#basically to sum it up

[artheresy]

Part Two (Stellaron Hunters)

Like the last one with the Astral Express, I am listing my opinions on aspects of the HSR designs, including things I kinda dislike or at least would change about certain playable designs in HSR to help myself with planning some of my own designs/redesigns for future art!

And I am so excited to get onto three of my favorite designs in this game!! The Stellaron Hunters are my babies and I originally was going to include them in the AE part 1 post, but sadly exceeded some kind of limit on the post while rambling about both of the groups designs, so they get their own post! And y'know what if that gives me more room to talk about them, I am not upset!

Ofc, Disclaimer: I am not a professional character designer, I'm not saying any of my ideas for them are objectively better or improvements even, nor am I bashing any of these designs. This is just my opinion and I like most if not all of the playable designs at the moment! I just have a few thoughts regarding them.

The List part 2:

Silver Wolf: I really like her design, I think honestly the Stellaron Hunters (at least for the trio, still forming my thoughts on Sam's) are easily some of the best designed characters in HSR so far. I do think out of those three designs though, Silver Wolf might be the weakest? Not that it's bad ofc, as I just said I think they're some of the best designs, but alongside Kafka and Blade, it feels like there's more that could be done with her design. They went ham on having so many like "Haha look she's a gamer!" details on her outfit that it ends up a bit eye rolling when you keep seeing all the details. The buttons hanging from her belt, the controller garter, the pattern on the fabric hanging from her hip for no reason, the power button logos on her her belt in multiple places and the strap that hold her knife, and that's not even all of them. It's just a bit much. Yes, she's a gamer, we get that. It doesn't need to be sprinkled throughout her design this much, at least not in this way. Because the way they did it, admittedly looks a bit gimmicky since it's only visual details rather than anything more is the best way I can describe it. I would maybe give her a few more items in place of all of these little things. Give her a visible earpiece, or some other kind of hands off communication device. Give her more devices if you're gonna have her adorned with all these straps, make them useful. Though I have two (maybe three?) other bigger ideas that could either work for changing her up physically, either separately or somehow together in a design. I'm stuck between the idea of giving her comfier clothes, both to reflect her more laid back personality and also to fit more so with what she does, or giving her more of a tech wear influence in her design, especially considering PunkLorde is meant to be a cyberpunk themed place. I feel like there's a better way to reflect that influence in her design. Also I dunno about you, but when I think cyberpunk I think of Neons a bit. I’m not saying turn her whole color palette that, but I think in a few of the patterns or in little details adding tiny touches of neon would look cool and help make her pop out a bit. (Sorry this ended up rambling, when I actually draw my thoughts for her, it will come through cleaner and clearer. Overall, I really like her design still even if there's a lot of details I would preferably change.)

Kafka: Kafka is one of my favorite designs, I adore her, I adore the spider, the web, and even the butterfly motifs present in her design. Her color scheme has a sense of allure to it if that makes sense, well balanced throughout her from head to toe. If I were to change something, it would be to make her design more show-y, a little more over the top. As it stands, Himeko has a more ostentatious design than her. Which feels off to me. "Oh but she's going on missions, taking people out, and collecting Stellarons. Her practical design makes sense." Very true, but also these missions aren't merely just missions. They are performances, displays of acting according to Elio's scripts in order to obtain the results he needs for the future. Kafka, of the rest of the Stellaron Hunters we've seen so far, seems to be the one that best fits into the role of Elio's dramatic villain/anti-hero. I mean just compare her presence in the Luofu quest to like Blade also in the Luofu quests, or Sam in the Penacony ones. There is a difference in dramatics and performance. She beckons the audience's (and law enforcement's) eyes towards her, as she strings them along with her schemes and plans. She is made to be the one in the lime light, delivering monologues and putting on the best show for everybody. When we look at the few missions of the Stellaron Hunters we’ve seen so far, Kafka does fit the bill as the star of his show, his leading actor in the role of the antagonist. As such, I think Kafka could benefit from making her outfit a bit more dramatic, leaning into the role she plays even further. Especially when thinking about how playing up that dramatized version of herself would work with the facade she's hinted at putting up. I do adore it the way it is, I just think more could be done with it. Lean a bit harder in, and by nature of making her more over the top, that could lead to the potential for a more interesting silhouette depending on how it's handled. Maybe even some more elements to influence like making it more over the top could be inspired from the Kafka Stigmata in HI3rd

