#doing the swords SUCKED

[shirtdraws]

redraw of that one official art <3

#doing the swords SUCKED #weapons are not fun #reflections are not fun #but outside of that this was pretty enjoyable #some very nice colours #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #joongdok #orv #omniscient reader's viewpoint #100 #200 #500 #art tag? #1k

[droserraa]

I do like the idea of Hollow getting some closure and catharsis, even if just within a dream or something

#hollow knight #pure vessel #the hollow knight #hk pale king #the pale king #hk thk #the pale king may suck but i love to be sad #do not tag as ship or i will hunt you down with my sword

[kagoutiss]

*complaining for no reason again because i am bored* i need more ppl to know that these. are all the same person these are literally canonically all the exact same individual person im begging u

literally almost all the ganondorfs are the exact same individual and almost all the ganons are the exact same individual, almost all the ganondorfs & ganons are the same exact person just in different forms and circumstances. except for FSA and maybe whatever the fuck is going on with TotK ganondorf but i still think it’s weird that he still has golden eyes & rounded ears when even the gerudo in TotK’s ancient past dont, but anyway ashfjsbfjsn

#not like you always have to subscribe to canon because it’s often impossible to know the truth of certain things #or some things that are canonical just suck and should be changed anyway but like #of all the things that are like relatively basic facts for ppl engaging in the Lore or whatever #ppl are like always. Always talking about ganondorf as if every iteration of him is a different person just like link & zelda #but so much of his character development stems from the fact that WW ganon and TP ganon are both different timeline offshoots of OoT ganon #i’m ​not even citing the ‘Official Timeline’ on this because it is silly & confusing but i just literally mean #in terms of basic canon continuity #that WW and TP were conceptualized even in the early 2000s to be the events that occur distantly after the two timeline splits OoT created #because OoT is a game about time travel and the entire concept of the split timelines in this series #originated from the two different scenarios that are created by link & zelda’s use of the master sword and the ocarina #WW ganondorf and TP ganondorf are both literal older versions of OoT ganondorf in 2 different futures #not to mention all of the ganons in the early games. OoT was made as a prequel that both literally and figuratively #attempted to humanize the main antagonist of the series #OoT ganondorf at the time WAS the ‘ganondorf with character development and an actual motivation’ #WW ganondorf (who is the same person.) just actually got to vocalize what specifically his motivation was #which is great!! and also retroactively gives OoT ganondorf more context & depth #can u tell i am off my meds at the moment and have nothing better to do with my time ahsjfhskfhdj

[cheriafreya]

Sword and Fairy: Together Forever scenery 🌸

#sword and fairy #sword and fairy together forever #saf7 #gamingedit #video games #gifus #yue qingshu #sang yo #xiu wu #bai moqing #when I tell you this game looks INSANE... #gifs don't make justice #but it's f*cking incredible #it's sucks that it has a bad translation #but it's playable tbh. I do recommend it! #sword and fairy 7

[rawliverandgoronspice]

So beyond the whole "Ganondorf is now Canonically a Femme Fatale" conversation, I feel like this part of the interview wasn't discussed a ton? Because apparently the original vision was that Zelda doubted whether to restore Hyrule at all (an interesting conflict! put it in the game next time!), and then got punched into the past and then seemingly was convinced of the necessity of her role and Hyrule as an entity (I'm extrapolating but it feels like it's what's being suggested, the direction they wanted for her arc, and it's basically what we get in the game).

And uhhh.

that certainly does not help the whole. imperialist. thing.

