#long post cn

[aimasup]

just found some Valiant AU development sketches and notes in my old OLD sketchbook

I really thought it would be a webtoon

long post warning! And I mean long looooooooong post. If you get to the bottom and go "I'm not reading allat" I do not blame you

more under the cut:

^^^ OC

General notes:

This Valiant AU was meant to be a solarpunk superhero slice of life that slowly reveals a heavier plot, mostly focusing on character interactions and personal growth

White Hat Incorporated is a struggling, newbie business and clients are rare

The episodes can range from domestic shenanigans like fixing a leaking pipe or getting dinner, to running their business by defeating the villain of the week

The villains and heroes stay in their roles from canon. The only ones with major changes are our main 4 guys

All major information about White Hat would be discovered from the point of view of Lumencia and Zug as they realize that not only is PEACE corrupt, but that their boss is neither human nor demon nor alien

Now onto the characters themselves:

Dr. Zug Gleis

Like his name suggests, he likes trains. His train is also a drill that was an attempt to burrow out of government's arrest

Which he then modified into a laboratory, each train cart being a unique kind of laboratory for surveillance, medicine, etc. He sleeps very uncomfortably in cramped spaces and likes it that way

V.I.R.U.S is now a software he created and repurposed into his bratty computer assistant, now Cambot. She's also the one recording all their commercials and making his coffee. Basically Zug doesn't get along with ANY of his children

He doesn't like to leave his laboratories, so he set up a network of tunnels through White Hat's mansion that send and receive messages, inventions, food, etc. There's one little chute for these in most parts of the place

His arc was focusing on his inability to accept help from others because he sees any kind gesture as a possible way to control him. Even worse if the kind person genuinely means it, because he also sees accepting kindness as a handicap, a debt

His villainy was an easy way to make money and show the world his capability without any assistance from any hero or villain organization

Really, he just wants to be able to do whatever he wants, but his need to be the best or else he's the worst is tiring for him. Anger issues don't help

This stemmed from a past of constantly being bullied and compared to his brother, Goldheart

After dropping out of hero college, Zug became his own supervillain's known as The Mad Condoctor, whose theme was, you guessed it, trains. He stole trains, modified scrap metal, targeted stations and trade centers, held hostages, prepared puzzles for heroes to solve, etc

The Mad Condoctor was notorious for being uncooperative and a backstabber. He operated at night and was an expert in secret missions, spyware and tech-based combat and the likes

By the first season finale he would have genuinely cared for his coworkers but still didn't value his own life, so he let himself be taken in by PEACE. The crew have to go retrieve their idiot and many things about White Hat Incorporated are revealed to the public after they clash with their local PEACE headquarters

He finds authority annoying and hates seeing people kiss up. Mostly shameless in his actions and doesn't much care for other people's opinions. Can be honest to the point of hurting

So he is a terrible liar. It's like he's allergic to it or something. Prefers to lie by omission

Will only call White Hat 'sir' and 'jefecito' sarcastically or to get a point across. Unfortunately hopelessly devoted to him at the end of the series whoops

Lumencia

A superwoman with horse-like powers that decided to choose unicorns as her motif because that's way cooler. She has kicks and punches that convert her diet into energy, which is great because she loves eating

Changed it up so that Lumencia is the resident prankster and WH tells puns, not the other way around

She has a room with a slanted ceiling which she can climb out the window of to lie and chill on the roof. She's also converted that space, where flat roof meets slanted roof, into an outdoor cinema/gym, decorated with christmas lights. The mansion is a three-way clash of decorative styles from afar

She doesn't have a license to be a hero, but she helps out wherever she can anyway, stopping purse snatchers and helping lost children find their parents and such

In fact, she is actually one of the most beloved people in the little town they live near, with many residents familiar with her buffoonery but affirming her as a reliable source of help

She's also relatively well-known online, as she posts videos of her playing the guitar and well-intentioned but nonsensical 'Lumencia Tips', filled with terrible puns and comic-like ballpoint pen doodles

Her arc would have focused on letting herself acknowledge her strengths that aren't related to fighting

Shes very buddy-buddy with petty criminals and shop owners alike, able to strike up a conversation and make pals no matter who they are. Once she deems you chill, you can chill, yknow? This isn't on purpose.

Even though she has gross taste in food and is messier than Zug, her handwriting is very pretty and neat. She also is very good at graffiti and sticks to an aesthetic, with glitter and y2k stickers and denim-clad wizards on skateboards, all the works

She has a very straightforward view on heroics and is not big on plans, preferring to punch her way out of situations or annoy her enemies to tears. In fact, her main goal is to become an official part of one of the many PEACE-brand hero leagues.

There's other hero corporations too but PEACE is the number one in America

So one day she just showed up on White Hat's doorstep and never left because it would 'look good on her resume'.

Previously, she bounced from place to place, relying on connections and the occasional tip from her halfway-illegal heroism efforts to get by. She also doesn't remember where her powers are from, only that her parents worked at PEACE and where killed by 'villains' when she was a little girl

Her favourite place is the funfair because that's the last nice memory she had

By season two she would have started another arc where she learns that she was an experiment and her parents were killed by their own higher ups in PEACE to silence them, and she has to come to terms with why she even wants to be a hero as well as stand her ground when her optimism is challenged.

Lumencia's music is like whatever Equestria Girls and Electric Mayhem have going on. I think the genre is power pop? Either way it sounds like those elaborate 80s radical van murals look

Is an effortless liar in the sense that she says the most batshit things with utmost confidence and treats consequences like an afterthought.

Only calls White Hat 'White Hat' and not 'boss' when she feels the situation calls for it. Also unfortunately hopelessly devoted to him by the end of the series

624

An extra set of hands that cleans the place and helps out with their little business. Does not like being interuppted when listening to music

Goes from 'fucking hate these guys' to 'they give me food therefore they are mine' in the span of the entire series

Quite lazy, plays the winning side. Which is usually the heroes here

Dunno if I'd call his arc an arc. All I know is there's an episode where his spoilt teenager-ismd hits their peak and Zug and Lumencia have to reach an understanding with him by respecting his boundaries and helping him feel secure

And after that episode, 624 stopped being a total catalyst for disaster plotwise

White Hat

He is one of the comic reliefs and manages White Hat Incorporated, often making really stupid decisions because profit is not on his mind

The final voice I settled on for him was fucking Australian Markiplier

His "growth" would be the characters and readers seeing him to actually be a caring, experienced-in-heroics-but-not-business individual who gives really sound advice and becomes a source of comfort for his close friends

But is still a MEGA-PRICK. Every time he gets beat up it's for a valid reason

In canon, villainy triumphs because Black Hat is there. In the Valiant AU, the story is in the heroes' favour because White Hat is in his place.

