carvings of cloud pillars wrapped in a stylized waterfall. At the bottom are clouds which could also be the foam from the waterfall. Lotuses float atop this foam/these clouds. At the center of the bottom is a mountain with a ruyi at its foot. This ruyi also has a flower within it.

4) The lineart for the three lingpai, with accompanying commentary. The one labeled "BiMaWen" reads "carved and burned wood," "simple, only horses and clouds," and "ornamental, basically no power." The one labeled "Beautiful Monkey King" reads "carved from a chunk of Sun Wukong's stone egg," "customized from Ao family royal lingpai template," and "mostly sea, cloud, and dragon pearl imagery." The one labeled "Great Sage Equaling Heaven" reads "carved from red jade," "fully custom, in style of an emperor's lingpai but HuaGuo," and "flowers, waterfalls, mountains, ruyi, Yazi, and clouds imagery." At the side are simple doodles of the three lingpai. The first is light brown with a yellow cord, captioned "simple cord, no tassel." The second is grey with a red cord and tassel, captioned "silk cord and tassel." The third is red with a red cord and tassel, captioned "braided cord," "jade and gold accented." End ID]

#my art #journey to the west #jttw #xiyouji #visual development #prop design #in case youre wondering about the note on the Beautiful Monkey King lingpai- #yes he did harass Ao Guang for that #as soon as he came back from being BiMaWen he wanted a proper lingpai of his own #so he marched down to Ao Guang's palace with a stone in hand and demanded he get it properly carved #the Great Sage lingpai was carved by the artists of the Heavenly Palace and presented to him when his title was recognized #you may have seen a rough draft of that lingpai on swk's belt in the Seven Sages lineup 👉👈 #much simpler though of course gdhfsjkkdskl #at the time i was thinking of it as being carved from red wood #but nah now it's a solid chunk of jade you could knock someone out with it #also- 如意 means 'by one wants'- same as the ruyi in ruyijinkubang 'as-you-wish golden staff' #but ruyi here refers to the clustered swirls (google image it) bc its a common auspicious piece of imagery #Yazi is one of the famed Sons of the Dragon God #he's a violent and skilled fighter so he's usually used to adorn weaponry and armor #but i think swk would get a kick out of his lingpai having Yazi on it too