#totk #totk critical #zelda #thoughts #when will my brain return from the imprisoning war... #the Dreaded Imperialist Debate #because then the game ends up being about “never doubt your divine right to rule! it's your duty to reinforce your ancestral power!!” #and wow does it suck!!! #she's powerful but never does a thing in the entire game #she just drifts gently and is a big crying noodle you can harvest resources (+ sword) from #literally what does she do that's unique to her and doesn't involve assisting somebody else (especially rauru or link) #she doesn't even like.... seal ganondorf #or deal any kind of damage to him #(except badmouthing him to rauru and sonia which does literally nothing and changes nothing) #genuinely zelda deserved such a better arc #everyone deserved so much better

[fourswordsannotated]

hey wtf is he even talking about

#?? #vio no one forced you to do this plan #you gaslighted and almost indirectly killed red and blue #you traumatized green #you had fun and flirted when you really really did not have to #and shadow swore loyalty to you?? #not for personal power #but bc he just wants to belong and be loved?? #this seems like more of a writing inconsistency than anything else but actually no #vio is deeply complex and sucks so so much #to me #not annotations #four swords #vio link #we LITERALLY SEE HIM express temptation and emotional confusion yes he so did stray from his goals #quote oh shadow link unquote give me a break

[demadogs]

i like to mentally cast actors for hypothetical adaptations of my favorite books. for YEARS now i have been searching for the perfect simon snow. i have some baz contenders but ive never found a perfect simon. i am pleased to announce that i have FINALLY FOUND HIM…. its walker scobell. he’d be a perfect simon snow.

#he literally looks like how i imagine 5th year simon snow SO SEEING HIM WITH A SWORD FIGHTING A CHIMERA??!!! I WAS SO DISTRACTED #rn hes a baby so give it like 3 more years bc simon and baz are 18 but HED BE PERFECT #i always say i dont want the adaptation but then i cast it perfectly and now i kinda want it #but itd be SO hit or miss and id be absolutely devestated if it sucked bc this book… these characters.. they are everything to me #i read this book when i was 16 and i still think about it every day if they completely flopped the movie i wouldnt recover #im still looking for penny i do have a contender for agatha #walker scobell #carry on #snowbaz #percy jackson #simon snow #baz pitch

[llitchilitchi]

I get hating certain political systems and trying to abolish totalitarian regimes but at the same time many of them are so interwoven with our history and society they have become tropes and when I consume media with a setting where the monarchy is absolute and revered then I am playing my part and sucking that princeling off

#litchi.txt #there are games that address this kinda stuff! and thats good! its good that there are games talking about how this is bad! #but at the same time when I go into a game knowing I will be the prince's sword and shield I dont expect the game to be anti-monarchy #despite having pretty strong opinions on many a thing I tend to put most of them away the moment I engage with media #imperialism bad. monarchy bad. doesnt mean I cant enjoy roleplaying in a game where I help these systems #because guess what its fictional and not everything needs to be a strong statement about politics #sometimes we just... wanna vibe with a setting #I am so very thoroughly exhausted from the politics in this country and where things are going I just kinda need that no brainer gameplay #even if it means working as the secret police for an emperor #even if it means replacing one dictator with another #because its still a game #a lot of people talk about imperialism-monarchy-colonialism with these things because they are a big issue even today #and they are important to talk about!! in real world!! #but I rarely see people be this upset about like religion etc which like. thats also a massive problem. #idk Im just tired of trying to look at fanart of all my fantasy medieval games and people being upset that the games #are not super anti-monarchy despite the marketing being literally 'you are the emperor's bestie. you help him out and go on a quest.' #'your quest is to manipulate local government to support the emperor and do his bidding' #like idk how That is supposed to be a game that addresses it properly #and maybe it does but ig since the MC doesnt look at the player and go REMEMBER KIDS! THIS IS EVIL AND BAD AND WHY MONARCHY SUCKS #it doesnt count??? I guess???

[scopophobia-polaris]

Honestly could we throw out the idea that totk's story issue is that it isn't consistent with the lore of the older games but instead drops intresting world building from botw because it might have gotten actually dark