I wanted him to be (mostly) opposite to Black Hat in many ways! BH's office is huge, minimalistic, corporate and cold, while WH's office is small, maximalistic, filled with sentimental items and like a warm cabin.

BH basks in hellfire and while WH does use fire, he prefers the ocean. BH enjoys golf, WH enjoys dancing. BH takes himself seriously, WH very much doesn't. BH detests everything, WH has an appreciation for everything. And etc...

They're still horrible creepy eldritch monstrosities, the fish theme for WH is just because he likes ocean shit and fish are scary

BH has made himself known globally and universally, he has statues and monuments and paintings

WH has nothing; White Hat is five years old. This is his first time being White Hat

But he's been around since the beginning of time, taking many forms and names, learning the wonders of the universe and giving all of his time to help however he could

He believed this to be natural, he's the one of a kind who doesn't need rest or food. He can't die or get really hurt, and would later learn he couldn't bear to love either

Some of the things he was included many plants and animals before the humans, then farmers and warriors, witches and politicians, an entertainer vigilante, a writer, a parent, a fur-clad warrior in the snow, guiding forces of nature, and a female pirate.

I wanted him to cycle through the entire alignment chart in terms of morality as he exhausted everything he could do to make a difference

After World War 2 on earth, his psyche gave out and he collapsed into a long, long nap; a shadow pooling in a lake, his favourite

Finally woke up and decided to take his own form not based on any species or star or tree, chose his own outfit and everything

And made his debut as White Hat, forged documents to start a small business for heroes support

He doesn't have an arc, but if he did, he would be in the midst of learning to let himself get attached again and be properly selfish. Maybe identity issues.

But he doesn't have an arc

And so really only serves to help out Zug and Lumencia. He's comfortable with no one knowing these things about him ever, because what would they even do if they did?

Wouldn't change anything, they wouldn't understand the full scope even, so he's at peace with himself right now, grateful that he's alive for once

He uses manipulation to direct conversations away from himself and get people to spill their feelings, or burrow into their trauma without using magic

if he wants he can let loose to trigger some kind of indescribable primal instinct within a person, that cripples them with terror and despair and love for the sublime face of something divine, bigger than the observable universe. He doesn't like doing this.

He's a fan of ice and shadow manipulation, he thinks the colours go well with his coat

Most animals hate him and he cries about it

He also cries when he tries to download an app on a laptop

He is a competent medical doctor, babysitter, and waiter. In fact, he seems to have infinite patience and calm when he isn't whining over dessert like a toddler

The human skeleton hanging in his office is real

Hopelessly attached to Lumencia, Zug and 624 by the end of the series but they don't need to know that

This AU will forever make me warm and fuzzy inside I love them so much, I had so many locations planned, started Pinterest boards and shit

Instead I think I'll take some of these things and apply them to my OCs instead! HUGE thanks to everyone who enjoyed this version of this AU while it lasted! Maybe it'll come back one day, maybe not. Likely not

#my post #my art #art from last year #villainous valiant!au #villainous heroic!au #villainous #villainous hbo max #villainous cn #miss heed #white hat #dr zug gleis #lumencia #624 #long post #not tagging all these characters

[yurki-posts]

oopsie...

#I DREW THAT WITHOUT A REFFERENCE LETS FUCKING GO!!!!!! #im so proud of myself #is that egocentric? #idk but I love this #it's been so long since I drew rob's head in a different angle #don't ask what Cartoon Network i mad about #because idk #but you can have your own interpretations if you want! #i also did cn's logo without a refference for the shape #but that isn't that hard compared to rob's head #it's basic geometry apparently #the amazing world of gumball #tawog #tawog rob #my art #(idk why but i feel a little scared to post this for some reason)

[ad-hawkeye]

i'm compiling moments to showcase my favorite trait of alkaid's - being a menace (affectionate)

this whole entire phone call

affinity conversation 18. in its whole.

from the end of his white day story.

his love day sr if you choose to have mc take the scenic photos instead of the ones of her and alkaid.

the white day huggy bear origins

alkaid's awakening route. lower on the menace scale, but still a wildly random and hilarious observation to make.

private vacation event. not pictured: alkaid's shit eating grin during this whole entire conversation.

private vacation event...2! involving sand painting.

and finally, this involves cn art spoilers for alkaid's third birthday event, but...

Bubble Popping Menace. also in the pv his chibi has this silly little laugh after he does it. attacking him.

#lovebrush chronicles #alkaid mcgrath #long post #SORRY I WOULD HAVE ADDED A READ MORE FOR MORE OF IT BUT. i wanted to keep it for cn spoilers JHDJGDH #I LOVEEE HIM

[theangrycomet-art]

sketching out my figure skater!Kenny headcannon

#Kenny Tennyson #Ben 10 #Figure Skater Kenny #CN Gen 2 #Headcannons #TheAngryComet ART #you know i think this is the first time i've posted a drawing of him with his long hair too #It has been too long since I have drawn this little shit

[toutallyahoe]

re4 remake is trying to get me to revive my account i see lmao

anyways, bitches here need content. it is i, im bitches. yall better give me or im fucking rioting

He should be asleep. It was too early in the morning for this shit, not to mention they literally fucked like wild animals last night. That should've satiated his partner. Should have. That's what [Name] had thought as he let out a tired sigh as a groan leave his lips at the pleasure spreading throughout his body.

[Name] removed the white blanket that was on his body, and he wasn't honestly surprised to find his cock was nicely wrapped around Luis' warm and wet mouth. [Name] may have not been able to look at the alarm clock that was settled on their bedside table but he knows it was early in the morning, and the sun was barely up! But what can he do when his partner was just an eager whore?

