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ikuzeminna · 13 days

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What's up with the wolves?

This post made me want to talk about Duo and how he was initially conceived as Gundam Wing's protagonist, but instead of derailing OP’s post with my ramblings, I thought it better to make them a separate post.

We all know this shot of Duo in the first opening, and like many others I, too, have wondered why on Earth the American street urchin character would be sporting heraldic wolves on his jacket as though he’s European nobility.

They never show up in the series proper, just the opening. And there is absolutely nothing about Duo that could remotely relate him to nobility. He's pretty much the furthest thing from it.

...unless we count Deathscythe H's design, which does sport a strong romantic death theme. But that's about as European as Duo gets.

So what if this is the creators being cheeky and including it as a nod to his initial protagonist status before it was given to Heero? Because if Duo was the protagonist, that would mean he would have been Relena's foil, who is of royal blood. And then we would have had the same juxtaposition as this:

Oh, look, another orphan wearing fancy clothing.

But back to Duo. The precise term for what Duo has emblazoned on his jacket is a wolf rampant. Well, two actually. Would that make them combatant..?

When they're mirrored like that, you expect them to hold a shield. Like these two unicorns here:

Do you recognize it? It's Romefeller's crest. Romefeller has two white unicorns rampant on a red background while the guy who fights them gets two golden wolves rampant on a black background.

Wait a minute. White, red, gold, black?

Really?

Someone must have had a field trip with the designs.

Back to the wolves. According to Wikiwand, wolves in heraldry "typically symbolised the rewards of perseverance in long sieges or hard industry." A long siege is definitely what the colonists were going through. Doubly so regarding Duo's crappy childhood.

So is Duo really connected to wolves?

Well, here's a fun fact.

The wolf (French: loup) is often used for canting (meaning heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus) by families whose names feature some variant of the word 'lou/wolf'. Examples include Videlou, de Lou, Lupus, Wolferston, Wolseley, Lovett, Lowe, Lovell, Lupton or Wolfe.

Lowe. As in, Odin Lowe. This dude:

Heero got cheated out of fancy wolf crests.

And here you have it. Before Heero stole Deathscythe's parts for Wing, Duo had gotten Heero's wolf crest. Then again, they would have been wasted on Heero's green tank top anyway, so good for Duo.

#gundam wing #duo maxwell #relena peacecraft #heero yuy #odin lowe #what dots did I even connect here #this is all so weird #I'd love to ask Ikeda or one of the others about this stuff #Duo as the protagonist will never not be an interesting concept to me #he is the most static character in the series #side note #'gold' and 'white (actually silver)' are called 'or' and 'argent' respectively #because French #but this is confusing in English #the full description for the wolves is apparently #wolf rampant or armed or on a field sable #which means 'golden wolf rearing on its hind legs with all limbs outstretched and claws visible on a black background'#or (the English or)#wolves combatant or armed or on a field sable #meaning 'two golden wolves rearing on their hind legs with all limbs outstretched facing each other and claws visible on a black background #depending on whether you view the wolves separate or as a couple #though they should be separate because they're inside different shields

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 9 months

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sorry im coping with aus again oopsie daisy. anyway here's my take on a fantasy au

it all started with me rewatching the D&D movie and thinking "hm. what (broad) classes would the neighbors have?"

and after much thinking i came to the conclusion: Barnaby = Bard / Eddie = Paladin / Sally = Sorcerer / Julie = fighter / Frank = monk / Howdy = Artificer / Poppy = Healer / Wally = 'Wizard'

those seem fitting! BUT i don't like restrictions or rules so in this very light worldbuilding for a casual (strongly glaring at myself here) CASUAL au, it's only dnd-esque. not actually dnd yk yk

in my head, they're not technically puppets for this au. they're flesh and blood, they've got bones, etc. they're actual Creatures, though they still look like Them! Julie's still pink w/ candy-corn-horns! Frank is still a gray tube! Barnaby is a big blue dog! they're just... not puppets. it's the same for the other beings in this fantasy world - they all keep the style, but they're all flesh n' blood if that makes sense. a cartoony fantasy world

