i sketched a boscage maze shadow to complete my set. this version of shadow takes several... creative liberties... with boscage maze, but i think it works? maybe? let me explain.
so, i like the idea that boscage maze is the result of a science experiment catastrophe. the fallout of the accident mutated all life on earth, creating mega fauna (such as thorn rose’s giant flicky), and killer plants. i’m talking humongous venus flytraps that capture and consume people, vines with minds of their own, etc. obviously, this made earth extremely hostile to regular humans... so they left.
the survivors of the catastrophe boarded the ark and left for space. they had plans to return-- but at the current time, it was simply too dangerous to do so. and they needed to make something that would be able to combat the violent mega fauna. enter... shadow. aka halcyon, as he’s called in this au. halcyon has the ability to drain shard energy, thus un-mutating the corrupted plants and animals, and returning them to their natural state.
unfortunately, the people on the ark thought that the world was still too dangerous for him to return to shortly after his creation, so they put him on ice, waiting for a better time to start their restoration project. before that, though, halcyon grew up hearing all kinds of stories about the way earth used to be... a beautiful paradise, a safe haven in a vast, uncaring universe. his best friend on the ark, maria, also instilled in him one wish: save earth. so that’s what he intends to do.
his bitter enemy is thorn rose, whose goal is to protect the horrible mega fauna. but she just doesn’t understand the harm it’s doing to what was once a peaceful planet. and how could she? she never knew what it used to be.
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man especially having now read the flashbacks i think about how hard xie lian always tries and how many people have told him that he tries too hard, that he never should have bothered and that doing so made things worse, or even more commonly just hating on him for not fixing things or being arrogant or whatever they think his problem is. and some of those people are probably even coming from caring places!
but before hua cheng, had anyone ever sat next to him and said, you tried and that's good, it matters that you cared, you did your best. nobody could have done better than you.
how badly must xie lian have needed that?
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Niki sketches I did while watching a movie because I LOVE LOVE LOVE her
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2024 JANUARY 10 Wednesday
"Blessed the man who makes the LORD his trust;
who turns not to idolatry
or to those who stray after falsehood
Sacrifice or oblation you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Then said, "Behold I come."
To do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
~ Psalms 40:5,7-9
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god the new fnf remixes are SO GOOD they are kicking my ass but im vibing so hard
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I am constantly talking about how I don’t appreciate when film adaptations file down the complexities of classic literature and sanitize parts that aren’t marketable and melodramatize scenes for no reason. I hate so many adaptations for exactly those reasons.
But for some reason I cannot find it in myself to even slightly dislike the 2006 adaptation of Jane Eyre, even though it is rife with all of those things. I always think that I’m not going to get absolutely humbled by watching it and I always fucking do
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me writing the most unhinged email to my semi local theatre at near-midnight: i'd like to join :) i'm almost certain i didn’t make up the time i won a drama festival. i'm 30% uncertain and, while it's possible to live with, i can't say i'm happy or fulfilled! this event apparently never happened according to any records online and the thing about being depressed as a child is that you grow up with no memory or friends who can confirm life events. anyway, enough about that: brent spiner hasn't helped a single bit. in fact, he's made things Worse - "
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we all feeling listening to swan upon leda on an endless loop while sipping miserably on an alcoholic beverage and wallowing in the horrific limbo that is the uncertainty of your human rights tonight? or just me??
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i was talking with my brand new coworker while messing with my earrings and he was looking at them and said “sorry if this is stereotypical to ask…are you a lesbian?” so my entire week is made
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