"Morning to you too," he tiredly greeted as [Name] sat up and then gently ran his hand through Luis' messy hair, looking at his partner eagerly sucking him off. Luis looked so pretty as always but at that moment, the man looked like a desperate whore greedily taking his cock. "Isn't it too early for this?"

Hearing his voice, Luis moaned around his cock as the man began to slurp messily, making [Name] moan from his actions. Luis gave a few more messy slurps as he then finally pulled off from [Name]'s dick, not before giving the tip a wet kiss as he did. Luis then gave a large, innocent grin towards his lover as his hands settles on [Name]'s thighs.

"Finally awake, guapo?" Luis giggled as he wiped the drool slipping from his lips. "You kept me waiting," he said as [Name] barely bit down a groan when Luis took his dick in his hand and began to slowly stroke up and down as Luis would often playfully squeeze to get a moan out of him. "So I had to proceed by myself." Luis leaned down to take [Name]'s cock back into his mouth again.

[Name] swore under his breath at the audacity of his partner. In the end, he decided to take control and punish him a little. Luis can't get away with being a cheeky little whore, not this time. [Name] thrust his hips up into Luis' mouth, keeping a firm grip on his partner's hair to stop Luis from moving as [Name] slowly but surely fucks his cock down Luis' throat.

Luis let out muffled moans as he began to hump against [Name]'s leg with desperation, rubbing swelling dick against [Name]'s leg as he whined and drooled over his lover's cock. It really seems like last night's sex truly wasn't enough for Luis.

#top male reader #tou thirst #resident evil x male reader #luis sera x male reader #i loved him in the og and i was thirsting when i saw his remake design a few months ago #now my bitch boi is here and i demand some crumbs of content #please #me and cn are fucking starving #also not me cackling at seeing yall re simps coming here because i saw my resident evil posts getting attention once again #especially the leon kink list and the belly bulge with ethan chris and karl akdbakdakdbakdjskd #luis sera is out here making me write again #goddamn its been so long #sorry for fucking off once again yall #i legit really havent been in a writing mood #busy and shite #but im back and still a simp

[ancicntforged]

Giving me some real Final Lesson vibes wtf

GOODBYE

With Doctor's plan in hand, Theresis rushed to Londinium and left Kazdel, Doctor used this gap as pretext for Babel to strike KMC so they can recapture Kazdel, hence Babel deployed all of their elite units include Kal'tsit to every key strategic location, leaving only Theresa and Doctor on landship.

Doctor went to defense room leaving Theresa alone inside the command room, there he turned off the security system letting the assasins sent by KMC to enter the landship, Amiya inside her room hearing the strange noises went to met Theresa, Theresa told Amiya to wait and get outside the command room to solo the assasins, Theresa returned but Amiya saw her face covered with exhaustion due to her wounds.

Theresa: ...Amiya, it's okay.

Theresa: I'm here. The villains in those stories have been temporarily defeated.

What's wrong, Miss Theresia?

Amiya tries to wipe away the exhaustion from Miss Theresa's face.

But she can't lift her own hand.

(Theresa hugs Amiya)

Theresa: I'm sorry, I don't have the power to change the outcome of the story.

Theresa: But you can, Amiya...

Theresa: You will embark on a difficult journey.

Theresa: The only way I can help you is by giving you this black crown.

Theresa: For millennia, my people have wrongly used this crown due to the limitations of history.

Theresa: It's been tainted, bound. But it shouldn't be this way.

Theresa: If we're to break the curse, change our fate... I need your help.

Theresa: Are you willing to rewrite the ending?

Amiya wants to say "yes," but she can't make a sound.

She nods anxiously, thinking that at least this might help Miss Theresa...

Might save her—

Theresa: Although I don't have much power left now, it's enough to transfer its authority to you.

Theresa: I've sealed off most of its areas for you, to prevent the overwhelming flood of information from confusing your thoughts.

Theresa: Amiya... I'm sorry for placing the weight of this crown on your shoulders.

Theresa: I thought... I would have many, many days left to accompany you, to see you grow, to be there when you bravely face the departure of your parents, to be there when you can give your own answers—

Theresa: Answers to whether you're willing to continue for me...

Theresa: But the time left for us is always too short, Amiya.

Theresa: I've selfishly placed the burden I carry onto you...

Theresa: I'm sorry, my child—

Amiya tried to cry out, but she couldn't open her mouth, or even move her limbs. The black blade seemed to pierce through her chest. She should have felt pain. But what the blade left behind—was warmth. Warmth filled with anticipation.

Theresa: Amiya, it's hope, as well as pain.

Theresa: You'll be confused, you'll hesitate.

Theresa: But please believe, Dr. Kal'tsit will always be by your side.

Theresa: She'll help you explore, to approach the secrets of existence again.

Theresa: You can overcome it, right, Amiya...

Theresa: You've always been a child so strong that even I'm amazed.

Theresa: Ah...

Theresa: I'm really tired.

Theresa: Thank you, Amiya, for bringing joy to me these days.

Theresa: Now, let's rest for a moment. Sleep...

Sleep peacefully.

I'll be here with you always.

Theresa heard a familiar voice.

Doctor: ...Amiya!

Theresa didn't look up at the approaching figure.

The crown withdrew, then reunited. But her breath grew weaker.

Theresa: ...Doctor. Why did you come here?

Doctor: .....

Theresa: I sense... your emotions. I see, your past.

Theresa: But you could have stayed elsewhere, waiting calmly for my death. You know this time, I won't escape, nor retreat.

Theresa: Are you here to find Amiya? Or...

Theresa didn't need to hear the person's answer.

Behind him, assassins surged from the shadows, rushing towards Theresa—

Theresa: This is your answer, isn't it, Doctor...

*****

Theresa was relieved that Amiya had fallen asleep.

Amiya didn't witness the Doctor's betrayal, nor did she see Theresa's final sorrow.

As Theresa eliminated the last assasin, the black crown finally passed securely into Amiya's hands.

Theresa: It's okay, Amiya, it's all over...

Theresa: It's over.