so they have their little found family adventuring group titled, of course, The Neighborhood. because when they were first forming, Wally went "oh! are we a neighborhood? i've always wanted neighbors!" and it Stuck. so they all lovingly refer to each other as neighbors, even though the closest they get to being actual neighbors is pitching their tents next to each other & staying at an Inn in neighboring rooms

like your classic group of adventurers, they're almost constantly on the move. the longest they stay in one place is a couple of months - the rest of the time they're wandering! they take quests, get roped into general Shenanigans, etc. they adventure! and get into a lot of battles of varying severity

so Barnaby is still kiiiiind of a bard? best i can describe him is jack-of-all-trades moral support! he provides battle music, keeps the mood light, and stands off to the side to offer quips and tips. he prefers not to fight, and only Gets Involved when the others need Backup. even then, he usually takes the role of defending his neighbors. he has a good eye for whether or not physical support is needed - he never needs to be asked when there's a legitimate need for him! unless he's thoroughly distracted from the goings-on. he does have magic, but it's more for show / defense-based

Eddie's still pretty classically a paladin. healing powers, armor, there to be on the front lines and Protect! the group's sword and shield! he technically serves a god but he forgot who <3 he just makes the occasional general offering and mumbles some vague prayer. he's super friendly! super helpful! super willing to dive into the line of fire! Will disregard his own safety without a second thought! his magic is pretty much restricted to healing, and it's weak healing at that (maybe because he can't properly serve his god...), so it's mostly good for quick mid-battle heals and little wounds. temporary fixes!

Sally has innate fire/light magic, and she's very showy with it! she puts Flair and Pizazz into all of her casts and is very dramatic on the battlefield - she manages to turn her fights into a performance. She tag-teams keeping the Neighborhood entertained with Barnaby. he handles the humor/lightheartedness, she handles the escapism/encouragement. she writes scripts & stories in her off-time, and often reads them (or spins a new one) after dinner. when they have weeks / month breaks in one spot, sometimes she'll recruit local thespians to create a play

Frank is all about that hand-to-hand combat babey! he wants to feel bones break under his fists! he wants those split knuckles! he very often starts fights, and even more often finishes them - what he lacks in raw power he makes up for in vicious tenacity. he just Keeps On Going! he seconds as the group's Knowledge Guy. while his hobby is studying insects, he also catalogues/studies monsters and enemies and terrain so that the Neighborhood can always be prepared. the only time he stays out of fights is when he's researching or note-taking. he tries to micromanage the battle from afar anyway

Julie is like... put a druid, a fighter, and a barbarian in a blender. she's got a big sword! she's got seemingly endless energy in battle! she can talk to plants, especially flowers! her flora magic is very minor, so it's not like she's making giant roots burst out of the ground and strangle people. but plants can give her information, and if she asks nicely and they feel like it, sometimes they'll help her out. in battle she's a force to be reckoned with! nothing will stop her and her sword! she's usually the second (closely following Frank, with Eddie hot on her heels) Neighbor charging into battle - but she's the one with the stellar war cry! & where Sally and Barnaby tend to the Neighborhood's emotional wellbeing & entertainment, Julie keeps things fresh with Physical Activities during their downtime!

Poppy is a powerful healer! she draws on an individual's energy (often taps into her own as well) to convert it into healing power. it's draining but it's damn good healing! she also takes the role of the Neighborhood's cook (the others still like to help, especially Frank who is essentially her sous-chef) and makes sure they're all healthy. she hangs back during battles, waiting to (and hoping that she doesn't have to) heal a wounded Neighbor. if one of them is badly hit, she forces herself to run into battle and drag them to safety before working on their injury. she has a tiny bit of illusion magic, which she'll cast from afar to assist her Neighbors. she tries not to use it outside of emergencies - it takes a lot of energy, which she tries to conserve just in case.