#seriously eveeyone keeps up bring up the triforce not being the same like the older games instead of HEY why DOES the royal family just..... #have it #like all of it #and was the sheikah tech from the last game that functions the same was as light arrows/the biden blast was uh #how do i put this #how did they weaponize lightmagic in robots and does this all tie in with the “banishment” thing #or idk dropped point from botw zelda's fucking chracter arc #i know it ended with LOOOK!!!! YOU FUCKED UP BY DOING WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS RIGHT #But damn they could of just not done that shit in totk making her just the #what was jt #idk man they just keep taking away her agency #man and it sucks cuz the dragon is so cool but mf shes forced to do it what she gonna do stay in the past and DIE? #idk man it just all feels hasty. makes me sad #and it sucks cuz a lot of shit shit is really cool and intresting but man idk i may become a botw zelda deserved a better weiter for her #becuase girl she needs a break. not saying chracters cant go through hardship #but there is something so nasty about the framing of youll never be anything but eveey past princess zelda trope and nothing more #instead of a crystal she turns into a dragon like guys this is the same as skyward sword but idk man is it werd to say #when Hylia does it aginst a thing that wants to steal the god triangles and is also a god its like yeah you had no other choice #how the fuck did one fuckass stone make ganondorf into a god like being you would think that like #mannwhy are the stones THAT powerful and why werent the other bitches able to take them down what because #did #did rauru give sonia the equivalent of the one ring at their wedding hey wait a fuck #sorry for all my spelling mistakes but what the fuck man

[oddly-casual]

This entire scene makes me hurt but I wanna talk about this part in particular because it drives me insane.

Like- Splinter knows they aren’t just running errands. He can see his sons sneaking out thinking their slick and he found all their human stuff bc he’s nosey and if his sons won’t talk to him he’ll just have to investigate himself right?

So Splinter knows his sons are hiding something from him because duh- and he knows they want to be apart of the human world but he’s scared they’ll get hurt so he tries to bring the human world to them.

And you can just see the cringe and discomfort in the boys eyes because their father keeps trying to make them stay but it’ll never be in the way they want it, but they clearly feel bad.

And the real kicker is when Splinter tries that thing he did in the beginning of the movie, where he presses his sons about the truth but he specifically looks at Leo, like the screen cuts to Leo and even Raph looks at Leo because Splinter knows his eldest son would never lie to him.

But then he does

Leo lies right to his fathers face no hesitation and Splinter gets that look that just screams ‘i lost them’ because even if his son’s disobey the rules and don’t talk to him anymore, Leo was like Splinter’s insider into what his kids are doing and how to keep them safe. Splinter lost their trust.

But now even Leo is shutting Splinter out, so Splinter has been completely walled off by his sons and to Splinter he has no idea why because he’s just doing this to protect his kids.

Looking at it from Leo’s perspective, he has a strong sense of Justice. In the beginning when their father grills them about where they’ve been, Leo caves immediately even though he knows it’ll make everyone mad at him.

He braces himself for it too. There’s no reward in telling the truth but Leo does it anyway.

But Leo is a teenager, and teenagers tend to act in their own self interest. So when Leo keeps snitching and it only leads to punishment on all sides

Isolation from his brothers, distance from his father, of course Leo is going to cut his losses and stick to the thing that brings him joy. Possible acceptance and April. It’s also the most we see him bond with his brothers since Leo isn’t trying to follow their fathers rules.

#mutant mayhem #tmnt #tmnt mm #mm splinter #mm leonardo #mm spoilers #Leo👏has👏eldest👏daughter👏syndrome👏 #i could talk about Leo a lot from this movie because there’s a lot left unsaid #Like most of what we gather from his relationship with his family is very show don’t tell #In the beginning it’s Donnie Raph and Mikey goofing off and making fun of Leo and Splinter #even if Leo always does what’s right you can tell it was kinda taking a toll on him because he felt so isolated #on the rooftop scene when Raph uses Leo’s sword he’s Literally sectioned away from his brothers in the dark #but after they start taking down Superfly Leo is always with his siblings in the light and the dark #most siblings bond in way parents could never because it’s like having a best friend to do stuff with #and Leo being the ‘snitch’ siblings basically excludes him from sibling bonding and it sucks #leo literally had to choose between his dad and his brothers and Leo didn’t like his dads rules either #anyway I’m ranting point is i feel bad for Leo

[koszmarnybudyn]