She didn't look at the person who had frozen in place; she just gently patted the child's back and planted a kiss on her innocent face.

Doctor: .....

Doctor: Theresa. I can't abandon the opportunity that took billions of lives and thousands of years to obtain.

Doctor: I can't allow you to thwart the plans of the Originium. I can't allow you to turn this land into a beautiful but brief dream.

Theresa: So, you hurt Amiya.

Doctor: .....

Doctor: ...Since the Lord of Fiends has seen my memories, there's no point in saying more.

Doctor: Do you hate me?

Theresa: You hurt Amiya, and you're about to hurt Kal'tsit and those soldiers who trust you.

Theresa: Is this how you treat the lives of today?

Doctor: I'll do everything to ensure they don't perish in the upcoming conflict. That's also Theresis' promise to me.

Doctor: As long as... your death.

Theresa: Are you seeking the last peace before Originium destroys Terra?

Doctor ...I'm sorry. That's not going to change.

Theresa: You know it's futile... yet you still want to cure Amiya's illness.

Theresa: Even though in the not-so-distant future, Amiya's family, hometown, and those people and events that you might establish connections with in the future will all become immutable Originium.

Theresa: You can't bear to see the child in front of you suffer.

Theresa: That's your sincerity. Your purity. Your nature.

Doctor: .....

Theresa: Actually... I'm relieved, Doctor.

Theresa: I'm glad that the you Kal'tsit is willing to believe in, the you who's willing to believe in us, is real.

Theresa: You... the creator of Originium... Doctor. You're the poison that destroys everything, but you can also be the antidote to everything.

(Here Theresa call Doc by his name not title)

Doctor: ...What?

Theresa: I see you're crying, Doctor...

Theresa: Yes, that's who you are. You know your own vulnerabilities, you know that even in this moment, I pose a fatal threat to you... yet you still came.

Theresa: So, I still... choose to believe in you.

Theresa: Believe in the real you.

Theresa: Believe in you who brings rain and sunshine to us.

(Theresa delve deeper to dismantle every inch of the Doc's memories, to erase it, Doc's memories dissipate completely, leaving only the last fragment of the soul)

What are you doing to me, Theresa?

Theresa: Even though it's the end, I suddenly want to give it a try. Don't blame me, Doctor.

Theresa: I will tell you...

Theresa: "Go find yourself."

#arknights spoilers #cn #long post #ooc #babel event #amiya really was the kiana all along and Theresa was Himekocoded #haunting the narrative but she actually came back unlike a certain redhead lmaoo

[catgirlcrisis]

arknights 4.5 anni stream recap

haven't seen anyone put a full recap anywhere, which is a shame because there's so much going on in this one! so i'll be posting everything you might have missed in text-form, for anyone who wants that kind of summary.

credits to @AK_CN_Shitpost on twitter and Kazdel Team on youtube for translations/hosting, community members in my discord, and my friends on twitter so i know whats going on. putting this under a readmore because it'll be long:

stream starts off with 4.5 anni congratulation messages from several CN VAs, including:

Kal'tsit

Passenger

Chongyue

W/Frostleaf

Ho'olheyak

Myrtle

Ifrit

Mudrock

Ines

Executor

we get a PV featuring Viviana and Arturia about a new event taking place in Leithanien. we're getting several new ops, including:

Bassline, a 5* Guardian Defender

Lessing, a 6* Dreadnought Guard

Viviana, a 6* Arts Fighter

and Arturia the Virtuosa, a Limited 6* Ritualist Supporter.

her e2 art, like all other limited operators, will have Live2D.

the new event will be called Zwillingstürme Herbst (roughly something to do with the fall and possibly the twin empresses)

new skins for several operators! it's an epoque line this time. theme is "Life," and keywords are "Past/Story".

Gwiazdcytro (Meteor), Noon Twilight (Absinthe), Lances Off (Ashlock), Royal Guard (Bagpipe)

two new animated Live2D skins:

Wdali (Mlynar); the text says "'Fear neither hardship nor darkness'... Ah, an era that is not worth remembering, a dream which is too awake." (credit to @/lingtranslates on their twitter for this translation)

Wingbreaker (Texas the Omertosa)

there's a new QoL update: players will now be able to auto-farm stages up to a maximum of 6 times per run

new red cert shop operators

new archive drops for operators, including:

rosa

arturia

diamante

czerny

santalla

shalem

new operator modules:

mudrock

penance

vulcan

lessing

nearl the radiant knight

bassline

bagpipe

new themed furniture sets:

there's a brief overview and explanation of the new operator skills and gameplay, but i won't go over that here because there's still a lot to get to. however, gamepress usually releases a review on these operators after release, and youtubers like kyostinv will upload showcases pretty quick after they drop, for people who are curious about them

there's a very cute PV about kjerag! it goes into the history of the country and some cultural celebrations about kjeragandr, as well as development of the country and such. it's pretty cute (and sorta wes anderson-ish)

AK is adding a german and russian dub for their lethanien and usran characters, respectively

we'll be getting a new event in rim billiton with amiya and the dr

new sargon-related teaser

we're getting more reclamation algorithm! this time you'll have the ability to "save" and not have to restart from the ground up every time it seems

we got a teaser about the next sui sibling! from @AK_CN_Shitpost:

Next spring event will take place in an agricultural production city, Zuo Le who is sent to rest got involved in farming issue. So the next spring event will involve Zuo Le and possibly the agriculture Sui brother?

there will be another R6S collab. supposedly we're also getting a rerun for Operation Originium Dust, but this will also involve a new collab event.

other assorted notes:

new trailer about a cute, comedic series that involves ceobe, popukar, ethan, bubble, and mountain update: it is called kay's daily doodles! a translated trailer has been uploaded to the official EN AK account here

perish in frost trailer (CN dub)

AK artbook announcements: Arknights Animation Artworks Vol. 1 and Arknights Official Artworks Vol. 3 are being released, with Vol. 3 being teased with an art of the 3 abyssal hunters(!!!)

release of a book that seems to be about the in-universe lore and worldbuilding of Terra, including maps and wildlife

a new manga about Silverash and Gnosis's pasts

release of the first 123 Rhodes Island?! volume, along with new merch featuring Kal'tsit, Rosmontis, Amiya, the Doctor, Blaze, and Ch'en

official boardgame. looks like you will be able to collect supplies, build or move shelter?, and there's various cards with different operators on them (we were shown Liskarm, Kal'tsit, Silverash, Dorothy, and W cards). it is called Nomad City: The Founders.

new figures: 1/7 scale figures of Angelina and Mostima (Fitness Time Ver.) prototypes, 1/7 scale Kal'tsit figure, THRM-EX figure prototype, mini figure prototypes of Lessing, Virtuosa (Arturia), and Viviana, as well as 6 more designs of those character-in-a-recruitment-bag figures of- rhine labs edition! featuring Muelsyse, Magallan, Dorothy, Silence, Ifrit, and Saria.