Howdy has Zero Magic! none! four hands and none of them are magical! however, he's a damn good inventor & a whiz at potion making. he can Use magical items like there's no tomorrow - he just can't wield it himself. he supplies the group with potions, helpful items, all sorts of goodies - given that they can trade for it with anything he'd accept in-canon. the only exception is when they're mid-battle - he hands stuff out when needed without haggle. he supplies the group with their cash when they're not getting it from looting/quests - he has a magic backpack that can unfold into a fully-stocked merchant stall! he sells at towns, on the road, anywhere he can! In battle he hangs back with Poppy and, yes, supplies items, but he also uses ranged attacks - magical weapons that cast for him, magic 'bombs', that sort of thing! but there's a little secret - he's the Neighborhood's secret weapon. he invented fantasy guns! four magic revolvers that, when the 'second safety' is turned off, multiply into a giant clusterfuck of guns (with ammo ranging from magic 'bullets' to essentially rocket launchers). unfortunately he can only use this setting once & for a limited time before the guns overload & have to be manually repaired. so he either uses them off of the first safety (i.e, they're 'normal'), or not at all. you know shit is Really hitting the fan when he joins a fight

and Wally! Wally Wally Wally... you may have noticed that i put his class 'wizard' in quotes. that's because he says he's a wizard, but he's not! he just says he's one due to the automatic stigma and fear of what he really is - a Warlock! his patron is Home, an eldritch horror that many would classify as a demon. they have a very special, codependent pact that neither of them can live without - Wally wears their 'seal' as a house-shaped pendant on a choker (necklace) hidden under his clothes. Home is extraordinarily powerful, but Wally barely taps into that power. he has a grimoire that Home inscribed with a bunch of sigils that convert into spells when drawn & then cast in the air. the only other powers he uses are seeing-in-the-dark, seeing-magic, and opening teleportation doors! Wally can't sleep, but he can doze - though he's never fully unaware of his surroundings (its kind of like how dolphins only sleep with one half of their brain). he still eats with his eyes, which both feeds him & acts as a form of providing daily energy to Home, since Home can't exactly consume souls every day. If Wally uses too much magic, he has to rest inside of Home's house-form, which is the only time he actually fully sleeps. no one knows about Home, or that Wally is lying about his wizard status.

Home is a lovecraftian being with three forms. the first is the lowest power level - a cute one-room house with Eyes! i.e: Home Classic! Wally's pendant unfolds into it, and it's the main way Wally and Home physically interact & communicate. the second is possession - if Wally explicitly allows it, Home can completely take over his body and kind of 'tuck him away' to have a nice deep nap while Home takes the reins (Home can technically force this, but it's very difficult and would not go over well w/ Wally - it would also be an unstable possession). the third is Home's true form - a massive shadowy eldritch monster made of writhing darkness and nightmares that no one in their right mind would look at, let alone fight. Home has very complicated feelings about Wally & the Neighborhood. they are also, quite literally, Wally's heart - which is part of their pact.

i have some scene ideas & little Plot Concepts (most notably the times the Neighborhood learns two Very Big Secrets about Wally, one of which being the warlock/Home reveal).

but yeah that's moooostly it. basic stuff yk, not very in depth! just fun things to feed my maladaptive daydreaming & escapism

#warlock-masquerading-as-a-wizard wally is fun #cause youve got this funny little guy! in his little wizard outfit and his staff and classic wizard eccentricities!#but he has a lovecraftian horror curled up in his chest excited for its next opportunity to consume souls #home when making wally's body: ah fuck how do people eat again??? with their eyes right??? that sounds right... thats how i eat...#home a week later: shitshitshit their MOUTHS they eat with this Mouths goddamn it.... too late to fix it now #cut to wally internally panicking while watching other people drink/eat normally #hm i Realized that like... half the Neighborhood more often than not doesn't outright fight #poppy hangs back. howdy hangs back. barnaby rarely joins. frank is often busy researching #and then you've got eddie & julie going full-tilt nonstop absolutely mowing down enemies like there's no tomorrow. sword besties <3 #wally and Sally casting from the middle ground...#wh fantasy au #maybe the howdy enthusiast in me is jumping out lately but hes soooo good in this au i swear #he's out here bargaining over a potion with his own neighbor mid-battle #bc he Will be funny about it when the stakes aren't high #forcing them to go through transactions even though he'd give the goods to em anyway #him vibing with poppy & barnaby while explosions go off in the background #and then when shit hits the fan he gets to be a Certified Badass and whips out the big guns with the cockiest grin you've ever seen #hes fun. i love him.#they're all fun. i love them.#home & wally make me especially Ough in this au. their relationship is so messy and you literally cannot have one without the other

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plulp · 6 months

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hey no need for all that !!! Just focus on resting for now and take your time >o< - prairie anon

sorry.... i did it......