Blade: I can’t lie to y’all. I think his design is close to perfection. I think it’s so well done (even though the silhouette could use some work? Depending?), it’s absolutely packed with symbolism. However, aside from just some silhouette adjustments, something I would change is the emphasis of how injured he is. The injuries he feels every single day of his life, that can’t heal because of Jingliu essentially overriding the default state his body is trying to restore. It’s a big thing in his lore, so much so that it’s been mentioned multiple times including in a main companion quest and literally up front show to us face to face. That cg of him with the sword in his chest feels like somebody stuck a sword in mine every time I see it, I swear. But design wise, I feel like this point about him and his history doesn’t shine through as well, and it feels like the gravity of that time isn’t properly portrayed in his design. Like let me emphasize, Bailu’s words might suggest that the default state for some of his injuries is literally open and bleeding so... And you might think “Oh that’s funny, when he’s literally covered in bandages like his arm and chest.” Well, I’ll one up you by clarifying if you look up his jacket as he runs, you’ll see his model has bandages ALL the way down his torso!! But the thing is, this is covered by his jacket. We only see his hand bandaged and a little peek at his chest, but his face? Completely fine. The rest of his body? Perfectly covered not showing anything. If I could change his design just a bit, first off, I’m making his coat more tattered and broken. Yes he gets his coat replaced at times, but that doesn’t mean we need to always see it in pristine condition. He’s a fighter, making his coat have tears in it, leave the edges worn down, more fabric than just his red ribbons to be frayed at the ends. In those tears of his clothes, either show bandages (left up to you whether to be seen as fresh injuries covered waiting to heal or more wrapped remnants of Jingliu’s slashes) or scars on every single bit of skin that manages to peek out from that coat. And for some flavor, add some scars to his face however big or small. There’s no way I can believe Jingliu killed him hundreds of times and didn’t at least once go for a head shot. I bet that woman knows the extent of his healing like the back of her hand, I bet she could answer my question about how exactly Blade’s body would heal if his limbs were severed. If he has some part of himself not covered, it should have evidence that he was harmed there! Never let us forget that part of his lore! NEVER!!

(I promise I’m totally not insane about him, what ever could lead you to that conclusion?)

I want to say, I will eventually update this once we have more Sam lore, perhaps I’ll include Sam with the Penacony characters post to make it easier or I’ll just redo the Stellaron Hunters post and revise and revisit my ideas for these three! As it stands, I want to wait until we have more Sam lore and more things cleared up about them before I jump into talking about the armor design or things I know from leaks until it’s been confirmed or disproven so I can give better my thoughts about the design in relation to the character!! Please stay tuned, I can’t decide if I should go for Overworld Belobog first because I have more clear ideas (including a rant about one specific character) or if it’s best to go to Herta Space Station first in order to just go in order essentially. Who knows ! Well! I hole you enjoyed this, I adore the Stellaron Hunters and any time I am able to talk about them I am very happy :D

#basically to sum it up #kafka and blade’s designs need to lean in more to certain aspects #(the drama and the trauma) #and sw’s needs to ease up on the gimmick #but overall? #some of my favorite designs in the game #MWAH love them #okay im finishing this at 3:30 am and i need to sleep so ill schedule this for later #have a good day y’all <3 #the stelle redesign btw is cooking in my wips im just making notes about what i would change or explore #so i can start making concept arts for the different ideas i hav #after her will probably be either himeko or march bc im still thinking of ideas for dh #and once i have this post done i might be doing belobog next #which as a heads up #will feature one of the character design opinions I feel so strongly about that it inspired this whole series of posts #(spoiler alert: the belobog design is servals and youll understand what i mean when i say i feel strongly soon enough) #hsr #honkai star rail #hsr blade #hsr kafka #silver wolf #stellaron hunters