IchibanKuji x Arknights collab Gunfire in Darknights featuring Amiya and Ch'en (Londinium sprites) on the promotional artwork.

AK Cafe with Chongyue, Ines, and Goldenglow on the promotional artwork in Shanghai and Chengdu next year (AK X PrismLand), called Sweet Zone

AK collab with the Nanyue King Museum (yes, really)

new merch promo that shows what looks to be different plushies (originium slug, chibi nian in dragon(?) form, bunnies), character-in-a-recruitment-bag sora, and figures of Eyjafjalla (swimsuit skin ver.), Shining, and Amiya (these are not new, it's probably a sale or a re-run of some kind)

lowlight breaks eggs with the lethanien icon on them. with a giant hammer. yeah

promo for something that's called My First Story, looks like it's an animated song PV featuring W, Amiya, and Kal'tsit

lore about The First Catastrophe and a timeline of Terran history. the twin empresses are revealed to be Hildegard and Lieselotte (yes, really); the witch king is Herkunftshorn

there's some more extra goodies (like a Monster Siren Records promo, what looks like a new season of CC, a new Joint Action banner with Mizuki, Suzuran, Surtr, and Pozyemka, new ops now available in recruitment like Flint, Eunectes, and Acid Drop, a new free skin - maybe from a record restoration? - for Flamebringer) but i think i'll hit tumblr's picture limit if i include all of those.

that's a wrap!

(shoutout to discord user @/nobowo) who also gave a short stream recap in my arknights LGBT discord server)

#arknights #arknights anniversary #arknights spoilers #arknights 4.5 anniversary stream #arturia the virtuosa #virtuosa #long post #i saw some people posting certain pictures #so heres some context #sorry if some things are just. Wrong #i do not speak and cannot translate CN so im relying on scrounging up translations from Various sources

[armoredisopod]

Arknights CN Thank You Celebration 2023 PVs

New Operators

Bassline, 5* Guardian Defender

In the meantime, i'll follow your baton.

Lessing, 6* Welfare Dreadnought Guard

The only thing that can restrain a sword is the cowardice of its wielder.

Viviana, 6* Arts Fighter Guard

Viviana Droste, with my candle and my sword, i will grasp victory for you.

Virtuosa, 6* Limited Ritualist Supporter

Whenever i touch the strings, emotions in the air flow to me, through my fingertips, to the sky and earth.

To your heart's content, feel yourselves.

Also added new operators to the voucher shop

Diamante, 5* (unknown new branch) Caster

Caper, 4* (unknown new branch) Sniper

Operator Skins Update

Total of 6 new skins, 5 new additions for the Epoque brand and 1 new addition for the new Iteration Provident brand

Epoque

Meteor's Gwiazdcytron - Login Event skin

Absinthe's Noon Twilight

Ashlock's 卡利斯卡群枪 (Lances of ???)

Bagpipe's Royal Guardswoman

Młynar's W Dali - L2D + Special Voicelines skin

"Fear neither hardship nor darkness"... Hmph. A bygone era not worth remembering. Too much daydreaming.

Iteration Provident

Texas the Omertosa's Wingbreaker - L2D skin

Announced skins reruns

Bloodline of Combat skins of Skadi the Corrupting Heart, Specter the Unchained and Gladiia

Epoque skins of W, Rosa, Pallas, Andreana, Sora, Honeyberry, Rosmontis, Nearl the Radiant Knight and Passenger

~98 other skins as part of Thank You Celebration edition of Rhodes Fashion Review

Operator Modules Update

Lessing and Bassline being part of branches with modules immediately get their modules

DRE-X module base effect increases Lessing's ATK to 115% when attacking blocked enemies

GUA-Y module base effect reduces all damage Bassline takes by 15%

Juggernaut Defender branch gets 1 module type

Nearl the Radiant Knight and Bagpipe gets their second modules

DRE-Y module base effect allows Nearl the Radiant Knight to survive a single fatal blow, healing back to full and gaining +30 ASPD at the cost of -60% Max HP, this effect only activates once per deployment

CHG-Y module base effect increases Bagpipe's ATK to 115% when attacking enemies below 40% HP

Events and Stories

Zwillingstürme im Herbst, a Leithania side story event

Experimental Operation (more widely known as Pinch-Out) will be returning in the form of Contingency Contract Battle Plan #1 Operation Pyrolysis

Operator Archives update for Rosa, Virtuosa, Diamante, Czerny, Santalla, Shalem

Misc Stuff

Eunectes, Flint and Aciddrop added to recruitment

Added the ability to queue auto-deploys (up to 6 times per queue)

Livestream Stuff

Showcased Virtuosa as a 6* Ritualist Supporter with a powerful and versatile kit

First talent inflicts Slow and some amount of Necrosis damage every second to enemies in her range

Second talent increases the amount of Necrosis damage dealt to enemies in her range

Skill 1 stops her from attacking unless she has skill charges but each attack will deal Necrosis damage and she prioritizes enemies not under elemental burst status

Skill 2 increases her ASPD and allows her to attack an additional target and one ally in her range with the highest ATK gains the ability to inflict Necrosis damage

Skill 3 makes her stop attacking, expands her range, increases her ATK and strengthens her second talent, additionally allies with the highest Max HP/ATK/DEF in her range gains increased Max HP/ATK/DEF respectively

Showcased Viviana as a 6* Arts Fighter Guard that specializes in dealing with elite/leader enemies