#asks #my art #prairie anon #dont worry im better now + it only took me like an hour to make this (lazy) + hate backgrounds (lazy)#but thank you so much for your kind words 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺#this is dedicated to you prairie anon and also that one person who voted make a full piece on that one poll i made (sorry not actually full #on another note -> hit 200 followers (but i still have to clear out ageless blogs so if you apply. please fix that)#so cold in my rooom right now. i may live in a tropic\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\al ccccccccccccccccccccccccc cold...............................#neeed to turn off the aaac #harper the doctor #dol #piutting the tags at the end because i dont LOVE this. i dont #since i didnt render it properly. or do a background #ITS SO COLD.#wait turning off rbs. i dont like this one that much.

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dadbastiandisaster · 1 year

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She’s done! This is, to my knowledge, the first ever Black Butler work I did. Grell actually used to be favourite character and I used to hate Sebastian (most because I watched the anime and his characterisation in the anime is utter garbage, as Americans say). I liked her because she had a cool chainsaw :) I later learnt the joys of projecting onto fictional characters and read the manga, which turned me to the dark side (being a Sebastian fan), and the rest, they say, is history.

So when I made this drawing back in 2016 I did not know Grell was a woman, because at the ripe old age of Child, living in bumfuck nowhere (a descriptor that can be applied to most of Scotland) I didn’t know that trans people existed. However, that is a bit of a rubbish twist, so I had her sat next to a slain bizarre doll, because I also hadn’t heard of Book of Atlantic at the time.

Tldr, it’s okay to not know things

#blackbutler200 #please dont @ me over my hand lettering #i know its shonky but i hate doing hand lettering #also i havent used coloured pencil in literally forever so that was fun #it was nice to do something simple fter my last few drawings #which have all had full backgrounds and/or complicated lighting and/or horses #shes not my favourite anymore but i do still love her #still hate drawing her chainsaw tho ❤️#black butler #kuroshitsuji #grell sutcliff #grelle sutcliff #black butler grell #black butler fanart #kuroshitsuji fanart #book of the atlantic #original post #original art #my art

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snazzi-strawberri-artz · 1 year

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A redraw of a screenshot from kikis delivery service!!!! >:DD I really love this scene in partciular because of all the plants and flowers and the windows are so PRETTY YO🥺

#I havent drawn full backgrounds in a LONG TiME but this was fun to do!!#I love her big ass red bow its so cute🥺#also light rays my beloved <<33

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kitsunesakii · 3 months

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Some of my more ✨dynamic✨ character poses, all these are from my story and (most of them) have names to accompany them!

#kitsunesakii #not dead yet #not writing #it starts with circles #chronicles of semi full sketchbooks #drink water #love all your art #im so proud of the dynamic character drawings tho #i swear i try #in the background Pork soda by glass animals is playing and its such a vibe #75000 words later you'd think I'd know exactly what they look like but NOPE #so very happy with these #pardon my disability that apparenty stunts my ability to draw boy hair lol #chronicles of the now #LOOK AT EM

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witchymoonart · 9 months

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the midsummer nights dream hyperfixation is hitting hard tonight my friends

#im hyperfocused on shakespeare in general #but midsummer????#love it sm #im in shakespeare in hollywood rn and its so fun #puck >>>>>>#*my nonbinary gay ass playing puck* “will would be proud 🥲”#a midsummer night's dream #midsummer night's dream #puck #robin goodfellow #shakespeare #william shakespeare #my art #fanart #i drew this in an hour while watching a stardew valley video in the background ✌️#i want to do some full character sheets for everyone-#anyways #this is going to consume my every waking thought for the next while sorry folks :')

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girlwithfish · 1 month

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I love triggering myself thru voice recordings from 2023 that I didn't even know were on my phone