[cattermelons]

cries in blender

i was so close to finishing the poses for the new decades post, until i went in game and realised ALL of gian’s poses were fucked. i then proceeded to spend the last 4 or 5 hours trying to fix them but have now come to the conclusion that i am going to have to remake all of the poses for gian and his busted rig and now my schedule is all delayed and i

i am fine

#moimoments #ts4 pose making #i hate blender so much oh my days #why has this happened #basically to sum it up #all of gian’s eyes are wank #in blender they look perfectly fine and positioned #but in game they look absolutely feral and are all over the place #i’ve tried resetting the rig #remaking the package file #moving the eye position #changing the locrot to locrot scale #remove all my cc and mods #but everytime i go in game gian just has the crazy eyes #if anyone knows how to fix this please let me know #😭😭😭

[snowfallenlavender]

watching takotsubo heartbeat for the second time lol

#snowyspeaks #IT'S SO GOOD #its on yt if anyone's curious #basically to sum it up #its a fanmade take on marina's past n stuff #and it has a character based on pearl's beta design #her name's sunny #i definitely recommend it #it's really sad but #its a treat to watch

[two-aliens-in-a-suit]

Average First Doctor reaction to causing mass arson

#doctor who #first doctor #this screenshot basically sums up his personality as a whole #silly little guy #responsible for the great fire of rome #classic who #william hartnell #blorbo

[bloodofgrapes]

I think more people should go back and either replay or rewatch (.... or forbid, play or watch them for the first time) aa1, even if it's literally only case 1

fanon phoenix is so completely disconnected from the actual character that at this point they basically share a wacky hairstyle and a name to me. In the actual games, Phoenix is almost always depicted as the "straight man", even in comparison to Edgeworth: he's somber, dry, sarcastic, and often very tired of shenanigans and bullshit. He's a very ordinary "everyman", and that's like 80% of his appeal to me, tbh. It's not to say that he can't be silly or nonserious, but we have a unique look at the inside of his head and all the things he COULD say, but most likely does not.

He goes on to become a literal world renowned defense attorney, and so many people want to boil him down to a silly stupid little rabbit of a guy when he's anything but

#yes this is about the polls #I guess this particularly irks me because before I replayed the games for the first time in a decade+ #I'd fallen for a bit of fanon phoenix as well #and it really surprised me to revisit ace attorney as a fully grown adult (instead of being barely an adult) #and to see how somber and reserved phoenix really is #it's not even strictly a trilogy thing either he acts the same in aa4 #if anything his “worst” qualities are amplified and he very frequently goes mask off about being pessimistic and balefully sarcastic #I guess to sum it up #phoenix is an interesting character and it makes me sad to see him reduced to a gag bit that's basically used to prop up other characters #obviously I fully support people playing with interpretations #what is fandom if not to play pretend with our dollies #but I feel like they're really missing out by not paying attention to what actually IS there

[mutifandom-madness]

House: I am a rational man

House: VICODIN, VICODIN, CUDDYS BOOBS, HOMOEROTIC TENSION WITH WILSON, VICODIN, VICODIN, VICODIN, MUST INSULT MY DUCKLINGS, VICODIN, BOOBS, WEIRD AUSTRALIAN BOY WHO I THINK IS MY SON, VICODIN

#house md #james wilson #robert sean leonard #dr house #hugh laurie #tv series #fandom #basically s1-s8 summed up #house cosplays as chases father #lisa cuddy #robert chase #the ducklings are struggling

[diogeneswannabe]

This tweet is peak French culture lmao

"We're not even hyped up for the sports we just want to see how catastrophic it's gonna be, it's gonna be peak entertainment lmaoo"

#I'm so proud of whoever said this #they basically summed up what most French people think about thr Olympics #like Paris is already bad enough as it is are you sure you want to host the Olympics there ?? #i kinda want to spend the summer holidays in Paris now so I can witness the absolute chaos that it's gonna be #also fuck the government for forcing the Parisian students to move out of their dorms #i hope everything fails miserably #frenchblr #croissant baguette #french posting #olympics #olympic games #paris #paris france #twitter #tweet

[shorelinnes]

get to know me - skz: favorite friendships [6/?]