First talent increases the amount of Arts damage she deals and decreases the amount of Physical and Arts damage she takes, this talent is strengthened when there is an elite/leader enemy within her attack range

Second talent grants her a chance to gain a damage block shield (tanks one melee hit and cannot be stacked) when attacking an elite/leader enemy

Skill 1 makes her next attack deal more damage and hit twice, if the skill is allowed to charge, her next attack has a longer attack range and hits thrice

Skill 2 increases her ATK, DEF and Block Count and allows her to hit enemies equal to her block count, additionally each of her attacks has a chance to hit twice and each attack steals a certain amount of ASPD from the hit enemies (stacks up to a limit and lasts until the skill ends or she is retreated)

Skill 3 increases her ATK, DEF, RES, Attack Interval and second talent activation chance, additionally her attacks become double hits and prioritizes elite/leader enemies; upon the second activation of this skill and afterwards, her attack range increases, attacks become triple hits and this skill has an increased duration

Showcased Lessing as a 6* Dreadnought Guard

First talent reduces all incoming Physical and Arts damage from enemies he isn't blocking if he is blocking an enemy

Second talent increases his ATK for a certain amount of time after taking damage (this buff cannot stack)

Skill 1 makes his next attack deal more damage

Skill 2 is an on-deploy skill that strengthens his first talent, increases his ATK and makes his attacks hit twice

Skill 3 makes him immune to status effects (like Stun or Freeze), increases his Max HP and makes him deal more damage to blocked enemies, this skill has a unique property that allows it to be activated even if he is under a debilitating status effect and purge him of the effect at the cost of taking a certain amount of Arts damage upon activation

Showcased the event mechanic, a symphony that plays throughout the stage and grants global buffs to enemies depending on the type (the color of the bar at the top of the screen and the aura at the edges of the stage denotes which type of symphony is active) and some enemies gain specific buffs during their prefered symphonies (indicated by an icon above their heads), there are stations that can be charged to switch the symphony and grant temporary buffs to your operators when activated

Another mechanic where arts turrets will appear on the field and players can deploy a charge point for operators to attack so the turret can fire

Revealed the rebranding of Experimental Operation under the Contingency Contract name, showed some contracts involving stage elements from What the Firelight Casts event and an enemy from Ep12 and showed the reward for the season being a new Flamebringer skin

Teased the next Kjerag event with an animated promotional video of Kjerag's modern tourism industry

German voice dubs for Viviana, Lessing, Ebenholz and Czerny

Russian voice dubs for the USSG girls, Absinthe and Hellagur

Showed a teaser image for a Rim Billiton event involving Amiya and the Doctor

Teased Reclamation Algorithm 2 with a lore video telling the story of the Aslanian Conquest and the King of Kings, followed with a showcase of the QoL improvements done to the gamemode (such as the ability to save and reload a run) and various new additions

Showed a background CG of a location in Yan, a teaser for the next Spring Festival event

Announced Originium Dust rerun and a new Rainbow Six collab event with Fuze as the welfare unit

Showed another teaser trailer for the Ceobe animated mini-series

Announced new art books will be available, Vol. 3 of the Arknights art book and Vol. 1 of the Arknights anime art book

Showed various merch including Terra: A Journey (Arknights world encyclopedia), Nomad City: The Founders (Arknights board game), 4koma physical copy, manhua, figurines and more

Ended the stream with an MV of Ashen by My First Story ft. Amiya, Kal'tsit and W

Retraced Terra lore video covering the history of the world of Terra starting from The First Catastrophe narrated by Kal'tsit

#arknights #arknights CN news #long post #livestream stuff under the readmore

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

[Art] Little friends with red dot between the brows

Artist: 橘芝士 (ju zhi shi)

Source: ♡ || Permission: ♡ || Sub-masterlist

⌚ Do not repost ⌚

Based on Victor’s Nostalgic Memories Date!

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#Artist: 橘芝士 #here’s little warm-up for what’s coming 🤭🤭 #i couldn’t do the video sub last night so unfortunately i’m not posting today + #those of you who are on twitter prob already know how i’ve been screaming about this date LOL so LONG ESSAY INCOMING 🤪 #i’ll definitely post it tomorrow tho so you just gotta wait a little longer 🥺💕 #mlqc victor #mlqc li zeyan #mlqc #mr love victor #mr love queen's choice #李泽言 #恋与制作人 #love and producer #mlqc cn

[ask-artsy-oncie]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Disney TVA isn't a good avenue for story-based shows because it doesn't care about good storytelling. Telling a quality story isn't the network's goal, so they clash with this genre of show way more often than not.

Like, there's a reason why episodic, slice-of-life shows tend to last so long on their channels and also usually exist with much less controversy - when you're working with the smallest snippets of story that executives can demand you drop if they're not "safe" or "consistent with the brand", all without really impacting an over-arching plot, you gain a lot more staying power than a show where leaking a single episode, or "accidentally" airing episodes out of order, or rushing the ending due to sudden cancelation can actually ruin the viewing experience.

When you get a company that offers you a "choice" between a season 3 or a movie, a company that carelessly leaks information, a company that cancels you when you need more screen time to wrap up certain plot points properly, you suffocate your showrunner and your crew when they're just trying to make it all work. Gravity Falls, Ducktales, Amphibia, and The Owl House were ALL victims of this network's shitty practices (Star VS was its own can of worms, that I don't feel escaped these practices but also had other problems that affected it more, especially since it very miraculously got more screen time than any of the other shows mentioned) and their stories suffered for it at various points of the shows' airing.

I have said this - SO MANY TIMES to the Ducktales fandom specifically lol - but when you decide to engage with a story-based DTVA series, you're very, VERY likely going to have to meter your expectations just solely due to it being produced by Disney. Because Disney has now a long history of mistreating and mishandling its story-based shows. Now that The Owl House has ended and people are talking about this again, I want to spread that reminder around, again:

It's okay to criticize these shows and their ability to tell a story properly, but PLEASE try to understand the context and working conditions the crew was under when they were making it, when you're drafting your criticism. A lot, and I mean a LOT, of the problems people complain about the most (and often blame the crew for) are issues that none of them had control over, or were simply doing their best to work around whenever Disney steps in to fuck things up. If you're going to engage with public criticism, or, more worryingly, engage with the crew on social media, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to understand how the behind-the-scenes of the show operated.