Another magical girl au design? its more likely than you think

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #my art #normal oak #link li wilson #taylor swift dndads #scary marlowe #dndads magical girl au #gonna hopefully color these soon #was gonna make something with the adult designs but that wasnt working rn so i decided to be self endulgant #prepare for a rant btw because as always i put wayy too much thought into clothing and symbolism #i have a lot of like doodles of this with my shitty handwriting if anyone wants to see that #hopefully i will get to do actually finale related stuff soon #i mean this is slightly finale adjecent because these are like final forms of them #taylors sword is a sword of darkness btw #taylor sucks to draw as always i hate drawing him >:[ hes so difficult to get right #anyway rant over hope someone apart from me likes these

[smilesrobotlover]

Oh my gosh I did an accidental genius thing AGAIN. I titled this piece, feeling Blue, cuz it’s blue, and cuz it’s sad, and cuz you feel Blue’s emotions

I wanna explore Blue’s character more, or the character that I gave him. His anger issues and reclusiveness really resonated with me obviously and I’ve just been thinking about this issue long term. He’s very lonely, he doesn’t have any friends outside his family, and the one friend that Link had is scared of him because he’s so aggressive and rude. Blue is more recluse and enjoys his time alone, but at times he does feel very lonely. His brothers have other friends they hang out with and his father is always so busy. He’s convinced himself that everyone hates him, especially his father. He and Blue butt heads a lot, Blue is hot headed and Leon is trying to get used to raising 4 sons instead of 1. There would be tension. A lot of stuff happens and Blue runs away. Leon goes after him since he’s an unstable teenager and being a teenager is the worst, and they start to understand each other a bit. Here’s the accidental genius part:

Everyone thinks that Green takes after Leon. He’s a natural leader, chivalrous, and polite. And no doubt all the colors take after Leon in some way. But Blue is really the one who’s more like Leon. Though he’s changed due to age and experience, Leon also is recluse. He’s hotheaded and struggles connecting with people. When he was a kid, around Blue’s age, it was horrible for him. He was just as angry as Blue, just as socially awkward, and just as lonely. As Leon has gotten older, he’s gotten much better of course. More patient and calm, and he’s able to talk to people. He even is the first knight, leading on the others in the kingdom. Yet carrying a casual conversation with the knights is difficult for him. He doesn’t have super close friends. Just like Blue. They connect in that sense that, yeah, it’s hard. It’s hard connecting with people. Especially when you highly value your alone time. The accidental genius was that I made Leon’s clothes blue. I was trying to figure out what to even make them, but making them blue visually showed how similar they truly are.

Idk, typing this out sounds kinda stupid now but that’s just what I’ve been thinking about. Again they’re not exactly the same, but Leon was a lot like Blue when he was younger. Deep down he has the same struggles, it’s just harder to see.

#legend of zelda #legend of zelda four swords #four swords #four swords manga #I wanna make this into a fic but I SUCK at writing #smiles rambles #cuz I ramble a lot #why can’t I do smart stuff on purpose

[mummer]

they could never EVER neverrrrrr ever ever do this even ryan condal would never cede such an “iconic” setpiece & “memorable” dialogue and even if he wanted to HBO simply would not allow it but in my minds eye ideal hotd adaptation of the battle of the gods eye completely discards EVERYTHING supposedly recounted/editorialized in fire and blood no anime dialogue no ultra choreographed fight scene no cinematic beautiful shots of the dragons dancing no leaping from dragon to dragon its actually like incredibly fast and loud and incomprehensible to the audience just beasts colliding and ripping each other apart dirt and blood and horrific and disgusting and ultimately super SUPER pathetic ❤️ daemon and aemond dont get to make any epic last stands theres no glorious blaze out, no chilling last words, no grand narrative, in the end it really is just two men thudding to the bottom of a lake and getting eaten by fish. make the craziest climax in the world an anticlimax. ultimate antimoment