seungsung

#createskz #staysource #bystay #melontrack #userbeepls #usersemily #adriblr #meltracks #usersa #forhanji #vocalrachasource #skz #stray kids #han #seungmin #*intro:gifs #*skzgtkm #changbin guest appearance because he always had the most insightful things to say during 2kids room <3 #and his quote basically sums up what I love about their friendship #'they both have a lot of pride for each other's vocal skills' :((((( <3 #the way han was so happy seungmin noticed what he was going for in his lee mujin ep :( <3 #singer besties who connected with each other through their love of music <333 #one of these days they'll release an acoustic guitar duet together and I'll never shut up about it

[bluedovee]

Sketch I made just now to get over my weird non-posting slump

#digital #horrordust #horror sans #dust sans #sans ships #utau #bad sanses #horror x dust #murder sans #i dont know how to tag #watercolor brushes #basically sums up their dynamic in my fic #might make more sketches

[shantechni]

I noticed this a looooong time ago, but I didn't mention it and sort of kept pushing it aside as an unimportant detail. After coming across this for, like, the fifth time though, something finally strikes me as supremely odd, and it's these two simple lines Leo says in the first episode of S2.

Between the S1 finale and the S2 premiere, Splinter told his sons that he defeated the Shredder when they faced off in the hideout. Not only that, he told them they'd never see the man again because he lost his honor, but both of these statements are immediately proven to be contradictory to what actually took place, as well as to what Splinter believes about the Shredder's way of thinking.

Anyone who has watched the S1 finale, specifically the second part, knows that the fight was brought to a screeching halt when Karai ran in to stop Splinter from finishing off the Shredder. And, after seeing just how deeply influenced Karai has been to hate him, Splinter left in a hurry to avoid fighting who he now knows is his thought-to-be-dead daughter.

Now, it makes sense that Splinter didn't tell the boys Karai interrupted the fight considering she was a touchy subject, one he didn't approach all of his sons with until midway through S2 in The Manhattan Project. He was still coming to terms with the revelation himself, and his avoidance of everyone's questions tells us that he genuinely didn't want to explain why Karai believed he killed her mom. In the process, he'd have to get into the reason Shredder led Karai to believe that lie and yadda yadda.

So, not telling them Karai was there makes sense. But why tell them the Shredder was defeated?

Something like that would be believable if he didn't imply any finality by telling them the Shredder was taken down, because he goes on to wonder outloud if their enemies were truly defeated and even reaffirms that, "The Shredder is a crafty and patient foe who bides his time." But Leo clearly says that Splinter told them they'd never see him again after he apparently lost whatever honor he had left. And we can't point fingers at any potential dialogue or writing error because they make sure the audience hears that Splinter did indeed facilitate this calm behavior of theirs.

One can wonder if he didn't truly intend to flat out lie, but rather to placate his sons by withholding a harsh truth and giving everyone the time they need to revel in their victory. However, that's another odd decision for Splinter to make since he's usually the one to remind his sons that none of their enemies will stay gone for long, the first and most notable instance of this being when they first encountered Bradford and Xever.

Anyways, after Leo says what he says, Splinter takes offense to Raph casually adding that they'll take care of the Shredder if he does come back, and, upon realizing that his prior statement has heavily blanketed them with a false sense of security, he harshly tells his sons the month long celebrating is over.

Honestly, even though I said sugar coating is very out of character for someone like Splinter, it's the only sensible answer for him lying to the guys. And probably himself for a minute there, too.

He knows the Shredder isn't honorable. He's traitorous, underhanded, and full of spite for those he feels wronged him. Oroku Saki is a vengeful man who has been undeniably wronged in his past, but refuses to learn from it and will shift the blame onto those undeserving. He's tenacious in the way he literally left Japan with a singular image of a Hamato clan shuriken as proof that he has another chance to kill someone he used to call his brother.

Splinter knows all of this, but he still went ahead and made the morally dubious decision to construct a perfect, short-lived world where he could tell his sons they wouldn't have to worry about the Shredder again.

And where he doesn't have to face the gravity of the changes yet to come.