It just genuinely boggles my mind sometimes - we live in an era where people working in the Television Animation Industry have more of a voice than they EVER had, to detail the issues and constraints networks have dealt to them. Social media has allowed so much mistreatment and mishandling of crews and shows to come to light. And yet!!! So many people are given this avenue of understanding!! And they don't!!!!! Listen!!!!!!! And instead they use it to yell at showrunners and crewmembers.

I'm begging y'alls to at least develop some pattern recognition with this godforsaken network. Please do that at least.

#Long post #Rant #Vent #I'm not even sure if I should tag this as any show lol #Disney #There I'll do that lol #It's so frustrating when a story-based animated show gets popular #And then the story or general quality suffers because of REALLY TEXTBOOK NETWORK MISTREATMENT #But like because no one bothers to learn about the industry they just blame the crew #I'm so tired of it #SU was also 100% a victim of this. Just not in the same way. #Since CN has its own fucken issues and history of practices. #It's a mess. It's a mess. Why was I cursed with a brain hard-wired for animation. #I could have had a brain hard-wired for a better industry.

[constance4ya]

If I made actual accounts 4 them would anyone be interested

#beavis and butthead #ik realistically butthead wouldnt know the answer to 10+10 but i do what i cN #can* #sry its been so long since ive posted these

[aimasup]

I fucking love all of your villainous stuff, but can we see more of the dictators!au? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any of it.

Running low on ideas on what exactly to draw for this AU because it's just been White Hat brainrot lately

But I did make that

#my post #my art #oh this is going to take so long to tag #villainous #villainous cn #villainous hbo max #villainous dictators!au #villainous heroic!au #villainous valiant!au #black hat #white hat #mal wear #dr flug #dr kenning flugslys #dr flug slys #dr zug gleis #estrictia #lumencia #demencia #505 #624 #409

[fenharel]

saskia i am on my hands and knees begging for some ysabel info! what’s her backstory? what’s she like during the game? she’s so 🥰💖

[PERSONALITY]

Ysabel is a noble, Lolth Sworn Drow, living in Menzoberrazan and is a School of Divination Wizard

Shes an chaotic neutral ENTP, Gemini, 125 years old and 1.60m tall

Ysabel is creative and intelligent, mischievous and cunning. Some perceive her as quirky, eccentric - funny, confident with a giant ego, but also power hungry and selfish, sometimes cruel. She has always been full of ideas, always thinking of new and better ways to do things. She’s always been curious, more often than not you find her with her nose stuck in a book. Her childhood bedroom was exploding with books about fungi or tomes like “The past and present: a Scholars Guide to Divination”. 

She’s also rather extroverted and a social chameleon, excellent at manipulation and persuasion, something her mother often took advantage of, as she would often use her children like chess pieces in her political affairs.

[BACKSTORY]

The noble house of Do’Rahel is one of the 8 powerful houses in Menzoberranzan

Ysi has two older sisters (Yris, Yvory) and one younger brother (Ysmael, my warlock charlatan & very first D&D oc 😘)

Their mother (Yaelryn Do’Rahel) is a matron mother, a priestess of Lolth and a powerful and influential figure in Menzoberrazan’s affairs

As most intelligent people are prone to, Ysabel was more questioning of things like societal norms or rules and ideas than what was socially acceptable in the Cult of Lolth, something her mother often reminded her of through whipping. But her mother was also more progressive than some would believe - when her daughter showed more interest in the arcane than continuing her training as a cleric she encouraged it. She thought that having one of her daughters in the circle of the Sorcere was something that could be beneficial to her.

After a particularly nasty ambush on Ysabel (your regular weekend in the Underdark really) her mother assigned one of their warriors as her personal guard - a tiefling slave called Lucien (Side note but he’ll be romancing Shadowheart in a future playthrough 🤓)

Lucien was in his early twenties and enslaved for around 5 years at the time, he was passionate and charming, warm and strong. But he was also as cunning as he was kind. Ysabel liked him, and often would spend more time with him than was strictly necessary. He had Ysabel figured out quickly, and noticed that traits in her that might be weaknesses in her mothers eyes, could be his opportunity. That growing close to her could be his ticket to get free.

But things didn't necessarily work out for him at first as he would have thought - both of them fell in love.

He would tell her stories of his previous life, about his ideals and morals, about the world above. How children do not fear for their life where he is from, how parents love their children unconditionally, how he missed feeding the neighbors ducks before he would go to school. Ysi would laugh at him sometimes, call him weak and soft. But sometimes she would indulge in his stories. Catching herself thinking of them in bed before she go meditating. How strange it must be to live so truly carefree.

The influence Lucien had on her was undeniable. Small and meaningless at first maybe but there nonetheless. There were glimpses of true kindness in Ysabel only he got to see. Glimpses of love - real love, not just the craving for flesh or power he was accustomed to from other Drow. He saw that he had shaken her morals and beliefs, slightly perhaps, but shaken. So when she finally wanted to set him free out of her own volition, instead of running when his binding spell was broken he asked for her to come with him.

She helped him to stage his own death and broke his bonds and let him go, but she didn’t go with him. This would be a turning point in her life, something she regretted for the rest of her existence, something she kept thinking about for years on end.

For many years after, she buried herself in her tower. She never dared to think of why she said no, instead she sat in front of her mirror of memories, where she relived the time she had with Lucien. But in doing so, a part of herself, the past party in fact, was lost in it. Her present self was split in half. She was either overly good or overly evil, and she became known for being mad and for research and experiments that were even extreme by Drow standards. 

She was in this state for at least 60 years. She had short periods of time where she managed to stabilize herself through experiments, but it never worked for long. Nevertheless, she made a name for herself, she was an extremely powerful wizard, was considered one of the masters of Sorcere and had a place in their council. (Much to their dismay. Assassination attempts from her colleagues were a daily occurrence tbh.)