#it hurtsnsooo bad hahahahaa #So i found a bunch of ones from november when my relationship fell apart sone are like 20min long and #i knew there was the hour long one the night i left #sometimes my ex wld recodd or sometimes i wld and then itd just be glimpses of fighting or a full on recording of us arguing #and really long bc no one turned it off #i stipidly listened to this 24min long one that i forgot abt #Bc i remember the hr long one (theres like 40min of silence or just background noises bc my ex took my phone and thats when the police came #and #Yeah but iforgot abt thus one it was so painful and wejrd to listen to i shoukdnt have listened to it #It was self harm to listen to lolol. listening to myself screaming when my ex wld grab me and wldnt let go #and when id harm myself #like jesus :/ idk #And then i heard these recordings from when i worked at the daycare sometimes idnrecord myself talkign to the kids or background noises to #send to my ex idk #it made me feel really sad. i heard one of me just talking while i changed a diaper of a babg who cldnt talk and then just hearing the #background noises of the work place #And then i heard this one recording from like august where mt ex and i ar ehappy and yeah that made me cry lol haha #It hurts so bad when theres this weird disconnect and like extreme where the prsn u loved treats u horribly but #there was still happiness and love sometimes but the bad stuff was too bad so it cancels out whatever good there is. i guess #Idk??#Lol #its just weird. my old life full of sm pain but i miss it at times too i guess

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little-b1rdy · 1 year

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poppy emerges

#nudity #horror #soft arts ♡#my ocs #clown #poppy #sorry i love drawing bodies in a nonsexual way it conveys so much more #anyways this is poppys younger form and this is her emerging from the center seeds area #i tried to make it looks like they r in a painful position with her arm twisted the wrong way #along with the feet blending in with the middle hopefully giving of the fact that it needs to be disconnected from it #not a full background but i think its alot better like that tbh #anyquestions lemme know <3 #itari

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crimkrai · 1 year

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Well if we're startin off with an art blog, might as well show off the weird little guy I've been drawing most consistently, Strellona. This post will act as a bit of an initial masterpost for his art going forward.

More Info and art about this goober under the cut!

So! First and foremost, his full TRUE name is Strellona Vie Sha'Lyve. Though other common names he goes by are Sevial Sha'Lyve, Sevial Marin, Barn Cat, Strellona Lumenosa, or simply Sev or Strell. His most common epithet is "The strange Prince from a strange land.", though he has also been refereed to as the Archivist, Medic, and, most curiously, as the only fey who can lie. (On a technicality.) While not being of the fey originally, a chance encounter with a particular fey lead him into getting roped into good ol fashioned fey bullshit after eating and drinking food and drink of the fey. The initial debt to the particular fey who roped him in initially ended up being waived because the only thin that particular fey desired was companionship, which confused the younger Strell as he was already more than on board with being friends, deal or not, which touched the fey deeply. Though now that he was more or less permanently attached to the fey realm, he never really combated it or rejected those new roots, and rather fully embraced them as the weird lil guy he is. The fey seemed to really appreciate his presence as two of the rulers did take him in as a son. Though his shenanigans don't really end there, since he also did later join a kingdom run by humans and the likes, offering various services and serving in a major war that lead to his desires to learn more about the nature of things around him and healing people, as it was discovered in that war that he had a strong affinity to life magic. Though the wars and his new position as someone who archives, heals, and spies did take a lot out of him, so did the death of the king of the country who welcomed him in to begin with. His race, unknown until old texts were rediscovered during the height of the war, was inhumanly empathetic, and not only was he grieving, he could feel the full extent of the grief others around him felt as well. Which sucks! He never really fully recovered from that event and is still prone to carrying the weight of others emotions on his shoulders, despite nobody ever really knowing about it. Personality wise? I'd say for his current rendition he's quiet but polite, sometimes expressive in conversation and a delight to be around, other times hes stoic and silent, more focused on his work or any project he is working on in the moment. Very much a workaholic and worrywart, though he's also incredibly grounded in some instances when it comes to emotional struggles and is definitely a good shoulder to lean on. He is also highly inquisitive and intelligent, sneaky even, since the strong desire to learn about things goes strong even in his fragmented emotional state. Curiously, despite all his shortcomings and struggles, he is also quite genuine as a person and will often fully says what he means. It is very rare that he lies, though some speculate that he may have lied more if it weren't for his ties to the fey to begin with. And as many have stated in his lifetime, "He always seems to know just what to say." Here are some various art pieces I've done of him and characters he's interacted with over time.