#man leo sure takes after his father huh- #this isn't as long as i wanted it to be but this basically sums up splinter likely taking advantage of their gullibility for a bit #and yeah he definitely should not have done that but you kinda get where he's coming from y'know #analysis #sorta lol #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt leonardo #tmnt splinter #tmnt shredder #tmnt karai #tmnt leo #2012 leo #2012 splinter #2012 shredder #2012 karai #oroku saki #hamato yoshi #karai

[chloecherrysip]

Mario protecting Luigi

#mario movie #mario movie spoilers #super mario bros #mario and luigi #super mario bros movie #cherrysip edits #super mario bros movie spoilers #i mean the WHOLE MOVIE is basically protective mario but these are just the clearest examples of it that can be summed up in gifs lolol #(also in the 4th gif it goes by SO fast so it may be hard to see but if you look at the frames mario does intentionally turn and push luigi #out of the way and only stumbles back because of that and i CRY) #had to do it!!! i know i already had a screenshot post going around about this that was popular but WE NEED A PROPER VERSION #protective mario is the wind beneath my wings and i was SO desperate for the movie to incorporate it and they DID even better than i hoped #whenever any situation gets tense you can just see his thought processes about how to keep luigi safe and out of harm's way so vividly!!! #he'll do whatever it takes he'll let himself be hurt and pushed around but do NOT so much as look wrong at his brother #BABY MARIO WAS NOT HAVING IT AND ADULT MARIO ALSO IS NOT HAVING IT #i love him dearlyyyy

[tabsnaomi]

#basically their dynamic summed up #kenstewy #kendall roy #stewy hosseini #succession #mine

[rosenecklaces]

the types of brain you need to have to really be the kind of person to hold elain and nesta age as a ¨gotcha!¨ as evidence that they are oh so terrible about their first interactions with feyre... one of them is just like one year older if not two than her... yall now that, right. thats common knowledge... right?

i want all of you to tell me if youre mind and maturity at 21-22 changed completely from your 18-19 self all of a sudden, quickly

#the archeron sisters #THEY Where THe olDERS thEY shOUld hAd donE mORE To tAKE caRE oF FEyre #feyre was a 19 years old... how the fuck yall expect early 20s summ to basically raise someone as grown as them #sure they could help. but we dont know if they didnt in the first place... someone had to do sum for the damn house and sure as hell wasnt #feyre. she literally told the reader that lol #all this people hating 1/2 of the archerons needs to a. learn what sibling relationships are like outside dysney movies #and b. gang up agaisnt the real bad guy of the story: their fucking lame neglectful shitty ass dad #and the equal shitty mom that raised them with clasist ideas and misogynist grooming futures for two of her kids #but shes dead so whatever the devil already took her #feyre archeron #elain archeron #nesta archeron

[restinthewest]

I love this pointy overly intense creature so much

#I was trying to describe hallow to someone who has never met her and doesn’t know much about her #and I was like: #oh she kind of doesn’t like strangers but she will be your best friend once she’s known you for five minutes #no you probably won’t be able to pet her much l #not like that she’s not mean she’s just not that into it and she will squirm away #but also she will 100% be all up in your space #but also she will ignore you maybe #and she’s such a good dog omg she’s actually pretty quiet for a GSD #except when she’s not and she’s screaming #she is kind of a wild child… she’s spazzy and has so much energy! but also she just sleeps and free roams in the house with no issues #she’s the happiest dog ever #but oh that’s right she does get really angry about some things #basically to sum hallow up: she is- except when she isn’t lol

[goferwashere]

I did this thing !! Took way too long for what I ended up with but WHATEVA!!! enjoy y’all 🤭 (esp u @oohbuggypie 🧡)

If u liked this and haven’t seen the fic I posted that this was based on then maybe go take a look at it…

#punch out #punch out!! #punch out wii #don flamenco #glass joe #punch out monster hunter au #animatic #animation #basically summing up Don and Joe’s relationship #gofers !! art

[eclipseshotel]

The monster looking at you like they want to kill you 🤝 You looking at the monster like you want to eat them

#basically my relationship with elder predator summed up #sometimes he thinks about killing me he can't help it #but i also kinda bring it on myself so there's that #it’s kind of my thing #yautja