#of course. this can only be in my dreams #hotd #my greatest idea is daemon doesnt even get his sword in the eye grand leap moment #cause like. Well physically that would be completely insane #they both get thrown together when their dragons collide and theyre both already dead from blunt force trauma #and the sword just kind of accidentally impales aemond lol #i just hate to see a character like daemon get somehow validated by the narrative as super cool and awesome and sexy etc #like for what? hes just a maaannn it’s just what you do. hes a human man at the end of it #cant ascend to godhood good buddy. better luck in ur next life. u sucked at this one #L + you have erectile dysfunction you cannot be legolas jumping on floating dragon scales. lame! #even if he did sink that sword in… its so pointless JDGDKSH. U ARE BOTH GOING TO DIE ANYWAY…. #i love crazy awesome action setpieces i love good cool action directing i dont think it necessarily would even be bad #but i think it does cede some of its own point. i guess thats the whole ‘you cant make an anti war film’ thing again #daemons whole fucking deal is just so boring to me unless it’s undermined and subverted. i love when hes a whiny pathetic mess. #and NOT a slay dom daddy. aemond i cant even discuss he does not do anything for me.

[goldensunset]

there are games that i enjoy playing more and there are games i enjoy thinking about more. sometimes the overall story and themes and blorbos are delightful but actually playing it is a little annoying so i just rotate it in my mind instead. sometimes i get absolutely sucked into the gameplay and the world and the experience for dozens or hundreds of hours and i enjoy listening to the soundtrack but it has little to no lasting impact on me as a person bc something in the story just failed to hit and that’s ok. both are good both are beloved. obviously the ideal piece of media is one i both enjoy actively consuming and thinking about but my mindset is that if a piece of media has any single good thing in it it’s a good piece of media. give me literally anything to work with and i’ll extract joy out of it. i’ve literally never played a game i didn’t like btw

#first category includes games like skyward sword and og twewy #for the record i do love both of those games even as actual games i enjoy a diverse variety of gameplay styles #but compared to some other stuff i’ve played yeah it’s not my absolute favorite #but the THEEEEEMES. the stories of those games give me brainworms #the kh mobile games fall into this category (<- has never played them per se but knows enough about em) #(in terms of gameplay i mean) #(also it is true that watching 6 hours of cutscenes isn’t always appealing) #second category is like. hyrule warriors age of calamity and tears of the kingdom #i bet you’re surprised to hear me put those in the same place #neither of them had the best writing in my humblest opinion but MAN did i enjoy playing both of those sooooo much #i got so sucked in they’re both really fun. in completely different ways lol #this is not to say i didn’t get driven crazy by totk’s story but just compared to other games maybe not as much #and that’s ok!! #oh also neo twewy is in this category. they kinda dropped the ball on the writing (even though i do have blorbos from that game) #but it is a really fun and cool game #botw does both things for me. beloved fav game #most perfect piece of media in existence #every pokémon game i’ve played has done both for me #well idk platinum didn’t have a Blorbo so it loses story appeal to me. but it makes me smile a lot i enjoyed playing it #even if it doesn’t like Live In My Brain like the others #i uh. can’t rank most of the kh games bc i haven’t played most of em 🫠 #someday… #twilight princess is hmmmm ok so like the gameplay and music and world experience were PHENOMENAL #midna HARD CARRIED the story is the thing. i didn’t generally like the writing but she alone makes up for it. #in my view it still deserves to be docked points for that but like they did pop off nonetheless #peach rambles #this is the reason i have so much joy in my life btw #it’s because i simultaneously have a very critical eye and i have the ability to put into words exactly what i do and don’t like #AND i have the ability to turn off that part of my brain and optimistically embrace everything in good faith #i give everything the benefit of the doubt and focus on the good

[marcusagrippa]

head on the rostra? head on the rostra? head on the rostra? he

#eulla moment. suck his sword #i should be doing my chemistry work

[hemingway-papers]

The Goemon

#smug goemon for fucking ever I LOVE HIM JEFBWJND #lupin iii #goemon ishikawa xiii #tweets you would read from lupin or jigen so easily #this is cool too cause goemon really does know and do blacksmithing one time he made his own sword (episode sucked but still) #lupin iii meme #the way he would either be unscathed always or fuck up bad enough to need the ER no in between so the whole crew is like FUCK drives him #*gets his scary gross half a shoulder muscle re-attached again perfectly* classic goemon #mine #meme