[GAME TIMELINE]

House Do’Rahel was infiltrated by Absolute cultists, leading to the almost death of her sisters Yris and Yvory, and the losing a handful of their staff members. Ysabel's mother also heard rumors of similar things happening in House Baenre and other houses all over the city. Sensing a bigger plot, instead of sending warbands like her colleagues, she only send Ysabel and a handful of warriors on a scouting mission. She was to gather as much information as possible. If she would see an opportunity beneficial to them - she should take it, and most importantly she was also to kill or capture any heretic or deserter of Lolth.

The trail they followed led them to the outskirts of Baldur’s Gate. She didn’t know it at the time but she was on her way to Moonrise Towers when she was abducted. When she woke up in the Nautiloid, the tadpole didn’t just strip her of her powers, but also stabilized her mind.

Being fully herself again after so long felt like having someone forcefully pushing a heart back into her. At the beginning of her journey she’s manipulative (she does a lot of the “heroic” options not because she thinks it’s the right thing to do, but because she thinks it’s a smarter way to uncover what is going on and/or because working with the Absolute would go against Lolth), she’s also selfish and a bit cruel, but a lot of things she does suddenly don’t feel the same to her anymore, and an top of that the problem with the tadpole - it forces her into introspection. 

At some point she realizes that her companions remind her of Lucien, and the time she had with him. Her development throughout the game mainly consists of her realizing that she rather wants love and friendship than pure ruthless power. She develops a consciousness, empathy. Something Lucien already built the groundwork of so many years ago. She realizes she was too much of a coward back then, that she couldn't let go of all that power and desert Lolth even though that's what she really wanted. Surrounded by her new friends, she doesn’t want to make the same mistake again. In her mind, she’ll never be truly good, much less a hero. But she doesn’t want to be what she used to be either. Seeing real friendship, love, experiencing it for herself, she realizes the only times she wasn't hollow was with Lucien - and now, with them. 

Her new friends act as mirrors to herself as well. She sees herself in Gale when he gets obsessed over the Crown, she sees herself in Astarion when he’s willing to kill all his former friends for power. And she sees herself in Lae’zel, Wyll & Shadowheart when it comes to the influence a God, Goddess or devil can have on you. They were all on the path she already walked on, and the guilt she is carrying with her over things she can’t change anymore is overwhelming, so she stops them all, helps them see what is truly important. 

About the reason she was in Baldur’s Gate in the first place, she isn’t honest with her companions at first, she has obviously her own agenda like everyone else in that camp. She was forced to explain herself by Wyll when she let True Soul Nere kill the Gnomes. Having a tadpole in her head made everything more personal of course, she starts going against the Absolute not in the name of Lolth or for her mother but for herself and her own beliefs in Act 2.

After the game, her mind is still hers. Going through so much change and admitting her biggest fears repaired herself, like a curse she casted and then lifted on herself. Also, she and Astarion guide the Vampire spawn in the Underdark for a while, and she also researches for ways to make Astarion walk in the sun again (and I like to headcanon that she succeeds :3)

If you want to take a peak, here is Ysabels pinterest 🥺, and since i mentioned Lucien, here is his'.

#shadowglens #answered #thank you for enabling me sophie. i wanted to post an info dumb for so long but im such a lazy mf #im leaving kisses on ur forehead but im also running away in fear. god i already cut this down but it's still so long IM SO SORRY 😭 #you: whats her backstory; me: here is my essay. kdjfslkjflsf #ysabel do'rahel #ocs tag #bg3 spoilers #lucien lovera #& yes u guessed right. jekyll & hyde was my inspiration for her Lul. also redemption arcs are my unguilty pleasure :3 #idk if i was really able to explain it but ysi's biggest flaws are cowardice and stagnation??? #having a damn mindflayer worm in her brain gave her finally the kick in the butt to be honest with herself #i think even if her mind would have stayed intact she would still have stayed in the underdark. she just would have been unhappier about it #or worse. however u wanna call it #oh side note but she was neutral evil before the lucien times. then become somewhat CN (then was split into chaotic good/chaotic evil.) #her current desposition is chaotic neutral. just to clarify since it might sound weird

[ad-hawkeye]

favorite artem or alkaid cards art wise👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

oh you have unleashed a beast. you have unleashed something horrible in me. i have so many favorites for them both and i'm about to be SOOOO ANNOYING ABOUT THEM HAHA

so first off. artem. he actually has my favorite card art of ALL TIME and i fucking mean this. i could go on about this one for hours.

and then here are some of my other artem all time favs. cn art spoilers ahead!!

and time to get annoying again with alkaid's! cn art spoilers ahead! my favorite in all of lbc is definitely this pictura. eden alkaid you mean the world to me...

and here are a few of my other favorite alkaid illustras/picturas!

#asks #anon #artem wing #alkaid mcgrath #lovebrush chronicles #lbc spoilers #tears of themis #tot spoilers #cn spoilers #this isnt even all of them i had to pick FAVORITES ;_; #ooOUGUHHHHHHHHHhHAA #i also went in and dug around some of the animated ones to find the expressions i liked best #if anyone wonders abt that. i think its masquerade passion for artem and the [REDACTED] beach one for alkaid #HAHA #long post

[magicalgrimm]

Hey, I just wanted to let everybody know that I was not the founder of the Villanous episodes Google Drive

@justsomeguesser is the one you all should be thinking. I’m sorry this took so long to put out there.

#villainous #villanos #villainous cn #villainous hbo max #sorry I took so long to post this idk what was stopping me

[ancicntforged]

More Kally stuff

Kal'tsit new expressions sheet, and she showed this all when she is with the Doctor

> Kal'tsit welcomed the Doctor who had just returned from his travel with a bright smile and was extremely happy with the Doctor's choice to fight with alongside her and Theresa.

> Kal'tsit genuinely concerned with the Doctor's condition who is conducting experiments on his own body to find a cure for oripathy and told him to stop (the Doctor found out tht he can't be Infected, hence he tried to turns his own blood as cure)

The Doctor killed Theresa not only meant he killed Kal'tsit's best friend, but he also betrayed the 13k years of trusts she put on Doc

What was the price? This precious smile gone

Doctor by all means deserved all the massive hate from her

#ooc #arknights spoilers #long post #cn